The Northern Zhou Dynasty's send-off mission was also among the invitations to the birthday banquet, but Emperor Yue actually didn't like extravagance and waste, even the queen's birthday banquet was a family banquet, the specifications of a concubine, to be honest, Guo Shu felt a little too high.

But at all, it was a dinner party, and it could be regarded as giving the queen face. Before it was afternoon, people from all over the family rushed to congratulate them and entered the palace one after another. The Qian family and the Yun family were also ready to leave after noon to call Guo Shu, but Guo Shu did not go with them, but stayed until the sun began to set before staggering into the palace.

Before arriving at Changchun Palace, the bustling noise had already been heard. Before the dinner began, the emperor allowed him to enter the imperial garden, so there were not a few people who enjoyed the flowers, and it was also lively.

Guo Shu walked into the courtyard, perhaps because Guo Shu was dressed too plainly, but few people came to take care of it, and after a week, no one led Guo Shu to meet Concubine Xian. Jiao Lan looked very excited, Guo Shu was very calm, fortunately knew the way, and walked to the main hall with a gift.

At the door, a palace man stopped Guo Shu.

"Dare to ask who this young lady is?"

Jiao Lan was a little angry, "This is the county lord of Anzhen, and I haven't reported it yet, my county lord has come to see Niangniang." ”

The palace people looked at Jiaolan, and then at Guo Shu, who was covered with a veil and couldn't see his expression, and arched his hand, "The slave doesn't know, I hope the county lord will forgive the sin, and the slave will go in and report." Then he went into the temple.

However, after a while, someone shouted inside: "Please enter the hall of Lord Anzhen." ”

Jiao Lan was angry, "Miss, they are obviously snubbing you, how can there be such a thing." ”

Guo Shu didn't feel anything, but he still mentioned Jiaolan, "No matter what they say or do later, you are not allowed to speak, do you hear it." Jiao Lan bit her lip and replied in a low voice, "Yes." "It's very unwilling.

The hall is very spacious, sitting a few very high-grade women, including Qian and Yun, as soon as Guo Shu came in, Qian said: "Originally, the county lord was going to come early to meet Niangniang, but the county lord said that the congratulatory gift to Niangniang should be prepared well, so as not to be rude, this is too late, and I hope Niangniang will not be surprised." ”

"Oh?" Concubine Xian looked very interested, "That's the case, then the palace is looking forward to what kind of gift the county lord has prepared for the palace." "Straighten up.

"The county lord of Anzhen has seen Concubine Xian, Concubine De, ladies and gentlemen, I wish Concubine Xian Niangniang a long and happy life, and Xiangshun Kangtai. ”

Concubine Xian smiled a little, "Get up, your sister-in-law said that you were late to prepare a gift for the palace, and the palace wants to know what gift you have prepared for the palace, so present it." ”

Guo Shu stood up, "This gift has just been completed, and the courtiers rushed over as soon as they got it, and the courtiers didn't look at it, but it was a painting and calligraphy by Master Huiyue, and the name was 'Prosperous Flowers'." ”

With Guo Shu's words, a long painting scroll slowly unfolded in the main hall and the like.

The picture scroll hooked with gold is not tacky at all, but faintly has a bit of Buddha's meaning, and the green silk is framed, and a vigorous vitality jumps in front of you. On the snow-white painting paper, the group of flowers compete for beauty, red and white, blue and purple, competing to open each other, each with its own merits, a painting encompasses spring, summer, autumn and winter. The mountain peach in spring, the pink lotus in summer, the frost chrysanthemum in autumn accompanied by the snow plum in winter, supplemented by dozens of flowers such as the orchid and the azalea peony in spring, all of them are lifelike, under the exquisite composition, they do not seem to be messy and crowded at all, the posture of each plant is different, but it is integrated, which makes people have to marvel at the peerless kung fu of the painter.

"Bang--" softly, the doors and windows were closed, the light in the hall dimmed all of a sudden, at this time the picture scroll, each flower, actually emitted a faint fluorescence, what color is the flower, what color is the light, so that the picture scroll, suddenly become brilliant. The light reflects the flowers, and the flowers bloom wantonly in the light, reflecting each other, like a dream.

"Good. ”

I don't know who shouted, the flowers of the prosperous era are indeed the flowers of the prosperous times. Guo Shu stood quietly to the side, and Concubine Xian glanced at Guo Shu with a complicated look

Such a gift, even if it is a little longer, it does not matter.

"The county lord really has a heart, the palace likes it very much, put it away first, and let everyone watch this prosperous world at night, I don't know what you think?"

"Thank you for your grace. All the women fell to the ground, only Guo Shu's indifferent eyes and Concubine Xian's inexplicable eyes were far away.

"Bestow a seat. Concubine Xian waved her hand, Guo Shu thanked her, walked over and sat down, but glanced at a dignified and quiet beautiful woman sitting next to Concubine Xian, coincidentally, the woman also glanced at Guo Shu, looking at each other, the atmosphere in the hall, I don't know when, suddenly changed taste, but Guo Shu just glanced at it, and sat quietly aside, because with a veil, Guo Shu is not good at drinking tea or eating anything, so he just sits on the side in a daze, maybe sometimes Concubine Xian will politely say two sentences to Guo Shu, but Guo Shu is more polite to reply to two sentences。 Gradually, even Concubine Xian stopped talking to Guo Shu, and Guo Shu was completely left aside, looking at this situation, the Qian family and the Yun family looked a little embarrassed, and even more dissatisfied, and the others didn't dare to say anything.

