There were inevitable fights at the palace banquet.
Between the palace concubines and the noble ladies, there are needles hidden in the cotton, you come and I go, it's so lively.
After Yun Chu had eaten and drank enough, she suddenly felt tired. She usually fell asleep at this time, but now she couldn't hold on any longer.
Just as the emperor stood up, when no one was paying attention, Li Jingshu also quietly stood up and left the table.
Yun Chu gave Chu Yi a look.
Chu Yi stood up and helped Yun Chu up. The two children also stood up. After the family bid farewell to the queen, they left the palace early.
Yunchu fell asleep in the car.
Suddenly she jerked awake and sat up straight.
Chu Yi, who was lying on the ground, was still awake and was reading a letter by the faint candlelight. He immediately dropped the letter and approached her: "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Are you hungry or thirsty?"
"Today is New Year's Eve." Yun Chu slapped his forehead, "Why did I forget to watch the New Year's Eve and still give my children New Year's money?"
Chu Yi laughed: "After you went to bed, the two little guys also went to bed. I put the New Year's money you prepared under their pillows, so they can see it when they get up tomorrow morning."
Brother Yu now lives alone in Guanxing Pavilion. Chang Sheng doesn't have his own yard yet, so he lives in the west wing of the main yard, accompanied by his maid.
Hearing that Chu Yi was ready, Yun Chu breathed a sigh of relief and lay down again.
I slept well that night, and the next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year and the new year.
On the first day of the lunar month, I went to the palace to pay New Year's greetings, and on the second day of the lunar month, I went back to Yun's house to pay New Year's greetings. There were also various activities on the third and fourth days of the lunar month, but Yunchu didn't participate since she was pregnant.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Princess Qinghua left Beijing, leaving her eldest son Meng Shen in Pingxi Palace. On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, she officially entered the Imperial College.
On the morning of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Yun Chu deliberately got up early and personally sent Brother Yu and Meng Shen to the carriage. After watching the two children go away, he prepared to go back to sleep.
But he saw a small figure hiding by the wall of the palace.
Qiu Tong shouted coldly: "Who is hiding there?"
The figure walked out immediately, it was Xie Shiyun.
He walked up to Yun Chu and said, "I have met the princess. This is the New Year's gift I prepared for the princess and the little princess."
He handed over the two words.
"Peace and joy."
"Mother and son are safe."
The two characters are very straight, and it looks like they were written by a child.
Yunchu knew that it had only been more than half a year since he officially started studying, so it was considered very good to be able to write this kind of calligraphy.
"Please don't take it personally, Princess. I, I'm leaving first."
Xie Shiyun gave the message, turned around and left.
"Wait a minute." Yun Chu stopped him, grabbed a large handful of candies from his mother-in-law's hand and gave them to him, "If you don't like candies, you have to eat some. You have to eat sweets during the New Year."
Xie Shiyun's nose felt sour.
Last time at the palace, the princess gave him a reward and asked him to buy sweets. He said that he didn't like sweets.
In fact, he liked eating sweets. Whenever his aunt had money, she would go to the street to buy sweets for him to eat, but her aunt died.
He sniffed and said, "Thank you, Princess, for your kindness."
He clutched the candy and slowly walked away.
Yunchu asked someone to put away the calligraphy and painting "Mother and Son are safe". This is what she is looking forward to most now.
Then he took the calligraphy and painting "Peace and Joy" and sent it to Chang Sheng.
Chu Changsheng and Xie Xian had just finished class, and the two girls were talking. They didn't know what they said, and they laughed happily.
"Chang Sheng, this is the New Year's gift that Brother Yun just gave you." Yun Chu walked in and handed over the calligraphy and painting.
Xie Xian said: "On the first day of the new year, Shiyun went to my house and gave me a painting and calligraphy, which also wrote the four words peace and joy."
Yun Chu secretly lamented that after Ting Yu died, Xie Shiyun also became a thoughtful child. He was afraid that she would be too thoughtful and even gave two identical gifts.
"I was too careless and didn't prepare anything." Chu Changsheng held his chin and thought for a while, "Yun is studying, so I'll give him a new inkstone, mother, okay?"
Yun Chu naturally nodded.
Chu Changsheng asked Xie Xian to deliver gifts, and Xie Xian agreed to come. However, she was still a little afraid of going to Xie's house, fearing that she would meet her former eldest brother Xie Shi'an.
She thought for a while, wrote a note, jumped off the carriage, and spent two copper coins to ask a beggar to deliver it to Xie's house.
Two copper coins can buy two big white steamed buns. The beggar knocked on Xie's door and handed the things in: "To a man named Xie Shiyun."
It was Yuanshi who picked up the things.
Yuan's father-in-law, husband, and son Xie Jingyu were all scholars. She could tell at a glance that the inkstone was valuable.
Along with the inkstone was a note that read: "Sheng's gift in return."
She quickly took it to Xie Shiyun: "Brother Yun, who is Sheng? When did you meet the noble man?"
Xie Shiyun snatched it over with a smile on his face. He immediately hid the inkstone under the desk and said, "A friend I met last time when I was begging for food."
When it comes to begging for food, Yuanshi is filled with guilt. It is useless for her to let her grandson go out to beg for food.
"Grandma, don't tell eldest brother." Xie Shiyun lowered his head, "I made a mistake, so eldest brother didn't allow grandma to give me food and drink. If he talks about me begging for food, eldest brother will definitely feel guilty."
Yuanshi nodded: "As long as you don't blame eldest brother, your brotherly relationship is stronger than anything else."
Xie Shiyun nodded obediently.
In the evening, Yun Chu ordered the kitchen to prepare a table of dishes and asked Meng Shen to come to her yard to eat.
Chu Changsheng and Brother Yu came into Nuan Pavilion chatting and laughing. Meng Shen fell a few steps behind and sat at the lowest position.
Yun Chu smiled and asked, "Brother Shen, how do you feel about going to the Imperial College today?"
Meng Shen's expression froze for a moment, and then he said: "Thank you for your concern, aunt. I feel that the gentleman in the Imperial College is more knowledgeable than my original husband."
"That's good." Yun Chu gave him a piece of fish. She didn't know if she was overthinking it, but she always felt that something was wrong with Meng Shen.
For several days, Meng Shen ate at Yunchu's place.
At first, Yunchu might have thought that she was overthinking, but after so many days, Meng Shen was in a low mood, and she realized that something might have happened in the Imperial College.
After the meal was over, Yun Chu looked at his son: "Brother Yu, did your cousin get into trouble with anyone in the Imperial College?"
Chu Hongyu shook his head: "Brother Shen is amazing. Mr. Wang likes Brother Shen very much."
Yun Chu thought, could it be that she was overthinking?
When you enter the palace to pay your respects the next day, you can go from the palace gate to Changqiu Palace, turn a little and pass by the Imperial College.
Yunchu asked the palace attendant carrying the sedan to go around.
Although Qinghua is not a good person, Meng Shen is a good boy.
Now that she lives in the palace, her aunt must take responsibility.
She lifted the sedan curtain and looked outside. It was the time when the Imperial Academy was taking a break. She saw several children about the same age as Brother Yu playing at the entrance of the school.
She looked carefully, but she couldn't see Brother Yu.
So he held the maid's hand and got off the sedan, walked a few steps, and through the window saw a little child sitting in the school, reading a book.
While others are playing.
He is studying.
When we first met, he was a playful child.
But in more than a year, he has grown up, reading all the time, and seems to have grown up in the blink of an eye.
A proud smile appeared on Yun Chu's face.
Turning her eyes, she saw Meng Shen walking out of the school with an unhappy expression.
