Because they had to attend a palace banquet during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang went to Yan Mansion one day early. In addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival, Daohua also brought a lot of food and medicinal materials produced in the space to Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Li.
Because she often eats food from the space, Mrs. Yan looks very good. Standing next to her peers, she looks several years younger.
Mrs. Li is also rosy and full of energy. She is more graceful than Aunt Lin and has a bit more charm than the young Aunt Liu. This makes Yan Zhigao not like to go to the concubine's room even more.
Daohua chatted with Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Li for a while, then went to see Zhou Jingwan.
Zhou Jingwan¡¯s due date is just a few days away. When the rice flowers arrived, Yan Wentao was walking with her in the yard.
"Third brother, you didn't go to the Yamen?"
Zhou Jingwan smiled and pulled up Daohua: "Your third brother was worried that he would not be there when the child was born, so he took a few days off."
Daohua looked at Zhou Jingwan jokingly: "The third brother is not worried about not being able to see the child, he is worried that you are scared." After saying that, he handed the wooden box in his hand to Yan Wentao.
"I brought a ginseng over here. If Jingwan is born and has no strength, she can cut it and put it in her mouth."
Yan Wentao took it with a smile: "Third brother, I won't be polite to you." The medicinal materials in the eldest sister's hands are of better quality than those outside, and they are the kind that even rich people can't buy.
Zhou Jingwan pulled Daohua into the house: "I haven't finished eating the supplements you sent last time. If you don't send me anything in the future, your expenses in the palace will be quite big."
Daohua touched Zhou Jingwan¡¯s belly: ¡°There is still something for my little nephew to eat.¡±
Yan Wentao knew that Xiao Yeyang was coming, so he said something to Daohua and went to the front yard.
As soon as he left, Zhou Jingwan pulled Daohua and said, "After you come back this time, you'd better not come back until Yile gets married."
After hearing this, Daohua raised her eyebrows: "What's wrong?"
Zhou Jingwan curled her lips and said, "Second uncle and second aunt are all thinking about you adding makeup to Yile."
Daohua suddenly said ¡®hehe¡¯ twice.
Zhou Jingwan: "The eldest aunt did not ask anything about Yile's dowry and gave it directly to the second aunt and the second sister-in-law. I went to take a look and found that more than half of the sixty-four dowries were not filled."
Daohua was surprised: "How could it be?" Although her mother had not cared about Yile's dowry, she gave her second uncle and two aunts five thousand taels of silver. With the second wife's extra money, it would not be a problem to buy sixty-four sets of dowry.
Zhou Jingwan: "It's not like Yile herself. When she buys jewelry for her head, she buys all the expensive ones. How much money can the second wife give her to show her face? If the second sister-in-law hadn't been watching from the side, I think sixty-four sets of dowries would have been purchased. No."
"Now they also think that the dowry is not good-looking, so aren't they just waiting for you to add more dowry?"
Daohua sneered: "They want to be beautiful."
Forget about Yihuan, she has been sensible, polite and grateful since she was a child. She is willing to put on more makeup. But Yan Yile looked like a wolf. Apart from giving some makeup items according to the etiquette, she would not give anything extra.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang stayed for dinner before leaving. During this period, both Yan Zhiyuan and Sun wanted to talk to Daohua, but Mrs. Li stopped them at the right time.
Until the two of them got on the carriage and left, neither Yan Zhiyuan nor Sun found a chance to talk about adding makeup.
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At the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the emperor's relatives, princes and ministers all came to attend. After Prince Ping arrived with Daohua and Xiao Yeyang, he felt very unhappy when he saw everyone retreating away.
At the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, everyone remembered the scene where Kang Naixin and Daohua greeted each other and was embarrassed by the Queen Mother in public, and they did not dare to repeat the same mistake again.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang and Daohua being isolated, the Queen Mother was very satisfied.
No matter how capable Xiao Yeyang is, once he is isolated, he will still be unable to accomplish anything in a court with complicated relationships.
When the Queen Mother was happy, she would chat with the princes and princesses. During this period, the third prince and the third prince's concubine were praised several times.
Daohua looked at this scene and whispered to Xiao Yeyang: "Does the Queen Mother think the third prince is easy to control?"
Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes: "I don't know if the third prince is easy to control, but he is the one who is the least popular among the princes."
As he spoke, he became silent.
He felt that what Daohua said was reasonable. Only when an adult prince had something to control could he have better control. He made up his mind to send secret guards to check on the third prince after he returned.
While Daohua and Xiao Yeyang were whispering to each other, the fourth prince came over with a wine glass in his hand and paid Ping a kiss.?One cup.
