When Mrs. Wan returned to the banquet, the banquet was almost over.
Everyone was getting up one after another and going out. The moon appreciation banquet was held in the former imperial garden, and it was very convenient to go directly from the Haiyan Palace through the Forbidden Building.
Although there was still some faint pain in the lower abdomen, Mrs. Wan did not choose to ask for leave in advance to go back to rest. She is still waiting to see Shen Yuqing die from poison, how can she leave easily
"Sister Wan, you don't seem to be looking well?" Xi Jieyu, who walked slowly, asked with concern.
Mrs. Wan glanced at the youngest daughter of the Yu family lightly, hiding the hatred in her eyes. The emperor was busy with state affairs, and he still had time to have fun with Xi Jieyu and the others, which made Mrs. Wan, who had never been favored, very jealous.
For so many years, except that she was lucky and conceived the eldest princess for the first time, she has never been cared about by the emperor. When she was in the East Palace, the emperor didn't pay much attention to her, and when the concubine entered the palace, she didn't even have a sense of existence.
Other women had been favored at any rate, but she could only see the emperor once or twice through her daughter.
In order to see the emperor more times, she cruelly made her daughter get a little sick every once in a while. However, even with so many opportunities to meet each other, the emperor still doesn't like her, and he is not lucky for her. Every time it appears that she only cares about her daughter, but she is just a woman who can't even take care of her daughter.
Later, the emperor was very dissatisfied, and directly said that if she couldn't take care of Qingxi well, he would let others take care of her. She was terrified, afraid that the emperor would really change Qingxi's mother and concubine, so she didn't dare to play tricks behind her back.
Perhaps it was because the previous incidents had exhausted the emperor's patience that he sent Qingxi away just because of a single reprimand.
Madam Wan hated her so much that she stared fiercely at Shen Yuqing's back while everyone was not paying attention.
Xi Jieyu kindly greeted her, but she ignored her. She simply stopped leaning forward to put her hot face on her cold ass. Anyway, she only took the initiative to talk to her sisters to show her friendship.
She slowed down and gradually distanced herself from Mrs. Wan.
"Sister is really kind." The elder sister of the Yu family, Concubine Mei, said in a low voice with a sneer.
Xi Jieyu glanced at the elder sister who came to her side to make sarcastic remarks, and smiled slightly, looking innocent: "Sister, did you see your mother just now? Why didn't I see it? I saw my father and grandmother."
Concubine Mei gave a smug smile and gritted her teeth secretly.
In the back house of Prime Minister Yu's family, although there is no dispute between wives and concubines, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is really bad. When the Yu family's twin sisters were born, the old lady hated this daughter-in-law who could only give birth to money-losing goods. But in order to scare off her daughter-in-law, she decided to take one of her granddaughters to her side to raise.
After Madam Yu woke up and heard the news, she was so angry that she vomited blood. One of the two daughters she gave birth to desperately was taken away by someone. After that, I could only see one or two sides every month. At other times, the old lady would not let her see her daughter on the grounds that "the little girl is not in good health".
Over time, Madam Yu's affection for the youngest daughter naturally became less deep, and she poured all her mother's love on the eldest daughter as compensation for the youngest daughter.
The youngest daughter was indeed not favored by the old lady at first, but she would not abuse her own granddaughter. Later, Xi Jieyu pretended to be obedient and made the old lady happy every day, and gradually became the most beloved grandchild of the old lady.
The daughter kisses her mother-in-law, but not herself. Later, Mrs. Yu simply didn't want to see this daughter who was raised by others since she was a child. This also caused the sisters of the Yu family to become two factions, one sided with the old lady's camp, and the other sided with Madam Yu's camp.
Three years ago, Xi Jieyu was ill and couldn't be elected, it was because of Concubine Mei and Mrs. Yu's handwriting. However, Madam Yu did not enter the palace to attend the palace banquet today, but the old lady came. Obviously, in the recent fights at home, the old lady was slightly better.
Therefore, when Concubine Mei heard her sister mentioning this matter, her complexion instantly darkened.
