163 Gift

Even if Li Moshan and the little prince passed away in the harem this winter, after all, by the end of the year, everyone in the palace will start preparing for the New Year. In this way, it seems that the palace is lively.

As people get busier and busier, Lin Su's birthday is approaching. When Zhou Shuxian went to say hi to the empress dowager this day, she withdrew the little maids around her and came to the empress dowager. "Empress dowager, I haven't been going out much in the Feng Hall these days. Now I think about it, it seems that it's almost the birthday of the virtuous concubine Lin Su. Early this morning, a maid sent an invitation to invite her to the banquet for her birthday the day after tomorrow.

"She even sent you an invitation?" The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhou Shuxian in astonishment, "I didn't expect that the mourning family was just a temptation and gave her 2,000 taels of silver to prepare a birthday party for herself, but she couldn't calm down."

"Did the Empress Dowager give her money to organize a birthday party?" Zhou Shuxian was stunned at first, and then immediately understood what the empress dowager meant. She smiled clearly and whispered, "Is it possible that the empress dowager deliberately arranged this? By the way, although my concubine was in the Chaofeng Hall before, I also heard that now it has snowed heavily in the north, and countless people have no food and clothing, and even left their homes in such cold weather..."

"The disaster in the north is more serious than you know. After all, the mourning family is now the empress dowager, and sometimes it is more convenient to meet foreign relatives than you. Earlier, the mourning family got the news that the snow disaster in the north was already very serious, but it was concealed by officials. There are now 100,000 disaster victims there. The emperor is worried about this matter. If you know that at this time, which can be called anxiety, the virtuous concubine would hold a grand toast for her birthday, you What will the emperor think?

"What the Empress Dowager said is really reasonable, but it's a pity that she usually does things properly. Now once she gains power, she forgets to restrain herself..." Zhou Shuxian sighed hypocritically, "In this case, my concubine will not attend the virtuous concubine's birthday banquet. After all, the little prince has just passed away before the end of the day. Although the concubine is his elder, there is no need to wear filial piety for a long time..."

With that, she lowered her head and sighed, "I'd better stay in the palace and pray for the little prince who died."

"That's right. As a mother, it is natural for you to pray for the little prince in the Chaofeng Hall." The Empress Dowager sighed, "By the way, send the gifts prepared by the mourning family to give to the virtuous concubine. The mourning family came in and was worried, so they didn't go to join in the fun."

"Yes, my concubine will definitely let people take the lead in the words of the Empress Dowager." Zhou Shuxian answered with a smile, and then laughed with the empress dowager for a while before she got up and left. When she returned to Chaofeng Hall, she immediately called Lan Rui, who was serving beside her, and asked her to prepare another light gift, together with the one that the Empress Dowager asked her to bring.

"You go to the Fuliu Hall in person and help me see how the virtuous concubine's birthday banquet is prepared, and tell her if she needs anything, just tell me." Zhou Shuxian sat on the soft couch drinking hot tea. She looked much more energetic than the previous two months. She took a look at Lan Rui and said, "You are still at ease. You should know what I want, right?"

"I know." Lan Rui saluted and responded cautiously. Then she left the Chaofeng Hall with two little maids holding the birthday gifts given by the empress dowager and the queen Lin Su.

And when Lin Su was at this time, Lin Su had just got up and had breakfast. She was drinking slowly with a cup of red dates and wolfberry milk. Hearing that the little maid came in, it was said that Lan Rui, beside the queen, took the two little maids to see her. Her expression moved slightly and asked Chunyan to put away the book in her hand. Then she changed to the soft couch in the outer hall and let Lan Rui in.

As soon as Lan Rui came in, she saw Lin Su lying on the soft couch, beside Chunyan, Xia Yan, Qiu Yan and Dongyan, and Lin Su was ordering something.

Seeing this, she immediately stopped and dared not bother.

"Dongyan, although you are young, you have been responsible for my clothes over the years. Although this year's birthday is not the whole birthday, after all, the Empress Dowager opened a jade mouth for me to hold a birthday banquet, so the things on the clothes must not be careless."

"Yes, master." Dongyan saluted, "Please rest assured. In terms of clothing, I have prepared five sets of maidservants, which are peach, sky blue, indigo, moon white, and orange. The styles are not commonly used in the palace, but they also have some characteristics of palace clothing, which will satisfy the master."

Lin Su nodded gently and turned his eyes to Qiu Yan, "Has the dinner menu for that day been prepared?"

"I have prepared twelve cold dishes, twelve hot dishes, and three soups." Qiu Yan paused slightly, "In addition, there are two other soups that have been selected by the master. In addition, the dishes and meat needed for the dishes are ready. Please rest assured.

"Well, I've always been relieved by what you do." Lin Su nodded and smiled, "The menu is left. I'll look at it later. Xia Yan, have the invitations been sent everywhere?

Xia Yan saluted, and then whispered, "Yesterday, I have written the invitations and sent them one by one according to the courage of the guests prepared by the master."

"Chunyan, there will never be any confusion in the Willow Hall the day after tomorrow. I'm going to invite the emperor to dinner tomorrow, so there must be no fault in this Willow Hall. If something goes wrong with the birthday banquet, Chunyan, you should know the seriousness of this matter. At that time, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Master, don't worry, I know how to do it." Chunyan answered in a low voice, and the afterglow at the corners of her eyes noticed Lanrui. She smiled at Lan Rui and reminded Lin Su, "Master, Miss Lanrui next to the Queen has come."

Lin Su then raised her head and looked at Lanrui, "Miss Lanrui, please come in."

Lan Rui then raised her foot into the room and saluted Lin Su respectfully. Then she made her intention and let the two little maids who followed her bring a gift from the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager to Lin Su. "Please forgive me. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are not feeling well. I'm afraid that the birthday of the Empress Dowager will not be able to do the future. I was there, so I sent a maidservant to send a birthday gift and apologized to the virtuous concubine.

"Can't the Empress Dowager and the Queen come to the banquet the night after tomorrow?" The disappointment on Lin Su's face was self-evident, and he sighed for a while and said, "In this case, I will order the maid of honor to send a dish to the empress dowager and the queen's palace, hoping that the empress dowager and the empress dowager can share my birthday together."