The queen had always been kind to people in the palace, but she suddenly spoke so harshly, which frightened Yu Jieyu who was secretly picking up vegetables with chopsticks next to Li Sixu.
At the New Year's Eve banquet, there was a peony dish, which was made from shredded radish, sea cucumber, squid and chicken. The dazzling peonies floated on the soup surface. The vegetables were fragrant and the flowers were fresh. It tasted sour, spicy and delicious.
Hearing the Queen's stern voice, Yu Jieyu was so frightened that she almost lost her grip on the chopsticks in her hand.
It was not until Eunuch Gui invited Wu Jieyu out of Hanyuan Hall that the lively atmosphere returned to the hall. Yu Jieyu, who was still in shock, came to her senses and asked her doubts.
Hit the nail on the head!
Her mother was right. Wu Jieyu wore a hundred-bird skirt to attend the New Year's Eve banquet. Wasn't this such a transcendent act just to make the queen and the concubine angry and arouse the jealousy of the concubines?
The reason why she was particularly loved by her father was because she never fought or robbed her, and she always had to compromise.
For a person who behaves in such a low-key and forbearing manner, why would he do the opposite even if he knew that wearing a bird skirt was a taboo in the palace?
After clarifying this logic, the fog in Li Sixu's eyes was cleared and it suddenly became clear.
Even through Wu Jieyu's gorgeous dress, he could see the details that he ignored when she entered the palace. The bird skirt vividly outlined her figure. For such a slender and beautiful person, her lower abdomen was slightly bulging.
Wu Jieyu is pregnant again!
But the Queen was so angry that she was punished to kneel at the entrance of Hanyuan Hall in such a snowy day.
The most important thing is that it is getting late now. Her father and Prince Ning have come to the banquet after discussing matters in the royal study. Will they bump into Wu Jieyu who is being punished by the Queen?
Realizing that the queen punished Wu Jieyu by kneeling at the entrance of Hanyuan Hall, she had fallen into a trap carefully laid by the other party.
Li Sixu stood up from the desk in a hurry: "Mother, I have something to say!"
After dealing with Wu Jieyu, the empress felt much more relaxed as the evil spirit in her heart was relieved.
The little guy didn't go to Nanxun Palace to chat with her in private, but now he stood up in front of all the concubines and princes and princesses in the palace. What was he going to do?
The queen said kindly: "What does Xiao Shi want to tell the queen?"
"My dear, my dear, I want to intercede on behalf of Empress Jieyu!"
What?
Pray for Empress Jieyu?
Besides Wu Jieyu who was just punished, who else needs Xiao Shi to intercede?
The queen's face froze!
All the concubines in the palace also looked at Li Sixu in surprise. Even Princess Yue'er Mu, who was her good friend, felt that their imperial sister was stupid, right?
It was clearly Wu Jieyu who was the first to provoke, wearing a hundred-bird skirt.
The ladies couldn't stand it at all, and the queen mother was so angry that she punished her.
All the eyes in the palace were fixed on her, but thinking that her father and Prince Ning would come to the banquet soon, Li Sixu couldn't care so much for the moment.
"Empress Jieyu wore a hundred-bird skirt to attend the banquet. This was really an overstep, and I thought she deserved to be punished."
How can we not only remind Wu Jieyu of the mystery of her bird dress, but also give the queen a step down?
She stood up in a hurry, not even thinking of what to say.
Li Sixu racked her brains, lowered her head and said sadly: "Today's New Year's Eve banquet is a day of reunion. I don't want my mother to be angry and hurt herself. Weaving a bird skirt requires hunting many rare birds. I think Empress Jieyu should copy Buddhist scriptures." Pray for those rare birds and beasts that were hunted.”
In order to curb the extravagant trend, His Majesty destroyed many rare utensils at her suggestion, and also explicitly prohibited the hunting of rare birds and animals for weaving feather coats.
