Evil Girl Reborn: The Eldest Princess, She Takes Manchurian Civil and Military Affairs

Chapter 82 Birthday Banquet

"Princess, are you wearing this red and gold one today? It's your birthday."

Hanzhi led someone in with several boxes of jewelry and smiled helplessly, "It's red with gold phoenix patterns. The princess is not getting married today. That one is a ceremonial dress. Put it away quickly."

Yiman held up the memorial and sighed. The case of several missing women had been reported to Dali Temple?There have been precedents for abducting and selling women from good families, but the failure to implement them is clearly the fault of the corrupt officials.This is the arena where officials are fighting, and they don't know that the giant Buddha is standing behind the official.I heard that the Ministry of Personnel approved new official regulations at the beginning of the new year, which must be related to that.

These memorials are said to be memorials about people's livelihood, but in fact they are inseparable from the officials. Each memorial has to make eight hundred turns, which is really a headache.

"Princess, princess?"

Yiman looked up suddenly and saw Hanzhi and Songguo each holding a piece of clothing, waiting for her.

Yiman glanced at it and said, "Just the moon-white one."

Song Guo pouted, still feeling this was too plain and elegant.Seeing Yiman raised his arms, he hurried up to change his clothes.

Ji Lan hurriedly walked in, "Princess, Aunt Song said that the Queen has prepared a small banquet for you in Qingning Palace."

Yiman frowned, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Aunt Song said that only the Crown Prince and Liang Di were invited. It is considered a family banquet. It depends on whether the Emperor will go."

If it were just these few people, it wouldn't matter.

Yiman nodded, "There is no news at this time. Father probably won't be able to come over, so go and say hello."

As soon as I arrived at Qingning Palace, I saw Aunt Song coming out to welcome me.

"Princess, come in quickly, everything is ready and waiting for you."

With a smile on his face, he followed Song Yan's hand into the hall, "It's only morning, why did it start already?"

"The empress said that today we are all with our family, so it would be nice to spend more time together."

Yiman nodded with a faint smile and walked into the palace. He saw the queen in bright red sitting on top and Liang Di sitting at the bottom, and bowed.

"My son, I see my mother. She is a thousand years old. Today is my birthday. I would like to thank my mother for giving birth, and then I would like to thank my mother for raising her. I wish my mother well, and I wish my mother will be young and beautiful forever."

The queen's eyes were moist, she covered her lips with a smile, "Why is this child giving such a big gift so early in the morning? Get up quickly."

Then Aunt Gao also showed a rare smile and walked up to Yiman holding a jade box.

"Princess, this is your congratulatory gift."

Yiman took it with a faint smile, handed it to Ji Lan, thanked him again, and then stood up and sat down.

"Mother, why don't you see the prince and brother?"

Yang Suxue was a little afraid to look at the Queen and Aunt Gao, and glanced quickly, "Princess, Your Highness is ill, and it is not convenient to enter the inner palace, so I asked my concubine to send a gift." The maid held a sandalwood box in her hand.

After looking back and forth twice, it was clear that the queen was actually not very satisfied with this Liangdi, as if she regarded the prince's complaints as Yang Suxue's failure to serve her well.

Yiman's face was expressionless, his eyes were smiling, and he politely took it and handed it to Ji Lan.

The queen glanced outside the palace, as if she was waiting for someone.

Yiman and Yang Suxue in the palace were bright-eyed and knew who the queen was waiting for, but as juniors it was difficult to speak, so they both picked up the teacups.

After a while, Aunt Song seemed to have gone to ask Li Lang and came back and whispered something in the queen's ear.Then I saw the queen's face change instantly, and when she saw the two people in the palace, she opened her mouth again, revealing a stiff and awkward amiable smile.

Finally, when it was time to eat, the three of them sat around the round table.

Yiman finally waited until it was time to eat. When he got up early in the morning, besides reading the memorial and dressing up, it was too much consumption.

Looking at Yiman's unceremonious meal, the queen also had a motherly look in her eyes, and she smiled and asked Ji Lan to serve the eldest princess.

