The queen's Fangchen banquet, there is the Son of Heaven "greeting" in front, let the queen take care of herself, the queen mother is also happy to be idle, did not ask much, just yesterday, only to respond to the queen mother's attention, ask if everything is ready to be proper, which ladies have been invited, a look at the list, the Qin and Chen families are naturally invited, and the princess and the lady also have a few, this is all carefully selected by the queen, and she has avoided people who are familiar with the Weiguo Mansion, such as Jianning Hou, Wu Anhou and other ladies in charge have not been invited, especially the thorn of the Pingle county lord, was even left behind by the queen, not to mention the eldest princess, concubine Shou and other relatives.

The queen also explained - she is a junior, and this time the saint is not allowed to follow the regular court rituals, so it is not good to be too extravagant and troublesome, and it is not appropriate to alarm the elders of the clan, because most of them are "relatives and friends", and they are good friends of the same generation.

Because of this period of time, Chen Xiang repeatedly violated the holy will, and urged the Son of Heaven to be of the same heart with the Empress Dowager, which made the Son of Heaven very unhesitating, and the plan to punish the princess of Chu excluded the Chen family, so as not to leak the heavenly opportunity and cause twists and turns.

There are also a few nobles in the list, including the in-laws of the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion - Gaozu intended to promote the marriage between the family and the nobles, and the Qin family was also happy to obey, over the years, not only married the daughter-in-law of the nobles, but also married daughters to some nobles' families.

In addition, there are some "neutral" families, which are also signaled by the Son of Heaven to make the queen careless.

For example, the Zhen and Xing families belonged to the forces of the first prince, but the first prince had passed away, and the Zhen family had a very unhappy quarrel with the Weiguo Mansion because of their children's marriage, and the emperor of course thought that they could fight for it.

Then there is the Huang family, although she is the Duchess of Weiguo, but it is not a secret that she is not with her husband's family, the queen today for the whole plan "seamless", before the implementation of the Yijing frame, she has to provoke a conflict and dispute, by the way, there is also a blood Su family to the Qin family embarrassment such a layer of revenge, is to invite the "alliance", as much as possible to make Yijing "lonely palms difficult to speak", the Huang family also naturally got invited.

Mrs. Shangshu was not invited, but her daughter Wei Shi Niang was chosen by the queen, because Qin Xiang's birthday banquet was so embarrassing, Concubine Shou and the county lord of Pingle were the culprits, but Wei Shi Niang also had a "crime" that added fuel to the fire, the queen was temporarily powerless to take the two "culprits", and it couldn't be too obvious to make things difficult for Wei Shi Niang - this husband Gu Gu asked but was the head of the first batch of Jinshi, and the central minister, the Son of Heaven had to be enveloped and gracious, and the queen was really helpless at the moment.

But the anger in the queen's heart is not extinguished, and she is sure that Wei Shiniang just watched Concubine Shou and Pingle stand in front of her, so she dared to be so presumptuous, but today's situation is different, in front of her, the queen, and there are not too many others to support her, do you dare to provoke? At that time, if Wei Shiniang really dares to stand up for Concubine Su, then don't blame her, the queen, for being punished, there is a "big picture", will the Son of Heaven still be humiliated for a foreign woman?

Thinking about it like this, the queen wished that Wei Shiniang "didn't know the severity" and "didn't care about the humility", so that she could return to the evil spirit of the day for her grandfather.

If you want to invite everyone, in addition to the daughters of the Chen family, only Wu Anhou Shizi's wife Xie Shi is not the queen's subjective pleasure - Wu Anhou shows that he is working together with the Weiguo Mansion, and Xie is a noble daughter, and her mother-in-law is like "domineering", once Yijing is troubled, this is bound to help, but there is no way, who makes this plan today need to use Su Sanniang? Su San is a wife in general, and in order to avoid being obvious, she had to join the Xie family to invite her into the palace and catch Su San.

In order to appear "logical", the queen deliberately only invited Xie Shi, and later added a post to Su San - because she thought that the three sisters Yichen, Yijing and Yifeng would all go to the banquet that day, and Su San was also the daughter of Wei Guogong, so they happened to be together, and they were also happy with their sisters, but it became the queen's favor to the Su sisters.

