When the Queen Mother returned to the palace, the Queen personally held a dinner to welcome the Queen Mother.
Tonight, all concubines, princes and princesses must attend.
And because the emperor did not allow extravagance, he simply held a family banquet and only invited some important officials in the court to attend.
However, in Wei Mingfeng's opinion, even "simple" is still very grand.
Nangong Mingyu and Wei Mingfeng also changed into decent palace clothes to attend. This was the busiest night since Wei Mingfeng entered the palace in several months.
When they came over, the emperor, the queen mother, the queen and Concubine Hui had not arrived yet, but Nangong Jing and Jian Qingyang had already taken their seats.
As soon as they came in, Nangong Jing saw them. Because he was the eldest prince, he had to behave calmly on such occasions, so he did not come forward to say hello.
Nangong Mingyu said, "They must come earlier than others, otherwise they will be caught, and there may be rumors that they do not respect the Queen Mother."
Wei Mingfeng agreed that it would be right to come earlier.
"Mingfeng, let's go meet Empress Huo Zhaoyi." Nangong Mingyu pulled her towards the innermost corner.
After meeting each other, Wei Mingfeng felt that the palace was really full of beauties, and Huo Zhaoyi was a true classical beauty.
She also imitated the eldest princess and gave her a slight bow, "I have met Empress Zhaoyi."
With a warm smile on her face, Huo Zhaoyi quickly stood up and took her hand, "This must be the eldest princess's good friend, Miss Wei."
Nangong Mingyu smiled happily and explained: "Empress Zhaoyi, she is Wei Mingfeng. Can the empress also invite Mingfeng to eat scones someday?"
"Of course, that's fine. As long as Miss Wei doesn't dislike it, I'll welcome you."
"I have often heard Princess Mingyu talking about Miss Wei, but I have never had the chance to meet her. When I saw her today, I realized how beautiful Miss Wei is." Huo Zhaoyi added.
"Your Majesty, I'm so impressed." She didn't expect that there would be such an approachable concubine in the palace.
Wei Mingfeng had indeed not seen her for so long since she entered the palace. Later, she found out that Huo Zhaoyi entered the palace as a beautiful girl. She was only named Madam at first, but she was named Empress Zhaoyi after she gave birth to two princes. .
As for why she was not given the title of concubine, it was because the Huo family was a merchant, and the status of merchants in ancient times was not high. Huo Zhaoyi could not fight for it, but she had the best life, and both of her children were sons.
In the palace, only Huo Zhaoyi was really good to Nangong Mingyu, so Princess Mingyu could show her true nature in front of her without being restrained at all.
These are what Nangong Mingyu told her later. If Huo Zhaoyi had not been pregnant and Princess Mingyu's mother died, she would probably have followed Huo Zhaoyi.
At this time, the emperor, the empress dowager and others also arrived.
Everyone saluted them, and Wei Mingfeng naturally behaved herself on this occasion.
The moment she raised her head, she met Concubine Hui's stern eyes, which only made her feel horrified.
After everyone saluted, Nangong Jing took the princes and princesses to salute and greet the Queen Mother alone. At this time, Wei Mingfeng was left alone. She was not a princess, so naturally she should not come forward with Princess Mingyu, otherwise she would let People think she is overestimating her abilities.
The Queen Mother smiled and exempted them from saluting, and asked them to take their seats. However, Nangong Mingxue was always with the Queen Mother from the beginning to the end, which showed that the Queen Mother really liked her.
At this time, the emperor suddenly spoke and said in a deep voice: "The queen mother, the granddaughter of Duke Wei, also asked her to come forward to see you."
The Empress Dowager nodded, "I'll see you at the Ai family." She wanted to see who the little girl could make the emperor praise. This time the emperor agreed to let Concubine Hui and Xue'er go, and also put forward conditions. That is, after they come out, they are not allowed to cause any trouble to Wei Mingfeng. "
