Xingzhen didn't realize how much the pregnancy of Li Guiren had an impact on herself, on the first day of the new year, after waking up, she vaguely heard Anqian quietly say to herself, enter the palace to Qianqing Palace to participate in the New Year's banquet The gifts sent to Yonghe Palace by the princes and ministers have been piled up in the main hall of Yonghe Palace, and when the traffic in front of Yonghe Palace is busy, like a market, Xingzhen still yawns indifferently, and eats bird's nest porridge with taste, and does not take it to heart at all. Seeing that Tang Wufu and a dry eunuch and palace maid did not kowtow half of the joy, Xingzhen pulled down her face, and the originally excellent mood was ruined by the popularity of these timid rats, and she couldn't get angry, patted the coffee table and shouted: "What kind of face do you put on me for the New Year!" Of course I know about it! It's okay, we can't mess with ourselves! In addition, unless it is a necessary errand, Yonghe Palace is not allowed to go! If there is anything to eat, wear, except for me accompanying the imperial doctor to send it over, you are not allowed to send it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info got it? Tang Wufu and the others continued to resign, kowtow and apologize.

In the Qing Dynasty, such a custom was formed, and before dawn on New Year's Day, the princes and ministers had to gather outside the noon gate early. At about six or seven o'clock, under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, hundreds of civil and military officials entered the palace gate, and outside the Taihe Palace, according to the grade, there were eighteen rows of east and west. The emperor came to the Taihe Hall and held a congratulatory ceremony. Next, a large banquet will be held in the Taihe Palace, and the emperor and the princes and hundreds of officials will celebrate the Spring Festival together, which is called the Taihe Hall feast. When the banquet of the Taihe Hall was held, the princes and ministers all wore court clothes and stood in line according to their official ranks. When the auspicious time arrives, the bells and drums on the noon gate sound in unison, and the royal band plays Zhonghe Shao music. After the emperor took his seat to the music, the princes and ministers bowed. Next, there is a very complicated ceremony of tea, wine, and meal. The emperor and his courtiers ate and drank while enjoying singing, dancing and music, and sometimes acrobatic performances by ethnic minorities in the border areas. Finally, in the sound of music, the ministers knelt down and bowed three times, the emperor got up and returned to the palace, and the princes and ministers withdrew in turn.

However, these things are all the affairs of foreign dynasties, and they have nothing to do with their own concubines of the Yehenala clan, and their father has not yet reached the level of the banquet of the Taihe Palace, and he can't attend, if he can attend, he is estimated to be the emperor, but today, the son of the concubine of Emperor Kangci, Prince Gong, is the emperor's sibling who grew up since childhood, and he must stand in front of the ministers and congratulate the emperor on his long live. I don't know what kind of person this person in the inner palace calls the "Sixth Master" like......

At this time, it was already afternoon, Xingzhen leisurely drank the bird's nest porridge, and used two pieces of milk sweet cake, feeling almost full, wiped her mouth with a hot towel, looked at Anqian and asked, "Where is the emperor at this time?" ”

"It's still in Yonghe Palace, the word came out in Yonghe Palace, the Li nobles have a headache, the emperor is still accompanying the Li nobles, Yang Qingxi has already taken out the court clothes to be worn for the Taihe Palace banquet and sent them to the Yonghe Palace." Anqian answered Xingzhen's question, Xingzhen's face was silent, but she sneered in her heart.

If everyone knew that Li Guiren was pregnant with a daughter in her belly, I don't know how disappointed the emperor would be, but I can be sure of one thing, that is, Li Guiren will probably cry to death.

After lunch, Xingzhen and Fan'er went to the treasury together to select the New Year's gift for the family, Tang Wufu introduced them one by one on the side: "These are the two coral trees that the emperor appreciated last time, I heard that they came from a place in the South China Sea called Zengmusha, far away, listening to the people in the south, it is thousands of miles farther than the ends of the earth," The coral tree was crystal clear, as if it was a fiery red flame condensed into a tree, and then it stood in the treasury with implicit enthusiasm, faintly glowing with warm light, "And the string of eastern pearls, Originally, it was necessary to use the subdivision above the concubine, the emperor gave it to Niangniang you early, it can be seen that Niangniang you are more valued by the emperor, although this bead is not big, it is rare to be round, bright and soft, and the wrong gold incense burner, is the concubine of Emperor Kangci Niangniang, although the style is older, but it was cast during the Xuande period of the former Ming Dynasty, and there is a section at the bottom, by the way, naturally there are two handfuls of white jade Ruyi given by the emperor last time, and there are a lot of sheep fat white jade so flawless this year, Those people in the Internal Affairs Office know each other very well, and they picked these two best ones! ”

Xingzhen flipped through the list in her hand, thought for a while, and then said: "The mother's house outside is not very rich, and they have no place to use these unused gold and jade devices, and they are all made inside, if the emperor knows about it, there is no guilt, I will also eat a meal, take out a bag of gold nudes over there, and take a few of all kinds of heads back to Eniang and my sister for use, yes, it is those jade buns and jade phoenix hairpins, and then take out a bee butterfly flying brooch, ruby ring, Give Brother Xiang a white jade brand and let him play with it, by the way, Fan'er, what fresh fruit pastries are in the kitchenette today? ”

Fan'er replied: "Today's milk cake and donkey rolling in the small kitchen are all newly made, and there is also a watermelon that was paid tribute by Taiwan in the south yesterday." ”

"Put a box of hair cakes and donkey rolls, and watermelons too, and send them out with you and Xiao Xiazi. Give E-Niang them a taste, by the way, Wufu, what do the people of the Internal Affairs Office say, how many times a year does watermelon pay tribute? ”

"Back to the mother, Taiwan's watermelons are not easy to grow, so they are paid once a year in the month of Layue, rushing for the banquet of Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, and they are all gone at other times."

Well, it is for the sake of watermelons that are rare in winter in this era, and we must do our best to protect Taiwan Island in the future!

"I'll go back to the room to take a nap first, write a letter and go out, you can hand it over to Mrs. Fan'er, and when I wake up, Anqian let's go out for a walk."

"Niangniang, where are we going?"

"The emperor has rewarded me with all the red plums in the imperial garden, how can I, the master, not go to see my property? Hee-hee. ”

Xingzhen looked at the plum blossoms in the imperial garden without heart, and finally rushed to the banquet place in the evening, and felt that something was wrong when she arrived at the Qianqing Palace, although the palace people in the Qianqing Palace were busy, but the emperor's throne in the middle was empty, and the concubine of Emperor Kangci had already sent someone to talk to Xingzhen, saying that she was eating vegetarian today, and she would not come to participate in the family banquet on the first day of the new year, but why was the emperor's golden dragon table not arranged to serve the food, Xingzhen was furious, if the emperor came to see that there was no food on his table, The concubines' table is full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, isn't this their own death?! Turning around, he stared at the few stewards and eunuchs in the imperial dining room and the respectful room with bright and sharp Danfeng eyes, and said in a cold voice: "You guys have done a good errand!" What's going on? ”

The chiefs and eunuchs trembled, and the stewards and eunuchs in the imperial dining room trembled and dared to reply to Concubine Lan: "Back to Niangniang, the emperor has just passed on the message, today the noble lady and the emperor will have a banquet in Yonghe Palace, please eat in the Qianqing Palace by yourself, you don't have to go to Yonghe Palace to accompany you." ”

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I wish you all a prosperous and prosperous New Year.