The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 49 Concubine Yi (1)

It didn't take long for the New Year's banquet in the palace, and Jiaorong had been in the palace for a whole year.The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager also appreciated their faces at the New Year's banquet, and the concubines from all palaces gathered together. Besides, the emperor's elder brother and younger brother—Prince Yu Aixinjueluo Fuquan and Prince Gong Aixinjueluo Chang Ning also entered the palace to have a banquet together by order.

The arrangement of tables at this family banquet is quite different from that at the previous birthday banquets of Youguisheng. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager still sit with the emperor at the top seats, but on the two rows of tables below, the leader is Prince Yu With Prince Gong.The second person on the left is Concubine Zhao, while the second person on the right has been deliberately vacated, and the servants below are just following orders, no one knows why.

Yougui and Ma Guiren sat directly opposite each other this time. After giving birth to the third prince, Ma Guiren became plump a lot, but he didn't look fat and ugly at all. Instead, he looked much richer and more airy.

Today Ma Guiren brought Changsheng to the family banquet, and many newly promoted concubines around him presented their dowry ornaments to Changsheng in order to establish a good relationship. The nobleman suddenly became the most dazzling person at the family banquet.At this moment, who would have thought that the noble Ma was the master who was spurned and ridiculed by all the concubines at the last family banquet?It's really this moment and that moment.

Li Guiren sat on the table next to Ma Guiren, but she didn't pay too much attention to Ma Guiren and Changsheng today. Can be seen by Prince Yu.But Prince Yu is busy talking with the emperor right now, so he has no energy to spare.

Jiaorong came here with Yougui today, just like last time at Yougui's birthday banquet, she became the big palace maid next to Yougui.Before coming here today, Yougui picked out a very gorgeous lavender apricot flower embroidered robe with blue borders for Jiaorong, and specially sent someone to put some powder on Jiaorong, and also matched a few blue flowers on her hair. Velvet flowers.This outfit can be regarded as the most dazzling court lady at the banquet.

At this moment, both the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhao have noticed Jiaorong, and they are both a little surprised. Live well, and still be so glamorous.

This time with Prince Yu and Prince Gong as companions, the emperor drank a lot of wine, although he was not drunk all the time, he really didn't have any extra time to pay attention to the concubines below.When Liang Jiugong went down to distribute the gifts from the emperor to the various concubines, he noticed the fluff next to Mr. Yougui. At that time, the two suddenly looked at each other, and Liang Jiugong was stunned.

Since Jiaorong left from Qianqing Palace, the two haven't seen each other for half a year. In the past six months, Jiaorong's growth seems to be more marked, and his body has become more upright and temperamental.So much so that when Liang Jiugong returned to the emperor, he hesitated again and again, but couldn't help but leaned over to the emperor's ear: "Your majesty."

Hearing the sound, the emperor paused the hand holding the wine glass, and replied in a soft and deep voice: "Say."

Liang Jiugong looked at Jiaorong beside Yougui in the distance, and said, "Miss Jiaorong came with Yougui today."

Hearing this familiar name, the emperor was also slightly taken aback. He hadn't seen Jiao Rong for a long time, but in the past six months, he would dream of this little maid from time to time.There is no other reason, there are many beautiful people in this harem, it is really tiresome after a long time, and I always think of those fresh and elegant beauty in the world.

"It has nothing to do with me." The emperor said lightly, but his eyes couldn't help sweeping towards Mr. Yougui.Jiaorong is pouring wine for Yougui at the moment, and her movements are still as respectful, calm and graceful as always, which can be reminiscent of a "Picture of a Beauty Pouring Wine".

Liang Jiugong had been by the emperor's side for a long time, so he naturally understood the emperor's twisted temperament, so he snickered behind him and shook his head slightly.

After drinking for three rounds, a young eunuch outside the hall suddenly walked up to the seat and said a few words into the emperor's ear. The emperor quickly put down the wine glass, his eyes were no longer blurred, and he gave orders to the eunuch. Voice: "Bring her in."

Not long after, a girl with elegant and gentle appearance, fair skin, dressed in pale pink peony embroidered pipa lapel satin gown, wearing chrysanthemum-patterned enamel Caibu Yao, with her head bowed, looked dignified and virtuous, and was led by eunuchs and court ladies. And followed into the temple.

Seeing this, the surrounding concubines became quiet and looked at the girl in a daze.The girl kept her head down, walked to the center of the hall and knelt down softly, her voice was as gentle as soft snow: "Little girl Tong Jia, please greet the emperor."

Hearing the word "Tong Jia's", the concubines were a little surprised, they looked at each other in twos and threes, and couldn't help but sized up the girl.Although the Tong Jia clan came from the Han army banner, it is a veritable aristocrat in the court today. Not only is it a prominent family that founded the country, it has produced many first-class princes, and it is also a relative related to the emperor's blood.

The emperor's biological mother, Empress Xiaokangzhang, died 12 years ago. She was from the Tong Jia clan. Since she was a child, she couldn't have fun at her mother's knees. preferential treatment.

The girl from the Tong Jia family in the hall is the niece of Empress Xiaokangzhang, the emperor is naturally willing to treat her as a family member, so he directly recruited the girl into the palace when she reached the age of marriage.

The emperor looked at the girl in front of him from top to bottom, and leaned back on the dragon chair with satisfaction.Not gaudy, fresh and elegant enough, the type he likes.

"What's your name?" the emperor asked softly.

The girl seemed very shy, bit her lower lip, and responded uncomfortably: "The little girl's name is Lingxi."

"Tong Lingxi..." The emperor read the girl's name lightly, and commented: "Spiritual wisdom, and your Ama's most cherished daughter, it really is a suitable name for you."

The concubines next to them looked at the emperor with complicated eyes. They were able to directly point out the two characters in the girl's name. They must have known each other early in the morning. This public call into the palace must be ready to be included in the harem. .

"The emperor's praise." Tong Lingxi still lowered her head, but she didn't feel any shyness. The girl's hands were tightly clenched in front of her abdomen, and it seemed more nervous and afraid, as well as fear of the new environment.

The queen mother looked at Tong Lingxi from the side, with an indescribably weird expression on her face.After all, Empress Xiaokangzhang also honored her two palaces at the same time, as the Queen Mother and Queen Mother respectively, and the confrontation between the two palaces has not been very pleasant.Now that Empress Xiaokangzhang's people have entered the palace, the Empress Dowager will naturally not have a very good face.

(Note: The emperor's biological mother is the Empress Dowager Mother, and the aunt—that is, the queen of the previous dynasty is the Empress Dowager Mother. In the sense of etiquette, the empress dowager mother has a higher status than the Empress Dowager Mother.)
(End of this chapter)