Chapter 170 New Year's Eve Toast

Yun Fenghuang originally planned to ask Chunjia about this on the same day or the next day, but that day Chunjia and King Yi chatted happily until late at night.

Now that she is pregnant, she goes to bed early, and Chunjia has already gone out when she wakes up.

Followed the Qing people in to discuss the costumes for the New Year's Eve banquet, but forgot about it.

The atmosphere of the New Year's Eve banquet this year is more relaxed and freehand than in previous years.

At least that's the case for most people.

After all, the Ji family has fallen, and the regent is also gone. The Zheng family, Cui Wan and others are not Chunjia's opponents at all. Visually, at least when Chunjia was in power, Guochao didn't have any major worries, and he didn't have to consider the risk of standing in line, such as a disagreement with the whole family. Isn't it very easy?

After drinking for three rounds, the heirs of the emperor stepped forward to toast Chunjia and the empress dowager, but they reminded the officials: when the heirs grow up, the trouble of standing in line may come again!

...even now.

Since the crown prince has not yet been established, the toasts of the emperor's heirs are of course headed by King Qin.

Seeing that Zhaoqing was about to leave her seat, Yun Fenghuang hurriedly called her to a halt, saying that it would be good for the princes to go: "When your father comes to our palace, you can toast your father."

She said this mainly because her daughter was inconvenient in her legs and feet, and she would be too conspicuous when she went to the palace under the eyes of everyone, and she would turn around and make people talk about it, fearing that a bad news would be passed on to Zhaoqing, and she would be sad again.

Furthermore, today's toast is ultimately the heirs of the emperor, no, it should be said that it is the first appearance of the princes in front of the officials.

No matter how well the princess performed, she would not be able to enter the East Palace.

There is no need for Zhaoqing to join in and become everyone's talking point.

But Zhaoqing was not happy: "Eldest brother can go, why can't my son go? Mother concubine, my son is going!"

Originally Yun Fenghuang was talking to her in a low voice, but when she started making a fuss, her voice got louder and she even wanted to cry, but she couldn't help it, so she sighed: "Then you go."

After a pause, he turned his head and told the Qing people, "Go and talk to the concubine Xian and the others, and let the princess go to the palace together. They are all the heirs of His Majesty, and filial piety is the same."

So the emperor's heirs were divided into two rows according to men and women, and went to the hall to toast together.

Zhaoqing, as the eldest daughter, is on the same side as King Qin, which makes her very satisfied. But limping while walking inevitably attracts many kinds of eyes.

In fact, she has been walking like this for a while, but the harem knew the ins and outs and Yun Jieyu's death early in the morning. No one dared to show anything unusual in front of her, and even the servants would deliberately praise her for being brave and strong: "Many people After being injured, I dare not fall to the ground, unlike our Highness, who can walk on his own before he recovers, Your Highness is so amazing!"

Zhaoqing was coaxed. First, he thought that his legs would be better when he grew up, and second, he thought that he was very powerful and brave. Of course, there was nothing to be ashamed of.

But today's eyes are different.

Although everyone knew that this was Chunjia's favorite daughter, and she was a princess under the name of the famous Concubine Min Gui, so she couldn't be offended, but after all, not everyone could hold their breath.

Especially at this moment, there were many family members who came to the banquet with their father and brother. They looked at the princess with unavoidable surprise, curiosity, peeping, sympathy, pity... There were even some disgust and gloating.

Originally children were very sensitive to other people's emotions. Zhaoqing was originally happy, but he was a little confused when he took two steps, and then he walked more and more slowly, and even began to lag behind King Qin.

Yun Fenghuang watched from the side, and subconsciously clenched his teeth.

Chen Jing softly told the servant: "Whoever behaved disrespectfully to the princess just now will write it down."

Although he definitely prefers Yun Fenghuang's own flesh and blood, Zhao Qing's status in his mind is just below Yun Fenghuang's and his own flesh and blood.

