The Crown Princess's birthday was much smaller than the subsequent Queen Mother's birthday and the Prince's birthday.

The three nobles gathered to celebrate their birthdays, and the Queen Mother was not only the most noble, but also the longest one, so she naturally wanted to congratulate her. The prince's pomp is slightly inferior, in the past, when he was not in good health, he was basically as simple as possible, but since his old illness was cured, the emperor almost every year is eager to put on a palace banquet for his son, therefore, on the prince's birthday, there is also a banquet in the palace, and it is the kind that civil and military officials will attend.

There is only the crown princess, the smallest pomp and the most low-key. She is embarrassed to compete with the queen mother, and there is no reason to be in the limelight with her husband, basically holding a medium-sized palace banquet, except for the people in the palace, only the close branch clan and a few close blood relatives will come to participate, and the family members of hundreds of officials will not attend as usual. Of course, with the status and power of the Tang family in the court, it is common for someone to present a birthday gift to the crown princess. However, the banquet in the palace will not be publicly invited to the outside world. However, the Tang family, as usual, sent representatives to several large temples in Beijing on this day to pray for the crown princess to fast. If relatives and friends have the heart to join in and go to pray for blessings, the Tang family will not refuse this kindness.

Qin Hanzhen is the granddaughter of her uncle, and she is considered to be in the list of royal relatives who are close to the royal family, so it is inevitable that she will go to the East Palace with everyone in the long house to congratulate the crown princess Tang on her birthday and participate in the palace banquet.

She attends such occasions every year, she has already memorized all the procedures, and she has practiced etiquette for a long time, and she has never made a mistake from beginning to end. The crown princess accepted her congratulations with a smile, and said a few words of concern cordially and elegantly, which seemed a little more intimate than in previous years. Probably because Qin Hanzhen has already made a family relationship with Zhao Mo this year, right? For the crown princess, she is no longer her husband's cousin and niece, and she is also the wife of her close nephew. The crown princess has another expectation for Zhao Mo in her heart, now that the marriage has been decided, she looks at Qin Hanzhen's gaze, and it is also different.

Qin Hanzhen calmly lowered his head slightly, and acted according to etiquette in everything he said and did, neither meaning to be close to the crown princess, nor acting particularly rusty. She didn't have any opinion on the crown princess, but she still remembered in her heart that the other party had intentionally matched Zhao Mo and Cai Yuanzhen, and she was so enthusiastic that it made people feel unhappy. Qin Hanzhen is still a little tempered when he asks himself, although he doesn't resent the crown princess, but he can't get close to her, so it's good to be so lightly.

Anyway, Zhao Mo has already made up his mind and will not be the heir of the prince. To the two of them, the crown princess is just an aunt. Although their status is noble, it does not yet determine their future life.

Qin Hanzhen has her own careful thoughts, and maintains a calm painting style in front of people, and those who are not familiar with her will praise a few words when they see her - as for how many of them really want to praise her, and how many of them praise her for the sake of her grandfather or fiancé, it is unknown. Anyway, the crown princess seemed to be quite satisfied with her expression.

The crown princess Tang was not an eight-faced, enthusiastic character. She was born in a family of eunuchs, and she originally preferred this kind of dignified and elegant style. Looking at Qin Hanzhen, who seemed to be a little more stable than before, she had a slight change in her heart, and felt that she might have underestimated Qin Hanzhen too much in the past. The little girl is younger and has a more innocent temperament, and there are also some of them. But as long as you are good at teaching, you can still make progress.

Qin Hanzhen didn't pay too much attention to the princess's perception of herself, as long as the princess didn't obviously express her dissatisfaction with herself, she felt that she had passed a level and could make a difference. After saluting and greetings, when the rest of the Qin family wanted to retreat, she also retreated, and followed her grandmother Niu and her uncle and grandmother Xu from beginning to end, and walked with her cousin Qin Jinhua and cousin Qin Jinrong in and out, and when she met several county lords and county monarchs in Xiuning Palace, as well as Tang Su, she smiled and nodded, which was regarded as a greeting, but she never left her family for a single step.

Today's palace banquet, there are many people coming, and everyone has it. Qin Hanzhen has no interest in meeting anyone who is not long-sighted, and he doesn't want to stage the protagonist of a face-slapping show for onlookers.

However, there are always things in the world that will backfire. Qin Han really didn't want to cause trouble, but she was the protagonist, so naturally there would be trouble to find her.

The step-concubine of the king of Liao did not know that she had run out of medicine, and after a few days of recuperation, she finally cured the sequelae of "water and soil adaptation" and "heat stroke" before the princess's birthday. Her whole body was a little out of shape, her complexion was dull, and there was a blue and black under her eyes, and she was obviously very poor in spirit. But in order to support the dignity of the princess, she still poured a thick layer of powder on her face, combed a high palace bun, and wore a newly beaten gold phoenix hairpin inlaid with treasure beads, dressed up rich and gorgeous, and appeared in the East Palace, and congratulated the princess on her birthday with the concubines.

