The little eunuch thought about it, lowered his head and quickly retreated to the side. Then, the music changed suddenly, but it soon stopped.

The most powerful person in the entire world soon walked in through the side door of the main hall. The emperor carried the empress, and in front of him was the empress dowager Haoguo, who was full of gorgeous hair. Several people walked slowly, standing beside the dragon chair with a gentle smile on their faces.

"Long live my emperor, long live!"

As soon as they stood still, the courtiers of Haoguo knelt down and saluted, shouting three long live, and the foreign envoys also knelt and bowed, but they did not shout together. For a while, the original excitement in the hall was gone, and in its place was an inexplicable solemnity.

The emperor stood on a high position and looked down at the courtiers who were lying on the ground below, among them there were two ministers, there were six Shangshu, there were envoys from various countries, as well as his children, and several princes. The crown prince is also among them, but the difference is that the prince's seat is hidden behind several princes, which makes it impossible for others in the palace to see the prince's face clearly, and few people will pay attention to the prince of Haoguo. The emperor glanced at the people present, nodded with a smile, waved his hand gently, and said gently, "Calm down." ”

After hearing this, everyone saluted and got up, sat back in their places, and waited for the next order.

The emperor raised his hand and sat down. Today is the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the Queen Mother sits in a high position, the emperor is in the position below it, close, and the Queen Mother is by her side. This is filial piety. Today is both a birthday feast and a state feast. When the royal people sit down, the music resumes. The birthday feast is just the beginning. First of all, there are several dancing girls in the main hall, with different postures, a thin gauze tied on their faces, light gauze all over their bodies, and their delicate bodies can be faintly seen. The dancing is also extremely beautiful, and it attracts people's attention for a while.

This is the tradition of Haoguo, the dance of the heavenly maiden, which means to invite the heavenly maiden to go down to earth and dance for the New Year. The dance ended quickly, and the music changed. Next is the gift session, mainly the envoys of various states to the Empress Dowager Haoguo to present their birthday gifts.

First of all, the Turkish kingdom from the Western Regions. The envoys of the Turkish country walked out of their seats, saluted to the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen of the Hao country, and then sang the praises of the routine, after reading the praise of the lord of the Turkish country to the Hao country, the envoys clapped their hands, and after a while, four people came from outside the palace gate, stood still, and opened the brocade cloth on the things that the four people resisted, showing the birthday gift in it. It's a coat. The white fluff is attached to it, and the texture is also extremely beautiful. The envoy saluted again and began to praise his robe.

Looking at the fur clothes, none of the women present were not impressed, and the fluffy format made them envious for a while, but unfortunately, it was dedicated to the Queen Mother, and only the Queen Mother's identity was worthy. The queen smiled slightly, and subconsciously glanced at Emperor Hao, and a touch of gloom flashed in her eyes. She is the biological mother of the eldest prince, but it's a pity that the eldest prince is now ...... There is no way, it is her uselessness as a mother, which not only makes the eldest prince suffer from this, but also makes the eldest prince unable to compete for the prince. Over the years, she has also looked down, and it is good to live this life well, and the mother and son will have no worries.

"What, the queen likes?" Emperor Hao took a sip of sake and said with a smile: "If you like it, if you make it clear that I will let the Tuer Kingdom do it again, I believe the queen mother will not blame." ”

The Queen Mother likes the queen but not Wan Guifei, which is a well-known thing in the world. If it weren't for this, the queen of Haoguo would be Wan Guifei now. Once Emperor Hao was like this, until the princes were born, he slowly shared the feelings in his heart with the other concubines in the harem. Of course, in Emperor Hao's heart, it is still Wan Guifei who is more important.

The queen shook her head slightly, and although she liked it, she still refused. In the palace, it is better to have no desires.

Since the queen is like this, Emperor Hao has nothing to say. It can be seen that the Turkish country's robe is expensive, and he wants to give it to all the concubines in the harem, but he is afraid that the Turkish country will not be able to do it. The small country to the west has suffered many disasters over the years. He smiled and continued to look at the ministers in the hall.

Now it is the envoys of the Wa Kingdom who are presenting, and it is not easy to cross the sea to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday. What they are offering is a mountain, not an ordinary mountain, but a large mountain made of colorful coral, quite beautiful in shape, and at the top of the mountain, there is a Chinese language.

"In recent years, the country has not had a good time." Lu Yunlu looked at the coral, shook his head, and continued: "It is said that the current Wa Kingdom has become two factions, one is the Meiji Shogunate and the other is the Edo Shogunate. The two factions have been fighting for several years, and the Wa Kingdom has been in turmoil. ”

"Huh?" Li Xiao's face was full of disbelief.

Lu Yunlu glanced at Li Xiao and continued: "What have you been doing in the house these days, I have been forced by my father and sister to read books every day, and it is difficult to know something. ”

It seems that Lu Gongzi has not been very comfortable at home these days. It is really painful for people who don't like Wenshu to be forced to Wenshu. Li Xiao also deeply understands that when he was in Suzhou, every time Chu Yi went out, he forced him to stay in the house, either to learn to write, or to practice martial arts to strengthen his body, and he could not rest until Chu Xin'er came back. My sister is still good, and I know how to feel sorry for him.

Glancing at Lu Yunlu with pity, he glanced at the people present and asked, "Why didn't you see Concubine Wan appear today?" Li Xiao didn't know all kinds of trivial matters in the palace, and naturally he didn't know the relationship between Concubine Wan and the Queen Mother. At today's birthday banquet, there were no people in the harem present except for the queen. For a moment, I wondered why there was no appearance in the actual harem.