When watching the moon, the seats are not so clearly defined. As a gift to the concubine, the concubine can sit with the wives of her natal family, but men and women still have different seats, but there is no longer a screen between them.
There is a lake in the former imperial garden, everyone sits around the lake, and there is no need to be too taboo about the lake between men and women.
The sisters of the Yu family came to Mrs. Yu's side stiffly. The old lady gave Concubine Mei a thoughtful look, pulled Xi Jieyu to speak with a smile, and didn't pay much attention to Concubine Mei.
It's just a small concubine, although she is the master of the palace, but the old lady has the emperor's super-grade order of grace, even the fourth concubine has no reason to talk to her, so she is naturally not afraid of the concubine.
"How is Lady Jieyu always doing well in the palace?" The old lady asked a few more words about her granddaughter's recent situation, and then nodded with satisfaction.
The emperor dotes on the younger granddaughter even more, but the eldest granddaughter has not been summoned by the emperor until now because she hurt her face. It is clear at a glance who is strong and who is weak, but her little Linglong is more powerful.
Xi Jieyu's nickname is Linglong, which was given by the old lady herself. Now when chatting with the old man, she doesn't pick on Joe, but calls herself Linglong, which seems very close.
The grandparents and grandchildren chatted and talked about the fact that Prime Minister You didn't have a son yet.
"Mother is really too, how can I stop my father from taking a concubine." Xi Jieyu said in a low voice, "If you don't have a concubine, a concubine is fine too."
A girl's family shouldn't talk about these topics, but Xi Jieyu is already married, and she is still a noble lady Jieyu, so it is not too much to care about her father's heirs.
Concubine Mei's forehead twitched when she heard this.
This woman actually persuaded the old lady to take a concubine for her father!
Madam Yu hurt her body by giving birth to twins, and now her children are struggling, and she has never had another child. Only she and Concubine Mei know about this matter, but others can probably guess a little bit. Coupled with Mrs. Yu's powerful methods, the women in the right minister's backyard have been having nothing to do, and they can't conceive even if they are pregnant. The old lady has been dissatisfied for a long time. The granddaughters have reached the age of having children, but there are no grandchildren. Is this plausible
In the past, because of her concubine-concubine relationship, she couldn't say much because she was afraid that she would give the emperor some pillow talk. Now that she has the favored lady Jieyu backing her, she insisted on asking her son to have more good-looking aunts. It doesn't matter who gave birth, as long as she gives birth to a son, she can let that woman sit in the position of wife.
When the time comes, bring her grandson to her side to raise her, let him get closer to her elder sister Xi Jieyu, and her grandson and granddaughter will support each other, and she will be able to enjoy her old age comfortably.
The grandparents and grandson sang together and quickly finalized the matter. The old lady had kept a few loyal and good-looking maids by her side long ago, just waiting for an opportunity to give them to her son. .
Madam Yu didn't come, and she didn't know who to discuss countermeasures with.
Concubine Mei clenched her fists, and said in a low voice to the maid beside her, "You find someone to give mother a message, so that she can think of a countermeasure earlier." Those women must not be allowed to enter father's backyard.
Even if you want to have a bastard, it must be the mother's life. When the time comes, I will bring her to my mother to raise and become her help.
Shen Yuqing didn't care about the undercurrent of the Yu family sisters. She sat in the Shen family's crowd with great interest, admiring the appearance of Mrs. Wan who was lonely in the distance and insisted on not leaving the table.
Mrs. Wan was born as a court lady, so having an older brother in the House of Internal Affairs is already very impressive, but she really doesn't have any more relatives. When the flood happened that year, the family couldn't make it through, so they sold her. As a result, after she made her way out, she only found her only living brother. It's a pity that my elder brother was imprisoned by Shen Yuqing, and now his family is confiscated and exiled, and his wife, concubine and children are also exiled to a desolate place.
Without her natal family, Madam Wan could only sit alone. But she was also like this in previous years. After all, her natal family's status is not high, and the seat is at the very end of the very inconspicuous end, so she doesn't want to sit there.
