Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2296 Six Volumes 351 The Emperor Gives This? ([-] words completed)
The Yongshou Palace on this day can be said to be full of flowers.This unexpected surprise was enough to shake off the sorrow of the little emperor's heir not being able to give birth.

After everyone retreated, Wanxi sat in front of the dowry and took off the hairpin, but there was not much joy on her face.

Yurui and Yuchan served Wanxi together, seeing Wanxi's expression, Yurui also sighed, "The queen is not happy today."

Wanxi bowed her head lightly, "This year, it was said that Concubine Yu would be promoted to the imperial concubine, and the concubine Yu and Yongqi's mother and son were the ones the queen guarded the most against. But now, I am suddenly promoted to the imperial concubine, the person she wants to guard against, Naturally, it was me again.”

"This position of imperial concubine is different from the previous position after all. Now that I am in the position of imperial concubine, her old and new hatred for me has resurfaced in her heart."

"Let her do whatever she likes, and we're afraid she won't succeed?" Yu Rui sneered slightly.

Yuchan also said, "Today...the one who looks the most pitiful is Concubine Yu. The master has become a noble concubine and ranks above her, so she has to come to congratulate her personally; but at that moment, she was in full view of everyone. She is so embarrassed that she wants to hide, which makes people feel uncomfortable for her."

Wanxi raised her eyes and looked at her face in the makeup mirror.

"Originally this year, she was 'determined' to be promoted to the imperial concubine. Outsiders think so, and she herself thinks so too. But now she not only failed to be promoted, even because of my promotion, there is no vacancy for the imperial concubine. I can't imagine her despair, loss, and even resentment in her heart."

Yurui put Wanxi's jewelry on, turned her head and chuckled, "I'm thankful for having her and fifth brother in the palace at this moment. If she hadn't been so popular this year, the queen would not have been here until now." It just occurred to me that the master was promoted to the imperial concubine; if the fifth elder brother hadn't stood in the way, the empress might have already started plotting against our fourteenth elder brother!"

Wanxi lowered her head lightly, "Yes, if Yongqi's reputation hadn't come before me, I would be promoted to the imperial concubine right now, and Xiao Lu'er would immediately become a thorn in the empress's side."

Yu Rui sneered slightly, "From what I see, the empress just doesn't care about our fourteenth elder brother for the time being. Although the master is promoted to a noble concubine, after all, the fourteenth elder brother is still young, but it is the fifth elder brother." He's already twenty, and he's the biggest threat to Elder Brother Twelve."

"What's more, although the eldest son of Yingyuan and the fifth elder brother died, the concubine Hu's womb is about to give birth... The empress should be more worried about the fifth elder brother at this moment."

Wanxi nodded and stretched out her hand to gently squeeze Yurui's hand, "This is exactly what I'm lucky about right now."

Yu Rui fixed her Wanxi eyes, and suddenly smiled, "Only the more lively the Fifth Elder Brother's place is, the more the Queen's Master can't concentrate on thinking about our Fourteenth Elder Brother."

Wan Xi nodded.

Yu Rui curtseyed, "Master, don't worry, this matter is left to the servant."

Wanxi hastily stretched out her hand to grab Yurui, "...don't make things difficult for Yingyuan Gege. After all, she also just lost her child."

Yu Rui shook her head with a smile, "No embarrassment. Since she joined the emperor's family, she should understand the fundamentals of living in this palace from the first day. She should know what she should do and what she should not do at this moment." .”
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It was freezing cold, Wanxi tucked into the bed after washing up.

It was already late at night, and the emperor just lifted the curtain and came in.

Looking up at the already hung curtain, the long eyes were full of intoxicated smiles, leisurely swaying, and said deliberately: "I'll take a look at the three of them first, and then come to you last. I came a little late on purpose." , are you in a hurry?"

"Why are you in a hurry? After all, the Hall of Mental Cultivation is so close. If the master doesn't come, it won't be difficult for me to come to the door~" Wanxi tilted her head and glanced at him looking at the pride of the door curtain, then snorted softly, "Today There are a lot of people coming to the slave palace, and there are all kinds of gifts, how can there be an emperor like this, once the imperial edict is granted, he will be rewarded with a curtain?"

