The so-called front hall is actually the gate of Cining Palace. From the gate, there are high steps, which is the main hall.

The hall is very spacious, and the layout is already exquisite. The banquets of tables are also distributed in an orderly manner. The palace maids and eunuchs are in order. When they see Madam Wei bringing Shao Wanru over, they salute respectfully before walking.

"Isn't it just a woman's family to hold a banquet here?" Shao Wanru walked in, looked at the neat rows of tabletops, and asked.

"The male and female are all here. The Queen Mother's birthday is celebrated together. The emperor means that there is no need to pay a birthday together. It is all here to pay a birthday. Not only the empresses in the palace, but the emperor and the princes will also come. There are also some princes and important officials, and many female relatives have come."

Madam Wei introduced with a smile.

Shao Wanru nodded. As I heard, it was a huge banquet, and what happened later had the greatest impact.

He walked forward and looked at the steps in front of the hall, and there were rows of mats. This place should be where the palace concubines and princesses sat. As for the top, there was only one mat, not big, but the three chairs around were all made of gold parquet, huge and wide, especially one of them, with dragon patterns as shoulders, which was even more noble.

"Madam Wei, is this the emperor's... the dragon throne?" Shao Wanru took a breath. This was the first time she saw the emperor's dragon throne. Even in the palace, the emperor didn't have many dragon thrones specially made.

"It is indeed the emperor's dragon throne. The Empress Dowager specially customized it for the emperor. On both sides are the positions of the Empress Dowager and the Empress." Madam Wei nodded.

After hearing what she said, Shao Wanru's eyes turned to the chairs on both sides, and then she realized that these two chairs were different from other chairs. Although they were a little smaller, they were not as good as the dragon chairs, but they also had phoenix patterns on the shoulders of the chairs, which were exquisite and gorgeous. It was indeed a different atmosphere of the royal family.

"Madam Wei, what kind of gifts does the Empress Dowager like the most? Are there any taboos? I attended the Empress Dowager's birthday party for the first time, and I was afraid that I would violate the Empress Dowager's taboo if I was ignorant."

After Shao Wanru was amazed, she talked about the serious matter. This was an important reason why she specially asked Madam Wei to lead her over.

Madam Wei had a vague guess when Shao Wanru proposed to see the arrangement of the front hall. After hearing what Shao Wanru said, she immediately said happily: "Princess Chen is polite. The Empress Dowager is actually a good master. There is nothing particularly taboo on weekdays. Princess Chen just needs to prepare a birthday ceremony according to your wishes."

"There is no taboo, there are always some favorites, right?" Shao Wanru looked at Madam Wei with a smile.

"This... is actually not a special hobby, but likes to be more unique. Unlike other things, the Empress Dowager is another person who likes calligraphy and painting..." Madam Wei reminded implicitly.

"I like more unique calligraphy and paintings?" Shao Wanru's eyes lit up, her long eyelashes flashed, and she was quite moved.

Madam Wei smiled and said nothing, but she clearly expressed her meaning.

"Thank you, Madam Wei." Shao Wanru bowed sideways and was very grateful.

"Princess Chen is polite. How can I bear the gift of Princess Chen?" Madam Wei hurriedly went to the side and let Shao Wanru give a gift.

"Madam Wei, should I send this gift first, or should I give it to the Queen Mother's birthday?" Shao Wanru straightened her waist and asked again.

"This... was basically given on the spot when the official birthday party was officially released." Madam Wei said.

In fact, there are also some that are given first, but not many, and many of them are given first, and a gift will be given at that time.

The benefits of giving first are the benefits of giving first, and the benefits of giving on the spot are the benefits of giving on the spot, but the ones who give first are often very different from the Empress Dowager.

But such words don’t have to tell the Princess Chen in front of you.

"Thank you, Madam Wei!" Shao Wanru gave another polite gift, Madam Wei also avoided with a smile.

The two walked for a while, talked for a while, before returning to the Empress Dowager's place.

The Empress Dowager was already tired and went to rest. She also told Shao Wanru to take care of herself when she came over. If she was tired, she would go back. If she was not tired, she would go to the garden and enjoy the scenery, and there was no need to rush back. She was the only master of the Prince Chen Mansion, which was too quiet.

Shao Wanru thanked the Empress Dowager for his kindness and retreated from the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace. Madam Wei sent her to the gate. When she watched her leave, she calmed down the smile on her face and frowned tightly. Did Princess Chen talk about her nephew before?

Although it is a little different from what my nephew said, the more I hear the meaning of this, the more I feel it feels. Could it be that this matter is really related to Princess Chen? If it is true, I have to persuade my nephew to not collide with Princess Chen. This Princess Chen is nothing, but Princess Chen is the grandson who is so heartbroken by the Empress Dowager.

Shao Wanru took Yujie to the back door of Prince Chen's mansion casually. Chu Liuchen was not in the mansion, and she was not inconvenient to stay in the palace.

