Chapter 367 Queen Mother's Birthday
Xiao Jin had a jade bracelet in his hand like a magic trick, and before Su Ying could react, he put it on her hand, "I'll use this to compensate you, okay?"
Su Ying looked at the jade bracelet in her hand. It should be mutton-fat jade with a lotus branch pattern engraved on it. It looked particularly holy, but the jade bracelet seemed to be quite old.
“Is this more valuable?”
Xiao Jin held her hand and said seriously, "Don't sell it. This is what the mother left for her daughter-in-law."
Su Ying looked at the bracelet in her hand against the light, and her heart seemed to be gently tickled by a feather. She smiled and said, "Okay."
The warm big hand opened her palm and interlocked her fingers.
When Su Ying turned around, he kissed her lips. When she was in love, she heard him whispering her name over and over again.
"Yingying, Yingying, you are mine..." Every word seemed to carve her into her blood and bones.
The sun was at its zenith and Su Ying was still lying in the quilt.
She opened her eyes lazily and met Xiao Jin's deep black eyes.
She closed her eyes again and turned her face to the other side. "Don't even think about touching me this early in the morning."
As soon as she opened her mouth, she found that her voice was a little hoarse. She didn't know if Xiao Jin was crazy last night. He kept going back and forth, not afraid of exhausting himself all night.
Xiao Jin's warm palm fell on her waist. Su Ying only felt a warmth on her waist, and the fatigue in her body was instantly relieved a lot.
"Don't move, I'll rub it for you."
The two of them lingered in bed for a long time before getting up.
Bai Shuang smiled like an old maid as she helped Su Ying wash up.
Su Ying looked at her mouth that was almost split to her ears and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you laughing at?"
Bai Shuang did not shy away from the question, "The prince and princess love each other, and I am happy."
"I'm not in love with you, why are you so happy?"
Bai Shuang: “…”
There is a master-servant relationship, but it is not much.
After breakfast, Jiang Yang walked in, "Your Majesty, I have found out the details of that teahouse."
Through Mingyu, they caught the person who contacted her, but the other party was just a middleman. From the middleman, they learned about some buyers, among which a teahouse was particularly suspicious.
"Go ahead."
"On the surface, this teahouse is a teahouse business, but secretly it is raising skinny horses. However, the teahouse is only responsible for receiving those women. The real skinny horses are trained elsewhere, but our subordinates have not found out yet."
"Don't alert the enemy. Keep investigating and find out who is behind this."
"I understand."
Su Ying asked doubtfully: "Skinny horse?"
Jiang Yang explained, "They are women who are sent to various mansions to please men. These women undergo special training and are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. They are also considerate and gentle, so they are very popular with powerful families."
Su Ying frowned when she heard this, but didn't say anything.
Later, Xiao Jin told her that these skinny horses were also a form of spies.
Those skinny horses sent to various mansions might very well be other people's spies.
Then the place where skinny horses are trained is most likely an intelligence agency.
After Jiang Yang left, Zhang Shuming arrived.
"Your Majesty, this is the birthday gift I prepared for the Queen Mother. Do you think it is suitable?"
Zhang Shuming came forward holding a brocade box, which contained a painting.
When the painting is unfolded, it shows a picture of hundreds of children and grandchildren.
Xiao Jin took a look and nodded. This was a work by a famous artist. Although it was not outstanding, it was well-behaved and there was nothing wrong with it.
"That's it."
"yes."
…
On the Empress Dowager's birthday, the Emperor invited all civil and military officials to a banquet to celebrate her with great fanfare in order to show his filial piety.
Because Xiao Jin was injured, the task of patrolling the palace banquet was handed over to the commander of the imperial guards.
The commander of the imperial guards did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. After Xiao Jin was injured, he began to strengthen the defense of the capital, especially inside and outside the imperial palace, and set up every level of checkpoints to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity.
The banquet was held in the evening. When Su Ying and her friends arrived, there were already many carriages lined up outside the palace.
As a member of the royal family, Xiao Jin entered the palace differently from ordinary people. After getting off the carriage, a palace maid came forward and led them to the hall where the banquet was held.
It was still the same palace as last time, and they were sitting in the same seats as before.
As soon as Su Ying and the others walked into the hall, they attracted countless gazes.
Su Ying raised her eyelids slightly and glanced back indifferently, and those people were so scared that they quickly withdrew their gaze.
Xiao Jin took her and the child to sit on the chair.
The palace maids brought up tea and snacks.
When they arrived, it was already late and the palace was full of people.
Before long, almost everyone who was supposed to come had arrived.
"The Emperor has arrived, and the Empress Dowager has arrived."
Everyone stood up and saluted.
Emperor Kangze helped the empress dowager to sit down on the chair before letting everyone stand up.
Su Ying noticed that the queen did not appear.
Emperor Kangze quickly scanned the faces of his ministers with a happy smile on his face, "Today is the Queen Mother's birthday. I am very happy, not only because the Queen Mother is in good health now, but also because I am happy that the Horse King has returned after not seeing him for many years."
The smile on the Queen Mother's face paused slightly, and when her eyes fell on the Horse King, a complicated look flashed across her face.
Upon hearing this, the Horse King stood up and said, "I have wanted to return to the capital many times over the years, but the princess was really unwell, so I had to give up. Now that the princess is a little better, I can't wait to return, just to apologize to the emperor in person."
After saying this, he walked to the center of the hall and knelt down.
Sima Chen also stood up and knelt beside the Horse King, "My mother is weak and cannot be left alone. I beg the emperor to forgive me."
Emperor Kangze waved his hand nonchalantly, "Now that the princess is in better health, I am relieved. Get up, everyone. I don't blame you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Emperor Kangze took the wine glass first to toast the empress dowager. The empress dowager took the teacup from the palace maid and took a sip in response.
Su Ying was sitting at the bottom. The empress dowager had not shown up since they returned to Beijing. Today, she felt that the confrontation between these people was a little strange.
"Isn't the Queen Mother the Emperor's biological mother?"
Xiao Jin whispered, "Yes."
It's so perverted that he even makes assumptions about his own mother.
Emperor Kangze started it, and then the princes, grandsons, noble families and aristocrats came forward one by one to congratulate the empress dowager on her birthday and present her with birthday gifts.
The Queen Mother always had a calm expression on her face, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry.
As the grandson, Xiao Jin also stood up and gave out the birthday gift he had prepared.
The Queen Mother's gaze only lingered on him briefly before moving away.
After the royal family and nobles presented their gifts, Emperor Kangze called on the dancers and singers to come up and warm up the audience.
Su Ying watched the singing and dancing in the hall boredly, she was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes.
Outside the palace, a guard quickly ran up to the commander of the guards.
"Something happened to the commander. Today, the imperial guards patrolling the palace suddenly had vomiting and diarrhea and couldn't even stand up."
(End of this chapter)
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