Xiao Yongyan stood at the front, Xiao Yonghan stood on the lower side of him, and behind him stood more than a dozen of Xiao Yongyan's concubines.

Everyone knelt down and bowed to the concubine, and the concubine smiled and flattened everyone.

"Hehe, sit down, don't be restrained! Hey, I don't know when the emperor will be able to bring your prince and princess to the palace to pay New Year's greetings!"

Xiao Yongyan said with a smile: "This matter of having children cannot be forced! Maybe fate has not yet arrived!"

Concubine Xian fidgeted, counting, she has been in the palace for the longest time, but she has never had an heir.

If I could have a son and a half daughter, I am afraid that I would have been promoted to the title a long time ago, and I would still only be a concubine.

When the concubine said this, the concubines didn't dare to answer the conversation, for fear of harming themselves.

Xiao Yonghan and Mo Ruxue sat next to them silently, and they had nothing to do with themselves.

For a while, the atmosphere in the hall was a little cold.

Yi Shanggong changed the topic with a smile, and she said to the concubine: "Concubine, today's first day, the yuan cake prepared for the emperor should be cold for a while." ”

"Oh, yes, let's serve it! There are a few new styles in the Imperial Dining Room this year, let's try them!"

This yuan cake is a kind of cake unique to the concubine's hometown during the New Year, and the concubine will let the imperial dining room make some for everyone to share during the New Year every year.

The ladies of the palace came out with plates of delicate cakes, each with four pale yellow cakes, about the same size as modern mung bean cakes, but in different shapes.

Mo Ruxue picked up a piece and took a bite, the taste was slightly hard, and the lips and teeth were fragrant, this is obviously osmanthus cake, how can it be called yuan cake?

It's just that the osmanthus cake of this era is not as fine and soft as the modern one, and some of it is too sweet and greasy.

Come to think of it, she really hasn't seen osmanthus cake in the bazaar of this dynasty, hasn't this kind of cake been popularized yet?

If she improves the new version, I don't know if her mother-in-law can treat her better.

The concubine smiled and said to everyone: "My old woman makes yuan cakes every year, are you tired of eating them?"

"What's the matter, such a delicacy can only be eaten here by the mother, but the son hopes to eat it often!" Xiao Yongyan ate all four pieces very appreciatively.

"Eat slowly, don't choke!

The concubine smiled and reprimanded softly, with unstoppable love in her eyes.

Xiao Yonghan took two bites and said: "This year's pastries seem to be softer and more fragrant than in previous years. ”

"That's natural, this is the osmanthus that the palace specially let people go to Qinjiang to pick last year, where the osmanthus is the most fragrant, and the cakes made are delicious. The concubine explained with a smile.

After eating the pastries and drinking two cups of tea, Xiao Yongyan accompanied the concubine to talk for a while, and then left with the concubines.

Xiao Yonghan and Mo Ruxue continued to stay and talk to the concubine. The whole process was that their mother and son were chatting, and Mo Ruxue sat quietly next to them and listened.

Yishang Palace came to pass that the king of Changshan County brought his family to pay New Year's greetings to the concubine.

The concubine frowned and said, "Among the ladies who came just now, there is a princess who looks like the king of Changshan County, isn't it the palace that I have seen it wrong?"

Mo Ruxue listened to this, thinking in her heart, I was afraid that Mei Yuruo was also like her, and she came first with the group of ladies in a daze.

Yi Shanggong replied with a smile: "There is indeed a princess of the county among the people who came just now, and this time the princess of the county came with the princess and the county lord of Yongning." ”

"Yo, Xiao Zhizhi is also here, hurry up and let her in, hehe!"

The king of Changshan County came in with Mei Yuruo, the county lord of Yongning, and a little boy of five or six years old.

The county lord of Yongning was wearing a pink palace dress and a flying fairy bun, looking extremely smart and lively.

She pursed her lips and smiled at Mo Ruxue, very cute.

Mei Yuruo's face was redressed, but she still couldn't hide the sadness on her face.

King Changshan led them to kneel in front of the concubine and salute the concubine, who smiled and made them get up.

"The king of Changshan County can stay a few more days when he comes back this year, so that the county lord of Yongning will also come to the palace to accompany the palace, you see that this palace is deserted, and there is no child. ”

Xiao Yuanbi smiled and said: "Thanks to the concubine's affection, this is Yongning's blessing! As long as the concubine is willing, let her live in the palace every day for the past few days, and Weichen has no opinion." ”

"Xiaozhi, come to Grandma Taifei, hehe!"

The county lord of Yongning called her so affectionately to the concubine, obviously she was very used to it, she walked up to the concubine with a smile and snuggled in her arms.

