"The Empress Dowager, if you really want to see it, the emperor will definitely not allow it." The palace maid said with a smile, but the empress dowager shook her head and sighed: "What's the use of seeing it?" The mourning family can't save her this time, just give up, everyone has their own life. ”

The Empress Dowager walked out of the dormitory to look at the dormitory where the night banquet was held, and as soon as she walked outside the door of the night banquet, she met Concubine Zhen, and Liu Xu'er respectfully asked for peace: "See the Empress Dowager for concubines." ”

"Get up, why don't you go in?" The Empress Dowager asked lightly, and the palace maid beside her carefully supported her.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, the concubine accidentally lost a bracelet because it was too valuable." Liu Yu'er frowned slightly, with a little anxiety: "If the concubine is not found, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night." ”

"The mourning family is curious, what kind of bracelet makes Concubine Zhen so anxious?" The Empress Dowager asked with some curiosity, and Concubine Zhen replied on her knees: "The bracelet that the concubine lost was given to the concubine by her mother before entering the palace, and the mother told the concubine that the bracelet would protect the concubine like her...... The concubine wears it every day, but today she accidentally lost her ......"

Liu Xu'er said, her eyes were slightly red, and her soft appearance moved the Queen Mother.

"You guys, help me find it." The Empress Dowager instructed the palace maids and eunuchs who followed behind her to look for them, and then stretched out her hand to help Liu Xue'er get up and said: "Concubine Zhen, the concubines in this harem are all like this, I can't miss my family, and the mourning family understands your feelings." ”

"The Empress Dowager ......" Liu Yu'er slowly raised her eyes, her eyes glistening with tears.

"The mourning family knows that you are not having a good time in this harem, but the person you have to serve is the emperor and the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty." The Empress Dowager was quite kind, and Liu Xu'er nodded: "The concubine understands, and I ask the Empress Dowager to forgive her sins, the concubine is just a little homesick, and she doesn't mean to disturb the Empress Dowager's interest......"

She lowered her eyebrows and looked pleasing to her eyes, with a little panic on her face, and a little palace maid on the side trotted over with a silver bracelet, "The Empress Dowager, the bracelet has been found." ”

"Concubine Zhen, look at it, but this bracelet." The Empress Dowager glanced at the bracelet, only to see that the concubine hurriedly took it, held it tightly in her hand and regarded it as a treasure, and said gratefully: "Concubine, thank the Empress Dowager." ”

"That's it, the birthday banquet is about to start, your appearance is not good for the emperor to see, let's clean up and come in." The Empress Dowager said and walked towards the palace, walked a few steps and looked back at Liu Xu'er, "Concubine Zhen, if you are free in the future, come and sit in the mourning palace." ”

Her words made Liu Xu'er happy, and hurriedly saluted, and then raised her eyes to see that the figure of the Empress Dowager had gradually walked away, and the palace maid on the side asked very puzzledly: "Niangniang, you deliberately lost this bracelet, is it just to talk to the Empress Dowager?" ”

Liu Yu'er's eyes fell on the bracelet in her palm, hooked her lips and smiled: "No, this is just the beginning." ”

The palace maid who was supporting the Empress Dowager was very puzzled, and she asked in a low voice: "Empress Dowager, haven't you always been unkind to see her before?" ”

"Congratulations to the Empress Dowager on her birthday, and I wish the Empress Dowager blessings such as the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan." The harem concubines and ministers said respectfully, and the empress dowager raised her hand with a smile, "Everyone, please get up." ”

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, King Wu is here." Gui Xi quickly walked into the hall and said respectfully.

"Please come in." Beitang Jinyu's eyes flashed, and the emotion in his eyes was suppressed.

Although King Wu is already in his forties, he still looks very healthy, after all, he used to be a person who galloped on the battlefield, and now he is getting older and has a little more vicissitudes, but it adds a little more righteousness, but in the eyes of Beitang Jinyu, it is just a wolf's ambition.

"The ministers see the emperor, see the empress dowager, and wish the empress dowager the eucharist." King Wu saluted, looking very respectful.

Beitang Jinyu raised his hand and responded lightly: "Get up." ”

"King Wu came so late, but what happened on the way?" The Empress Dowager asked, a smile appeared on her lips, King Wu sat down in a position on the side, and looked at the Empress Dowager: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the minister just felt a little unwell on the road, so the carriage went slower, and I ask the Empress Dowager for forgiveness for missing the hour." ”

Beitang Jinyu raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile and concern: "Since King Wu is not feeling well, he must pay attention to it." ”

"Thank you for your concern." King Wu responded, picked up his glass and said: "Today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, the ministers will toast a glass first and offer a congratulatory gift to the Empress Dowager." ”

King Wu drank the wine all the time, a little more heroic, his eyes signaled to the eunuch on the side, the eunuch hurriedly picked up the tray in his hand and respectfully walked to the Queen Mother, King Wu got up, "The Queen Mother, this is a piece of mutton fat jade that the minister accidentally obtained, which is extremely precious, and I hope that the Queen Mother will be blessed and prolong her life." ”

"King Wu has a heart." The Empress Dowager picked up the mutton fat jade and looked at it carefully, revealing a little smile: "This mutton fat jade is transparent in color and faintly radiant, it looks really a good object." ”

King Wu sat down again, his eyes flashing a little proudly.

Beitang Jinyu's gaze fell on Xiao Chu on the side, and the two looked at each other and understood each other.

