The invitation said that Xie Huaijin's eighteenth birthday in two days would be the ceremony, and as the crown prince, Emperor Zhaoren would naturally hold a banquet for him.

Therefore, the posts were all sent early to the six families of various generations, and although the one in Qiao Mei's hand came late, it was written by Xie Huaijin himself.

The children of the capital all know that the crown prince's fame in the world is not just due to his reckless bravery. At the age of three, he could read a thousand words, and at the age of five, he could write poems, Xie Huaijin was named the prince at the age of seven, and he was able to conspire with Emperor Zhaoren and point to the country, which made Taifu and many old ministers full of praise.

At that time, Xie Huaijin was not only a calm and outstanding little prince in front of his aunt, but also a nightmare for all the sons of the capital family.

Later, when his aunt died, Xie Huaijin rarely put pen to paper, let alone be as vassal-elegant as those sons.

He began to regain his martial arts, made great achievements with lightning speed, and was in charge of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the eyes of the sons turned from admiration to awe......

Qiao Mei stopped to reminisce, she pinched the invitation with the ink on it and said, "Take the dish down, please go and get the picture of the pine crane." ”

The plate on the table was quickly taken away by the maidservants, and Bai Qing carefully held the picture and put it on the table where Qiao Mei wrote, Bai Yue took care of the ink treasure on the table, and looked carefully at the slowly unfolding picture, she couldn't help but say: "Girl, do you really want to give this picture to His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

When the words fell, Qiao Mei glared at her.

When the picture on the table was unfolded, it was a huge splendid picture, made of fine brocade cloth with floating clouds.

This is Qiao Mei spent more than two months to embroider a needle and a thread, embroidered is a Panasonic white crane solitary, the scenery is very beautiful, but the line is a little rough and there is no beauty at all.

Previously, she spent a long time practicing her hands, and Qiao Yu ridiculed this white crane as a mandarin duck......

However, her female popularity is not good - since she was a child, Qi and Mrs. Qiao have been due to her temperament, and she has never taken a female red class after being pricked by a needle a few times. At that time, the Zhou family couldn't talk about her, and when she said it, she wanted to attract a lot of ridicule from the Qi family.

Glaring at the moon again, Qiao Mei said with a heartfelt voice: "What is the most important thing in gift-giving?" It's sincerity! Look at your girl, I have been embroidering for this picture for two whole months, this sincerity is simply enough......"

"Oh......" Bai Yue nodded understandingly.

Qiao Mei pinched the needle and thread again, and embroidered the last stroke of the poem in the picture with difficulty.

The warm sunlight shone down through the mottled window and reflected on Qiao Mei's delicate face, making her as white as jade.

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Xie Huaijin's first crown ceremony was held in the royal temple, and the people who received the invitations were all respected in the court and watched him grow up.

On that day, just after the hour, the palace wall and the middle pavilion struck the building bell, and the bells spread out and rang all over the corners of the capital.

Zongmiao is the sacred place of the Nanqi royal family, and non-royal bloodlines cannot step into it, so the courtiers only kneel outside, and Qiao Mei is also among them.

There are not many people who come, about a dozen, but this Jingguo Mansion family brought their families here.

Because Xie Huaijin only mentioned the people in Jingguo Gong's room in the post, the rest of the people in the mansion were not allowed to come, and Mrs. Qiao was the first lady of Emperor Zhaoren, and it was reasonable to be the grandmother of the prince, so she naturally had to be present.

Qiao Mei tilted his head and looked secretly, on the high steps, the man's figure knelt as tall as a pine bamboo, and the attendants in the side room held the praise and presented it to Emperor Zhaoren.

The sound of the bell ringing the chime rings again, the music is melodious and tactful, and the sandalwood lit on the pedestal is full of smoke.

It was too far away to hear the words. Qiao Mei only saw every sentence in Emperor Zhaoren's mouth, and the figure seemed to kneel down with coldness in his bones, and kowtowed until he reached the temple.

It's simply ...... It is to make people suffer.

Qiao Mei secretly sneered.

The fiery sun gradually revealed, but fortunately, the etiquette in the temple was not complicated, and it only took a few snorts to finish the work, otherwise under such a big sun, their courtiers would have to dry out......

Everyone got up, Emperor Zhaoren and Xie Huaijin had already entered the temple to worship again, and the others went to the west hall of the East Palace to wait under the guidance of the inner servants.

The east palace is divided into four halls, east and west, north and south, the north and south sides are the residence and meeting place of the prince, and the west hall is the most open, which is suitable for this occasion.

It didn't take long for Emperor Zhaoren to appear, and everyone was about to bow down, but as soon as he raised his hand, he said: "Zhongqing doesn't need to be polite today!" ”

After Emperor Zhaoren sat down, they went to sit on the west seat, and on the north side sat King Qin and the five princes who were named King Jing for a short time, and Jing Guogong also led Qiao Mei and them to sit down on the north seat.

Qiao Mei raised his eyes and saw that Emperor Zhaoren was only followed by a person who looked like a lady with pearl hair and gorgeous clothes, but he didn't see Xie Huaijin's figure.

"Meimei, come, come here." Emperor Zhaoren bumped into her eyes and couldn't help but smile.

"Qiao Mei has seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed and healthy!" She said crisply and obediently came out to salute.

"You girl!" Emperor Zhaoren smiled, "Why, even my uncle is no longer called?" ”

Qiao Mei also grinned, and responded with the situation: "Uncle, today is a great gift for His Royal Highness, and Qiao Mei has to be polite." ”

She saw Xie Huaijin who came out from the side and had already changed into a red and black robe, his black hair hanging straight down, and his expression was pale.

Facing his gloomy eyes without joy, Qiao Mei shrank his neck and retreated to the banquet.

I saw Xie Huaijin walking to the front of the hall, kneeling on the soft cushion placed by the waiter, and the bell rang again in the distance, and the praiser began to sing.

"A salute, a crown ceremony, in order to become a virtue."

"Whoa."

Xie Huaijin's somewhat cold voice sounded again, and then kowtowed.

"Second ceremony, filial piety, friends and brothers."

Bye-bye.

"Three gifts, don't be lazy or arrogant, and feast on the south of the sea and the river is clear."

After the ceremony was completed, the attendants around him came out and presented the crown gift to Emperor Zhaoren.

Emperor Zhaoren held the hosta, and a smile gradually appeared in his eyes, but his subordinates solemnly and gently curled their hair for Xie Huaijin.

After that, the crown was solemnly put on Xie Huaijin's hair, and the black hair on his head was gently pulled, but at the slightest pain, his hand under the hem of the gold-threaded robe was bent and clenched into a fist.

Emperor Zhaoren did not notice his emotion, and only patted him on the shoulder and arm heavily to show his sigh.

"Jin'er has grown up."

Xie Huaijin retracted the look in Fang Cai's eyes, and his voice came back, still light and cold: "It's a pity that the queen mother couldn't see the scene of her son......"

After the words fell, the dancing girls who had been arranged outside entered the hall one after another, and the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and the music was graceful and noisy, covering up his later words.

But Emperor Zhaoren heard what he said before, thinking that after he was sad and sad, he also had some sadness in his heart, and his thoughts in his eyes were complicated.

He helped Xie Huaijin up and motioned for the attendant to take the person down to change his uniform.

On the top of the main hall, the singing and dancing leveled out for a while, and the veiled dancers took on their postures, which actually made such a solemn atmosphere with a hint of malaise.

Most of the people present were old ministers of the DPRK and China, and they were all a little confused when they saw this scene.