"Then I have prepared a gift to give to the Queen Mother?"

Yue'er asked.

Zhou Shanggong laughed and stretched out his hand.

"Give me the gift, there are so many concubines here, please be free of it, if the Queen Mother accepts them one by one, I don't know when I will worship."

Yue'er was furious in her heart, but the words had already been spoken, so she had to hand the box containing the dragon and phoenix treasure hairpin to Zhou Shanggong.

"What kind of gift is this? I'll put it on the gift list for you later. ”

"A dragon and phoenix hairpin."

Zhou Shanggong's eyebrows raised.

"Concubine Duan, this is a gift from the emperor, don't you take good care of it, and you actually take it out as a gift?"

"Yes, this palace has searched all over the Baiyu Palace, and it is empty."

"Okay, it's rare that you have a filial piety to the Queen Mother, and I will remember it for you."

Zhou Shanggong took the gift box, glanced at Yue'er meaningfully, and whispered a few words to the little palace maid beside him before leaving.

Yue'er saw a little palace maid staying, standing behind her, and couldn't help but secretly shake her head, this little palace maid is monitoring herself, how can everyone guard against her like a thief, it seems that Concubine Duan's reputation is not good, and it has reached the point where everyone is on guard.

Seeing Zhou Shanggong leaving, Liu Shiyu glanced at Yue'er and smiled at Li Fengjun: "Sister Fengjun, the two of us are really cheeky, we actually came empty-handed, some people want to take a little more palace points, and they don't hesitate to take all the things given by the emperor as gifts, it's really magnanimous!" ”

Li Fengjun nodded and said, "Yes, this is the grace of the Queen Mother, we still don't know how to be people." ”

Yue'er rolled her eyes at the two, too lazy to care, in fact, it was not wrong for her to do this, the high status of the concubines was to express her gratitude to the Queen Mother, Zhaoyi had no net worth, so she was empty-handed.

The hall was full of people, Yue'er counted them, there were about a hundred concubines on the seat, she secretly laughed at her ignorance, and agreed to Zhaozhen, so many people, where to find Baili concubine.

Everyone talked about it, Yue'er listened to a rough idea, among these concubines, the concubines are eight, according to the ranking, they are Concubine Xian, Concubine Yuan, Concubine Rong, Concubine Shu, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Jing, Concubine Hui and Concubine Duan, it is Concubine Yuan who did not come today, Concubine Yuan has always been weak, basically nesting in the Manna Hall and not going out, and her own Concubine Duan is the worst, almost unable to participate.

At this time, a celebrant eunuch shouted at the door of the palace: "The Queen Mother has arrived-the Queen Mother has arrived-"

It turned out that the Queen Mother and the Queen arrived together.

There was a sudden sound of music behind the hall, Yue'er was startled, but she didn't expect that there were musicians hiding behind the screen.

Everyone stood up from their seats and waited respectfully.

Surrounded by a group of palace maids, two women walked outside the door of the main hall.

In front is a slightly bloated lady, she is wearing a dark blue robe, embroidered with a Hui Zhai pattern, a large belt around the waist, a dragon and phoenix pearl crown on her head, and a good face, although the green silk has been dyed with snow, but you can still imagine that she must have been extraordinary when she was young.

Yue'er was secretly surprised, this queen mother should be sixty years old, but she was much younger than she imagined.

There was a noble lady next to the Queen Mother, she held the sleeves of the Queen Mother, lowered her eyebrows, and was very respectful.

This woman is six feet tall, her figure is not fat or thin, she wears a phoenix crown, she wears a dress, embroidered with colorful Zhai patterns, and a white jade double pendant on her waist, looking at her appearance in her thirties, Yue'er said secretly: "This must be the queen!" To her surprise, the queen lady did not have powder on her face and attended the banquet without makeup.

"The Queen Mother Chitose, Chitose, Chitose—"

"Queen Mother Chitose, Chitose, Chitose—"

Without waiting for the Queen Mother's eyes to sweep the audience, everyone had already knelt down.

"Flat, flat—"

With a smile on her face, the Queen Mother waved to everyone in the main hall.

Yue'er saluted with everyone, their seats were remote and in the corner, and the Queen Mother and Queen Mother didn't look at this side at all.

The queen spoke, roughly thanking God, thanking God, and thanking the sisters and sisters for getting along well.

