Duan Concubine and Xi Concubine gossip in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden.

"It's a good day today, I don't know what tomorrow will be like?" Duan Concubine said.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I think it should be a few clear skies and a few clouds, right?" Xi Concubine pointed out otherwise, threw the melon seed skin in her hand, and said with a smile.

"What my sister said is something I mean." Duan Concubine said.

"Hey, you said that virtuous concubine, should you still be a favorite concubine?" Xi Concubine leaned forward, looked left and right, saw that there was no one, and said: "If this were me, and still have a birthday banquet, I would have cried behind closed doors a long time ago, and I would dare to make such a big fanfare." ”

"Yes," the melon seeds in the hand of the concubine stopped on her lips, and then said: "The matter of the precious person's handkerchief, the imperial concubine is also clearly tearing her face, this imperial concubine does not go, I will naturally not go here, not to mention the concubine Hui, then you will not go here, Yi Concubine is even more because of her hatred for the things she was favored in the previous days, it is estimated that it is also two words, let's not go, those little nobles are always there, who will be the one who does not open his eyes, go to her to touch the moldy head?" ”

"Does that mean, she didn't bring shame on herself?" Xi Concubine said.

The main hall of Yongshou Palace, in the past few days, everyone up and down has been cautious, especially Yueyao and Lily of the Valley, they are tugging at their hearts.

The two of them are taking the people in the palace to clean up and prepare for tomorrow's birthday banquet. Yue Yao was busy with a feather duster in her hand, and when she turned around, she was surprised to see that Lily of the Valley was standing behind her without knowing when, with a blue face.

"Surprise me!" She patted her chest and said, "Why don't you hurry up and follow me!" ”

Lily of the valley muttered: "Do you think our master is too willful?" In our case, what kind of birthday banquet are we going to have! As he spoke, he couldn't hold back, and Douda's tears rolled down, and the more he cried, the more serious he became, the more he couldn't stop, and it seemed to turn into a howling cry.

Yue Yao didn't care about the work at hand, and pulled Lily of the Valley aside to let her sit down. Jinbao heard a voice and ran in, "What's the matter?" Why are you still crying? ”

Yueyao gave her a look and said, "It's okay, you go and get busy with you." ”

"Wait, come with a cup of hot tea!" Yue Yao stopped him again and said.

Lily of the valley held the hot tea, drank two sips, and sobbed a few times aggrievedly, then she couldn't cry anymore, and said: "I went to Curry to get next month's salary, and my father-in-law told me to wait until the last one, but it was nothing, but I listened to their cold words." Some say that our master is humiliating himself, falling out of favor and making mistakes, what qualifications do they have to hold a birthday banquet, and some say that not only the imperial concubine has given up on our mother, but even the emperor has already forgotten her. ”

Yueyao said: "That's it, someone has already said, why are you still crying like this?" They say theirs, you do your thing, what do they do? Is that true? Do you have to believe it? ”

Lily of the valley stood up with a bang, "You can only say tough words, in fact, we all know in our hearts that what they said is right!" ”

After a silence, Lily of the Valley said: "If the emperor still has a mother in his heart, will he not enter our main hall until now?" He turned to leave.

Yueyao grabbed her and said, "Where are you going?" ”

"I'm going to tell Jinbao that our banquet is gone, I'm going to beg our master, this banquet, let's not do it! Even if you don't covet the dishes on the table in the imperial dining room, let's suffer a little bit first, and there will always be a way in the future! She said as she lunged out.

"You're confused!" Yue Yao grabbed her desperately and said, "Do you think our master is not as thoughtful as you think?" ”

"She's more thoughtful than I thought, and you, and Jinbao, are more thoughtful than I thought, but you didn't hear those words!" Lily of the valley couldn't help but shout.

Yueyao asked her to be quieter and said, "Okay, let's not do it, let's go find the master, you be quiet." ”

Stabilizing Lily of the Valley, she hurriedly went to find Jing Yu.

"What's going on, why is this all of a sudden?" Jing Yu said.

"Who knows, but she should also be because of the death of a precious person, and the fact that she has been suppressed for too long recently, and I heard them say this, I am afraid that the master will really suffer any more difficulties this time, and it will be chaotic." Yueyao Road.

"Let her rest first, and tell her that we will do this banquet correctly, and you will continue to prepare yours." Jing Yu said.

"Okay." Yue Yao agreed, and before going out, she hesitated and turned around and asked, "Master, are you really not afraid that those people will hang us there when the time comes, even the emperor will not come?" ”

Jing Yu said: "Don't worry, even if it should come, it will come sooner or later, and hiding from everything is not a way." Thinking about it, he continued: "You think, I'm just a concubine who was reprimanded by the Queen Mother, I can't even count as a punishment, and I haven't been grounded, no matter what they think, I'm in the position of a concubine, if I really become the first person in the palace to hold a birthday banquet without my face, and I am defeated first, what will I do later?" How to gain a foothold in the palace? ”

Yueyao still wanted to say something, but she could only move her lips and couldn't say anything, and said, "Master, I'll go and prepare." ”

went out, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, Lily of the Valley had an evil fire for a while, and now she has calmed down, but the most depressing and uncomfortable thing in this matter is not them but the master himself, just like what she just said, she is not advancing or retreating now, and she can only face difficulties.

Her pressure is the greatest, and how can she cry and vent like Lily of the Valley? It's really distressing.

Almost, at first, she really thought that the master held this banquet because she naively expected that the emperor might come, or just for the sumptuous banquet table in the dining room.

The banquet was set up as scheduled, and the red lanterns in the courtyard were particularly eye-catching, which were originally used to render a lively atmosphere, but no one felt lively, but seemed lonely because it was extraordinarily quiet.

It was time for the feast, but no one had come.

The main entrance was wide open, and the moonlit night was clear.

She thought that there would be very few people, but she didn't expect that no one would come, to be precise, she thought that at least ten thousand noble people would come.

But after thinking about it, she doesn't blame her, at this time, she doesn't want Wan Liu's Ha clan to be involved in the same cold as her, and be as unlucky as her.

After another quarter or two of hours, except for the eunuchs and palace maids who came to deliver food, the courtyard was still cool, and the rest of the people were gone.

"Master, take it." Yueyao Road.

Jing Yu said: "Don't wait for half an hour, just wait first." She didn't know why she had to wait for half an hour, she didn't know why she was waiting, and she didn't know who she would wait for, but she somehow felt that she should wait, and wait.

"Oh, hey, after entering the palace for so many years, today can be regarded as a blessing, the first time I met so few people at a birthday banquet, isn't all the delicious food to taste in the palace, and the good wine to drink in the palace?" The voice was full of energy, and before the person stepped into the courtyard door, the sound had already come in.

Jing Yu got up from the table to greet him, only to see the two sisters Yi Concubine and Guo Guiren coming in with small square steps, especially Guo Luo Luo Mingshu, who was dressed in an eggplant purple sweet potato vine floral pattern dark flower Luo cotton robe, the bright and high-profile dress has not diminished at all, the makeup is exquisite, the complexion is ruddy, and she is still as radiant as ever.

The eunuch palace maid who followed carried the congratulatory gift forward, opened it in public and placed it on the ceremonial platform, a grape fairy jade carving, a pair of two pairs of immortal birthday gold thread Su embroidery screen, and some jade jade Ruyi and other pieces are elegant and first-class things.

"Sister still likes it?" Yi Concubine said: "Only this immortal birthday celebration, and I still wonder about your age that doesn't match my sister, and I am only a person who can receive gifts, not a person who can pick, they all know, don't be surprised." ”