Unlike Concubine Cao, when Concubine De saw that the Emperor favored the three newcomers, she not only showed no displeasure on her face, but also felt calm in her heart.

Her whole mind is now on her children, and she does not want to force the emperor's favor.

What's more, there is never a shortage of women around the emperor.

Women are merely tools used by the emperor to balance the court, and are playthings in his hands.

As one of them, she had no choice.

Ever since I had children, I can feel that my life has become more fulfilling.

She didn't want to be involved in the harem struggles again.

Princess Xin'er and Prince An were sitting not far from her.

Concubine De didn't even have time to eat or drink.

Seeing the palace maid bringing a plate of honeydew melon, which her daughter liked to eat, she hurriedly asked her personal maid to bring the melon to her daughter's table.

Although there was a plate of honeydew melon on her daughter's table, she was still worried that her daughter would not have enough to eat.

Princess Xiner received the melon from her mother, looked up and smiled sweetly at her mother, then picked up a small piece of melon with a fork, put it to her mouth and took a small bite.

When Concubine De saw this, a kind and gentle smile appeared on her face.

Seeing my daughter eat makes me happier than eating myself.

She turned to look at her son, Prince An, and saw that he had eaten almost all of the small dish of pickled duck in front of him.

She then hurriedly asked the palace maid to bring the pickled duck in front of her to her son.

When Prince An saw the palace maid beside his mother bringing him pickled duck, he knew that his mother was worried that he would not have enough to eat.

In fact, there is no way the palace could be without his food and drink.

Mother is worrying too much.

But he could also understand his mother's love for her son.

So he ordered the palace maid to take a plate of water chestnut cake on his table back to his mother.

In this way, Concubine De and her two children were busy taking care of each other to see if they had enough food to eat.

It seems that everyone has forgotten that today is the emperor's birthday banquet.

They should pay more attention to the emperor.

However, the emperor does not need their attention.

A bunch of concubines lined up waiting to perform in front of the emperor.

The emperor enjoyed this so much that he didn't care about Concubine De and the others.

"Your Majesty, I wish you a happy birthday and happiness every day."

Concubine Cao walked forward with a wine glass in hand, bowed, said birthday wishes with a smile, then raised her head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Concubine Cao was also a newcomer who had just entered the palace. She was only 28 years old and was also charming and attractive.

Because of the alcohol she drank today, her pretty face turned slightly red, making her look even more charming.

When the emperor saw her, he immediately felt pity for her.

He picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in it in one gulp.

"My beloved concubine is interested."

Concubine Li noticed that the emperor looked at Concubine Cao with a subtle look.

He hurriedly picked up his wine glass and went forward to toast the emperor, in order to prevent the emperor and Concubine Cao from having more interactions.

"I, your Majesty, would also like to offer a toast.

I wish your majesty good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the Southern Mountains."

Concubine Li and Concubine Zhao also stepped forward to toast.

The emperor's attention was instantly drawn to the three of them.

Concubine Cao stood aside, gritting her teeth in anger.

His Majesty's attention was no longer on her, and it would be embarrassing for her to just stand there.

Finally, he could only sit back in his seat awkwardly, muttering:

"What a vixen, she wants to snatch everything."

Upon hearing this, Lady Zhou hurriedly served food to Lady Cao.

"Sister Cao, today's fish is good, please try it."

Concubine Cao gave Concubine Zhou a cold look.

"You, you only know how to eat.

If you keep going like this, you’ll end up getting eaten alive by those vixen.”

Zhou Cairen smiled and pretended not to understand.

"Sister, you are joking. All the people in the harem are sisters.

Even if there are some minor conflicts in daily life, it doesn’t mean that we should eat each other, right?

Sister, you worry too much."

Lady Cao sighed and glanced at the fish on the plate.

"Have you picked out all the fish bones?"

Zhou Cairen said quickly:

"I have carefully selected it, so don't worry, sister."

Concubine Cao then picked up her chopsticks and picked up a small piece of fish to eat.

"You are so careless. We have already entered the harem. If we don't fight for it, we will end up wasting our lives in misery in the harem.

Are you willing to ruin your life?"

Zhou Cairen did not respond when he heard this, but lowered his head and continued eating fish.

Lady Cao shook her head.

"What can I say about you with your temper?

But don't be afraid. If I gain the emperor's favor in the future, I will definitely protect you.

Otherwise, you will be bullied to death if you are like this."

The concubines and guests all gathered around the emperor to show off.

The emperor was very busy.

Wei Liuying was being stared at by Qin Luo at this time and couldn't get away at all.

The emperor's attention was not on them.

The banquet was already halfway through.

Wei Liuying twisted the handkerchief in her hand hard, and watched Qin Luo hypocritically serving her food. She really wanted to die.

Wei Wenchen and Ying were sitting some distance away from them.

The couple looked towards their daughter from time to time, and were very pleased to see Prince Gong serving food to their daughter.

They felt relieved that their daughter was valued and cared for so much by her husband.

So I didn't disturb their interaction.

Wei Liuying wanted to cry but had no tears.

She had to find an opportunity to make all the guests present, especially the emperor, focus their attention on her.

Just when she was struggling to find an opportunity, a little palace maid came towards them carrying two bowls of bird's nest.

When she saw this, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and when the little palace maid was about to put the bird's nest in front of her, she suddenly stood up.

The little palace maid had no time to react and the bird's nest in her hand was knocked over by Wei Liuying.

The scalding bird's nest fell onto Wei Liuying's thigh.

The little palace maid turned pale with fright and knelt down hurriedly, trying to wipe the bird's nest off Wei Liuying's leg.

At the same time, begging for mercy loudly,

"This servant deserves death, Princess, please spare my life."

The little palace maid felt that she had thrown the scalding bird's nest on the pregnant princess, and that this was a sure death.

Her first reaction was to make amends and beg for mercy.

Wei Liuying frowned, clenched her fists, and endured the burning pain in her thigh.

The commotion here instantly attracted the attention of many guests.

Seeing this, Qin Luo stood up angrily and glared at Wei Liuying fiercely.

He saw it clearly just now.

Wei Liuying deliberately knocked over the bird's nest in the little palace maid's hand.

So, she wanted to attract her father's attention.

What to attract them to do?

Do you want to sue him?

Thinking of this, Qin Luo suppressed the rage in his heart and waved to the little palace maid, asking her to leave.

The little palace maid didn't expect that she had made a big mistake, but His Royal Highness Prince Gong did not punish her.

How could she dare to delay any longer? She kowtowed three times to Qin Luo, then stood up and retreated with her head lowered.

When the guests saw Prince Gong asked the young palace maid to leave, they did not seem angry.

So they thought that Princess Gong was not scalded.

Besides, this was the emperor's birthday banquet, so it would not be good to make too much noise.

Then, everyone withdrew their gazes from them.

Seeing that no one made any noise, Wei Liuying was so angry that she was shaking all over.

The annoying thing was that she was too far away from the emperor. If she shouted out loud, Qin Luo would probably attack her before the emperor could hear her.

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