Chapter Seventy-Six: The Show Begins

For several days in a row, Ji Yao always had the intention to avoid Liu Xun, and let Liu Xun eat a closed door soup several times, although Liu Xun's closed door soup was inexplicable, but he didn't have the heart to investigate what happened at the moment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Just because Concubine Rong's birthday is imminent, it is determined that the king's biological mother died early and was brought up by Concubine Rong, so this congratulatory gift must not be too casual, and even the arrangement in the palace is indispensable for him to help personally.

In the past few days, King Ding has been busy with Liu Xun and Chang Jiyang, almost without time to rest, while Rong Guifei and the emperor's biological son, His Royal Highness Xingwang, have been idle.

Until the beginning of the banquet today, King Xing didn't know from which corner of the horn appeared, and the whole person was coy, squeezing out a reluctant smile and congratulating: "I wish the mother concubine to spend her years forever, and she will always be so beautiful and moving!" ā€

His blessing was said casually, but it made Concubine Rong very happy, and a pair of still bright eyes looked King Xing up and down, and said with pity: "Jun'er, you have lost weight, you must eat more in a while, it should be the best gift for the concubine." ā€

"Yes!"

King Xing replied in a loud voice, and then walked towards his seat with heavy steps, and he did not see the disappointed gaze of the Emperor on his back.

King Ding followed him out of his seat and respectfully saluted the person in front of him: "The sons and daughters meet their father, the queen, and their mothers." ā€

The emperor was very happy to see that King Ding looked full of energy, his eyes swept the elegant scenery around him, and he said happily: "Hurry up, I heard that you chose this place?" ā€

"Back to my father, it was chosen by Erchen, and Erchen felt that this place was facing Kapok, a large piece of red and glamorous, which was very flattering." King Ding said this lightly, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the layout of this place could be said to have taken a lot of thought.

The banquet is set at the top of the water corridor, and at the end of the water corridor is a large piece of Yin red kapok that cannot be seen, which adds some vitality to the monotonous and tasteless winter, and there is no kapok in the palace, which is transported from outside the palace by King Ding and 5,000 soldiers overnight.

The winding corridor is even more ingenious, with some dancers dancing barefoot on the water corridor, accompanied by the melodious sound of the piano in the pavilion, which makes people mistakenly think that they are in summer at the moment.

Although King Ding was brought up by Concubine Rong since she was a child, she was still partial, and at this moment, seeing that the emperor's heart had drifted to King Ding, she couldn't help coughing lightly, causing everyone to look at her, and then smiled faintly and pointed to the box in King Ding's hand and said, "What is Yu'er holding in her hand?" Could it be a gift for the mother? ā€

"Yes, the retainers heard that the concubine has been sleeping lightly recently, so he asked someone to make this sleeping incense, and put it in the water every time he bathes, in addition to the centering effect, it can also make the skin as tender as an egg." King Ding said and handed the small wooden box to the father-in-law who stepped forward, and the father-in-law carefully handed the wooden box to Rong Guifei, but Rong Guifei only glanced at it and said, "It is indeed a good thing, the mother likes it very much, you have a heart." ā€

"The ...... of the Concubine"

Seeing a trace of disappointment flashing across King Ding's face, the emperor couldn't help but want to say something, but before he spit out two words, he heard someone on the table shouting loudly: "Father! Qi'er also has something to give to the concubine! ā€

Before the words fell, the crown princess had already dragged out of the seat with a smoke gauze and silver skirt, with a brilliant smile on her face, the emperor and Rong Guifei looked at each other and smiled, and couldn't help but be infected by her smile, and said: "Okay, okay, then tell me what you want to send." ā€

"What Qi'er wants to give to the concubine is a pair of jade pendants and a phoenix hairpin, and I also ask the concubine to take a look." The crown princess handed the brocade box to her father-in-law on the side, and was full of joy ready to accept everyone's amazement and Rong Guifei's praise.

As soon as the brocade box was opened, the phoenix hairpin looked particularly delicate under the faint sunlight, the peony on the phoenix hairpin seemed to come to life, and the pair of jade pendants were even more transparent like water droplets soaked in moonlight.

"It's really a rare thing, Rao is sister has never seen such an ingenious thing, what does the queen think?" Concubine Rong said with a smile on her face, and with a look in her eyes, the palace maid beside her hurriedly handed Feng Hai to the queen who had been silent for a long time.

The queen is already seven or eight years older than Rong Guifei, in addition to the power of the harem in her hands after old age and decay, she can't even ask for the slightest bit of heart in front of the emperor, seeing that the emperor loves Rong Guifei more and more, even today's banquet is also the style of the queen's birthday banquet, watching Rong Guifei out of the limelight, I can't help but feel extremely resentful.

She didn't even want to look at the Feng Hai handed to her, but she glanced at it, and said with a smile: "It's really good, it's a rare good thing." ā€

"Hahaha......" Concubine Rong couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, and said shyly, "My sister knows that the queen mother speaks the most fairly, and it is rare to praise people. ā€

When the emperor heard this, he also laughed, but a pair of cloudy old eyes were very warm on Rong Guifei's smiling face.

Rong Guifei's fair ridicule was tantamount to ravaging the queen's heart, the queen suddenly raised her eyes, and was about to stab her twice, her eyes suddenly fell on the pair of earrings, paused, and then turned her eyes to Feng Hai, followed by a smile on the corner of her mouth, and said in a gentle tone: "These things are indeed ingenious, but the palace is afraid that my sister will not be able to bear the weight of this thing." ā€

"The queen mother is really joking, but some phoenix hairpin earrings, my sister can still wear them." Concubine Rong only thought that she was jealous when she said this, not to mention how refreshing she was.

"Oh? As far as this palace knows, this jade pendant seems to be a reward received by the queen mother of the previous dynasty, and my sister can really afford it? ā€

The queen said this indifferently, and the crown prince and the princess over there had already changed color, they never thought that this jade pendant would be obtained by the queen mother of the previous dynasty, and they never thought that the queen would say this matter generously, you know, if there is a difference, then the East Palace will also be affected.

Rong Guifei's face changed greatly, the corners of her mouth twitched, and the jade pendant in her hand obviously slipped from the palm of her hand, she was the same as the crown princess, she couldn't believe that the queen would take the road of killing the enemy one hundred and losing fifty, and pretended to be calm: "Isn't the queen joking with her sister?" This...... My sister is short-sighted, how can I know that this is the thing used by the Queen Mother of the previous dynasty, my sister thinks that Qi'er will not have such a good eye for things, Qi'er, don't you say? ā€

The crown princess was shouted by Concubine Rong, and her heart was suddenly shocked, and she subconsciously looked at the queen, not knowing how to deal with it, this was sent out by her own hands, if she said the wrong thing, it would be miserable!