Lin Jiaojiao's gaze moved away from the young ladies of the palace family and looked at the other ladies.

She took a sip of the teacup, thought for a moment, and said unhurriedly.

"Sister Shufei knows a lot about Miss Gongjia."

"Sister Guifei doesn't know, this Miss Gong's cousin is my cousin."

Lin Jiaojiao was very surprised, it turned out that there was still this relationship. After secretly writing it down in his heart, he smiled slightly.

"It seems that Miss Gong's cousin is a talkative person."

Lady: ......

She pinched the handkerchief in her hand and lowered her eyes slightly. No matter how you listen to the words of the concubine Niangniang, it makes people feel uncomfortable, this is not to say that her cousin-in-law likes to talk about other people's things, commonly known as chewing the root of the tongue.

For a moment, there was silence in the water pavilion, and no one spoke.

For the atmosphere that suddenly quieted down, Lin Jiaojiao didn't seem to know. Still sitting lazily, enjoying the service of the first snow.

The queen is not here, she is the highest position here, she doesn't need to care about the feelings of others, she is happy.

Time passed quickly, and after a while, a little eunuch came over, and a banquet was already being prepared, inviting the palace concubines and the ladies to come over.

The birthday banquet of the Queen Mother was held in the Qiming Palace, which was specially used to hold banquets in the palace. The place is big enough to accommodate many people.

When Lin Jiaojiao brought everyone over, the courtiers and female dependents were already full.

The ladies returned to their mothers and sat down, each maintaining a gentle and dignified manner, trying to make a good impression on the nobles.

Lin Jiaojiao's position was very close to the emperor, and after she sat down, she glanced at the three empty seats, and then withdrew her gaze.

Feeling a gaze fall on her from time to time, she looked up. To King Shangjin's eyes, she nodded slightly to the other party, which was regarded as a greeting.

Turning his head, he thought in his heart, you can quickly choose a princess for King Jin to marry, otherwise you may be implicated by King Jin and provoke the suspicion of the dog emperor.

When Lin Jiaojiao was in a fugue, a sound of the emperor arriving, the queen arriving, and the queen mother arriving.

She immediately came to her senses and followed the crowd to rise and salute.

The emperor and queen walked in with the queen mother on their left and right, and walked step by step to the main throne of the head.

The queen was dressed in a bright yellow palace dress, and the phoenix embroidered on it seemed to be about to come to life. She straightened her back, her demeanor was dignified, and her extravagance was extraordinary.

She glanced at the palace concubine kneeling on the ground, in a happy mood, even if the emperor didn't favor her? She is the only one who can stand beside him and accept the courtiers' bows, and she is the only one who can be buried next to him a hundred years later.

At this moment, the queen was unprecedentedly confident. The previous trepidation seems to have never existed.

Lin Jiaojiao keenly felt the change in the queen's breath, she raised her eyebrows slightly, it seems that the queen has figured out a lot of things during the time she is in the palace to recuperate.

The emperor's low cry sounded in her ears, and Lin Jiaojiao slowly got up and sat down.

As the emperor said a few words, the queen mother's birthday banquet officially began.

The emperor and queen took the lead in congratulating the queen mother on her birthday and offering gifts. The emperor's shot is naturally extraordinary, and they are all rare treasures.

Lin Jiaojiao's position is second only to the queen, and she came to her after the emperor gave a gift.

She stood up, her delicate little face blooming with a bright smile.

Jun Wenyuan looked at the gorgeous and dazzling villain in front of him, and a touch of surprise flashed in his eyes. When his gaze fell on the tear mole in the corner of his eye, his eyes darkened a little.

"The concubine congratulates the Queen Mother on her blessings, such as the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan ......"

Lin Jiaojiao said a bunch of auspicious words, and then presented the gift she had prepared.

It is a bottle of white jade carved Buddha statue, the whole body is snow-white, without the slightest impurity, it is very rare.

The Buddha statue carving is lifelike, and at first glance it is from the hand of a famous carver.

I have believed in Buddhism for too long and like this exquisite white jade Buddha statue very much. Especially coupled with the Buddhist scriptures copied by Lin Jiaojiao herself, it simply sent to her heart.

"If this white jade Buddha statue is not mistaken by the mourning family, it should be carved by Master Wu himself, right?"

The Master of Enlightenment is a master of the world, and it is very rare to get what he handles, which is not something that can be obtained with money or power.

