A few days later, when Fengyixuan and Lan Younian returned to the capital, two months had passed since they left the capital, and spring had arrived in the capital, and the weather was getting warmer. The spring breeze brought warmth and melted Throughout the severe winter, pink willows and greens decorate the world. On the streets, crowds of men and women walk together, and the sound of relaxed laughter falls on every corner of the capital. The spring breeze brings the news of spring. She has long put on a gauze skirt as light as a cicada's wings. As the saying goes, as long as you have grace and no warmth, even if you have no internal strength, a heart of love for beauty is enough to withstand all the severe cold.
After the carriage entered the capital, Lan Younian said to An Yi who was driving, "Go to the Fourth Prince's Mansion!" Then he asked Jing Wu'an and Yu Liuli on both sides, "Brother Wu'an and Brother Liuli, will you go back to the residence or come with us?"
Jing Wu'an drove his horse to the side of the carriage, "Father has sent me a letter for many days asking me to return home with the homeless, so we won't go!"
Feng Yixuan and Lan Younian nodded, Jing Wu'an and Yu Liuli rushed to the capital, and they rushed to the fourth prince's mansion.
"How do I get to the Emperor's place?" Feng Yixuan asked, originally he planned to abduct Nian Nian to live in Pluto's Mansion for a while, anyway, no one knew they were back, but if he went to Fourth Prince's Mansion today, Nian Nian Nian has to go back to Lan Mansion. Although I go there every night, it feels really bad to be sneaky like this.
If Lan Younian knew what Fengyixuan was thinking, he would definitely complain, but you are still sneaky. Who in Younian Pavilion does not know that Pluto reports every night on time, even more punctual than Shang Dynasty.
"Brother Xia Qi and Bai Lian got married, as a younger brother and as a friend, we didn't go, no matter what, I felt sorry, so I took some gifts in the Wuqing Pavilion and prepared to send them. Marriage is a big event and we didn't participate!" Lan You Nian explained.
Feng Yixuan nodded, no matter how indifferent Feng Yixuan was on the surface, he still had affection for this imperial brother. When he was young, how many people spurned and feared him because of his eyes, but the imperial brother still regarded himself as The younger brother also took care of him and gave him brotherly love, which is why Fengyixuan was willing to fight on the battlefield for so many years.
When the carriage arrived at the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Lan Younian was about to get off the carriage but was stopped by Feng Yixuan, and the butler outside saluted the carriage after seeing An Yi driving the carriage, "Pluto!"
Feng Yixuan let out a "hmm", and the butler Li Ke entered the fourth prince's mansion with the carriage, for fear of neglecting this Pluto, who has an uncertain personality.
When Feng Xiaqi and Yue Bailian received the report from their subordinates and knew that they had come to the mansion, Feng Yixuan had already brought Lan Younian to the hall and sat there like a master, good tea and delicious food It's already been waiting.
"Ah Xuan, sister Nian'er, you are finally back!" Feng Xiaqi and Yue Bailian walked into the hall together, seeing Feng Yixuan and Lan Younian were obviously very happy, even hiding the smiles on their faces Can't live.
Feng Yixuan hugged Lan Younian and didn't get up, but just nodded. Fortunately, Feng Xiaqi and others had already gotten used to Feng Yixuan's temper and didn't care.
Lan Younian glanced at Yuebailian who had been married for many days, Yuebailian was standing beside Feng Xiaqi in a pink palace dress, she looked like a good wife, her skirt was opened to her pink shoulders, her cold collarbone was faintly visible under the coral chain , Slim and graceful, although there is no gorgeous model, it is difficult to conceal the quality of jasper. The jade wrist ring is a hollow gold bracelet, which makes the shaved onion fingers more soft. The three thousand blue silks are only fixed with a red coral hairpin, the ear hangs slightly, and the eyes are clear and full of sorrow, but Lan Younian can see that Yuebailian is much happier than before.
"I'm really sorry that I couldn't make it back on the day you got married!" Lan Younian asked An Yi to take out the gift he had prepared, and said apologetically.