As soon as Lu Yunlu took a sip of the high-grade flower carving poured by the palace maid, he was frightened by Li Xiao's question, hurriedly covered his mouth, and explained softly: "Today is the birthday banquet of the Queen Mother, and you are mentioning Wan Guifei at this time, are you looking for trouble?" ”

"Everyone in the world knows that the relationship between Wan Guifei and the Queen Mother is not harmonious, and at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, everyone deliberately avoids the news of Wan Guifei. Rao is the Hou Mansion closest to Wan Guifei, and they are all avoiding suspicion today. Wan Guifei came from a humble background, but she was favored by His Majesty, and the Queen Mother always thought that Wan Guifei was bewitching the monarch, and for several years, no matter how His Majesty persuaded her, she was not allowed to be the queen. The two of them are also because of this, and they have formed a bond, if it were not for Your Majesty, I am afraid that Wan Guifei would not even be able to be a talented person. Look again, are there thousands of people in the temple? ”

Indeed, there is no trace of 10,000 people in the Taiji Hall at all. Otherwise, it stands to reason that as the captain of Wandu, he can come to the palace to ask for a glass of wine.

"Besides, this is a state banquet, except for the queen mother, who is the mother of the country, how can other harem concubines appear." Lu Yunlu smiled and said.

Not only did Wan Guifei not appear, but Xu Youzhen of Dongchang and Luo Bin Wang of the Procuratorate also reported illness at home.

Of the hundreds of officials in the court, only the first-class marquis Lu Qinghou had a harmonious relationship with the Wan family, and the rest of the hundred officials either impeached Wan Guifei for being unchaste and charming, or they stayed away, how could anyone dare to approach this ruthless and vicious woman.

"By the way, what about your sister?" Li Xiao looked at Yang Qiankun, the secretary of the military department not far away, and asked. Yang Qiankun's daughter Yang Dong'er has a good relationship with Lu Yunlu's sister. Seeing Yang Qiankun at this time, he couldn't help asking.

Lu Yunlu stretched out his head and nodded at the gauze tent on the right side of the main hall, and said, "Where is it." "The family members of officials with status in the court can participate in the banquet, which is allowed by the Queen Mother, but they are not allowed to show their faces in front of people.

Following Lu Yunlu's gaze, Li Xiao also noticed the small space. A row of gorgeous screens separated the main hall, and it was far away from the main hall banquet, occupying only a small place, except for the Emperor Haoguo who was sitting on the high seat, no one could see the situation inside. If it weren't for Lu Yunlu pointing out, I'm afraid that even Li Xiao wouldn't have been able to find that small place.

The gifts of the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom ended quickly, followed by several waves of gifts, all of which were rare things, and when they were placed outside, they should also be treasures worth a thousand gold, but in the eyes of Emperor Hao, they seemed to be worthless objects, and similarly, Li Xiao also thought so. It's not unusual, it seems that the two of them are tired of watching it. It was the Queen Mother, who nodded with satisfaction, and it could be seen that the Queen Mother was very happy today, because of the birthday ceremony, or the birthday, or the news that there was no Wan Guifei today.

Li Xiao is somewhat similar to Emperor Hao and bowed his head to drink, the latter is the king of a country, Rao is impatient in his heart, and he can't show it, and the nod of cooperation can be regarded as giving those envoys enough face. Li Xiao didn't care about these, his position was inconspicuous, there was an empty seat next to him, a Lu Yunlu, no need to worry about these. Boredom drinking on your own.

The wine was very sweet, and he drank it quickly, and he raised his head and was about to let the beautiful palace maid next to him pour the wine, but he put down the seat next to him, and he didn't know when he sat down. I guess I sat down when the envoys came in just now.

Looking at the man, he looked at it for a moment, smiled and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"Can't I come?" Gao Changyu smiled, different from ordinary times, today's Gao Changyu's skin is like clotted fat, his eyebrows are like Yuandai, there is a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, his red lips are not red, and the green silk that he doesn't take care of on weekdays is also pulled up with a hairpin today, wearing a lake-green long skirt, the skirt is windless and automatic, the temperament is indescribably graceful and luxurious, and the eyebrows and eyes are not angry and arrogant, but they are much more dignified, but they are also a little less close.

The hairpin is the bird bird golden hairpin that I got from Chen Yong yesterday, and the hairpin is surprisingly suitable on it, and it looks particularly vivid in the light.

Gao Changyu is the orphan of King Yu, originally a daughter, and should have stayed behind the screen in front, but King Yu has always had a humble status among the Beijing teachers, and Gao Changyu has never participated in a palace banquet, so the people in the Ministry of Rites did not let her name in the ladies behind the screen, and arranged an inconspicuous seat, so as to make room for those ladies and girls.

"I can come, I can come." Although Li Xiao didn't know why Gao Changyu appeared, it was not bad to have someone he knew beside him, otherwise wouldn't he be lonely in this hall?

waved his hand and motioned to the palace maid on the side to pour wine. The palace maid was stunned at first, she didn't know Gao Changyu, not only her, few palace people who have entered the palace in recent years know Gao Changyu. At this time, Gao Changyu suddenly appeared here, which puzzled her. Woman, according to the rules, should be sitting in front, how did she appear in the midst of the ministers, it is not in accordance with the etiquette system.

After a pause, she still stepped forward and poured a glass of wine for Gao Changyu slightly.