363: A congratulatory gift for the mother
Cheng Qing was arranged to sit next to Meng Huaijin.
She has not been scrutinized by everyone for a long time, and in today's Qianqiu Banquet, only the queen mother is the real protagonist.
Originally, there was an emperor in the place, and no matter what the occasion, the emperor was the most important.
However, today's emperors are holding the queen, and she is the most important queen.
Cheng Qing, the champion of six yuan and the first, is only worthy of helping the queen organize a thousand autumn banquets.
Meng Huaijin, the champion of the previous subject, also had to recite the gorgeous chapter written for the queen in public.
It's hard for Senior Brother Meng, this kind of public recitation of his own fu is really a bit shameful.
However, a senior brother is a senior brother, Meng Huaijin's writing is extremely infectious, coupled with his appearance and voice, the opening performance of the Qianqiu Banquet undoubtedly greatly pleased the queen.
The queen's formulaic smile actually has two points of truth.
After thanking Meng Huaijin, she persuaded the emperor that next time she had her birthday, the emperor would never be so enthusiastic again.
"Your Majesty's love for your concubines, and the concubines can't be repaid, but the concubines are useless in the society, how can they alarm Meng Bachelor and Cheng to compile such a pillar of talent for the concubines? They should focus on government affairs, be loyal to Your Majesty, and seek benefits for the people of Great Wei. ”
Before the emperor could speak, the ministers all chanted Niangniang Shengming.
The emperor wants to hold a grand banquet for the queen, and the queen just right to persuade rather than accept it calmly, this is the practice of the virtuous queen.
As for the queen's two words about her "ineffectiveness in the society", the ministers knew what the queen meant, but they didn't dare to agree with the queen's tone.
A queen, in addition to helping the emperor take care of the harem and setting an example for the women of the world, also has to give birth to an heir for the emperor, and the concubine is the most orthodox heir.
If the queen had a son, the emperor would have made a prince a long time ago, and there would be no trouble of not knowing which son to choose as the prince at the moment.
However, although the queen herself has no children, she is not the kind of jealous woman, the harem is full of flowers, many concubines have given birth to sons for the emperor, the previous dynasty has never heard of rumors that the queen persecuted the concubines in the harem, from this point of view, the queen has a great merit.
Without the queen to maintain the peace of the harem, how could so many princes survive!
The emperor obviously also knew in his heart, holding the queen's hand and not letting go, "Being busy for Zitong is to be loyal to me, and I believe that Cheng Bian and Master Meng will not have complaints." ”
"There are no complaints."
"I am deeply honored."
Cheng Qing and Meng Huaijin have been standing for a long time, one is as clear as a fairy, and the other has the vitality of a young man.
Although Cheng Qing is not as handsome as Meng Huaijin, standing beside Meng Huaijin, his temperament is not lost.
Such two young talents, how can the superior not like it when they see it?
The queen's gaze swept over Cheng Qing, stayed on Meng Huaijin for a few more moments, and quickly moved away.
Even Meng Huaijin himself was unaware.
Xiao Yunting watched quietly, a smile on his lips.
The next feast was held in the company of singing and dancing by the Teaching Workshop Division.
The chef in the Imperial Dining Room must be very good, but the Imperial Dining Room is too far away from the Imperial Dining Room, so in order to avoid the dishes from getting cold before they are delivered to the Imperial Dining Room, the Imperial Dining Room has prepared a lot of stews.
Even if it is a stew, I started preparing it last night, and if it has been simmered on the stove for too long, it will look watery in the mouth, and there is no strength at all.
Cheng Qing didn't dare to change the big dishes of the Qianqiu Banquet without authorization, so he could only add a few refreshing side dishes, and asked the imperial dining room to replace the meat oil in the stir-fry with vegetable oil.
Stir-fry vegetarian dishes, with meat oil is more fragrant.
However, no one who participated in the Qianqiu Banquet today has a shortage of oil and water in their stomachs, and it is not so fragrant to fry it in vegetable oil, at least there will be no layer of oil flowers on it after the imperial meal is cool, and it doesn't look so greasy.
