Chapter 45: The Birthday Feast IV

Lige knew that Granny Mu had always never mentioned anything about her biological mother, so she thought about the twists and turns to inquire, and she followed Granny Mu's words, "Which country is the mother-in-law from? Is it from Wei Xingguo?"

Granny Mu touched Lige's head, "Mother-in-law is not from Wei Xingguo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" After speaking, he was worried about Lige and continued to ask, so he quickly pushed Lige out of the door, "It's not early, Miss, hurry up, it's not good if everyone waits for you." ”

Lige knew that Granny Mu refused to go deeper, so she had to go to the inner courtyard with Granny Mu. The birthday banquet in the evening is actually a family banquet, in addition to the women and children in the inner courtyard of the palace of the king of Qi, the others are also the relatives or good friends of the king of Qi, and the banquet is set in the painting spring hall between the outer courtyard and the main courtyard.

The courtyard and hall are very large, and the earth dragon is paved, and a fire is set up in the courtyard to keep warm, even if you sit in the courtyard, you will not feel cold.

It was the first time for Lige to enter the painting spring hall, and she couldn't help but look left and right curiously, Granny Mu coughed lightly, and Lige immediately pretended to be everyone's beautiful appearance, and walked over from the verandah without squinting.

Princess Qi with her children, as well as the side concubines, aunts, and concubines, were already waiting in the hall, and the men led by King Qi had not yet arrived. Seeing that Lige was coming, Princess Qi didn't react. Song Heipang stood with Ji Qiongying, and beckoned to her when he saw Lige.

Lige pretended not to see it, and consciously picked a seat and sat down. happened to be sitting next to Ji Qiongying. Granny Mu stood in the back.

Lige observed that the female guests should be seated in the hall, and the male guests should be sitting in the courtyard. Because the stoves in the courtyard were lit, when Lige walked over from the verandah, he didn't feel cold at all.

After waiting for a while, King Qi came in with the male guests. A mother-in-law had already placed a large black lacquer screen at the entrance of the hall. After King Qi beckoned the male guests to sit down, he asked the housekeeper to serve some drinks and snacks to the male guests first. He first went to the hall and sat down to receive the birthday greetings from his wife and concubines.

Headed by Princess Qi, everyone said blessings to King Qi, and then offered birthday gifts. Lige also hesitated for many days for today's birthday gift, and finally simply copied a book that Old Man Zhang bought from outside and copied it by himself as a birthday gift.

Granny Mu also specially asked, "This is not a scripture, is it appropriate to copy it and dedicate it to King Qi?"

Lige replied with a smile, "My father likes to collect books so much, this book was bought from an outside bookstore, and it is estimated that my father has no time to read this kind of popular domain chronicles, I personally copied it and dedicated it to him, how can it also be my heart, what is wrong with this?"

When Granny Mu heard this, she thought that even if Lige made clothes, sachets, purses, etc., she was afraid that she would only end up idle, so she was no longer picky.

Sure enough, when Lige handed over the hand-copied book to King Qi, King Qi was very surprised, opened it on the spot, flipped through it, and rarely praised Lige, "The words are not bad." ”

Lige quickly glanced at the other people present, between which Princess Qi's eyes flickered, and her smile contained meaning and ridicule, Ji Qionghua's face was expressionless, Ji Qiongying pursed her mouth to show dissatisfaction, and the others also had different expressions.

Lige smiled at the corner of his mouth and retreated to his position. Ji Qiongying, who was sitting next to her, smiled at her. Lige also responded to her with a smile. Lige noticed that Ji Qiongying's biological mother's appearance was five or six points similar to that newly favored one of the palace maids given by the palace.

Lige couldn't help but glance at the two of them a few more times, and Ji Qiongying next to her noticed Lige's small movements, and couldn't help but blush. She still quite minded her low status as a mother.

After King Qi accepted the birthday gifts of his women and children, he was thinking of dealing with the male guests in the courtyard, when Ji Qiming suddenly said in surprise, "Father, Sister Lige looks like Aunt Chun and Sister Hibiscus." ”

Aunt Chun is Ji Qiongying's biological mother, and Mu Hibiscus is the new palace maid, because she has not yet given birth, so her identity is only a concubine, and she cannot be called an aunt.

No matter how you say it, Lige is also the daughter of King Qi, even if she is a concubine, if she is compared with her aunt and concubine, it is very insulting.

Lige sat there, and she could also feel the anger emanating from Granny Mu behind her, but she didn't care too much, since she was sensible, she didn't seem to have any anger at her treatment, as if she knew that these things were not worth her anger. Therefore, Lige didn't look up at Ji Qionghua and the others, she just raised her cheeks and looked at Aunt Chun and Miss Hibiscus opposite.