The sun was setting, and the people who were playing in the palace had returned, so Concubine Xian took everyone to the table and sat down. Concubine Xian sat on the throne, and Concubine De, who had been talking sullenly, sat down, sitting on one side of the palace concubine and on the other side of the women. King Ning and King Rui sat on the hands of the palace concubines with their families, Guo Shu sat on it according to the grade, but the top seat was empty, Guo Shu looked at the seat with interest, and his mouth was full of sneers.

With a turn of his eyes, Chi Lian sat alone and didn't know where to take out a book, but Guo Sheng and King Ning were sitting together, Guo Shu shook his head.

Perhaps sensing Guo Shu's gaze, Guo Shang nodded towards Guo Shu, his face full of happiness. Guo Shu suddenly felt that she should be given a little decoction to avoid the child, Guo Sheng had just passed her fifteenth birthday, although she was seventeen years old, but in fact, she was still too young.

In this way, Guo Shu is indeed too boring.

"Miss, this is for you from Your Highness. Jiao Lan said softly, handing over a plate of peach blossom pastries, "Your Highness said that he has eaten it and thinks you should like it." ”

Guo Shu was stunned, stretched out his hand and took a bite, looking at the soft and glutinous appearance, it was very crispy inside, and there was a faint fragrance of acacia flowers when he bit it, a little sweet, but it was just right, it was indeed a very good dessert.

Xiao Hengyan stared at Guo Shu's expression, and was very happy to see that she liked it very much. Although he knew that his mother didn't seem to like Guo Shu very much, he didn't expect his mother to be so faceless. This gave him a headache, but Guo Shu didn't seem to care much about this, which made Xiao Hengyan feel even more guilty, and he happened to taste a pastry and felt that he should be very appetizing to Guo Shu, so he hurriedly sent it over, after all, his future princess didn't eat anything today, and she looked a little thinner......

Next, Guo Shu was frantically fed. The pastries, cold dishes, hot dishes, and soup were all served again, and the dishes in front of Guo Shu were changed several times, all of which were Guo Shu's favorite flavors. Without exception, all of them were sent over by Xiao Hengyan after trying it, since this is the case, Guo Shu was not polite, and took advantage of no one to pay attention, secretly took off the veil, and ate a hearty meal.

However, the two of them did a fairly hidden job, and few people noticed the anomaly between the two. Concubine Xian also looked extremely happy, raised her glass again and again, and after a while, her face was dyed red.

"The emperor has arrived—"

"Greetings to the Emperor. Concubine Xian took the lead and knelt down.

"Calm down, today is Concubine Xian's birthday, so I won't take the lead. ”

A touch of dark dragon robe dragged under Guo Shu's gaze, Guo Shu sat down with everyone and glanced at the current Son of Heaven. is different from the impression, he is a little middle-aged, but not serious, compared to ten years ago, he has added a bit of elegance and majesty, he is in a high position all the year round, and he is extremely noble. He is still upright, and he can vaguely feel his former military demeanor, and his actions are more of a kind of resolute action with implied strength. But he is not reckless, on the contrary, he is a thorough Ming monarch, he reuses capable ministers, and gives full trust to the leading generals, which is also the reason why the Guo family holds nearly half of the soldiers and horses in Dayue, but Guo Shun can still lead 100,000 imperial forest troops to defend the capital, which is impossible for most emperors to do. At least in Guo Shu's impression, he tried his best to recuperate and develop people's livelihood, and achieved remarkable results. This can be seen from the hundreds of thousands of fugitives who enter Da Viet every year.

But maybe it was because he lost two beloved sons in just a few months, Guo Shu always felt a little haggard.

The dancing girl who had been prepared for a long time came up, and for a while the singing and dancing leveled out, Guo Shu shrank back to the backrest, she had just eaten too much, she needed to take a break, and wait for the show to start.

"Bell bell bell-" A crisp music sounded, and the dancing girls slowly retreated, and a vague fragrance came, and the dancers carried a small drum on the stage.

"Knock knock-" With the sound of drums, a woman in white clothes, stepping on the drum, gently dancing the water sleeves, step by step, stepping on the music, came to everyone.

The seemingly absent singing, just the right music, accompanied by the rhythmic drum sound, form a wonderful resonance, which makes people can't help but immerse themselves in a wonderful artistic conception. Long sleeves flying, there are petals fluttering down in mid-air, every dance step of the woman in white is on the drum, every rhythm falls, there are petals falling, every petal falls on the woman in white, that place will be dyed with the color of petals. After a while, with the long-sleeved dance, the white clothes gradually turned into colorful clothes, the rhythm of the drums became faster and faster, the music and singing became more and more high-pitched, everything gradually went to the top, and the atmosphere gradually moved towards a climax.

Just before reaching the apex, it all came to an abrupt halt. Don't have gloom and hatred, silence is better than sound at this time.

The silver bottle burst through the water slurry, and the iron rider stood out with the sound of the sword. pulled everyone back from the gloom and resentment. Like a person to the clouds, but when he is about to touch it, he stops, and when he is secretly hating, he suddenly soars for nine days, how hearty!

"Good!"

It is indeed good to wake up the person in the dream with a word, and no one disagrees with this. Even Emperor Yue, who is accustomed to singing and dancing, praised him again and again, and the people below felt that this dance should only be in heaven.

There are those who shake their heads and reminisce carefully, and those who are ready to write two poems, and everyone is intoxicated.

"What's the name of this dance?" asked Emperor Yue.

Everyone looked back on it, and they all looked at the woman in colorful clothes standing in the center, and when they looked at it carefully, they were surprised to find that it was a rare beauty, maybe compared to Xizi, Luo Shen was only one line behind.

The beautiful cherry lips opened lightly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the name of this dance is, 'Flowers in the Prosperous Age!'"