The wives of the concubines are empresses

When everyone returned with a full load, the camp was filled with the aroma of grilled fish. Shangguan Wanjun took a deep sniff.

"smell good."

Minglan said, "I'm afraid many of them are ripe."

Lianhua agreed: "It's possible."

Zhoupin-Zhengzhou trip was shocked to see the dozens of fish they brought back.

"Your Majesty. You are really powerful here."

Lianhua said with an embarrassed look, "Most of these were done by the Emperor. I only got into five or six of them."

Lianhua continued, "I only got four or five right."

Mu Xiang continued, "Yes, I only managed to penetrate five of them."

Ou He didn't say anything. After all, she only hit three targets, and she was embarrassed to compare her record with that of her master. It was simply too disgusting to watch.

Concubine Zhou - Zhengzhou Xing looked at Concubine Wen - Li Youwen, only to see him speak with considerable pride.

"I've already hit seven or eight of them."

Concubine Zhou-Zhengzhou Xing praised: "Great! Thank you, Your Majesty, Concubine Wen, and all the adults for your hard work. Only then can we have fresh and delicious fish to eat."

Lin Xueyu, the Chenda man who had been silent for a long time, said, "Your Majesty, you can have the grilled fish. Do you want some wine with it?"

"Yes, Muxiang, go ask everyone to prepare some garlic cucumbers, cold and spicy potato shreds, cold kelp shreds, and cold shredded white radish."

Mu Xiang bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Concubine Zhou - Zhengzhou Xing helped Shangguan Wanjun to sit at the dining table prepared in advance, and personally poured tea for her.

"Your Majesty, have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."

"Thank you, my dear."

Upon learning that Shangguan Wanjun had returned, many imperial officials and ministers came to the camp on the open ground one after another. Concubine Zheng Zhouxing and Chendaren Lin Xueyu took their respective entourages and guards and took their seats.

Looking at the camp which was gradually becoming lively, Shangguan Wanjun pursed her lips and smiled.

"What were you doing before, my dear concubines and ministers?"

Minister of Revenue Mu Qinghai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I was just chatting with your wife."

Madam Fuguo smiled respectfully and gently: "Your Majesty, I am reading and discussing with you, my master."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanjun became interested.

"Oh, a book discussion? What kind of book could have gotten you two talking about this?"

Grand Tutor Yun said, "The storybooks that this old minister and my wife are reading are quite interesting, especially the famous curse words. They are fun to read and pass the time."

Shangguan Wanjun was surprised that the old couple could actually read storybooks and other miscellaneous books.

"It's interesting, that's all, but you two elders have to manage your time well to avoid excessive eye strain."

The old couple saluted together: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Concubine Wu, who had been sitting quietly with Shangguan Wanjun, spoke up: "Your husband was practicing archery with the eldest prince earlier."

The eldest prince Shangguan Mucang replied, "Yes, Queen Mother, I just shot an arrow."

"Really, as long as there's progress, that's good."

Concubine Wu - the propaganda style glanced at the eldest prince Shangguan Muchang beside Concubine Lv - Liu Haiming and smiled.

"The eldest prince has indeed made progress. That arrow hit the fifth ring."

Shangguan Wanjun smiled when she heard this: "That's indeed great progress. Cang'er is very capable, but we can't be complacent. We need to relax and keep a normal mind."

"Yes, Queen Mother."

The cold dishes to go with the wine came up one after another. Seeing the braised meat platter, fruit platter, and snack platter, Shangguan Wanjun was very satisfied with Mu Xiang's arrangement.

Concubine Wen - Bai Xuanyi picked up a late-ripening strawberry, peeled off the leaves underneath and handed it to Shangguan Wanjun's mouth.

"Your Majesty, please taste the last strawberries of the season."

"Okay, thank you, my dear."

The strawberries were sour and sweet. Shangguan Wanjun thought they were delicious, so she reached out and took two. She peeled the leaves off the strawberries and handed them to the concubines on her left and right. The concubines smiled at her knowingly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Concubine Zhou - Zheng Zhouxing brought Zheng Shu and Deng Feng, and came to the three people with three fish.

