Chapter 68: Birthday (2)

There was a commotion outside the hall, the door of the palace was wide open, the emperor's imperial concubines, many harem concubines, and a large number of palace maids who were waiting with them filled the palace door instantly, and the county lord of Tongji, who had never had a shadow, really followed behind the emperor.

Her cheeks have a healthy and beautiful flush, echoing the red dress on her body, really like a blooming peach blossom, the peach blossoms on her face reflect each other, she is talking about such a gorgeous woman.

Of course, no matter how beautiful it is, it is really someone who guesses something, but it is also pretending not to know, as a courtier, the most important thing to pay attention to, to be respectful anytime and anywhere, is the emperor.

Liu Moyan's eyes involuntarily slipped to the side, Duan Jinrui knelt on the innermost, his tall figure on weekdays, because of the posture of kneeling to ask for peace now, he was submerged by everyone in Baili, Liu Moyan tried his best to see the corner of his shirt, the dark hem of his clothes, which was embroidered with many colorful decorations, and it was not changed in the emperor's happy days.

I was a little depressed in my heart, I didn't see the man's expression, and I wanted to withdraw my gaze, but I happened to meet the gaze of another person, it was not the Duan Jinrong who brushed the sense of existence at any time, but it was Duan Jinyu who he almost left behind, and the young man was squeezing his eyebrows at him, showing a vicious expression.

Liu Moyan turned a blind eye calmly, of course he knew that the young man weishenme had such an expression towards him, last time, he deliberately took the young man to see the darkest side of the capital, to stimulate the young man's mind, a secret purpose, is to see Duan Jinrui's reaction, the man never asked, he was happy, the real purpose, but for those places, the officials involved in the jurisdiction are all Duan Jinrong's subordinates, as long as Duan Jinyu has some will, he will definitely fight with Duan Jinrong a few times, and he can't have the upper hand.

However, he never expected that the stinky child would be able to fight Duan Jinrong, that man, whether in the court or in the palace, has a powerful shili that he can rely on.

What he wants is just to use Duan Jinyu's impulse and ignorance of the world to break Duan Jinrong's seamless shili, the emperor's most relieved son, I think it is the most ambitious, always childish and naïve Duan Jinyu, he believes that Duan Jinrong has a mustard in the emperor's heart.

The emperor is dressed in bright yellow, and his sideburns have a snow color, but he still does not lose his majesty, and many years of imperial career, he is impregnated with the air of killing and decisiveness, and his eyebrows are full of sharpness that has never been old, which makes people dare not look directly.

It's a pity, and then the mighty and majestic goshawk, after all, is old, the old emperor, the most feared is the son who is young and strong, and full of ambitious means, Duan Jinrui is naturally inferior to Duan Jinrong in winning people's hearts, but why can't this become his advantage?

Liu Moyan's mind turned in vain, and he did not hesitate to use all the means that could achieve his own goals.

There was a soft gaze, Liu Moyan quietly raised his head, but it was the woman who accompanied the emperor, the gaze was fleeting, but it was the gentleness and kindness left, as if the elders were looking at the juniors they admired, Liu Moyan felt a little disgusting.

The woman who accompanied Duan Muheng was the imperial concubine Nalan Mingxiu, Duan Jinrong's biological mother, a woman who was favored by the emperor, and a woman with a good reputation in the court and the opposition.

Because he believed that she was a reasonable elder, and because he believed that Duan Jinrong did not hide their relationship to his mother, he was defenseless and plunged into it.

Nalan Mingxiu held the emperor's hand and walked side by side with the emperor.

The hall was in an uproar and knelt down, the mountain shouted long live, and the imperial concubine Niang Niang Chitose, the sound shook the sky, so that the harem concubines who followed behind the emperor and the imperial concubine could only get a sound of the beautiful beauties who were thousands of years old gritted their teeth, but wanted to pretend to smile.

Liu Moyan lowered his head and covered the disdain on his lips, no wonder he could only watch Nalan Mingxiu spoil the harem, look at these stiff smiles, compared to the mother who completely soaked gentleness and tranquility in her bones, even if she was harmful and like a bodhisattva, she was not only half a chip.

The emperor sat on the highest dragon seat, and the imperial concubine actually sat next to him, and many people's eyes flashed, and they secretly opened their hearts.

The whole palace was completely busy, the maids and maids were shuttling, plates of steaming delicacies were put on the table, and all the drinks that had been drunk were refilled, and the warm wines, the jade wine treasured in the palace, the seductive taste, kept wafting.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of tables were filled with food and wine that ordinary people could not eat in their lifetime, but many powerful ministers with fine clothes and fine food did not want to taste it as soon as possible.

The emperor stood up, first raised the cup in his hand, and with some words of encouragement, all the ministers were full of excitement, and they all expressed their loyalty to the emperor.

