At night, the harem was extremely lively, the queen mother's birthday banquet was arranged in the imperial garden, Qing Huan had already met with the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion, although Qing Huan did not give her a good face, but Qing Huan was in a good mood and did not care, and sat next to the two sisters safely.

After a while, everyone got up, and the emperor and queen helped the queen mother to appear. Everyone hurriedly got up and knelt down and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live, the queen mother, the queen mother, the queen The emperor opened his mouth and said: "All the ministers are flat, today's birthday banquet of the queen mother, you don't have to be formal. ”

After everyone thanked them, they sat down again, and Qing Huan looked at the above, the queen mother, who is now sixty years old, looks very good, and her face is very kind. The queen mother's side is the current saint, Qing Huan has entered the palace many times, this is the first time to see the emperor, I can't help but feel a little excited, this is the emperor!

The emperor really doesn't look like a healthy person, but Qing Huan doesn't know how to see a doctor, but he doesn't feel good with his complexion, so he thinks in his heart that it is probably caused by state work, of course, it may also be caused by too many beauties in the harem.

The queen still wore the makeup in the afternoon, which attracted the ladies below to look at it frequently, and the other palace concubines were also very surprised, how could the queen have such a time? This makeup is delicate and delicate, elegant and noble, natural, no heavy makeup, no enchanting and charming, but it always feels a little different, the eyes seem to look bigger and more spiritual, the face has become three-dimensional and delicate, the skin is also naturally white and red, and the whole person is several years younger, which makes the women present envious.

After the song and dance, the emperor first came down to congratulate the queen mother on her birthday, and offered his own gift, is the emperor with Hetian jade hand-carved a pair of white pigeon ornaments, although the craftsmanship is not comparable to the craftsman, but the commendable is the emperor of the ninety-five respected do-it-yourself, the queen mother saw very much like to quickly let people put it away and said angrily: "The emperor is now busy with state affairs, usually have to take more care of the body, why bother to do such a thing." ”

The emperor hurriedly replied: "The queen mother's sixty birthday, the sons have nothing to congratulate, this jade is the top Hetian jade that the ministers pay tribute to, and the queen mother likes the white pigeon the most, and the sons are not proficient, and I hope the queen mother will not dislike it." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "How to say such a life to the mourning family, when you were a child, you celebrated the birthday of the mourning family, and sent a picture of a pigeon drawn by yourself, the mourning family has always been properly collected, and the most rare thing is your filial piety." ”

The ministers hurriedly followed and said, the emperor's benevolence and filial piety is the luck of the country, and the queen mother felt even more useful, and hurriedly beckoned the emperor to sit down beside her.

The queen's gift was brought up by the palace maid, and when it was presented to the queen mother, not only the queen mother was alone, but even the ministers and families below were stunned.

The Queen Mother was a little excited: "Queen, are you?" ”

The queen replied: "After returning to the mother, the concubine saw that the queen mother liked orchids very much, but unfortunately the water and soil in the capital were not suitable for cultivation, so the concubine found someone to make a greenhouse, and adjusted the temperature and humidity of the water and soil to an environment suitable for the generation of orchids, but even so, only these three pots were fed, and now they are given to the queen mother as a congratulatory gift, and I hope the queen mother likes it." ”

The queen mother had already smelled the refreshing fragrance from Junzilan, and said to the queen: "The queen has a heart, and the mourning family likes it very much, but she is afraid of ......."

The queen knew that the queen mother was afraid that it would be difficult to support this flower in the palace, so she said: "Don't worry, the queen mother said, Qing Huan said that this flower can survive for at least two months, as the saying goes, flowers are not red for a hundred days, and the queen mother likes it by the queen mother's side, even if it blooms for one day, it is also the blessing of this gentleman's orchid." ”

The Queen Mother was a little puzzled and asked, "Who is Qinghuan?" She raised this flower? ”

The queen glanced at Qing Huan and said, "After returning to her mother, Qing Huan is the third lady of Shen Xiang's family. The concubine is not afraid of everyone's jokes, this flower was originally raised well, but a few days ago it suddenly turned yellow leaves, and it looked like it was about to wither, it was the third lady who brought the flowers back to the prime minister's house, and only sent them back today, and the concubine saw that she really came back to life. Now the concubine has been improving the environment of the greenhouse according to the third lady, and it is believed that many kinds of orchids can be cultivated soon. ”

"Oh, and that kind of thing?" The Queen Mother glanced at Junzilan twice, asked people to move down and raise it carefully, and then said, "The third young lady is here?" ”

Qing Huan hurriedly stood up and knelt down and replied: "Courtier Qing Huan, I have seen the Queen Mother, the mother is a thousand years old." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the kneeling people below, and opened her mouth to let her calm down and say, "You are the third lady?" It's a good look, and it doesn't look like a pampered daughter. You say that this flower will not wither in two months, but is it true? ”

Qing Huan said in a panic: "Back to the Queen Mother, it's true, the main reason is that these pots of flowers were raised by the queen mother before, and the courtiers just happened to see the planting requirements of the orchid, and they saved the flowers by mistake, and now the flowers bloom well is the credit of the queen mother and the blessing of the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "It's a sweet-mouthed girl, you go down first, and wait for the mourning family to reward you." ”

Qing Huan hurriedly thanked him and returned to his seat and sat down, opposite Shen Yue with a proud face, Zhao glared at Qing Huan very dissatisfied, and the two sisters were even more jealous, and scolded Qing Huan in a low voice.

