Chapter 28
After the reception that day, Princess Liaodong really brought her three sons into the palace every day to greet the Queen Mother.
And the queen mother was also clearly happy, and even ordered their family to attend the 30-night New Year's Eve banquet together.
The emperor has always been a dutiful son, and there is no objection to this.
So in the banquet hall on the evening of New Year's Eve, there were more figures of the Liaodong Wang family.
The New Year's Eve is the most important meal of the year.
Everyone in the harem began to prepare in the afternoon.
Yan Shu is the same.
However, others started dressing in the afternoon, and she did not eat snacks since the afternoon.
Tsk, I don't know how many big dishes there will be tonight, she has to save her stomach and try it.
Seeing that the lanterns were just on, night fell, and everyone gathered for the New Year's Eve banquet in the Rouyi Hall.
Just like the reception banquet not long ago, except for Concubine Ning, who was still on the ground, and Li Concubine in the cold palace, everyone who should come has come.
Coupled with the family of Wang Yuwenhao of Liaodong, the scene was very lively.
Yu Wenlan sat at the top of the banquet hall and quietly glanced in the direction of his right hand.
But seeing Yan Shu wearing a peach-pink jacket, with a neat peach bun, two small agate pendants on her ears, peach-pink cheeks, and cherry red lips, she was quite playful and charming.
However, after listening carefully, she heard her muttering in her heart, [Wow, hot pot duck, stir-fried lamb, hot and sour belly, emerald shrimp! There are also soft pocket long fish, crab powder lion head, bird's nest duck slices, three-wire shark fin! Well what is that? Twelve-pin hot pot! It's too arrogant! ! ! ]
[I hope the emperor will say hurry up in the opening remarks later, so that I can eat quickly. 】
Yu Wenlan, "..."
He knew.
Well, in order to make her wish, he simply said, "Everyone has worked hard this year, and today's last meal at the end of the year, you don't need to be too polite."
Then he said to the queen mother, "I wish my mother good health in the coming years. Kangtai, everything goes well." The
Queen Mother smiled and nodded, "Your Majesty's hard work for the country is the hardest work, and Aijia also wishes His Majesty a healthy dragon and everything goes well." Yu Wenlan bowed his head and
said, "Thank you mother."
They followed in unison, "I wish Your Majesty and the Queen Mother good health and all the best in the coming years."
After saying this, he could finally move his chopsticks.
Yan Shu's eyes widened and she immediately served a bowl of hot duck soup for appetizers.
Well, the duck soup is sour and spicy, which makes the internal organs quite comfortable.
The emerald shrimp is delicious and refreshing, the fire-smoked cabbage is very tasty, and the mushroom-roasted chicken sauce is fragrant.
The soft-sleeved long fish is delicious and tender, the crab powder lion head is fat but not greasy, and the three-wire shark fin is full of deliciousness.
Not to mention the chowder hot pot, fat chicken tofu, hot lamb liver, bird's nest duck slices and other dishes, all of which are delicious in their own way.
In particular, the 12-grade hot pot has a wide range of venison, chicken breast, roe deer ridge, wild boar leg, and sea cucumber, scallop, squid and lobster balls. All kinds of mountain and sea delicacies are combined with one pot, and the taste is extraordinary and comparable.
The New Year's Eve dinner is truly extraordinary!
This meal is so satisfying!
She was enjoying herself, but she heard the queen mother say again, "Today's dish is very good, especially this sour and spicy belly, soft and delicious, which is very suitable for Aijia's appetite."
Yuwenlan also nodded and said, "It's really not bad. Now, the dining room should be rewarded." The
voice fell, and Hu An, the supervisor of ceremonies who was waiting on the side, hurriedly said, "Your Majesty will reward the dining supervisor..."
Zhu Shu, the maid of the Ci'an Palace, served the Empress Dowager with a smile, and said with a smile, "The Empress Dowager Try this white jade cake again." The
queen mother tried it again.
Xu Yu nodded again and said, "It's dense and delicate, sweet but not greasy, it's really not bad."
After speaking, he did not forget to greet the Wang family of Liaodong, "You can also try it, this white jade cake, A Jing should like it. ."
Yu Wenhao and his wife were busy, and led the three children to taste the white jade cake.
Shaoqing, Princess Liaodong smiled and said, "The food in this palace is really different, the taste is much stronger than that in Liaodong."
Then he asked Ajing, "Tell the imperial grandmother, is this cake delicious?" The
little guy is eating His cheeks were bulging, he nodded and said, "Good date." This
made everyone laugh.
