Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 124
Three days after Feng Mingze took office, Concubine Ji's birthday was celebrated in the harem.

Ever since Concubine Ji turned 30, she said she couldn't celebrate her birthday any more.The emperor coaxed her and said: "From now on, I will have a birthday every year, and you will be forever!" So this birthday passed for more than ten years, and now even Concubine Ji herself can't remember how old she is.

The emperor asked Princess Xian Xu Guanping and Princess Xian Du Yunmo to jointly organize a birthday banquet for Concubine Ji.Xu Guanping and Du Yun were not afraid of the enemy. From the guest list to the utensils and meals used for the dinner, they did everything by themselves, hoping to win praise from the emperor and the noble concubines and earn some face for the king.

According to the emperor's wishes, the dinner was held at Feng Laiyi opposite Tingyu Pavilion.This is a very spacious palace, where the queen accepts the worship of the wives inside and outside.Since the crown prince was abolished, the empress seldom leaves her palace due to illness, and orders her wives to worship, which is why Ji Guifei likes it here.

It's just right to host a dinner party here, very queenly.

On this day, Haitang arrived at the Sun Mansion early and was waiting to enter the palace with Mrs. Sun.Gu Mansheng was very happy to see Haitang. After their marriage, Sun Yanxi and she had a good relationship and were inseparable every day, so she was especially grateful to Haitang for saving her life on the wedding day.

"Sister Haitang, your room will always be reserved for you. Mother said that you are very good at making medicinal meals. She asked me to learn from you!" Gu Mansheng held Haitang's arm and said affectionately.

Haitang blinked and said seriously: "I do have a medicinal recipe to help you get pregnant. Do you want to learn it?"

Gu Mansheng shyly said: "You are a little girl who has never been out of the court, why are you not ashamed?"

"Because I'm still a doctor!" Haitang chuckled, and she and Mansheng were tangled together.

Mrs. Sun happened to listen to their words outside the door. When she came in, she smiled and said, "My daughter, I love hearing these words the most! This is the most important thing for you and your wife right now."

"Mother! Why are you helping Haitang bully me?" Gu Mansheng went up to act coquettishly with her mother-in-law.Mrs. Sun held one in each arm and smiled so hard that her eyes were bent. She liked the liveliness in the house.

Gu Mansheng was not the married woman yet, so Mrs. Sun only brought Haitang into the palace.

Men and women sit in separate seats inside and outside the main hall of Feng Laiyi.In the hall, there are flowers and butterflies dancing, and the hair on the temples is beautiful and the clothes are fragrant. In the small square outside the hall, people are well-dressed and elegant.

Among the birthday gifts presented by foreign ministers today, Yu Zhihuan, the magistrate of Putian County, Fujian Province, presented a four-foot-tall red coral that was the rarest.This birthday gift was personally delivered to the capital by Yu Zhihuan's legitimate daughter Yu Yanrong.

Miss Yu was dressed up carefully today. She wore a lilac skirt under a purple gown, and a purple and gold peony hairpin on her head, which made the pair of jade orchids with spring colors look particularly fresh.She doesn't look like a county magistrate's daughter, and she is no less generous than a noblewoman from the capital.

"Yu Zhihuan, a small county magistrate, how much money has been collected from the people to be able to give such a gift and dress the girl like this!" Zhao Muche said scornfully.

Shen Congxi took a look and said: "Fujian? I guess the imperial court took a lot of money to comfort the people." He shook his head again and said disdainfully: "Look, the darkness of the officialdom is obvious, that's why I don't bother to associate with it. Sun Yanxi shook his head when he heard this and said with a smile: "You have gone too far again. If you don't lead the clear water into the turbid pool, how can the clear water reflect the blue sky! It is precisely because there is darkness in the officialdom that we need you and me to bring light."

"Get taught, get taught!" Shen Congxi cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I'm used to being an idle person, and I can't bear the restraint. Brother Yan Xi should worry about it!"

It was the turn of the royal family members to give gifts, which were nothing more than some collected rare treasures, but they were not as eye-catching and unique as the red coral.

Finally, the emperor held Concubine Ji's hand and said: "My beloved concubine, I will give you two special gifts this year to congratulate you on your eighteenth birthday." Of course the emperor would not say three gifts. King Kang's fish tank really didn't have it. He raised his face towards Feng Laiyi.The emperor waved his hand, and Guo Kuan came up holding a brocade box.

The emperor opened the brocade box, and inside was the raindrop ruby ​​head and face.The emperor smiled and said, "I named it Acacia Rain. Don't you think it's beautiful?"

"The name given by the emperor is very beautiful, and the head and face are also beautiful. This raindrop-shaped ruby ​​is so brightly red that I like it. It is a rare gift." Concubine Ji nodded and smiled. She had known that it was dedicated to the king. Gift, I specifically praised it, "What's the other gift?"

"Look, my beloved concubine!" The emperor pointed excitedly at the pavilion opposite Feng Laiyi: "That's the one I gave you, called Tingyu Pavilion."

Concubine Ji almost couldn't laugh out loud: Your Majesty, why don't you give me the whole palace, I'm happier.

The emperor held Concubine Ji's hand and walked to the door of the hall. The emperor clapped his hands and saw a sound of water. Thousands of rain lines flowed down from the eaves, forming a circle of rain curtain.The water flows into the trough under the eaves, and then flows into the green lake.

Everyone marveled at the ingenuity of the mechanism used by Tingyu Pavilion, which could actually reverse the flow of lake water.This is also the first time I've seen him.

The emperor looked at the imperial concubine emotionally and said, "I will always remember that rain."

Memories of that time came to the imperial concubine's mind, and she was so moved that her eyes were wet. She held the emperor's hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is the best gift I have ever received!" The emperor couldn't help but laugh, and led the imperial concubine back to the dragon throne. superior.

Guo Kuan waved his hand, and a group of graceful girls came in and danced to the music.

King Duan also withdrew his gaze from Tingyu Pavilion. The Shenji Camp had been obtained, and his father would definitely reward him today. He wanted to marry a girl from the Cheng family before he presented himself to the king.

(End of this chapter)