Then there is Concubine Li and other concubines are not to be outdone, they have expressed their filial piety, gifts are not important, the queen mother said that she likes to let people register and receive her Yanfu Palace. Then there is the palace of the prince and the earl, King Xuan sent a celebrity calligraphy and painting, Princess Xuan sent a picture of longevity embroidered by herself, large and small longevity words overlapped, Qing Huanguang felt dizzy when he looked at it, and secretly sighed that Princess Xuan was shocked.

Then there were the civil and military officials led by Shen Yue, who also offered congratulations, and Qing Huan hurriedly stared at the Zhao family to see if she had brought something good from the house. Zhao asked his subordinates to present it, only to see that it was a pair of jade Ruyi with a snow-white body, and someone was specially found to inlay a peony flower with pure gold in the middle, which was precious and generous, which made people love it. The Queen Mother is used to seeing good things, but this wishful thinking still won her heart, and she was busy saying that she had a heart.

Shen Yue and Zhao carefully said compliments below, Qing Huan glanced at Zipei, and Zipei couldn't help but lean into her ear and whispered: "Miss, this was brought by our lady from her hometown back then, and Mrs. was too much, so she actually took it to do favors." ”

Qing Huan wasn't angry, but he remembered that there were still a lot of things of his own in the warehouse that he hadn't taken over, and he forgot about them after the space was opened. It seems that when she goes back, she has to find a good time to sneak into the warehouse, and if she doesn't take it again, when she gets married, her mother's things are really going to be ruined by the Zhao family.

After a while, Lin Shangshu's wife got up and presented a landscape painting to the Queen Mother, who only praised the exquisiteness and made people immersive. Lin Shangshu said: "The old minister heard that the queen mother toured the south with the emperor in the early years, and greatly appreciated the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. Lao Chen was born in Jinling, once took the little girl back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, this painting was painted by the little girl herself, the painting is the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, the congratulatory gift is meager, and the Queen Mother likes it. "The Queen Mother didn't like it, so she immediately asked people to take it and say that it was hung up in the inner room.

The queen said: "Miss Lin has such a painting at a young age, which makes people envious, the queen mother probably doesn't know, a few days ago, the concubine held a flower viewing banquet to welcome the god of flowers, Miss Lin's peony picture was put away by me, and the painting is like a peony falling on the paper, which makes people unforgettable." ”

The Queen Mother said: "Miss Lin has seen the mourning family, and she is still a little girl who has not yet reached the end of her life, so it can be seen that Mrs. Lin's family education is excellent." ”

Lin Shangshu and his wife hurriedly thanked the Queen Mother for her appreciation, and asked Lin Wanyue to come over and kowtow to the Queen Mother before going back to sit down.

Finally, the grandchildren of the Queen Mother, that is, the imperial grandchildren began to celebrate the birthday of the imperial grandmother. First of all, the eldest prince and the second prince, because they are still young, the gifts they gave were quite childish, and they were the words and paintings they wrote, and the queen mother smiled: "You two, it's like your father when he was a child." ”

The other princes were still too young, and it was a matter for the nurse to take them over and kowtow to the Queen Mother.

Then there are Shangguan Yufei's two sisters and brothers, Shangguan Yufei gave his younger brother a look, and Shangguan Yuyou sent his congratulatory gift one step ahead of his sister, it is a green-headed parrot, which has been trained for many days, and as soon as he took it, he said to the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother is auspicious, the Queen Mother is auspicious." It made the Queen Mother and the ministers below laugh.

Qing Huan rolled his eyes, sure enough, he was a gentleman who recruited cats and dogs to walk birds, and he took this out as a gift. Shangguan Yuyou didn't care, he was tired of begging for rewards by the side of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother smiled: "You are so flamboyant, but you want to mourn your family and reward your daughter-in-law?" Everyone laughed again, and Shangguan Yuyou returned to his seat in a daze.

Shangguan Yufei's gift was pushed up, this was the idea that Qing Huan gave her, to make four small wooden wheels based on the wheels of a carriage, and find a carpenter to make a simple cart. The cake was made that day, and it was bigger than the previous day's practice, and Yu Fei found someone to nail a shelf around the cart and surround it with gauze. Everyone only saw that the lord of the big county mysteriously pushed something in, and no one could see through what was covered inside. The Queen Mother laughed first: "Fei'er, what are you making up again?" It's still so mysterious, hurry up and open it for the imperial grandmother to see. ”

Shangguan Yufei said: "Imperial grandmother, don't worry, I'll show you." As he spoke, he lifted the cloth and removed the box outside, revealing the milky white cake inside, and everyone saw it for the first time, and they all rushed to stretch their necks, and some of them began to discuss what it was.

Qing Huan also didn't expect that this cake was made so beautifully by Yu Fei, it was like a handicraft. I saw that the cake was made of five layers, in the middle of each layer was seasonal fresh fruit mixed with cream pressed by steamed bread slices, the top layer of thick cream was strawberry, mango, kiwi and other fruit slices, the colorful reflection was particularly conspicuous, around with pink cream densely carved three circles of roses, in the middle is her own handwritten "congratulations on the birthday of the imperial grandmother", the bottom tray is really made of white jade, crystal clear, there is a lot of cream on it, reflecting the candlelight to challenge the appetite of everyone present.

Yu Fei opened her mouth and said: "Imperial grandmother, you first let people blow out a few candles next to this, and the granddaughter has her own opinions." The queen mother did so, and for a while it was dark in front of everyone, only to see Shangguan Yufei clapping her hands, someone had already brought a special candle and a fire fold, Yufei inserted the candle on the cake, and carefully lit it, everyone's intuition brightened, and the huge cake was even more attractive under the reflection of the candle.