[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

Laiwang was a bit quick-witted, "I've never seen a big official before, and I feel a little scared when I see it."

Consort Yan snorted coldly.

"Then tell me, where did you get it?"

"The thing is..." Laiwang's eyeballs flickered towards Jia Lian a few times, "The girl in the yard gave it to me."

Concubine Yan pressed on step by step, "Who gave it to you, let her confront you together."

Laiwang trembled even worse below, and plopped down on his knees, "It's all the villain's fault, the villain's heart is covered in lard, and it has nothing to do with other people, please forgive me, my son-in-law."

His actions seemed to indicate that he was instigated by others. At this time, he worked hard to protect the Lord and wanted to block all the mistakes on himself.

Brothers Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng stared at Jia Lian, wondering if Xiao Wang really had the courage to do these things, right?

At this moment, Jia Lian's heart was filled with anger, thinking of exhorting the mother-in-law, didn't she remember it in her heart?

At this time, Laiwang was lying on the hall with snot and tears and kowtowed, his forehead was already bloody.

The son-in-law sighed, but in fact, all the people in the hall understood that the so-called dowry for chaste women was nothing but fiction.

The wife of the Zhen family wants to get back the family wealth, and the son-in-law Yan wants to find out the unconfiscated property of the Zhen family.Right now everyone is pretending to be confused.

Several people in the hall did not speak, and Laiwang kowtowed for a long time, until finally he lost his strength and passed out on the ground.

The son-in-law is not willing to leave at all, if the Jia family does not hand over the money today, he will not leave.

So he took another sip of the teacup, and asked someone to take Laiwang down and take him into custody, and then ordered him to take Laiwang's wife and children into custody.

The commotion was too loud, and the old lady in the backyard had already been alarmed, and the old lady just pretended not to know, after all, the son-in-law had no evidence for something without evidence, so she couldn't do anything to her family.

But now this great god is sitting in the main hall... The old lady first sent someone outside to spread the word to invite King Jing to come over.

They also sent someone to inquire about Laiwang, and took advantage of this gap to call Wang Xifeng over and scold him.

Wang Xifeng had suffered an innocent disaster, and she was so angry that she clenched her teeth, thinking in her heart that the ghost must be using me as a murderer, and secretly swore that if she knew who it was, she would have to peel his skin and take out his tongue. The whole family is sold.

Jia's house itself was full of holes, and after a while the old lady knew how Laiwang was involved in this matter.

Rongguo Mansion's management of servants is relatively loose, and apart from the usual greed for some things from the master's house among these servants, those flirtatious little daughter-in-laws often have some unclear relationships with the stewards.

Laiwang has a concubine, that is, a family living in Xiaren Hutong behind Rongguo Mansion. The woman of this family bought an antique a few days ago and handed it to Laiwang, saying that she asked him to go out and help with it. Spend yourself.

It's not that such a thing has never happened before. Of course, Laiwang has no doubts. After holding this thing as a pawn, he took out part of the money and gave it to the little daughter-in-law. He kept some of the rest and gave the rest to his own. mother-in-law.

Then the old lady of the Jia family found out that the little daughter-in-law's mother-in-law had a good relationship with Zhou Rui's family.

Because this little daughter-in-law is quite restless, she is often caught and beaten by her own man, but there are many such things between the servants of the two houses. Although it is embarrassing, this little daughter-in-law can also get a lot of money from outside Come back, so turn a blind eye at home.

It's just that a mother-in-law often vomits bitterness in front of others, and some old sisters often comfort her...

The old lady is old and refined. After hearing these things, she looked at Mrs. Wang, closed her eyes and thought for a while.

Some things cannot be left to Yuanyang, after all, it is a girl's house who has never been out.

The old lady asked someone to call the old lady of the Lai family over, and after giving such and such orders, she changed her clothes and found out that King Beijing's sedan chair had arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, and asked someone to go to the front to report that she wanted to see the prince and the prince. Son-in-law.

King Beijing Jing was relatively young and handsome enough, so he sat down with the son-in-law after they met.

Both of them are dressed as youths, both of them have beautiful faces and eyes like stars, and they are dressed in brocade clothes. Their appearance is just in line with this grand hall... King Bei Jing admired Yan Yu in his heart, thinking that he would be able to ascend to the high position quickly , this person's appearance is hard to find in the capital, it's a pity why he didn't make friends with him before.

