Regarding the birthday of his loving mother, the Empress Dowager, next year, Gu Zhen had discussed with Yun Fenghuang alone before setting off, whether to decide to hold a big event to ease the relationship between the two parties... at least to ease the existing relationship between the two parties, such as letting Yuan Ke should stop troubling Mr. Gu whenever he has nothing to do.
When it was brought up at that time, as expected by Yun Fenghuang, the empress dowager, the loving mother, declined symbolically and said no: "The Ai family is so old, and Ru Mingren is not in the palace, but where can I find it?" It’s so troublesome for the queen and concubine to worry so much?”
When the empress expressed that it was not a troublesome matter, the concubines all wanted to express their filial piety for the emperor. The emperor agreed with her request, and the empress dowager stopped insisting and complied with public opinion.
After all, the empress dowager, who had been defeated in Fuyang County and then the imperial palace, spent half her life before finally returning to the imperial capital, but could not return to the palace until tomorrow, does she really need a grand birthday banquet? Show that your position is still strong.
Gu Zhen was organizing the birthday banquet, but at the same time he was worried that Yun Fenghuang would be busy with his legs.
Simply speaking, Yun Fenghuang paid great attention to cultivating the young children in his confinement, and also dealt with the jealous King Zhaoqing of Qin. Many matters were left to Concubine De and others, as if he had no other ideas.
"The imperial concubine specifically asked Yidong about the foreign ministers' return to Beijing for the banquet in the past two days." The attendant reported to the queen again, "Everything else is as usual."
Gu Zhen frowned and said, "Why did she ask that?"
"Have you forgotten?" the waiter reminded, "After the Imperial Concubine rose up in the palace, she helped a lot of Xie clan members. However, those people were mixed, and they once caused trouble for the Imperial Concubine. Later, the Imperial Concubine was cruel and sent them to He was sent away. It turned out that he could have avoided the disaster of Huizhou City because of this. Counting the time, some people there had not made any achievements, but their qualifications were enough to mention. The maidservant thought, could the imperial concubine make an appointment? That was the idea.”
"Her brother has been observing mourning since the Ming Dynasty. Counting the month of confinement, there will be a long time before the mourning ceremony." Gu Zhen said, "Did you miss him at that time?"
There was some doubt, "Which ministers did she specifically ask?"
The waiter said: "The Lord asked some ministers who live in remote and wealthy places. I didn't pay much attention to the ones in the middle."
Of course, rich places are not fertile, but remote places may not have good conditions, but they will be outstanding if they perform well.
Gu Zhen thought for a while and said, "It does seem like she wants to benefit her brother, but she is too impatient."
The waiter smiled apologetically and said, "Isn't that a person who comes from a humble background and has never been able to keep his composure?"
"It's better if we don't take it lightly." Gu Zhen said, not feeling reassured, "Keep a closer eye."
But Yun Fenghuang followed and there was no movement.
Even when Chunjia learned of her actions, she took the initiative to ask if she wanted to find a job for her brother, implying that she could provide some care and favoritism, but Yun Fenghuang refused: "Although I am more willful, the country How dare you interrupt without authorization when such a big thing is going on? The reason why you do that is because you are not being aggressive."
She gave Chunjia a red look, "Bidong was so good at being a matchmaker at the beginning, but after what happened, he was afraid that he would forget about the newlyweds? As I said earlier, Deng Chengzhai also wanted to be sent out to hone his skills for the past two years? Concubine? He thought to himself, considering his relationship with Bidong, if he wanted to go to a wealthy land, if he wanted to go to such a remote place, there would be no way to go in between? Is my niece who loves me the most fierce? , she is young and doesn’t understand, why don’t I help her and keep an eye on her?”
It turned out that he cared about his niece. The emperor thought this reason was very reasonable.
After all, Yun Fenghuang had just settled Xie Kuo's matter. Wouldn't it be logical to think of Xie Meng at that time
Yu Che laughed dumbly and promised not to treat Deng Chengzhai and Xie Meng badly, and the matter was over.
The first month of the lunar month of the Empress Dowager's birthday soon came. After Chunjia and the empress tried their best to invite Dong, the Empress Dowager went to live in the palace's old residence one month in advance to avoid being too busy the next month.
Taking advantage of the great victory, Guochao was in a good mood in the east and became more and more interested in participating in the birthday celebrations.
The entire palace was decorated with lights and colorful decorations.
The queen did not want to please her, so she specially arranged for the Royal Beast Garden to tame some docile beasts, dressed in red and colorful, and keep them free-range in the palace to increase the happiness.
In addition, the royal family's workshop specially made a batch of dishes and tableware, and the dishes were carefully designed and embedded with various auspicious meanings.
The songs and dances are very well rehearsed by Jiaofangsi, and the thoughtfulness can be seen everywhere.
All in all, the birthday banquet satisfied the monarch and his ministers from the very beginning.
So much so that Chunjia, who had always had little hope for the queen, made a special toast to the queen after drinking for three times and said, "The queen and the noble concubine have worked hard this time."
Although he was angry that the imperial concubine had little involvement in the affair, and that she had gained a false title, but was credited by the emperor with the same credit as herself, Gu Zhen couldn't help but smile, feeling that he had done nothing for his work.
When old people in the community celebrate their birthdays, wealthy people will have to perform a three-day and three-night opera. The royal palace banquet is held in the palace. Even if the palace rules are not as formal as those in the palace, it is impossible to keep the ministers in the palace for three days. Three nights of wanton fun.
However, in order to express the importance of the birthday of the loving mother, the Queen Mother, a compromise was adopted in the past, and a banquet was held in the palace for three consecutive months, with people getting up early and leaving late to congratulate the loving mother, the Queen Mother.
