On the day of the birthday banquet, the morning glow was white in the east, and the prefectures got up to prepare.

This is a big banquet, the number of ceremonies is very much, but this time it is ingenious to set up a banquet in the royal garden, how to dress is more exquisite, the emperor is aimed at having fun with the courtiers, wearing official clothes and orders must not work, and often wear more taboos, men are good to say, women need to consider whether they will collide with other ladies, but also to avoid the same palace nobles to clash color, ornaments and makeup are determined by the clothes, only earlier to inquire around to avoid the embarrassment of the day.

And the queen mother is old, it is inevitable to get up early to rush, the people in the palace left for the royal garden after noon the day before, and rested directly in several halls of the Jujing Garden at night.

The emperor was troublesome, and the concubines brought by this trip were set to be five, Jiang Guifei invited herself to stay in the palace on the grounds of shortness of breath of the epidemic, although the other four concubines were listed, what made people more concerned was the new favorite concubine of the saint who participated in the banquet for Jiang Guifei, who was the Persian general Ayatollah.

Without Jiang Guifei, the affairs in the garden will be handed over to Concubine Chen to inquire and take care of, Concubine Chen now just wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, unwilling to be contaminated with right and wrong, but got the opportunity to show her face but had no intention of showing it, and when she encountered a problem that might offend people, she took it to the Yingchun Hall where the Queen Mother temporarily lived and asked the Queen Mother to make it clear, looking like a filial piety to her mother-in-law. Before, Concubine Shu grabbed the palace that was not in line with her mind, and she looked for Concubine Chen three or four times to block it, but she was said by the Empress Dowager Shen, "If you want to live, you will live, and if you don't stay, you will go back." I was so scared that I didn't say anything more.

After getting up early, Concubine Chen coaxed Yao Yu to check the list of things used for this birthday banquet to avoid mistakes, but no matter how she calculated, she felt that the things on this list were not worth the amount of money reported by Jiang Guifei, but she would not be so troubled if it was just a few hundred taels, and she was missing six thousand taels of snowflake silver, which was six hundred stone and rice money, and she couldn't afford to carry this black pot.

So I couldn't wait for the dinner party, so I was busy going to Yingchun Hall with the account book and list, and before Concubine Chen arrived at the door, she heard the Empress Dowager Shen's frightened and angry screams from the hall, as if someone was coming. Concubine Chen wanted to listen again, but the palace people around the Queen Mother saw it and reported, and the palace was instantly quiet, so she led Concubine Chen in.

Empress Dowager Shen was half-lying on the couch, closing her eyes and pretending to sleep, and Concubine Chen only made a gesture to ask the palace people to arrange for Concubine Chen to sit down, looking embarrassed. Concubine Chen still had something to do, so she started talking first and said softly:

"Why does the queen mother seem to be in poor spirits?

Only then did Empress Dowager Shen reply weakly: "Old bones, one year less than one year, birthday is just a reminder that I am dying." ”

"Eh, the queen mother is now the most blessed person in Dayong, blessed and longevity, how can you be so sad and sad, don't mention bad words on the good days of Dashou. Concubine Chen smiled.

"Hmm. After hearing this, Empress Dowager Shen opened her eyes and glanced at Concubine Chen, then closed her eyes again and said: "Daughter-in-law, granddaughter-in-law are all going before the mourning family, what can you talk about? ”

Concubine Chen was choked by the Empress Dowager Shen, and the smile on her face did not change, and said: "The queen mother is tired, is it the concubine, but the difference in the amount of money on this list is a little big, and the concubine does not dare to make decisions on her own, and asks the queen mother to take a look." ”

The palace people took the bill and list in Concubine Chen's hand, read it carefully, and said in detail with Empress Dowager Shen, Concubine Chen saw that Mrs. Shen's color changed, and she suddenly opened her eyes full of color, and said to Concubine Chen:

"How could there be such a big gap!"

Concubine Chen didn't know, and Empress Dowager Shen said again: "Aunt and niece, since my aunt is not here, it is understandable for my aunt's mistake to let my niece suffer, and I will call the prince's side concubine to the mourning family." ”

As he was talking, the people in the palace outside preached again: "The eldest princess of Zhaoyang has arrived." ”

Before the person arrived, he said: "I haven't seen him for more than ten years, and Fuyuan still hasn't changed his temper." The eldest princess of Zhaoyang stepped into the door with a jade staff, Xiao Weiyu followed behind, next to the prince Chen Yi left and right in the back to support the eldest princess of Zhaoyang, seeing that the Empress Dowager Shen saluted, the eldest princess of Zhaoyang was of the same grade as the queen mother, so she walked straight to the palace.

Concubine Chen has never seen the eldest princess of Zhaoyang, this time she actually feels that it is better to be famous than to meet, there are always mixed reviews in the rumors, only when she has seen the temperament and cultivation of real people can she know how insignificant those belittlements are, if the Empress Dowager Shen is serious and intimidating, then the eldest princess of Zhaoyang is the proud daughter of the sky that makes people look up, even if she has a smile, her face is also kind and kind, but she is more powerful than the queen mother with a straight face.

Fu Yuan is the small character of the Empress Dowager Shen, no one has called her that for a long time, although the old woman in front of her does not deal with her, but at this age, she still remembers no grudges clearly, annoyed, Empress Dowager Shen still laughed and replied:

"Hasn't the eldest sister changed a bit? Otherwise, how could she have come all the way back to Beijing? ”

It is said that the eldest princess of Zhaoyang does not change her nosy problem, when the first emperor reigned, the queen mother tortured a talented person in Liqin Garden, the eldest princess of Zhaoyang passed by and met not only saved the talented person, but also said that with the Holy Sect, since then the queen mother and the eldest princess of Zhaoyang Liangzi will be married, especially after Zhaoyang got married, they are tired of each other, regardless of the palace banquet and family banquet, they can avoid the banquet. And Empress Dowager Shen was sarcastic at this time, and Zhaoyang didn't care about the old life when she heard about the prince's affairs, and she didn't change the past.

Concubine Chen also got up and welcomed the eldest princess of Zhaoyang to the seat, and played a round game: "The two ancestors are really young, and they laugh at each other when they meet, and their good feelings really arouse the envy of the concubines." ”

The eldest princess of Zhaoyang smiled and said: "Isn't it? The crown princess, do you know what kind of trouble she has caused to displease the queen mother?"

"Auntie, let her affairs be left to herself. The prince frowned slightly, and he didn't bother to guess what Jiang Luxian had done.

After a while, Jiang Luxian was taken to the palace, peeking at the old woman sitting around and the prince was standing behind the old woman, and couldn't help but reverie, secretly saying that it wouldn't be the emperor's favorite concubine to dismantle the stage, right?

Jiang Lu thought about it leisurely, and didn't think about whether it was her own disaster that was coming, but since the death of the crown princess, she was in peace every day, and she didn't say a word, that is, after the prince rejected the Hou Mansion for her, she felt that the prince still had feelings for her, so she was willing to come out and walk around, how did she know that the Empress Dowager Shen was in a bad mood today, and she wanted to punish Jiang Guifei's fault on her.

"Grandmother Wanfu Jin'an, Xian'er is picking flowers in the garden, the big Du Dan is beautiful, Xian'er specially brings you a bottle. Jiang Lu stood for a long time, and when he didn't see the Queen Mother speak, he opened his mouth, and handed over a purple-red large-petaled peony with a flattering face.

"This is Wei Zi, who was specially posed today, you!"