Ye Qian has passed the simplest birthday since she ascended the throne.

Although it is the simplest, it has dispatched almost all departments of the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The imperial dining room made a total of 12 dishes in a variety of ways, with a total of 99 dishes before and after. The Shang Yi Warden presented the new winter coats and boots they had spent a month making for the Emperor. The internal officials and supervisors presented a pair of blue and white plum vases that were newly opened this year.

In addition, because many foreign ministers ordered their wives to enter the palace to participate in the feast, the work of guarding and guiding the way in the palace also became very heavy.

Ye Tinghuai keenly noticed that this banquet was a little different from the previous Halloween and Spring Festival.

First of all, many foreign ministers brought their old marriageable daughters to the palace banquet, apparently hoping that the emperor, who was young and prosperous but had an empty harem, would take a fancy to his daughter.

Secondly, Ye Tinghuai found that the dancing dancers and playing musicians were wearing much less than before.

The fragrant shoulders are half exposed, and the eyebrows are affectionate.

From the hot gazes that these women threw at him, Ye Qianhuai felt the ardent expectations of the entire former dynasty and the back court for him, the emperor, to give birth to a son and a half daughter as soon as possible.

In the face of this ardent expectation, Ye Tianhuai had a strange worry.

Now she not only has to pretend to be in love with the queen and the concubine, but also watch these beauties dangling in front of her every day.

So much so that she couldn't help but worry that under this kind of exposure to it, she would one day like a woman.

Of course, the courtiers were the exact opposite of her worries.

They were worried that their emperor did not like women.

Fortunately, Ye Tianhuai once had Qin Baozhu, a favorite concubine, so that everyone felt that the emperor was disheartened because he died of his beloved, and in time, he would definitely be able to resurrect himself.

Therefore, everyone worked harder to fan the flames against Ye Tianhuai's "dead ashes", hoping that it could be rekindled as soon as possible.

The whole birthday banquet is like a large-scale blind date scene.

There is only one male guest, Ye Qianhuai.

Ye Tianhuai couldn't help but sigh, when the emperor can not indulge in women, he is really a true gentleman who does not sit still. What kind of man can not be confused in the face of so many beauties?

But she has no plans to enrich the harem.

Although there are only two queens and concubines in the harem now, Ye Tianhuai feels that he is full enough.

Especially the queen is still such a person with a strong sense of existence.

Thinking of this, Ye Tianhuai looked sideways at Gu Feiyan beside him.

She is dressed very brightly today, even if she is wearing an old-fashioned and stable purple, it can't cover her girlish and lively temperament.

It's a pity that such a girl entered the palace at a young age, and she had to be widowed for the rest of her life.

Not only that, while Ye Qianhuai made an order to cancel the Wanshou Festival tribute this time, he also gave a decree to the inner court to reduce the expenses of the inner court and various palaces.

Thinking of this, Ye Qianhuai suddenly felt a little ashamed of the queen.

No matter how authoritarian and ridiculous her father and brother are, it is none of her business after all. In the final analysis, she is just a simple little girl, but she wants to marry an emperor who dresses as a man, and now she has to follow the emperor to cut down on food and clothing. In the game between Ye Tinghuai and the Gu family, no matter whether Ye Tinghuai wins or Gu Shihai wins in the end, Gu Feiyan's ending will not be much better.

Ye Tianhuai couldn't help lowering his eyes and sighing.

"Why does Your Majesty sigh? But do you think this feast is boring? Gu Feiyan, who was sitting next to her, heard her sigh and immediately asked.

Ye Qianhuai looked at her, all kinds of looks in her eyes were instantly gone, she smiled, and said peacefully: "Yes, it's all these songs and dances all day long, I'm tired of watching them." ”

Gu Feiyan raised her chin slightly when she heard this, and she leaned into Ye Qianhuai's ear and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to see something different?" ”

"Oh? What does the queen recommend? Ye Qianhuai asked after her words.

"When the banquet is over, Your Majesty will know when you come to Kunning Palace." Gu Feiyan sold it.

Ye Qian thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it's a little late for the banquet to end......"

Hearing the hesitation in Ye Tianhuai's tone, Gu Feiyan flattened her mouth a little aggrieved, and said, "Your Majesty obviously promised that the concubine would come to Kunning Palace to see the concubine's ...... when she was sick."

Ye Tianhuai was already a little ashamed of her, but when she said this, she felt even more guilty, so she said, "Okay, wait for me to go to Kunning Palace." ”

When Gu Feiyan heard this, she immediately smiled happily, and whispered an order to Yun Wei, the maid who was following her, and Yun Wei bowed and retreated.

Ye Tianhuai hadn't been to Kunning Palace for a few days.

This time, Ye Qianhuai found that the queen had renovated the courtyard of Kunning Palace, transplanted a lot of flowers into the courtyard, and there was a row of braziers next to the flower garden, revealing a faint firelight.

"What are these braziers for?" Ye Qianhuai couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty, the concubines are afraid of the cold, and these flowers are also afraid of the cold, so some braziers are placed in the courtyard. Your Majesty, you see, those plants are still blooming very well. ”

Ye Tianhuai looked in the direction of her finger, and sure enough, he saw a few plants that were in full bloom, like flames looming in the cold night.

"These charcoal fires...... Was it distributed by the Inner Court? Ye Qianhuai only glanced at those moon seasons hastily, and then set his eyes on the fire light in the brazier.

"yes." Gu Feiyan replied, seeing that Ye Tianhuai frowned a little, and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, these are the best silver silk charcoal in the palace, no smoke, no smoke." ”

Gu Feiyan's explanation obviously did not explain the emperor's heart. Because the emperor not only did not let go of his heart, but his brows wrinkled even tighter.

Silver silk charcoal is indeed the best charcoal, but the output is very small, the price of a pound of silver silk charcoal can be equivalent to a weaver's fine silk, and it is also quite sought after among the powerful. Generally speaking, the only people who can afford this kind of charcoal fire on a daily basis are the powerful people in the palace and the top floor.

Although Ye Tianhuai didn't know the specific price of silver silk charcoal, she still knew that silver silk charcoal was a rare and expensive charcoal.

Such good charcoal is a luxury to use it to heat people, let alone put it in the yard to serve these flowers and plants?

Unlike Gu Feiyan, Li Baoquan, who was following behind Ye Tianhuai, immediately understood what the emperor was angry about.

He hurriedly came up and said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of this year, the inner court considered that Your Majesty was going to have a big wedding draft this year, and there would be a lot of masters in the harem, so there was more silver charcoal purchased at that time. These charcoals should not be used when they are damp the following year. I think it's because of this, so the Si Inspector has distributed more silver silk charcoal to the palaces this year. ”

Some time ago, because of the cancellation of the Wanshou Festival tribute, Li Baoquan cried to Ye Tianhuai, and since then, Ye Tianhuai has not been very kind to him.

Li Baoquan hung his head and stood for a while, before he heard Ye Qianhuai speak: "Li Baoquan, you go and find out how much silver charcoal has been put into the palace this year, and how much each palace can use according to the rules of previous years and regulations." After finding out, come back to me. ”

Li Baoquan answered, but Ye Tianhuai did not move.

She paused, then added, "Go now." (End of chapter)