On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Yunyu led the prince and all officials to the Taimiao to worship their ancestors. On the 26th day, the pen and seal were sealed. When the New Year holidays were held, all officials came to the palace to worship, and the women were worshiping the crown princess. This move was naturally under Yan Yunyu's instructions.

Mu Hongluan sat upright in the middle wearing a phoenix crown and a robe, but was calmly worshipped by all the wives. She was still the prince's wife and the future queen. There is no queen in the harem now, only two concubines. It is said that they are the emperor's concubines and do not have the right to meet the wives on weekdays. Only in this year's end of the year can they meet people.

Concubine Shu and Concubine Chun sat upright and smiled reservedly at everyone. After the women of the destiny had seen the Crown Princess, they came to see the greeting again. Concubine Chun smiled while secretly seeing the corner of her mouth with her forced smile on the side of the house. She couldn't help but smile even more. The close-fitting palace maid beside her beside her bend down and asked quietly,

"Why did the Empress laugh?"

Concubine Chun smiled,

"It's just overestimating one's ability!"

Seeing the big palace maid around me, I couldn't help but smile again.

"Little girl has more eyes and less mouth!"

Humph! This idiot Shufei wants to be the empress dowager and let people worship him. I don’t know where the confidence comes from. Could it be that the blind god who specializes in cheating money outside the imperial city was calculating his fortune?

He was born as a lowly slave and gave birth to a son as a great man. The prince is still here, and the prince is still here!

Concubine Chun could see clearly from the side. Concubine Shu looked at the crown princess with jealousy, unwillingness and dissatisfaction. She didn't think about it. She was old and had a humble background. Even if His Majesty was confused, he would not help her as a righteous person, let alone the prince and all the officials in the court.

It is said that after the end of the year, His Majesty will open up the selection of girls to enrich the harem. It is still a matter of whether she can sit firmly in her current seat by the end of the year next year. Instead of being jealous of the Crown Princess here, it is better to think of ways to get closer to her son and have a support when she gets old!

Mu Hongluan sat upright on her head, and when she glanced at her eyes, she knew what the two people were thinking, but she smiled and said in her heart,

"In my previous life, I often heard people telling people about the concubines in the palace, and the concubines in the palace. They are all dignified and elegant. Now I understand that this daughter is the same wherever she goes. She is either jealous or competes for power or profit, or competes for favor and love. Thinking about it this way, the women in the palace are not much better than the women in the palace!"

The woman in the palace was eager to compete for a man. When she fought for it, she had bright clothes, good jewelry, servants, fathers in her mother's family, and brothers could enjoy wealth and glory together. Therefore, this poem "Sisters and brothers are all here, and they are born in a glorious and glorious place, so that the parents in the world will not be reborn as a man or a woman."

The girl in the female branch courtyard did not compete for a man, but wanted to serve many men. She also lived for food and clothing. Like the women in the palace, they all depended on men to live. With men, there was everything, without men, there was no support and life was nowhere to go!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh.

"Oh! The woman in this world can live by earning money by herself. Her mind and body are no longer attached to men!"

Sitting on the side, she sighed, but saw two familiar figures coming, which were Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Cui. When they saw her, they smiled and came forward to salute.

"Your Highness, you will be in a thousand years!"

Mu Hongluan smiled and let the two of them be flat, but in front of everyone, she was not intimate. She just nodded and asked the two to retreat aside. They didn't care and smiled and pulled their hands back.

The palace banquet this year was no longer the cold soup and cold noodles that were eaten like in previous years. However, a small stove with red mud was placed in front of it, with red silver wire carbon in it, and a small pot of clay was placed on it. The steaming beef soup was steaming inside, and the extremely thin slices of meat were churning in the milky white soup. The aroma of meat overflowed from the covered pot, which immediately increased the appetite of the smell of the smell.

Look at the rest of the dishes on the table, and they are all heated in a small furnace. The things cooked in the official kiln are indeed good. The carbon in the small furnace is intertwined and closely matched, but there is no carbon gas leaking out. When you lift the lid, each of them is steaming. It is neither hot nor cold at the entrance, and it is just right.

Mrs. Huang pulled Mrs. Cui and said quietly,

"It's different for the Hongluan girl to be the master of this harem. She can finally eat hot dishes this year!"

Mrs. Cui also covered her mouth and smiled.

"She has disliked the cold beef soup the most in previous years, and she must have thought of a way to change it!"

Mrs. Huang looked at the beautiful light sitting on it, and the noble Mu Hongluan sighed,

"Look, she looks more like a queen than anyone else, but she is born to sit on that throne!"

Mrs. Cui hurriedly looked around and said,

"Sister Juan, please speak softly!"

Mrs. Huang looked around and saw that everyone was whispering, no one heard her talking, and then she smiled again,

"Don't worry, you have heard that Your Majesty gave the queen's phoenix seal to Sister Hongluan!"

Mrs. Cui looked a little weird when she heard this.

"I heard of it!"

