The Queen Mother's birthday banquet had already been prepared, just waiting for the emperor, and as soon as the emperor came, the Queen Mother immediately announced the opening of the banquet.

A table of wine and food was served, and when the things were ready, the emperor took the lead in standing up, bowed to the queen mother and said: "Congratulations on the birthday of the queen mother, may the queen mother have today every year, and the year will have today." ”

"Okay, good ......" The Queen Mother couldn't close her mouth when she smiled, and said yes vigorously.

The emperor bowed, and all the concubines, princes, juniors and wives naturally got up together and congratulated the queen mother loudly.

The Queen Mother was overjoyed to respond, and ordered everyone to sit down, no need to be formal, and the music and dance were also sounded at this time, and for a while, there was a peaceful and pleasant atmosphere in the Ci'an Palace.

Whether it is to celebrate the emperor's birthday or the queen mother's birthday, the birthday gift is the top priority.

The last time the emperor's birthday was fifty full birthdays, all countries came to worship, for the emperor who loves face, this is the best birthday gift, no matter what others prepare, it can't compare to this kind of glory, so everyone doesn't particularly care about the birthday gift, but this time the queen mother has a birthday, and the birthday gift can't be sloppy.

At the moment, taking advantage of the gap between singing and dancing, the people present, according to their grades from low to high, came over one by one to present birthday gifts to the Queen Mother.

The reason why it is from low to high is naturally because the higher the grade, the closer the relationship with the Queen Mother, and the more expected the birthday gifts.

Otherwise, if someone with a high grade sends all the good things first, then how can anyone pay attention to the things sent below.

As the offering began, the people present stepped forward one by one with the gifts, saying auspicious words and handing over the things in their hands.

There are wearable, useful, remedies for the body, novelties collected from remote places, and even a living thing: a talking bird.

In short, there are all kinds of things, how to please the Queen Mother, how to come.

The Queen Mother accepted them one by one, and asked people to reward them as a return gift.

When she arrived at Mei Xianxian, she sent a Buddhist scripture embroidered by herself, the Queen Mother believed in Buddhism, and would go to the temple every year to live for a while, and also copied the Buddhist scriptures by herself, and Mei Xianxian's gift was to embroider the Buddhist scriptures that the Queen Mother had copied one by one, so many words, I don't know how much work it took.

This gift naturally made the Queen Mother very happy, and she rewarded Mei Xianxian heavily.

Mei Xianxian is the first of all the nobles in Beijing, and after her, she is Ruan Yanluo, who has the position of county lord.

Mei Xianxian stared at Ruan Yanluo proudly and a little gloomy, Ruan Yanluo had only come back from outside Beijing for three days, she wanted to see what kind of birthday gift Ruan Yanluo could get in three days.

Because of the order of gift-giving, the gift of the back person must be overpowered by the person in front, so that it appears thoughtful and sincere, if it can't be suppressed, even if it will not make the Queen Mother unhappy, it will inevitably make people feel mediocre and useless, very humiliating. Therefore, when everyone gives gifts, they are very thoughtful, neither bad nor too good, otherwise, if the people who give it later lose face, those people are higher than themselves, and they will inevitably hold grudges and stumble in the future.

And Mei Xianxian gave this gift at this time, which was deliberate.

The people after her, the palace concubine is routine every year, the queen mother will not care, Nangong Ling is the most painful grandson of the queen mother, everything he sends is good, and the queen mother will not care, the queen mother Nangong Jin has never been careful, and the emperor is identity is there, and he does not care at all.

Mei Xianxian is the niece and granddaughter of the Queen Mother, and one of the most beloved juniors of the Queen Mother, she gave such a gift of Hua Sixin, in the eyes of those people, it should be, and naturally she will not feel that there is anything wrong.

There was only one person who would be embarrassed because he couldn't compare to her gift, and that was Ruan Yanluo.

Mei Xianxian's purpose is also Ruan Yanluo.

This woman has been so proud lately, but she has no choice, so as long as it can make her uncomfortable, Mei Xianxian wants to do it.

When the praise fell, a noble girl who was good friends with Mei Xianxian said: "Let's go to the county lord of Yanluo, what gifts have the county lord of Yanluo prepared, let us open our eyes." ”

A room full of people's eyes looked at Ruan Yanluo, some inquired, some curious, some disdainful, a few people still showed sympathy in their eyes, there was Mei Xianxian's gift Zhuyu in front, no matter what kind of gift Ruan Yanluo took out, it couldn't enter the eyes of the Queen Mother.

Ruan Yanluo got up silently in such a gaze and slowly stepped forward.

"Yan Luo congratulates the Queen Mother on her birthday." Ruan Yanluo once again congratulated the Queen Mother on her birthday.

"It's good to have this heart." The Queen Mother smiled and said: "The mourning family is old, how long can those things last, you juniors can take advantage of this day to get together and make the mourning family lively." ”

Ruan Yanluo's gift has not been given yet, the Queen Mother has already opened her mouth to relieve Ruan Yanluo's siege first, and she said this, even if Ruan Yanluo's gift is not as good as Mei Xianxian after a while, it will not be too embarrassing.

The concubines and nobles in the room couldn't help but feel envious again, Ruan Yanluo's luck was so good, she was in the eyes of King Ling, and even the Queen Mother maintained her.

Ruan Yanluo smiled slightly and said, "Queen Mother, this is the birthday gift prepared by Yanluo for the Queen Mother, please take a look at the Queen Mother." ”

As he spoke, he brought up a scroll that he had been holding in his hand.

A painting?

Timid whispers sounded in the audience, sending paintings is too vulgar, if it is a famous artist, it is reluctant to say the past, but if it is painted by himself, it is simply perfunctory, Ruan Yanluo should not be so stupid, really send a painting painted by himself, right?

Everyone was still speculating, so they heard Ruan Yanluo say: "Queen Mother, this is a painting painted by Yanluo herself, please don't dislike it." ”

I really drew it myself!

The discussion at the bottom became bigger, and the Queen Mother defended her so much, which was too bad for the Queen Mother.

The smile on the Queen Mother's face did not change at all, and she urged very earnestly: "Quickly open it and show it to the mourning family." ”

"Yes!" The little palace maid took the order, one person and one head, and opened the painting.

Although those women and nobles were disdainful, they also wanted to see how Ruan Yanluo's painting was, and they all stretched their necks, but after seeing the content of the painting, with a poof, one of the women actually squirted out the wine in her mouth.

It's really, so ugly.

It's so ugly that people can't look at it directly, and she has never seen such an ugly painting in her life.

To be able to become a noble woman, her natural identity is not low, she has been taught by piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at home since she was a child, and anyone can draw two strokes, and her vision is not low.

But at this time, Ruan Yanluo's painting, let alone let them appreciate it, is a beginner at the age of five or six, and the painting is better than her.

A word to readers:

Guess what Yanluo draws~ Friendly reminder: It has something to do with the names of the two of them~