The slave family is not a disaster

Chapter 410
Shengjun Pavilion

Because the emperor didn't know in advance that today was Ye Anran's birthday, the preparations were a little hasty. He just set up more than a dozen tables of birthday banquets in the Shengjun Pavilion, and invited some important ministers and princes in the court.

Because Xigongyue had a feud with Ye Anran, no matter how Eunuch Zhu persuaded her, she refused to come.

The rest came, the Queen, Concubine Chen, Xue Jieyu, Yu Guiren, Xigongjue, Xigongmo and Xigongjin also appeared one after another, and Liu Qingqing and Xigongyue had the same reason, because they didn't like Ye Anran, So I can't pretend to be sick at all.

"Your Majesty, everyone is here, we can start now." Eunuch Zhu whispered in the Emperor's ear.

"Okay, I got it." The emperor was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, sitting in the middle, looking unusually conspicuous, while on the left sat the empress Shen Bilan in a dark red wind robe, and on the left was Concubine Ran in a faint purple dress. In contrast, none of the concubines and court wives present could match Ye Anran's stately appearance.

She was just like that, sitting in the crowd, smiling lightly, brightening up the night that should have been dark.

"Anran, let's start then." The emperor turned sideways and smiled at Ye Anran.

Immediately, Ye Anran stood up and held the wine glass together with the emperor, the emperor said slowly: "Today is Anran's birthday, which should have been celebrated by the whole country, and I would like to celebrate her with honor, but Anran, considering the serious illness of the queen mother, took the word filial piety as her birthday. First of all, I don't want to be extravagant and wasteful, so I didn't want to hold a birthday banquet at first. I think that the day is rare, and it only happens once a year, so I set up a few tables of beer wine to celebrate with all my loved ones. Today, we, husband and wife, will toast to everyone , An Ran's birthday, I am happy for her, today we, the monarch and his ministers, will have fun together, and we will not return without getting drunk." The emperor seemed to be in a really good mood.

Since the queen mother fell ill, he has never looked so relaxed. It seems that Ye Anran is really important to him.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live my concubine, thousand years old, thousand years old." All the ministers immediately stood up and shouted in unison.

The queen Shen Bilan sat at the side, her face was ashen, she heard every word of the emperor very clearly, she clearly saw that she was no longer the queen, her limelight had already been snatched away by Ye Anran.

Even the civil and military officials all drank that Concubine Ran was a thousand years old, but she was left aside as the real master of the harem, a woman who wears a wind-robed mother-in-law, which made Shen Bilan feel very uncomfortable.

Afterwards, the ministers presented their congratulatory gifts one after another, including pearls, agates, and emeralds. In short, there were all kinds of rare treasures.

Xi Gongmo got up and said with a smile: "My concubine, I have been thinking that you have everything in the palace, so I want to give you a commemorative gift. My Xuan'er is ingenious. I heard that today is yours." After my birthday, I rushed to embroider this brocade handkerchief, and I asked Concubine Ran to accept it with a smile."

Immediately afterward, someone handed it over to Xi Gongmo. Ye Anran took the brocade handkerchief, opened it, and found that it was extremely precious. It turned out that the brocade handkerchief was not an ordinary material, but gold and silver thread, so the brocade handkerchief embroidered The handkerchief is also shining brightly, which is very beautiful.

Ye Anran immediately smiled and said: "The Huaiwang couple are interested, I like it very much, thank you for your hard work."

"It's the honor of a minister's wife to be able to embroider brocade handkerchiefs for your empress." Shu Bixuan smiled, and it seemed that she was definitely Xi Gongmo's best helper.

At this time, Nishinomiya Jin got up unconvinced and said: "Sister-in-law, I have already given gifts, and we can't be left behind, Xiaorong, take out your things and give them to my sister-in-law."

