"What is this?" Bai Junzhuo asked, opened the box curiously, and saw a pair of gray things inside, in the shape of a "7", so he took it out and sniffed it under His Majesty, and then said in surprise: "Flower deer antler?" ”

Yin Xun nodded.

Bai Junzhuo picked up one of them, poked it with his fingernail, and said more and more surprised: "The best variety of deer antler velvet is flower deer antler, and the texture of this pair is rare in a hundred years, it is definitely hard to buy, do you really want to give it to me?" ”

Yin Xun clenched his fist and knocked her head hard, and asked her, "What are you doing in the palace tonight?" ”

"Eat and drink." Bai Junzhuo replied without hesitation.

"On the Queen Mother's birthday, are you coming to eat rice?" Yin Xun was about to laugh out loud, nodded her nose and said, "This is the birthday gift you prepared for the Queen Mother, write your name and hand it over to the housekeeper of Jingyang Palace later!" ”

Bai Junzhuo nodded hurriedly, and asked him in a low voice: "However, the main function of deer antler velvet is aphrodisiac, are you sure you want to send this to the Queen Mother?" ”

Yin Xun opened his mouth, thought for a long time, and said, "This is the most expensive medicinal material that can be bought in Chang'an City." ”

"You can't look at whether it's expensive or not, you have to choose the right one," Bai Junzhuo couldn't help but lecture him: "For the Queen Mother, this thing is not as valuable as a pack of red dates." ”

Yin Xun raised her eyebrows and asked her lightly, "What, you still plan to buy a pack of red dates for the Queen Mother as a congratulatory gift?" ”

Well, of course, you have to choose an expensive gift for the Queen Mother, if she really bought a bag of red dates, the Queen Mother thought she was deliberately stumbling on people. And she is a doctor, so it is the most suitable to send medicinal materials, and it is difficult for Yin Xun to work hard. It's just that this thing is useless to the Queen Mother, and she spends a lot of money to buy two pieces of waste, and sure enough, the rich are capricious.

She gave the two antler velvets to the Queen Mother in her own name, and after a while, she heard the shrill voice of the eunuch at the gate of Jingyang Palace: "The Queen Mother has arrived, and the emperor has arrived." ”

As soon as this voice sounded, the lively palace nobles, civil and military ministers and their families, as well as the harem concubines, all returned to their places one by one. Yin Xun was a member of the royal family and couldn't continue to stand with Bai Junzhuo, so he shook her hand and advised, "Be careful, don't make any mistakes." ”

Bai Junzhuo winked at her, "Don't worry, I will do what others do, and I will not be noticeable." ”

Yin Xun nodded, and then left with confidence.

After everyone stood up, they bowed down and shouted: "The minister (courtier) sees the queen mother, Your Majesty." ”

Then a bunch of people came out of the door of the hall, and the one in the middle of the front was the queen mother, with a slight smile on her eyebrows, but it didn't reach the corners of her eyes, showing a fierce aura that people couldn't look at directly, as if she was the king who looked down on the world.

She wears a huge phoenix crown on her head, and her clothes are extremely gorgeous, all sewn with gold wire, and the corners of her clothes are decorated with jewels and gemstones.

Bai Junzhuo secretly smacked her tongue, how tiring this is, she really can't understand the fashion of rich people, these people are torturing themselves all the time.

The emperor became a supporting role at this time, and helped the Queen Mother all the way to the top position and sat down, and the Queen Mother bowed to the bottom and said: "Let's be flat, today's mourning family birthday banquet, you don't have to be polite." ”

Everyone said in unison: "Thank you Empress Dowager." ”

After thanking the two sides, the queen mother ordered each to sit down, and the dinner party officially began, and the atmosphere was more casual than just now.

Bai Junzhuo stared at the table of delicious food in front of him, thinking about whether he could start eating since the atmosphere was so lively. She looked left and right, and felt that no one was paying attention to her, so she picked up her chopsticks and put a piece of beef in her mouth.

At this time, I suddenly heard the Queen Mother speak: "A few days ago, the plague in Chang'an City spread, and the people complained, but fortunately, God bless me Dali, and the epidemic was quickly suppressed." ”

The Queen Mother mentioned the plague, and it was estimated that she would talk about Bai Junzhuo in a short time, so Yin Xun looked at the place where Bai Junzhuo was sitting, and saw that she was eating as if nothing happened, so she looked at her anxiously, but Bai Junzhuo was so focused on the food that he didn't look at him.

Fortunately, Lu Kang noticed Yin Xun and sat close to Bai Junzhuo, so he pushed her and whispered: "The master reminds you not to patronize and eat, and listen to the Queen Mother." ”

Bai Junzhuo chewed the tough beef and nodded, "I'll listen." ”

Seeing her like this, Lu Kang looked at Yin Xun again, and his master estimated that he was on pins and needles. I couldn't help but sigh.

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, someone immediately spoke up: "The Queen Mother and Your Majesty are blessed with the common people, and the grace of the society has enabled me to escape." ”

The Queen Mother said with a smile: "Curing this plague is not the credit of the Mourning family and Your Majesty, but Bai Aiqing's excellent medical skills and saved the entire Chang'an City." ”

Bai Aiqing, isn't this her? Lu Kang immediately coughed quietly to remind her of her idea.

"I understand, I understand." Bai Junzhuo whispered to Lu Kang twice, she had seen these episodes of costume dramas, and it was not difficult for her at all, so she immediately spit out the beef in her mouth that had not been bitten yet, and said to the Queen Mother respectfully: "The minister is ashamed, it is the Queen Mother and Your Majesty who bless Dali, and the minister can only cure this plague by the blessings of the Queen Mother and His Majesty." ”

The Queen Mother smiled softly and said to her: "Bai Aiqing, do you remember what the mourning family said half a month ago?" ”

When you first gave her a horseback half a month ago? Who remembers the big thing he said.

