The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(121)

Concubine Xu had a demure smile on her face, and she raised her wine cup to greet Yao Niang from afar: "Congratulations, sister Su, congratulations, sister Su. First, you gave birth to a son for the palace, and now you are pregnant again. I wish you another son, and more children for His Highness."

Yao Niang was pregnant, so she naturally couldn't drink, so the cup was filled with water.

She didn't expect Concubine Xu to do this, so she could only take a sip from the wine cup and said, "Thank you, sister Xu."

Concubine Xu smiled, "No thanks, no thanks, I heard that a pointed belly means a son, and I think sister Su's belly is pointed. Oh, sister Liu?"

Concubine Liu looked a little unhappy, and she didn't expect Xu Yueru to bring the topic to her.

She used to be arrogant, but unfortunately since she married into the Jin Palace, her dignity was simply trampled into the mud. She was also one of the famous beauties in the capital, but when she came to the Jin Palace, she was not as good as Mrs. Su, who came from a small family.

Oh no, it wasn't Madam Su at first, but Nanny Su.

The King of Jin actually stole someone with his own daughter, which made Concubine Liu feel disgusted and humiliated. But she disdained to be like Xu Yueru, who was so busy and calculating, and could only watch helplessly as she remained a virgin until now.

They were all from noble families, so they naturally knew that after a woman got married, she would give birth to children first. Now Concubine Xu said in front of her that Yao Niang had given birth to a son and was about to give birth to another son. It was undoubtedly a slap in her face. It would be strange if her face was good.

"Since Concubine Xu envied Madam Su so much, you should also have one."

This Concubine Liu also said something shocking. She was used to looking down on everyone. There was no one who could speak in this mansion. Usually, when paying respects in Siyi Courtyard, she would not speak if she could. No one expected that she would directly fight back.

The scene was a bit awkward, and Concubine Xu felt depressed.

She originally wanted to stir up Concubine Liu's hostility towards Su Yaoniang. Most people would hide their anger in such a situation, but Concubine Liu's reaction was different from that of ordinary people.

The King of Jin put the wine cup on the table with a snap, and there was a sudden silence in the room.

The Princess of Jin picked up the wine cup and said to warm up the room: "Today is the end of the year, and tomorrow is the beginning of the year. I hope our Jin Palace can be prosperous and prosperous."

Since the Princess said so, the people below naturally wanted to express their feelings. They all picked up the wine cups and drank a cup together.

After the banquet, it should be a supplementary program, but the King of Jin did not say anything, so everyone went back to their own courtyards.

The King of Jin and Yaoniang returned to Rongxi Courtyard. Yaoniang originally planned to keep watch. In the past, every New Year's Eve, the family would sit together to keep watch, and they would go to bed only after the firecrackers were set off at midnight.

Unfortunately, Xiaobao went to bed early every day because of his poor health, and he started yawning early. The yawning of a baby is the cutest thing. Yao Niang looked at her son and couldn't help but be infected while laughing. In the end, it was the King of Jin who said that he would not guard the house any longer and go to rest.

Xiao Bao was going to go back to the west wing, but was kept by Yao Niang.

The two adults shared one quilt, and Xiao Bao slept in his own quilt, sleeping on the soft bedding. Even a god wouldn't change it.

Yao Niang fell asleep in a daze. She didn't know how long she slept, and heard the sound of firecrackers outside. She opened her eyes and saw Xiao Bao next to her, and there was another person behind her. She couldn't help but think of what she was doing at this time in her previous life.

It seemed that she was thinking about Xiao Bao and her sister, thinking about them crazily.

"It's the New Year." She murmured with some sighs, and then fell asleep again.

"Yeah, it's the New Year."

In the courtyard, Fu Cheng and Yu Chan lit the firecrackers and stood by with their sleeves gathered up to watch.

The masters had all gone to rest, so they sent these two close servants to guard until midnight to set off firecrackers, which was considered a good start.

"It's the New Year." Fu Cheng sighed as he looked at the bright moon in the night sky.

After the firecrackers were all set off, he brushed his sleeves and said, "Let's go and take a rest."

Chapter 97

After the fifth day of the first lunar month, the King of Jin began to get busy again.

After asking, Yao Niang learned that the current emperor's birthday was in March, and it was a full day. It was his 50th birthday, and it was reasonable for the King of Jin, as a son, to go to Beijing to celebrate his birthday.

This birthday celebration in Beijing was naturally not to be taken lightly. Ordinary sons had to prepare a birthday gift carefully when they celebrated their father's birthday, not to mention that their father was the emperor, so this birthday gift was very important. In addition, Jinzhou was thousands of miles away from the capital, and the guards and even the carriages and horses on the road had to be arranged in advance.

In addition, if the King of Jin left, the affairs of the fiefdom had to be handed over to his trustworthy and reliable subordinates. Some matters that his subordinates could not decide had to be handled by him in advance. Especially since Jinzhou is close to the border, it has the responsibility to resist the barbarians, which is the most important thing.

