The Queen's Birthday Banquet starts in the afternoon, and in the morning, the Queen will accept the greetings from the harem and courtiers.
After the lunch break, the sun is not so hot, and the birthday celebration will start.
so-
Lunch should be eaten or should be eaten.
At noon, Shiqing shared the meal with Shiju Li.
Shi Ju told Shi Qing, "Don't wait for the palace banquet on an empty stomach. Although it starts in the afternoon, it won't start until dark."
However, the palace banquet in summer is more delicious than that in winter, at least the food is hot.
Shi Ju turned his head to look at Li Shi, and asked softly, "Are you sure you don't want to go and see?"
Mrs. Li twirled her fingers with the hand that was not holding the chopsticks, slowly shook her head at her, frowned slightly, and said softly, "I won't go, shall I?"
In the past, there was an old man who oppressed him, thinking that Mrs. Li was uneducated and came from a small place. Going to such a large palace banquet would be an embarrassment to Shiju, so he refused to let him go.
On the surface, because of the old man, Li refused Shiju's invitation again and again, but secretly he was relieved secretly, thankful that he didn't have to go.
He is really not suitable for such a crowded occasion.
Especially when a group of people he doesn't know will pull him to talk "self-consciously" intimately, Li Shi doesn't know how to deal with it.
This year, the old man is not here, and Li's shield is gone.
He put down the chopsticks, struggling in his heart, raised his eyes to look at Shi Ju and Shi Qing, "Will it be bad if I don't go?"
Mrs. Li looked at Yun Zhi worriedly, "What if no one talks to Yun Zhi then?"
Shi Qing was puzzled, "Father, isn't there me?"
She is so big, is Yun Zhi still afraid that no one will accompany her
"You always have to chat with your colleagues, and you can't be with him all the time." Li Shi sighed, if he went, at least he could accompany Yun Zhi, and the two of them would take care of each other.
"..."
His voice fell, and the whole table was silent.
Shi Qing chatting with colleagues
Which colleague can't think about it so much
"Father, don't worry, I will definitely be with Yun Zhi all the time." Shi Qing felt that Yun Zhi was the one who was willing to take the initiative to chat with her during the whole banquet.
If Yun Zhi didn't go, everyone else would stand together, but she would be alone, beautiful alone.
Now that Yun Zhi is passing by, the two of them can just form a husband and wife duo to eat and watch the fun, hug each other to keep warm, and don't need others at all.
Shi Qing used serving chopsticks to pick up a chicken leg for Mrs. Li and put it in the small unused bowl in front of him, "Father, we won't go if we don't like it, you don't need to force yourself to adapt to that environment."
"Besides, it's not that there is no delicious food at home. I'll ask the cook to roast rabbit meat for you! A whole rabbit is yours!"
Yun Zhi was sitting next to Shi Qing with his legs wide open, and the meal was delicious, but when he heard what Shi Qing said, he immediately touched her leg with his leg.
Because Yunzhi raised a rabbit, there was no more rabbit meat on the dinner table in the entire Shifu.
Now that the rabbit is suddenly mentioned, it can only be the chubby white cloud he raised.
I knew she was secretly thinking about it!
Shi Qing was hit so hard that his hands trembled, and he immediately changed his words, "... let the cook cook pigeon soup for you."
At the same time, put the other chicken leg in the basin into the Yunzhi bowl.
Li Shi was not a very social person in the first place, and it was not a very comfortable thing for him to integrate a social fear into a complicated environment.
Everyone has their own personality and comfort zone, and Li Shi doesn't need to force himself to do things that make him feel uncomfortable.
Anyway, there is her outside, with her mother.
Shi Ju stretched out his hand to hold Li Shi's hand on his leg, his palm was warm, "Then don't go, we'll try to come back as early as possible at night."
Mrs. Li looked at Shiju, then at Shiqing, a smile finally appeared in his eyes, and the heart he was carrying fell back into his stomach safely, warm and soft.
He put his other hand on the back of Shiju's hand, patted it lightly, and said casually with a smile, "Drink less wine."
Shi Ju said softly "hmm".
Li looked at her, suddenly smiled, and couldn't help but tighten Shiju's hand.
Although Shiju is not the best wife-leader and cannot do everything perfectly, she will listen to basically everything he says.
Even if it's just casually.
When he first got married, he asked her to drink less alcohol, and she could push it off no matter what entertainment she had in the officialdom over the years.
If you can't push it away, you will only take a sip of wine, and you will never get back your drunkenness.
There is also a reason for her becoming a lone minister.
From the corner of her eye, Li caught sight of the two children looking at him and Shiju eagerly, his old face became hot, and he quickly let go of his wife's hand, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Eat, eat."
