Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 406 Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet
The King of Yue couldn't have an heir. It was too late to cover it up, so the Princess of Yue just tore her apart in public?
This, this, this is really incomprehensible to the people in the capital.

As expected, he came from a small place. He could say such things in front of the public without fear of upsetting the king of Yue. Everyone looked at Lin Zhaoxia with unclear meaning.

Lin Zhaoxia was really not afraid of Zhao Guangyuan's anger. She has nothing to hide about this kind of thing. It’s as if everyone doesn’t know if it’s covered up. And speaking openly is also good for them. Fewer external obstacles would make it easier for Zhao Guangyuan to act.

"So, what do you want?" Lin Zhaoxia looked at the pale Sun Miaoren, "Marry a good son-in-law properly, be a good wife, give him several sons and daughters, and play with your grandchildren when you are old. It’s reliable, isn’t it?”

"Yes, yes, what Princess Yue said is that the little female demon is stunned. I will take her away now." Mrs. Sun used all her strength this time, grabbed Sun Miaoren, and pulled her through the wall. Almost gone.

The onlookers looked at Princess Yue like this with different emotions.

Some people think she is straightforward and outspoken, some think she is outspoken and can't speak, and some think she has just become a princess and is just a concubine.

But her identity was there, and when they saw that she was leaving, everyone still said hello, "Princess Yue, how about we go together?"

Lin Zhaoxia smiled and thanked her, "I want to go to Fengzao Palace to pay my respects to the Queen. Everyone, please go first."

"Okay, then we'll see you at Xingqing Palace."

Lin Zhaoxia nodded with a smile and left with Xiao Guangji.

Soon, the dispute between her and Sun Miaoren spread.

In the Yangxin Hall, all the princes had paid their respects to the emperor and were sitting together talking. King Zhao joked: "Seventh brother, you are a well-married princess. She can help you avoid a lot of trouble."

King Wei glanced at him, his words were full of praise but secretly sarcastic, as if no one could tell. "Seventh brother is recuperating now. Wouldn't it be less troublesome in the house?"

"I didn't say it was bad. Didn't I say it was very good?"

Huh, as if no one knows what you mean. King Wei snorted.

Zhao Guangyuan glanced at the two brothers. King Zhao sat next to King Qin and King Chu, and was close to them in private. King Wei sat next to the prince, and usually publicly sided with the prince. In the Yangxin Hall, a group of brothers sit on both sides, clearly distinguishable from each other.

The remaining brothers, fourteen or fifteen, have not yet been married. They never talk much and only listen and watch. King Jing and Queen Mother Liang do not show much status in their family, and they only sit at the end and talk to the horses and horses attached to them.

Seeing Zhao Guangyuan's serious face, King Lu patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, fearing that he would feel uncomfortable. He only had two sons, and wanted to pass on to his seventh brother, but was reluctant to do so. He was thinking about whether he should work harder with the princess after he went back?
The prince felt that Lin Zhaoxia was openly putting the face of the King of Yue on the ground by what he said, and he looked down upon him, "Seventh brother, why don't you ask your mother to have an aunt as a nun for your brother and sister?"

"No need," Zhao Guangyuan said calmly, "It's good for the princess to be like this."

"But..." The prince still felt that it was inappropriate for Princess Yue to speak like this in front of the public. It was disrespectful of his own man's face and uncivilized.

The King of Chu smiled and said, "Prince, it's better not to worry about the King of Yue. After all, the King of Yue chose the Princess of Yue himself. How can others be so picky?"

The King of Chu felt that it was not important that Lao Qi, a princess who married well and lacked etiquette and lack of decency, was a perfect match for someone like Lao Qi who could not germinate. Could it be that aristocratic families like the Sun family and the Zhan family and the Bai family were given to him to help him?
Thinking of the princess and concubine in his house, I instantly felt that everything was better.

King Qin on the side probably had the same idea, with a smile on his lips. The Zhizheng Emperor who was seated glanced at the hall and remained silent.

Fengzao Palace must have received the news early. When Lin Zhaoxia arrived, the queen, empresses and concubines in the palace all looked at her meaningfully. After she finished her salute, her eyes did not move away.

Seeing her holding hands with His Highness Sixteenth, who looked very affectionate to her, I thought to myself, is she raising His Highness Sixteenth as a child?

Concubine Hui's eyes flashed, and she called His Highness Sixteenth Prince over, "Did you have fun at your Seventh Emperor's brother's house?"

Xiao Guangji leaned against her and nodded with a smile, "I'm happy. Brother and sister-in-law took me shopping outside, ate in restaurants, and bought me a lot of things!"

"Well, no wonder I can't bear to go back to the palace." Concubine Hui looked disgusted.

The queen glanced at Concubine Hui and asked Guangji with a smile: "Have you been to your Qihuang brother's restaurant? Tell everyone about the moving table."

Xiao Guangji immediately became excited, talking about the moving table in Qihuangxiong's restaurant, gesticulating, and talking non-stop...

"Not only the big table on the first floor moves, but also the table in the private room upstairs. But the table on the first floor moves by itself, and the table in the private room needs someone to push it."

