The concubine rushed forward!

Chapter 19 New Years
The queen's almost miscarriage ended with the execution of the steward of the imperial dining room and a bunch of palace people below.The emperor went to Fengyi Palace in person and didn't know what he said to the empress, but the empress also compromised, and the palace staff in the imperial dining room were replaced by the empress' "own people".

The end of the year is approaching, and both the front and the harem are busy.Xie Xiao hadn't entered the harem for nearly half a month, and when he was very busy, the concubines in the harem rarely came to him.But precious concubine went to Taichen Palace once, but she just came back after dinner.Yuan Chongrong followed suit and went to Taichen Palace to invite several times, but was rejected by the emperor.

As for the harem, the empress calmed down to give birth, and Yun Zhaorong couldn't do it alone.At this time, the Queen Mother appeared and temporarily supervised the affairs of the harem because of the approaching New Year's Eve.It was logical for Yuan Chongrong to participate, and part of the palace power was taken away.

Gu Panfu doesn't care about these things, she hasn't reached that position yet, and she can't get involved if she wants to participate.She is counting the days and preparing for the new year, this is her first year in the palace, she must prepare well, live happily, and win a good fortune for herself.

The annual holiday of Dazhou is very long, from New Year's Day to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.It's not that the emperor doesn't care about anything. During this period, important memorials will be dealt with first, and occasionally ministers will be called into the palace to discuss matters. It's just that there is no need to go to the early court these days, and the number of memorials has also decreased. For the emperor, it can be regarded as relaxing .

Royal festivals are no different from folk festivals, probably more cumbersome. The emperor must first accept the worship of the officials, and then go to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors.At noon, attend the state banquet and have fun with all the officials, and receive New Year's greetings and gifts from affiliated countries.In the evening, it is natural to participate in the family banquet. The harem concubines and royal family members will all participate.And this is Gu Panfu's main battlefield. There are not many concubines in the harem now, and there are still many opportunities for Gu Panfu to go up. She wants to occupy a place in Xie Xiao's heart as soon as possible.This time she set a small goal for herself, which is to be the first person to serve the bed during the annual vacation.

On New Year's Day, Gu Panfu was dragged up early in the morning, put on her royal court clothes, and went to Fengyi Palace to pay her respects to the queen.

The queen, who had not been seen for more than a month, finally reappeared in front of everyone. The queen's complexion was flushed, and her abdomen was slightly swollen after four months of pregnancy. She was dressed in a queen's court dress and a nine-phoenix crown. Her luxurious and majestic image was somewhat different from her previous image.

That day the eldest princess entered the palace because she heard that the queen almost had a miscarriage, but she happened to encounter rumors.The eldest princess has always been worried about the fact that the queen has no legitimate son. She has found many secret folk recipes but dare not give them to the queen.Some time ago, the eldest princess went to a duke's mansion as a guest, and heard some gossip during the dinner, saying that the granddaughter-in-law of the servant of the Ministry of Rites had not had children for many years, and she got a secret recipe from a Taoist priest, and she did not expect to be pregnant soon. A man in one fell swoop.The eldest princess's heart moved slightly when she heard this, and she sent someone to secretly investigate and find out the Taoist priest and obtained the secret recipe.Originally, she wanted to send her to the palace as soon as possible, but news came out that the queen was pregnant. The eldest princess was just happy, and said that the queen almost had a miscarriage, so she hurried into the palace to give the queen a prescription for miscarriage.

The queen was also skeptical at the beginning, and the eldest princess said that the child and the anti-birth prescription had been tried by others, and she could not be completely relieved. At that time, she saw that the blood was not serious, and she hadn't eaten the porridge for a long time. Crab powder is not a medicine. According to Li Taiyi, it will be fine after one month of cultivation.However, she had severe reactions during the early pregnancy, which made her restless for a moment, and even vomited after taking medicine.Seeing that the child was about to be lost, the anti-abortion prescription was used as a dead horse. After one drink, the queen's pregnancy reaction improved a lot. After the third drink, the pregnancy reaction basically disappeared, and the child was saved.If it's not just a month of cultivation, it won't be so fast.

