Chapter 40: The Night Feast

It's mid-March, and the Imperial Garden is full of purple and red flowers. Those precious flowers that I used to only glance at from a distance are now easy to come by, and it is not a great thing to play with them in my hands.

In the spring sunshine, my height is also like a wicker. On this day, the queen ordered someone from the Good Clothes Bureau to measure me. The queen looked at me more and more provocatively, and praised me vigorously, with a proud and satisfied look, as if I were her own daughter.

"Le'er, you should dress up more delicately at the age of flowers, you are so plain all day long, it is a pity that you have such a good figure in vain. Tonight, the emperor set up a night banquet in the Fengtian Palace, and the queen mother has to dress you up well! As he spoke, he kept holding the fabric and gesturing at me.

"Queen Mother, you spoil your sons so much, your sons want to cry!" I leaned coquettishly on the queen's shoulder and chuckled.

"Silly boy, spoil you, are you still crying? So how do you want Hongu? The queen slapped my hand with some amusement.

"Le'er was so moved, she was so moved that she was about to cry!"

"Less poverty! By the way, all the kings and grandsons are invited to come to the night banquet, and your father Wei Guogong and your mother will also be there! The Queen pulled me off her shoulders and looked at me kindly.

"Really! Great! I let out a cry of joy for a moment, and then I felt that I had lost my manners, and quickly lowered my head. Although Xu Da and his wife have only been my father and mother for more than a month, they will indeed miss after not seeing each other for so long. Especially Daddy Xu Da, his position in my heart is far higher than that of the modern biological father. In him, I received a fatherly love that I had never had.

"Look at you, the queen mother seems to be right to you, but she still can't match your own father and mother!" The queen pinched my face and said sour words.

"What did the queen mother say, from now on, Le'er's filial mother is the queen mother! It's rare for my father and mother to come once, you don't allow me to be happy, queen mother, you are too domineering! I said with a strange sigh.

"Okay, it's Hongu who is stingy. You girl, your little mouth is really amazing! ”

It was night, the long verandah outside the Fengtian Hall was hung with the palace lamp of silk red flame, illuminating a pool of clear water in the Moon Lake was dyed with the woman's drunken face and red, and the waves were gorgeous and gorgeous, like a fine Shu brocade.

Fengtian Palace, full of princes and ministers are sitting upright, I am sitting among the princesses, smiling at Xu Da's father and mother not far away.

Xu Da stared at me for a while, seeing that I was becoming more and more prominent under the gorgeous brocade clothes, and he was a little relieved. After looking at me for a while, my mother lowered her head and wiped her tears, and when she looked up and was about to speak, she heard a rumor outside: "The emperor and queen have arrived!" ”

After the emperor and queen took their seats, everyone sat down in a proper manner. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's sharp eyes swept between the crowd, and then his voice resounded loudly in the main hall: "Today's banquet for the secretaries is just an ordinary night banquet, not to talk about state affairs, and the secretaries do not need to be restrained." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

A dreary night feast began. After the concubine from the queen one by one to the emperor toast, I had to tea instead of wine, but the wine did not dare to contaminate half a drop, in the hall full of the fragrance of wine, I always remember my drunken stinky virtue, never dare to act rashly.

It wasn't until the end of the night banquet that I finally got my wish to talk to Xu Da's father and mother.

"The old minister (concubine) has seen the princess!" As soon as I approached them, I encountered such a big gift, and I was suddenly confused, and then my heart was blocked, and I felt the urge to cry.

The system of this feudal society is purely to think that those people will thunder one by one, so I hurriedly returned the salute: "Daddy is such a big gift, my daughter can't bear it, Daddy and Niang, please hurry up!" ”

I reached out to help them, but they kept saying, "This rule is unbreakable!" ”

Seeing that I insisted on helping them up before getting up, I took my mother and Xu Da's father side by side and walked to my Chunhe Palace. Along the way, I chatted with my mother about the short time in the family.

"Le'er, look at you, you're getting thinner, I heard a few days ago that you were infected with a cold, but your mother was in a hurry!" The mother reached out and patted the back of her hand.

"Mother, now that you've recovered, don't worry! By the way, the eldest brother, the second brother, Miaoyun and Jin'er are all okay? ”

"Okay, it's all good, it's Jin'er, I'm making a fuss all day long to see you in the palace, the little girl will play tricks, and she doesn't know anything at all!" The mother said with a sigh.

"It's okay, she's still young, she has to take her time!"

"But no, with your eldest brother's temperament, he will yell and scream at every turn, and if she is aggrieved and teary-eyed all day long, she will sue me!" The mother said, but there was a trace of happiness in her eyes. But nowadays, there are many children, and as a mother, what is more worthy of happiness and pride?

All the way to the Chunhe Palace, it was me and my mother talking, and Father Xu Da never said a word. His sharp eyes flashed with a complicated look.

I wasn't in a hurry to ask him, I just pulled my mother into the Warm Moon Pavilion, and I smiled slightly: "Mother, I have some new good materials, you go and pick some for Miaoyun and Jin'er!" ”

The mother looked at Father Xu Da, who was speechless, and followed Zhi'er to Yunxuan Pavilion.

"Daddy has something on his mind!" I stepped forward and pinched Daddy Xu Da's shoulder. Father Xu Da flashed suddenly, and then lowered his face and said;

"Mother, never! The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. ”

"Dad, is there anyone else here now!" I listened to what Xu Da said so rawly, and my heart suddenly became uncomfortable.

Daddy Xu Da sighed, walked up to me and said, "Le'er, Daddy doesn't mean to have a relationship with you, Daddy just wants to tell you that the palace is not as good as our Guogong Mansion, and everything needs to be 120,000 points careful." Now that you are the princess of Yan, the emperor has many heirs, and as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei, the more you are on the cusp. I heard that some time ago, you fell into the water? Father Xu Da said in a low voice, and the words he said were so heavy.

"Yes!" I knew though the queen announced that it was just an accident and then blocked the news. But I believe that as a first-class hero of the Ming Dynasty, Father Xu Da is absolutely capable of knowing.

"Stumbling?"

"I think Daddy should have the answer!"

"Sure enough!" Daddy Xu Da listened to my answer, raised his eyebrows, and then groaned.

"Le'er, have you ever wondered who it will be?"

"Daughter is stupid!"

Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted and deeply supported by many ministers. Although many people believe that the king of a country has not only the heart of loving the people, but also sometimes requires a decisive courage. Moreover, after following the emperor for many years, many veterans believe that the four princes are more similar to the emperor's personalities. Although these are just some fleeting ideas, the emperor arranged for the fourth prince to marry the Duke of Wei, and it is inevitable that these ideas will become more deeply rooted, so that some people have to have more ideas. Daddy said so much, I just hope Le'er understands that you have to be very careful with every move now. Because behind you is not only the Xu family, but also the future of the four princes! Father Xu Da said earnestly.

I seem to understand a little bit why some people want to put me to death, and some people want to murder Zhu Di, it turns out that all this conspiracy is just a struggle for the throne.

Am I so sad that I want to fall victim to the struggle for power?