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It was an ordinary family banquet in the palace.
Apart from the Queen Mother, there were only the eldest princess and Wen Jiahe. Shanshan pursed her lips, revealing her sweet little pear dimples, smiled at her good friend who had just parted recently, and then looked around curiously.
She didn't see the Emperor's uncle and His Royal Highness, and Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief. She thought about it all the way, but she couldn't figure out how she should react when she saw the emperor so that others wouldn't discover their secret.
"Shan Shan." The Queen Mother waved to her: "Come to Ai's house."
There was still an empty seat next to the Queen Mother. Shanshan glanced at his mother, saw her nodding, and sat down happily.
On one side of her was the Queen Mother, and on the other side was the eldest princess. Shanshan gave the eldest princess a pouty smile, and then asked: "Empress Dowager, do you miss me?"
The Queen Mother deliberately teased her: "Since you know that the Ai family misses you, why didn't you come to play with the Ai family after the palace banquet?"
Shanshan quickly said: "I miss you every day too. The snacks you gave me were delicious, and you gave me a lot of toys last time. Every time I eat snacks or see the toys, I always think of you." It’s just that I have to go to school and have homework assigned by the Master, so I didn’t come to see you.”
Not only does she have to go to school, but she also has to go next door to play with the emperor's uncle. She is so busy!
The Queen Mother smiled happily and stopped teasing her. When everyone arrived, she signaled the palace servants to serve the food.
Palace guests filed in, and soon the table was filled. Shanshan looked around and saw that every dish was his favorite food.
The Queen Mother dismissed the palace servants serving dishes and nodded to Wen Yiqing: "Since it's a family banquet, there don't need to be so many rules."
Wen Yiqing lowered her eyes and responded silently.
The Queen Mother put another chopstick into Shanshan's bowl. Shanshan was about to say thank you when she saw another pair of chopsticks stretched out. She raised her eyes and saw the eldest princess smiling at her.
Wen Jiahe also stretched out his hand tremblingly across his mother: "Shanshan, this is delicious."
She was sandwiched between two elders. After a while, the small bowls in front of her were piled up, and the food on top was crumbling. Shanshan quickly stretched out his hand to cover it: "That's enough, that's enough!"
The Queen Mother regretfully let go.
For some reason today, it was lunch and dinner. It seemed that everyone who saw her wanted to feed her. Shanshan's little bowl was never empty, and it was filled again after taking two bites. The appetizer was appetizing, the main course was rich, the soup was delicious, and the finishing touch was a bowl of almond cheese that was delicious and sweet. Shan Shan could not lift her head up after eating it. She raised her belly and covered her mouth in embarrassment, quietly uttering a Burp.
After dinner, the Queen Mother took out a chessboard and placed a plate of shortbread as a bet. Shanshan didn't know how to play chess, but during Wen Jiahe's meeting, she came close to Wen Jiahe and put their heads together to discuss countermeasures together. The Queen Mother deliberately wanted to do so, and after a while, Wen Jiahe won a whole plate of shortbread.
Shanshan was holding a plate of shortbread and eating on the side with his face covered in crumbs.
"Where are the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince?" Shanshan asked, "I haven't even seen them. Why don't they come to have dinner together?"
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "They still have official duties to attend to, and the imperial kitchen will send them meals."
She glanced at the sky. The night outside the eaves was deep, with only two or three stars twinkling. It was late at night, and ordinary people had already finished their hard work for the day. She couldn't help but said: "It's so hard to be the emperor..."
The Queen Mother smiled and said nothing, and only glanced at Wen Yiqing. She was talking to the eldest princess in a low voice and did not pay attention to this side.
First, it was hard work, and second, the emperor was afraid of scaring people.
Her son was not a womanizer in the first half of his life. He was attracted to her for the first time, but failed repeatedly. Even these days, he was out of the palace every day. He spent a lot of effort but made no progress. The emperor had his own ideas in his mind, and she didn't interfere. However, her biological little granddaughter couldn't recognize her, and couldn't even see her in person. The queen mother was extremely anxious.
