Chapter 24: The Great Birthday of the Holy One
Today is the fiftieth birthday of Emperor Moqing.
Early in the morning, the entire capital city was filled with joy.
The emperor's birthday seems to be a posture to be celebrated by the whole world, although this is not the original intention of Emperor Moqing.
In the main hall, as usual, there are folds and folds, and if there is something to discuss, but there is no headache to be solved today, and the ministers also have eyes, of course, they know that they should not say something bad today. So this early dynasty also ended quickly.
Although it was Emperor Moqing's birthday, Emperor Moqing didn't look happy. Those who don't know think that the saint is because he is a year older, and only a few people who know know what is going on in Emperor Moqing's mind.
Emperor Moqing was depressed in the morning, and walked around and walked to the Spring Palace of Concubine Qian.
Here I have to mention Shen Biyan, who gave a lot of names to the palaces in the palace that she thought of randomly. The names of the four Yuanchun sisters in the Red Mansion were also used by her. Qian Guifei Qian Jing lives in the Spring Festival Palace.
"The emperor has arrived."
As the eunuch's father-in-law's feminine voice fell, the palace people in the Yingchun Palace fell to their knees one after another. Qian Guifei's graceful figure also appeared at the palace gate.
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live." The uniform voices of the palace people sounded.
"The concubine has seen the emperor." Qian Guifei bowed her knees.
"Love the concubine is exempt." Emperor Mo Qing had a gentle attitude and reached out to help Concubine Qian.
The two walked into the Spring Festival Palace side by side, and a large group of people behind them stood outside the palace and waited, only Emperor Moqing's personal attendant, that is, Zhu Cheng, the chief eunuch, followed in.
Emperor Mo Qing and Concubine Qian Guifei sat on either side of the bed.
"Why did the emperor come to the concubine so early today?" Qian Guifei lightly opened her lips.
"I didn't expect it to come to you."
Qian Guifei covered her mouth and chuckled, she was obviously over forty, but there was no wrinkle on her face, and her face still looked like a twenty-year-old girl.
"That's really a blessing for the concubines, and the emperor also makes the concubines happy." Qian Guifei smiled and joked with Emperor Mo Qing. In the midst of talking and laughing, Emperor Mo Qing's gloomy face gradually dissipated.
I have to say that Qian Guifei is a smart person, she knows that the emperor is unhappy every birthday, the reason is that her father also told her some at the beginning, so she also knows what to say and what not to say, only smart people can live long in the palace. Therefore, for so many years, in addition to her position, she is not as good as the queen, but she is actually the most favored in the palace.
At that time, the Wang family was very arrogant, so he sent the daughter of the clan into the palace as the queen. Emperor Moqing did not have much affection for the queen, and the queen had only given birth to a princess for many years in the palace, which was even more lost to other concubines who had children. Fortunately, Emperor Moqing remembered the rules of the original wife, and he still attached great importance to the queen.
Qian Guifei is smart and smart, she never fights or robs, nor does she conspire to frame others, she just guards her palace to live. Of course, she will still prevent others from harming her. When she entered the palace, Qian Baoxin taught her, "If you don't fight, you fight." "Anran gave birth to the second prince and taught the second prince to be a dragon and phoenix. Over the years, her weight in Emperor Moqing's heart has become heavier and heavier.
Emperor Moqing sat in the Spring Festival Palace for a long time, and before he knew it, time had passed. Lunch is also served directly at the Spring Palace.
After coming out of the Spring Festival Palace, Emperor Moqing returned to his study to deal with the excerpts.
Emperor Moqing has always been a good emperor who loves the people like a son and is diligent in political affairs.
If it is peaceful today, the people live a prosperous life, and no one praises Emperor Moqing as a generation of saints.
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As the sun sets, night falls.
Outside the palace gate, many carriages are lined up one by one to check the entrance to the palace.
King Huan also arrived at the gate of the palace in a carriage, and Mo Ziting followed the carriage on horseback.
The carriages queuing in front of them saw that it was King Huan's car, and they gave way one after another. This is also the default rule of everyone, and everyone who sees the royal family will give in. King Huan doesn't care, anyway, people are willing to let him, and he didn't force it. It's just that when the carriage arrived in front of the palace gate, there was a carriage that did not get out of the way and blocked the way.
King Heng in the carriage felt that the carriage had stopped, so he asked, "Why don't you leave?" ”
Mo Ziting's voice came in.
"Father, there is the Shen family's carriage in front, it is being checked, we have to wait."
Shen Botao saw that the carriage of the palace was also going to give in, but Shen Zhang was unwilling, saying that he would come first and then come, so why let them, they had to be inspected.
King Huan listened to his son's words and immediately smiled. "Who did I say, it must be Shen Zhang's old guy who is back."
Mo Ziting carefully searched the crowd of the Shen family for a while, and happened to see Shen Zhang's face when he opened the curtain. He didn't stop, but continued to look for another person. After looking for a while and not finding it, I realized that the female dependent must be in the carriage. Thinking of this, he retracted his gaze unwillingly.
After the Shen family's carriage was inspected, it was King Huan's turn, but the royal family had privileges, Mo Ziting showed the sign, and the guards let him go.
The subsequent carriages also passed through the inspection one after another and entered the palace.
As soon as everyone entered, they were taken to the front of the main hall by the palace maids.
The palace banquet was held before the main hall. Rows of palace lamps have been hung around the main hall, illuminating the entire hall in front of the lights.
The male guests sat on one side, and the female dependents sat on the other, and the positions were arranged according to the level of official positions and orders. This is also the consistent rule of palace banquets.
As soon as Mo Ziting sat down, his eyes swept to the opposite women's seat, and many of the ladies he swept up showed shy expressions, but he just swept it over, leaving a broken heart.
Finally, he found the daughters of the Shen family, Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Shen, and Mrs. Shen...... Except for the third lady of the Shen family, the female relatives of the Shen family have all arrived.
Strange, what about the third miss of the Shen family, why didn't she come, Mo Ziting's good-looking eyebrows furrowed.
Seeing that the prince of Huan had been staring at the daughters of the Shen family, many young ladies of the right age cast envious and jealous glances at Shen Biting and Shen Biwan.
One of them had a very resentful gaze, staring at Bi Wan viciously. This is Sun Yixing, the second lady of the Sun family who has admired Mo Ziting for many years.
Sun Yixing has been in love with the prince of Huan since he was eleven years old. Over the years, this love has only increased, and her personality has become a little distorted. She is sixteen years old this year, but she has not yet talked about marriage, and she has been dragging it out.
In the past few years, there have been many people who love Shizi, but Mo Ziting has not paid attention to anyone, so Sun Yixing has already regarded himself as the best choice for Mrs. Shizi. Of course, the Sun family is also very happy, otherwise they would not let Sun Yixing's marriage drag on forever. It's just that Mo Ziting has never had the intention of marrying a wife, and the Sun family has to wait.
Now that Sun Yixing saw that Mo Ziting paid special attention to the daughters of the Shen family, he naturally thought of the gentle and quiet Bi Wan. I already hated Bi Wan deeply in my heart. Poor Biwan carried the black pot for someone in vain, and she didn't know it.