Huiyi Palace, in the side hall, on the bedside couch, the two heads were pressed together, and a few laughs were made from time to time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is Xinyan and Fu Fangfei. In front of him is an embroidery, on which a huge "longevity" is drawn with a pen. The two were discussing what tricks to use in the blank space around them.

There are still more than ten days to be the birthday of the Empress Dowager Liu, and all palaces are hurrying to prepare for the birthday ceremony.

Fu Fangfei was originally going to send a jade Guanyin, which was collected from the south by Fu's father. Xinyan has seen it, the jade texture is excellent, and the Guanyin statue is also lifelike. But after seeing Xinyan's birthday gift yesterday, Fu Fangfei changed her mind.

"Good sister, take me, how about it?" She clutched Xinyan's embroidery. Gu Xinyan didn't have any extra money to buy a birthday gift, so she had to find another way. After thinking about it, I can only work hard from the word "skill". She also watched a lot of court dramas in her previous life, and I remember that someone embroidered a hundred blessing characters as a gift. She analyzed her actual situation, she couldn't embroider a hundred longevity characters, but one longevity character was okay.

Fu Fangfei liked it at first sight, and she had to be with Xinyan. What treasures haven't you seen in the old lady's house? I guess I don't like anything to send. Xinyan's birthday gift, although it is not precious, is rare for this heart.

Xinyan should not have it. smiled and scolded: "It's good to be on the good Jade Guanyin, it's really ...... to rely on my."

Fu Fangfei smiled contentedly and said, "Okay." All right. In order to show my sincerity, I will embroider the gold thread of the word longevity. ”

Xinyan was overjoyed and said, "That's good." "Embroidering longevity requires a lot of gold thread, gold thread is expensive, she originally wanted to use yellow silk thread instead, but the effect is poor, and it looks a little childish.

Now that Fu Fangfei brought it up, she was naturally pleased, how could there be any reason.

The two discussed for a long time, but they couldn't make up their minds. Just put it first.

The two sat by the window and ate tea. Huancui pushed open the window, and a flaming red tree in the yard was waving in the wind, and most of them had already hung fruit. Embellished in the lush foliage, it is very gratifying. Fu Fangfei looked at it for a long time, and suddenly clapped her hands: "There is!" ”

Turning around and pointing to the pomegranate tree, he said: "The old man likes to have a full house of children and grandchildren, and the Queen Mother must be no exception." Especially the eldest prince......" she lowered her voice, "let's embroider the pomegranate pattern." ”

Gu Xinyan's eyes lit up, and she also felt very good, and then the two returned to the couch and hurriedly prepared tricks.

In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of October, the birthday of the Queen Mother. The Empress Dowager's birthday feast should have been in the Zhongtai Palace, but the Empress Dowager Liu insisted on being in Cining Palace. Emperor Cheng said that he would do what the Queen Mother wanted.

Early in the morning, Cining Palace was lit up and beaming with joy. The palace people come in and out, busy but not chaotic. The Queen Mother sat on the couch obliquely, watching the palace people busy coming in and out, but she couldn't arouse much interest.

The queen and the concubine came in from outside and asked the queen mother for peace. The queen asked the queen mother if there was anything wrong. The two of them came to Cining Palace early in the morning, and they were so busy that they couldn't stop. The queen didn't even bother to drink saliva.

Empress Dowager Liu said with a smile: "The queen is doing things, how can the mourning family be worried." He beckoned to Concubine Shu again, and said with a pleasant face: "Don't stand still, you've been tired for a long time, sit down." ”

Concubine Shu lowered her head and peeked at the queen, but she didn't dare to say anything, standing beside the queen mother, and did not sit down. Queen Gao's eyes darkened, pretending not to see it, getting up and going out again.

When you get to the door, you grit your teeth secretly. Since the accident of the third prince, this situation has not been one or two times. Without him, Concubine Gain Shufei is the biological mother of the second prince. Four princes. One is dead and one is disabled, and the other is a milk doll. The remaining two princes are already smart, and they look the most like Emperor Cheng. The Queen Mother is betting on the treasure, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Thinking of the third prince, she gritted her teeth.

Concubine Shu is so good-looking, she was polite and polite before, since the accident of the two princes, although she is still respectful on the face, but underneath...

Aunt Gao stepped forward quietly and said, "Niangniang, let's go to the side hall to rest, drink tea, and eat some snacks." ”

Gao Xiyue waved her hand tiredly, "You can help me in first to rest for a while." Aunt Gao carefully carried her to the side hall and sat down, found a small pestle, and raised her legs. He knelt on one knee and thumped all the way down his legs, while saying, "Niangniang, just squint for a while, and the slave will give you relaxation." ”

The concubine in the house was also unhurriedly beating the queen mother's back, the queen mother squinted her eyes, and talked to the concubine without a match, I don't know what the concubine said, which made the queen mother laugh!

