The next day is the Spring Festival.
The first Shangyuan Festival after the new monarch ascended the throne was even more lively than the New Year.
In order to make good on their heads, the officials underneath displayed lights and festoons on the main streets of the Imperial Capital. They hung new lanterns that had not been seen in previous years, which attracted the attention of folk children.
Although it costs money to do so, but the official name says that the new monarch should have a new look when he enthroned, and it is worth spending more money. This word is passed to the palace, and the dragon is happy.
"Since the minister is interested, I also want to go out of the palace to see how beautiful the Emperor Capital is tonight."
Ning Chengzhi was very interested, and he didn't want to see those lanterns. What he wanted to see was the love and respect of his subjects.
Grandpa Chi knew what he meant and didn't dare to stop him, "Your Majesty will go out to watch the lanterns in person tonight? There are people coming and going on Shangyuanjie Street. Do you want to block the street and let your Majesty watch the lanterns alone?"
Ning Chengzhi twitched his lips, "I just want to go out of the palace to see my subjects. You have blocked the street, what shall I go to see? No need to block, even the news of my going out of the palace does not need to be disclosed.
Father Chi frowned, and his face appeared bitter.
The private interview of the microservices is simple. If there is any danger in going out of the palace, it is not their minions that will fall for the head
Ning Chengzhi was never a master who would consider subjects and slaves. This has become more and more serious since he became emperor.
Grandpa Chi was thinking about the arrangements for going out of the palace at night, and suddenly heard Ning Chengzhi again: "What is the fun of me enjoying the lights myself? Let's take a trip to Guhou Mansion in the evening and let Yufu go with me."
Father Chi's face became stiff, Ning Chengzhi looked back at him, and he smiled awkwardly.
At first he never thought that there will be a woman in this world who is unwilling to be a queen, but when he goes to Guhou Mansion to give Yufu a reward, he always smiles and flatters her as a queen.
Until the New Year's Eve palace banquet, he confirmed that Yufu had no such thoughts, and after Guhou's mansion and the veterans of the court strongly opposed Ning Chengzhi and Li Yufu, he couldn't laugh when he saw Yufu again.
He tentatively said: "Your Majesty, the cabinet's affairs have not yet been fully negotiated, and things afterwards are more sensitive. You go to Zhenjiang Princess at this time... Isn't it bad?"
Ning Chengzhi glanced at him, "What's wrong? Didn't you tell me that you want to cultivate more relationships with Yufu, can't you be too tough and canonize her directly?"
Father Chi was choked back and had nothing to answer.
Is it time to cultivate feelings now
Ning Chengzhi snorted softly, "Yin Shuo is conceited and smart, but the government is well organized, but there is no good idea in the canonization of Yufu."
Grandpa Chi opened his mouth, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly saw someone from outside the palace come in and report: "Your Majesty, Empress Li, please see me."
Ning Chengzhi had a headache when he heard the words Li Fei, "What is she doing again? The harem is not big enough for her to make trouble, so she must come back and come to me?"
Li Fei was the side concubine of the former Second Prince's Mansion. Ning Chengzhi was not willing to embarrass her because of her seniority, and just wanted to stay away from her.
Chi Gongyi said: "Your Majesty's harem is empty. Except for the concubine Li, there are only a few concubines left. The concubine Li concubine has nothing to do, and she often makes annoyance with those concubines, so she can’t blame her for being upset."
Ning Chengzhi said, "Let's say, who does she want me to deal with today? There are only a few people in the harem. She is still a Japanese attacker. The queen will enter the central palace in the future. Is she still like this?"
The man in the lower palace raised his head embarrassedly, "Returning to your Majesty, Empress Li didn't come to make trouble this time, but brought a food box and said that she made her own tonic for her."
"She still makes supplements?"
Ning Chengzhi thought of Li Fei’s self-sufficient appearance, and could not imagine the appearance of her cooking herself. She used to not touch the spring water with her fingers in the Second Prince’s Mansion. After entering the palace, she claimed to be the most noble woman in the harem, and even less. Will be conceited.
How did you change sex today
He waved his hand casually, "No matter, it's rare for Li Fei to go to the kitchen. Let her come in."