Fortunately, today the emperor finally relented, and the queen mother couldn't wait any longer and couldn't wait to call people into the palace.
In addition to being close to her little granddaughter, she also has another thing.
"Good, good, good."
Shanshan was listening to Wen Jiahe telling her about the chess game, and raised her head blankly: "What?"
"In a few days, the Ai family will go out of the palace to escape the summer heat. It is a school holiday. Would you like to accompany the Ai family?" The Queen Mother said with a full smile: "Not only you, but also Jiahe and the prince, they are all going together."
"Escape from the summer heat?" Shanshan raised her voice. She likes to play with friends the most. When she heard that Wen Jiahe was going with the prince, her eyes brightened, "Should I go too?"
Wen Jiahe interrupted: "We will set off as soon as the school has a holiday. It will be cooler there. The school has a long holiday. We will come back when school starts. When we get there, we can live together. I can tell you Making havoc in heaven."
How could Shanshan not be happy? The more he listened to what she said, the more fascinated he became. His little head kept nodding. When he heard her say that they could live together, he wanted to agree immediately. But just as she opened her mouth, she remembered something again and stopped hesitantly.
The school holiday was before her mother's birthday. If she went to play with the Queen Mother, she wouldn't be able to celebrate her mother's birthday.
Seeing her hesitation, Wen Jiahe was puzzled: "Shanshan, don't you want to go?"
"me……"
"Shan Shan." Wen Yiqing reminded in a low voice.
Shanshan still remembers her mother’s advice. When entering the palace, my mother said that she would agree to whatever the Queen Mother said, but her birthday was also very important. In the past, when it came to her birthday, her mother would always put aside everything and spare a whole day. Come and stay with her. She couldn't let her mother celebrate her birthday alone!
Shan Shan wrinkled his little face in embarrassment, wringing his fingers, hesitant.
The Queen Mother did not expect this reaction. She quickly remembered the emperor's instructions and said, "We will set off on May 15th."
As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl immediately sat up straight and looked over with bright eyes: "I do!"
"That's great." Wen Jiahe took her hand and said, "Shanshan, we will live in the same room then, and I will take you to play."
How can Shanshan disagree?
but……
"Empress Dowager, can I take one more person with me?" She prayed: "If I go out and Brother Shitou stays at home alone, then he will be so pitiful."
The Queen Mother happily agreed.
Shanshan is even happier.
Until she left the palace, she was still a little reluctant to leave. Wen Yiqing led her out. She turned back three times with each step and waved goodbye to the Queen Mother.
On the carriage home, she had already begun to daydream about the happy days of going to the palace to escape the summer heat with the Queen Mother.
"Jiahe told me that the palace is at the foot of a mountain." She fell into her mother's arms and said enthusiastically: "Brother Shitou can also trap rabbits. He also said before that he would roast a rabbit for me to eat. Brother Shitou Now that I know how to shoot, I will definitely be better than before. Then we can go to the mountains together. Mom, I will catch rabbits for you to eat..."
Wen Yiqing smiled: "You can neither shoot nor trap. The rabbit can run faster than you, so just sit still."
Shanshan thought about it and quickly shelved the plan to catch rabbits. She added: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here. I wonder if the Emperor will go with us?"
Wen Yiqing felt a little uncomfortable again.
Fortunately, the little daughter was nestled in her arms and had no eyes on her head, so she didn't notice anything strange about her.
"Why do you mention the emperor?" She said softly: "The emperor is busy with official duties, how can he have time to leave the palace?"
Shanshan thought to herself: But the emperor's uncle goes out of the palace to play with her every day, so he seems to be very free?
But she couldn't say this to her mother, so she had to cover her mouth and respond vaguely.
After arriving home, she happily shared the good news with Shitou. Shitou nodded vigorously in agreement and asked, "Is His Highness the Crown Prince going too?"
"Yes!" Shanshan said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to play with us when the time comes. I even heard the master in the riding and shooting class praise His Highness the Crown Prince, Brother Shitou, then you can shoot rabbits together."
