On the eighth day of August, the birthday of Empress Changsun.

His Majesty Li Er put the birthday banquet in the evening, and specially instructed Dong Shun to coordinate the operation of this birthday private banquet, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the Ganlu Hall were all deployed by him today.

When the sun was setting and the sun was setting, His Majesty Li Er and the princes and princesses from the Empress Changsun arrived at the Ganlu Hall one after another to attend the banquet, including Princess Changle, Princess Yuzhang, Princess Chengyang, and the Tong Yan Ju. Milk of the princess of the sun.

Just been crowned the title of Princess Jinyang, Princess Yu'er, who had a soak of urine on Guo Ye in the past, was also held by a palace grandmother and entered the Manna Palace.

Even the prince's pheasant slave, who had just learned to walk and staggered, came to the Manna Hall with the help of an old eunuch.

Guo Ye had already come to the Manna Hall first, and had met His Majesty Li Er and the Queen Mother.

He looked at these princes and princesses who were not familiar, but they were not strangers either, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, they were all dragons and phoenixes, if it was really a private banquet in the palace banquet, it was honorable!

After waiting for these princesses and princes to come in and greet His Majesty Li Er and Empress Eldest Sun, Guo Ye also stepped forward to greet them one by one.

Don't look at him now as the prince of Pingyang County, he is very prosperous in front of His Majesty Li Er, but the etiquette system cannot be abolished, the king is always the king, the courtiers are always the courtiers, even if there are a lot of princes and princesses who are little children, they are also the children of the heavenly family, and they are also the kings of Guo Ye.

After Guo Ye saluted, His Majesty Li Er and his wife led all the children to sit down one after another. As for Princess Yu'er and Prince Pheasant, they are still young and have not yet opened meat, and they are not suitable for eating these delicacies of the mountains and seas, so they naturally go through the motions and symbolically congratulate the eldest grandson queen on her birthday, and they were taken away from the manna hall by the grandmother and the attendants.

In the hall, Dong Shun deliberately set up a long white marble table, His Majesty Li Er and his wife sat in the center, and the other princesses sat on the left and right.

Guo Ye also sat down, sitting on the left side, next to Princess Changle, who was silent and unsmiling, Her Royal Highness the princess had a quiet temperament, and her body was not good when she was small, so she had always been cold like an iceberg, which made Guo Ye, who was sitting on her left, really uncomfortable.

On the opposite side of Guo Ye, there are Princess Yuzhang, Princess Chengyang, and that person is a big ghost and a big child. Milk of the princess of the sun.

Especially Princess Gaoyang, sitting face to face with her, Guo Ye's legs can touch the other party's little boots as long as they are slightly straightened.

After sitting down, Father-in-law Shun ran up and asked His Majesty Li Er if he could serve food and pour wine.

His Majesty Li Er looked at Empress Changsun and said with a smile: "Today's queen is the biggest, she has the final say!" ”

I saw that the eldest grandson queen bowed her head slightly, and groaned softly, and in an instant, the palace maids rushed in from outside the hall one after another, and served plates of finely carved dishes to the table.

Her Royal Highness the Princesses congratulated their queen mother on her birthday at the beginning, and after giving her birthday gift, she has been hungry for a long time on an empty stomach.

Seeing this, Empress Eldest Sun couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, waved her hand at her daughters, and said with a smile: "Don't be stunned, let's eat!" ”

"Father's meal!"

"The queen mother's meal!"

The four princesses were also reserved, and only after being obedient and humble did they start to eat with chopsticks. Chewing slowly, Guo Ye really had to take it, he was so hungry that he was still pretending to be here?

Seeing that Guo Ye had not moved his chopsticks, His Majesty Li Er mistakenly thought that Guo Ye was being polite, so he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Guo Qing also eats, this is a family banquet, and I don't need so many courtesies." ”

Guo Ye was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, and after answering yes, he also learned from the princesses to eat slowly and methodically.

Near the end, I saw Gonggong Shun leading several palace maids to clean up the dining table, and then sent a porcelain plate containing seasonal melons and fruits.

Guo Ye didn't drink alcohol and ate vegetables today, and his mouth was dry. Stretched out his hand to get the melon and fruit, but he heard Queen Changsun sigh for no reason: "Alas......"

A sigh immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Princess Gaoyang, who had a cheerful temperament, immediately got up and came to the eldest grandson queen, gently pinched the queen's shoulder, and asked in a coquettish tone: "Queen Mother, today is your birthday, why did you suddenly sigh?" ”

Several princesses also looked at each other with blank eyes, and seemed to have the same doubts as Princess Gaoyang in their hearts.