The palace people breathed a sigh of relief and immediately withdrew from the main hall to pass on Li Fei, lest Ning Chengzhi would change her mind one step later, and Li Fei wanted to vent her anger with these palace people.
After a while, only the sound of the ring was heard, and Li Fei swayed in from outside the hall in a Chinese dress, but she followed a maid carrying a food box.
"The concubine has seen your majesty."
She has a beautiful body, and her red dress like a pomegranate flower falls on her side, like spring water is rippling by the wind, winding and delicate.
Ning Chengzhi frowned, "What are you doing so gorgeously dressed?"
Li Fei raised her head in astonishment, her charming smile disappeared, "Didn’t your Majesty like women to dress gorgeously and exquisitely? Today is the Shangyuan Festival, and the concubines dress up extraordinarily gorgeously, so as not to be lit up at night and when your majesty enjoys the lights. Mingyan is down. Why, your Majesty doesn't like it again today?"
Ning Chengzhi got up from the couch, walked down and looked around Li Fei, and it was even more displeased to see the full of hairpins on her head.
"Gorgeous and exquisite is good, but you don’t look at what time it is. You forgot what the Princess Zhenjiang said at the New Year’s Eve palace banquet? It’s only a few months since the death of the first emperor. You still have something in your eyes when you dress up like this. Emperor Xian?"
Li Fei suffered a lot of trouble, thinking that if Ning Chengzhi hadn't disrespected the first emperor, would she dare to slack off? It's alright now, the culprit came to question her.
When she heard Ning Chengzhi talk about Yufu again and again, she felt a deep sense of sourness, "Your Majesty listened to the words of the Princess Zhenjiang. Someone knew that she was the adopted daughter of Guhou Mansion, but those who didn't know thought she was the sister of His Majesty's direct relatives. Woolen cloth!"
Ning Chengzhi heard that not only did she not admit her mistake, but also dared to list her eyes. He immediately opened her eyes and struck her. Li Fei shrank her head and immediately blessed her.
Ning Chengzhi retracted his hand again, "What do you know? Yufu is not my sister's sister, but it is more important than my sister's sister. She is the future queen, and you are a concubine. I can't tolerate you arguing about the queen, listen. Do you understand?"
"Understand, the concubine understands!"
Li Fei promised, she got up and murmured again, "This is not the queen yet, your majesty just protects her like this, not even talking about it. In the future, she will really become a queen, will there still be concubines in the palace?"
Ning Chengzhi couldn't wait to tear her mouth, "Do you dare to talk about her again, I will put you in the cold palace, believe it or not?"
The corners of Li Fei's mouth collapsed, and tears came into her two rouge eyes, and she cried out, "Your Majesty! Your concubine followed when you were the second prince. How can you be so cruel?"
Ning Chengzhi sat down on the couch, "It's all right, don't be wailing, come over and sit down quickly, let me see what tonic you make."
Li Fei immediately smiled, "The concubine knows that your majesty scared the concubine!"
Saying that he took off his silk shoes, leaned on the couch, and waited for the maid to lift the lid out of the food box, and personally reached out and opened the lid.
The scent of antler chicken soup drifted out, and Li Fei smiled ambiguously when he looked up.
"Ahem."
He covered his mouth with a dry cough, "What do you drink this for in broad daylight?" As soon as he raised his eyes, Grandpa Chi and the others had already bowed their heads, pretending that they hadn't seen anything.
Li Fei pushed the lid towards him, "What is your Majesty worried about? Just a little bit, nothing will happen."
Ning Chengzhi was skeptical, took the spoon that Li Fei handed him, and swiped it a few times in the lid. As expected, there were only three or four pieces of velvet antler.
He finally felt relieved, "You have a heart."
The corner of Li Fei's mouth was triumphant. No one knew that she had put a whole half of velvet antler in the soup, but after the stew, she picked up all the antler residue, leaving only three or four pieces in the cup.
She took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, this is the first Spring Festival after your majesty ascended the throne. The lanterns in the palace are all hung up. In the evening, your concubines will accompany your concubine to the Royal Garden to enjoy the lights and invite your wine to the bright moon, okay?"
