Everyone walked into the front hall, where birthday worship was held. The 60th birthday of the Queen Mother is not only a family affair, but also a state affair.

The average life expectancy of people in this world is not long. It is not uncommon for ordinary people to die at the age of forty or fifty, because productive labor makes them more susceptible to aging. And those who live in a richer life and have better conditions will be able to live for another ten or eight years. As for those who died of illness, even more. The health care of this world is very backward, and the disease does not matter whether you are poor or rich. At most, you are rich, rich and have money to see a doctor, and you can live a little longer; You're poor, you don't have money to see a doctor, you just burp.

Therefore, the age of 60 is a watershed in whether you live long or not. As for Patriarch Mu, who can live to more than seventy and can travel thousands of miles from the Western Regions to the capital, it is simply rare. This is mainly related to her patriarchal status. As the patriarch, she didn't need to work when she came, and secondly, when she chose the patriarch, she chose the best body. As mentioned earlier, the Mu clan chooses the patriarch not to be respectable, but to live longer.

At this time, there were already more than a dozen women standing in the front hall. Ye Xiaoyan glanced at it, Ye Guifei, oh, no, it should be called Ye Concubine now. Concubine Ye stood in the first row of these people, and there were three other people standing side by side with her. The rest of the dozen or so people stood behind them.

Ye Xiaoyan was slightly surprised. This position is arranged according to the level of identity, and those who stand with Concubine Ye are naturally concubines with the same identity as her. And those standing behind them look like they have a lower status than the concubines. More than a dozen of them are all emperor's women.

Ye Xiaoyan looked up at Nangong You, his smooth and fair face, revealing angular coldness, dark and deep eyes, with charming color, heroic sword eyebrows, tall nose bridge, thin and lightly pursed lips, all showing nobility and elegance.

She suddenly felt a little flustered. She has always taken it for granted that this man is hers, and she is alone. But when she saw the dozen or so women, although they were the emperor's women, she suddenly felt insecure. Her husband is so good and so good, will it always be hers alone? Her body trembled slightly.

Nangong You, who was looking elsewhere, felt that the little hand in his palm seemed to be trembling, turned his head and asked Ye Xiaoyan in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, suddenly a little uncomfortable."

Ye Xiaoyan suppressed the uneasiness in her heart. Tell yourself: it's you who want more! Don't be too imaginative, and when you see something, you just think about it.

Nangong Yu asked with concern: "What is uncomfortable?" Belly? ”

Ye Xiaoyan snorted and laughed. His concern for her stomach was simply overwhelmed. One asked her what it was like for a woman to get pregnant and how the child was born. Ye Xiaoyan popularized almost all gynecological knowledge to him, and when it came to caesarean section, Nangong You's face turned pale and said, "You must not have a caesarean section." Leaving aside who can do this surgery, but as far as your body is concerned, have you forgotten that you can't get hurt? A C-section is going to kill you. If you die, I won't live either. ”

Thinking that Nangong You regarded her as important as her life, her heart settled down again.

She shook Nangong You's hand back, and said with a light smile: "It's okay, it's okay now." ”

Nangong You stared at her with some unease, seeing that she seemed to be really fine, and said, "Hold on for a while, and then go to my father's place and ask Imperial Doctor Jiang to take a look at you." ”

Ye Xiaoyan felt that Nangong You completely regarded Imperial Physician Jiang as her personal doctor, and she was looking for Imperial Physician Jiang for everything. God, Imperial Physician Jiang still has to ask her for advice. However, the healer does not heal himself, and this is true. Forget it, Imperial Doctor Jiang didn't say anything, so she didn't say anything.

While speaking, the emperor, the queen mother, the queen, Princess Xiao, and Concubine De walked out of the apse, and Xiao Yuhan also followed. As soon as he saw Nangong You and Ye Xiaoyan, he walked towards them.

"Why did you run away with your mother to the apse?" Nangong asked Xiao Yuhan.

Xiao Yuhan said: "I originally wanted to come to the side hall to find you, but my mother's eyes widened, so I didn't dare to come." ”

In terms of the imperial etiquette, Xiao Yuhan's status is equivalent to that of the prince. Before Princess Xiao entered the palace and went directly to the Queen Mother's Palace, she greeted the Queen Mother from the Queen Mother Palace with the queen mother and Concubine De to the front hall.

Today's hall, on the left side of the emperor's throne in the center, there is a carved wreath chair, and the chair is placed with a brocade cushion with the word "longevity" pattern, and at a glance you know that this is the queen mother sitting. To the right of the main seat, there is also a hoop chair, which is the queen's position.

The three highest-ranking people of the dynasty sat down, and the palace maids who were prepared on the side hurriedly walked to the center of the main hall and placed the soft cushions for kneeling in turn. These are all royal golden branches and jade leaves, how can they kneel directly on the ground, naturally they must be cushioned.

Princess Xiao, Nangong You, Ye Xiaoyan, and Concubine De stood in the first row, followed by the eldest prince, the second prince, Zhao Yayun, Jiang Manrong, Xiao Yuhan, the fourth prince, the eldest princess, the second princess, and Chen Yuma. Behind these people, there are also three cushions. The emperor also has two princesses and a prince, but these three are too young, the third princess and the fourth princess, one is three years old, one is two years old, and the fifth prince is only one year old. The biological mothers of these three princes and princesses are all concubines, that is, the three who will stand with Ye Concubine before.

Ye Xiaoyan only felt at this time that her status was so high. Look at the people standing in the back, in front of her, there are only the emperor, the queen mother and the queen.

The people in the center of the hall are all standing, the emperor and the queen come down from the main seat, stand in front of Ye Xiaoyan and Nangong You, and the father-in-law Gao reads the longevity text aloud, which means nothing more than the kindness of the queen mother, and this high life, I wish the queen mother good health, a long life, and a long life, and the dynasty is eternal and prosperous.

The longevity text is not long, and after Gao Gonggong reads it aloud, everyone bows three times and bows nine times, and the emperor and queen do half a salute without kneeling.

Empress Dowager Xu, who was on the high seat, watched the princes and grandchildren salut her, with a kind and joyful smile on her face.

She glanced at Nangong You, this kid was in a wheelchair last time he entered the palace, and now his legs have recovered, and he looks more and more handsome. Look at Ye Xiaoyan next to him with her forehead lowered, this Princess Xuan is very good-looking, but in terms of talent, Empress Dowager Xu feels that she can't compare with Zi Shu.

Xu Zishu wrote an article on women's norms and etiquette, presented to the Queen Mother, who thought it was very good, and inscribed it with the title "Daughter's Book", and planned to ask someone to copy it and distribute it to the harem concubines and the daughters of the noble ministers of various families to read and study.