Chapter 121 It is not easy to make a scheming green tea
Within a few days, it was Jing and Di's birthday. In fact, Jing and Di are only forty this year, so it is a bit reluctant to say their birthdays.
However, as the emperor is the king of a country, the birthday party cannot be just a birthday party. Because in the past few years, the Great Xia Kingdom has been considered to have good weather. In order to show the power of the great country, the surrounding Fanbang countries and several neighboring countries will send people to celebrate their birthdays. In short, it is very grand and strong.
As an immediate family member of the royal family and Jing and Emperor's most valued brother, Feng Lisheng has been busy these days without touching the ground. Even Shen Mingjiao had to go to the palace every day to help the queen take care of various trivial matters related to the banquet.
Shen Mingjiao is checking with the empress the layout of the banquet hall presented by the Ministry of Rites. Concubine Yu ran in in a hurry, hurriedly saluted the queen, then pulled Shen Mingjiao and said happily:
"Brother and sister, you don't know, the street outside is so lively, there are many people from other races..."
The queen looked helplessly at her non-stop blah blah, but her personality was always gentle, even if she felt that Princess Yu was so bad, she didn't say anything to interrupt her.
Shen Mingjiao directly poured a cup of tea and stuffed it into her hand, "Okay, can't even the Seventh Emperor's Wife be allowed? Drink some water."
Princess Yu took the water and poured it into her mouth, and the hall finally became quiet.
The queen quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Mingjiao secretly laughed. I can't help but feel that the queen's wife is probably the most innocent and scheming queen in history.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but cast a glance at Su Qing who was sitting on the side, sipping tea gracefully.
It's just unfortunate that a daughter-in-law who is full of scheming is on the table.
When she entered the palace two days ago, she accidentally learned about it from Princess Yu's daily gossip.
On the third day of their marriage, Su Qing wanted to encourage the queen to give Li Sheng a woman, but she was used to speaking in a subtle way as a scheming green tea.
As the only woman of Jing and Di, the queen has no chance to experience all kinds of **** palace battles, and is well protected by Jing and Di, so her mind is relatively simple.
Therefore, she didn't hear any surprises in her words, and thought she was really concerned about the issue of Feng Lisheng's heirs.
Thinking that Feng Lisheng was indeed not too young, so he invited him into the palace for a meal, and asked about Shen Mingjiao's physical condition, whether he needed to see the imperial physician or something.
Throughout the whole process, there was no mention of a topic such as rewarding a woman for accepting a side concubine. Su Qing was dumbfounded.
That day Princess Yu happened to come to see the Queen for something, so she heard this.
Although she had already guessed, Shen Mingjiao was still very angry when Princess Yu said it herself. I think this woman is sick!
Su Qing's natal family was repeatedly impeached during this period, in order to restore her reputation. She wanted to intervene in the arrangement of this palace banquet. Originally, as a princess, it was understandable for her to participate in these matters.
But she wanted to monopolize the matter, all kinds of quiet words in front of the queen,
Shen Mingjiao didn't like her at first, seeing her playing tricks on her mother-in-law like this,
She immediately smiled lovingly and said, with us elders around, how can we let the new daughter-in-law worry about these trivial matters? In a few words, Su Qing's previous remarks were quietly blocked back.
Even though the queen saw that the two seemed to be at odds, compared to Su Qing, she felt that Shen Mingjiao and Shen Mingjiao were of the same generation, and they were more comfortable talking, so she also smiled and agreed.
The angry Su Qing almost didn't hold back the expression on his face. Even so, she still came here every day, when Shen Mingjiao was discussing things with the empress. She just sat aside obediently. Occasionally add tea to the queen.
Shen Mingjiao didn't care, and from time to time she directed her to hit herself, watching her clasping her fingers tightly, but in order to show virtuousness in front of the queen, she had to hold back deeply.
Every time at this time, Shen Mingjiao felt secretly refreshed and at the same time couldn't help feeling, it's not easy to be a scheming green tea!
The queen had discovered it a long time ago, and immediately asked with a smile: "Princess Yu, where did you buy this dress?"
While speaking, a pair of eyes were fixed on the azure cross-collar gown worn by Princess Yu.
This dress is not eye-catching when taken alone, but for some reason it seems to complement each other indescribably when worn on Princess Yu.
Princess Yu glanced at Shen Mingjiao, and stroked the cuff proudly: "This is the dress designed by my younger siblings, it looks good!"
The queen nodded again and again, "It's very beautiful." She couldn't help but look at it several times while talking.
There is no woman who does not love beauty, especially after listening to Princess Yu's popularization of how beautiful the clothes designed by Shen Mingjiao are.
The empress looked at Shen Mingjiao with piercing eyes, but because of her status, she didn't have the nerve to speak.
Shen Mingjiao met the Queen's gaze, so naturally she would not let go of such a good opportunity.
Taking advantage of the fact that things were almost settled, she asked the maid at the side for a pen and paper. After staring at the queen carefully for a while, he closed his eyes and meditated for a while. Pick up the pen and start to trace carefully,
The hall was very quiet for a while, even Princess Yu didn't speak anymore.
Not long after, Shen Mingjiao put down the pen. Wait for the drawing paper to dry slightly. He handed it to the queen.
Princess Yu approached curiously, glanced at it and couldn't help exclaiming: "What a beautiful phoenix-tailed skirt!"
The empress also thought it looked good, so she handed it to the grand lady beside her and asked her to take it to the Clothing Bureau.
Shen Mingjiao asked directly and bluntly: "When it is finished, if the emperor's wife thinks it looks good, you have to help me promote it."
The Queen smiled and nodded,
Su Qing, who was sitting on the side, looked at the joy of the few people, and clenched her fists again angrily. She felt that Shen Mingjiao did it on purpose.
Seeing that the time is almost up, Princess Yu pulled Shen Mingjiao and said: "All the officials and wives should have entered the palace, why don't we go and have a look."
The banquet for the official reception of the envoys from various countries was in the evening, but some ministers, officials, family members and wives came in advance.
The queen waved her hand and smiled: "Go if you want, by the way, the princess is going too, you young people should gather together." As for her, as the mother of a country, she naturally had to make an appearance with Jing and Emperor.
Several people arrived at the temporary lounge where the women's relatives were, and several princesses were also there.
It stands to reason that when the prince's wedding is over, the feudal lords should return to their fiefs, but isn't it just in time for Jing and Emperor's birthdays? Naturally, they have to stay and wait until the end.
All the female relatives stood up and saluted when they saw a few people walking in.
Shen Mingjiao was surprised to find that many people looked at her today without fear. Instead, they all looked at her cautiously from the corner of their eyes.
She couldn't help but touched her face quietly, and asked Qiu Ju who was following behind, "Is there anything dirty on my face?"
Qiu Ju didn't understand, so she shook her head.
Shen Mingjiao: "...Then why are these people looking at me like this? Could it be that my bad reputation has escalated?"
Princess Yu burst out laughing, and pointed in one direction. "Look, brother and sister."
I stayed up too late last night, I feel a little dizzy now, the remaining one will be better around 8 o'clock tomorrow ()
(end of this chapter)