Mo Xuetong's birthday was not originally a big event, it was just a gathering of people from Duke Fu Guo's Mansion and Mo Mansion. However, the news got known to the emperor for some reason, and Emperor Zongwen specially gave him a gift. , some high-ranking families have sent gifts, it seems that this birthday party is not enough without an invitation.
Although she is young and not very senior, Princess Xuan's status is enough for her to hold a grand birthday party.
Early in the morning, Mo Xuetong got up and came over to dress up.
"Princess, the two aunts and some people are here to pay their respects to you." Mo Lan opened the curtain and came in. She was also wearing a peach-colored jacket today, and she looked very beautiful. This was Mo Xuetong's replacement. Several personal maids newly ordered.
Mo Xuetong was living a good life, Feng Juoran was in a good mood, and everyone in the house was given twenty taels of silver, so these concubines and aunts in the backyard also knew about it. On weekdays, Mo Xuetong did not let them come to pay their respects, although they knew Feng Juoran didn't even notice these people, but Mo Xuetong still felt a little relieved when he saw these fat and thin beauties.
Simply out of sight and out of mind, Feng Jueran simply ordered not to allow those people to come over and disturb him casually. Although everyone was in the backyard of Prince Xuan's Mansion, the backyard was different from the backyard. The courtyard where the concubines and concubines lived was all there. There is another door close to the back door and between Mo Xuetong's main courtyard.
Today was Mo Xuetong's birthday, so she couldn't be too embarrassed by those people, so she simply nodded and took a few maids to sit down in the main room.
He Yufen, Aunt Qin and several concubines walked in together and bowed to Mo Xuetong. They looked very polite. He Yufen was wearing a light crimson skirt and a turmeric wide-pleated top. She has a pink and dewy appearance, and her face is exquisitely dressed. While saluting, her eyes peeked into the inner room.
Aunt Qin looked more solemn, but also a bit arrogant. After sitting down on the small footstep, she raised her head slightly, her face was cold and arrogant. She claimed that she was only higher than Mo Xuetong. Not low, looking at Mo Xuetong sitting in the main seat, he felt slightly uncomfortable as he turned his eyes.
"Congratulations to the princess on her happy birthday. I have sewn a pair of shoes here to give to the princess. I hope that the princess will have this day every year and this day every year." He Yufen smiled and asked the accompanying maid to give her a pair of exquisite shoes, and raised her hand. He took it and placed it in front of Mo Xuetong, as if he didn't hold any grudge against Mo Xuetong for not drinking her tea until now.
"Aunt He is really polite, so I won't be polite. Thank you so much, Aunt He." Mo Xuetong smiled slightly, asked Mo Lan to put away the shoes, and then asked the maid to serve tea. They came here to congratulate themselves as the head of the family. Mom, you still need to be open-minded.
"Who is this?" Mo Xuetong's watery eyes fell on the seemingly low-key concubine sitting at the back. The concubine had a pair of charming eyes. Seeing Mo Xuetong look over, she behaved hurriedly and respectfully. After bowing, he looked at Mo Xuetong timidly and said, "This servant is Xiang Ji."
"You are Xiang Ji!" Mo Xuetong looked her up and down, then looked twice at her loose robe, and said gently, "Sit down, you are still pregnant with the prince's heir. How can you stand longer!"
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Her gentle words had a shocking effect...
As soon as her words came out, everyone else's expressions changed. Even Aunt Qin, who had always prided herself on being arrogant and looking down on others, turned pale. She looked at the low-key-looking Xiang Ji in astonishment. She was so shocked that she couldn't even speak. Xiang Ji is pregnant. How could Xiang Ji be pregnant
"Xiang Ji, how come we don't know what happened to you?"
"Yes, how long has it been? Why did you hide it so closely?"
"Isn't it hard to see? I really don't know if I don't tell you. Xiangji, are you sure you are pregnant? You are not mistaken!" After a brief period of shock, other concubines began to attack Xiangji. Prince Xuan's palace had never There are no heirs yet. The reason why this group of concubines are nameless and has no status is because they all have weak stomachs. Unexpectedly, Xiang Ji secretly became pregnant with the prince's child. How could she not make people jealous and hate her.
A few of them stared at Xiangji's belly and began to make vicious plans on how to prevent the child in Xiangji's belly from being born.
"Slave, I don't know much. I thought I had eaten too much. I didn't expect to go up here. It was only after I fell down last night that I was diagnosed with the prince's child. I didn't dare to hide it and reported it to the prince immediately. ." Xiang Ji seemed to be frightened by everyone's gaze. She shivered and lowered her head, "The prince said that the princess would handle the matter, so he came with all the sisters to pay homage to the princess early in the morning."
Xiang Ji seemed to be a docile person and timid. Looking at the blazing eyes of the concubine next to her, her voice became softer and quieter, almost like the whisper of a mosquito. She was actually frightened, stroking her belly and lifting her At first, my eyes were filled with tears, which was quite seductive, but unfortunately all the people here were women.
No one was fascinated by her pitiful appearance, they just thought she was too artificial and really a vixen.