The queen of the side hall opened her eyes and closed them again.

At noon, the princes and ministers and the wives of the princes arrived one after another, and the huge Cining Palace was full of people, laughing and laughing.

The Queen Mother sits on the main seat of the main hall. Dressed in a purple wide-sleeved robe, embroidered with bright red peacocks, the dark lines on the clothes are decorated with yellow gold threads, and the patterns on the body are as if they are alive. His black hair is combed into a high bun and adorned with a crown of red blonde hair studded with turquoise. Although Empress Dowager Liu is over fifty years old, she looks about forty if she is properly maintained.

Gu Xinyan and the concubines sat in the inner position on the right side of the main hall, and because of their low position, they sat in the innermost corner. In the middle is the royal family, and beyond is the inner woman. On the opposite side are the ministers of the DPRK and China. Gu Xinyan was squeezed into a crowd of talented people, with a huge pillar in front of her, and she only watched from a distance as the emperor, the princess, and the princess presented birthday gifts. Gu Xinyan found that when she offered a gift, the eunuchs had to sing a sentence, and some skipped it and didn't mention it, and those who were sung laughed at Mimi, and those who didn't mention it hung their heads.

The marble Shaoqing is a pot of topaz jelly Buddha's hand. The voice of the little eunuch who sang the salute was thin and long, and everyone could hear it clearly. Chuan Fangfei smiled slightly.

Finally, when it comes to their concubines, the gifts. Qian Xiuyi's is a dripping Guanyin, Wang Chongyuan's is a rosewood interstitial, and Fan Meiren's is a string of agarwood Buddha beads......

Xinyan looked at Fu Fangfei, she talked about eating by herself, and waited until Hu Meiren and they were all finished, then Shi Shiran got up, held the embroidery with both hands, leaned over and saluted, and said: "The Queen Mother Jin'an, this is a little bit of the concubine's heart, I wish the Queen Mother happiness is like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and her longevity is better than the old pine of Nanshan." As he spoke, he stretched out his arms and slowly unfolded the scroll in his hand. Someone who was close couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

The Queen Mother raised her hand and called the chamberlain to present it. The waiter held it with both hands and spread it out on a few long days in front of him. The Queen Mother took a closer look, but saw that on the black underside, there was a big longevity character in the middle, with a faint gold glow under the candlelight, and a full pomegranate pattern embroidered with a faint silver coin around.

The Queen Mother was overjoyed, stroked the embroidered face with both hands, and for a long time, instructed Aunt Yun: "Put it away, go back and hang it on the small Buddha hall." ”

The faces of everyone in the hall were complicated, and all kinds of eyes were on Chuan Jieyu in the hall. There was a commotion among the women, and many eyes turned to Mrs. Chuan, who smiled reservedly. Emperor Cheng laughed, waved the sleeves of his robe, and said, "Reward Jieyu!" ”

Chuan Fangfei was overjoyed, suddenly remembered, and hurriedly said loudly: "Your Majesty, this picture of longevity is not made by the concubine alone, it is embroidered by the concubine and Gu Cairen!" ”

"Oh!" Emperor Cheng looked at the hall with interest, "Where is Gu Cairen?" ”

Under the gaze of everyone, Gu Xinyan slowly walked up to the main hall, bowed to the ground, and said: "Concubine Gu wishes the Queen Mother Niangniang Niang and Tianqi, and the Emperor and Empress Holy Eucharist are healthy!" ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "Gu Cairen is flat."

Gu Xinyan straightened up and tried to straighten her waist.

The Queen Mother said softly: "It's a neat child, it's hard for you to think about it." He turned to the queen and said, "But you have to reward these two children well, you have a heart." ”

The queen smiled and nodded yes.

Turning his head and commanding the waiter beside him, the waiter answered. Not long after, two red lacquer trays were held, and the two palace people were held in front of the two of them, and the waiter sang: "Appreciate a pair of Fu Jieyu earrings inlaid with rubies, a red gold bracelet", "Appreciate a pair of red gold silk earrings for talented people." Point an emerald hairpin. ”

The two of them hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, and bowed respectfully under the envious eyes of everyone.

One after another, people stepped forward to offer gifts, but with the talents Fu Fangfei and Gu Xinyan's "Zhuyu in front", there was nothing brilliant behind.

Halfway through the birthday banquet, there were songs and dances, and Gu Xinyan was still immersed in the joy just now.

I don't know who proposed that the new concubine would add to the queen mother's talent. The rules are very simple, use the way of drumming and passing flowers, and the people who have their turn will perform the show to help the fun. Xinyan was excited and sobered up!