Thousand Faces Lock Royal Heart

On a summer afternoon, the sun was shining brightly and dazzlingly, as if congratulating the Empress Dowager on her birthday, illuminating the Imperial Garden generously.

The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was held in the Imperial Garden. This man-made garden is full of colorful flowers, blooming in bloom and blooming in all seasons.

Elegant gazebos, winding bridges, flowing streams, and lotus flowers swaying gently on the river.

In the courtyard full of flowers, the blooming flowers are like this harem woman, rich and slender, delicate and lovely, charming and dizzying, but too many are dazzling.

Zhan Linglong walked slowly following Xianggui's steps.

Following the Queen Mother's order, Xianggui led Zhan Linglong to the Imperial Garden and allowed him to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.

In the gazebo is the position of the main table, except for the empress dowager and the emperor, Zhao Yiran was actually set up as the seat, this is the treatment that the emperor's concubine never had.Perhaps the rumors in the palace are indeed true.

Outside the gazebo is a temporary platform, neatly lined up on both sides, allowing the relatives of the emperor to sit one by one according to their seniority, Zhan Linglong was introduced to the last position, he was not the person the emperor wanted to see .

If it wasn't for Zhao Yiran's kind words in front of the emperor and queen mother, he might still be growing flowers and vegetables in his 'Xu Lan' Zhai right now.

When Zhan Linglong appeared, all the guests had already arrived. Originally, he, a little unfavorable nobleman, should have been the least noticeable, but his arrival attracted everyone's attention.

All the beauties of the harem made a splendid appearance today, nominally to celebrate the auspicious birthday, but actually to win Longyan Yiyue.

Zhan Linglong, however, was dressed in dazzling white, cold, sad, and even desolate. Some people speculated that he took this opportunity to accuse the emperor of neglecting him.

After all, everyone in the palace knew that the emperor had only his brand that would never be overturned.

Zhan Linglong didn't miss the undisguised disgust in Shuozhen's eyes, and he sat down slowly under the attention of everyone without paying attention.

The Empress Dowager is a mother who respects the world, she is open-minded and cheerful, she does not want to punish her for this, but smiles tolerantly.

For this reason, Zhan Linglong gave a lot of cold and stern gazes, like needles like thorns, like thorns on his back.Of course, there are people who sympathize with him, such as Xianggui, the chief eunuch.

He had kindly reminded Zhan Linglong that it was not appropriate to dress like this on a big day, but he smiled and said it was fine.

The ministers began to present congratulatory gifts to the Queen Mother one after another. There were so many treasures in their eyes, the Queen Mother smiled and nodded, and gave them all without hesitation.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Zhan Linglong who was in the last position, only he came to the banquet empty-handed.

The emperor's long face was displeased, but because of the empress dowager's face, he suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice: "Zhan Linglong, you are too arrogant, knowing that it is the empress dowager's birthday, but came empty-handed, where did you go to the empress dowager. "

Zhan Linglong stepped forward slowly, knelt down and saluted, "The emperor, the empress dowager, the concubine did not prepare any gifts. If the emperor and the queen dowager want to punish the concubine, the concubine has nothing to say."

The ministers began to discuss, some said that he didn't know how to live or die, some said that he should be punished, and some said that he should be kicked out. There were different opinions.

The benevolent and kind-hearted Empress Dowager, when Shuozhen wanted to punish him, said first: "Aijia is happy today, no one will be punished, you just go down and eat wine."

"Thank you Empress Dowager, my concubine would like to present a dance to wish her happiness. I wonder if the Empress Dowager can grant it." He bowed his head and was full of sincerity. This was his reward for his kindness to the Empress Dowager.

But it caused a roar of laughter. Everyone knew that one of the emperor's concubines was named Die Wu, who was a master of dancing and known as Wu Xian.She has always been the leader in this kind of occasion, and no one dares to compete with her.

The queen mother glanced at Die Wu under the steps in the distance, and hesitated.

Die Wu, who has always been lonely, got up abruptly, walked forward, kowtowed and said: "I beg the Queen Mother for permission. I want to compete with him. If I lose, I will give the position of Wuxian to Linggui." .”

Zhan Linglong shook his head helplessly, he sighed, "To the Empress Dowager, this concubine didn't mean to provoke Sister Diewu, but just wanted to celebrate her birthday, if she could win the Queen Mother a smile, of course this concubine also has selfish intentions, hoping to get a reward."

Die Wu gave him a blank look, and slowly retreated under the Queen Mother's instructions.

"What reward do you want?" The queen mother seemed to be interested in this topic.

"The concubine wants to ask the emperor to cancel the ban on the concubine, that's all." His eyes looked at Shuozhen, with a hint of accusation.

"Okay, the Ai family has granted the emperor's permission. As long as you can make the Ai family happy, you are allowed to come and go freely in the palace." The queen mother turned to look at the emperor, "Your majesty, do you agree?"

"The queen mother is happy today, and everything is up to the queen mother." The emperor stared at the kneeling people with cold eyes, furious in his chest.

"Thank you, the Emperor and the Queen Mother, that concubine will show her shame. This concubine dancing has named it Bainiaoguinao." After Zhan Linglong said, he stood up lightly, flew up, and danced in the air , the plain white clothes and girdle scarves are flying all over the sky in the wind. He is a person with lightness skills. In fact, there are not many tricks in terms of dancing postures, but because he is in the air, he becomes mysterious.

Everyone applauded, but Shuozhen didn't think there was anything special, until Zhan Linglong's body slowly spun in the air, and strange things happened naturally.

First there were one or two small birds flying over, followed by butterflies, swallows, birds...there are various varieties flying around Zhan Linglong, and the scenery is spectacular.

Everyone was stunned and dumbfounded.

Zhan Linglong even danced with Bai Niao, and Bai Niao cooperated with his movements and knew where Fei Wu was in him, as if they had rehearsed together before, it was extremely shocking.

Shuozhen was so surprised that he couldn't speak. Even if he was reluctant, he had to admire Zhan Linglong. His dance was indeed convincing.

The dance is over.

"It's a bird returning to its nest. The Ai family likes it. The Ai family likes it very much. Therefore, the Ai family will not only allow you to enter and leave the palace freely, but also give you a reward. What do you want?" kindness.

Zhan Linglong landed quietly, bowed his head to thank him, "I don't want anything, as long as it is rewarded by the Queen Mother, I will be happy."

"Well, let Aijia think about it..." The queen mother didn't know what to reward for a while, she unconsciously looked at the emperor in a daze.

"If the queen mother really can't figure it out, let's talk about it later." Shuozhen stared at Zhan Linglong, blaming him for causing trouble to the queen mother.

"If you have it, I will give you to sleep tonight, the emperor thinks it is good?" The empress dowager's firm eyes were unshakable.

"Ah?... Oh... I, I agree." Zhan Linglong, ah, Zhan Linglong, I can't wait to kill you right now.

"The concubine thanked the emperor and the queen mother."