After eating the white jade cake, the queen mother ate a bowl of three-wire shark fin, and smiled, "I'm afraid I will eat too much today."
Yu Wenlan said, "Tonight is unusual, and I will have to watch the new year later. The mother has a good appetite. It's okay to eat more." The
Queen Mother nodded.
But seeing Zhu Shudao, "Since the three young masters have entered the capital, the queen mother is happy and has a good appetite."
Yu Wenlan didn't show any signs of change, just snorted, "It seems that I should reward the three of them too." The
voice fell . , Yu Wenhao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty's words are serious, as the younger generation, they should go to the palace to see the Queen Mother more often, where is the reward?"
Then he ordered the three children, "Today's New Year's Eve, why don't you go and kowtow to Her Majesty the Queen Mother ? Greetings?" The
eldest and the second should have stood up immediately, and Princess Liaodong pushed the youngest A Jing again, so the little guy also stood up ignorantly, followed the two older brothers to the hall, and kowtowed to the Queen Mother and Yu Wenlan. Said, "Congratulations to the Queen Mother and Her Majesty's longevity and good health." The
Queen Mother smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, they are all good children, let's get up and eat."
Yuwenlan also smiled and said, " Knowing the rites and being obedient, you should be rewarded." Hearing
this, the supervisor of the ceremonies said again, "The three sons of the Liaodong Wangfu will be rewarded."
The three children knelt down and thanked them again before going back to eat again.
As a result, the hall became more lively.
At this time, I heard the mother Zhuang next to the queen mother say, "It would be nice if the young masters could enter the palace often in the future, but unfortunately... Liaodong is too far away." Hearing
this, everyone froze -
Zhuang Mammy, there is something in the words.
Sure enough, the Queen Mother sighed, "That's not it. It's cold in Liaodong, and the children are afraid of contracting the wind and cold when they go back and forth. The eldest and the second are older. , if you get sick, don't you have to suffer?"
Madam Zhuang said again, "Why don't you ask the young master to stay for a few more days, and Quan should accompany you? When the weather is warmer, I will send the young master back to Liaodong. Good."
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately muttered in their hearts.
- What does the queen mother mean?
Do you want to keep the youngest son of the King of Liaodong with you?
Yan Shu finally recovered from the food.
--what? Is the queen mother trying to raise a son for the king of Liaodong?
Is she so kind?
Could it be that you want to keep A Jing as a hostage?
Tsk, that's not right, A Jing is not the direct son of the King of Liaodong. If he really wants to be a hostage, why didn't the Queen Mother choose their eldest or second child?
Yan Shu suddenly froze. Could it be that the queen mother found out that the emperor couldn't do that, so she wanted to adopt a son for the emperor?
At the same time, Yu Wenlan also heard the voice of the Queen Mother——
[A Jingfei is born, and the age is suitable, he is the only one. 】
He was calm, but he already knew it in his heart.
The queen mother deliberately chose A Jing, who was chosen by her concubine, because she was afraid that Yu Wenhao and his wife would be reluctant to bear their heir.
The queen mother had already discovered his secret and was making other plans.
He concealed the complexities in his heart, and even looked at Yu Wenhao and his wife with a smile, and said, "The mother's idea is very good, but I don't know if my cousin and cousin are willing?" However,
Yu Wenhao hesitated for a while, and then smiled. , "It is A Jing's blessing to be able to accompany the Queen Mother. It is too late for the minister to be happy for him, so why can't he bear it?"
Seeing her husband like this, his wife, Princess Liaodong, also hurriedly laughed and said, "Where did this child get the blessing from? Can you accompany the Queen Mother? Ah Jing, why don't you thank the Queen Mother?"
Then, the little guy who was eating snacks was pushed out with a confused look, and under the guidance of Princess Liaodong, he kowtowed to the Queen Mother and said, " Ah Jing, thank you, the Queen Mother..."
Xiao Naiyin made everyone laugh again.
However, Yanshu was keenly aware that at this moment, Xu Jieyu who was beside her seemed to pause for a while.
Hiss...
As a spy with too high psychological quality, this kind of reaction seems a little out of place.
She immediately called the system, [Looking at Xu Jieyu's appearance, could it be that this A Jing is the child she gave birth to Yu Wenhao? ]
System, [It should have been, but it wasn't. 】
Yan Shu, 【? ? ? What does it mean? What should it be but not? 】
System, 【It was Xu Jieyu who thought that this baby was hers, but in fact, her baby died because of congenital deficiency. But Yu Wenhao wanted to contain her again, so he found another fake child and told her to think it was her baby. 】
Yan Shu, 【...】It
's so confusing.