Looking at Shen Yuqing again, the Shen family is a powerful family with a very high position. This family not only has a left minister, but also many other high-ranking officials, apart from the local officials outside Beijing, there is also Shen Yujun, the servant of the household department, who is the eldest brother of Concubine Shen, and is known as the Jade Faced Lord. Not only handsome, but also very capable, he is the right-hand man of Hubu Shangshu.
There are too many promising children in the Shen family, and they know the etiquette and discipline, never bully the people, and have a very good reputation. The women of the Shen family followed their husbands' example, and when they went out, they were all praiseworthy wives and loving mothers.
Surrounding the imperial concubine and empress right now, her attitude is not flattering at all, she just talks warmly and decently to the empress. Although the empress doesn't speak much, but they can keep the atmosphere lively by saying something to each other.
Shen Yuqing quietly listened to them talking about the anecdotes in Beijing, but she also found it interesting.
Sitting next to Mrs. Shen is Shen Yuqing's sister-in-law, Qin Shi, who is the lady of the Household Secretary's family. The deputy manager of Qin promoted by Shen Yuqing before is also a domestic slave brought by this sister-in-law's wife as a dowry. However, he was very shameless in front of the Qin family, so he was revoked his slave status early and sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to work.
She is a very talkative person. When talking with people with a smile, even those who don't like to talk can't help but say a word or two to her. But she saw that Shen Yuqing didn't intend to speak, so she didn't come up to him to make trouble, and just focused on talking to other wives.
On the contrary, she was holding a little Douding in her arms. It was Shen Liyi, the eldest son of the eldest brother of the Shen family. The last time she followed Mrs. Shen into the palace and met Shen Yuqing, the name was given by Shen Yuqing.
"Yi'er, come to Auntie." Shen Yuqing waved to the little guy.
He and Qingxi were not much different in age, and the two of them happened to be able to play together. Shen Liyi had a gentle and well-behaved personality, and he was still so young, so he would definitely not bully Qingxi.
—Shen Guifei, who didn't know that her daughter was about to become the boss of a gangster, thought so.
In Shen Cimu's eyes, her daughter is just playing with a group of friends every day. It never occurred to her that her daughter was not actually playing with friends, but taking her younger brother out to inspect the territory...
Shen Liyi walked over obediently, he is not walking very steadily now, he is only two years old, three years younger than Qingxi. It was the first time Qingxi saw someone younger than herself, and she immediately became interested.
Like a big sister, she took Shen Liyi's little hand and sat down in front of the small desk, and brought him food in a decent manner.
"Yi'er, eat this." She said old-fashioned.
Shen Liyi, who is thick-headed and thick-headed, took it in a daze: "Oh."
Then I wanted to stuff it in my mouth.
Qingxi stopped him dissatisfied: "You have to say thank you sister."
Such a small child is no longer a younger brother. But she can be the younger brother, and she will be the big sister in the future, taking care of the younger brother.
"Thank you sister." Shen Liyi said obediently.
Qingxi was satisfied: "Hurry up and eat, my sister will get it for you after eating."
The two children had a great time playing together, and the adults chatted very satisfactorily.
After a while, the moon cakes and drinks were all served, and His Majesty the Emperor finally began to announce the topic. Writing poems and articles is usually an activity on the men's side, while a group of maids on the women's side came over with lanterns with paper strips hanging below them. There were twenty pairs in total. After a while, one by one came forward to read the riddles on the note, and everyone thought about the answers together, and the queen selected someone to answer, and a prize was awarded for the correct answer.
But generally it depends on who comes up with the answer first, and whoever is chosen. Everyone has a delicate little bell in his hand, just ring it when he thinks of the answer.
Concubine Shen does not participate in such small activities, there are many good things in her palace. The imperial concubine who just got five billion has a big appetite now, and she doesn't like small rewards.
Besides, the reward was not given by the queen, so what is there to ask for.
If you have this time, why not eat two mooncakes with your daughter.
Shen Guifei turned her head and saw that her daughter was whispering with her nephew. The little nephew was not very good at talking, and he could only answer a word or two after Qingxi chattered a lot. But he is still very happy, especially like this beautiful sister.
"This is called mooncake." Qingxi suddenly became a teacher, and started to introduce things to her younger brother, "The big round one in the sky is the moon."