Since being taught a lesson by Ye Anran in the Shu Mansion last time, Nishinomiya Jin has a long memory, and he dare not bring other women to the banquet. As long as Ye Anran is present, he only dares to bring Xiaorong, and he originally expected half Yue's plan to marry Lin Jiao'er was also shelved, so he had to wait until after March.

As we all know, Ye Anran is favored now, and even the emperor obeys her, so the Lin family naturally dare not speak out.

"Has Xiao Rong prepared a gift?" Seeing Xiao Rong, Ye Anran only felt extremely kind.

"Second miss, no... However, my concubine, my wife has already prepared it for you. If others don't remember your birthday, how can my wife forget it? Half a month ago, my wife started sewing this pair of mandarin duck pillows. Now that you are done, I will present it to your empress and the emperor, and wish you and your empress a happy marriage for a hundred years and grow old together." After finishing speaking, Xiao Rong personally handed over a pair of red mandarin duck pillows.

Ye Anran took it and looked at it fondly: "Okay, it's so beautiful, Xiao Rong, your handwork is the most skillful, I like everything you sew."

"Yes, that's right, Xiao Rong has a heart, your master didn't dote on you for nothing." The emperor also laughed.

At this time, King Huai and King Heng had finished delivering the presents, and everyone unconsciously turned their attention to Jue Xigong.

Xi Gongjue stood up, took out a brocade box from his arms, and said slowly: "Be careful, I hope the concubine will accept it with a smile."

In fact, this intention was really prepared by Jue Nishinomiya for a long time, but on such an occasion today, it is impossible for him to say too much, which will inevitably arouse everyone's suspicion.

"Okay, bring it up." Ye Anran said casually.

Afterwards, when the brocade box was handed to Ye Anran, Ye Anran's heart began to jump up unconsciously. Could it be that she was still expecting something?Why, as long as it's about Jue Nishi, she still cares so much.

Seeing that Ye Anran was stunned and refused to open the brocade box, the emperor cautiously reminded him: "Anran, what's the matter? Why don't you open the gift that Jue gave you?"

"Oh, good." Ye Anran came back to his senses, took a deep breath, slowly opened the brocade box, and immediately froze on the spot.

It turned out that there was a string of bracelets strung together with lilac petals lying in the brocade box. This string of bracelets evoked too many memories for her for a while.

At that time, she remembered that she went back to Yangzhou to visit her relatives in order to rescue Jia Luo, so she took a little red, and it was Xi Gongjue who rushed to Yangzhou overnight to pull her back from the brink of death.

Those days were very carefree, she took him every day, walked all over the streets and alleys of Yangzhou, and even took him to the famous Slender West Lake.

It was by the West Lake that he wove that lilac flower bracelet for him, so Nishi Gongjue couldn't put it down because of it.

But she didn't expect that today, she could still see Lilac's bracelet, and it was strung together with Jue Nishinomiya's hair. The meaning is indeed very different.

"What...what is this?" Seeing the bracelet, the emperor was a little puzzled.

"This is a bracelet made of lilac flowers. I gave it to the empress as a birthday gift. I hope the empress likes it." Xi Gongjue said something in his words while looking at Ye Anran.

Ye Anran's fingers trembled slightly... Perhaps this string of bracelets evoked too many past events, so that she, who is so calm, would sometimes lose her composure.

"Oh, so that's how it is." The emperor didn't say anything, because he couldn't think of any reason for this bracelet.

Instead, the other ministers began to whisper softly...

Nishi Gongjin couldn't help but also said: "I said, second brother, you are too stingy, it's fine if you don't give away rare treasures, what kind of lilac flowers are you doing, isn't it worthless? Such a thing Things, are you willing to take them out?"

Nishi Gongjue just said slowly: "Etiquette is light and affection is heavy."

"Friendship, I don't know what kindness King Rui'an is talking about, hehe, what the prince said is easy to be misunderstood." Shen Bilan said with a charming smile.

