When they saw Emperor Ao Xing and the Queen Mother passing by them, Emperor Luo and Queen Luo and Dongfang Xu greeted them with smiles, "Your Majesty Aotian, the Queen Mother."
Emperor Ao Xing and the Queen Mother quickly responded with smiles.
When he arrived at the main seat, Emperor Ao Xing helped the Queen Mother sit down. Then, while sitting down, he pressed his hands to everyone: "Everyone, please take a seat quickly."
Everyone took their seats one after another.
"Today is the seventieth birthday of my queen mother. I would like to thank all the distinguished guests and loved ones for coming. Now I announce that the banquet has officially begun." Emperor Ao Xing looked down and said loudly.
Standing behind Emperor Ao Xing, the chief eunuch immediately raised his neck and said loudly: "Your Majesty has a decree to hold a banquet——"
Soon, the music started, and the palace lady floated in like colorful clouds accompanied by the music, serving food to each seat. Then she made colorful clouds and floated out.
Then, Emperor Ao Xing pressed his palms, and after the music stopped, he turned to the Queen Mother beside him with the wine glass in his hand, "Mother, my son, I wish you blessings like the East Sea and longevity as long as the Southern Mountains. I would like to express my respect to you first."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The Queen Mother smiled and took the wine glass from the palace attendant's hand, and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Juniors (little kings, ministers, envoys, sons and ministers) wish the Queen Mother to be as blessed as the East China Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains." Everyone sitting at the guest table also raised their wine glasses and congratulated the Queen Mother on her birthday in unison.
"Thank you all, Ai Jia will drink this cup with you all." The Queen Mother raised the second glass of wine.
After everyone finished drinking, the Queen Mother looked in the direction of Emperor Luo, Empress Luo and Dongfang Xu, and said with a smile on her face: "I am really grateful to His Majesty Luo Guo, Queen Luo Guo, Your Majesty Yuan Guo, and the Ai family have always been kind to me.
I didn’t expect that the three of them would travel thousands of miles to attend the Ai family’s birthday banquet in person.”
"Your Majesty, you are welcome. My son and the eldest prince of your country are very good friends, so it is reasonable for me and the queen to come in person." Emperor Luo said with a smile.
"Yes, Queen Mother, you don't have to be polite. The eldest prince of your country grew up in our Yuan Kingdom and has a good relationship with me. It is only reasonable for me to come to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday." Dongfang Xu also agreed with a smile.
Of course, the so-called friendship mentioned by Dongfang Xu is indirect. Dongfang Xu thinks this way: friends of friends are his friends. Yun Jingchu is his friend, and Dao, as Yun Jingchu's friend, is naturally his friend.
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, everyone's eyes involuntarily focused on the sword, but the meanings of these eyes were different.
Some people admire it, such as some young princes and young courtiers; some are pleased, such as the old lady Xiahou and other senior ministers; some are jealous, such as some adult princes; some are resentful, such as Xuanyuan Ying and Xuanyuan Chen; and some are thoughtful, such as many, etc.
The ministers and concubines standing in line...
Also thoughtful were Emperor Ao Xing and the Queen Mother. Their eyes rested on the sword with thoughtful eyes, and then the Queen Mother returned to her previous smile: "It is also a blessing for my grandson to know so many distinguished guests.
Right, Your Majesty?"
After speaking, the Queen Mother turned to Emperor Ao Xing who was standing aside.
Ao Xingdi retracted his gaze from looking at the knife and nodded, "The Queen Mother is right."
Next, it was time for everyone to celebrate birthdays and give gifts alone, and the banquet entered one climax after another.
In this small climax, the Li Guan read the gift and congratulatory message from Xuanyuan Lin who was not present today. Xuanyuan Lin's congratulatory message was short but full of sincerity...