After a while, the dessert and wine were served again, and Concubine Zhuang's phoenix eyes swept the appearance of all the ladies in the audience, and then she took the lead in holding the wine glass and said: "Today, I am really honored to be able to preside over the palace banquet of Anxiu Palace with Concubine Shun...... Let my sister toast my sister with a drink. Concubine Zhuang's voice was not loud, but the eyes of the people below were sharp, and when they saw Concubine Zhuang raising their glasses and standing up, they also stopped talking and looked at Concubine Zhuang on the table to speak.

Feng Zhirong sat in the front row and could hear clearly. I saw that Concubine Nashun also raised her cup, and said to Concubine Zhuang slightly sideways: "Sister is polite, the number of times this palace has hosted the banquet of Anxiu Palace is not more than that of my sister, today's banquet can be arranged so brilliantly, and Sister Lao is careful." Although Concubine Shun said politely, she only turned around slightly, and she didn't even mean to stand up.

The gold steps on Concubine Shun's head studded with precious stones shimmered, which was dazzling. Concubine Zhuang didn't think about Concubine Shun's faux pas, but said: "Where is this, the queen has always attached importance to Anxiu Palace, today is winter again, it is an important season, how can my sister not be careful?" As he spoke, he generously accepted Concubine Shun's appreciation, and by the way, he secretly cut a sentence of Concubine Shun's indifference.

Feng Zhirong couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth when she looked at it, remembering that King Jing once told her that Concubine Zhuang was a person who kept her duty, and now it seems that she is also a character with a strong mouth - if Concubine Zhuang said so, there will definitely be some verbal and ruthless exchanges between the concubines on the stage in the future.

Sure enough, Feng Zhirong's idea had just passed, and Hong Jieyu on the side stood up and raised her glass and said: "My sister also has to pay tribute to Sister Shun for a cup, my sister can be valued by His Majesty and the Queen this year, and even the Mid-Autumn Festival and Winter Solstice Palace banquets in Anxiu Palace have been named to Niangniang to host, which makes my sister admire and envy, and I also owe my sister's generosity, which makes my sisters shine." As he spoke, he was proud of the palace banquet hosted by Concubine Shun twice in a row, and on the other hand, he called "sisters" and dipped it - he counted Concubine Zhuang and Liu Zhaorong on the side and became a real foil.

Liu Zhaorong had the lowest position, and watched Concubine Zhuang and Hong Jieyu stand up, and it was difficult for him to continue to sit: "Sister Jieyu is right, my sister began to be busy with Sister Zhuang a few days ago, and she has also traveled a lot of places, and she has really gained a lot of knowledge. Liu Zhaorong spoke nicely, and the smile on his face was impeccable, in addition to praising Concubine Zhuang for being very attentive to the queen's instructions, he also showed Hong Jieyu that he could walk around in the palace with strict rules - this made Hong Jieyu's face flash a touch of unhappiness.

Everyone in the harem knows that Hong Jieyu has no children under her knees, only one daughter is married to someone else, and she can only rely on Concubine Shun and live looking at Concubine Shun's face when she is helpless in the capital.

Daye stipulates that concubines and above can become the head of the first palace, so Hong Jieyu and Liu Zhaorong live together in the Fengchun Palace where low-level concubines live, and these two rivals look at each other every day and look at each other unpleasantly, and every time they meet, there will always be a trouble.

It's just that the inherent knot of the heart is a knot, and on the surface, the four concubines on the stage seem to be talking and laughing happily. Feng Zhirong was embarrassed to listen to their words, and just wanted to bury her head in the time and mess with it, and she couldn't sigh for a while.

I only heard that the four concubines on the stage were each hypocritical, and then Concubine Shun said: "There are fewer young ladies who come to Anxiu Palace this year than in previous years, but they all look good...... Thinking about the queen is really hard work. ”

Hong Jieyu echoed: "Yes! It is not easy for the queen mother to take charge of the six palaces, and it is really hard to take care of Anxiu Palace. ”

Concubine Zhuang knew that Concubine Shun had something to say, so she just agreed lightly: "It shows the ability of the mother." ”

Concubine Shun glanced at Concubine Zhuang and said, "This Anxiu Palace is like this every year, and it can be regarded as teaching a lot of good ladies...... Almost all of our Daye's princesses and concubines have been taught here, but this is like a daily meal cloth, but it's a pity that the dishes are the same every year, Concubine Zhuang's sister's Xuanwang and Zhaorong's sister's Hongwang are fifteen or seventeen, but they haven't seen the girl's family, and I think the mother can't take care of it. ”

Liu Zhaorong heard Concubine Shun mention her son, and her expression couldn't help but tremble, but Concubine Zhuang was still calm.

And Hong Jieyu on the side hurriedly mended the knife: "Sister Concubine Shun is reasonable, although our Daye men have to get married after twenty, but they were all engaged early, sent the future princess to Anxiu Palace to study, or selected from Anxiu Palace, but at the moment there is no movement at all, but it is really worrying." ”

"The marriage of the imperial heir should have been decided by His Majesty, His Majesty is not in a hurry, and Sister Lao Jieyu is also worried. Besides, as a mother concubine, I stayed in the palace peacefully, and I didn't have any special knowledge, and I didn't know many people, let alone say anything. The smile on the corner of Concubine Zhuang's mouth was a little dangerous: "Sister Jieyu has never given birth to a son, and I don't know if a good daughter-in-law has to be picked slowly." ”

When Hong Jieyu heard this, the line of reason in her brain was almost broken!

Everyone knows that among the four people present, she didn't give birth to a son! It's also her heart disease! - Although His Majesty is known for treating his daughters better than his sons, not having a son means that he will lose an extra position in the future

After the Great Ye Monarch left, in addition to the queen, the concubines who had sons could ask the new emperor for orders and choose to live in the princes' palaces, which was a great grace!

As long as you leave the palace, you can breathe the air outside the imperial city and even walk outside freely! What's more, you don't have to keep the rules that bind the dead in the palace, and you don't even have to look at the eyes of the queen mother and queen in the palace! From the concubine who grovels to others every morning to the princess and concubine who is respected by the whole palace - although she may not be able to earn the name of a concubine or a noble concubine because of her lack of status, she is also an elder with a very important position!

When Hong Jieyu was pregnant with a fetus, she dreamed that one day she would be able to sit in the palace car and play on the streets of the capital, and occasionally see something funny, so she bought it back to tease her grandson, or she could also do a good deed during the New Year's holidays, so that the people would be grateful to Dade, and call out a certain princess Chitose!

Hong Jieyu hated her teeth so much, and even her face turned a little pale, Concubine Shun glanced at Hong Jieyu again, and then said slowly: "How does my sister speak!" Sister Jieyu is just caring! ”

"It's true that my idea of being a sister is not thoughtful, and I failed to consider that Sister Jieyu doesn't know the norms of the princes' engagement." Concubine Zhuang said this, and threw Hong Jieyu's weakness to the ground again, and stepped on it a few more times: "It's that my sister's future second daughter-in-law is also in Anxiu Palace...... Miss Wan is the niece of the first to respect the queen, and her sister is really blessed and stained with the light of the first queen. ”