Feng Xiaqi and Yue Bailian sat at the main seat, making people feel that they looked like a husband and wife at first glance. Both of them smiled and shook their heads to express their indifference, and took the gift, and after opening it, they both looked at Lan Younian in surprise, Yue Bailian said embarrassingly, "This is too precious!"
The wedding gift that Lan Younian gave to the two of them was a pair of jade pendants with auspicious dragon and phoenix. The texture and luster of this jade pendant is rare even in the palace, and Lan Younian got it by accident. Now I think it is just right to give it to the two .
"What is precious or not? Things are for giving away, as long as you like them!" Lan Younian said with a smile, and then remembered what he was happy to say to Yue Bailian, "I bought some delicious things in Jiangnan. Bring the blue music, you must have never eaten it!"
"Really? I heard that Jiangnan is very beautiful, is it true?" Yue Bailian asked enviously.
The two women began to mutter and started chatting about food and play, completely ignoring the doting eyes of the two men around them, and when they finished chatting, they saw Feng Xiaqi and Feng Yi Xuan and the two looked at them without speaking, Yue Bailian silenced her voice in embarrassment, while Lan Younian stuck out her tongue and sat obediently on Fengyixuan's lap, not looking like a lady at all. .
"The emperor is about to establish a crown prince, right?" Lan Younian asked idly, after all, Feng Shaochu, the prince of the royal family, must have no chance now, Feng Yixuan has no interest in the throne at all, so only Feng Xiaqi is left for so long.
Feng Xiaqi shook his head and said, "It's not sure yet. The ministers of the court also asked father to make a crown prince, but father never revealed his intentions in this regard. Father's attitude makes me feel very strange!" He doesn't hide it in front of others. After all, even if he doesn't like that seat, he will sit in that seat. His father used to think so, but now except for the queen's faction, his father has not moved. Feng Xiaqi himself Feel very strange.
Feng Yixuan stroked Lan Younian's shiny black hair, and asked in a cold tone, "What's wrong with the palace recently!"
Feng Xiaqi thought for a while, it seemed that nothing major had happened in the palace recently, and everything seemed to be calm. But Yue Bailian thought for a while and then said, "Now Father has conferred a concubine named Tao Concubine. I heard everyone in the palace discuss privately. Father loves this new concubine very much!"
Yuebailian is now married to Feng Xiaqi, Feng Xiaqi is concerned about court affairs, but Yuebailian is concerned about these harem affairs, although there is no love between the two, the friendship has never been lacking, the two People also cooperated very well, Yue Bailian has already regarded this place as her home, and Feng Xiaqi also regards Yuebailian as a woman who will spend her whole life together.
When Yue Bailian said this, Feng Xiaqi also remembered, and then said with a frown, "This incident is indeed a bit unusual. The father has not drafted for so many years, let alone concubine. This incident is too unexpected!" Since the death of the first empress, Emperor Fengxuan has become more concerned about female sex, and those concubines are also those in the original palace. In addition, the father is getting old, and there are no more women in the palace.
"Have you found out who it is?" Feng Yixuan said with an ugly face. He originally had hatred towards Emperor Fengxuan, but now Emperor Fengxuan's behavior made Fengyixuan hate him even more. He will never forget it. Mother's death.
Speaking of this loss, Yue Bailian was also surprised, she thought for a while and said, "It's strange to say, we have never seen the appearance of that peach concubine, let alone, it seems that no one in the palace has seen that peach concubine, just listen Said that Concubine Tao was very beautiful!"
Lan Younian put down the pastry in his hand and said worriedly, "It seems that there is something wrong with Concubine Tao, we should go and see her!"
"I used to want to pay my respects to this concubine Tao, but unfortunately I didn't see that I was rejected!" Yue Bailian said, since she is now Feng Xiaqi's wife, she has noticed this matter and is ready to inquire about it. , but did not see that Tao Concubine was well protected.
After hearing this, Feng Yixuan's eyes flashed, he thought for a while and then said, "I heard that in a few days it will be the birthday of the old lady of the Lan Mansion?" The words were for Lan Younian, after all, everything about Lan Mansion is about Lan Younian Fengyixuan paid more attention to everything.
