Early that morning, the three of them got up and urged their subordinates to groom themselves.

"Since it's just a small banquet with peers, it can't be too grand, it looks too wooden, and I can afford them!" Zhuang Man meditated on the bronze mirror, "If you only understate it, the momentum is not enough...... This degree has to be mastered! ”

"This degree is up to the two of us." Xin Fubing said while concentrating on selecting beads from the makeup, "The nineteenth cousin is a jinghai cloth skirt is enough to go out to the town, and you can dress up any way!" ”

Qiu Yulan didn't plan to dress up more carefully - mainly because today's protagonist is Xin Fubing, she has no intention of stealing the limelight from her own people, and smiled when she heard this: "Is this because I'm afraid that I won't be able to contribute for a while, so you can praise me before you go out?" ”

"It's best for my sister-in-law to settle them out by herself for a while, let's go over and eat and drink." Zhuang Man smiled, "Alas, how good would it be if they asked us to do it?" It is estimated that more than ten or twenty are not enough for my sister-in-law to fight. ”

"A dozen or twenty? Gu curvaceous like that? Xin Fubing handed the selected pearl flower to the maid, and said with her temples, "You really underestimate your sister-in-law!" I said hundreds of them together, and my sister-in-law were—"

Qiu Yulan intercepted: "Hundreds of princesses and princesses are on the same page, and each of them pulls out a hairpin and throws it at me, which is enough for me to hold my head and jump!" ”

Xin Fubing and Zhuang Man imagined the scene of countless hairpin rings thrown, and they all laughed.

In the laughter, the three of them packed up their appearances, had breakfast together, and went to greet the queen first—but they ran into the emperor on the way to the queen's bedroom.

The three of them were taken aback, the relationship between the emperor and the queen was not very harmonious, which was no secret in the government and the opposition. After all, she is as strong and spicy as Queen Jiang, it is hard to imagine that she will love the weak emperor from the bottom of her heart, and the emperor, who is controlled by the queen mother and does not dare to speak loudly, probably can't appreciate the queen's domineering...... So if there is nothing to do, and it is not the day when the ancestral system stipulates that the emperor and queen sleep together, the emperor stays in the harem concubines.

In the past two days, the day of the ancestral system has not arrived, and the direction of the emperor's drive is to see the queen, so naturally there is something wrong.

Although it is said that the emperor is an ornament in this dynasty, the etiquette on the scene still has to be done, so the three of them quickly knelt on the side of the road as soon as they saw the emperor.

After a while, the emperor passed by, and the emperor whispered a few words to the inner servants, and a father-in-law who looked like a chief manager stopped and asked them to get up in a good voice: "Your Majesty has something to discuss with the queen's mother, if the three of you are not in a hurry, please take a rest in the side hall." ”

"I'm in no hurry." Qiu Yulan said with a smile, "Thank you father-in-law for reminding us, let's go to the side hall." ”

If the father-in-law in charge was in the previous dynasty, even the queen and the prince would not dare to look down on him, but the emperor of this dynasty was a puppet, and he did not dare to have any arrogance.

The three of them walked slowly to the gate of the palace, and the palace guards also led them to sit and wait in the side hall - after entering the side hall, Zhuang Man couldn't hold it back, and guessed in a low voice: "Your Majesty, how will you come here?" Do you have a special favorite concubine who wants to be promoted? ”

"It's harder." Xin Fubing looked around, and saw that the palace people were far away, and all the people who were close were their henchmen, so she whispered, "Although Niangniang doesn't care about Your Majesty's lingering in the harem, she doesn't like Your Majesty to ask for a position reward......

Empress Jiang usually doesn't take care of the harem herself, so she handed it over to Lady Lin. However, when it comes to the rise and fall of concubines, she has to nod her head, and the queen has never nodded much. Now although the four concubines below the queen are all together, except for Gu Guifei, the three concubines of Shuxiande all hugged the queen's thighs.