The step-concubine of the King of Liao does not appear in Beijing all the year round, and she is a step-family, but in fact, she has no popularity in the circle of the daughters of the clan in the capital. In the past, she could still mix a virtuous name, but now everyone knows that she forced her eldest son Zhao Shuo to go to Beijing for help, Zhao Shuo also had a son who died in her hands in vain, and her two sons also have a black history of framing their own brothers, and the so-called virtuous name has long become a joke. She is now a typical example of a vicious stepmother and godson in the clan circle. As soon as people appear, the women who want to be famous will avoid her, as if she is a plague.

But the step-concubine of the Liao King did not know this. She has not had the opportunity to appear in social situations since she entered Beijing. As soon as she arrived in the capital, she fell ill, and she has been recuperating in the Liaowang Mansion until yesterday, and today is the first time she has gone out. She saw that everyone else was avoiding her, and whispering in secret, and she felt unconfident when she thought of seeing her current description in the dressing mirror before going out.

She knew how haggard she looked now, and she used heavy makeup to cover it up, which only highlighted her emaciation and haggardness. They must have been laughing at her sick appearance? Or were the new clothes and jewelry she had brought from Liaodong out of line with the fashion of Beijing? She found that most of the people present were dressed elegantly and exquisitely, and it seemed that there were few people like her who were gorgeous from head to toe and full of jewels. Could it be that she is wearing the wrong clothes and the wrong jewelry, which makes people see the joke?!

Thinking that she might be ugly, the step-concubine of King Liao felt even more empty. In order to maintain the dignity of the prince and concubine, she straightened her face, straightened her waist, and tried to make herself appear more dignified, and her actions and words were more formal. She wants everyone to think that she dresses so gorgeously because she attaches importance to etiquette, not because she has lived in Liaodong for a long time and is outdated but doesn't know it.

If this shelf is propped up, it can still bluff people. There are young clan ladies who have never seen the step-concubine of the Liao King who were blinded by her style, and discussed in private: "It turns out that the princess of Liao is such a serious and old-fashioned person?" The voice reached the ears of the step-concubine of the Liao king, and she felt that she had done the right thing, and she did not forget to maintain this style in front of the princess. Glimpsing Chen Liangdi sitting under the crown princess, when she saluted, her movements became even stiffer, and outsiders looked like the step-concubine of the Liao King was very respectful to the princess, but she was much more careless about the prince's side room. There is a difference between wives and concubines, and this is also the way it should be.

However, it is difficult to say what Chen Liangdi will think in her eyes when she sees it.

Chen Liangdi did not come alone today, she was followed by a beautiful girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, young and pink, as shy and cute as a budding water lotus flower in a pond. Someone who was familiar with Chen Liangdi asked about the identity of the girl, and thought it was a new palace person next to Chen Liangdi, but Chen Liangdi replied: "It's my sister in my mother's family, because I have been suffering from a bad summer recently, and I always think about the refreshing side dishes I used to eat at home." The family asked my sister to come into the palace to accompany me and cook some small dishes for me. ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions were a little subtle, and when they looked at the girl again, their eyes were different.

Although there has never been any news about it in the East Palace, everyone understands this routine very well. Chen Liangdi is also in her thirties, and she has never been able to give birth to a second son for the prince. The Chen family is probably in a hurry, right? Send a young and beautiful clan girl into the palace to help Chen Liangdi, if you can win the favor of the prince, you can also favor Chen Liangdi? Everyone understands. In fact, the prince's old illness has been cured for several years, and the East Palace has never had an heir, nor has there been any new person, and there are still only two old and decrepit women, the crown princess and the prince Liangdi, who are waiting for the prince to live, and the outside world has long been talking about it. If the East Palace can enter the newcomer, and the newcomer can give birth to an heir for the crown prince, it will also be a great joy worthy of the celebration of the whole world! At this time, there is no need for everyone to dislike the identity of the emperor's grandson's biological mother, right?

However, why did Chen Liangdi do this kind of thing? But did the crown princess Tang not move?

Everyone looked at the crown princess vaguely, wanting to see what her attitude was towards the young girl of the Chen family, but they couldn't see anything. The crown princess Tang was as dignified and smiling as ever, and no one could see that she was unhappy.

It was the step-concubine of the Liao Wang, after carefully looking at the girl of the Chen family a few times, she showed an expression of sudden realization, and then her face was a little unsightly.

At this point, how could she not know that her eldest son's fiancée, who had originally been promised, had already been favored by Chen Liangdi because she was born beautiful, and had been summoned into the palace to be favored by herself? No wonder the Chen family would suddenly change his hexagram! Even if her son would become the prince of Liao in the future, his identity could not be compared with that of the dignified prince! I hate the Chen family for being so snobbish!

The step-concubine of the king of Liao is still angry. At this time, a good deed person reminded her with a smile: "Today, Yongjiahou's granddaughter is also here." Isn't that the princess's granddaughter-in-law who hasn't passed through the door? Why don't you call her over to see her?"

The step-concubine of the King of Liao is now angry, her eyes are staring at the daughter of the Chen family, and she can't speak for a while: "The eldest daughter of the widow, what etiquette can you know? I don't want to marry a daughter-in-law like this for my child!"

The people around suddenly fell silent and turned their heads to look over. Qin Hanzhen frowned, and he was also a little angry.

Isn't this called lying down and getting shot?