The newly hung curtain on the door was secretly rewarded by the emperor today.

The emperor's rewards to Wanxi are always the strangest in the records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the warehouse of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Whether it is the birthday or the canonization, when other people get rewards, how much taels of silver should be rewarded, and what the rewards are, they are all clearly recorded; only the rewards for her are often just a simple two taels in the file. The word "reward".

As for what items were awarded and how many items were awarded, I don't remember at all.

This is why no one can find out clearly, and they can't ask the emperor directly; Wanxi understands that this is the emperor's personal favor, and she doesn't want outsiders to know about it, but she insists that the objects rewarded by the emperor are "shameful".

For example, the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty rewarded her with a door curtain.

——This is not solemn, is it?What's more, the door curtain is still bright red, and it is not even the size to hang on the outer door, but it can only be hung on the partition door of the small Nuan Pavilion inside.

Although Gao Yuncong is considered smart, when he came to give it off, he made up a temporary slogan, saying that it was called "happy door"; but anyway, the door curtain hanging in the inner room is used in this imperial edict. At that time, it was really "shady".

What's more, the method of making this door curtain is a bit special-it is not a simple layer of door curtain, but in addition to the phoenix bird embroidered on the big red library satin, the curtain lintel is also covered with three layers of covers with different widths.

Worship to heaven and earth is embroidered on the first layer of covers, and pictures of hundreds of sons are embroidered on the second layer of covers... Nine-colored tassels hang down from under the two layers of covers.

This is not over yet, there is a "door-pressing bar" like a colorful door hanging from the left back of the door curtain.

The entire door curtain is made of thick and dense Ku satin that was tribute to Jiangnan weaving, and these colorful embroidery are even more delicate Suzhou embroidery. The entire door curtain and the cover are all embroidered.The amount of work involved in this embroidery alone, cannot be produced within a few months.

Wanxi felt ashamed to use so many weavers and embroiderers just to make such a door curtain.

Wanxi pouted and said, "It's the door curtains used in the palace. In winter, to keep out the wind and cold, the emperor always said that we should follow the rules of our ancestors who started businesses outside the customs. It is better to be simple. It is the curtains made of brocade. , and it is enough to use only plain shaded flowers, no additional embroidery is allowed."

"But the emperor bestowed this item on the servant, not only is it a big prize, but it's also embroidered with gold and silver threads, and it's embroidered all over... It's a bit wasteful."

The secret inside is that outsiders don't know, because Wanxi's elder brother Dexin is Yuanwailang who is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time, so he has already handed in the words through this curtain-only this one A door curtain, including materials and labor, costs no less than a dragon robe.

Wanxi accompanied the emperor to weaving in the south of the Yangtze River last time, so I remember the bottom of one of the dragon robes. On it, there is a "golden dragon robe embroidered with goose yellow satin and colorful clouds and water", which required 280 labors of embroidery craftsmen. , embroidering foreign goldworkers 26 five workers, painters 390 workers... Each piece of work, materials and silver total [-] two taels of money and one cent and nine per cent.

If the workmanship and material silver of a door curtain are equal to that of a dragon robe, it will cost about 300 taels of silver.This is a year's worth of money for a concubine!
It is the annual silver of the imperial concubine, which is doubled compared with the concubine's position, which is 600 taels a year.That's only enough to set up two curtains...
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The emperor took off his boots and sat cross-legged on the kang, glanced at Wanxi, and snorted.

"What's the matter? This door curtain is not just for your own use. When the master came, didn't he see the door curtain first, didn't he lift his hand to hold the door curtain?"

"Naturally, I have to choose a good-looking one. I have to look at it myself first, and then I will be motivated; besides, if I touch it with my hands, it is naturally higher than the rules of the harem, and I have to follow the rules of 'top use'." Come."

Wanxi stared at the emperor, but was speechless.Helplessly, he could only laugh and shook his head, "My lord is choking again!"

The emperor stretched out his hands, intentionally reaching under Wanxi's armpits.

"Where is the choking? Then tell me, it seems that the master is wrong?"

