"I don't care about my mother's queen, what I value is Duke Wei."

The second prince's eyes flashed, without hiding his ambitions at all: "In addition to Duke Ping, the military generals in the court are the most powerful Duke Wei."

"If I marry Miss Jiang Er as the prince's concubine, I will win over Duke Wei and get a great help in the court."

The eldest prince's concubine was born in the Duke of Pingguo's Mansion, but she was the second wife's daughter, and Duke of Pingguo was one floor separated by a floor.

Moreover, He Lin, Duke of Ping, was in charge of the border for many years, and He Song was his general. The He family held military power, but was far away from the court, and its influence on the capital was not as good as that of Duke of Wei.

Duke Wei was the leader of the military general and served as the Minister of War for several years. He was scheming and extremely cunning. He was able to win over Duke Wei to his own side by marriage. For the second prince, it was undoubtedly a good way to benefit the second prince without any harm.

Looking at the second prince who was calculating, Empress Pei suddenly felt disgust in her heart and asked lightly: "Have you ever thought about marrying the fifth lady of the Pei family as the prince's concubine? Your uncle treats you with all his loyalty."

The second prince disagreed: "It is because my uncle is loyal to me that it is okay for me to marry the daughter of the Pei family. It is different from the Duke of Wei's mansion."

Without the reward of the queen, how could the shrewd and experienced Duke of Wei be willing to contribute to his second prince?

Queen Pei was silent for a moment before saying, "I know your intention."

"On the day of the birthday party, I will pay more attention to Miss Jiang Er. However, the marriage is decided by the emperor. Whether this marriage will be accomplished depends on your father's wishes."

The second prince breathed a sigh of relief and bowed with a smile: "Thank you, my mother."

After talking about the serious matter, the mother and son had nothing to say.

The second prince quickly stood up and left.

Empress Pei sat alone for a while, and after a long time, she sighed.

...

A few days passed in a blink of an eye.

Empress Pei’s birthday has finally arrived.

In recent years, Empress Pei has been closed to the palace for recuperation and has never held a birthday banquet. This year's birthday banquet is just an excuse. The real intention is that the maids who are qualified to enter the palace to attend the banquet are very clear in their hearts.

On that day, just dawn, there was a long line of carriages outside the palace gate.

Except for the occasional neighing of the horse, it was quiet.

Only female members of the fourth rank or above are qualified to attend the banquet. There are less than a hundred wives of the fourth rank or above in the capital. Each of them brings the most beautiful and outstanding girl of the right age in the family.

The carriages of the Duke of Pingguo Mansion are at the forefront, followed by the carriages of the Duke of Wei Mansion. The carriages of the Duke of Jingguo Mansion are at the forefront.

Jiang Min was sick and lost a lot of weight and became slimmer. Today she was wearing a light purple silk skirt and sat upright in the carriage. Although there were no outsiders, she still had no movement.

The gray-haired Duke of Wei looked at his granddaughter with a look of relief and chuckled softly: "The palace gate has not opened yet, you don't have to be so reserved."

Jiang Min responded softly, and her sitting posture was still upright.

There was a different scene on the carriage in the Duke of Jingguo Mansion.

Mrs. Jingguo, who has been recuperating for many years, has also come today. Ye Qingyun, who is dressed in a bright and charming red dress, was honest at first. After being bored in the carriage for a long time, she became a little impatient.

Ye Qingyun lifted the curtain of the car and glanced out.

Mrs. Jingguo coughed.

Ye Qingyun reluctantly put down the car curtain and sat upright for a while as if she was a lady.

Mrs. Jingguo's wife whispered: "Qingyun, today is the Empress's birthday banquet. The female family members of the capital are waiting here to enter the palace to attend the banquet. You must not be naughty or silly. Even if you pretend, you will behave like a decent person."

Ye Qingyun rolled his eyes: "Grandma, I like to dance with swords and guns. Who doesn't know about the capital? Don't say that I can't pretend to be a lady from a noble family, no one believes me even if I pretend to be like a lady."

Mrs. Jingguo heard it and was so angry that she glared at Ye Qingyun: "You have the shame to say it! No matter what the past is, in short, you can't make any mistakes today! Otherwise, I won't spare you when I go back! Your grandfather will punish you heavily!"

Ye Qingyun curled his lips and finally swallowed all the "rude words" that came to his mouth.

What birthday banquet!

It simply changed to the banquet for choosing a princess!

In the carriage of the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, thick powder could not cover up the dark face of the Yong'an Marquis'. The Yong'an Marquis's wife was sick for several days, and was able to recover from the birthday banquet of Empress Pei."

When she thought of the angry scene of Xuan and Emperor Longyan that day, Mrs. Yong'an was frightened. With her original intention, she didn't want to enter the palace at all.

The princess is about to be chosen. If she doesn't enter the palace, no one will lead Pei Xiu to the palace for the banquet. For the sake of her daughter's lifelong event, Mrs. Yong'an Hou had to cheer up.

Pei Xiu knew nothing and dreamed of marrying her cousin's second prince. She smiled sweetly at Mrs. Yong'an Hou and said, "Mother, is the bead hairpin I wear today good-looking?"

This is an extremely gorgeous pearl hairpin. The hairpin is inlaid with a night pearl, and it is bright and bright.

Mrs. Yong'an Hou calmed down and praised with a smile: "Of course it looks good. Today, when my sister Xiu'er appears, she will definitely suppress everyone's attention."

...

In the Jiaofang Hall, Empress Pei has gotten up to dress up.

Today, Empress Pei wore a red palace outfit, applied thin powder, and wore a phoenix hairpin on her hair. The tassels on the phoenix hairpin swayed gently on her cheeks, adding a bit of charm.

Empress Pei sat quietly, with her back straight. She no longer had the weakness, warmth and softness of the past, and the pressure of the Empress of the Central Palace dispersed invisibly.

Qingdai and Songlan stood respectfully with their heads down and stood beside them.

A palace maid respectfully reported: "Empress, Dr. Cheng is here."

A smile flashed in Queen Pei's eyes, and the awe-inspiring pressure suddenly turned into a soft spring breeze: "Let her come in."

After a moment, Cheng Jinrong walked in.

Cheng Jinrong has two green official uniforms, which are worn in rotation on weekdays. Today is Empress Pei’s birthday. Empress Pei specially issued an oral order, asking Cheng Jinrong to serve him and also gave him clothes and jewelry.

Cheng Jinrong changed into a light pink silk skirt that Queen Pei admired and wore a bead hairpin inlaid with night pearls. It was like a slowly blooming crabapple, bright and dazzling.

Cheng Jinrong smiled and bowed: "Jinrong has seen the Empress."

Empress Pei smiled and said, "Don't give me a favor, come to my palace."

Cheng Jinrong responded, walked to Empress Pei, and first presented the birthday gift: "Jinrong is deeply loved by the Empress. Today's birthday is a sachet made by Jinrong himself. The gift is a little thin, but it is Jinrong's wish. Please don't dislike it."

Cheng Jinrong was with him and served him every day, and he had very little free time. I don’t know how he squeezed out the time, but he embroidered a sachet in a few days.

A crabapple flower was embroidered on the sachet, which was not better than the embroiderer in the palace. There was a medicine bag in the sachet, which emitted a faint fragrance of medicine.
Chapter completed!