In the palace of the Queen Mother, the emperor is accompanying the Queen Mother to eat, the Queen Mother has a bad appetite recently, and the Emperor will always come to eat with the Queen Mother after learning about it, and the Queen Mother is willing to eat more.

After a long time, the emperor sighed lightly, remembering today's events, and then he spoke, "Queen Mother, I will not participate in the Lantern Festival banquet. ”

The Queen Mother couldn't help but be a little surprised, this annual Lantern Festival, the palace will hold a banquet, this is not the Son of Heaven in charge, I'm afraid there is something wrong, and I'm afraid that it will be discussed by those villains at that time.

"Why?" The Queen Mother was a little puzzled, now there are more and more royal things, she just wants to save the royal face, but don't let people see jokes, the prince's affairs have already broken her heart, but she doesn't want the emperor to make any trouble here.

"Queen Mother, I still have lingering palpitations about the last assassination, I see that these people in the court now all have ghosts in their hearts, and I am very worried, and I really can't be interested in these." The emperor seemed to be reluctant to think about it, and those words were even more miserable, he really didn't know where to let the assassin succeed, and where this huge dragon kingdom should go.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't help but think about it, and said that the royal family was rich and glorious, but who knew the sadness and pain in it? Anyway, the emperor seems to be in poor health, and the Lantern Festival banquet will be handled by her, she still has the strength to help the emperor a little bit, and in a few years, she is afraid that she will not be able to help if she wants to.

"Okay, just leave everything to the mourning family, you can rest in the palace, don't worry about other things, although this state affair is heavy, you must also pay attention to your body, you are the king of a country, you can't play with children." The queen mother saw that the emperor's face was indeed not good, and she spoke earnestly and comfortingly.

"Yes, son-in-law, remember, thank your mother!"

The emperor handed over the matter to the Queen Mother, and transferred a lot of slaves, maids, grandmothers and guards to the Queen Mother, and ordered that it must be done well.

There will be a Lantern Festival banquet in this palace every year, and after the Queen Mother reprimanded and instructed a few words as usual, everything went according to plan.

The Lantern Festival banquet came as scheduled, and the palace at night was also brightly lit, as bright as day.

"Adults, please." The palace ladies are all dressed in uniform palace clothes, which will not look too ordinary, nor will they be too showy, shuttling through the banquet.

The invitees were all ministers and royal nobles above the third rank in the court, and the rest of them couldn't get in even if they wanted to.

After a while, people arrived one after another, like the banquet held by the royal family, usually few people are late, and some ministers tend to come early, after all, they can't let the emperor and the queen mother wait for them.

The Queen Mother naturally came at the beginning of the dinner, and sat on a high position in the center above them under the respectful worship of everyone.

The Queen Mother sat down slowly, looking at the hall full of people, and couldn't help but smile and said, "The emperor has been working state affairs recently, so that his health is not safe, and he will not come today, and the ministers have also worked hard, so there is no need to be restrained here." ”

Everyone present was a human spirit, and they all knew it in their hearts, and only said some words of compliment and concern, and the dinner officially began.

The Lantern Festival banquet is held every year, in the main hall of the Ting Water Pavilion, this year is no exception, the place here is spacious, but it does not feel cold, this is the reason why the brazier is burning everywhere, it is enough to see the huge consumption in the palace.

In front of everyone in the main hall was a long table, filled with all kinds of fruits and snacks, as well as a few jugs of wine, and of course, the delicacies of the mountains and the sea at the end of the banquet.

This time, the most famous musicians and dancers in the capital were invited, and many people had admired them for a long time and concentrated their attention.

The musician sits on a specially built high platform, dressed in a blue shirt spread out like water, with slender fingers, gently twisting on the strings, and the melodious sound of the piano flows out, which is very pleasant.

And against the backdrop of the song, the dancer wearing a red fringed dress danced on the stage, her graceful posture and gestures were extremely charming and sultry, which made people unable to take their eyes off it at all.

After a song, the pianist and the dancer left one after another, and many people present stretched their necks to watch, and the Queen Mother looked up, very satisfied with the result, and let people go to the next show.

Soon, the next show also began.

I only heard a melodious flute sound, this is the music of the palace to teach Mama. And as the song began, a group of dancing girls in goose yellow dresses rushed in and danced on the stage, although it was not as charming and enchanting as the woman in red just now, but it also had a different style.

Everyone was watching, and the people on the stage didn't know which step went wrong, and a dancer fell down while jumping, and the stage was a little chaotic in an instant.

Everyone present couldn't help but change their faces, and some people secretly said in their hearts that it was not good, how could this dancer make a mistake in a proper manner, and it was at such a banquet, they were afraid that they would suffer.

