Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid

????A grand feast is held in the palace on the Mid-Autumn Festival of August 15.

Because it is a moon-appreciation banquet, it is also a fun for the monarch and the ministers, so it is set in the water pavilion of the Yaochi in the imperial garden.

The water pavilion of Yaochi Lake has a huge area, built on the top of Bibo Lake, and there is an open-air platform made of white marble, which is excellent for banquets and moon watching.

The banquet is divided into two parts: the emperor Jing and the princes and ministers are on the left, the queen leads the concubines in the palace and the concubines on the right, and the middle is separated by potted plants of different shapes and half height, which can be regarded as the distinction between inside and outside.

The feast on this occasion is held in the evening again, which is very magnificent.Countless lotus lamps were lit on the water pavilion, and there were singing, dancing, and music. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the fairyland of Yaochi.

The queen sits in the main seat.

The queen was dressed very brightly today. She was dressed in a bright yellow palace costume with a nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on her head. Under the light, she looked graceful and luxurious and showed the majesty of the world.

Below the main seat, there are two long rows of seats on the left and the right. Xiao Hua sits on the first seat on the left, and the first one is Concubine Qiao Xian, and the next one is the fateful woman who is ranked according to the order, and the same is true on the right. Arranged, but there is no seat opposite Xiaohua.

On the long table in front of me, there were a lot of melon and fruit desserts. Among them, there was a plate of various moon cakes, all the size of a bite, which looked quite delicate.

Two children sat at a table with Xiao Hua, one wearing a small prince dress, and the other wearing a pink palace dress.With two baby pink jade carvings, it is so cute.Attracting countless survivors to look here, I really feel that this imperial concubine looks good, and the appearance of the twins of dragon and phoenix is ​​also very good.

It was the first time for the two children to participate in this kind of occasion. They were quite novel, and Yiyi couldn't bear to blink her eyes when she saw a palace actor dancing.Xiu'er is much better than her. Although she also finds it novel, she is not obvious on the face. Sitting beside her mother and concubine, she is a model of a prince.

Let Xiaohua, who is a mother of her own, look so handsome.

"Xiu'er, isn't it tired to sit like this?"

"It's kind of." Xiu'er frowned. "But the guest Qian said, Xiu'er is still young, and you don't need to learn anything else, but the etiquette must be done, especially in front of outsiders, without losing the royal style."

Qian Binke is a guest of the prince, and he takes the courtesy of the prince to praise each other, and rules and negligence.Daxi set up the Donggong official office. There were three gongs and three young masters to teach the prince, and Zhan Shifu was responsible for tutoring the daily life of the Donggong.It's just that Luo Xi was young, and for the time being, he stayed with Xiao Hua in the Palace of Morning Light. Everything has not been mentioned in the regulations, but the prince's etiquette must be learned every day.

Xiaohua can predict how hard this child will be in the future, but just as Jingdi said, he must seek his own government in his place. Parental doting will only cause the child to become unable to support the child in the future.And Xiaohua doesn't know how to educate a child, especially a prince, so she can only listen to Emperor Jing, and then try her best to love the child in her spare time.

"When you are tired, tell your concubine, you are still young, so you don't have to work so hard."

Luo Xi just nodded, but he still maintained an upright posture.Xiao Hua said so, but when the child insisted, she didn't say anything else.

Compared with Su'er, Yiyi does not seem to be a princess model.But the princess was still young, and no one would question it.After watching the singing and dancing for a while, she got bored and clamored to Xiaohua that she was hungry.

Thinking that there was no meal in the evening, the mothers just ate some snacks, and after they came, they still only had snacks. Xiaohua and Lilac next to her gave a few instructions to let her prepare something that the two children loved.

Sitting on the high platform on the left, Emperor Jing could see the situation here.Although he has been holding the wine glass and his face is calm, his eyes have never left this side.

Seeing the movement there, I thought of something with Xiao Hua, and whispered a few words to Fushun on the side.