Mrs. Huang said proudly,

"As far as I see that the queen's position of Hongluan is stable, even if His Majesty accepts concubines in the New Year, he will not be able to surpass her, the Crown Princess!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Cui smiled and nodded. Her eyes were complicated and she lowered her head and gave her a spoonful of soup to her mouth.

After the banquet, Mrs. Cui deliberately lagged behind half a step. She saw Dong Xue, the grand palace maid next to Mu Hongluan, looking here and waved to her. Dong Xue naturally knew the lady. She quietly passed by, and Mrs. Cui said,

"Report to His Highness the Crown Princess, I'll say Cui is asking for a meeting!"

Dongxue went over to report to Mu Hongluan. Mu Hongluan thought about it and nodded.

"Take Mrs. Cui to meet in Yuying Pavilion in Ninghe Palace!"

"yes!"

Dongxue took Mrs. Cui over, but Mu Hongluan waited for the wife to bow and leave before she took the excuse to change her clothes and go to Yuying Pavilion.

When the two met, Cui's head was about to bow, and Mu Hongluan smiled and went to help her.

"We sisters have no outsiders to speak here, so there is no need to perform these false gifts!"

At that moment, Dongxue was waiting outside, leaving only two people to talk face to each other. Cui saw that Mu Hongluan was still easy-going to her as before, so he felt relieved. Mu Hongluan looked at her hesitant and nervous expression and knew that there was something wrong, so she smiled straight to the point.

"Sister Lianlian, is there something to say?"

Seeing that Mrs. Cui was a little unsteady, she said again,

"I have been plagued by everything since I returned to Lin'an and I have no time to meet with my two sisters. If Sister Lian Lian is annoyed me, I will accompany you here, so I must not be unfamiliar with me because of this!"

Mrs. Cui said,

"You are so careless! So careless!"

Mu Hongluan smiled again,

"You are not that hesitant and stingy person. You can say anything you want to be so quick, and I can't worry!"

Cui laughed when he saw this.

"You are now a noble princess, why are you still so straightforward... But after hearing some news from my parents' family, I don't know where to start!"

Mu Hongluan naturally knew that she and her deceased mother-in-law were both from the Cui family in Hedong, but her mother-in-law was from the direct lineage, and Cui Lianlian's branch had already been separated and was a little far away.

"What did Sister Lianlian hear about?"

Cui Lianlian said,

"Do you still remember my ten girls?"

Mu Hongluan responded,

"Ten Lady is as beautiful as a flower and lively, so it is unforgettable at first sight. How can I not remember it?"

Cui Lianlian sighed when she heard this,

"That girl is in the New Year, and she is afraid she will enter Lin'an City to pick up girls!"

Mu Hongluan was shocked when she heard this.

"Does she... want to enter the palace?"

Cui Lianlian glanced at Mu Hongluan and said,

"The previous time she met the prince, but...but she remembered it in her heart..."

There is no need to explain the following words. Her own girl was thinking about her good friend’s husband. This... Cui Lianlian was stuck in it, and she was really embarrassed. She wanted to say something but hesitated. She felt sorry for her own girl. If she didn’t say it, she was sorry for her good friend. She thought about it for a long time at home and thought about it repeatedly, but her husband Hu Yuankui said disapprovingly.

"I don't know what you are worried about. This prince only has a wife, so he naturally wants to enrich his descendants in the harem. It is a good thing that your sister can enter the palace. Her beauty will definitely be favored. In the future, your Cui family will also benefit from it. If you want to do your friend's friendship, you will bluntly tell the princess and let her take care of your sister. If she is generous and virtuous, she will not make things difficult for your sister!"

Cui Lianlian felt even more distressed after hearing this.

Others didn't know, but she knew that she was a veteran in love. When she only looked at the prince in Liuli Xiaozhu, she knew that the prince was only Hongluan in her heart. Although her girl was young, she was so charming. The prince's eyes fell on her girl, just like a furniture decoration. She glanced over and fell on Hongluan's body, but it was shining brightly. She almost rushed over on the spot. Do you still understand?

You Hongluan is so arrogant, smart and powerful. It would be fine if others don’t mess with her. If she gets into trouble, no one will have any good results, not to mention that she is now very favored by His Majesty, and even gave her the queen’s phoenix seal!

The girl at home was cursed by her parents and was ignorant of the world. Under Hongluan, she was afraid that she would not be able to leave for a single round. She would not be able to die if she entered the palace!

Instead of burying your great youth in this high wall, it is better to find a family of equal status and marry into the head of the family. The couple is loving and harmonious, isn’t it beautiful?

Mu Hongluan just laughed after hearing her words.

"Sister Lianlian treats my friendship with the girl, and only the matter of selecting girls is not something that my sister can decide. Whether Lady Cui Shi can catch the prince's eyes must be decided!"

For Mrs. Cui's sake, she naturally would not make things difficult for Cui Shiniang. She could naturally enter the Eastern Palace if she could fall into the eyes of the prince. However, if the prince was willing to look at her, she would not be in charge of her!
Chapter completed!