The world belongs to the royal family, and the empress dowager's birthday is naturally a festival for the people of the world, which is called Longevity Festival.

The country ruled the world with filial piety, and the emperor naturally wanted to set an example for the people of the world. He not only announced the amnesty of the world early, but also held a big banquet in the palace. I want to bring my son to Beijing to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday.

"Grandson wishes the emperor's grandmother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan!"

Xiao Jie, other princes, and a group of princes knelt in two rows, bowing respectfully to the empress dowager.

The empress dowager's face was full of kindness, and the wrinkles seemed to be stretched out, and she couldn't help saying: "Good grandchildren, get up, the ground is cold."

She is the empress dowager, but she is also an old man. No old man can face a house full of children and grandchildren without smiling.

Xiao Jie got up together with the other princes, glanced around secretly, but did not see Xiao Huang.

Looking back a little bit, good guy, this scheming boy actually stood in the back row with a group of princes.

You know, the birthday banquet on the Wanshou Festival has a strict hierarchy and many rules, even the standing is very particular. When the grandchildren celebrate their birthdays, the prince should stand in the front row, and the elder son should stand in the back row.

No matter how unfavorable Xiao Huang is now, no matter how humble his status is, he is still a prince and should stand in the front row, but he purposely ran to the back row.

Xiao Jie could probably also guess his little thoughts.

The royal family's clothing patterns are strictly regulated.

The emperor's clothes are called dragon robes, which are embroidered with nine five-clawed golden dragons, which means ninety-five lords.

The crown prince's clothes are very similar to the dragon robe, but it can only be called a python robe, and the color is lighter, with nine four-clawed pythons embroidered on it.

Xiao Jie and the rest of the princes also wore python robes, their clothes were lighter in color, with seven four-clawed pythons embroidered on them.

As the prince's son, Shizi is also qualified to wear python robes, but their clothes are lighter in color, and there are only five four-clawed pythons embroidered on them.

Xiao Huang is a prince, although he has not been crowned king, he is still a prince, and today he is also wearing a python robe of seven four-clawed pythons, standing with a group of princes is quite conspicuous.

Not to mention that the sand sculpture author gave him a full score of charm, his outstanding appearance and detached temperament could not be hidden in the crowd.

Sure enough, the empress dowager glanced at his grandchildren lovingly, and soon saw the very conspicuous Xiao Huang in an inconspicuous corner.

But after all, she is old and her eyesight is not very good. She didn't see the difference in Xiao Huang's clothes, nor was she attracted by his handsome appearance, but simply felt that this child was a bit unfamiliar.

"Which prince's son is this?"

Xiao Huang's mother and concubine, Song Cai, had a low status, and Xiao Huang was not allowed to be crowned king, so he was not allowed to enter the palace to pay his respects at will, so Xiao Huang rarely entered the palace, and the queen mother did not recognize him, only seeing Xiao Huang standing in the back row, The Empress Dowager naturally thought that Xiao Huang was the eldest son of a prince who came to Beijing with his father to celebrate his birthday, and asked with a smile.

Xiao Ji, who was sitting by the side, looked up, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately, and he didn't know how to answer the queen mother's question.

The Empress Dowager didn't turn her head and naturally didn't notice Xiao Ji's strangeness, she just continued to smile and asked: "Why, the emperor doesn't recognize him either?"

Just when Xiao Ji was in a dilemma and didn't know how to answer, he saw the prince standing next to Xiao Huang suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, why are you wearing the python robe of seven pythons?"

Xiao Jie sighed secretly, Xiao Huang successfully pretended to be this coward again.

The Empress Dowager also heard this exclamation, her face was slightly startled, she turned her head and asked Xiao Ji: "What's going on here?"

Xiao Ji looked a little embarrassed, and said awkwardly: "After returning to my mother, he is not the eldest son of any prince, but the third prince Xiao Huang who was born by Song Cairen."

"Song Cairen?"

The Empress Dowager seemed completely unable to remember that there was such a person in the palace.

