She said affectionately, "Mother, this year's gift is the most pleasing to you besides my brother's."
As she spoke, her eyes sparkled with anticipation.
The Queen Mother was particularly amused by Minghui's lovely appearance and responded with a smile.
"That's not right. This year, your brother's gift doesn't even rank first among my gifts."
A hint of surprise flashed across Minghui's eyes for a moment.
After hearing this, Jun Zechen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, with a barely perceptible interest on his face.
Seeing her curious look, the Queen Mother continued.
"This year's gift for Concubine Chun Shu is called the Pisces Omen of Fortune. It is really exquisite and the design is also unique and novel. The red and white agate is something I have never seen before. The carving effect is even better. I like it the most."
When Su Jingyao heard the Queen Mother mention her, she quickly stood up and saluted with a smile on her face.
"As long as the Queen Mother likes it, this gift is not in vain."
Su Jingyao knew in her heart that this gift would be excellent, and she also expected that the Queen Mother would like it. However, she did not expect that the Queen Mother would give it such a high evaluation.
Then she had to thank Emperor Qianlong very much, because the pair of fish omen was given to the empress dowager by Emperor Qianlong.
She was just trying to please him by borrowing his creativity.
Now it seems that the effect is quite good, worthy of being a gift from the emperor of the prosperous times.
Jun Zechen glanced at her with a slightly surprised look.
She is always so clever. I remember when she first entered the East Palace, the Queen Mother often punished her, but now even the Queen Mother likes her.
The banquet gradually ended in a lively atmosphere, and then Jun Zechen led everyone to the outside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
The concubines above the rank of ninth concubines had graceful figures, the ministers above the third rank had solemn expressions, and the princes and princesses also stood on the high platform outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony with dignified manners.
When everyone looked down, they could see another gift that His Majesty had specially prepared for the Queen Mother.
The performance, involving hundreds of people, was grand and shocking.
They beat drums and gongs, changed formations, brandished swords and guns, but it did not appear chaotic, but rather particularly orderly.
As the formation changed ingeniously, the birthday congratulations were clearly presented: "Congratulations to the Queen Mother on her longevity and great fortune."
The smile on the Queen Mother's face never faded. Being worshipped by all the ministers and being above everyone else, this feeling was already the pinnacle.
Su Jingyao stood behind Jun Zechen, her expression becoming increasingly ugly.
Because of the medicine she had taken before, her menstrual period was irregular and her stomach had begun to ache slightly.
In her life, she has always maintained an excellent body and has never experienced the pain of dysmenorrhea.
At this moment, her little face had become pale and bloodless, but because of her makeup, it was not obvious unless you looked closely.
Miaoyun on the side looked at her with worry. Su Jingyao endured the pain and shook her head gently at Miaoyun.
It was not until Jun Zechen announced that the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was over that the imperial concubine standing by secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
This Queen Mother's birthday banquet was a great opportunity for her to show herself in front of His Majesty, the Queen Mother and the ministers.
Now that everything has come to a perfect end, she naturally feels a lot more relaxed.
Deep down, she longed for His Majesty and the Queen Mother to affirm her abilities.
After the banquet, Miaoyun carefully supported Su Jingyao. At this time, Su Jingyao almost leaned all her body weight on Miaoyun and slowly moved down from the platform step by step.
"ah."
Suddenly, a palace maid let out a low scream. She seemed to have been tripped by something and fell straight down.
Upon seeing this, the Imperial Concubine and An Zhaorong quickly moved away.
However, Su Jingyao really had no strength at the moment.
She changed her mind and decided to take advantage of the situation and fell down as well, but Miaoyun held her tightly the whole time, so she was not actually hurt.
When Jun Zechen heard the voice, he turned around quickly and saw Su Jingyao sitting on the ground, leaning on Miaoyun.
His face was as pale as paper, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
"What's going on?!"
Jun Zechen's eyes suddenly flashed with cold light, and his cold gaze swept towards everyone like a sharp sword, finally fixing firmly on the fallen palace maid.
The maid hurriedly climbed up in a panic, her face full of fear and her voice filled with anxiety.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't mean to do that. Someone just pushed me. I..."
Jun Zechen didn't give her any extra glances. He walked straight to Su Jingyao and slowly squatted down, his eyes full of concern and anxiety.
"Yaoyao, what's wrong with you?"
At this moment, Su Jingyao only felt that her stomach was hurting extremely badly.
She had suffered from dysmenorrhea in modern times because she was an orphan, had an irregular diet, and was not in good health.
Every time I have menstrual cramps, I feel like I am dying.
After coming here, she has taken extreme care of her body.
Today I experienced this kind of cramping pain in my lower abdomen again, and it hurt so much that my head felt dizzy.
The whole person seemed to be exhausted and could not utter a word.
Seeing this, Jun Zechen picked the person up without hesitation.
"Xuan Imperial Doctor!"
Then, Jun Zechen, with an anxious look on his face, held her gently and steadily, and hurriedly stepped onto the imperial chariot.
Then, at Jun Zechen's command, the imperial carriage quickly headed towards the direction of Zhaochun Palace like an arrow.
After arriving at Zhaochun Palace, Jun Zechen put her on the bed.
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