The cloves moved very fast, and soon brought some food.There are sweet porridge, milk cakes, crystal buns, and jujube paste rolls.Yiyi loves sweets the most, he laughed when he saw it, and began to eat under the service of Lilac.Xiu'er doesn't like sweets, Xiao Hua uses chopsticks to hold two crystal buns and a jujube paste roll on an empty plate for him to eat.

Luo Xi was also hungry at this time, and began to eat the food that Xiaohua arranged for him.

After the two children had eaten, someone from the palace took the things down.

At this time, a young eunuch came over with a golden tray on which were placed several golden fat crabs, one the size of a slap and a half, and a pot of wine.

"This is a crab from Xin Gong. Your majesty will enjoy it with the empress, and a pot of fine amber wine."

Xiao Hua turned her head to look on the high platform over there, just to meet Emperor Shang Jing's eyes.

Although she couldn't see clearly, she could understand what he meant.I must think that she didn't have a meal in the evening, and the two children were eating at the banquet. No one would care about it, but she couldn't, and gave her a sweet mouth through the crab appreciation.

Xiao Hua smiled at that place, and said: "Speak to your majesty, your concubines thank your majesty for the reward."

Many people have seen the movement here, including the queen.

Only rewarding the imperial concubine, not the queen, the joy of your Majesty is obvious.

Seeing the queen's stiff face, Jing Yan gave a rare smile and winked at An Yan, the same gloating.

Lilac is responsible for breaking the crab, and Xiaohua is responsible for enjoying it.

Dipped in garlic vinaigrette, it is very delicious to use.Even Yiyi had eaten several bites, and Zhuer was full of joy.

"Okay, okay, children can't eat more cold and cold food, which is bad for the health." After saying this to the child, Xiaohua, who should also eat less cold food, has not stopped.

The crab was cold, but it was just blended with amber wine, so Xiao Hua drank a few more glasses of amber wine.The amber wine is not spicy, it tastes mellow in the mouth, and I noticed that Xiaohua used a few more glasses.

The breeze slowly brushed his cheeks, and there was a disc-like bright moon above his head. There was a moon shadow in the pool, and the surrounding pool waves made people feel like a fairyland in a trance.

Fushun walked over, "Manny, your majesty asks the old slave to invite the prince to pass."

Xiaohua nodded, and Zhuer went to Jingdi with Fushun.

Halfway through the banquet, the atmosphere at the banquet became more and more casual, and the voices during the banquet gradually increased.

Not only was the minister on Jingdi's side meeting and drinking with each other, but Xiaohua's wife also left the table and went to talk to a place they knew well, including the queen's who also had several relatives who were close to her and were talking.

Concubine Qiao Xian's natal family, Chengyang Bo's house, was also attended today. Concubine Qiao Xian's mother and elder brothers and sisters all came to Concubine Qiao, and several people told their affection.

In contrast, Xiaohua is very deserted here.

She is not familiar with the female relatives of various families in Beijing. Some people want to get a chance in front of the imperial concubine, but also don't know the nature of the imperial concubine, so she dare not step forward.

At this time, Mrs. Jinyang Hou came over, first saluted Xiao Hua, and stood in front of her to talk to her.

"Seeing that there is no one in front of the empress, the concubine came over with a brazen face. In fact, many ladies wanted to come to the empress to have a good relationship with them, but they didn't dare to step forward because they didn't know the nature of the empress, but the concubines had a thick face. Cai, don't be offended by Empress Wanwang."

"Mrs. Jinyang Hou is absurdly praised."

"This is your Royal Highness the princess, who looks like the jade girl in front of the Bodhisattva, carved with pink jade, white and lovely..."

Yiyi didn't like the stranger in front of her very much, looked at Xiao Hua, and said, "Mother concubine, Yiyi wants to go to play with her brother."

"My brother is at the father's place."

"Then I will go to the emperor father."

