Chapter 37: Birthday Gifts
Seeing that he was not very old, he respectfully saluted them and said, "The slaves are the ones who are serving in Ci'an Palace, ladies and ladies, please get in the car." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Hearing this, Liu nodded with a smile, "There is Father-in-law Lao!" ”
Mama Yan on the side hurriedly took out the purse that had been prepared from her sleeve pocket and stuffed it to the father-in-law, and he accepted it without shirking, and his attitude became very kind.
In the inner palace, you are not allowed to ride your own carriage, and you need to change all the unified palace carriages to meet you. Seeing that the ladies were all seated and the curtains were lowered, the eunuch ordered to go to the palace.
The carriage in the palace is huge, and it is not crowded when several people sit inside. The young ladies were not lively, they sat quietly and elegantly, Mu Zhimo sat by the window, and carefully glanced at the scenery in the palace through the curtain that swayed slightly in the wind.
The car traveled slowly, and it took about a pillar of incense for the kung fu carriage to stop outside the Ci'an Palace. There is already a grandmother waiting at the gate of the palace. The carriages also stopped one after another, and the young ladies slowly got out of the carriage and were led in by the grandmother.
In Ci'an Palace, singing and dancing have been leveled, the sleeves are fluttering, the guqin is rippling, the bells are ringing, and the fragrant wind is permeated. Gong Ma led everyone to the seat, and Mu Zhimo didn't dare to look at it, and followed behind in a proper manner.
At this time, it was still early to leave the palace banquet, and the people who came to the hall were all some official family members, and the Mu family was only an imperial businessman, so the seats were a little behind, and the seats of the lady and lady were all on one side of the hall, and the ministers and sons on the other side were still waiting for them.
Next to the Mu Mansion is the seat of the Liu Mansion and the Xia Mansion, and the three mansions belong to the imperial merchants. As soon as Mu Yunyan sat down, she happily pulled a sweet-looking pink-clothed girl from Liufu, "Cousin, you guys are really early!" ”
The girl approached her with a smile, "We have just arrived for a while, my sister is really beautiful today, my sister can't help but want to look at it twice!" ”
Mu Yunyan was a little shy and pouted, "My sister knows how to make fun of me!" I've only seen it when I'm dressed up, but my sister is bright and beautiful when she doesn't dress up! ”
The two chatted in a whisper, and the sisters of the Xia family were not particularly familiar, so they exchanged a few words of greeting and then stopped. Except for Mu Yunyan, several young ladies were silent and sipping tea on the side.
Mu Zhimo asked Mama Liu's son to bring a letter to Chen Yi yesterday, bringing back some useful information, she was also prepared, she was afraid that she would not know anything when she entered the palace for the first time.
It didn't take long for the hall to be full, and the concubines and princesses of the palaces were also seated. Concubine Mei's blue smoke and purple embroidered floor-length skirt led the three- and four-year-old Princess Shu Yi, her skin was white and snowy, her waist was weak and willow supported the wind, and she was charming when she walked. Concubine Zhuang and Concubine De were both princes, and the two had a good relationship and sat together, and Concubine Xian was followed by the seventeen or eighteen-year-old Princess Chenghuan, who was well-behaved and smart.
The queen mother's silver-haired dress was helped out by the queen and sat on the main seat, dressed in a dress with gold thread auspicious clouds embroidered with Fushou dark patterns, a silver hair neatly caged on the top of the head with a blessing bun, and a golden hairpin with a silk inlaid treasure bead, which was as bright as a glow, revealing royal luxury. The queen is also graceful and luxurious when she stands aside, and her posture is dignified.
The Queen Mother sat down and said to everyone, "Today's palace banquet, everyone doesn't have to be restrained, just feel free!" ”
Everyone naturally stood up and bowed, and Mu Zhimo stood behind the overlapping and luxurious heads, only to see the Queen Mother's kind smile.