After the ceremony, King Beijing said to Jia Zheng, "Why don't you see your son?"

Then he turned his head to chat with Concubine Yan, "Concubine is not often in the capital, so naturally he doesn't often see their Second Master Bao, that's really the name of Jinghua..."

Jia Zheng quickly stood up and humbled himself, "How dare you show off your talents in front of the prince and the son-in-law. The prince is proficient in poetry and the son-in-law was once on the list. They are all talents in the world. He is a yellow-mouthed kid..."

While talking, someone reported that the old lady was coming.

After the old lady came, she didn't say anything else, and asked someone to tie a servant girl to the hall.

What happened next, in the old lady's narration, became that the woman was restless, had contacts with outsiders, obtained some things, and wanted to turn these things into silver, and then Having a relationship with Laiwang, I pawned these things through Laiwang's hands and exchanged them for some money.

The old lady burst into tears at that time, and kept saying in front of the son-in-law that she had made a mistake and failed to restrain the servants.

Looking at the old lady's posture, Prince Yan knew that today was a waste of time.

Declining Rongguo Mansion's invitation to stay for dinner, he took the people away.

Not to mention anything else, just that Jia Lian returned home in a cold sweat, his legs shaking like playing a pipa string.

At the door of the upper room, his daughter Qiaoer helped him to sit on the seat, Wang Xifeng brought a bowl of tea to his mouth, and Jia Lian took a sip of tea from his wife's hand to calm his nerves.

"Good boy, it's okay, you can go back."

Qiaoer looked back at her parents three times a step, and led them back to the wing.

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Wang Xifeng quickly sat down next to Jia Lian.

"The second wife really wants to kill us. Who would have thought that Concubine Yan's nose is sharper than a dog's, so she came here after smelling it."

Jia Lian patted the table, "What's going on? You didn't see it today, and Concubine Yan made it clear at the time that he would never let it go."

"Didn't you say that the money was in the hands of the Lai family last time? I should have thought about it a long time ago. The old lady asked the Lai family to send things to the aunt in the south of the Yangtze River. When she came back, she got a few hundred thousand taels of silver. The wife didn't know it at first, it was all from the Lai family who heard what the second wife wanted.

At that time they should hook up together, and now the money that the old lady accepted is placed in the Lai family, and the Lai family took something from the house and gave it to Zhou Rui's family, and Zhou Rui's family gave it to the slut who killed a thousand knives. Wife, if that blind man in Laiwang didn't tell me, they put the blame on me.

Today she sat by the side like a normal person, I was in a state of confusion, and no one even took a look at her. If the old lady hadn't made a decision in the face of danger, I'm afraid our family would not be able to reunite today. "

Gritting your teeth in your mouth, and swearing in your heart, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous.

Jia Lian felt that at this time, he should think about whether to run a small official for himself and hide outside for a few years, so that the family would no longer be a mess.

If you can really go outside and become an official...bring your wife and daughter with you.

Stand up and let Ping'er find clothes for herself.

Wang Xifeng chased after him and asked, "It's almost dark today, where are you going?"

"I'm going to find my cousin, you give me a few thousand taels of banknotes, I'll find my cousin to drink and run around, let's find a place to be a county magistrate for a few years."

"Why should we go out?"

"Since we can't fight against others, you don't even think about it. When you fight with others, who will the old lady stand on? Her daughter is now the family's reliance, and her son is the hope of the whole family in the future. Let's put the days ahead first Let’s talk about it after we’re done, and we’ll come back when the girl is about to get married.”

Ping'er had already taken out the clothes, and after Jia Lian had changed into them, Wang Xifeng took out two or three bank notes from the box next to her.

When I handed it to Jia Lian, I was very reluctant, and earnestly told him, "Tell my cousin, let's not go to poor places or too far away, but find a safe place to stay for a few years."

Jia Lian agreed and went out.

In the palace, Linlin just received several sacks of pearls.

The court lady spread a piece of cloth on the carpet and poured the pearls on it. These pearls rolled out together, some were flat and some were round, which seemed to dazzle people's eyes when looking at them.

Xiezhi ran over and squatted down to pick some to play with, Linlin hurriedly followed and squatted down as well, stroking her son's back, "You can't eat this."

