Today is the Queen Mother's birthday.

The female historians of the Shang Palace Bureau were busy on tiptoe, first arranging the banquet in the hall of Renshou Palace, and then the clothes and jewelry of the ladies and actresses were all kinds of congratulatory gifts.

It also has the heads and faces of the palace maids and grandmothers in each courtyard.

Although there will be some minor problems in the chaos, but on this day, no master will be careful, so although it is busy, it is also busy and orderly.

It wasn't until the masters of all sizes sat down and the birthday greetings began, that the female historians had to take a breath, and those who served in the main hall only stood dignifiedly, and those who did not have a share of the excitement only went back to the divisions to rest.

Calm was sent to the main hall by Zhang Sishe, in order to remedy it in time if there was any mistake, so as not to cause future troubles.

Standing calmly in an inconspicuous place at the door, watching the handsome and graceful Emperor Xia Xiao who was rumored to be in the mouth of the palace maid, slowly paced into the hall holding a woman's hand.

The woman is familiar, it is Pei Shaofen.

calmly involuntarily glanced at Sima Nan, who was following Emperor Xia Xiao.

He was still willing to help her, and sure enough, Pei Shaofen followed the emperor.

It's just that Pei Shaofen has been following the emperor for the past two days, and the two of them have no chance to meet separately again.

Although calm on the surface, the heart is turbulent.

Legend has it that General Sima was so powerful that he didn't even care about the emperor.

The cause of the legend is even more outrageous, saying that before the death of the first emperor, he originally wanted to pass on the throne to Sima Nan, but Sima Nan refused to give it to him, so he had the throne of Emperor Xia Xiao.

These legends, calm originally didn't believe it, but after Pei Shaofen's incident, she had to believe that this big traitor was really powerful, and he could really influence the emperor's decision.

He said that if he sent a woman to the emperor, the emperor would have to accept it, not only to accept it, but also to be spoiled.

The smile on Pei Shaofen's face was quickly forced into panic and uneasiness by the resentment on the face of the Queen Mother, she trembled and curled up behind Emperor Xiao, and knelt down softly to greet him.

"Near, who is this woman, why haven't you seen it before?" The Queen Mother darkened her face and asked coldly.

Emperor Xia Xiao asked for a little peace, and replied lazily in a voice without fear: "After returning to my mother, this woman is the emperor's favorite heart, and the emperor wants to crown her queen!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Empress Dowager Liu took the case and shouted angrily.

"The queen mother, the husband has been gone for six years, and the emperor should also be the new queen, right? Moreover, this woman was given to his son by General Sima. Emperor Xia Xiao sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and said slowly.

"It's not that the mourning family doesn't let you establish a new queen, but there are ancestral precedents to follow for the new descendants, and it's not just a random woman who can be established as a queen." Empress Dowager Liu said coldly.

Emperor Xia Xiao moved his gaze to Sima Nan who was standing beside him, with a bright and mocking smile on his face: "General, what should I do?" If the queen mother does not agree to make her the queen, then drag her out and kill her. ”

"This is the emperor's family matter, and it is naturally decided by the queen mother and the emperor." Sima Nan replied respectfully.

"Then drag it out and fight." Emperor Xia Xiao coldly put down a sentence and lowered his head to drink tea.

Sima Nan's throat tightened, and his eyes looked at the calmness in the dark.

This is something he could not have imagined.

He just made the emperor take Pei Shaofen as a concubine according to his calm meaning, but he didn't expect the emperor to come up with so many tricks because he hated him.

The queen softened slightly, waved her hand and called for Pei Shaofen to be dragged out.

"Ancestor, don't you recognize her? She is Pei Shaofen! That kang screen was her idea. The calm in the shadows came out, knelt down in front of everyone, said in a calm tone with an expressionless face.

Empress Dowager Liu squinted, ordered someone to send Pei Shaofen to the front, took a closer look, and smiled coldly: "It turned out to be her, she was dressed up so fiercely, she couldn't recognize it." ”

"Queen Mother, she is a rough person, she can't serve her master, so let her go back to the Shanggong Bureau and serve the masters, she has a lot of ideas." Said in a calm and hoarse voice.

Empress Dowager Liu kept a straight face, muffled, and said for a long time: "The most important thing in being a man is to know how to keep to peace!" ”

"Queen Mother, she is still a good person, and serving the emperor is also counted, since the queen mother does not agree to make her the queen, then the son will casually crown her a talented person and let her follow her son."

Emperor Xia Xiao smiled and pleaded, but his eyes were full of pride.

Sima Nan shuddered violently, and suddenly understood Emperor Xiao's intentions.

It wasn't Pei Shaofen who he wanted to torture at all, but to give Sima Nan an idea, and let him give Pei Shaofen to the emperor's behind-the-scenes person!

Emperor Xiao knew him, better than himself. According to his nature, he would definitely not give a woman to him.

The reason why he gave him a woman must have been instructed by someone.

And this person who instructed him, if he was a person in the palace, if he stood in this hall, he would definitely not watch Pei Shaofen go to death like this!

"General, this woman is not bad, although she is average, she is more bold than bold. Worthy of you. Emperor Xiao whispered to Sima Nan.

Sima Nan's eyelids jumped, and he replied indifferently: "Your Majesty, the minister is not familiar with this woman." ”

Empress Dowager Liu listened to Emperor Xiao's intercession, was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Then it's up to you, the son can't help it, and the mourning family can't manage it so much." ”

Pei Shaofen's pale face replied slightly, and he knelt down to thank him.

Empress Dowager Liu waved her hand and asked her to retreat. Fang smiled calmly:

"Calm down, the kang screen you gave to the mourning family is really ingenious, curing the insomnia of the mourning family, what reward do you want?"