But what the queen didn't expect was that the empress dowager looked at the guest list and immediately proposed: "Although the queen does not hold a court ceremony to congratulate her on her birthday, in the end, it is the first invitation banquet after her filial piety. ”

Thinking that Concubine Shou and the eldest princess would be present, the queen was so anxious in her heart that she really hated to roll her eyes to the queen mother - I want you to do a lot of things! But I had no choice but to hold back, and thanked my grandmother for her "pity" without smiling, but I thought in my heart, okay, this time it was the saint's plan to support her to make things difficult for Concubine Su in public, and when Concubine Su was convicted, what could the eldest princess do? I can only watch it, which is really relieving.

Moreover, if you want to make a disturbance, it is not at the luncheon, after the luncheon, the elders of the clan headed by the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces cannot accompany her, a younger generation, to enjoy the scenery, listen to music, talk and laugh, and spend time, so they simply set up a play in the Liyin Pavilion, let these "old immortals" listen to it together, and let them go, Princess Chu is not allowed to be humiliated by herself, and when she is relieved, she will deduct the capital crime before she can be called happy.

The queen is very "virtuous and decent" - don't you dare to let my grandmother and relatives accompany me, a junior, it is a great honor for the concubines to attend the luncheon, but it is rare for the patriarchs of the clan to enter the palace together and be lively all day, why not let the teaching department perform a few new plays arranged by the department, so as to have a good time?

Don't say that the queen mother, even the queen mother was surprised by the queen's thoughtfulness this time, and she would not object.

But since Princess Kang was invited, Pingle, a thorn, actually entered the palace, and when the queen saw her high-spirited expression at the luncheon, she was so close to Yijing, and her chest was like a mess of twine, which really affected her original happy mood.

This is not counting, not long after the luncheon began, after many female relatives raised their lamps to congratulate, the queen thanked a circle of relatives and elders for their presence to "add light", drank a lot of wine, and was about to soothe her stomach with some delicious food, but saw that the palace maid Cai Wei next to her was uncertain, and looked at the seat of the princess of Chu - there is no big table today, but a long case, and the dignitaries are all alone, the queen as the protagonist is facing the south and taking a seat, and the beautiful scenery is the princess, and the table is also in front, and it is not far from the queen.

The queen looked around slightly, it is not difficult to find that many female dependents, including her "alliance", are frequently concerned about the side of Princess Chu, and she is suspicious, and when she looks closely, she sees Concubine Su dressed in gorgeous clothes, noble and bright, and there seems to be no loss of etiquette to attract attention.

The reason why it is striking is that her makeup is too gaudy and not so suitable for dress.

The queen secretly snorted coldly, and said in her heart that the Su family was not praised for being decent? Why did you bring such a handmaid who doesn't know the so-called so-called makeup, and she is deliberately eye-catching? was about to look away, but somehow suddenly realized that something was wrong, and the queen stared at it again......

It's actually Ziruo!!

The queen almost smashed the wine cup in her hand, but Cai Wei helped her.

But it turned out that Qin Ziruo had to enter the palace in a hurry, and he didn't have time to inform his "relatives and friends" of the news in advance, and after entering the palace, he had to follow the rules and follow the rules, and he didn't have the opportunity to show his family, and the empress dowager didn't have a good intention to inform him, and the queen hid it in the dark.

Hurriedly went to see his mother, Mrs. Qin-

This person who paid special attention to the beautiful scenery today, of course, saw Ziruo, and it was like being struck by lightning - in front of everyone, her daughter knelt aside to serve Concubine Su for dinner, this shame was even worse than the birthday banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion! Mrs. Qin still needs to use the wine and food, her face is flushed, fortunately, at this kind of palace banquet, all the ladies will not take it seriously to satisfy the desire of the tongue, everyone is shallow and does not show that Mrs. Qin is different and has a bad taste.

And Qin Ziruo is naturally full of grievances.

And thought that the Empress Dowager would be the first to see her, but when Concubine Su went to greet her, she was stopped outside the palace, and she didn't see the face of the Empress Dowager at all, and when she came to the banquet, she sat down with Concubine Su, but she saw the Empress Dowager, but people didn't pay attention to her at all, let alone raise the matter of "side concubine" in public, if Qin Zi had the heart to remind the old princess to pick up the topic, but the old princess and the eldest princess were ranked first with the queen mother and queen of the two palaces, and she was also separated by the harem concubine, it was impossible to interject closely, and pay more attention to that side, did not attract the attention of the old princess, but received several cold stares from Concubine Shou.

