Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 321 The Queen Mother's Birthday Banquet
Today, all the decorations of the Longevity Palace have been changed to dark red. To celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday, although the Queen Mother usually advocates frugality, it can't be too simple for the dignified Queen Mother's birthday.

Zhao Min walked all the way, with a non-provoking attitude in his heart, with his head lowered, looking ahead, not daring to look around, letting the servants of the Longevity Palace lead him to the seat he should sit on.

Lady Ying was just a noble person in the palace, so she naturally sat no further than Zhao Min, but because she was pregnant with a dragon seed, her seat was moved up a bit, and she was next to Zhao Min.

The other princes and princes were seated in pairs, and joined the main room to participate together. Looking at the main hall, only Zhao Min and the Crown Princess sat alone. Gu Lingqing went to attack Wangcheng, and the Crown Prince went to the south for disaster relief and has not yet returned. .

The Crown Princess sat in her seat, staring straight at Zhao Min who was sitting across from her. Although she nodded slightly at her with a smile on her mouth, her eyes were full of coldness.

"I didn't expect that we are so destined to sit next to each other!"

Yinggui's charming voice sounded beside her, pulling Zhao Min's gaze back.

"Yes." Zhao Min replied casually, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, then stopped talking, not knowing whether it was fate or evil fate.

"Princess Ling, today..."

Just when Yinggui was about to start a conversation with Zhao Min, she was interrupted by Princess Nine who came over suddenly.

"Princess Ling!"

Zhao Min looked at Princess Nine and smiled at her: "Princess Nine came so early."

Princess Jiu didn't care about the gazes of the people around her. Anyway, she was used to being casual. She sat down beside Zhao Min and took her arm intimately.

In the eyes of outsiders, the two of them were whispering together, but in fact, although Princess Jiu smiled on the surface, she quietly told Zhao Min the progress of her work for her: "Min'er, letter, I have sent it to Mrs. Xiao's hands."

Zhao Min nodded with a smile: "Okay, you should go back and sit down quickly. It's easy to make people suspicious if you stay for a long time."

As soon as the Ninth Princess left, Zhao Min saw General Xiao's family coming in from the entrance of the main hall. Zhao Min and Mrs. Xiao just stared at each other for a second before they understood the meaning in each other's eyes, and then separated without leaving any traces.

"The emperor arrives—the queen mother arrives—the empress arrives—"

Following the eunuch's high-pitched voice, the emperor and empress walked out of the apse with the support of the empress dowager, and sat on the main seat in the main hall. Everyone present stood up and saluted.

"Chen (chen concubine, minister's wife) and so on refer to the emperor, queen, and wish the queen mother a long life and good health."

The Empress Dowager happily looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and quickly raised her hands: "You don't have to be restrained, just treat it as a family banquet, get up and take your seats."

"Thank you, Empress."

After everyone was seated, Prince Gong sat up from his seat and bowed his hands: "Mother, my son went to Taihu Lake to play some time ago and found a good thing. Today I specially dedicated it to my mother."

"Oh?" The queen mother smiled, showing great interest, "Hurry up and show it to the queen mother."

I saw Prince Gong clapping his hands, and then two servants came in pushing two large items. The items were covered with red cloth, so you couldn't see their true faces. When they were delivered to Prince Gong's side, Prince Gong Then he lifted the red cloth.

It was originally two Sijigui.

As soon as the red cloth was opened, the fragrance of osmanthus filled the entire hall. Prince Gong bowed his hands and introduced the origin of the four seasons of osmanthus: "This is a local specialty of Taihu Lake. When it blooms, it is fragrant."

The Queen Mother had been to Taihu Lake when she was young, so she naturally knew the origin of the Four Seasons Osmanthus. She wanted to bring it back to the imperial city, but she failed in the end: "The Four Seasons Osmanthus has extremely strict requirements on the growing environment. How did Prince Gong transport it from Taihu Lake?" came here?"

"After reporting back to my mother, my son-in-law directly invited the master who raised Sijigui. With this master, my mother can also raise Sijigui in this imperial city."

Prince Gong also came to Changshou Palace to see the Empress Dowager some time ago, and he accidentally learned about it from her, so he took it to heart. It took several months to transport the four seasons of osmanthus from Taihu Lake, and found it in the imperial city. The best way to grow it.

"Okay, okay!" The queen mother called out three times in succession. Although the gift itself is not particularly expensive, it is more about the heart and filial piety. "It's hard for Prince Gong to always remember Aijia's preferences."

With Prince Gong making such a good start, the rest of the people offered congratulatory gifts one after another. After presenting the congratulatory gifts, the most boring part that Zhao Min felt began again.

That is, the court ladies sing, the court ladies dance, and the children of the ministers perform, in order to win the favor of the queen mother, perhaps entering the palace or marrying a good family, personal goals are different.

Although it was to congratulate the Empress Dowager, each of them had different ideas and had their own goals. Zhao Min felt that it was very boring, so she prepared to leave the meeting quietly when no one was paying attention.

"Princess!" After noticing Zhao Min's movements, Qin Lan wanted to follow, but she was pulled by Gu Nai's arm: "I'll go with the princess, you stay here and take care of yourself."

The Queen who had been watching Zhao Min secretly, after seeing this, she winked at Lady Ying, Lady Ying understood and quietly left the table.

And in this hall, the empress is not the only one who has been watching Zhao Min all the time. The princess who has been sitting opposite her is full of hatred when she sees Zhao Min. If she is not in the palace, if she misses this opportunity , the next opportunity will be hard to find.

So after seeing Zhao Min leaving the table, the princess quickly got up and followed her pace.

Zhao Min and Nanny Gu came to a lake and stood on the grass, the moonlight poured on the lake, sparkling, really beautiful.

The master and servant stood by the lake to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Nanny Gu possessed martial arts, so her ears were naturally more sensitive than ordinary people. When she didn't see anyone, Nanny Gu whispered in Zhao Min's ear: "Princess , someone is coming."

Zhao Min nodded his head lightly, indicating that he knew, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes. It seemed that someone was finally going to attack him.

"Concubine Ling also feels bored in the palace, do you want to come out to get some air?"

After hearing Yinggui's voice, Zhao Min turned around slowly: "Yes, does your noble think so too?"

"Ah!" Yinggui covered her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled lightly, "I don't think it's a problem, but I'm afraid the baby in my belly will get bored."

This Ying nobleman really cared about the baby in her womb, she was always carrying it and thinking about it in her heart.

Doesn't she know that the unborn child can't always talk about it?It's unlucky, especially in this harem, it's inevitable that people will be jealous if they act so ostentatiously.

(End of this chapter)