The arms agent concubine takes the RV to raise a baby
Chapter 142 Invitation
Hua Xiyu drove her two brothers away and was about to rest when Liang Yuejiao sent the nanny beside her to bring her an invitation to the Moon Festival Palace Banquet. It was up to her to decide whether to go or not, but the invitation had to be given to her.
Of course they have to go. Since it is a royal palace banquet, the two little ones must go. Besides, they have never seen a real royal palace banquet, so they have to go to broaden their horizons and see the world.
In Prince Xuan's mansion, Liu Jingcheng turned around and came back after watching Hua Xiyu walk away. Gu Wuhuan was still chattering at him to find a solution quickly.
"What are you thinking of? The imperial edict has been issued. Do you want me to disobey it?" Liu Jingcheng glanced at Gu Wuhuan and didn't want to talk to this mentally retarded cousin.
"Come on, let's have a drink together. I have something to say to you." Fu Tingxuan ignored the lawsuit between the two and pulled them to Yuefeng Pavilion.
Liu Jingcheng was dragged by him and followed him mechanically, but he was thinking about the betrothal gift in his heart. Two months was a bit rushed, but everything would be easy as long as the money was in place.
When he thought of silver, he thought of Zhai Liangyu. He had endless silver. Moreover, he remembered the conversation between him and Hua Xiyu when they came out of Mangrove Pavilion that day. Although he didn't know what it meant, there must be a secret between them that he didn't know.
Liu Jingcheng was thinking this when he was dragged to Yuefeng Pavilion by Fu Tingxuan. He was worried and happy. Fu Tingxuan urged him to drink a glass, so he drank a glass and accidentally drank too much. The three of them were drunk in Yuefeng Pavilion.
None of the three remembered how they finally returned to the room to rest.
Early in the morning, Jie'an came over with an invitation in his hand, "Your Highness, someone from the palace has come to deliver an invitation to your palace."
"Invitation?" Liu Jingcheng was confused. What invitation?
Liu Jingcheng asked someone to bring in the invitation.
The Moon Festival on August 15th is now the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, it was not a very important festival. It was just an excuse to get together. This year, the emperor specifically instructed to select concubines for Prince Hong and the Crown Prince. The royal family, ministers of the fifth rank and above in the capital, and their families also received invitations, but Liu Jingcheng was not included.
Emperor Shunhe had few offspring, only five sons. The only healthy ones now are the crown prince born to the current empress and the youngest son Liu Jingsheng. He did have a large group of princesses, including several who had grown up and were of marriageable age. The emperor also intended to take advantage of this palace banquet to find princes-in-law for his daughters.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress were both daughters of the Pan family. They were aunt and niece and had controlled the harem for many years. Without their permission, it was simply a dream for the Emperor to have a son. Those born before were either dead, like the second prince who was killed directly, or became stupid, like the eldest prince Liu Jingrong and the third prince Liu Jingcheng, who all became stupid one after another. Liu Jingcheng was able to survive only because he left the palace early.
Seeing this situation, they knew that this was not acceptable, as it would cut off the royal lineage. Therefore, the emperor promised to let the empress give birth to a prince and make him the crown prince. Only then did the aunt and nephew relax their vigilance. After the empress gave birth to Liu Jingyu, no one in the palace gave birth to a boy anymore.
Any pregnant concubine would not be able to give birth to a baby girl unless it was confirmed. Even if she did, she would not be able to keep the baby alive.
Liu Jingsheng's arrival was purely an accident. Liu Jingsheng's mother was a palace maid. She did not dare to make it public even though she was pregnant. In addition, the emperor deliberately protected her, so the truth was not revealed until the child was born. The queen was angry, but not in a hurry. It was too easy to kill a palace maid and a child. It was not until Liu Jingsheng was three years old that she finally got rid of his mother.
Even the eldest prince and his aunt and nephew are not taken seriously, let alone a bastard born to a lowly servant, who has no family to rely on and is still at the mercy of the queen.
