The Concubine's Biography of the Concubine Seizing the Palace

In the afternoon, the bright sunshine filled the small garden of Changchun Palace, Wei Ning'er sat under the shade of a tree and carefully covered the three potted flowers in front of her with a black cloth cover. 【 】

This flower is called Epiphyllum, and because it blooms at night, it is also called Moonlight Beauty. It was presented to the emperor by Mr. Zhang Mei, the censor who visited Taiwan, when he returned to Beijing from Taiwan to report his duties.

Master Zhang Mei once told them that epiphyllum originally blooms at night, and to make it bloom during the day, it must be placed in a dark room or covered with a black cloth cover during the day when the buds are swollen, so as not to let them bloom. see the light.After dark, the four hours from Shushi to Yinshi on the second day need to be irradiated by candlelight. After seven or eight days of "reversing day and night", the epiphyllum can be made to bloom in the early morning.

Because everyone in the palace had never seen such a strange flower, they all wanted to have a good time, so the empress ordered her and Ruoyan to take good care of it, and when the flowers bloomed, all the ladies in the harem were invited to Changchun Palace to enjoy the flowers.

Neither of them dared to be negligent in the slightest, Wei Ning'er saw the flower buds began to swell, and immediately covered the flowers with the prepared black cloth cover.

"Ning'er, drink water!" Ruoyan came into the garden with water at this time.

"Have you ever gone to the princess to answer?" Wei Ning'er asked, raising her head and gently wiping the sweat off her face.

In the past two years, Wei Ning'er has undergone a complete transformation, her already beautiful little face looks even more beautiful, no worse than Ruoyan's.

"I have already returned to the princess. We have to guard the flowers for the next few days. We can't accompany the princess to the Jianting Pavilion to ride horses and shoot arrows. The princess readily agrees!" Ruoyan said with a smile.

"That's good, let's take a good look at this flower, so there can be no mistakes!" Wei Ning'er's expression was full of solemnity.

"No, just now I went to talk to the princess. I heard from the princess that the empress dowager and the emperor will also come to enjoy the flowers in person. The whole Changchun Palace has started to prepare!" A trace of worry appeared, fearing that something might go wrong.

In the past two years, she and Ning'er seldom came to this courtyard, and most of the time they accompanied the princess to take care of her, but now the empress asked them to come and look at the flower.

Empress Empress said, this is a good opportunity, if they let the beauties bloom this month, Empress will take this opportunity to allow them to leave the palace.

Ruo Yan's heart is not in this palace, she knows that Wei Ning'er wants to leave the palace just like her, so the two of them attach great importance to this flower.

"It would be great if the empress dowager and the emperor came, this is our chance!" Wei Ning'er looked at Ruoyan, with a strange gleam in her eyes.

The empress told her first yesterday that after this time she will be sent out of the palace to marry Fu Heng, which is really great news for Wei Ning'er.

In the past two years, Fu Heng's official career has been prosperous. Last year, he was the right servant of the household department and the governor of Shanxi. People's eyes are hot. I heard from the Empress Dowager that the Empress Dowager wanted to marry Fu Heng many times, and it would be bad for her to push it away.

This has made Wei Ning'er tremble with fear these days, but now she finally sees hope.

"Ning'er, have you thought about what to do after leaving the palace?" Ruoyan asked suddenly.

"Of course I'm married!" Wei Ning'er had a sweet smile on her face, but she regretted it after saying it.

"Who will you marry?" Ruoyan's eyes lit up, and she asked anxiously.

"I told you, don't tell others!" Wei Ning'er blushed slightly.

"That's natural, we are good sisters!" Ruoyan laughed.