The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1845 Birthday Dinner
On the evening of August 11th, the [-]th year of Kaibao, the entire Daqing Hall was in a state of celebration. The lights were brightly lit, and there were many well-dressed women standing below, all of whom were invited to attend the celebration of the Empress He. Yes, and everyone comes with a gift. Of course, there are regulations on the value of the gift, which is a symbolic meaning. These people dare not violate it. They just bring a small gift. It's a small gift, not worth much, but the style is very good-looking in all aspects.

After all, if you want to satisfy the queen, it would be shameful if you just gave it away, but it would be bad if you let the queen hold grudges.

"Mrs. Zhang, what did you give to the empress? My family prepared a thousand-story pagoda. This one was specially carved from the nanmu wood that was rewarded by His Majesty. This is not against His Majesty's will, how about you?" Mrs. Tao Gu, this is an unusual item from her family. Nanmu is a tribute, but the emperor can also reward it. They have the right to dispose of what the emperor rewarded, and it is not considered as their own. Spending more money .

"Our old Zhang is not like Mr. Tao. We have nothing, only a ginseng plant brought back from Liaodong last time. I asked Lao Zhang to dig it myself, and I didn't buy it. I think the queen will blame it too. .”

This is Zhang Lingduo's wife. They are not ordinary people, they are all dignitaries. Although Zhao Kuangyin is not sure about Song Chongli, they still have a way to say so, and they have left Zhao Kuangyin speechless. It was done by their own hands, and it was their intention. From this point of view, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't blame him either.

In other words, what Zhao Kuangyin said was all in the same form. Although they didn't use their power or a lot of money, the things they gave were indeed very valuable.

The gifts from Tao Gu and Zhang Lingduo's wives were considered normal, and the others were naturally not far behind in giving things that would not cost a few pennies each, and they all tried their best to please the emperor.

"Lord Zhao, His Majesty the Emperor, really dotes on our empress. In the past, His Majesty was not even willing to celebrate his birthday with his ministers. He just ate a bowl of birthday noodles, but now he spends so much on his empress. It's obvious."

"Lord Tao, it's not that you don't know that the Queen has followed His Majesty since the time when His Majesty was diving into the dragon. Naturally, her feelings are not comparable to that of ordinary people. Besides, you can see that Your Majesty only has a few concubines. The only emperor in ancient and modern times is Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Comparable, our Majesty is also a generation of Holy Master."

Zhao Pu said with a smile, he was also aware of Zhao Kuangyin's family affairs, Zhao Kuangyin didn't have a harem of three thousand, counting the empress only had five concubines, which was quite different.

"To be honest, I also admire this point. Our status is better than your Majesty's. Our Majesty is really poor. By the way, should we take action today? This..."

"Why, Tao Gu, you are backing down. Now is not the time to back down. You must know that we are now grasshoppers on the same rope, and we will all be prosperous together. You must know that what Tao Bing did was copying the family and exterminating the family. Donating food and grass to the Khitan. It's a capital offense, the things you have done for so many years are enough to kill you several times, rest assured that we will succeed this time, don't you want to move your position, this time is an opportunity."

Zhao Pu and the others spoke in a very low voice, and they both had smiling faces. No one would think that what they were discussing was something outrageous. The people next to them only saw the two of them smiling.

I just feel that the two of them are chatting and laughing happily, and the other officials are all officials who are good friends with themselves. They have nothing to say. The emperor doesn't know when he will come, so naturally they can't come later than the emperor. Some people let their leaders come earlier than their own, that's not in line with the rules.

"Master Zhao, the two of you chatted so speculatively, why are you so happy to say it so that the official is also happy." Miao Xun greeted the people next to him, and walked towards Zhao Pu and the others.

"Master Miao, please tell me something happy with Mr. Zhao. Isn't this happy today? On this festive day, you should say something happy, right?"

"Master Miao, I have one more thing to ask you this time. This time we are guests, so who is busy with the grand ceremony of your mother's birthday?" Zhao Kuangyin gave him a few days' vacation when Zhao Pu came back. , Now that he hasn't gone to work, he hasn't touched on some things, especially he has more important things these two days, so he doesn't take these small things to heart.

"To be honest, I don't even know who your Majesty is using this time. I don't know anything about it. Master Tao, you are the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites. You should know these things. This is something within the scope of your duties?" Miao Xun didn't intervene in this matter, and he didn't know either.

"My lords, let me tell you the truth. This time, His Majesty didn't use anyone from the Ministry of Rites at all. You know that His Majesty asked someone to directly issue an order to the Ministry of Rites. Don't bother. If you want to tell who is in charge, your majesty is really serious." I don't know about these."

Miao Xun and Zhao Pu looked at each other, what exactly does Kuang Yin want to do? The Ministry of Rites doesn't need it, other officials don't know, what does the emperor want to keep secret?

"The emperor is here!" Just when they were wondering, Zhao Kuangyin came, and these officials and wives began to welcome Zhao Kuangyin.

"Let's get down, I'm not the protagonist today, the protagonist is the palace, I really can't take the lead, let's all take a seat."

"I'm really happy today. I would like to thank Your Majesty and all the adults for coming to this dinner. I don't drink alcohol on weekdays. Today I will use this glass of wine to thank Your Majesty and everyone."

He Shi is the protagonist today, dressed very festively, he started talking directly without the emperor's congratulatory speech, the demeanor of the mother of a country is really not covered up.

"Thank you, ma'am, I wish you a long life!" All the ministers and their wives said in unison, the empress can only be a thousand years old, but birthday, long life is originally a congratulatory word, it can't be changed to a thousand years.

Then the ministers presented presents, and the whole dinner was very joyful. Mrs. He was very happy all night. Zhao Kuangyin also looked at this woman who had followed him since his youth. Giving her such a ceremony today is to show that she is irreplaceable in his heart. It also proves to the world that she is the mother of the country, and no one can replace her. This is the position I give her. In fact, in my heart, she is just my wife.

(End of this chapter)