Great Zhou, Lin De Palace.

Today's Lin De Hall is decorated with extraordinarily long in the middle, and the red lanterns hung up in rows. The palace maids and eunuchs went in and out, busy.

Some richly dressed dancers are standing in the middle and dancing to elegant music.

There was no drama in the Great Zhou Dynasty, in fact, in Wu Qiong's world, the kind of lively opera such as Peking Opera was also in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Great Zhou Dynasty was a kind of song and dance opera, also known as "Daqu" and "Song and Dance Opera", which is the prototype of opera.

Wu Qiong is the emperor, naturally sitting at the head of the Lin De Palace, sitting side by side with Wu Qiong, there is also a woman who looks less than forty years old, wearing a red skirt, bright color, rich patterns, and various ornaments, phoenix crown embellishment, the shape is extremely complex.

This is called the Tianchai dress, which is one of the three major services of the Queen Mother, and is specially used to wear when entertaining guests. Although the queen mother is behind the harem, she is not as motherly as the queen, and occasionally has to appear in the ceremony with the emperor.

But the etiquette that the Queen Mother needs to abide by in her daily life is not a lot at all, not only a lot, but even more strict, so strict that she must dress up at all times, conform to the rules, and not touch the taboo.

Thinking about it, I understand that those who can be the queen mother must have dead husbands, the first emperor is not dead, how can the prince succeed to the throne? There are naturally a lot of taboos and rules.

At this time, it was noon, the sun was abundant in the Lin De Palace, and one party planned to put a circle around the middle, and the Queen Mother's birthday banquet had officially begun.

In the singing and dancing, there are eunuchs who roll call loudly, reporting various gifts sent by various important ministers and princes.

"King Yan's congratulatory gift, a white snow jade carved fur, congratulations to the Queen Mother!"

"King Min's congratulatory gift ,......"

In this year, women gave birth to children relatively early, the age of the queen mother, in Wu Qiong's time, is actually not old, the queen mother is also well-maintained, but of course it is not good to be young.

After all, when a woman reaches this age, and she doesn't have all kinds of modern magical cosmetics, if she wants to keep her twenty-year-old supple, it's a dream at all.

Originally, Wu Qiong thought that the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was attended by a group of ministers, but after arriving at the scene, she found that she was thinking too much.

According to the regulations, unless it is the birthday banquet of the emperor himself, the birthday banquet of other palace people will not be attended by the ministers. Unless there is a situation such as the queen's auxiliary government and the queen mother's regent, such as Wu Zetian in history, the Empress Dowager Cixi, etc., it is possible to show up on many occasions.

After all, when the emperor is alive or dead, there is absolutely no color on the top of his head, and the birthday of the Queen Mother is naturally the same.

The officials only have the share of the void gift, but there is absolutely no part that can directly participate in the banquet. When Wu Qiong arrived at the scene, she found that all of them were female members.

Although I don't know each other, I can guess that it is probably the family of a certain official, or the family of the Empress Dowager He.

The only one I know is the lord of Luoqing, and there is a woman next to him, who is thought to be the mother of the lord of Luoqing.

Even so, the nervousness is still nervous, after all, the speech is not memorized well, and it is impossible to recite it with feelings.

I can only take out the manuscript from my pocket and read it, although no one has done this before, but I, the emperor, dare to be the first in the world.

After all, women can be emperors, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for me to read a draft at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, right?

That's right, Wu Qiong has broken the jar and broken, back a fart! Get up early in the morning, and it will only take five hours at most by noon, and I will take a look at the long classical Chinese text you memorize "Lisao".

Wu Qiong felt that as long as it was an individual, it was impossible to do it.

After reading all the gifts over there, the Queen Mother looked at Wu Qiong with a smile and asked:

"Today's mourning family's birthday banquet, what gift did the Son of Heaven prepare for the mourning family?"

Wu Qiong sat behind the desk and replied to Empress Dowager He:

"Erchen is naturally carefully prepared."

After he said this, the female official of Shangguan had already arranged for the eunuch to go to the roll call.

I saw a piece of Pixiu agate, gold leaf satin, and carved tiger jacket and was sent up, all of which were very valuable, but for the emperor's family, it was relatively conventional.

Empress Dowager He was naturally smiling, but it was unrealistic to say how happy she was.

The banquet is relatively simple, although the decoration is very luxurious, but the palace is originally like this, it is said to be simple, mainly in terms of scale.

After the gift was delivered, it was Wu Qiong's turn to speak, as the emperor, most of the time he could use eunuchs and palace maids to speak on his behalf. But the congratulatory speech for the mother's birthday banquet, and then the use of eunuchs and palace maids, is obviously inappropriate.

I saw Wu Qiong unhurriedly took out the manuscript, and then read it.

The guests in the audience all had confused expressions, and it was the first time they had met a congratulatory message with a manuscript, but everyone didn't dare to say anything about the congratulatory message read by the emperor, and didn't Empress Dowager He say anything.

After reading, the singing and dancing continued, the banquet continued, and after eating and drinking, the Empress Dowager He announced that she was tired and left.

Seeing the crowd disperse, Wu Qiong was stunned, it's as simple as that? It's over?

Wu Qiong packed up the hem of her clothes and skirts, and was ready to leave with her.

Don't get me wrong, this is not women's clothing, although Wu Zhi is indeed a female son of heaven, but in fact, she is still wearing a man's son of heaven to serve, just tailor-made for Wu Zhi.

The clothes of this year were originally a lot of swings, and they were worn like skirts, and the emperor's clothes were even more cumbersome and grand.

But just when he stood up and was about to leave, he heard the Empress Dowager He beckoning to him on the side and said:

"Son of Heaven, take some time to talk to the mourning family."

Wu Qiong was stunned, if she wants to stay and talk, isn't it going to be a gang? The reason why I met the Empress Dowager He for the first time was because she was dressed luxuriously and dared to sit next to her when she came up.

But for the detailed understanding of the Empress Dowager He, Wu Qiong is basically zero, although some general contents, Wu Zhi has already written in the letter, but some things that the mother and daughter only know, it is impossible to write down.

Wu Qiong hesitated for a moment and said:

"Queen Mother, the son-in-law is a little unwell, please forgive the son-in-law's sins today, and tomorrow I will come to visit the queen mother early."

Wu Qiong didn't know if what she said was right, but she could only say it, but Empress Dowager He just waved her hand and said with a smile:

"Although you are the Son of Heaven, you are also the daughter of the mourning family, your thoughts, how can the mourning family not know, you have troubles in your heart, and the mourning family may be able to help a little."

After Empress Dowager He finished speaking, she said to the Shangguan female officials on the side:

"You should step back first, and the mourning family will talk to the Son of Heaven."

The female officials of Shangguan said "promise", and then retreated one after another.

Wu Qiong was a little at a loss for a while, and he didn't know why, he wanted to refuse, but he was worried that if he refused, it would hurt the mother-daughter relationship between Wu Zhi and Empress Dowager He, which would not be good.

As a result, after such a hesitation, Empress Dowager He had already grasped the initiative, and after she gave the order, the people in the entire Lin De Hall had already retreated.

Then, Empress Dowager He led Wu Qiong towards the courtyard of Lin De Palace, walked through the courtyard, and came to a room at the back, Empress Dowager He sat down and beckoned Wu Qiong to sit down as well.

Only then did he say slowly:

"Son of Heaven, the first thing the mourning family wants to tell you today is to choose a husband for you."

Empress Dowager He looked at Wu Qiong earnestly and said:

"A king cannot be left without an heir for a day."

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