Thinking of Concubine Shou's "ignorance of the general situation", Qin Ziruo broke out in a cold sweat, so he had to follow the rules and kneel to serve Concubine Su.

However, those foreign women, even the princess and the princess, are not qualified to bring into the private residence today, and only the members of the clan have this privilege, most of the female relatives know the contradiction between the Weiguo Mansion and the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion, and they pay more attention to Concubine Su.

Fortunately, most of the people at the banquet today were Qin clan henchmen, although they saw that Qin Ziruo was groveling, they didn't dare to laugh, they just didn't notice.

But this has already made Qin Ziruo feel deeply ashamed, although there is a soft cushion under his knees, he only feels pain in his bones, a dense layer of hot sweat on his forehead, but his chest and back are cold.

The hatred is getting more and more penetrating.

But she has to endure humiliation under all kinds of eyes, and if there is the slightest mistake, it will only be more disgraced.

And to comfort herself, Concubine Su can only be proud for a short time, today is the queen's feast, even if the queen mother wants to mention the concubine, she can't be in this situation, she should be waiting after the banquet.

At that time, Concubine Su was questioned in public, and the Queen Mother mentioned this case again, wouldn't she be more arrogant?

Although after an accident, it is possible to make the Empress Dowager forget about it, it doesn't matter much, as long as Concubine Su is guilty and the Empress is concerned, I am afraid that the Empress Dowager will not "remember" afterwards?

She is destined to be the winner today, and Concubine Su is destined to lose.

Now is not the time to worry about this, but to focus on the big picture.

Qin Ziruo took a deep breath and poured tea for Yijing with a smile.

But somehow met Pingle's gaze, and saw that the obvious ridicule was like an ice pick digging straight into his heart, Qin Ziruo only felt a stuffy pain in his chest, a roar in his ears, and a hot piece on his face.

I couldn't hold back for a while, raised my eyebrows and glared back - what do you see, on such an occasion, how dare you not speak like that time to insult? It's just a county lord, and he still has to whisper to the queen, and in the future, when you are embarrassed, the humiliation of the day will be doubled.

Ping Le smiled coldly, turned his gaze away, and laughed with his sister-in-law, Princess Nanyang.

On the queen's birthday, the harem concubines all have to be present to celebrate, even the pregnant Chen Guifei is no exception, her seat is second only to the first seat, which is also conspicuous, and it is naturally equally convenient to pay attention to the surroundings, at this time, she has also noticed Qin Ziruo, and she feels a little cold in her heart - before entering the palace, she also made a lot of preparations, collected a lot of "intelligence" of the clan and the princess, and knew a little about the respective temperaments of these important people, so she knew that Princess Chu was not a narrow-minded and barbaric person, although she did not agree with the queen, she never provoked in person, But when he entered the palace for a banquet today, why did he bring Qin Ziruo, didn't he intend to embarrass the queen? This fact is somewhat strange.

Because Qin Ziruo was present, the atmosphere of the queen's birthday banquet was destined to be not so pleasant, and it ended on time, and the empress dowager really invited all the elders of the clan to listen to the play in the Liyin Pavilion: "Let the younger generations have a good time, lest we be present, and we will bother the queen to serve. ”

If others don't know it, after hearing this, they still think how much the Queen Mother likes this granddaughter-in-law.

Of course, don't say that the heavenly family is a famous family, even if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have many disagreements, they are also cared about behind closed doors, and there is no reason to bare eyebrows in front of outsiders, but the queen chose to make a fuss today, and the queen mother has worked hard in vain.

The queen sent the "relatives" off the table, and when she turned around, she swept towards the beautiful scene with a pair of cold eyes, which made the atmosphere in the banquet hall suffocate again.

However, after a while, the corners of the queen's lips were raised again, and she instructed her to drive to the streamer pavilion by Kunming Lake, and took the lead out of the banquet hall under the "stars holding the moon" of the female dependents.

A war without the smoke of gunpowder is about to begin.