The smile on the corner of Yu Hanyi's mouth froze. He wanted to say something to comfort Bei Qiu, but he opened his mouth and made no sound.
The wind blows.
Two people have their own concerns.
After a long time, Bei Qiu sighed, and said: "It's late at night, and the wind is cold, let's go back to the bedroom."
"Okay." Yu Hanyi turned and left, he held his palms tightly, as long as she was by his side, it would be fine...
Bei Qiu also followed behind him, and the two of them were speechless all night.
The morning ceremony was canceled the next day, and the entire palace was busy with the evening birthday banquet.
It was late afternoon.
All the ministers went to the palace with their families.
Only a sneaky shadow sneaked out of the palace and went to Yan Wang's mansion secretly.
Peacefulness.
The dancers stirred people's hearts and stirred up human nature. Every movement and every look in their eyes seemed to be hiding something.
"The emperor is here, and the imperial concubine is here." Eunuch Hai called out in a sharp voice.
Immediately, all the singing and dancing stopped, and everyone knelt on the ground in unison, and said respectfully: "My minister sees the emperor, Defei empress, I wish my emperor long live, long live, and empress de concubine a thousand years and a thousand years!"
Yu Hanyi hugged Bei Qiu into his arms, and said, "Pingshen. It's my concubine's birthday today, so you don't have to be too formal, just sit down."
All the ministers got up one after another and sat in their seats.
"Hehehe, the adults are really giving face to their concubines today." Bei Qiu smiled shyly.
"That's natural, does Concubine Ai feel happy?" Yu Hanyi asked softly.
Bei Qiu nodded, and said to him charmingly: "Today is the concubine's birthday, the emperor has not forgotten the concubine's gift, the concubine has been looking forward to it for a long time."
Yu Hanyi rubbed Bei Qiu's hair, and said dotingly: "Even if I forget to go to court every day, I will never forget my concubine's birthday gift, Eunuch Hai." He called out.
Eunuch Hai bowed: "Yes." With a wave of his hand, he winked at the **** next to him.
I saw a large group of people walking towards the middle, and within a quarter of an hour, a small table was set up, and a white cloth was erected on the table.
The person stood behind the stage, the candlelight shone on the cloth, and the person behind pinched the little figure and began to perform.
shadow play.
Bei Qiu was slightly taken aback, there are shadow puppet shows in this era?
Maybe it's been a long time since I saw anything interesting, Bei Qiu was also amused and laughed, looking at Yu Hanyi beside me, she was bewildered.
King Yan sat under the seat, looked at the two people on the seat, frowned slightly, his face seemed a little unhappy.
A shadow play is over.
Bei Qiu was a little bit unsatisfied, and said: "The concubine has never seen such an interesting thing. This is the most interesting and gratifying birthday present that the concubine has seen for so many years."
"As long as Aifei likes it." Yu Hanyi's eyes were also stained with joy.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been looking for novelty gifts for His Majesty earlier, and His Majesty has taken great pains this time." Eunuch Hai said from the side, he could tell that His Majesty liked Concubine De.
Bei Qiu blushed, and shyly said: "My concubine, thank the emperor."
"What kind of strange thing is this, the concubine has never heard of it, never seen it before." Bei Qiu looked at the shadow puppet in front of him curiously, and asked.
Yu Hanyi looked down and said, "Hurry up and explain to your empress."
The people below quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Return to Empress Defei, this is a shadow show, and Xiao's hometown also calls this head show."
Bei Qiu nodded, thoughtfully.
"If my concubine likes it, I will let them stay in the palace and show you a show every day?" Seeing that Bei Qiu seemed to be thinking, Yu Hanyi asked.
Bei Qiu shook her head: "The concubine just thinks these little people are fun. If the emperor wants to reward the concubine, why not give the little person in this man's hand to the concubine?" She really didn't have much feeling for shadow puppetry.
Yu Hanyi smiled and said: "Even if my concubine wants the sun in the sky, I will order someone to take it down, not to mention the little doll, I will agree."
Bei Qiu immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Eunuch Hai saw the right moment, took a step forward, and said to the ministers below: "My lords, present a gift."
Bei Qiu straightened her body and looked down.
Prime Minister Zuo took a step forward, clasped his hands together, and said, "My minister wishes the Empress Concubine De to be as blessed as the East Sea."
The person on the side carried an evergreen tree, Bei Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly, evergreen tree? This is really a birthday celebration, dissatisfied and said: "Master Zuo thinks that I am old-fashioned? I want to use this evergreen tree to wake me up."
Prime Minister Zuo froze, and said hastily, "I don't dare."
Bei Qiu pursed her lips, pulled Yu Hanyi and said: "The concubine is clearly nineteen years old, and she has not yet reached her 20th birthday. Prime Minister Zuo gave an evergreen tree. Isn't an evergreen tree a gift for elders? If the concubine does not accept this gift, it will be the same as if the minister will give it back to the concubine in the future."
There was a cold sweat streaming down Zuo Xiang's forehead, and he had never heard of the reason why the gift he sent was returned.
"I also think it's inappropriate for Kong Aiqing to send Chang Qing away." Yu Hanyi also frowned and said.
Prime Minister Zuo wiped the cold sweat off his face, and said, "Your minister leads the decree!"
Prime Minister on the left stepped back, Prime Minister on the right took another step forward, and said: "My minister wishes the concubine De to spend the day, the moon and the evening, like a poem and a painting."
His wife stepped forward and bowed, took out a scroll, and unfolded the painting. It was a famous painting with poems written by poets on it.
Looking at this painting, it is extremely expensive. Compared with the heavy gift from the left minister, this gift is much more high-end, but Bei Qiu still pouted, expressing that she was quite dissatisfied, but did not say to ask the right minister to change it.
The following ministers became more and more frightened, and none of the empresses were satisfied.
As a result, Yu Hanyi's complexion became worse and worse.
For a long time, King Yan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, stood up, walked outside, and said slowly, "My brother also wishes the emperor's sister-in-law a happy birthday, and wishes the emperor's sister-in-law to smile like before, and the wind passes without a trace."
As he spoke, he unfolded the scroll in his hand.
It is a beautiful picture.
However, the beauty in the painting turned out to be Bei Qiu.
In the painting, Bei Qiu is in the flowers, frowns and smiles, but reveals a youthful beauty, completely different from the people in the court today.
This gift surprised all the ministers, who didn't know that the current Concubine De was once Princess Yan, and now that King Yan exhibited such a distinctive painting, it was obviously a challenge to the emperor.
Everyone shut their mouths tacitly, not daring to make a sound.
Although Yu Hanyi said that he was already prepared in his heart, he was still quite upset, his brows were tightly frowned, and Long Wei pressed down.
"This painting is not as noble as the painting of the right minister. It is indeed painted by my younger brother and presented to the concubine." Yu Zeyan held up the painting respectfully.
It was as if he didn't know how shocking what he said at all. The portrait he gave to Concubine De was painted by himself, which made the ministers even more afraid to breathe.
Bei Qiu's eyes brightened slightly, looking at King Yan hesitant to speak, pursing his lips and saying: "This painting is very good, King Yan."