Chapter Eighty-Seven
"The emperor has arrived!
The voice of the inner eunuch's father-in-law came from outside the courtyard, and he heard a sound of footsteps coming from outside, getting closer and closer, until the emperor's jade chariot appeared from the side of the shadow monument, and everyone immediately knelt down to say goodbye.
"Long live the emperor, long live!"
The queen mother and the two princesses stepped forward to meet them quickly, until the emperor was helped down by the personal supervisor, and the queen bent her knees and asked for peace: "The emperor is auspicious!"
"Ran'er, get up quickly, don't be polite!" The emperor saw that the queen saluted, and immediately stepped forward to help her up, and his expression full of grace envied the women and ladies around him.
You must know that not all emperors who are the supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan can be without concubines in the harem and be favored alone.
Since the poignant love story of the ancestors of the Jingsheng Dynasty, although there have always been some concubines and nobles in the harem, but in this generation, until Queen Sun was canonized ten years ago, there are no other concubines in the Jingsheng harem.
It's not because of the queen's means of managing the harem, but because of the queen's efforts to eliminate differences and never accept concubines.
"Father!" Jing Yang bowed to the emperor and saluted, which was regarded as a greeting, but Jing Chen, like a child, threw himself directly into the emperor's arms, raised his little face and said happily: "Father, are you also here to attend the birthday banquet of your son?"
"Imperial sister, if you don't ask for peace when your father comes, you know that you want a gift, so ashamed. ”
A ridicule came from behind the emperor, as soon as Jing Chen heard this voice, he immediately frowned, pouted and put his head behind the emperor's arm, and stuck out his tongue at Jing Xuan, who was smiling behind him with a treacherous face, and asked, "Jing Xuan, did you bring me a gift?"
"Chen'er!" The queen suddenly dragged Jing Chen into the emperor's arms to her side, nodded her brows and looked disgusted: "It's not big or small again." Do you want the Third Emperor Brother to hear it?"
"Queen Mother, where do you see Jing Xuan is older than me? Look at his face, it obviously looks smaller than me!" Jing Chen pointed to Jing Xuan's smiling face, looking really immature, but no matter what, Jing Xuan was nearly three years older than her. No matter how young her appearance is, her age is there, and she is also her royal brother.
It was this that made Jing Chen the most angry.
Seeing that Jing Xuan's sixteenth birthday was approaching, he still looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child.
Accepting the strange gadgets that Jing Xuan gave her and Jing Yang and a set of unique bead flower steps, Jing Chen glanced at Jing Xuan angrily, but found that his eyes were fluttering around, as if he was looking for something, and immediately spoke to him again: "Roar, Jing Xuan." You still say that I am ashamed, you are not the same, you don't know how to please be safe when you see your mother!" "Chen'er!" The queen roared at her with a tense face, and Jing Xuan's respectful voice immediately sounded in her ears: "Erchen asks for peace to the queen mother, may the queen mother be auspicious and happy." ”
The queen mother listened to Jing Xuan's words, her eyes flashed with a smile, and then she walked up to Jing Xuan with a loving smile and took a closer look at his too thin face. took his hand and patted it, and said with a smile: "Xuan'er has lost weight recently." The emperor has increased your schoolwork again?"
"After returning to his mother, his son was stupid and couldn't understand the exercises left by Master Taifu, so it took more time and energy. Jing Xuanhan scratched his head with a smile and replied to the queen's words, but when no one was paying attention. There was a gleam in his eyes.
His father did give him some more homework recently, but he didn't want the queen to know and worry about him.
The queen mother smiled, seeing that he was obviously smiling, but he looked a little rusty. suddenly felt a little lower, and told him a few words that he must focus on eating and resting on weekdays, and then gave him his hand.
Mu Tianxiang, who was kneeling on the ground, secretly looked at the interaction between the queen and the three princes through the gap between the stone table and the stone bench, and was surprised at the moment, feeling that this scene was very different from what he had heard about the things between the queen and the three princes.
Now seeing the queen's attitude towards Jing Xuan, it is not as unwelcoming as she heard, but there is a feeling of trying to please her.
The emperor coughed lightly, interrupting Mu Tianxiang's thoughts, and saw him smile and asked the queen: "Ran'er, I heard that you are very happy here except for the court, tell me, what is the good thing about this birthday banquet?"
"Father, father, let the sons come here, you come over here......" Jing Chen was lively by nature, and after listening to the emperor's questioning at this time, he immediately dragged her arm and dragged him to the stone table where the cake was placed.
"Father, you see, this is a birthday cake, Jingyang and I have already made a wish, and we are about to cut the cake and share it for everyone to eat. Jing Chen pointed to the double-layered strawberry cake on the table and introduced it to the emperor.
"Birthday cake? What is this?" the emperor also saw this strange thing for the first time, and asked curiously holding his beard for a while.
"Mu Tianxiang, you two tell your father what this thing is. Jing Chen suddenly shouted at the other side of the table.