Xiezhi can't understand words now, and has just learned to walk. In order to make him walk more steadily, Linlin does not allow others to hug him during this period of time, and let him wander slowly in the Ganlu Hall.

Xiezhi knelt down and inserted his hands into the pile of pearls with a few ahhhh.

Seeing that the drool was about to fall, Linlin quickly wiped it off with her handkerchief.

After finally raising the three sons to grow up, I started raising this little one again. Although raising cubs is a lot of fun, the cubs grow up to be less cute.

The emperor brought Zou Wu over. When Friday saw the pearls on the ground, he yelled and ran over. The whole person lay down on the ground, and the beads splashed everywhere.

All the ladies in the palace were looking for pearls all over the place holding up lanterns.

The emperor kicked Zou Wu's ass, "I've never seen you settle down."

At this time, Xiezhi followed suit and crawled into the pile of pearls, crawling around on top of it.

The emperor reached out and grabbed the clothes of the youngest son, lifted him up, shook off the pearls on his body, and joked with Linlin, "I can't see that you are so rich now that you have already started to spread pearls on the floor."

"You're wrong. These beads will become cheaper and cheaper in the future. Let me tell you, the farmers plan the harvest in the fields, the hunters look for the harvest in the mountains, and these fishermen fish the harvest from the sea. People in the world should not be underestimated, some people have figured out how to raise these pearls a few years ago, and these are all raised."

Linlin picked up a bead from the ground and handed it to the emperor, "Look, these beads are not as good as the ones we saw before in terms of color and size."

The emperor looked at it for a while, "Although it is not comparable, but the number is huge. What's the use of bringing these over?"

"I had someone check it out. Some of the better ones will be sold in the silver building as jewelry. These will be distributed to the children at home during the Dragon Boat Festival. Let them decide how to use them."

The emperor thought for a while, and the Dragon Boat Festival was very close, "Why don't you call all the children over now, let's send them to them now, and I will take advantage of your rewards to intervene, and let these little brats We are grateful to me."

Linlin thought to herself that you have a really thick skin. How can you say that if you use my things to make money, the sons and daughters are grateful?

But still sent someone to call all the princes and princesses in the palace.

Let people find those buckets woven with rattan, cover them with soft silk and put them on the ground, and let the palace people pour these pearls into these buckets.

Except for the married princess Shouchun and the prince who has been very busy in recent days, the other princes and princesses will arrive soon.

When these children came, it was at the end of the pearl installation. After they were greeted, they watched Xiezhi waddling back and forth among the buckets.

Counting them carefully, I found that the number of these fights was about the same as the number of brothers and sisters present, and I not only had hope in my heart.

The emperor began to lecture these sons and daughters, and after the lecture, he took Linlin a little bit, "Your mother thinks that you are not young, and now I reward you with some things, and you should learn to take care of these pearls and jades." It's all over, come and thank you."

Linlin asked Xiezhi to be brought over, hugged her youngest son and patted him on the back, and said kindly to the others, "These beads are of different colors, some are good and some are inferior, all mixed together, and finally Every now and then, one person chooses a bucket to carry back, and they can deal with it by themselves.

In my opinion, boys and girls are the same in our family, but our princesses are all spoiled, so let your sisters choose first, and after the princesses are finished choosing, it will be your turn, brats. "

The princes laughed for a while, and silently took a step back.

The princesses came up again to thank you, and said a few witty words. Each of them picked a bucket, and let the palace servant who came with him pick it up and stand behind.

These princes gave in to each other for a while, and let the younger brothers choose first.

The youngest one here is Xiezhi, and Bai Ze took Xiezhi from Linlin's arms, and said to Xiezhi, "Whoever you like, take a pearl from above, and this bucket will be yours later."

Xiezhi couldn't understand at all, and smiled at the second brother hehehe, hugging the neck of the second brother with two small hands, trying to climb up with both hands and feet.

Zou Wu took this opportunity to fight for his younger brother.

A group of princes and princesses poured out all the pearls after they took them back, and asked the people around them to select and sort the pearls, and separate the sizes, so that they are not in a hurry to use them in the future.

Since these things were given by the mother-in-law, the mother-in-law would not dare to intervene. If these children are filial to the mother-in-law... some people will accept it.

Concubine Hu waved her hand at the beads sent by her son.

"Tell the Third Highness that he is not a child anymore, so he doesn't need to bring things to me anymore. I don't lack beads here, let him keep it for himself."

