The villain took me crooked after wearing the book

Chapter 238
In the palace, the banquet was held in the Tai Chi Palace, and the court officials were all seated according to their positions. Shen Mingnan's seat was relatively at the front, and Fu Junze was next to him.

Opposite Fu Junze is Chi Hua.

Shen Mingnan took a look, and saw that although the person next door was sitting properly, he was looking at Chi Hua from the corner of his eye, and he snorted softly, "Coward."

Fu Junze looked at him, and saw that he was leaning on the table with his head propped on one hand, while shaking the drink in the glass with the other hand, he was quite lazy and relaxed.

He knew that Shen Mingnan was talking about him, so he raised his eyes to look at Chi Hua again, then withdrew his gaze, and sat motionless.

At the gate of Taiji Palace, a sharp eunuch's voice sounded: "The emperor is here."

"The empress dowager is here, the empress is here."

All the courtiers stood up straight and knelt down on the ground: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"A thousand years for the Empress Dowager, a thousand years for the empress."

"Hahaha." Cheng Shengquan laughed loudly, and sat down in his seat: "Everyone loves you."

"Thanks my emperor."

The Empress Dowager and the Empress sat on both sides of the Emperor, Cheng Shengquan smiled: "Today is my mother's fiftieth birthday, you don't need to be too polite, just play well, eat well, and relax."

On one side, Empress Dowager Chu is dignified and virtuous. Even though she is 50 years old, her appearance is just like that of a woman in her 30s, and she looks a little younger than the current emperor.

Her hair was pitch-black with blue hair, and there was not even a trace of fine lines on her well-maintained face.

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Eunuch Lan said loudly, "Congratulations."

The eldest princess, Cheng Huayi, was the first to come. She was dressed in a splendid dress, with high black hair and a luxurious gold crown of a hundred birds.

She clapped her hands, and a statue covered in black cloth was carried in by four eunuchs.

Then reach out and lift a Jade Buddha to reveal it.

Cheng Huayi knelt down with a smile, and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Chu: "I wish the Empress Dowager Chu a blessing like the long flowing water in the East Sea, a life that is not as old as Nanshan, and a long and healthy life forever."

Empress Dowager Chu smiled and said, "My son has a heart, please hurry up."

Cheng Huayi stood up and continued: "Mother, this Jade Buddha is the one my son went to the Emperor's Temple to pray for two full months to be consecrated. You must put it in the bedroom to keep you safe all your life."

Empress Dowager Chu nodded, and ordered the eunuch to move to her Palace of Compassion and Ning, and put it away carefully.

Cheng Huayi offered the gift and sat down in her seat, her eyes lingered on Shen Mingnan for a second.

Behind them are Duan Wang Cheng Shuo, Crown Prince Cheng Yu, Third Prince Cheng Jiong, and Fourth Prince Cheng Huan.

As well as the eldest sister, Cheng Panpan, who was born with the prince's mother, and the second princess, Cheng Qiqi, who was born with Dong Zhaoyi.

The emperor's grandsons presented gifts before they went to the vassal kings in various places, and Princess Rui brought her daughter Danyang to present a picture of a hundred years to the Queen Mother.

Empress Dowager Chu accepted it with a light smile.

Immediately afterwards, Xi Yuerong came with her congratulatory gift.

The courtiers present here are no strangers to Xi Yuerong, this is the second imperial merchant appointed by the emperor, and she is holding a red brocade box in her hand.

She knelt on the ground respectfully, holding the brocade box in both hands: "Minnv wish the queen mother never grow old, and the sun and the moon will be bright."

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Empress."

Xi Yuerong stood up, and opened the box in front of all the courtiers. Inside was an East Sea shark pearl, emitting a gentle light.

It is extremely expensive at first glance.

Xi Yuerong said: "This bead was specially found by Yue Rong as a gift to the Empress Dowager. It has the effect of prolonging life and maintaining youth forever. I hope that the Empress Dowager will not dislike the simple bead."

