In the early morning, the Forbidden City is hard to find a warm sun, and the winter sunlight is full of splendor on the glazed tiles.

The little palace maids and eunuchs were all sweeping the snow that had fallen last night in Yonghe Palace, and Yao Huang was staring carefully on the side, not even letting go of the corners and corners.

Zhu Lan has been pregnant for more than five months and nearly six months now, and her originally terrible appetite suddenly improved after three months, so she didn't control her mouth much in the past two months, and she wanted to go up and nibble on everything she saw.

It is precisely for this reason that she has recently taken a walk around the Yonghe Palace every time she finishes eating.

If the ice and snow on the ground are not swept away, there is residual ice that causes De Concubine Niangniang to slip, and none of them can escape.

"You've been eating something weird lately, but don't say it, it's weird and delicious." Gina's mouth was bulging, like a little hamster.

Shu Shu nodded in agreement and took a sip of milk tea from his mouth.

Zhu Lan calmly forked an octopus ball from the dish: "How can you say it's weird, aren't you quite happy to eat?" ”

Seafood is transported all the way from the sea to the capital, even if ice is used, it can't be kept for too long, and octopus is not a seafood that nobles like to eat, so even if Zhu Lan asks for it, the eunuch in the small kitchen can't get what she wants.

Therefore, there is no real octopus in this octopus ball in front of me.

The balls were wrapped in freshwater fish that the old eunuch didn't know where to find, he chopped the fish into fine mince, wrapped it in batter, and after cooking, sprinkled the meat floss, chopped seaweed and the tomato sauce that Zhu Lan had made out before on top of it, and the "octopus balls" that De Concubine Niangniang had in mind did just that.

The surface of the meatballs is a light golden yellow, and they are slightly charred, and they are still steaming when you bite into them.

Gina was scalded the first time she ate it, but soon she fell in love with octopus balls and came to Yonghegong more and more often.

"Wu Enqi has not slept well these days and cries every day, and I see that Egeqi (Mongolian means sister) has been very sad every day recently." Gina bit the octopus balls, and her eyes kept glancing at Xiao Yinzhen, "It's still Yinzhen well-behaved and cute, never crying or making trouble." ”

Wuenqi is the Mongolian name of the fifth elder brother Yinqi, which means sincerely, and it is also the name of the queen mother after she took him to her side.

Gina and the current queen mother are cousins, and Gina is also Kangxi's cousin, Zhu Lan's jaw almost didn't fall when she first learned about it, but after thinking about it, neither the Mongols nor the Manchus have such a strong sense of ethics, and suddenly felt not strange.

After all, now Yi Quakerge's sister Guo Luo Luo is still a widow and remarried into the palace.

However, in the past few years, Xuan Ye has been seriously affected by the customs of the Han family, so every time he sees Gina, he is a little uncomfortable.

The Empress Dowager felt that it was nothing, after all, she was also married to her aunt's husband, but seeing Xuan Ye resisting her like this, there was nothing she could do, she just felt that she had treated Gina badly.

Gina herself thinks it's nothing, relying on the two big trees of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, she can almost be regarded as walking sideways in the harem, even if she is not afraid of Concubine Tong.

"Then again, is Yinzhen going to have a trial ceremony?" Gina suddenly thought of this, and immediately turned her head to look at Yinzhen who was holding on to the stool and trying to walk.

Zhu Lan nodded, it will be Yinzhen's first birthday banquet in two days, and she has been consciously or unconsciously exercising what Yinzhen has caught in the past few days.

The eldest brother and the third elder brother have been raised outside the palace since they were children, but when they catch Zhou, the ministers outside the palace will also have specific things caught by the elder brothers, Yinzhi caught a bow and arrow, and Yinzhi grabbed a book, which are all good signs.

And although the first birthday banquet of the little prince raised by Xuan Ye himself was in the palace, but because the day of his first birthday was also the sacrifice day of Empress Xiaochengren, it was not a big event, and it was rumored that he grabbed books and sealed letters.

Therefore, Yinzhen's first birthday banquet can be regarded as the first brother to hold a first birthday banquet in the palace, and Zhu Lan is also worried, for fear that he will give her a blockbuster or something, so he has been holding him a pen for this time.

Grabbing the pen means good, and it is not out of line.

"E-niang!" Yin Zhen hugged Zhu Lan's leg, "Hungry." ”

Well, now Yinzhen has been able to express his needs in some very simple words.

Since Yinzhen was eight months old, Zhu Lan asked the office to create a small dining table, which is neither high nor short, and sitting on a small stool can just meet his needs for eating.

Now that Yinzhen is constantly training, he can eat with a spoon by himself, and today there is a small round bowl in front of him, which is neatly divided with scrambled eggs with tomatoes, winter melon cut into small pieces, and stewed crispy beef.

"Ah, I haven't seen this bowl before." Gina and Shu Shu both came up curiously to take a look, but Gina was immediately attracted by the Q version of the puppy on the small bowl.

"Yinzhen likes it." Zhu Lan smiled and pushed the small bowl in front of Yinzhen.