When Lin Jiaojiao heard this, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked: "The Queen Mother really has good eyesight, this white jade Buddha statue is indeed from the hand of Master Wu." ”

The queen showed a loving look, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were secretly satisfied. It is enough to see the love for this birthday gift.

"To make the queen mother so happy, I want to reward my concubine well."

Jun Wenyuan suddenly spoke, and then ordered Chang Hai beside him.

"I remember that a few days ago, I got a piece of excellent warm jade, and I sent it to Changle Palace when the palace banquet was over."

When Lin Jiaojiao heard this, her face showed joy, she winked at the emperor, and said softly.

"Then the concubine will thank the emperor for the reward!"

The emperor looked at the villain with a bright smile and was shaken by the smile.

"The emperor can't favor one over the other."

The Queen Mother opened her mouth with a smile, although she liked that the emperor favored Jiaobao, but she didn't want her to become the target of the public, her Jiaobao was raised by her and the Lin family too simple, but she couldn't play with the eyes of these concubines in the harem.

"That's what the Queen Mother said."

Jun Wenyuan nodded when he heard this, and said happily: "I have a reward for those who can make my mother happy today." ”

With the emperor's words, the people who offered the gifts after that tried their best, just to make the queen mother laugh.

Sure enough, as long as the queen mother made her happy, the emperor generously rewarded her.

With a gentle smile on her face, the queen looked at the palace concubines below who kept offering gifts. Her gaze fell on Ning Meiren and glanced at her slightly.

Ning Meiren originally sat in her place with her head bowed, trying to reduce her sense of existence. But after receiving the queen's signal, he could only slowly get up and come to the palace.

"The concubine beauty Ning congratulates the Queen Mother on her happiness and health, and her longevity is in harmony."

She asked people to bring up the birthday gift she had prepared, and when everyone saw this, they couldn't help but be a little curious about what she was preparing and needed someone to carry it in.

It was a huge six-sided screen, embroidered with a picture of the Eight Immortals, the embroidery was exquisite, the characters were lifelike, and it took a lot of time to see it.

"Huh? There's something behind the screen. ”

I don't know who it was, but I suddenly said it with complete surprise

This sound attracted everyone's attention and aroused the curiosity of the Queen Mother.

"Turn the other side of the screen over for the mourners to see."

The palace man who was in charge of carrying the screen immediately turned the other side, and sure enough, on the other side of the screen was a dense number of longevity characters.

And this longevity character is still written in a different font, which is enough to show the erudition of the other party.

"Could this be the legendary double-sided embroidery?"

With a little surprise in her eyes, the queen's eyes fell on the screen and spoke.

Double-sided embroidery is the most difficult embroidery skill, even the embroidery girl in the palace is afraid that there is no such ability.

"Back to the queen's mother, it is indeed double-sided embroidery. The concubine's mother knew this skill and taught the concubine from an early age. ”

Lin Jiaojiao raised her head and looked at Ning Meiren who was speaking, today she was wearing a blue long dress, her hair was simply pulled up, and she was only adorned with a few orchid hairpins. The whole person is elegant and dusty, like a clear spring, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

Just one glance can make people's hearts happy. It's just that when she saw the emperor, she was stunned for a moment, and a touch of surprise seemed to flash from her eyes, but the speed was too fast and no one found out.

She glanced at the Dog Emperor sitting at the top, catching a hint of surprise in the other's eyes. Immediately, the affectionate eyes were a little more gentle, with a faint hint of appreciation.

Lin Jiaojiao snorted secretly in her heart, and sure enough, the heroine's aura was everywhere. This dog emperor just glanced at it, and his attitude towards the other party was a little different from that of others.

"Ning Meiren really has a pair of skillful hands." She opened her mouth with a smile, her sparkling eyes looked at the emperor at the top, and her voice was soft and sweet: "Your Majesty, you see that Ning Meiren's longevity character uses different fonts, which shows Ning Meiren's erudition." The concubine also likes the queen mother very much, and you can appreciate the beauty of Ning. ”

Jun Wenyuan heard the words of the concubine and turned his head to look at her. I saw that although she had a smile on her face, her eyes were clearly full of displeasure. I smiled secretly in my heart, but I asked.