Just aiming at the gimmick of eternal youth, it captured the attention of all the courtiers.

As expected of Dayan's jeweler, such treasures can be found.

"Yue Rong has a heart, and the Ai family likes it very much."

As soon as the Empress Dowager Chu finished speaking, a court lady immediately took down the brocade box.

Since she is an imperial businessman, the seat can only be ranked at the bottom.

After she stepped back, Xu Ziheng came up: "Cao Min pays homage to the Queen Mother, wishing the Queen Mother a spring breeze and happiness forever."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Empress."

Cheng Shengquan looked at him and said with a smile: "What good things did Ziheng send this time?"

Behind Xu Ziheng was an eunuch holding a tray. He reached out to uncover the red cloth, a jug of wine and a glass cup.

He lifted the wine jar, and the purple wine was poured into the glass cup, which looked like a gemstone shining purple under the light.

Even Cheng Shengquan sat up straighter involuntarily.

"Your Majesty, what Caomin brought this time is wine, which is mellow and sweet, and can be used by both men and women."

"Wine also has the effect of dispelling cold, clearing the blood vessels, and delaying aging. If a woman drinks it for a long time, it can also keep the skin delicate and make the skin more elastic."

When they heard that there is also a beauty effect, all the court ladies present were a little unbelievable. At this time, Mrs. Xu touched her face and said to the court women around her: "I just drink wine every day. Look, my skin is so pale. It has tightened a lot, there were some fine lines in the corners of the eyes, but now there is really no trace."

With the promotion of Mrs. Xu's live advertisement, all the courtiers and wives present believed it. Looking at the wine in Xu Ziheng's hand greedily, even the Queen Mother was interested.

Xu Ziheng waved lightly, and the eunuch put the glass cup in front of the emperor, and then poured wine into the cups of the queen mother and queen.

After Mr. Lan tested the poison with silver needles and found no problem, Cheng Shengquan raised his cup and took a sip: "Not bad, delicious."

Empress Dowager Chu and Empress Shen both raised their hands and took a sip. The wine was not strong and sweet, and they fell in love with it after just one sip.

Only then did Xu Ziheng continue to respectfully say: "Your Majesty, Cao Min thinks that on such a busy and grand day as the Empress Dowager's birthday, they should enjoy themselves with the subjects."

"Oh?" Cheng Shengquan put down his glass: "How do you say it?"

"Luxury jewelry is indeed loved by people, but no matter how much you like, there is only one piece, and you can't share it with your subjects, but wine is different."

Xu Ziheng raised his hand, and the eunuchs filed in from outside the palace gate, all holding a jar of wine in their hands.

"Your Majesty, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy together. I don't have any jewelry, but I have enough wine."

"Hahaha." Cheng Shengquan clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "It's good to have fun with the people, Ziheng still understands me."

Xu Ziheng knelt down respectfully: "Ziheng wishes Dayan prosperity and prosperity forever, and peace and prosperity for the country and the people."

"Okay, let's take a look, your wine today is really in my heart!"

Xu Ziheng stood up and continued, "Your Majesty, in fact, the recipe for wine is not from the grassroots."

"Who?"

"It's a girl, her name is Zhao Huiwei, and she gave me the recipe for the wine."

Zhao Huiwei?
This name is really very strange.

Shen Mingnan was not surprised, his little girl is just so capable.

Lin Huai'an and King Huainan looked at each other, and King Huainan asked, "Is it the girl you said looks like your uncle?"

Lin Huai'an nodded: "It's her."

"Hey, are you so capable?" King Huainan exclaimed.

Princess Danyang was obviously taken aback when he heard the name, and snorted coldly in his heart, it's just wine, what's so great about it.

Cheng Qiqi looked at the wine jar greedily, her elder sister Ah Hui is really capable, the roasted whole lamb is delicious and she can also drink wine.

If it weren't for the difficulty of getting out of the palace, she would have to rub it every day.

　Note: Empress Dowager Chu is not the emperor's biological mother, but the late emperor's successor.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)