Chapter 232: Palace Banquet
The old lady had already wiped away her tears, let go of Zhu Yunmo's hand, smiled at him, and then looked at the Queen Mother.
"It's Zhang Fuling Zhang Shaoqing, he swept back from Shandong and sent this wheelchair to his concubine, now that I think about it, this chair is also from the hand of Dr. Zhou."
Zhou Heng hurriedly saluted the old lady, and Su Xiaoxiao and Liu Xiu'er also leaned over together.
"This is Lord Zhang's intention, I saw Liu Zhizhou sitting at that time and felt very useful, so I asked the grass people to help build it, and I just brought it back to Beijing this time, but I didn't know that this wheelchair was given to you, if you knew it, it would be more gorgeous."
The old lady laughed, glancing at Zhu Yunmo next to her no matter who she looked at, and the feeling of licking the calf was beyond words.
"An old lady, what do you want, I think this wheelchair has been extremely practical, I haven't been out of the house for more than ten years, it's not just been able to come out, so I ran to Cining Palace to play the autumn breeze, but the queen mother was stingy, and the glasses said nothing to me."
The Queen Mother deliberately kept a straight face, "My grandson is filial to me, don't you have it now, you really still hold grudges, you are in your seventies, how can you look like a child." ”
The old lady laughed, and began to chat in the conservatory, although Su Xiaoxiao didn't talk much before, but her father was a military general, and he admired Wei Guogong's family very much, so he naturally stood beside the old lady, serving tea and handing food, which made the old lady constantly joke.
It's just that Yang Weijun was a little uncomfortable, he just saw the courtesy, and then sat on the side of the back, like a quail at this time.
Unconsciously, it seemed that the hour was almost up, and Mama Cui said something in the Queen Mother's ear, and the Queen Mother took the handkerchief and wiped her hands.
"Yulin said that the hour is almost up, so let's go to the Baohe Hall together."
Everyone got up and rushed directly to the Baohe Palace, the Queen Mother sat in a sedan chair, but the old lady said that she would not sit together, Yang Weijun pushed the old lady behind, Zhu Yunmo took a few of them to follow at the end, and before entering the Baohe Palace, a burst of eunuch communication resounded throughout the hall.
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
The Queen Mother stepped down from the sedan chair and was supported by Yulin, just took two steps and beckoned behind her.
"Let Xiu'er and Miss Su Wu serve by the side of the mourning family today, Yulin, you go and take care of Zhenhua, she hasn't been in the palace for more than ten years, I'm afraid she is a little unaccustomed."
Zhou Heng secretly raised his eyes to look at Liu Xiu'er and Su Xiaoxiao, both of them were a little surprised, but there was nothing too rude, after all, they had a good time just now, and the two girls were very good at coaxing the old lady.
Moreover, the Queen Mother can take care of the people around her to take care of the Duchess of Weiguo, this is grace, of course, letting Xiu'er serve is also a grace to herself and Zhu Yunmo.
Liu Xiu'er and Su Xiaoxiao took two quick steps and stood beside the Queen Mother, while Mama Cui directly replaced Yang Weijun, pushing the old lady, and everyone in the hall looked at her.
Zhu Yunmo slowly raised his head, shook his arms, and looked ahead without squinting, Zhou Heng took a step behind and followed behind him side by side with Pang Xiao, Zhou Heng knew that Zhu Yunmo was deliberate, and if he wanted the emperor to stand on his side, he had to show his attitude.
The queen mother walked directly to the front, the emperor and a concubine in pink clothes hurriedly got up to salute, the concubine was served by maidservants on both sides, the movement was very slow, looking at the slightly bulging abdomen, obviously this is the concubine, Zhou Heng raised his eyebrows, such a grand palace banquet, why didn't the queen come?
The second seat around the queen mother is exclusive to the emperor, and it seems that the identity of this concubine is definitely not ordinary.
Just thinking about it, a little eunuch led Zhu Yunmo and himself towards the seat on the right.
This place is very close to the high platform, there are a few seats in front of it, and seeing that most of them are in their twenties and thirties, wearing different beaded crowns on their heads, Zhou Heng quickly lowered his eyes.
The one who can sit here and wear a crown of beads on his head, needless to say, is the princes, and several people nodded towards Zhu Yunmo, both as a greeting and a gesture of goodwill.
Zhu Yunmo grinned, smiled at a few people, and hurriedly took Zhou Heng to the table, Zhu Yunmo's seat was at the front, and Zhou Heng's seat was behind Zhu Yunmo.
