On New Year's Eve, the hall was brightly lit. The emperor and empress sat on the main seat, looked at the concubines, concubines and princes on both sides of the seat with a smile, and raised their glasses to start the ceremony.
The concubines and concubines sit in the west facing the east, the princes sit in the east facing the west, and the princess can sit with her mother. Arranged according to position and level.
As a young prince, Chen Ziqi was sitting near the door. In the first half of the night, the palace had to keep giving out rewards to the noble families in Beijing. The door to the palace was open, and the cold wind blew in, freezing all the dishes on the table.
Amu sat on the last seat, shivering with cold.
Chang E sat opposite, saw the condition of the two children, turned around and asked Fuyuan to get two cloaks.
"Niangniang, wearing a cloak in the hall is against the rules." Fuyuan reminded in a low voice.
"What's the rule? If the child is so cold, he will definitely get sick when he comes down. Even if he goes to get it, the emperor blames me for wearing it." Chang E raised her eyebrows and said sternly.
Fu Yuan had to take orders and leave, and after a while, he sent two big cloaks in fox fur.
Chen Ziqi was holding the little red bird and shaking, feeling that he was about to freeze to death, rolled his eyes and wanted to talk about diarrhea, so he went to hide in the side hall for a while. Dan Yi felt that he was trembling non-stop, and pressed his furry little body against him. After a while, a warm internal force poured into Chen Ziqi's meridians.
"Huh?" Chen Ziqi exclaimed in a low voice, looked down at the little red bird in his arms, the Divine Chicken actually has the effect of warding off cold, which is really good.
Just as he was proud, Fuxi behind him put a warm fur cape on him. Chen Ziqi immediately pulled the two sides of the cloak and wrapped himself tightly like a quilt.
Dan Yi was a little helpless, she wanted to guide Chen Ziqi to use her internal power to drive away the cold, but this is good. With the big cloak, is this going to use him as a hand stove? Then he stopped the internal force transmission, and his head emerged from the placket. The outside of the placket was covered with gray fox fur. The fur was so long that the bird's head was buried, so that he couldn't see his eyes, only a small yellow mouth was exposed.
Chen Ziqi picked up a piece of cake, broke it into pieces, and fed it into the chicken's mouth.
"Ahie—" The eighth prince beside him sneezed, looked at Chen Ziqi with some envy, and raised his head to ask his mother-in-law for help.
Concubine Hui, the mother of the eighth prince, glared at her son and told him to sit down. The seventh prince and the eleventh prince were the sons raised by the village girl, and they didn't behave well. How could their own sons be as disrespectful as they were. Let's wait, after a while, the Queen Mother found out that they have their good fruit to eat.
However, the queen was all looking forward to watching the show, and did not pay attention to the following situation. After the reward was over, the family banquet opened, and he smiled and said: "Today's family banquet, when there is singing and dancing to add to the fun, it was originally a sword dance, but it was inconvenient for the sisters, so they ordered a scene."
When I heard that a troupe was invited, everyone raised their spirits. Compared with singing and dancing, it is naturally more interesting to watch a play.
"I don't know what drama Duan is singing?" The imperial concubine couldn't help but ask, always feeling that the queen's smile was not quite right.
"The title of this play is "Li Dai Peach Stiff", and this palace is the first to listen to it." The queen gave a meaningful look at Cheng Jieyu, who was sitting under Chang E, and raised her hand to signal the opening.
Amidst the sound of banging drums, Dan Jiao, who was wearing a costume, came hurriedly with lotus steps, his face was full of joy, and he sang in a tune: "I heard that the nobleman is in the atrium, and the head of the family has a life to greet him. Shyly and timidly, he looked up, and the one who served Pretty man."
The first half of the story is about a girl in the waiting room, named Hongli, who was ordered by the head of the family to serve a nobleman. The girl's heart is sprouting, and she is very happy. Then the noble person left, and the girl was worried about parting. At this time, she found out that she was pregnant and was ready to raise the child.
Chang E looked a little disgusted at this play, pouted her lips, and said to Cheng Jieyu who was beside her, "What's so happy about this..." It was only halfway through that she remembered that this Cheng Jieyu was not the one who was presented to her back then. I didn't understand her mood at all, so I gave up and said no more.
Cheng Jieyu didn't answer, her hand hidden in her sleeve slowly twisted her sleeve, why does this play look so familiar
"Sister, I'll give you this opportunity to go to the Shang clan. I just want me to raise this child well." Hong Li, who was always smiling, cried and begged the little sister named Hong Tao.
"There is only one red plum in this world. If you are still alive, others will be able to dismantle me." The red peach in a colorful costume flung her sleeves, and after reading the dialogue, she sang in tune, "Rich, honor and glory are at your fingertips. Li Dai Taojang is the most appropriate. You were born poor and humble, why do you fight with me? Let’s sleep peacefully at the bottom of the cliff, and burn you three sticks of incense during Qingming.”
Cheng Jieyu's face suddenly turned pale, her hands were clasped together, trembling non-stop.
At the end of the opera, Hong Li was strangled at home, and Hong Tao had a better future instead of her.
"It's really unfortunate how you can sing this kind of crying scene in this New Year's Eve." The imperial concubine was very unhappy and did not give any reward to the troupe.
"The imperial concubine doesn't understand, the articles in this play are huge," the queen said slowly, looking at Cheng Jieyu, whose face was as white as paper, "Cheng Jieyu, don't you think?"