Lan Younian nodded, and then said with a smile, "I understand!" The four of them were on guard against the Concubine Tao who didn't show up in the hall. A woman who can escape their prying eyes and still be favored by the emperor is sure. It's not a simple woman, so I don't know why this woman came here.
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Today is the birthday banquet of the old lady of the General Lan's Mansion. The Lan Mansion usually keeps a low profile, and everyone doesn't understand why this birthday banquet is held with such great fanfare. I heard that even the emperor was invited by General Lan. Who is going to invite the emperor
In fact, General Lan didn’t want to either. Originally, he had prepared the old lady’s birthday banquet to have a meal for himself. How could he want to invite the emperor, but he couldn’t resist his precious daughter and asked him to invite him. General Lan heard that Lan You Wanting to do this, he went to the palace to invite the emperor without any rejection, and the emperor Fengxuan also agreed.
And the strangest thing is the old lady, because she has been trapped in this backyard since Lan Younian was angered last time, and she is too scared to make any more mistakes every day, and her son no longer comes to see her. , although eating and drinking did not short me, but now the owner of the Lanfu backyard is the princess, but the princess doesn't respect her at all. The old lady thought that she would continue like this for the rest of her life, but she didn't expect her A birthday banquet can be held so grandly.
Lan Jianjun's usual good friends in the court have all arrived at the Lan Mansion, and almost all the younger generation's princes and ladies have also arrived, but at the table next to the birthday banquet, some of the more noble people in this upper circle are sitting men and women.
"Oh, this old lady really thinks of herself as someone, look at her proud face!" Sitting there, Hua Muqing said contemptuously, because she heard her husband Lan Moxian talk about the old lady's attitude towards things. Mu Qing didn't like it intuitively, and after she married into the Lan Mansion, everyone treated her very well, which made her feel like family, but this old lady once wanted to make things difficult for herself, if it wasn't for Sister Nian'er, she would still She was really scolded. Since then, Hua Muqing never went to the old lady to pay her respects.
"Is this old lady more stable recently?" Lan Younian asked.
"Well, there is nothing wrong with it, but judging by the old lady's appearance today, I am afraid that she will be unstable in the future!" Hua Muqing said, but she was not afraid at all.
"Do you think the emperor will bring that peach concubine today?" Yu Liuli asked curiously. After all, this was a birthday banquet for a minister's family, and a concubine would probably not attend.
Feng Xiaqi drank a cup of tea and replied, "He will definitely bring that woman!" Because he and A Xuan intentionally made some noise in the palace to harm that Concubine Tao, Father must know, today Father The emperor will definitely not rest assured of that woman when he leaves the palace, so the best way is to take her with him.
After a while, a sharp voice rang out, "The emperor is here!" Everyone saluted, and Lan Younian looked at Concubine Tao who was standing beside the emperor.
Concubine Tao wears a pair of brocade forged short breasts with Sixiruyi cloud patterns on her upper body, and a pure pleated skirt sprinkled with flowers on her lower body. A pair of half-winged butterfly hairpins inlaid with gold jewels are inserted in her hair bun, her pair of red phoenix eyes are smiling, and her skin is as creamy. Fair-skinned, smiling before saying a word, and the shrewd calculations in the eyebrows and eyes, one can see that he is a person with a deep city, but these are not what attracts Lan Younian's attention, but this woman Lan Younian has obviously never seen it before, but he finds it inexplicable. familiar with.
"Pingshen!" Emperor Fengxuan said to the crowd.
At this time, Lan Younian, who was standing beside Feng Yixuan, frowned, because the hand she was holding by Feng Yixuan was tightly held by Feng Yixuan, which already made Lan Younian feel pain. Turning his head, he saw the overwhelming anger in Feng Yixuan's eyes, that anger was directed at Emperor Feng Xuan and that Concubine Tao.
Lan Younian looked at Feng Xiaqi in a blink of an eye, and sure enough, Feng Xiaqi's face was also very ugly, his gentle smile that hung on his face all the time was replaced by a livid face, and Yue Bailian beside him was also very ugly. He looked at Feng Xiaqi worriedly.