"Your Majesty, this is your portion of grilled fish. In addition, here is your favorite garlic eggplant."

"Thank you, my dear. It smells delicious."

Concubine Zhou - Zheng Zhouxing smiled when she heard this. Zheng Shu and Deng Feng had already placed the grilled fish for Concubine Wenwu on the dining table.

"Please enjoy your meal, Concubine Wu!"

Concubine Wu nodded politely: "Thank you."

"Please enjoy your meal, Concubine Wen!"

Concubine Wen - Bai Xuanyi smiled politely and nodded: "Thank you."

Shangguan Wanjun suddenly remembered something: "Where is my mother?"

Liu Cheng was shocked and said something was wrong. It turned out that the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace was not there.

Noble Consort Wen - Bai Xuanyi explained: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said she is a little tired, so she will not join in the fun today."

"Okay, can you send a doctor to check it out?"

"I've seen it, nothing wrong, just a little tired."

"That's good. Thank you, Concubine Wen, for taking care of my mother."

"It's my duty as a minister, and it's my duty."

Shangguan Wanjun nodded slightly, lowered her head, picked up the chopsticks and ate her favorite garlic eggplant. The garlic flavor was particularly to her liking.

Concubine Wu - Propaganda Feng had already picked out some of the bones from the fish for her while they were talking.

"Your Majesty, please try the grilled fish from Concubine Zhou. It tastes quite good."

"It tastes very good. Zhoupin's skills are getting better and better."

Concubine Zhou Zhengzhouxing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is all thanks to the seasonings brought by Concubine Mei."

Shangguan Wanjun also praised the beautiful concubine Hu Siyang: "The beautiful concubine has very high requirements for seasoning."

Hu Siyang, the beautiful concubine, said, "Your Majesty, I, your humble servant, thought I would stay here for a while, so I brought some extra food with me. You can tell me what you would like to eat later."

"Okay." Shangguan Wanjun had already eaten a lot of grilled fish at this time. She felt that it lacked fun. She thought quickly in her mind that she should play some games to add to the fun and atmosphere.

"It seems like we're missing something. Why don't we play some games?"

Concubine Shu-Gao Zihao asked curiously: "What is the emperor going to play?"

Shangguan Wanjun lowered her eyes and thought, "A contest of throwing the handkerchief and kicking the shuttlecock."

The male officials looked up in shock. The emperor asked them men to play the game of dropping the handkerchief?

The Right Prime Minister said, "Your Majesty, isn't this throwing of the handkerchief a bit..."

He was embarrassed to tell the whole story for fear of angering the emperor.

"Does the Right Prime Minister have any good ideas?" The ministers looked at the elderly Right Prime Minister, only to see him stammering and unable to explain clearly.

Concubine Wen - Bai Xuanyi was afraid that his father would be embarrassed and hurt his and his own reputation, so he spoke out to ease the awkwardness.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to watch the handkerchief being lost, but how exactly do I play this game?"

"Let's play Drop the Handkerchief first, but everyone will stand in a circle. The men will play first, and the women will play Shuttlecock first."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Who's going to play the first game? We'll play three rounds of one game."

Xian Fei - Lin Gongyu raised her hand: "Your Majesty, your humble servant is here."

Li Youwen, the concubine of the emperor, replied, "My husband is here too."

When Xuanjun saw that the two most dissolute concubines were going to participate, he also raised his hand to join in the fun.

"Your Majesty, sister-in-law, I am here too."

Shangguan Wanjun smiled when she heard this: "Okay, let's have a group of ten. Who else?"

Duke Anguo Zhang Yufei raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I am here."

"Okay, step out."

Arriving late, Mr. Qu said, "I'm here to join in the fun."

The ministers widened their eyes when they saw this. How could Mr. Qu, at his age, be so interested?

Mr. Qu frowned at everyone's expressions and asked, "Why, there's an age limit?"

Shangguan Wanjun shook her head: "Master, you're joking. No, you should be shortlisted soon."