"Yueniang." Shen Liyi nodded seriously.
"Moon!" Qingxi taught him patiently.
Shen Liyi's eyes lit up: "Cake!"
Then he started drooling at the moon.
Qingxi was a little bored, it was the moon, not mooncakes, so they couldn't be eaten.
Why is my brother so stupid.
Shen Yuqing almost laughed, reached out and hugged Shen Liyi, wiped his saliva, picked up a cut moon cake and stuffed it into his hand: "The cake is here, eat it."
Sure enough, Shen Liyi happily hugged a small piece of mooncake and began to eat it.
Qingxi looked at her younger brother's cute appearance, and sighed. Forget it, my sister doesn't think my brother is stupid. She just needs to take care of this stupid brother more in the future. Anyway, she has many younger brothers, so she will definitely not let him be bullied.
The game of guessing charades was very popular. Although Concubine Shen did not participate, the other women were all very interested. Soon someone guessed the first answer, but they didn't know what reward they got. The rewards were sent directly to their respective mansions, so I had to go back to see them.
The anagrams are of medium difficulty, and you can basically think of the answer after a little more thought. After a while, ten lamps had already gone. There were only ten opportunities left, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
The previous lantern riddles were guessed by the ladies of the official family, but now the concubines have all left. The others were inevitably mixed up and became cannon fodder, and they gave up guessing riddles one after another. Just now it was time for them to show off, now it's time for concubines to compete for favor.
The second room of the Shen family had Shen Yuxun, a daughter-in-law who was waiting to be married, and she shook her head slightly when she saw this.
Her father was an official outside Beijing, so she grew up outside Beijing. Because at the age of marriage, her parents wanted her to marry a good family, so they sent her back to Huaijing this year.
Mrs. Shen planned to ask the imperial concubine to help her palm the eyes, so today she simply gave up the position next to the imperial concubine to Shen Yuxun.
As soon as the second young lady of the Shen family shook her head, Shen Yuqing found out, and she deliberately teased a few words: "What's wrong with the second sister?"
Shen Yuxun replied with a slight smile: "It's just that I suddenly sighed, it's not easy for the ladies in the palace."
She looked at this cousin carefully, she was definitely not an ordinary person who could make a living in the palace. I have some admiration in my heart, but I am more determined to find an honest man to marry.
Perhaps her mother was getting a little overwhelmed because she saw too many flowers and brocades outside. Before she came to the capital, she still urged her to find a way to enter the palace. I'm afraid she was a little jealous when she heard that her cousin Shen Yuqing was favored in the palace.
But my mother didn't even think about it. Can ordinary people survive in the palace if they eat people and don't spit out their bones? Splashing the sky and wealth is enviable, but there is also life to enjoy!
Shen Yuxun didn't feel that she had that ability at all, it's better to find a man with a good style who will love his wife. Fortunately, her father was more reliable, so she was asked to go to her uncle's house as soon as possible. It was much safer to have her uncle's help in overseeing the marriage than letting her own mother come.
Shen Yuqing was noncommittal, and glanced at the bell in her hand. This girl's mind was quick, she guessed two of the ten crossword riddles, and she made a big splash today. Before, Shen Yuqing thought that this cousin had some special thoughts, but she didn't. She probably just wanted to take advantage of the presence of all the wives to make a good impression and find a wealthy son-in-law later.
"Mother..." Shen Yuxun suddenly reached out, pulled Concubine Shen's sleeve, and quietly pointed in one direction, "I always feel that someone over there is staring at us..."
Shen Yuqing looked along and saw a forest, some near where the women were sitting. Her eyesight is better than Shen Yuxun's. Even if she hides under the shadow of a tree, she can roughly see some byes. She seems to be a young man.
Xu Shi left the banquet halfway for convenience, and when he came back and passed by here, he heard the movement of guessing lantern riddles here, so he stopped to take a look.
Shen Yuqing smiled playfully, fearing that she might have seen her cousin show off. At this moment, he stared at Shen Yuxun in a daze, not knowing when he would come back to his senses.
