Chapter Twenty-Nine: Brewing Twilight Rain

Empress Dowager Shen nodded with satisfaction, and even the emperor cast an appreciative look at Concubine Chen, and said before Empress Dowager Shen: "Concubine Ai has worked hard, and she has managed this birthday banquet in an orderly manner, and even I am stunned by this play, if you have anything you want, just say it, this is my reward for you, and there is no need to refuse." ”

"The mourning family also means the same, today's banquet mourning family is very fond of it, and you will continue to be rewarded by the saint, and you are not allowed to refuse to reward you. Empress Dowager Shen smiled and was in a very happy mood.

"Your Majesty, the queen mother, ......" Concubine Chen paused, and said: "The concubine doesn't dare to take the big credit alone, the people who are in charge of the purchase and purchase before and after are the concubines, and they are all the sisters of the concubines, and they are even more exhausted than the concubines, and they are tired of their bodies, and they also ask Your Majesty to give this reward to the concubine sisters, and the concubines will ask for a treasure bottle with the queen mother, so that Ji'er can also be touched with the blessings of the birthday star, is the queen mother willing?"

"You stupid child, when the mourning family returned to the palace, they gave the golden treasure vase opened by Zhiyuan in the Buddhist hall to Xu'er, and the mourning family wished their grandson Zhide Pingle, how could he not want to. Empress Dowager Shen said to the emperor again: "Concubine Chen is a virtuous person, and the concubine should indeed be rewarded, otherwise when Concubine Chen returns to the palace, I am afraid that the rumors will inevitably say that she is not, and Your Majesty will follow her." ”

Empress Dowager Shen understood Concubine Chen's words, and knew that Concubine Chen was holding Jiang Guifei to the sky first, and by the way, she picked herself up, and then the emperor of the Ministry of Rites would inevitably pay more attention to the accounts.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Shen added fuel to the fire in a timely manner, and at the same time, she was also stunned by Concubine Chen's thoughtfulness, if Concubine Chen hadn't come to her with that account before, maybe she would refute it without thinking about it at this time, Concubine Chen wanted to pull her on the boat to unify the camp to deal with Jiang Qianlan, as long as she didn't harm herself, why not?

"In this way, let's do what Concubine Ai said, pass on my message, and reward the concubine Jiang with five hundred taels of silver and one hundred pieces of silk. ”

The emperor was complacent for this faction of harem and beauty, and everyone also followed the beautiful words, but they didn't see the mockery hidden in Concubine Chen's modest smile, although she could not collide with Jiang Guifei head-on again for the sake of concubine, but it does not mean that she will surrender to Jiang Guifei, and her mother is strong, Jiang Guifei's power is greater, and her concubine's future will be twice as bumpy, and their mother and son will always have to live timidly, guarding against those open guns and hidden arrows.

For example, this time Jiang Guifei suddenly pushed the errand to her when she was close to the birthday banquet, and she planted a trick to blame, and it is impossible to tell which of them is the person who is greedy for ink and silver, if she is lazy today, she may really be tricked. It's a pity that no matter what the reason for Jiang Guifei's move, it will only be Jiang Guifei who needs to pay the price.

Mrs. Jiang stood up suddenly, raised her glass and said: "Respect Dayong for thousands of generations, enjoy prosperity forever, respect Dayong Persian friendship, and create prosperity in the Central Plains and the Western Regions." ”

"Respect!" In the midst of the crowd, Jiang Taifu and the Persian general Ayatollah looked at each other and smiled, if it goes on like this for less than two years, seizing Dayong is like searching for things, Jiang Taifu and Ayatollah thought together.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Qi Caicai unfolded the note pinched in the palm of his hand, wrote the two words "Wei Zi", and looked at Shen Xiaone in puzzlement, Shen Xiaone happened to look at himself too, under the wide sleeves of his robe, he pointed at Jiang Luxian from afar, his lips opened lightly, and the silent word "disaster" went straight to Qi Caicai's eyes, and he instantly understood that this Wei Zi must be a disaster for Jiang Luxian.

But no matter how annoyed Qi Caicai is, she doesn't want to be a sharp weapon in the hands of people, Shen Xiaone's enemies and I don't know, and she is desperate for King Muyang, she is afraid that it is possible to kill the Shen family for King Muyang, how can she know that Shen Xiaone's 'kindness' to give her tips is not a death knell? She can't let the Shen family fall in her fault anymore, and she won't do anything in the fire.

Therefore, Qi Caicai did not immediately use Wei Zi to make trouble for Jiang Lu at this moment, and leaned on Mrs. Shen's side as if she was cringe, avoiding Shen Xiaone's sight, Mrs. Shen was drunk with her beloved daughter, and thoughtfully sat closer to make it easier for her to lean, and under the cover of Mrs. Shen, Qi Caicai rubbed the lines on the wine glass with his fingertips, thinking about good strategies.

Shen Xiaone's test of Shen Xiaoshen was unsuccessful, seeing that Shen Xiaoshen was really timid as a mouse, a little unsafe, her eyes turned cold, she had the heart to arrange a good show for King Muyang, but Xiaoshen did not cooperate, so she could only trend Jiang Lu to stir up trouble.

On her left side was Jiang Luxian, since she slapped her hand as if she remembered hatred, Shen Xiaone reached out and poked Jiang Luxian's waist, causing Jiang Luxian to turn around before saying, "Do you think I'm good to you?"

Jiang Luxian didn't have any anger, and even said to Shen Xiaone with a smile: "My sister has helped Xian'er a lot, so it's naturally good." ”

"In this way, my sister will do my sister a favor, I have always been jealous of my cousin, she was once praised by the saint as a composer star, and now I am so down-and-out that I can't humiliate her again, my sister has nothing to do with her, so let her show her talent, I also want to see if she deserves that fame. ”

Shen Xiaone whispered to Jiang Luxian half-truthfully, Jiang Luxian looked at Shen Xiaone suspiciously, and when he saw the innocence in this woman's eyes, he felt a chill down his spine, and there was no choice at all, why not please Shen Xiaone?

Jiang Lu stood up and said with a smile: "Father, imperial grandmother, and the sons and daughters just heard that Princess Muyang praised Shen Shangshu's outstanding talents, and they were very apprehensible to hear it, and the sons felt that Princess Muyang was already a rare erudite among women, and there was something that impressed her?" and then thought about it, it was the Shen family who taught well, and the imperial grandmother also had great wisdom to have such outstanding nieces and granddaughters. ”

Jiang Luxian was too busy with these words, and she deliberately pulled Shen Xiaone into the water, emphasizing that it was she who told her that Shen Xiaoshen was high, and Shen Xiaoshen made a joke at that time, and the Queen Mother would not blame her if there was no ink on her chest, after all, there was still Shen Xiaone's stroke.

"Well, it's okay, the birthday should be happy. The Emperor vaguely agreed.

Empress Dowager Shen originally wanted Shen Xiaoshen to show her face in front of people, but Jiang Lu handed a pillow to Empress Dowager Shen when she was dozing, how could there be any reason to refuse,

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that you once praised that child as a Wenqu star? This has been sick for many years, it is difficult for her to read all the time, and now that she is sick, she has accumulated over the years, and this talent is only better than when she was young. ”

Listening to the Queen Mother's praise, Qi Caicai was a little unnatural, glanced at Jiang Luxian funny, greeted the emperor and the Queen Mother, and replied: "The Queen Mother praises her mother, today is just for a happy celebration, and she is ugly." ”