The palace people took these things back, and the third prince looked at them for a while, thinking in his heart that since there are women in the palace, everyone doesn't care about pearls right now, so why not give them to his little fiancée.

An eunuch next to him gave him advice, "It's going to be hot soon, why don't you ask someone to make a pearl shirt and send it to the princess."

The third prince was really happy when he heard that, because there were dozens of pink beads in these beads, which were paired with white beads. At this time, they were made into a pearl shirt, which was really suitable for the girl to wear.

After more than half a month, this pearl shirt was considered ready, and the craftsman brought it over to show the third prince, who was really happy.

"Have someone put it in a box, and tomorrow I will take it and send it to the princess quietly."

The old mother beside him frowned, "Your Highness, why should you be so quiet? I heard that July 7th is the birthday of our princess. Wouldn't it be better to send this as a congratulatory gift?"

It's already June, and it won't be long, so it's okay to wait.

The third prince thought about it for a while, it was indeed better than sending it secretly by herself, and she could wear it generously as a birthday present.

The third prince took some time to tell Concubine Hu about this matter. Although Concubine Hu was sore in her heart, she still took the pearl shirt to find the queen.

The two sat down and talked about it, "It is said that after marrying a daughter-in-law, you forget your mother. This is true. When he got a bucket of pearls, he didn't think about making one for me first, but he thought about his wife first."

Linlin laughed loudly after hearing this, "Young men and women are not thoughtful enough, just wait and see, when your daughter-in-law comes in, they will be filial to you together."

"The concubine borrowed auspicious words from the empress, and this matter is entrusted to the empress."

Linlin felt that this was not a big deal, so she nodded and agreed, "Leave it alone, the box I saw wasn't bright enough, and I'll ask someone to make a few good boxes, and it will look better when you put them in."

Concubine Hu stood up and thanked. After Huang Si took the box, Linlin suddenly became curious, "Have you seen the pearl shirt inside? If you have, tell me what it looks like?"

"It's kind of fun to do, but it's just some white and pink beads matched together."

The more she talked about Linlin, the more curious she became, so she asked someone to open the pearl shirt. After looking at it for a while, Linlin frowned, "It's a good thing, but you don't have a deal. The two children are not married yet, so I will send you off at this time." Things should be given in pairs, and it would be unsightly to have just one item."

Concubine Hu also thought of this, "I still have some beads at my concubine's place, let's make another one with some beads and jade, and send them together at that time."

Linlin looked at this white pearl shirt, "This one is a bit plain, and the recipient is a little girl, what color is the pearl in your hand?"

"They're all white. My natal family gave me a birthday present a few years ago. I still have some gold in my concubine's hands. It can be seen with gold beads."

"After all, it's not festive enough. I still have a box of tourmalines in my hand, all of which are red. I took one and made it. Tell the people below to make it more festive."

After Linlin finished speaking, she explained to Huang Si, "I remember a box of red tourmalines, and I took them out for use."

Huang Si looked at Concubine Hu, "Your Majesty is right. The tourmaline is indeed red, but it turns purple in the sunlight. It is better to use agate."

When Linlin heard that people nowadays are more taboo about these things, the main wife should use bright red, and only the side rooms should use other reds, "Find out all the things in these two boxes and choose whichever suits you."

After a while, two boxes of gemstones were brought over, Linlin didn't look at them, and asked someone to bring them to Concubine Hu, "Look and see which one is suitable for you to use?"

Concubine Hu chose for a while, and found that the color of agate was better, the red was blackish, but with a little light, it could be seen that it was true red.

Quickly stood up and let the agate be taken away, "The concubine thanked the lady on behalf of the young couple."

Linlin waved her hand indifferently, "It's okay, you can go back, when the time comes, let someone make a few beautiful boxes, choose one to put in, send it over and you're done."

Concubine Hu agreed, and when she went out, she saw Xiezhi climbing the steps with her butt sticking out, squatting on the edge of the steps, holding Xiezhi's little hand and saying a few words before leading her away.

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of July, and the craftsman sent over the things. In addition to the two beautifully carved boxes, there were also some cloth jewelry.

After these concubines came to pay their respects, Linlin left Concubine Hu behind,

"They sent us a few boxes for us to choose, which one is suitable for you to use?"

Concubine Hu looked at it for a while, and found that these boxes were made of good wood, and the carved patterns were also extremely exquisite.

