Chapter 535 Birthday Banquet (Part 1)
Xiao Xixi personally went to the backyard to pick out the best growing sunflower, intending to transplant it into a flowerpot and present it to the Queen Mother on her birthday tomorrow.
At this time, Eunuch Chang came and brought a white jade flowerpot.
"This is something that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specially ordered. Your Majesty can transplant the sunflowers into this flowerpot, which will make your sunflowers look even better."
Xiao Xixi looked at the white jade flowerpot placed in front of her and couldn't help but reach out and touch the edge of the flowerpot.
It has a delicate touch and a transparent texture.
This is definitely carved from the finest white jade!
Normally, a small piece of top-quality white jade like this can be sold at a high price, let alone such a large piece. It is no exaggeration to say that it is priceless!
The point is that such fine white jade can actually be made into a flower pot. This is too luxurious!
Xiao Xixi felt very painful.
With such a large piece of top-quality white jade, I wonder how many delicious foods she can buy with it!
Baoqin asked, "Shall we move the sunflowers into the pots now?"
Xiao Xixi endured the pain and responded, "Yeah."
Xing'er carefully dug out the sunflower, moved it together with the soil into the white jade flowerpot, carefully filled the pot with soil, and sprinkled some small stones on the soil surface as decoration.
The originally ordinary sunflower, after being placed in a white jade flowerpot, skyrocketed in value and instantly became high-end and classy.
Everyone was praising how well the sunflower and the white jade flowerpot matched each other.
Even when the prince came in the evening, he expressed his approval of the combination of sunflowers and white jade flowerpots.
Xiao Xixi couldn't help but think of the story of buying the box and returning the pearl.
She clearly gave sunflowers as a gift, but what people really missed was the flowerpot used to hold the sunflowers.
That night, Queen Qin returned to the palace quietly.
Although her current position is very embarrassing, she is still the queen after all, and she must attend such a big event as the Queen Mother's birthday.
Early the next morning.
All the concubines in the palace dressed up in their best clothes and came to the Pepper Room to pay their respects to Queen Qin.
There was no Crown Princess in the Eastern Palace, so the four concubines had to lead a group of imperial concubines to pay their respects to the Pepper Palace.
Now everyone knows that Queen Qin and the Crown Prince are not on good terms, so when they see the Crown Prince's concubines coming, everyone is waiting to see some news. They want to see how Queen Qin is going to make things difficult for the Crown Prince's concubines.
Queen Qin did not let these people get their wish.
She calmly accepted the greetings from the Crown Prince and his concubines without saying a single word, nor did she have any intention of making things difficult for them.
This disappointed those who wanted to see a good show.
After everyone arrived, Queen Qin and a group of concubines went to Changle Palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday.
The Queen Mother was dressed particularly smartly today. The smile on her face never left her. She looked really happy.
The first person to come and congratulate her was the emperor, followed by the crown prince and other princes.
Then came the queen and her concubines.
After them came the princesses and clan wives.
Next came the wives of foreign officials.
These people came in waves.
The Changle Palace did not stop the entire morning.
The birthday celebration did not come to an end until noon.
Next comes the birthday banquet.
This is the highlight of today.
Xiao Xixi mixed in with the group of concubines and came to Fengqi Garden.
The birthday banquet was held in Fengqi Garden, which has a beautiful environment and a large venue, making it very suitable for hosting various banquets.
The concubines sat according to their rank.
As the prince's concubine, Xiao Xixi naturally had to sit with the other three concubines.
Four people sat at two tables.
Before Xiao Xixi could say anything, Concubine Jing took the lead and grabbed Concubine Li's hand and asked with a smile.
"Sister Li, we haven't talked for a long time, why don't we sit together for a while today?"
Concubine Jing still remembers the experience at the last Mid-Autumn family dinner. She now says that she doesn't want to sit with Concubine Xiao again.
You can tell at first glance that Concubine Bai is a scheming white lotus, and it must be uncomfortable to sit with her.
So Concubine Jing chose Concubine Li, her deskmate who seemed the easiest to deal with.
However, Concubine Li did not want to sit at the same table with Concubine Jing.
Although Concubine Li and Concubine Jing did not spend much time together, as a woman, she could keenly sense a very familiar aura from Concubine Jing.
That was the aura of a scheming bitch.
This scent can be smelled on many women in the palace.
Concubine Xiao and Concubine Bai also have the same aura.
Since everyone is a scheming bitch, why doesn't she choose the most scheming woman as her deskmate?
Concubine Li smiled and pushed Concubine Jing's hand away.
"Thank you for your kindness, Sister Jing, but I have already made an appointment with Sister Xiao and I want to sit with her today."
After saying this, she put her arm around Concubine Xiao's arm, looking like a loving sister.
Who is the most scheming woman in the entire Eastern Palace?
Concubine Li didn't even need to think to know that it must be Concubine Xiao!
This woman is the most scheming one!
Otherwise, among so many women, why is it that only she can be favored by the prince? !
Xiao Xixi looked at the other person blankly.
When did they make the appointment?
How come she doesn't know?
Concubine Li quickly winked at her. It's already this time, why are you still pretending to be stupid? Hurry up and cooperate with my performance!
Xiao Xixi thought that the other party was winking at her. Although she didn't understand why the other party suddenly wanted to wink at her, she also winked at him as a courtesy.
To others, this scene seemed like a sign of secret flirting between the two people (thick fog).
Concubine Jing's face turned extremely bad.
She took the initiative to ask Concubine Li to sit at the same table with her, but Concubine Li not only rejected her, but also pulled Concubine Xiao to flirt in front of her. This was simply a deliberate slap in her face!
Concubine Bai was very surprised. She remembered that Concubine Li and Concubine Xiao had always been at odds with each other. Why did these two suddenly become friends today?
Could it be that something unexpected happened between Concubine Li and Concubine Xiao that no one else knew about?
Concubine Li noticed the reactions of the two people and secretly praised Concubine Xiao's acting skills.
She is worthy of being the most scheming woman in the Eastern Palace. She can fool everyone without saying a word.
Xiao Xixi noticed that there were fruits and snacks on the table, and said impatiently, "Let's take a seat."
Concubine Li readily agreed.
The two of them sat down at the same dining table.
Concubine Jing could only sit at the same table with Concubine Bai reluctantly.
Concubine Bai still looked so fragile, as if she could be blown away by the wind.
Seeing that Concubine Jing's expression was still not very good, she said with a smile.
"I didn't expect that Sister Li and Sister Xiao have such a good relationship. I'm really envious."
Concubine Jing didn't want to be laughed at by others, so she put away the dissatisfaction on her face and returned to her usual dignified and gentle appearance.
She looked at Concubine Li and Concubine Xiao who were sitting at the next table. The two were whispering to each other and seemed to be getting along very well.
Concubine Jing smiled, her tone lukewarm.
"It's really enviable."
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(End of this chapter)
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