"Concubine Ai is right, it is indeed a reward. So how does Concubine Ai think she should reward Ning Meiren? ”

Lin Jiaojiao thought about it when she heard this, and only spoke after a while: "It's better to give Ning Meiren a promotion, the concubine looks at such a knowledgeable and ingenious person who is a little aggrieved in the position of a beauty." ”

Ning Meiren hung her head slightly, but the hand hidden under her sleeve was tight. I was a little more jealous of Concubine Lin in my heart, and I inexplicably felt a trace of grievance. As soon as this feeling came out, she hurriedly suppressed it.

The queen frowned slightly when she heard this, but it could be seen that the emperor didn't say anything, so she swallowed back the words that came to her mouth and changed to something else.

"The concubine also thinks what the concubine said is good."

"It's rare for the queen to feel the same way, so naturally I can't let the queen and the concubine down." Jun Wenyuan pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "Then Ning Meiren will be promoted to concubine and given the title of Hui." ”

This promotion of two levels at once can be said to be really rare in the harem. After all, today's saints are very stingy with the promotion of the harem, so there are very few high-ranking concubines in the harem.

This is just a birthday gift and has never been promoted to two levels, which can't help but make the concubines in the harem very jealous of Ning Meiren and the current Hui Concubine.

Lin Jiaojiao was secretly surprised, she didn't expect that the Dog Emperor would suddenly promote Ning Meiren by two levels and give her a title. A hint of unhappiness crossed my heart, but it was quickly replaced by excitement.

This heroine was promoted to two levels at once, and the limelight directly crossed her, a bright target.

The smile on the queen's face also froze for a moment, and then returned to normal, she glanced at the stunned concubine, and said softly.

"Hui Concubine, don't thank you yet."

Under the jealous gaze of those concubines in the harem, Ning Yurong saluted and thanked her.

"The concubines thank the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

The courtiers sitting below watched this scene, and immediately congratulated the Ning family's father and son, saying that they had raised a good daughter and had a boring future. The father and son of the Ning family looked at the concubine above, and they were also very happy in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces, and they were very modest in the face of congratulations.

Concubine Hui returned to her place and sat down, her face still maintaining the dignity that a palace concubine should have. But in her heart, she was puzzled, how could this Lin Guifei be so kind and actually proposed that the emperor promote her position.

She quietly glanced at the emperor sitting above, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes. She didn't expect that the person she saved at the beginning turned out to be the current emperor, and she didn't know if he recognized herself.

made an exception and was promoted to two levels, was it because she also recognized herself as the woman who saved him in the first place?

Many doubts crossed her heart, and she finally suppressed them. In this harem, she can't tolerate the slightest mistake, and a wrong step may be an abyss.

Soothing the waves in her heart that was set off by the emperor, she calmly ate the dishes on the table.

When the concubines finished offering gifts, they were presented by the vassal kings of various places, and then they were courtiers. It took a lot of time to go down this lap.

Lin Jiaojiao supported her chin with one hand, her eyes flashing. It's really good to be the queen mother, looking at this birthday, from the concubine to the courtiers have to give gifts, there may be a lot of good things in this wave.

Although she doesn't want to be the queen, the queen mother is the ultimate goal, and the concubines who don't want to be the queen mother are not good concubines.

"Your Majesty, today is the Queen Mother's birthday, why don't you let the ladies show their talents to the Queen Mother?"

Pulling back the thoughts that deviated, she hadn't forgotten her task today.

Hearing this, the emperor nodded: "This is a good idea." ”

With the emperor's speech, naturally no one in the ladies dared to disagree. Besides, this is an opportunity to show your face in front of nobles, and it is also a manifestation of each showing their housekeeping skills.

Lin Jiaojiao looked at the official ladies below who were performing talents, and sighed in her heart. This is imperial power, even if it is a noble daughter with a prominent family, she is nothing in front of the royal family.

Withdrawing his gaze boringly, he played with his fingers with a wistful expression.

Jun Wenyuan kept paying attention to Lin Guifei from the corner of his eyes, and seeing that she seemed to be a little lacking in interest, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

She came up with this acting talent, and now she is a little lacking in interest. He ordered a few dishes on the table and asked Chang Hai to send them over, all of which she loved to eat.

Lin Jiaojiao looked at the dishes delivered, and her eyes lit up. raised his head and showed a smile as bright as the sun to the emperor. The look of sorrow on his face was swept away, and he began to concentrate on enjoying the food.

