I just want to rob you of your luck

Before the birthday banquet began, Lin Yan'er went to pay her respects to the queen, who was her mother-in-law after all.

In fact, the Queen was not particularly satisfied with Lin Yan'er, the Princess of Kang. The main reason was that she looked so weak and frail that it was difficult for her to give birth to an offspring for the Prince of Kang.

Moreover, Prince Kang praised Lin Yan'er to the Queen all day long, and even said that he had found the love of his life and they would be together for the rest of their lives.

This made the queen very unhappy. She always felt that Lin Yan'er was too scheming and jealous, and could not tolerate other women at all.

Prince Kang is her son, she knows him very well. Without anyone influencing him from behind, how could he say such a thing!

As descendants of the royal family, one of their duties is to have children for the royal family.

Fortunately, Prince Kang was just an idle prince and did not have to inherit the throne, otherwise the Queen would probably have really wanted to separate the two.

After entering the palace, Prince Kang went to the imperial study and separated from Lin Yan'er. After all, the banquet had not yet begun, and male and female guests were seated separately.

Lin Yan'er arrived at the Queen's Fengzao Palace. After entering, she found that the Crown Princess had already arrived, and some female members of the royal family were also there.

She quickly bowed to the queen and said, "Your son greets you, mother."

The queen smiled and asked her to stand up. Suddenly, she saw the pattern on Lin Yan'er's dress and her expression froze.

"This dress of Princess Kang is quite nice, but was it bought?"

Lin Yan'er would not miss any opportunity to establish herself as a virtuous wife: "This is a new dress that I specially sewed for attending the Royal Grandmother's birthday banquet. The new dress that His Royal Highness Prince Kang is wearing today was also made by me."

In ancient times, being good at needlework was a plus, indicating that the woman was virtuous and able to serve others.

The queen's phoenix eyes were dark and unclear, she just nodded and said, "Please take a seat."

Lin Yan'er was still wondering why there was no expected praise?

She bowed to the Crown Princess again. After all, she was the Crown Prince's wife and her sister-in-law.

The Crown Princess returned her half a greeting, and suddenly her expression changed when she saw the pattern on her dress, and her look became much colder.

Lin Yan'er felt a little strange, but she did not lose her composure and sat down in her seat gracefully.

She felt that the eyes of the women around her were all strange. She couldn't help it, so she pulled a princess next to her and asked, "Is the queen mother in a bad mood today?"

Although the Princess of the County was older than Lin Yan'er, she was one level lower. She had no choice but to remind her, "Princess Kang, don't you know that the peony is the king of flowers and represents nobility and auspiciousness? Only the queen can wear a dress with a peony pattern."

Lin Yan'er didn't look at her new clothes carefully. She just tried them on and found that they fit her well. She thought the style and color were good, so she wore them today.

She was startled and quickly looked at the pattern on her body, her face suddenly turned pale with fright.

The embroidered peony was so lifelike and took up such a large area that it was impossible to ignore it.

"Besides, your peony pattern is bright red, and only the queen can wear it in the palace. You are really overstepping your authority."

Lin Yan'er felt cold all over, and she didn't even dare to look at the queen above.

No wonder the Queen and the Crown Princess had such expressions just now.

She was even complacent, saying that the dress was made by herself. This was simply challenging the Queen's authority and also implicitly displeased the Crown Princess.

After all, the Crown Princess will be the next Queen in the future. If she is a little suspicious and suspects that Prince Kang is coveting the throne, then it will be all over.

Lin Yan'er was now sweating coldly and felt very uncomfortable.

She glared at Lin Jiuer behind her hatefully. She didn't expect that this bitch had dug such a big hole for her.

Lin Jiuer blinked her big eyes in fear and innocence, as if she knew nothing.

Seeing this, Lin Yan'er was even more furious. She decided to go back and deal with her!

She whispered to Tinglan, "Go get my spare dress. I need to change my clothes."

Tinglan was startled, then said with some embarrassment: "Master, Baizhi used to prepare these, but Baizhi didn't come this time, and we seem to have forgotten to prepare spare clothes for you."

