Although there are a lot more people at this year's family banquet than last year, it is just like that, everyone is eating, drinking, and noisy. Although the dishes tonight are the best in the country, they are not poor people who usually don't want to eat good food.
Besides, you can still eat in the palace, so you don't care what you eat.
The same is true for Yunxi. What Yunxi cares about most now is Jingjiang King Zhu Zanyi who suddenly came to the capital to pay tribute this year. According to Yunxi's understanding, Zhu Zanyi was very comfortable in Guilin. Although he had a good time in the capital before,
After all, there are a lot of restrictions, but I feel much more relaxed after arriving in Guilin.
Especially for women, Yunxi has not allowed him to have a concubine so far, but it does not delay him from taking concubines. Zhu Zanyi now has many concubines in the mansion, and already has his eldest son Zhu Zuojing and two daughters.
Oh. Yunxi felt as if he knew why Zhu Chanyi came to Beijing. He didn't think that he had forgotten about his wife.
After about an hour, the food had been cold for a long time, and Yunxi announced that the family banquet was over tonight. However, Yunxi asked someone to tell Zhu Zanyi to stay.
Yunxi and the others had almost left, and said to Zhu Zanyi: "Nephew Zanyi, why did you come to Beijing this time?"
Zhu Zanyi was about to tell the reason she had prepared when she heard Yunxi say: "Uncle knows, are you afraid that uncle will forget about your wife?"
Zhu Zanyi was a little surprised, but she immediately covered up her look of embarrassment and said, "Uncle has already seen it."
It is night now. Although there are lights, it is not as bright as the sunlight during the day. Yunxi was a little distracted and did not see the change in Zhu Zanyi's expression just now. He just continued: "You don't have to worry, uncle remembers your wife.
Woolen cloth."
"It's just that it's not the time yet. But it should be soon."
Zhu Zanyi replied: "My nephew knows."
Yunxi comforted Zhu Zanyi a few more words and let him go down.
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On the other side, Xu Miaojin was saying goodbye to her three sisters. This year, because the acting king Zhu Gui came to Beijing to pay tribute, it was rare for all four sisters of the Xu family to gather together.
Xu Miaojin said with some reluctance: "Since the second sister married the second brother-in-law, we sisters have not been together like this for nine years. It is not convenient for me to be in the palace, and I am very reluctant to let go of my sisters."
The eldest sister Xu Feixu touched her head and said with a smile: "Since everyone is in the capital now, why not get together if you want to get together? We are also married to the prince. You will be free tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The three of us will
It's very convenient for me to go to the palace to see you alone. There's no need to be so reluctant to leave now."
"But, eldest sister, you..." Xu Miaojin said. The Acting Princess Xu Huihua and the Princess An Xu Mengyu are still the real princesses. It's okay. However, Zhu Di has abdicated now and has a history of treason. Xu Feixu's access to the palace is actually not that important.
Convenient. Since they arrived in the capital in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Feixu only entered the palace to meet Xu Miaojin once, which already speaks volumes.
Of course, Xu Feixu would never refuse Yunxi or Xiyao's request to enter the palace, but given the current situation in Prince Yan's palace, Xu Feixu would never ask too many requests to enter the palace if she was considering her own family.
Although Xu Miaojin did not finish what she said, Xu Feixu certainly understood what she meant. Xu Feixu forced a smile and said: "In the past few days, after the first lunar month, the second sister should follow the second brother-in-law back to Datong. I believe your majesty will also
Won't care."
Xu Miaojin said: "How could it be? Even if His Majesty doesn't care, others may not. It's better, I ask to go home to be with you."
Xu Feixu said: "How can this be done! You are the imperial concubine, not the princess."
Xu Miaojin said: "Why not? Didn't Concubine Guo Ning go out of the palace to visit relatives?"
Xu Feixu said: "That is a special case. Concubine Guo Ning left the palace twice, once before the death of Duke Yingguo (Guo Shanfu, Concubine Guo Ning's father), and once before the death of Guo Xing (Concubine Guo Ning's eldest brother).
Special case."
Xu Miaojin said: "This is also a special situation for me!"
Xu Feixu touched her head again and said: "Stop making trouble." Then she pretended to be angry and said: "If you dare to leave the palace, I will definitely not see you!"
Seeing her like this, Xu Miaojin stopped talking.
Xu Huihua was busy trying to smooth things over: "In a few days we will ask to come to the palace to see you, and my eldest sister will go with us."
Xu Miaojin finally relaxed completely and said, "You must remember to come to the palace early to see me." Then he let the three of them leave.
Xu Huihua touched the sweat on his head and said: "After several years of not seeing each other, the fourth sister is becoming more and more pestering."
Xu Mengyu smiled and said: "You, the second sister who has not been seen for many years, came to Beijing and made the fourth sister so annoying."
But then she said in a low mood: "This year is probably the last time that our four sisters will get together like this. Second sister, you are in Datong with the second brother-in-law. In a few years, King An may also be entrusted to other places. How many of our sisters are there?
I’m afraid we won’t be able to gather together by then.”
"Especially in the past few years, the princes your Majesty has conferred have become more and more distant. It is not easy to make an appointment to visit Beijing at the same time."
Xu Huihua said hurriedly: "Stop it! Today is a happy day, why are you talking about this? We can talk about sad things later."
"Tonight is not appropriate. It will be the third and fourth day of the Lunar New Year in a few days. We sisters will go back to our parents' house to stay for one night. We haven't rested together for a long time."
Xu Mengyu said: "Okay, okay! Folks say the third day of the Lunar New Year is the day to go home, so let's set it on the night of the third grade of junior high school."
Although Xu Feixu still had some taboos, she also wanted to get together with her two younger sisters, so she said, "I will go back that day too."
Xu Huihua smiled and said: "Then we've agreed, and that's it."
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After that, Yunxi returned to Kunning Palace and called all his closest people over as usual.
Several of Yunxi's younger sisters, younger brothers and high-ranking wives all attended the family banquet just now, and they came to Kunning Palace with Yunxi. Except for the eldest daughter Min'er and the prince Wenyuan, Yunxi's children
None of them attended the family banquet tonight, so Yunxi hurriedly asked the wet nurse or female officer to bring him over.
Compared with last year, there was more Miaojin and less Yunzhen who had left the palace to live, but the number of people remained the same.
In order to stay up late and have no other fun things, I still played leaf opera all night.
Miaojin was very surprised to participate in such an event for the first time, and she lost her voice and said: "So, husband, this is how you spend New Year's Eve."
Yunxi smiled and said: "Then how do you think you should live?"
Xu Miaojin did not speak further, but Yunxi could imagine how the emperor and the imperial concubine in her mind spent New Year's Eve.
Later, when it was time to stay up late for the New Year, Yunxi lit another firecracker with his own hands to celebrate the arrival of the new year.
Yunxi said silently in his heart: "Many unexpected things happened in the first year of Jianye, but fortunately there were no major problems. In the second year of Jianye, I hope God will bless us and there will be no more unexpected things."