So, Ruoyin followed everyone up and saluted.

The next moment, the fourth master wearing a bright yellow dragon robe.

and the queen mother, who was wearing a dark purple floral pattern flag costume, both entered the Taihe Palace.

After the fourth master and the queen mother sat down on the top, they said majestically inside and outside the hall: "Today is the Queen Mother's Halloween, you don't have to be polite, and you will congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday." ”

Here, some older emperors and empress dowagers celebrated their birthdays, also known as the Longevity Festival.

Then, I saw the Queen Mother smile and said, "Let's get up." ”

"Emperor Xie, Queen Mother." Ruoyin got up with everyone and took a seat.

Immediately after that, the minions of the imperial dining room began to serve Manchu special food.

For example: crispy pies, small dumplings, large dumplings, red and white dumplings, dried fruits, fresh fruits, as well as animal meat and wine, etc.

After the imperial dining room has laid out all the meals, a group of singers and singers came in the center of the hall to celebrate their birthdays.

As those birthday celebrations were finished, the sound of whips sounded outside.

Then, people inside and outside the hall got up again and saluted the Queen Mother at the top, "I wish the Queen Mother a long and healthy life!" ”

"Okay, okay, there's no need to be polite." The Queen Mother said with a pleasant face.

After everyone sat down again, the fourth master said majestically: "The Queen Mother's Birthday Festival is coming, I have ordered all temples to chant for the Queen Mother's birthday, and personally copied the scriptures to present." In addition, during the Wanshou Festival, folk slaughter is prohibited, and the imperial court prohibits the beheading of criminal prisoners............"

In short, the Queen Mother's birthday mainly revolves around the eight words "universal celebration, universal amnesty".

It also shows that the status of the Queen Mother in the current dynasty should not be underestimated.

After the fourth master finished speaking, some guards and servants also carried a lot of delicate boxes in.

Su Peisheng spread out a bright yellow paper, which was full of birthday gifts from the fourth master to the queen mother, and he said sharply: "The emperor presents a wishful hairpin for the queen mother, a Jingfu long hairpin, and a hairpin for the auspicious celebration of ten thousand years......."

"As well as the longevity of the sea house to add a glass interstitial, longevity gilt inlay collection of treasures, longevity enamel Quartet peace flowers, natural Ganoderma lucidum offering longevity fairy peach plate ......"

Just reading this, Su Peisheng read it for nearly a cup of tea.

The fourth master is the emperor, although she is not compatible with the queen mother, but she is always such an emperor in this life.

Even if there is a gap in the bottom of their hearts, no matter how they say it, they will break the bones and connect the tendons.

In addition, the whole life is only once in ten years.

Therefore, he didn't care about his actions to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday.

He also ordered the servants to collect many precious gifts everywhere and give them to the Queen Mother.

And this is not the end, because this kind of big day of the whole birthday needs to be celebrated, and a very high standard "Ninety-nine Birthday Gift" must be offered.

It's not as simple as ninety-nine-eighty-one.

Rather, it refers to nine categories of birthday gifts, each of which must contain nine pieces.

It's just that ninety-nine eighty-one is just the number of gifts in one day.

As for the next few days that the fourth master will send, that is, the number of days multiplied by eighty-one, which is the total number sent by the fourth master.

"The emperor has a heart." The queen smiled and bowed her head with satisfaction.

After the fourth master's gift was read, it was the princes, ministers and officials who gave gifts to the queen mother.

They don't offer as much as the four masters, and they usually offer one or two gifts.

After all, there is a difference between a courtier and a son.

Besides, their strength doesn't allow it.

But in order to make the Queen Mother happy, every piece they gave was a treasure.

Most of them are pen, ink, paper, inkstone, porcelain, bonsai, calligraphy and painting with good names and good signs.

What the ladies gave was nothing more than some brocades, clothes, jewelry, and so on.

Ruoyin, as a queen, naturally wants to mean something.

However, her relationship with the Queen Mother has always only maintained the superficial harmony of the royal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Therefore, it will not take much effort to please this one.

Because she knows that to please or not, that's it.

So, she ordered the slave to be dedicated to the queen mother, which was a bronze statue of longevity, to express her heart.

Anyway, it won't be too eye-catching, but it won't lose the identity of the queen.

Due to the large number of guests present, if everyone gave gifts, this process alone took an hour.

An hour later, all the guests present had finished their gifts.

The gifts received by the Queen Mother this time are all worth a lot of money, and Ruoyin roughly estimated that at least one million taels would start.

However, the Queen Mother did not show a look of a wealth fan.

On the contrary, he smiled very decently and dignifiedly, and said very officially: "You all have hearts, in the future, you can just come, you don't have to send such and such precious items." One by one, the men assisted the emperor in handling the government affairs, and the women helped their masters to manage the trivial affairs inside, so that they could boldly handle the political affairs, which is the best gift to the mourning family. ”

Look at the other person's speaking skills, the gifts have also been received, and all the good things have been said by her.

is such a pleasant queen mother.

smiled kindly, and the corners of his eyes were slightly fine lines left by the years.

Who would have thought that she would not be on good terms with the fourth master in private, and who would believe it when she said it.

That's the benefit of doing enough face.

Everyone present listened to the Queen Mother's words, and only smiled lightly, but did not agree.

The queen mother said that there is no need to send it in the future, can they really not give it?

The answer is to keep giving!

The most important part was finished, and some of the dancers entered the temple to sing and dance.

For a time, the Taihe Hall was singing and dancing.

The guests here enjoyed singing and dancing, drinking and chatting, and dining.

If Yin sits alone at a table, it is naturally more convenient to eat.

She ate almost all the meals in front of her.

Then I made a three, six, nine, and so on for these meals in my heart.

If it's not delicious, she won't move her chopsticks anymore.

If it's delicious, she eats a few more chopsticks.

But there were too many people here, and she didn't have a good time to eat.

No matter how you say it, you must also stabilize the dignified image of the queen.

However, Concubine Yu, who was sitting on her left, was very cautious because she was pregnant with an imperial heir in her belly.

I didn't dare to move the chopsticks on the table.

Only occasionally holding a cup, it seems to be drinking water, but in fact, it doesn't even touch the mouth of the cup, and it is very reserved.

After about a stick of incense, the singing and dancing in the temple has already performed three programs.

Concubine Yu looked like she couldn't sit still, and turned her head to glance at Ziqing with her residual eyes.

After Ziqing understood, he glanced at a certain position in the hall.

After coming and going, Ziqing made a gesture towards Concubine Yu.

Then, I saw Concubine Yu greet Ruoyin: "Queen, the concubine has a big belly, and she always has to go to the toilet after a while." ”

Ruoyin turned her head and glanced at Concubine Yu lightly, "Go ahead." ”

She was pregnant, and she knew that when the child was older in the late pregnancy, she would press her bladder and always want to run to the thatched house.

Therefore, it is not enough to press the big belly Yu Guifei here.

If something goes wrong, it also spoils the atmosphere of the Halloween Festival.

You can't always let people solve it on the spot, it's not like words.

Besides, it doesn't matter if she agrees or not.

As a concubine, Concubine Yu still has the right to go to the thatched house.

People just say hello to her out of courtesy.

I saw Concubine Yu bowing apologetically to her, and then got up.

It stands to reason that as long as Concubine Yu greeted Ruoyin.

You can go out from the side in a low-key way to avoid attracting too much attention.

But Concubine Yu held her stomach and put her hands on her abdomen, and her movements were extremely slow.

looked like she was afraid that others wouldn't see her get up.

The next moment, I heard the sound of Yu Guifei's "ah", and fell diagonally next to Ruoyin's table.