Shi Ju lowered his eyes and smiled, and retracted his arms.
Seeing that Yunzhi likes chicken legs, Mrs. Li pushed the clean small bowl in front of her, which contained the chicken legs that Shi Qing had picked up just now, "I forgot to remind the cook to cook more for you."
Yun Zhi quickly shook his head, "No need, you can't eat that much, two is enough."
Shi Qing teased him, "A chicken only has two legs, how many more do you want to eat?"
"Eat it all." Yun Zhi guarded the small bowl in front of him, flaunting his eyebrows triumphantly, "Father gave it, you have to finish it."
Shi Qing laughed at him, "Excellent."
When the two quarreled, Shi Ju and Li's parents basically didn't interrupt, and they didn't ask too many questions.
Li Shi said to Yunzhi, "When you go to the palace, you have to follow Shi Qing."
His original intention was that he was afraid that Yun Zhi would be bullied, but what Yun Zhi heard was that he was afraid that Shi Qing would be bullied.
Yun Zhi nodded heavily while holding the chicken leg, "Don't worry, I will definitely protect her."
Li smiled, "Silly boy, I want you to protect yourself."
The more he watched Yunzhi, the more he liked him, how could there be such a good child.
Yun Zhi paused, then smiled, "Okay."
Although Shi Qing's ability to ridicule and pull monsters is top-notch, it is definitely not her, nor Yun Zhi, who needs to be protected today.
The biggest focus of the ministers is now on Mr. Qian.
They didn't have any prejudice against the identity of concubine daughters, and they didn't think that to be the Minister of the Ministry of Households, one must be a concubine.
But Mr. Qian is different.
Who knows her attitude towards the concubine
Originally, everyone only thought that she was murdered by a concubine when she was young, which left a psychological shadow. After having a child, fearing that the worldly daughter Qian Huanhuan would encounter the same threat, she deliberately raised Qian Cancan and abandoned her.
The results of it
The fact is almost completely opposite to the imagination, it turns out that she is the concubine!
Simply shocked the whole family.
Although this matter had no effect on Master Qian's official career, after all, it was a private matter of the Qian family, but the ministers always felt a little strange and awkward when they looked at her again.
Even so, pleasantries and courtesies in officialdom are still indispensable.
Master Qian returned to the court today, the ministers saw her and couldn't help but ask a few words about her health.
As for other things, no matter how curious I am, I dare not say a word.
No matter what he was thinking, there was a look of concern on his face.
Who would ask Mrs. Qian about her concubine in front of Mrs. Qian
... when it will be clear.
She loves doing bad things like that.
The emperor and the queen were still receiving the greetings from the princesses in the harem. At this moment, the officials and their families were chatting freely in front.
Shi Qing is now working in the household department. As a subordinate, it is certain that he cares about Shangfeng.
When it was her turn, Shi Qing smiled at Master Qian.
Mother Qian's right eyelid twitched immediately, and her fingers behind her back clenched.
She took the initiative and looked at Shi Qing expressionlessly, "I heard from the servant that you don't get along very well with everyone in the household department?"
You don't need to hear about it, just seeing that no one in the household department is willing to stand with Shi Qing today, you can know how popular she is these days.
Shi Qing sighed, very distressed, "I also tried hard to get along with them, but I failed."
She went when someone invited her to drink, but she wasn't the one who vomited.
Shi Qing said, "It was only later that I realized that the unhappiness with me was not my problem, it was entirely their fault."
When Shi Qingshao turned to his colleagues behind Master Qian, his tone was clear:
"I have such a good personality, I'm not bad at drinking, and I handle official business even better. They don't like me purely because they are too mediocre and feel inferior when they see me. That's why they run on me in front of you."
Shi Qing said, "But I understand, it's normal to be jealous."
"..."
Does she really know nothing about modesty
Mr. Qian wanted to reprimand him, but the words were blocked in his throat.
She paused, insisted on continuing what she hadn't finished, and said with a cold face:
"I know you just came from the Inspectorate, but since you are here, you are a member of the household department, so you must act according to the rules of the household department."
Mother Qian looked at Shi Qing, and said in a low voice, "It's not like the Inspector's Office here, it's up to you to act recklessly."
It was as if she had torn down the household department.
A few days ago, when Shi Qing first joined the household department, Mrs. Qian failed to give a lecture, but Shi Qing kicked her down when the servants and the others tried to dismount, which made everyone unable to handle her.
Mr. Qian was in front of everyone today, embarrassing Shi Qing, making her unable to hold her head up in the household department in the future.
Shi Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, and took the initiative to ask, "Master Qian, we don't go around in circles, are you and they all dissatisfied with me?"
Everyone stared at her.