"Xuan?" Lan Younian said softly, and Feng Yixuan's angry expression immediately calmed down. Seeing that the little hand in his hand had already started to touch Fan Zi, his heart ached. It was held like this.
Feng Yixuan immediately gently rubbed Lan Younian's already Fan Zi's little hand, his tone was full of annoyance, "Does it hurt? I..."
"It's okay!" Lan Younian interrupted Feng Yixuan's words of apology. She could also see that Feng Yixuan was in a really bad mood at this moment. Nian has never seen such an angry Fengyixuan.
"Father, don't you know who this young lady is?" Yue Bailian asked deliberately as she looked at Feng Xiaqi's face, and also deliberately asked Feng Xiaqi to restrain her expression. There was a flaw in front of the woman.
When Feng Xiaqi asked Yue Bailian, he returned to his original gentle appearance. He glanced at Feng Yixuan, and there was a cruel anger in the eyes of both of them, but they were already elusive. So apart from Lan Younian and Yue Bailian, everyone didn't notice any difference between them.
Emperor Fengxuan looked at the woman beside him with warmth in his eyes, "This is my beloved concubine Taofei!"
As soon as the words came out, everyone saluted, "Join the Peach Concubine!" Everyone also understood that the Peach Concubine might have a different status in the emperor's heart. After all, the emperor hadn't favored any concubine for many years, and this woman looked very much like a person. , Just by virtue of this appearance, he can be favored by the emperor.
Concubine Tao smiled enchantingly, and then she held Emperor Fengxuan's arm and said softly, "It seems that this is the eldest lady of the Lan Mansion, she is really peerless, and I am afraid that there is no other woman in the world who can compare with her." !"
Although Concubine Tao’s words were good, it aroused the jealousy of many women at the birthday banquet. After all, no one likes a woman who is more beautiful than herself, and she is still a woman with status, appearance and background. The identity is there, I don't know how many women will come to make trouble.
"Thank you, my lady, Miao Zan, my little girl is also very beautiful, just like..." Lan Younian seemed to be unable to find any good adjectives, his tone was full of praise and sincerity, but at this time Feng Yixuan answered the question "It's exactly the same as the girl in Fireworks Willow Lane!"
As soon as Feng Yixuan said this, everyone fell silent, no one thought that Pluto would directly compare the emperor's concubine to a prostitute, and said it so bluntly, everyone lowered their heads and dared not speak, Fear that something that shouldn't happen will happen.
"Ah Xuan, Brother Huang thought you were usually not good at words, but this metaphor is really apt!" Feng Xiaqi also said with a smile, looking at Concubine Tao with murderous intent in his eyes, which made many people want to curry favor Concubine Tao's officials and others immediately understood the disagreement between Concubine Tao and the two princes.
"You guys," Concubine Tao looked at Feng Xiaqi and Feng Yixuan with tears in her eyes, and then shed tears at the emperor, "I know that it is not appropriate for me to be a concubine, but I just want to serve His Majesty. No matter how bad the concubine is, the two princes shouldn't insult the concubine like this!"
Emperor Fengxuan hugged Concubine Tao distressedly, and looked at his two sons with slight dissatisfaction. Feng Yixuan didn't feel anything about the emperor's eyes, no matter whether the emperor was dissatisfied with him or hated him. I don't care, but Feng Xiaqi is different, Feng Xiaqi still has expectations for this father, so the eyes of the emperor Feng Xuan made Feng Xiaqi's eyes hurt, and when he closed his eyes slightly and opened them again, he recovered. But the last trace of father-son love in his heart was cut off by Emperor Fengxuan himself.
"Hey, the fourth child and the sixth child are usually outspoken, don't mind my concubine!" Emperor Fengxuan patted Concubine Tao's hand and said lovingly, then said to Feng Xiaqi and Feng Yixuan, "You too It’s not too young, the fourth child already has a concubine, and the sixth child has also engaged in a marriage, there are some words that you should not say!"
Feng Yixuan remained silent, after all, brother Huang was good at things like verbal fights, not that he couldn't, but he felt uncomfortable with the emperor and didn't want to argue, in Feng Yixuan's eyes, he had long ago There is no father and emperor, all he has is the deceased mother and concubine.