He gestured with his little hand, "It's such a big glass round table. Just poke it with your finger and the glass table will rotate. The dishes you want to eat can be placed in front of you without anyone having to serve them!"

Many ladies and ladies here have posts in their hands, but most of them have never been to Huixian Tower. After hearing Xiao Guangji's gesture, they became more and more yearning for it.

The queen and others naturally heard about this strange thing, "I heard that many people want to take it apart to see why the table moves by itself, and also want to buy one for their home." She glanced in the direction of Concubine De.

The King of Chu wanted one, but the King of Yue refused on the spot, saying that whoever wanted it would have to help him pay off the foreign debt of 300,000 taels of silver. The queen smiled as she thought about how King Chu was rejected by King Yue.

Concubine De frowned. She didn't dare to attack the queen on her territory, but the King of Yue...

Looking at Lin Zhaoxia, "The King of Yue is really ingenious. I heard that the emperor is very curious about it. He said that he wants to put one in the royal study. After discussing the affairs, he can have a meal with the ministers, so that the emperor and his ministers can have fun together."

Lin Zhaoxia's heart sank. Did Concubine De think she was tender-faced and planned to attack her?

The Queen also frowned. She wanted to give the Emperor a table, but the King of Yue would not give it to him. He wanted Concubine De to be a good person? If Princess Yue didn't agree, it would be an advantage for Concubine De, allowing her to settle down with the emperor.

The queen felt resentful. On second thought, if Princess Yue refused on the spot... that would be a slap in the face.

Then he looked at it with a smile, hoping that Princess Yue would be a little angry.

Sure enough, as if he heard her voice, Lin Zhaoxia said: "I don't care about external affairs. It is all decided by our prince. Concubine De must know that our prince has just returned to Beijing not long ago, and the people in the mansion are very poor. As we all know, there are many banquets in autumn and winter, whether they are palace banquets or banquets outside, no one is empty-handed when socializing, and I hope that the restaurant outside will make some money. "

When the queen heard her rejection, she felt happy and said, "Princess Yue has come to the palace to ask for a reward. Quickly, find the pair of blood jade bracelets I just got and give them to Princess Yue, so that she won't be called poor."

The confidant palace maid responded with a smile and went inside to look for him.

Concubine Liu looked at Concubine De's defeat and felt happy in her heart, "The King of Yue has such a profitable industry, so don't keep an eye on him. Since the queen has sent a gift, I can't leave it behind." She also asked the palace people to prepare gifts. .

Concubine Liu bluntly said that Concubine De and her son were eyeing the property that King Yue paid for, and Concubine De felt secretly resentful after hearing this.

She also saw all the concubines agreeing with the queen and the noble concubines to give them rewards. She couldn't pretend that she couldn't see them, so she had to smile and joke a few words, and also ordered the palace people to prepare gifts.

Lin Zhaoxia didn't expect such a good thing. She went to the palace to attend a palace banquet and received so many rewards, so she was very happy. And with Concubine Liu's words, I'm afraid no one will be looking at the rotating sushi table in a short time. Otherwise, it would be digging up the property of the King of Yue.

I don’t know whether it’s Lin Zhaoxia’s straight-forward approach and straightforward manner that attracts people, or whether it’s the restaurant outside that’s more attractive, or it’s something else. A lot of noble ladies came to greet her at today’s palace banquet. , as if he wanted to make friends with him.

After leaving Fengzao Palace, Mrs. Jiang and Wen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took her to meet many female relatives of ministers. Princess Lu also introduced her to some female relatives of the royal family. "This is Princess Liang, and this is Princess Jing."

Lin Zhaoxia was busy greeting them.

King Jing is ranked ninth and King Liang is tenth. These two princes are not prominent among the princes. King Jing’s biological mother has disappeared since he was a child. Although King Liang’s biological mother is still alive, she is only a palace servant. She gave birth to King Liang Jin first. In terms of position, he was later granted the title of king along with his son, and was only promoted to the concubine position.

Although the princess married by King Jing and King Liang is the legitimate daughter of an important minister in the capital, she looks like the two princes and is very low-key.

Due to Lin Zhaoxia's personality, she didn't like high-profile people, but these two princesses suited her very well, and they soon started talking about it. "How many children do you have?"

Princess Jing and Princess Liang originally avoided the topic of heirs for fear that she would be displeased, but unexpectedly the newly promoted princess asked about it herself.

Princess Jing smiled and said, "Sister Cao and I are the same, we have a son and a daughter, but our prince is not the only one born to me."

Princess Liang Cao also nodded. She was not the only one in her family who called her mother-in-law. Then I thought, why did Princess Yue ask this? Did she really want to adopt someone from the prince's house?
Lin Zhaoxia had no such idea. She just asked casually, and the women gathered together, besides gossiping about clothes and jewelry, they just talked about the children of each family.

And she vaguely remembered that when she was writing down the relationship tree of people in the capital, these two princes had many heirs in their houses.

It seems that this Cao family and Jin family are generous and tolerant, so they should be able to get along with each other.