Emperor Yongzheng is worthy of being a natural dog party, even when he has not really seen the puppy cubs, he also showed extraordinary love for the Q version of the puppy drawn by Zhu Lan.

There are not many people like Yinzhen who can hold a spoon at his age, not to mention that as soon as he comes to the dinner table, he obediently eats the dishes in the bowl obediently and skillfully, and does not raise his head until he eats cleanly.

It's really distressing.

"Why didn't you see Ge Fohe come out, didn't she kick the shuttlecock outside the hall a few days ago?" Shu Shu turned his head to look at the west side hall of Yonghe Palace, and the door of the palace was closed tightly.

"She seems to be sick in the recent change of season, and she just passed the imperial doctor a few days ago, and she was afraid that she would infect Yinzhen at that time, so she closed the door of the palace." Zhu Lan explained.

Gina raised her eyebrows: "There have been so many sick people in the palace recently, and I heard that Concubine Tong has been asking for a doctor for the past few days." ”

"You should all pay attention, don't get sick at the time of the New Year's banquet, it's only a few days of excitement all year round, it's a pity if you can't catch up." Zhu Lan admonished.

The three of them were talking and laughing in the warm Yonghe Palace, and Ge Fohe looked out the window in the west side hall with envious eyes.

"Gege, here's the medicine." The palace maid on the side brought a bowl of black and slimy medicine.

Ge Fohe drank the medicine in one gulp and subconsciously touched his stomach.

These medicines were brought in by her mother, and they are said to be secret medicines in the Jiangnan area, and it took a lot of effort to inquire about them. It's been a month now, and she's been feeling a little unwell lately, and she's become lethargic and addicted, maybe it's the medicine that's working.

"Gege, do we want to find a chance to pass on the Imperial Doctor Wang to take a look?" The little palace maid couldn't help but say with a worried look on her face.

Ge Fohe shook his head: "Let's go a while, there are many affairs in the palace recently, and it is not a good time to pass on the imperial doctor." ”

The palace has indeed started to get busy recently, and the main reason is not because of the New Year, after all, this is not the first New Year after the Manchurians enter the customs, and there are precedents for large and small affairs. The most important thing has become the first birthday banquet of the fourth elder brother born to the concubine of Yonghe Palace, after all, it is the first first elder brother's first birthday banquet in the palace, and the Internal Affairs Office does not have a specific charter, plus the concubine is now favored, so the people in the Internal Affairs Office are full of energy.

Yinzhen's first birthday banquet began in this situation.

Before the official start of the week, the palace maids served a bowl of longevity noodles in front of everyone. The noodles in the palace are much more delicate than the noodles outside, although it is just an ordinary bowl of longevity noodles, but the soup base is chicken soup that has been simmered for an unknown amount of time, and the taste of mushrooms and mushrooms is mixed together, Zhu Lan eats a few bites and thinks it is quite delicious.

When the catch officially began, Yinzhen, who was dressed like a big red envelope, appeared in front of people. On the large desk in front of him were pens, ink, paper, inkstones, seals, abacus and other things. Zhu Lanzai took a closer look and didn't find anything out of the ordinary before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"E-niang......" Yinzhen subconsciously looked at Zhu Lan, and after getting Zhu Lan's affirmative eyes, he staggered to reach the pen on the case.

It's not in vain that she's been training for so many days!

Xiao Yinzhen is a child who is very willing to cooperate, but at the same time he is also a child who thinks a little for himself, so after he grabbed the pen, he faced the praise of the harem concubines, stood up unhurriedly, and stuffed the pen in his hand into Zhu Lan's hand in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Little Brother will definitely be a good boy with filial piety in the future." I don't know who said such a sentence at this moment, the originally somewhat stagnant atmosphere was broken, and a voice praising Yinzhen's filial piety suddenly sounded beside Zhu Lan.

Zhu Lan poked Yinzhen's little face, and a feeling of satisfaction suddenly rose in her heart.

This is her child.

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It didn't take long after Yinzhen's Zhou ceremony to end that it was the New Year's Festival, and after the New Year, the palace also ushered in some new faces.

And the most eye-catching of these new faces is the little Gege of the Niu Hulu family.

This Xiao Gege's background is really noble, she is the granddaughter of the founding general of the Qing Dynasty, and she is also the sister of the late Empress Xiao Zhaoren, so although Xuanye did not give her a real seal when she entered the palace, all the examples were according to the concubine's examples. Some time ago, Xuan Ye ordered a new repair of Yongshou Palace, and all kinds of ornaments and creations were sent into the main hall of Yongshou Palace like water, and the people in the palace immediately reacted.

It's just that this Niu Hulu Gege has not yet entered the palace, and another news broke out in the palace, and this news is far more exciting for the women in the palace than Niu Hulu's Gege entering the palace.

Dai Jia Gege in the west side hall of Yonghe Palace is pregnant.

The lord of Yonghe Palace, Concubine Niangniang, already has a son, and now she is pregnant with another one in her belly, Long Live Lord will definitely not let the child in Dai Jia Gege's belly continue to be raised in Yonghe Palace.

So the question is, which concubine will this child fall into the hands of the master in the end?