Kou Shu slowly sipped her tea, squinted her eyes, and quietly listened to the ripples on the side gesturing excitedly towards herself.

"Niangniang, you don't know, the current Rong nobles, except for the emperor, no one wants to see her anymore."

Kou Shu smiled faintly, she had no sorrow or joy, Jun En was like water, she didn't care who the flowers were, Lan Guifei had a ghost in her heart, she cared more about her own identity as to where Song Jinyan stayed, as for the Queen Mother, Kou Shu didn't understand that it was the pillow wind that Mama Meng blew after she was angry that day, but she could probably guess it. And except for a few of them, the concubines and the concubines under them are all angry on weekdays, so naturally they will not give Rong Guiren a good look.

"Where's the honorable man?" Kou Shu raised her eyebrows: "I'm almost isolated, but can I still hold on?" ”

The mandarin duck shook his head: "The slave doesn't know, but I only know that Rong Guiren's temper seems to be getting bigger and bigger day by day." ”

Kou Shu smiled and didn't speak.

The north wind was blowing, and sometimes there was an angry howl, which made people can't help but shrink a little, and the white snow that was hunting and flying had been falling for several days, and it was almost time for the palace banquet under the New Year.

The palace banquet under the year is the most solemn palace banquet of the year, the concubines in the palace, the prince with the title, the group master, and the ministers and their families above the third grade, the lady with the command, etc., all have to enter the palace to participate in the palace banquet without exception.

And those ministers who are not in charge of the palace, such as the Rong noble family, General Yang Qi is guarding the frontier and cannot participate in the palace banquet, and the emperor will personally send eighteen imperial dishes to Yang Qi's mansion.

Kou Shu sat in front of the bronze mirror and quietly looked at herself in front of the mirror.

Today is an extremely important occasion, Mandarin Duck and Ripple get up early in the morning to help themselves dress up, just a phoenix crown on their heads, Ripples are busy for half a day.

In the evening, Kou Shu set off from Changle Palace to the main hall of the banquet. I saw that on the top of Kou Shu's phoenix crown, there were two gold-inlaid jade bracelets on the left and right, and two gold-tired silk phoenix hairpins, and on both sides of the lower side, there were gold-tired silk inlaid treasures inlaid with jade peony and bird pattern to cover the temples, and she was dressed in a golden Luo Luan dress, and her feet were on the clouds and smoke Ruyi and the red phoenix wing satin shoes, and with Kou Shu's movement, the skirt danced like a flowing cloud.

"The queen mother has arrived—" Su Peiyuan's voice saw Kou Shu, and reported in a sharp voice.

I saw that Concubine Shu was dressed in a rust-red and bright gold carved silk crab claw chrysanthemum palace dress, and her body was a little thinner and less stout than before. She sat quietly on the side, and when she saw Kou Shulai, she took the lead in getting up: "I've seen the queen mother." ”

Kou Shu raised her eyebrows and glanced around slightly, a little surprised: "Why didn't you see Concubine Lan?" ”

"Hui Yu Niangniang-" Su Peiyuan on the side stepped forward and arched his hand slightly towards Kou Shu and said, "Concubine Lan said that she was not feeling well today, so she would not come to the palace banquet under the New Year." ”

"Don't come to the palace banquet?" Kou Shu frowned slightly.

Su Peiyuan shook his head: "Concubine Lan said that when she got up early in the morning, she felt a headache and it was difficult to walk. I specially invited the doctor to come and see him, saying that he was suffering from a cold and needed to rest. ”

Kou Shu nodded, suppressed the confusion in her heart, and didn't ask any more.

Singing and dancing followed.

For this palace banquet under the year, the palace specially invited singers and songwriters from outside the palace, as well as all kinds of beautiful dances, because it was a palace banquet, and some young ladies from various families also improvised their talents. The younger sister of the Qing nobleman, Song Ningxiangyin, the second daughter of the scholar, actually attracted butterflies to dance with a flute sound, and the youngest daughter of the military general Song General's family won Song Jinyan's praise with her single-handed rebound of the pipa.

Kou Shu raised her sleeves slightly to cover her face, and drank all the wine in the wine cup, only to feel a hot feeling flowing through her throat. Song Jinyan on the side saw it and smiled faintly: "Queen, this wine doesn't look very good, in fact, the wine is very strong, if the queen doesn't plan to lose herself tonight, don't drink it anymore." ”

Kou Shu's face turned red, although she is a queen, but over the years, there are really few times when she and Song Jinyan have been husband and wife, and more importantly, she just stands by Song Jinyan's side as a queen.

"Your Majesty, the concubine respects you with a glass-" The Qing nobleman got up slowly, picked up a glass of wine in his hand, and said to Song Jinyan from afar: "I wish my Daxuan every year to have today, every year to have today, and the country is bright and prosperous." ”

"Good!" Song Jinyan laughed and drank all the wine in the cup, people like to listen to good words, even if they are not true.

Hearing this, Scholar Song, who was not far away, cast an approving glance at his daughter. At times like this, the icing on the cake is the best choice.

The Qing nobleman sat down with a red face, picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and then showed an infinitely shy look.

The concubine on the side immediately got up slowly.

Kou Shu's eyes moved, only to find that Concubine Shu was different from the previous heart, and today she ingeniously combed a round bun swallowtail. The original back-to-heart bun was long-shaped, which made the face more elegant and flat, and recently Shufei changed to a round bun swallowtail, which balanced her overly flat face well, but set off a bit of liveliness and sweetness.

"Your Majesty—" Concubine Shu blessed Song Jinyan from afar, and said, "Concubine Shu is not talented, and she also has something to give to the emperor." ”

"Oh?" Song Jinyan raised her eyebrows: "Concubine Shu has something to give me?" ”

Concubine Shu got up and slowly made a gesture, and then several small servants who had been waiting outside the door for a long time jointly carried up a large red sandalwood shelf, and I don't know what was placed on the shelf, but it was tightly covered with red silk.

"What is this?" The Queen Mother frowned, looking very interested.

Concubine Shu saluted the Queen Mother again, and then stretched out her hand, and with a "bang", she tore off the big red satin cloth covering it.

I saw that under the satin cloth was a huge black stone, which was as tall as a man, half a foot wide, and the whole body emitted a chill.

What's more, on the stone, there are four big characters inscribed: "Haiyan Qinghe." ”

"What is this stone?" The Queen Mother frowned.

Concubine Shu smiled slightly and said, "Queen Mother, the peculiarity of this stone is that this stone is not artificially carved, but a stone dug in the river by the concubine's mother's family who was ordered to dig a ditch. ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows: "There is such a thing?" ”

"Yes," Concubine Shu nodded: "This is a divine omen from heaven, and it is a sign from heaven that I will be in Haiyan Qinghe from now on, and I will be safe and auspicious." ”

Song Jinyan laughed: "Okay! He turned his head and said to the Marquis of Dingguo: "Marquis Dingguo, you have found such a sign for me, today is the end of the year, and it is also a good omen, I must reward you well." ”