Chapter 14: The Birthday Feast
"See Your Majesty."
We bowed down together, and he took the lead in stepping forward and helped his father up, "Fu Qing, please get up quickly, you all should be flat." ”
I hurriedly stepped out of the way, and Zhiyu found me a stool, and I sat down next to him, and no one spoke.
Damn, my mother and her family will meet like this once, and you can mix it up, and we won't talk about power and usurpation together. Besides, don't you have your eyeliner in my palace, and you are here for you?
While I was thinking about it, my father asked, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”
"Haha, it's okay, come and see you, and we'll go to the banquet together in a while." I look at my brother, my brother looks at my father, and my father looks at me.
What do you mean? Going together? It's not appropriate.
As soon as my father was about to speak, he heard him say, "No need to be polite, you are my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and it is not wrong for you to go to the banquet with my eldest brother. ”
Since he said so, we can't excuse ourselves, and it's not too impolite, so we have to continue to talk awkwardly.
I can't talk about state affairs here, and it's inconvenient to talk about my family's family affairs, so I have to talk nonsense, saying that the ministers' parents are short.
My father and brother are all embarrassed to talk, my mother and I don't speak, this faint gentleman also bursts out laughing from time to time, damn, he always pretends to be a combination of grace and power in front of outsiders, leniency and severity, it's really disgusting.
It is said that he is gentle like water in front of Sun Miaohua, and he is majestic and kind in front of other concubines, eh? He seems to be right on my nose, not a nose, not a face.
Why?! Sick? He doesn't like me? He's annoying me? My God? Where did I mess with him? Doesn't he like good-looking......
"The Queen's Mother...... Empress... Mother, Yue'er! Yue'er! "I was called back again, and when I reacted, he was glancing at me for a long time, and I looked at them, all of them looking at me in horror, oh my God! I'm distracted again!
I hurriedly confessed, "Your Majesty forgives me!" The concubine is thinking about what are the shortcomings of the banquet! May Your Majesty forgive your sins! ”
Father, mother, and elder brother were about to bow down together, but the Dog Emperor raised his hand to stop them.
"It's okay, anyway, it's not the first time that the queen has been distracted in front of me, queen, I and your brother just talked about your petty thing." After speaking, he took a sip of tea and frowned slightly.
Mother spoke, "Yue'er, do you remember that Lin Qiuyi from Zhonglang General's family?" ”
"I remember! When we were kids, we used to go over the wall and buy rice cakes together! ”
I watched my father's and mother's faces become extremely ugly, my brother held his forehead, and the dog emperor looked at me, I coughed lightly, "What's wrong with her, mother." ”
"She married the second son of Liu Changshi's family last year, and now she is pregnant!"
"Really? That's great! It's a pity that she didn't come today, I'll prepare some small gifts later, mother, you send it for me! Mother smiled and nodded.
I looked at the time, got up and bowed to the faint monarch, "Your Majesty, you are considerate of the concubine's family, we are really honored, but today is the fiftieth birthday of the Queen Mother, Your Majesty should go to the banquet with the Queen Mother with the concubines." ”
He raised his eyes to look at me, was silent, got up to leave, I saw that this was a promise, I hurriedly told Zhishuang to take my father and them to the Fengyang Palace for a banquet, and then hurriedly followed.
He went up to fight, and I followed below, which is etiquette. Today is a big day, I wear more formal and cumbersome makeup, I ask Zhiyu to look at my appearance all the time, don't lose the royal face. I gently commanded Zhiyu, but I heard the person in my head speak.
"It's okay, Queen, it's already very good-looking."
I was stunned and looked at him blankly, it has been almost three years since I married him, two years in the East Palace, and one year in the Imperial Palace, this is the first time he has praised me.
Am I stained with the light of the queen mother? This dog emperor is in a good mood?
I looked at him vigilantly and thanked His Majesty for the compliment. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he stopped talking. I turned my head forward again, the corners of my mouth grinning uncontrollably.
This kid finally knows that the old lady is good-looking!
Walking to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has finished dressing up, and the phoenix hairpin on her head is very good-looking, and the Dog Emperor also saw it, and praised it, the Queen Mother is very useful, dragging him with one hand, pulling me with the other, and going to Fengyang Palace.
Along the way, the Queen Mother asked many things about her father and mother, and I saw that His Majesty did not have any displeasure, so I answered them one by one. After talking for a while, he arrived at the Fengyang Palace.
