Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2323 Seven Volumes 23
She came back to live in the garden, because Nala wanted to live in the "Changchun Fairy Pavilion", and the few nobles who lived with her in the palace didn't have to squeeze together to the small island of the "Changchun Fairy Pavilion" .

If this is the case, it is more convenient for the nine princesses to visit and nobles.

This kind of back and forth made the Ninth Princess and the nobleman panic.Every morning when I opened my eyes, I hadn't waited for my breakfast to be done honestly, and then I went to the yard with the nobleman again.

Wanxi knows that the nobles are devout, and I heard that their beliefs require five prayers a day from morning to night; even women must pray at least three times a day.Wanxi was worried that Princess Nine ran over by mistake and ran into her again.

Wanxi coaxed the ninth princess, and asked softly, "Tell Ernie, why do you go there every day?"

Ninth Princess pouted, "...grab Hu Tie'er."

Wanxi was also helpless, raised her eyes to glance at Yurui, smiled and shook her head, "I dare say she treats other people and nobles as a net for catching butterflies!"

It is much easier to catch bees and butterflies when you are surrounded by noble people.From the first time I saw this Jiujiu, I fell in love with it.Every time he came back from Heguiren Palace, he would come back with a big gauze bag full of butterflies, hanging under the eaves of the corridor to show off.

Every time, Wanxi saw that the time was almost up, so she tried every means to put Jiujiu to sleep, and then released the butterflies with her own hands, so as not to cause the scene to prolong and ruin her life.

Every time Jiujiu wakes up, he finds that the butterflies are gone, so he puts even more effort into catching them in Heguiren's Palace... If so, it becomes a strange circle, and it's unbearable if you don't catch it for a day .

Wanxi sighed, "You care about Hu Tie'er, Ernie understands. But Ernie discussed with you, if you just want to look colorful and beautiful, then Ernie will pile up a few for you with all kinds of palace gauze. Ten butterflies, I want you to hang them all under the eaves and watch them, okay?"

After all, Jiujiu is young, so how can he rely on it, so he pouted, "...the palace yarn is piled up, it can't fly!"

Wanxi thought for a while, "It's easy to fly, Er Nie still has a way to make the palace yarn pile fly, okay?"

Jiujiu felt a little funny now, and then a pair of black grape-like eyes flickered brightly, "... If I can really fly, I will agree!"

Jiujiu went happily.When I came back that night, it was indeed a butterfly that didn't come back with a net, but came back with a whole body of fragrance.The fragrance is so strong that it overwhelms the fragrance of the bergamot and incense rafters that are placed in Wanxi's hall as offerings and scents.

He and the nobleman personally sent the ninth princess back, and Wanxi smiled and asked the ninth princess, "What good things did you and your empress send you, so that it smells so fragrant?"

The nine princesses jumped up happily, "Ernie, tell your empress that I also have this incense on my body, so I can attract butterflies to fly by myself, so I don't need to catch them with a net bag anymore!"

Wanxi was also pleasantly surprised, raised her eyes and smiled gratefully at the nobleman, "Oh, this is the best way!"

Yu Rui stepped forward with a smile, hugged Princess Nine and coaxed her, "Oh my princess, look at the sweat on her face. Come and wash with me, or you will get mud later."

Princess Nine is the one who likes cleaning the most since the beginning of the year. Who makes her have a good nose, even if she smells of sweat on her body, she herself doesn't want to. Bounce was the first to go to the washbasin stand and wait, there was no need for Yurui to worry.

But today, she hesitated.

She picked up her clothes, leaned close to her nose and sniffed it vigorously; then raised her hand to wipe her forehead, then stared blankly at the shining beads of sweat on the back of her hand.

It seemed that he was struggling left and right.

After a long while, she raised her eyes to look at Yurui, "Aunt Rui, chirping doesn't stink! It's sweaty, but it doesn't stink!"

Wanxi was delighted to hear that, but remembered the words "Xiangjin" and "Tanjin" that the emperor said that day.That's right, everyone is sweating, but whoever gets the overall score, the nine girls in front of them are sweating, and it really smells sweet.

But Wanxi didn't dare to believe her nose too much.After all, mother and daughter are their own children, how can a mother smell the smell of her own child?What I smell instinctively is all kinds of sweetness, all kinds of pleasant smells.

Wanxi then asked Yuchan, Yuying and the others, "You have heard, does she stink?"

Both Yuchan and Yuying laughed, and naturally said, "How can it be smelly? Our Ninth Princess is the most fragrant!"

The master and servant, mother and daughter in this hall looked happy and harmonious, watching quietly with the nobleman, couldn't help smiling together on their faces, but there was inevitably a slight sadness in their hearts.

