The reborn prince's little palace maid in the apocalypse

The afterglow of the winter afternoon shone diagonally on the courtyard wall. In the gap in the shadow of the corner, a small hibernating snake seemed to be awakened by this light, thinking that spring had arrived. It slowly stretched its head outwards. , saw three humans standing in the yard, and before it could neigh inquiringly, it felt the false warmth wrapped in the cold wind. It immediately shrank back, hid itself deeper, and continued to hibernate. Waiting for spring.

Jade and Tourmaline in the courtyard were asking Hongdou with their eyes, wondering if she might know anything! But Anko just shook her head slightly, saying that she didn't know anything.

Bixi glanced at Jade and said with a smile, "I'll listen here first, and the two sisters should go in first to get out of the wind!" The three of them were now in the corridor on the first floor, and they didn't dare to go into the room on the first floor for fear of If the masters upstairs called someone, they couldn't hear them. So what Bixi said was to let Jade and Hongdou go into the house first, while she stayed and listened.

After hearing what Bixi said, Jade was so busy that she pulled Hongdou into the house. The look Bixi gave her just now was to let her talk to Hongdou alone. Hongdou was a close person to the Crown Princess, so it was impossible for her to know everything.

If Jade is trapping Hongdou below, the Crown Princess is trapping the fifth girl upstairs.

Cheng'en Gong's purpose is to let his granddaughter have more contact with the prince. If it is the fourth girl, it is his childhood sweetheart. If it is the seventh girl, it is purely the prince's preference. Anyway, no matter which girl she is, the one who can make the prince fall in love is a good girl. When the time comes, please ask for the establishment of a crown princess, and it will be a matter of course. Although the Queen Mother and the Queen both said that the current Crown Princess could not come from the Shu family. But in Duke Cheng'en's view, it was just because there was Shu Liuyun between the Shu family and the royal family. Once the tomb of the former prince was built and the number was added, everything would no longer be controversial. Then Shu Liuyun was sent away. Walk. Then it is not a problem that Yan Sinian falls in love with the daughter of the Shu family. No matter how much the emperor objects, it will not stop the prince from liking her. Anyway, Duke Cheng'en knows very well that parents can never control their children.

The Crown Princess also wants her daughter to become a Crown Princess or even a Queen. But she was afraid of the rumors. If they were true, even if the seventh girl became the queen, her reputation would be ruined. Those rumors will stay with her for a lifetime, and will even be written down in unofficial history by people with good intentions, and will be passed down from generation to generation.

So when she heard Shu Liuyun talk about the fifth girl, she thought it was a good idea. If anything happens, he can push her out and shield her daughter from this unsavory reputation.

"I will go back and write a message to see you now." The Crown Princess came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

After Shu Liuyun sent his mother away, he began to plan about entering the palace and contacting Yan Hongyang later in the year.

In less than two days, it’s the New Year’s Eve Palace Banquet. Throughout the capital, all forces, whether for power, profit, love, hatred, ambition, or hegemony, are making final preparations.

I am the dividing line

Firecrackers startle the remaining wax, winter and spring are divided this evening. Let’s pour some wine for the next year, and give away the poor essays if you are lazy. Guests are worried about the rain on the eaves, and their homesickness is chasing the sea clouds. Where is Yanghe? I'll ask Dongjun tomorrow.

The imperial palace is holding a New Year's Eve banquet in Wuji Palace today, although the banquet will not start until the evening of Shenmo and Youchu. But early in the morning, there were officers stationed at every intersection throughout the capital. Those officials in Beijing arranged their carriages and horses according to the time and route they had received previously.

In the Wuji Palace, even before dawn, there was the prime minister from the external dining room, leading people to set banquet tables according to rank.

Except for the royal banquet in front of the throne, the banquet tables are divided into east and west lanes, arranged opposite each other, with six rows in each lane and twenty-two tables in each row.

In front of the throne is a royal banquet for the emperor and the prince, with a yellow curtain. On the left and right sides of the palace, there are seats for internal and external princes and first-rank ministers respectively; on the left and right sides under the eaves of the palace, there are seats for second-rank ministers and foreign envoys; on Danqi Yong Road, there are seats for third-rank officials; on the left and right under Danqi, there are seats for fourth- and fifth-rank officials and Tibetan and Tibetan envoys. The auspicious banquets of tribes from Hui, Chongqing, Annan and other places; the rest of the lower-level people all set up banquets in Wuji Palace, and blue curtains were set up on the roads on both sides outside the palace gate.

As the palace gates opened, people from the three provinces and six tribes, aristocratic families, royal family members, including those authorized by imperial decree, all began to enter the center of power in the world. They found their seats under the leadership of the chamberlain. The banquet has not started yet, and the emperor has not arrived yet. They can chat quietly with the people around them, but no one can move around.

Time is advancing little by little, the sun is slowly going down, and the candles in the palace are lit one by one.

The music of joy and peace rang out in the main hall of Wuji Palace. In the emperor's harem, the concubines above the ninth concubine also sat in their seats under the leadership of the noble concubine. Now the only thing left is the Crown Prince and His Majesty the Emperor.

Everyone thought that the next person to enter would be His Highness the Crown Prince. There were already many ladies and ladies peeking at the palace door, hoping to see the Crown Prince's grace and divine appearance as soon as possible.

But as the music changed, the previous joyful peace turned into the music of the imperial court. Everyone was surprised, but no matter what they thought in their hearts, it did not prevent them from kneeling at the banquet table.

With the sound of firecrackers in the distance accompanied by announcements, the emperor walked into Wuji Palace and sat on his throne. Inside and outside the house, up and down Danqi, including the people in the aisle outside the door, everyone sang and drank, and kowtowed one by one.

In fact, this kind of big banquet is quite miserable for the first and second grade officials, but also for other grades of officials. Everyone was wearing heavy court uniforms and listened to the command, "Get up, kneel, kowtow, get up, sit down" repeated many times. People sitting outside the hall were not only freezing cold, but also couldn't see the scene inside the hall. Let alone meet the emperor, they couldn't even see any of the dances and dramas performed in the hall, and they had to follow the class. salute.

On weekdays, all of them are state officials who show off their power in front of the people, but when they get to this place, they are all slaves under the imperial power.

After everyone had finished the ceremony and sat down, the imperial concubine walked up to the emperor with a smile, offered him a cup of hot tea, and asked: "Your Majesty, the time has come, do you want to start now?"

"Let's begin!" When Emperor Jingtian heard that the time had come, he planned to stand up and announce the start of the banquet. But before he could speak, he heard the imperial concubine say: "Your Majesty, the prince hasn't arrived yet!"

The imperial concubine's words at this juncture can be regarded as eye drops on both sides. This one is facing the emperor, "Look, even if you are here, your son is not here." The other end is facing the prince, "Look, you didn't come, your father started eating without waiting for you." 】