Empress, she doesn't want to fight

Chapter 22 Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet

In a blink of an eye, it was August [-]th, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was held in the Baoxiang Hall built near the water. It is planted with chrysanthemums and built near the water, which is very suitable for Mid-Autumn Festival banquets.

But Baoxiang Palace is really far away from Yufu Garden, so Jiang Man can only start from Yufu Garden early. Fortunately, with the experience of Jiang Guifei's birthday banquet last time, Jiang Man filled her stomach before coming here. Otherwise, she would be hungry before the dinner party started.

Not only concubines and concubines, but also some ministers and their family members will participate in the Mid-Autumn Banquet. It stands to reason that Jiang Man is pregnant with the emperor's heir. In order to show his favor, Jiang Man's father should be on the banquet list. Jiang Wenyao's family, but Jiang Man scanned around the store, but did not see her father and stepmother.

Although it seemed to everyone that the emperor didn't pay much attention to Jiang Man and the children in Jiang Man's womb, Jiang Man was quite satisfied with this arrangement.

If it weren't for her elder sister who was smart and different from ordinary people since she was a child, it would be hard to say whether she and her elder sister would have lived so long. Now that she doesn't take revenge on the Jiang family, it is already worthy of the Jiang family for giving birth to them. Depressed to death.

Jiang Man shifted her eyes from the ministers and family members to the concubine's side, and she met Lu Meiren who was so alive. Jiang Man nodded to Lu Meiren, and then looked away, but Lu Meiren stared at Jiang Man's high bulge He looked at his stomach for a while, then silently looked away, lowered his head and took a sip from the wine glass in his hand.

Chu Baolin happened to see it, rolled his eyes, and said, "Hey, what's wrong with Lu Meiren, why are you drinking alone here on a good day?"

Jiang Man didn't know what was wrong with Lu Meiren and Chu Baolin, but when Chu Baolin taunted Lu Meiren in the imperial garden last time, Jiang Man didn't find it strange that she said this now.

But what Jiang Man didn't expect was that Feng Zhaoyi, who was sitting at the top, would answer Chu Baolin's words, "Chu Baolin's question is a bit stupid. Lu Meiren just lost her child not long ago. Now looking at Song Yuyi, Ji Zhaorong and Jiang Cairen have three big bellies, and thinking about her unborn child, can she not be sad? Doesn't she need to drink to drown her sorrows?"

Among the three people involved in the topic, Song Yuyi sat there smiling, Ji Zhaorong was talking to Su Chongyuan beside him, Jiang Man lowered his head and stared at the dried fruits on the table, as if he wanted to see the flowers from above, and the three of them regarded it as It's like I didn't hear Feng Zhaoyi mentioning herself.

Some people just couldn't see them staying out of the way, and they didn't want to offend Song Yuyi and Ji Zhaorong, so they found Jiang Man.

"When Sister Feng said this, I suddenly remembered that Sister Lu and Sister Jiang were pregnant at the front and rear, right? And Sister Lu was diagnosed to be pregnant because of Sister Jiang. Who would have thought that it would be like this now? Sister Jiang should be pregnant again. Will it be due in two months?" Yu Jieyu said, looking at Jiang Man.

Jiang Man didn't respond to what Yu Jieyu said earlier, but said indifferently: "Sister Yu has a good memory, and my sister's delivery date is indeed in October."

Yu Jieyu was also thinking that her mention of Meiren Lu's birthday banquet would arouse Jiang Man's dissatisfaction with Meiren Lu. After all, Jiang Man was fined by Lu Meiren to kneel down at the time, and was banned by the emperor for three months afterwards. , but who knew Jiang Man would react like this.

Sure enough, there are not many simple ones in this harem, Yu Jieyu rubbed the handkerchief in her hand and smiled without speaking.

But I don't know if Lu Meiren offended too many people when she was favored, Yu Jieyu stopped talking, but the others were unwilling to let go of this opportunity.

Everyone was talking about caring about Meiren Lu, but every word was stabbing into Meiren Lu's heart. Jiang Man noticed that Meiren Lu's hand holding the wine glass had already turned white with force, but Meiren Lu insisted. Shengsheng didn't reply a word.

It wasn't until the eunuch sang loudly: "The emperor is here!" Everyone looked away.

There was nothing to talk about at the banquet, it was nothing more than toasting and enjoying singing and dancing. It is worth mentioning that the emperor rewarded several ministers who were able to handle affairs well. In addition to the usual holiday rewards, several concubines in the harem also received rewards from the emperor.

There must be Concubine Jiang, Concubine Wei De, and Concubine Gao Xian. Among the nine concubines, there must be Feng Zhaoyi who gave birth to a princess. There are also pregnant Song Yuyi and Ji Zhaorong. The rest are concubines who have been favored recently, such as Yu Jieyu, Hu Meiren, Jiang Cairen, and Chu Baolin.

In fact, it is not a very good thing, just a few pots of more expensive chrysanthemums, but because they are rewarded by the emperor, they are very different. They are not ordinary chrysanthemums, they are a symbol of the emperor's favor.

Although the chrysanthemums were rewarded at the palace banquet, they couldn't be allowed to move back by themselves. Someone sent the chrysanthemums one by one according to the list of rewards from the emperor.

After the banquet was over, when Jiang Man returned to Yufuyuan, the rewarded chrysanthemums had already been placed in Yufuyuan.

Jiang Man's two pots of chrysanthemums are called Lvyun and the other is called West Lake Liuyue. Jiang Man's knowledge of flowers is limited to whether they are beautiful or not.

The two pots of chrysanthemums in front of me were all cultivated by Shanglin Garden. Among other things, they are very beautiful, and I like the color of these two pots of chrysanthemums. I like the color of ginger and vines. a green cloud.The willow moon in West Lake is light yellow in color, bright and pure, like a bright moon facing the water.

After reading it, Jiang Man asked someone to place the flowers in the yard.

Lianqiu was puzzled and said, "These two pots of chrysanthemums are blooming just right, why don't the master put them in the house?"

"Chrysanthemums are supposed to bloom in the frost. If I put them in the house, wouldn't I lose their quality?" Jiang Man said, "What's more, although this flower was bestowed by the emperor, I don't know how many people have sent it here. Hands, if someone moves something, we will be in trouble if we can't find it for a while, so let them stay in the yard."

Hearing what Jiang Man said, Lianqiu looked at the two potted flowers in front of her and suddenly became defensive, "In this case, master, you should stay away from these two potted flowers."

Jiang Man nodded, and when she turned back to the house, she warned, "Anyway, the emperor rewarded these flowers, and it's always bad to die. Even if they are left outside, you should take good care of them."

"Master, don't worry, the villain will take good care of these two potted flowers." Xiao Guozi said.

Of the two young eunuchs in Yufuyuan, Xiaodouzi is more clever and is mainly responsible for communicating with the outside world and helping Jiang Man find out some outside news. Xiaoguozi is more dull and honest, and is responsible for some chores in Yufuyuan.

Handing the flowers to Xiaoguozi, Jiang Man went back to the house to take a bath and change clothes while letting Lianqiu help twist her hair while holding a bowl of chicken soup and drinking it slowly.

(End of this chapter)