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On the Hungry Ghost Festival, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, even though the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty were not in the capital, Nian and Twenty still led the ladies inside and outside to set off lantern boats on the Fuhai Sea in the Old Summer Palace as usual.

The Ghost Festival has different meanings for adults and children. The children looked at the beautiful lanterns in Manhaizi and happily ran along the waterfront, chasing the lantern boats - the leader was naturally the third son of the emperor, Mian Kai.

With the prince taking the lead, all the emperor's grandsons and the emperor's great-grandsons also ran away like crazy.

For adults, this Hungry Ghost Festival is more of a slightly sad feeling - because they think of the people who have passed away and always hope that they can live well in another world.

Concubine Ying led the heads of Qianqing Palace to arrive. Twenty-two went up the stairs to greet the heads of Qianqing Palace. Climbing up the stairs, looking back at the lights on the waterfront, she saw Mian Kai holding a flag and leading a group of children to run away. Get Zhenghuan.

The moonlight illuminated his charming little face that knew no sorrow, and Twenty-Twenty couldn't help but sigh softly, suppressing the longing for Qiqi in her heart.

Cherishing the people in front of you is the best magic weapon to free yourself from sorrow in this world where life, old age, illness and death are uncertain.

"Where did Mian Kai get that flag? Could it be that he got too excited and tore off his clothes?" Nian Twen couldn't help but turn around and ask Xing Mei.

Looking at it from such a distance, it was not clear what Miankai was holding in his hand. All he could see was a piece of cloth.

However, the shape is quite regular. It doesn't look like a piece of cloth that was ripped off easily, but more like a neat flag.

Xing Mei then laughed and said, "No. The third elder brother doesn't care about his clothes. Even if he steps back ten thousand steps to say so, even if he gets excited and can't find the flag for a while, he can't pull the clothes even if he wants to!"

The 220-year-old also laughed. Yes, the child was only four years old. Although it was the time for him to be naughty and mischievous, he was not very energetic and could not tear the warp and weft of his clothes.

No. 22 entered to greet the heads of the Qianqing Palace headed by Concubine Ying. Concubine Ying waved with a smile, "Concubine Imperial Concubine, come quickly and sit next to me."

The other Concubines Dun, Wan, Xun, and Concubine Fang, who had just been enthroned with Concubine Ying, and the four concubines were all present, and they all nodded in greeting to Twenty-Twenty.

Needless to say about Concubine Wan, the newly promoted Concubine Fang is also Concubine Wan's descendant; Twenty-Twenty and Concubine Xun also had a relationship before, so these three people all smiled at Twenty-Twenty sincerely.

Only Concubine Dun always feels a little embarrassed.

Nian Twen understands that Concubine Dun has always regarded her as a slave of their mother and daughter, but once she became the successor to the palace, Concubine Dun could not get over it. To put it bluntly, she was unwilling to give in.

Nuanian smiled and said hello. After getting up, he walked to Concubine Ying and sat down, without even looking at Concubine Dun.

Mianning Fujin Shushu and others who followed them all sat behind the guards of Qianqing Palace.

Concubine Ying held Twenty-Twenty's hand and raised the telescope in her hand, "In the dark night, I was vaguely looking at the group of children running wildly by the water, but our third brother was fooled. That kid king?"

Twenty-two said with a smile, "Exactly."

Concubine Ying clasped her hands and smiled, "How energetic! I saw that among the children behind him, most of them were taller than him. He was so big that he could already command the elders. Have you gone?"

Nian Twen looked back quietly, looked at Mian brother Fujin and his brothers, and said with a smile, "He is young and not sensible yet. Besides, because of his status as a prince, the older brothers let him

, just coaxing him to play."

While we were talking, the small theatrical troupe of the inner court had already come up, and a pair of young eunuchs who were learning opera came up to entertain the chief officials of the inner court.

Niansong came down quickly and turned around to ask Xinggui, "...Look for me, is that big kid following Miankai the eldest brother of Miankai's family?"

