On the tenth day of the first month of March, Queen Chen's birthday banquet, before dawn in the palace, she began to get busy and prepare for the palace banquet in the evening. Although Queen Chen is the successor, she is quite favored by His Majesty, but it is a pity that there is only one daughter under her knees, the third princess Zhou Yuanle.

In the evening, the ministers entered the palace one after another with their families, and they could not be late or absent from the birthday banquet of Empress Chen. This palace banquet is not only for Queen Chen's birthday, but also for the relatives of several princesses and princes.

The crown prince Zhou Yuanlin and the eldest princess Zhou Yuanhua were born from the former queen Zhu, the eldest princess was eighteen years old, one year older than the prince, and she has not yet left the cabinet. The second prince of Concubine Yang De, Zhou Yuanhong, the third prince of Concubine Wu Xian, the third prince of Lu Wang Zhou Yuanjun, the fourth prince of Concubine Wang Li, Zhou Yuanli, the third princess of Queen Chen, and the second princess Zhou Yuandie of Concubine Xu Hui are all unmarried. As the mother-in-law of several princes and princesses, Empress Chen naturally wants to take advantage of this birthday banquet to see suitable relatives for them, which is her business.

His Majesty and Empress Chen came belatedly, His Majesty sat in the middle, Empress Chen sat on his left side, and Concubine Yang De, Concubine Wu Xian, Concubine Xu Hui, and Concubine Wang Li sat on the right side, and everyone sat in turn.

Suddenly, Queen Chen's eyes fell on the third princess Zhou Yuanle, and she was wearing a pink embroidered dress, sitting next to Wang Yaolin of Dali Temple at the moment, didn't she tell the third princess a long time ago that she was absolutely not allowed to sit next to Dali Temple, was she blatantly disobeying herself? In front of so many people, being so close to Dali Siqing is not a joke, grabbing the handle, how could she give birth to such a stupid daughter, a trace of cruelty crossed Queen Chen's eyes. At that moment, he glanced at the grandmother beside him, muttered a few words in the mother's ear, and saw the grandmother walking towards the third princess in a hurry.

The third princess chuckled in her heart, and looked at Queen Chen, she prayed in her heart, the queen mother must not send someone over, she finally sat next to Wang Yaolin, but don't let her leave. In the end, the third princess still sat next to Queen Chen, whether she wanted it or not.

Wang Yaolin breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but look at the green clothes.

His Majesty gave an order, and the queen's birthday banquet officially began, followed by singing and dancing, and it was time for everyone to congratulate Queen Chen on her birthday. Empress Chen is the queen of the middle palace, and the other concubines naturally racked their brains to give her rare treasures, which can not only attract attention at the banquet, but also make Empress Chen's heart bloom, why not.

Concubine Yang De, Concubine Wu Xian, Concubine Xu Hui, Concubine Wang Li, and several princes and princesses all presented their birthday gifts to Queen Chen, which were nothing more than some jewelry, antiques and jade, and did not like these Queen Chen, so she accepted them lightly.

When it was the turn of the crown prince and the eldest princess to give gifts, the two glanced at each other, and then quickly stood up and walked towards the emperor and queen.

Seeing this, His Majesty frowned slightly.

Empress Chen accepted the congratulatory gifts from the crown prince and the eldest princess with a smile, and said softly: "You have a heart, the prince is weak, hurry up and sit down and rest." By the way, why didn't the crown princess see this palace? "A little bit of a reminder.

As soon as the words fell, without waiting for the prince to answer, he saw Yang Defei chuckling: "Presumably, the prince felt sorry for the princess, so he didn't let her participate in today's birthday banquet of the queen's mother." Everyone knows that the crown prince and the crown princess have been married for less than four months, and the husband and wife are not harmonious, it is obvious that Yang Defei is hiding a knife in her smile, which is clearly ridiculing the prince for being incompetent and unable to restrain and discipline the princess. It must not be a secret that the crown princess returned to her mother's home, Zhenbei Wangfu, as long as she sent someone to inquire a little, she could find out, and now she said these words, naturally with bad intentions.