Needless to say, don't they show it clearly enough
The entire household department is Shiqing, an outsider, how could they be satisfied with Shiqing.
In particular, Shiqing couldn't find any faults in his official duties, and he was very good at drinking in private.
Shi Qing smiled, "It's easy to handle if you're not satisfied."
Shi Qing pointed to Shi Ju who was not far behind with his thumb, "If you are not satisfied, let the Inspectorate intervene with me. The Du Yushi is there, do you need me to recommend it for you?"
Everyone followed her gestures and looked over. A few steps away from the Inspector's Office, Shi Ju stood in the crowd with one hand behind his back.
The person who is usually indifferent and unspoken is introducing her son-in-law to her subordinates, with a faint smile in her eyes, as if she is very proud.
Tell her about Shi Qing
"..."
Isn't this Yang Ti slipping the little tiger's tail to let the big tiger do justice!
Isn't it obvious who is unlucky
Everyone was choked, and even Mr. Qian didn't think about what to say for a moment.
The disagreement between her and Shi Ju can only be in private, on the surface they still look like you and me, and it is impossible to be openly hostile.
Mr. Qian has nothing to say, but Shi Qing has.
She took half a step forward, getting closer to Lord Qian.
Shi Qing said: "You have heard a lot about me from the servant of the household department. As a subordinate, how can I not care about you, the upper peak?"
Master Qian's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition.
Instinctively, she wanted to stop Shi Qing's words, but it was a step too late, and she asked him out.
Shi Qing was full of curiosity, "There are rumors all over the capital that you are a concubine, is this true?"
Mr. Qian's face turned cold on the spot, his breathing was messed up, his fingers were clenched tightly, his chest heaved obviously, and he tried not to lose his temper.
Hubu Shilang immediately rushed up to reprimand Shi Qing, "Is this something you should care about?"
The more she reacted, the more she wanted to hide it.
Mr. Qian glanced sideways at the servant of the household department, and the servant of the household department lowered his head to the point that he couldn't lift it up, and stepped back.
"Shi Qing." Master Qian also took half a step towards Shi Qing, and now the distance between the two is only a punch away.
Mr. Qian's face was gloomy, and his eyes looking at Shi Qing were as heavy as reality.
She sneered, "Stop playing with me like this."
Lord Qian clenched his fists behind his back, leaned slightly and said in Shi Qing's ear, "No matter how much you and your mother do, it's impossible to squeeze me down."
Mr. Qian felt that the Shi family was behind this incident.
"It doesn't matter whether the rumors are true or not. With my current status, who dares to talk too much in front of me? I advise you to be honest, otherwise you and Qian Cancan will not even know how you died."
Shi Qing looked sideways at Master Qian, frowned and asked, "What does this have to do with Qian Cancan?"
Master Qian snorted softly, "You know in your heart whether it has anything to do with her."
Although Qian Huanhuan didn't find out who did it, but the rumors are all over the streets and alleys, and there must be Qian Cancan's handwriting.
This evil animal should have taken advantage of her injury to kill her last time. If he had been more ruthless then, these things would not have happened today.
When Mr. Qian said this to Shi Qing, the killing intent in his words was not at all concealed, it was a threat.
She can't do anything with Shi Qing for a while, but can she do anything with Qian Cancan
From Qian Cancan, there must be something to ask.
It's just that she had too many things to do in the past two days and she didn't come back to think about Qian Cancan, which made her happy for a few days.
Mr. Qian stood up straight, with sarcasm and disdain in his eyes, "I haven't experienced any big storms and waves, how could I capsize in your little gutter? If you want to deal with me, you might as well think of other ways."
Shi Qing smiled, deliberately provoking her with concubines, "What's the use of knowing more about big winds and waves? Only you who are concubines need to experience storms, but I don't need to be born a concubine."
As soon as the needle was pierced, the corners of Mr. Qian's mouth turned down, and his jaw tensed.
"As for Qian Cancan," Shi Qing raised his hand, separated his pinched thumb from his index finger and middle finger, and said to her, "Open up the situation a little bit, why can't Qian Huanhuan do this?"
"You can't put everything on Qian Cancan's head just because you, a concubine, don't do human affairs."
"Qian Cancan wants to kill you, what if Qian Huanhuan wants more than her?"
Look at her being a mother, and she successfully promoted the relationship between the two sisters. Sacrifice her one, happy old Qian's family.
Lord Qian's eyes trembled slightly, and the pupils instantly enlarged.
impossible!
Qian Huanhuan is a legitimate daughter, and she obeys her mother, and will never and dare not do such a thing.
This is what Shi Qing said to blow her up.