The atmosphere in the three-person room was just right when an announcement was heard outside. "Empress, thank you Cairen for coming. He said he wanted to send a birthday gift to the eldest princess."

Yiman was holding a mouthful of meatballs when he suddenly looked up with surprise on his face.

This Xie Cairen didn't know how to restrain herself after scolding her last time. How dare she come to the Queen's Palace so early in the morning on her birthday?

It was his birthday today. Yiman wanted to refuse, but the queen sighed and said, "Xie Cairen is new to the palace after all. Today I am here to give gifts to Manman again. Please come in."

Not long after, I saw Xie Cairen, wearing a gauze and light red dress, walking in quickly with charming eyes.

"I, my concubine, meet the empress, the eldest princess, and the prince Liangdi."

"Retire without courtesy."

"Thank you madam."

Xie Cairen looked up and saw a banquet on the round table. It was a family banquet. He covered his lips and smiled, "I seem to have come at the wrong time, but it is because I went to the Qingsi Palace and couldn't give it to the eldest princess." Congratulations, that’s why I came to Qingning Palace to disturb the empress.”

Aunt Gao looked at her gauze clothes and frowned, "It's very cold in spring now. It's really unseemly for a talented person to wear something like this."

Xie Cairen lowered his eyebrows slightly, showing a pitiful expression, "Don't be surprised, mama, it's really my first time entering the palace. I have no property, so I can only prepare a dance to present to the eldest princess."

You, a young lady from an aristocratic family, don’t have money to buy gifts?

Yiman rolled his eyes and saw that Aunt Gao didn't know what to say, so he smiled and said, "Xie Caieren, your dance clothes are gorgeous and you must be dancing gracefully. You should dance for my father to see."

As soon as these words came out, the queen also saw her charming look, and her face suddenly turned cold.

Saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived, a loud voice came from outside.

"The Emperor is here—"

"Today is the eldest princess's birthday. I'm here to see it."

The queen's face lit up and she quickly stood up to greet him.

As soon as the emperor entered the door, his eyes fell on Xie Cairen. He supported the queen and looked at Xie Cairen, "I heard that you are finally willing to dance the famous dance in Yizhou. I specially came from Xia Tuoyi Palace. Come and take a look.”

Upon hearing this, the queen's face turned pale, and she was pulled back to her seat by Aunt Gao.

These words were like a slap in the face to Yiman. He came to celebrate his daughter's birthday, but he came just to watch his beloved concubine dance.

Yiman smiled and accepted the birthday gift from Eunuch Fu. After all, it was a gift from the emperor, so even if it was just Dongzhu, he had to accept it respectfully.

"My son thanked the royal father."

After saying that, he turned around and handed it to Ji Lan, then sat aside with a submissive expression.

Xie Cairen saw the situation in front of him clearly and smiled more charmingly. He winked at the emperor in front of the empress and raised his hand to express his happiness.

I don't know if Xie Cairen was cold or because the emperor saw him as shy, but like the scent of wine and a touch of blush, he became more and more flattering, and the atmosphere was strange.

Yiman glanced at the queen's face, and then looked back and forth between the three of them.Looking at each other with Yang Suxue, the two lowered their heads and picked up their own dishes.

It's really hard to get involved in the affairs of the elders, and these love affairs are the most troublesome.

Yiman saw someone from the palace coming around from behind and said something in Aunt Gao's ear.Aunt Gao seemed to glare for a moment, then said something in the Queen's ear.

Yimanzheng was surprised that even though Aunt Gao was a serious person, she never directly showed hostility to her. What happened?
Then Lu Bo turned to Yi Man's ear from behind with an embarrassed look on his face, "Princess, almost all the concubines in the palace have given heavy gifts to Qingsi Palace, and now the front yard of Qingsi Palace is full of them. The cold branches will not be collected, Those palace people are in a stalemate with Hanzhi."

Yiman raised his eyebrows and turned his head to the side to see that the queen's eyes were red. Looking at Xie Cairen dancing so gracefully in front of her, she became even more frustrated.

(End of this chapter)