Immediately afterwards, Concubine Wu Xian said: "The prince and the princess have a deep relationship with each other, which is really enviable. ”

Concubine Xu Hui also bowed: "The crown princess is really a blessing." ”

Concubine Wang Li echoed: "Presumably, the princess is tired of serving the prince these days, please don't punish the princess." ”

Prince: "......" They have a really good ability to open their eyes and tell nonsense.

At this time, His Majesty raised the wine glass in his hand and said: "Let's raise a glass together, toast to today's birthday queen, these years, the queen is in charge of the harem, it is not easy, come, let us respect the queen." As soon as he gave the order, no one naturally mentioned the absence of the crown princess again.

The crown prince and the eldest princess each returned to their seats, and as soon as they sat down, before the prince could pick up the wine glass in his hand, he saw the little palace maid wearing pink clothes next to him bump into it, and his hand shook, the wine glass was not stable, and the wine in the cup was scattered on the robe.

Empress Chen saw this scene with sharp eyes, and said softly: "The prince should hurry up and change his clothes." "It was a good opportunity just now, she wanted to make things difficult for the prince, how could the princess not come to her birthday banquet? How to say, she is also the mother of the crown prince and the crown princess, the crown princess does not know etiquette so much, His Majesty actually does not punish her, but also protects her, this resentment in Queen Chen's heart can't come out.

Soon the prince got up and hurried to change into new clothes.

Although His Majesty protects the crown prince, everyone can see in their hearts that the prince and the crown princess have offended Queen Chen.

King Zhan held the wine glass in his hand, a smile crossed his eyes, and he quickly raised his head and drank the beautiful scenery in the wine glass. The show is about to begin, and he can't miss it.

Queen Chen's birthday banquet naturally has a famous lady to help the fun, the eldest daughter of the Chengguo Mansion Xu Zijiao with a moving dance to make everyone's eyes shine, won Queen Chen's birthday banquet color, is Queen Chen's wedding plug hairpin, which is very precious.

But after a while, I saw a disheveled red-clothed palace maid trembling all over, her lips were white, and she hurriedly ran towards the banquet, and soon knelt in front of the emperor and queen.

This scene shocked everyone, and Empress Chen took the lead in asking: "Who are you, where are you in the palace, and what happened?" ”

Next, everyone's eyes fell on the red-clothed palace maid, listening to her answer.

The red-clothed palace maid was still trembling, lowered her eyes and replied: "Queen Qiyu, the slave maid is on an errand in the Huanyi Bureau, and at the order of the aunt, she went to get the prince's change of clothes, but who would have thought that the prince would actually ...... to the slave and maid" She hid her face and sobbed as she spoke, how could she be a soft palace maid to deal with the prince of the dynasty.

It is a well-known thing that the prince is weak, but it is difficult for people not to believe what this palace maid said at the moment. Everyone thought that the crown prince was troubled by Empress Chen, and asked about the absence of the crown princess, and it was not impossible to take revenge on Empress Chen in their hearts. Their prince is not easy to mess with, and this palace maid today is unlucky.

Concubine Yang De, Concubine Wu Xian, Concubine Xu Hui, Concubine Wang Li and others looked at each other, when encountering this kind of thing, with the emperor and queen there, there was no need for them to intervene, they made their own decisions.

With a bang, His Majesty threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Who are you instructed by to dare to slander the crown prince of the dynasty, and why don't you invite you from the truth?" ”

Empress Chen randomly echoed: "What Your Majesty said is that the prince has a gentle temperament and a weak body, how can he do anything wrong to you, who instructed you to slander the prince like this, and why don't you explain it quickly?" ”

When the red-clothed palace maid heard this, she raised her head, her eyes were empty, and she said: "Your Majesty, the queen, the slave and maid dare not deceive at all, it is indeed the prince who wants to do something wrong to the slave and maid, please Your Majesty and the queen give the slave and maid justice." After speaking, he lowered his head and kowtowed three times.

The absence of the crown princess, Concubine Yang De, Concubine Wu Xian, and Concubine Wang Li can still echo Queen Chen to say a few words, and now when the prince wants to do something bad to the palace maid at the queen's birthday banquet, they each have a prince under their knees, so they can only wait and see how things develop, whether someone slanders the prince, or the prince is indeed misbehaving, this good show should not be missed.