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Chapter 18

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The shadow on the sundial gradually disappeared, and there was only a golden sunset in the west. The eunuchs in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony came in and out, and the concubines who arrived early gathered together to talk about the newly made palace dressing powder.

As soon as the banquet was officially started, the ritual officer sang lyrics, and the whole palace toasted the queen mother. First, they sang and danced. The girl's sleeves waving, her waist was soft, and her dancing posture was agile. The newly-entered concubine looked interesting, and the concubine who was used to seeing her simply joked and funny with the people next to her.

Next is the "Peach Birthday Ceremony" performed by the opera troupe in the morning. Seeing that the empress dowager loved it so much, the emperor followed the boat and summoned the head teacher to ask if he was willing to stay in Chunxi Garden. The royal gift was given by the royal master. How could the head teacher refuse?

He quickly knelt down and thanked for his grace.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's hard to bother the Emperor and the Queen."

It's all what my son should do.The emperor replied, and the expression on his face made people unable to tell whether it was sincere or polite.

The new round of music happened to sound, and the two of them understood each other and said nothing more.

Ning Minyou has been paying attention to the interaction between the empress dowager and the emperor, and all the scene just now has been in his eyes.

The emperor's biological mother was the favorite concubine of the late emperor, and she was still the cousin of the Grand Tutor, who was Mu Huashu's cousin.

After the death of the first emperor, he was worried and thoughtful. The new emperor died shortly after ascending the throne and was posthumously named as the concubine.

The Empress Dowager was the first queen, and the old lady Ning was young. At that time, the Empress Dowager was accused of the late emperor who was still the crown prince before he could finish his seclusion.

During the period when the old Duke of Jingguo was guarding the border, the Turkic cavalry had not stepped into half of the land in Daliang. How glorious was the Duke of Jingguo's mansion back then!

It’s a pity that there were no males in Ning Minyou’s generation. After the old Duke of Jingguo died of illness, the military power was handed over, and the Duke of Jingguo’s mansion was gradually declining. It’s no wonder that the Empress Dowager wanted to regain the glory of that year.

However, as the emperor, no one wants his ministers to hold on to the power of the army to threaten the throne.

Therefore, it is understandable that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are in conflict.

Ning Minyou withdrew her gaze and stopped thinking about it.

After the song and dance, each palace began to offer birthday gifts, including small-leaf red sandalwood Buddhist beads worth thousands of gold, Guanyin statues made of a whole piece of Hetian jade, gilded three-color Ksitigarbha statues, calligraphy and paintings, etc. The empress dowager believed in Buddhism, and the empress dowagers of each palace were considered to be his preferences; there were also concubines trying to win by their hearts, and the thousand-character longevity quilts sent by the gifts, each longevity quilt was embroidered with extremely thin gold threads, equal in size and neatly arranged. It can be seen that they had put in effort, as well as hand-copied Buddhist scriptures, handkerchiefs for the twenty-four solar terms, etc.

Ning Minyou also belongs to this one. He gave him a screen of his own painting. It is not unusual for him to draw, and the screen is not unusual for him. What is rare is the content of the painting. It is the Battle of Northern Shanxi. Inside the city wall is a group of young and middle-aged men wearing civilian clothes, holding various farm tools, with facial expressions either terrified or fierce. On the city wall, the old Jingguo Duke's battle robe was worn, covered with blood, an arrow was inserted into his chest, and a war flag stood on the beacon tower. The soldiers behind him held weapons and faced the outside, with exhaustion on their faces, but their eyes were bright and bright; outside the city wall, corpses were everywhere, and even the land was dyed red, and there were several soldiers fighting, but carefully looked at the blades that had been missing, and those without weapons were even fighting with their teeth. They were bitten together in ferociousness, and the scene was bloody but very tragic.

When this painting was released, everyone was stunned. They thought that some concubine was not very eye-catching and were not afraid of being taboos when giving such a bloody painting. After looking closely, they couldn't help but feel silent.

The empress dowager sitting in the high head said in a trembling voice: Move the painting closer.The eunuch quickly moved forward gently, what is the battle between northern Jin and northern Jin?

Ning Minyou bowed and replied: Yes.

In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed.The empress dowager's eyes flashed. The Ai family still remembered the last sentence her father said before his death, that he would go back to northern Jin and buried his soldiers together. Have you ever gone to worship?

When I replied to the Queen Mother, I went to worship with my grandmother when I was young.Ning Minyou replied.

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, tears shone with her eyes, her head trembled with jade, her face full of remembrance, which shows the ups and downs of her mood.The empress dowager suppressed her emotions and asked: Did you draw the painting?

yes.Ning Minyou said, when my grandfather returned to Beijing to recuperate, he liked to tell us young people about interesting things about northern Jin, and how the people in the city tried every possible way to secretly deliver food to the soldiers; he said that when the new recruits were training, the veterans always liked to come together to think of various training methods; he said that those soldiers who were invincible on the battlefield always had red eyes when they mentioned their homes; he said that most of the new recruits were afraid when they first went to the battlefield, and they would vomit even darkly afterwards. Maybe they were forced to join the army for various reasons, but since they put on that armor, they guarded thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. They might not know why they stood here until they died, but when the foreign enemies came, they still firmly raised their weapons because they were the trust of the court and the people.

Even if they are confused, even if they are young, even if they are as afraid of death as ordinary people, because of the responsibility on their shoulders, they will still stand on the border and unswervingly protect the beautiful rivers and mountains behind them.

His grandfather said that he was worthy of Daliang and the people in his life, but he had no face to face his parents, wife, children, and relatives who came to the military camp to claim the bodies of soldiers. He had seen too many deaths in his life, so he had no fear of death. He was just regretful that he could not witness the day when Daliang and the Turks were permanently truce.

The battle between northern Jin and the Turks and Daliang has been praised until now because the Turks and Daliang signed a ten-year truce agreement. The concubines painted this painting in the hope that the Queen Mother’s fortune would realize the wish of my grandfather’s grandfather’s wish one day, Daliang will prosper and the people will live and work in peace and prosperity.

The words ended, and the needles in the hall were heard until the emperor spoke. The old Duke of Jingguo worked hard for the country, guarding the border for decades, and devoted himself to the safety of the border. As a woman, you can have such knowledge and not humiliate the old Duke of Jingguo's demeanor.The emperor suddenly changed his mood and chuckled, eased the heavy atmosphere in the hall. However, as the empress dowager grew older, it was not advisable to be very happy and sad. I will punish you to serve the empress dowager for food.Then he called the eunuch to add a seat next to the empress dowager.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is not a punishment, it is clearly a disguised reward.

At today's banquet, the concubines were dressed up and competed for beauty. However, no matter how beautiful the dress was, the emperor could only see the queen. Now there was another Ning Cairen.

If you think about it in the long run, the concubines who will be sleeping tonight will definitely be this Ning Cairen.