Xinggui hurriedly asked Wu Kui to go down and take a look. When he was young, Wu Kui came back and whispered in Xing Gui's ear. Xing Gui smiled and walked back to N220 and nodded.

Twenty-two looked back at Yaxin who was sitting in the corner.

As the elder brothers of the Mian generation grew up and started families, Mian Si's identity as the bald elder brother became more and more embarrassing.

Twenty-two winked at Xinggui, got up first, and left with Concubine Ying.

After walking down the pavilion and arriving at the waterfront, Yaxin received a letter from Xinggui, so she arrived there too.

Nian Twenty nodded with a smile, "...I want to send some light boats to my seventh princess. Are you willing to accompany me?"

Yaxin's second son, Miansi, died just on the sixth day of the first lunar month and was not yet one year old.

Following Mian Si, Yaxin now finds herself in an awkward position, and at the same time has to bear the pain of losing her son. This makes Yaxin's situation more difficult than others for the formerly high-spirited Yaxin.

Yaxin shuddered slightly, facing Twenty-Twenty, the enemy she had hated the most since she was a child. She had always refused to surrender in front of Twenty-Twenty, but at this moment, her eye sockets were slightly hot and she almost shed tears.

She tried her best to hold back, sniffed, and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

The two of them squatted side by side by the water, lowered the lightships with their own hands, and then used long poles to send them away, watching them drifting to the end of the water and sky...

Nian Twen sniffed, "I miss my Qiqi, but when I saw Miankai so lively, running and laughing in the shadow of the lamp... I thought, God has treated me well after all, even though Qiqi

You are no longer with me, but Miankai is still here."

Twenty-two tentatively reached out and touched Yaxin gently, "Look, the one who is running wildly behind Miankai, the one who is the front and the tallest, is the boss of your family?"

Yaxin was also stunned. She had been immersed in her own thoughts and didn't pay attention to where her eldest brother went to play.

Following N220's fingers, Yaxin raised her eyes and looked over. Among the group of children marching endlessly by the water, behind the leader Miankai brother, could it be that it was really her eldest son Yijin?

Yaxin didn't expect it, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Perhaps she was so dazed that she didn't even realize that Twenty-Twenty stretched out her hand, so she didn't push it away or dodge it.

Twenty-one smiled and gently shook Yaxin's hand.

"... Before the Emperor came to visit Mulan, he already gave your second brother a name. Can you just call him 'Yi Jin'?"

"Zhenzhe, also called 'Shuan', is your second brother. Even though he leaves early, he will never go far and is still by your side, okay?"

Yaxin felt heavy and shocked.

Her second son died before his first birthday. As a rule, such a child lacks blessings, so the palace rarely names such a child. Not to mention that her second son is just the grandson of an unpopular emperor like Mian Si.

Son, even the princes who died young in the previous palace were not given names, but her second son was actually given a name. This child must be able to be comforted in another world.

The tears that Yaxin had held back before could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

"Okay...slave, for my elder brother, for my second brother, I would like to thank the emperor, the imperial concubine and the master for your kindness."

She understood that the emperor would never give a name to a child who died before one year old, and since the name was given, it must be because of the imperial concubine.

Twenty-Twenty nodded, "A child with a name will never forget his past in this world in that world, nor will he forget his mother-in-law who gave birth to him and raised him. Today is the Ghost Festival,

What we can do to comfort them is to send it to them today on the Hungry Ghost Festival, and they will definitely receive it."

Yaxin closed her eyes with tears and sobbed softly, unable to make a sound.

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Twenty-two left her seat, and Concubine Dun followed suit.

She took two girls, Tingxue and Tingxian, and stood in the night outside the pavilion, facing the water wind, but still fanning the wind with her handkerchief.

"It's suffocating me to death, oh, it's suffocating me to death!"

"Master, don't get cold..." Tingxue looked around at the wind coming from the mountains and the water, "You'd better go back inside and sit down."

