White Hedge Dream

Chapter 38 Banquet

The Queen's Palace was filled with gorgeously dressed wives.

From going out before dawn to the daylight now, the ceremony of congratulating the queen on her birthday was finally completed, and the maids and chamberlains in the palace were busy preparing a banquet.

Now that the emperor is frugal and never holds big banquets, the queen naturally keeps everything simple.

The married women did not come for the banquet. At this time, the queen was changing clothes, and they gathered together in twos and threes to talk.

Mrs. Dongyanghou was surrounded by the most people, all of whom came to inquire about her new daughter-in-law. No matter what they asked, Mrs. Dongyanghou would just smile and say, "Wait until Jingyun comes back."

Zhou Jingyun will definitely be reused by the emperor when he comes back this time, so everyone will not be disappointed and say something nice.

"What kind of fairy can make Jing Yun marry him back?" A lady complimented with a smile. As soon as she started speaking, someone poked her in the back.

The lady turned around unhappy, and when she saw Mrs. Ding'anbo walking over, she immediately stopped talking.

Mrs. Ding'anbo had already heard this, and she felt resentful in her heart. Only her daughter was a god, and other cats and dogs were also worthy. Thinking of the purpose of coming today, she pretended not to hear it, and held Mrs. Dongyang Hou's hand with a concerned smile on her face. .

"Now you are stuck at home and don't go out," she said.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou held Mrs. Ding'anbo's hand and said with a hint of apology: "When Jingyun comes back, I will take him to bother you."

Mrs. Ding'anbo forced a smile and nodded: "If you feel unhappy, just come to my house and sit down. I can't help you with anything else now..." She said with a choked voice, "Don't be embarrassed, just let me go if you can't." Send it back to me."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou's expression turned slightly stiff. Mrs. Ding'anbo knew about Xue Liu.

The ladies who were watching noticed something was wrong with their faces and asked, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Ding'anbo said: "It's okay, it's okay. It's also a disaster left by our bad deeds."

The people nearby were even more curious. A woman who had received Mrs. Ding'anbo's signal in advance pretended to be surprised: "Why does it have anything to do with you? Could it be that Jing Yun's new wife is dissatisfied with you?"

Mrs. Ding'anbo turned her head and raised her hands to cover her nose, and said in a choked voice: "When people are gone, they should be cleaned up. It is inevitable for newcomers to be taboo." Then she looked at Mrs. Dongyang Hou, "Now it has harmed my wife. "

Mrs. Dongyang Hou looked at Mrs. Ding'anbo's eyes holding back tears. She couldn't blame her or stop her. She could only say: "Stop saying that, it's because she is ignorant."

Is the new daughter-in-law ignorant? Is this a quarrel at home? How could you miss this kind of excitement? The ladies around them had their eyes flashing and asked questions one after another.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou is no match for several people. It is impossible to say it or not to say it. When she was embarrassed, the maids announced, "The Queen has arrived."

The queen, who had changed into a gorgeous outfit, was surrounded by a group of ladies and was also chatting and laughing.

Everyone hurriedly saluted, and then they saw that it was Mrs. Xue who was walking beside the queen.

Although Mrs. Xue was called aunt by the emperor and claimed to be a princess, she actually had no status. A princess with real status would not even bother to attend the queen's birthday and would only be given gifts.

Her relationship with the emperor was shallow, and she was not from an official family. In the past, Mrs. Xue rarely walked beside the empress when she entered the palace.

How did you squeeze in this time?

Mrs. Xue looked proud, but her daughter-in-law Mrs. Xue was still behind the crowd, looking humble.

"I have long said that your Majesty's reward is extraordinary, and I am reluctant to give it out every day. My daughter-in-law spends so much that I don't even keep it myself." Mrs. Xue said to the Queen, "You must reward me more."

The queen said with a smile: "As long as the old lady likes it."

The ladies nearby all said, "Your Majesty, you still have us." "We also ask your Majesty to give us some silk flowers."

The queen's smile became even stronger, "Okay, we have them all." Looking at Mrs. Dongyang Hou and others gathered here to salute, she asked with a smile, "What are you talking about? It's so lively?"

"I'm talking about Mrs. Dongyang Hou's new daughter-in-law." A lady said first.

This must be intentional. There were so many people who wanted to see her lively that Mrs. Dongyang Hou looked embarrassed.

The Queen shouted: "Zhou Jingyun's new wife?"

Zhou Jingyun had been famous since he was a child, and the queen naturally knew that such a big deal about him marrying a wife had spread in the palace, and the emperor even complained about missing the opportunity to talk about the marriage.

The queen was also very curious about Zhou Jingyun's new wife.

"Madam should bring her in and let me see her." She said with a smile, "I wonder what kind of beauty she is."

Mrs. Dongyang Hou bowed her head and saluted: "When Jingyun comes back, I will definitely bring it to the Queen to say hello."

"Your Majesty, this new young lady—" the lady who had taken over the conversation before smiled and took over again.

