Empress Abandoned in the Cold Palace: Queen Juan, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 97
The queen mother stared at Su Lijin for a few more times, and said indifferently: "Since the queen said it was a minor illness, the Ai family will not ask more questions."

Su Lijin pulled out a smile and didn't speak.

The queen mother asked about her illness, not caring about her, she knew well that the queen mother was just here to inquire about her situation.

Moreover, I made this trip deliberately, thinking about it, it shouldn't be as simple as just inquiring about it.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager said with a look of indifference, "A minor illness doesn't seem to be too uncomfortable, so the Empress should clean up and get ready."

Su Lijin asked: "Is there anything the Empress Dowager asks my concubine to do?"

Lu Bingqian at the side glanced at the queen mother, but did not speak.

The queen mother nodded, and said directly: "There is a puppet show banquet tonight, which should have been organized by the queen long ago. Ai's family didn't come to see you after seeing you complaining of illness for a few days. Seeing that it's about to start tonight, the queen should hurry up Get ready and get this done."

These words made Su Lijin laugh a little. The Queen Mother's words sounded like she was considerate of her illness, but in fact, they were very difficult.

To put it nicely, I saw her sick a few days ago and didn't let her prepare.

But there is going to be a banquet tonight, so asking her to do it in such a hurry is obviously to make things difficult for her.

Whether it can be done in a short time is a problem, and when the time is tight, it is extremely easy to make mistakes. No matter how you look at it, it is deliberately giving her a big problem.

It was very clear in her heart, but Su Lijin's face was full of dedication, and she said with a smile: "What the Queen Mother asks the concubine to do, the concubine will do it well no matter what."

"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, the concubine will go to handle it now, and the puppet show will be held as scheduled."

Seeing Su Lijin's obedient appearance, the queen mother was reluctantly satisfied, waved her hand and said: "Well, the Ai family will go back first."

The puppet show banquet this time is not small. According to the specifications required by the Queen Mother, it is necessary to arrange all the officials and their families inside and outside the palace.

Su Lijin quickly asked people to prepare a list of officials and family members, and she immediately dispatched more people to inform them to come to the palace at the specified time according to the list.

For a while, many eunuchs and maids in the palace, as well as some guards, were arranged by her to notify.

At the same time that this matter was completed, the venue that Su Lijin had ordered to be cleaned up had also been cleaned up.

Quickly came to the venue of the opera banquet, Su Lijin held the list of equipment for the previous opera banquet in his hand, and directed the people below to arrange the items one by one.

Within an hour, the stage for the banquet was set up, and the positions of officials and family members were arranged. Rows of tables were filled with melons and fruits, and it seemed that the banquet was full of atmosphere.

And as the officials and family members arrived at the time, the people she arranged at the gate of the palace would also lead them here one by one and arrange their seats properly.

Of course, she also made thoughtful arrangements for the positions of the empress dowager and concubines.

Standing on the stage, she looked at the venue that she had arranged, and the slightly tense strings loosened a little.

Turning her gaze, a handsome figure caught her attention.

After getting off the high platform, she walked towards the corridor where the figure was.

"Your Majesty, what are you looking at?" Following Xiao Shengyun's line of sight, Su Lijin also looked towards the sky, and came to his side curiously.

She didn't see anything special about this sky at all.

Xiao Shengyun looked away, turned to look at her, saw her curious face, the corners of her lips could not help but twitch slightly, and said, "How is the Queen's health? Has the condition improved?"

Seeing him asking about this matter, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Su Lijin's face. She was pretending to be sick, but it was obvious that such words should never be said.

Just as she was about to reply, she just opened her mouth when she saw the Queen Mother walking over and interrupted her words.

"Your majesty, so you are here, but the Ai family has been looking for you for a long time."

The queen mother glanced at the queen, and directly pulled Xiao Shengyun: "Come on, there are many housekeepers over there, and the Ai family seems to be well-educated and reasonable. The emperor will go and see if there is anything he likes."

A trace of impatience flashed across Xiao Shengyun's face, his brows were slightly frowned, and he looked at Su Lijin.

In front of Su Lijin, the Queen Mother didn't take Su Lijin seriously when she said such words directly.

A smile appeared on Su Lijin's face, and she looked back at Xiao Shengyun, but she couldn't help complaining in her heart.

For the emperor Xiao Shengyong, the harem is like raising Gu. There are people from all over the place, and the input is endless.

She didn't say anything, and the Empress Dowager didn't mean to tell her at all, so she just dragged Xiao Shengyun away.

After the concubines in the harem are seated, the officials and their families are seated, and the stage is ready, the puppet show banquet will officially begin.

The Queen Mother stood in the front row of the crowd, and said proudly: "Today's puppet show banquet was prepared by Ai's family with great painstaking efforts and a lot of energy and time. Everyone must have a good time today."

"Your Majesty has worked really hard."

"The theater banquet prepared by the Queen Mother is really grand, and I, Sansheng, are honored to have this opportunity to participate."

"It is an honor for the country that the Queen Mother has served the country and the people and has not forgotten all of us."

As soon as she said this, everyone smiled and began to compliment her. Their voices rose and fell, and the Queen Mother was praised for a while.

"Hahaha, this is what the Ai family should do, and all of you are also the subjects that the Ai family values."

The queen mother laughed, her face was full of joy, and she didn't feel embarrassed about taking credit for others.

Su Lijin sneered inwardly.

The Empress Dowager deserves to be the Empress Dowager. This kind of scene where she just opens her mouth to tell lies is really admirable.

As the real organizer of the whole puppet show banquet, Su Lijin mocked in her eyes, when she was so busy, the queen mother was drinking tea in the palace leisurely.

After the scene was finished, the puppet show began to perform at this time.

Puppet show, as the name suggests, is someone pulling a marionette to perform a story.

Accompanied by the opera music, the puppets make various movements and expressions under the thin lines, which are vivid, like miniature people, and immediately attract everyone's attention.

"Good!" Everyone applauded.

Su Lijin couldn't help watching it raptly: "Sure enough, the reputation is well-deserved, it's really good."

"The puppet show is so interesting, why don't everyone go up and play with strings?"

Someone suggested it, and others looked at the stage eagerly.

Su Lijin moved her eyes and looked at the puppet above, her eyes glowing: "It seems that the puppet is indeed very interesting. Maybe it can move according to its own ideas by holding the string."

"Is the queen interested?" Xiao Shengyun looked at her and said suddenly.

Su Lijin looked at the doll without turning her head, and said with a smile, "Well, it looks pretty good."

There was a hint of amusement in Xiao Shengyun's eyes, and his thin lips curled up: "Then I will go up with the queen and have a try."

His voice immediately reached everyone's ears.

The concubines immediately cast jealous glances at Su Lijin.

The other officials and family members looked curiously at Su Lijin, and then at the emperor, with a hint of surprise on their faces.

"I didn't expect that the emperor would go up to try it, so he should take the queen with him."

Su Lijin, who was sitting in the back seat, also looked surprised, and looked at Xiao Shengyun suddenly: "Can I play for a while?"

Xiao Shengyun nodded, with a smile in his eyes: "Of course, let's go."

Su Lijin smiled happily, got up quickly, and went straight to the backstage.

As soon as she came backstage, she ran towards the dolls, and when she looked up, she found a royal actress who was arranging the dolls standing there.

The actor carefully arranged the puppet and silk thread, with a concentrated expression and a smile on his mouth.

Su Lijin turned her head inadvertently and paused slightly.

Half of the female actress's face is very delicate, while the other half of her face has obvious scars.

(End of this chapter)