No matter how unreasonable and unreasonable, these foreign ministers can't be insulted!

"What's wrong with Zhaoqing?" Chunjia on the throne was talking to the Empress Dowager in a low voice, but when Yanyin reminded her in a low voice, her face turned cold, and then she changed into a gentle smile and waved to her daughter, " Are you tired? Come, let me have a look."

Seeing this, Zhao Qing finally jumped a little for joy, quickened his pace, rushed up crookedly, threw himself into Chunjia's arms without caring about saluting.

Chunjia picked her up with a smile, looked around the palace, but there was no smile in her eyes, she put the eldest daughter on her knees, and asked the other children: "Get up."

King Qin glanced at Zhaoqing worriedly, and then stepped forward, saying the congratulatory speech taught by Yunfenghuang.

Like Zhaoqing, he is very familiar with Chunjia, and he is used to the scene of stars holding the moon, so even in such an occasion, he is not nervous, he speaks very fluently, and at the end he asked coquettishly: "Father, son The minister wants to hug too!"

"You are the prince, you can go to school, what do you want the father to hug?" Chunjia smiled and refused, and asked someone to bring up the rewards prepared in advance, "Take it down and give it to your mother and concubine to help you collect it." on."

Seeing this scene in his eyes, Yun Fenghuang secretly sighed.

If this was done in private, Chunjia would not have refused King Qin's request.

But in full view, the emperor embraced Zhaoqing, which already made the empress change her face on the spot. If she hugged King Qin again, many people would probably think that the emperor intended to make him a leader.

And Chunjia has no such plan.

Concentrate and continue to read, the princesses don't need to pay too much attention, compared to Zhao Qing who was held on the knee by the emperor in public, none of them can fight.

Mainly the princes, the second prince, the third prince, the sixth prince, the seventh prince, the eighth prince, the ninth prince, the tenth prince, the eleventh prince... none of them performed as well as King Qin.

The next few princes were relatively young, and the youngest twelfth and thirteenth princes were simply hugged by the wet nurse and kowtowed to congratulate.

The three or two-year-old princes couldn't remember relatively long words, and they stuttered and lost their words, just looking cute.

Monarchs and ministers mainly look at the princes who have already entered school or are about to enter school. From King Qin down, they are the second prince, third prince, sixth prince, and seventh prince.

There is a clear gap between these four kings of Qin who are free and easy.

The second prince and the third prince are purely strangers to Chunjia, and they are more fearful than respectful.

Although the third prince was obviously nervous, at least there was nothing wrong with his congratulatory speech, but the second prince panicked and even got stuck halfway.

The sixth prince and the seventh prince usually see few people, and they are not used to this kind of occasion where everyone is looking at them.

In short, looking at it, King Qin is indisputably the best performer among the princes.

"It's just a toast, and King Qin has the advantage of being older and seeing His Majesty often." Noticing that the Queen could no longer maintain a smirk, the servant whispered, "How old are the princes? What's the matter. Don't you think His Majesty also agreed to hug King Qin?"

The queen said in a low voice, "But he is still holding Zhaoqing."

Originally, after the toast was over, the emperor's heirs returned their seats.

But Princess Zhaoqing was left behind by Chunjia, who asked someone to add a seat next to her to accommodate the princess.

Then Zhaoqing acted like a baby and said that he wanted the emperor to hug him for a while, but he was too conniving.

"Your Majesty, it's because His Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing has a leg problem." The attendant advised the Queen not to think too much, "When I just went up to the hall, I caused a lot of people to whisper, and His Majesty was very displeased when he saw it. , Let those people watch the fun again."

The queen also thought of this, but she was still a little brooding: "Today, the heirs of the emperors are toasting your majesty. The fourth prince didn't come because he was gone, but what about the king of Chu? I told your majesty before that the king of Chu Not going, he directly agreed!"