Concubine Xiao Guifei got up and bowed to the Empress Dowager, and said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, today is your birthday, and the concubines are incompetent and don't know what the Empress Dowager likes, just thinking about such a big day, the concubines should send their most sincere blessings." Xiao Ruyan said and gestured to the palace maid on the side, and immediately a palace maid stepped forward respectfully with a tray and knelt in front of the queen mother.

"Oh? Xiao Guifei made the mourning family curious. The Empress Dowager said with a smile, Xiao Ruyan stepped forward, gently uncovered the scarf covered with the tray, and put it on the tray, which was a palace dress.

"The concubine sewed a palace dress and dedicated it to the Empress Dowager, hoping that the Empress Dowager will live longer, be healthy and happy in the future." Xiao Ruyan bent her knees slightly, the Empress Dowager's eyes lit up, and she beckoned: "Come up and show it to the mourning family, they all say that Xiao Guifei's female workers are unmatched, and the embroidered handkerchief sachet is surprisingly exquisite." ”

"It's too much of a compliment." Xiao Ruyan hooked her lips and smiled, and the Queen Mother saw the clothes and really couldn't put them down.

"Guifei, you have a heart." The Empress Dowager looked very pleased, and the smile in Xiao Ruyan's eyes became brighter and brighter, but Liu Yu'er on the side had a very bad face.

She spent two or three months sewing a dress for the Queen Mother, I don't know how many nights she stayed up, but she didn't expect Xiao Ruyan to give it away in front of her today, which made her embarrassed.

"Niangniang, this ......" The palace maid beside Liu Yu'er also frowned.

Liu Yu'er shook her head slightly, secretly thinking in her heart that she was fortunate to have second-hand preparations.

"The concubine knew that the Empress Dowager was visiting the Buddha every day and was devout to the Buddha, so the concubine copied a few copies by hand, which was not a valuable gift, only a little heart." Liu Yuer smiled and bowed to the Empress Dowager Yingying, and asked the palace maid on the side to present a few hand-copied Buddhist scriptures.

"I didn't expect Concubine Zhen to have such intentions, this copying Buddhist scriptures is the most energy-consuming, you need to be quiet and pious, without any distractions." The Empress Dowager ordered someone to present the Buddhist scriptures, and read them carefully, with a smile in her eyes.

Liu Yu'er still smiled and said slowly: "If the empress dowager likes it, the concubine is willing to copy the Buddhist scriptures every day." ”

"Flattery!" Xiao Ruyan on the side snorted coldly, looking at her with full mockery.

"Concubine Zhen has a heart, and the mourning family likes it very much." The Empress Dowager said with a smile, and the concubines and courtiers sent congratulatory gifts one after another, and it was very lively for a while.

"Your hearts have been accepted." The Empress Dowager smiled, looking very close to the people.

Beitang Jinyu waved her hand, the sound of the sheng flute sounded, and the dancer in Tsing Yi danced slowly again, her body graceful and light.

Just when the front hall was singing and dancing, the two people sneaked into the palace, Liu Yingjiang avoided the guards in the palace, lowered his voice and said to the figure next to him: "The front is the imperial study, the key is likely to be hidden inside, let's go and see it first." ”

"Okay." The man replied in a low voice, and followed Liu Yingjiang to quickly flash to the front of the imperial study.

This person is the thief that Le Yao said he listened to with Gao Weihu a few days ago, and he is Liu Yingjiang's friend, and everything he decides to do is not out of his hands, so Liu Yingjiang will only think of looking for him.

Today's birthday banquet of the Empress Dowager, the palace in front of it is very lively, and there should not be many guards in this imperial study, but Liu Yingjiang's brows are slightly furrowed: "Why is there a lot of additional guards in this imperial study?" Could it be that Beitang Jinyu is so treacherous and knows that I will come today. ”

Beitang Jinyu sent guards today not to guard against Liu Yingjiang, but to King Wu.

He has cast a net and is waiting only for the king of martial arts.

"It's okay, I'll go in by myself, and you take care of it outside." The thief looked around, took advantage of the darkness of the night, and made a detour to the back of the imperial study at great speed, opened the window and went in, and landed silently.

The thief searched for the desk of Beitang Jinyu but did not see it, his eyes fell on the bookcase behind the desk, he carefully opened the lattices to look, but still did not find the key.

Liu Yingjiang waited outside the imperial study for a while, looking around vigilantly, faintly worried in his heart, this Beitang Jinyu has always been cunning, and he actually put the key next to Guixi before, who would have thought of this.

He was afraid that he would be discovered after delaying too long, so he also took advantage of the night to enter the imperial study, and when he saw that the thief was still investigating, he whispered: "How is it?" ”

"There's a lot of dark compartments in this study." The thief frowned slightly, Liu Yingjiang looked at the guards who kept passing outside the imperial study, and hurriedly helped the thief find it.

At this time, the banquet in the front hall gradually had dark waves, King Wu quietly made a gesture to the eunuch beside him, the eunuch took advantage of the lack of attention to secretly go down, King Wu casually enjoyed the song and dance, but did not know that the scene was in full view of Beitang Jinyu.

The eunuch snuck out of the feast and headed for the place, unaware of a figure creeping behind him.

The Empress Dowager was chatting with Beitang Jinyu, but she didn't expect that suddenly a sharp arrow came from outside the hall, straight towards Beitang Jinyu, everyone was shocked and couldn't help but scream, or her face was white, Beitang Jinyu's eyes narrowed and she dodged slightly, and the sharp arrow finally shot at the golden jade pillar behind the side of the seat, and it was inserted a few points, which was enough to see the strength of the arrow.