Xiao Hua thought for a while and said: "Mother concubine asks Aunt Ding Lan to take you there. Don't be naughty or run around, just stay with the emperor."

Seeing that Xiaohua agreed, Yiyi dragged Ding Lan to let her take her.Ding Lan led her, followed by a few palace men and two eunuchs, and a large group of people circled Yiyi to the left.

Xiaohua turned around to see Madam Jinyanghou still standing there, and said, "Don't be offended, Madam, I wonder where you were just talking about?"

Mrs. Jinyanghou smiled stiffly, "The concubine praised the grand princess for being smart and cute. It seems that the concubine still has some eyesight, and the grand princess is so smart at a young age, and she will definitely be a model for my daxi princesses in the future. "

Xiao Hua gave a dry smile, this person didn't even blink his flattering eyelids.But let’s not say that I am still happy when I hear people say that about my children.

Just because of the flattering person, Xiaohua didn't catch a cold, and didn't know what to say to her, so she just smiled and didn't speak.

Xiao Hua feels that she has performed well, but in some people's eyes it is not so good.

In particular, Tian Clan admitted that he had caught the imperial concubine. At this time, the Yuan imperial concubine should have been quite pleased with him, but he did not expect to receive such cold reception repeatedly.This made Tian Clan a little annoyed, and his eyes burned and turned to Xiao Hua.

"The concubine looks familiar to the empress, like someone I saw a few years ago."

With this look, Xiao Hua didn't know what Mrs. Jinyang Hou meant, and she lived for so long in vain.

She pursed her lips restrained and smiled, with a calm expression, "Really? Madam can't admit it wrong, right? This palace is not from the capital."

"It turns out that this is the case, is it possible that the concubine admitted wrong..."

"Madam admits her mistake."

"Not only the concubine has seen that person, but there are also several people. There is also an old woman in the concubine's house called the Wang Po..."

The next words were stopped by a sudden gaze that could penetrate the bottom of people's hearts.The eyes were cold, and it seemed to be flooded with countless swords and arrows.

Knowing the origin of the imperial concubine Yuan, Tian's awe has long been replaced by contempt.Including when he came to talk before, no one dare to come to so many ladies of the country, only she came.

Why, it's nothing more than feeling that I have caught the concubine's handle!

This mentality is like the most inferior untouchable. Suddenly discovering some of the privacy of the aristocratic aristocrat who cannot see people, he suddenly feels that he has caught the other's weakness, and wants that aristocrat to do whatever he wants to give himself supreme honor. And power.

Mrs. Jinyang Hou is right, that kind of bad things really can’t be known, even if the facts are not like that, but everything is said by people, all the money, the accumulation of bones, and the fact that Xiaohua is now in The status will also be ruined.

What's more, Xiao Hua is not only alone, but also three children behind him, a prince, a princess, and a second prince. The mother and concubine's reputation is bad, and it is likely that several children will be affected.

But, again, this weakness cannot be shown.

Xiaohua understands the mentality of such a person too much, is greedy but not content, once she gets caught up, there may be endless behind.Not only will she face endless greed, but several children will also be implicated by her.

"Mrs. Jinyanghou, I think you should understand what you can say and what you cannot say. Take care of your mouth and don't involve the whole family..."

Xiao Hua has the confidence to behave like this, because she knows that Emperor Jing will believe her.Of course, how to solve this Mrs. Jinyanghou is also a headache.Jingdi didn’t worry, he was afraid that it would be spread...

There was a sudden noise in the distance. There were many people around, and some people shouted: "The princess has fallen into the water..."

Xiao Hua's body suddenly softened, she hurriedly got up under the help of Lilac, and ran over there.

Behind her, Mrs. Jinyanghou stood in place, her expression showing a bit of fear and a trace of hideousness.

A voice suddenly sounded behind her, "Madam, why are you standing here?"

Mrs. Jinyanghou was taken aback, and immediately saluted, "I have seen the concubine and empress."