The queen silently watched the Queen Mother and Princess Wen Xian slowly climb the stairs, looked around at the different faces of everyone, and smiled lightly: "The Queen Mother is driving, let's follow." ”

After that, he took the lead in keeping up with the footsteps of the queen mother, his eyes always stayed on the backs of the grandparents and grandchildren, and he secretly thought about how to say the first sentence for a while, so as to coax the grandparents and grandchildren to be happy.

Concubine De, who was close to her, silently watched the queen who had always been the first to take the lead in going upstairs, her eyes were unconsciously covered with a faint mist, and her face looked at everyone on the left and right like a spring breeze, and she also smiled and put up with a smile.

The concubines and concubines then flew together like autumn geese, merging into the surging flow of people according to the ranks, and went upstairs in a small sound of hairpin rings, standing in a row behind the queen and Concubine De, following the queen's silent posture and gestures, kneeling and kowtowing to the queen mother in front of them.

"The concubines respectfully ask the Queen Mother to be blessed with Jin'an", in front of the condescending Queen Mother, they joined in unison.

The Queen Mother sat on the carved phoenix chair in the middle of the main seat of the banquet, and said to everyone in front of her with great kindness: "Flat, take a seat." ”

The concubines are all smiling, such as the autumn support, two long koi carp, on the surface of the lake through the branches, slowly divided into two autumn waves, with the queen and Concubine De in the queen mother in turn to sit down, will be a face of the obedient and silent smile, spread the entire west building.

The queen mother is old, and she likes to look at everyone's jubilant appearance, although she has not yet seen the emperor's face, her heart is like a garden full of spring, and she wanders slightly.

Under the joy, the queen took the lead in smiling and chanting with a spring breeze on her face: "Queen Mother, the concubines entrust you with your blessings, and you can enjoy the joy under your old man's knees in this Double Ninth Festival, and climb high to appreciate the autumn chrysanthemum together, you don't know how happy the concubines are in their hearts!" ”

"Especially, when I saw Princess Wen Xian today, under your careful care, she was so slim and beautiful, it made the concubine can't help but recall, when the concubine first entered the palace, your old man's heroic posture and demeanor are beyond the reach of my Yunni generation."

A love of the house and Wu's praise, not only in public will be the queen mother to the supreme head of the six palaces, but also with the praise of the queen mother raised by the hands of the princess of Jiuge Wenxian, by the way, mentioned everyone's own qualifications in the palace unparalleled, can be described as three birds with one stone, sentences seem to be unintentional, the listeners are feeling and use, thinking carefully and full of several layers of intentions.

The Queen Mother is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and she is used to hearing such flattery all her life, although she does not feel fresh at this time, she also has a smile on her face, and accepts half of the flattery, and says lightly: "Oh? Although the mourning family has been in retirement for a long time now, they have also heard that the queen has done her best on weekdays and kept the harem in an orderly manner. In this way, it is also the blessing of the emperor today, so that the mourning family can be satisfied with everything and enjoy the blessings. ”

The queen raised her eyes with satisfaction, and said with a deeper smile: "The queen mother, the concubines are not talented, and it is the duty of the concubines to lead the six palaces and share worries for the emperor, and they are not worthy of such praise from the queen mother." ”

After a pause, he said: "Queen Mother, today is the Double Ninth Festival in early September, the concubines and sisters, as well as all the ministries and departments in the palace, have carefully prepared gifts for the Queen Mother early, and asked the Queen Mother to look at them one by one, thinking that today's chrysanthemum feast is the icing on the cake and adds luster ......"

After hearing this, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "The Queen has a heart." ”

The queen smiled on her face, and said to the eunuch on the side, "Present it." ”

The eunuch hurriedly bowed down, held a red silk tray high above his head with both hands, and knelt respectfully in front of the Queen Mother.

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look towards the tray, only to see that on the red silk was a delicate ebony carved gilt jewelry box.

The Queen Mother smiled slightly when she saw it, and her eyes were lightly directed at Wen Xian on the side.

Wen Xian understood, walked to the eunuch, took the box and put it on the table, gently opened the gilt buckle of the ebony box, and took two steps back to stand beside the queen mother.

The Queen Mother opened a pair of narrow phoenix eyes slightly, and looked at the box intently.

I saw that on top of the red soft satin in this wooden box, there was a pure gold ring inlaid with a huge eastern pearl.

The Queen Mother silently took out this Dongzhu ring from the box and held it in her hand to play with it.

The huge East Pearl, under the refraction of the sunlight for a while, was brilliant and shining, attracting a burst of light shouts from everyone around him.

Now that the treasury is becoming empty, the regular silver of the concubines in the harem has been halved since last year.

The usual tributes of various counties are far less than those in the early years, and even the emperor's weekday rewards have been reduced a little.

It's been a long time since the concubines have seen such a big Dongzhu.

Such a large Dongzhu, if the tribute is sent to Beijing, it will only be inlaid on the queen's phoenix crown, so only the queen who is high above can afford to offer such a treasure.

Everyone present couldn't help but sigh secretly in their hearts, there was such a treasure in front of the Queen Mother, although it was also a congratulatory gift that cost a lot of money, it looked so shabby for a while.

In everyone's secret thoughts, the queen added eloquently: "The concubine heard that the Ussuri River is not as good as it was a few years ago, and she can salvage a very decent Dongzhu. This is the largest East Pearl that the concubine specially entrusted someone to carefully find from the coast of the South China Sea. ”

"According to the fishermen who cast their nets, the coastal area where they live has not been seen for seven or eight years, and the Dongzhu is so big and in such good condition."

"Since your old man mentioned it, the concubine wants to hold a chrysanthemum banquet during the Double Ninth Festival, but people have been looking for it everywhere. Knowing that the person who did the service got this jewel from the South China Sea, his heart was really happy, and he thought that it was also the queen mother, your old man, and the old man was fast in the sky, and this east pearl did not appear in the morning, nor did it appear in the evening, but it appeared before your chrysanthemum banquet was held. ”

"Look at the concubines, it's still your old man's fortune and fortune, sensing the heavens and the earth, this East Pearl, the Dragon King of the South China Sea as a courtier, a congratulatory gift to the Queen Mother!"

After saying a few words, the concubines in the rank here looked at each other, and they all felt that it was not unreasonable.

The Queen Mother was a blessed old man, and I heard that when the first emperor was in power, the Queen Mother was the only one who favored the harem. After the collapse of the first emperor, since the new emperor ascended to the pole, serving the queen mother is extremely filial and caring.

And the queen, presumably also to prepare for the queen mother's named chrysanthemum banquet this time, must bow down to the painstaking effort, so that the queen sent the messenger unexpectedly obtained, this is a unique noble gift in the world today.

The Queen Mother took the bead ring in her hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, raised her eyes and smiled at the queen and said, "Yes, the mourning family likes it, and the queen has a heart." ”

Everyone's eyes stared at the soft light of the Dongzhu, and their mouths let out a slight sigh.

And in this slight sigh of the full building, only one person faintly showed a trace of imperceptible disdain in his eyes full of spring breeze, and a very shallow and extremely light smile slowly bloomed on his lips.