Scarlet Fang of the Pearl

It was golden autumn, when the chrysanthemums were in full bloom, and the empress chose the Imperial Garden as the venue for this family banquet.It's called the Chrysanthemum Crab Feast. Watching the moon and watching the chrysanthemum and tasting crabs has a special flavor.What's more, the main purpose of this chrysanthemum feast is a blind date, which is very suitable for the occasion, and this proposal was highly appreciated by the Queen Mother.And what about the little bun?He is not interested in watching the moon and chrysanthemums, but he is more interested in crabs.Hey, he hasn't eaten hairy crabs for a long time. He made a fuss about it. Originally, crabs were steamed and boiled in wine at the banquet, but now a dish of hairy crabs was added.It has been half a month since the banquet was discussed until it was actually organized. Although the queen moved quickly, it still took a lot of trouble to take care of all these miscellaneous things.And it's been half a month, and now the empress dowager and Qianlong still make fun of Xiao Baozi's greedy appearance from time to time.

Cooperating with Qin Tianjian to choose a good day with a clear breeze and bright moon, the Empress Dowager Lafayette set up a chrysanthemum crab banquet in the imperial garden. No one dares to make the Queen Mother wait!Even Qianlong, if he was late for something, he would send someone to say hello first, and then apologize when he came.

Although some relatives and foreign ministers were invited to this family banquet, the royal family was basically present. Among the elder brothers, except the five elder brothers who were imprisoned, among the elder brothers, except for the filial Huanzhu Gege, even the imperial concubine was banned. The charter is here.Although Concubine Ling made Qianlong very unhappy last time, it has been so long, and not allowing Concubine Ling to attend such an occasion would have wiped out Concubine Ling's face as the lord of the first palace. , Qianlong didn't like it in his heart, and it was easy to make it too obvious, after all, the one in Lingfei's stomach was still his son.

Only this time, Concubine Ling no longer had the special favor she had in the past.In the past, if there was any banquet, she would definitely sit next to Qianlong with the empress, one on the left and the other on the right, and she would show tenderness everywhere, highlighting the empress' rigid face.This time the concubine Ling was introduced to the seat according to her rank. Under the imperial concubine, even Qianlong's chief chairman could not get close.However, there were still three seats placed on Qianlong's chair, two of which, needless to say, belonged to the emperor and empress.Then the third one, is it possible that the respect room is wrongly arranged according to the habit of previous years?

In fact, it is true that the respect room was wrongly arranged according to the custom. The chief eunuch of the respect room was shocked when he saw that the concubine Ling was arranged by the queen to sit among the concubines who were under her command. Three chairs were placed on the chairman, and he was even more afraid of fainting.If you want someone to take it away, all the concubines and princesses below have arrived, only the three masters and the ninth elder brother have not arrived.It's all looking at it, but what's the best... The supervisor of the eunuch only wished that someone could give him a blow to the head and knock him out at this moment.

Seeing the seat above, Concubine Ling smiled complacently.Although she can't sit on it, the queen will be embarrassed after a while, won't this also entertain her?The lowly concubines also looked at Lingfei jealously when they saw that seat, but this little bit of jealousy Lingfei didn't pay attention to, she always only regarded the queen as her goal, and the queen could be her goal. The opponent is not because the queen is capable, but because the queen's status is too noble.She disdains the queen because she is much smarter than the queen, but she is even more jealous of the noble birth of the queen. Why can she easily get the queen's seat with a single birth? I have worked hard for more than ten years and am still a concubine!

Just as everyone was thinking about the extra seat, a voice from outside rang out.All the people present hurriedly knelt down to greet him, but the chief eunuch rolled his eyes when he heard the announcement, turned his head to the pillar, and passed out in the corner by himself.

Qianlong and the empress supported the empress dowager on one left and the other on the right, and drove over with the little bun in their right hand.The most noble masters in the palace came together. The wife, husband, grandmother, and grandson were gentle and noble, with an undeniable nobility and royal demeanor. They were really the most noble family in the world.The queen and the queen mother saw that there was something obviously wrong on the faces of the extra seat, the queen implied panic and anger, the queen mother frowned and looked at the queen, a little dissatisfied with such a loophole.Qianlong didn't feel anything wrong now.It was only when he sat down that he was stunned to realize that something was wrong. When he looked down, Concubine Ling was sitting at the bottom of the pure imperial concubine, looking at him pitifully.Only then did Qianlong realize what was wrong. It turned out that the concubine Ling was sitting next to him... He glanced at the empress suspiciously. Annoyance flashed in the empress's eyes, and she replied coldly to Qianlong, "Your Majesty , Concubine Ling is just a concubine, she is sitting where she should be sitting now."

