Queen is fearless

Chapter 458

"Your Majesty, Yang Jieyu is here." In Zhaochun Palace, Zhishu came in from outside the palace and said back to Jiang Zhaohua. From her voice, surprise could be heard.

She was not the only one who was surprised, Jiang Zhaohua was also the same, "Yang Jieyu? What is she doing here?"

"I don't even know that this slave and maid came here with a gift." Zhishu reported back to his master what he saw.

"Please come in." The visitor is a guest, and she has nothing to do now. After all, Yang Jieyu is a newcomer to the palace. If she doesn't see her, it would be too shameful.

Zhishu blessed Fushen, went outside the hall and invited Yang Jieyu in.

"Concubine Yang's Jieyu, please greet Jiang Zhaohua, and wish your mother good health." Entering the hall, Yang Jieyu saluted Jiang Zhaohua in a polite manner.

"Get up." Ordered, Jiang Zhaohua sized her up, and glanced behind her by the way.

As Zhishu said, Yang Jieyu came to Zhaochun Palace with a gift, which was in the hands of the palace servant behind her.

"I don't know if Yang Jieyu came to see me, but what's the matter?" Jiang Zhaohua asked straightforwardly after giving Yang Jieyu a seat.

"If you go back to your empress, I have nothing to do when I come to Zhaochun Palace, I just want to visit my empress."

"Speaking of which, the Jiang family and the Yang family are also family friends, and they always move around. If the empress is not in the palace, the relationship between the empress and the concubine must be very good."

"Actually, I should have come a long time ago. It's just that I couldn't pay my respects to the empress before, so I couldn't come here first, so I came to pay my respects to the empress today. Please forgive me."

Jiang Zhaohua was so direct, Yang Jieyu couldn't help but pause, then smiled and responded to Jiang Zhaohua.

When she said this, Jiang Zhaohua couldn't help raising his eyebrows, but she didn't know that the Jiang family and the Yang family were family friends.

However, Yang Jieyu's father was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. As far as she knew, someone from the Jiang family was in the Ministry of Officials. In other words, Yang Jieyu's father was the superior of the family members.

"What Yang Jieyu said, I'm afraid there is a deviation. Even if I am outside the palace, the relationship with you may not be very good."

There was always a smile on Jiang Zhaohua's face, she really wanted to know why Yang Jieyu came to Zhaochun Palace.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Yang Jieyu bit her lips. She heard that Jiang Zhaohua was easy to get along with, but looking at it now, it seemed that it was not as she had heard.

"Think about it, there is quite a few years of age difference between Ben Gong and you! When you reach the age where you can go out and play independently, Ben Gong will be married, and you and I will naturally not be able to play together. .”

Taking a full view of Yang Jieyu's expression, Jiang Zhaohua smiled and said, in her heart, she had some thoughts of her own.

This Yang Jieyu, after all, has just entered the palace, she has a pure mind, she should come to Zhaochun Palace because she wants to have a good relationship with herself, as for why, she will naturally know later.

"What the empress said is true, but this concubine feels that even if they are a few years behind, as long as they have similar temperaments, they can still make friends."

Yang Jieyu's mood quickly returned to normal, "Look at my concubine's memory, it's not good to come to my mother's Zhaochun Palace empty-handed, after all, it's the first time to visit, my concubine prepared a little gift, I hope my mother will not refuse .”

Thinking that she had brought a gift, Yang Jieyu changed the subject, took the prepared gift from the palace man, and offered it with both hands.

Jiang Zhaohua looked at the brocade box in Yang Jieyu's hand. Jiang Zhaohua didn't know what was in it, but when he looked at the brocade box, he knew that the things inside were of great value.

Should this thing be accepted or not?
If you accept it, you will be short-handed. Once Yang Jieyu asks her for help, for the sake of the gift, it's not easy to ignore it.

If you don't accept it, it would be inappropriate for Yang Jieyu to take it back like this.

"Zhishu." After thinking for a moment, Jiang Zhaohua had an idea in her heart, and she ordered Zhishu to take the brocade box and present it to her.

"Can I open this palace?" Jiang Zhaohua thought, it's okay to accept it himself, and then prepare a gift of higher value than this one, and return it to Yang Jieyu.

In this way, there is nothing owed to the two, and there is nothing to worry about.

"Of course." Long before, Yang Jieyu had a clear understanding of the situation in the palace.

Whether it's the empress, concubine Dong, Jiang Zhaohua or Lian Xiuyi, she is quite clear about their preferences, and even, she didn't forget to ask about the empress dowager's preferences.

After thinking about it, she planned to start with Jiang Zhaohua and use Jiang Zhaohua to get close to the empress.

With Jiang Zhaohua's recommendation, it should be much easier to gain the trust of the empress.

Even if it is good to use the empress first to give way to some improvement in position, it is better to leave Yaohua Palace as soon as possible, so as to save you from having to face Jianrou every day.

With a high rank, many things will be much easier. At that time, wouldn't it be better to find a way to get closer to the emperor?
With this in mind, Yang Jieyu came to Zhaochun Palace. The brocade box contained Jiang Zhaohua's favorite things.

Not only that, Yang Jieyu can be sure that she will never refuse.

"Huh..." Jiang Zhaohua was surprised when the brocade box was opened. She stretched out her hand, took out an inkstone from the brocade box, and put it in her hand to check.

In the brocade box, apart from the inkstone, there are also several pieces of ancient ink, all of which are according to Jiang Zhaohua's preferences.

On weekdays, when she is free, Jiang Zhaohua likes to practice calligraphy or draw pictures. A good inkstone, good ink, and high-quality rice paper in the palace are a perfect match for the brush in her hand.

It's a pity that the inkstone in her hand is a little bit different from the ancient ink.

Although her status is not low, and her status in the palace is also honorable enough, there are some things that can be met but not sought after, so until now, she has not found a particularly satisfactory inkstone or ancient ink.

In the brocade box that Yang Jieyu gave her, no matter the ancient ink or the inkstone, they are all what she needs, how can this not make her like it?
For a moment, Jiang Zhaohua was in a dilemma. In her eyes, these two things were very valuable. What kind of gift should she use to reward Yang Jieyu?
"Does your mother like this gift?" Just looking at Jiang Zhaohua's expression, one can tell that she likes it very much.

"I like it very much, but... these things are too expensive, I can't accept them." Putting the inkstone back into the brocade box, only she knew how reluctant she was at this moment.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about it. To your Majesty, this inkstone and ancient ink may be very valuable, but to my concubine, they are of very little use. Your Majesty can just accept it. If you are really sorry, why not..."

Pausing for a moment, Yang Jieyu observed Jiang Zhaohua's reaction. Jiang Zhaohua was looking at her, waiting for her to continue.

If the conditions are outrageous, no matter how reluctant she is, she will not accept them.

"My concubine heard that there are a few orphan copies of the copybooks here. My concubine also likes to practice calligraphy, but it's hard to find the only copies. Can the empress lend those few copies to my concubine for a while to observe?"

"With this as an exchange, I don't think it will embarrass the empress too much, right?"

(End of this chapter)