"It's for the child's birthday celebration. The concubine thinks it would be better for Magu to present her birthday and Songhe Yannian next to her."

The two pearl shirts were put into two boxes in front of Concubine Hu, and they were fastened with small copper locks.

Concubine Hu's maid checked again and found nothing wrong, so she nodded to Concubine Hu.

Linlin waved her hand and asked someone to send the things to Jia's house.

It was an old nanny in Concubine Hu's palace who went to deliver things. Because she was old, she didn't often walk around in the palace. Concubine Hu thought that this old nanny was unknown to others, so it didn't matter if she went to Jia's house. .

After the old mother arrived at Jia's house, she kept a straight face and said nothing.

In Rongqing Hall, because the old lady loves to talk and laugh, there are many female relatives joking in it every day.

Because this old nanny came today, but she was extremely quiet.

The atmosphere in Jia's family has been relatively low these days because Jia Lian found himself an errand to be a county magistrate in Baoding Mansion.

It was fine without discussing this matter with the family, and dumped a lot of things in the hands of the couple in the name of preparing luggage.

I heard that there are many betrothal gifts for sister Qiao.

Although they failed to catch anyone, but for Mrs. Wang and the old lady, it was so angry that their hearts, liver, spleen, stomach and kidneys were hurting.

Everyone has seen it when the Cui family came to deliver the betrothal gifts. Many of these betrothal gifts are expensive antiques, such as brushes and inkstones used by the royal family in previous dynasties and famous paintings hundreds of years ago.

When the time comes, take it to the palace and use it for the empress, and it can also be called the identity of the empress.

At this time, the old lady in the room didn't want to talk, Mrs. Wang had a straight face, and the old mother was not flattering, so it became so quiet.

Wang Xifeng entered the yard from the outside, and the voice came first before anyone entered the house.

"I heard that Cui's housekeeper is here? I'm late."

The curtain hanging at the door was lifted, and when Wang Xifeng came in, she saw an old woman with a wrinkled face sitting on a footstool beside her.

Then look at a dozen beautiful girls standing behind her, each holding a box, all of them with low eyebrows and pleasing to the eye.

"This is the Cui family's steward, right?"

The old mammy stood up early, "I dare not be a grandma to say so. The old slave is just an old slave in the yard of Master Hu. It is useless at ordinary times. This time, the master valued me so that I got such an errand."

After speaking, he beckoned to the back, and two court ladies came forward, opened the box and took out two pearl shirts.

The old nanny's voice was calm and unwavering, pointing to the one closest to her and explaining to Wang Xifeng.

"This one was specially made by our young master. When he came here, the young master told the servants that he wanted the girl in your house to try it on. If it doesn't fit, we'll take it back and change it."

After saying this, Ping'er quickly turned around and went back to invite Qiao'er over.

Qiao'er covered her face with a fan, and came over shyly, and someone helped put the pearl shirt on her body.

Qiaoer made a bright yellow dress today, paired with a pearl shirt with white and pink beads, the little girl looks pure and lovely.

In contrast, the other one is a bit old-fashioned.

The maid put away the pearl shirt inlaid with gold beads and red agate and put it in the box.Seeing that the things had been delivered, the old mama didn't sit for long, so she stood up and said goodbye.

Ping'er quickly sent these people out. The old lady looked at the things Cui's family sent, and said to the girls around her, "Take sister Qiao to the garden for a stroll. I heard that the flowers in the garden are blooming very well. good."

Tanchun agreed, stood up and dragged Qiaoer out. Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes when she saw this posture, "Old lady and lady sit down first, I'll ask someone to send this thing back."

"Don't worry," the old lady waved her hand, "The two of you have been busy these two days, and you didn't come to say a few words to my old lady. We finally met today, so let's talk about it, you Come and sit here."

Wang Xifeng thought that this day would come sooner or later, so she sat down generously.

The old lady asked from the side, "I heard the old man say, you two are going to Baoding Mansion?"

"Not only us, but also Qiaoer. She is now a member of the Cui family, and she will not be with us in a few years. I brought her there to talk to her more."

"What you said is completely confused. How can a girl who is already engaged take her around?"

Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian had already discussed the solution to this problem.Jia Lian said that the son-in-law's maternal ancestral home was near Baoding.