Although there are no outsiders in this palace, there is still a high possibility of hitting several princes. Without Chu Liuchen, she should be more cautious.

After returning all the way, I didn’t meet Di Zhaoyi, but unexpectedly met the female painter Mrs. Qu. The two of them almost bumped into each other at the corner.

Mrs. Qu took two steps back, and the few scrolls of paintings in her hand fell to the ground. Seeing that it was Shao Wanru opposite, she was stunned for a moment and hurriedly saluted: "I have seen Princess Chen!"

The former beauty is now the main concubine of Prince Chen’s Mansion.

"Madam Qu, you are polite." Shao Wanru smiled softly and asked Yujie to help Madam Qu pick up the paintings one by one.

"Where are you going to send so many paintings from Mrs. Qu?" Shao Wanru looked at the pictures on the scattered scroll in curiously and asked curiously, it was a picture of a mother and son playing.

The young child is round and cute in playing, and the young lady looks dignified and gentle. She is embroidered with the child's clothes while smiling without saying a word.

"The Queen Mother and the Bowl, I asked me to draw more pictures of mother and son harmony, and I took it to the manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to see it, and I felt unsatisfied!" Mrs. Qu took the picture handed over by Yujie and said helplessly.

"Is it the emperor's intention?" Shao Wanru's eyes flashed.

"It was the Emperor who asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to buy it. I heard that I would choose the best one to present it to the Empress Dowager, but now I have been beaten back. It is said that the painter is not outstanding enough. I heard that he has never had it before." Mrs. Qu sighed in distress and said, at this time, the best thing is to choose those out-of-print authentic works, so how could a painter like them draw like this?

Their paintings are certainly OK, but they cannot be compared with those of the masters of calligraphy and painting that have been through the ages.

"That's what this year means?" Shao Wanru asked with a raised eyebrows.

"Yes, this is what I mean this year. I originally wanted to leave the palace, but now I have left to draw this type of picture." Mrs. Qu said.

The talent show has ended for a while. She should have left the palace for so long, but now she is dragged down by this matter.

"These are the other ones?" Shao Wanru looked at Mrs. Qu with her pair of watery eyes and asked with a smile.

"It is also of this type, which means that the relationship between mother and son is harmonious. When I was young, I just said that there were fewer children who were painting, and there were three." Mrs. Qu said again.

Three are counted as the former emperor.

The affairs of the late emperor were blurred in the past, blurring the things that existed, as if he was just an ordinary king. Some things that were in harmony with the monarch and ministers gradually faded out of everyone's sight. This blur was very slow, but very effective.

Now, basically if the First Emperor is not clearly involved, few people mention the First Emperor.

At this moment, it is really strange that the painter deliberately asked the painter to draw three children.

In the name of the Empress Dowager, the biological son of the Empress Dowager was the late emperor and the current emperor, and there was also King Cheng, who happened to have three children and three princes.

After saying goodbye to Mrs. Qu, Shao Wanru kept thinking about this question, always feeling it was too strange and unreasonable.

The emperor wanted to give the Queen Mother's Shou Dan to the painting, at least the original one, instead of letting a painter draw a casual picture. Even if the painter such as Mrs. Qu is extraordinary, it is still inappropriate.

It is not a contemporary master, nor a noble status, so why should I send it to the Empress Dowager? And it is the emperor's intention.

The other thing is the matter of the late emperor, which is too strange.

These things slowly flowed through my mind, as if they were expressing something, but I couldn't grasp the point for a while.

When I returned to Prince Chen's Mansion, I sat down, and thought about it carefully, and my expression became more and more strange. Could it be that this was not what the emperor meant?

If it is not the emperor's intention, then who does it mean?

Originally, she went to the Empress Dowager's office to report to the palace today. Wei Dahai's affairs appeared to be a heartless man who was greedy for his ex-wife's money. However, this incident involved Mo Qiuyi, who was strange and mysterious, and then involved Chu Qing, which made Shao Wanru feel alert.

This is why I went to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager today.

Madam Wei, who stood behind the Empress Dowager, behaved a bit strangely. Wei Dahai's surname is Wei, and Madam Wei's surname is Wei. Is there any connection here?

When I talked about Wei Dahai just now, although I didn’t name it, Madam Wei’s behavior seemed a little embarrassed, as if she knew something!

This abnormality disappeared quickly. When Madam Wei led her to the front hall, Madam Wei had already returned to normal. Even if she checked carefully, she would not find anything.

Is Madam Wei’s abdomen too deep or is it really that she was wrong?

In addition, the matter of Mrs. District is also strange. The Interior Affairs Office? It seems that I have to ask my grandmother, who is in charge of the Interior Affairs Office. This time, the Empress Dowager's Shoudan was in charge of the Interior Affairs Office. When something happened in her previous life, I never heard of the chief officer of the Interior Affairs Office being convicted. No one seemed to have made any mistakes, but in the end he forced the King of Zhou and the Empress to rebel.
Chapter completed!