Ever since Mo Xuetong entered the mansion, Feng Jueran had not summoned a concubine. That was what happened before. At that time, Xiang Ji was really a favored concubine. She was given to Feng Jueran by the palace. After being pampered for a few days, the child was already four or five months old. He had hidden it from everyone for so long, and now he was blaming it all on Mo Xuetong.
This Xiang Ji looks extremely extraordinary.
Mo Xuetong had been observing Xiang Ji, looking at her delicate and timid appearance, as if she had been greatly wronged, and when she looked at everyone with her anxious eyes, she even reached out to touch her belly, as if she wanted to She looked like she was protecting the child in her belly, but even so, her tenderness didn't reach her eyes, but she peeked at Mo Xuetong's face again and again.
It was as if a look of jealousy and hatred could be seen on her face.
But she was going to be disappointed. Feng Juoran told her about this last night, and she fully believed in his plan.
There was a cold smile on her lips, it looked like more than one person was plotting her birthday party.
That's fine, since I don't care if it's auspicious or not, just treat it like a noisy banquet!
Because it was Princess Xuan’s birthday and there were guests at the banquet, the whole mansion was busy. The servants were busy preparing for the banquet. As early as a few days ago, Feng Jueran had people decorate the garden. Later, the banquet was held in the garden of Prince Xuan's Mansion.
In addition, it is decorated with some flowers and plants.
Today, several large pots of flowers were delivered to the back door. The boy carrying the flowers led people to place them in the garden. It was still early and the guests hadn't arrived yet. Two handymen were hurrying in the back garden. When they got busy, they had to finish things before the guests arrived, so as not to bump into the guests.
Some maids and ladies smiled when they saw the two young men who were sweating profusely from work and still lowered their heads and working hard. They knew that they were in a hurry and no one bothered them, so they still prepared the banquet separately.
In the main courtyard, Mo Xuetong asked all the other concubines to go back, leaving only two high-status concubines, Aunt Qin and Aunt He, and Xiang Ji who was said to have "just" discovered that she was four or five months pregnant. , saying that they would prepare for a while before rationing the servants, and the houses would be redistributed.
At this time, the guests were arriving one after another. Mo Xuetong went to the flower hall to greet the guests. The three of them were in the side room.
Most of Mo Xuetong's guests are young ladies and ladies. Although her status is there, she must still be young, and the senior ladies are too embarrassed to come over, lest people say that she is trying to curry favor with Princess Xuan. No matter how shameless it is, Mo Xuetong only celebrated his fourteenth birthday, not even Ji Ji, so it was not a big birthday.
It was Mo Xuetong’s second aunt, Mrs. Qu, who came to the Fuguo Duke’s Mansion. She brought her niece Yunya who was living in the Fuguo Duke’s Mansion. She said she was bringing her out to see the world, and Mo Xuetong also smiled and gave up her seat. .
Xu Yan didn't come, but she brought a gift. She was too heavy to travel now, so Mo Xuetong specially sent someone to Mo Mansion to ask her not to come.
When Luo Mingzhu arrived, most of the guests had already arrived.
She was wearing a light red flowing dress with dark flowers and a jade hairpin hanging sideways on her head. She looked good, and she was even more flushed than before she got married. It was obvious that she was living a good life. Wanwan saw Mo Xuetong, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Cousin Tong, I came here earlier today to see if you need any help."
"I can't talk about helping, but with my second cousin helping me, I won't be in a hurry for a while. This is my first time hosting a guest." Mo Xuetong said with a slight smile.
"You're here so late. How can you help me? It's good if you don't help me. Look at the time. It will be ready to eat in a while. You came so on time. Could it be because of the smell?" Qu sat aside. Madam smiled and pointed at the sky outside, teasing Luo Mingzhu.
Only then did Luo Mingzhu see her mother sitting beside her, and she hurriedly came over to greet her. She smiled coquettishly and said, "Mom, it's really hard for me to say polite words to cousin Tong."
Although she was married, she still looked like a cute little daughter in front of her mother. As she spoke, she came over and took Mrs. Qu's hand and shook it, just like her innocent and natural appearance before she got married.
The ladies and ladies sitting there all laughed.
Mrs. Qu couldn't help but reached out and pinched her nose, shook her head and smiled: "Look, you have grown so big and still say such things. If your mother-in-law hears this, she won't think that we are starving you in our house." Oh, how come I don’t know when I developed this greedy temperament!”
"Aunt, my second cousin is the best at pretending. She always pretends not to care about anything in front of you, but she no longer holds it in front of me. The lotus cake you gave me last time all went into my second cousin's belly. "Mo Xuetong also smiled on the side.
"This greedy cat." Mrs. Qu laughed and scolded.
Seeing their mother and daughter, the sisters were smiling and talking together harmoniously. Yunya, who was sitting next to her, had a trace of sadness in her eyes. She twitched her lips and called out timidly: "Cousin."
Only then did Luo Mingzhu see Yun Ya sitting aside, and she blinked and didn't recognize who it was for a moment.
"Mingzhu, come and take a look. This is Yunya's cousin from your aunt's house. You played together when you were children." Mrs. Qu introduced with a smile.
"I've met my cousin." Yun Ya stood up immediately, stood in front of Luo Mingzhu handsomely, and bowed. (To be continued)