So these days, the King of Jin was so busy that he only came back at night, and Yao Niang was in Rongxiyuan to take care of her pregnancy. During this period, Xiaobao learned to walk.

Generally, when children first learn to walk, they are always anxious and walk fast, and most of them will fall down, and someone must watch them. Xiaobao was completely free of this situation. From the beginning, he could let people throw hands to walk, and his steps were very serious and slow, and he never fell down.

So the King of Jin was busy, and suddenly found that his son could walk.

In the evening, he came back from outside, and was asking someone to help him wash his face and hands, but suddenly he found a short little man in front of him. It was only a little higher than his knees, wearing a thin cotton coat and cotton pants that were easy to move, and there was a small peach tip left in front of his bald head, which looked very cute.

Prince Jin lowered his head and watched the little peach swaying under his eyes. Suddenly, the little kid lost his balance and fell to the side. Prince Jin lifted him up with his magic hand.

He was lifted again! Just like lifting a cloth bag!

Xiaobao reached out and hugged Prince Jin's arm and bit it. Unfortunately, Prince Jin didn't even move his eyebrows, and he hurt his teeth because he bit too hard. He looked up and saw that everyone in the room was looking at him, including the person opposite. He cried with a wow.

He was embarrassed.

Yao Niang hurried over from the east room, "What's wrong?"

When she came in, she saw Prince Jin holding Xiaobao and putting him on the kang.

"Why are you holding him again? Xiaobao doesn't like to be held. Every time you hold him, he is unhappy." So, it is better for a mother to understand her son.

Xiaobao did something stupid and felt ashamed to face people. Yao Niang came to hold him, and he lay on her shoulder and didn't look at anyone. As he lived longer and longer, he found himself becoming more and more childish, but the problem was that this childishness would always come out inadvertently, and he couldn't control it at all.

There was an awkward look on King Jin's cold face, but he couldn't explain that he didn't know how to hold a child, and could only use means such as carrying and carrying. He could only watch Yao Niang pat Xiao Bao's back again and again, coaxing softly: "Baby, your father doesn't know how to hold a baby, and he will learn it slowly in the future."

The words hit the nail on the head, and King Jin was even more embarrassed.

He cleared his throat and sat down on the edge of the kang. Hongchou served tea and took people downstairs.

"I plan to take you with me this time."

Yao Niang didn't react, and subconsciously asked: "Where to go?"

"To the capital." King Jin picked up the tea, took a sip, and then said: "You need to submit a memorial to the court for the canonization of a concubine, and Xiao Bao's matter of submitting the jade book, so let's go together this time."

In fact, there is another reason that King Jin didn't say, he was not at ease leaving her in the mansion. He will definitely take a large number of people with him when he goes to Beijing. The situation in the palace is complicated. No one knows who is behind the women who were rewarded by the higher-ups, and no one dares to say for sure whether the secret spies have been removed. Instead of leaving her in the palace to worry about it, it is better to take her with him.

"Can you go? My stomach..."

"I asked Doctor Liu Liang, there is no problem with the journey, as long as you don't walk too fast. And there is still a part of the journey that needs to be taken by water."

"Then Xiaobao——"

"Take him with you."

Yao Niang nodded, and she was already thinking about what to take with her on the road.

This trip is not only for the Prince of Jin, but also for Yao Niang and Xiaobao, and the Princess of Jin is naturally indispensable.

And just the day before the departure, Concubine Xu suddenly had a fuss.

She took out a letter from the Xu family, saying that her mother was seriously ill and wanted to go back to visit. This reason is reasonable and reasonable. After all, filial piety comes first. The Princess of Jin knew that the other party was lying, but she could not produce strong evidence to refute her. She was very angry, and turned around and took Concubine Liu with her on the grounds that she had never returned home.

The King of Jin did not express any opinion on this.

Since then, all the famous masters in the King of Jin's mansion have left for the trip to Beijing to celebrate the birthday. The King of Jin has already handed over all the matters of the fief to his trusted confidants, and as for the matters of the backyard, the Princess of Jin also has rules, and she entrusted them to Madam Li.

Madam Li is an old lady in the mansion, and there are only a few concubines left, so there is no need to worry about any trouble.

On the day of departure, the large group of people and horses went out of the city like a long dragon.

At the same time, two other carriages, escorted by more than 20 lightly dressed guards, quietly left.

In the carriage, Yao Niang asked, "Will we be discovered if we leave secretly like this?"

"No one will find out. They walk slowly. We just need to meet up before entering Beijing."

Yao Niang nodded and stopped caring about these things.

The carriage was moving very fast along the way. Because it was specially made, there was no bumpy feeling. And it only traveled at full speed for most of the day, and stopped to rest for the remaining half of the day. Yao Niang didn't feel any discomfort.

We saw many different landscapes along the way and passed many cities. Not only Yao Niang was dazzled, but Xiao Bao was the same. Both of them were the kind of people who had rarely left the courtyard in their previous lives.