Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 502 Banquet (1)
However, through this confession, Emperor Xiande suddenly remembered that his confidant commander hadn't even married yet, which made him a little bit concerned, so it might be considered a good-looking woman for him to be his wife. Make compensation for another "self".

However, it was obvious that this Huixin was very cunning, and only talked about trivial matters, and did not mention any of the major matters that Emperor Xiande cared about the most, such as King Jin, various natural and man-made disasters, etc. In this way, He had to keep her for a while longer.

March [-]rd, the Shangsi Festival, is also the day when the imperial concubine entertains all the ladies.

On this day, all the officials' families with young women in their families were invited by the former empress to go to Xiyuan for a banquet on this day.

Empress Ning's original intention was to spread the net widely, and also wanted to gain a good reputation. Therefore, it was not only the female relatives of senior officials of the third rank and above, but the female relatives of the seventh rank and above of Beijing officials. As long as there were young women in the family, all could enter the palace. , except for those women who are already engaged.

This time, it is different from the previous drafts, it is to choose a concubine for the prince.Even if you don't get selected, it's okay, you can still go back and get married.

What's more, it's not just about choosing concubines for the prince, there are so many wives of officials and honorable families. If they behave well, they might be picked by those wives. Ladies, they are all trying their best to perform well and have a good home in the future.Especially the daughters of those small officials' families are more active.

It can be said that this is also a blind date in disguise.

Of course, there are also some women who just want to enter the palace to see the world. They have never been to the royal garden. How can they miss this opportunity?

On this day, all the people who wanted to enter the palace got up before dawn, washed and changed clothes, dressed up, and entered the palace in a carriage early in the morning.

Hong Shi, the second wife of Changwu Hou Mansion, Huo Lingyun, the eldest lady, and her biological daughter, 11-year-old Huo Lingzhi, were sitting in a carriage.

Because it was not a formal visit to the imperial concubine, but to participate in the palace banquet, so Hong did not wear heavy royal clothes, but dressed very solemnly, but it didn't look very conspicuous.

Today these young girls are the protagonists, no matter how much Huo Lingyun doesn't want to see the imperial concubine, they have to dress up beautifully, otherwise, even if they don't give the imperial concubine face, the Marquis of Changwu will lose face.What's more, Huo Lingyun already has the ambition to be a great star, so she won't shrink back just because the imperial concubine is present. In order to achieve her goal, even if she might be disliked by the imperial concubine, she can't care about it.

Therefore, Huo Lingyun still dressed up meticulously, looking beautiful, dignified, and generous, but not aggressive, a standard ladylike style, and she will be an impeccable mistress in the future.

Compared with Huo Lingyun, Huo Lingzhi is obviously much worse. Whether it is appearance, clothing, or temperament, they are all inferior to Huo Lingyun.However, Hong took her there just to let her see the world and find a good family by the way, but she never thought of stealing the limelight from Huo Lingyun.

Besides, with the imperial concubine around, it's not a good thing to be too showy.

Hong Shi and Huo Lingyun didn't have the slightest smile on their faces, they looked at each other silently, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.

Huo Lingyun was out of her mind, she was thinking about her own affairs.

As for the Hong family, until now, they are still uneasy.

There is no way, as long as she thinks that she is going to enter the palace to meet the imperial concubine, she will not be able to calm down.

In the past, she was not high enough, and it was not her turn to enter the palace to congratulate her, so far she has not entered the palace to meet Su Wan.And every time Mrs. Tai and Su Qingxue went to the palace to pay their respects, after they came back, their faces were very ugly, either they lost their temper and beat and scolded the servants to vent their anger, or they closed the door and pretended to be sick, not wanting to see people.

To Mrs. Tai and Su Qingxue, entering the palace does not represent glory, but a kind of torture.

The Hong family was so jealous at first, but now they are so happy.Fortunately, I am not qualified enough, so I don't have to go to the palace to worship the imperial concubine like them, otherwise, she might not be much better than them.

Unexpectedly, Feng Shui turns around, this time, it's her turn to endure this kind of torture.

Mrs. Hong regretted it very much. At the beginning, when Mrs. Su was favored by the Marquis and was named the first-rank imperial order, it was not that she did not curry favor with Mrs. Su. Unfortunately, Mrs. Su was forced to go to Zhuangzi later, she thought she would be the first-ranked Mr. Su. He couldn't stand up anymore, so he followed Mrs. Tai and the others, trampled her together, and made trouble.

Later, Xiao Su's Zhuangzi was attacked, and Hong even suggested to get rid of her to avoid future troubles.

These things Hong did were all done after Su Wan went to Zhuangzi. Ordinarily, she, Su Wan, didn't know about it, but who made Hong feel guilty?What's more, Xiao Su is now the imperial concubine, what can't be found?The words she said before may not fail to reach her ears.

Thinking of this, Hong Shi felt restless, wishing to slap herself a few times. If she had insisted on making friends with Su Wan back then, her current situation would be completely opposite to what she is now. Maybe even her husband, You can find a real vacancy, whether it is outside or in the capital, it is better than now.Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

Among the three, only Huo Lingzhi was so excited that he didn't even feel the heavy atmosphere between his mother and cousin.

At the beginning, when Su Wan left, she was only seven years old. Although she was already sensible, adults would not tell her many things. In addition, she had always been heartless, so she didn't know that the current imperial concubine was the former concubine. Mrs. Changwuhou.

Even now that she's grown up, no one tells her about it.

Because Xiao Su's family is a taboo in the Hou Mansion, no one can mention it, and the servants who know it are also secretive, unless someone wants to die.They all tried their best to convince themselves that the imperial concubine and Xiao Su are not the same person.

In addition to being concerned about the emotions of the masters, they are even more concerned about the imperial concubine and the emperor. If they really say something that should not be said, they will never see the sun the next day.

Everyone knows this.

"Mother, will we really be able to see the imperial concubine when we enter the palace this time?" Huo Lingzhi is very curious about the imperial concubine, or in other words, there are very few women who are not curious about the imperial concubine.However, the servants around her never talked about the imperial concubine, which made her very depressed, but she felt that the imperial concubine was becoming more and more mysterious.

Her words immediately brought back the minds of Hong Shi and Huo Lingyun.

Hong's face was a little stiff when he heard the words, and he forced the corners of his mouth to curl up, and said, "You should be able to see it, after all, it is the imperial concubine who presides over the banquet."

"That's really great." Huo Lingzhi clapped her hands happily and said, "I have long wanted to see what the imperial concubine who dotes on the harem looks like, she must be the most beautiful, big sister, you Say it right?"

(End of this chapter)