From the crown prince down, first several princes brought their female dependents to the emperor to say auspicious words, and then there were birthday gifts, countless rare treasures, but the most attention-grabbing was Duan Jinrui and Duan Jinrong, the two princes, Duan Jinrui presented a wheat ear, which was not full enough than the wheat ears eaten on weekdays, but Qi Benqi was still a little green on this wheat ear, and it was picked not long ago.

Duan Jinrui took out the wheat that could be planted in winter, and the people were displaced from the disaster year after year, and the imperial court raised funds for disaster relief many times, but it was gradually overstretched, coupled with the alien races in the border passes, invaded the border from time to time, and the military food was insufficient.

The people in the birthday banquet are all understanding people, whether they are sincere or not, they all congratulate the emperor and praise the wisdom and benevolence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The emperor at the top showed heartfelt satisfaction on his face, looking at Duan Jinrui's eyes, with the pride and kindness that belonged to his father.

Duan Jinrui's birthday gift was too good, and some of the princes behind him had changed their faces, which was very embarrassing.

The emperor was happy, and he was not stingy with rewards, in front of many sons and ministers, he completely handed over the household department to Duan Jinrui for management, to say that Duan Jinrui was also suspended in the household department before, but it was a bit of a constraint, it was for the sake of Emperor An's heart, and he couldn't control too much power.

Liu Moyan hooked his lips, he had already seen Duan Jinrong's face distorted for a moment, which was enough for him to reminisce for a while, to say that the things prepared by His Royal Highness King Rong were not bad, and among the thousands of birthday gifts carefully prepared by the princes and ministers, it was also expected to come first, provided that there was nothing Duan Jinrui offered.

Duan Jinrong he prepared a golden book and jade book, not to mention the preciousness of this thing itself, the things inside are really ingenious, thin more than a dozen pages, after unfolding, fresh and beautiful seal carving works come into view, the jade book is divided into fifteen groups, each group of eight squares, surrounded by a symbol of "longevity and auspiciousness" of the frame.

The ornamentation is hollow, clear and delicate, staggered, finely carved, rounded, rigid and soft, each with its own style.

The shape of the seal is round, oval, square, rectangular, gourd-shaped, leaf-shaped, and even singular, showing the shape of two dragons playing with pearls, which is really illustrated and rich, both respectful and noble.

Duan Jinrong's mind is indeed dexterous, but unfortunately, this birthday gift is now sent at the wrong time, compared to the wheat ears sent by Duan Jinrui, which is ugly, but beneficial to the country and the people, Duan Jinrong's golden book and jade book, although the emperor also said a good word, but his face was pale.

This kind of indifferent attitude is the most unbearable, Nalan Mingxiu's face changed, but he stood up in front of Duan Jinrong, and bluntly accused his biological son of extravagance, and spent his days studying some ingenuity to please the emperor's father, but he didn't want to share his father's worries, and after finishing speaking, he fell down and knelt in front of the emperor's seat, asking the emperor to punish his son.

Many people are a little moved, and the emperor is no exception, Nalan Mingxiu performed very well, but Liu Moyan heard a few different flavors from it, Duan Jinrong just wanted to share his father's worries, which was clearly about power.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't know what to think, although he was moved, comforted the imperial concubine a few words, and gave Duan Jinrong treasures, but he still didn't give him the right to be justified like Duan Jinrui.

The imperial concubine is grateful, her beauty is exquisite, gentle and colorful, although she is no longer young, but compared to those young women, she has more of the demeanor of the precipitation of the years, she leaned over the emperor's ear, I don't know what to whisper, the smile on the emperor's face, a lot more.

The birthday gifts of the ministers were not presented to the emperor in person like the princes, and their birthday gifts were placed on the ceremonial platform in a corner of the palace, and their own internal supervision records were recorded, so the time was still very early, and the strange atmosphere did not last long because of the birthday celebrations of several princes, because the imperial concubine announced a news next, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has reached the marriageable age, and after many inspections between her and the emperor, the county lord of Tongqi was selected.

The county lord of Tongqi and Duan Jinrui stood together, the man's appearance was a little stiff, but he did not refute, but curtled his knees side by side with the shy and happy girl, and bowed to the head to thank him.

The young man who had been calm, the wine glass in his hand, snapped, fell to the ground, and drowned out in the surrounding noise of congratulations.

"Captain Liu, what's wrong?"

"Huh? Hehe, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the County Lord's Mother are indeed a match made in heaven! ”

When Liu Moyan came into contact with the suspicious gaze of the person near him, he casually repeated the harsh words that kept ringing in his ears, he hooked his lips and smiled, his smile was as gorgeous and bright as ever on that perfect face, and there was some desolation in his eyes.