This is what a "home" looks like, and it was what she had in the past; but since she came to the capital from the Western Regions all the way, especially after entering the palace of Empress Nala, all these things no longer belong to her.

Although Wanxi laughed and teased and chirped, she still noticed the sadness between her and the nobleman's expression.

——As a mother, I always instinctively learned to take into account the emotions of more people, and want to take care of everyone meticulously, right?

Wanxi then stretched out her hand and grabbed Heguiren's hand, "If you talk about fragrance, naturally no one in this palace can compare to Heguiren. My nose, also because I am pregnant with a double body, is always a little different from the past. Son. As for them, they are naturally used to chirping, so it is inevitable that they will not tell the truth."

"This has to be resolved with you, nobleman. Should my nine girls go wash up?"

He nobleman laughed, Rourou looked at Jiujiu.Jiujiu also grabbed hold of a life-saving straw and rushed over, and got into the arms of the nobleman, "My lady, don't ask me to wash it. I'm afraid I'll wash off the fragrance on my body!"
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Hearing Jiujiu's words, Wanxi couldn't help laughing even more.

I knew this little girl had such a heart.

He and the nobleman also hugged Jiujiu tightly, but first raised their eyes to look at Wanxi, "The imperial concubine asked the ninth princess if she stinks...then of course it doesn't stink."

Jiujiu's black grape-like eyes lit up immediately, and he raised his fat little fist and cheered, "Oh!"

He Guiren also laughed, and because of the innocent and naive look in front of him, he wiped away all the melancholy he had thought before.

She bowed her head but still said to Jiujiu, "Although it doesn't smell bad, it can't be said that I won't wash it. It's hot now, and you're sweating all over your face. If you don't wash it off, the little neck will be washed off later." In the folds, it should be drowned~~"

"Using incense on the body can cover the odor, but it can't prove that it is not dirty. If it is dirty, it has to be washed. Only using incense can treat the symptoms, not the root cause."

Wanxi nodded slightly with a smile.

Jiujiu pouted, "But...after washing, it won't smell good. Then Hu Tie'er won't come!"

"Whatever?" He Guiren stretched out his hands to hug Jiujiu's chubby body, "After you finish washing, He Niangniang will use this incense for you again! Or, after you wash it off, He Niangniang will also have a way to add it to you in the water." It’s fragrant. This way, after you finish washing, the fragrance will naturally stay on your body again.”

Wan Xi also raised her eyebrows, "It's like 'bathing in fragrant soup'?
He nodded with a smile on his face.

After Jiujiu heard this, he realized that there was no need to wash away the fragrance, but that there was still fresh fragrance after washing, so he clapped his hands happily, "Then I'll go now!"
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Yurui and Yuying joyfully took the ninth princess there, and the nobleman looked at Wanxi with a smile.

He nobleman said slowly, "...I used the date flower for the ninth princess. I know that the child's skin is delicate, so I didn't use it directly. I just put a few branches in the folds of her clothes. It’s just a jujube flower.”

"Azalea flowers?" Wanxi raised her eyebrows, "Is it your flowers from the Western Regions? I haven't heard of them."

"The scent of the flower is more like sweet-scented osmanthus."

Wanxi is most familiar with the fragrance of osmanthus because she has been associated with the green osmanthus tree since she was a child.This is not sweet-scented osmanthus, but sand jujube flower, but because of the similar fragrance, there is an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

The nobleman smiled and nodded, "They were born in the desert. We have them in Xinjiang, and there are also in the deserts of Mongolia and Gansu."

"Maybe it's because I was born in the desert, and it was difficult to grow, so it was so easy for flowers to bloom, so I tried my best to emit fragrance. Only in this way can I attract bees and butterflies to go deep into the desert, far away. Fly here, pollinate for it, and then bear fruit."

"Therefore, if you wrap your body with these jujube flowers, the fragrance will especially attract bees and butterflies."

Wanxi clapped her hands, "So that's the case. No wonder there are bees and butterflies flying around with you."

He and the nobleman blushed slightly, "...it's not surprising at all, it's just because I'm the only woman in the palace, it's a rare thing for everyone to feel surrounded by bees and butterflies; In my hometown, the girls all use the clothes to wrap the jujube flowers, so this scene is nothing."

Wanxi gently squeezed the nobleman's hand, "Don't be sad. The emperor has selected cooks for you to enter the palace, and the emperor will definitely choose suitable official women and other companions for you one after another. It's just because Now in Beijing, there are still few people under the leadership of Hui Renzuo, so it is not easy to choose; as the number of people under the leadership of Nazuo gradually increases in the future, this wish will definitely come true."