At that time, Aunt Yao picked up Liu Jingsheng, feeling extremely disgusted, "Your Majesty, what should we do with this little bastard?"
"Just raise it. When it grows up, it will be my Yu'er's dog," the queen said lightly.
"Raise the child from birth, so that you can be close to the Empress," sighed Yao Ma, handing the child in her hands to the little palace maid beside her.
"It is so troublesome to raise a newborn baby. He is just over three years old now and cannot remember anything. He will be close to whoever raises him. Even if he grows up and finds out that his biological mother is someone else, so what? The grace of giving birth is greater than the grace of raising. So there is no need to worry that he will not repay the favor."
This is what the Empress Dowager said when she personally fed the late Empress a bowl of medicine, "Raising a baby is so much trouble, it's best to start raising it from the age of three."
But they were all wrong. Children over three years old really don’t remember things, but if they deliberately remember them, they will remember them for a lifetime.
From then on, the queen not only raised Liu Jing in her own palace, but also doted on him in every way. She not only wanted him to gain a good reputation, but also wanted to train him to be a shoulder to her son.
Liu Jingsheng seemed to have never known that his biological mother was someone else.
After Liu Jingsheng rode the bicycle back to the palace from Prince Hong's mansion that day, he secretly hid the bicycle for fear of being discovered by the Queen. But after all, he was only a ten-year-old child and was used to being spoiled by the Queen, so he couldn't help wanting to play. Although the people in the palace were surprised, it was only for a moment, and Xin did not dare to gossip about the Queen's palace.
Hearing that his mother was going to hold a palace banquet on the Moon Festival, Liu Jingcheng quickly asked the queen to send Hua Xiyu a letter of remonstrance. The queen didn't care at all. A ten-year-old child was just playing around. How could he cause any trouble? She gave him a letter and only told him not to cause trouble. Whether to cause trouble or not depends on what the trouble is. If he is developing into a second-generation emperor who only eats, drinks and has fun, why should she be afraid of him causing trouble?
Early in the morning, the eunuchs from the palace came to Prince Xuan's mansion to pass on a message and deliver a special petition. It was an unprecedented petition sent by the Queen to a guard to invite him to a palace banquet.
Liu Jingcheng was shocked. Why did the Queen specifically ask for advice on Hua Xiyu? Hua Xiyu's name was clearly written on the advice, and his title was still a guard.
Even in the palace, few people knew the name Hua Xiyu. The name she reported at the beginning was "Diandi". How could the queen know this name?
Liu Jingcheng looked at the petition again and again, unable to figure it out. He thought of all the possibilities and was most afraid that the Queen knew Hua Xiyu's identity and wanted to do something bad to him, but this was obviously not the Queen's style.
While he was thinking about it, the eunuch who came to ask for advice came back and said that the Fifth Prince had specifically instructed Prince Hong to "make sure to bring the person here."
Liu Jingcheng suddenly realized that it was this little brother, then he understood.
Huicheng was in a frenzy for the palace banquet on the Moon Festival. Every household was busy preparing their outfits. The women were anxious to buy head ornaments and jewelry, and the men were anxious to prepare their talents. They all wanted to show off their skills at the palace banquet in order to impress the emperor and win some favor and a future for themselves and their families.
Hua Xiyu had a sound sleep. Fighting every day was too exhausting. Especially Liu Jingcheng's unrestrained and endless demands, he was really scared.
At the moment when she couldn't bear it anymore, she was thinking about whether she should change her sex partner. This guy was a little too strong and her body wasn't fully recovered yet. After the needle in his body was taken out, she would be even more unbearable.
After breakfast, Madam Gu came with her people. The Prime Minister personally instructed them to make a few more sets of clothes for the eldest lady.
Mrs. Gu greeted the eldest lady with a smile and thanked her for the clothing samples she had given her before. Mrs. Gu made the ready-made clothes and they sold really well.