However, Bai Junzhuo still nodded again and again: "What the Queen Mother said, the ministers have worked hard to remember. ”

"Well," the Queen Mother nodded with a smile, glanced at the father-in-law standing beside her, and the father-in-law took out a holy decree and read: "According to the decree of the Queen Mother, Bai Junzhuo has made meritorious contributions to the treatment of the epidemic, and he is specially accepted as a righteous daughter, and he is named the lord of Yunyi, and the bounty is ten thousand dollars, and he is here." ”

Bai Junzhuo was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately spoke: "Queen Mother, the minister has already paid homage to the provincial secretary of Shangshu Province and the third-grade doctor, if it is ......"

Before she finished speaking, Lu Kang secretly tugged at her sleeve again, motioned her to look at Yin Xun who was sitting opposite, and then said in a low voice: "Master said, shut up, step forward, kneel, take the order, thank you." ”

Bai Junzhuo glanced at Yin Xun and saw that his face was terrible, although he didn't know if what he wanted to express was what Lu Kang meant, he immediately closed his mouth, got up and ran to the Queen Mother to kneel, kowtowed, and said, "Thank you Empress Dowager Longen." ”

The Queen Mother smiled, looked at Bai Junzhuo with great affection, nodded and said, "Get up." ”

Bai Junzhuo took the order and stood up, retreated to his original position and sat down, and secretly glanced at the Queen Mother, I don't know how she was so good to herself, let her serve as three officials at the same time, and they were all big officials, but many scholars could not reach the realm in a lifetime.

Does the Queen Mother really like her?

Or does the Queen Mother want to have a good relationship with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in advance?

Bai Junzhuo pursed his lips and snickered, hahaha must be like this!

Then the banquet continued, everyone ate and drank, and about half an hour later, someone suddenly came in and reported: "Empress Dowager Qi, Your Majesty, the prince of Nanban asks to see." ”

Yin Mu put down the cup in his hand and said puzzledly: "Queen Mother, didn't you say that you would summon the prince of the Southern Barbarians tomorrow?" ”

The Queen Mother was also puzzled, thought about it, and ordered: "Since he is coming, bring him in." ”

Yin Mu glanced at Zhao Chang, who was waiting beside him, and Zhao Chang immediately shouted loudly: "The prince of Xuannan Barbarian has come to see you——"

After a while, sonorous footsteps sounded on the cobblestone path, and Bai Junzhuo looked up because a large group of people were about to come in, and there was only one.

It's just that he is burly, with a stubble full face, big and round eyes, and two lips as thick as red date-flavored sand marrons, in short, this prince is a rough man.

The prince looked directly at the Queen Mother, made a strange salute, and said: "I, the prince of the Southern Barbarians, Wuguda, have come to meet the Empress Dowager of the Li Kingdom, His Majesty the Emperor. ”

After all, it is an international friend, and it is inconvenient for the Queen Mother to pay a salute, so she asked him with a smile: "Didn't you say that you would meet His Royal Highness the Prince tomorrow, why did you enter the palace tonight?" ”

Wu Guda said: "First, I want to see the Queen Mother Tianyan as soon as possible, and secondly, I heard that the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother's birthday today, so I specially brought a birthday gift from southern Xinjiang to the Queen Mother." ”

"Oh? Since the prince is so hearted, he quickly presented it to the mourning family. The Queen Mother said with a smile.

As soon as Wu Guda clapped his hands, eight big men pushed in with a very large object, which looked like a cage, and the cage was covered with a layer of red cloth, and I didn't know what was inside.

When the Queen Mother saw that this thing was huge, she was curious: "What is this?" ”

"This is the sacred relic of our Southern Barbarian Country," Wu Guda smiled slightly, and said to the Queen Mother: "It's too uninteresting to say it directly, why don't we play a game and help the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "What game?" ”

"Let your ministers reach in and touch our holy relics, and then guess what they are. If I guess, I lose, and I'm willing to agree to a condition that I guessed. If I can't guess, I won, and I will make a request to the Queen Mother, how about it? ”

"It's a game that's unfair." Before the Queen Mother could speak, the Fourth Prince's Yin Che put down the cup heavily, looked directly at Wu Guda and said: "The holy relics of your Southern Barbarian Country, even if we people from the Li Kingdom touch it, we may not know what the name is, and the Queen Mother is the mother of my Li Kingdom, how can you make a request at will?" ”

Wu Guda turned his head to look at it, and when he saw that it was Yin Che, he suddenly softened his anger. Yin Che has guarded southern Xinjiang for many years, and he has fought several battles with him, but he has no power to fight back every time, and he is afraid and hated Yin Che.

Wu Guda snorted lightly, and then said: "The land of Li is vast and rich, isn't there anyone who knows the creatures of my Southern Barbarian Country?" ”

These words are obviously provocative, if the Queen Mother does not agree, it will inevitably be looked down upon, or Li Guo can't afford to play.

The Queen Mother lowered her head and thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Okay, the mourning family will play this game with the prince, who of you can guess what is here, the mourning family has its own reward." ”

The Queen Mother said, her eyes moved to Yin Xun, quite a little entrusting. Yin Xun immediately understood, stood up and said, "Erchen will try it first." ”

The Queen Mother nodded.

Yin Xun stepped forward, put his hand under the red cloth, and touched it for a while before taking it out.

Yin Mu immediately asked, "Does the ninth brother know what's inside?" ”