Mrs. Shangshu Wang, who was at the same table, saw Mu Wan sitting down, and pretended to sigh and said to Mrs. Li, the waiter of the military department on the side: "You don't know, Mrs. Li! Recently, I've been told by my lord that I'm not virtuous and generous! ”

Mrs. Li on the side didn't know why, she had a general relationship with Mrs. Wang, and she was just chatting just now, how could she suddenly mention such a private matter to herself, but Mrs. Li was not a fool, and knew that there must be something in the words: "How could it be?" Sister Wang is a well-known virtuous lady! ”

Mrs. Wang glanced at Mu Wan, who was sitting down and resting, and said pretending to be sad: "It's not that I blame me for not recording Wang Yiliu's girl in my name and making her a concubine." ”

Mrs. Li instantly understood that Mrs. Wang took the opportunity to laugh at Mu Wan for pretending to be generous, turning the two concubines into concubines, and cultivating them as her own daughters, and Mrs. Li also intervened: "Sister Wang, don't be sad, this concubine is a concubine, if they all become concubines, then where is there a distinction between concubines and concubines." Sister Wang didn't do anything wrong! ”

Mu Wan, who was resting with her head down and didn't want to speak, looked up at these two yin and yang weird people, and there was a group of people sitting around her who didn't want to cause trouble, but wanted to gossip.

The other party did not name names, and Mu Wan didn't want to quarrel with the other party on such trivial matters, after all, the official position of the other party was higher than that of Dali Temple. Directly ignoring the other party's provocation, Wang Yiliu She knew that she was a friend who had a good time with Xiao Yu in the school, I heard Xiao Yu say that she is now fourteen years old, and Lord Hubu Shangshu Wang asked her to participate in next year's draft, in order to make her start higher, she wanted to record Wang Yiliu in Mrs. Wang's name, but unfortunately Mrs. Wang disagreed. Mrs. Wang has two sons and a daughter, and the daughter is only nine years old and is unwilling to show her identity as the eldest daughter. Although he didn't treat her badly, he didn't care about her.

Mrs. Wang couldn't see Mu Wan's calm and relaxed look, so she named her and said, "Mrs. Xiao, I heard that you recorded the two concubines in your name, aren't you afraid that the daughter in your belly will lose her status as the eldest daughter?" Saying that, he covered his mouth and smiled, "Look at my mouth, who doesn't know that Mrs. Xiao is famous for her virtuous generosity?" It's like I'm jealous, I just can't get used to my husband's other children! ”

Although Mu Wan didn't regard Xiao Wenyu as a lover, she couldn't say this, so she thought about it: "Ladies, if you have nothing to do, I'll give you two stories!" Seeing that the ladies present focused their eyes on Mu Wan, Mu Wan cleared her throat and said:

"A rich man in Shu is extremely stingy, and the villagers call it the 'iron rooster', which is said to be a dime. Nearly fifty years without children, negotiate to take concubines, the price is extremely cheap, and the desire is beautiful. The matchmaker laughed and said: 'Weng said that he wants the horses to be good, and he wants the horses not to eat grass'. ”

After speaking, Mu Wan didn't care about the thoughts of the ladies present, especially Mrs. Wang's ever-changing face, calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and the roots of her ears were finally clear.

Worried that she would have to drink too much tea, Mu Wan didn't drink any more tea, picked up the preserved fruit grains handed over by Hongluan and chewed them slowly, which was made with the fruit in Mu Wan's dowry Zhuangzi, sour enough, delicious enough, but the quantity was too small. Mu Wan pondered letting Zhuangzi's people be more planted next year.

Just when Mu Wan was in the air, a voice said, "The emperor has arrived!" The Queen Mother has arrived! The queen has arrived! Broke Mu Wan's cranky thoughts. Looking up, Mu Wan found that the banquet was already full.

Hongluan helped Mu Wan, knelt down slowly, and shouted "Long live!" Chitose! ”。

"All the ministers are flat!"

To say that since the crossing, what Mu Wan hates the most is the red tape of kneeling back and forth. Especially with a big belly, I don't know how hard it is, but fortunately, Mu Wan usually has proper exercise and is relatively healthy.

This New Year's banquet is more lively than the last time Mu Wan came, and the concubines and princes in the palace, but all those who have status and favor are here.

The current emperor is forty years old, ruling at the age of twenty-five, and during his fifteen-year reign, he is diligent in government and loves the people, and the people are healthy. The emperor has four sons and three daughters, the eldest prince Xia Mingyuan is fifteen years old, born to a virtuous concubine; The second prince, Xia Mingjin, is thirteen years old, one of the queens, and is the prince of the prince; The third prince, Xia Mingyu, is nine years old and is the son of Concubine De; The fourth prince, Xia Minghan, is only three years old and is the son of Concubine Shu; The eldest princess is twenty years old, titled Princess Shengping, born by the queen, and has married to the second son of Huweihou; The second princess is seventeen years old, named Princess Anping, the daughter of Concubine Liang, and just got married last year; The third princess, Xia Fanghua, is ten years old, has not yet been titled, and is the daughter of Jing Concubine.

The emperor did not set up the position of the crown prince, which led to the forces behind several princes fighting openly and secretly, and it was bloody.

Xiao Wenyu, as the secretary of Dali Temple, is a staunch royalist. From this point of view, Mu Wan felt that Xiao Wenyu's vision was fine, otherwise he would have changed his position a long time ago.

Far away, Mu Wan retracted her thoughts, and watched the princes offer New Year's gifts one after another, worthy of being produced by the palace, no matter how they fight in secret, they are all dignified and polite on the surface, brothers, friends and brothers.

"Madame, be careful!" Suddenly, Hongluan quickly stretched out his sleeves and leaned towards Mu Wan.