That's why Wang Xifeng said the same thing, "This is not considered wandering. My son-in-law's maternal grandfather is from Baoding. I heard that the family is also in business, so the in-laws helped find an errand in Baoding."

Mrs. Wang glanced at the box just now.

Thinking about how to get these things in my heart, "Old lady, Baoding is also close to us. If the old lady misses their mother and daughter anytime, she will send someone to pick them up."

Wang Xifeng thought to herself, why is this person willing to speak for us today, and she heard Mrs. Wang change the subject, "It's because of the proximity, we will send them over if they need anything, and there is no need to pack up and take them away with great fanfare. Talking about dumping things from the inside of the house, pulling one cart after another... I am afraid that people will say that they are young and frivolous, this is not like being an official, it is simply going for fun."

Wang Xifeng finally understood that he wanted his family members to leave quickly so that they could take their property as their own.

He echoed a sentence in his mouth, and quickly looked at the old lady, thinking that it would be fine if he wanted to leave, anyway, the house was full of worthless things, but the old lady was unmoved.

"The whole family can't do without Feng girl, so tell Lian'er that he is not allowed to take Feng girl away, and if he wants to take Feng girl away, he can take Ping'er away."

Wang Xifeng definitely didn't want Jia Lian to take Ping'er away, and she didn't want to stay. When the time came, she would be the majestic wife of the official family, and everyone in the local gentry would fawn on her.If you stay at home, you still have to look at the faces of the mother-in-laws on the upper floors... It's better to go out after all these messy things add up.

This time, they broke up in Rongqing Hall, and no one achieved their goal. After Wang Xifeng came back at night, he looked at the pearl shirt that Cui's family sent today under the light.

Pulling Ping'er to estimate the price, "It probably cost several hundred taels of silver."

Ping'er said on the sidelines, "Their family runs a silver house, and there is no shortage of beads, but the money is not blown by the wind. I think the red agates on it are good, and I want to sell them. These two pieces The pearl shirts cost one or two thousand silver."

Wang Xifeng narrowed her eyes and thought for a while, "Xiaohong told me just now that my wife might like this dress, so let's give this to my wife and ask her to help us get out."

Ping'er didn't believe it, "Keep us in the capital, if they are short of money, they can get some money from us, if we go far, where will they get the money?"

"Don't worry, silly girl, if they don't clean up Xue's family, it won't be our turn. It's because we are far away, not in the capital, and the news is not as fast as here. If something goes wrong, they only need to come to us. It scares us there, and we will definitely be willing to pay for it when the time comes."

What Wang Xifeng didn't say was that his wife was very courageous. The last time she tried to kill her, she didn't succeed. It was all because the old lady stopped her. If the old lady stayed far away this time, she might be too far away. Maybe the wife thought it would be better. Got it.

After finishing speaking, let Ping'er go to Mrs. Wang with the pearl shirt inlaid with red agate.

So at the family banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, Concubine Hu saw Concubine Jia wearing a pearl shirt, her eyes almost popped out.

It was said that it was a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, but the Supreme Emperor and the Eastern Empress Dowager were still in the West Garden and did not return to the palace.

In the afternoon, the prince took all the brothers to the West Garden to pay their respects, and he has just returned.

Different from the banquets held by the clan in previous years, this time it was really a family reunion. From the Empress Dowager to the harem, the concubines, princes and daughters accompanied the emperor for a drink.

Now that the emperor and princes are not here, only a few princesses are chatting in the courtyard in the Queen Mother's bedroom.

After these concubines came out of the palace, they lined up in the Ganlu Palace. Concubine Jia and Concubine Dong led them to the Queen Mother's bedroom.

The queen had already been sitting in front of the Queen Mother, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking about housework.

The emperor hadn't come back yet, and the banquet hadn't even started yet. The empress and the queen mother were talking about their parents. These concubines sat quietly in the side hall. The beads on the clothes look pretty good, I think they are newly made."

Concubine Jia has always been proud of her natal family background, "This is a gift from the Rongguo Mansion a while ago to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Concubine Dong Gui, who was sitting between the two of them, didn't know the origin of this dress, and after hearing about it, she only looked at the clothes on Concubine Jia.

She said to Concubine Hu proudly, "Princess Shouchun also gave me a boxing gift a few days ago. It was a dress made by her own hands, and the stitches were crooked. I didn't wear it today."