Seeing that she had no taboo in this regard, the three of them talked about their children with great enthusiasm. "Those in my family, when it comes to the tables being turned around in Uncle Yuewang's restaurant, they wish they could have their servants line up late at night."

"The same goes for the two skinny monkeys in my family. I heard that there are dozens or hundreds of unseen dishes in that restaurant. I wish my uncle would have someone open the door in the middle of the night so they could go." Princess Lu was also full of joy when talking about the two skinny monkeys at home. face smile.

Talking about the children at home and the newly opened restaurant, the women suddenly became closer to each other.

"What's so difficult about this? As long as a few nieces and nephews want to go, just let them know in advance and I'll ask their uncles and uncles to reserve seats for them."

"That's great." The princesses were very happy, "If the monkeys at home know about it, they will be extremely happy!"

Some female relatives who heard them talking about this topic also gathered around, and soon everyone started chatting lively...

Today is mid-autumn, the moon is bright and clear in the sky, the soft moonlight is scattered throughout the palace, and with the decoration of palace lanterns everywhere, the palace walls are as bright as day. Countless lanterns are hung inside and outside Xingqing Palace, with lantern riddles underneath.

The ladies gathered in small groups to guess lantern riddles.

"Won't you take a guess, Princess Yue?" A woman approached slowly.

Lin Zhaoxia raised her eyes and saw that the person coming was slender, outstanding in appearance, with luxurious headdresses shining brightly in the moonlight. Who is this?
"This is Concubine Su in the Crown Prince's womb." Princess Lu whispered to her.

Oh, Lin Zhaoxia understands, the one who broke off the engagement with Zhao Guangyuan ten years ago. Su Miaoyun, who had created opportunities for Jiang Wentao and Princess Deyang not long ago.

He smiled and said, "I'm not good at this."

"The King of Yue did not hesitate to resist the decree for the Princess of Yue. The Princess of Yue must have unknown talents. Whether she is in the capital or in other provinces, she must have been exposed to calligraphy and painting since she was a child. Why should the Princess of Yue belittle herself?"

"I disappoint Concubine Su. I have no talents since I was a child, and I haven't read many books."

People who have never read books would like to say that they are full of knowledge. Is this Princess Yue not afraid of being laughed at because of her status? "Today's lottery is prepared by the Queen herself. It's hard to find one or two outside."

"It's hard to find. No matter how poor the king of Yue is, he still needs my clothes and jewelry."

"That's not what you're saying. Today's lottery was prepared by the queen herself. It's all her wish."

"The queen's thoughts are of course important, but I think that not all those who are here to guess lantern riddles today are here for the lottery. We are all just joining in to have fun."

Lin Zhaoxia felt that Su Miaoyun was a bit puzzling, so he had to ask her to guess lantern riddles? You can’t guess, but you enjoy watching her make a fool of yourself? Or do you think she can't even read?

The movement here quickly attracted many people to look over.

Seeing this, Princess Lu hurriedly smiled and helped to solve the problem, "I also attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet every year, but I can only guess one or two lantern riddles correctly."

Princess Jing and Princess Liang also smiled and nodded, saying that those lantern riddles were very tricky, "My prince has been studying with his tutor since he was a child, and he can't even guess a few of them."

"Yes, yes, I was dazzled just now, and I didn't even guess a single thing. I'm afraid I won't be able to earn the fortune that the Queen has prepared. My adults often say that I'm a fool." A female member of the minister's family next to me agreed. Make a sound.

Seeing her openness and cheerfulness, Lin Zhaoxia looked at her.

"I've met Princess Yue, but Princess Yue probably doesn't recognize me. My husband's surname is Yan. He was transferred back to Beijing from the border last year. This is also my first time to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet in the palace."

"Mrs. Yan." Lin Zhaoxia greeted her with a smile.

Those who came to the palace banquet today were all ministers and their family members of fifth rank or above. This Mrs. Yan is from a military general's family. Her husband was transferred back to the capital camp from the border. She should be a leader of the army. But seeing as she is still young, her husband's status may not be high.

A family member of a military general who came to Beijing from other provinces did not show any stage fright among a group of ladies, or even among a group of royal family members. I don't know if it is because of her parents' background or because she is open-minded by nature.

Lin Zhaoxia had a good impression of her and started chatting with her.

Su Miaoyun felt angry when she saw that Lin Zhaoxia was not ashamed of not being good at calligraphy and painting, that he could not offend her and allowed her to move among a circle of ladies with ease.

Princess Qi heard the commotion and came over, "With our status, it's enough to take good care of our husband and children, take care of our husbands, and not cause trouble for our men. Playing, playing, playing, playing, playing, playing, playing, playing, playing, calligraphy, and painting are just for fun." "It doesn't matter whether you can guess the lantern riddle or not."

Those words made women like Madam Yan agree with her very much.

Many female relatives of military generals are not good at this. How can they be ridiculed after entering the palace? Can playing chess, calligraphy and painting be used as food? Now when I see someone helping to talk, I immediately gather around to join in the fun.

"Let's go, the palace banquet is about to start, let's go right now." Princess Qi said, and a bunch of people left in an instant.

Su Miaoyun looked at the few remaining people and stamped her feet bitterly.