Wang Guifei sneered and said: "Song Cairen was just a court lady before, it's normal for the Queen Mother not to remember."

Xiao Jie couldn't help lamenting in his heart, it's true that there are pig teammates every year, especially this year, didn't he, a cheap concubine, know that the queen mother was also a court lady back then?

Is this reminding the Empress Dowager to recall the past and feel pity for each other?

Sure enough, a strange look flashed in the Empress Dowager's eyes, she didn't seem to hear what Wang Guifei was saying, instead she waved at Xiao Huang, her face full of love.

"Xiao Huang, right, my good grandson, come quickly and let the emperor take a good look at it."

Hearing this, Xiao Huang walked out, knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and said obediently: "Grandson pays respects to the emperor's grandmother, I wish the emperor's grandmother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a long life like Nanshan."

"Good grandson, get up quickly, come closer and let the imperial grandmother take a good look." The Queen Mother smiled and asked Xiao Huang to get up, and called Xiao Huang to come to her.

Xiao Huang got up and took a few steps forward, walked in front of the Empress Dowager, knelt down and sat down, so that the Empress Dowager could see more clearly.

The more the Empress Dowager looked at Xiao Huang, the happier she was, and she gently stroked Xiao Huang's thin face, her eyes were full of love and affection: "The imperial grandmother hugged you when I was young, I didn't expect you to be so old in a blink of an eye, you said you wouldn't come to see it often Look at the imperial grandmother."

Xiao Huang's eyes were slightly red, and his tone was choked up: "Grandson also misses the emperor's grandmother very much, but..."

Xiao Huang raised his head and glanced at Xiao Ji, but didn't say any more.

The queen mother didn't think too much, but asked another question: "The imperial grandmother still wants to ask you, you said that you are a prince, why did you stand in the back row with the prince's son, how unruly."

Xiao Huang raised his eyes to look at Xiao Ji again, and said in a low voice, "It's my grandson who stood in the wrong place for a while, I hope the emperor's grandmother will forgive me."

The queen mother also felt that something was wrong, the smile on her face disappeared, and she stopped asking Xiao Huang, but looked at Xiao Ji who was beside her with a face full of embarrassment: "Your Majesty, do you know what's going on?"

Xiao Ji's face was full of embarrassment, he didn't know how to answer, but he didn't want Wang Guifei who was beside him to take the words directly: "Xiao Huang has never been crowned king, and it is not appropriate to stand with other princes who are crowned kings. It is reasonable to stand in the back row."

Xiao Jie couldn't help sighing again in his heart, why did this cheap concubine of his own have a mouth that made sarcasm regardless of the occasion?

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed slightly, she ignored the noble concubine, and just continued to ask Xiao Ji: "If I remember correctly, Xiao Huang should be twenty this year, why hasn't the emperor crowned him king yet?"

Xiao Ji was a little embarrassed, so he had to prevaricate: "I was only busy with state affairs, so I forgot about it for a while."

"The emperor has forgotten, or he doesn't want to be crowned." The queen mother was a little bit reluctant, and sneered, "Does the emperor think that the child of a court lady is not worthy of being crowned king?"

Xiao Jie shook his head secretly, the terrifying halo of the protagonist could actually make the queen mother let her own son down for the sake of a grandson whom she had not seen for more than ten years.

The Empress Dowager's words were a little bit embarrassing, after all, the Empress Dowager used to be a court lady, and Xiao Ji himself was also a court lady.

Xiao Ji couldn't sit still, and hurriedly replied: "Mother, don't be angry, after the son's birthday banquet, let the Zongzheng Mansion draw up a title for Huang'er as soon as possible, and choose a day to be crowned king."

The Empress Dowager's face turned pale, but she immediately said: "Today is Aijia's birthday, how about the emperor give Aijia a face? Don't bother Zong Zhengfu to draw up a title. Isn't the title of the King of Qin still empty? Just give it to Huang How about your son being the King of Qin?"

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