"Miss He, why do I look at you as if you are in bad spirits?" Bai Xianyan asked, "But tired?" ”

He Chang said: "It may be that the wind is blowing today, and I am a little cold. ”

As she spoke, she coughed twice.

Bai Xianyan saw that her face was red and her lips were white, and said, "I know a little about medicine, if you can trust it, let me take your pulse?" ”

He Chang cheered up and said, "Then there is Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Lao!" ”

Bai Xianyan gave her a pulse, she did have a cold and a little fever.

Bai Xianyan asked her to go back to rest, and found someone to catch medicine for her.

However, because of her illness, Bai Xianyan couldn't let them go immediately, so she planned to wait for her to get better and then tell the queen.

……

The twelfth day of the lunar month is the emperor's birthday.

At noon on birthdays, a banquet is held in the palace, children and concubines, relatives of the emperor and queen, three kings and eight princes are all involved, the elders and children gather to drink, children and grandchildren celebrate their birthdays, dance and drum music, compared with other sacrificial festivals, it is a rare relaxed and lively feast.

For this matter, the queen specially summoned Bai Xianyan to the palace.

When Bai Xian went, the queen was summoning the stewards of the 24 divisions to arrange the banquet in an orderly manner.

The queen let her sit beside her, and did not avoid her, and continued to arrange things.

The queen is a neat and capable, but if she can't make up her mind below, she can make a decision quickly, she is at ease, and she is both graceful and powerful, and everyone in the palace is respectful, and there is no dissatisfaction with her.

Bai Xianyan secretly thought that she was worthy of being the woman of the Mu family.

No wonder the emperor came to her for anything.

I don't know if they later found a locksmith to pick the lock......

When everything was gone, the queen said to her, "Grandma, I've kept you waiting!" Your eighth sister is sick, I have to worry about her again, and I have to prepare for the emperor's birthday banquet, but I'm too busy! ”

The "your eighth sister" in the queen's mouth is her biological daughter, the five-year-old eighth princess.

Bai Xianyan asked with concern: "Eighth sister is sick?" But does it matter? ”

"It's nothing important, it's just a cough and runny nose, and the doctor said that he caught a cold when he slept at night!" The queen hated and said, "It must be the mother-in-law who is on duty at night who is lazy to sleep!" I've sent them away! ”

Bai Xianyan: "The queen mother is relaxed, and with the care of the imperial doctor, it will be fine soon." ”

The queen nodded and said, "I came to you today because I was worried that you and the crown prince had just entered Beijing, and I was afraid that you would not know what preparations should be made for the emperor's birthday, so I specially told you." ”

Bai Xianyan said gratefully: "Thank you, Queen Mother!" I'm also about to go into the palace to ask the queen mother for advice! ”

The queen smiled: "In previous years, when the emperor celebrated his birthday, ministers and relatives tried every means to offer all kinds of treasures, delicacies, and even beauties. The harem concubines mainly offered clothes, shoes, socks, fans, screens and other things made by themselves for the emperor. ”

Bai Xianyan nodded.

"The princes and princesses are different, they have to toast the emperor at the banquet and say some auspicious words. If there is a good calligraphy and painting, I will send the emperor a pair of calligraphy and paintings that mean auspiciousness. If you are good at musical instrument dance, you can also sing and dance, and you can be auspicious and lively! The queen said again.

Bai Xianyan said: "This is similar to the people. ”

The queen smiled: "Yes! But there is another point, in the past, the princes and princesses did not have a family, and if they did not have a family, they were children, so it was okay. But the crown prince and King Liang have already married a family, so I am afraid that it will be lighter to send these. When the time comes, you can prepare some other birthday gifts! ”

Bai Xianyan looked grateful: "Okay queen mother, I know." ”

(End of chapter)