Su Yan had a great time eating this mutton feast, but she didn't know that it was purely used by Chu Yan to bribe her in advance. Since this day, Chu Yan has been going out early and returning late every day, and can only sleep at home. For two hours, Su Yan could see him even when she woke up in the middle of the night.
Su Yan asked him what he was busy with and he didn't say anything. Thinking about what Chu Yan had done, Su Yan could only comfort herself that Chu Yan didn't say anything, perhaps because she was afraid of worrying herself.
This kind of life lasted for five days before Chu Yan returned to normal. On the morning of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, when Su Yan woke up, she was shocked to find that Chu Yan was still sleeping.
Chu Yan's skin is fair, and the blue color in front of his eyes is particularly obvious. He can tell that he has been exhausted for the past few days. This made Su Yan very distressed. Many times, Su Yan would think that it would be great if they were ordinary people. Chu Yan didn't have to do these scary things every day. She and Chu Yan were just like ordinary couples. This village lives a life of ordinary concubines.
But all of this can only be thought about, Chu Yan has his ambitions, and she also has her goals, they must work hard to move forward, otherwise what awaits them is an abyss of eternal doom.
Carefully climbing out of the bed from the end, Su Yan ordered the small kitchen to simmer some porridge and drink it when Chu Yan woke up.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year is over.
However, the fifteenth day is also the most important day of the whole new year. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the emperor goes to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors.
In the morning, the emperor would set off from the capital, go to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors, pray for the ancestors to bless the weather this year, return to Beijing in the afternoon, and return to the palace in the evening to hold a family banquet, inviting the members of the clan to enjoy the joy of the emperor and his ministers.
As a child of the royal family, Chu Yan naturally went to the Ancestral Temple. Although his blood was a little farther away, after all, who was the ancestor of Prince Jing's Mansion and the emperor.
Worshiping the ancestors has always been tiring, especially for the children of the clan. They have to kneel when the emperor wants to kneel, and they have to kneel when the emperor doesn't kneel. It was already afternoon when Chu Yan came back. The maid fetched water for Chu Yan and asked him to soak his feet for a while to soothe his tired feet.
Su Yan lazily leaned on the imperial concubine's couch and looked at Chu Yan with a smile, her peach eyes were full of little stars: "Today's ancestor worship went well?"
Before getting married, she didn't realize that since getting married, the more Su Yan looked at Chu Yan, the more handsome she felt.
Chu Yan rolled his trousers and said, "The ancestor worship went well, but something strange happened afterwards. On the way back, the emperor picked up a woman by the side of the road and brought her back to the palace."
"Picked it up?" Su Yan suddenly became curious: "What's going on?"
"It happened on the way back after worshiping the ancestors. When the team was about to enter the city, they suddenly found a woman wearing a veil standing in the middle of the road."
Su Yan interrupted Chu Yan puzzled: "The road the emperor is going to take should have been cleared over and over again before. How could there be a woman? Why is it still in the middle of the road?"
"How can you say that this is a strange thing." Chu Yan looked at Su Yan and said, "According to the rules, this kind of person who despises the majesty of the royal family will definitely be executed on the spot, but the accompanying officials of the Qin Tianjian jumped out and said that this woman She is a woman who has been rewarded by the emperor with great political achievements, and she is a daughter given by heaven, and she cannot be killed."
Su Yan couldn't help laughing: "If the people from the Qin Tianjian say that, the emperor will believe it?"
Looking at Su Yan, who was smiling so sweetly, Chu Yan's eyes were obviously stained with a little smile: "The journey was almost to the city gate, and there were many people around at that time watching. Even if the emperor doesn't believe it, why not Is there any reason not to bring it back?"
Everyone in the Qin Tianjian said that the woman was a gifted daughter from heaven. Even if the emperor didn't believe in putting gold on him, he had to take it back.
"This Qin Tianjian is really courageous enough, he is not afraid of being beheaded by the emperor if the matter is revealed."
Su Yan muttered something, then sat up suddenly and looked at Chu Yan and asked, "Is that girl pretty?"
Seeing that Su Yan had dug a hole for herself again, Chu Yan said: "Madam taught that other women except Madam are scourges, so I kept my husband's teaching in mind and didn't even look at her."
Su Yan looked at Chu Yan with satisfaction, then suddenly turned around and pursed her lips into a snicker.
But Chu Yan couldn't laugh anymore, thinking about the palace banquet at night, Chu Yan felt a little worried.
Originally, Su Yan and Chu Yan only thought that this incident was a trick set up by others to flatter them, but after half an hour, they got the news that the official of the Qin Tianjian was promoted to deputy supervisor, and the emperor "picked up" him back. Before the woman went to bed, she was made a noble concubine in one fell swoop.
Concubine? That is the status of a vice queen.
Su Yan raised her eyebrows in surprise, and then smiled at Chu Yan: "He came prepared, it seems that the two of us are wrong."
Chu Yan was also very surprised by this matter, and immediately called Lian Hao to investigate this matter.
In the room, Chu Yan and Su Yan were preparing to go to the palace for a banquet. Outside, Zhong Ning tiptoedly held Taosu and sprinkled rice outside to look for mice. Zhong Ning always felt that a cat that couldn’t catch mice was not a cat. But she has been exercising for more than half a year, Taosu didn't catch a mouse and didn't say anything, but when she saw the mouse, she turned around and ran away in fright. She didn't have the consciousness of being a cat at all.
Zhong Ning is used to being carefree, and she has a very good relationship with the guards and maids in the courtyard. Seeing Zhong Ning swaying around in the backyard with her waist down, the guard guard said: "Miss Zhong, what are you looking for?"
"I want to catch some mice for Taosu to play with."
As soon as she heard the word "mouse", Taosu was about to break free from Zhong Ning's arms. Zhong Ning was quick, and immediately pinched Taosu's neck, forcing Taosu into her arms.
The guard said with a smile: "The subordinates clean this courtyard three times a day, there is no possibility of mice. If you want to find mice, you have to look for them near the big kitchen."
After such a short time, Lian Xin suddenly jumped out from nowhere. He strode towards this side and asked the guard, "Are you too free? Use the time on duty to chat?"
The guard immediately turned around and went silent, but Zhong Ning glanced at Lian Xin inexplicably, and walked towards the big kitchen with Taosu in her arms.
Because the emperor was tired from offering sacrifices to the ancestors today, the palace banquet was postponed until the third quarter of the You hour.
All the people who came to the dinner tonight were members of the clan. Apart from all kinds of concubines, the eldest princess is the prince, and the worst is the princess. Su Yan just sat down with Chu Yan and saw Lin Jin'er beckoning to him. Everyone had already taken their seats, Su Yan couldn't walk around in the venue, so she shook her head slightly at Lin Jin'er, and pointed outside, meaning to find a chance to talk outside later.
Su Yan and Lin Jin'er used to exchange handkerchiefs when they were not married before, but now the relationship between the Seventh Prince and Chu Yan is not arousing suspicion because his wife is a little closer.