After speaking, Yuan Heng asked the attendant to take out a box, pay tribute to the Empress Dowager, and open the box. I saw that inside the box was an embroidered picture of a crane celebrating his birthday, and a crystal cup with a crystal cup all over his body.

Seeing the Empress Dowager stroking the embroidery in the box, Yuan Heng said: "This crane birthday picture is the pattern embroidered by the queen mother herself, regret that I can't come to you in person to celebrate your birthday, the queen mother began to embroider this birthday picture very early, in order to show her concern for you, as well as her filial piety." ”

The Empress Dowager trembled and stroked the embroidery in the box, her face full of emotion: "Mingzhu, she is not in good health, and she has worked day and night to embroider such a delicate embroidery for me." After that, he picked up the crystal cup and asked Yuan Heng: "What is this?" ”

Yuan Heng bowed his head: "Back to grandmother, this is the crystal glass Ruyi cup I found for you." As soon as water is poured into this cup, it will have a sweet taste. ”

The Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction: "The six princes have a heart." ”

Below, Jian Xiaozhu thought, the old man should not use this cup, be careful of diabetes.

After Yuan Heng gave the gift, the birthday banquet of the Empress Dowager officially began. First, there was an opening show-style singing and dancing performance, and then the palace ladies served dishes with colors and aromas.

The ceremony of presenting gifts to the Empress Dowager began under the announcement of Gonggong Li.

Birthday gifts were presented one by one. First of all, Murong You gave the Empress Dowager a longevity immeasurable pagoda, the body of this pagoda is made of pure gold, and in the pagoda, there is a birthday charm of the temple abbot to open the light, hoping that the Empress Dowager can live a long life.

Looking at the golden pagoda, the Empress Dowager nodded: "The emperor has a heart, and the mourning family likes it very much." ”

Then, Su Moxue presented a landscape map to the Empress Dowager and a gold bracelet in the shape of a peacock inlaid with jade. After reading the landscape map, the Queen Mother picked up the bracelet with a smile, stroked it back and forth a few times with love, and said, "Queen, this bracelet is also very fond of the mourning family." ”

Su Moxue bowed to the Empress Dowager and said, "Empress Dowager, if you like it." ”

But the Empress Dowager changed the topic: "If the queen is pregnant with an heir as soon as possible, the mourning family will be even happier." ”

Su Moxue and Murong You were stunned, while the Empress Dowager said: "The mourning family can't wait and wants to hug their grandson." ”

After that, he glanced at Murong You meaningfully, and Murong You hurriedly lowered his head.

The banquet continued, and when Bai Ningshuang's birthday gift was presented, Murong You wanted to praise a few words, but the Empress Dowager just lukewarmly asked the guards to take the things down, and then hurriedly asked the next person to present the next birthday gift. Although the scene was embarrassing, Bai Ningshuang also maintained an elegant and decent smile and exited, and then glanced at Murong You with aggrieved eyes. Murong You took in Bai Ningshuang's eyes, and there was infinite pity in his heart.

Jian Xiaozhu watched the reactions of the two people below, and the Empress Dowager naturally saw Murong You's eyes, and a fleeting displeasure flashed in her eyes. After all, according to Jian Xiaozhu's setting in the novel, the Empress Dowager is the assistant of Su Moxue and Murong You.

Because in the novel, Bai Ningshuang, as the villain, has too strong a sense of presence in Murong You's heart, and relies on Murong You's favor to frame all kinds of silly white sweet Su Moxue who is simple and kind. So the Empress Dowager is set in the novel as an opening artifact that balances the abilities of the heroine and the White Lotus. It was with the help of the Empress Dowager that Su Moxue was able to avoid many crises. And Mingli, the Queen Mother often protects Su Moxue. Therefore, no matter how Bai Ningshuang behaved, it did not cause a devastating blow or damage to Su Moxue.

Just as Jian Xiaozhu was thinking about the plot of the novel, he only heard a burst of laughter in his ears. When he came back to his senses, he saw a large chest placed in the center of the main hall, and a huge potted plant was carried from the box to the center of the main hall by the guards. I saw that the branches of the potted plants withered, and the shriveled leaves also turned yellow and rolled up on the branches. Between the branches and dead leaves, a few shriveled and ugly fruits grew sparsely.

Next to the potted plant, Murong Yi scratched his head a little annoyedly, bowed to the Empress Dowager and said, "Grandmother, I heard that you said that you want to eat longan a few days ago, so I asked someone to go to the southern border of the Hidden Kingdom and bring a longan tree back, and arrived this morning, so that you can eat fresh fruits at the birthday banquet." I just didn't expect that after a long journey, the tree withered. ”

The people in the hall looked at Murong Yi and smiled. Murong You also snorted coldly with an ugly face, only the Empress Dowager's expression was moved, and she said to Murong Yi movingly: "You child, if you have this heart, the mourning family will be satisfied." I'm going to bring this tree back to the Tourmaline Palace, so that people can feed it!" ”

So the people around him no longer laughed, but praised Murong Yi's filial piety. Jian Xiaozhu saw that when Murong Yi returned to his seat, he seemed to be relieved, then raised his eyes, looked in the direction where she was, and laughed. Murong Yi's smile was bright, and it was even more pure and white than the pearl inlaid on the top of the hall.

In the main hall, one after another priceless birthday gifts were sent to the Queen Mother. Among them, the jade lotus inkstone presented by Ling Zhaoyi made the Empress Dowager look at her more, and she seemed to like this inkstone very much. This made the Empress Dowager raise her eyes and said, "You are Ling Zhaoyi who has just entered the palace?" ”

Ling Zhaoyi bowed and said, "Yes, the Empress Dowager." ”

The Empress Dowager couldn't put it down and stroked the inkstone in her hand: "This inkstone is exquisitely made, and the mourning family wants to know, where did Zhaoyi come from?" ”

Ling Zhaoyi: "Back to the Queen Mother, this is the ancestral treasure of our family. ”

The Empress Dowager: "Since it is the treasure of the family's townhouse, why do you want to give it to the mourning family?" ”

Ling Zhaoyi replied unhurriedly: "Only the treasure of the family's town house is worthy of the dignity of the empress dowager." I wish the Empress Dowager a long life. ”

The Empress Dowager nodded: "Okay, Zhaoyi's birthday mourning family likes it very much." Zhaoyi often came to the Tourmaline Palace to accompany the mourning family in the future, and the mourning family liked this child very much. ”

When she spoke, the Empress Dowager seemed to glance at Bai Ningshuang intentionally or unintentionally. Even though the knuckles clenched under the table were white, he still maintained a proper smile on his face.

Behind Bai Ningshuang, the sleepy Jian Xiaozhu looked at everything that was happening in front of her, and only felt that the Queen Mother would definitely want to win over Ling Zhaoyi to deal with Bai Ningshuang in the future.

With the last birthday gift being given, the gift offering has also come to an end. So everyone began to pick up chopsticks to eat, and the palace maids who danced to cheer up also came in long-sleeved shirts. It was at this moment that Yuan Heng got up and said: "Grandmother, Weichen recently found a musician, and the music he played was like a heavenly sound, making people forget themselves, as if they had entered a fairyland. Therefore, Weichen brought him to the palace and wanted him to play music to entertain your birthday banquet. ”

Empress Dowager: "Let him in." ”

So a man dressed in white, with eyebrows and eyes like ink paintings, walked into the hall holding a piano. Looking at this man with an outstanding temperament and floating like an immortal, everyone in the hall held their breath, only Jian Xiaozhu's face showed a surprised expression.

Jian Xiaozhu recognized that this person was the white-clothed male passerby she had met in front of the mask stall!