In the first month, everything went well, including the empress dowager's loving mother. The empress was full of praise, saying that after the wise king turned out to be a virtuous man, Chunjia's harem was all virtuous and virtuous.
The next month, Gu Zhen discussed privately with Yun Fenghuang: "Is it okay for me to talk to the empress dowager tomorrow?"
Yun Fenghuang knew what she was talking about. It was about the old grudge that Yuan Ke had gone to Gu's Summer Resort two months ago, so he advised the queen to slow down: "There will be a day tomorrow. If The Empress Dowager is not willing to reconcile. Is it not embarrassing for me to explain? Besides, it is a palace banquet. You can go and talk about that, and the Empress Dowager will not think that you are threatening her. If not, she will not forgive you and will not help you. I tried to persuade Yuan Ke not to give her a full banquet tomorrow, wouldn't that be unfair?"
Gu Zhen was reminded by her and felt that he was too impatient. He couldn't help sighing: "What do you mean by this palace? I felt that the empress dowager was very interested in her last month, so she thought she could strike while the iron was hot."
"My Majesty, why don't you ask Mingyue to ask the Sixth Prince to stay with the Empress Dowager specifically?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and then gave her some advice, "I see that after the Empress Dowager came into the palace the month before last, all the emperors and heirs are very kind. Cruel, but after all, I looked at the sixth prince a few more times. The empress dowager, who has personally raised some confinement children, must have different feelings. In addition, the sixth prince suffered from smallpox, and the empress dowager felt distressed. .”
Gu Zhen said: "Oh, I am afraid that the empress dowager, a loving mother, will feel even more distressed when she sees the traces of Xiaoliu's face..."
All in all, it is not that difficult to not be doted on by your husband and unpopular with your mother-in-law.
Because they have no feelings, those two people will not put themselves in her shoes and will find ways to find fault with her.
It's no wonder that Gu Zhen was originally a very cheerful person, but Ru Ming became more and more cautious.
Yun Fenghuang was in a calm mood. He gave a few words of advice and ignored it.
Perhaps because the queen had something on her mind, something went wrong towards the end of that day, and the sixth prince and the tenth prince got into a fight over a toy.
Gu Zhen was very upset.
Because she was not present at the time, but the Empress Dowager was present. Although the Empress scolded the Sixth Prince and gave the toy to the Tenth Prince, the Empress was not clear about it. She did not say how much affection the Empress Dowager had for the Sixth Prince, but she was sure I don’t like the tenth prince.
However, she favored the tenth prince. This decision was probably due to an elder's belief that being an older brother should give way to his younger brother, and it was probably because she would hold a grudge against the tenth prince from then on.
Sure enough, in the morning, the waiter cautiously reported to the queen: "Some people in the palace just heard that the empress dowager, the loving mother, made a speech with the emperor, saying that the tenth prince has the demeanor to disobey his brothers at a young age. If he is worthy of being a legitimate prince, he will have the right to do so. momentum."
That would be as close as saying that the tenth prince was overbearing and could not tolerate brothers.
Gu Zhen sighed in his heart, steeled himself, and called the tenth prince to persuade him: "As a younger brother, I should respect my brothers. If I like Mingyue's toy, mother can get it for me later." It’s new. But why bother arguing with my sixth brother? It’s very embarrassing for my royal grandmother to see it.”
The tenth prince was young and was very good at reading faces. After hearing what he said, he said plausibly: "That toy is not my son's to begin with. Brother Six wants to borrow it to play with, but my son doesn't want to give it to him. Why should he take it secretly? Besides, , the imperial grandmother also disapproves of my sons!"
The queen looked at his confident and determined expression and felt helpless. My royal grandmother approves of me
She must have hated me so much at that time!
"But if I give birth to a prince, I should set an example for my brothers." Gu Zhen was very tired these two days, but he didn't dare to let it go.
After all, could the future prince make a mistake
Could it be that the tenth prince has been raised with a pampered temperament in the past two years? How can he hear this
After the queen tried to persuade him a little more, he asked back with tears in his eyes: "Does the queen mother not like Erchen anymore, but likes Sixth Brother? Otherwise, why would she say that about Erchen?"
Gu Zhen pinched his forehead and felt that he really couldn't explain to the child. He was helpless for a long time. He had let him go to rest before, so he said to his neighbor: "That child really can't be so pampered anymore... Zhai Mule returned. The birthday banquet is over, I must discipline him well!"
At that time, he did not help the tenth prince to shut up, because he also knew that the position of the crown prince coming from the east, even with the emperor's personal promise, the existence of the imperial concubine and others would inevitably go through some troubles.
That is not a time when the tenth prince is free to act as he pleases.
But an attentive waiter suggested again: "Mother, I think it's a bit good. Do you think that the sixth prince from the east of the palace, Zirou, comes to our palace for a short period of time, but he never takes the initiative to take advantage of others." Not to mention the intentions of the Tenth Prince Dongfang Cai, otherwise the Sixth Prince Dongfang clearly doesn’t want to lend it to the Sixth Prince Dongfang to play with, so with the Sixth Prince’s usual temperament, would the Sixth Prince Dongfang take it without authorization?”
If the sixth prince had not gone to get the toys, there would certainly not have been a conflict between the brothers.
Gu Zhen couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring, so much so that his whole body trembled with anger: "I have worked so hard, she said it well, and she said she was grateful for me... It turns out that in the secret, I made the wrong mistake. , she took advantage of even such a small child!!!"
"My queen, please calm down. The empress dowager has always been such a kind person." The waiters sighed and said, "Let's not argue with her. Anyway, Bidong saw it in his eyes. Does Bidong really think that you were really disrespectful that time?" Easy."