The next day, Emperor Chengzhao's 40th birthday banquet was held as scheduled.

Sitting on the tall plane tree in the courtyard, watching the bustling and lively flow of people outside the central hall, watching those familiar or unfamiliar figures enter the hall one by one, the corners of Hua Mian's lips couldn't help but gently hook, but in a casual glance, the eyes suddenly appeared crystalline.

Among those people, in addition to the ministers of civil and military affairs, the princess and the emperor's concubines, there are also Kang Muning, the prince of Xiyan, Ronglaichuan, the prince of Beiyu, and Pei Gongcuo, the monarch of Nanxiu, and what makes her mood fluctuate, in addition to Ji Yunye, there are also Empress Amaterasu Hua Feiyan and his imperial husband Ling Yue, as well as the crown princess Hua Ruoshui.

The moment I saw the three of them, the unspeakable emotions in my heart rushed up, and my eyes instantly filled my eyes. After a long time, she jumped down from the tree and walked towards the venue.

When I arrived at the venue, the dishes were complete, the fruits were fragrant, and the monarchs and ministers raised their lamps, and they were staggered. Hua Mian tried her best to reduce her sense of existence, and walked around Ji Lingzhi's table from the palace maids who were standing, and wanted to sit next to Ji Lingzhi, but she was dragged away by a strong force, and was pressed to the table next to her in a blink of an eye, followed by Ji Yunye with a complicated complexion sitting next to her.

Goodbye Hua Mian, Ji Yunye's heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he wanted to hug her in his arms immediately, but reason told him how inopportune it was. Fortunately, at least she was by her side now, and when the banquet was over, he would explain it to her and ask for her forgiveness.

Hua Mian completely ignored the people around her, only took a sip of the wine glass in front of her, and then raised her eyes to look at the center of the main hall. At this time, the opening dance music has ended, and it is time for everyone to give gifts.

Beiyu presented the bronze Ganoderma lucidum crane, which is a crane with a high-spirited posture and a high chest standing on the back of the old turtle looking back, and the mouth is Lingzhi, which is meaningful. The crane means evergreen, the turtle represents longevity, and Ganoderma lucidum is the elixir of rejuvenation. The most ingenious thing is that the crane is the female and the turtle is the male.

After the envoy presented the birthday gift, Rong Laichuan, the prince of Beiyu, got up and said: "I wish Emperor Chengzhao a blessed life, a turtle and a crane to prolong his life, and I wish your love to be as green as a crane standing on a turtle." ”

When he said the first half of the sentence, Emperor Cheng Zhao was still smiling, but when he finished speaking, the smile was frozen on his face. Not only was Emperor Cheng Zhao's face embarrassed, but everyone present was stunned. Love is really a luxury for an emperor. I don't know what Rong Laichuan meant by this?

Emperor Cheng Zhao is the emperor after all, and the unnaturalness on his face is only instantaneous, he laughed and said: "Beiyu's gift is very agreeable, and the prince has a heart." ”

Next, Nanxiu presented a throne screen with rosewood inlaid enamel Wulun figure. There are five screens in total, the middle one is the largest, decreasing to the left and right in size. Rosewood frame, carved cloud bat chime pattern on the top, carved standing teeth on both sides, Sumeru-style rosewood base below. The center of the screen is engraved with the pattern of landscapes, trees, flowers and birds with chisel enamel line, and the five fans are decorated with five kinds of bird patterns: phoenix, crane, mandarin duck, wagtail and warbler, respectively, showing the five ethical relationships of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, husbands and wives, elders and children, and friends. Although the screen is five, it is combined to look like a complete picture, with a distant mountain and a mountain stream crossing the left and right sides of the picture, which is ingeniously conceived and finely worked, which is breathtaking.

In the midst of everyone's sighs, Pei Gongcuo stood up and said: "I wish Emperor Chengzhao a long life and a long life." ”

Emperor Cheng Zhao expressed his affection and thanked him politely.

Later, the Amaterasu envoy sent a delicate ivory carving group of immortals to celebrate their birthday. The dragon's head is boat-shaped, with its head raised and its tail raised. There are three floors of pavilions in the boat, the upper floor is equipped with dragon and phoenix flags and umbrellas, the middle floor has a wide platform, and the lower floor is the cabin. Each floor is carved beams and painted buildings, exquisitely clear, delicate and exquisite. There are a total of 40 people in the boat, including the Queen Mother, the Heavenly Maiden, the Eight Immortals, the Three Stars of Fu Lu Shou, the boatmen and musicians, with different expressions and lifelike.

Everyone watched it and was amazed.

Empress Amaterasu stood up and said, "This ivory carving was dictated by me, drawn by the Ruyi Pavilion, and then carved by the ivory craftsman in the ivory workshop. It adopts a variety of techniques such as engraving, relief, round carving, mosaic, dyeing and so on. It took some time, and I hope that Emperor Cheng Zhao can like it. ”

Emperor Chengzhao's eyes lit up, and he ordered his ministers to present the ivory carving. I saw that the scales of the boat body are densely knotted, the pavilion is beautiful and gorgeous, and the patterns such as hook lotus, treasure phase, melon and fruit are knotted continuously, colorful and colorful. The dragon boat is graceful and magnificent as a whole, which means to celebrate longevity.

Everyone only Tianzhao and Dongli have always befriended, the empress for the birthday of Emperor Cheng Zhao is very generous, only for the effect and at the expense of the cost, have praised the empress for the ingenuity of the concept, this ivory carving is worthy of being the best in the art of ivory carving.

