Today is the Queen's birthday, so the women and women naturally have to give gifts. Not long after the banquet was held, a ceremonial official came to read the gift lists given by the various palaces. He only heard all kinds of rare treasures being presented. Everyone tried their best to make the Queen happy.

Some have tried their best, some have won by luxury, and some have won by strange things. Everyone has shown their strengths, but they dare not pass the gifts of several concubines. The queen listened to the ritual officials reading them one by one. When they were interested, they would stop and ask a few more questions, and then instruct someone to reward the gifts.

The gift given to the prime minister's mansion was a coral tree, which was considered luxurious. The queen laughed and ordered someone to reward the prime minister's mansion with a jade Ruyi, which was a common reward. Not long after, the ritual official read the gift of Xu Zhiqiu. The one that Xu Zhiqiu gave to the queen was a picture of a hundred flowers. This picture of a hundred flowers was shown by Xu Zhiqiu with one needle and one thread. A peony in it was a beautiful crown of all kinds of flowers, which symbolized the status of the queen's mother in the world. When the queen heard it, she liked it very much and ordered the inner officials to reward many good things.

The ritual officer continued to read it and soon read Zhao Zilan's gift. This time, Zhao Zilan gave the embroidery piece to the queen, but unlike Xu Zhiqiu's picture of the hundred flowers, Zhao Zilan gave the embroidery piece this time a whole volume of Diamond Sutra. The scriptures in the Diamond Sutra are complicated, and it is not easy to copy a volume of scripture texts, let alone embroidery piece. In order to embroider this thing, Zhao Zilan almost blinded her eyes and had no idea how many holes were pierced with her hands.

However, when the queen heard the thing embroidered by Zhao Zilan, she just said lightly, "Zi Lan is determined, please give me a pot of orchids in my palace."

Zhao Zilan had already made plans to show off, but she never expected that the queen would be so light-hearted! Orchids? Others were luxurious jadeware such as Yu Ruyi, but she only had one pot of orchids. She knew that in the queen's palace, there were at least hundreds of pots of such orchids!

The smile on Zhao Zilan's face froze, and she was stunned for a moment before giving thanks. When she sat down, the fists in her sleeves were clenched tightly.

Why...why did the queen suddenly treat her so coldly?!

Zhao Zilan was puzzled. She had accurately grasped the queen's preferences. In her memory, the queen had now begun to believe in Buddhism. Her Diamond Sutra can be said to be able to meet her preferences, but why did she get such treatment?

Zhao Zilan smiled stiffly, and the eyes of the others fell on her. Obviously, she did not expect that the queen suddenly changed her attitude towards Zhao Zilan. If these eyes were sarcastic for a long time, Zhao Zilan became anxious for a moment. However, the queen was arrogant, how could she dare to show any dissatisfaction at this moment?

Not long after, the ritual officer finished reading the gift and the banquet officially became lively. The queen talked to Xu Zhiqiu frequently, and her favor for Xu Zhiqiu was beyond words. Zhao Zilan saw this scene and felt very jealous. She wished that Chu Qi would ascend the throne to become the emperor tomorrow. At that time, what is Xu Zhiqiu?!
Chapter completed!