After autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs raised it, and Empress Zhou's birthday was approaching.

Last year, Queen Zhou had just been canonized as the queen, and she did not celebrate her birthday, and this year she gave birth to the eldest prince, both mother and son are noble, and Yuanzhi mentioned that she wanted to do the Qianqiu Festival.

Empress Zhou was very surprised when she heard the news, and Tete personally went to the Qianqing Palace to excuse herself, "The queen mother is still here, where is it the turn to get a concubine to celebrate this Qianqiu Festival?" The concubines are still young and can't afford to congratulate the ministers. ”

"If you can't afford it, you can bear it."

Yuan Zhi said with a smile: "I set you up as the future, and it is also the ministers, why don't you say that you can't afford it?" ”

Empress Zhou blushed slightly, "That is the ...... of Emperor Hexi's pro-government after he was established."

Having said that, Yuan Zhi gave the order, and Empress Zhou had to half-push and half-accept.

Because this matter is not good to let Queen Zhou do it directly, Yuanzhi specially instructed and concubines to take charge of this matter, although the concubines have limited talents, fortunately, the relationship between the concubines in the harem is harmonious, if she doesn't understand anything to discuss with everyone, she naturally has an idea.

On the day of the Qianqiu Festival, early in the morning, the courtiers went to the Qianqing Gate to offer the queen's birthday.

The voices of the courtiers can almost reach the harem, and the palace is filled with joy.

After accepting the congratulations of the courtiers, Empress Zhou ascended to the throne in Kunning Palace, and wrote the blessing characters in black ink on the square white paper with her own hands, and distributed them to the courtiers and the inner palace.

First it was given to the Queen Mother and the concubines of the Inner Palace, and then it was given to the courtiers.

Everyone stood in a row at the bottom, waiting for the eunuch of Kunning Palace to call the name of an adult to come forward to receive the blessing, and the minister who was called by name first knelt on the ground to thank him at the Royal Highness, and then stepped forward to receive the word and retreat.

Whether it is a concubine or a courtier, they are proud to receive the blessing character written by the queen herself.

"The queen is in charge of the harem and is thoughtful, so that whether we are favored or not, whether we have children or not, we can't complain."

On the way to the Qianqing Palace to ascend to the throne, he concubines and Qian Changzai, Sun Changzai and others said so.

When the concubines arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the courtiers were already seated. In order to show the etiquette that the concubines of the inner palace should not be seen by the foreign ministers, a thin gauze curtain was separated between the seats of the concubines and the foreign ministers.

The presence of a gauze curtain is only a symbolic function.

In addition to the queen sitting side by side with Yuanzhi at the top, the first position on the left of the lower head is the concubine, the right is the pregnant concubine, and then the two are always there.

The two concubines are always there, but they are neat, but there are fewer people.

Queen Zhou's gaze looked down, Yuan Tao and Yuan Song, Xiao Si and Xiao Wu and others were sitting behind, and today Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi also came to the palace to congratulate, and also brought Su Youyi's congratulatory gifts.

Further down were the courtiers, and she saw Prince Yong and Su Zhiming, and then her father and mother......

Empress Zhou's heart moved.

They were all dressed in their dresses today, and Mrs. Zhou was also wearing a gold-embroidered gown of Mrs. Yipin, and she wore cumbersome gold and jade ornaments on her head, which she couldn't see clearly through a layer of gauze curtains.

She couldn't help but wonder.

I don't know if there is a heart between the mother and daughter, or Mrs. Zhou is secretly watching. Just as she was about to look away, Mrs. Zhou raised her head slightly and cast a smiling look in her direction.

Mrs. Zhou quietly pulled Lord Zhou's sleeve, and Lord Zhou followed her gaze and felt comforted to see Queen Zhou at the top.

It was not until this Qianqiu Festival that the position of Empress Zhou was completely consolidated.

Outside the hall, there were loud announcements from eunuchs one after another, wave after wave.

He Concubine and Min Concubine talked in a whisper.

"See? That's the family of the abolished concubine Li Concubine, the prince of the country, the priest of the wine Li. ”

Concubine Min was new to the courtiers, and she didn't know anyone, so it was rare to see these courtiers at a banquet like today, and the concubines introduced them to her.

Seeing the people in Concubine Li's mother's family, the concubine was especially angry.

"Concubine Li is now being sent to the cold palace, but the emperor has not implicated her family at all. However, her father, as the son of the country, is a priest of wine, and he is very talented, and if he really wants to cut it, he is afraid that he will not find a suitable candidate to replace him for a while. ”

Concubine Min followed her gaze and saw a white-haired Wenchen in the main hall near the palace gate, his face was a little dull, and he rarely spoke to people.

Only occasionally pour yourself a drink.

If she hadn't told her concubine, she really couldn't see that Concubine Li's father was so old.

I'm afraid that I'm aging because of Concubine Li's crime, right?

She asked softly, "The lower the position, the lower the minister, right?" Looking at where Master Li is sitting, if Concubine Li is still there, he should not be there. ”

He Concubine rolled her eyes, "Concubine Li is gone, he should sit outside the hall." ”

He Concubine was not angry with Concubine Li, and she was also not angry with her family, but Concubine Min was different, she felt that the white-haired old man in front of her was quite pitiful.

It's completely different from Concubine Li.

Seeing that the concubine was still indignant, she hurriedly changed the topic and looked at the top of the courtiers, "Those two are the parents of the queen's mother, Lord Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, right?" It's really magnificent. ”

"Yes, the queen's grandfather, Mr. Zhou, used to be the first assistant in the court, and his tutor is naturally excellent."

He Concubine looked at her and said, "Look, the man who looks quite young and handsome is the cousin of the Queen Mother, that is, Lord Su, the head of the dynasty." ”

"So young to be the first assistant."

Concubine Min was really surprised, she looked down, and found that there were many young and old officials in the court, some of them were the old ones of the previous dynasty, and some of them were the emerging forces of the court.

For example, the eldest princess and the concubine are talking to several princes at the moment, looking at the posture of their hands, as if they are discussing the bow horse.

There are old and young, civil and martial, and the courtiers' faces are calm and confident, which makes Concubine Min very comfortable.

He Concubine suddenly glanced at her, motioned her to pick up her wine glass, Concubine Min understood, and stood up with her, "The concubines and others wish the queen a thousand years of life and a healthy phoenix." ”

Qian Changzai and Sun Changzai also stood up, everyone raised their glasses to congratulate each other, Queen Zhou's face was slightly drunk, and she also raised her glass, and did not forget to advise: "You are free, especially Concubine Min, you should not drink too much while you are pregnant." ”

"Thank you for the queen's care, the concubine only drinks one glass."

When Concubine Min got up to toast, her lower abdomen bulged, and everyone could see it, so she paid attention to Concubine Min.

This woman from the grassland was pregnant with a dragon fetus in a short period of time and was promoted to a concubine, but it is really not to be underestimated, looking at the look of the emperor and the queen, she seems to like her.

When Concubine Min toasted and sat down, a woman who heard the rumor managed to come and get close to Concubine Min, "Congratulations to Concubine Min for being pregnant with a dragon baby, it's really gratifying." ”