It turns out that she cooks the stew by herself today, just for this.
Ning Chengzhi drank the chicken soup without raising his head. "I will go out of the palace in a micro service. I heard that the lanterns outside the palace are better arranged this year. I want to go out and have a look."
Li Fei said with joy: "Okay! The court concubine accompanies your majesty to enjoy the lanterns in the palace. The court concubine has since entered the palace and has become a Princess. He has not been out of the palace yet!"
Ning Chengzhi had a meal, put down the spoon and picked up the veil, "You don't need to go anymore. I'm going to Guhou Mansion and Yufu to enjoy the lanterns. It is not convenient for you to follow."
Yufu again!
Li Fei suddenly looked ugly, "Your Majesty! It's worth it. If you have a future queen, you don't need a concubine. The concubine has been with you for many years! If you come first, come first, or the concubine comes first!"
Ning Chengzhi drew his ears and winked at Minister Chi, "You have said this many times, and I only made you a concubine because you have been with me for a long time. What do you compare with Yufu?"
Before Li Fei came to him, she was also a lady of the official family. He said that she was useless. She immediately refused to give up. Grandpa Chi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Please come back, Li Fei, your majesty has already drunk your soup and received it. Your mind is over. The minister will come to discuss with your Majesty in a while, it is not convenient for your mother to be here."
Speaking of waving to the bottom, two people from the palace came up to invite Li Fei out. Li Fei was so angry that she dropped the lid of the soup cup, "I saw the newcomer laughing, but the old one was crying, and the concubines were bitter!"
After that, they ran out with tears, leaving Ning Chengzhi and Grandpa Chi staring at each other.
Ning Chengzhi picked up the spoon again, "After she entered the palace, she became more temperamental, so she wanted to learn from each other. Otherwise, would you still look at the face of her concubine in the future when Yu helped enter the palace?"
Grandpa Chi knew that he disliked Li Fei, and he still cared about the love of the husband and wife for many years, otherwise he would not drink the soup she stewed by herself.
"What your majesty said is, but the minion thinks that Princess Zhenjiang will not easily look at the faces of others. Don't you think that Empress Li is in front of the princess, she can't make waves at all?"
Ning Chengzhi thought of Yufu’s well-behaved and docile appearance, and also thought of her generous speeches at last year’s Mid-Autumn Palace banquet to protect the Hou Mansion, and thought of her calmness and calmness when she refused to be a queen...
Obviously he was rejected, he still thought Yufu was so cute and beautiful.
"You're right, Yufu seems gentle and well-behaved, with a natural extravagance in his bones, awe-inspiring. Sometimes I am very strange that she is standing with Danyang, but she is more like a princess."
Grandpa Chi is slanderous, does it matter whether it is the princess? Yufu is not a princess to become a queen, and the status of a queen is naturally much more valuable than that of a princess.
He was happily flattering, "That is, the people your Majesty likes are naturally not bad. The minion saw the princess Zhenjiang for the first time, and felt that it was too expensive. In the future, he must be the identity of the world."
Ning Chengzhi glanced at him triumphantly and drank the chicken soup in the pot, "What are you doing here? Don't hurry down and prepare for the palace!"
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The most important festival in Dongling is the Spring Festival, and the most lively festival is indeed the Spring Festival.
There are too many rituals and customs during the Spring Festival, and there are unwritten regulations among the people. You must understand important matters before the New Year, such as debts or storage of food. Therefore, most people are too busy during the Spring Festival.
Only one or two strings of firecrackers before the New Year’s Eve dinner were heard.
The last Yuan Festival is different.
People who have just escaped from the reunion atmosphere of the Spring Festival are all relaxed and comfortable, and when the weather is getting warmer, they are most suitable to go to the streets to admire the lanterns and see the night view.
However, such a lively and festive festival still cannot infect the dreary and solemn Xiangfu.
Yin Jizheng changed into brightly colored clothes, and the wound on her head also changed into a gauze belt of the same color as her clothes, which can hide the scars and look unique.
Out of her yard, she went straight to the east yard, and all the guards in the east yard were evacuated.
