royal girl

Chapter 214
In Nuo Da's palace, the palace people stood on both sides, bowing their heads in silence.All the concubines present and all the princesses were silent for a while when they heard this, the air that was still sparking just now was like being poured with a basin of ice water suddenly, all the heat and sparks were extinguished silently in the shortest possible time.

Huiyu also sat there with her head bowed. No matter who started the struggle in the palace, with her current status as a junior, she couldn't speak a single word or provoke her.But in my heart, I was also a little worried about Xia Yingbai, after all, she was supporting her.

The empress asked, but the noble concubine said softly before Concubine Han could speak: "It's nothing serious, it's just a few gossips. Sister Concubine Han, isn't it?"

The corner of Concubine Han's lips twitched lightly, "Sister Concubine Concubine said so, of course."

The smile on the Queen's face remained the same, but it was obvious that the two of them said this, which meant to whitewash the peace. Naturally, she didn't like to cause trouble for herself, so she said smoothly, "I am only happy if you can get along so well." tight."

The smile on the imperial concubine's face deepened, while Concubine Han just smiled lightly and remained silent.

Concubine Liang, who hadn't spoken much all this time, took the initiative to change the topic at this time, looked at the empress and said, "I heard that there are more fireworks prepared in the palace tonight than in previous years, and there are many tricks, ma'am, this is true. ?"

The queen nodded when she looked at Concubine Liang, then looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "It's the fireworks from the new tribute from the south. I'm curious about the new look. Everyone will be able to feast their eyes on it at night. If you have spares, you can take them back to your own palace and put them away."

"That's really good. I like to see novelty things the most. Ever since I heard the news, I have been wanting to ask the empress if it is true. It's just that the empress is busy and her concubines dare not disturb her." Concubine Liang squeezed the handkerchief Laughing, as if he was really happy.

"I know your temperament, this time it's as you wish."

The queen also laughed, and for a moment everyone in the hall started laughing lightly, and the atmosphere eased up a lot. The empress said this casually to everyone, and Huiyu sat there and listened quietly.Only when the empress asked about sister Zhao at home, Huiyu would get up and answer a few words. The queen would not show how close she was to Huiyu in front of everyone, and asking her was just a routine. Every princess here has been asked, impartially.Fair and balanced as always.

Lunch is served in the palace. For example, high-ranking concubines can accompany the empress. Royal daughter-in-laws such as Huiyu have to open a separate table, separated by a screen, and everyone sits in groups. Also lively rules.The emperor's appetizing dishes were delivered by the empress first, and those who can get the emperor's appreciating dishes are all the more favored concubines in the palace recently.Of course, as the emperor's official wife, the empress is still respected even if she is not favored, so the emperor will not disrespect the empress, and the empress is the highest in the proportion of appreciating dishes.In this palace, apart from the empress, there are only three people who can get the food rewards, one is Concubine Liang, the other is Concubine Gui, and the remaining one is Concubine Han.

Huiyu's table was full of daughters-in-law, so it was not easy for the emperor to appreciate the dishes, but the empress did.But there is no classification, everyone gets the same.

Eating a meal wasn't fast, but it wasn't too slow either. Huiyu just felt that it was very restrained for so many people to eat together without being able to talk and laugh.After finally finishing eating, the empress asked everyone to take their daughters-in-law back to each palace, go to rest, watch the fireworks at night, and have a palace banquet.

Huiyu didn't have a concubine, so the empress left her in Fengqi Palace, along with Princess Jia.

When there were only two of them left, Princess Jia was very respectful to Huiyu by herself.

Huiyu: ...

Did she really have a serious face?
After the empress finished changing her clothes, she announced the second term into the inner hall to speak.

The two greeted each other with greetings, the etiquette was standardized and orderly, the empress smiled and said: "There are no outsiders here, you two don't have to be so restrained, the three of us can talk freely."

