On the day of the birthday banquet, Lingbao followed his mother and brothers into the palace.
He went to the harem first to meet the Queen Mother and the Queen. They were both in the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace. Before they reached the inner room, they heard the Queen Mother's hearty laughter.
Jiang Baohui heard her voice before she saw him: "Why does the queen mother say you are so happy? Let me listen to it too."
"Kang Yang is here." The Queen Mother said with a smile, "Sit down quickly."
The Queen Mother is well-maintained. She is over fifty years old, but there are not many wrinkles on her face. Her hair is dark, and you need to search very carefully to see a few silver strands. She has gentle eyebrows and looks easy to get along with, but the life wife present is not.
People really dare to be presumptuous.
Jiang Baohui took Ling Bao to perform the Wanfu ceremony. After all, it was the harem, so she did not bring her three sons with her.
The other wives got up to pay homage to Jiang Baohui.
It's really a waste of time to go through it like this.
"My mother hasn't told me why I'm laughing." Jiang Baohui sat down holding her clothes, bent her eyes, and looked at the queen inquiringly.
The Queen sat aside demurely. She looked into her eyes but didn't say a word. Instead, she picked up the tea cup, skimmed the foam from the cup, and took a sip.
Jiang Baohui seemed to feel something and understood it in her heart.
"Speaking of Lao Twelve, he came to the palace a few days ago to pay his respects. He said that he didn't come back from my birthday party last year, so he wanted to make up for the birthday gift. It's hard to worry about this child." The Queen Mother said, Lao Twelve, it's easy to say.
It was the King of Qi who came to Beijing from his fiefdom a few days ago. He was ranked twelfth.
Some people chimed in and praised him. No mother doesn't like to hear her son being praised, even if the son has already passed his thirties.
Ling Bao sat on a round stool. The round stools in Shoukang Palace were all shaped like adults and were on the high side. When she sat on it, her toes could barely touch the floor. She swayed her calves slightly and looked at the smiling Queen Mother.
The eldest brother once told her that the current Queen Mother was not the biological mother of the imperial uncle and her mother. Their biological mother died before Emperor Jingtai ascended the throne, and was later raised under her knees by the late emperor.
However, the Queen Mother is not childless, on the contrary, her son is the King of Qi.
At this moment, the Queen Mother looked at Ling Bao and said, "By the way, Yu Qiong and Yu Ning are here too. Ling, you can have two more playmates."
Jiang Yuqiong, Jiang Yuning, the legitimate daughter of King Qi.
The Queen Mother waved to Ling Bao, Jiang Baohui gently pushed her shoulder, and Ling Bao jumped off the chair and went to the Queen Mother.
"You are sisters, you have the same blood in your blood, so you should get along well." After a pause, he took Ling Bao's hand and said, "Your two sisters are spoiled and have bad tempers, but they have a good heart.
It's good, you Ling, for the sake of the imperial grandmother, can you be more considerate?"
Ling Bao nodded and said yes, and the Queen Mother smiled happily and patted the back of her hand happily.
Everyone talked for a while, and a palace maid came to announce that it was almost time to enter. The wife got up and left one by one. Jiang Baohui also left with Ling Bao.
Ling Bao and the others walked slowly, admiring the surrounding scenery as they walked. Jiang Baohui didn't stop until there was no one around.
"Mom, do you have something to say to me?" Before Jiang Baohui could speak, Ling Bao asked as if she had some feelings.
Jiang Baohui raised her eyebrows and said in surprise: "How did you know?"
"My mother looked at me several times before and hesitated to speak."
In fact, it is not obvious, after all, in front of so many people, but who makes Lingbao sensitive to the emotions of others, especially her mother, of course she is more sensitive.
"Mom does have something to say to you." Jiang Baohui nodded.
Lingbao's eyes widened, indicating that he was listening carefully.
"Just now the Queen Mother said that you should be a playmate with the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Qi family, you don't have to listen."
Jiang Baohui was a little unhappy. If the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, she might have been unable to resist refuting the Queen Mother's face on the spot.
No one knows that the two legitimate daughters of the Qi Wang family have extremely bad tempers and are domineering. They insist that everyone obey them and provide for them. If they don't get their way, they will be beaten and scolded. The difference is that those with high status will curse a few words and those with low status will
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Ling Bao has a gentle temperament and has never been seen blushing with anyone. If she plays with those two people, she will definitely be bullied every day.
Jiang Baohui thought about it for a moment, and she seemed to see Ling Bao hiding in bed and crying with his face full of tears after being bullied. It almost made her heartache to death just thinking about it.
Why should she have to acquiesce to the daughter she finally got back?
Her daughter is even younger than Jiang Yuqiong and Jiang Yuning!
It's just that the Queen Mother was very kind to her, so she just tolerated it until now.
"I know." Ling Bao raised his head proudly, "Mom, I'm not stupid. That's called acting on occasion!"
Jiang Baohui: "."
She was rarely speechless. After being silent for a long time, he rubbed her head and said, dumbfounded, "You are quite clever."
Ling Bao made a "hmm" sound in his throat and admitted without blushing: "I am the cleverest."
After finishing speaking, it was time for them to enter the banquet.
The people had almost arrived, and Ling Bao sat down next to Cheng Yun.
Cheng Yi said sourly: "Why don't you sit next to me? The seat next to me is also very comfortable."
Cheng Yun smiled lightly and remained unmoved.
The kid from Lingbao sighed: "Second brother, how old are you and you are still so childish."
"It's not because you are partial." Cheng Yi snorted coldly.
Ling Bao smiled, not afraid of his anger at all, and nodded his cheek and said: "Shame, shame, third brother is much more stable than you."
Cheng Yi glanced at Cheng Jin, who was sitting firmly, and Cheng Jin asked, "Then do you want to sit with me?"
Jiang Baohui smiled and said: "With the three of you, none of you want to be next to me? Okay, one by one, you will forget your mother when you have a sister, right?" She stood up and said, "Is it okay for me to go?"
Ling Bao hugged her arm and refused to let her go. Cheng Yun and the others also apologized.
The family was chatting, laughing, and having a good time, which was very different from other families who were more than respectful but not close enough, so many people at the table were looking at them.
When Ling Bao raised his head, he saw Cheng Zhongqian walking this way, and he immediately shouted happily: "Daddy!"
Cheng Zhongqian responded, then shyly called out: "Baohui."
Ling Bao looked at them, rolled his eyes, moved to the right, pulled Jiang Baohui towards him, and said enthusiastically: "Dad, please sit next to mother."
Cheng Zhongqian sat down without hesitation.
Forget it normally, today there are so many people watching, Jiang Baohui's cheeks turn red: "What are you doing here? Isn't your position opposite?"
Cheng Zhongqian said aggrievedly: "I think you have to be tight. We haven't seen each other for three days since we were separated last time."
That was three whole days. Not seeing each other for one day was like three autumns.
Jiang Baohui's heart skipped a beat at his straightforward words. She frowned and scolded: "Please pay attention to the occasion."
Cheng Zhongqian's eyes brightened: "Then I'll tell you in private."
Jiang Baohui: "."
Jiang Baohui glanced at him and didn't want to talk to this shameless guy.
At this time, a eunuch shouted loudly: "The Emperor has arrived - the Queen Mother has arrived - the Queen has arrived -"
The conversation stopped abruptly, and everyone stood up to salute. After Emperor Jingtai sat down, he said: "My dearest friends, please make yourself safe."
After sitting down again, Emperor Jingtai glanced around and found that a seat was empty, and his eyes darkened.
"Isn't King Qi here yet?"
Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone laughed and walked in from outside the hall.