The Baohe Hall was very lively, and the queen was the first to arrive, holding her stomach and her expression complicated. The banquet on June 6 was originally held on the grounds of praying for the child in the queen's womb, and the concubines would not let go of this opportunity to scold her.

When Dream and Li Jinghan arrived, the Baohe Hall was already full of people, and Wang Qiao was nowhere to be seen, presumably still in the imperial dining room. Concubine Liu Zhao took Qiuyue and a statue of Guanyin, and she also arrived very early, and as soon as she came, she greeted the queen and asked for warmth. The two were chatting, and the emperor also came with the queen mother, so far, everyone except Wang Qiao was together, but she didn't come for a long time.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, everyone was seated, and Wang Qiaocai hurriedly came, said that the imperial dining room was ready, and sat on the edge of the dream, while still wiping his sweat.

"Where have you been, you thought something was going on in the imperial dining room." Dream asked.

"There's a reason, you listen to me, but it frightens me," Wang Qiao smoothed out, "Yesterday I called the imperial dining room to pick lotus leaves and prepare them for steaming lotus leaf rice." But I don't know which brainless minion opened the lid of the ice tank where the lotus leaves were stored and didn't close it, only to find that the lotus leaves were yellow and broken, and they couldn't be used. ”

"What? The recipes are all prepared for the emperor to see, and this can't be changed temporarily? When I heard the dream, I was nervous, afraid that Wang Qiao would be punished.

Wang Qiao waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I quickly called everyone to go to the flower pond to pick fresh ones, wash them and use them, and finally catch up." ”

"It's okay." Zheng Mengjing saw that Wang Qiao was fine, so he no longer paid attention to her, but focused on the palace concubines. She looked around, and after a general glance, she found that Zhou Nianqiao, Zhou Jieyu and Concubine Zhao were very close, and Concubine Zhao specially called her to sit beside her. The queen occasionally chatted with the two concubines with raw faces, as if she had never seen a concubine who lived in a simple place. The queen mother called the emperor in front of her, chattering and not knowing what to say, but the emperor only listened with his ears down and nodded frequently. Li Jinghan sat next to her, her eyes looking in the direction of the emperor.

The palace maids in the imperial dining room slowly brought up the dishes, which were exquisite, beautiful and innovative, not often eaten in the palace, which made everyone's eyes shine. Especially the lotus leaf rice, the glutinous round pearl rice is mixed with the cured bacon that is very flavorful, and the oil of the bacon is mixed into the rice on low heat until the oil of the bacon is mixed into the rice, and the rice is wrapped in a layer of oil and looks crystal clear. Paired with the plum blossom wine brewed in the original palace, it is even more evocative.

The warm-up singing and dancing has begun, and everyone has eaten a feast. The Queen Mother and the Queen are very satisfied with today's dishes, especially the Queen Mother, who has to meet and appreciate the chef in today's imperial dining room.

"Queen Mother, the chef you are talking about, far away in the sky, close in front of you!" The emperor laughed and sold the guanzi.

"Huh?"

"Wang Jieyu, why don't you come over and show the Queen Mother." The emperor greeted Wang Qiao, she made the old man happy so much, the emperor really liked it.

Wang Qiao clenched his fists nervously, and obediently went up to ask the Queen Mother for a peace.

The Queen Mother knew that this was the girl who had been favored by the emperor in the past few days, wearing plain clothes, looking very unassuming, and actually having such good cooking skills.

"Very good, very good, you did it? The color and flavor are complete, and this craftsmanship is much better than the imperial dining room. The Queen Mother smiled kindly, "Dressed very decently, such a child likes to mourn." ”

The queen looked at Wang Qiao and smiled: "Wang Jieyu, I don't like to walk around with the palace on weekdays, and the palace doesn't remember that Wang Jieyu likes to dress so plainly now, and it seems that she likes to wear bright red on weekdays." ”

Wang Qiao replied embarrassedly, she just likes bright clothes more, and she is wearing vegetarian clothes today because she is busy. But this came out of the queen's mouth, as if she did it on purpose.

The queen mother listened to the queen's words, frowned, and thought that Wang Qiao deliberately invited her favor, and her liking was immediately reduced, so she only pouted and continued to eat.

The banquet was almost underway, and it was time for the concubines to show off their talents, starting according to the seats, from left to right, from front to the back wheel. Mengjing and Li Jinghan sat in the third row on the left, relatively forward. Concubine Zhao and Zhou Nianqiao sat in the first row on the right, behind the dream. In front of the dream was a concubine who didn't know the dream, one of the ones who had just spoken to the queen. She came up and danced for a while, and she danced very well, but with some restraint. The emperor only cared about eating and chatting, did not look at her, and seemed extremely impatient.

Dream whispered to Yuzhi behind him: "Which concubine is this?" ”

Yuzhi replied in a low voice: "This is not a concubine, it is Shao Jieyu, and she was also selected with Zheng Niangniang to prepare to be the ninth concubine, but she is the queen's cousin, so the emperor looked at the queen's face and let her enter the palace directly." She seems to be ......, though has not been favored. ”

Dream nodded, the Forbidden City Palace was as deep as the sea, and she didn't know how many people she hadn't seen yet.

Li Jinghan didn't have the heart to care about the others, she just wanted to play the next tune well, and when it came to this, she was so nervous. It wasn't because of the power of the emperor's son, but after a few days, she felt that the emperor was a gentle person. So you can imagine who is responsible for this uneasiness.

The queen mother is the emperor's mother, and the emperor is the third son of the emperor, and the first two elder brothers all died before the age of one, so he has the opportunity to become the prince of Wei. When the emperor was alive, he was extravagant, overworked, and died in less than six years. No one knows what the Queen Mother did in the meantime, only that she was deeply favored by the emperor, close to Zhang Juzheng, and experienced in dealing with people. Li Jinghan was afraid of her because of this, she was not angry and arrogant, and a slight glance at Li Jinghan made Li Jinghan tremble.

It was Li Jinghan's turn to come up with the dream, and the Queen Mother knew that it was a dream, so she had more expectations. The two changed their clothes, and Yuzhi and Lan Ye carried the zither up. "You can also play a kite?" The Queen Mother looked at the dream and said, ignoring Li Jinghan at all. The Queen Mother was even a little afraid of the person in the dream realm, and couldn't help but pay attention to her very much. With the queen mother's understanding of the emperor, the emperor will not reward the harem twice for no reason. So she checked, and Zheng Mengjing received several times more rewards than others. If you usually like it, you can reward her generously, but with such a lot of effort, it is nothing more than to protect her well, not to fall behind others, let alone let her queen mother grasp the handle. Such a woman, beauty alone is not enough, there must be special means, and the Queen Mother can't see through this, so she is a little nervous in the face of her.

"Back to the Queen Mother, Li Jieyu plays the zheng, and the concubines are just dancing." Dream bowed respectfully.

"Since the guzheng music is not elegant, is it not appropriate for such a song to be used as a gift to the queen and the prince?" Shao Jieyu spoke, this was the first time she had heard her speak in the dream, and her voice was sharp, which made her very uncomfortable.

When the queen heard this, she first gave Shao Jieyu a roll of her eyes, and then looked at the emperor, always hoping that he would have some expression. But the emperor was slow: "It's okay, it's all music, there should be no distinction between high and low, you can play it." ”

Shao Jieyu slapped her ass on the horse's leg, sat down bently, and didn't say a word.