The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 35 Family Dinner
In the afternoon, Rong Yue and Dong Wenyin went to Wanyu's Palace to congratulate her, and Li Xu, who was pregnant, also moved to the main hall to express her love to Wanyu for an unprecedented time.

The four of them chatted in the hall, and the people from the House of Internal Affairs were not idle all afternoon. They first removed all the flowers that had failed to bloom inside and out, and replaced them with the most colorful ones in the imperial garden.He also urges people to change the old furnishings and put some extravagant objects that surpassed Wanyu's status. Wanyu deliberately shirks it, but the eunuch replied that it was the emperor's intention, so she had to reluctantly accept it.

Since the imperial garden rewarded Kubu together that day, the emperor successively turned over the sign of Wan Lai's bedtime for seven days, and even stayed in Qianqing Palace for two days, which made her stand out from the limelight for a while.

This kind of favor is easy to provoke gossip, and when I go to Yikun Palace to accompany Concubine Yi on weekdays, I am often reminded that I am too sharp. I don’t know these truths, but the emperor’s kindness is hard to say, and Luanming Chengen The sedan chair arrives at the right time every day, and she can't avoid letting the eunuch in the respect room carry the empty chariot back to return to her command.

On September [-]th, when the eldest son of the emperor, Cheng Rui, turned [-], the palace was busy for nearly a month, and a birthday banquet was arranged in Qianqing Palace, in order to celebrate the birthday of the eldest son of the emperor.

This morning, Ma Jiachang changed into a newly-made Shu brocade brocade jacket with pink and purple embroidered 'bipan ball', and a clear lotus green gold thread-stitched gauze skirt.

The jewel-inlaid gold ornaments on the neck and wrists are dazzling, and the Bu Yao with the pattern of "bat falling into the auspicious clouds" on the hairpin was given to the Empress Dowager when she copied "Nv Ze" in Manchu two days ago. It is specially worn to show the empress dowager's blue eyes and love for her.

Dressing up like this, naturally you can't be alone.

So early in the morning, after saying hello to Kunning Palace, she ordered her wet nurse to take Chengrui in her arms and wander around in the imperial garden, for fear that others would not see her triumphant spirit.

But her complacency also has something to rely on.It was rumored throughout the palace that the emperor's decree to promote her as a nobleman had already been drawn up, and it was only waiting for the decree to be passed on at the birthday banquet while taking advantage of the happy event, so that she could fully interpret the four words "mother is precious according to her son".

When the dinner was started, the Empress Dowager attended the banquet as scheduled, so Lagu Su Ma asked Chengrui to add Ruyi to Liuli to express her heart.

Among the concubines, except for Li Xu's pregnancy and Na La's unhealed facial wounds, the rest entered the Qianqing Palace early.

Including Dong Wenyin, many new sisters with lower ranks in the palace are seeing Shengyan for the first time since they entered the palace, so they are all dressed up delicately and gorgeously.

The delicious delicacies served on the table are also extremely luxurious: Jade palm longevity, Shouwu chicken, Baihua wing belly, dragon boat fish, pine Hericium erinaceus, cuttlefish soup, lotus leaf meal porridge, all these 28 dishes, abalone wing belly , fresh vegetables and game, fine wines and fine wines are all available, and you are already overwhelmed just by looking at them, let alone knowing the taste of every dish.

On the high seat in the middle, there is a raised corner table for the Kowloon birthday banquet, with a blessing gourd made of blue pebbles hanging from the corner, and the emperor and empress sit shoulder to shoulder with a distance of one foot between them.

The queen is dressed in Yao, Huang, Wei, purple and peony clothes with hundreds of flowers clusters, with small red ribbons on both sides, one ear with three pincers of gold gemstones and pomegranate seed earrings, and a golden phoenix bun, sitting on the throne with a smile.

From time to time, the emperor chatted with the queen about family matters, creating a harmonious scene of husband and wife.

Concubine Yi is still dressed in crimson red long gown for the second time, with a pattern of landscapes, plums and bamboos instead, graceful but elegant.There is stevia brewed in the cup in front of the table, and I occasionally toast a cup to the emperor.

