The scene of birthday gifts was extremely lively.

For a while, this concubine gave a rare jade Guanyin in the world, which is nearly one person high, and for a while, the concubine gave a set of unparalleled and rare jade jewelry. One moment the princess gave her own handwriting, and the other moment the prince gave her a blessing to the painting he had drawn. Then there are more embroideries that are embroidered by themselves.

In terms of high-end atmosphere, there are high-end and high-grade styles, and there are simple and unpretentious handmade schools, in short, each has its own merits.

When he arrived at Xia Chenyu, Xia Chenyu respectfully walked to the center of the hall with a brocade box, knelt down and said, "I wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea!" Longevity! This is Yu's latest soothing incense. It may not be as good as the incense masters in the palace, but it is made by Yu himself. If the Queen Mother does not dislike it, she can take it to the palace maids and eunuchs below. ”

Empress Dowager Jiang said with a smile: "In that case, these minions will be cheaper." Although the incense made by Brother Yu was learned from Fuhai, according to the mourning family, you are better than the blue. This gift is reluctant to be given to others. After the mourning family used the soothing incense you made last time, you can sleep well every night. Mama Wu has to put it away carefully, and after using up the incense sent by Brother Yu a few days ago, she will continue to use this. ”

Fuhai was the chief eunuch of the incense making bureau in the palace.

"Yes." Mama Wu stepped forward to take the brocade box from Xia Chenyu's hand, turned around and handed it to Jin Cui, the palace maid of Yongci Palace, so that she could immediately receive it to the Empress Dowager Jiang's bedroom for good storage.

"Since the Queen Mother likes it, Yu will make more in the future and send it over." Xia Chenyu was not overjoyed because the gift he gave was looked down upon by Empress Dowager Jiang, and his tone of voice was very calm.

"That's a good feeling. By the way, making incense is very spice-intensive, and the mourning family will not reward you with anything else, and then you will go to the mourning family's treasury to pick the spices you like. ”

Xia Chenyu hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." ”

After kneeling, straighten up and walk slowly back to your seat.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Jiang was happy, Empress Qin also cheered up and said with a smile: "If Brother Yu is free one day, you might as well make some soothing incense for the palace?" Hongu hasn't been sleeping very well lately. ”

Xia Chenyu immediately bowed in the direction of Empress Qin and said respectfully: "Yes." After Yu went to the Queen Mother's treasury to get the spices, he began to make incense, and it would not be long before a furnace could be completed. At that time, I hope that the queen mother will not dislike the incense made by Yu. ”

Empress Qin smiled slightly after hearing this: "This queen mother said good things, can it be bad?" ”

Liu Guifei immediately said: "That is, what kind of things are used by our Queen Mother that are not good." ”

Someone made a start here, and everyone found the topic again, and started a new round of patting the Empress Dowager Jiang's ass. When the scene cooled down, Empress Dowager Jiang looked at Jiang and said, "Xinmei, I don't know what gift you prepared for the mourning family?" ”

In fact, it stands to reason that this round of birthday worship is mainly for the harem concubines and the emperor's minor children who still live in the palace. Jiang and Wang Jibao should be in line to worship their birthdays with the foreign wives.

But since the emperor wanted to make his mother happy, he took the Jiang mother and daughter, whom the Empress Dowager Jiang valued most, into the palace one day earlier, in order to give them a decent experience, so that their mother and daughter could pay homage to the Empress Dowager Jiang with these people in the harem.

After Jiang walked to the center of the main hall and knelt down to celebrate his birthday, he presented two sets of dirty clothes, dirty pants and shoes and socks that he had sewn for the Empress Dowager Jiang himself.

As for the gifts given by the Marquis of Heshun, it is naturally a luxurious and extravagant style. Wang Jibao was fortunate to watch it in advance. One of them is a very high and complete blood coral, and the other is a huge carving of Shoubi Nanshan carved by Li Weiyuan, a master of the previous dynasty.

The gifts given by the Jiang family are really ordinary, but it is obvious that only those close to them will know the size of the Empress Dowager Jiang and make intimate clothes for her.

Empress Dowager Jiang took the gift from Mama Wu, took it in her hand and measured it on her body a few times, and then said with great relief: "Most of the underwear worn by the mourning family over the years are from Xinmei's hands. Only Xinmei's own handmade clothes on the mourning family are the best fit. ”

When the queen and the concubines heard this, their faces immediately became colorful, and their hearts were even more mixed. For the Jiang family, he was both jealous and envious. Some people are still secretly glad in their hearts: fortunately, the Jiang family did not enter the palace back then. Otherwise, there would be no way for them to live.

To say that the Empress Dowager Jiang did not have the intention of letting the Jiang family be her daughter-in-law back then. It's just that her situation in the palace back then was really not optimistic. In the end, after thinking about it, he was still not willing to pull the Jiang family into the endless struggle of the year. In addition, considering whether to marry the Jiang family or not, the Jiang family is already in their own camp, in order to increase the help for their son, so they chose the Qin family, the daughter of the Ministry of Industry, as the sixth princess, which is now the queen of Qin.

Empress Dowager Jiang doesn't care what the people below think, who does she like her niece to provoke?

So he waved his hand, and then rewarded Jiang with a lot of good things.