He nobleman looked up at Wanxi, "Is it true?"

Wanxi nodded with a smile, "I will. Ah, remember what I said, although this is the harem of the Qing Dynasty, it is far away from your home; but the emperor always remembers you."
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On the last day of June, the emperor sent an oral order to invite the empress dowager and Liugong to go to the "bird cage" to watch birds.

Bird watching in midsummer can be a pleasure. The "Bird Cage" is actually a Western-style building, and the open room in the middle is a hallway, so it actually looks like a Western stone gate.

Peacocks and other birds were raised in the second room around the hallway in the Ming Dynasty, so this building is called "Bird Raising Cage".

When it comes to bird watching, the children are naturally the happiest.That's all for Xiao Qi, she already has some of the reservedness of a young lady at this moment; but Jiu Jiu, it's like jumping up and down three times.Wanxi had a big belly and went with her all the way.

At one time, the six palaces gathered together, each of them brought bird food, and teased the peacocks to spread their tails and mynahs to learn to speak.Wanxi's body should not be disturbed, so she set up a seat outside the hall, and just smiled and watched the children go to play.

Yu Rui took two nuns and followed Jiujiu in person.But on the other side, he and the nobleman have already walked over spontaneously, and they took care of Jiujiu together.Wanxi saw it from a distance, and smiled in relief.

Jiujiu is small, and he disliked that he couldn't see clearly because of the railing, so he clamored to hug the nobleman again.He and the nobleman picked her up to watch.Tweeting is still generous, showing "the friendship of the landlord", with one arm around the neck of the nobleman, and the other pointing at the birds, he introduced with a small mouth, "You have not seen He Niang, have you?" ? This is not called a phoenix, but a peacock."

Yurui next to her was also amused, teasing her and asking, "I didn't even say it was called Phoenix~~"

Jiujiu blushed immediately, and turned to stare at Heguiren, "...But look, Madam He, doesn't it look like a peacock? Why is it called a peacock instead of a phoenix?"

And the nobleman also "puchier" laughed out loud, and blinked with Yurui, and realized that it was the child who took the peacock as a phoenix, so he also brought it when explaining to her. That's it.

And the nobleman coaxed and tweeted, "Princess Nine is right. Anyway, I have never seen a phoenix or a peacock. I think it should be a phoenix; maybe 'Peacock' is her nickname." Bar?"

Jiujiu felt very useful immediately, he hugged Heguiren's neck with both arms, his calves kicked happily in Heguiren's arms.

Because she was wearing a white robe with the nobleman, her body was not stained with slender dust; Yurui was afraid that Princess Nine would get dirty by kicking like this, so she hurried forward to remind her.

The nobleman smiled at Yurui and shook his head, "It doesn't matter, I just want to see her happy."

Yurui sighed quietly in her heart, and looked back to meet Wanxi's eyes.Both of them smiled in relief.
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The Emperor Shaoqing and the Nala family accompanied the Empress Dowager personally, and all the harem came forward to pay their respects.

Among the crowd, only Wanxi has a big belly.The Empress Dowager said extra, "Concubine Ling, you can go without the etiquette. Now that you have a big belly and your body is so heavy, nothing is more important than you."

Given the empress dowager's attitude towards Wanxi these years, such a situation is naturally rare.Everyone looked at Wanxi, looking at the only one with a big belly, they couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Nala supported the other elbow of the empress dowager, and sighed softly, "You are the same, imperial concubine Ling. It's a hot day, why do you have to come here too? It's hot here, and the surroundings are so hot." It's a bird or a sparrow, if it alarms you, who will explain it?"

Yuqin wanted to speak for Wanxi, and Wanxi hurriedly held down Yuqin's hand.

Wanxi smiled faintly, so she stopped saluting to Nala, anyway, the Empress Dowager just skipped saluting.

"My mistress is thinking of the emperor's heir, and she is also sympathetic to the concubine's body. The concubine's body and mind are naturally grateful. It's just that the concubine's body is so delicate? The weather is hotter, and the birds are more lively, so I won't be alarmed. "

"Besides, the children are very happy to come to watch birds today. Xiaoqi has her own concubine to take care of her, but the ninth princess is still raised by her own concubine after all, so naturally she should come with her."

Nalashi laughed, and glanced at the ninth princess who was still tired of being next to the nobleman, "What Concubine Ling said, does it mean that Rui Chang in your palace is not useful? She is also a little master after all, with your body like this When you were a child, couldn't she take care of Princess Nine for you?"

"Or, it's because you can't believe that Rui Chang is here? It's because she has served in your palace for more than ten years, but you still don't feel at ease entrusting the child to her, and would rather follow her with your stomach full?"