Although the king of Chu was ignorant, he went up to the hall to toast the emperor and say a few auspicious words, which is what he did.

The queen was only worried that he would make a fuss in the middle, and that it was not decent enough for the royal family to have such a prince, so she didn't let the king of Chu show up.

As a result, the king of Chu did not come, and Zhaoqing who insisted on going to the palace, did he lose the face of the royal family in front of everyone? As a result, instead of being angry, Chunjia deliberately showed her preference for this daughter, which...

After King Chu's accident, although he was in a bad mood for a few days, when did he feel sorry for King Chu like this? !

Taking a breath, the queen suppressed all the mixed feelings, and said in a low voice: "Forget it, these... don't talk about it. Anyway, just watch it, go there tonight, I'm afraid that Xie's mansion will be full of people."

The Xie mansion she was talking about was of course the mansion where Xie Xiliu and brother Xie Xiyu lived.

Now Xie Xiliu's family has gone back to the Northland except for the children, only Xie Xiyu and his wife are guarding a group of juniors.

Similar to what the queen said, the emperor's unabashed love for Princess Zhaoqing at the New Year's Eve banquet made it impossible for some people to rush to hug their thighs from the next day on the first day of the new year.

It's just that Xie Xiaoyu and his wife obeyed Yun Fenghuang's instructions and dared not accept anything.

But it couldn't stand someone throwing generous gifts in through the courtyard wall.

Xiao Jiang could only send a message into the palace, asking Yun Fenghuang what to do in this situation: "...the person who threw it didn't say who it was, and it's impossible to send it back."

"Since that's the case, let's go outside and see if there are any things like building bridges, paving roads, and giving out porridge for relief." Yun Fenghuang couldn't help laughing, and said, "We don't feel sorry for spending so much."

After a pause, he ordered, "Just when you do this, don't reveal that our family did it."

Xiao Jiang didn't understand, and discussed with her husband, Xie Xiaoyu: "It's not that I don't want to part with the money, and people threw it in. It's just that it's a lot, and it's too much to spend it without losing your reputation, isn't it too wronged? I understand that your mother won't let us collect those benefits delivered to your door. There are no good things for nothing in the world. But why don't we even leave a name for our good deeds? This is all real money spent. When I was at home , that's not the case."

Xie Xiyu said: "You just listen to your mother, who is your mother? No one supports her, and she has been in the palace until today, and she has protected us in turn. How can her consideration be more considerate than you and me? Besides, you Who is the empress's biggest reliance now? Of course it is Your Majesty. The empress does not allow us to be too public, just to avoid annoying your majesty. In this way, it is publicity for us to openly collect money from all parties, and to do good deeds by giving money to porridge everywhere. Quiet about it? His Majesty is holding the Imperial City Secretary in his hand, so he doesn’t know anything about it. Let’s do it quietly, if others don’t know, how can His Majesty not know?”

Speaking of this, Xiao Jiang didn't feel anything, but Xie Xiaoyu added, "You are now the sister-in-law of the imperial concubine after all, can you stop being ignorant like a country woman?"

"I'm not only the sister-in-law of the imperial concubine, but I'm also the first cousin of the imperial concubine!" Xiao Jiang immediately became unhappy, "Even if I didn't marry you, how much worse can I be than you? Don't forget that aunt is the most It hurts me! The time I spent playing with the imperial concubine is longer than the time you spent with the imperial concubine. If you are promising yourself, it’s fine, but you’re just relying on the imperial concubine. !"

Xie Xiaoyu pursed her lips and said, "Okay, okay, I just said that casually, what are you really doing?"

Xiao Jiang was angry: "What did you say yourself? Are you blaming me now?"

I suddenly wondered, "Is there someone out there? Are you a lady from a well-born family? Otherwise, it's not that I haven't discussed things with you before. Why didn't you say that I was ignorant before, and today I just said it casually like this? Disgusted?"

