In front of the palace gate, the ladies got off the carriage in turn.

Ye Zhiwei helped the princess, followed behind King Nan, and everyone entered the palace gate.

In front of the Anhe Palace, there have already gathered a lot of family members from various provinces in the court, the queen mother's birthday is a major event, although the queen mother has not asked about political affairs for many years, but the emperor and the queen mother always have to make an example of filial piety and motherhood in front of everyone.

Officials of all sizes gathered together, some people who were familiar with the king of the south came to pay their respects, and many people came forward to talk to Feng Duhan, regardless of whether the son of the world gave him a good look, in short, some people refused to let go of all opportunities to cling to the powerful.

Princess Nan obviously knew a lot of people, and from time to time, the ladies of various provinces came to salute and talk to her.

The princess introduced Ye Zhiwei to them, but Ye Zhiwei could feel that most people looked at her with different colors, just to hinder Princess Nan's face, so she pretended to be intimate with her.

Ye Zhiwei didn't care about this, she didn't look down on them yet, anyway, they were all hypocritical scenes, she said that she was more beautiful than anyone else, and after a while, even Princess Nan couldn't help nodding secretly: I didn't expect this child to be eight hundred exquisite.

Everyone was talking, and Ye Zhiwei suddenly saw Nangong Yan coming from the side and beckoning to her.

Ye Zhiwei glanced at Princess Nan with some embarrassment, but she didn't expect that the princess had already seen Nangong Yan, and said with a smile: "You go, don't go far." ”

Ye Zhiwei happily agreed, took Nangong Yan's hand, and the two of them ran to the side to whisper.

After laughing a few words, Nangong Yan lowered her voice and leaned into Ye Zhiwei's ear and said, "Now there are rumors in the city that you have a lot of chili peppers in your hands, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Ye Zhiwei smiled, "What do you say?" ”

Nangong Yan blinked, "I think it's very possible that with your intelligence, you can definitely afford this kind of big spending." ”

Ye Zhiwei smiled and quipped, "You still praise me, I thought you would look down on me for doing business." ”

Nangong Yan glanced at her, "Who doesn't have a few shops in their hands, even I have to learn to manage the dowry shop below." ”

"It's to prepare for getting married in the future, right?" Ye Zhiwei covered her mouth and snickered.

"you!" No matter how refreshing Nangong Yan was, she couldn't pull her face in this matter, so she reached out to pinch Ye Zhiwei.

Ye Zhiwei hurriedly said to forgive, "Am I wrong?" ”

"I'm kind enough to remind you, you have no conscience and you're joking with me." Nangong Yan's eyes widened.

"You say, I'll listen." Ye Zhiwei smiled.

"Do you know how much the price of dried chili peppers has risen in the city now?"

Ye Zhiwei nodded, of course she knew that she was manipulating this matter behind her back.

"You're not in a hurry...... Nangong Yan stomped his foot, "I've made you anxious, if you continue like this, I'm afraid you'll get into trouble." ”

Ye Zhiwei smiled faintly, "There is one thing I didn't tell you clearly, although the supply of dried chili peppers flowed out of my hands, but so far, I have never participated in it. ”

"What are you...... What do you mean? ”

"That means I'm out of stock for a long time." Ye Zhiwei spread her hands, "No matter how much the price of dried chili peppers rises, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Hearing this, Nangong Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, I've been worried about you for several days." ”

Ye Zhiwei sneered, "What are you anxious about, even if something really happens, the son of the world will bear it for me, are you afraid that they will dare to do it to me?" ”

"I know the prince is good to you, but you don't need to be so showy." Nangong Yan counterattacked at the right time, and the two of them immediately burst into laughter.

The cold eyes of the wind and twilight drifted over, Ye Zhiwei's cheeks were crimson with a smile, and the delicate appearance was reflected in his eyes, like drinking old wine, which deeply intoxicated him.

Princess Nan caught a glimpse of this scene and pursed her lips and smiled with satisfaction.

Everyone was greeting, and suddenly saw several chamberlains coming out of the Anhe Palace, and the first father-in-law held the roster in his hand, and said: "The Queen Mother Yizhi, the King of the South, the Princess of the South, the Prince of the World, and the Princess of the World are here." ”

All the noise was still.

On the birthday of the Queen Mother, before the banquet, she will always ask to meet some royal relatives by name, and other officials in the court, no matter how big your rank is, you will not have this honor, so everyone is proud of it.

Zhuang Yueqi's face was a little bad, although her identity was only a side concubine, but she was also married by the queen, and her identity was more expensive than that of ordinary ministers of the court.

Unexpectedly, this time the Queen Mother didn't call her name, and only let others in.

"Lord Wang......" she called delicately.

Zhuang Yueqi forgot one thing, on such an occasion, it was impossible for King Nan to show any concern in front of her.

King Nan didn't say a word, turned around and followed the chamberlain into the Anhe Palace.

Ye Zhiwei smiled softly at Zhuang Yueqi when she left, and then was satisfied to see that the other party was so angry with her soft knife that her face turned pale.

Her small movements did not escape Twilight's eyes, and when she entered the Ann Temple, Twilight Han deliberately slowed down and walked to her side.

"When you see the Queen Mother, just salute, don't be afraid." He whispered.

Ye Zhiwei smiled sweetly at him, she had already seen most of these characters in the palace, so she was not afraid, but this was the first time the queen mother had met, and what she had in her heart was more curiosity.

Everyone came to the main hall, the emperor and the queen sat on the side, the queen mother was about seventy years old, wearing court clothes, and she looked a little stressed.

Ye Zhiwei only glanced at it hurriedly and lowered her head in a regular manner.

King Nan took the lead, and everyone came forward to bow and said a bunch of auspicious words to congratulate him.

The Queen Mother's gaze swept over everyone, and finally fell on Princess Nan.

"You've got a nice son." The Queen Mother suddenly burst out.

Princess Nan's face did not change, and she bowed her head obediently, "Empress Dowager Xie praises." "Her son is naturally the best, she has never questioned that.

King Nan's face was a little ugly, it was not a secret that their father and son were not compatible, even the emperor could get a glimpse of it.

On the side, there was a waiter presenting the birthday gift from the Southern Palace, which was nothing more than some gold, silver and jade, and the Queen Mother didn't even blink her eyes, but she looked at the birthday gift sent by the prince and said, "Why is there no congratulatory gift from the princess?" ”

Princess Nan obviously didn't expect this to happen, before they came, all the congratulatory gifts were handled by her, even if Ye Zhiwei didn't prepare herself, she would prepare everyone's share.

Ye Zhiwei was not nervous when she heard this, but first bowed her head and said, "Please forgive the Queen Mother." ”

"Hold your head up." The Queen Mother said.

Ye Zhiwei raised her head as she said, her eyebrows were deferential but not flattering.

"Well, that's a handsome one." The Queen Mother sighed.

At this moment, the emperor spoke, "Anyway, you are also married to the prince, why don't you even have the filial piety to give a birthday gift?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the concubine is indeed prepared, but it's just ......" She hesitated, looking embarrassed.

"Just what?" The Queen Mother's voice was unusually majestic.

"This congratulatory gift is too shabby, and the concubine may not be able to handle it."