Huiyu sighed in her heart, the empress has the majesty of motherhood in front of everyone, shocking everyone in the harem.But in private, she also has a very amiable face. At least Huiyu really feels comfortable and relaxed when she sees the queen's smile. I don't know if Princess Jia will be like this.

"Speaking of which, I raised the seventh child, and although I didn't raise the fourth child in front of me, it's pretty much the same. You two should be as close as possible, and you don't have to be so unfamiliar outside the palace. You just drop by for a chat. There is also a place to stay." The queen often sighed, and there was a bit of vicissitudes in her words, Huiyu and Princess Jia couldn't sit still.Just as he was about to get up to plead guilty, he heard the empress say again: "Lao Qi has caused a lot of troubles in the past two years, and it was his fourth brother who cleaned up for him behind. Thank you from Lao Qi's family. Fourth sister-in-law. What happened last time, if your fourth sister-in-law hadn’t been generous enough to post up her own dowry money, Lao Qi’s life would have been difficult, how could you have a peaceful life today.”

Princess Jia quickly stood up and gave Huiyu a deep blessing.Huiyu didn't expect Princess Jia to be so fast. When she reached out to help her, she squatted down.She had no choice but to bend down again to help him up, but Princess Jia was not happy, so she stood up along Huiyu's hand after performing the ceremony, her eyes were a little red, and she said to Huiyu: "I I wanted to thank my sister-in-law for a long time, but my sister-in-law had just given birth to a baby and was about to recuperate, so I didn't dare to disturb her. The prince mentioned the kindness of the prince and sister-in-law to him several times in front of my concubine, so I would like to thank my sister-in-law gone."

Huiyu quickly supported Princess Jia, and said: "We are all a family. The prince and the seventh brother are brothers. I really didn't do anything. The seventh brother and sister must not be so polite. If this is the case, we will really have trouble. Divided." Huiyu said, turning her head to look at the empress, "Queen, do you think so?"

The queen looked at the two and smiled, "Okay, you both sit down."

Huiyu breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at Princess Jia, and sat down on her chair.Princess Jia also sat down, her face was also a little red, it could be seen that she was a little embarrassed.

"When sister Zhao is older, you can bring it into the palace and show it to me. When King Jia entered the palace last time, he told me that the child was born beautiful." The empress said to Huiyu with a smile.

"Yes, it's not very easy to move now. When I get older, I will definitely show it to my mother." Huiyu also laughed. She can still feel the kindness released by the queen, and naturally she will not be disgusted.

Princess Jia came in late, and she was a little reserved in front of the queen and Huiyu, but after several conversations with the queen, Huiyu pulled her in, and she gradually became less restrained, and her demeanor became natural. Two sentences.The wives of the next few princes were not from very good family backgrounds, so it was inevitable that they would be a little bit afraid and cautious when they came from such aristocratic families as the empress and Huiyu.

The queen had a lot of things to do today, and she didn't talk to them for long, when the nanny in charge came in to report the matter.

The queen said to Huiyu and the others: "The apse has been cleaned up, you two also go to rest for a while, there will be a lively scene in the evening, don't get sleepy."

The queen said something funny, Huiyu and Princess Jia both smiled shyly in support, thanked them, and followed the palace servants who came to lead the way to the apse to rest.

The queen didn't prepare two rooms for them, maybe she wanted them to get closer, or maybe there are too many people in the palace today, so the rooms are not enough, anyway, the two of them went into one room to rest.

The apse of Fengqi Palace was kept very clean, and the room was lit with a touch of sandalwood. The maid brought refreshments and said to the two of them: "The servants are guarding the door, and the princess just asks if you have anything to do." .”

"Thanks for your hard work, you should go and rest." Huiyu smiled and took out a few purses to the court lady, asking her to share the rewards with everyone.The court lady took it with a smile, thanked Huiyu and went outside lightly.