Compared with Concubine Yi, Rong Yue's attire today is a bit more elegant, wearing an emerald-colored flag dress with light moiré patterns, with a cool gauze and silk brocade hanging on the shoulders, and rarely wearing pearls and emeralds.

Rong Yue chatted happily with Concubine Hui sitting next to her, and after a while she saw Wan Lai holding a brocade box with yellow patterns inside.

The emperor Yu Gao sat up and glanced at her, and asked with a smile, "Why did Wan'er come so late?"

Wan Lai greeted An with a smile, pretended to be mysterious and did not answer the emperor's words, and went to Ma Jiachang with the brocade box in front of her.

The brocade box is lightly opened, and inside is a gold-rimmed unicorn, with black jade inlaid eyes. The workmanship is exquisite and lifelike.

Ma Jiachang thanked her quickly after seeing her, took it out of the brocade box and held it in her hand: "It's so exquisite, Mrs. Wan has a heart."

Sitting high, the queen raised her hand and ordered Qingyue to also give a wishful cloud pattern collar to Ma Jiachang in her hand. Ma Jiachang pretended to be happy, and ordered her maidservant Chaner to keep the reward, and then pretended to go forward The queen knelt down and said respectfully: "The concubine thanked the queen for the reward on Chengrui's behalf."

"Busy to thank Chengrui, how do I know that I'm not good enough for you?" The queen smiled gently, shaking Juanzi in her hand and looking sideways at the emperor: "The emperor can send this 'gift' as well. "

The emperor nodded and ordered Liang Jiugong to announce the decree.

Liang Jiugong waved his whip, and everyone present left their seats and knelt down to listen to the order.

From the corner of her eyes, Wannai saw that the imperial decree held by Liang Jiugong was slowly spreading out, with the pattern of auspicious clouds printed on it, and it was divided into three colors of red, yellow, and blue. The two ends of the imperial decree were printed with the pattern of soaring silver dragons, which was really beautiful.

"Zier always stays in Ma Jia's family, respectful and long-term service in the boudoir, and has contributed to the birth of the emperor's eldest son. I hereby honor the empress dowager's benevolence, and I will be named a noble person, and I will be honored and honored."

The honorable man raised his hands above his head to receive the imperial decree, kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and said in words of joy: "The concubine kowtows to the emperor, the empress dowager's grace, the former emperor is long live, and the empress dowager is blessed forever!"

The emperor uttered "Pingshen" softly, and said to the nobleman in a gentle tone, "Your title was originally proposed by the empress. The word "rong" means "a harmonious couple". This "husband and wife" could refer to me and the empress. The empress is virtuous, so you don't care too much about it. In this way, you will always respect her in the future and share her worries in everything. Do you understand?"

Originally, the decree of being a nobleman was like a bright mirror in the mind of a nobleman, but the queen suddenly drew up such a dignified title for herself, which surprised her.

"The concubine is so grateful for the empress's kindness. In the future, I will serve the empress diligently and help my empress solve her problems."

Wan Lai secretly sighed in her heart that the Queen's mind is strong, while suppressing the aura of the noble man, she also suggested to the emperor to draw up such a decent title for her, telling the truth to the noble man here and there, that is, she can not only support her but also help her. Ling forced her.

Looking at her expression of thanking the queen, her eyebrows almost flew to the sky, and she knew that she was really happy for this great gift.

"Today is Chengrui's birthday, Mr. Rong also ordered someone to invite the little birthday star out, so that all the sisters can feel noble." The queen said with a gentle smile, Mr. Rong waved to the apse, and ordered the wet nurse to carry Chengrui into the hall: "It turned out that the concubine was abrupt. Thinking that today is Chengrui's birthday, I took him to play in the imperial garden for a long time in the morning. The child was happy and noisy. After tossing and tossing for a long time during the day, the tired nurse took him to rest for a while in the afternoon, thinking It's time to wake up now."

Concubine Hui glanced at her, then sneered and muttered to Rong Yue next to her, "It seems to me that she is using the guise of elder brother to make a splash in the palace. On such a big day, she can't stand in front of her." Playing around in the garden for two hours, don't you exhaust the child."

The nurse walked out slowly holding Chengrui, and knelt down in the middle of the hall to pay her respects: "Brother Chengrui greets the emperor and the empress."

(End of this chapter)