But this time he was interrupted as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Although I haven't met this new young lady, I have already become friends with you."

Everyone followed the sound and saw Mrs. Xue standing behind.

The queen said oh and asked with her eyes.

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "She saw something special about the queen's palace flower." Then she took a few steps forward and walked to Mrs. You can see it at a glance and tell us.”

The queen suddenly said: "It turns out to be her."

Previously, many ladies came to greet her and asked her to give her palace flowers. In the past, these ladies disdained such rewards and privately said that the queen was stingy.

Suddenly everyone was after the palace flower, and they said that they were blind and didn't see what was special about the palace flower. The queen was puzzled because she didn't make the flower herself. She really didn't know what was so special about it. After asking, she found out that the palace flower she gave her was made of real flower stamens.

Seeing these previously arrogant ladies sincerely praising and blaming themselves for their stupidity, the queen couldn't help but feel proud.

The next question came from Mrs. Xue’s house, so this time I specially asked Mrs. Xue to come over and say a few more words.

It turned out that Zhou Jingyun’s new wife saw it.

Mrs. Xue was angry nearby. When the queen asked, she only hugged her and didn't mention Mr. Zhuang. .

This hateful daughter-in-law knows how to turn her elbows outward, towards her parents!

At this time, several ladies also spoke about what happened at that time, "Yes, my daughter said that Mrs. Dongyang Hou has good eyesight."

Seeing this, Mrs. Xue could only smile and praise, "That child is very clever."

After hearing this, the queen smiled and looked at Madam Dongyang Hou: "I am even more curious. Madam will definitely bring it to me next time."

Mrs. Dongyanghou hurriedly saluted and said yes.

The lady over there who was rushing to speak just now looked at Mrs. Ding Amber, her eyes were a little at a loss. Mrs. Ding Amber was holding her hands next to her, looking stunned. What's going on? He was originally going to slander Mr. Zhuang, but now others started to praise him. If he talked about Mr. Zhuang causing trouble at home, would it disturb the Queen's interest?

The queen had lived in trepidation following King Changyang, and her temper was somewhat moody.

She could only shake her head at the lady.

At this time, other ladies also spoke to the queen one after another. Who doesn't want to mention themselves more? How can you waste time praising someone else's daughter-in-law.

The topic changed here.

Mrs. Xue retreated behind the people again and breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as she came in, she saw Mrs. Dongyang Hou being surrounded by people asking questions, and Mrs. Ding'an was wiping her eyes and tears. She knew that this was to embarrass Mrs. Dongyang Hou. .

Mrs. Dongyang Hou also took the opportunity to come over and said thank you in a low voice: "If it weren't for you, I and she would be embarrassed today."

It is never an honorable thing to talk about a family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in public, especially in front of the queen. It will become a dirty joke in this life.

The person he was facing was Mrs. Ding Amber, and it was hard for her to stop her with her face.

Mrs. Xue smiled and said, "It's your wife who sees the peculiarity of the queen's palace flowers. Otherwise, I would have nothing to say to help you at this time. If you want to thank her, just thank her."

Thank her. Mrs. Dongyang Hou had a complicated expression and hummed in her heart. If it weren't for her, she wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation today.

Thank you.

It can only be said that Mr. Zhuang is somewhat lucky.

"Yes, this child can marry into your family, so you are really lucky." Mrs. Xue said with a smile.

"She is lucky." Mrs. Dongyang Hou muttered, "Then I am unlucky."

Got such a daughter-in-law.

However, the queen's reward after the banquet was sent to Zhuang Li after Mrs. Dongyang Hou returned home.

Chunyue looked surprised.

"Is it really a reward from the queen?" she asked in disbelief, looking at the palace fan in front of her.

The workmanship of this fan is mediocre, and there is no gold or jade decoration.

The queen was frugal and always asked the maids to make women's wedding dresses, such as silk handkerchiefs, silk flower fans, etc., and then used them to reward the concubines and wives.

Of course, the Queen's reward cannot be measured in money, it is a divine grace.

"Did the queen specifically point this out to the young lady?" Chunyue asked again.

Chunhong shook her head, probably not. After all, the young lady did not go to the audience: "Sister Hongxing said that it was a reward from the queen at the birthday banquet. Everyone has it."

Then this is Mrs. Hou giving the queen's reward to the young lady.

What's going on? Didn't the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law just have a big fight?

Chunyue couldn't help but look at Zhuang Li in surprise.

Could it be that the young madam really said that Madam Hou fell in love with her after a quarrel?

Zhuang Li took the palace fan, turned it over in his hand, and said, "Maybe I'm lucky."

Chunyue smiled: "Young madam, you finally believe that you are lucky? I told you so when I went to Mrs. Xue's house before, and you still said it wasn't true."

She said that this was the first time someone said she was lucky. Could it be that she had luck, which meant she had never had bad luck.

Zhuang Li threw the fan on the table.

"If I am lucky, it means someone is unlucky." She said, "That person must hate me. I am also unlucky."

(End of chapter)