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eunuch was a bunch of new clothes and shoes. When he walkedhisis feet carried the wind as he changed into a bright Peach Blossom Lake Blue Palace dress. Her pleated skirt was extremely big and when he walked, her figure was graceful and full of joy. Wang Rong was not a petty person with the palace in his hands. While she was in charge of the palace, the number of palace maid was constantly being cleaned up. The roster was made twice a year, and there were no redundant staff.

The old palace maid used this time to pray for the blessings of His Majesty's birthday and left the palace. The commoners were not allowed to slaughter beasts, were not allowed to serve in plain clothes, and the yamen did not handle criminal cases.

In short, the four seas must be at peace.

On the day of His Majesty's birthday, Wang Rong He woke up early and dressed neatly, waiting for His Majesty to get up. She was gentle and kind, and even personally served him a bowl of Eight Treasures Brocade Longevity Noodle.

"I wonder why you woke up so early today?" Zhu Yijun woke up early in the morning to accept palace maid's birthday greeting, then looked at the table of breakfast Wang Rong and the breakfast that he had personally made for him, and his heart felt heavy. You made them? "

"Even the noodles were kneaded by me." Wang Rong He said, "Because I wanted to wake up early today, I couldn't sleep soundly last night."

"Come, eat with me. Let us live together for a long time." Zhu Yijun laughed.

After using the noodles, Zhu Yijun went to Huangji Hall to accept the hundred officials' birthday presents. Because there were no subjects staying in the palace for the feast this year, Wang Rong and her suggestion for Shang Fang to make a batch of birthday pancakes for the hundred officials to bring back to share with their families after paying their respects was also to celebrate with the citizens.

Wang Rong's original words were, in an ordinary family, if someone else came to pay their respects, they would have to send a lot of brown sugar snacks. Since the officials of the Emperor's house came to pay their respects, they would not leave a banquet or leave empty-handed.

Zhu Yijun let Wang Rong handle the situation as he saw fit.

Wang Rong and the eunuch who called Shang Zhong told him, "The snacks are made with eight of the same size molds, nine taels of silver each, and a plate in the middle, and a dried fruit, and nine portions, and all of them are filled with the same color long wooden boxes, and are sweet and salty in half, and sweet in the mouth, and made into five kernels, and seasoned with a little rose sugar, and fried with a salted pork five-flower, and mixed with a bamboo shoot, and a dried prawn and bean curd, so it must be done, it must be salty and delicious."

"This is His Majesty's birthday cake. You can't be sloppy about it."

With just a few words from empress, the servants would have to start running. The supervisors would go for the seasoning experiments, which would cost nine taels of silver each. That was a huge piece of cake, even if it was not done well, it would have a weird taste. There were also other molds that had to be made as well. The pattern on the cake was the five Bat Balls that the Empress had ordered, with one word of life in the middle and nine words in the middle. After the biscuit was tested, he would first have to send the Qixiang Palace to the Empress to have a look. The Empress nodded.

Apart from the food supervisor, the rest of them had to follow suit. There were so many civil and military people in the dynasty, yet there were so many long wooden boxes. As long as there were eight big snacks and a plate of dried fruits, they would have to be prepared and could only be prepared with extra manpower to quickly rush out of the box. With the consent of the empress, the top quality red satin was cut into square shapes and then wrapped with a flower and placed on a table to look, it was also very lively.

"And he wanted to say that His Majesty wouldn't invite any group of officials for his birthday banquet this year, so we might be able to lighten the matter a bit. In the end, we weren't even able to handle this." said the cook, rubbing his aching wrist.

"Are you satisfied?" The other said, "We personally made a birthday cake for His Majesty. When we leave the palace and return home, we will use this as an excuse to make more cakes. We will also get a lot of money. This is worth more than making a feast."

"This is all prepared in the back room by the masters. We just need to knead it, press it, pat it, we don't see anything else. How would you know how His Majesty made this birthday cake?"

"I said you're stupid, you're really stupid." The chef said, "The sushi stuffing is nothing more than that, a little less than that. In any case, no one outside has eaten it before, so we should focus on the reputation of the food prison and be afraid that others will not believe us."