"After all, I met Concubine Ran once. Now that it's her birthday, I don't have any other intentions. I just made a bracelet by hand. Empress, you think too much." Xi Gongjue knew that Shen Bilan was always reminding himself to Get rid of the relationship with Ye Anran.

"Anran, are you alright?" Seeing that Ye Anran was still staring at the bracelet in a daze, the emperor asked worriedly.

"No, it's all right, my concubine is all right." Ye Anran smiled awkwardly.

Afterwards, Ye Anran suddenly said without warning: "Your Majesty, King Rui'an was kind, but he gave the wrong gift. The concubine is very allergic to pollen and is no longer suitable for these flowers, so this gift is not very good. It is suitable for my concubine, I thank you again for your kindness, I appreciate it, but... forgive me for not being able to accept it with a smile." After finishing speaking, Ye Anran got up and threw the brocade box out, and fell hard on the ground.

The brocade box shattered, and the lilac inside fell to the ground without warning, becoming incomplete...

Nishi Gongjue didn't have time to think about it, he rushed out subconsciously, picked up the box, carefully removed the dust, put the brocade box in his arms carefully, and then said heartbroken: "I don't know that my mother is allergic to pollen, offended gone."

Seeing Jue Nishimiya humbly pick up the lilac bracelet, Ye Anran only felt that his heart was stuffy, as if something was stuck.

She kept telling herself in her heart, don't believe him, he is pretending, he is trying to win her sympathy and forgiveness, in order to use her influence in the harem to unify the great cause, so she can't trust this man.

"Ah, it's okay, let's continue to drink." Xi Gongjue's actions caused the emperor's dissatisfaction, but because of face, the emperor never said anything.

At this time, concubines began to give gifts one after another. Concubine Chen and Xue Jieyu all gave gifts. The queen just smiled and said: "Ah, I was in a hurry when I came here, and I forgot to bring gifts. I don't know if my sister will blame me? Otherwise, sister If you lack anything, just go and get it from me, okay?"

"No need, thank you Empress Dowager." Ye Anran forced a smile.

At this time, the queen said again: "Your Majesty, what gift did you give? Show it out to open our eyes?"

The emperor heard the words, but his face changed slightly...

The officials also fell silent immediately, everyone knew that the emperor doted on Ye Anran to the point of lawlessness, with the emperor's personality, if the concubine lived a long life, the emperor must have done something extraordinary.

But the emperor just raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Just like the empress, I was so busy that I didn't have time to prepare anything for An Ran."

Obviously, the emperor didn't want to talk about transferring the tea house to the Meng family, because he was afraid that the ministers would find out that it would not be good.

But how could the queen let go of such a good opportunity, so she smiled and said: "No, that's not what the concubine heard, but the concubine heard that the emperor sent a big gift to the concubine Ran."

"What big gift?" The emperor asked back pretending not to know, and at the same time his eyes were full of warnings, as if warning the queen not to talk nonsense.

But how can the queen manage so much...

"I heard that the concubine... In order to repay the benefactor of the concubine Ran's sister, the Meng family, the emperor handed over all the tea business of the Ye family to the Meng family. Is there such a thing?" The queen asked word by word.

Ye Anran was stunned, and the emperor was also stunned. The thing he was most worried about happened. This queen who kills thousands of swords can always provoke troubles on her own initiative.

Hearing the queen's words, all the officials were in an uproar, even Xi Gongjue and Xi Gongmo were extremely surprised.

You must know that the value of the Ye family's tea house is not a small amount. Once it is handed over to someone, then that person will be as famous as the four major families in the business world. Now that the Meng family has it, it will be even more powerful.

Ye Anran's face changed again and again, and he said with a smile: "Who did you listen to, the empress?"

"Your Majesty, isn't it? It seems that the concubine misheard the rumor, so is it true? Your Majesty, quickly refute the rumor?" the queen asked urgently.

The emperor suddenly fell into a dilemma, the answer is not right, not even more wrong...

(End of this chapter)