Jiang Juan had such a bad premonition, and soon confirmed that her premonition was right, when she arrived at the Chongde Palace where the Queen Mother held a birthday banquet, as soon as she sat down, the palace maid brought a pot of wine.

Poor Jiang Juan heard that the fruit wine in the palace was a must, and wanted to taste it, so he picked up the wine glass with great interest, and put it down again, seeing that Qi Moyuan wanted to drink it, he hurriedly stopped him, "Don't drink it yet." ”

Qi Moyuan looked at her, "What's wrong?" ”

"The smell of croton flour in this fruit wine is so heavy that you can't smell the fruit," Jiang Juan said in a low voice.

Qi Moyuan's face sank.

The prince sat on the top right of them, and Jiang Juan didn't speak loudly, but the prince still heard it, and his face became a little serious.

Without saying anything, the prince got up and went out.

The emperor and the queen mother have not yet appeared, the hall is very noisy, there are many people in and out, and no one pays attention to the prince when he goes out.

Jiang Juan didn't know who wanted her to lose face, but after thinking about it for a while, she still decided to do it.

Don't you just want to see her make a fool of herself?

The tiger bone pills she concocted made the Queen Mother bleed a lot, and finally had to take croton powder to quench the fire, and now the chin bean powder in the fruit wine served to them is clearly to give the Queen Mother a breath.

If you don't let them down, how can you show your feet?

Jiang Juan picked up the fruit wine and drank it all.

After drinking one cup and not having fun, he poured himself two more glasses, then picked up a piece of pastry, and just took a bite, the voice of the male duck came, "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Almost instantly, the noisy hall fell silent, and the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard.

The emperor came first, followed by the queen supporting the queen mother, and then followed by the two concubines I saw before, Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui.

Hundreds of officials knelt down to salute the emperor and congratulate the queen mother on her birthday.

The emperor didn't speak, and the queen mother said, "Get up." ”

When everyone got up, the queen mother looked at the emperor and said, "The emperor has a heart, and he holds a birthday banquet for the mourning family every year, which is too extravagant not to mention, and makes the queen tired, so how can the mourning family go in their hearts?" ”

The emperor smiled and said, "The queen mother's birthday is a major event in the court, how can you be sloppy?" ”

After the emperor finished speaking, the queen continued, "The emperor handed over such a major event as organizing a birthday banquet for the queen mother to the concubines, because he valued the concubines, and the concubines were afraid that they would be unfavorable and let down the emperor's filial piety to the queen mother." ”

The words are more beautiful than the other, the court governs the country with filial piety, and the emperor holds a birthday banquet for the queen mother is the best way to express it, but it is done every year, which is a little tiring for the courtiers, after all, you have to offer a birthday gift, even if you don't want to please the queen mother, at least the things sent can't insult the queen mother, and you have to take it.

However, there are also ministers who like it, first, they can please the queen mother in a righteous and bright way, and secondly, the emperor has set an example, and those who are courtiers can follow suit, and the things that honor the queen mother can be taken back tenfold and hundredfold.

Isn't this kind of atmosphere good, to some extent, it has encouraged the ministers to be corrupt and take bribes, otherwise how can they afford to give congratulatory gifts like this just by relying on the little money of the imperial court?

The queen mother's birthday, the most important thing and what makes everyone the most curious is the birthday link, to see what congratulatory gifts the emperor and hundreds of officials give.

The first one to give the birthday gift is the emperor, the two fathers-in-law carried the gift forward, covered with red silk, under the red silk is a half-person high jasper carved into the fairy Weng birthday, looking at the carving, how many people can't take their eyes off, it is too precious.

Such jade carvings are rare in the palace.

Jiang Juan is much more cheesy, looking at the jade carving and calculating how much it is worth, how much paper does her paper shop have to sell to buy such a jade carving, for the sake of face is so extravagant and wasteful, it is simply a loser.

No matter how sincere the emperor is, at least this birthday gift is heavy enough, the queen mother smiled with satisfaction, "The emperor has a heart." ”

"It's good that the Queen Mother is happy," the emperor said with a smile.

The emperor's birthday gift was brought back to the palace and placed in her bedroom, and then the two daughters of the queen mother, Princess Yide and Princess Huide, brought their children to congratulate the queen mother on her birthday.

How old is the eldest princess of Yide, how old is the eldest princess Huide, one grew up under the knees of the queen mother, and the other was raised by the queen mother, the two are very different from the temperament, and the congratulatory gifts sent by the two are naturally not as valuable as the emperor, but they are better than the heart, and the queen mother is also very satisfied.

After the two eldest princesses congratulated their birthdays, they were princes, seven or eight princes one by one, and those congratulatory gifts were more expensive than the other, and they were not the same.

The prince was followed by the princess, then the princess, and then the minister.

The first minister to give a birthday gift to the Queen Mother was the Protector, and Jiang Juan thought that he came according to the title, so that the Jing'an Mansion and the Hejian Mansion would be ranked in front of the Protector.

The palace is arranging this way, it is to help the protector of the country to build momentum, although it is only the title of the duke, but the power is above the hundred officials.

The Huguo Mansion presents a longevity character embroidered with Dongzhu, although it is not a big Dongzhu, but it is enough to be shocked by embroidering such a longevity character with a small Dongzhu of the same size.

The queen was full of praise when she saw it, and hoped that when she got to the position of the queen mother, she would also receive such a birthday gift one day.

The Queen Mother smiled radiantly, protecting the country fairly, "This is embroidered by Neizi with a needle and thread, and Yan'er also prepared a birthday gift for the Queen Mother." ”

"Really? The mourning family has to see what kind of birthday gift Yan'er prepared for the mourning family alone," the queen mother smiled kindly.

Pang Yan turned and walked over.

Twelve embroiderers walked in, with graceful postures, knelt down to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday.

The palace people brought a large embroidery frame.

Then the twelve embroiderers stood separately by the embroidery frame, dancing and embroidering needles and threads.

In just two quarters of an hour, a picture of longevity was embroidered.

The Queen Mother smiled, "Come forward and let the mourning family take a good look." ”

The palace people carried the Baishou picture to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother looked very carefully, and the emperor agreed, "To be able to embroider a Baishou picture in such a short period of time, the craftsmanship of these twelve embroiderers is afraid that even the embroiderers in the palace can't compare, and the eldest girl of the Protector's Mansion has a heart." ”

The Queen Mother looked at Pang Yan's eyes more and more amiable, Pang Yan did not speak, and the Protector smiled, "Yan'er originally wanted to embroider a hundred longevity pictures for the Queen Mother in person, but recently she was frightened one after another and failed to complete the hundred longevity pictures on time, so she temporarily invited these twelve embroiderers with excellent embroidery skills to embroider a hundred longevity pictures in public to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday." ”

In terms of mind, of course, it is more precious to embroider by yourself, even if the embroidery is a little worse.

Jiang Juan sat there, obviously feeling that after the protector finished speaking, everyone would look at her, because Pang Yan had been frightened several times and couldn't get rid of her openly and secretly.

After the Queen Mother praised Pang Yan, the next thing was to present the birthday gift to the Jing'an Palace.

The prince got up, Qi Moyuan and Jiang Juan followed, and the father-in-law presented the birthday gift they brought into the palace to Qi Moyuan.

Jiang Wan's eyes swept over the birthday ceremony, and after only glancing at it, Jiang Wan frowned, grabbed Qi Moyuan's hand and said, "Wait." ”

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