The corner of Qianlong's mouth twitched, and he looked reflexively at the little bun on his right hand, only to be relieved when he saw that the bun gave him a blank stare and didn't move.He didn't mean anything, it's just that he's not used to it. What the empress said, it seems that I... hum... No matter what, Qianlong just didn't agree with the empress. Even if he changed his view on Shi 23 now, he still treats the empress like this.The little bun saw it, but he didn't speak for the queen. He understood what he was thinking about Qianlong. Er and Xiao Shisan belonged to him, but he was not of the Virgin Mary's nature to speak up for his rival in love.For Xiao Twelve and Xiao Thirteen's sake, as long as the queen doesn't attack him, he can stay safe. For the rest, he can ask for his own blessing.

In the current situation, although Xiao Baozi is clever and cunning, he doesn't know much about the rules of the harem, so he hasn't seen the problem yet.At this moment, the atmosphere became awkward for a while.The queen's face was ugly, and just now she couldn't bear to call for someone to remove the chair, Qianlong stretched out his hand, hugged Xiao Baozi to the chair and sat down.The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, acquiescing to Qianlong's approach. If someone really asked to remove the chair, it would really hurt face.Letting Yongyan sit like this now, although it is a bit against the rules, but it is justified to say that it is a family banquet and pampered.

"Get up." After the masters sat down, the kneeling people got up.Looking up, it was the nine princes who sat on it with the emperor and were slightly taken aback.According to etiquette, Xiao Baozi should pay his respects to his elder brothers and high-ranking concubines before sitting down.But now that he is sitting with Qianlong, who would dare to ask him to come down to pay his respects?

Qianlong and the Empress Dowager said a few words on the occasion, which was regarded as the opening of the banquet.Today is a family banquet, not talking about state affairs, and it is also a blind date banquet, so it is not appropriate to have some singing and dancing.But since Qing'er and Lan'er wanted to choose a son-in-law, Qianlong and the Queen Mother muttered a few words, and simply let Qing'er and Lan'er come up with their own ideas and test these relatives.Lan'er was a little shy and didn't say a word for a long time. Qing'er had seen many things around the queen mother, so she was more generous.She came up with an idea, beating the drums to pass the flowers, today is the chrysanthemum crab feast, if the flowers are passed to someone, whoever will write a poem on the theme of chrysanthemums, if they fail to write, they will be punished with three glasses of wine.

The children of the lowly families know that the test is coming, and whoever can embrace the beauty tonight will depend on their own performance.Seeing Qianlong watching from above, they all held their heads up high and looked confident.

Qianlong asked someone to bring a drum, and started to beat on the side. Instead of using flowers, they used a small ball similar to a hydrangea.As soon as the drum here rang, it passed from Qing'er's hands.The drumbeat was fast and slow, exciting, and then suddenly stopped with a bang.This first time, it was in the hands of elder brother Xi Yongrong. Yongrong smiled slightly, thought for a while and wrote a poem about chrysanthemums.The drum sounded again, and the flower ball started from Yongrong's hand, fast and slow, and turned back to Qinger's hand after a circle.Qing'er is worthy of being a talented woman who is deeply loved by the queen mother, and she also composed a four-character quatrain without thinking about it for a long time.Let the relatives and nobles who are interested in honoring the lord below be even more interested in it.

The sound of the drum below was rapid all the way, after reaching Fucha Haozhen's hands, he dawdled for a long time but failed to pass the flower ball out, at this time the sound of the drum stopped as he wanted.Prince Shuo's face was full of joy, Fucha Haozhen raised his head proudly, shook his head and composed a poem, listening to it, it was pretty good.Fucha Haozhen looks like a human being, and Xiao Baozi can clearly see the concern in Lan'er's eyes and the coldness in the eyes of Empress Qianlong beside him.In fact, Fucha Haozhen had been removed from the candidate list by the empress dowager a long time ago, but for this banquet, Prince Shuo's Mansion, as a royal mansion, still invited him.But it seems that this made the family think that they shouldn't, thinking that they still have a chance to honor the Lord.

Some people below praised Fucha Haozhen's poem, but Qianlong didn't comment on it, only continued.

Qianlong looked down, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xiao Baozi's chopsticks stretched out towards the crab again, and he reached out and pressed it, "I still eat crabs! You have eaten three of them now. The crab is cold, and your body is cold, sir. Eat something. Gao Wuyong, order someone to serve some partridge and bird's nest porridge, and take this plate of crab..."

"Huang Ama..." Hearing that he was about to take it down, Xiao Baozi pouted, "Don't pout, the imperial doctor said that you are born with a cold body, so you must take good care of it." , Qianlong is very difficult to talk about, and the queen mother will not help, so the little bun can only watch the little eunuch take away the fragrant hairy crabs with "hate" and "eyes"...

The bun was distracted by greed, and when he didn't pay attention, the flower ball was passed to his lap. He was so busy coquettish with Qianlong that he didn't see the smile in Qianlong's eyes. From his point of view... a certain bun, for a moment, embarrassing...