"Father misunderstood my son, and my son was just telling the truth!" Feng Xiaqi held Yue Bailian's hand and stood there in a romantic way, "It's just that a little concubine can go out of the palace with father." , in public, you are still gossip about the emperor of a country, this is not a brothel girl, what is this?"
When everyone heard this, they looked at Concubine Tao, and they saw Concubine Tao hugging the emperor's arm stickily. This kind of behavior is fine in an ordinary official's house, but it shouldn't be the case for an emperor of a country. The concubine should lead by example, maybe it is okay in the harem, but now this is in the minister's mansion, and doing this in front of civil and military officials, isn't it really the way of a brothel woman
Concubine Tao also knew that her behavior made many ministers dissatisfied, so she quickly put down her hand and knelt down while clasping the emperor's arm, "Is it the concubine? The emperor of Fengguo is a concubine who has overstepped, and I ask the emperor to punish him!"
Concubine Tao's words have a certain degree of advance and retreat, and she put herself in the perspective of a woman. Lan Younian's mouth curled up. In this way, Concubine Tao is really not a good stubble. Looking at the emperor's more pitiful eyes, she knew that this peach The concubine's words worked.
At this time, the Hou Ye Jing Leng of the Beijing Mansion stood up and looked at Concubine Tao and said, "A little concubine can also say that the emperor is the husband? The empress should be the one who can say that, I don't know this Concubine Tao Do you want to be queen?"
Many people were puzzled by Jing Leng's words, because most of the time, Jing Leng would never speak nonsense about this kind of thing, but Lan Younian glanced at Concubine Tao's face, and then thought about the sudden anger of several people. After thinking about it, she felt even more distressed about Fengyixuan standing beside her.
Lan Younian's little hand moved slightly in Feng Yixuan's big palm, and he looked at Feng Yixuan, the distress and worry in his eyes were clearly visible. Get better.
"I'm fine!" Feng Yixuan smiled reassuringly. He was seldom angry when he saw Concubine Tao at first, but it was only for a moment. Now that he has Nian Nian, he is already very happy .
"Jinghou Lord!" Emperor Fengxuan let out a low voice, very dissatisfied with Jingleng's accusation, coupled with the aggrieved and dependent eyes of Concubine Tao who was kneeling there, made Emperor Fengxuan feel even more distressed towards Concubine Tao up. It's not that he doesn't know why everyone has such great hostility towards Concubine Tao, but thinking that Concubine Tao is only a twenty-year-old woman, she has to bear all this without knowing anything, this is too unfair to Concubine Tao.
"What's wrong with Father?" Feng Xiaqi stood up with the same smile on his face, "What uncle said is not bad at all, since he is Father's concubine, Father should also be taught by Mammy. Fengguo, if we are in front of envoys from other countries, we will lose face of Fengguo!"
Emperor Fengxuan looked at his son and knew that his son might feel very uncomfortable. After thinking about it, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said to General Lan who was standing there without saying a word, "Grandpa Lu, I will give it to the Lan Mansion. The old lady's gift is put down, and I will go back if there is still business in the palace!"
After finishing speaking, he walked outside the Lan Mansion amidst everyone's respect, but before leaving, he said to Fengyixuan, "Lao Liu, come to the palace tonight!"
As soon as the emperor left, everyone relaxed a lot, and the atmosphere just now disappeared, and the princes and others returned to their normal appearance. Some older ministers understood what was going on, but some young ministers Still confused.
The old lady looked at Lan Younian and the others angrily. From the old lady's point of view, it was a great honor for her birthday banquet to come to the emperor and concubine, but she was disturbed by the prince and others who had made friends with her granddaughter. It's over, now the owner of the birthday banquet is forgotten, the old lady thought of her mouth that hurts every day, and gritted her teeth with hatred for Lan You, if she was not afraid, she would have tried to find a way He killed this granddaughter, she is a broom star!
At this time, the atmosphere at Lan Younian's table became a little quiet, and everyone didn't know what to say, and the birthday banquet ended inexplicably like this...