At this time, the Queen Mother's face had already changed, she thought that she could ensure that this dinner was foolproof, but she didn't expect that something really went wrong, but she never thought that the mistake would come here.

"What's going on?" The Queen Mother's serious and slightly angry voice reached the ears of everyone present, and the people on the stage had already knelt down in a panic and begged for mercy, and the rest of the people naturally watched with an attitude of watching a good show.

The grandmother in charge of Lile had already knelt down with weak legs in fright, and her heart had become a mess of paste, no matter what she said at this time, she couldn't make up for the mistake that had gone wrong, she couldn't help but scold those dancing girls to death in her heart, "Back to the Queen Mother, this ......"

There is a group of official ladies who have long wanted to behave in front of the Queen Mother, so taking advantage of this opportunity, a young lady took the lead in standing up, "The Queen Mother is angry, these dancing girls are afraid that they will be too excited to accidentally make mistakes, and please ask the Queen Mother to calm her anger, don't punish them, why don't you go on stage and play a song for the Queen Mother?" ”

Sure enough, hearing this young lady's words, the Queen Mother's face also eased, and she glanced at the grandmother on the side, and the mother went willingly, and the Queen Mother turned her head to look at the young lady, "Okay, since you have this intention, then the mourning family will be approved." ”

As soon as the Queen Mother's words came out, the rest of the ladies also proposed to perform a show for the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother nodded their heads in agreement, and the group of young ladies hurried up to the stage, playing a lighter tune, and dancing extremely easily.

After the dance was over, the ladies performing on the stage also said a lot of flattering words, in short, the smile on the queen mother's face became brighter and brighter.

"Okay, it's all good, and the mourning family is rewarded." The queen looked at these young ladies with joy, and was quite satisfied.

Hua Yan on the side saw the behavior of these young ladies in his eyes and remembered them in his heart, and couldn't help but mock a few words in his heart, hmph, isn't it to show more performance here when they are so flattering to the Queen Mother this time? Maybe they can get the appreciation of the Queen Mother, and can help them choose a good husband in the future?

Hua Yan couldn't help but look down on them in her heart, but she seemed to have forgotten that she wasn't much different from them at the beginning? It's just that she is luckier than them, she is a county lord, and she has always followed the queen mother's side, and now she is married to the person she likes.

Thinking about it, a touch of calculation arose spontaneously in Hua Yan's heart, looked at Wen Ruyi who was sitting on the other side, and snorted coldly in his heart, Wen Ruyi, you are usually half a head taller than me, it doesn't matter, but this time, I will definitely let you lose your face, and see if the prince will like you.

"Imperial grandmother, I think Sister Ruyi also likes these talents quite a bit on weekdays, so it's better to let her show her too." Thinking of this, Hua Yan stood up without changing her face, she has always been by the side of the Queen Mother, and she is naturally closer than others when she talks.

Hearing the voice, the Queen Mother turned her gaze to Hua Yan, and then moved to Wen Ruyi on the side, Hua Yan has always followed her, she still knows a little bit of her thoughts, and suddenly couldn't help frowning, looking a little unhappy that Hua Yan was willful on such an occasion, but he didn't object, just stared at the two of them.

Wen Ruyi really didn't expect Hua Yan to give herself such a trick, she immediately stood up after hearing her name, and accepted the scrutiny of the Queen Mother, but her mind had already turned a hundred times, this Hua Yan's approach didn't need to look at it to know that there must be a conspiracy, she didn't care about these false names and other people's opinions, thinking that it would be better to refuse as soon as possible.

"Sister Hua Yan's words are wrong, the Queen Mother has watched so many performances just now, and she is probably a little tired, I will just be tired of watching it, it will make everyone laugh, forget it, I ......"

But before Wen Ruyi's words were finished, he was interrupted by the Queen Mother, "It's okay, since Hua Yan has said so, the mourning family will allow you to perform." ”

At this time, the eyes of the entire hall were almost on her, even Chu Hongze looked at her with some concern, seeing that she was unwilling, he wanted to stand up and speak for her, Wen Ruyi immediately glanced at him, and Chu Hongze didn't get up.

Wen Ruyi originally wanted to refuse, but remembering that this is ancient times, and remembering Chu Hongze's current situation, since the Queen Mother has already spoken, how can she not listen to her words, and besides, if she offends the Queen Mother, she should be sad in the future, doesn't this also just call Hua Yan's heart?

Wen Ruyi glanced up at Hua Yan, and sure enough, when facing her, Hua Yan's eyes were full of calculations, and she even gave a smug look, as if she was contemptuous and confident, with an expression of waiting to see a good show.

"Sister, my sister knows that you have a thin face, so I have already prepared for you, I remember that you didn't say last time that you were going to prepare a show for the Queen Mother, sister, hurry up, the Queen Mother is waiting."