However, His Majesty Li Er frowned slightly, as if he had guessed some reasons why Empress Eldest Sun suddenly sighed.

Seeing that Empress Changsun didn't answer, Princess Gaoyang asked again: "Queen Mother, are you not satisfied with the gifts given by our sisters?" ”

I only heard the eldest grandson queen shake her head and smiled bitterly: "No, no, no, the queen mother is fine, you are all very well-behaved, and the gifts you give to the queen mother are also very rich, there are shawls made of Shu brocade, pearls from the East China Sea, and ingenious gold ornaments, the queen mother looks very happy, and the queen mother is very satisfied." The queen mother just looked at the few of you who were so well-behaved, and saw that several of you were all happy in front of the queen mother's knees, and remembered your two royal brothers who were still suffering outside the palace. ”

Guo Ye finally understood why His Majesty Li Er frowned, and dared to guess that the empress would mention the former crown prince Li Chengqian and the deposed Wei king Li Tai of Qianzhou at this time.

Although these two are the sons of His Majesty Li Er, now he is disgusted and disgusted with these two sons who are not angry.

Mentioning these two evil obstacles at this good time, didn't Empress Eldest Sun give His Majesty Li Er eye medicine and add blockage to His Majesty Li Er's heart?

When the princesses heard the queen mother say this, not only did their faces look disappointed, obviously, they still had feelings for their two elder brothers.

Empress Changsun opened the conversation, naturally couldn't stop for a while, and continued: "This palace is the mother of a country, and the lord of the six palaces in the palm of your hand, even if the gold and silver mountains are piled up in front of the palace, the palace will not be attached to half a point. Today is the birthday of the palace, it should be the time for the children to be happy and enjoy the family, but the two most beloved sons of the palace are not around to do their filial piety, this situation, how can the palace be happy? One was deposed as the crown prince and was confined to the imperial village for the rest of his life; A prince who was dismissed and degraded to a poor place like Qianzhou and became a metropolitan governor who led the army. Your Majesty, although their brothers are not angry and do not grow up, they are all conceived and born in October by the hard work of this palace! ”

In the last sentence, Empress Changsun almost choked up and said it to His Majesty Li Er.

At this time, Guo Ye clearly saw that His Majesty Li Er's face was getting more and more ugly, not the look of annoyance and anger, but the kind of unbearable appearance of numbness on the scalp.

Empress Changsun still refuses to give up, as if she wants to pour away the bitter water in her heart like the water of the Yangtze River today, and continues to choke up: "Your Majesty, they are all the meat of your heart and mine, why are you willing to punish the two brothers so severely?" Today is the concubine's birthday, no matter how well you handle the concubine, no matter how much you buy the concubine's delicacies and silk and satin treasures, it is far less than Chengqian and Tai'er returning to the concubine's side. Your Majesty, the concubines beg you to take back your life and spare these two children. ”

At the last pleading, the eldest grandson queen was already in tears, crying like a tearful person.

By the way, several princesses also sobbed along with their mothers.

Now His Majesty Li Er is a little secretly annoyed, this good and festive day even made the scene of mother and daughter crying, isn't this?

So, he put on a dignified king's face and scolded slightly: "Queen, you are the queen of the Tang Dynasty, you let me take back my life and spare those two unfortunate obstacles, don't you let me lose my trust in the ministers and the people in the world?" ”

"Woo, the concubine is the queen of the Tang Dynasty, yes. But the concubine just wants to be a mother now, a mother who is filial to her son by her side! ”

Empress Changsun's words came out, obviously because she missed her two sons and became ill, but in Guo Ye's opinion, such a Empress Changsun is real enough and a living Chinese woman.

His Majesty Li Er was a little overwhelmed by the Empress of the Eldest Sun like this, it was impossible for him to scold the queen with a black face on a special day like today, let alone anger the princesses present.

So, he turned his gaze to Guo Ye, winked, and asked, "Guo Qing, didn't you say that you prepared a special gift for the queen?" What about gifts? Why don't you hurry up and bring it up and make the queen and the princesses happy? ”

Guo Ye said secretly, here it is, the task assigned by His Majesty Li Er has finally come.

But in the face of today's scene, he also muttered in his heart and beat the drums, damn, as soon as the eldest grandson Wuji comes on the stage in a while, Your Majesty Li Er, don't be stunned by buddy and me.