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Chapter 136 Birthday Banquet
Chapter 136 Birthday Banquet
Among the concubines in the palace, the most common is to be favored and disfavored. Liu Hui is very smart, she has never been favored, and she has never fallen out of favor.
She is more like a female official in the palace. She is the smartest and wisest person, and the person who can accompany Ling Chen farthest.
Ling Chen's life was too exciting, he wanted too much, and they couldn't control it. Lan Ling thought of herself, she had always wanted to get Ling Chen's love, but she was always scarred, even to the point of being completely broken.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, dumplings, eggs and realgar wine were distributed in each palace.
There was no banquet for ministers in the palace, but the emperor had dinner with the concubines of the harem.
Lan Ling did not participate. Yang Shu came over and invited her once, but she didn't go over the excuse of being unwell.
Lan Ling cooked herself in the small kitchen, she hadn't cooked for a long time. They cooked all vegetarian dishes, and asked Xiao Guizi to dig out a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine made last autumn under the jujube tree.
Jixiang frowned and sighed while cleaning up the table.
"What's wrong with you?" Lan Ling asked.
Jixiang looked at Lan Ling, and said after a while, "Niangniang, this slave has been holding back a few words for a long time. Please don't blame me if you say something wrong."
"Go ahead." Lan Ling was pouring the sweet-scented osmanthus wine into everyone's cups.
Auspicious said: "Niangniang, you are the queen now, why don't you go to the banquet in the palace? Now everyone thinks that the queen's position is like Concubine Huigui. The emperor is also very kind to you, why can't you bow your head to the emperor? Show your favor. Do you know that life in this palace is good or bad depending on the emperor's words."
Lan Ling smiled, she understood Jixiang's worries.
"Let's all come together, don't divide the superiority or inferiority, let's be lively together." Lan Ling took a sip of wine with a cup.
"Auspicious, I may be different from others. I just want to get the emperor's sincere love, and give the rest to others, so as to balance."
Auspicious said: "But Niangniang can have both the emperor's favor and the control of the harem."
"This is the palace after all, he is the emperor. If the emperor favors only one person, it will inevitably affect the previous dynasty." Lan Ling said slowly.
Jixiang knelt down and kowtowed: "The servant understands, it is the servant who is short-sighted and thinks too little, please forgive the servant."
Lan Ling pulled her up: "You are also for my own good. I just want to live a simple life. If I have the responsibility of Concubine Hui Gui now, how can I live so freely? Wouldn't it be better for us to each get what we need? Come on, let's get drunk today."
Jixiang said: "My grandmother once said that there is a kind of woman who, even at the age of 80, has always been a girl. She is very affectionate, simple and lovely. She is talking about the temperament of the empress. The slave only understands it today."
Lan Ling smiled, "This is just an excuse for my incompetence. I don't have the ability to both like myself and satisfy everyone, so that's all I can do!"
Everyone drank happily, and the Wangyou Palace has not been so lively for a long time.
On the second day, Liu Hui arrived at Wang Kang Palace.
"Empress Empress, this is the item to be prepared for the emperor's birthday banquet. Empress Empress take a look at what else you need to prepare?" Liu Hui asked.
Lan Ling glanced at it: "The emperor asked you to preside over his birthday banquet, so you don't have to ask me."
Liu Hui said, "It used to be because of the poor health of the concubine. Now that the empress has recovered, the concubines should also be handed over."
Lan Ling smiled and said, "It's the emperor who made you preside over the harem, not me. You don't need to tell me this. Besides, you manage the harem well. At least better than me. Don't worry, I really don't care about that." Lan Ling reached out and shook Liu Hui's hand.
"You also know that I'm not good at dealing with these trivial things. Besides, I don't like it myself. You can share the emperor's worries and let me rest in peace. I really appreciate you." Lan Ling said sincerely to Liu Hui .
She and Liu Hui did not have a big holiday. There was a misunderstanding because of Liu Hui's child slipping tires. After the misunderstanding was resolved, the two did not have a deep friendship. Liu Hui doesn't have a deep relationship with anyone. She is a very smart woman.