Wanxi couldn't help frowning.

Anyway, she is used to what Nala said to her; but Nala's remarks were clearly aimed at Yurui, which is Wanxi's displeasure.

Wanxi just smiled softly, "Master's words made the concubine panic. Although Rui Changzai was entrusted from my palace, he is now the emperor's concubine, the concubine of the ninth princess. Rui Changzai Looking after the ninth princess for my concubine, that is the bond between the aunt and the princess, but it is not an obligation."

As Wanxi said, she couldn't help turning her eyes to the nobles in Yikun Palace, "The master and empress are the masters of the harem, even concubines who are the masters of the inner court are all servants of the master and empress, so it is better to let the master and empress run around." ; but in the concubine's palace, Rui Changzai is living with the concubine, and the concubine is only Rui Changzai's sister, not some kind of master and servant."
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Wanxi also unceremoniously denounced Nala's view of the nobles who lived with her in the palace as slaves, and Lin Guiren and others naturally changed accordingly.Nala's eyes widened even more annoyed, "Concubine Ling, be careful what you say!"

Wanxi was not in a hurry, turned her eyes and smiled, "The concubine is terrified, but I want to ask the master and empress for advice. What sentence did the concubine say wrong? Isn't the master and empress the lord of the six palaces? Could it be that the concubine is waiting for the concubine to be in the palace?" In front of the master and empress, don't you have to consider yourself a slave?"

Nala Shi hurriedly looked away, and looked at the nobleman again.

"Actually, you are here today for the sake of the ninth princess, so there is no need. Look, how well the nobles in my palace take care of the ninth princess!"

Nala wanted to emphasize "he nobleman in my palace" on purpose, and Wanxi couldn't help laughing even more.

"But from the perspective of my concubine, the status of being a nobleman is even higher than that of Rui Changzai, and she is already a dignified head of the inner court; I don't even want to ask Rui Changzai to do things, how can I be tired? What about the nobleman? The concubine is still the same as I said just now, and the nobleman is willing to take the initiative to take care of the nine princesses. This is the love between the nobleman and the princess, and it is also the help of the nobleman to the concubine. I can only feel grateful~ "
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Wanxi's words even set up Nala's work, making Nala understand in her heart that Wanxi is saying that Nala doesn't respect nobles.

Nala bit her lips angrily, "You just need to come to my palace and say something. As the middle palace, I can order the nobleman to do this! After all, you refused to prepare in advance and insisted on standing up." Come here together on your stomach, you are not careful enough to not take the emperor's heir as the most important thing!"

On this side, Nala's energies were all in bickering with Wanxi, and she couldn't even take care of the empress dowager.Only the emperor supported one arm of the empress dowager and walked to the seat under the umbrella.

Concubine Shu saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the arm that was vacated by Nala, and together with the emperor, helped the Empress Dowager to sit down.

Concubine Shu squatted down, beat the Empress Dowager's leg lightly with her own hands, and said with a smile, "The Empress Dowager came all the way from Changchun Garden, it was the Emperor's filial piety, and asked the Empress Dowager to watch birds later, and the whole family had fun together."

The empress dowager nodded, glanced at Nala's distraught look from a distance, and couldn't help sighing, "Exactly. It's summer, listen to the birds chirping, watch the children run and jump, Wouldn't it be the most enjoyable thing."

Concubine Shu nodded, "This year is the emperor's 50th birthday. In such a happy year, there is only one child in the harem, Concubine Ling. This kind of child is really something that our whole palace and all the aunts want to protect together."

The Empress Dowager also laughed, "Well, it's not. This year is a good year for your Long Live Lord, and this child is the icing on the cake."

Concubine Shu sighed softly, "My concubine just remembered that I myself did not lose my temper with Concubine Ling in the past. But this year, I put up with her in everything. Not because of her, but because of the emperor." This year's birthday, for the sake of the only emperor's heir in her belly, I can bear any kind of tantrum."

When the Empress Dowager heard the words, she raised her eyes and looked at Nala again, frowning.

——Actually, why is it Concubine Shu? Even the Empress Dowager seldom took the initiative to greet her just now. Isn't this just because of the emperor's birthday this year, and for the sake of this only emperor's heir, she also put up with her own temper what?
But there is one who can't help it, does it seem to be more expensive than her as the empress dowager?
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The emperor was not in a hurry, and helped the empress dowager to sit down all the way, but he couldn't help it, and the corners of his lips were still slightly hooked into a smile.

After the Empress Dowager was seated, Concubine Shu took the hand, and the Emperor leisurely grabbed a handful of corn grains from the eunuch who was raising birds beside him.As soon as they raised their hands, they all swung towards the peacock.

