[Red House] Harem Road in Spring

"By the way, what does the emperor mean to say that in order for Concubine Cheng to enter the palace, Concubine Cheng's father sterilized Concubine Cheng before entering the palace?" Yingchun asked again in disbelief.

"Yeah!" The emperor nodded affirmatively, "I found someone to look at it, and it is impossible to recover even after 20 years of recuperation. The body has been destroyed, and it is difficult to get good results even if I go out to marry. People have been put into the palace."

"Then Concubine Cheng asked Zeng Meiren to live in her Yongshou Palace?" Yingchun asked.

"You should know that Concubine Cheng is the main concubine of Yongshou Palace. If another concubine of Yongshou Palace who is not of high rank gives birth to an imperial heir, by default she will be raised in front of the main concubine."

"So Concubine Cheng herself knows her physical condition, does she want to borrow her belly to give birth?" Yingchun asked.

The emperor didn't directly answer Yingchun's question. He said, "Before Chengfei entered the palace, I met her once. She said that her family wanted her to enter the palace to be loyal to me, and worried that she would have children in the future. She said that being a mother is strong, and she herself can't guarantee that she will choose a samurai family between the child and the samurai after she enters the palace and has a child.

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"So Concubine Cheng should not go against the wishes of the Wu family. The Wu family is ruthless, and this concubine is also ruthless!" Yingchun said.

"I remember you reprimanded General Wu some time ago, but because of this?" Yingchun asked.

"The Wu family's ability to send their daughter to the palace shows that their family is worried that I will doubt the loyalty of the Wu family, and let the Wu family take the medicine first and then report to me, beheaded first and then played! I will forgive him for a while because of the Wu family's merits. .”

Really, if the Wu family's daughter is fine, the emperor really doesn't want to take her into the harem, and cut off his own daughter's harem first. Although there is an intention to show his heart, it also threatens the emperor. No wonder the emperor is unhappy up.

In a blink of an eye, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor will entertain the royal family and important officials in the imperial garden, and will also reward the Mid-Autumn Mooncakes to show the emperor's favor. Few people can come to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they can get Mid-Autumn Mooncakes There are definitely many people here, so on this day, the fragrance of pastries wafted everywhere in the palace, and the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus was also mixed in it.

Yingchun is on standby in Fengzao Palace.

Looking at the time, the palace servant reported, "Your Majesty, it's time."

"Order the palace people to close the gates of the imperial garden and the inner palace. Send people to check on the concubines and maids of the palaces to see if anyone is absent." Yingchun said.

The imperial garden is at the end of the entire harem, with beautiful scenery, and is the first choice for holding banquets. Although the imperial garden is at the end of the harem, there are high walls and palace gates between it and the harem. How to close the palace gates Those who can seal that place are counted.

Today, the emperor is having a big banquet in the imperial garden, and he will close the gates of the palaces connecting the imperial garden and the harem in advance, and then there will be internal eunuchs in the imperial garden to check for omissions or people who entered by mistake, that is, at the same time, welcome the spring People will be sent to check on the concubines and female relatives in the palace to see if they are absent.

In short, before a banquet, it is necessary to ensure that the men entering the imperial garden will not collide with the women in the harem, and that the women in the harem cannot contact the outsider.

In ancient times, the defense between men and women, especially between men and women of powerful families, was so serious.

The gates of the imperial garden and the harem were closed yesterday. This morning, the inner eunuch inspected and cleared the place in the imperial garden. Yingchun also began to send people to check on the female relatives in the harem. After receiving proper news, Yingchun gave feedback to the emperor. The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet began.

Civil and military officials, clan princes began to enter the imperial garden. At this stage, a special person will register how many people have entered the imperial garden and who they are, so as to check whether anyone has stayed in the imperial garden after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

Yingchun watched boxes of mooncakes being delivered to the imperial garden, and boxes of mooncakes being sent out of the palace. Yingchun asked, "The mooncakes from Rongguo Mansion and Lin's family have been sent over."

"Don't worry, empress, I sent it out early!" Xiuju said.

Yingchun nodded, the two children were taken to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet by the emperor, she was a little bored staying alone in Fengzao Palace.

It was almost dinner time, Yingchun waited in Fengzao Palace for the emperor to come back with Ding'er and Suan'er, and when he arrived in the room, the emperor lay on his side on the couch.

"Xiuju is going to bring the hangover soup, what's wrong with Huan'er?" Yingchun asked.

She stepped forward and covered the emperor with a blanket, and massaged the emperor's head.

Ding'er who went with him was fine, but Huan'er was listless.

"No one is playing with him, and he has to sit for such a long time, Huan'er is bored." Ding'er said.

Yingchun took Suan'er distressedly, and said to the emperor, "Huan'er is still young!"

"It's three years old." The emperor retorted.

"That's Xu Sui." Yingchun said, she looked at Ding'er and asked, "Ding'er, don't you feel bored?"

Ding'er shook his head, and said with some aftertaste, "It's very interesting to see all the civil and military officials acting and fighting against each other."

"Ding'er and I were really alike when I was young. When I was young, I also liked to observe other people's guessing their mental activities." The emperor patted Ding'er's head and said.

"Then Huan'er must be like a concubine." Yingchun said, it's okay for children to be innocent when they are young, and they will grow up slowly anyway.

At this time, Xiuju brought hangover soup, and Yingchun took it, "Your Majesty, use a bowl of hangover soup. When the hangover soup is finished, go to bed and rest!"

