If it weren't for the fact that there were no ovens in this era. Yan Shaoxun was able to make a real creamy birthday cake.

Gu Fanghua was already very happy, Zhong Taojiao kept using a spoon to gesque, this crystal clear pastry looked delicious.

Everyone was the first to taste a little cake that Yan Shaoxun had studied. After using the lunch carefully prepared by Yan Changxin, Ye Shisan, who returned to Beijing, was sent away, and in the afternoon, they got together to play horse hanging.

However, Gu Fanghua was a little regretful.

Every year and today, I am with my grandmother, but this year I am in a foreign land, and I don't know if my grandmother thinks about herself.

Capital, Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Zhong was nagging: "Xiuchun, you said that Mingzhu is a girl, I really can't miss it." I don't know what she eats today, has anyone ever given her birthday? ”

"Queen Mother, don't worry. There are so many people in Liaodong, are you still afraid that the county lord will not have anyone to celebrate her birthday? Come, first use a bowl of sesame paste. ”

Mama Fang saw that Empress Dowager Zhong didn't use much for lunch, so she ordered the small kitchen to make a bowl of black sesame paste, and now serve it, the temperature is not cold or hot, just right.

Empress Dowager Zhong has a ride, but she doesn't use it, she sighs for a long time, and misses Gu Fanghua very much.

Dongchun came in to report: "The Queen Mother, the virtuous concubine Niangniang brought Concubine Li, and the noble Qi to greet you, do you see it or not?" ”

"Nope!"

Empress Dowager Zhong was not in the mood to entertain them, so she waved her hand and let Dongchun go out to pass the way.

Dongchun walked out and respectfully saluted Concubine Bai Xian: "Back to Concubine Xian, the Queen Mother is tired and doesn't want to see guests, so please come back another day." ”

"Well, thank you Dongchun, then Gong Ming'er will come to ask for peace again. Two sisters, let's go. ”

Walking out of Cining Palace, Qi Guiren flattered: "Sister Xian, the Queen Mother's shelf is also too big, my sister went to ask for peace in her busy schedule, and she also ate closed-door soup." ”

Concubine Bai Xian had long expected that the noble Qi was still a little indignant, and said with a smile: "Sister Qi, the Queen Mother rarely sees the palace concubine, as long as we have our hearts." ”

"Sister Xianfei, I heard that the county lord of Mingzhu has grown up in the palace since he was a child, so isn't he very close to several princes?"

Concubine Bai Xian stopped and looked at Qi Guiren with a smile.

"Sister Qi, gossiping in this palace is a taboo, not to mention that it involves the lord of Mingzhu. You are only from the south of the Yangtze River, you don't know the pearl, you have to remember that the lord of the pearl is the queen mother, and those who touch it die! ”

Qi Guiren hurriedly said in a panic: "Sister Xianfei, I didn't know before. It's just strange that she, as the lord of the county, can grow up in the palace like a princess, and it's a little curious. ”

"Don't be curious, you'll know when the county lord comes back, only say what you can say in this palace, and don't say what you can't say."

Concubine Bai Xian attaches great importance to Qi Guiren and is willing to point to her.

"The concubine knows."

Concubine Li didn't speak, only smiled and watched Concubine Bai Xian and Guiren Qi talk.

When Qi Guiren saw it, he was vaguely angry, thinking that Concubine Li was ridiculing her, and quickly came up with a plan.

I saw a touch of coquettishness on her goose-egg-like face, and said with a smile: "Sister Lifei, when I first entered the palace, I didn't understand anything, and I asked Sister Lifei to give me more advice." ”

"Sister Qi is polite. I can't talk about advice, as long as my sister listens more and talks less, she will understand quickly. ”

Concubine Bai Xian glanced at Concubine Li with a smile and said, "Liping, it turns out that the noble Qi is in your kilometers." Then you have to teach him well. Teach her the rules first. lest Mingzhu come back and get into trouble. ”

"Yes, sissy."