Concubine Dun sneered, turned around and glanced at the people in the pavilion bitterly, "Others are just paying it forward, maybe they are more senior than me, or they have a better family background than me, but what the hell is that Concubine Fang!"

"She was just a Han girl from the south of the Yangtze River. She only entered the palace in the 31st year of Qianlong's reign and was granted the title of permanent residence. In the 40th year of Qianlong's reign, I gave birth to the tenth princess. She was already in the concubine position, but she was only granted the title of noble. Nineteen years later

, in the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, when the Supreme Emperor was about to undergo internal Zen, he granted her the title of concubine again."

"Who would have imagined that just four years later, the Supreme Emperor would have given her the title of concubine! Why should she? How could a Han girl from the south of the Yangtze River, who has never given birth to a child, be able to share the title of concubine with me?"

Tingxue whispered, "After all, Concubine Fang is of the same clan as Concubine Wan, and they both come from the Chen family in Haining..."

Concubine Dun smiled sadly, "I understand what you want to say. You mean that the Supreme Emperor did it for Concubine Wan's sake, and also for the Chen family in Haining's contribution to the stability of Jiangnan... Nowadays, the Han people in Jiangnan are not

Sure enough, with the help of the White Lotus Sect, they are making a fuss; they also spread the rumor that the emperor is the son of the Han people, and that the country of the Qing Dynasty has returned to the Han family, so the emperor should pay attention to the concubines of the Han Dynasty."

"But the Supreme Emperor is willing to look at the face of Concubine Wan, the face of the Chen family in Haining, the face of the Han people in Jiangnan...but he is unwilling to look at my face, and he is unwilling to look at the face of the ten princesses!"

Concubine Fang was granted the title of concubine in the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, and she was granted the title of concubine in the third year of Jiaqing. As for her, in the first year of Jiaqing, it was just because she was late to greet the Supreme Emperor, so the Supreme Emperor paid her the annual two hundred small silver coins.

No more rewards!

Concubine Dun has always had a bad temper, and when she showed off her temper like this, Tingxue and Tingxian didn't know what to do.

"Is this Concubine Dun over there?" Suddenly, a crisp greeting came from the distance.

"Master..." Tingxue quickly reminded Concubine Dun.

"Who is it?" Concubine Dun narrowed her eyes and looked at where the voice came from.

Among the whirling flowers and shadows, a man walked out in the moonlight. His young face reflected the fifteenth moonlight, plump and radiant.

"Junior, please greet Concubine Dun." Young Fujin saluted with a smile. He had an upright figure, which clearly showed that he came from a well-known family and had a strict upbringing.

Concubine Dun narrowed her eyes and said, "I asked who it was. It turned out to be the second elder brother Fujin."

The person who came was none other than Shu Shu.

Shu Shu said with a smile, "This junior happened to be walking by and heard that it was Concubine Dun. So I came here to pay my respects to Concubine Dun."

Concubine Dun snorted, "It's hard for you, but I mean it."

Because she was the Fujin of Mianning, Concubine Dun had always had a close relationship with the emperor over the years, so she was not warm to her at all. Furthermore, this second Fujin was also from the Hongyi family of the Niu Hulu family, and Concubine Dun had been fighting with Concubine Shun over the years.

She was very happy, and she had a bad grudge with Imperial Concubine Twenty-Twenty, so Concubine Dun couldn't warm up to Shu Shu.

It's just that... Mian Ning's status is special. After all, he is the only adult prince, so even Concubine Dun can't be rude at this time.

Shu Shu said with a smile, "I don't see the princess today, but I would like to ask Concubine Dun to convey her feelings to the princess on behalf of my nephew-in-law."

Concubine Dun smiled proudly, knowing in her heart that these two Fujins also wanted to please their daughter.

Shu Shu looked at Concubine Dun and said slowly, "This junior also comes from the Hongyi family of the Niu Hulu clan, and is of the same clan as the consort Shi Shi."
To be continued...