In a blink of an eye, the day of Xiaonian arrived.
Knowing that the emperor was going to hold a banquet, everyone in the palace was beaming with joy. Early in the morning, the cleaners went to the Nuan Pavilion, sprinkling water and sweeping the ground at the same time.
After a while, the windows were cleaned cleanly.
Then, there is the arrangement.
Red lanterns were hung at the door, freshly folded plum blossoms were placed in the pavilion, and narcissus were placed on the window sill, but because the color was too plain, the maids specially asked the maids to cut flowers out of red paper and decorate them.
The entire Nuan Pavilion was decorated with joyful decorations.
In the evening, it was already dark, and early in the morning, Concubine Hui Wu Wan asked people to light up all the lanterns in the corridor, and the large areas around the Nuan Pavilion were illuminated into orange red by the lights, creating a warm mood.
The first ones to arrive were of course the concubines with lower ranks.
They followed Concubine De and arrived at the Nuan Pavilion early, and saw that the interior was spacious and comfortable, with the seats for the emperor and empress directly above, and then the other concubines were lined up on both sides of the hall according to their rank.
Because the emperor and empress hadn't come yet, everyone didn't dare to sit down immediately, they all stood beside the bed looking at the snowy scenery outside, chatting with smiles.
After a while, the empress arrived.
Everyone immediately went forward to meet him, while Zhu Feng and Xu Miaoyin were dressed in gorgeous clothes and walked towards the Nuan Pavilion. Eunuch Yu and the others waited in two rows behind them, and they walked to the door. Zhu Feng looked up and smiled. Said: "It's quite lively here today."
Xu Miaoyin said: "Sister Huifei arranged it."
"oh?"
Zhu Feng listened and looked back.
Seeing concubine Hui Wu Wan following behind with a low eyebrow, Zhu Feng nodded and said, "You have worked hard."
A smile appeared on Wu Wan's face, and she hurriedly said: "I dare not speak bitterly."
Seeing that everyone was kneeling on the ground, Zhu Feng also smiled, raised his hand and said, "Okay, everyone don't have to be too restrained tonight, just have a good time."
"yes."
Then everyone got up.
Looking up, I found that not only Concubine Hui and Concubine An were following behind the empress, but also King Zhu Chengxuan of Wei came in with Princess Xinping.
The two brothers and sisters were both wearing new clothes of the same material, and they looked neat and beautiful.
However, Xinping was not as cheerful as usual, she stayed in Zhu Chengxuan's arms obediently, and she obediently listened to what Zhu Chengxuan told her.
At this time, there was another burst of light outside.
Everyone turned their heads to look.
"Who is here again?"
I saw the bright lights outside, and it was Concubine Gui and Concubine Ning who brought their own people walking from the two small roads on both sides. They both held a few lanterns in their hands, illuminating the dark sky outside.
The two just ran into each other at the door of the Nuan Pavilion.
Nanyan stopped in her tracks.
From a distance, she could see Feng Qianyan's big belly, and she didn't compete with her. However, when Concubine Ning saw her, her eyes suddenly filled with joy.
He walked directly towards her, and made a kowtow gesture as he walked: "My concubine greets the imperial concubine!"
She walked fast and in a hurry, and with her big belly, she was bigger than usual. When she saw it from a wrong eye, it seemed that a huge monster was bumping towards her, and Nan Yan subconsciously took a step back.
And Ran Xiaoyu behind her rushed forward and stopped Nan Yan.
"Concubine Ning, what are you going to do?!"
Feng Qianyan's face darkened slightly, showing displeasure, and the maid behind her, Han Xiang, immediately said: "Of course our lady came to pay her respects to the imperial concubine."
"Please, don't go in such a hurry."
"you-"
Seeing that the two of them were about to argue, Nan Yan stepped forward and said, "Okay."
Everyone immediately looked up at her.
Feng Qianyan couldn't take another step forward at this time, after all, Ran Xiaoyu was already standing there, so he could only kowtow to Nanyan: "Concubine, I pay my respects to the imperial concubine."
Nan Yan looked down at her, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Concubine Ning is also intimate with me, but you are pregnant, and I am afraid that I can't bear your kneeling, so hurry up, Xue Tianlu Slip, watch fall."
After finishing speaking, he turned and entered the Nuan Pavilion.
Feng Qianyan lowered his head and looked at her back with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Hanxiang hastily helped her up and said, "Your Majesty?"
"It's okay, let's go in and talk."
"yes."
So, the two followed Nan Yan into the Nuan Pavilion, just in time Zhu Feng was standing in front, watching Nan Yan walk in, he immediately turned around.
Nan Yandao: "The concubine pays homage to the emperor."
Zhu Feng looked at her with gentle eyes.
Probably because I told her in advance that although Nan Yan always dressed in simple clothes, tonight, she specially prepared exquisite clothes. Although she only applied light makeup and lightly brushed her forehead and eyebrows, it was more than several times more delicate than usual .
Zhu Feng watched and couldn't help but a smile appeared on his face.
He subconsciously reached out and grabbed her arm, and said softly, "Don't be too polite."
"emperor."
As soon as he smiled, he heard Feng Qianyan's voice, turned his head, and saw that she was also dressed gorgeously, looking at him with a smile.
Zhu Feng coughed lightly: "Well, you're here too."
"yes."
"It's been more than seven months, how are you doing recently?"
It was probably because Feng Qianyan seldom saw the emperor these days, when he saw him greeting him, his voice trembled a little strangely, and said: "These days, the fetal movement is severe, and the imperial doctor specially told my concubine to be careful."
"That's right, you have to be careful."
"yes."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Feng glanced at Nan Yan again. She stood beside her with a calm expression, as if she didn't feel much about everything around her, so Zhu Feng said, "Sit down."
Everyone immediately thanked them and took their seats.
The seats of the concubines are lined up on both sides according to their grades, and the imperial concubine is naturally the seat on the left.
The seat on the right opposite her is the seat of Concubine Hui.
As soon as Nan Yan sat down, she smelled a strong smell of rouge powder beside her, and turned her head to see that Feng Qianyan was sitting next to her.
According to the rank, Concubine Ning happened to be next to Concubine Gui.
Nan Yan frowned subconsciously.
But Feng Qianyan smiled at her, as if there was something in the smile, and said: "It's just right, sitting next to the noble concubine, I can get closer to the noble concubine."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Okay."
Just as he was talking, King Wei took Princess Xinping to pay his respects to his father and queen, and then walked back, just passing by her, and Xinping hugged his own mother.
"Mother Concubine!"
"Peace of mind..."
Nan Yan smiled until her eyes narrowed, and hugged her up.
Touching her round face affectionately: "Did you act coquettishly with your brother?"
"No!"
Nan Yan smiled, stretched out her hand to touch her face, and suddenly touched the back of her ears and neck, which were a little red, and upon closer inspection, it was some small rashes.
"What's this?"
(end of this chapter)