Today, on New Year's Day, all the concubines need to bow three times and bow nine times to the queen, and then the queen will accept the worship of the wives.As for the noble concubines and above, they can go back to the palace and wait to see their family members.Gu Panfu didn't have the qualifications yet, but she didn't really want to see her. Anyang Marquis gave her a New Year's gift at the end of the month, 1 taels of banknote plus a letter.The letter was written by the old lady herself, implying that she could meet in private when she entered the palace, but she refused.Gu Panfu knew well what the old lady was going to say, it was nothing more than her father's official position, the title of the family and her belly.Gu Panfu sneered in her heart, she just stood firm, and the family is so impatient?
Gu Panfu returned to Xiaoyu Xiaozhu, Mama Ma took the lead and knelt in front of her: "Welcome master, servant girl, slave, I wish you a better performance in the New Year."

Gu Panfu smiled, she liked to hear these words: "Okay, each of you will go to Hanrui to receive an extra five taels of silver, which can be regarded as a reward for your loyalty in the past six months, and you will have a good year."

Surprise was revealed on everyone's faces, Gu Panfu had already given a reward of ten taels of silver in the morning, which was too much compared to other palaces.Everyone was very happy, happily hanging lanterns and pasting Spring Festival couplets.

Gu Panfu personally wrote a few blessing characters and pasted them on the window. Hanlu cut out a lot of beautiful window grilles with great skill, which made Gu Panfu's hands itchy. A simple style.

An hour before the palace banquet, Gu Panfu got ready, a pleated skirt embroidered with iris flowers in purple and silver thread, the skirt lining was made of soft thin cotton, and the exposed hem of the skirt swayed as she walked. The ripples are more swaying and lively.The tube top of the light purple top is shaped like an iris flower, and she wears a purple cloak with a champagne cape.To match this outfit, Gu Panfu also wore new jewelry.The hair is combed in a bun, and the hairpin is a purple gemstone iris hanging from the tail. It took Gu Panfu a lot of effort to find this purple gemstone.A string of pearls is wrapped around the hair bun, and a few butterflies made of silver thread are pinched behind.She put on makeup herself, and her whole body was noble and gorgeous, as if she was shining.

The New Year's Day event, God is beautiful, the weather is clear and there is no snow.At the gate of the palace, Gu Panfu met Yan Yunu.Yan Yunu was also well-dressed, her pair of autumn water eyes were so pitiful, it was pitiful just looking at them.Gu Panfu thought about the fact that she was punished by Yuan Chongrong to kneel. She hadn't heard any follow-up, probably because Yan Yunu knew that the emperor would not care about it, so she had to swallow it.

Gu Panfu walked into the hall, and Hanrui helped her take off her cloak and tidy up her skirt.Everyone in the hall slowly looked at her. In fact, her makeup is not the most flamboyant, but there are very few people who have different colors all over their body, but they can distinguish the primary from the secondary, and won't overwhelm the dominant.

Gu Panfu's seat was next to Yu Ronghua's, and they shared a seat.No matter what they do, they will be arranged together. Yu Qianyue wore a royal blue palace dress today to cover up her lack of fair skin.But Gu Panfu sat next to her and completely compared her, Yu Ronghua gritted his teeth a bit: "Gu Ronghua is really well-dressed."

"My sister is ridiculous." Gu Panfu smiled at her, and lazily picked up the tea cup and took a sip.If you want to accomplish your goals, you must not be afraid of offending others. Those who are timid will not be able to accomplish anything.

The old lady of Anyang Marquis Mansion sat at the back of the banquet, watching Gu Panfu from a distance with a graceful manner and a decent manner, not inferior to other concubines.She frowned, this granddaughter looked completely different from when she was at home before, she was not a thing in the pond.Thoughts flashed in the old lady's eyes, if this granddaughter is not easy to control, then the Houfu will have to train another one.

