The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 24 Phoenix (3)

Hearing this, Yougui hurriedly stood up, and said softly: "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself. Your Majesty is very grateful for setting up a family banquet to celebrate my concubine's birthday. We did not expect such an incident to happen. of."

Concubine Zhao also stood up to smooth things over, and looked at Jiaorong behind Yougui with a smile: "Sister You's maid in the palace has a unique skill, and she can see the difference between mink hair and dog hair at a glance. It's really not easy."

Yougui also glanced back at Jiaorong, with a smile on his face, "My sister thanked the imperial concubine for her compliment."

Afterwards, the family banquet gradually returned to the lively atmosphere at the beginning, Bai Lan took advantage of the fact that Yougui was feeding Yinti, and went around in a circle to negotiate with other court ladies and eunuchs in Yanxi Palace.

Soon, Bai Lan walked to the center of the hall, and as Yougui raised his eyes suspiciously, Bai Lan bowed and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the maidservants of Yanxi Palace have specially prepared a birthday gift for the master, and I hope the emperor will give it to you." The servants have a chance to give these gifts to the young master at the family banquet."

Although the emperor knew about their preparations early in the morning, he still pretended to be ignorant, said "Oh?" and replied: "Then let us have a look."

"Yes." Bai Lan raised the corners of her lips, and winked at the eunuchs of Yanxi Palace behind, and those eunuchs immediately lifted up a wooden board.The wooden board is covered with embroidered white gauze hoops with patterns, each with its own characteristics and various embroidery methods, but when put together, it can be seen that the people in the palace are united and harmonious.

The other concubines and court ladies couldn't help but gasp in amazement as they watched.Concubine Zhao stood up slightly and looked forward, her eyes gleaming, "Are these all embroidered by the palace people of Yanxi Palace? There are so many of them."

Zhao Changzai also echoed not far away: "Yes, these embroideries seem to be of different levels, and the stitching methods are also different. It seems that they are all made by different people. The people in Yanxi Palace really love it." Sister Yu."

Bai Lan smiled slightly, and replied: "Yes, the young master treats us very well on weekdays. Everyone knows that the young master likes embroidery the most, so they all do their best. Although these things took a lot of time, they are all The palace people made it sincerely, and I hope the young master will like it."

Yougui was obviously shocked by this scene, he didn't know what to do for a while, his eyes were wide open, a little dazed, "When did you prepare? I don't even know..."

Seeing this, the emperor also smiled, and said in a low voice: "Since there are so many different works, and everyone has put in their hard work, then you can introduce them one by one, so that I can have a look at Yanxi Palace." What hidden embroiderers are there?"

"Yes." Bai Lan responded happily, and gently picked up the first embroidery circle on the wooden board, showed it to the emperor and all the concubines, and then introduced: "This is "The Picture of Kingfisher on Green Bamboo" by Yizhu Embroidery. , Yizhu is the new maidservant of Yanxi Palace this year, and her hometown is in Suzhou, Jiangnan, so she uses very authentic Su embroidery."

Embroidery was also something that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were interested in. The two old people also looked at the embroidery in Bai Lan's hands seriously, and nodded slightly from time to time to express their approval.

Afterwards, Bai Lan picked up the second embroidery hoop and smiled slightly: "This is the work of Eunuch Yuan Xing, the chief eunuch of Yanxi Palace. Not as good as the maids. But the pattern he embroiders is the little master's favorite Clivia, and it is also a unique thought."

Eunuch Motoko lowered his head a little shyly.Bai Lan put down his Clivia and picked up the third embroidery hoop, but as soon as Bai Lan picked it up, her own expression became a little weird, and her fingers paused slightly: "This is..."

Bai Lan frowned, her pupils trembled slightly, she looked at the embroidery pattern on the embroidery hoop in disbelief, wondering whether she should show the embroidery hoop or not.

Concubine Zhao, who was sitting by the side, seemed to have seen the pattern above, with a puzzled expression on her face, she asked softly, "Bai Lan, what is this embroidery work?"

Bai Lan's eyelashes fluttered lightly, she looked at the two eunuchs next to her, hesitated to turn the embroidery picture to the emperor, and silently lowered her eyes.

The moment this embroidered picture appeared in front of everyone's eyes, everyone's expressions changed.Because what is embroidered on this white gauze is an extremely delicate and noble phoenix entwined with gold threads. It holds its wings on both sides, and its eyes are shining with fire, shining brightly like auspicious auspiciousness descended from heaven.

At this moment, Yougui frowned tightly, but before Yougui could speak, Li Guiren on the left said "Ah" as if frightened, "This...how is the phoenix embroidered here! It is the king of all birds, only queens and queen mothers can use it."

"That's right, which court lady embroidered this. How can you embroider a phoenix as a birthday present for Yougui? It's too ignorant of the rules." Zhuo Chang from Yikun Palace continued.

The faces of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were obviously not very good-looking. The emperor rubbed the jade wrench on his thumb, and his voice became deeper: "Which palace man did this phoenix come from?"

Bai Lan glanced at the phoenix, pursed her lips, and became at a loss for a moment.She had never seen this phoenix embroidery picture when she was arranging embroidery in the palace, how could it appear at the banquet?

"I don't know..." Bai Lan answered bravely, holding the embroidery hoop in her hands like a hot potato, and she didn't know whether she should put the Phoenix down.

Just when everyone was clueless, a court lady suddenly stood up behind Yougui, and it was none other than Fei Ling.He came out with strides, greeted the emperor and said righteously: "Your Majesty, this servant knows that this is Jiaorong's masterpiece."

Hearing this, Jiao Rong, who had silently lowered her sense of existence, immediately raised her head, and stared at Wu Ying's face in disbelief.He straightened his back and looked directly at Jiaorong, with hatred in his eyes.

The so-called one wave of ups and downs and another wave of ups and downs is just right for Jiao Rong at this time.The Queen Mother looked at the girl behind Yougui, even though she was always used to Yougui, she couldn't help frowning: "Is it you again?"

"Queen Mother, not a servant girl." Jiaorong walked out with a cold face, and looked him up and down from top to bottom, with a look that wanted to swallow her whole.

The Empress Dowager always hated these maidservants who caused troubles in the palace. She drooped her eyes and said in a cold voice: "Then you can find your embroidery on that board."

Hearing this, Jiaorong took a slight look at Wulin, and seeing Wulin's confident look, Jiaorong knew that there must be no embroidery of hers on the board.

(End of this chapter)