The palace concubines and princesses got up one after another to salute the Queen Mother to celebrate her birthday, and the Queen Mother also praised her kindly. The birthday gifts prepared by the various palace concubines were also presented by the chamberlains early, and only the two princesses still brought their own gifts and waited to present them to the queen mother in person.
After all, Princess Shu Yi was still young, so she sent a few pages of the words she copied, knelt on the ground and said softly, "My granddaughter wishes the imperial grandmother a birthday, and I wish my grandmother a long life and good health!" ”
Seeing that there were still some crooked and immature words, the Queen Mother couldn't close her mouth happily, "It's not easy to write like this!" Concubine Mei taught well, reward! ”
All the ladies and ladies of His Royal Highness, although they couldn't see Princess Shu Yi's birthday gift, they all echoed and praised the Queen Mother when they saw that the Queen Mother was happy.
Concubine Mei curtsied her knees, and she couldn't hide her joy, "Concubine Xie Empress Dowager praises!" It is also her blessing to be liked by the Queen Mother! ”
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, and Concubine Mei took Princess Shu Yi to get up and sit back on the table.
Holding a picture scroll by the maid, Princess Chenghuan stepped forward to see the salute, her voice was like a pearl and jade, crisp and beautiful, "Thanks to the love of the imperial grandmother, today's grandmother's birthday, the granddaughter also embroidered a portrait of Guanyin to the grandmother, I wish the imperial grandmother a long and healthy life, and enjoy the family forever!" ”
Concubine Zhuang and Concubine De have the prince's side, so she will not be jealous at this time, she is dignified and reasonable. Concubine Mei heard this, but she was slandered in her heart, although Concubine Xian has not been favored by her over the years, Princess Chenghuan is extremely loved by the emperor, so Concubine Xian in the palace also faintly overwhelmed her momentum, which made her feel quite unhappy.
She thought about these and stared intently at the portrait presented by the little maid, and she was bent on finding some fault with it.
The two big palace maids around the queen mother took the portrait and carefully unfolded it, everyone only felt that their eyes were bright, the golden silk thread was the bottom, the Guanyin embroidery on it was fine, the image was lifelike, sitting on the lotus seat, holding the net bottle with kind eyes. The golden silk thread floats between the swings of the embroidered surface, as if there is a dazzling light emitting, which makes people feel more auspicious and graceful.
There was silence in the hall, and then the voices of the ladies sounded in front of it.
"The princess's embroidery is really exquisite, ingenious!"
"The princess's calligraphy and painting are already good, I didn't expect this embroidery skill to be so outstanding, the virtuous concubine is so blessed!"
"It's really an eye-opener today, the princess is really sincere!"
Everyone praised each other, and the Queen Mother was also happy, "It's not a shame that I love her on weekdays, I like this birthday gift!" ”
Concubine Xian is not shocked, gentle and demure, "I can get the praise of the Queen Mother and the ladies, and she can't be regarded as messing up this birthday gift!" That is, the Queen Mother spoils her on weekdays, and she can sit down with her out-of-the-box temperament! ”
Concubine Xian said this, and everyone was inevitably praised, and the Queen Mother also pulled her to sit beside her, and her love was visible.
Concubine Mei reluctantly squeezed out a smile and drank wine to cover up the past.
After this is done, the ladies and ladies go to greet them. Because there were too many people, and the emperor was about to bring in with the prince's ministers and a group of princes, only the ladies and ladies of the top three grades in the court and the ladies could go to meet the queen mother, and the other ladies and ladies just presented their gifts to the palace grandmother and sat down.
Mu Yunyan and Mu Qing showed disappointment, after all, the gift also took a lot of thought, but they didn't even see the face of the Queen Mother.
Mu Zhimo tasted the fruit wine with an indifferent face, trying to reduce his sense of existence.
But before a while, a fat little prince ran over next to the Queen Mother, holding a gift box, coquettishly, "Imperial grandmother, I want to see the gift of this box!" ”
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