From a distance, it looks like the emperor is feeding the birds.

But who is this emperor? He is a man with precise archery skills, ten arrows out of ten, and his fingers are very accurate.He raised it seemingly casually, but actually the corn grains hit several peacocks one by one.

Immediately, peacocks screamed inside and outside the entire "Bird Cage"! .
A bird like a peacock looks good and is almost perfect; but its cry is very ugly, even close to howling.If it sounds at night, it is enough to make people's hair stand on end.

Therefore, these peacocks croaked in unison, the movement shocked everyone's heart, and the volume had already covered Nala's roar, so that everyone turned their heads to the bird fence instead of listening to Nala's roar. Look here together.

Then the emperor turned back unhurriedly, faced the crowd, and smiled faintly.

"Oh, listen, you can really prick! It doesn't matter if it's annoying or not, just screaming by your neck like this, thinking you're pretty~~"
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As soon as the emperor's words fell, none of the concubines could understand!
Nala's breath was directly stuck in his throat, his narrow eyes stared at the emperor, and he couldn't get over it for a while.

The emperor didn't even look at her, but still turned around and stared at the peacocks screaming together.

After teasing for a while, he left the bird fence, walked towards the crowd, and walked in front of Hegui.

The emperor's long eyes sparkled with a smile, and he asked warmly, "Look at how happy you are with Jiujiu, this is the most pleasing to the eye. Tell me, what did you just say?"

He and the nobleman hurriedly bowed and said, "Return to the lord, I just talked about peacocks with the nine princesses."

The emperor nodded with a smile, stretched out his arms to hug Jiujiu, "Tell me, what interesting things did these nine girls say?"

The nobleman also relaxed, and said with a smile, "Princess Jiu said, why is the peacock called a peacock and not a phoenix?"

The emperor also laughed, "Oh, my nine girl is really good! Isn't it true that a peacock looks quite like a phoenix!"

The emperor hugged the ninth princess, stretched out his finger to the bottom of her creaking hole and poked her lightly, which made the ninth princess giggle.

The emperor leaned close to Princess Ninth's ear on purpose, and asked quietly, "...do you see a phoenix somewhere?"

Children love to whisper mysteriously, so Jiujiu also stretched out his arms and hugged the emperor's neck, whispering ghostly in the emperor's ear, "...it's just me on the door of Ernir's bedroom." , that big red door curtain."

The emperor laughed again immediately, couldn't help raising his hands, lifted the nine princesses high, and spun around in mid-air.

"Sharp, really sharp!" The emperor laughed and boasted.

Jiujiu's words touched the emperor's heart, and when he asked the emperor to turn around, he couldn't help but glance at Wanxi.

Although Wanxi didn't know what the father and son were talking about, she was naturally happy to see them so happy.Those few words that I had exchanged with Nalashi earlier were not taken seriously anymore.

"Confused... Oh, Ama Huang, I'm confused." Jiujiu softly begged for mercy in mid-air.

The emperor just stopped, looked at the little man with a smile and raised his two chubby hands, one left and one right pressed his forehead, frowning, with an old-fashioned look, he couldn't stop laughing.

"Oh, it's amazing, do you know how to be confused?" The emperor deliberately teased his daughter, "What kind of confusion is it? Is it the same as the rouge rice?"

The nine princesses felt even more headache when they heard it, and their small eyebrows frowned even closer, "Oh, I said 'confused', not 'rice paste'!"

The emperor burst into laughter again.

The Empress Dowager over there was also overjoyed, and hurriedly called An Shou, "Go, quickly bring your Ninth Princess here. I was confused at first, but if you are bullied by Long Live, my head will become a paste later. !"

An Shou also smiled and hurriedly came to pick up Jiujiu, and the empress dowager stretched out her arms from a distance, "Come on, quickly come to Huangma's mother. Ignore your father, your father is not a few years older than you at this moment." !"

Wanxi looked at her with a soft and sweet heart, and hurriedly bowed, "In front of the empress dowager, no matter how old the emperor is, he will always be the youngest son..."

Wanxi's words made the empress dowager and the emperor smile.

After such a time, after all, it was a happy and happy time, and the coldness of the previous idea was resolved.

The emperor smiled and made a summary of what happened before: "A peacock is a peacock, and it will never become a phoenix—just because, ah, a peacock can prick, and it sounds ugly and annoying when it opens its mouth. Even if it wears the fur of a phoenix, it will never become a phoenix." There will never be a truly noble soul of the phoenix!"

(Also ask for a monthly ticket, beauties~~)

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