Lin Yan'er was so angry that her whole body was shaking. It was really a wrong step that led to all the wrong steps. She shouldn't have brought this unlucky thing Lin Jiu'er out!

She could only grit her teeth and continue to sit there, her whole body swaying from nervousness.

Finally, the banquet began and the queen brought all the female relatives to the banquet hall.

Today is actually the royal birthday banquet. All who came are royal relatives. The male guests sit on one side, the female guests sit opposite, and the emperor and empress sit in the middle.

Of course, the Queen Mother, as the birthday girl, was also the woman with the highest status in the harem and sat between the Emperor and the Empress.

Before the banquet began, each family presented its own birthday gift.

The eunuchs in the palace presented the gifts one by one and announced where they came from.

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, occasionally giving a few words of praise. With her status and experience, she had seen too many rare treasures and no longer had any expectations for gifts.

Suddenly the eunuch came up with a piece of cloth and opened it in front of her.

The Queen Mother took a closer look and her eyes lit up.

"Bring it closer so I can see it."

The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward.

"Okay, okay, this is a nice gift, it's really thoughtful. I wonder which family sent it from?"

The emperor and the empress also saw that it was a picture of a hundred years of longevity decorated with a moon brocade.

The Queen Mother had received similar birthday gifts before, but today she seemed to like this one particularly.

The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, this is a gift from Prince Kang's palace. It is said that it was embroidered by Princess Kang herself."

The queen looked at it carefully and nodded repeatedly. Her displeasure towards Lin Yan'er also faded a little. This gift was well prepared.

"Mother, look, this word 'longevity' can actually change color!" the Queen said in amazement.

She didn't expect that Lin Yan'er's embroidery skills were so outstanding.

But thinking about the peony embroidery on the dress she wore today, it was indeed very nice. It would have been even more perfect if she had not been so stupid as to wear the peony pattern into the palace.

The Queen Mother reached out and took the brocade, gently stroked the word "longevity" on it, and looked down.

"Where is Princess Kang?"

Lin Yan'er saw that the Queen Mother seemed very satisfied with the gift and stood up excitedly.

"Grandmother, your granddaughter-in-law greets you. I wish you good fortune like the long flowing water of the East Sea, and a long life like the evergreen pines of the Southern Mountains."

Her words sounded pleasant, and the Queen Mother laughed happily: "Okay, I'll borrow your good words. I want to ask you, is your grandmother's surname Fang?"

Lin Yan'er was stunned when these words came out. Her grandmother's surname was not Fang, and she didn't know why the empress dowager would ask this question.

But she did not dare to lie, she shook her head and said, "Grandmother, my granddaughter-in-law's grandmother's surname is not Fang, but Liao."

The Queen Mother's smile froze when she heard this, and then faded.

"Okay, that's fine. Sit down. I was wrong."

The Empress Dowager looked a little gloomy. Her handkerchief friend Fang had passed away long ago. She recognized the embroidery work, as it was a unique skill passed down in the Fang family.

This skill has been passed down for hundreds of years, and each generation is only passed down to the legitimate daughter of the family.

It seems that she has to investigate. Since this embroiderer has appeared, it means that Fang's daughter is still alive.

Prince Kang Li Cheng was in a good mood when he saw that the Royal Grandmother liked the gift prepared by Lin Yan'er. However, he did not expect that his expression would change after the Royal Grandmother asked him a question.

And it seemed that there was no smile anymore, and Li Cheng's heart sank.

The emperor and empress looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was wrong with the empress dowager, but they were sure it was related to the gift from Prince Kang's mansion.

Li Cheng was of noble status and sat very close to the seat, so he could hear the empress dowager's questions. He suddenly thought of Lin Jiuer.

He felt a little annoyed. Why did Lin Yan'er insist on saying that what Lin Jiu'er made was made by her?

Even if she said that it was Lin Jiuer who did it, he would not blame her.

Besides, this is a very normal thing. Most noble families have special embroiderers, and most mistresses will not take the initiative to do needlework. Why should she covet such a good reputation?

He also felt somewhat dissatisfied with Lin Yan'er.