Wanxi dodged quickly, "Master! If you're right, you're right, why bother to squeak!"

Relying on his long arms, the emperor had already got his hand at this moment, and proudly raised his long eyebrows, "Who tickled you? Lord, I'm looking for a warm place to warm my hands."

Wanxi was busy dodging, but was tickled and laughed again, her cheeks were already pink.

The emperor lost his mind, and couldn't help but leaned forward, his voice was already hoarse, "Don't move... If you move, you will feel itchy yourself, no wonder you're the master."

His hands were pressed against Wanxi's armpits, and his lips had already dropped.

Wanxi was ticklish, so she had to be obedient and dare not move.Under his lips, his whole body softened unconsciously.

Like milk bumps melted in a hot pot.Gradually limp and out of shape, but between his nostrils, there was an indescribable fragrance... The fragrance was hot and soft, and it made his heart itch.

As the ears and temples rubbed together, the air gradually became hot.

The emperor gritted his teeth and counted the days, "... two months, huh?"

Wanxi lay in his arms and gasped, "Master, no. At least I have to endure it for another month."

Especially this time after losing a child, it may take a longer time for the body to recover.

The emperor was emotionally moved for a moment and couldn't restrain himself, so he stretched out his hand...

Wanxi exclaimed, "Master! ~ Really, really not for the time being."

The emperor laughed hoarsely, "Don't be afraid. I just want to touch—that little curtain."

Wanxi's body tightened suddenly, and she didn't dare to breathe.

The emperor chuckled dumbly, and pressed it close to Wanxi's ear, "I love to give you the door curtain... Let me see if it's as popular as the one I gave you..."

A bright red room, just like a first marriage.
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In the dark night, the two lay side by side.

Although the emperor teased for a long time, he couldn't enjoy himself to the fullest, and his body was still a little hot.

Wanxi was afraid that the emperor would be dry, so she got up and brought in a basin of water, sat on the charcoal basin, and added some water vapor to the warm pavilion.

She was so busy, sweating and steaming all over her body, which made the emperor feel emotional again, and sucked her lips.

The two of them kept busy until the sky became faintly visible, and Wanxi begged for mercy.

The emperor lay down moaning, and gently bit her ear, "What kind of Gu did you put on the master, huh? I knew I couldn't touch it at this moment, but I just couldn't help it."

Isn't Wanxi herself emotional?Then he intentionally bit the emperor's heart impatiently, "...What about the master? What kind of poison did the master put on the slave? The slave has never had a free time in the past few years~"

The emperor laughed and hugged Wanxi tightly in his arms, "...I just want it, what should I do?"

After the western wall clock rang three times, and the emperor was about to get up in a little while, Wanxi raised her hand to cover the emperor's eyes, and then simply covered the emperor's eyes with her own forehead , Tell him to sleep for a while.

It's just that she still couldn't help being naughty, and dragged the blindfolded emperor over to give him a kiss.

The emperor is so sleepy again... he doesn't want to sleep anymore.
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The Western clock struck four times, and it was time for the emperor to get up.

The emperor was so lazy that he didn't want to move, hugged Wanxi, and pressed tightly inside.

Wanxi laughed softly, "Master, go get busy. After a while, the servant will get up and make soup for you, to make up for it."

The emperor smiled annoyedly, "Bah, still love it?! There is no place to use it, and if you make it up again, it won't hurt anymore!"

Wanxi's face turned even redder.

Only then did the emperor sit up contentedly, and stretched out his hand to pinch the tip of her nose, "...it doesn't matter if the concubine is not a concubine; what I really want to see is that you show your smiling face again because of this incident." come."

In the past two months, although Wanxi deliberately did not talk about the lost child in front of the emperor.She also laughed, but it was just a forced smile, how could it be hidden from his eyes.

How to make her happy, how to get back her old smile, these are the wishes he most wanted to realize in the past two months.

Wanxi lowered her head shyly, "Thank you for your kindness, my slave."

The emperor pinched her cheek again, "Bah, don't talk nonsense! The grace that I want to give you is not this...the kind that I want to give you more, you understand."

Wanxi was really about to die of shame.