How many birds would have to be killed to sew a bird skirt worn by Wu Jieyu?
If someone really hunts rare birds with such great fanfare, he will definitely attract the participation of the imperial censors in the court.
After being reminded by Li Sixu, the queen finally realized something was wrong. She suppressed the raging anger in her heart and gradually calmed down. Especially when she saw Li Sixu's hand falling on her lower abdomen, she broke into a cold sweat.
She almost became angry and disappointed because Xiao Shi interceded for Wu Jieyu, but although Xiao Shi was still young, he always acted in an orderly manner and would not plead for Wu Jieyu for no reason.
The queen hurriedly walked down the steps given by Li Sixu: "What the tenth princess said makes sense. Today's New Year's Eve banquet is a day of reunion. Since the tenth princess has spoken, I will not punish Wu Jieyu to kneel down and let her go back and copy Buddhist scriptures." Pray for those rare birds that were hunted!”
Wu Jieyu wore a hundred-bird skirt to the banquet and acted in such a flamboyant manner. It was reasonable for the queen to punish her by kneeling at the entrance of Hanyuan Hall, but Li Sixu suddenly interceded on her behalf.
The concubines who wished they could step on Wu Jieyu were all aggrieved.
Even Yue'er didn't understand Li Sixu's behavior. She quietly asked the third prince sitting next to her: "How can sister Sisi help Wu Jieyu? The Queen loves her so much and likes her more than Yue'er. Already?"
The third prince looked calmly at Yang Guifei and Xian Fei who were thoughtful.
He whispered in Yue'er's ear: "Don't just look at things on the surface. The Tenth Emperor's sister has always acted according to rules. There must be some mystery behind her sudden plea for Wu Jieyu."
"What's the mystery?"
Yue'er wanted to ask more questions, but Eunuch Gui, who was escorting Wu Jieyu to the palace for the queen, suddenly ran in in a hurry.
"Empress, what's wrong, Wu Jieyu fainted!"
Yu Jieyu held her hand under the table. Li Sixu and her mother-in-law looked at each other in a tacit understanding, and they knew that despite all their precautions, they could not count on the other party's deep intentions.
It’s still a step too late!
At this point, we can only take one step at a time.
The queen led Concubine Xian and Concubine Yang to the outside of Hanyuan Hall, and Li Sixu hurriedly trotted to follow.
As soon as I walked to the door, I saw Xuanzong, dressed in bright yellow, running up the steps of Hanyuan Hall through the wind and snow, and took Wu Jieyu who had fallen to the ground into his arms.
"Xi'er, Xi'er, don't scare me!"
Xuanzong hugged Wu Jieyu into his arms and asked sternly: "Why did my Xi'er fall down at the entrance of Hanyuan Hall in such a cold weather in such thin clothes?"
Wu Jieyu's personal maid, Ke'er, was waiting at the side with a brocade woven from fox fur.
I don't know whether it was the cold weather or frightened by Xuanzong's sharp and murderous eyes. She trembled and knelt down: "Your Majesty, forgive me. It was not Ke'er who refused to serve Empress Jieyu well. It was the Empress who punished her to kneel in front of her." At the entrance of Yuandian."
"Ke'er wanted to put a brocade fur on the empress, but the empress said that she had offended the queen by wearing a single-silk blue cage skirt that was awarded by His Majesty, and she did not dare to wear brocade fur anymore to protect her from the cold."
Ke'er trembled and cried: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty is still pregnant. If something goes wrong, Ke'er cannot escape the blame. If you didn't take good care of your Majesty, Ke'er is guilty..."
Xuanzong then moved his eyes away from Ke'er and looked at the queen who came out of Hanyuan Hall.
It's so cold!
The whistling wind picked up the snow foam and hit her face. When she heard Ke'er shouting that Wu Jieyu was pregnant, Xuanzong shot her with a knife-like look, and the queen felt chills all over her body.
