Lu Yu now sits in the seat behind the princes, sitting across from his father Lu Xun. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Yu and the second prince have been practicing martial arts together since they were young, and later they have been guarding the border for many years.

On the back table, in addition to Lu Yu and Lu Xun, there are also some other royal relatives and important ministers, such as Marquis Su and his son Su Jingyi, daughter Su Jingrong, An Guogong and daughter An Ruoshui, and the queen's distant relative, Mrs. Liu, are among them.

Today, An Ruoshui is also dressed up. I saw that she was wearing a begonia red cloud fei makeup satin woven colorful flowers and flying butterfly brocade dress, covered with a flowing color dark flower cloud brocade skirt, and a Su embroidered moon brocade shirt, and her thin waist was restrained by a cloud belt, which showed that she was not in a hand. A green silk hair is simply combed with a weeping cloud bun and tassel bun, and a Qibao coral hairpin in the hair, reflecting the face like a hibiscus. Look at her face again, it is even more gorgeous, the powder face contains spring, the skin is like condensation, the eyes are like autumn water, and the lips are like water, which makes people dare not look directly, several young sons of the family here are secretly looking at her, and even the elderly emperor has looked at her several times with cloudy eyes, but she was attracted by the royal lady with fine wine.

But An Ruoshui didn't care about everyone's attention, she only cared about one person. That person was, of course, Lu Yu, who had just greeted the second prince.

Today, Lu Yu tied his hair with a jade flute, with the usual chuckle on the corner of his mouth, his dark eyes were as deep as a deep pool, which was even more incomprehensible, and a dark shirt made him more and more mysterious than before.

An Ruoshui looked at him smiling at the second prince, and only felt how good it would be if this smile was aimed at him. However, after tonight, I should be able to fulfill my wish, I just hope that Qi Guang will not let himself down.

In the Jiaotai Palace, everyone has taken their seats. The deacon eunuch Gong E brought delicious food and wine.

The emperor took the lead in raising his glass and said, "Today is the queen's mother's thousand autumns, and my family has a family banquet here, and I am very happy." Come, Queen, I respect you first, our Southern Chu State has a virtuous mother like you, which is the luck of all the people! ”

The corners of the queen's eyes were a little moist, and she could get such an evaluation from the saint, even if there was more bitterness in her heart, it was worth it, she got up and drank the wine in the cup, and said: "The concubine doesn't dare to be, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

The emperor said, "You deserve it." Come, bring me what I prepared for the queen."

Qi Guang next to him hurriedly asked the eunuch to bring a tray to it, only to see that there was an emerald green bracelet, a smoke cloud shadow hairpin and a winged glass pendant.

Seeing the things in the tray, the face of the princess sitting next to the emperor changed slightly.

The queen was also a little surprised when she saw the things in the tray, and said, "Your Majesty, this jade pendant ......"

The emperor said, "The bracelet and hairpin are my birthday gifts to you. As for the jade pendant, it was the queen mother who entrusted me to bring it to you, saying that you have presided over the harem for many years, and you have worked hard for you, so let you keep it well. ”

The queen was a little choked up after hearing this, the queen mother has recently been unwell, and will participate in her birthday in the future, but this wing glazed pendant is very valuable, it is carved with a piece of jade with a whole body of emerald jade, and the second piece of jade such a good can not be found in the whole Nanchu, it is a dowry gift when the emperor and the queen mother got married, the queen mother has been wearing it on her body, I didn't expect to be able to give her a birthday gift.

The queen said: "Your Majesty, this thing is too valuable, and the concubines are a little ashamed."

The emperor said: "Since the queen mother gave it to you, you can take it."

The queen still wanted to excuse herself, but the princess next to her said: "Sister, I see, don't push back, this is a blessing that our harem sisters can't ask for, if you don't dare to ask for it, the harem sisters will have a birthday in the future, who will dare to receive congratulatory gifts."

After listening to Wang Guifei's words, the other concubines all looked a little wrong. Yes, there is only one piece of this Biyi Liuli Pei Quannanchu, and now it has been obtained by the queen mother, and it is impossible for them to want such a good birthday gift for their birthday in the future. Everyone's heart is a little sour.

Looking at the expressions of the few concubines around her, Wang Guifei felt a little proud in her heart: Hmph, you think you have such a good thing and want to be cheap and good, I don't want you to succeed, look, now that you have offended everyone in the harem, wait to see your good show.

The queen mother has been immersed in the harem for many years, how can she not hear that Wang Guifei's name is persuasive, but it is actually a voiceover that twists sour and vinegar and makes enemies for her everywhere? It's just that she, the queen, is not in vain.

She thanked the emperor and took the tray, and said to Wang Guifei: "What my sister said is very true, this palace as the master of the harem is qualified to keep it on behalf of the mother, but this peony flower on my sister's head, with my sister's delicate appearance, really makes my sister envious, alas, people are old, they don't look good when they wear anything, and they will be one year old after a birthday, and the years are really unforgiving!" ”

Now not only the concubines of the harem heard the meaning of the queen's mother, but everyone sitting below also heard the clues, today is the queen's birthday, but the royal lady is dressed up noisy, not only dressed in bright red public clothes, but also the flowers on the head are actually peonies, originally the peony is fragrant, but it is the exclusive queen mother, and now she wears it on her head, no matter how you think about it, she thinks that this royal lady is too public.

Listening to the words of the queen's mother, the concubines also secretly laughed, on weekdays, the royal lady relied on the favor of the saint, but she was not less powerful in front of them, today she was speechless by the queen's mother, her face was green, how could she not understand the hatred in her heart.

However, the royal lady was an elf in the end, and she quickly came back to her senses and said to the emperor: "Oh, Your Majesty, today's concubine's clothes are suitable for such flowers, so I put them on, does Your Majesty think the concubine looks good like this?" Isn't that appropriate? ”

After hearing this, the emperor's eyes narrowed with a smile: "Concubine Ai is naturally beautiful, of course she looks good with such a costume."

Everyone at the banquet was a little chilled, but they didn't expect that this royal lady didn't know how to restrain herself in front of everyone, and she openly flirted with the emperor, which was really shameless.

Next, all the princes and relatives of the emperor toasted to the queen mother and sent congratulatory gifts, and the queen mother returned the gift one by one.

Lu Xun, as the husband of the eldest princess and the head of the generals, deserves to toast the queen mother after all the princes to congratulate the joy of a thousand autumns.

Lu Yu got up with his father, congratulated the queen mother on Qianqiu, and sent a congratulatory gift.

Looking at Lu Yu in front of him, the emperor had mixed feelings in his heart. His royal sister died of illness at an early age, leaving the child behind. Now Lu Yu has already taken charge of the border pass, inheriting the style of the Lu family's good martial arts. The peace and tranquility of the frontier have half of the credit of their Lu family.

It's just that it has always been a good thing for the emperor to be a high-ranking master, so he recalled Lu Xun to the capital a few years ago, saying that he was old and needed to take care of his life, so that he no longer held the power of the army. Last year, he recalled Lu Yu from the border pass, but he didn't expect that as soon as his nephew returned to the capital, he took the initiative to ask to go to a remote county seat to be the magistrate, and he only returned to the capital some time ago.

His nephew has never been close to him, and he has been a person with ideas since he was a child, and sometimes he doesn't know what he really thinks. However, his loyalty to the Lu family has always been assured, as long as Lu Xun is in the world, the Xiao family's country will not change hands. (To be continued.) )