However, she somehow understood.
In other words, Xu Jieyu's child was long gone, but Yu Wenhao found a fake child to lie to her in order to make her listen to her words.
Yan Shu couldn't help tsk tsk, the king of Liaodong really has a lot of hearts.
But as a man, it is disgusting to use women like this!
Not far away, Yu Wenlan listened to her heart without a word.
Very good, the queen mother wants to adopt another chess piece, but this little baby is not the blood of the Yuwen family.
He didn't show any strangeness, and said to the Queen Mother and Yu Wenhao and his wife, "If that's the case, let the child stay and live for a while. Being able to make the Queen Mother happy is one of his great achievements."
Yu Wenhao immediately laughed, " Your Majesty's words are serious, this is his blessing haha!"
Yan Shu felt that this fat fat man laughed disgustingly.
For the sake of ambition, to separate an innocent child from his relatives, he was so calm as his own tool.
If this child is really his flesh and blood, can he still be so willing?
However, in this way, didn't the queen mother raise a baby who has nothing to do with the royal family?
It would make sense to replace them with the eldest and the second. After all, those two are still in the blood of the Great Ancestor!
At this moment, the system suddenly popped up again, [Thinking too much, those two are not from Yuwen's family. 】
Yan Shu, 【? ? ? 】
【What does this mean? Those two children aren't Yu Wenhao's either? 】
System, 【Yes. 】
Yan Shu's eyes lit up, 【Could it be that the Princess of Liaodong also wore a green hat to the King of Liaodong? 】
Not far away, Yu Wenlan heard this sentence, "???"
Princess Liaodong put a green hat on Yuwen Hao? ? ?
What is this situation?
System, [Do you think everyone is as unlucky as Marquis Linwu? In fact, these two children were also found by the couple of the King of Liaodong from elsewhere, in order to replace their own flesh and blood into Beijing. 】
What? ? ?
Yan Shu's intuition seems to be that her brain is not enough tonight, [Bring a fake child into Beijing? What do these two mean? 】
System, [Do you think it is a good thing for the feudal king to enter the capital? Maybe the emperor will detain them if he is unhappy, convict them lightly, and behead them seriously. The King of Liaodong definitely doesn't want to take this risk! ]
Yan Shu, [...]
Well, she finally understood.
What's so special, the Queen Mother and the King of Liaodong are one mountain higher than one mountain!
How can this guy be so smart?
But this is a felony, and once discovered, it will be decapitated.
Isn't this fat guy scared?
The system is very sophisticated, 【It is difficult to be discovered. They come to the capital once a year at most, and all they look for are similar to their children's facial features. Who can recognize people other than themselves? ]
Yan Shu, [...]
This is also true.
There are no photos in this era. No matter how well the portraits are drawn, there are still some discrepancies. Moreover, children grow up every year, and children who have not seen for a long time appear by chance. As long as the facial features are not very different, it is really difficult to find. .
Tsk tsk tsk, Yu Wenhao is such a jerk!
What do you eat all day long, why do you have so much in your heart!
She sighed with emotion in her heart, and Yu Wenlan, who had listened to all her ears, already understood.
Oh, so it is.
Yu Wenhao and his wife brought into Beijing this time, and none of them were their own flesh and blood?
This matter sounds absurd at first glance, but it is very possible when it is put on Yu Wenhao.
What's more, after experiencing so many shocks before, he has no doubts about Yan Shu.
good very good.
It seems that this cousin has made up his mind to do something big this time.
Outside the main hall, the sound of firecrackers kept coming, and in the main hall, everyone was still happily eating and drinking, saying auspicious words for New Year's greetings to each other.
Yu Wenlan calmly drank a glass of wine.
Oh, this throne, is it possible to sit on it if you want?
~~
Unconsciously, the night was getting dark, and the New Year's Eve banquet finally came to an end.
After sending off the queen mother and the emperor, everyone dispersed.
Yan Shu returned to the hall to change clothes and wash, while the honeysuckle and the others prepared melon seeds, snacks and some fruits, and prepared to watch the New Year tonight.
However, when Yan Shu came out after washing up, she had no intention of keeping her old age.
After thinking about it, she felt that the melon she ate tonight was really not small, and it was closely related to the emperor. As the emperor's leg pendant, she can't stand by and find a way to let the emperor know.