According to Xin Fubing's whisper, this kind of concubine who hugged the queen's thigh is very easy to carry, Queen Jiang is determined to be in the previous dynasty, and she doesn't take the position of the harem very seriously, so she coaxed her to be happy to initiate the concubine position to be generous and generous - this is how the second concubine of virtue came.

"In other words, if it is a concubine on the queen's side, you don't need to look for the emperor if you want to take the throne?" Qiu Yulan understood, "And if the emperor needs to come over to intercede in order to take the throne, it is estimated that either the emperor himself found a favorite, or it has something to do with the queen mother, and the queen naturally refuses to agree easily." ”

She thought of the concubine who hooked up with Jiang Yadan back then, "It is said that her concubine position was obtained by the emperor and the queen for four months, but she got it with Jiang Ba...... But I don't know where she came from? ”

Because of Xin Fubing's explanation, Qiu Yulan thought of the deceased, but Zhuang Man was thinking about the current one: "If Your Majesty really came to ask for a seal for which concubine, but I don't know who it is?" I haven't heard of a newcomer in the palace lately? ”

"Didn't the summer just start?" Qiu Yulan reminded her, "This year's summer vacation was arranged by King Zhou, can't you arrange a few flower-like flowers in the palace people, just for Your Majesty to see?" ”

"The person arranged by King Zhou? Want the queen to agree to give them a formal canonization? How can it be! Zhuang Manle was happy, "But what's the use of King Zhou doing this?" Where can Your Majesty be able to resist the queen? ”

Their guess was really right, after a while, there was a noise outside, and the maids saw that the palace people did not stop them, so they came to the door to watch the meeting, and came back to say: "A few people from the palace in colorful clothes have been brought into the main hall, and they are all young and beautiful." ”

"It is estimated that it will be difficult for us to invite the mother to An, and it will be almost time for the banquet - I am afraid that the main hall will not be over for a while." Seeing this, Qiu Yulan looked at the copper leak in the corner of the house and stood up.

"See if Lady Lin is outside? If so, just talk to her? Zhuang Man also got up and said.

"Lady Lin is taking care of the harem on behalf of the queen's mother, how can she be idle outside?" Xin Fubing teased.

Qiu Yulan beckoned a palace person to come over, and told her to tell the queen on behalf of the three of them, and said, "The hour is almost up?" Shall we go to the garden? ”

Gu Qianna's birthday banquet is set in the garden, mainly considering that as a courtier, even if the princess is not a real golden branch and jade leaf, she occasionally enters the palace to live, and celebrates her birthday in the palace, which is too formal and seems to be overstepping.

Because it was a luncheon, when Qiu Yulan and the others arrived, all the people from Gu Graceful Fang had arrived-among the three people, Princess Changping and Tang Xinqiong had already expected, but the third one was not Tang Xinyao, who had become Princess Yan, but Tang Shi, the wife of the prince of Guangyang, with a cold expression.

…… At the beginning, the Tang family was almost stripped naked and beaten by Qiu Yulan in Xihe Palace, so that she was unwilling to meet Qiu Yulan in the past two years. I don't know why she will replace Princess Yan here this time, but her gaze when she looks at Qiu Yulan is always unkind!

Even if the two sides finished their hypocritical courtesy, Tang's face was still ugly.

But if she didn't bring it up, Qiu Yulan pretended not to see it, anyway, it wasn't her who suffered back then...... Tang Shi will not show her face, she will almost forget the past.

After the guest and host sat down, Gu Qianna, as the host, spoke first: "Thank you for your support, the wine is simple, and I look at Haihan." ”

On Qiu Yulan's side, she is a sister-in-law when it comes to the elderly, and it is said that she should be the main speaker.

However, everyone knows that the protagonists of today's birthday banquet are Gu Qianna and Xin Fubing, so she only laughed and did not make a sound.

Xin Fubing took over the conversation knowingly: "It's okay, anyway, we're not here to eat." ”

There was a thorn in the words, but Gu Qianna smiled calmly: "It's really ...... for you to congratulate you on your little birthday" A sentence turned embarrassment into gratitude.