"Concubine..." Cheng Jieyu was called and had to stand up to answer. Before she could stand up straight, she suddenly rolled her eyes and passed out.
There was some confusion in the hall for a while, and the queen ordered Cheng Jieyu to be carried to the side hall for placement. Emperor Zhenglong saw that something was wrong, and turned to ask the queen, "What the hell is going on here?"
The queen originally wanted to dismantle Cheng Jieyu directly, making Qi Zong shameless, but now seeing Cheng Jieyu's reaction, she suddenly had a better idea. She lowered her eyelids, remained silent for a moment, then raised her head and said, "I don't know what happened to the concubine. This play is a piece of music from Cheng Jieyu's hometown, which may arouse her homesickness."
The New Year's Eve drama ended like this, and the next day, Cheng Jieyu knelt in the Fengyi Palace.
"Your master is silent, Shitai, do you know that she has accepted such a disrespectful apprentice?" The queen took a sip of tea slowly.
"This title was indeed given to me by Cheng Jiayao. Why did she die? My concubine doesn't know." The concubine took her place and naturally had to perform her duties. The royal family called the concubine into the palace, and the concubine lost her inner strength without complaining..."
"No complaints?" The queen snorted coldly, and poured the remaining tea in her hand onto Cheng Jieyu's face, "If you really have no complaints, where did the scars on the sixth prince come from?"
With her wet face on her face, Cheng Jieyu took a deep breath and kowtowed: "The niangniang didn't expose the concubines in public yesterday, it must be because the concubines are still useful, as long as the concubines are useful, the niangniang just speaks. The concubines do not hesitate to go through fire and water, I just ask the empress, not to let the sixth prince know about this."
Now, Chen Zimo is her only hope, and she can only rely on Chen Zimo to avenge the Cheng family.
The queen looked at her, smiled contemptuously, and threw a charge of guilt in front of her: "Signed and detained, as for how to use you, this palace has to think carefully."
On the charge, how the Cheng family harmed Cheng Jiayao and how she got the benefits was clearly written. Although it is somewhat different from the real situation, it is basically correct.
Cheng Jieyu signed it tremblingly, but she didn't get any guarantee from the queen. She only said lightly, "Look at your performance." That is to say, if there is anything disobedient in the future, the sixth prince will know.
After Cheng Jieyu left, the queen called the second prince and handed him the indictment: "Take this and go to the Suxin Sect. Copy it and send it to Luo Hongfeng, the sect master of Qi sect, what? Needless to say."
If this matter is implicated, Su Xinzong will lose the adults. That old nun, always give some sincerity.
The second prince's eyes lit up: "The mother is wise."
Being sentenced to death is not the most terrifying thing, but I don't know when I will be sentenced to death. Before that, I have to live with fear every day. Cheng Jieyu worked hard for a few days and finally fell ill.
In a dark nightmare, she was running desperately, her body without internal strength, her legs felt as heavy as she ran.
"Aunt, what are you running for?" Chen Zimo, who has grown up, carried Cheng Zhou's giant axe, looked at her with a stern look, raised his hand, and slashed over with an axe, "Give my mother's life back! "
"Ah—" Cheng Jieyu screamed and woke up.
The palace was silent and the light was dim. There was a person standing in the shadow under the window, unable to see his face clearly: "Auntie..."
"Ah!" Cheng Jieyu screamed like crazy when she heard the title, attracting several palace maids and eunuchs.
"Miss Jieyu, what's wrong with you?" The palace maid was also quite frightened.
"Chen Zimo!" Cheng Jieyu said loudly to the shadow, "What did you just call me?"
Chen Zimo came out of the shadows and said expressionlessly, "Concubine."
Cheng Jieyu stared at him for a long time, and then heaved a sigh of relief: "What kind of weird name is this, and who did you learn it from? Don't call it that in the future."
In the next few days, in the middle of the night, there were always screams in Cheng Jieyu's room, and everyone in the palace said that she was crazy.
The second prince suggested that Cheng Jieyu was unconscious and always injured the sixth prince, so it was best for the sixth prince to live in Chaoyang Palace. Emperor Zhenglong didn't think Cheng Jieyu was crazy, but the queen followed the drum and let him see the injuries on the sixth prince.
Shocking blue and purple traces crisscrossed Chen Zimo's back. Emperor Zhenglong was so angry that he threw the cup in his hand: "This crazy woman, ask the imperial doctor to have a look. If it doesn't look good, she will be sent to Yeting Palace."
Ye Ting Palace, in the northwest corner of the palace, is inaccessible.
Chen Zimo lived in Chaoyang Palace as he wished, so he could eat and wear warmly, and it was much more convenient to go to the Qiangong to learn martial arts, and the whole person was refreshed.
"Keep her life, and when I grow up, take her to my mother's grave to apologize," Heidan said, offering Chen Ziqi the newly obtained snacks, "The method you said really worked, how could she just do it? So scared?"
"As the saying goes, she doesn't do bad things on weekdays, and she's not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. If she does bad things, of course she will be afraid." Chen Ziqi raised her chin proudly.
Dan Yi squatted on Chen Ziqi's shoulder and took a bite of the snack she was fed, thinking that the saying this time was right.
Winter has gone to spring, and seven years have passed in a hurry.
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