At the request of the Empress Dowager herself, everything on the Holy Birthday Festival was simple, but there were not many regulations, and Qin Zhao arranged everything properly.

Whether it is the banquet process or the list of people who participated in the banquet, everything is under Qin Zhao's control.

The birthday banquet was arranged to be held in Mingyuan.

On this day, workaholic Xiao Ce rarely left all government affairs behind, and accompanied the Queen Mother early in the morning.

The Empress Dowager also deliberately kept Qin Zhao by her side, and her purpose was obvious, it was nothing more than to reconcile Qin Zhao and Xiao Ce.

Qin Zhao understood the Empress Dowager's intentions, and of course Xiao Ce could understand it, but the two of them saw through it without saying anything. In addition, today is the Holy Birthday Day of the Empress Dowager's old man, and it is impossible for Xiao Ce to disobey the Empress Dowager's wishes.

His respect for the Empress Dowager is true.

Even so, when the Empress Dowager forcibly shoved Qin Zhao's hand into his palm, he still resisted slightly.

But when the Empress Dowager saw it, he had to reluctantly hold Qin Zhao's hand.

The palm of the woman he held was as soft as boneless, delicate and small, he could grasp it with one hand, like pinching a steamed bun, but it felt good.

Qin Zhao was still patient at first, until Xiao Ce became more and more excessive, pinching her palm over and pinching it, as if she was pinching a clay figure.

She doesn't have any other skills, but she has enough strength. As soon as she exerted her strength, she withdrew her palm.

Xiao Ce's hands were empty, he looked at Qin Zhao beside him, but Qin Zhao didn't look at her, he focused on looking at the guests in the garden, smiling and smiling.

Didn't this hypocritical woman enjoy it just now?

He didn't know what kind of psychology he had, as soon as he made a move, he held Qin Zhao's hand in his own hand again.

This time, no matter how hard Qin Zhao tried, he couldn't break free from Xiao Ce's control.

Their hands were fighting in secret, but the people below who were celebrating their birthdays could not see this scene.

In the end, Qin Zhao gave up his dying struggle.

Today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, and neither she nor Xiao Ce are the protagonists, so it is not good for people to see that she and Xiao Ce are competing in public.

It's just that his hands are under Xiao Ce's control, and they are still not very comfortable, and the weather is getting hotter.

Xiao Ce, who has a habit of cleanliness, is still unconscious, and always pinched her hand, seemingly interested in her hand.

And Empress Dowager Guo stayed in the palace on the grounds that Feng was unwell, and did not come with everyone to celebrate her birthday, otherwise Xiao Ce would not be so arrogant.

"These snacks are delicious, unremarkable, but delicious." It was Concubine Hu who spoke.

This time, she accompanied Xiao Yi to Mingyuan to congratulate the Empress Dowager on her birthday.

The Empress Dowager's Holy Birthday Festival this time was very low-key, not as luxurious as in previous years, but the exquisite place was not left behind.

Even these inconspicuous snacks are served in small dishes, but there are more than 20 dishes, which require a lot of energy.

The new clothes worn by the Empress Dowager are also tailor-made by Qin Zhao to Yongxin Garment Shop, which is unique in the world, and it is not much luxurious, but it is worn on the Empress Dowager to look young and noble, and it is the most eye-catching in the crowd.

It can only be said that Qin Zhao, the concubine, is doing practical things.

"It was carefully prepared and sent by the chef, and this banquet was prepared early in the morning, which is related to the birthday banquet of the Empress Dowager, so everyone naturally dare not slack off." Qin Zhao did not ask for credit.

At this time, the palm meal came out of the list and explained: "It is the menu written by the concubine Niangniang, which dish puts what materials, what taboos are there for the Empress Dowager, every case, every piece is done by the concubine Niangniang herself, and the lower officials can do things according to the book, so that they can do it properly, all of which are the credit of the noble concubine Niangniang, and the lower officials dare not invite credit." ”

"Zhao Yatou has always been careful, and the mourning family is very happy." The Empress Dowager did not hesitate to praise Qin Zhao.

Qin Zhao was not used to such an occasion, so he had to respond in vain: "This is the concubine's business, and it should be, and the concubine is also entrusted with the blessing of the empress dowager to have a long insight." ”

Her words made the Empress Dowager smile from ear to ear.

Everyone could see that the Empress Dowager really liked Qin Zhao.

However, the cold Long Live Lord had an unknown expression, and he didn't seem to have any likes or dislikes for Qin Zhao, and from the moment he entered the table, he had never looked at Qin Zhao squarely.

So Qin Zhao's era of glory and favor should be gone forever?

The banquet was held in the same paradise, everyone could watch the play while eating, and "Fulu Double Happiness" was being performed on the stage, Qin Zhao pretended to watch it seriously, but the stickiness on her hands made her very uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she would have asked Xiao Ce what he wanted in person.

Others ate and drank, but only one of her hands was held by Xiao Ce, and she was uncomfortable, and her stomach was screaming with hunger. Fortunately, the voice was not loud, but Xiao Ce, who was closest to her, heard it clearly, and glanced at her with unpredictable eyes.

She herself is calm, her stomach screams when she is hungry, this is a normal physiological reaction, what is there to be ashamed of, and this is all thanks to Xiao Ce.

It's a pity that she got up early this morning, and she didn't have time to eat breakfast, so she was busy counting the birthday of the Queen Mother, and she couldn't even eat a bite of food at noon, which was extremely sad.

Because she didn't eat or eat snacks, by the time she finished watching the play, her legs were already hungry and weak.

At this time, Xiao Ce finally showed mercy and let go of her poor hand.

She secretly sighed that it was not easy, and she didn't know if she was too hungry or too happy, and she almost fell to the ground when she went down the steps.

She secretly screamed, and just when she thought she was going to be embarrassed, suddenly a man's hand was in the air, which was able to hold her waist.

Xiao Yi, who was not far away, saw the scene of Qin Zhao falling and wanted to rush over, but fortunately, Concubine Hu stopped him in time.

Concubine Hu winked at him, and Xiao Yi realized his gaffe.

He looked over again and found that Xiao Ce had stabilized Qin Zhao, and at this moment, he didn't know whether to be happy or pity, in short, all kinds of feelings came to his heart.

Knowing that Qin Zhao was someone he couldn't think of, his selfish heart was always longing for her, which was not right, but his heart was not controlled by him......

The moment Xiao Ce held Qin Zhao's waist, he only felt that the woman's waist was incredibly soft, and Ying Ying held it as if it was broken.

He was lamenting that the woman's body was too far from the man's body structure, but he felt that there was a line of sight on their side.

He looked in the direction of his strong gaze, and saw Xiao Yi and Concubine Hu standing together, not looking at them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Zhao's voice came into his ears, pulling back his thoughts.

"Does the concubine know King An?" Xiao Ce asked in a ghostly manner.

Even if King An didn't look at him just now, he felt that the person King An was looking at just now was Qin Zhao, which was his intuition as a man.

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