Chapter 302 Everyone was dumbfounded

Seeing King Jin say this, Xia Zhengqi quickly followed suit, "Okay, let's continue the palace banquet."

Xia Zhengqi picked up the wine glass from the table and said loudly: "Today, we celebrate the great victory of Northern Xinjiang."

"Although there are still some remnants of forces in Northern Xinjiang that have not been cleared, and the soldiers have not yet returned to the court. But the situation in Northern Xinjiang has been determined. Today, let's celebrate first."

"This glass of wine is to celebrate the pacification of Northern Xinjiang!" The voice was strong and powerful, revealing the majesty of the emperor.

After saying this, Xia Zhengqi drank the wine in one gulp.

The guests below also raised their glasses and shouted in unison: "Celebrate the pacification of Northern Xinjiang!"

The shouts shook the sky.

[Hehe, my emperor father is so handsome! This aura is too strong.]

Xia Miaoyuan muttered in his heart, and he and Xiao Wanyin stood up, picked up the cups, and drank the contents of the cups like adults.

However, their cups did not contain wine, but fruit tea.

After Xia Miaoyuan finished the fruit tea, she glanced at Liang Chaozong below meaningfully.

Although Liang Chaozong drank the wine like everyone else, there was a hint of resentment that was not easy to detect between his brows.

At this time, Debao poured another glass of wine for Xia Zhengqi with a tactful look.

Xia Zhengqi held the wine glass and said: "This glass of wine is to wish my generals and soldiers to successfully wipe out the remnants of the northern border and return to the court as soon as possible!"

After that, he drank it all.

The guests shouted in unison: "Destroy the remaining evil forces in the northern border and return to the court this morning!"

After shouting, they drank the wine again.

Xia Miaoyuan drank a whole cup of fruit tea in one breath again, and burped shamefully.

She had already drunk some fruit tea before, and had some snacks and fruits. Now, after two large cups of fruit tea, her stomach was already full.

[Oh, how embarrassing!]

Xia Miaoyuan patted her belly shyly and found that it was already round like a small watermelon.

The originally fitted gorgeous palace dress was stretched tightly at the waist.

The seams at the seams were stretched clearly.

Xia Miaoyuan stroked the waist of her palace dress, with worry between her brows.

[Sure enough, women cannot eat too much when wearing beautiful dresses.]

[Oh, it is tied so tightly, won’t the dress be stretched out in a while?]

[The tailors in the palace are really bad, making dresses for children, why do they need to make the waistline, can’t they make it looser?]

Xiao Wanyin glanced at Xia Miaoyuan, listened to her thoughts, and covered her mouth to hold back her laughter.

When Xia Miaoyuan was complaining crazily, Xia Zhengqi spoke again.

"Today is the 60th birthday of my mother-in-law, the mother of the Queen, Xiao Linbu Kezun."

"I congratulate my mother-in-law!"

As he said this, Xia Zhengqi stepped forward and actually gave Kezun an evening salute.

"No, no!" Kezun hurriedly stood up to stop him.

"You are the emperor, how can you bow to me?"

The concubines, princes, and guests were all shocked.

If it were in the common people, it would be normal for a son-in-law to bow to his mother-in-law.

But this is the royal family!

The emperor is the supreme ruler, how can the emperor bow to the empress's mother?

Xia Zhengqi smiled and said nonchalantly: "It's reasonable for a son-in-law to bow to his mother-in-law!"

"Besides, today is Kezun's birthday, and the birthday star is the biggest!"

Although the guests were confused and dissatisfied, seeing that Xia Zhengqi had said so, they didn't know what to say, so they all bowed to Kezun.

Xia Zhengqi raised another glass of wine and said loudly: "This glass of wine is for respect. I wish her a happy family life, wealth and health!"

After that, Xia Zhengqi raised his neck and drank it all in one gulp.

The guests followed suit.

Xia Miaoyuan stood up shakily, asked Li Ma to fill a cup of fruit tea for her, and took it up.

"Miao'er, just drink a sip to show your appreciation." Xiao Wanyin whispered in her ear.

"My little prince, Miss Wanyin is right, just drink a sip, and besides, you are just a child, no one will say anything." Li Ma also advised.

Xia Miaoyuan frowned and thought for a while, then said firmly in a baby voice: "No, today is my grandmother's birthday. This cup is for her birthday!"

After that, she took a deep breath, raised the fruit tea, and drank most of it.

"Burp..."

She burped again.

This time, she felt that the fruit tea in her stomach was about to overflow.

"No, no, this time it's really no." Xia Miaoyuan murmured while stroking her stomach.

At this time, there was a whisper from below.

In the corner of the hall, three ministers sat side by side, a man with a goatee, a fat man, and an old man with gray hair. They were the three people who chatted in the private room of Tianxiang Restaurant a few days ago.

The man with a goatee said, "That's not right. Didn't they say that the emperor just took Meng as a hostage?"

"Why does he seem to respect her so much today? Compared with the empress dowager, he is even more respectful."

The fat man murmured, "Are those all rumors?"

The old man looked incredulous: "How is it possible?"

Just as the discussion below was going on. Xia Zhengqi waved his hand, and several eunuchs came up slowly with trays.

"Mother-in-law, this is your son-in-law's birthday gift to you. Please accept it." Xia Zhengqi smiled, looking very respectful.

Debao had already stepped forward with great tact, leading the eunuchs one by one.

Kezun, the empress, the concubines, and the princes were close by, and they saw it as soon as they looked out.

Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin were very curious, and they had already sneaked up to the front.

"Your Majesty is giving Kezun a string of top-quality oriental pearls!" Debao shouted loudly at the right time.

[Wow! Such a big string of oriental pearls!] Xia Miaoyuan exclaimed in her heart.

The first tray contained a whole string of oriental pearls.

Each oriental pearl was round and shiny, and each one was evenly sized, obviously carefully selected.

"Oh, the emperor has spent a lot of money!" At this time, Kezun was already overjoyed, looking at the string of oriental pearls with a smile on his face.

At this time, there was another uproar in the hall.

After being hit one after another, Yao Jinse could no longer suppress the astonishment on her face. She lowered her voice and said to Liang Chaozong: "What is Emperor Mingxi thinking? He actually gave the Meng family oriental pearls?!"

Liang Chaozong suppressed his mind and squeezed Yao Jinse's hand hard, signaling her to restrain herself.

At this time, Xia Zhengqi smiled at Kezun and said, "There's more to come!"

The eunuch holding the Dongzhu stepped aside, and the eunuch behind him came up.

He was holding a painting in his hand.

Debao unfolded the painting with great tact and showed it to Kezun, and at the same time he shouted, "The emperor gave Kezun a birthday painting by Master Gao Chi!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"It's actually Gao Chi's birthday painting!"

"The emperor gave Gao Chi's painting!"

"It's amazing, it's Gao Chi's painting!"

"Let me see!" Xia Miaoyuan shouted, and got close to the painting.

It was a birthday painting with superb painting skills.