Concubine Li reluctantly responded, and she already had ten or eight ideas in her heart, so she could teach her well.

When Concubine Bai Xian returned to Xianfu Palace, Yan Shaoxun's letter arrived.

She studied it twice and smiled. He muttered in a low voice, "God help me, God help me!" ”

The smoke was like nothing, glancing at the letter in Concubine Bai Xian's hand, and seeing Yan Shaoxun's vigorous and powerful font, he also felt that his heart was beating so fast.

"Niangniang, is there any good news?"

Concubine Bai Xian slowly tore the letter into pieces, and then put the pieces into the incense burner to see it burn out.

"Smoke, I can't think of it, I can't think of it. The lord of Mingzhu really likes Xiao Yao, this is interesting, this palace has a way to greet the sixth prince Yan Rongling. ”

Yanxiang whispered: "Didn't the five princes say anything?" ”

"He can't sow discord, if he makes a move, it will be easy for Yan Rongling to see through. It's better to let Hongu arrange it and guarantee to surprise him. ”

It was rare for Concubine Bai Xian to show such an outgoing emotion, because she felt that she was one step closer to the throne of the Queen Mother.

Agarwood reported: "Niangniang, Qi Guiren sent two more boxes of snail dai. ”

"Throw it in the treasury, and if he sends anything in the future, you can directly accept it and put it in the small warehouse. Among this batch of show girls, she and Fuguiren climbed the fastest. It's just that it's too smart. ”

Concubine Bai Xian has been in the palace for more than ten years, and she has long looked down on the love between men and women.

In front of her, when the little tricks and small means played by Qi Guiren were harmless, they all listened to it. There is only one article, which should be handed over to Li Concubine to teach.

That is: the lord of the pearl, you can't touch it.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Holy Maiden of Miao Jiang was the first to arrive in the capital, and entered the palace in the afternoon to meet Emperor Hong Zheng.

Emperor Hong Zheng had discussed with Empress Dowager Zhong in advance that it was not appropriate to summon him at the court meeting, and it was easy to attract deformities when summoned alone in the imperial study. It's better to summon the Holy Maiden of Miao Jiang directly in Cining Palace.

"Hua Xiaoxiao has seen the Emperor of the Great Zhou, the Queen Mother."

Empress Dowager Zhong glanced at her and said with a smile: "Holy Maiden, please get up, Dongchun, give a seat." The saint's dress is so chic. ”

The Holy Maiden of Miaojiang was dressed in colorful brocade clothes, and there were all kinds of sterling silver headdresses on her head, and she was full of them. There is also a large string of silver rings on the arms and feet. When I walked, I clanged and jingled.

"Really? Queen Mother, we all dress up like this. Follow the customs, and tomorrow I will go to buy your clothes for the Great Zhou. ”

Empress Dowager Zhong still likes the straightforward nature of the Holy Maiden of Miaojiang.

smiled: "It's not intimate to buy outside, and it just so happened that the sewing room sent two sets of clothes." The saint can give it a try and see if the size is right. ”

The Holy Maiden of Miao Jiang nodded: "Then I will be respectful and obey my fate." Thank you, Queen Mother. ”

Emperor Hong Zheng looked at it with a smile for a while, and then said: "I don't know the Holy Maiden of Miaojiang, this time I entered Beijing because of the mutual market?" Or is it a rebellion of the Dong people? ”

"No, I'm here to find someone in the capital."

The Holy Maiden of Miao Jiang did not hide it and told Emperor Hong Zheng the truth directly. attracted Empress Dowager Zhong and Emperor Hong Zheng, silently exchanging a look.

"Oh, looking for someone? Who are you looking for? How do you know that he is in the capital, is it because of something? ”

Empress Dowager Zhong knocked on the side, and Hua Xiaoxiao didn't seem to have any intention of concealing it, so she said generously: "I heard that Xiao Yao won the champion, I came to find Xiao Yao." ”

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