Because the queen was close to the emperor, naturally this scene did not escape her eyes. She lowered her eyes slightly and squeezed the teacup in her hand.

After three rounds of drinking, the queen mother's body is also a little tired, although today is to celebrate her birthday, but in the end, she is old and her body is not as good as before, so she took people back to Cining Palace to rest.

As for the official lady who performed talents, as Lin Jiaojiao guessed, several candidates for Princess Jin selected by the Queen Mother were rewarded by the emperor.

By the time the palace banquet was over, it was already dark. The emperor has always given face to the queen at such a moment, and he will definitely stay in Fengyi Palace tonight.

When the emperor left with the queen, the palace concubines returned to the palace separately.

Lin Jiaojiao returned to Changle Palace, and immediately asked people to wait to unload the beaded hairpins, and rested early after soaking in the hot springs.

On the second day, Lin Jiaojiao went to Cining Palace to talk to the Queen Mother and mentioned the candidate for Princess Jin.

"Queen Mother, has the candidate for Princess Jin been decided?"

The Queen Mother asked someone to bring a bowl of golden bird's nest soup and handed it to Lin Jiaojiao, and after hearing her words, she said: "Miss Gong is the main concubine, and the other two also gave King Jin as the side concubine." ”

Lin Jiaojiao was almost choked by the bird's nest in her mouth, and she slowed down before she spoke: "The concubine heard that the young lady of the palace family is not in good health, and the doctors said that she will not live to be twenty years old. ”

The Queen Mother's face sank when she heard this, she waved her hand and sent people out, and said in a low voice: "Where did you hear about this?" ”

"It was Concubine Shu who said it, and her cousin-in-law is the cousin of Miss Gong Jia." Lin Jiaojiao saw that the Queen Mother's expression was wrong, and said in a low voice.

"You don't know anything about this, the candidate for this Jin princess has been decided."

Listening to the Queen Mother's words, Lin Jiaojiao could already be sure that her guess was right. The emperor already has a candidate for Princess Jin, and everything is just a formality.

"Don't worry, the concubine doesn't know anything."

King Jin has nothing to do with her, maybe he has a good relationship with the original owner, but she is not the original owner. She is the emperor's concubine, so naturally everything comes first to the emperor.

The Queen Mother smiled lovingly when she heard this, and patted her hands: "Our Jiaobao has grown up." ”

Lin Jiaojiao leaned her head on the queen mother's hand affectionately, with dependence in her eyes: "No matter how old the concubine is, she is the treasure of the queen mother." ”

There was a warm vein in Cining Palace, and not long after Lin Jiaojiao left Cining Palace and returned to Changle Palace, Chen Fu came in from outside, bowed and saluted.

"Guifei Niangniang, yesterday the emperor did not stay in Fengyi Palace, but went to Jinxiu Xuan Hui Concubine after coming out of Fengyi Palace."

Lin Jiaojiao held the hand of the ice bowl for a moment, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly. After a while, he stretched out and smiled.

The queen's movements are really fast enough, which directly pushes the heroine out. And it was at that time last night that the emperor was taken from Fengyi Palace to Jinxiuxuan.

According to what she knew about the Dog Emperor, he would definitely have a grudge against the Empress because of this matter.

"Let people continue to stare at Jinxiuxuan." After saying that, she continued to eat the ice bowl happily, as if she was not affected by the news in the slightest.

In the following days, the emperor stayed in Jinxiu Xuan for several days in a row. During the day, he would occasionally summon Hui Concubine to accompany him in the imperial study. For a while, Hui Concubine can be said to be in the limelight, and there is a faint tendency to overwhelm Lin Guifei.

The palace people of Changle Palace are anxious about their own mothers, but they can look at the happy mothers who study food research......

Lin Jiaojiao looked at the appearance of Chu Xue and the others who wanted to speak and stopped, and twitched the corners of her mouth, it was really the emperor who was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry.

That favorability still hasn't changed, so she's not in a hurry at all. But she couldn't talk to them, so she could only sigh and say softly.

"Don't worry, even if this palace falls out of favor, it will definitely not let you be bullied."

Hearing their mother's words, several people were stunned, and then their hearts were full of emotion. I also feel even more sorry for my master, how good they are.

However, thinking that the Queen Mother was there, the people in this palace did not dare to do anything to their mother, and their hearts were a little better.

"The weather is nice today, let's go to the Imperial Garden."