"Miss Hua, will the clothes not be embroidered this time?" Mrs. Gu did not measure the size. After measuring each customer's size once, she would record it. This time she came to let the young lady choose the material, color, pattern, and style.
Ancient costumes may look similar, but in fact, they are very particular about style, and everyone wants to wear unique clothes.
Madam Gu has been very busy these days. Her business is surprisingly good. During every festival, especially when there are palace banquets, she is always too busy to handle the business. Therefore, at times like this, she only accepts orders from powerful and wealthy families. The orders are large in quantity, with high quality requirements, and they want the best in every aspect, so the prices are also high. For example, for the order from the Prime Minister's family, the eldest daughter alone has to make six sets, and there are also other daughters and sons. She makes more money doing business with this family than doing business with ten ordinary families.
"If you want to embroider this time, just do the best." She didn't embroider last time because it was convenient for her to escape. This time she was going to attend a palace banquet, and if she dressed too simply, she would be laughed at. She didn't care about being laughed at, but she had to save face for her children and couldn't let people say that they had a mother who was not presentable.
Princess Jing'an entered the palace early in the morning. She wanted to test the Queen's attitude, but she heard rumors in the palace that Prince Hong had been granted marriage. "Isn't it said that Prince Hong is unlucky in marriage? Why would anyone be willing to marry him?"
The two maids who were cleaning the yard were muttering to themselves as they swept. They were women too, so who would be willing to marry a man who was a fool and had two children?
"Prince Xuan is good-looking" is the consensus. With royal genes, there is no way he can be bad. Naturally, the emperor's sons will not be too ugly.
"What did you say?" the eldest princess grabbed a palace maid and asked.
"We dare not, we dare not." The two palace maids dared not say anything and just knelt down and slapped their own mouths.
The queen was walking towards the garden in a good mood, and when she saw this, she exclaimed, "Oh, what's going on?"
The two young palace maids were so frightened that they were shaking all over and didn't even dare to say a word. They probably knew their lives would be in jeopardy today.
The princess left the two palace maids behind and Nanny Wu told them to get out of here quickly. The two girls were so scared that they ran away in fear. If they had been a step later, they would have died.
"Paying respects to the Emperor's sister-in-law" is a very strange relationship. They are each other's sister-in-law and each other's sister-in-law. How to address each other depends on your position.
Calling her sister-in-law means you are standing on the side of her mother's family; calling her daughter means you are standing on the side of her husband's family.
The title of the eldest princess was to remind the queen that she was a royal princess and her status was no lower than hers, and that her marriage to the Pan family was a plot by her aunt and nephew.
"Sister, you are here to visit mother in the palace. I am also on my way to her palace. Let's go together."
The two women, each with their own thoughts, talked as they walked, with people following them from a distance. Who would dare to eavesdrop?
Liu Hao in the inn also received an invitation from the palace. As the future prince of the foreign king, he was of course qualified to attend the palace banquet.
At the same time, he received a letter from King Kang, accusing him of failing to protect Mr. Wu and General Lin, both of whom lost their lives, and so many guards also died. Therefore, he sent another 50 people to the capital to protect his safety.
Liu Hao was so shocked by his father's action that he was speechless. He actually dared to send people here. He would never be willing to die.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hua Jiayi was no longer so angry. Her mother had revealed to her that the Moonlight Festival was to select concubines for Prince Hong and the Crown Prince, and asked her to perform well in the Moonlight Festival and strive to be selected as the Crown Princess.
Hua Jiayi originally had no interest in the Crown Princess. Although she was noble, it was meaningless to compete with a group of women for her position. However, she was unwilling to endure the hardship of marrying an ordinary person, so Prince Hong became her best choice.
It's just an imperial decree, what's the big deal? If she can't be the principal wife, she can still be a concubine. It won't be easy to control a fool by then. She is full of confidence in herself.
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