The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

After Jiang Shiying finished dressing up, Lu Zhaolin also finished washing himself, changed his clothes and entered the inner room of the dormitory.

Jiang Shiying came forward with a smile and said, "I have met Your Majesty. I heard that Ping An is particularly enthusiastic in your presence today?"

Lu Zhaolin glared at her angrily: "Just watch the excitement."

Jiang Shiying held his arm, sat on the edge of the bed, and said, "Ah Ying is just watching the excitement. Ah Ying is happy that the relationship between Your Majesty and Ping An is close."

Saying this, he still laughed out loud.

Lu Zhaolin squeezed her hand and said, "That's enough, be careful, I'm really annoyed."

Jiang Shiying said: "How could your majesty be such a stingy person?"

After saying this, he no longer mentioned the matter. Instead, he picked up a clean towel with his own hands and said, "I will wipe your Majesty's hair."

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A few days later, it was Lu Zhaolin's Longevity Festival.

At noon, the officials celebrated their birthdays and received a banquet in Hanyuan Hall.

After nightfall, the only people at the palace banquet in Xie Fang Hall were the royal family.

The first thing at the palace banquet was for the princes and princesses to send gifts and celebrate their birthdays.

Now that Princess Yongning is gone, the eldest prince is the oldest.

He was the first to step forward, his expression was excited, his face was red, and he looked a bit proud.

"Son, I wish my father a long life!" The eldest prince saluted and said, "May my father live long and live as long as heaven!"

After saying this, Jiang Shiying thought he was going to give a gift. Unexpectedly, this sentence is just the beginning of a birthday greeting.

Next, the eldest prince recited a whole congratulatory message with parallel lines of four and six.

In the previous paragraph, Lu Zhaolin's expression remained unchanged, but Jiang Shiying keenly noticed that his fingers began to tap lightly on the throne, indicating that he was a little impatient.

The eldest prince didn't notice this. He just watched the smile on his father's face never fall. As if he was encouraged, he recited the congratulatory message in a cadence and full of emotion.

When the eldest prince finally finished reciting the congratulatory message, Lu Zhaolin nodded slightly and said, "You are serious. Who wrote this congratulatory message for you?"

The eldest prince raised his head and said loudly: "My son wrote it himself."

"Oh?" Lu Zhaolin narrowed his eyes slightly.

The best thing to know about a son is that he is like a father. This son has some literary talent, and he, the father, knows all about it.

Even if he was asked to study hard in the study room for another hundred years, he would not be able to write such a congratulatory message.

But on an occasion like today, Lu Zhaolin didn't want to worry about these trivial things and just said: "Your literary talent is very improved."

"My son, thank you very much for your father's compliment!" The eldest prince saluted and said, "My son also prepared a congratulatory gift for my father."

Lu Zhaolin said: "Send it over."

As he finished speaking, he saw two young eunuchs carrying a red coral bonsai into the palace.

Everyone in the hall took a breath when they saw this coral bonsai.

There are many red coral bonsais in the palace, but one can count them all on one hand as tall as this one.

Coral is rare, and the pot that matches this coral is also unusual. This basin is made of jasper, with the word "Shou" engraved around the basin. Under the light of the lights in the hall, the green color seems to turn into flowing river water.

Someone whispered: "I heard that the eldest prince's maternal wife is an imperial merchant. Now it seems that she is indeed rich."

Lu Zhaolin's eyes first fell on the coral, and then on the eldest prince, and said: "You are interested."

The eldest prince only thought that these words were a compliment to him, and said excitedly: "Father likes it, so my son's efforts have not been in vain."

Jiang Shiying glanced at Concubine Shu, who was sitting on her right, and saw that Concubine Shu's lips were tightly pursed and her brows were slightly furrowed.

It was very tiring to think about having such a son.

After the eldest prince, the congratulatory gifts from the third, fourth, and fifth princes were nothing special. They were all calligraphy and paintings written by themselves.

The smile on Lu Zhaolin's face was a little warmer, and he asked Yao Xingde to put it away.

The fifth prince returned to his seat. Jiang Shiying looked at the little eunuch standing behind him and frowned slightly - this little eunuch seemed a little unfamiliar. In the past, I had never seen him around the fifth prince.

After that, the seventh and eighth princes were all still young, so they were hugged by the wet nurse and saluted, which was regarded as congratulating their father on his birthday.

Jiang Shiying told Ah Yuan: "You and Aunt Wan will send Ping An back home. After that, you will stay in Jingyang Palace to take care of her. There is no need to come here again."

Aunt Wan is considerate, but she is old after all. If something unexpected happens, Ah Yuan is the one who has the skills to be safe.

Ah Yuan said "Promise", and together with Aunt Wan and others, they escorted the Eighth Prince out of the Xie Fang Hall.

Then comes the part of the concubine giving gifts.

The queen is still the same as last year, with handwritten calligraphy.

From Lu Zhaolin to all the concubines, they all praised him very much.

At the end, Lu Zhaolin handed the word to Yao Xingde: "Haosheng, put it away."

Jiang Shiying was thinking that it was better to keep it away, or in other words, it would never see the light of day.

Just then, the imperial concubine came closer to her and whispered: "In Ganquan Palace, eight or nine of the queen's words have been collected."

As soon as these words came out, the drink in Jiang Shiying's mouth almost spurted out.

Before she could say anything, she saw that the imperial concubine had already stood up and walked to the hall to present a gift.

After the noble concubine, there is Jiang Shiying, the concubine Chen.

Everyone is waiting to see what Concubine Chen, the most beloved concubine in the harem, will give to His Majesty this year.

Jiang Shiying had just stood up and was about to walk into the palace when she heard Lu Zhaolin say: "Come to me."

She turned on her toes, walked slowly up the steps, walked to the throne, and bowed politely.

Then, he took out a bracelet from his sleeve and said, "My concubine's gift this year can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha."

Lu Zhaolin took the bracelet, looked at it for a moment, and then put it on his wrist. Then, I heard a smile in his voice: "Are you borrowing my flowers and giving them to me, the Buddha?"

Jiang Shiying smiled and said, "Your Majesty has learned from this."

The rest of the people in the hall were all confused and couldn't figure out what riddle these two people were playing.

The queen got closer and saw that the bracelet was composed of imperial blue and golden brown.

Imperial blue!

A certain possibility suddenly occurred to her mind - the string of lapis lazuli stones on His Majesty's wrist seemed to have not been seen for a long time.

At this time, Jiang Shiying slightly lifted the sleeve of her left hand, revealing a bright wrist, and on the bright wrist, a string of bracelets with the same color as Lu Zhaolin's.

She said: "Before, His Majesty gave the bracelet to Ah Ying, and his wrist became empty. Now, both Your Majesty and Ah Ying are wearing bracelets."

The queen clenched her hands into fists and dug her fingers deeply into her flesh.

That bracelet was given by the late emperor, and His Majesty never left it. Even as his first wife, she didn't dare to do anything.

Now, not only did he give it to Concubine Chen, but even after she tore it apart and strung it into two strings again, he didn't get angry at all?

Far from being angry, the smile on Lu Zhaolin's face directly overflowed and he said: "Put a small couch next to me."

This is to let Concubine Chen sit next to him.

Jiang Shiying did not refuse and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

As soon as she sat down, she saw Princess Huiming standing up from the royal family and saying, "Brother, the emperor's wife is still sitting next to you. Isn't it inappropriate for you to let a concubine sit with you?"

When she said this, she deliberately emphasized the word "concubine".