Lan Ling respected her very much. Liu Hui also knew that Lan Ling was much simpler than Wen Heng and Guan Yue. Although in the harem, there can never be true love.
Ling Chen's birthday banquet was more lively than the Dragon Boat Festival. There were many people at the banquet. Except for Bai Shaoting and Jiang Rui, who were in Dayue Kingdom and Daxia Kingdom respectively, other court officials basically arrived.
Just after noon, Jixiang was anxious to put makeup on Lan Ling, Lan Ling smiled and said, "Although I am attending the banquet today, the makeup does not need to be too showy."
Since the last time Ling Chen came back, he has never been to Wang Kang Palace again. Lan Ling knew he was angry.
The child in Wen Heng's womb was not his. Although he and Fan Xing had an indiscernible grievance, this kind of thing was really unbearable for Ling Chen, who was arrogant and arrogant. Besides, he was the emperor. That's why he would say nothing about her and Ling Feng.
But he silently accepted Xiao Yan as a concubine. Is it also politics?
Lan Ling felt a thorn in his heart.
She put on a big red feather brocade dress today. Lan Ling rarely wears such gorgeous clothes.
Fair skin, more red lips and white teeth, very charming. She is the queen, but she is the youngest among the concubines in the harem, although her state of mind has gone through vicissitudes.
The weather in May is red and green. Pretty flowers.
Ling Shuang came early.
"Sister-in-law Ling, you are so beautiful! You are even more charming after not seeing you for so many days!" Ling Shuang looked up and down at Lan Ling, extremely envious. .
Lan Lingdao: "You are beautiful, I am old."
Ling Shuang was dressed in a lake green dress, charming and charming.
"In the matter of Jiang Rui, your royal brother has actually agreed. He just wants Jiang Rui to make a fortune in order to be eligible to marry you. Jiang Rui also means this." Lan Ling held Ling Shuang's hand and said.
Ling Shuang blushed, "I understand. Jiang Rui told me."
The two walked hand in hand to the Mingguang Palace.
Ling Chen and the ministers have already arrived.
He was sitting there, whispering something to Liu Hui.
The waiter sang: "The Empress is here!"
Everyone stood up to salute.
Lan Ling saw Ling Chen glance at her, and turned his face to one side again.
Lan Ling walked up to him and sat down.
Sitting on her right side turned out to be Dou Wan'er. The woman who tried every means to marry Ling Chen, but was killed by Ling Chen's father and brother.
She was as quiet as water at this time, with a faint smile on her face. How would this foreign woman feel at this time?
I heard that when she just came back from Dayueguo, no one saw her, and she went on a hunger strike. Do you figure it out now?
Below Dou Wan'er sat a strange woman with fair skin and bright eyes like stars. Lan Ling understands that it must be Xin Na and the concubine Xiao Yan returning.
Ling Chen only spoke to Concubine Hui Gui on his left, and talked eloquently with the ministers.
He is still angry. Lan Ling wanted to be angry when he saw how indifferent he was to her, and remembered that today was his birthday, so he endured it.
Although he ignored her, he served her vegetables. She filled her plate silently.
He was dressed in bright yellow brocade clothes, with a smile in his slender phoenix eyes, and he seemed to be in a good mood.
At the beginning of the banquet, everyone stood up to pay tribute to the emperor's longevity and longevity.
He held the glass high, accepted everyone's blessing, and laughed so loudly.
Although there are wars now, these wars have not affected the people, and the people still live and work in peace and contentment.
Flowers are blooming outside, and the Mingguang Hall is warm.
Lan Ling stood beside him, smelling the faint smell of green sandalwood, and suddenly tilted his head and glanced at him.
The man standing beside him had a handsome face, his eyes were like stars, his nose was high and his eyebrows were like swords, and his bright yellow robe was elegant and luxurious.
This man turned out to be my man.Lan Ling looked at him, kind and unfamiliar.
Everyone scrambled to toast the emperor, but Dou Wan'er raised the glass and said to Lan Ling loudly: "Empress Empress, I heard that Empress's father was also killed by the emperor. I don't know how the empress can face the emperor calmly and still be so loving?I want to learn."
As soon as these words came out, everyone who heard them changed their faces.