Chapter 29: The Queen Mother's Birthday
Today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager Xi, all the concubines in the palace have gone to Yunxiang Palace, today is also the day of the reunion of the palace concubines and the emperor, the emperor and the queen mother sit together, admiring the flowers and branches, the concubines and concubines in full bloom, this is a good opportunity for the queen to stretch out her hand. The emperor has long been tired of seeing these flowers in the palace, and he has been admiring a lone Yun Yao. Yun Yao wore a pink robe today, with a rose-red hairpin in her bun, and a white shawl dotted with some pothos flowers, setting off her graceful figure. The blue color of the coarse branches and vulgar powder, the Yun Yao set off is extraordinary.
Today's birthday of the Queen Mother was planned by the queen, and the huge birthday word was hung in the palace, and the flowers made of red satin were hung all over the palace wall. The palace was full of festivities.
The queen stood up from the most seat, "The queen mother's birthday banquet begins, and the concubines begin to celebrate their birthdays." β
The concubines saluted, "I wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old!" β
The eunuch Zhao De announced that he would read the gift list sent by the concubine.
"The queen mother presented a pair of cloisonnΓ© vases, Concubine Qi presented a golden silk jade robe, Concubine Ruan presented an embroidered robe, and Concubine Hui toasted a purple sand tea set......." Zhao De announced all the birthday gifts, but there was no birthday gift presented by Yun Yao.
Yun Yao knelt on the ground, "Empress Dowager, the birthday gift presented by the sons and daughters is in the garden, please move the Empress Dowager." β
All Concubine Ping was whispering, "What the hell is Concubine Yun going to do?" Today is the Queen Mother's birthday, what tricks do you have? β
The queen was even more angry, "Have you prepared for the birthday of the Empress Dowager Yun?" What does it mean to let the Queen Mother move the garden? β
"The queen's mourning family will go with this girl, and see what birthday gifts are prepared for the mourning family."
The concubines followed Yun Yao to the garden, and saw nothing, only tables and chairs under the pavilion in the garden, and the tables were full of various pastries and fruits. All the concubines were laughing at Yun Yao.
"Haha! There is a good show to watch today, how should the queen deal with this vixen. β
I saw Yun Yao turn around, and the shirt on her body fell. Out of the pink robe. The sound of music sounded, Yun Yao danced, Yun wanted clothes, flowers wanted to look, and the spring breeze blew Revlon. If it weren't for the jade mountain, it would meet Yaotai under the moon. At the end of the song, I saw Yun Yao rise into the air, and it rained peach blossoms all over the sky, and Yun Yao danced the peach blossom sword.
The Queen Mother was pleasantly surprised, "Hmm! This girl is a ghost, and her ideas are so good-looking. β
Yun Yao put away her sword and shot her bow and arrow into the flowers, and the flowers suddenly moved slowly towards the Queen Mother, and the flowers fell one after another in the move. A picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix with a height of six feet and a width of eight feet wide and bright colors was revealed, and everyone looked at this picture in amazement.
Yun Yao knelt on the ground, "Empress Dowager, this is the Hundred Birds Chaofeng Screen that Erchen presents to you, this screen can be moved at will." There are four wooden wheels underneath. β
"Oops! This is a screen of brocade, so beautiful. Since the death of the emperor, the mourning family has not been happy for a day, but today this girl has opened the heart of the mourning family, how much effort does it take to embroider this picture? β
"The Empress Dowager's sons and daughters embroidered it with internal strength, and it was completed in three or five days."
"The emperor said to the mourning family that among the concubines, only Yun Yao knows kung fu. Concubine Yun not only has martial arts, but also wisdom. People are more beautiful. The daughter of King Xiang is not ordinary! Concubine Yun came over and sat down, how did you do these things that made the mourning family happy? β
"Erchen went to the Imperial Garden this morning and picked the peach blossoms that have not yet dewed, and if they are stained with dew, the peach blossoms will not be fresh. Put the peach blossoms on the trees in the queen mother's garden, and as long as those peach blossoms are knocked down, a peach blossom rain is formed. Many of the flowers in the Imperial Garden were also picked by the courtiers and hid the screens among the flowers. Tie the bow line to the screen and shoot the screen bow line with an arrow. The screen moves with the help of a bow line. The screen moved, and the flowers fell. To do these tricks is to make the Queen Mother's birthday happy. β
"Which of your concubines has ever had a heart for the mourning family? None of the birthday gifts sent made the mourning family take a fancy to them. Because you have put your minds into the strife between your concubines. Only Concubine Yun's heart was clean, so she came up with these tricks to make the mourning family happy. β