Le'er's birthday was originally the Dragon Boat Festival, but considering that it was time to catch up with the festival, I was afraid that the clansmen's family would not be busy, and there has always been a custom of holding a birthday banquet for children in advance, so Chu Xue advanced Le'er's first birthday banquet by three days, and on the second day of the fifth month, a birthday banquet was held for Le'er in the palace.

Usually for luncheons in the palace, the guests outside the palace will not arrive until nearly noon, but the concubines in the palace come early.

Li Jiaoyun and Song Ning arrived at the earliest, today is not a festival, the study is not closed, and the boy still needs to go to class, so only Song Ning is a sister who can come over to play with Le'er.

The little sisters meet almost every day and have a very good relationship, Song Ning likes her sister, Le'er also likes her sister, and now she can walk, and she chases after her sister all day long. The two mothers laughed for a while, then let the nursing mothers and palace maids take care of it and spoke by themselves.

About two quarters of an hour later, a rumor sounded outside the palace gate that Concubine Ning had come over. The two who were talking stopped to greet the youngest concubine.

Concubine Ning wore a light green palace dress today, and her hair accessories were also very elegant, which was really low-key for her newcomer status. In addition, the body is petite, and when you look at it from a distance, it looks like a quiet lady in the jasper years, fresh and lovely.

Concubine Ning first saluted Chu Xue, and then saluted each other with Li Jiaoyun, and then said: "Today's little princess's birthday, the concubine has no expertise, so she specially sewed two purses for the princess. ”

When the words fell, the palace maid behind her immediately presented the gift, and Chu Xue ordered someone to take it, and found that there were indeed two exquisite purses. The embroidery on the purse is exquisite, and it is full of praise to see, Chu Xue asked in surprise: "This purse is really made by my sister?" My sister's hand is so skillful, if you don't say, I thought it was from the hand of the embroidery girl of the Needlework Bureau! ”

After that, he showed it to Li Jiaoyun on the side, and Li Jiaoyun also nodded in agreement.

Concubine Ning lowered her eyes and smiled, and said softly: "Niangniang has won the prize!" The concubine is clumsy, it's good if you don't dislike it! ”

Chu Xue nodded and smiled, motioning for her to sit.

Not long after Concubine Ning sat down, Concubine Li also came over. Concubine Li is dressed in a water-red palace dress today, coupled with the exquisite makeup on her face, she looks very bright, and at first glance, she is even more flamboyant than Chu Xue, the master of the east. Seeing her like this, the hall that was still warm suddenly became a lot colder. Concubine Li approached, saluted lightly, and then said loudly: "The concubine has seen the concubine Niangniang." ”

Chu Xue nodded, and before she could say anything flat, she saw her go straight to the palace maid behind her, and said: "The concubine heard that the little princess was born today, and she came to celebrate the princess with treasures. ”

Yan Ling, who was behind her, stepped forward to accept the congratulatory gift, and Chu Xue said, "Sister Lao is bothered, please take a seat." ”

"Xie Niangniang."

Concubine Li walked straight towards the seat, ignoring Li Jiaoyun and Concubine Ning, who had been standing since she came in.

Seeing her like this, the two of them couldn't say anything, so they sat down silently.

In fact, Concubine Li is not ignorant of the etiquette of Daqi, but in her opinion, Concubine Rong and Concubine Ning are in the same position as herself, but she is a princess, no matter what, she should be more noble than these two, she doesn't feel that she has the need to pay tribute to them.

Because Concubine Wan is still grounded, everyone on the concubine seat will come, the queen and the queen mother are noble, and they will only appear at the noon banquet, so when the guests outside the palace such as the clan relatives and women arrive, Chu Xue, the noble concubine, has become the most noble person in the palace.

Because Concubine Ning and Concubine Li had only entered the palace not long ago, the first time they caught up with this kind of occasion, Chu Xue introduced the two concubines and the guests as the host.

Because there were many people in the palace today, Chu Xue couldn't follow up with the palace's mother and sister-in-law to say a few words, but when she saw Mrs. Qin, she specially cared for a few words.

She said: "This palace heard from the emperor yesterday that General Qin and his righteous brother won a battle in the northwest, Madame can rest assured, your mansion has two generals, it is really admirable!" ”

The clan relatives and wives on the side also praised one after another.

The battle report in front was sent to the palace as soon as possible, so when Chu Xue learned about the battle situation, Mrs. Qin was still unknown, and now hearing each other say this, this woman who went to the battlefield with her husband and son finally relaxed a little, and the expression on her face looked much better, Mrs. Qin smiled: "Niangniang has won the award, and it is also the blessing of his father and son to be loyal to the country." ”

Chu Xue smiled, her dignified demeanor became more in line with her identity, and the guests secretly praised her.

Concubine Keli gritted her teeth silently, when will she be able to sit in her seat?

The luncheon was held on the Yingyue platform in the Imperial Garden.

Chu Xue led the crowd to arrive not long after, the queen and the queen mother came one after another, because today is Le'er's once-in-a-lifetime first birthday banquet, Song Chen also specially withdrew from government affairs and came to Yingyuetai to participate in the banquet. When the holy car came, the guests were a lot solemn, but Concubine Li's heart was secretly happy, she had carefully prepared for a month, and finally waited for the opportunity, the queen was right, this time she wanted to seize the opportunity, and she must let Song Chen be tempted for her.

Because the people who participated in the banquet were all female dependents, and rarely drank alcohol, the atmosphere was not as warm as other banquets, although there were songs and dances to help the fun, but they were all soft tones, after seeing a few times, Xu Jinhe, who was sitting on the queen's throne, suddenly said: "I heard that everyone in Jinli is good at dancing, I don't know if it is credible?" She looked at Concubine Li.

