The news of Concubine Zhou Xian and Concubine Li giving gifts was quickly told to Shen Ning by Dong Fu as gossip, and Shen Ning was a little strange when he heard it. The Fifth Prince's Mansion will say that she has expected it a long time ago, how can there be a matter of the Third Prince? Presumably, at this time, my grandfather and father had already reacted, and the Shen family had become fat in the eyes of those who had a heart, especially for the princes, the power of the Shen family was more attractive. With Ye Zhengchun taking office, the Shen family is bound to be put on the table to weigh, this is really not a good thing, I don't know if my father and grandfather can deal with it?

"Behind closed doors? This is not a good idea, not to mention that it will soon be the Queen Mother's Holy Birthday, how can it not appear? It seems that my grandfather still doesn't pay enough attention to it. Shen Ning heard Shen Yu's order not to go out if there was nothing to do in the near future, and immediately thought that this was his grandfather's idea. It doesn't seem to be a good idea to deal with, and thinking of the recent things in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Meritorious Service, Shen Yuhong and others are in Hangzhou, and it is reasonable for Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing to be distracted and not take care of it.

"It seems that something has to be done, so that everyone can no longer estimate the affairs ......of the Shen family" Shen Ning thought that the Shen family's current crisis must be lifted, once Emperor Changtai knew that his two sons were interested in the Shen family, then the Shen family would be in danger.

Perhaps, Holy Birthday is a good time, Shen Ning looked at the book sent by Qiu Ge and began to think.

With the end of the dispute over Shangshu's right servant, Jingzhao officials began to prepare for the Shengshou Festival on April 23. Holy Birthday is the birthday banquet of the Queen Mother, in previous years, the Queen Mother sincerely worshiped the Buddha, and the Holy Birthday Festival was just to meet with the royal members for a meal, and would not move the people to celebrate the birthday, but this year is the Queen Mother's 80th birthday, which is naturally different from previous years. As early as the beginning of the year, Emperor Changtai instructed Taichang Temple and Shaofu Jian to prepare to celebrate the Queen Mother's Holy Birthday Day, so as to be grand and festive.

Emperor Changtai's biological mother died early, he was raised by the Empress Dowager Gao, and the Empress Dowager Gao did not have children, and he was also a loving heart to Emperor Changtai, as if he was his own emperor. Emperor Changtai was able to ascend to the throne as a non-descendant and non-long, and the Empress Dowager Gao's maiden family contributed a lot. There is both nurturing and support, and Emperor Changtai's friendship with the Empress Dowager Gao is also extraordinary, and the officials dare not neglect it, and even more, they began to look for gifts for the Empress Dowager at the beginning of the year.

The Queen Mother saluted the Buddha, and the gifts given by officials were naturally related to the Buddha. Throughout April, Buddha statues, Guanyin statues, sandalwood beads and other items sold best in Jingzhao, and even the holy hands who were good at painting Buddha statues were invited by some people to worship, in order to have a satisfactory Buddha statue, so that the Queen Mother would be satisfied with the Buddha statue.

If something is good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom, which is exactly this truth.

Two days in the morning, there was a decree in the palace: let the wives of officials and granddaughters of various families go to Cining Palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday. It turned out that the Queen Mother was old, old and young, so she naturally liked to be more lively, and liked to chat with the little girls the most. The decree came urgently, and the wives of the officials of various families hurriedly prepared jewelry and clothes for their daughters and granddaughters to enter the palace.

Fortunately, Shen Yu's family usually taught Shen Ning a lot of court etiquette, and he would also be able to ask An Lishu to move, although it was the first time to bring Shen Ning into the palace, he was not so worried.

"The girl has done a good job, and she will follow her wife into the palace tomorrow night, and her wife can rest assured." Mother Yu watched Shen Ning kneel together, the court movements of the court were unusually standard and smooth, as if they had been trained for many years, and it was estimated that even the grandmother in the palace was just like this. Thinking of this, Yu's mother nodded and smiled with satisfaction.

I've been familiar with these movements for decades, how can I not do them well? Listening to Mother Yu's words, Shen Ning didn't speak, thinking so. She had been in that place for twenty years, three years as the master of Kunning Palace, seventeen years of imprisonment in the Cold Palace, and was about to step into it again, and Shen Ning felt nothing more than a chill and indifference.

The Holy Birthday Festival came soon, and Shen Yu wore a five-grade edict dress and entered the palace with a newly dressed Shen Ning. The birthday gift has long been sent to the Shaofu Prison, Shen Yu took Shen Ning with a relaxed step, during the period, met Shen Jinghua's wife Chen in the Ministry of Langzhong, she brought her little daughter into the palace to celebrate her birthday, because Shen Jinghua was Shen Yuhong's media, the two families were also close, so they went to Cining Palace together, under the leadership of the female official.

Shen Ning lowered his head and was silent. When she just passed by Kunning Palace, she raised her eyes and looked at it, it was exactly the same as what she remembered: it was still the same building, it was still so solemn, and even the big trees planted in front of Kunning Palace were still so luxuriant. As if there was no trace of time, I don't know if the bloodstains of the Kunning Palace in the previous life can be washed away?