Among them, there is a small dish, and the queen mother likes it quite much.
The emperor understood at a glance, "This must have been prepared by Yun Ting, it's hard for this kid to remember your taste." ”
The queen glanced at Xiao Yunting again, and the expression on her face softened again.
Xiao Yunting also put away the spikes all over his body.
"Yunting wishes Niangniang every year to have today, and every year to have today."
There is a warm relationship between the emperor and Xiao Yunting, and people who don't know the inside story see it, and they think that this is a family of three, and all the princes are eager to replace Xiao Yunting in their eyes.
The eldest prince picked up his wine glass first, interrupted the interaction between Xiao Yunting and the emperor, and gave his own birthday gift for the queen.
It was a white jade Guanyin statue.
Jade Guanyin's whole body is white and flawless, Cheng Qing feels that she is not a person with particularly shallow eyelids, but it is the first time she has seen such jade in her two lives.
Warm as a clear spring.
is so far away, Cheng Qing can see the treasure light.
The queen also praised twice, "You have a heart." ”
Judging from the queen's attitude, it is impossible to see whether she likes this jade Guanyin or not.
But come to think of it, there are very few treasures in the world that can move the queen, right?
Cheng Qing was shocked by this Jade Guanyin, maybe in the eyes of the queen, it was just okay......
The eldest prince gave the jade Guanyin, and the gift of the second prince was more elegant, and it was a portrait painted by his own hands.
The person in the painting is the queen's mother, and the second prince's painting skills are good, obviously capturing the charm of the queen's mother.
The queen didn't say whether she liked it or not, but the emperor was very satisfied, and asked the queen to cut her love on the spot: "I want to hang it in the Qianqing Palace, and when I see this painting, it's like Zitong is accompanying me all the time, what does Zitong think?" ”
"The concubines listen to Your Majesty."
The emperor openly showed affection, and the queen was very calm.
Cheng Qing hurriedly lowered his head.
There is no way to do it without bowing her head, she is afraid that she will not be able to help revealing her true thoughts.
Although the palace is very large, the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace are not far away, and the emperor can go to the Kunning Palace every day to see the queen, instead of pinning his thoughts on the portrait of the queen.
- The princes are so dogs, it can be seen that they have learned from the emperor!
The gift of the three princes is also jade, but it is better than the jade Guanyin of the great prince, it is a pillow carved from warm jade, it is said that the pillow with the jade pillow to sleep, can make people dream less and sleep more, improve the quality of sleep, long-term use of warm jade pillow people sleep quality, the body is naturally healthy.
What's even better is that this warm jade pillow is a pair, one is given to the queen as a birthday gift, and the other is given to the emperor, which is the filial piety of the three princes to the emperor.
The emperor was very happy, and he didn't know how much work and money the three princes had spent on finding this pair of warm jade pillows, but he had decided to wait for the end of the Qianqiu banquet to reward the three princes with a royal village to make up for the various big expenses after the three princes left the palace and opened the mansion.
It was the turn of the four princes to give gifts, and the four princes rolled their eyes:
"Father, mother, son's gift should take some time to prepare, it is better to let the fifth brother offer his gift first, the son saw that the fifth brother has been holding the wooden box in his arms, nervous to the forehead sweat, the fifth brother for the queen mother The gift must be very valuable!"
The emperor has always disliked the fifth prince, and felt that this son was afraid to shrink back and couldn't get on the stage, and after listening to the words of the fourth prince, the emperor was quite curious.
What expensive gifts can Xiao Wu come up with?
The fifth prince felt that everyone's eyes in the hall fell on him, and he was so nervous that he stiffened.
Cheng Qing couldn't bear to look at it directly.
The four princes are dogs, and they want to make the five princes ugly.
The five princes shouldn't be able to give any valuable gifts, but the four princes deliberately said that, the emperor has expectations, and he will be disappointed after opening the wooden box, right?