Emperor Xiao suddenly interjected and smiled: "Queen Mother, should you reward this woman to your son?" You see that she has big breasts and round buttocks, she must be good at giving birth, maybe after being pampered by me, she can give birth to a bunch of grandchildren for her mother. ”

"Presumptuous! Is this what a king should say in public? Empress Dowager Liu reprimanded him with a black face.

Emperor Xiao grinned, stopped talking, and set his eyes on Sima Nan.

"Back to the Queen Mother, this is what slaves and maids should do." Calmly replied.

"That's it, the mourning family will reward you with this jade wrench, although this jade wrench is ordinary, but it is a love object given by the first emperor to the mourning family, and the mourning family has been wearing it for 20 years and has never left the body.

Now I have rewarded you, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to you, seeing this finger is like seeing a mourning family! ”

Empress Dowager Liu said in a stern voice, her eyes glaring at Emperor Xiao fiercely.

Emperor Xiao didn't care about shrugging his shoulders.

At this time, Li Sishan from the dining room stepped forward to ask the Empress Dowager Liu that the banquet had been prepared and whether to start the banquet now.

Empress Dowager Liu nodded, helped Mama Jiang to get up, and beckoned everyone to sit in front.

As soon as he got up, he saw Concubine Guan pulling the Nine Emperor Princes Xia Zhi into the door, and what she was holding in her arms turned out to be the jasper amphora pheasant bottle!

When their mother and son saw Empress Dowager Liu, they knelt on the ground and greeted her for her birthday.

Mrs. Liu was cold, ordered someone to help them up, and said coldly: "Since you are here, let's sit down together, so that people can say that the mourning family is mean and ruthless to you." ”

Concubine Guan thanked the Queen Mother, pulled her son up, and ordered her son to dedicate the Tianji bottle to the Queen Mother, and said with a smile: "The concubine occasionally got this treasure, and she didn't dare to be self-conscious, so she specially dedicated it to the Queen Mother on her birthday." ”

Mama Jiang took the Tianji bottle from Zhizhi and handed it to the Empress Dowager Liu.

Empress Dowager Liu took it and looked at it twice, and Concubine Ying behind her smiled and said: "Ancestor, this bottle looks transparent, as if there are auspicious patterns on it." ”

"Pattern? Why can't I see it? Empress Dowager Liu raised it in front of her eyes, squinting at her.

"Ancestor, if you take a look at it by candlelight, won't you see it clearly?" Concubine Ying stepped forward with a smile, took the bottle from the hand of the Empress Dowager Liu, ordered someone to light the high candle, put the bottle in front of the high candle, and pointed it out to the Empress Dowager Liu.

There are indeed many cotton wool-like patterns on this jasper bottle.

"Ancestor, look, does it look like a blessing word?" Concubine Ying smiled.

Empress Dowager Liu leaned over to look at it and shook her head: "Fool, where is the word Fu?" Why can't the mourning family see it? ”

"Ancestor, the concubine will show you, you follow my finger and look." Concubine Ying's fingers slowly moved on the bottle, moving back and forth, and it was indeed the direction of the word Fu.

"Ancestor, isn't it a blessing?" After Concubine Ying pointed out, she asked Empress Dowager Liu proudly.

Empress Dowager Liu's face turned cold, she raised her hands, turned around, and stared at Concubine Guan's mother and son, her eyes becoming sharper and sharper.

Everyone didn't know what was going on, but when they saw that her face was not good, they all held their breath for fear of provoking themselves.

only heard Concubine Ying exclaim: "Ah, why is this bottle cracked?" ”

When Concubine Guan heard this, she trembled, fell to her knees with a thud, and said in a trembling voice: "Crack? Cracked? It's impossible, it's good. ”

"Hmph, I'll just say, how can your mother and son sincerely come to celebrate the birthday of the mourning family, Tianji bottle? Crack? Sure enough, this is a curse that I can't die! ”

Empress Dowager Liu threw up her sleeves angrily and sat back in her seat.

"The Queen Mother Mingjian, the concubine didn't know that this bottle was cracked, and I beg the Queen Mother to forgive me!" Concubine Guan kowtowed heavily.

"Don't know? Who believes that? Mourning the family's chicken, you will send a cracked chicken bottle to the mourning family, isn't it the meaning of cursing the mourning family's broken bones? You slut's mind is vicious!

Come on, push their mother and son out of the noon gate and behead them to show the public! ”

Empress Dowager Liu commanded in a dignified voice.

"Queen Mother, today is your birthday, it is not appropriate to kill them on a large scale, or should you put them in the prison first, and then talk about it after your birthday?"

Emperor Xiao smiled with a smile on his face, said with a small wing, and walked to Liu Hou's side and pinched her shoulders.

"Cutting the grass without eradicating the roots, it is really an endless trouble!" Empress Dowager Liu said in a dark voice.

"The queen mother, after all, is the biological son of her father, and she is a fool, but she is just a weed, so what's the problem?" Emperor Xiao laughed softly: "For your birthday, my son has been burning incense, bathing and fasting for six days, praying for God's blessing on his mother."

If you go on a killing spree today, won't you lose all your efforts? ”

Empress Dowager Liu touched her son's hand and sighed: "The emperor is kind-hearted, how can the mourning family refute your face, or not, put them in prison first, and then try them later." ”

Emperor Xiao waved his hand, and the guards stepped forward to drag Concubine Guan's mother and son out.

Standing in the corner of the main hall, he felt remorse in his heart as he watched their mother and son being dragged out.

Two lives!

At that time, if she said that there was a crack in the chicken bottle that day, maybe Concubine Guan would believe it?