This year's palace banquet did not include the bejeweled and dazzling Concubine Li, only Concubine Li who was seated thousands of miles away from the throne on the high platform.
Without the packaging of brocade clothes, jewels and rouge, when everyone looked at her again, she was already bleak.
It's strange, why did some people think that the Concubine Xian was her substitute and that their beauty was equal?
It's obviously a long way off.
All the guests have arrived, the emperor and the empress are sitting on the main seats, and the concubine Xian is still nowhere to be seen.
Concubine Yu was in confinement, and without her yin and yang aura, the atmosphere of the entire banquet seemed particularly harmonious.
"The Sixth Prince has arrived——"
It was the Sixth Prince who arrived, not Concubine Zhenxian. It seemed that Wang Dequan had brought out the protagonist tonight.
Wang De was followed by a solemn old nanny. In her arms, the nanny held a little baby wrapped in bright yellow swaddling clothes. She slowly stepped forward and knelt down: "Old slave, please see the Emperor and the Queen."
Emperor Xuanwu stood up in a leap, walked down the steps, skillfully carried the sixth prince into his arms, and tucked the swaddle that had been blown open by the wind into Xiaotuanzi's armpits, with a gentle and loving look on his face.
"This is the Sixth Prince! He looks so fair and looks very much like the Emperor."
"Yes, yes! Look at the nose and eyes, they are exactly the same as the emperor."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty. The Sixth Prince looks like a dragon and a phoenix. He is a very lucky person at first glance."
Empress Zhu watched the officials around her tell lies with their eyes open, while keeping a decent smile on their face.
But I was cursing secretly in my heart: You are a bunch of old guys who flatter you and don’t do any drafts. I was so close and could only see the tip of the Sixth Prince’s nose. How did you see his eyes and nose?
But it was clear that Emperor Xuanwu didn't think so. The emperor beside him smiled so hard that the creases at the corners of his eyes came out, and he looked in a good mood.
Because her father and brother were employed in the court, Jiang Yuan was now a noble empress of the fourth rank.
But what's the use of raising the status again?
She lost her youth and beauty due to the wastage of the cold palace. She was obviously a few years younger than the queen, but she looked more than ten years older than the queen.
If she hadn't been framed by the queen to poison Concubine Zhenxian and thrown into the cold palace by the emperor, she wouldn't be like this today.
In the spring of next year, a new beautiful girl will enter the palace. Now the emperor doesn't even remember her. Even if her father and brother are able to use her next year, there will be nothing wrong with her.
Because her concubine is on the candidate list for the coming year.
"The Queen Mother has arrived——"
Amid the eunuchs' singing, Empress Dowager Wu stepped inside surrounded by people.
Whispers rang out in the hall: "Why is the Queen Mother back? Didn't she say that she is in the palace in Jiangnan?"
"You specifically chose to come back during the Concubine Ceremony of the Concubine Xian and the Full Moon Banquet of the Sixth Prince. Aren't you deliberately trying to cause trouble for the Concubine Xian?"
"As expected of the Queen Mother, she knows how to choose the right time."
"How will Concubine Xian look when she sees the Queen Mother coming back?"
Some people also noticed Pei Wu who was following the Queen Mother's ceremonial guard and lowered her voice: "Isn't that the granddaughter of Zhongshu Ling's family? Why is she with the Queen Mother?"
"When you say that, it seems like I haven't seen her for a long time. I didn't expect that I would board the Queen Mother's boat."
"It's not a good ship either. We can all see clearly the Emperor's attitude towards the Queen Mother. If she clings to the Queen Mother, the Emperor will dislike her."
"There is no other way. I see that the Emperor is completely loyal to the Concubine Xian. I don't even know what the situation will be like in next year's draft."
The emperor above him frowned when he saw Empress Dowager Wu, and tightened his hold on the sixth prince.
He could have given the Sixth Prince to Aunt Xiang and asked her to take him down, lest Empress Dowager Wu go crazy again and hurt him.
but……
Why?
Today is an auspicious day calculated by Qin Tianjian, the full moon of the twelfth month of May for the Sixth Prince. For this auspicious day, he postponed Yue'er and Xiao Tuanzi's good day for three days, and set it on May 15th.
He wanted them, mother and son, to be in good health, instead of having to retreat because of the Queen Mother's arrival.
"Emperor, why didn't you send someone to Jiangnan to inform the Ai family about the grandson's full-moon feast? The Ai family came uninvited. You won't blame the Ai family, right?"
He always looks for trouble when he comes up, and his words are filled with blame.
Emperor Xuanwu smiled and freed up a hand to help her: "What are you saying, the queen mother? The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is pleasant. I was thinking that the queen mother is old and the heat of June is about to begin, so why not stay there to spend it?" I won’t go back to pick up my mother until midsummer, so that you won’t be tired from running around.”
When you're older, don't bother with it.
Empress Dowager Wu heard the implication of his words and snorted coldly: "The Ai family's grandson is one month old, and the Ai family will not be absent no matter what."
She lowered her head to look at the little dumpling in Emperor Xuanwu's arms, frowned and said, "Is this the sixth prince? Has he been named?"
"Take it and call it Shen Mingye."
The word "ye" means that his future will be brilliant.
It seems that the emperor has high expectations for this little thing and is full of love.
Empress Dowager Wu did not respond, her eyes fell on the left side of the emperor, and she sat down without saying a word.
"Concubine Zhenxian has arrived——"
Some coincidences in this world are truly beyond human control.
Who knew that Jiang Xinyue could control time so well. Almost as soon as the Queen Mother sat down, her figure appeared in front of everyone.
She was wearing the court dress of the first of the four concubines. The color scheme was no longer fresh pink and white. A blue collar wrapped around a section of her snow-white neck, and she wore a dark-patterned large-sleeved shirt underneath, apricot color. The middle coat is embroidered with birds and flowers, and in the middle is a nearly pure red ankle-length gown with several auspicious group patterns embroidered on it. The outermost cover is a black long armor with large sleeves. The sleeves of the armor are Indigo.
The sleeves get longer as you go inward, but the big sleeves on the outside are the shortest, so the circles of patterns on the cuffs are exposed, making them look low-key and luxurious, full of majesty and elegance accumulated over time.
The crane and bird pattern on the chest is the finishing touch, making the whole outfit lively.
Jiang Xinyue's skin is as white as snow, and two pearl necklaces of different lengths hang around her neck. The pearls can emit dazzling brilliance without being irradiated by strong light, making her look like a fairy in the sky, radiant and unparalleled.
The golden crown on her head made a crisp clanking sound, and the snow-white feather fan in her hand was embroidered with green leaves and red flowers. As she shook it gently with her bare hands, the tassels on the feather fan trembled, as if flowers and birds, flowers and branches and leaves all came to life. , surrounded by her, there was quite a sacred feeling as if a hundred birds were paying homage to the phoenix.
She also saw that someone was already sitting in her seat.
When she got closer, she realized that there was an uninvited guest sitting on her seat.
"I, my concubine, meet the Emperor, the Queen, and the Queen Mother..."
She did not lack the etiquette that she should have. However, after the emperor called him, she walked up to Empress Dowager Wu without giving in. Her attitude could be said to be tough: "Empress Dowager, this is my concubine's seat."