King Qi's footsteps froze, probably because he wanted to see how Lige would react, he didn't say anything but looked at Lige with his eyes. Ji Qiongying, who was sitting next to Lige, only felt that her hands and feet were cold, and everyone's eyes were focused on the person beside her, which made her nervous on the side. But the person concerned still looks like a good and wandering person.

Ji Qionghua waited for a while, but she didn't see Lige responding, she felt that she had lost face, and she was angry in her heart, so she raised her voice, and then said that even the male guests outside heard it, and suddenly there was silence in the Spring Hall, and everyone was waiting for Lige to respond.

Li Ge finally smiled while staring at Ji Qionghua's eyes and said, "Sister, you are the little county lord of the imperial court, and you want to be educated differently, and you will compare your sister with your aunt and concubine." I don't know if this upbringing is from the Qi Palace, or the Wei Xingguo royal family?"

The words of Lige directly pointed to Ji Qionghua's lack of education and loss of identity, and alluded to the Qi Wangfu and the Wei Xingguo royal family. Princess Qi and King Qi both felt stunned. Because this was heard by all, some of the sneers were especially noticeable in the quiet environment.

Ji Qionghua was so angry that she stood up suddenly. King Qi was worried that the two of them would continue to say embarrassing words, so he coughed lightly, "Tong Yan is unscrupulous, children don't have to be serious when they speak." With that, he paced out. Princess Qi held down Ji Qionghua. Ji Qionghua had no choice but to sit down angrily.

Ji Qiongying and Song Heifat, who were sitting next to Ji Qionghua, were still children after all, and they were very happy to see Ji Qionghua, who usually pretended to be very noble, deflated.

Princess Qi secretly hated in her heart, she should have solved this hidden danger earlier that day, and now that she is older, she is really a disgusting person like her biological mother.

In the courtyard, the three men who had been to the library in the afternoon were also sitting together, and the Guigu brother was curiously saying to Song Boqi, "The little girl who asked the first question should be the daughter of King Qi, who is the little girl who answered later?"

Song Boqi was trying to curry favor with Guigu Jin Shen from the royal family of Yanyun Kingdom, so he whispered to him about Lige's life experience. Guigu Jin Shen's eyes flickered, "So, this Miss Lige's biological mother left her daughter in the Qi Wangfu and eloped with others?" Song Boqi laughed lightly, "The Qi Wangfu said this to the outside world, who knows the truth? In short, it is true that her biological mother did not want to see the King of Qi and abandoned the King of Qi." ”

Guigu Jin Shen asked curiously, "I see that King Qi is also a beautiful man, and he is the prince of Zhaozhao Kingdom, I think Miss Lige's biological mother must be a stunning woman, otherwise how could she give up King Qi." ”

Song Boqi has always been angry about his sister succumbing to being a side concubine, so he deliberately said, "Prince Qi has another good match." Guigu Jin smiled and said nothing, but the other person who followed them suddenly realized that Princess Qi was the princess of Wei Xingguo, and she thought that it was because Prince Qi wanted to enjoy the blessings of the Qi people, and Lige's biological mother was humiliated and took the initiative to beg.

The little episode just now doesn't exist, and he eats the meal in front of him wholeheartedly, and when he sees something delicious, he will secretly put it in his sleeve when he sees something delicious, easy to preserve. For tonight's dinner, she specially made a special design in the sleeve.

Although on weekdays, Granny Mu can go to the big kitchen to get vegetables, and she can also take the moonsilver from the song to add vegetables. But it's just the everyday dishes. The dishes at King Qi's birthday banquet are not easy to eat on weekdays. I have already thought about it, I can't finish eating, take it back, and I can add food in the next few days.

Although Lige tried hard to eat, but also paid attention to the actions of the people around her, she found that a servant girl next to her was very suspicious, so she kept staring at her, and sure enough, when she passed a hot soup, she deliberately softened her hand, and the hot soup was poured on Lige's body.

Lige finally made this good dress, and she still cared about it very much, so she took the oil paper and carefully threw it on her knees to prevent the oil stains from falling on the clothes. At this time, she hurriedly picked up the oil paper and blocked the hot soup back on the maid's body, and at this moment, she saw that the maid's body was full of the hot soup that had been spilled. She seemed to be frightened and didn't react for a long time.

Lige shook the oiled paper in the direction of the maid a few times, and a few drops of soup were graded onto the maid's face. Lige stuffed the oiled paper into the girl's hand again, and said with a smile, "I won't blame you, it seems that you just lacked training, so you spilled soup." ”

After saying that, Lige checked his clothes again, and knelt on the stool again to prevent the soup on the ground from staining his shoes. Ji Qiongying sat next to her, although she was not spilled on her body by the soup, but the soup was flowing on the ground, staining her embroidered shoes. She couldn't help but exclaim, "My shoes".