Lord, are you holding back?What was said tonight was really—bad.

She really wanted to remind her: Master, he's 50 years old... Is it appropriate to do this?

Wei Zhu was already waiting outside with a lantern, Wanxi didn't dare to do it again, so she stopped laughing and nodded with a smile, "Master, let's go."

The emperor squeezed Wanxi's hand, "... I also understand that you may not be all happy when you become a noble concubine. But this time, I want to be so willful this time-although you don't care about your status, but you can't." Do not care."

"Whether you care about your status or not, I still want you to be justified—this wish was already granted to you when I took your hand and crossed the Daqing Gate in Shengjing."

"I won't let you forget, and I won't forget myself."

After the emperor finished speaking, he jumped up and finally went to the ground.

Wanxi watched the emperor's back with a smile, her eyes were so hot.

Even if she still couldn't let go of that child in her heart, and she still had worries about the years after becoming a noble concubine, but just based on the emperor's words and "not forgetting" for many years, she was not only hot in her eyes, My heart is all warmer.

Worry can make people feel cold, but affection always warms people.

Warm up all the cold.
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Immediately afterwards, November 25th was the Empress Dowager's birthday festival.

The emperor personally went to the Shoukang Palace to salute, the clan kings and ministers were outside the Cining Gate, and all the officials were outside the Meridian Gate to celebrate the ceremony.

After the celebration ceremony, the emperor led the six palaces to present the Empress Dowager Xingjing Yixuan and Chonghua Palace, and the emperor personally served the empress dowager.

The six palaces are gathered together, and several concubines who have been conferred and newly conferred this year have attracted special attention.In addition to Liugong's routine salute to the empress dowager, Wanxi led Yuqin, Concubine Ying, Yi Guiren, Guo Changzai, etc., to salute in front of the empress dowager again.

The empress dowager looked at Wanxi who was the leader, and could only sigh.

Nala and the emperor stood on both sides of the empress dowager, serving meals for the empress dowager.Nala glanced at the empress dowager's expression, then raised his eyes to look at the emperor with a smile, "The emperor issued an order on the 21st to enshrine noble concubines, etc., because the 25th is the empress dowager's birthday festival, and I am too busy for a while, so I also Forgot to mention it to the emperor; now I would like to ask the emperor to show me: Concubine Qing has lived with Concubine Yu for many years, her previous status did not matter; now that Concubine Qing is also in the concubine position, I feel that it is not suitable for both The concubines are squeezed together in one palace."

"It's just that which palace should Concubine Qing move to is appropriate, and the emperor and the empress dowager have to decide."

The emperor did not hesitate, "Move Concubine Qing to Jingren Palace."
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The emperor did not hesitate so much that both Nala and the empress dowager looked up at him in shock.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help shouting in a low voice, "Emperor!"

That Jingren Palace is the birthplace of Lord Kangxi and the bedroom of the Empress Dowager when she was Concubine Xi. The regulations are the same, it is a dragon-shaped stone screen wall.

Because of this special, the Empress Dowager put Lan Guiren in this palace.But now the emperor actually asked Concubine Qing to move into this palace!

Nala also smiled awkwardly, "Back to the emperor, in Jingren Palace, there is already concubine Yu who has just been conferred; besides, only concubine Wan lives alone in Yonghe Palace, if Qing Concubine is moved there, it is also in accordance with the rules. Besides Concubine Qing and Concubine Wan are already very close..."

The emperor was indifferent, "Concubine Wan has lived in the Yonghe Palace for many years, so it is inappropriate to move to another high position; besides, Concubine Wan is raising Xiao Qi, and there is already a child in the palace; moving Concubine Qing there will not be forever." Lu wants to move there too? Then there will be a commotion."

Nala opened his mouth, as if he still had a lot to say, but he couldn't say anything.

The emperor raised his eyes quietly, and glanced at the Empress Dowager and Nala, "At this time, in the Six Palaces of East and West, apart from Concubine Xin's Xianfu Palace, there are only Jingren and Yonghe Palaces. I think Jingren Palace is suitable, so it's decided."

Wanxi and Yuqin looked at each other, and the expression on Yuqin's face was a determination never seen before.