Zhu Yijun seemed to be able to smell the fragrance of the dessert. The birthday cake, the King's Face, and the Kunning Palace had all been let him taste it, it was sweet and tasty, but it would feel greasy if he ate more than two pieces. Perhaps it was because of the added rose candy, but it was suitable in the salty way, so he was even hungrier than the bean cake.

Zhu Yijun's mouth reflected the taste he had tasted before, and he was ecstatic, "Since there's no feast this year, the various officials will bring their birthday pancakes home to celebrate with their families, eating an extra piece of meat at home, and you can consider it as accompanying us on our birthday."

Zhu Yijun's words were humorous, the courtier were relaxed and natural, as they laughed and laughed merrily. This was a rare occasion, ever since Zhu Yijun had changed from being the diligent ruler of the country, the relationship between the emperor and official was extremely tense.

This time, His Majesty said that he wanted to live a frugal life because of the cultivation of his Kunning Palace, and did not treat the hundred officials. He only celebrated in the harem, allowing many to see hope.

It was a blessing to be able to meet a wise king.

After exiting the Huangji Hall and entering the harem, he saw Wang Rong waiting at the side of the palace. Wang Rong sat on the emperor's throne and said, "I've come to fetch His Majesty."

Zhu Yijun looked at her and laughed, "The others would at most be outside the palace when they receive you, while you are already here at the Huangji Hall."

"Your Majesty's birthday is going to be different from usual." Wang Rong He said, "After so long, it's really hard for His Majesty to feel anything new."

"Mn, the next time you enter Huangji Hall to wait for me, I will definitely feel that it's new." Zhu Yijun suggested.

"I'm not fooled by His Majesty's evil scheme." Wang Rong He said.

Now that the banquet was being decorated, Zhu Yijun could rest for a while before going back to the banquet. He looked at Wang Rong and asked, "What kind of present did you prepare for us this year?"

"Your Majesty, guessing?" "Yes." If my guess is right, I will send you off too. "

"What if I'm not right?" Zhu Yijun said.

"If I can't, then I won't." Wang Rong said slyly, "Since it's His Majesty's birthday, I don't want the prize money."

Zhu Yijun coordinated and guessed a few things, Wang Rong He shook his head, and Zhu Yijun admitted defeat, "I can't guess."

"By tonight, His Majesty will know." Wang Rong smiled. "It's just that, when the time comes, Your Majesty shouldn't be frightened."

also felt that it was rather comfortable. When the palace maid came to invite the Empress to the feast, Zhu Yijun frowned: "If there's nothing special, why don't we come back earlier and not enjoy sitting there?"

"The imperial concubines have been preparing for a long time for His Majesty's birthday. His Majesty will definitely sit down and finish watching." Wang Rong He said.

The imperial concubines who took up residence in the rear Shouan Palace palaces of the Ci Ning Palace could also come out at this time to celebrate. Some of the imperial concubines who looked very young and had no children or pets had to spend their entire lives in the palace, living in the depths of the palace on a daily basis. They only came out during the celebration.

Wang Rong looked at the imperial concubines and thought of His Majesty's concubine in the imperial harem. It was obviously a happy day, so a trace of a cold chill rose in her heart.

The saint's birthday banquet was placed in the Wu Ying Hall. The inner hall was spacious and could be used for the imperial concubine to present her skills. A grand stage was set outside the hall with Faculty Division to present her skills. The imperial concubines had been waiting in the palace for a long time for their seniors to arrive, and when the Emperor descended from the throne, they would cheer for him. When the Emperor's orders were met, etiquette and entertainment began outside the palace.

There were eighteen hot dishes, eighteen cold dishes, eighteen snacks, pastries and other pastries. Nine more soups, nine fresh fruits, nine candied fruits, all in abundance. Only Zhu Yijun saw it, and did not find it more attractive than Wang Rong or the Eight Treasures Eight Colored Noodles that he had cooked in the morning.

Wang Rong and her appetite were not bad, as there were some crafts food that she didn't order normally, but she always thought it was a waste. Now that the Emperor had celebrated his birthday, there was no need for such delicacies.