Liu Shiyu whispered to Li Fengjun: "I don't know which concubine will sleep for the emperor tonight." ”

Li Fengjun showed a look of jealousy.

"Who else, it must be Lin Zhaoyi, these days, the emperor has spent the night in her daisy hall!"

"Where is Lin Zhaoyi sitting, she should be sitting at the front of such a big feast today, right?"

"It must be, I heard that the emperor is feasting his ministers at the Jiying Hall at the foot of Banzai Mountain tonight, and it should be very lively to come over there."

"It's no wonder that you say it's weird, the queen, Concubine Shu Xian and Concubine Yuan can actually endure it."

"By the way, I didn't see Concubine Yuan today, is she still sick?"

"Who knows, Concubine Yuan has been sick all the time, and she always can't get better."

Yue'er now knows that Concubine Shu Xian is the mother of the crown prince Zhaoheng, and Concubine Yuan is the mother of the fifth son of the emperor, Zhaoshu.

At this time, after the queen finished speaking, the queen mother said a few words of blessing, the two sat down hand in hand, and the banquet began.

Yue'er saw that someone came to collect the melons and fruits on the table, and couldn't help but feel a little sorry, these things were removed and replaced before they were eaten, it was really a waste, so she grabbed a big red pomegranate and held it in her hand.

Li Fengjun pursed his lips with disdain, and Liu Shiyu sneered.

The palace maid standing behind finally couldn't help it and said, "Concubine Duan, these melons and fruits are for display, not for eating." ”

Yue'er found out that the pomegranate was a bit fake, and it was very heavy to start, it was actually a fake pomegranate carved from stone, so she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and hurriedly put it back on the plate.

The melon and fruit snacks were removed, and there were palace maids who put cups, jars, and slag buckets.

The banquet opened, the queen mother raised the wine glass on the stage, only to hear the music, there were two rows of dancing girls from outside the palace gate danced in, their body shape is enchanting, it may be because of the rain in the sky, so the makeup on the face is melted away, like a big flower face, this face is really indescribably spectacular.

Yue'er saw that there were more than 100 dancing girls, and she couldn't help but be stunned, she had long known that there was a teaching workshop in the palace, and the teaching workshop department had raised a lot of musicians and dancers, but she didn't expect the team to be so huge.

Next, the wine is on the table, the wine is osmanthus sake, with a wine jar, this wine is poured into the wine glass with a light yellow color, smelling mellow, this time Yue'er was not reckless, seeing the queen mother on the platform to raise a glass, others drank the first glass, then drank in the mouth, she felt that this wine in addition to sweet and light, it seems that there is nothing special.

After three glasses of wine, the table began to serve, first on the white meat, salted bean, fried meat, double hump dumplings, and then a steady stream of Hu cakes, smallpox cakes, silk soup, lotus meat cakes, honey floating crisp flowers, etc., Yue'er was dazzled, and secretly remembered in her heart that every time the wine was down, the dishes would change, and she couldn't put it on the back table, so she withdrew the front one.

This banquet is not boring, the Queen Mother first came out with a pair, and then came out with a riddle, guessing that there are prizes, but the three of Yue'er are too far away, even if they guess correctly, they can't grab the opportunity to answer.

Li Fengjun and Liu Shiyu wanted to fight for an answer at first, but later saw that there was no chance, so they let go of their reserve and feasted.

Yue'er has always been simple, except for the silk soup suitable for the taste, the others are also superficial.

At this time, various programs were staged on the red carpet in turn, including singing and dancing, ventriloquism, musical instruments, acrobatics, etc., Yue'er was dizzying, and Li Fengjun and Liu Shiyu couldn't help but exclaim, looking like they had never seen the world.

The little palace maid standing behind Yue'er looked at them with disdain.

"I wonder who the guest of today's award is?"

Liu Shiyu couldn't help but ask.

Li Fengjun smiled slightly, putting on an old qualification.

"Every year, a mysterious folk guest is invited into the palace and is rewarded, last year the prince's wet nurse was invited to thank her for her feeding grace, and I don't know who to invite this year."

Liu Shiyu asked quietly: "Could it be Baili Zhaoyi?" ”

Li Fengjun shook his head again and again.

"Impossible, that guest must have been invited by the people, Baili Zhaoyi has always been in the palace, it is impossible to reward her."

"Why is the prince's nurse in the folk?"

"Why isn't it a folk, there are several concubines who give birth to children in the palace, and their milk is not so coincidental, just enough to feed the prince."