There were only two people left in the room, Huiyu smiled at Princess Jia, "It's all right now, there are no outsiders, and we can have a good talk." There were two people in the room, and it was impossible for them to lie down and sleep for a while , And I have to take off my coat when I sleep, and I have to wash my face and make up again when I get up, not to mention how troublesome it is.This is not the palace, and Huiyu's own girl can't follow her in, so naturally she doesn't want to trouble others.

Naturally, Princess Jia didn't want to be so troublesome. Hearing Huiyu's words made her feel a little relieved. She sat opposite Huiyu, and the two talked in a low voice. It hasn't been broken, and finally Princess Jia is not so nervous, the atmosphere between the two has become a little more harmonious, and they can speak more casually.

It’s just that in a place like the palace, all they can talk about are relatively safe topics, and what they talk about most is Sister Zhao’s great achievements. Princess Jia is very envious when she hears it, “It would be great if I had such a daughter. Thinking that the prince likes the princess so much, I really can't tell." Prince Jing was so frightened that people looked at him, and they didn't dare to meet his eyes.She had seen Prince Jing from afar, and even thinking about it now, she still felt her heart skip a beat.I didn't expect Prince Jing to be such a loving father at home. Everyone said how much Prince Jing liked the princess, but some people suspected that Prince Jing was just doing it to save face. But now, listening to the words of Sisao, she really felt that Jing Wang is really a good man, good to his wife and good to his children.But thinking of Prince Jing's methods in the officialdom, he felt that this man was very cruel, but what women care about most is whether a man treats his family well, and in this regard, Princess Jia thinks that Sisao is really lucky.

"There will always be, don't worry." Huiyu said with a smile.

When the palace banquet was about to come, some palace people came to invite them over.The palace banquet was held in the main hall of Fengqi Palace. Because of the large number of people, the royal daughters-in-law like Huiyu were located at the place where the concubines were headed, and there were other wives from various families. The hall was full of people and it was very lively. .

The process of the palace banquet is that the empress speaks, everyone flatters, toasts, eats vegetables, pays respects to the future, has dinner and then goes outside to enjoy the fireworks.Huiyu was a little absent-minded when she was concerned about her daughter at home, and only hoped that it would end soon.Because there are too many people in the temple, and God is there, even though there are so many people sitting, it is still very orderly.From a distance, Huiyu could still see Ji Qiyu sitting in the pile of princes, King Jiu didn't know what he was talking about, so he kept holding Ji Qiyu's hand, Huiyu saw Ji Qiyu's impatience look.

Finally when it was time to set off the fireworks, Huiyu got up and walked out with the crowd. At this time, everyone from each family joined with each other, and the husband and wife both enjoyed the fireworks.

Ji Qiyu walked to Huiyu's side with a depressed face, and Huiyu couldn't help laughing.I really don't know if King Jin took the wrong medicine, and he has been entangled with Ji Qiyu all night. If it weren't for this palace banquet, Huiyu felt that Ji Qiyu might beat him up.

"What are you laughing at?" Ji Qiyu felt even more annoyed when she saw Huiyu's eyes were crooked as soon as she got closer.

"It's nothing, I'm very happy to see you." Huiyu wouldn't tell the truth, and Ji Qiyu might feel ashamed if she told such a shameful thing.

Ji Qiyu knew that Huiyu wasn't telling the truth, but after thinking about it, she understood that she must have seen her embarrassment, so she said a little unhappy, "Ji Wang drank too much."

"Well, it looks like it." Huiyu hurriedly agreed, and then looked at Ji Qiyu's hand standing in front of the railing, "Your Majesty said that there will be a lot of fireworks this year." Ji Qiyu is in charge of the inner court, so he should know this thing.

"It came in from the south. The Inner Court tried to put a few, and it feels okay. Compared with previous years, there are a few more tricks, and there is nothing too outstanding." Ji Qiyu said lightly, with this idea of ​​making fireworks, It's better to think about how to improve firearms better.

