What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 25 Laba Banquet

The old emperor thought for a long time and finally made a decision.

"The upper study room has been in disrepair for a long time. A few days ago, someone came to report that the earth dragon was also broken. The old eight and his hands were freezing when writing."

"After the new year, you choose a few people from the Ministry of Industry to come and repair it, and you will be given one year. It is best to renovate it inside and out."

Xie Chenyu's face froze, and he asked doubtfully that it would take a year just to build a study?
"Is one year not enough? Why don't you add another half year?" The old emperor took a sip of tea.

"enough, enough"

Xie Chenyu smiled again, and the smile reached his eyes.

"Thanks Father for His Grace"

The old emperor patted his son on the shoulder with satisfaction: "Do it well, I will give you other errands after this matter is done."

"A son must live up to his father's expectations"

Coming out of the imperial study room, the smile on Xie Chenyu's face froze instantly, and a thick layer of frost formed under his eyes.

He took a few steps forward with heavy footsteps, and then looked back at the imperial study room.

Liufu was silently beating and scolding the two young eunuchs, and after the beating, he laughed and invited three beautiful maids to serve him with tea.

With a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his lips, Xie Chenyu turned around and strode away without looking back.

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The winter is severe and cold, and the end of the year is approaching in a blink of an eye.

The palace was already busy a month earlier.

Laba banquet, New Year's Eve banquet, New Year's Eve banquet, New Year's tribute, blessing, and ancestor worship.

With all the things piled up, even the queen who has been proficient for many years feels powerless.

As a last resort, several young concubines were selected to help, among them was Concubine Meng.

At this time, there is no personal grievances or grievances. The queen only has one request, to manage this year with dignity.

It has entered the twelfth lunar month.

In the small side hall of Jiaofang Palace, there is a charcoal stove burning every day, and various stewards of the Shang Palace Bureau come in and out, and the masters of the stewards of each palace are even resident here.

For a while, Jiaofang Palace became the busiest place in the harem.

During the Laba Festival, the palace cooks porridge and gives a banquet.

The banquet is held in the Jiaotai Hall, and the guests are all royal family and nobles, who are ordered by internal and external orders.

Early this morning, Xie Chenyu brought Lin Ximeng into the palace.

The carriage swayed, Lin Ximeng huddled beside Xie Chenyu and muttered softly.

"I don't need to release the water on purpose this time, do I?"

Regarding the matter of the farm last time, the empress obviously did not allow the princes to have too much property under their hands.

Xie Chenyu hugged her rather round waist.

"No, this time we're just watching the show"

"By the way, is Second Prince Li Liangdi going?" Lin Ximeng was curious.

"I don't know, should I not go?"

"I think we should go. Doesn't it mean that Li Liangdi was rewarded by the queen like me? You took me there, how could the second prince not take Li Liangdi?"

Everyone sells well-behaved, obedient and unambitious characters, right?

Xie Chenyu hooked his lips: "Maybe"

The palace arrived soon, and the two went to the banquet hand in hand. There were not many people, and the other princes had just arrived one after another.

As soon as I found a seat and sat down, the second prince arrived.

Lin Ximeng's eyebrows twitched, sure enough, Li Liangdi didn't come.

"You are amazing, he didn't bring Li Liangdi with you"

Xie Chenyu tapped her on the head.

"Don't talk nonsense, so many snacks can't stop your mouth?"

Lin Ximeng picked a piece of walnut crisp and ate it with relish. The tea was also good, with a delicate fragrance and taste.

After eating a few pieces of snacks, the princes had almost arrived, only the third prince was missing.

"Huh? Why didn't Concubine Chen come? Your Highness, is the person who murdered the Eighth Prince really the Third Prince?"

Lin Ximeng leaned close to Xie Chenyu's ear and whispered.

"What do you think?"

Xie Chenyu took a piece of walnut cake and directly blocked Lin Ximeng's mouth.

After all the people arrived, the emperor and empress came hand in hand.

The empress is still so fat, she doesn't seem to have changed much, the old emperor just...

I can't tell what it feels like, but in the words of Chinese medicine, the Yintang is blackened, both Qi and blood are deficient, and even the eyeballs are swollen.

Please take your seat.

The emperor waved his hand: "Today is a family banquet, there is no need to be formal, you should eat and drink."

The queen also smiled and said a few auspicious words, saying that this year the palace practiced strict frugality and saved a lot of money compared to previous years.

He also said that all the concubines obeyed the rules, and the princes and princesses were all filial. It was the blessing of the emperor's dragon spirit and heavenly power that made the Dasheng Dynasty prosperous and prosperous, Haiyan and Heqing.

The queen's almost flattering praise made the emperor very happy.

It was rare to pat the queen's fat shoulder.

"This is also the queen's kindness and generosity, and her ability to manage the harem well."

The empress and empress exaggerate each other in the style of "deep love between husband and wife", and everyone has long been accustomed to it.

Everyone knows that the emperor has long since stopped entering Jiaofang Palace, and the most favored are young and beautiful concubines.

But who will say?
The banquet began, and the maids filed in and served Laba porridge just out of the pan.

The fragrant porridge exudes steaming heat and is served with two refreshing side dishes.

Lin Ximeng just smelled it and began to swallow.

The queen smiled and greeted everyone to drink porridge.

"It's nothing too expensive. It's common folk peanuts, sesame, walnuts, red beans, etc. There are jujubes and candied fruit in it, all of which are sweet."

"The queen mother practiced strict thrift, which is the demeanor of the mother, which makes the sons very ashamed"

The second prince, Xie Chenke, was the first to jump out and flatter him.

The queen turned her head and looked over, seeing that Li Liangdi was not there, she casually asked why she didn't come together.

Xie Chenke was stunned for a moment, then suddenly knelt down and covered his face and wept.

"Li Liang Di is raising a baby in the mansion, and the imperial doctor specifically told her not to get out of bed and walk around at will."

"what?"

The queen was puzzled and asked what was going on.

"The last time I entered the palace, I was three months pregnant, so the fetus should be stable and able to walk around."

"Is there any accident?"

The hall was suddenly quiet, only Xie Chenke was sobbing non-stop.

He spoke intermittently, looking very sad.

Everyone also heard a rough idea, saying that Li Liangdi accidentally fell when she was going out, she was popular on the spot, the fetus was almost saved, but she could no longer get out of bed easily.

I can only keep my baby in bed every day.

"That was really careless"

The queen said indifferently, and told Fang Rui to go back and find some anti-abortion herbs and send them over, but ignored it.

Everyone didn't mention it anymore.

Someone laughed and talked lively, and the atmosphere in the hall became lively again.

Because it was a small banquet, the queen only arranged for the maids in the music workshop to play music.

Although the music in the palace is not as fresh and pleasant as that outside the palace, it is also generous and decent, without losing the royal demeanor.

Originally, a good banquet went smoothly, but unexpectedly there was a woman playing pipa among the musicians playing.

She seems to be a newcomer, and she is not very familiar with the music. Her crescent eyebrows are slightly wrinkled, and her slender fingers are carefully plucking the strings, occasionally pausing slightly.

Suddenly there was a mistake in a note, and the old emperor immediately looked over here.

The musician also raised his eyes in panic.

At the moment when the four eyes met, the old emperor froze, and a strong passion rushed straight to the sky from the soles of his feet.

What a face.

It is too easy to say that the country is overwhelmed, and it can only be said that he has tasted all the beauties in the world in his life, and he has never been so moved by a woman.

(End of this chapter)