C417 Find clues (1/2)
”Yeah, and mother is right. How can we not hire a theater crew?” Mrs Liu said in a low voice, her tone was full of pride. After being glared at by her mother, she shut her mouth and did not speak.
Then the housekeeper came in, and presented the list of the guests to his mother, who checked and corrected when the guests would enter the theatre and how they would arrange their seats.
After the steward left, the staff room and the kitchen came in and announced the dishes and drinks for the day of the banquet one by one. Even his mother nodded as she listened and said, ”The empress dowager last used the Nine Brewing Spring Wine for the birthday banquet, so we can't use it. We can't exchange this wine for the Crane Year Longevity Wine.”
Soon after, the servants assigned to attend the birthday feast were a few mama and maidservants. Even the mother said, ”This area has always been the responsibility of the second room, so the second room should be responsible as well. That day, there were a lot of guests, so no mishaps should happen.”
”Yes, mother.” Hu Shi stood up and looked coldly at Mrs Liu.
”Hmph.” Mrs Liu coldly harrumphed as she thought in her heart, 'What's so great about it? I don't want to worry about it.'
”This time for the birthday celebration, the emperor personally ordered us to properly manage it. This is the emperor's love for the Lian family. All of you have to be on high alert and not let anything go wrong, do you understand?”
”Yes, I understand.”
After that, his mother gave a few more detailed instructions to the rooms on the day of the birthday feast before everyone left one by one.
As the birthday banquet approached, the atmosphere in the Prime Minister's residence became more and more tense. Everyone was preparing for their own future.
When this news was spread, the entire imperial court was stirred. Since the emperor valued the birthday of the company, the other officials naturally followed suit, secretly preparing the wedding gift before the birthday had even arrived.
Lian Meng Yue understood —
Actually, this was because the Emperor had just abdicated the position of Imperial Consort Su, so in order to pacify Emperor Lian, he had done so. This was the Emperor's technique.
Hall of Rongyuan.
When Emperor Zhou Cheng finished reviewing the imperial reports, he was preparing to go to Meng Hua Palace's imperial concubine, only to see the thirteen women, Feng Wu Yao, come in. When she saw him, Feng Wu Yao quickly knelt down and said:
”Young lady greets you, Imperial Father.”
Zhou Chengdi sat on the chair and looked at the people kneeling in front of him. Her face was somewhat pale, and she seemed to have lost some weight as well. It was probably because of Lian Zhao's influence.
He couldn't help but sigh. Even though the empress dowager had punished him and asked for it, this daughter of his was still his favorite.
”Deng Yao`er, in your heart, are you blaming your royal father?”
”Nope.” Feng Yang Yao hurriedly raised her head, and shook her head, saying, ”I, Zhang Yao'er, will not blame my royal father. I know that my royal father is the ruler of a country, and there are many things his royal father cannot do for personal gain, so my royal father punishes my mother because she did something wrong. My daughter wishes to meet my royal father to inform him that my son and my mother will correct their mistakes and wait for my royal father to forgive us.”
In his heart, the Emperor could not help but feel that he had let down this daughter of his. Presumably, even Zhaoyi had arranged the matter of swimming in the lake in order to please him, and after being demoted to Zhaoyi, the two of them had never cried or complained about it, especially this Yao'er, who not only did she not complain, but she was also thinking about everything.
”Get up. Feng Degui, you can go back to Imperial Concubine Liang's side. I'll go to Lian Zhaoyi's place tonight.” The Emperor changed the sign he flipped over and instructed.
”Yes, Your Majesty.” Feng Degui had changed the plate to Lian Zhaoyi's.