Chapter 84: Background Princes
Fortunately, the third brother did not lie to her.
His sweet-scented osmanthus brew really doesn’t have much stamina.
In addition to the fact that the little lover became particularly clinging to her at night, when the time came in the morning, he still got up as usual.
It's just that his expression is a little less clear, and his reaction speed is three points slower than usual.
However, the time on the way to the palace was enough for Fourth Brother to wake up.
On the other hand, it was Lu Pheasant. After being teased by her lover at night, the dark circles under her eyes when she woke up were even more obvious than those of Fourth Elder Brother.
Fortunately, she didn't need to go to Ningshou Palace to pay her respects today. She just had to go to Yonghe Palace in advance to pay homage to Empress Dowager De.
Concubine De has always been tolerant to her daughter-in-law.
Lu Pheasant waited until she put on two more layers of powder, which barely covered the blue-black color, and chose a light purple embroidered daisy and embroidered flag dress. The hairpins on the two hairpins were square flat white jade gourds.
After the unforeseen growing pains, Ulanara's body had grown two or three centimeters taller. She made a lot of new clothes when the weather was cold, so that her sleeves and skirts would not appear to be too short.
When they arrived at Yonghe Palace, Concubine De was not in the palace.
It was the modest-faced Nanny Su who had brewed the Yunnan Pu'er and was waiting for her with a rouge glaze bowl in her hand: "Please Sifu Jin'an. Your Majesty will go to Ningshou Palace to visit the Fifth Princess first. Please also ask Sifu Jin for a moment." Wait."
Lu Pheasant sat down on the square stool with auspicious beasts and auspicious clouds in Baoxia, took the Pu'er tea, raised his head and asked: "But the fifth princess misses Eni?"
Aunt Su bent over and said with a smile: "You don't know something about Sifujin. Every time the weather gets colder during the change of seasons, the fifth princess always coughs for a while. The empress has an ancient method of massaging her for several days, which will make her feel better faster. Every year this time At that time, the empress will follow the order of the empress dowager and go to Ningshou Palace in the morning. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it is no exception."
Lu Pheasant lowered his head and drank tea.
I thought to myself that this was just Empress Dowager Bo's sympathy for Concubine De and the fifth princess, mother and daughter, and she found a reason for them to visit frequently.
Perhaps Concubine De did learn how to relieve coughs when the fifth princess was young, and massaged her herself.
Over the years, Concubine De's status has become more and more valuable. Such unique massage techniques must have been taught to people around her. Even if she went there, the palace maid would do it for her, so Concubine De would do it herself.
This also shows that Queen Mother Bo really loves the fifth princess.
He had just punished her a while ago, and in the blink of an eye, she was reunited with her mother.
It was the fifth elder brother who was the first to be raised under the knee of Empress Dowager Bo. Although he went to the study room later because of his poor Chinese skills, he left Ningshou Palace and moved into the elder brother's house according to the rules when he reached his age.
Now the fifth elder brother has married a wife, started a family, left the palace and built a mansion.
It was not easy to fall in love with each other when we met, but the fifth elder brother saw less of him, and inevitably he became less close to Queen Mother Bo.
Empress Dowager Bo was left with only the graceful fifth princess.
With such an opportunity, the relationship between Empress Dowager De and Ningshou Palace was naturally closer than that of the other concubines.
However, Empress Yi Fei had already gained enough favor in front of Empress Dowager Bo by using Fifth Prince's ladder.
In addition, during greetings, Concubine Yi was much more conspicuous than Concubine De, so most people would not notice that Concubine De went to Ningshou Palace much more often than Concubine De in private.
Empress Xiao Gongren and Concubine Wu Ya gave birth to two women who were ultimately qualified to be heirs. It was indeed not easy.
The ancient cypresses and wisteria in the yard are dyed by the autumn wind, adding a few rays of yellow.
After eating the warm and rich Pu'er and a few more mouthfuls of pea yellow, Lu Pheasant's sleepiness eased a little.
The Seventh Princess, dressed in pink, came out of the West Wing Hall and jumped up to Bao Xia. She paused when she saw Si Fujin, then stepped forward and saluted obediently: "Xiao Qi pays homage to Fourth Sister-in-law."
With the good baby in front, Lu Zhi called her over and complimented her casually.
The little girl's face was flushed, she covered her mouth and snickered.
"Seventh sister, do you like the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
The seventh princess nodded: "The mooncakes made at the fourth sister-in-law's house are very exquisite. I and I both like them very much."
The two chatted for an unknown amount of time when a young eunuch came from Ningshou Palace to report that Concubine De had gone to Zhonghe Palace first and asked Sifujin to take the Seventh Princess with her.
It seems that Queen Mother Bo needed to leave later, and the fifth princess wanted to arrive early, so Empress Dowager De did not have time to return to Yonghe Palace.
This time was earlier than Lu Zhi originally expected, but in order for the sisters to meet and play earlier, Lu Zhi left happily.
Although the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet is more expensive than other banquets, the fourth concubine also arrived early to arrange it.
When Lu Pheasant arrived, he saluted.
Dafujin followed Concubine Hui and had no time to pay attention to her.
Lu Pheasant sat next to San Fujin, but Wu Fujin hadn't come yet.
But he saw that San Fujin's expression was gloomy, and he no longer looked like he had a mouth full of soup.
When Wufujin arrived, Lu Pheasant knew the reason.
Because of the ostentatious behavior of the third elder brother and his wife a while ago, the emperor, although he did not say it explicitly, paid close attention to the third elder brother's homework in the study during this period.
The third elder brother, who originally spent three days fishing and two days drying nets, now goes to the study room early to study, so as not to be laughed at by his younger brothers.
Without the free company of his third elder brother, San Fujin was inevitably a little slapped in the face and refused to come out as a conspicuous person.
At this time, the soon-to-be-Crown Princess Shi arrived.
There seemed to be more married women surrounding her than usual.
At this time, the fourth elder brother was followed by the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother, who also entered the table.
As soon as the couple met their eyes, the sound of whipping began outside.
The banquet was as usual.
Until the emperor specially named Shi's father to offer tea, and then called Prince Yinreng to his side to talk.
Lu Pheasant and everyone else understood a little bit.
I don’t know whether it was because of the visit of the father of the prospective crown princess to Beijing, but in short, the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince is still very close.
No matter how noisy the other princes were, it became the background at this time.
Seeing it, the wine in front of the eldest brother disappeared faster than the people around him.
Dafujin followed Concubine Hui, his head always lowered.
Even the eighth prince, who was always the most enthusiastic person at the table, behaved like a quail on such an occasion.
Instead, it was the younger ones like the ninth and tenth elder brothers who were careless and secretly teased the fourteenth elder brother behind them with peanuts.
Little Fourteen couldn't help but be amused, and Brother Thirteen tried his best to suppress him to prevent him from making any noise.
While observing the expressions of everyone at the table, Lu Pheasant noticed that his beloved, presumably due to a hangover, ate less than usual and drank a lot of herbal tea.
She was thinking in her mind that when she got back, she would have the kitchen prepare some clear soups and side dishes for Brother Si to fill his stomach.
But when it was time to leave, Lu Pheasant didn't wait for the little beloved.
Xiao Lizi stood beside the carriage in front of the palace gate and said, "Fu Jin, I have something to go to the west of the city. Let Fujin go back home first without waiting for him."
When Lu Zhi heard this, he thought about the location in the west of the city and knew the whereabouts of his fourth brother.
Seeing the five Fujins coming behind him, he quickly got on the carriage, ignoring his quickened pace.
It seems that even the hangover can't affect the little beloved's eagerness to see the successor of Ru Ci.
