food queen

Chapter 452 Birthday Ceremony! (1)
"How about, when Lu Haoran comes in to answer tomorrow, I will withhold half of his 10 taels of silver?"

"Stop making trouble. I'm over my birthday, and it's embarrassing for the ministers to chip in." Yun Shuo frowned and smiled bitterly.

"Who asked them to contribute money! I'm not happy if they want to raise money. I must spend the money! It's not their turn." Han Qian sneered.

"What? You don't want them to hold a birthday banquet for me?" Yun Shuo sat up straight all of a sudden.

"You are my man, it's their turn to worry about your affairs?" Han Qian rolled his eyes.

"Then you...then you want to play with Lu Haoran? Empress, ministers of the imperial court can't play around like monkeys." Yun Shuo urged anxiously.

Han Qian smiled nonchalantly, and said, "Don't worry about it, Brother Emperor, leave this matter to me. I will never make things difficult for you."

Yun Shuo frowned and asked: "Then you also have to tell me the truth, but you are not allowed to mess around."

"Why, Brother Emperor, you still don't trust me?" Han Qian laughed.

"Tsk! It's because of you that I can't believe it." Seeing Han Qian's smiling face, Yun Shuo always felt a little bad, so he shook his head.

Facts have proved that the emperor's concern is necessary, and the empress's promise is also credible.

The next day, Lu Haoran brought the banquet list he had drawn up to enter the palace with great interest to face the saint, and then the emperor pointed him to the Fengzhang Palace.The Queen received Lord Lu in the main hall of Fengzhang Hall.

After paying homage, Lu Haoran presented the banquet list he had drawn up with both hands.

Han Qian took the list from Pingguo'er, unfolded it, and read it carefully. Fang frowned and sighed, "Master Lu really has a heart! This birthday banquet is well arranged. There are also Cuju, Bingxi, and riding and archery. , Your Majesty will definitely like it."

"Thank you, Madam, for your compliment. Counting the 12 years since your Majesty's reign, this is the first time to celebrate the Longevity Festival in a decent manner. It stands to reason that no matter how you arrange it, it can't be too much. It's just... Now that the national treasury is tight, the old minister can only do his best. Work hard and make it this far. It is the blessing of the humble minister that the empress does not dislike the old minister's incompetence."

"You said that the national treasury is tight, and this palace is about to ask you about it. According to your courage, His Majesty will arrange a three-day banquet for this birthday. Although there are some singers, dancers and musicians in the palace, the three Is there a lot of money after all the troubles? Does the treasury... have this money?"

"Back to your mother, the treasury really doesn't have this money." Lu Haoran was quite calm as a man, cupped his hands towards Han Qian, and said with a smile: "But my mother left this matter to the old minister, and the old minister can't let His Majesty have this birthday. It was too wronged. So the old minister managed to gather 10 taels of silver to celebrate His Majesty's birthday."

"Ouch!" Han Qian's eyes widened in surprise, and he said with a smile, "It's said that the Lu family is a scholarly family, but it's unexpected that Mr. Lu will pay 10 taels when he makes a move. It's really impressive."

"No, no, no!" Lu Haoran hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands as if stung by a scorpion, "This is not what the old minister can bring out, this is what the old minister found together with several ministers."

"How many ministers came together?" Han Qian looked at Lu Haoran in surprise, then smiled lightly, "It's those ministers, I will turn around and thank them for their kindness."

Speaking of this, Lu Haoran naturally couldn't hide any more, so he had to tell the truth.

The queen laughed and said: "Sure enough, it is a family of loyal ministers. The stability and prosperity of our Dayun Jiangshan community still have to rely on these loyal ministers and good generals!"

"The old minister must bring the empress's words to them." Lu Haoran hurriedly bowed.

Han Qian smiled and sighed: "All the ministers are so selfless for my Dayun community, and this palace can't be too selfish. How about this, your 10 taels of silver will be handed over to the treasury for His Majesty's control, and His Majesty's Longevity Banquet For the expenses, I will find a way by myself."

"Ah?" Lu Haoran didn't react all of a sudden, he was stupid.

"Why, you are willing to give your money to His Majesty's birthday, but you don't want to use it as military pay?" Han Qian asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes." How dare Lu Haoran say no?I had no choice but to nod.

"Okay, then leave this list to me. I will ask people to prepare according to this list. You can go to His Majesty first." Han Qian said with a smile.

"Yes." Lu Haoran reluctantly glanced at the red cover letter in the queen's hand, bowed, turned and left.

In the midwinter night, the cold wind howled, and the Fengzhang Hall was as warm as spring.

Inside the bright yellow gauze tent, Han Qian nestled in Yun Shuo's arms, sighed leisurely, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Emperor, why do those ministers insist on meddling in the affairs of the harem? Do they have to force so many women in? They Knowing that you don't like it, you don't hesitate to disobey you?"

"The harem, in the eyes of you and me, is just our home. But in the eyes of the courtiers, it's just another court. All forces, major families, they must strive for their own best interests. Above the court , A cabinet must have seven cabinet elders, let them restrict each other with the six ministers, how can they let the queen be the only one in the harem?"

"So, it's impossible for you and I to live a peaceful life?" Han Qian sighed.

Does it have to be like this?She doesn't think about it at all, she just wants to live a good life with the person she loves, with delicious food, fun, and loved ones by her side.Why did such a small request become a luxury?

Yun Shuo looked at her confused eyes, and smiled suddenly: "It seems that you are not tired enough tonight, can you still think about these messy things?"

"Eh?" Han Qian raised his eyes to meet someone's green eyes, quickly raised the quilt, turned around and rolled out of his arms, "I'm going to sleep, I have a lot of things to do tomorrow."

"What's the matter? Let's have a good chat." Yun Shuo stepped forward to pull Han Qian's shoulder back, and held him in his arms.

Han Qian raised her hand to cover his pressed lips, and said with a light smile, "What are we talking about? We've talked so much."

"Let's talk about my birthday, what birthday gift do you want to give?" Yun Shuo's fingers gently brushed her cheeks, his voice was hot and humid, making the originally majestic bright yellow curtain a little more charming.

Han Qian rolled his eyes, and suddenly changed into a charming smile, squeezed his throat and said, "Everything that belongs to me belongs to His Majesty, I really don't know what else I don't give to Your Majesty?"

Yun Shuoming knew that she did it on purpose, but he couldn't help but stop for a moment, then pinched her chin and kissed her hard.

"Hmm..." Han Qian raised her hand to push him, pushed and twisted, and finally had a chance to catch her breath. She couldn't help asking, "Didn't you want a birthday present?"

"I want you."

"..." Han Qian rolled his eyes speechlessly.

(End of this chapter)