As usual, she could remind him from the inside and outside as she did several times, but tonight on New Year's Eve, according to the etiquette, the king will spend the night in the middle palace, and now there is no queen in the palace, so he can only stay in the Qianming Palace. Sleep, and can not come to the concubine's place.
So she can't see him.
After thinking about it, she had to come to the desk and start writing.
Seeing this, Ren Dong said strangely, "Tonight Shou Sui, Master will not take a break?"
Yan Shu sighed silently, and could only make an excuse, "I suddenly thought of a very good story, I have to write it quickly, or I will have to do it tomorrow. Forget it. Go keep yourselves old, don't worry about me."
After that, he started to write.
Ren Dong didn't know why, so she had no choice but to retreat and stop disturbing her.
Yan Shu thought about it as she wrote, and soon she couldn't care about anything.
The story of NND is too brainy.
It's the adoptive mother who has a different opinion, and the cousin who keeps making a fuss, the emperor, the emperor, you must thank me!
That night, the sound of firecrackers outside the window continued, but Yan Shu almost forgot that it was New Year's Eve.
Seeing that the sky was already bright, she finally finished writing.
Putting down the pen and yawning, she called for someone outside the door.
When Ren Dong entered the room and saw that she was still sitting at the table, she couldn't help being startled and asked quickly, "Has the master been writing until now?"
Yan Shu hummed and said, "When it's dawn, Look for an opportunity to send this stack of paper manuscripts to the Qianming Palace, and I will say that it is a new book of words I wrote, please take a look at your majesty."
Honeysuckle should be so, so he packed the paper manuscripts.
Turning her head, she saw that she fell into the bed in a few steps and fell asleep.
Ren Dong shook his head, thinking, why did the master come here? She is already a favorite concubine, and she still thinks about making money by writing a book all day.
Geez, what a diligent person.
~
On the day of Yuanzheng, the king was very busy.
At the fifth watch, Yu Wenlan had already washed and changed clothes, and came to Fengxian Hall to worship the ancestors and gods.
After dawn, he led his concubines and concubines to pay New Year's greetings to the Queen Mother.
And after paying New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager, he returned to the palace to change his clothes and participated in the Yuanzheng ceremonies.
After the ceremonies, it was the Yuanzheng feast again, and the monarchs, ministers and clansmen shared the first banquet of the new year.
By the time the banquet was over and he returned to the Qianming Palace, it was already afternoon.
When changing clothes, I heard Fu Hai's report, "By the way, Your Majesty, just now, your majesty, the lady of Guiyi asked someone to send a stack of paper manuscripts, saying that it was a newly written book, please take a look."
Huh?
Yu Wenlan was a little surprised. She still had time to write a newsbook after the Chinese New Year?
He then said, "Bring it."
Fu Hai should be so, so he offered the paper manuscript.
Yu Wenlan took it and looked at it.
After a while, he realized that it was still the matter between the young head of the house and his cousin that she was talking about that night.
But this time, some more plots have been added. For example, the cousin and the beauty spy were once close and had a son. This person used the child to coerce the beauty;
and the family owner's adoptive mother had a different idea and planned to support others...
scheming The cousin also arranged a substitute for his child in an attempt to deceive the owner...
Yu Wenlan, "..."
Well, he already knew, she was going to remind him of what happened at the New Year's Eve banquet.
And the clear scent of ink on the paper told him that she was afraid that she had just written this story.
In fact, after returning to Qianming Palace last night, he had already dispatched people to Liaodong.
Unexpectedly, she was worried about him, and she even wrote such a story to remind her.
It's really not easy to think that a snooze like her would stay up late to write a storybook.
Although it is not easy to be a king, in the harem, there is a little girl who cares about him.
Yu Wenlan suddenly wanted to go to Ganlu Palace.
However not.
Because today is Yuanzheng, according to the etiquette, he is not allowed to go to the concubine's place for three consecutive days.
After thinking for a while, he suddenly called, "Someone."
He saw Fu Hai hurriedly approaching his eyes and said, "The servant is here."
Yu Wenlan said, "Go to the Ganlu Temple and deliver something to Li Guiyi."
…
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Yan Shu is also very busy today.
Yuanzheng couldn't sleep late, and her talent was bright, so she and other concubines followed the emperor to congratulate the empress dowager.
After that, she ordered her family to come to the palace to congratulate her, and she also attended a Yuanzheng luncheon at noon, and she didn't come back for a long time.
