Chapter 94 Birthday Banquet 1
When Emperor Wu An heard the intentions of those small countries, he thought for a long time and replied: "Since they have presented gifts, we cannot be stingy. It's just a few tables, so let them come."
"I understand. After the court session, I will arrange for someone to inform them and send someone to teach them the palace etiquette."
Emperor Wu An nodded, and as there was nothing else to do, he quickly left the court.
On April 29th, the 17th year of Wu'an, the sky was clear and the weather was nice with not a single cloud in the sky.
Shen Shixu wrapped up the gift he had prepared for the Queen Mother, and also brought the gift that the Crown Prince had sent over. He also brought along the gift that Xiao Jinyi had asked him to help prepare for the Queen Mother. The two gifts went quite well together.
Xiao Yuanqi helped to prepare a white jade Guanyin statue, and Shen Shixu found a string of 108 sandalwood Buddhist beads that had been blessed by a high monk.
After wrapping the two gifts together, Shen Shixu went to see what Xiao Jinyi had asked Mo Yu to deliver early in the morning. When he opened the box, he saw that it was a set of blue and red brocade clothes, a set that included a crown and accessories.
The birthday banquet was not held until the evening so that no one was in a hurry, but the officials and their families arrived at the palace in the evening.
Those family members who wanted to pay a visit to the Queen Mother and the Empress naturally had to come early.
Those officials who were not allowed to enter the harem without imperial edict were led to the palace where the banquet was held.
When the palace servants saw the officials coming, they quickly served them tea and snacks. Those officials who arrived early drank tea and chatted with their colleagues who had already arrived.
Shen Shixu arrived neither too early nor too late, but when he got off the carriage, he saw Xiao Jinyi waiting for him in the same blue and red brocade clothes as him.
Looking at Xiao Jinyi wearing the same style of clothes as himself, Shen Shixu suddenly felt his face getting hot.
The material and workmanship of this dress are of good quality. It would take more than four or five days to make it. It would take at least half a month.
It can be seen that Xiao Jinyi had long planned to wear the same clothes as him at the birthday party.
The wounds on Xiao Jinyi's body had begun to scab over, and he would be fine as long as he didn't make any big movements. Seeing Shen Shixu coming, he strode towards him.
The two walked side by side towards Hong'an Palace. The young eunuch at the door was very perceptive. Seeing the two people coming together, he shouted loudly inside: "Your Highness Prince Jing, here comes Lord Gan'an!"
When Xiao Jinyi heard what the young eunuch shouted, he gave him an appreciative look. Bai He, who was following behind him, was very considerate and rewarded the young eunuch with two taels of silver.
The young eunuch smiled even more enthusiastically as he took the silver and said to Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi, "Your Highness Prince Jing, Lord Gan'an, your seats are connected, just below His Highness the Crown Prince."
Xiao Jinyi nodded and went in with Shen Shixu. When the officials who had already arrived saw the two coming in, they stood up and saluted to them.
When Shen Shixu saw them saluting, he subconsciously wanted to return the greeting, but was stopped by Xiao Jinyi. After being stopped, he remembered that his identity was different now.
Led by the palace servants, the two came to their seats and sat down. After sitting down, Shen Shixu suddenly remembered something.
"Jin Yi, logically I should be considered a member of the harem, do you want to go and pay your respects to the Queen Mother and the Empress?"
When Xiao Jinyi heard him ask this, he explained, "Now is not the right time. The officials' families and the women of the royal family are all paying respects to the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother. You will run into them if you go there now.
I'll take you to meet the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother some other time. ”
Shen Shixu finally felt relieved after hearing what he said. With Xiao Jinyi by Shen Shixu's side, no minister dared to talk to him.
The two of them were enjoying their own world, with no one talking to them. This was broken when King Xiao Lie of Xiaoyao came with Baili Xi.
Xiao Lie and Baili Xi's seats were below Xiao Jinyi and Shen Shixu. Coincidentally, Xiao Lie and Baili Xi were wearing clothes of the same style and color.
Xiao Lie saw that their clothes were the same and winked at Xiao Jinyi teasingly.
Shen Shixu and Bailixi looked at each other, and saw helplessness and indulgence in each other's eyes.
With the arrival of Xiao Lie and his party, other people also arrived one after another, including but not limited to envoys from Beirong and Xidi.
The two of them arrived earlier, while the envoys from Dong Wei and Tai Dao were still on the way.
The envoys from the two countries were one of their princes and princesses. It was understandable if the prince came, but when he brought a princess along, it was obvious to everyone what their intentions were.
Especially since the reason they fought was to celebrate the Crown Prince's wedding, they were deliberately trying to make the Crown Princess feel uncomfortable.
Who knows whether this princess is given to the prince or to His Majesty?
Shen Shixu also saw the two princesses who were dressed differently from the ladies around them, "What's the matter with them? They are just envoys from various countries. Why are there princesses?"
Xiao Jinyi didn't know about this. Xiao Lie and Bailixi liked to wander around, but they had heard about this matter and explained it to him, "Oh, the princess came here disguised as a servant of the prince. The Minister of the Ministry of Rites didn't even know that the princess had come.
This morning, when he was about to attend the banquet, he was suddenly informed that a princess would be accompanying him, which made the Minister of the Ministry of Rites so angry that he almost bit his teeth off.
I guess these princesses were either given to the emperor or were targeting Yuan Qi. ”
011 popped up and said: [Their target is the prince, and the Princess Xidi is pregnant! 】
After hearing the big news revealed by 011, the ministers who were drinking tea couldn't help but burst out laughing. When the people from Xidi and Beirong saw their appearance, they wondered if they had any pre-meal rituals before meals? Why are you spraying tea?
Do they want to come and do the same, to show that they are adapting to local customs?
While hesitating, he saw those ministers staring at them with fiery eyes, or to be more precise, staring at Xidi's people.
Xiao Jinyi clenched his fists. These barbarians actually dared to humiliate his eldest brother like this. It seemed that they felt that their lives were good enough. So he didn't mind taking his men to visit Xidi.
But after the visit, he couldn't say for sure whether Xidi was still Xidi.
Shen Shixu frowned tightly after knowing that the princess of Xidi was pregnant but wanted to marry Xiao Yuanqi. [One by one, do the people of Xidi know that the princess of Xidi is pregnant? 】
[The people of Xidi didn't know that they sincerely wanted to form an alliance with Dagan, but the princess had a chaotic private life and she found out she was pregnant on the way here. The key point was that the man she had an affair with was also in this envoy group, he was the guard of the Xidi prince, the one with curly hair. 】
Shen Shixu looked over and saw a man with curly hair and pale blue eyes. He was obviously the prince's guard, but he kept staring at the princess.
If you say there is nothing between the two of them, even a blind person would not believe it!
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