Eight hundred and seventieth chapters birthday banquet (2)
Among the beautiful and graceful girls who are fourteen or fifteen years old but the oldest is sixteen, the eight-year-old Miss Xie Si stands out particularly.
Miss Xie Si has pretty features, a childish face, and a bun, which is really cute...
It's just that he is short in stature and has not yet grown up.
Everyone looked at Xie Rouxi silently, and then all their eyes fell on Xu, who was as thick-skinned as a city wall.
Xu, who was born as a prostitute, has a rough temperament and speaks directly. Among all the noble ladies, she is particularly eye-catching and seems out of place. However, Xu is not at all uncomfortable, and she smiles and nods to people she knows from time to time.
One has to admire his bravery.
Because Lin Weiwei and Xie Mingxi were close friends, Mrs. Lin was always very close to the Xie family members. She was the first to smile at Mrs. Xu and said, "I haven't seen the old lady in a few days. She looks really good lately."
Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "Those little people outside who have mouth sores and pus on their soles are chewing their tongues behind their backs. My old lady walks upright and sits upright, eats well and sleeps well. Of course she looks good."
The ladies around who had their ears eavesdropped looked away without changing their expressions.
Mrs. Lin secretly laughed, looked at Miss Xie Fourth carefully, and praised with a smile: "Miss Xie is very delicate and graceful. If you look closely, she does have some similarities with the Queen."
Mrs. Xu immediately reciprocated the favor and praised the beauty and dignity of the girl beside Mrs. Lin.
Mrs. Lin only has one daughter, Lin Weiwei. The girl she is taking with her today is the legitimate daughter of the Lin family in the next room.
Mrs. Lin, Censor Lin, did not want to cause any trouble to the Empress, and originally wanted to choose a niece who was not outstanding in appearance and bring her into the palace. However, the Lin clan had their own ideas and sent Miss Lin Qi, who was the most outstanding in talent and appearance, to Mrs. Lin.
Similar to Mrs. Lin, there are also Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Lu.
The temptation to enter the palace and give birth to an heir for a concubine was too great, and the clansmen could not help but be tempted.
In the past half month, there has been almost a fight within the family over who can be chosen to "congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday". The ladies selected are all outstanding in appearance, talent and learning. Today they gather together, like a hundred flowers in spring, it is dazzling.
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Empress Dowager Yu had not yet appeared, and all the imperial ministers were led to the side hall to wait. While Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Lin were chatting, the other imperial ministers were also chatting in low voices and complimenting each other.
"The girl next to you is so beautiful and beautiful!"
"My little girl has a vulgar appearance, so I don't dare to praise her so much. In my opinion, the girl next to Mrs. Fang is really beautiful but smart but graceful and moving!"
"Where, where..."
Then, Mrs. Xu's loud voice overrode everyone: "It's the Queen Mother's birthday. Let's bring the juniors into the palace to congratulate her. When my old lady saw it today, oh, they are really as beautiful as each other! It's not like that.
Coming to celebrate your birthday is like a beauty contest."
Before Mrs. Lin could say anything, Mrs. Xu burst into laughter.
Everyone: "..."
Xu's reputation was well known, and no one dared to provoke her. Everyone felt upset when they heard these harsh words, and each of them twitched the corners of their mouths.
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Half an hour later, the neatly dressed Queen Mother Yu sat on the phoenix chair in Jiaofang Hall.
Xiao Yuhan and Xie Mingxi sat on the left and right sides of Queen Mother Yu, followed closely by Zhao Changqing and Yin Xiaoxiao. All the concubines in the palace were present.
Next, the ministers entered the palace one by one according to their rank to celebrate their birthdays. The birthday gifts presented were all rare treasures, extremely precious.
With the young and beautiful girl beside them, these rare treasures suddenly looked dim.
Empress Dowager Yu was in a very good mood today, and asked Xie Mingxi with a smile from time to time: "How does the empress think of Miss Lu?"
"How is Miss Zhao?"
"This Fourth Miss Mei looks very similar to Concubine Mei when she was young!"
Under the gaze of everyone, Queen Xie looked calm and smiled slowly: "Miss Mei Si has an elegant temperament and beautiful appearance. My daughter-in-law looks very good."
Everyone: "..."
Concubine Mei was a little uneasy and subconsciously raised her eyes to glance at Xie Mingxi. Seeing that Xie Mingxi didn't look sulky, she felt a little relieved.
Xiao Yuhan frowned slightly, Zhao Changqing lowered his head and said nothing as usual. Yin Xiaoxiao was born with a chivalrous heart, and seeing Empress Dowager Yu acting like this in public, she felt angry.
There are rules for choosing a concubine.
Even when it comes to choosing a concubine, regulations should be drawn up and the queen of the middle palace should choose it herself.
Empress Dowager Yu asked this question in public, apparently deliberately to humiliate Xie Mingxi in public.
"My daughters-in-law were all outstanding and top-notch ladies back then." Yin Xiaoxiao opened her mouth abruptly, her tone full of sourness: "Today, the queen mother only sees these famous ladies who entered the palace for the first time, so where are the daughters-in-law."
Xiao Yuhan took over the conversation very cooperatively, and sighed with a smile: "Isn't that true? Even Sister Fu, the mother has not even looked at her twice today!"
In fact, this little battle is nothing to Xie Mingxi. She has already had a plan to deal with it.
But Yin Xiaoxiao's righteous speech and Xiao Yuhan's strong protection made Xie Mingxi feel warm in her heart.
She no longer fights alone like in her previous life. In this life, although she is in the palace, she is accompanied by her beloved husband and has good friends standing by her side.
A trace of anger flashed in Empress Dowager Yu's eyes, and she smiled pointedly: "The Ai family loves you the most on weekdays. If you neglect a little bit today, you will not forgive me. That's all. The Ai family will not look at them next.
It’s up to you.”
Xie Mingxi pursed her lips and smiled, making a pun: "Yesterday, the mother said that the daughter-in-law hurts the most. It turns out that she said it casually to comfort her. The daughter-in-law will not dare to believe the queen's words in the future."
Everyone laughed approvingly.
The Jiaofang Hall is still lively and "harmonious".
Mrs. Xu was originally filled with anger. Seeing that Xie Mingxi was handling it with ease, Mrs. Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was still murmuring in her heart.
The eyes are full of delicate and lovely beautiful girls, who are either elegant, dignified, pretty or charming. Even she, an old woman who was half buried in the loess, found it pleasing to look at.
Later, the emperor will come to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday. Looking at the beauties in the palace, how can he not stop thinking about it?
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Queen Mother Yu glanced at it calmly and sneered in her heart.
There is no cat in the world who doesn't steal fish.
No matter how deeply in love a man looks at the garden full of flowers, he will also have the desire to pick off one or two flowers. If it doesn't work this time, there will be a second time and a third time...
Didn't the then Empress Dowager Li use this method to make Emperor Jianwen have a different heart from her little by little?
Once he lost the emperor's favor, no matter how many tricks Xie Mingxi tried, he still couldn't gain a foothold in the palace!
On that day, Xie Mingxi can only lie at her feet and let her breathe...
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother," Zhi Lan stepped into the palace and opened her mouth to report: "The Emperor is here to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday."
Finally here!
The show is about to begin!
Queen Mother Yu's eyes flashed and she said with a smile: "Queen, go and greet the Emperor."