"Grandma Taifei, I have been thinking about you lately! Calculate carefully, you already have ...... I haven't seen Grandma Tofteen days!"

The concubine smiled from ear to ear: "You even calculate the days so clearly, then how many days will you stay in the palace this time?"

"Okay, can the concubine allow the concubine to come to see me at any time?"

As soon as Mei Yuruo heard the words of the county lord of Yongning, she hurriedly stopped her from speaking: "Zhizhi, it is already a great grace to let you stay in the palace with Grandma Taifei, how dare you make a request indiscriminately?"

"Back to the concubine, she is young and ignorant, and the concubine didn't discipline her well, and she ...... Please also ask the concubine not to blame her. ”

The concubine smiled and said: "The princess of the county is too nervous, what kind of request is this! The youngest daughter is attached to her mother, this is human ethics, just such a small matter, where is the need to be punished? This palace has allowed it, hehe!"

Mei Yuruo breathed a sigh of relief, she had heard the county lord of Yongning say how the concubine treated her well, but when she saw it today, she could be regarded as believing it.

Xiao Yuanbi pushed the boy next to him and asked him to come forward to say goodbye to the concubine, but the boy didn't know if he was shy or what was going on, so he didn't take a step forward.

At this time, the concubine noticed that Xiao Yuanbi had a child beside him.

"King Changshan, who is the boy next to you?"

"Back to the concubine, this is Wei Chen's eldest son - Xiao Yingyu, who is six years old this year, Wei Chen wants to take him out to pay a New Year's greeting to the concubine. He had never been out of the palace, and he was a little restrained, so Weichen went back and enlightened him again. ”

The concubine looked at the boy, his eyes were deep, his facial features were three-dimensional, he was very handsome at a young age, but he was a little timid, and his performance was far worse than when the county lord of Yongning first entered the palace.

The county lord of Yongning was only four or five years old when he first entered the palace with the king of Changshan County, a small face was soft and cute, and the big eyes were full of energy.

"That's it, kid, take your time, don't scare him, you all sit down, hehe!"

Xiao Yuanbi took Xiao Yingyu to sit opposite Xiao Yonghan, and Mei Yuruo sat under them.

"You all stay for dinner at noon, Yi Shang Palace, invite the emperor and concubines over in a while, and everyone will be lively together!"

When Mei Yuruo heard that she was going to stay for dinner, she suddenly became restless, thinking that it would be over just for a New Year's greeting, but if she had a meal, she didn't know when she would get it.

She leaned over to Xiao Yuanbi and whispered, "King Jun, can the concubine go back first, Chuan'er is still sick......

"There are nurses and so many maids to take care of, there is no shortage of you! The emperor is also here today, do you dare to be absent? If you leave, where will the face of the king of this county go?"

"Concubine ......" Mei Yuruo still wanted to argue a few words, glanced at Xiao Yuanbi's fierce eyes, and had to shut up.

The county lord of Yongning looked at her mother frowning slightly, her face was full of anxious looks, and she immediately understood, she leaned over and whispered a few words in the concubine's ear.

The concubine frowned slightly and looked at Mei Yuruo and said, "Since you have something urgent, just say directly, the child's fever is a big deal, and it can't be delayed, so let Imperial Doctor Li go back with you to take a look!"

"Thank you, concubine, thank you, concubine thank you for your grace!" Mei Yuruo knelt down and kowtowed happily.

Xiao Yuanbi said that he was very unlucky to see the doctor on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and no matter how she begged in the morning, he said that he would not let him ask for a doctor.

She had no choice but to keep wiping the child's body to cool down.

Now it's okay, the concubine ordered the imperial doctor to treat the child, and he didn't dare to stop anything!

Concubine: "Yi Shang Palace, Imperial Doctor Xuanli will go to the county king's mansion for a trip!"

"The slave obeys the order, the princess of the county will go out with the slave!"

"Thank you, Lord Shanggong!" Mei Yuruo quickly got up and left with Yi Shanggong.

After they left, the concubine glanced at Xiao Yuanbi dissatisfiedly, the sister-in-law was seriously ill, but he took the concubine into the palace to pay New Year's greetings, it was really indistinguishable!

This county princess is really too weak, fortunately, the temperament of the county lord of Yongning did not follow her, thinking of this, the princess kindly stroked the face of the county lord of Yongning.

"Don't worry, Imperial Physician Li is a skilled doctor, and he will definitely heal your brother. ”

The county lord of Yongning nodded obediently and bowed to the concubine: "Yongning, thank you for the grace of the concubine!"