Attacking people first attacks the heart, how could she be bluffed by a child like Shi Qing
Mother Qian smiled slightly, showing this expression on her stern and serious face, which was more intimidating than a sullen face, "I don't believe what you say."
Shi Qing made a long-tailed "Oh", and just as Mr. Qian was waiting for her to say something, Shi Qing nodded:
"If you don't believe it, pull it down."
"believe it or not."
When you finish speaking, you will leave.
Master Qian stared at Shi Qing's back with a cold face, feeling uneasy in his heart.
She would rather Shi Qing say something more than turning her head away so directly and resolutely makes people feel at ease.
Shi Qing heard Shi Ju call her.
It's about time, and the birthday party is about to start.
The servant came over early and shouted, "The emperor and queen are here—"
All the ministers and their family members immediately separated into a team, stood up according to the size of their official positions, and saluted and congratulated in unison after the arrival of the emperor and the queen.
Shi Qing was at the back of the queue, and he couldn't see the queen's appearance clearly through so many people, but the gentle and dignified temperament of the other party was obvious.
Atmospheric, graceful.
The emperor took his seat, sat on the main seat in the middle, raised his hand to give a little support to the front, and said to everyone with a smile, "You don't have to be strict with the etiquette, just treat it as your own family banquet."
The queen sat next to her, her voice was gentle and friendly, but at the same time it was low-key, "What the emperor said is that it is just a birthday, and it is celebrated every year, so there is no need to be so grand."
"It's still necessary," the emperor patted his hand, "don't save me."
The emperor said slowly, "Sit down."
After the officials were seated, the palace servants came in a file, carrying wine and fruit plates in their hands, and placed them on the tables in front of everyone in turn.
Because of the large number of people and the program, the banquet was held outside, not inside the main hall.
It's still early for dinner, so Shen Yuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, proceeded according to the procedure.
Shi Qing gnawed on the watermelon, and originally wanted to see what gift the fifth emperor gave, but they had already given it away in the harem just now.
After some inquiring, I found out that what the fifth emperor gave was a hand-copied Buddhist scripture.
When Shi Qing clicked his tongue, he knew that her filial piety was not sincere! I don't even learn embroidery, just write something in writing.
But does this mean that she doesn't plan to use the Queen's line
When Shi Qing was eating melons, Mr. Qian looked over to this side many times.
Yun Zhi leaned his head in doubt and asked Shi Qing, "Why does she keep looking at you? When you were talking to her just now, you took advantage of the opportunity to steal her purse?"
"..."
Shi Qing blocked Yunzhi's mouth with the melon in his hand.
Shi Qing knew why Mr. Qian always looked at this side.
Because she was uneasy, she didn't believe Shi Qing's words, but she was also afraid that what Shi Qing said was true. He couldn't put a heart back into his stomach no matter what, so he turned his gaze to Shi Qing.
Shi Qing smiled, "I guess it's because I'm hungry."
Yun Zhi didn't dislike the melon that Shi Qing gnawed, nodded and said, "It's quite sweet."
Shi Qing handed him another piece, "Then eat more."
Yun Zhi gnawed on the melon, and when he heard the movement not far away, he couldn't help but look towards the stage behind.
The theater troupe is ready and will be on stage soon.
The daughter of the world, Qian Huanhuan, stood among the actors in the official uniform of the Ministry of Rites, telling them the details one last time.
Facing Lord Qian's gaze, Shi Qing raised his hand to her and invited her to taste it.
At this time, Shen Yuan said, "This is a new play by Langzhong Qian Huanhuan, who is leading a platoon. He kept it hidden from us and said it was for the Queen to see if it's interesting."
The queen smiled, "Although I am old, I really don't like those old-fashioned accents and repertoire. Since it is a new play, I should take a good look at it."
The emperor is more interested than the empress, as if he was waiting for her to read, "Sing first, if you sing, you will be rewarded."
She wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.
She was secretly curious about the play. Although I guessed the general idea in my heart, I wanted to know the details more.
The stage curtain was closed tightly, but the soundtrack beside it was already playing.
All the ministers stopped what they were doing at the same time, no longer talking privately, but looked towards the direction of the curtain.
Mr. Qian also looked at the past, but he was thinking about other things in his heart. Although his eyes fell on the stage, he didn't look into it.
By the time she came to her senses and realized something was wrong, it was too late.
The moment the curtain opened, there were no secrets.
Qian Huanhuan, who was standing by the stage, sighed softly, and looked up at Shiqing.
Originally looking for peace of mind, but when he saw clearly, the end of his eyes twitched.
Her expression of eating melon watching the excitement is really not half concealed.
But what puzzled Qian Huanhuan was——
It's fine if Shi Qing likes to join in the fun, why does the emperor have this expression? ! !