Concubine Hu has children, so naturally she doesn't envy Concubine Dong Gui.Concubine Jia Gui, on the other hand, was so sad at this moment, and she was still wondering if Concubine Dong Gui wanted to say such things on purpose at this time.

The pride brought by wearing this pearl shirt disappeared without a trace because of Dong Guifei's words.

When other people heard what Concubine Dong Gui said, they also complimented her one after another.

After a while, a court lady came to invite these concubines to the main hall.The banquet has been set, the emperor has come over, changed clothes and is sitting beside the empress talking with the empress dowager.

These princes and princesses stood on both sides, not knowing what to say, they coaxed the Empress Dowager into a big laugh, and the emperor also smiled all over his face, holding Li Guisheng's daughter in his arms, it seemed that he should be in a good mood.

When all these people arrived, the emperor waved his hand, "Let's eat when everyone is here."

These concubines were placed on several tables before they had time to speak.

Looking back, the emperor and the empress were sitting on both sides of the empress dowager, a row of princesses sat beside the empress, and a row of princes sat beside the emperor.

This is like a family, and they are already seated at a big table.

At this time, all the concubines present felt a very sore feeling in their hearts.People think this is like a family, and I am the kind of person who can't get on the stage.

After the food was served, the princes and princesses took turns to show off their talents.

The most performance is reciting poems and making right, in which the crown prince smiles slightly, and the second prince smiles, the two get up at the same time to play the empress dowager and the empress, and they will be the judges of the younger brothers and sisters.

Linlin knew that these two boys couldn't write poems, so she didn't make it difficult for them, so she agreed and winked at the emperor.

Although the emperor wanted to see these two sons make a fool of himself at this time, on this day of great joy, he decided to lift them up and put them down gently.

It took a while before I agreed to the two brothers to be the judges.

Among them, Zou Wu is the most outstanding one. He is not too old or young, but he has read a lot of poems, and his poems are decent, and there are many wonderful sentences in them, which wins applause from all the halls.

After it was over, Qilin and Bai Ze took their younger siblings and retreated, and the concubines also left.

Linlin and the emperor sat down and said a few words with the Queen Mother, and then the two brought Zou Wu and Xie Zhi back to the Ganlu Palace.

When they were about to arrive at the Ganlu Hall, an eunuch came out to report, "The concubine Hu came just now, and she is waiting for her in the side hall."

Linlin was curious about what she had to say in the middle of the night, "Do you know what it is? If it's nothing important, let her come back tomorrow."

"It's about the Third Highness's side..."

When the emperor heard this, he and Linlin exchanged glances.

Together they called Concubine Hu to the main hall. When Concubine Hu came, Linlin held Xiezhi in her arms and patted him to sleep.

When Zou Wu came back, he was a little sleepy, so he was asked to go back to the bedroom.

The emperor and empress had already changed their clothes, and the emperor asked, "What's wrong with the third child?"

"Third Highness is fine, just..."

The emperor glared at her impatiently, "What is it? Just say what you have to say, why are you hesitating?"

Concubine Hu quickly looked at Linlin, and Linlin gave the emperor a push, "If your majesty feels a headache from drinking, go back and lie down for a while, it's not a big deal to see Concubine Hu like this."

The emperor stood up and supported the maid's hand and went to the apse.

Linlin motioned Concubine Hu to sit down, and patted her son, "Is there something important that I can't talk about tomorrow, I have to come here today."

"Your Majesty, the concubine has endured it for a day. Have you seen the pearl shirt that Concubine Jia is wearing today?"

"I didn't pay attention to that." Whoever looked at her carefully, Linlin wished that this person was just a lump of air that was transparent, so she would never let herself see it.

"The empress is busy with the affairs of the harem every day, so naturally she doesn't care what Concubine Jia is wearing. Last month, the empress rewarded Xian'er and his wife with a pearl shirt, do you remember?"

For a moment, Linlin couldn't remember who this person was?

Seeing the confused eyes of the queen, Concubine Hu knew that she hadn't remembered, "The seventh day of July is the birthday of the concubine's daughter-in-law. At that time, you produced a box of agate to be used as accessories on the pearl shirt. Do you remember?"

"Thinking about it, there is such a thing. You wouldn't say that this is what Concubine Jia is wearing today, right?"

"Empress Shengming."

"What is Shengming...whose face is this slapping?" Linlin's voice was slightly