frightfiction Chapter 551 New Year's Eve (for [Book Friend Kitten])
Chapter 551 New Year's Eve (for [Book Friend Kitten])
In a blink of an eye, it is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve.
The busiest people in the harem are Shen Zhinian and Concubine Liang.
Although they had arranged everything for the palace banquet, they still had to check it again carefully to make sure everything was alright.
During this time, Shen Zhinian and Concubine Liang both discovered some minor flaws. Although they would not cause any major chaos at the New Year's Eve palace banquet, they would still appear less than perfect.
It's easy to tell who did this.
After all, their power was taken from Concubine Shu. Would she want to see the two of them enjoying endless glory?
Concubine Shu has learned to be smarter and is extremely cautious in her actions. She only annoys them with these minor issues and does not cause any big trouble.
If Shen Zhinian and Concubine Liang wanted to investigate thoroughly, it would take a lot of effort. And even if they found out that Concubine Shu did it, she would not face any punishment in the end because it was harmless.
New Year's Eve is approaching, and neither of them wants to cause any trouble at this time.
Handan said with a smile: "… Madam, everyone in the palace is saying that this New Year's Eve, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin will also come to the capital to wish Your Majesty a happy new year!"
The Prince of Jin was the eighth son of the previous emperor, and his biological mother was Concubine Qi. However, in the first year of Nangong Xuanyu's accession to the throne, Concubine Qi died of illness.
Although the previous emperor had many princes, some of them died young or in the tragic fight for the throne. In the end, only Nangong Xuanyu and Prince Jin survived.
In other words, Prince Jin is Nangong Xuanyu's only biological brother.
The Prince of Jin has not yet married a wife, and there is only a concubine and several concubines in his palace.
With his noble birth, handsome appearance, and gentle personality, many aristocratic families in the capital wanted to marry their daughters to him as the Princess of Jin.
Shen Zhinian nodded slightly, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
In his previous life, the King of Jin was born into a very noble family, but he had no airs of a noble family. Coupled with his handsome appearance, countless women considered him a good match.
Shen Zhinian didn't have much interaction with King Jin and didn't know much about him.
Finally, Prince Jin started a rebellion, and Shen Zhinian realized that his previous gentle and loyal appearance was all an act, and he was actually very ambitious!
At this time, there were still five or six years before Prince Jin rebelled, so he must have hidden his fox tail very well.
Unfortunately, on New Year's Eve of the second year of Jingtai in her previous life, Shen Zhinian was just a little lady who won the first prize in the imperial examination and was not qualified to attend the palace banquet. Naturally, she had no idea why the King of Jin came to Beijing this time.
But tomorrow night, I will be able to meet the King of Jin who is good at disguise.
……
Jiangzhai.
Jiang Lingzhou has been weak and sickly since childhood. Perhaps it is because the weather is getting colder, but his physical condition has been getting worse in the past two days.
As of today, he has fallen into a coma...
The best doctors in the capital were invited in one after another, but most of them were helpless.
The housekeeper was so anxious that he was running around!
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. If something happens to the young master on this day, how will he explain to the master and the mistress when he returns?
The last doctor took Jiang Lingzhou's pulse and sighed deeply: "Young Master's physical condition is too poor. There is nothing I can do..."
"If there is a miraculous medicine that can temporarily save your life, and then slowly treat you, maybe you can turn the corner."
The housekeeper subconsciously thought of the old mountain ginseng that the Shen family had sent two days ago: "Excuse me, doctor, what kind of miraculous medicine do you want? Will a mountain ginseng that is hundreds of years old work?"
A hundred-year-old ginseng is a rare item, only available to royal relatives or the palace, let alone one that is hundreds of years old?
The Jiang family is indeed the number one family in Jiangcheng, with such a profound foundation!
The doctor nodded and said, "Of course!"
The housekeeper quickly looked at the servant next to him and said, "Quick! Go to the storehouse and get that old mountain ginseng!"
The servant replied "yes" and hurried out.
When Jiang Lingzhou woke up, it was already New Year's Eve.
The doctor felt his pulse again and breathed a sigh of relief: "Young Master's body is still weak, but his life is safe. From now on, you just need to take good care of yourself and take the medicine I prescribed, and you will be fine."
This "no problem" does not mean that Jiang Lingzhou has recovered, but that the crisis has been overcome.
The housekeeper thanked the doctor profusely, gave him a generous consultation fee, and asked someone to send the doctor away.
Jiang Lingzhou's health has always been poor. Every time he gets sick, it's like a mountain falling on his head, and it's like pulling out a thread. It's normal for him to be unconscious for several days.
This is the first time I woke up so quickly.
He was a smart man, so he naturally thought of the old ginseng that the Shen family sent.
Sure enough, after asking, Jiang Lingzhou got a definite answer from the housekeeper.
"...Sir, this time it's all thanks to the Shen family!"
"The doctor has said more than once that if you didn't have that old mountain ginseng this time, even if you could wake up, your vitality would be greatly damaged and your life span would be greatly shortened."
"The Shen family is our savior!"
Jiang Lingzhou was grateful in his heart.
But I also feel that this matter is a bit too coincidental.
But the Shen family did not have the ability to predict the future, so how could they know that his health would be in danger in a few days and send him the old mountain ginseng in advance?
Jiang Lingzhou could only attribute all this to coincidence.
"…What day is today?"
The housekeeper said gently, "Sir, it's New Year's Eve."
"This year's New Year's Eve, you are not in Jiangcheng, so only the people in our house will celebrate the New Year together."
Jiang Lingzhou nodded slightly, with a bit of gratitude in his eyes: "Such a great favor should be greatly thanked. It's just that it's not appropriate to disturb the family reunion day."
"Butler, please prepare a generous gift. After the New Year, I will go to the Shen family to express my gratitude in person."
The housekeeper said, "Yes!"
……
Zhongcui Palace.
The sky gradually darkened, and it would soon be time to go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for the banquet.
Handan stood in front of the bronze mirror, dressing up Shen Zhinian.
Your Majesty is now the head of all concubines, so on such a grand day you must outshine all the others!
The makeup and jewelry that Handan put on for Shen Zhinian today were extremely beautiful, luxurious, and grand!
At this moment, she couldn't help but sigh: "Thinking back to when I first entered the palace, in order to avoid attracting attention, the queen tried to dress low-key and plain every time she attended some big occasions. Now we have finally made it!"
Not long after, a beauty who looked like a fairy appeared in the bronze mirror.
The wet nurses also brought the fourth prince over.
He was wrapped in a bright red swaddling cloth today and looked extremely festive, just like a doll in a New Year picture.
The fourth prince is already more than four months old and has grown a lot since he was born.
Sometimes when Concubine Sun was in a good mood, she would come to the main hall to play the pipa. When he heard the pleasant sound of the pipa, he would dance in his cradle and make babbling sounds.
The head will also turn to look towards the source of the sound.