"You feed me." The emperor said.

Seeing that the emperor was tired, Yingchun did not refuse, and fed him hangover soup with a spoon.

Yingchun took care of the three of them to rest on the bed, and she was watching beside them. Seeing that the three were fast asleep, Yingchun wanted to get up to arrange a family banquet, but saw the emperor holding her hand. When she moved, the emperor felt uneasy. To wake up.

Yingchun simply stood by and watched the father and son catch up on sleep.

Around Xu time, Xiuju quietly came in to report that the family banquet had been prepared and the concubines had already taken their seats.

"Let the jugglers perform for them first, and we'll be there later." Yingchun said in a low voice.

"Yes" Xiuju quietly backed out.

Yingchun turned around and saw the emperor woke up, "When is it?"

"It's Xu time." Yingchun replied.

"Then let's go there, put on Ding'er, forget about Huan'er, let him continue to sleep."

"it is good"

At this time, the sky is getting dark, and you can still see the scenes specially prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival in the imperial garden.

Yingchun and the emperor took a chariot to the imperial garden together, and the supervisor said, "The emperor is here, the empress is here, and His Royal Highness is here."

The concubines stood up to greet each other, and when the emperor and Yingchun sat on the high platform, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet officially began.

First of all, it is natural that the emperor speaks and then rewards everyone, and then it is the Spring Festival speech that rewards everyone. The opening of the banquet seems to be the same no matter which era it is.

The next thing is that Yingchun is interested. The concubines congratulate the emperor or the concubines perform to please the emperor.

First of all, Concubine Zhuang, worthy of being from a scholarly family, she drew a picture of the moon palace in a very short time on the spot, which was pretty good.

Next, Concubine Cheng, when she saw Concubine Cheng welcoming the spring, she thought of Concubine Cheng taking the drug that would kill her. Before she had time to lament Concubine Cheng's sadness, she quickly realized that Concubine Cheng is a ruthless person, and she doesn't know how she treats others. , but she is really ruthless to herself, I hope her family will not disappoint her sacrifice, so that Concubine Cheng will be proud of the Wu family.

Originally Concubine Cheng was going to perform, but Concubine Cheng suddenly said that she was not feeling well and asked Beauty Zeng to perform for her.

Everyone understood that this was a special arrangement by Concubine Cheng to praise Zeng Meiren. Like Yingchun who knew the inside story, she naturally understood that Concubine Cheng wanted to have a child by borrowing her belly, but those who didn't know the inside story were mocking Concubine Cheng for being unfavorable and trying to Introduce others to help her win favor.

Goodbye Zeng Meiren, she has changed a lot, the timidity of that day is gone, with a bit of shyness and knowledge, she is an intellectual little beauty again.

After the emperor agreed, Zeng Meiren took out a guqin and walked to the field.

The moment the music sound came to mind, Yingchun knew that this Zeng beauty was outstanding today.

Sure enough, after the music ended, the emperor boasted, "Not bad!"

It seems that Beauty Zeng is hopeful to compete for favor, Concubine Cheng smiled, Beauty Zeng blushed from excitement but returned to the table calmly.

After that, there was Feng Guipin, a well-regulated segment of the program, the emperor just nodded and seemed not interested.

Next was Ding Jieyu. Seeing Ding Jieyu's expression, Yingchun knew that Ding Jieyu was holding back her big move. No wonder she was trying so hard to please her and wanted her to let her out early.

The plain white palace dress, because the material of the clothes is specially made, gives people a sense of ecstasy. Ding Jieyu dances to the music, which is particularly beautiful and pleasing to the eye. If she doesn't have many years of skills, she may not be able to dance Such a beautiful dance.

When the music stopped, Ding Jieyu stood facing the emperor and raised a restrained but shy smile.

"That's right, reward." The emperor said very face-saving.

Ding Jieyu was overjoyed, and returned to her seat after a bow.

After Ding Jieyu, it was Ye Liangdi's performance.Ye Liangdi's experience with the Mid-Autumn Banquet was not good. Firstly, Zeng Meiren, who could be her punching bag, was snatched away by Concubine Cheng; then, Ding Jieyu, who should have been imprisoned for a longer period of time, was released and was about to fight for the favor up.

There are so many imperial favors, if one person suddenly wins the favor, it will inevitably divide the favor of others. Among the newcomers in the palace, she is the most favored. If you want to compete for favor, don't you want to share her favor?

What made Ye Liangdi angry the most was that she carefully prepared the dance and wanted to surprise everyone at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to win today's leader, but the performances were based on positions, and she was assigned to Ding Jie who also prepared the dance After Yu, when she knew that Ding Jieyu had good dance skills, she could only suppress her anger and change her performance in order not to make Dong Shi's imitation jokes.

Therefore, Ye Liangdi devised a sword dance in an ingenious way.

Good looks are a plus point, and Ye Liangdi dared to take out the sword dance, so naturally she had some skills, a good sword dance was performed by a stunning beauty, the effect was particularly obvious, the emperor watched it very seriously.

When Ye Liangdi finished her performance, the emperor boasted, "That's right, a big reward."

A big reward is enough to know the effect of the performance. Sure enough, although Zeng Meiren and Ding Jieyu were outstanding, Ye Liangdi won the first place.

Today is a bit busy, so the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet ended in a hurry, the emperor ruthlessly turned around and led Yingchun away in the midst of the eager expectations of all the beauties.

On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, it is natural to rest in Fengzao Palace.