"It's right to congratulate you, but what you said is not right, how can the birthday be small? If you don't think of yourself, you have to remember what Lingtang suffered back then, right? Xin Fubing saw that she was going to take the route of grace and generosity, and immediately changed her pleasant expression, and said eloquently, "Father's business, no trivial matter, isn't it?" ”

"Miss Xin's filial piety is commendable, but I am not as good as ......," Gu said with a smile, "But I heard that Uncle Qin Guogong has not been very good in the past two days?" Originally, I thought that Miss and Mrs. Qiu would have no time to come to the banquet! ”

Seeing that the topic had revolved around Qin Guogong, Qiu Yulan said: "Grandfather just drank a few more glasses at the family banquet and got drunk. When he woke up, he told us to do things as usual, and we naturally listened to his old man's words. "What is the safety of Qin Guogong? In the past two days, she has been in the palace, but she has been inquiring.

According to the latest news sent by Jiang Yashuang last night, although Qin Guogong can't get up now, he is completely awake, and he can act as usual after ten days and half a month of recuperation, so the Jiang family will insist that he is drunk to cover it up.

After all, with the degree of influence that Qin Guogong has on the situation now, the news of his illness, no matter how severe it is, is not a good thing for the queen party.

Naturally, if you don't admit it, you won't admit it.

Therefore, after Qiu Yulan denied it, he didn't forget to taunt back, "I don't think the complexion of the prince of Guangyang is not very good, is the princess of the world sick?" If that's the case, don't force it, it's better to go back to rest and seek medical treatment as soon as possible! ”

Tang Shi said expressionlessly: "Lord Laoqiu is worried, I'm very good!" It's Miss Xin, her face is so pale, I don't know if it's uncomfortable? ”

"A good birthday banquet, either mentioning that the parents are not in good health, or putting on a coffin face, and saying that the greeting guest is pale." Zhuang Man looked surprised, "Are you trying to smash your own field?" ”

Knowing that she speaks straight, her words have always been unscrupulous. Gu Qianna and the others exchanged glances, ignored her, and still said to Qiu Lulan and Xin Fubing: "It's not that we deliberately picked on thorns, it's actually the last time I saw Miss Xin, and she was as delicate as a flower, why haven't you seen her for a few days, and people are so haggard like this?" If you have something on your mind, it's inconvenient to talk to us, and you should also tell your family about it, a good young lady like a flower, don't toss and break your body. ”

Qiu Yulan's side had a preconceived idea, thinking that they just wanted to fight today, and these words sounded like thorns, and at that moment Xin Fubing sneered and said, "Didn't you say today that you want to congratulate Gu on your birthday?" Why are you staring at me? I was really not well two days ago, I was sick, but now I have recovered, otherwise how dare I enter the palace? Why do you suspect that I'm going to spread your disease here?! ”

Zhuang Man was afraid that the world would not be chaotic: "I don't look good at the world's women's complexion, you are suspicious of Cousin Xin, and we are still suspicious of the world's children!" Did you invite us here, did you invite us to quarrel?! ”

She began to roll up her sleeves, full of interest, "Quarrel and quarrel, I'm afraid you won't make it?" ”

"This is really a misunderstanding, we are really surprised, after all, it is not that we have never met with Miss Xin before, knowing that you have always been in good health, this will suddenly turn off your complexion, and when you are surprised, you will not say anything about this concern." Gu Wanna and Princess Changping glanced at each other, and said with a smile, "It's all ours, in this way, I will punish myself for making amends for your sins...... How is it? ”

Saying that, Gu Qianna poured herself a glass of wine, drank it all, and lit up the bottom of the glass towards Xin Fubing.

She suddenly retreated, but the three of them were even more vigilant - this was obviously because they didn't want to quarrel so as not to break up unhappily, did they want to keep them down?

"But what can you do in broad daylight?" Vigilance is vigilance, but the three of them are not very worried, "I want to see what kind of medicine you sell in your gourd!" ”