Raising his eyes and sweeping around, he saw Wen and a young man in a seat opposite, not to mention that the young man was three points similar to Zhu Yunmo, but more feminine, with a maturity that did not belong to this age on his face, and he lowered his eyebrows and chatted with a man next to him.
Everyone sat down after seeing the ceremony, Zhou Heng looked at the table in front of him, and the bottle of peach blossom drunk was already placed in front of him.
At the same time, there was a huge cup next to it, looking at the head that could hold three taels of wine, it seemed that the person who arranged the palace banquet did not know the stamina of this wine, the corners of Zhou Heng's lips trembled, and he quickly lowered his head.
At this time, the emperor's eyes fell on Liu Xiu'er's body, glanced at Su Xiaoxiao again, and finally his eyes fell on the wishful hairpin above Liu Xiu'er's head, and said with a smile.
"The queen mother is the lady of which family she values, and she is willing to give away the Ruyi hairpin."
The Queen Mother grabbed Liu Xiu'er's hand, pushed her glasses with the other hand, and said with a smile:
"The mourning family can see you clearly, it is the credit of Master Xiu'er, this girl is also likable, the mourning family just wants to be close to her for a while, the emperor just takes care of Shuguifei, don't scare the two girls."
Zhou Heng raised his eyes and secretly looked at the Queen Mother, this is a powerful thing, the emperor Lao Tzu can't make up his mind when he sees a woman, right, don't ask, the Queen Mother directly broke off this thought.
The emperor was stunned, laughed instantly, and looked back at Zhu Yunmo and Zhou Heng behind him, the two of them were like quails, sitting honestly without squinting.
"Okay, don't ask there, but the queen mother's eyes can really see clearly?"
The Queen Mother pursed her lips and said with a smile: "The moles in the emperor's ears can be seen clearly. ”
The emperor was stunned, he was indeed surprised, thinking that it was just Zhu Yunmo looking for the queen mother to help, but he didn't expect these two people to be really omnipotent, you must know that the queen mother's eye disease has been more than ten years, and how many people have been treated in the hospital, and there is no improvement, and now with two glass mirrors to completely solve the worries, isn't this ingenious.
The Queen Mother raised her chin in the direction of the Duchess of Weiguo.
"Didn't the emperor see that the Duchess of Weiguo was also wearing a pair of glasses?"
Following the queen mother's gaze, the emperor glanced at the seat in his left hand, and sure enough, the Duchess of Weiguo came today, this is a person who has not entered the palace for more than ten years, and there is also a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, but he does not have the luxury of the queen mother, and he is missing a neck chain.
At this moment, Concubine Shu coughed lightly.
"Is it time for Your Majesty's palace banquet to begin?"
The emperor smiled, "Okay, what Concubine Ai said is, let's start the palace banquet when everyone gathers." ”
As soon as the words fell, Fang Jizhong was already standing in front of the stage and preached loudly:
"The palace feast begins!"
A long pitch shouted, the people below were quiet, the music started a group of dancers in Chinese clothes, began to sing and dance, long sleeves fluttering, the music was joyful, it seems that the people who arranged the palace banquet were also painstaking, and the emperor had a meal This is a special honor, many people are also sincerely afraid, the song and dance are noisy at the beginning, or it has its effect.
Zhou Heng's eyes did not look at the performance below, but looked at Liu Xiu'er on the high platform.
She and Su Xiaoxiao stood beside the Queen Mother, saying a word to the Queen Mother from time to time, which always caused the Queen Mother to laugh, and the emperor and Concubine Shugui sitting in front of them also cast their eyes from time to time.
At the end of the song, the dancers quickly retreated, and the emperor raised his glass.
"Today is Concubine Shu's birthday, just in time for Concubine Shu to be pregnant, this is double happiness, there may be no child born in the palace for a long time, I am very happy, you Aiqing drink this cup together."
At the banquet, everyone got up to congratulate, holding a cup to congratulate His Majesty and also congratulate Shuguifei, the emperor glanced at Shuguifei, and saw that she was going to pour peach blossoms and get drunk and quickly stopped.
"Change fruit wine for Concubine Shu, this peach blossom is very drunk."
Concubine Shu lowered her eyes and smiled slightly, naturally she didn't say anything, and the person on her side stepped forward to change the wine.
The emperor took the cup, looked at the people below, raised his head and drank the wine, and sighed, very satisfied.