The Self-cultivation of the Noble Concubine Who Eats Melon - Chapter 296

  The capital city is very lively during these days. Whether it is the beauties who are rewarded to the courtiers’ homes or the marriage between the princess mansion and the Song family, they are all talk after dinner.

   Especially Song Zhaoyi’s domineering feat of driving the beauty out of the palace, with the spread of the street, her reputation has become irreversible, and the word “jealousy” is simply engraved on her forehead, shining brightly.

  What else Song Yunzhao could do, she couldn’t do anything about it.

  Although this result was not what she wanted, it was a good result for her. She couldn’t just want good things and not bad things.

  Where there is gain, there is loss.

  The Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was held as scheduled, Yun Zhao went to the banquet with a full belly, Concubine Shu and Concubine Wan co-hosted the banquet, Song Yunzhao participated with a full belly, and the Cai family was under the pressure of the eldest lady, so nothing happened, but the relationship between the two mothers and daughters was very cold.

  Song Yunzhao doesn’t care what others think, anyway, she still walks at her own pace, and if she shakes hands with Mrs. Cai, it will be impossible in her next life.

   She hates some people saying that everything is over, she is your mother after all, bah! Don’t persuade others to be kind without suffering from others. You like me to send you home for such a mother. Do you want it?

  If you dare to ask for it, I will admit that you are a man!

  The Empress Dowager did not attend the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet. It was said that she was unwell. Feng Yi sent an imperial doctor to check the pulse. Song Yunzhao, a Zhaoyi, could not have her turn to fulfill her filial piety, so she only asked a question of symbolic concern in front of the emperor.

  Feng Yi didn’t show up at the harem banquet either. He was banqueting the officials in the Tai Chi Hall, and there was no queen in the harem, so he, the emperor, was not required to be present.

  Song Yunzhao’s stomach is the most eye-catching, she has always been a careful person, followed by Xiangxue and Shizhu to serve her personally, Anshun and Zhang Maoquan are waiting not far away, and they can come over as soon as they have something to do.

   Concubine Shu expressed dissatisfaction with her posture, did she not believe her?

  Song Yunzhao said lightly, “I am naturally relieved that Concubine Shu will host the banquet, but there are so many people at the banquet, I am afraid that the empress will be caught by someone and will not be able to take care of me, what should I do?”

   Concubine Shu was right after thinking about it, so she didn’t say anything more.

  After this incident, she deeply knew one thing, Song Yunzhao was not only jealous and domineering but also afraid of death.

  The most attention-grabbing thing at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner was Yun Zhao’s pregnant belly. For a long time after the banquet, her pregnant belly still occupied the leading role in all the banquets in the capital.

  I heard that now people are betting that she will have a boy or a girl.

  Song Yunzhao:…

   These people are really idle.

   In the blink of an eye, it was the day of He Lanyun’s marriage. Song Yunzhao gave the gift box that he had prepared long ago to Nanny Yu, and what he gave was a handle of white jade inlaid with gold. He hoped that the rest of her life would be as she wished, and she would be able to live a peaceful and beautiful life with Cao Ji.

  He Lanyun entered winter not long after her marriage, and the weather became colder day by day. Yun Zhao didn’t take a step outside the gate of Wangyou Palace. Every time at this time, she was very lucky that there was no queen in the harem, so she didn’t have to go there every day to say hello.

   I am very fortunate that the Empress Dowager did not make a habit of going to Shouci Palace to pay her respects after returning to the palace due to various incidents, otherwise it would be difficult now.

  One more thing, An Shutong left the palace after winter, and was picked up by Gu Enhou’s mansion.

  Xie Linlang’s wedding date was also approaching, and Song Yunzhao also prepared a box-adding gift for her. She didn’t lack money, but what she lacked was heritage, so she prepared a whole set of jewelry with the emblem of the palace for her.

  After entering the twelfth lunar month, the days passed quickly, and it was the day of Xie Linlang’s marriage in a blink of an eye. Yun Zhao was watching the time in the palace, and didn’t know if the wedding would go well. On such a festive occasion, Mrs. Ji should not have any trouble.

  Xie Linlang returned home. The banquet was held in Xie’s newly bought house in the capital. The eldest lady and Song Erye and his wife were specially invited there.

  The household department was busy at the end of the year. If it wasn’t for the concern about the good relationship between Miss Xie’s family and his daughter, Song Nanzhen wouldn’t have time to show up. He is still the key target of the censor and a frequent visitor in the impeachment book.

   Song Nanzhen realized after becoming a minister that it is not easy to be a courtier.

   It’s almost the end of the new year, and the one-year taxation work of the household department is coming to an end, and gold, silver, grain and silk have been put into the warehouse one after another. Now the treasury’s warehouse is much more abundant than when Cao Dingwen was there.

  The officials of the Ministry of Households record and file the records, check them clearly, and receive them with the local governments, and then report them to the emperor for a summary statement, which is considered a success.

   Song Nanzhen’s first year after taking office can be regarded as a stable one.

  The end of the year is the easiest time for the Sanju Department. No one will submit cases of murder, theft, and beheading.

  The assessment of the Ministry of Officials will be in the spring, and it will be easier at the end of the year. The military department has to be busy, but after King Zhenbei’s triumphant return, the military department is now on a half-vacation.

  The busiest thing at the end of the year is the Ministry of Rites. There are frequent palace banquets during the Chinese New Year, and there are sacrifices to ancestors at the end of the year. This whole set of procedures must be prepared for the emperor. Fortunately, there is no queen in the harem, so the procedures related to the harem are much simplified.

  Song Yunzhao is a Zhaoyi, with the empress dowager and the second concubine on top, she just eats and drinks to take care of herself, stays behind closed doors to take care of her body, one after another annual banquet, she uses her heavy body as an excuse, as long as the queen mother does not attend the banquet, she will definitely not go, and when the queen dowager attends the banquet, she will show her face and then plead guilty and leave.

  Under the eyes of everyone, Song Yunzhao had a big belly and a pale face. Even the queen mother couldn’t embarrass her in public, so she had to sarcastically say a few words and let her go.

  Yun Zhaoma rolled around, compared with the safety of her own body, the queen mother’s sarcasm was innocuous, and she didn’t care at all.

  The eldest lady always has a worried face at this time, and Cai’s face is dull. In the eyes of everyone, Cai’s biological mother is not as good as the eldest lady’s aunt. No wonder Song Zhaoyi is close to the eldest lady. Cai’s biological mother is really not very good, even if you pretend to be one.

  But Cai just doesn’t pretend, Song Yunzhao is exactly the same as her in this, others sigh that they are indeed mother and daughter.

  Song Yunzhao was overjoyed when he found out, so if he kept it like this, she and Cai could still maintain the current relationship. If she didn’t know what to do, I’m afraid this relationship wouldn’t be able to be maintained.

  The eldest lady is still powerful, pinching Song Qinghan can make Cai more honest.

  Feng Yi is busy throughout the New Year’s Eve. The emperor’s banquets are much more than those in the harem. Because Yun Zhao is now in the late pregnancy, his overall condition is not as good as before. Feng Yi can’t help worrying. Even if the New Year is so busy, he has to stay overnight in Wangyou Palace almost every day to take care of her.

  The empress dowager was naturally unhappy when she found out, and she used the emperor’s rules to persuade the emperor. There is no reason for any concubine to stay overnight if she is pregnant.