At three o'clock, Sun Youwei appeared in front of the main hall of the Xuanzheng Palace.

The summer feast finally kicked off, people knelt down, and the sound of long live our emperor was like a surging tide.

Tonight's empress was wearing a black wide-sleeved skirt robe, with a golden sun embroidered on the left sleeve and a silver hooked moon on the right side.

Sun Youwei said "flat", and everyone's "Xie Wuhuang" sounded in unison again.

The empress seemed to be in a good mood tonight, and it was obvious that during the audience at the Xuanzheng Palace, the congratulatory message written by the ministers based on the words "the gods are without a shadow" made her happy.

After a while, the floating light went around the back of the screen of the throne, and when he came out again, there were two more wine jugs on the wooden tray in his hand—it was the reward of the emperor tonight, the red and ethereal mash.

The female official Fuguang began to talk about the origin of this ethereal mash, and Feng Yan listened while glancing at the people present.

Neither Taiwei nor Mrs. Shao came today...... No, not only that, but neither the Taiwei nor Sikong among the Three Princes arrived, both of whom were the initiators of the incident of kneeling at the palace gate on the summer solstice.

When her eyes swept over the seat of the eldest princess's mansion, she was surprised to find that the eldest princess herself did not come tonight, and sitting there was a girl about the same age as Feng Xiaoqi - she was looking at herself with some curiosity in her eyes and some hostility.

After noticing Feng Yan looking towards her, the girl immediately looked away and looked at Fuguang.

Feng Yan leaned towards Wei Xingzhen, "Who is the girl from the Eldest Princess's Mansion?" ”

Wei Xingzhen glanced over there silently.

He said in a low voice, "It's the granddaughter of the eldest princess, the great-granddaughter of Your Majesty, Juncen Lingju of Tangxi County." ”

Feng Yan was slightly stunned, she had a little impression of Cen Lingju, this girl was one year older than Xiao Qi, and her birthday was on the sixteenth day of the first month.

The eldest princess's mansion has to celebrate Cen Lingju's birthday on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month every year, and because His Majesty loves this great-granddaughter very much, the birthday banquet every year is extremely grand.

And the daughter of the Feng family doesn't have a good birthday.

When I was a child, my parents didn't mention this matter, but when I was a little older, the children saw the birthday banquet in other people's mansions, and they couldn't help but be envious, and they also asked about their birthdays, but the family didn't say anything.

As compensation, after the ancestral worship in October every year, they will receive a symbolic birthday gift for that year, but it is not comparable to other high-ranking ladies - they celebrate their birthday like thieves, even if it is a fake birthday, they do not want outsiders to know.

Earlier, Feng Xiaoqi would go with other little sisters to congratulate Cen Lingju on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month every year, and after he came back, he pestered the Li family and praised her how interesting and fun Cen Lingju's birthday was.

Li Shi had mixed feelings when he heard this, and later every year on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, after Feng Xiaoqi came back from the eldest princess's mansion, he would personally cook something delicious for Xiaoqi.

Feng Yan saw it in her eyes, and asked Li one day, "Is Xiao Qi's birthday also on the sixteenth day of the first month?" ”

Li Shi hurriedly told her to stop and told her not to mention it to anyone.

Feng Yan naturally didn't mention it, but at least she understood why every time she heard Xiao Qi praise Cen Lingju's birthday banquet, the Li family would seem a little distressed - because it was also Xiao Qi's birthday, but she didn't know it.

Later, the two girls grew up, and I don't know why, Cen Lingju fell out with Feng Xiaoqi, and the two didn't interact anymore, and they didn't talk when they met.

"It's still the old rule tonight," Sun Youwei's voice suddenly pulled Feng Yan back to reality, "You each have a chance to nominate yourself, you can only mention others, not yourself." The nominee will come to the front with his seat. ”

As soon as the words fell, the people below scrambled to raise their hands and report the names of their friends or relatives one by one.

The nominees walked out in turn with their seats in their hands, and this year's tricks are strange.

There are nest-shaped round mats woven with wooden rattan, and auspicious square mats cut from rags;

Some people say that their mats have been fumigated on the medicine stove for seven seven and forty-nine days;

There are also people who fill the pillow with Yuexi Cuilan, Sun Youwei's favorite kind of tea, so you will smell a fragrance when you sit on this mat......

Sun Youwei heard this, and immediately frowned in disgust, "...... Burning the harp and boiling the crane. ”

There are also many fine products in the meantime, such as the double-sided embroidery of the He family and the Jiang family, using peacock gold thread and Yuehua brocade, the weaving method is extremely delicate;

For example, the tortoiseshell carving of the Cen family uses a whole piece of tortoise shell to polish and melt, and no matter how exquisite its carving skills are, the three or four feet long tortoise shell alone is the most precious in the world.

After a few rounds, most of the people who had carefully prepared their seats walked in front of the emperor, and everyone had a guess about who would spend the royal wine reward tonight......

"Where's the Ring?" Sun Youwei suddenly laughed, "This kind of excitement, she has no reason not to come and make up." ”

At the end of the eldest princess's mansion, as soon as Cen Lingju heard this, she stood up and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, your son is here!" ”

As she spoke, she hugged her seat and walked quickly in the direction of Sun Youwei - if it weren't for the fact that before going out, her grandmother repeatedly told her "don't be in the limelight", and the female officer accompanying her had been following her, she would have gotten up a long time ago.

Today's wine, she is determined to get.

Everyone looked at the mat in Cen Lingju's hand, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

For some reason, the thin mat looked so brilliant in the light of the lamp, and the satin shone and shining, but the texture did not look like an ordinary gemstone or glass cover—its tassels hung down on all sides, moving with the wind, like the morning sun.

Sun Youwei stared slightly, "This is ......?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is a Luodian treasure seat forged by Erchen himself," Cen Lingju said generously, and she smiled, "Erchen took the shells of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, first polished them into thin slices, pasted them on rice paper, and then cut the paper into filaments and woven them into cloth...... In this way, the silk has a changing appearance of brilliance. ”

Everyone let out a slight sigh - how did she come up with this skill......

"Erchen asked the craftsman master, the color of the luodian weaving is bright, it is often wiped and new, and it will not fade after being stored for a hundred years," Cen Lingju held the treasure seat in his hand high, "Erchen, I am willing to dedicate it to Your Majesty!" ”

Fuguang stepped forward to take the treasure seat, and then handed it to Sun Youwei.

The Empress narrowed her eyes slightly, and gently turned the chair in her hand, staring at its changing brilliance.

It's a novelty......

Everyone at the banquet was like Sun Youwei, and no one could take their eyes off the Luodian treasure seat.

"Is there anything else you want to come forward?" Sun Youwei asked in a low voice.

There was silence in the banquet - the few people who were still eager to try it completely broke their minds at this time, and it was tantamount to humiliating themselves to take their own things after Cen Lingju and then step forward.

Wei Xingzhen leaned towards Feng Yan slightly, "Ah Yan wants to try?" ”

Feng Yan shook her head and said with a smile, "It's just a good look at such a bustle." ”

Wei Xingzhen nodded, and then raised his hand, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to recommend someone." ”

Everyone looked at this side for a while.

"Who?" Sun Youwei asked.

"Zhenguogong, Diyan." Wei Xingzhen replied softly.