In addition, she stayed up late last night to write the notebook, and her sleepiness came in bursts at this time. She was about to go to sleep, but saw Fu Hai coming with a box.
"The servant congratulates your maiden on the new year."
Fu Hai smiled, "Your Majesty sent a servant to send your baby to Guiyi."
Hey, baby?
Yan Shu immediately asked curiously, "What treasure?"
Fu Hai carefully opened the box, "Please take a look at it."
In an instant, a bright light filled the hall.
Yan Shu was shocked.
——It turned out that the box was actually a golden bowl.
The bowl was about the size of a palm, and the workmanship was very delicate. It was also inlaid with red and blue gems, which was almost blinding.
She was stunned for two seconds before she remembered to ask, "Why did Your Majesty give me this?"
Fu Hai said, "Your Majesty said that it was written in the mother's words, and this is a reward for you."
Reward?
Yan Shu thought about it, he must have understood this, right? That's why I gave her this to reward her loyalty?
Hahaha good! very good! ! !
She hurriedly called for Honeysuckle to take over, and said happily, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Tsk tsk
, this night really didn't go in vain.
She made the right choice, writing a storybook is the way to get rich!
...
It didn't take long for the king to see his chief imperial officer come to overturn his order.
"Your Majesty, the golden bowl has been handed over to Empress Guiyi. Empress is very happy."
Fu Hai smiled.
Yu Wenlan nodded, as if she could see her smiling face.
For such a little girl who is obsessed with money, the way to make her happy must be to give her gold and silver jewelry.
He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips and asked again, "What else did she say?"
Fu Hai hurriedly said, "Ms. Guiyi said thank you His Majesty Long En, and said that this is the most expensive manuscript fee she has ever received."
Manuscript fee?
Yu Wenlan paused.
Did she make a mistake?
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For three consecutive days, there were various New Year feasts in the palace.
On the third day of the new year, the palace held the annual banquet of the imperial family.
The night is falling, the lights are on, and the palaces and gardens are brightly lit.
Tonight is to entertain the royal family. In addition to the concubines and concubines of the king, there are also the family of the king of Liaodong, the family of the king of Pingyi, the couple of the eldest princess of Leping, and the eldest princess Yu Wenyan.
——In order to take care of the royal face, the emperor gave this sister a face, and the eldest princess Yu Wenyan appeared in front of everyone again.
However, Concubine Ning hadn't passed the time limit, so there was no sign of her during the banquet.
Everyone thought that after being driven back last time, the eldest princess would keep a low profile today, but she didn't expect that she was wearing a fiery red fox fur cloak, with a long coat of brocade suede and brocade all over the inside, with a high bun on her head and gold embellishments on the top. Hair accessories made of various gemstones, hairpins, beads and hairpins, are almost blinding to the eyes.
When everyone was there, the banquet began.
As before, Xu Jieyu is still at the table with Yan Shu today.
However, he was wearing a silk-colored brocade robe today, his hair was also combed into a high bun, and two golden hairpins were inserted into the top, which made him look extraordinarily gorgeous.
Because of this, Concubine Zhou has thrown several eye knives at her.
Yan Shu felt that it was not normal.
Xu Jieyu has never been so high profile before.
Is it because Yuwen Hao is in a hurry today, so he has to find a way to attract the emperor?
But even stranger things are yet to come.
Seeing that after the second round of wine, everyone in the hall toasted, and when the atmosphere was the most lively, Xu Jieyu suddenly got up and came to the hall, and said to the emperor, "My concubine has prepared a music and dance, and I want to dedicate it to Your Majesty." All one meal.
Although it is not a strange thing for concubines to perform dances for the king, you must know that it is when there are no outsiders.
There are many outsiders tonight.
However, the king did not refuse to sit on the seat, and even nodded, "Yes."
Xu Jieyu should be so, so she invited musicians to accompany her and danced in the hall.
Seeing this scene, Concubine Zhou and An Concubine and the others' eyes almost killed people.
The eldest princess also sneered contemptuously.
——Does this woman even want face in order to compete for favor?
In the whole hall, only Yan Shu felt that something was wrong.
Xu Jieyu is not a brainless cannon fodder.
She is a very powerful spy!
Is she doing something like this?
Yan Shu then quietly called up the system, [There are still outsiders at this kind of banquet, why did Xu Jieyu come out to show off? Is it for Yu Wenhao to see it? 】
But listen to the system, 【because she wants to assassinate the emperor. 】