The staggered drums sounded in unison, as if the sincere greetings could be resounded through the sky with a loud voice, and these words seemed heroic, as if they could shorten the distance between the king and the courtiers, but in fact they were so old-fashioned that people's ears almost heard the cocoon.

The same auspicious words, from the different mouths of the ministers, changed all kinds of tricks to say thousands of times, how to listen to it is boring and noisy, but the group of people who spoke were unaware, and the noise was colorful, and after the trouble, they put on the song and dance as usual.

What's the fun? Yu Zhao sat on the seat and was bored, thinking for some reason, after leaving for so many years, why even the singing and dancing at this New Year's banquet had not changed.

Watching the dancers skillfully and almost mechanically perform the feast of the rivers and mountains that were about to be broken, Yu Zhao's eyes were empty, and he silently counted the beats in his heart, and after seeing four or five inverted kicks in the purple gold crown, and six or seven volleys shooting swallow jumps, he knew that the singing and dancing session was almost over.

At this time, Yu Zhao straightened his waist and straightened his body, asked Zhuo Yao to help him tidy up his makeup and hair, and then waited for the strings to fall, ready to start negotiating with the ladies present today.

Inadvertently swept over Concubine Ling who was sitting next to her, Yu Zhao carefully looked her up and down with her spare eyes, and saw that she was really as Zhang Shurong said, wearing a plain and regular clothes that did not match the surrounding environment at all, and knew that she had not changed her mind today, so she turned her head and closed a tacit understanding with Chu Zikai again, and the two of them just collided with each other, and they could detect the helplessness in each other's eyes.

What else can I do, let's not move, Yu Zhao suppressed the anger in his eyes, retracted his gaze, stared ahead without squinting and pretending to enjoy the song and dance, and the distress that had dispersed in his heart began to gather again......

After the song broke and danced, the applause rang out from the four seats, Chu Zikai raised his glass according to the routine, first said auspicious words to wish the country, and then said thank you to the ministers, and the ministers knelt down and bowed their heads to thank them, and thanked Dade for holding the wine glass and drinking.

Immediately afterwards, it was time for all the ladies to send a congratulatory speech, headed by Mrs. Li, the ladies of the hall got up and left the table in the hall, knelt down to the upper Chu Zikai and bowed, leaned over and got up.

After a long live thousand years, once the form is finally finished, after the exemption, the atmosphere begins to become easy-going, the monarchs and ministers drink and chat about state affairs, and the concubines and daughters keep to each other and press each other's voices to spread words and jokes, creating a picture of harmony and harmony.

The high-sounding you respect and I love, the left is just that the low-ranking people offer flattery to the high-ranking people, and the high-ranking people give a few words of encouragement with a posture.

In the seat, Yu Zhu, who was still in the front, looked a little out of place, she didn't say a word, her eyes were extremely focused, she just stared at Chu Ziyang in the opposite seat, no matter what kind of excitement there was next to her, it was not enough to attract her attention away by half a minute.

And Concubine Liu, who was seated at the bottom, was too unruly, and had been trying to find a conversation head to insert into the conversation with Yu Zhao, because Yu Zhao ignored it, several times were unsuccessful, and when Yu Zhao stopped drinking tea, she saw the opportunity, and hurriedly said with a smile on her face:

"The hairpins of that kind on the heads of the ladies look so exquisite, can you tell me where you bought them? There is also a phoenix crown worn by Concubine Yi, the filigree process is even more exquisite, and the beads on it look faintly shiny and shining, and the candlelight behind her is dimmed, which is really beautiful and rare. ”

"Concubine Liu is really good eyesight," Mrs. Zhang was proud, raised her hand to support her bun, her fingers carefully stroked the Suihou Zhuhua hairpin, turned her head to look in the direction of Yu Zhao, and flattered her with a good voice:

"It is also Concubine Yi's generosity that gave us this treasure Suihou Zhu, so that we can also touch your luxury. However, the courtiers are grateful for your kindness, but first of all, they will pay tribute to you, knowing that no matter how precious the pearl is on this head, it will definitely not be as good as the pearl of the phoenix crown, which is the real glory of the world. ”

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at each other, and they all bowed their heads and said yes, the hairpin on their heads flickered with the candlelight, and the colors were dazzling, and they saw that Concubine Liu's eyes were full of envy, and her eyes rolled, and she lowered her voice to do something with emotion, and secretly flattered:

"Indeed, if the concubine can get such a Suihou pearl, she must also be satisfied, and she is willing to use this glimmer to reflect the national color of Concubine Yi's mother."

The meaning in the words is obvious, this is clearly taking the initiative to hint at asking Yu Zhao for it, you must know that this hairpin is the glory that Yu Zhaoshan gave to the mothers of various mansions, Concubine Liu has a concubine, and she wants to openly transgress, this kind of shameless behavior makes all the ladies dissatisfied, and they can't help but show a look of disdain in secret.

Immediately after, they couldn't help but look at Princess Yu Zhu, who had been bullied by the side concubine and kept silent, and shook her head even more disdainfully. Helpless, with a controversial family, her temperament is still like a stuffy gourd that can't be sawn, and she is not respected and treated strangely, when the ladies talk about her, they are lazy and say that she is pitiful, and only sigh that she is pathetic, and it is already considered to give her face.

Ignoring his eyes and hearing everything that happened at the table, Yu Zhao took a small sip of the sweet honey fruit tea, did not say a word, and patiently waited for everyone to say all the words in their mouths before putting down the teacup, and then looked straight ahead, and said:

"Today, the palace asked people to invite, all the ladies are there, but I don't see you, I know that you must have something important to do, so I didn't look for you. You have never received this gift prepared by this palace for the ladies, and now this palace has brought it to you. ”

Who is the person in the words, Yu Zhao did not name and explain, but the person who spoke out loud without being courteous was the only one who was Concubine Liu, and the ladies only thought that Yu Zhao said this at this time was answering her words, and they were extremely surprised, and their hearts suddenly became angry.

The same ceremony, no matter how high or low the grade is, as long as it is given to the housewife, it is a symbol of the recognition of the status of the main room, and Concubine Liu has a concubine, if she also gets it, the meaning will be greatly discounted, if Yu Zhao really does this, how can the ladies treat it with a normal heart.

Only Concubine Liu was complacent and didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and she was overjoyed, thinking that Yu Zhao was showing favor to herself, and her status in the Xianwang Mansion was also recognized by the head of the concubines, and then she was able to suppress Yu Zhu's head even more, so she raised her head with her chest up, and had the courage to stare back at the disdainful eyes of the crowd, and hurriedly saluted Yu Zhao:

"Concubine Xie Yi Niangniang rewarded ......"