When the banquet was about to begin, the emperor, queen mother and empress also arrived together.However, there were not only the three of them. Behind the emperor was a man and a woman, who were dressed in foreign costumes. Their appearance was similar to that of the people of Dazhou, and their facial features were more three-dimensional.Their seats were arranged behind the prince of the royal family. This year, the emperor's third brother, King Qin, was celebrating the New Year in Shangjing. This prince looked to be in his 30s, with a bookish look. He was in charge of compiling books and was known as an idler.Xie Xiao, dressed in a golden gown, supported the queen mother on the seat, and took the queen's hand to sit down.

Everyone in the hall stood up: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, a thousand years, the empress dowager, a thousand years, a thousand years, the empress dowager."

"Pingshen, during the New Year's Eve, I will have fun with my clan members, there is no need to be formal."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xie Xiao swept across the people in the hall, and when he passed Gu Panfu, he paused slightly.The concubine's clothes today are indeed a bit special, a smile flashed across his eyes: "Let's have a banquet."

At the beginning of the banquet, Jiaofangsi presented a newly choreographed dance. The dancers showed their slender waists and waved their sleeves.During the banquet, the royal family members were busy toasting to the high-ranking people, and it was the concubines' turn to congratulate, and everyone's congratulatory speeches were free of money.Precious concubine, Yuan Chongrong had to reward a dish.

It was Gu Panfu's turn, holding the jade cup in her hand, her face was full of smiles, and her eyes were full of affection. It seemed that so many people only saw Xie Xiao: "I wish the emperor a safe and smooth new year, and I wish the country and the people of the great week peace."

These two sentences are very simple, but they are more sincere than those gorgeous rhetoric.Gu Panfu drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, drank a little too quickly, a slight blush appeared on both sides of her cheeks.

"Okay." Xie Xiao didn't say anything else, but he drank all the wine in the glass, not like he only touched his lips just now, which is a great way to save face.

Everyone saw it in their eyes, and they had their own calculations in their hearts.The precious concubine looked at the dishes in front of her eyes and instantly felt that the dishes were nothing more than that.

Just as Gu Panfu sat down, she suddenly noticed a malicious gaze staring at her closely.She raised her eyes and looked around, but the sight suddenly disappeared again.

Halfway through the banquet, a round of singing and dancing has passed.The woman from a foreign race suddenly stood up and walked to the center of the hall, looking at the emperor affectionately: "Zhao Jia of Nanyu Kingdom is willing to perform dances for the Emperor of Great Zhou."

Nanyu Country is located in the south of Dazhou, with a hot climate and rich jade.At first, Gu Panfu thought that this country was probably the Yunnan area in her previous life, but she later looked at the map and found that the distribution of this world is different, and there are many different places.

Zhao Jia changed her clothes and went on stage. The bold tube top and straight skirt made her feel different.Nan Yuguo's dance has a sense of rhythm, elegance and enthusiasm.Zhao Jia's eyes kept casting glances at Xie Xiao, Xie Xiao pretended not to see, maintaining a faint smile on his face.

In fact, Nanyu Country is not a subsidiary country of Dazhou. Although Nanyu Country is small, it is an important regional hub, so domestic jade is easy to sell, and the country is very rich.The main purpose of their visit this time is to give away a concubine princess, and then buy some war horses. It would be great if they can also sign a treaty that Da Zhou is willing to send troops to assist Nanyu Kingdom when needed.This requires Nanyu Country to pay a great price, but Nanyu Country is not short of money.

Everyone present could see Princess Zhao Jia's desire to enter the palace. Even though Xie Xiao might not like her a little bit, he had to sell his looks in order to fill the treasury.

　Regarding festivals, I will only write about those that have a plot and need to be written.There are also the birthdays of the protagonists and supporting actors.

　　
　
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