Emperor Cheng Zhao was so stunned when he saw the pair of people playing tea in the cabin that he even forgot to thank the empress, and he was still immersed in his own thoughts until the envoy of Xiyan presented his birthday gift.

From the envoys of various countries to the princes and ministers, everyone presented birthday gifts one by one, and attached congratulations and blessings, and then the emperor's concubines took the initiative to perform.

Since the beginning of the banquet, Hua Mian has only focused on the meal in front of him. Although she could feel that many eyes had been cast at her, she ignored them completely, did not rush or slow, chewed slowly, drank slowly, occasionally closed her eyes and savored them, or stretched out her little tongue to lick her lips. I haven't eaten anything all day, so filling my stomach is the right thing. As everyone knows, this move fell into Pei Gongcuo's eyes, but it has a unique charm. If there is no one around, naturally unrestrained, indulgent, fearless, but so beautiful that it is eye-catching, an impulse to embrace her arises spontaneously.

After the birthday gift, when the dance music sounded, Hua Myanmar felt a little full, so he put down the chopsticks and chopsticks, and only held the wine glass to enjoy the song and dance. She looked at it for a while, and felt very bored, so she wanted to urinate, but suddenly heard her name, looked up at the main seat, and saw that the queen praised her dancing to the emperor, and proposed to let her perform for everyone.

The queen listened to the words of the national teacher and really made a move, she wanted to take this opportunity to sell herself, so as to eliminate Ji Yunye's thoughts. Hua Mian snorted coldly in her heart, she was not as good as she wanted. She was about to refuse with her physical insecurity, but Ji Yunye stood up one step ahead of her and said, "Myanmar has drunk a few more glasses, but she is not strong enough to drink, I am afraid that she will ruin the happiness of her father." ”

Maybe it was because there was nowhere to vent her grievances for many days, Ji Yunye's actions found a way for her to vent, she stood up and said: "Thank you for the queen's love, Your Highness is too worried, these glasses of wine are not in the way, and Myanmar danced a song for the emperor to wish the emperor a long life and health, and the country will continue." The words fell, on tiptoe, and the volley jumped in the air, and after a somersault, it floated down to the dance floor in the center of the banquet hall.

She pulled out the jasper flute from her waist, and the song "Thousand Years of Elegance" flowed out from her fingers like the sound of nature, and her posture fluttered up with the music, and the soothing and mournful rhyme was vividly displayed through the intertwining of her waist and legs.

More than half of the song, the field sounded the sound of the flute, Hua Mian Wan'er smiled, inserted the jasper flute back into the waist, and the long sleeves of the liberated hands waved, volleyed and rotated and leaped, moving and undulating, light step and dance, leisurely and soft, the body was as light as the wind, the body was as soft as the wadding, the neon clothes were wide, and the wonderful state was exquisite. The lotus-like dance step by step is like a butterfly flying among the flowers, like a gurgling spring in a mountain stream, like a bright moon on the sea, like a round dew on the tip of a lotus, like a mist in the early morning.

The viewer is like drinking good wine, and they don't know what day it is.

The dance stopped, the flute stopped, the audience was silent, and for a long time, the applause sounded like thunder, which lasted for a long time.

When the silence of the banquet was restored, the emperor praised: "What the queen said is indeed true, and the music and dancing of Myanmar are unparalleled in the world." Emperor Nanxiu's flute sound is also seamless and exquisite, and those who don't know think that you have rehearsed it in advance. ”

Pei Gongcuo stood up and said respectfully: "Emperor Cheng Zhao praised it, my soundtrack is not worth mentioning, this Burmese girl deserves this honor, it really opened my eyes, it can be described as an unexpected surprise for me to come to the east." ”

At this moment, Hua Mian had already sat back beside Ji Yunye, and he paused and said, "I just don't know which princess she is of Emperor Cheng Zhao, can I have the honor to ask for marriage?" ”

A word startled the dry layer waves.

The wine glass in Ji Yunye's hand fell in response; Hua Mian was so shocked that she raised her head and glared angrily; The queen's face was beaming with joy; Emperor Cheng Zhao frowned and turned his gaze to Ji Yunye. The others were surprised, envious, jealous, worried about the relationship between Hua Mian and Ji Yunye, and some were schadenfreude.

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Ji Yunye said: "He is my girl, not a princess, not to mention that the palace wants to keep her for a few years." ”

Pei Gongcuo pretended to be a princess and said: "It turns out that she is not a princess, but it doesn't matter, I just like it." Since the eldest prince still wants to keep her for a few years, I am not in a hurry for a while, so I will wait for her to be ready, and now I will decide on the marriage first. If a marriage can be achieved, it can also make the two countries have a good relationship for eternity. ”

Kang Muning was also amazed by Hua Mian, he only felt that Hua Mian was kind at first, and then he realized that she was the woman who was divorced by him last year, but he didn't expect to be so beautiful and decent, without last year's rudeness and ugliness, just as a female college eighteen changes. Now that he heard that Emperor Nanxiu proposed marriage, he was quite unwilling, and he also got up and asked for marriage, willing to become friends with Dongli and never invade.

Emperor Cheng Zhao couldn't help but be in a dilemma, so he consulted Hua Myanmar's opinion.

Hua Mian glanced at the two of them lightly, and her lips opened lightly: "Hua Mian has had a wish since she was a child, she is willing to be a one-hearted person, and the white head is inseparable." If anyone can have only one person in his life, Hua Mian will marry whom. ”