Since the last time Ning Chengzhi talked with Yin Shuo, Yin Shuo has been more tolerant of Princess Danyang's treatment, and no longer sends people to watch her, allowing her to move around the house.
Princess Danyang didn't seem to care about it, because she wanted to take care of Yin Shuo's injury, but was still refused.
"Danyang."
Yin Jizheng entered the east courtyard. Seeing that the weather in the courtyard was much better than before, she entered the house with a smile to look for Princess Danyang.
She was still in plain clothes, sitting in front of the window and looking out, looking out of her head, and she was reluctant to cough when Tin'er coughed.
"It's you, Ji Yong."
The two went into the room to speak hand in hand, and Yin Ji said: "The guards of the eastern courtyard have been withdrawn, and my eldest brother is not so defensive against you now. Why are you still so depressed? Today is the Shangyuan Festival, so why don't we go out to enjoy the lanterns together in the evening? Bar?"
"Appreciating the lights?"
Princess Danyang shook her head, her thin face without a hint of joy, "I don't want to go. He doesn't guard me anymore, but just gives your Majesty a face. His leg hurts like that, and I want to take care of him but he doesn't even think about it. I'm not allowed to come near any step."
Yin Jizheng was taken aback, and she looked at Princess Danyang's expression carefully, her eyes were stained with inexplicable meaning, "Danyang, do you really like my eldest brother? But I remember that you were very disdainful of him before your wedding. Yes. He did those things that treated you harshly after marriage, how could you..."
Princess Danyang dodged her eyes, as if she didn't want to admit Yin Ji's words.
Yin Jizheng chased her, and she had no choice but to answer: "I don't know why I am. Before the wedding, the person I liked has always been Brother Shubai, and even after the wedding, my heart for him has not changed. I don’t know when I’ve been to Yin Shuo..."
"He is so cruel to you, don't you hate it?"
Princess Danyang smiled, "I hate it, of course I hate it. I hate it to the bone. I hate him for revenge, and hate him for showing no mercy to me... That's because I hope he can cherish me."
Yin Jizhen finally understood that a woman would not easily hate someone. If she really hates someone, it is often because of her love.
Where does the hate come from if you don't love
She used to feel that she and Gu Jiuge had a bad fate. The two approached each other with purpose, but she was attracted by Gu Jiuge, and she was out of control since then.
Now that I think about it, Princess Danyang has a bad relationship with Yin Shuo that shouldn't exist.
The two have their own hearts, but they were put together by the first emperor's marriage contract. They looked down on each other but had to get married—
The most terrible thing was that Duke Danyang took the initiative of the emotion that shouldn't be moved, and the balance between the two began to tilt, and the one who was emotional was destined to suffer grievances.
She suddenly felt a little fortunate that even if Gu Jiuge didn't love her, at least he would not treat her like Yin Shuo treated Princess Danyang. Even if she was disfigured, she never treated her lightly, but took more care of her.
She is lucky.
Princess Danyang couldn't help but wiped the corners of her eyes. Seeing that Yin Jizhen seemed to have dressed up today, she realized something, "You want to go out with Gu Jiuge?"
Yin Ji's face was reddish, and she nodded gently.
Princess Danyang took her hand, "You want to go out with him and invite me to join me. If I agree, won't you ruin your good time?"
Yin Jizheng explained hurriedly: "Don't get me wrong, I am sincere in inviting you out. In fact, it is not only me and him, but also Yufu and Shizi. Everyone wants to go out to enjoy the lanterns together. I think you are familiar with everyone. , It can be invited naturally."
"The son?"
Princess Danyang was in a daze, thinking that she first saw Gu Shubai when she was young, as if she had passed away.
She shook her head gently, "No, you guys go out and play, I won't go. Tonight is the Spring Festival, even if your elder brother refuses to see me, I, as the hostess of Xiangfu, should stay here."
Yin Ji's nose is slightly sour.
The hostess of Xiangfu...
It's hard for Princess Danyang, but she is still willing to take her own identity.
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Chicken soup is a foreshadowing, and then the update time is finally restored, I will restore the updated word count as soon as possible!