You Yuji was not a person who particularly liked crowds, but now that she was the queen, her birthday could not be passed in a hurry. Early in the morning, the families of the important officials in the court all came to the palace with smiles on their faces to celebrate her. However, although she did not like to make an ordinary day so grand, she was able to handle such occasions with ease.
All the women in the palace were dressed up carefully, solemnly and gorgeously. At a glance, the whole inner hall was beautiful. Unlike the women who came to the palace to celebrate, who were dressed in formal attire, You Yuji was dressed much more simply. She did not wear a heavy black phoenix robe, nor a heavy phoenix crown. She was wrapped in a fashionable soft futon, which made her graceful figure look as gentle as water. She did not choose the color of black and red, but the light purple that she always liked, with only some phoenix patterns that others could not use. Those phoenix patterns were not obvious when she was standing still, but they were shining when she was moving. Especially as she walked, the extended skirt behind her was lingering and dragging on the ground, and the phoenix slowly unfolded.
Her black hair was all tied up high, which made her jade neck look even taller and her temperament outstanding. She wore a pair of phoenix jewelry between her towering hair, one long and one short hairpin, two phoenix hairpins, and a few small and delicate gold beads. The same small gold beads were used to decorate the center of her eyebrows.
You Yuji sat down at the head of the table and offered her a seat in a gentle voice. The women in the hall sat down one after another quietly, slowly looking at the queen.
She has a beauty that fascinates men, and she has the gentleness in her bones to embellish this beauty, making this beauty not only not clichéd, but also making people look up to her.
Before the queen came, the whole hall was filled with colorful flowers, competing for beauty. They were all women of noble status and good looks, and it seemed that it was their nature to love beauty and compete for beauty, and they all tried their best to make themselves more conspicuous. However, when the queen came here, all the beauty instantly dimmed and became green leaves as a foil.
"Am I late?" Cuiyu came in trotting. She didn't even say hello, but just held the hem of her skirt and continued to trot through the banquet tables towards You Yuji.
"It's not too late." You Yuji looked over with a smile and tried to hold her hand.
Many eyes looked at Cuiyu with different expressions, some were surprised, some were contemptuous, and some were puzzled. Many people felt that Cuiyu had a bad fate. She was born in a wealthy family and should have grown up in luxury, but she was kidnapped when she was young and suffered a lot. She was finally found by her biological parents, but the good days did not last long. The dynasty changed, and she was a princess for only a few days before she started running around doing various businesses. It was really inappropriate for a girl to run around in the business world all day.
But this person is not unlucky.
Dynasties changed and Chen became a servant, but she had established a relationship with the Empress, calling her "sister" all the time, as if she were her own sister!
Not only was she late to celebrate the Queen's birthday, she also ran to sit next to the Queen. Was she sitting comfortably in that position
Cuiyu sat very steadily.
"Sister, sister, look at the gift I prepared for you!" Cui Yu asked someone to bring the gift up. It was covered with red silk, so you couldn't see what was inside. Four young eunuchs were carrying it, and it seemed a bit heavy.
You Yuji looked over. Although she didn't know what was inside, she guessed that it wouldn't be cheap. Cuiyu was a money-loving person. She was extremely stingy to people with whom she had an average relationship. But if she had a good relationship with someone, she would give him good things. In her eyes, good things were valuable things.
Sure enough, when the red silk was lifted, everyone in the hall gasped.
It was a pine tree made of pure gold, not much smaller than a real pine tree. The pattern on each leaf was exquisite. The base of the flowerpot where the golden pine tree sat was decorated with gemstones the size of pigeon eggs, shining brightly and dazzlingly.
The ladies from high-class families in the hall were silenced by the expensive and vulgar gift and didn't know what to say.
You Yuji looked at Cuiyu with a smile and said, "It seems that I made a lot of money this year."
"Yes." Cuiyu smiled happily, "I earn more every year!"
Be open and honest.
Regardless of whether doing business would be looked down upon by these high-ranking families, she just liked making money and was happy because of it. There was simply nothing that made Cuiyu happier than making money.
Lin Yingying leaned forward, handed a bowl of fragrant drink to Cuiyu, and said with squinting eyes: "Here, this is delicious and suits your taste."
Cuiyu took it and drank it in one gulp without paying attention to any etiquette. She put the bowl down and asked Lin Yingying and Chunxing what birthday gift they had prepared for You Yuji.
Chun Xing is dead, and now she is the young lady of the Zhou family. She is a person who is content with the status quo, but her contentment with the status quo now is different from when she was in the Jinnan Palace. At that time, she accepted her fate, but now she is really satisfied with her current life.
Soon His Majesty came over and everyone in the hall stood up again to welcome him.
You Yuji looked at Si Que in surprise, watching him walk towards her step by step. When attending court, Si Que would wear a black robe with a coiled dragon pattern, and usually wore a loose robe with wide sleeves. But today he was wearing a red robe, which was so gorgeous that it was eye-catching. His appearance was like that of a banished immortal, and in the red robe, his coldness and beauty collided violently.
Si Que sat down next to You Yuji, and under the excited gaze of Man Dian Chun, he slightly leaned closer to You Yuji and asked in a low voice: "Sister, who are you looking at and getting distracted?"
You Yuji's lips curled up slightly, and she returned to her calm state. She raised her chin slightly and leaned close to Si Que's ear, whispering, "My Que Shu looks very beautiful today."
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the emperor and the empress whispered sweet nothings to each other.
Others only saw the two of them behaving intimately but didn't hear what they were saying.
Si Que lowered his eyes, and You Yuji raised her eyes at the same time. Their gazes met, they smiled at each other, and then looked away at the same time.
At this time, the noble ladies who came to attend the banquet today just came on stage one by one to present gifts to the Queen.
The old lady of the Su family pulled her graceful granddaughter to stand up, bowed first, and then said that the gift prepared for today was a picture of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix embroidered by her granddaughter. She secretly praised her granddaughter in her words, and finally asked her granddaughter Su Wanqi to deliver the gift personally.
Su Anqi was a beautiful and talented woman who was well-known in the capital. She walked up to the table gracefully, holding a painting of Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix in both hands and presented it to Si Que, glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally.
Cuiyu and Lin Yingying looked at each other. They had already noticed that all the wealthy families who came to celebrate the Queen's birthday today brought their unmarried girls with them.
This is because there has been no concubine in the harem for six years, so he wants to take the opportunity to add someone else.
The author has something to say: It’s just half a chapter, the second half will be added tomorrow.
The author is about to enter hibernation. Recently, my thoughts and fingers have become unusually stiff qaq
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