Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

The days went by and it was October, the women in the palace were bored all day long, and some incidents happened, the Empress Dowager wanted to organize a family banquet on the fifteenth day to make the concubines lively, and to say a few words to avoid disputes.

Wanzhao wore a Suzhou embroidered Yuehua shirt, a thin brocade cloud goose jacket over it, a gold silk white pattern raccoon flower skirt, and a small sprig of silk flowers on the cloud bun. It was delicate and beautiful but not extravagant. She looks a bit like a concubine.Wan Zhao got into the palanquin, brought the guard of honor and went to Taiye Pool for a banquet.

The guard of honor passed by the imperial garden and saw several palace people holding small porcelain pots and scraping something off the branches with a small machete.Wan Zhao tapped lightly on the handrail of the sedan chair, and Xiao Dongzi stopped the guard of honor with a wave of his whisk.Xiaodongzi supported Wanzhao and got off the sedan chair slowly, Wanzhao walked a few steps and stood not far away to watch.

"Madam, this Concubine Rong has been busy with begging for a child recently. Not long ago, she invited some famous doctor to come to see him. She is actually a wizard from Chudi. Now I don't know what I heard about peach gum in the palace. Come here to scrape peach gum." Qin Huan also came to support Wan Zhao and said sourly.

"The peach trees in the palace have spiritual energy, I don't know how much better than the ones outside, even this palace wants to use some." Wan Zhao lifted the handkerchief to cover his mouth.

"Your Majesty likes it, so let's get some. Our palace is no worse than Chuxiu Palace."

"Your Majesty is more beautiful than Xian'e, why do you need this mortal peach gum, you girl, don't worry about it." Xiao Dongzi glanced at Qin Huan and told her to stop talking.

Qin Huan accepted the words, and then said: "Your Majesty, we haven't seen the banquet in Taiye Pond yet, it must be different from the other places, I think you can watch egrets while having wine in the water pavilion."

Wan Zhao smiled, supported Xiao Dongzi's arm and walked towards Taiye Pond.Passing by the Shagull Pavilion, Wan Zhao saw a group of attendants guarding the outside of the pavilion, as if someone was in the Shagull Pavilion.At this time, anyone with a bit of status in the womb will go to the Taiye Pool for a banquet. Who is wasting time here?

"Hey, it looks like Qingtuan Yungao next to the eldest princess." Qin Huan poked her head and said.

"It seems to be." Xiaodongzi also said.

Qin Huan frowned and said, "What are you doing here now, the Empress Dowager wants to vent her anger on us because she can't see the Eldest Princess."

Wanzhao thought in his heart that this girl would be messing around without knowing her limits, so she asked someone to call the attendant over there to answer.Seeing that it was Wanzhao, Qing Tuan hurried to come forward to answer.

Wan Zhao avoided Qing Tuan's courtesy and said, "It seems that the eldest princess is here, I thought it would be better to go to the banquet together, so I called you to ask."

"If you want to go back to your majesty, your highness will go when you are tired from walking, your majesty, please move to the water pavilion first, your highness will be there later."

"It's getting late, I should go and see her first." Seeing Qing Tuan coming up and using such words to perfuse her, Wan Zhao felt bad, so he walked towards the pavilion.

"It's my sister-in-law who came, and Qingyang is still worrying that no one will go to the banquet with me." Before Wanzhao stepped into the pavilion, Qingyang got up from the stool with a smile and greeted Wanzhao.

Wan Zhao glanced at the pavilion, except for a little eunuch holding Xue Mao in his arms with his head bowed, there was no one else around.Wan Zhao didn't feel it was funny, so she really played around quietly here.

Wan Zhao pretended not to know, exchanged some pleasantries, and then sat next to the little eunuch.The little eunuch quickly stepped back and lowered his head even lower.

Wanzhao suppressed his smile, and without looking at the little eunuch, he said, "Good sister, it's good for you to be here alone, if you play with my nephew who is worthless, I won't be able to explain to the Queen Mother. gone."

Qingyang quietly plucked the rose flowers from the bun, walked up to Wanzhao, blocked the little eunuch's direction, and said, "He, where should he be messing around now? How could Qingyang hang out with him?" At the office, sister-in-law, let's go now, don't let the queen mother wait." After saying that, he smiled and helped Wanzhao get up.

Wan Zhao raised her hand to hold Qing Yang's hand, twirled the rose in her hand, and smiled at Qing Yang, "This variety is called 'Reading Table'. It turns out that the Eldest Princess likes to read books."

Qing Yang's face was half as red as that of the flower, and he dragged Wan Zhao out of the pavilion and said, "Yes, yes, Qing Yang is more diligent than before, let's go quickly."

Wanzhao and Qingyang arrived at the Taiye Pool not long after. Seeing that the Empress Dowager and Rouyan had arrived first, Qingyang whispered to Wanzhao through the curtain of the water pavilion: "But she is more diligent than Qingyang, and she goes to beg for her every day. Mother's good day." Wan Zhao was speechless, he only comforted Qing Yang's wrist with his hand, and then smiled and went inside to say hello.

The queen mother was very happy to see Qingyang coming, she nodded slightly to Wanzhao's courtesy, and beckoned for Qingyang to come and talk.Qingyang went to the queen mother to act like a baby, talking about some interesting things recently, Wanzhao and Rouyan both entered the table and sat quietly.

"The emperor is here." Li He yelled, and everyone got up to greet him.

The emperor was young but steady, entered the water pavilion and bowed to the queen mother, saying: "My sons and ministers pay respects to the queen mother."

