The arrival of Si Yue made the originally harmonious hall rise a subtle feeling, Zhou Shude and Lan Xin's eyes subconsciously fell on Lin Su's body, while Zhao Yuexin and Wang Liulian secretly looked at Lin Su after looking at the door with the show girls.

Lin Su got up, and everyone present immediately stood up, followed her to the door of the main hall, and welcomed Si Yue in.

The women were busy again, and then sat down one by one with Si Yue's seat. Lin Su sat next to Si Yue and personally poured tea for Si Yue, and then said in a low voice: "The concubine never expected that the emperor would really come to attend the concubine's birthday when he came in. ”

"How can I not come on the birthday of my concubine?" Si Yue responded lightly, and motioned to Chang Fugui, who was holding a tray on the side, to give the congratulatory gift.

Here, Xia Yan immediately greeted him and took the tray in Chang Fugui's hand.

Chang Fugui saw that it was Xia Yan, a smile appeared on his tense face, and he turned his head and secretly glanced at Si Yue, who was drinking tea with his eyes down, and then reminded in a low voice: "The emperor went to the Empress Dowager's palace in the morning, and now he has just left from the Chaofeng Palace." ”

Xia Yan raised her eyebrows, and immediately showed a look of understanding, and put the congratulatory gift given by Si Yue at the top of a pile of gifts, and then said, "Thank you Gonggong Chang for mentioning it." ”

Chang Fugui nodded slightly, then turned around and stood silently behind Si Yue again, while Xia Yan took the opportunity to pour tea for Lin Su and made a gesture that had been agreed before.

Seeing this, Lin Su naturally knew that everything was ready, so he took a sip of tea, raised his head and looked at Si Yue with a smile, "On this birthday, the concubine originally wanted to cook a few small dishes in person, and put down a bowl of longevity noodles, and just eat it." However, who would have thought that the queen mother was still thinking about the birthday of the concubine in her heart, and she gave her two thousand taels of silver, so that the concubine could make this birthday lively at the end of the year, so that the harem would add a joy. ”

Si Yue listened to her words, and his expression on his originally pale face softened slightly. In the eyes of outsiders, this naturally has not changed much, but Lin Su is not comparable to those women here.

Her heart was steady, and she could speak more smoothly.

Lin Su's voice was lowered, and he got up to refill Si Yue's teacup with tea, and then said: "The concubine knows that the emperor has been worried about the snow disaster in the north and tens of thousands of victims these days. ”

Si Yue raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lin Su, Lin Su didn't dodge, he met Si Yue's gaze directly, and his voice was lowered. It just so happened that at this time, Cairo was singing on the newly erected stage outside the main hall, and everyone couldn't keep staring at Si Yue, but they didn't notice this.

"The queen mother's intentions, how could the concubines not understand?" Lin Su pursed his lips and smiled, and glanced at Si Yue deeply, "Although the concubine is clumsy, she won't look at a pit in front of her and jump down without a sound." ”

"You're on the alert." Si Yue smiled at this time, "However, what are you putting on such a scene now?" ”

"Your Majesty, just wait and see, the concubine guarantees that the result will surprise the emperor." Lin Su said that he was ready in his seat, and clapped his hand gently, causing the women in the hall to look back.

"Today, all the sisters in the palace can come to my birthday banquet, all of them are to give me face, now, Lin Su has something to say, if you disturb the sisters listening to the play, please forgive me."

She first politely said, and then entered the topic, her expression changed from a faint joy to a faint sadness, speaking of which the north has been plagued by heavy snowfall in recent months, and countless victims lack food and clothing, and finally when everyone looked inexplicable, she spoke: "Today is Lin Su's birthday, the sisters gave Lin Su this face, not only came, but also brought congratulations to everyone, but Lin Su thought of the victims in the north who were suffering from the snow disaster, so he couldn't bear it, so he decided to put the emperor, the queen mother, the queen, All the congratulatory gifts sent by the sisters were donated, and five sets of newly made winter clothes that did not violate the palace system were sold together in the capital, and all the money obtained was donated to the victims of the disaster in the north. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned. Only when Lin Su opened her mouth to mention the northern snow disaster for the first time, Si Yue, who guessed what she wanted to do, pursed her lips and smiled slightly, and even clapped her hands lightly: "Concubine Ai really has a benevolent heart, I thank you for those disaster victims." ”

"Your Majesty, you praise your concubines like this, which really makes your concubines embarrassed." Lin Su's cheeks turned crimson, revealing a faint delicacy. Her gaze wandered, sliding over Wang Liulian's body.

Wang Liulian really had a delicate mind, and immediately understood when she saw this, and immediately stood up and saluted Si Yue and Lin Su, and then said: "The concubine is not talented, but she still has some private money, and today I heard the virtuous concubine Niangniang mention the victims of the snow disaster in the north, and saw the virtue of the mother, and was willing to take out five hundred taels to relieve the suffering of the victims." ”

"The concubine is willing to take four hundred and fifty taels ......"

"The concubine is willing to take five hundred and fifty taels ......"

"The concubine takes six hundred taels ......"

Once someone was a role model, all the women present donated generously, and some even made a gesture of donation.

Looking at the various valuable jewelry that he had collected, Lin Su pursed his lips and smiled at Si Yue, silently calculated the silver taels he had raised before, and whispered to Si Yue's ear: "The concubine privately donated all the two thousand taels of silver given by the Queen Mother." As for these things, if the emperor is willing to be gracious and let the wives enter the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve to greet him, the concubines are guaranteed to sell a lot of silver taels. ”

Seeing Si Yue raise his eyebrows, as if he was unwilling, Lin Su hurriedly said: "Moreover, not to mention that they bought these things, they also have to donate silver taels." After all, the ladies in the palace have all contributed generously, can they, as courtiers and wives, still be able to pretend that nothing happened? ”

Si Yue pondered for a moment, and finally nodded vigorously.

"Just do as you say."

At the end of the year, the imperial court finally raised 200,000 taels of silver, plus hundreds of thousands of jin of grain, and transported it to the north for disaster relief overnight on Chinese New Year's Eve, and this "First War" Lin Su won a complete victory.

After the liveliness of this birthday banquet, there is finally more festive meaning in the harem. Although the nature of the queen mother and the queen is not high, the queen concubine was in high spirits at the New Year's banquet, and the smile of the prince who held the full moon for not long did not disappear.

Lin Su sat on the side, glanced at Zhou Shude, who had been promoted to Shuyuan, and then at Lan Xin and Wang Liulian, who were only one level lower than her, her eyes turned slightly, and when she looked up, she was already smiling.

In this harem, I am afraid that Zhou Shuxian's position in Si Yue's heart is becoming more and more unstable.