Mu Tianxiang knelt behind the crowd, and was blocked by the stone table, so everyone didn't see her figure for a while, and now that Jing Chen said this, everyone's eyes fell on Mu Tianxiang, who was still kneeling on the ground, not only her, but even all the ladies and ladies were still kneeling on the ground, waiting for the emperor to open his mouth.
When the emperor spoke, Mu Tianxiang got up with everyone, but because she knelt in a different place from others, she happened to kneel on the bluestone slab with a cold back, which was extremely cold, and she only felt that her knees were painful, and her body shook as if she was about to fall for a while.
"Be careful!" just as she was about to fall to the ground, a worried exclamation came from her ear, and she was firmly held by the arm.
Mu Tianxiang turned around and saw the third prince Jing Xuan supporting him, frowning and worried, immediately pulled out his hand and stood firm, and replied, "Thank you Third Prince!"
After being polite, Mu Tianxiang told the emperor about the birthday cake again according to Princess Jingchen's request.
The emperor nodded with a smile, although he hadn't seen this thing, but he also knew that the strange things in the world had different terroirs, and when he saw that Jing Yang and Jing Chen's eyes had been burning on the cake, he immediately waved his hand and said: "Since I am also here, I also want to taste the taste of this strange dim sum, you don't have to worry about me, just change how to come or how to come." ”
After speaking, he threw off his robe and sat down steadily on the stone bench.
After the inner supervisor took a silver needle to check for poison and confirmed that there was no problem, Jing Yang and Jing Chen went to cut the cake according to Mu Tianxiang's instructions, because of the relationship between the emperor and the queen, they couldn't use a knife, so Mu Tianxiang asked the two to use a thin line to press and cut the cake into pieces, and took the chopsticks and distributed them to the porcelain plate.
The first to give the emperor and the queen a piece, the same, the inner prison first tasted, and when they saw that there was no hindrance, they started to taste it.
The sweet and smooth taste in the mouth immediately made the queen overjoyed, and said: "This taste is really excellent, what do you think, Your Majesty?"
"Well, it tastes good. "It's just too sweet.
The emperor put the porcelain plate in his hand on the table, replied to the queen's words with a smile, and then turned to everyone and said: "You don't need to be polite, you can taste it." ”
As a result, when the lady and lady present tasted the cake, they were all surprised and applauded, and their eyes were full of hope when they looked at Mu Tianxiang.
This thing, if you can eat it on weekdays, is simply a delicacy in the world.
Mu Tianxiang looked at everyone's expressions, smiled in her heart, and felt that her purpose had taken another step.
When the cake was divided and only the bottom tray was left, the queen mother put down the plate unsatisfied, took a sip of the tea handed by the inner supervisor, and looked up to see Jing Yang and Jing Chen looking at her with a begging face.
The queen's heart moved, sighed and said with a little regret: "Such a delicious thing, I don't know when I will have the opportunity to eat it again." ”
Mu Tianxiang glanced at the queen, and saw that she lowered her head and couldn't see her expression, so she immediately raised the corners of her mouth and smiled: "If the queen mother likes it, it is better for the people to write down this practice, if you want to eat it on weekdays, you can ask the imperial chef to make some for you, it is also good." ”
Mu Tianxiang's mention made the queen mother and the two princesses excited, but it was not easy to say, the queen mother shook her head with a wry smile and said: "It's better to keep Miss Mu, I'm afraid that such a delicious snack is also passed down from the ancestors, how can this palace be taken away." ”
The queen's words made Jing Chen, who was beside her, pouted unhappily and shook her arm.
The queen bowed her head and ignored it.
Mu Tianxiang smiled and said: "It's just a prescription, if you can make the queen and the princess happy, why should the people be reluctant." If the queen mother likes it, when the people have the opportunity to develop a new recipe in the future, they will definitely present it to the queen mother as soon as possible. ”
Mu Tianxiang's words really moved the queen mother, but because the emperor was there, she was embarrassed to really take it, so she turned her eyes to the direction.
Three small faces with begging faces faced him together. Immediately, the emperor who was high above melted his heart, thought for a while, and then stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Since Miss Mu is willing to cut love, I will naturally not let you have a loss, come to someone, spread my will, and give the big boss of Mu's Xiangfang ten thousand taels of gold, a set of silk and feather yarn brocade clothes, two pieces of jade dew and hairpins, and a few days ago."
"Your Majesty!" Mu Tianxiang suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted, seeing that the emperor looked at him with a different face, Mu Tianxiang was suddenly shocked that he interrupted the emperor's words on the spur of the moment, and immediately kowtowed and apologized: "The people's daughter is ashamed, and she doesn't dare to receive the emperor's reward with just one prescription." ”
"Then do you think that these things I gave are not enough to exchange for the joy of the queen and princess?" The emperor was slightly angry, and then looked at Mu Tianxiang who was kneeling on the ground, but he frowned and muttered for a moment before speaking: "Then dispense with the above things and give a colorful glass incense burner." !”
"Thank you for the emperor's gift!" (to be continued......