As soon as we entered, everyone was almost there, my father sat in the lower position, my mother went to the position of the official wife, and the eldest brother sat in the distance.
Her Majesty the Queen Mother sat on the main seat, I was on the side, I looked behind the screen, and Zhiyu came back and forth to tell me that Zhou Cairen said that he was sick and couldn't come. I frowned and didn't say anything. When I looked down at the table, I was really shocked.
Jiu Lan actually came, she has never participated in the activities of the royal family, how could she come today?
My intuition told me that something was wrong, I glanced at the Queen Mother, who nodded at me quietly, and I made up my mind and waited for the banquet to begin.
Your Majesty spoke at first, and there were a bunch of things like wishing my mother a good health, I was going to a thousand generations or something, I then got up and said some congratulations, the Queen Mother is blessed and healthy, I am in the wind and rain, the country and the people are safe, and so on, and then the Queen Mother said a few words, and the birthday banquet officially began.
Jingle bell, the collision between wine glasses and wine glasses, jingle bells, the blend of music and dancing jewelry, the banquet itself is actually a boring thing, especially if it does not involve my venue, I will always be a little bit unsure of what to do, just staring at the musician.
There are constantly people toasting to the Queen Mother, I have long ordered the Queen Mother's pot to put tea skimmed with tea leaves, and it is okay to drink more, I look left and look to see if there is anyone I know in the women's official family, and before I take a closer look, one person stood up.
I looked at it and was unconsciously stunned, seeing her this time was really like a world away.
"Courtesy Li, I wish the Queen Mother a long and healthy life and a long life." After speaking, after drinking it all, the Queen Mother paused, raised her hand and drank it.
I stared at her for a moment, and she seemed to see my gaze, but she didn't look in my direction, and looked down at the dish tightly, not moving.
Looking at her delicate and delicate side face, I really can't help but think back to our youth.
Zhang Lanlan and I used to have a handkerchief, she came to my house, and it was common for me to go to her house, when did I start to be so rusty.
It's the family business.
Li Liangjun is a rising star in the imperial court, a subordinate of his father, and an acquaintance with his eldest brother. This person is Zhang Lanlan's cousin, one day I went to her house to play and met this cousin.
I was so young, Li Liangjun didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he asked my eldest brother if he was allowed to do so, and it was a coincidence that Zhang Lanlan heard it.
Since then she has been the only one who has come to me, and she has not allowed me to go to her.
In fact, she was too young at the time, even if Li Liangjun had the heart to ask for it, it was impossible for my father to marry me, which is known to the world.
But she was a little girl who didn't understand.
She did something to break off her friendship.
In school, as if she were joking, she poured a scoop of water on my chest in front of the male students. If it weren't for the rain rushing over to block it, I'm afraid I would have been looked at in front of the children of the family.
Since then, I have no contact with her, my family and hers.
A year later, I got the holy decree to be the crown princess, and she married Li Liangjun as she wished, and became Mrs. Li. It's just that this Li Liangjun's official has not taken a step forward until now.
"! Your Majesty calls you! "I was swept back by the rain, and when I turned my head, I saw His Majesty's smiling face. If it weren't for the banquet, I would have actually knelt down immediately.
"Queen, you seem to be very distracted."
"No, no! Your Majesty, concubines...... The concubine is thinking! ”
"What is the Queen thinking?"
Jiulan, I'm sorry, you're suspicious anyway, and I haven't wronged you! "Your Majesty," I whispered in his ear, "the concubine suspects that Jiu Lan has a great conspiracy!" ”
Before he could answer me, he shivered. Well? Your Majesty is scared like this?! On second thought, he may have disliked me.
I had to stay away," Jiu Lan has never been involved in these things, and this time I am afraid that I will ...... to come" I don't want him to suddenly pull me, "What can I hear when I talk so far away from me?" ”
I rolled a glance at him in my heart and continued, "Will Jiu Lan do something at the banquet this time?" He slowly pushed me back into place by the shoulder, a mocking smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, "I'm curious what she can do." ”
I looked at him and smiled, his hand slowly released from my shoulder and slid away, his fingertips also swept over my big arm, itchy, I also trembled, my heart seemed to have been stepped on by Song Jieyu's cat, I slowly turned my head. This dog emperor is whole, I am nervous, and my heart beats several times.
When I returned to the banquet, I felt two strong lines of sight.