It's a pity that Shen Yuqing didn't know which one it belonged to, otherwise she could have asked people to inquire about it.
"It's okay, it's just that a passing young master was attracted by your demeanor." Shen Yuqing said with a light smile.
The second girl's face flushed immediately, what she said...
After all, she is a young girl who has not been out of the cabinet, no matter how smart she is, she has a thin skin. Shen Yuqing stopped teasing her, and looked up at the concubine's situation, only to see Concubine Mei's complacent expression and a lantern being delivered to her.
If the word riddle is guessed, the corresponding lantern will be given to the person who guessed it. Shen Yuxun had two beside her, and she wasn't proud of them, so the imperial concubine didn't quite understand why Concubine Mei could be proud of just getting one.
Or their Shen family is smart.
Concubine Shen touched her chin and thought to herself.
The wives and ladies around congratulated her, and even the other concubines congratulated her with stiff smiles, but Mrs. Wan next to her didn't speak. She opened her mouth to say something, but felt a tingling pain in her throat, and couldn't help frowning.
Concubine Mei was just at the time when she was proud, she felt a little unhappy when she saw this. Even if Mrs. Wan doesn't want her to guess the answer, she doesn't have to give her face on the spot, right? Frowning for whom
There was a sneer at the corner of her mouth, and she didn't intend to let it go.
If it was in the past, she would not dare to do anything to Mrs. Wan. But now that Mrs. Wan has blatantly offended the emperor, it's time for everyone to add insult to injury. So she was no longer afraid, and directly aimed at the other party: "Sister Wan, what's wrong? Why are you frowning?"
When everyone heard the words and looked over, they saw Mrs. Wan's complexion was not good.
They didn't know what was going on in their hearts, but they saw that everyone asked Madam Wan in one voice if she was unwell and if she needed to call the imperial doctor.
Madam Wan was a little anxious, and wanted to say something, but she couldn't make a sound when she opened her mouth, so she could only shake her head. Regardless of the reason why she couldn't speak, she subconsciously felt that it was best not to seek medical attention.
Her behavior made everyone feel a little wrong.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do for a while.
The queen was not far away, seeing that there seemed to be something going on here, she asked Han Qiu to come over and ask.
"This..." Xi Jieyu hesitated, "Sister Wan seems to be feeling a little uncomfortable, but she refuses to call the imperial doctor..."
Concubine Mei was a little excited in her heart, she always felt that there was something behind this, if it was uncovered, it would definitely cause a lot of turmoil.
There are too many concubines with higher status than her, it's time to get rid of one or two. This opportunity is once in a lifetime, and she doesn't want to miss it.
So taking advantage of Mrs. Wan's silence, she hurriedly made the matter serious: "Sister Wan's complexion is ugly, she must be unwell, Miss Hanqiu should go and report to the Empress Empress, let someone invite the imperial physician."
Han Qiu glanced at Mrs. Wan, pondered for a while, then quietly looked at Concubine Shen who was sitting in the Shen family next door from the corner of her eye.
The imperial concubine nodded slightly, she immediately ordered, waved and called a eunuch to find the imperial doctor, left a few words of consolation, turned around and reported to the empress.
Mrs. Wan tried to speak many times but couldn't speak, and she ignored the ominous premonition in her heart, and stopped stopping everyone from looking for the imperial physician.
She felt that she must have been poisoned by some bitch. If it was delayed for a long time, it would be terrible if it couldn't be cured!
But she couldn't figure it out, who poisoned her? Obviously everything she ate was made in the small kitchen of her own palace, and there was no chance of poisoning anyone.
Unless, it's like she poisoned Shen Yuqing...
Thinking of this, Mrs. Wan's hands and feet were cold.
That's right, why hasn't Shen Yuqing got poisoned yet? !
She looked up at Shen Yuqing in shock, and when she saw her malicious smile, all her strength was sucked out. The ominous premonition in my heart became more and more intense, and I faintly had a terrible guess.
—Her poison did not poison Shen Yuqing to death, but poisoned herself!
The author has something to say: I want to give the Qingxi group a strengthened harem [poof] In that case, Shen Liyi must be the empress of the palace 2333
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