Chapter 345: Palace Banquet
The Queen Mother was already in tears in the house, and she finally touched the emperor's figure through the door, and then was supported by the grandmother beside her and walked back to the inner room.
The emperor listened to the Queen Mother's footsteps and walked away, and his heart was also mixed, hating the Queen Mother's selfishness, hating the Queen Mother's withholding of disaster relief materials to make him lose his majesty, hated a lot, but now he is more moved.
What a mother can do for her children, the queen mother has also done, thinking about her own growth over the years, her heart is extremely contradictory.
He returned to the Taihe Palace, and the concubines of each palace also arrived, and today the emperor took a serious look at each concubine, and wanted to read what he wanted from their language and expressions.
In the eyes of the emperor before, they were just women when they were scheming, but today they really have to look at each other differently, plus all the things they thought about on the way back, only to find that sometimes they were inadvertent, and maybe they really gave them clues.
Seeing that the emperor entered the main hall, everyone saluted: "See the emperor." ”
The emperor stood behind his hands and looked around and said: "Let's be even, it's all my own family, I just went to Cining Palace, but the queen mother is resolute and wants to atone for the mistakes she has made, so I have already celebrated the birthday of the queen mother, and the queen mother will not come." ”
Everyone thanked and sat down.
But everyone is thinking about it, everyone knows that the emperor went to Cining Palace, I thought that Taihui would take this opportunity to come out, but what I didn't expect was that the queen mother was so resolute that these people who wanted to find something would have no way to start.
Especially Concubine Shu, she often persuaded the emperor to let the Queen Mother come out and walk around, thinking that the Queen Mother had come out. If the prime minister puts pressure on the emperor here, then Mo Wencang will have more opportunities, but now it seems that things are not as simple as he thought.
The queen knows how much the queen mother is thinking, since she will definitely resist all the mistakes in order to protect Mo Wenhao, she doesn't feel good in her heart, she went to see the queen mother several times, but the queen mother has been avoiding it.
Ya Concubine's eyes rolled a few times, and she smiled secretly in her heart, no one is dominant, she is hopeful. You don't have to act rashly. Just wait to reap the fisherman's profits.
Other people also have their own plans in their hearts, only Concubine De and Concubine Xian have not changed their faces, they really don't care about this.
Qin Mengdie and Yanyang were next to each other, and Yanyang didn't pay attention to these at all. Tightly pulled Qin Mengdie to speak. However, Qin Mengdie's afterglow had been observing the expressions of these people.
But most of them don't see anything from a single expression. I also have the heart that more things are better than less things, but I can't be a fool completely.
The emperor walked to the right seat and sat down, and the princes and concubines on both sides sat down one by one.
At this time, Gonggong Li, who was next to the emperor, came over and asked, "Your Majesty." The wine and food in the imperial dining room are ready, now do you want to pass the meal? ”
"Let's pass the meal." The emperor said.
Gonggong Li shook the dust back, and shouted at the throat of the male duck: "Pass the meal." ”
Immediately afterwards, one by one the palace maids came in with wine and vegetables, and the emperor's throat was inflamed in the past few days, so the tables and chairs at today's banquet were placed closer to make it easier for everyone to speak.
The queen sitting next to the emperor brought a glass of rock sugar pear soup, put it in front of the emperor and said, "The emperor has not had a good throat recently, so eat some pear soup to moisten his throat first." ”
The emperor took two sips of Sydney soup: "Yes, it's not too sweet, it's pure and moisturizing." Then he took two more sips.
The queen immediately showed a smile on her face, and looked at the ladies sitting on both sides with some smug expressions.
Concubine Shu glanced at it, her heart was not so comfortable, the queen mother did not come out today, so she lost the initiative, and now seeing the queen's provocative eyes, after all, she is angry in her heart, and it is not uncommon for harem women to compete for favor, but she didn't speak, she was still calm in such a scene.
The queen couldn't stop looking at her provocatively, Concubine Shu was placed by the queen outside the emperor's bedroom last time, and this time it was also a long lesson, but after glancing at the queen, she no longer looked at the queen.
But how could Concubine Ya let go of such an opportunity, what she liked most was the contradiction between the queen and the concubine, she covered her mouth and said with a smile: "The queen mother is really more considerate than our sisters, no wonder the emperor favors the queen more, even the queen mother has done her best to protect your mother and son, and it is really a good fate, we can't envy it." ”
Ya Concubine is this character, what to say, there is no one on the mouth, everyone is used to it, if it was in the past, the emperor would also think that Ya Concubine is quite cute, she is a heartless master, but today after listening to the words of the Queen Mother, I unconsciously found that this woman is not so simple.
The queen and the concubine know everything about the concubines, and they have been fighting secretly for many years, and the concubines are pretending to be crazy and stupid, but nothing is less than them, even if the position is not as high as theirs, but the two sons of the family have been raised, and many people can't ask for this.
The emperor looked at them without speaking, and turned his head to look at the queen.
The queen was a little surprised, in the past, the emperor would definitely laugh and say to the concubine: As far as you love to compete and be jealous, you don't know how to be subtle, and other jokes are a little cover-up, how dare others blatantly say such rebellious words.
Concubine Ya was also a little scared, because the emperor's eyes were a little sharp at this time, and his expression was different from before, and everyone sitting on the table was also a little nervous by this abnormal atmosphere.
The queen is also a sleek and sophisticated lord, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Concubine Ya's temperament is also too straightforward, but you must speak in a measured manner, how many times have you been said, pay attention to it in the future." "To speak in his position is to have the posture of that main position.
Concubine Ya stood up and blessed her body: "The concubine obeys the teachings of the queen's mother." ”
"Sit down, and watch out later." The queen didn't want to really go down the stairs for the concubine on this occasion.
The concubine thanked her and sat down, but it was cold at the table.
The emperor raised the quilt first: "Today's first cup is still for the Queen Mother's birthday." After speaking, he stood up and picked up the wine glass and said: "May the queen mother be in good health, Songhe will prolong her life, everything will go well, and her birthday will be happy." After saying that, he drank it all.
Everyone present also got up and took a cup: "The princess queen mother is in good health, the pine crane prolongs her life, everything goes well, and her birthday is happy." Then they all had a drink and sat down.
This banquet also began, and everyone began to chat.
The emperor looked at his sons and said, "The five of you come over and have a drink with me." ”
Several people walked over with wine glasses and stood in front of the emperor.
The emperor said: "I know your thoughts, don't think that I don't know anything if I don't do anything, I know it in my heart, but what I want to say today is that you are all very good, the past, no matter what you did wrong, it is all in the past, from today on, I will strictly evaluate you, do you understand?" (To be continued......)