After the Jiang family's thanksgiving, the Empress Dowager Jiang asked with a smile at Wang Jibao, who was standing behind the Jiang family waiting for his birthday:

"Sister Bao, what kind of gift did you prepare for your aunt and grandmother? I heard your mother say that you have been mysteriously not showing it to others, and you didn't even tell your mother? ”

Wang Jibao is wearing a two-poinsettia county lord uniform tailored for her today. He wore a double bun on his head, and in each bun, Jiang put a hairpin made of pearls the size of a pigeon's egg. In this way, the small face is more crystal clear. A pair of water-colored almond eyes, with eyelashes as long as a small fan, make the whole person look dignified and generous, well-behaved and cute.

Hearing Empress Dowager Jiang call her, Wang Jibao walked to the center of the hall with a light gait, kneeling on the mat with both knees, and holding a relatively large brocade box in her hand. Respectfully spoke: "I wish my aunt and grandmother good health!" Longevity and longevity! I also wish my aunt and grandmother the sun and the moon! Youthless! ”

"Get up quickly, come to my aunt and grandmother. Let my grandmother take a good look at what kind of mysterious gift our sister prepared for my grandmother. ”

Wang Xibao straightened up, held the box in both hands, and used her little short legs to climb the ninth-step stone steps in one big stride.

When she arrived at the Empress Dowager Jiang, the Empress Dowager Jiang pulled Wang Jibao into her arms. Wang Jibao was obediently lying in the arms of the Empress Dowager Jiang.

Gui Xi, who was standing behind, cleverly took the box held by Wang Jibao and opened it in front of Empress Dowager Jiang.

"What is this?" Empress Dowager Jiang held Wang Jibao in one hand, and took out something from the gift box prepared by Wang Jibao in the other.

"Shoes." Wang Jibao replied as a matter of course.

"Cut! What else should I be? Isn't it just a pair of shoes? As if no one had seen it, it was still mysterious and secretive, it was just grandstanding. Princess Yixuan, who was sitting below, said mockingly. Although her voice is not loud, she is really heard by everyone.

Because at this time, everyone was waiting attentively to see the gift that Wang Jibao presented to the Empress Dowager Jiang, so that the entire main hall was surprisingly quiet. Princess Yixuan thought that she had controlled her volume well, but it was particularly abrupt in such a quiet environment.

Empress Dowager Jiang glanced at Xia Yixuan, who was sitting below, and said coldly: "What? Do you think the "Book of Filial Piety" you gave can be compared to a pair of shoes sent by Baomei? ”

Xia Yixuan still wanted to quibble about something, but was intercepted by Liu Guifei: "Queen Mother, stop your anger!" Yixuan is still young and can't speak. When she returned to the palace, the concubine should teach her a good lesson. After saying this, he turned his head again and glanced at Xia Yixuan, "Evil obstacles, why don't you come and kowtow to your imperial grandmother and admit your mistakes!" ”

This girl really makes her so used to not knowing how to measure. Although that Wang Jibao is only from the concubine of the Hou Mansion, who doesn't know that she is the treasure on the tip of the queen mother's heart. Today is the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother, who would have thought that this girl would dare to touch the Queen Mother's brows in front of so many people.

Xia Yixuan glared at Wang Jibao who was sitting in Empress Dowager Jiang's arms viciously. Xindao: What kind of thing is she, isn't she just relying on the favor of the imperial grandmother? Not only did her father canonize her as the lord of the county, but she also had three county fiefs like herself, the princess. If there is no imperial grandmother, what else can I do with her?

I didn't do anything wrong today, didn't I just tell the truth? What's the big deal. But seeing that her mother was desperately trying to make a look at herself, and asked herself to plead guilty in public, she couldn't screw it up. So he reluctantly stepped forward, knelt on the mat and confessed his mistake: "Grandmother Huang, forgive Yixuan for being open-mouthed." ”

Empress Dowager Jiang originally thought that today was her big day, and it was not good to attack people casually, so she planned to turn big things into small things and small things. But this Xuan girl is relying on the emperor's favor, and she is really becoming more and more lawless. A few days ago, it was said that he killed several people in Concubine Liu Guifei's palace with a cane because of a trivial matter. Today, I don't know etiquette, and I mock my favorite sister in front of so many people.

So he said coldly: "You are two years older than Baomei, and when you make a mistake, you will use Xiao as an excuse." How did the mourning family hear that a few days ago, you killed several people in your mother's palace very majestically. Why didn't anyone think you were too young at that time? ”

Hearing this, Concubine Liu immediately pulled Xia Yixuan and kowtowed, "The Queen Mother is angry!" Today is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and please ask the Queen Mother to be gracious, don't be angry for Yixuan, and spoil your own interest. When I go back, I will teach her a good lesson. ”

Anyway, she is Xia Yixuan's nominal mother-in-law, and Empress Qin has to come forward to speak for her. So he spoke:

"Please also ask the queen mother to calm her anger. Let's all look at what Baomei has come up with these days? You must know that the Gong bucket developed by Bao Mei last time for the birthday of the old marquis Wang can benefit many people a lot. After beating here, all of us are looking forward to Baomei coming up with something good every day. Since Bao Mei said it was shoes, it must not be ordinary shoes? ”

Empress Dowager Jiang has been living a life of care all these years, and the palace affairs have been handed over to Empress Qin, and she never pays attention to the bad things in her son's harem. Now that the queen has come forward, it is not easy for her to hold on to this little thing. So he said: "After I go back, Liu Guifei and Xuan Yatou will think about it together for a month." Anyway, being idle is also idle, and if you are punished for copying the female ring a hundred times, you should practice calligraphy. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie was lightly punished."

"Emperor Xie's grandmother was lightly punished."