"You!" Xie Xiaoyu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he flicked his sleeves angrily, "It's just inexplicable! I'm just afraid that you will always use the idea of ​​living in the North to measure your current situation, and it will ruin the important affairs of the imperial concubine. , so I urged you! You are suspicious of me! I don’t even think about it. If I really disliked you, I should have left you at home to serve my grandmother and the others, but why did I bring you to the Imperial Capital?!”

Xiao Jiang sneered and said: "Did you decide to bring me to the imperial capital? It wasn't my aunt's intention! Let me tell you, don't think that you have a bright future as the foster father's apprentice, and with the help of the imperial concubine, You can pick and choose to dislike me. Everyone is the blood of the imperial concubine, and my aunt treats me no worse than you! If you dare to mess around outside, I will go to the imperial concubine to make the decision tomorrow! Go find your stepfather and stepmother! Then write a letter to your aunt, and tell your aunt your wolf-heartedness!"

Everyone is getting closer and closer, who will be afraid of whom if there is a real disturbance?

I don't believe that Xie Xiaoyu has been rebellious and finally abandoned. Jiang's parents came to question, let alone Xie Xiaoyu, it is Yun Fenghuang, how can we not give some face?

After Xie Fenghuan's incident came out, members of the Xie clan often suggested letting Yun Fenghuang enter the family temple to preserve the family's reputation. At that time, the Jiang family firmly supported the Jiang family, sending Yun Fenghuang away and looking for a better future after the limelight passed!

Because of this friendship, Yun Fenghuang couldn't just sit back and watch Xie Xiaoyu treat Jiang's daughter badly.

What's more, Xiao Jiang's relationship with this noble concubine's cousin is indeed not bad.

"...I'm too lazy to tell you." Xie Xiaoyu's face was sullen, his expression changed a few times, and he finally walked away, "You are becoming more and more unreasonable now, I didn't even bring a room to the Imperial Capital, what else do you want? Sample?"

Then Xiao Jiang went to the palace to cry with Yun Fenghuang in the first month of the month, saying that he suspected that there was someone outside Xie Xiaoyu: "The minister's wife is not the kind of jealous, if it is a girl from a serious family, if she is brought in to be a concubine, the minister's wife will The mother-in-law is the master, the direct mother-in-law is an aunt, and she is the eighteenth young lady of the Xie family who is being married by a bright matchmaker. What is the minister's wife afraid of? But if the cousin is coaxed by others, and he takes a fancy to the minister's wife's position, then...the minister's wife will go back by herself It's fine to remarry, relying on the care of the empress, after all, no one will want the minister's wife. But how innocent is the child in the minister's wife's belly?"

Yun Fenghuang had a headache when she heard that, she was busy with her own affairs, so what happened to this carefree eighteenth brother and eighteenth sister-in-law?

Seeing that Xiao Jiang was pregnant just like herself, and her belly is big now, she held back her anger, comforted her with gentle words, and promised to discipline Xie Xiaoyu well, then turned around and flew into a rage: "It's all a good life There are too many, don’t you feel unhappy if you don’t torment?! A bunch of bastards!!!”

Chen Jing and the Qing people quickly persuaded her to calm down: "Maybe the eighteenth young lady has misunderstood, and the eighteenth son doesn't look like that kind of person. Besides, even if the eighteenth son wants to take a concubine, it's nothing, just wavering. The status of the Eighteenth Young Madam. As for the Eighteenth Young Madam who is worried, how is it possible? Mrs. Xie has never said that there is no reason for the wife to be abandoned without fault. What's more, the Young Madam is still Madam's niece and niece?"

Yun Fenghuang exhaled slowly, and said: "Is it a misunderstanding? After all, the eighteenth sister-in-law has come to this palace, so I should ask the eighteenth brother."

After thinking about it, he asked someone to ask Chunjia for instructions, and called Xie Xiaoyu into the palace to talk.