"The emperor is free of courtesy. You have always been respectful, and the rule of greeting you at Ai's house has never been abolished." The queen mother slightly raised her hand and said.

"The queen mother is the mother-in-law, and the gift cannot be discarded." The emperor accepted the gift and said very respectfully.

The queen mother changed her expression, sat back on her seat, and smiled at the emperor again: "Speaking of this aunt, there are few serious queens in the palace. It is also troublesome for the Ai family to show their old face and take care of some trivial matters in the palace."

The emperor said: "Yes, my minister also thinks that the national funeral will be over next year, so I should plan to establish a queen."

"It's good that the emperor has this kind of heart. The Ai family is afraid that you are too busy with the government affairs to take care of the small matters of the harem. The Ai family is hosting this family banquet today because they see the women in the harem gossip and gossip. They are looking for something to do." The Empress Dowager turned her face and said to Rou Yan: "The Ai family sees that you are better than them, and the concubines next to you are even more busy."

"What the queen mother said is that there have been a lot of gossip in the palace recently, which is ridiculous and needs someone in charge to take care of it. I can't be in a hurry to make a queen. I think about it, it's better to restore the title of concubine Liu and assistant to the sixth palace. The right to rectify and rectify the ethos of the harem."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Wanzhao with a contemptuous expression, but she was not surprised, and said, "The emperor should have a limit to doting on Concubine Liu, and it's not an excuse to let go of this pure concubine so lightly. Besides, Most of the gossip in the harem is related to Concubine Liu's actions, so it would be inappropriate for her to investigate."

The emperor got up and saluted and said: "After returning to mother, I have sent someone to investigate the matter of the pure concubine. There was no clue at first, but I found some clues from Yuhua Pavilion, which involved Concubine Liu. I dare not be biased. So I restrained her feet, but after several months of investigation, I finally found out that this matter is related to Shoukang Palace."

"Shoukang Palace? They are all the concubines of the late emperor. How could they have anything to do with the pure concubine? The emperor checked carefully?"

"I also feel the need to be cautious. After all, they are all the ones who gave birth to the eldest princess. It is not easy for my son to ask, so I forced all the eunuchs and eunuchs from Shoukang Palace into the Punishment Department for interrogation, and even vomited a lot."

Seeing the unpredictable expression on the emperor's face, the queen mother couldn't help but suspect the mystery in these words.She said calmly, "What did you vomit?"

"Some old things don't need to pollute people's ears. Simply speaking, Concubine Chun was drugged to the point of madness, so she did many unethical things, and finally drowned in the pool at night."

"Then who is so courageous?"

The emperor glanced at Li He, and took a cup of tea for himself.Li He hurried forward and replied: "Back to the queen mother, the concubines of the late emperor are naturally respectable, and it is not their fault if there is any mistake. She is an old maid who was not sensible and was punished many years ago. I think you are The lord of the harem cannot touch you, so I hated Concubine Chun Min for being your niece, the Empress Dowager, so I found a chance to attack you."

The Empress Dowager frowned, with a sullen face, and reprimanded: "It's ridiculous, a palace man can still make such a big wave. When the accident happened, he didn't show his feet at all. Now he will be found out. Emperor, I'm afraid it's you. Who are you going to excuse?"

"Mother, the name of this palace lady is Xijiao."

The empress dowager clenched the handkerchief tightly, but she said calmly, "I've never heard of it."

"It was the one who served Concubine Xianli in the past, and later she was assigned to serve on Concubine Qin. After Concubine Qin left the palace to practice, she was sent to the Shoukang Palace as the deputy steward's nanny. You have a good relationship with Concubine Xianli, but Concubine Li has passed away for a long time, and the queen mother probably doesn't remember this little maid."

The Empress Dowager panicked for three minutes, but still cared about her demeanor, and said: "If there is evidence, I will take care of it, and I will have an explanation to the outside world."

The emperor smiled at the queen mother: "It's natural, people have already dealt with it. The queen mother is about to admonish the concubines to abide by their duties, and the ministers also think so. The women in the harem should know what they should do and what they should not do."

After finishing speaking, Li He clapped his hands, and several palace officials filed in. One of them held a wooden case in his hand, walked up to the young masters, and brought out the dishes inside and put them on the table in front of everyone.

"This is something the emperor bestowed on you young masters." Li He sang.

"Ah, this, what is this?" Kun Chang's face paled and he almost passed out.

"Take it away, bloody ones, I don't care about it." Concubine Quan covered her face with a veil, and waved for the servants to remove the plate.

Wanzhao watched as the palace servant brought the plate in front of him. Inside was a nail that had been pulled out and was stained with dried blood.Rou Yan supported her chest and recited a Buddha's name, pretending to be calm, quickly covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, not daring to say a word.Wanzhao took the lead and got up to thank her. All the concubines stumbled, some were lifted up by the maids, and they all bowed to thank them.

"It's not that I want to embarrass you, but to remind you not to be minions at will."

Everyone promised to say yes.

The Empress Dowager's face was very ugly, and the veil with the wishful pattern of longevity in her hand was tightly clenched.But Qingyang nodded and didn't speak, so he couldn't tell what kind of mood she was.

The emperor snorted coldly, then raised his glass to let the banquet begin.Everyone shook their hands and took up their cups to salute the Holy Majesty. The palace people brought all kinds of dishes and spread them on the table. The fragrant feast and bloody nails were placed together. .

Wan Zhao's expression was calm, and he said to Xiao Dongzi as if he was in a homely manner: "Go and invite Doctor Jiang to come and ask for a safe pulse for all the younger sisters."

"Yes." Xiao Dongzi beat Qian'er and went to Tai Hospital.