Everyone stood up one after another and saluted Emperor Zhaoming and Concubine Shu: "See Your Majesty, Concubine."
Xiao Lingyue mixed in the crowd with kindness, not at all conspicuous.
Emperor Zhaoming smiled and said, "Today is the birthday of the imperial concubine. You all gathered in the palace to celebrate the birthday of the imperial concubine. There is no need to be so restricted, let's get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone stood up.
Xiao Lingyue looked up and took a look.
Concubine Shu was dressed in a particularly gorgeous and gorgeous manner today, with exquisite makeup on her face, pearls and golden rings, extremely dazzling. Standing next to Emperor Zhaoming with a majestic demeanor, she was as beautiful as a blooming peony with a beautiful national fragrance.
"Your Majesty came to celebrate my birthday in person, and I was so grateful."
Concubine Shu smiled sweetly and said, "Your Majesty, don't stand, please sit down quickly."
"Okay." Emperor Zhaoming was in a good mood and sat down in the head seat, while Concubine Shu sat next to him.
The guests in the hall returned to their seats and the banquet officially began.
A singing and dancing team poured in from both sides of the pavilion, with silk and bamboo instruments intertwined, and the dancers flew and rotated. Teams of palace maids presented various fine wines and delicacies in turn, filling the tables, looking dazzling.
Xiao Lingyue glanced at the table and twitched slightly.
The so-called palace banquet is to look good.
Don't think about eating.
Because they were all food prepared in advance by the imperial kitchen and sent in food boxes. With the size of the palace, it took half an hour to pass the dishes from the imperial kitchen. Even if the food box is kept in heat, the food sent here will be delivered.
It's basically cold.
A layer of grease is solidified on the beautifully shaped dishes, which makes people lose their appetite.
certainly.
Like Emperor Zhaoming and Concubine Shu, there is a different identity. There are special palace servants to escort the food, but it is still hot when delivered to it. Only after being tested for the poison by the personal eunuch can it be served.
Before entering the palace, Xiao Lingyue was ready to go hungry. She picked up two bites with chopsticks and put them down.
On the main seat, Concubine Shu held a wine to Emperor Zhaoming, and Emperor Zhaoming also gave him a lot of face and drank it all with a smile.
Seeing this, the ladies below stood up with wine to greet Concubine Shu, and toasted him one after another, with great praise and compliments, which made Concubine Shu smile constantly.
Afterwards, King Xiang, the Ninth Prince, the Thirteenth Princess and others stood up to celebrate their birthday, but the other princes and grandchildren were not left behind.
The banquet officially entered its climax, and the atmosphere reached its extreme.
Xiao Lingyue sat quietly in the seat, narrowing her eyes slightly, looking at Concubine Shu, who was drinking with her cheeks flushed and her face looked like peach blossoms, but she was thinking in her heart, what was she going to do when she invited her to come?
The banquet was almost halfway through, and Concubine Shu didn't seem to think of her at all.
No one came to cause trouble for her.
Could it be that she was really too concerned? Today's palace banquet is an ordinary birthday party?
Xiao Lingyue was thinking in her heart.
After three rounds of drinking, a round of singing and dancing had just left.
A noble lady stood up and said that her daughter specially prepared a piano song for Concubine Shu's birthday, hoping to play it in person to celebrate the birthday of Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu smiled and praised a few words, then looked at Emperor Zhaoming: "I want to hear it, what does Your Majesty think?"
Emperor Zhaoming smiled: "Then let her try."
The noble lady was overjoyed and her face turned red with excitement. The smiles of many ladies beside her were a little reluctant, as if she was upset that she had been snatched from the beginning.