Chapter 173: Soak your feet
After the group followed the little eunuch who led the way to the back garden of the Deyu Palace, they felt this festive atmosphere, only to see that in the imperial garden, flowers were in full bloom, red, pink, blue and purple, bees and butterflies were flying, and it was a prosperous and festive time.
After walking inside for a while, I came to the place of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.
The little eunuch who led the way led the group from the palace to the place, and after receiving the reward from the old lady of the palace, he bowed and left.
As soon as the little eunuch who led the way left, a palace maid came over and led Gong Manyu and her party to the seats in the palace.
After Gong Manyu sat down, he glanced around, only to find that they had come relatively early, taking advantage of the small number of people, Gong Manyu sat on the seat, ready to recuperate.
After a while, people began to come one after another, grandmother, Yu and Gong, were all pulled to chat, or talk to people, Gong's was a little abrupt, but after all, there was still a degree of etiquette, Gong Manyu nodded, his mother is just soft, not unsmart.
Slowly, more and more people arrived, and during this period, Gong Manyu also attended and greeted the people he met at the banquet some time ago. Just when Gong Manyu observed that there were people in every seat, when would today's protagonist Queen Mother arrive.
"The Queen Mother has arrived-" A shrill voice sounded, and a graceful and luxurious figure walked out with the stars holding the moon, and everyone present quieted down, waiting until the graceful and luxurious figure sat down.
"Courtiers (courtiers) and others see the Queen Mother, I wish the Queen Mother a long life, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" Suddenly, the cry was earth-shattering, and everyone present knelt down and shouted in unison.
The Queen Mother's solemn voice sounded: "No courtesy!" ”
"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" After hearing the voice of the Queen Mother, all the ladies stood up but did not sit down, but waited for the Queen Mother to speak.
"Sit down, ladies and daughters! Today is a family feast, and the ladies do not need to be polite. ”
"The Queen Mother is as blessed as the East China Sea, and her longevity is better than Nanshan."
"Good! Good! Let's sit down with all the ladies and daughters! The Queen Mother said with a smile.
"Thank you for the Empress Dowager's seat!" All the ladies sat down at the will of the Queen Mother.
In this way, after the ceremony, the banquet begins, first the orderly palace maids come up with all kinds of delicacies, and then there are dancing girls who have been waiting for a long time, stepping on a beautiful beat to dance for everyone.
There are delicious food, and beautiful people dancing to watch, Gong Manyu didn't feel very bored, but enjoyed it very much.
However, no matter how beautiful the song and dance is, there is always a time when it comes to an end, I don't know when, after everyone enjoys the song and dance, I don't know which noble girl of the family takes the lead, and the noble girl present begins to personally go down to the stage to present a birthday gift for the queen mother, and at the same time perform what she is best at.
When they realized that the noble ladies present began to perform for the Queen Mother in person, the people who took turns had already arrived at the seat of the palace, and when Gong Manyu was still at a loss, everyone set their eyes on Gong Manyu and Gong Qingrou on the palace seat.
Seeing everyone's eyes looking over, Gong Manyu has been pushed out, passing by my grandmother when I saw her looking at her with a meaningful gaze, everyone saw Gong Manyu who came out, they were curious, funny to look over, participated in the concubine Niangniang's flower banquet, also participated in Prince Heng's mansion plum banquet, every time the palace man language is in the limelight, this time to the Heng Prince's Mansion daughter Mu Zhiruo, what kind of competition is it?
Just now, Mu Zhiruo excused herself to go out to pay tribute, so this ranking was ranked last.
Now that Gong Manyu is in front of her, I don't know what good birthday gifts this eldest lady of the palace can come up with, and what outstanding talents can she perform?
Gong Manyu took in all the thoughts of the people present, and according to the order of the previous nobles, he stood up generously, blessed the queen mother slightly, and then offered the prepared birthday gift with both hands.
Immediately someone came out from the side, took the birthday gift of Gong Manyu, turned around respectfully, held the birthday gift in both hands, and carefully walked to the front of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother took the birthday gift offered by the eunuch, saw that it was a string of Buddhist beads, looked at Gong Manyu mildly, stretched out his hand to pick up the Buddha beads in the box, the face that had not changed, when he picked up the Buddha beads, he immediately became stunned, and looked at the Buddha beads carefully, and rubbed them in his hand for a moment, showing a happy smile on his face, and said to the next Qingjin: " Are you the concubine of the palace? ”
When Gong Manyu heard the Queen Mother's words, he immediately replied: "Back to the words of the Queen Mother, Gong Manyu, the daughter of the people's palace." ”
Seeing Gong Manyu's respectful reply, the Queen Mother nodded: "I like the birthday gift you sent to the mourning family." ”
Hearing the Queen Mother's obvious words of appreciation, all the ladies under the seat couldn't help but be stunned, just now so many noble ladies gave gifts, the Queen Mother just smiled and nodded, this is the first time today to say words of appreciation, can't help but look at the people in the palace seat with envy and jealousy and Gong Manyu standing in the middle of everyone at this time.
I really can't blame them for making too much fuss, this Gong Manyu obviously sent just a string of simple Buddhist beads, and he was praised by the Queen Mother. Could it be that there is something special about that string of Buddhist beads, their eyes looked towards the Buddhist beads, but when they looked at it, it was obviously a very ordinary string of Buddhist beads! couldn't figure out the reason, everyone looked at the Queen Mother, hoping that the Queen Mother could solve their doubts.
But the Queen Mother smiled silently and did not explain.
Seeing the attitude of the Queen Mother, Gong Manyu didn't care about the gaze on her, and said to the Queen Mother: "It's good if the Queen Mother likes it!" ”
The Queen Mother is much younger from her previous life, and now the emperor is still strong, although she has some minor problems, but she also suffers.
Therefore, the queen mother naturally looks younger and more energetic, and in her previous life, she naturally touched the queen mother's temperament, if she wants to please in this life, it is okay, but unfortunately she doesn't need it, anyway, she doesn't have to marry the prince and prince, and she doesn't need to help Yan Yiyan ascend to the throne like she did in her previous life.
The support of the Queen Mother played a great role in the previous life, and this old woman was also sincerely good to herself, even if she later knew that she was using her, she also spoke well in front of the emperor.
In his previous life, because of the Queen Mother, Yan Yiyan was able to get Emperor Yan's appreciation faster, and because of his own words, he began to reuse Yan Yiran.
Seeing that Gong Manyu was calm and stood there quietly, not at all proud and complacent because of her appreciation, the Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction and said to Gong Manyu: "Then what talent are you going to show next?" ”