Concubine Li got up and said: "What the queen said is true, my Jin Liguo, regardless of men, women and children, are happy and good at dancing, catching up with the festival, which is very lively." ”

"Oh?" Xu Jinhe's eyes lit up, and he looked her up and down seriously, and was surprised: "Sister Concubine Li's dress today is really good, I think if she dances, she will definitely amaze the audience," she looked at Song Chen, and said: "Your Majesty, all the relatives here today are relatives and there are no outsiders, I wonder if you can ask Sister Concubine Li to dance for us, and also let us women broaden our horizons and see some exotic customs?"

Everyone at the banquet was a meal, no matter what, Concubine Li is the imperial concubine, they are courtiers, and it is simply inappropriate to ask Concubine Li to deign to sing and dance for them, don't you understand this truth? Or is the queen's move because she is jealous of Concubine Li's young beauty and is taking the opportunity to humiliate her? Everyone secretly pondered.

However, before Song Chen could speak, she saw that as the queen's voice fell, Concubine Li took a few steps forward and came to the emperor, smiled slightly and charmingly, and said, "The concubine is willing to dance for His Majesty, please allow Your Majesty." ”

In just one sentence, the voice is many times sweeter than usual.

At this point, everyone understands that the queen and Concubine Li sing and harmonize, which is jealous and sour, obviously helping Concubine Li compete for favor! Concubine Li dared to recommend herself so much at the banquet, she must have a good dancing posture, and she would dance a charming and enchanting song later, and there was no man next to her at this banquet, who did she want to confuse?

Everyone sighed, it turned out that the emperor was really at odds with Concubine Yi, otherwise how could he think of this way to make Concubine Li stand out and pick such a day today?

In fact, everyone guessed correctly, this was indeed specially arranged by the queen, but she couldn't pick today. Song Chen has been there once since the newcomer first entered the palace, and he has never set foot in those three palaces since then, and he is still the same as before, either he rests in the Qinzheng Palace, or he still goes to Yufu Palace, and the newcomers in the palace are the same, and he can't arouse his interest at all.

Seeing that Concubine Wan had been damaged, she could only hit Concubine Li with her mind now. Concubine Li is different from the women of Daqi, Jin Limin has always been more open, as a princess, she is also very open, she put the bet on Concubine Li, I hope this enthusiastic woman can attract Song Chen's attention.

"The concubine is willing to dance for His Majesty, please ask for His Majesty's permission."

At this moment, the queen and Concubine Li sang and spoke, which had forced Song Chen to have no way out, even if Song Chen was happy, he had no choice but to respond, and said: "This is very good, there is Concubine Lao Li to cheer the guests." ”

"Yes."

Concubine Li's face was like a flower, and she immediately motioned to her maids, who moved a few steps to the music room and personally accompanied her.

With the music of the golden style, the concubine in red dress danced slowly, swaying her slender waist and swaying lightly, looking from afar, like the hibiscus flowers dancing in the spring breeze, it is indeed gorgeous and dazzling.

Princess Lifei Yushang is actually the most dancing beauty in Jinli.

Among the guests, some secretly praised her beautiful dancing, and some secretly looked at the expressions of several people in the audience.

The corners of the queen's mouth were raised, looking very satisfied, and Concubine Yi, who was dominated by the noise, smiled lightly, and could hardly see any displeasure.

As for the king on the main seat, he raised his glass and enjoyed the music and dance in the palace, and his handsome face was obviously smiling faintly, but it seemed that people could not feel his joy.

After swaggering in the hall for nearly a quarter of an hour, Concubine Li's dance was finally over, her pink face was slightly sweaty, and she looked very seductive, and the beauty bent her waist, saluted the king, and returned to her seat.

The guests were amazed, and the queen nodded in approval.

Everyone is like this, Song Chen can't be indifferent, he also smiled and said: "Dance well, come on, reward!" ”

Concubine Li, who had just sat down, got up again, bowed her head to Song Chen and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

The voice has a light gasp that has not yet subsided, but it is actually a bit sultry.

Chu Xue raised her eyes with a smile and glanced at the king on the throne, and when he looked at him, her cherry lips curled slightly, bringing out a trace of resentment. I didn't know that it was this vague resentment that made the emperor's heart tremble, and when his gaze became hot, she withdrew it, staring only at the wine glass in front of her. He immediately understood that she was angry.

The beauty's just right resentment not only did not displease Song Chen, but aroused the pity in his heart, which lasted until everyone dispersed, and after the night fell, he drove to Yufu Palace, and it suddenly deepened.

When he entered the door, no one was heard, but the beauty in front of the mirror still heard his footsteps, and when he was about to pounce on him and hold him, she slyly got up and made him fall short.

Seeing him raise her eyebrows, she bit her lip instead, "Isn't the emperor going to accompany the newcomer, why is he still here?" ”

Is she making little sex?

He was stunned.

He suddenly realized that since he came to him, she had always been docile and well-behaved, and she had never been like this, but she was like this today, but it made him realize that she was still a girl, a girl who always cared about him and loved him.

He took the person into his arms, stared at those beautiful eyes and said, "If I really go to the newcomer, what will Xue'er do?" ”

She pursed her lips, "If the emperor doesn't believe what he says, the concubines, the concubines will ignore the emperor anymore." ”

"You dare?"

His voice suddenly became hoarse, and he vigorously restrained the beauty's weak struggle, and then suddenly picked the person up and hurried to the bed.

He wants to respond to her resentment and love with practical actions.