Mu Wan then moved her gaze from the princes, only to see a palace maid who seemed to twist and was pouring a soup bowl towards her in a panic, while Hongluan was reaching out and rushing towards Mu Wan.

Without waiting for Mu Wan to react, with an exclamation, Hongluan propped her hands on the table to block Mu Wan's stomach, the palace maid fell to the ground, and the bowl of soup smashed on Hongluan's back, and the soup dripped down Hongluan's back onto Mu Wan's skirt.

Mu Wan was so shocked by this accident that her heart was pounding, and the child in her belly was also a little restless, and the palace maid hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed to make amends. Old Madam Xiao and Madam Mu, who were a few tables apart, cast concerned eyes, but the people above did not dare to move.

Hongluan endured the pain and got up, and asked softly, "Madam, are you okay?" ”

Mu Wan came to her senses, took a deep breath, calmed down, and her stomach slowly quieted down: "I'm fine, how are you?" Is it hot? ”

"Madame, don't worry, this soup is warm, and the slaves and maids are also dressed thickly, there is no problem!" Hongluan said with palpitations, thinking that it was fortunate that this bowl did not fall on Mrs. , this strength is afraid that it will lead to unstable fetal appearance.

The queen who sat down seemed to have just found out about this, and asked loudly, "What's wrong with Mrs. Xiao?" Why is there a palace maid lying on the ground? ”

Mrs. Mu was worried, and Old Madam Xiao got up one step ahead and said, "Queen Qiyu, there is a palace maid who accidentally spilled soup on the little girl. ”

The queen was dressed in a red and yellow gold and silver silk Luan bird Chaofeng embroidered court dress, and there were large peonies embroidered next to the sleeves, which were extremely bright. The skirt has a robe, it is very long, and the skirt board is embroidered with a silver phoenix pattern, which is extremely gorgeous, and she is not angry and arrogant: "Which palace maid is so careless? Someone came, and pulled her staff to the Xinzhiku. Then he smiled and said to Mu Wan: "It's all to blame for the palace for not managing the palace maids well, so that Mrs. Xiao was frightened, and the palace asked the imperial doctor to come and show Mrs. Xiao, it's not good to be surprised by the fetus!" ”

Mu Wan hurriedly got up and gave a blessing: "Thank you for the queen's concern, the concubine is fine, don't bother the imperial doctor." ”

The queen saw that Mu Wan's face was indeed the same as before, and there was no problem, so she put her mind at ease and said, "It's okay, then let people take Mrs. Xiao to the apse to change clothes, it's not good to catch a cold." As he spoke, he called a palace maid and took Mu Wan to the apse.

Mu Wan wanted to say no, after all, only the hem of the dress was stained with some soup, but Hongluan's back was full of soup, thinking that it would take at least an hour to end the banquet, on such a cold day, if she didn't change her clothes in time, she would definitely catch a cold, and she didn't know if she had any injuries on her back. He responded to the situation and went to the apse with Hongluan.

The palace maid in a pale green cotton dress carried a lantern and led Mu Wan through the corridor and was turning a corner towards the rockery.

Mu Wan stopped, looked at the corridor in front of her that was winding but hung with lanterns, and then glanced at the dim and blurred rockery in front of the palace maid, and glanced at Hongluan.

Hongluan immediately understood and called the palace maid in front of him: "This palace maid sister, it doesn't seem like you are going to this road to the apse, right?" ”

The green-clothed palace maid turned around and said with a smile: "Back to Mrs. Xiao, the slave maid thinks that Madame is pregnant, and it is easier to take this road." ”

Mu Wan looked at the palace maid who was a little anxious and didn't ask anything, and said directly: "Let's go through the corridor!" The corridor is relatively bright and not easy to wrestle. Ignoring the reaction of the green-clothed palace maid, he walked straight to the corridor.

The green-clothed palace maid couldn't, so she could only carry the lantern, pull up the hem of her skirt, and trot to follow: "Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Xiao, wait for the slave!" ”

After that, Mu Wan went all the way to the apse, entered the dormitory, Mu Wan sat on the chair to rest, and waited for the green-clothed palace maid to bring a set of regular clothes and a set of palace clothes, and then let her go out and wait.

"Madame, just now?" Hongluan held his clothes and asked in a low voice of confusion.

Mu Wan shook her head lightly: "Shen Yan, you change your clothes first, and I'll take a look at your injuries." ”

Hongluan knew that this was not the place to talk, and she also knew that Madame did what she said, so she didn't shirk, and said with a smile while changing her clothes: "Madame, don't worry, the slave is fine, just wet the clothes." ”

Mu Wan saw that there was only a slight red mark on Hongluan's back, and there was no major problem, so she patted her chest and relaxed: "It's good to have you, otherwise the bowl of soup will all fly to my stomach, the light one will move the fetus, and the heavy one will not protect the fetus." ”

Hongluan changed her clothes and served Mu Wan to change her clothes: "Madame, don't worry, even if you want the life of the slave, the little master will be fine." "As for what I just saw at the banquet, Hongluan plans to go back and talk about it.

Mu Wan wasn't sure what the green-clothed palace maid was going to take her to the rockery to see, and she didn't know what would happen, Mu Wan didn't have that much curiosity, who didn't know that curiosity killed cats, and she didn't think that she didn't have those good skills of crossing women to strategize and turn danger into danger.

To be on the safe side, he decided to rest with Hongluan in the dormitory for a while and wait for a quarter of an hour before leaving. Fortunately, before coming, Egret and Aunt Liu prepared two purses, one for preserved fruit and one for meat. The two masters and servants quietly divided the preserved fruit and the meat, and did not speak much, for fear that the wall would have ears.