Queen Xiaoxi

Chapter 24
Now that Wanxian has been promoted, her life is better.

This summer is hot, and the concubines who were favored in previous years will follow the Long Live Lord to the palace or the garden to escape the heat.

However, there were many important events in the court this year. The prince had just been restored to power and Princess Wen Ke had passed away, so he did not go to the garden to escape the summer heat.

But the high-ranking concubines are naturally not afraid. There is a daily supply of ice cubes. Putting them in ice cubes will keep them cool and can store fruits.

But the lower-ranking concubines also have to see if they are favored. This ice can be touched or not.

In the past, when the housekeeper saw that Wanxian had just entered the palace, he would also send some ice, but not much, and only dared to use it during the hottest time of the day.

Usually, Wanxian and Bu Guiren would rub An Bin's favor in the main hall of An Bin.

It's just that although Empress An is the main character, she has been out of favor for many years, and her share of ice cubes is not many.Therefore, it is enough for three people to use it together during the day.

Nowadays, Wanxian has been promoted to a noble person and can be regarded as a new favorite. The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to neglect her and sent a lot of ice cubes.

Wanxian had no reason to enjoy it by herself, so she sent it to An Bin's main hall and still used it together on weekdays.

An Bin and Bu Guiren also enjoyed it very much, and felt that their pain for Wanxian was not in vain.

On this day, Wanxian was sitting in the inner room of the main hall, joking with An Bin and Bu Guiren, and asking Bu Guiren for needlework.

On the day Liang Jiugong went to Changchun Palace to announce his decree, Wanxian made a fortune.

The rewards from the Long Live Lord, the rewards from each palace, and the filial piety from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc.

Therefore, Wanxian is very grateful to Lord Long live for his grace.Thinking that Long Live Lord has everything, but I have nothing but needlework that is pretty good, I thought of embroidering a purse to present to Long Live Lord for fun, which was my idea.

It happened that the Long Live Lord's reward that day included two pearls, which were tribute pearls from the south, and they were called Hepu Pearls.

Concubine An said that although the color is not as good as Dongzhu, it is still a good-looking pearl.

Wanxian thought about embroidering a purse with two dragons playing with pearls.Use a month-old white cloth as the base, and use gold thread to embroider the dragon.There are two dragons playing with beads embroidered on the front and back, with a bead falling between the two dragons.

So Wanxian embroidered and dismantled the embroidery, asking others for their opinions while embroidering.I'm just afraid that the embroidery is not good, or that Long Live the Lord won't like it.But I was afraid that one day the embroidery would not be finished when Long live the Lord called me, so I embroidered until midnight every day before going to bed.

After three or four days, my hands were pricked with many holes by needles, and it was difficult to finish the embroidery.

I hurriedly braided the tassels of the purse, carefully braided more than a dozen tassels, selected the best tassel and connected it to the purse.He also chose the best huanghuali box from the congratulatory gifts in the warehouse and put it in it.I just thought that if the emperor summoned me one day, I could take it with me.

Wherever I thought of dozing off, someone gave me a pillow.Less than two hours after putting it in the box, Long Live Master summoned Wanxian.

Because she was promoted to a noble person, Wanxian bought several new clothes.On the dressing table, Wanxian combed her hair again, put a new pair of jade butterfly hairpins on the hairpins, and put on a light green palace dress.Holding the huanghuali box tightly in his hands, he took Yunxia and a young eunuch on the two-man carriage and went to Qianqing Palace.

By the time we arrived at Qianqing Palace, it was already three minutes later.Wanxian got off the chariot and held the box firmly in her hands.When he arrived at the palace gate, he said to the eunuch on duty: "Guarjia has come to say hello."

When he heard that it was the newly favored nobleman Guarja, the young eunuch hurriedly went into the palace to inform him.After a while, Wei Zhu came out to pay his respects and said: "Good luck to you, noble man. Come in quickly, noble man. Long Live Lord is reviewing memorials in Dongnuan Pavilion."

After hearing this, Wanxian entered the inner hall and arrived at the door of Dongnuan Pavilion to wait for the summons.

Wei Zhu then announced inside: "Long live Lord Qi, the noble Guarjia wants to see you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the voice inside and said something. "come in."

A palace maid opened the door and lifted the curtain.

Wanxian walked inside and saw Lord Long Live sitting on the dragon couch facing a couch table.

There are several memorials, a few pens, and two inkstones placed on the couch table.

Wanxian hurriedly knelt down to say hello and shouted: "My slave, Guarjia, would like to say hello to Lord Long Live. Long Live Lord, may blessings be upon you." After saying this, she kowtowed.

When Kangxi heard this, he said helplessly: "Get up. Didn't I ask you to kneel less?"

Wanxian heard the words and replied seriously without getting up: "Long live Lord, this is my slave's wish. I am willing to kneel down to Lord Long live." Wanxian said sincerely.

Kangxi sat on top and looked down at Wanxian.After so many years and with so many concubines in the harem, Kangxi thought he could still tell the difference between true love and falsehood, so he liked Wanxian.

"Liang Jiugong, what are you doing standing there? Why don't you help the noble man up? You are losing your eyesight more and more." Kangxi cursed when he saw Liang Jiugong standing beside him like a pillar.

Upon hearing this, Liang Jiugong quickly walked to Wanxian and tried to help Wanxian up. As he walked, he said, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault."

Wanxian didn't dare to let Liang Jiugong help him up, but she got up quickly herself.Thinking of the box I put down when I was kneeling, I was about to bend down and pick it up.

Liang Jiugong picked it up and said: "Hey, why is there a box here? It must have been brought by the nobleman. There must be something good for the Long Live Lord." Liang Jiugong saw Wanxian holding something in her hand as soon as she entered the palace. A box, but it has never been opened.At this moment, I remembered that Wanxian had some dignity in front of Kangxi, so I wanted to sell Wanxian a good deal, so she spoke.

Upon hearing this, Kangxi also looked at the box in Liang Jiugong's hand.

When Wanxian saw it, she hurriedly took the box from Liang Jiugong, hurriedly opened the lid and carefully placed it on the couch table.

I saw a purse embroidered with two dragons playing with beads in the box.

Wanxian said with some embarrassment: "I thought, I don't know anything. I only know some needlework, and I just want to embroider a purse to present to the Long Live Lord."

Kangxi heard what Wanxian said and picked up the purse from the box.Taking it in my hand and playing with it carefully, I found that both sides of the purse were embroidered with two dragons and beads.It looks very delicate, and hard work has gone into the stitching.So he nodded to Wanxian and said comfortingly: "Thank you for your hard work, it looks good."

"As long as Master Long live likes it, I don't have to work hard. This is what a slave should do. If Master Long live likes it, I can do more when I go back." Wan Xian saw that Emperor Kangxi liked it, and she felt that the few nights she had stayed up were nothing. No matter how big a deal it is, it’s all worth it. I’m thinking about doing a few more when I go back.

(End of this chapter)