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Hearing that the queen was coming, everyone present stood up.

Li Yujiao also stood up.

The queen, supported by the eunuchs, walked out slowly.

When Li Yujiao saw the queen, she felt that she was truly graceful and elegant. She wore a golden crown inlaid with jewels on her head, which shone with dazzling light.

She was wearing a long, bright yellow dress, and there were two palace maids holding up the hem of her skirt.

What surprised Li Yujiao even more was that the queen looked to be only about thirty years old, with skin as white as snow and a bright and charming complexion.

After the queen sat down, everyone followed her and paid their respects to her.

The queen finally sat down, glanced at the people below, and then said, "Everyone, please stand up. This is just an ordinary banquet. Please feel free to do as you please."

When the queen arrived, the dinner began. The fruit snacks on the table were removed and replaced with various exquisite dishes.

Li Yujiao had never seen such a dish before. She was about to pick up her chopsticks to eat it when the queen began to speak: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The golden autumn brings coolness and the sweet fragrance of osmanthus. I can't help but think of a poem: Raising a cup to invite the bright moon, and the shadow and I become three people. On this day of reunion, I wish you all..."

As soon as the queen spoke, everyone put down their chopsticks, including Li Yujiao.

Then everyone raised their glasses to toast the Queen and said a lot of polite words.

Finally, after all the pleasantries, the dishes in front of Li Yujiao had been replaced. She felt very sorry: this dish had not been touched yet!

She picked up her chopsticks and was about to pick up some food when the queen spoke again: "Thinking back to last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, I also spent it with all of you. At that time..."

As soon as the queen spoke, no one present picked up their chopsticks.

Li Yujiao felt that she was attending a leadership speech conference, and if the leader didn't move his chopsticks, the people below couldn't either.

First there are the congratulatory speeches, then reminiscing about the past, and now it’s time to look to the future, right?

Sure enough, the dishes in front of her were taken away again, and she didn't get to eat the golden and silver pig's trotters that she really wanted to eat.

The queen really began to look to the future: "I hope that next year's Mid-Autumn Festival will be even more glorious, that the border will be peaceful, and that the people will be able to have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival like us."

After the queen finished speaking, the other ladies finally started eating.

Li Yujiao thought to herself: Can I finally eat it this time?

At this time, on the table was a dish of ham, fresh bamboo shoots, rouge goose, and fermented rice wine. It must be very delicious when you take a bite of it.

Li Yujiao was about to pick up some food when she heard the Queen ask, "Is that the wife of Minister Jing?"

Li Yujiao's hand trembled as she picked up the food. She put down her chopsticks involuntarily and looked at the queen.

Seeing the queen's eyes on her, she couldn't help but stand up and salute: "Your Majesty, it is you, my concubine."

The Queen looked at her carefully for a few seconds and said with a smile, "I heard that you have been staying at home since you returned to the capital. Are you writing books?"

Li Yujiao hurriedly bowed in fear and said, "Your Majesty, you are praising me. I have not written any books, but just some biographies to record the process of raising a child. I am not well educated."

The queen's phoenix eyes glanced at her sharply, and she couldn't help but lower her head. It would be a big taboo if she looked at the queen.

The Queen told her, "Lift your head."

Only then did Li Yujiao dare to look at the Queen.

Looking at it this way, she looks even more beautiful.

She is the most pampered woman in the entire Daqi Dynasty, and she is in really good shape.

"How old is your child?" the queen asked her again.

"Your Majesty, my child is almost one year old."

"Bring him into the palace to play when you have time," said the Queen.

"I am very afraid of giving birth to a child. I am afraid that Your Majesty will find it boring." Li Yujiao said.

The queen smiled faintly and said, "Don't use the child as an excuse in front of me."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Li Yujiao quickly pretended to be terrified and knelt down.

When the queen saw that Li Yujiao was not too old and dressed simply, she thought that she must have stayed in the southwest for too long and had never seen a big scene, so she spared her.

The other ladies were complaining: "Madam Jing is so hard to get an appointment with. If it weren't for the banquet hosted by the queen, none of us would have been able to see her."

"Although you are a woman, you can't focus all your energy on your children. You are the wife of a minister, so you have to share some of the social interactions with your husband, right?"

"..."

No matter what they said, Li Yujiao nodded and responded: "Sisters are right, Yujiao will pay attention to it in the future."

Anyway, just deal with it for now, and what happens in the future will be fine.

Because of her humble attitude and insignificant appearance, no one here made things difficult for her.

What's more, it's the Queen who is hosting the banquet, and they should show themselves more in front of the Queen.

Then it was time for the contest of beauty. The ladies showed off their talents one after another. Some told stories to the Queen, making her laugh, some recited poems and sang songs to her, and some presented gifts to her.

Li Yujiao originally wanted to take a few bites while they were not paying attention.

She didn't eat much for lunch today, so she wanted to save some space for a good meal when she went into the palace.

Who would have thought that no one had a proper meal even though they were so hungry.

Just as she was about to start eating, the Queen suddenly mentioned her again: "Madam Jing has lived in the southwest for so long, I'm sure there must be a lot of interesting stories there? Why not tell us about them?"

Li Yujiao had no choice but to put down her chopsticks and stood up to report to the Queen: "Your Highness, the war in the southwest has just ended, and the people are busy farming. If there is anything interesting, it is just some jokes in the fields, such as whose cow gave birth to a calf, and whose pig gave birth to how many piglets. It is not interesting at all."

The most interesting thing is to go to Black Bear Village, but she couldn't tell the Queen about it, as it would seem unorthodox.

The queen's eyes flashed with contempt, but she asked unwillingly: "I heard that Madam Jing is very popular in the southwest, and she can write books. I guess she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Why don't you come up and show off to liven up the fun for everyone?"

Li Yujiao just felt her scalp tingling. How could she not avoid this hurdle no matter where she went?

Li Yujiao said, "I come from the countryside, I haven't read much, I can't even recognize all the characters, I really don't know these, how about I sing a little song from the southeast for you and the sisters present?"

After getting the queen's permission, she sang a local folk song from Rongcheng.

The lyrics were improvised and the five tones are incomplete.

The queen couldn't help but frown when she heard this.

Before she finished singing, the Queen said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Madam Jing."

Li Yujiao breathed a sigh of relief again.

Everyone realized that Li Yujiao was indeed from the country, was ignorant, had never seen the world, and had no talent.

Such people are stupid and there is no point in winning them over.

Li Yujiao could also tell what these people were thinking of her from their eyes.

She doesn't care. Sometimes hiding one's shortcomings can better protect oneself.