First, it was a grand opening, then there were two comedies to celebrate. Then, there was the commotion caused by a farce, the pot turned over and the bowl turned, and the audience was filled with exclamations of surprise. Afterwards, there was the Kunge, and then there was the large song and dance, followed by the new master of the symphony whom the Minister had hired, all in a fresh voice and dressed up as if they were old stories, and then there were new parts to be sung as well.

Even the Empress Dowager Li, this time, stayed for a few more minutes due to the program's freshness, continuously looking at the rewards. Wang Rong obediently said, "If mother likes it, you can often call the palace to relieve your boredom." Rei An said happily, "Then I will have to come to the palace often to visit mother."

"Did you come to see the mother, or did you come for a play in the Queen Mother's palace?" Everyone in the hall was happy. Amongst the three sisters, she was the only one who was newly married and widowed, looking depressed and unhappy. Wang Rong was afraid that she might have gotten into some trouble, so it would have been better if she had come out often to walk around. It wasn't her fault that a noble princess of a noble family had made her life so miserable.

She did not know that, due to her concern, Yongning was still able to enter the palace with her sisters even when she was supposed to die of depression.

After the empress dowager brought the princesses out of the empress dowager's seats, Rong Chang, as the eldest daughter of the emperor, was the first to rise and pay her respects to father. After the gifts were presented, the eldest son, Zhao Yi, the third son and the third princess also paid their respects.

There was no longer any show on the grand stage outside. Wang Rong smiled and said to His Majesty, "It's time for His Majesty to test the abilities of the concubines."

"Come." Zhu Yijun said. If it's boring, don't do this again next time. "

The imperial concubines were either playing musical instruments or singing their throats, but no one was dancing. Wang Rong was a bit baffled. After all, there were two good dancers among them, so why didn't they choose to dance? He only waited for the palace maid to speak, "The Imperial Noble Consort Zheng offers dance, flourishing in colors."

Wang Rong He nodded and understood what was going on.

This Imperial Noble Consort Zheng truly had extraordinary guts. It was no wonder that the Emperor doted on her before.

Because it was a solo dance, millions of gazes were focused on it. The Imperial Noble Consort Zheng had an alluring heart and an unbroken gaze, no matter how beautiful the dancing girls were, they would not be able to escape her charm, so Zhu Yijun couldn't help but to take a few glances. When Gong Fei saw it, her heart was also filled with emotions. However, the situation was better than the person, since she did not dare to go beyond the Imperial Consort Zheng to practice, it would be useless for her to grab onto a handkerchief in jealousy.

After Zhu Yijun admired for a while, he turned to look at Wang Rong He, only to see that she was more serious than him, he could not help but feel that something was off, why were you appreciating it like that? Aren't you afraid that Imperial Consort Zheng will intentionally lure us to her palace? Let's see if you can still admire us when the time comes.

Wang Rong seemed to sense something, as he turned to look at the emperor, puzzled and asked, "Your majesty?"

"Imperial Consort Zheng dances very well." Zhu Yijun looked at Imperial Consort Zheng and said, but his eyes were still observing Wang Rong He's expression from the corner of his eyes.

Wang Rong He laughed, "I can see that, every move is a waste of effort, dancing is not easy, your majesty should enjoy it, don't let Imperial Consort Zheng down."

Zhu Yijun felt even more stifled.

Imperial Noble Consort Zheng's final dance froze her on the throne, her legs moving forward as she toasted her wine cup.

It was frozen for a long time.

Zhu Yijun accepted the wine cup in his mouth and placed it on the table, but did not drink, and instead clapped gently, "Love concubines, you've all worked hard."

"Your concubine doesn't have to work hard. May Your Majesty live a long life." Imperial Noble Consort Zheng was a little disappointed that she was not the one who thought of this.

"Men, reward!" Zhu Yijun said.

Zhu Yijun said. Before, when he knew that the second imperial concubine was going to present him with some skills, he had naturally already prepared a reward for her. I am very happy today. You all should continue to stay here and enjoy the song. "

The empress dowager and imperial concubines escorted His Majesty back to the palace.

Imperial Noble Consort Zheng knelt in the middle of the crowd, as if she had fallen into an abyss.