Cining Palace is located in the depths of the imperial city, behind the Zichen Hall and Kunning Palace, in addition to passing through the residence of the emperor and the queen, you also have to pass through the palaces of many palace concubines. Shen Yu and Shen Chen's entourage soon met many palace concubines, and the first one they met was Li Guifei, the biological mother of the fifth prince.

"No need to be polite, we are all going to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, so let's go together." Seeing Shen Yu's and others' greetings, Li Guifei smiled gently, and her gentle and gentle temperament had a fragility that I felt sorry for, which made people unbearable to refuse.

"Mrs. Shen's body has recovered?" After everyone saluted, Li Guifei first opened her mouth to greet Shen Yu, and naturally saw Shen Ning behind Shen Yu. Before Shen Yushi could answer, he smiled and said, "This is your daughter, right?" It's really a pleasing look, and my concubine was happy when she saw it, come and come, come and show me. He beckoned Shen Ning to her and looked at her with a smile, like a loving elder looking at his beloved junior, very close and gentle.

Shen Ning lowered his head and stepped forward, "Say hello to your concubine." He stopped talking, and lowered his head, like a shy boudoir girl. I didn't expect the first person I saw her, Shangguan Changzhi's biological mother, and her mother-in-law in her previous life, the current Li Guifei, the later Concubine Li, and then the later Empress Dowager Li. How much I was bullied and indifferent to her in my previous life, and now she is so kind to her, what a irony! In her previous life, it was this amiable Empress Dowager Li who thought that the Shen family was a powerful relative, supported that woman's ascendancy, connived at that woman's bullying of her, and even deliberately injured her in order to help that woman, saying that it was because Shen Ning pushed her, which made Shangguan Changzhi more and more disgusted with her. The gentle and weak Empress Dowager Li in front of her is vicious and insidious, just like Shangguan Changzhi, she is an out-and-out poisonous snake.

"Mrs. Shen is really blessed, if only I had such a well-behaved and caring daughter, I don't know if I have such a blessing......" Li Guifei's voice was envious, and there was a trace of loneliness on her face, that look made Shen Yu and the others feel unbearable when they saw it, Shen Yu was about to say something, but heard a straightforward and laughing voice interjected.

"What a blessing my sister said? Mrs. Shen is such a good blessing, and my sister is envious. When Shen Yu and the others saw the person who said this, they hurriedly bent down and saluted, saying, "Say hello to Concubine Xian." It turned out that the person who spoke was Concubine Zhou Xian, the biological mother of the third prince, who just heard Li Guifei's words and knew what she was thinking, so she quickly intercepted the topic.

As soon as Concubine Zhou Xian's words came out, Shen Yu stopped talking, thinking of the gifts sent by the two palace mothers before, and suddenly felt embarrassed and embarrassed. I didn't expect these two people to meet in this **, and they also took Shen Ning to talk about things pointedly, how can it end now.

Seeing Concubine Zhou Xian interjecting, Concubine Li knew that she wanted to propose a marriage with the Shen family by meeting Shen Yu's family, so she could only press it down. I didn't expect to be intervened by her, listening to what she meant, could it be that she also had the idea of wooing the Shen family? Li Guifei's eyes rolled, and she smiled a little flatteringly, and said, "Sister is here?" It just so happened that we went to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, and the time was not early, so don't let the Queen Mother wait. After that, he also invited Shen Yu and others to follow, did not let Concubine Zhou Xian continue to speak, and ordered the female official to continue to lead the team forward.

Concubine Zhou Xian's purpose was to stop Concubine Li from talking, and now that the goal has been achieved, she naturally doesn't talk much. Secretly looked at Shen Ning a few times, is this delicate little girl? looks good, but thinking of her son's strict requirements for the girl's appearance, Concubine Zhou Xian frowned, it seems that it will take a lot of effort to convince her son.

The group came to Cining Palace, Cining Palace was very lively, and many women had already gathered, and many girls were beckoned by the Queen Mother to sit down beside them, and they were racking their brains to tease the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother would always laugh out loud after listening to these little girls, saying that these little girls are really caring, which makes the princesses from the palace concubines look a little ugly one by one. But in the end, it was the imperial grandmother, and she knew that she was just talking casually, but muttered to their respective concubines.

Sitting on the main seat is naturally the Queen Mother Gao, the left and right are the Queen Jiang and the Crown Princess Wu, in addition to the second prince's biological mother Zhang Defei, the tenth prince's biological mother Mu Fei, the twelfth prince's biological mother Rongfei, the second prince's concubine Chen Wanrou and so on. The women were talking and laughing with each other, and occasionally there were blessing words such as "pine and cypress evergreen" and "crane longevity", and the room was harmonious. Shen Yushi and the others were also infected with this joyful atmosphere and relaxed. first saluted the Queen Mother on her birthday, and then whispered with other officials' wives, passing the time, waiting for the banquet to begin.