"..." Shitou clenched the long bow given to him by General Wen. His gray eyes were bright, like fire, and he was full of fighting spirit: "...Hmm!"
…
After knowing that he could go to the palace to escape the summer heat, Shanshan counted the days on his fingers every day, looking forward to the arrival of the holiday.
It didn't take long, and with the anticipation of all the children, a holiday notice was quickly posted on the notice board at the entrance of Qingsong Academy. On the last day before the holiday, Shanshan sent out invitations written by himself to other children one by one, inviting them to attend his mother's birthday party.
The children nodded in agreement. After returning home, Shanshan did not forget to go to the house next door and send an invitation.
Bian Chen opened it and took a look. On the invitation, she wrote the place and time of the banquet in Chinese characters. The handwriting was crooked and childlike. He couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "I will remember to send you a congratulatory gift."
Shanshan was confused: "Uncle Emperor, aren't you coming?"
"I have other matters that day." And Wen Yiqing didn't necessarily want to see him.
But as soon as the words were spoken, the disappointment on the little girl's face was clearly visible. Bian Chen lowered his head and looked at the invitation in his hand. He thought about it and changed his words: "I will handle it as soon as possible."
Shanshan's eyes lit up, and he quickly stretched out his little hand and gave him his little finger: "Then you must come!"
Bian Chen agreed and saw that she was still raising her hand, so he extended his little finger to touch her.
“You can’t talk without keeping your word.”
The emperor smiled: "I never tell lies."
Shan Shan is even happier.
After returning home, she started busy instructing her nanny to decorate the home. The chef from Shiweilou also came in advance to discuss the banquet. Shanshan got together with the cook and Jili Gulu decided on the dishes, which were all her mother's favorite things to eat. .
Wait until May 13th.
She got up early in the morning.
Shanshan first checked whether the gifts she prepared were hidden - she never kept secrets in front of her mother, and she put a lot of effort into preventing her mother from finding out in advance - then she put on new clothes and stared at them again. The stone also changed its appearance.
She also took out her small purse and asked the servants at home to buy Baozhizhai's snacks.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the guests to come!
Shanshan waited from morning till dusk.
Of the invitations she sent out, only Wen Jiahe came, and no other children were seen. She only asked servants to send congratulatory gifts, and the others were only merchants with whom the Wen family had close business ties.
Shanshan is very disappointed.
When Shen Yungui arrived with the congratulatory gifts, he saw her sitting at the door, with her hands on her knees and her fleshy chin supported in melancholy. The alien child sat next to her, and the two of them sighed together.
Shen Yungui was amused: "Shanshan, why are you sitting at the door?"
"Uncle Shen!"
He handed the congratulatory gift to the servants of Wen House, bent down and picked up the little girl: "Where is your mother? Why do you let her sit outside and she doesn't care?"
"I'm waiting for guests." Shanshan said, "I invited many people to my mother's birthday party, but none of them came."
"Guest?" Shen Yungui raised his eyebrows: "A classmate from your school?"
"yes!"
"None of them are coming."
"Why?" Shanshan said anxiously, "I've sent them invitations, and they agreed to come."
"You don't know?" Shen Yungui said, "Today, the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion is also holding a grand banquet. Everyone in the capital went to the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion to congratulate them."
The students in the school were all children. Even if they wanted to come, their parents would take them to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion.
Be good and stay still.
He asked again: "Is He Lanzhou here?"
Shanshan shook his head: "I didn't send an invitation to Mr. He, and he didn't come either."
Shen Yungui snorted proudly and walked in with her in his arms: "If he didn't come, he didn't come. It would be useless anyway. Am I not here? Come on, take me to find your mother."
Shanshan lay on his shoulder in despair. She looked out and saw that the servants had just parked Shen Yungui's carriage. The road in front of the door was empty. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
She looked longingly at the house next door.
The emperor's uncle also received her invitation. The other children have missed their appointments, so will he come?
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