After the portrait was brought into Kunning Palace and placed there, it was almost midnight. Empress Dowager Tian sent a eunuch to urge the emperor to leave, but Emperor Yuanfeng did not leave immediately. He glanced at Su Yao, who was a few steps behind, and pointed at him, "Come here and kowtow to the queen again."
No one knew what he was doing, but he was the emperor and his words were imperial decrees. After he said so, Su Yao knelt in front of Queen Hu's portrait with lowered brows and eyes, and kowtowed to her three times respectfully.
"You were raised by my younger sister. The queen was most worried about my younger sister when she was alive. Now that her granddaughter has grown up so much and still looks so much like her, she must be very happy." Emperor Yuanfeng stared at the portrait of Queen Hu in a daze. He reached out to touch Queen Hu's face, but finally gave up and turned around and sighed, "Forget it, let's go."
Mrs. He hurriedly asked Su Yao to get up, and when they were going back, she no longer allowed Su Yao to go with Xiao Heng. The corners of her lips were tight and her attitude was very cold.
The Guangfeng Jiyue Palace was still full of joy. When Emperor Yuanfeng arrived, Empress Dowager Tian was talking to Concubine Pang. She glanced coldly and saw that Madam He was pulling Su Yao so far away from Xiao Heng that he wanted to be three feet away. She suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Tian Xun's gaze fell on Xiao Heng, and naturally he saw that Xiao Heng glanced at them when Mrs. He pulled Su Yao to sit down.
She was always a mature and steady person, but she suddenly became irritated.
These days, she stayed in the palace and took the opportunity to serve Empress Dowager Tian to show up in front of Xiao Heng many times. But no matter how hard she tried, Xiao Heng always treated her coldly, and his attitude was so indifferent that it was chilling.
It would be fine if Xiao Heng treated everyone like this.
But it was obvious with Xiao Heng's own eyes that he was very close to Su Yao.
Why?!
Although she had been conferred the title of county lady, Su Yao was, after all, just an abandoned child who was almost discarded by the Su family. Whether in terms of background or appearance, she believed that she was no worse than Su Yao.
How on earth was Su Yao better than her that Xiao Heng would look at her with such high regard? !
She pursed her lips and looked at Su Yao with a sinister look.
After midnight, everyone kowtowed to Empress Dowager Tian, Emperor Yuanfeng and the Imperial Concubine in turn.
Those who could come here to keep the royal family company were either members of the royal family or people like Mrs. He who had very close relations with the royal family. Both Emperor Yuanfeng and Empress Dowager Tian gave them New Year's money.
After distributing the New Year’s money, he led everyone outside to watch the fireworks.
The Ministry of Works had already sent this year's fireworks into the palace. When the time came, the eunuchs lit the fuses, and brilliant fireworks shot into the sky and exploded one by one.
There are magpies announcing the arrival of spring, there are blooming flowers, and there are peonies welcoming the spring, lighting up the entire palace city, and everyone has a smile on their face.
The Eleventh Princess was still young and was very curious. When she saw all the tricks she had never seen before, she couldn't help cheering, jumping and clapping.
Beautiful and gorgeous things can always make a woman feel better. Concubine Pang looked at her cheering daughter with a smile, but when she heard Emperor Yuanfeng speaking, she quickly shifted her attention.
In just this moment, the Eleventh Princess suddenly lost her balance and rolled down the stairs, letting out a scream.
Everyone was stunned.
Fireworks exploded in the air one after another, making a sound that made people's ears numb, but Princess Eleven's scream still brought everyone back to their senses.
Concubine Pang was the first to react. Without caring about anything else, she ran down the stairs and helped her daughter up. Before she could see her daughter's face clearly, she had already felt the stickiness and slipperiness on her hand. She couldn't help but screamed, "Eleven!"
The Imperial Concubine was considered noble and elegant, and she was the most dignified and prudent. When had she ever been so panicked and out of control? Everyone was worried, and Empress Dowager Tian kept asking, "What happened? Imperial Concubine Pang, what happened to Eleven? Why did he fall down out of nowhere?"
At this juncture, Emperor Yuanfeng had already strode up to his daughter. Eunuch Chen and the Embroidered Uniform Guards hurried over. When they shone the lanterns, they saw the Eleventh Princess lying in the arms of Concubine Pang with blood all over her face. No one knew where she was injured, and she was no longer able to cry.
Concubine Pang was so frightened that she had no time to care about her manners. She hugged her daughter in panic, her hands shaking, her body limp, and she cried and called the Eleventh Princess' name.
Emperor Yuanfeng was both shocked and angry, and immediately asked Eunuch Chen to call the imperial physician.
The fireworks in the sky were still exploding, and each one was like thousands of meteors streaking across the sky, and thousands of stars seemed to be falling into people's eyes.
But at this time no one was in the mood to appreciate it anymore. The Eleventh Princess was injured, and no one knew how she was injured. This alone was enough to make everyone uneasy.
Mrs. He was in an even worse mood, and her hand holding Su Yao was covered in cold sweat.
She didn't know why, but she always felt that something big was going to happen tonight.
Su Yao was also a little uneasy - the Eleventh Princess was standing in front of her.
The Fifth Prince stood by his sister, sweating anxiously. When the imperial physician arrived and cleaned the Eleventh Princess's wound, he could not help but shout, "Mother!"
Looking in the direction of the lantern light, everyone saw that the Eleventh Princess had a large gash on her head, which was still bleeding. Concubine Pang tried to cover it with a handkerchief, but as soon as she touched it, the handkerchief was stained red again.
Concubine Pang couldn't stop crying.
The ones who came were Court Judge Sun and Imperial Physician Hu. They looked at each other, both broke out in cold sweats, and tremblingly asked Concubine Pang to calm down. But no one was in the mood to appreciate it anymore. The Eleventh Princess was injured, and no one knew how she got injured. This alone was enough to make everyone uneasy.
Mrs. He was in an even worse mood, and her hand holding Su Yao was covered in cold sweat.
She didn't know why, but she always felt that something big was going to happen tonight.
Su Yao was also a little uneasy - the Eleventh Princess was standing in front of her.
The Fifth Prince stood by his sister, sweating anxiously. When the imperial physician arrived and cleaned the Eleventh Princess's wound, he could not help but shout, "Mother!"
Looking in the direction of the lantern light, everyone saw that the Eleventh Princess had a large gash on her head, which was still bleeding. Concubine Pang tried to cover it with a handkerchief, but as soon as she touched it, the handkerchief was stained red again.
Concubine Pang couldn't stop crying.
The ones who came were Court Judge Sun and Imperial Physician Hu. They looked at each other, both broke out in cold sweats, and tremblingly asked Concubine Pang to calm down. Looking in the direction of the lantern light, everyone saw that the Eleventh Princess had a big cut on her head, and bleeding was still flowing out. Concubine Pang tried to cover it with a handkerchief, but as soon as she touched it, the handkerchief was stained red again.
Concubine Pang couldn't stop crying.
The people who came were Judge Sun and Doctor Hu. They looked at each other, both broke out in cold sweats, and tremblingly asked Concubine Pang to calm down.