Chapter 1288 [July 11]

However, it is also true that the second elder brother made a mistake, so it is somewhat embarrassing.

"Get up." Ruoyin bent down to help the second elder brother who was kneeling on the ground, "Well, for the sake of your honesty, go back and copy the filial piety scriptures ten times."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Probably because his knees were numb, the second elder brother staggered.

Ruoyin sighed in his heart, "After drinking the ginger soup, go back to elder brother's place."

"Okay." The second elder brother raised his head and smiled innocently.

Ruoyin hurriedly ordered the servants to prepare ginger soup, and dragged the second elder brother into the house.

I wanted to have a good chat with this kid.

But his ideological awareness is not bad, but there is nothing to talk about.

As for the fourth master, I don't think he would have any opinions.

Otherwise, if he really felt that this matter was serious, he would have severely criticized the second elder brother himself, and she, a loving mother, would not have dealt with it.

In the following days, Ruoyin and fourth master were busy receiving people who came to pay New Year's greetings.

On the other side of the fourth master are some ministers and royal relatives.

On Ruoyin's side, it was the female relatives.

This situation lasted until the eighth day of the lunar new year and then gradually decreased.

Then came the night of the full moon on the Lantern Festival.

On this day and night, the Palace Lantern Festival was held in the Forbidden City as usual.

The place where it was held was in Qianqing Palace.

In the afternoon, Ruoyin began to bathe, burn incense, and dress up.

As soon as the time came, she took a phoenix chariot to the Qianqing Palace.

Because she is the queen, the timing of her arrival is relatively accurate.

Neither could arrive early, so I waited there.

You can't go too late, at least you have to be ahead of fourth master.

Therefore, when she arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the relatives of the emperor and the concubines of the harem had already arrived, and they were seated at the high tables inside and outside the palace.

"The empress is here!" When they heard the singing, they immediately stood up and bowed.

Ruoyin called "Get up" and took his seat at the top.

Not long after she took her seat, fourth master entered the hall wearing a bright yellow dragon robe.

His steps are even and steady, and every step is very calm and composed.

Even if people inside and outside the hall looked up at him, he was not affected in the slightest.

When everyone kowtowed to him, he just walked in the middle of the hall, his sharp eyes staring straight ahead.

Until he saw Ruoyin in the first place, his originally sharp gaze suddenly became gentle.

She was wearing a silver-red auspicious dress, with a pine tree embroidered with double circle gold thread and peacock feather thread.

The branches of the pine tree spread from the front of the body to the cloth of the arms.

The tree is embroidered with golden lanterns, cranes and orchids.

A head of hair is combed into a tin, which is inlaid with precious stones and small red-gold hairpin flowers.

However, there are a few hairpin flowers that glow like fireflies in the dim light.

That is the light that can only be emitted by night pearls, and it is even more eye-catching than gems and golden hairpins.

Even the drop earrings on her ears exude the same light.

As she walked, although those jewelry were not dazzling, they had a different kind of halo, which added a bit of beauty to her.

And her outfit seemed tailor-made for the Lantern Festival.

Fourth Master followed his gaze straight to Ruoyin, and supported her with his warm hands.

For a moment, the two looked at each other for a few seconds.

Then, he pulled her to sit down at the top, and then said in a deep voice to the royal relatives at the bottom: "On the night of the Shangyuan, all the gentlemen drink wine and enjoy the lanterns, so don't be restrained."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The queen took her seat after seeing the emperor, and the next of kin were seated again.

When everyone is here, the Palace Lantern Festival officially begins.

The servants of the imperial dining room served the dishes one after another.

Those performing shows also performed various traditional customs in turn.

It makes the inside and outside of the Qianqing palace very festive and lively.

After about two hours, the Lantern Festival can be regarded as almost the same.

Fourth master, as the emperor, after he spoke and left, the lantern festival was completely over.

Then, Ruoyin left the banquet with the concubines in the harem.

After leaving the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Ruoyin and his concubines heard laughter and laughter from the right.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a group of maids laughing around the lake.

"What are they doing?" Ruoyin asked.

Banmei followed Ruoyin's line of sight to look intently, and replied: "Your Majesty, it seems that they are setting off lanterns, why don't the servants drive them away?"

"Forget it, let them go." Ruoyin said indifferently.

However, Ruoyin didn't care, but the concubine Qi behind her seemed to care.

Concubine Qi said harshly: "These little maids, if they don't do their jobs well, they will enjoy the lanterns here more than us concubines."

"Sister Qi Concubine, you are wrong. They are all from Xiumu. Otherwise, I would not dare to lend them a hundred courage."

It was Concubine Qing who said this, and at the end, she did not forget to tease Concubine Qi: "Fortunately, you are still an old man in the palace, why don't you even understand this truth."

This made Concubine Qi's fighting power increase immediately, "Who said I don't understand, I just think they are too noisy here. Moreover, they are slaves occupying the lake to put up lanterns. If we are concubines, we also want to put up lanterns." , isn’t there no place left.”

"If you want to let it go, let it go, what are those palace maids hindering you?"

"I don't want to put up lanterns with those lowly servants." Concubine Qi is bound to compete with Concubine Qing to win or lose.

Seeing that Concubine Qing was about to open her mouth to refute Concubine Qi, Ruoyin frowned and said, "That's enough, stop arguing."

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Qing felt dissatisfied, but she still kept her mouth shut.

Ruoyin didn't even look at the two of them, and just reprimanded them lightly: "They are all concubines in the harem, and when they open and close their mouths, they are sluts, lowly, full of superiority, but what they say and what they do may not compare The palace maids are upright."

What she meant was that everyone was equal, regardless of high or low.

Some people are good at being maids of honor.

But some people become concubines, but their hearts are dark.

But to Concubine Qing and Concubine Qi's ears, these words sounded like they were meaner than palace maids.

But even if they felt uncomfortable, they had no evidence, so they could only grit their teeth.

Ruoyin walked in front of the concubines, not knowing what they looked like.

She just held Banmei's hand and walked forward, "This lake is not the only one in the Forbidden City. If you also want to put lanterns, you can all move with me to the lake next to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Let's put them on there." Lanterns. Of course, if you don’t want to, then just pretend I didn’t mention it.”

She didn't want to fulfill Concubine Qi's wish, but she wanted to put up lanterns herself.

As for the harem concubines, if they want to go, they can take it with them.

If she doesn't want to, it's cleaner for her to let it go by herself.

Hearing what Ruoyin said, the concubines in the harem followed suit.

Even Concubine Qi and Concubine Qing, who were fighting each other, followed her pace.

In this harem, they don't have any entertainment equipment and programs, and they are boring to death all day long.