Prince Ping looked at the fourth prince with satisfaction and felt that the emperor's son was pretty good and did not follow the crowd.
No one was surprised when the fourth prince toasted Prince Ping, but when he had another drink with Xiao Yeyang and his wife, everyone looked at the Queen Mother in unison.
The Queen Mother snorted, taking into account the Emperor's presence, and said nothing.
When the eldest princes saw it, they all hesitated.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT off to pay their respects to the Queen Mother, it's not like they didn't get any benefits, there were officials who came to seek refuge with her.
It¡¯s hard to fight against someone who has gained a profit.
So, I could only forcefully ignore Prince Ping, the uncle of the king. At the same time, I cursed the fourth prince several times in my heart.
????????????????????????? Why go over and toast? It¡¯s okay to toast to Prince Ping, why do you still have to drink with Xiao Yeyang and his wife?
When the palace banquet was about to end, Prince Ping stood up, saluted the emperor, and then said loudly: "Brother Emperor, taking advantage of this Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to offer Ye Yang the title of crown prince, and I hope that my brother will do it."
"no!"
Before the emperor could speak, the queen mother sternly refused.
No one present expected that Prince Ping would offer Xiao Yeyang the title of Crown Prince at this time, nor did they expect that the Queen Mother would be the first to stand up and object.
Everyone looked at the Queen Mother, and no one missed the anger on her face.
Prince Ping frowned: "Queen Mother, Ye Yang should have inherited the title of Prince Ping. He didn't ask for the title before because he was not in the capital. Now that he is back and married again, it's time for him to ask for the title of Crown Prince. .¡±
Hearing Prince Ping address the Queen Mother as ¡®Queen Mother¡¯, the Emperor raised his eyebrows and smiled in his eyes.
The power of the Jiang family was almost established. Once the Jiang family was ousted, it was time to clear up his mother's name. He was thinking about how to tell Xiaojiu the truth about his life experience. Now that Xiaojiu had a problem with the Queen Mother, things were much easier to handle. .
The Queen Mother suppressed her anger and looked at Prince Ping: "Don't you like Yechen the most? In order to give him the status of legitimate son, you also straightened up the Ma family. Don't you want to make Yechen the heir apparent?"
Hearing what the Queen Mother said, Prince Ping immediately frowned: "Queen Mother, this king has never thought of making Yechen his crown prince. Wasn't it the Queen Mother who proposed to support the Ma family? How did it become that this king wanted to give Yechen the throne? Is it because of my status as a disciple that I can right the Ma family?"
Prince Ping¡¯s public denial made the Queen Mother even more angry. At the same time, she became even more convinced that Prince Ping was an immature white-eyed wolf.
"Are you disobeying the Ai family?"
At this time, the emperor smiled and said: "Queen Mother, you are serious. The title in Prince Ping's Mansion belongs to Xiaojiu. He can give it to whoever he wants. How can we make the decision for him?"
Prince Ping said quickly: "Brother Emperor, Yeyang has been a young prince since he was a child, so the title of the prince's palace is naturally his."
The emperor ignored the Queen Mother's livid face and laughed twice: "Okay, I'm sure. The imperial edict to establish the crown prince will be sent to the palace tomorrow."
Prince Ping immediately said: "Brother Emperor Shengming." After saying that, he turned to look at Xiao Yeyang and Daohua, "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you thank me quickly?"
Xiao Yeyang and Daohua quickly stood up to thank each other, and then looked at each other in disbelief. Both of them were very surprised by Prince Ping's behavior.
"Father, do you want to compensate your mother-in-law? Because your mother-in-law likes you, so you are compensated?"
Xiao Yeyang shrugged. He didn't know what his father was thinking.
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor and Prince Heping with a livid face, and then stood up suddenly, with an angry face: "Okay, you are all disobedient to the Ai family, and the Ai family now even"
At this point, I couldn¡¯t take a breath, so I just threw my head back and fell back.
Fortunately, I was supported by the maid next to me.
The emperor looked at the Queen Mother's performance indifferently, with a cold look in his eyes. This was a poop bowl placed on his and Xiaojiu's heads. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Queen Mother was stunned by the Emperor and Prince Heping. How unfilial is this?
"The Queen Mother's old illness has relapsed. Xiaojiu, please accompany me to send the Queen Mother back to Cining Palace."
The humble noble official lowered his head and did not dare to say a word. After the emperor and his entourage left, he left the palace as if he had been granted amnesty.
Xiao Yeyang and Daohua Ningmei walked at the end.
Daohua: "The Queen Mother should have been pretending just now."