Chapter 372 Full Moon Banquet
"You are the only one who talks too much!" Xiao Yue said angrily, and then took two maids, held her daughter, and went to the banquet hall with Liu Rushi.
The full moon banquet was held in Zhenyue Palace. Compared with the full moon banquet of baby Ruoxi, this palace was indeed a bit shabby.
However, this was hosted by Huang Lide, so even if the queen had complaints in her heart, she didn't want to say anything more.
As soon as she walked near Zhenyue Palace, Xiao Yue heard a voice.
"Hey, isn't this obvious? Think about how luxurious the full-month banquet of the eldest princess was. Now, it's really shabby!"
"Who said it wasn't? The emperor dotes on the eldest princess. I heard that after the little princess was born, His Majesty the Emperor only went there twice, hurriedly looked at the empress, and then left. He never even looked at the child!"
"Hey, that child..."
The group of people lowered their voices.
"Ahem..." Dongju stepped forward and coughed lightly.
Immediately, several people walked out from the rockery. These people were all dressed as ladies of the imperial court. Their husbands probably had official positions in the court.
Xiaoyue recognized two of them. They were from the family of the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and another one was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There was also a third-rank imperial edict on her body. Today, she came here wearing the official uniform of the imperial edict.
"Meet the eldest princess!" These ladies of the imperial court knelt down one after another and saluted Xiaoyue.
"Hmph, the royal harem, criticizing royal matters, come here, each of you will be slapped twice!" Xiao Yue turned around and said to Hongmei and Dongju.
Hongmei and Dongju responded and immediately stepped forward.
They raised their hands together, left and right, and those ladies did not dare to say a word, did not dare to refute, let alone avoid, and were slapped by Hongmei and Dongju until their faces turned red, and the handprints were very obvious.
Xiao Yue entered the hall holding the child. Many court officials were already there, and the queen was also there. She had gained some weight and become whiter. She watched Xiao Yue walk in. Not only was the child in her arms dressed in gold and precious clothes, but the one on his head was this unique headdress, which made Lin Rou feel even more uncomfortable.
When she was young, she heard the queen dowager say that this headdress was unique in the world of Wei, so in the future, she would definitely give it to the woman she thought was the best.
Lin Rou thought that since she was already the empress and had given birth to a son for Xiao Yin, the empress dowager would give the headdress to her.
However, who would have thought that the empress dowager had never mentioned it for so many years, but recently, she had someone change the size of the headdress and gave it to the little girl.
To be honest, this girl shouldn't even have the last name Xiao.
She is the daughter of Shangguan Jinghong, so...
the empress suddenly seemed to remember something, and she looked at Huang Lide.
Huang Lide was originally in charge of organizing this full-moon banquet, but since there were servants taking care of it, Huang Lide was like a host, communicating with the officials on the spot. That look made the Taifu and some upright courtiers frown and look sullen.
"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness the Imperial Princess!" Many people stood up and saluted the two princesses together.
"Get up!" Xiaoyue looked at Lin Rou who was sitting on the first seat. She stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law!"
"Yuer, you're here!" Lin Rou said with a forced smile .
"Well, I dealt with some things and came late!" Xiaoyue nodded.
"Not late, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager haven't arrived yet." Lin Rou said, with a little resentment in her words.
"Oh." Xiaoyue nodded, and then turned around with Liu Rushi to look at the child.
The child was held by Xiaotao. When Xiaoyue and Liu Rushi went to see her, she found an excuse and turned around to hold the child to the other side, which made Liu Rushi very angry.
"This little girl, I heard that Huang Lide found her, and even the wet nurse, and..." Liu Rushi whispered beside Xiaoyue.
"Well, wait and see, the emperor is here!" Xiao Yue turned her head and took a look, then said, "Let's sit down!"
"Little princess, you are so beautiful!
" "Oh my god, the little princess's clothes are so beautiful!"
"The little princess is so beautiful, even more beautiful than that fairy!"
"Yes, the little princess is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen!"
At the scene, those ladies kept complimenting baby Ruoxi. They looked at baby Ruoxi with shining eyes.
And baby Ruoxi responded to them with a sweet smile.
These aunts are really good, sweet-mouthed, all very good, and there is no black aura on them.
The emperor came, he came with the queen mother, and he was accompanied by Xiao Ruoxi and his two sons.
"Good luck to the queen mother, good luck to His Majesty the Emperor!"
Everyone stood up and kowtowed to the emperor and the queen mother.
"Well, everyone stand up!" said the emperor.
The queen mother stepped forward, and the queen stood up and saluted.
"Okay, you just came out of confinement, you must still be weak, just sit down properly, these etiquettes are not important!" said the Queen Mother.
"Yes, mother!" Lin Rou stood up and slowly walked to the side and sat down.
The Queen Mother sat down and waved to the side: "Come, Jingyu, sit next to me!"
Xiao Ruilin had a seat, she and her two brothers sat on the side of the prince.
But Mo Jingyu did not.
He actually didn't want to come today, because this palace banquet of the Great Wei Royal Family had little to do with him.
But the Queen Mother brought her here.
Huang Lide would not arrange a seat for this child, so the Queen Mother called him over and asked him to sit next to her.
"Little Xi'er!" The Queen Mother looked at baby Ruoxi and said, "Where is the outer robe?"
"Replying to mother, Xi'er felt hot and took it off!" Xiao Yue replied.
The court was very quiet. Everyone could see that the Queen Mother was deliberately doting on the eldest princess and paid no attention to the newborn princess.
"Hehe!" Baby Ruoxi smiled at the Queen Mother.
"Well, Ah Jin, go and bring Xier here!" the Queen Mother said.
"Queen Mother, the banquet has begun!" Huang Lide stood up and said.
"Who are you?" the Queen Mother asked.
"Your subordinate, Huang Lide!" Huang Lide said.
"General Huang, he was a military general before, but he doesn't know much about the rules. Your Majesty is really something. How can you let such an important banquet be managed by a military general? Do you have no one else in the court? Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs so useless now?" The Queen Mother scolded.
In the entire banquet hall, everyone kept their mouths shut, and no one dared to say a word. The Queen Mother was blaming someone else.
"Mother, General Huang saved my daughter-in-law before. Later, my daughter-in-law had more contact with the Huang family. This time, the child had no wet nurse, and it was General Huang who helped. He was really attentive." The Queen Mother said.
"How come I didn't know about these things? I am really old!" The Queen Mother sighed and said.