She smiled at Wanxi, patted Wanxi's hand lightly, then got up and saluted to thank her, "I thank the emperor for his kindness."
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After the family banquet, everyone went back to the palace.

Yuqin is sent to Wanxi first, and Wanxi's hand is cold when she catches it.

Yuqin nodded, "I know what you're worried about. After all, there are noblemen Lan and E in Jingren Palace."

"But even if there are two of them, so what? After all, choosing Jingren Palace will be the best for us little Lu'er! Don't worry, for our little Lu'er, I will definitely keep an eye on them two."

Yuqin sighed softly as she spoke, and looked at Wanxi, "I have to say, you were able to bear the scruples in your heart at that moment, and you did the right thing to restore the old relationship with Concubine Yu—I will move to Jingren Palace now, With concubine Yu helping me in everything, it will definitely be safer than me doing it alone."

"Now that Concubine Yu's green head card has been ordered to be put away by the emperor, she should understand that she can no longer rely on the emperor for her future life in the harem; she can only rely on you. Therefore, she will It’s even more for us.”

Concubine Wan also walked over slowly, and said with a smile, "I said before that the emperor accepted her green head card just after Concubine Yu's child died, which is a bit unreasonable-now I understand it, so the emperor's heart Xia has already thought about this step. If this happens, Concubine Yu and us will get closer."

"I used to play chess with the emperor, and the emperor said that the master of chess never looks at the eyes, at least sees three steps away; our emperor, I am afraid that we can see five or ten steps away. Everything Son, there is always a connection."
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It was already late that day, and in the early morning of the next day, Nala went to Jingren Palace in person to check if there was anything that needed to be repaired or replaced in the main hall and apse.

Since the death of Empress Shujia, the main hall and apse of Jingren Palace have not been used for a long time.Although the days are not long, the palace is still a bit withered due to the lack of popularity.

All the concubines in Jingren Palace came to pay their respects, and the Nala clan left Noble Lan alone.

Accompanied by Mrs. Lan, Mrs. Nala walked and watched one by one, couldn't help but look sideways at Mrs. Lan several times, and sighed softly.

Lan Guiren was a little terrified, and could not help curtseying, "I don't know if my concubine's words and deeds are inappropriate, and I ask my master to correct me."

Nala took Lan Guiren's hand and sighed softly, "Silly girl, what are you talking about? I feel sorry for you before it's too late. How can I find your fault?"

Noble Lan raised his eyebrows.

Nala sighed and shook her head, "You are Gege from the empress dowager's family. The empress dowager granted you to live in Jingren Palace. This is her old man's former bedroom. I hope that one day, this Jingren palace will be yours. Be at home."

"Originally, you are on the same level as the nobleman, and you have the same opportunities as noblemen. But a few days ago, the nobleman suddenly became a concubine Yu, so you are ranked above you."

"It's just that I still feel that it doesn't matter. After all, the nobleman and the concubine are only one step away. With your family background, it will take less than a year or two to catch up. Then this Jingren Palace may still be a your."

"But how could it be imagined, the emperor actually moved Concubine Qing here... Since there is a concubine in this palace, it must be the concubine who lives in the back hall and is in charge of the house in this palace."

As Nala said, he sighed again, and patted Lan Guiren's hand.

"Even if you will slowly rise to the position of concubine in the future, the two concubines will also be scored first. Therefore, after you reach the position of concubine, you will be moved out of Jingren Palace and moved to a nearby palace— —In this way, this Jingren Palace is going to miss you, sister."

Nala sighed and shook his head, and after a while he said again, "Oh, look, I forgot. What about the concubine position, now there are Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu, Concubine Qing, Concubine Ying above the concubine position. This is the complete set of four concubines. Look, in the past few years, no one will have the opportunity to be promoted to the concubine position."

Mrs. Nala looked at nobleman Lan silently, "In this way, Concubine Qing's conferment not only took away my sister's Jingren Palace, but also blocked my sister's future enfeoffment. Oh, our big brother In the harem of the Qing Dynasty, why did the Han women jump to the front of our Manchurian family Gege?"

(End of this chapter)