Hearing that Ji Qiyu's tone was not very warm, Huiyu asked the Construction Department of the Inner Court to light some wax, and it seemed that he didn't know what made him depressed again.After tonight, the construction department is afraid that it will suffer.

Fireworks blared, and silver flowers bloomed in the dark night.

There were frequent exclamations from around, and Huiyu also raised her head, the fiery trees and silver flowers, gorgeous and colorful, slowly bloomed in the night.

It is beautiful indeed.

When Huiyu turned her head, she didn't expect that the people standing on their left would be King Ning and his wife. Their eyes met King Ning's who was turning his head. Unable to guard against it, Huiyu came to his senses and turned towards King Ning slightly blessed himself to salute.King Ning nodded slightly, Huiyu turned her head and stopped looking at him, but she always felt a little weird in her heart.

Ji Qiyu noticed Huiyu's stiffness, looked sideways, and then saw King Ning and his wife.

Then, the face turned black.

Huiyu: ...

Ji Qiyu watched the fireworks with a dark face, and then left in a hurry with Huiyu.Before the fireworks were all set off, the emperor took Concubine Han and left, the empress stayed for a while and left, and the rest of the people left after watching the fireworks.

King Ning watched Ji Qiyu walk away holding Huiyu's hand, and frowned.Xia Bingyu followed King Ning's gaze, and saw the backs of Prince Jing and his wife, but they soon turned a corner and were no longer seen.

"My lord, it's time to go." Xia Bingyu reminded softly, but she was thoughtful.

Ji Fuyan nodded, "Let's go, the night is cold and cold, so you can take care of yourself and don't catch the cold."

Hearing Ji Fuyan's concern, Xia Bingyu's smile deepened, and she followed his footsteps to the outside of the palace.

It was already midnight when I returned home from the palace.Huiyu was drowsy when she was in the carriage, and when she got back to the main courtyard, she didn't take a bath, changed her clothes, and went directly to dream about Duke Zhou.

When Ji Qiyu got out of changing clothes, she saw Huiyu fell asleep. She must have been exhausted from being in the palace all day today, so he didn't bother her, put down the curtain, went straight out and went back to the study.

In the study room, the lights were bright.

Zhang Chang, Guo Linghua, Zuo Wenshu, Peng Qi and others were all there. When they saw Ji Qiyu coming in, they quickly stood up. Ji Qiyu waved, "Everyone sit down."

After everyone waited for Ji Qiyu to sit down, they returned to their seats one after another. Zhang Chang spoke first, "I've already found out the matter, and I'm just waiting for the prince to make a ruling."

"Let's talk about it first. This matter is no small matter. It has deep ties to the official circles in the south. If it affects the whole body, if there is no evidence, it will not be able to move." Ji Qiyu said in a deep voice, his eyes swept over the crowd.

No sleep for one night.

Huiyu was very tired yesterday, and didn't wake up until the sun was bright. She stretched out her hand and found that the surrounding was empty, so she was startled for a while, and then called someone to come in and ask. Only then did she know that Ji Qiyu He didn't come back all night.

Huiyu couldn't help being taken aback, didn't return all night?
Seeing Huiyu's stupefied look, Xueying quickly said, "I heard from Miao Rongguang that the light in the study room in the front yard has been on all night." Girls, women, servants and eunuchs in the backyard are not allowed to enter the study room in the front yard casually. This rule is very strict Well, the study is the place where the lord handles official business, there are so many confidential things, whoever crashes into it will be killed.

Huiyu thought in her heart that the light in the study had been on all night, could it be possible that her brother's matter had something to do with it?
Thinking of this, I was really anxious, so I hurriedly got dressed and dressed. Although Ji Qiyu had tried her best to give herself an impression that Dong Yunji's matter was not too serious, Huiyu didn't really know anything. How can a man not be in a hurry, but he can't bear to expose his intentions and pretend not to be in a hurry.

Huiyu knew in her heart that if Ji Qiyu found out about this matter, the entire Jiangnan officialdom would be ruined!
(End of this chapter)