The favored imperial concubine

Chapter 115

Kangxi gave the banquet, and everyone came early.However, Kangxi deliberately pestered Nian Xilan to delay in Yikun Palace for a while, and then took Nian Xilan to the Qianqing Palace in a palace sedan chair without haste.

When Yujia arrived at the main gate of Qianqing Palace, Kangxi stepped off the imperial chariot first, then walked to the palace sedan chair that had just stopped behind the imperial chariot, and personally took Nian Xilan's hand to help her out of the palace sedan chair, and walked side by side with her. Walk into the Qianqing Palace.

The concubines, princes and clan relatives who had long been looking forward to and waiting for a long time saw Kangxi walking into the hall with Nian Xilan, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted according to the palace rules, and shouted long live three times.

Perhaps because Nian Xilan was by his side, Kangxi was in a good mood today, he yelled amiably, and brought Nian Xilan to the table himself.

Li Dequan, who was always good at figuring out Kangxi's thoughts, had already reserved a seat for Nian Xilan beside Kangxi, and carefully added two thick cushions to the carved huanghuali wood seat.This series of well-informed and considerate arrangements really won Kangxi's admiring gaze.

Due to the large number of people participating in the palace banquet, the imperial dining room cannot prepare all the dishes at the same time, so the imperial dining room can only be prepared in batches in advance.Therefore, when the imperial meal was served, some of the dishes were actually completely cold.

Everyone in the palace knows that this is always the case when attending palace banquets, so they have nothing to complain about.However, during this palace banquet, there were many careful people in the palace who keenly noticed that the dishes presented to the emperor and Concubine Xi were all steaming.

Concubine De looked at the steaming dishes in front of Nian Xilan, although she had a gentle and generous smile on her face, she secretly hated her.Concubine De lowered her eyes to hide the jealous look in her eyes.Thinking of her arrangements yesterday, Concubine De couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips slightly, imagining Nian Xilan suffering in her heart, and immediately felt extremely happy.

Concubine Yi saw that Kangxi actually did it herself, peeling a rice dumpling for Nian Xilan, and because she was worried that Nian Xilan would choke, she personally handed a bowl of pearl ginkgo fruit soup to Nian Xilan. She had never been treated like this by Kangxi. Concubine Yi suddenly felt sore, she couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Although this pearl ginkgo sweet soup is very delicious, but the taste is too sweet. Concubine Xi's sister is pregnant now, so she really shouldn't drink too much sweet soup. Otherwise, if the fetus in the womb grows too big, I'm afraid that sister Concubine Xi will suffer a lot when she gives birth in the future. It can be seen from this that even though things are good, they must be given to the right people so that they can be used to the fullest. Xi Sister Concubine, do you think so?"

Although Concubine De felt that Concubine Yi's behavior against Nian Xilan was extremely stupid, she still watched the excitement from the sidelines with great interest, secretly guessing how Nian Xilan would react.

Although Concubine De felt that Nian Xilan who could quickly climb to the imperial concubine position after entering the palace must not be a stupid person, but she couldn't hold back the strong desire in her heart, wishing that Nian Xilan and Concubine Yi would confront each other Both sides were hurt in the fight, and they were all rejected by Kangxi in the end.

Regarding Concubine Yi's face-to-face provocation, Nian Xilan wanted to laugh it off and say something soft to deal with it, but she didn't expect that Kangxi, who was sitting next to her, would suddenly pinch her right hand under the table and glance at it lightly. With the bowl of ginkgo sweet soup in her hand, she winked at her with a smile, and nodded imperceptibly.

Nian Xilan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood Kangxi's intentions.

Nian Xilan gently shook Kangxi's hand back under the table, smiled at Concubine Yi, and explained softly: "Sister Yifei is right. Pregnant women really shouldn't eat too much Dessert. Thanks to the emperor's carefulness, he reminded the royal chef to make arrangements in advance to reduce the sucrose used in this soup by half. Therefore, this soup only has a hint of sweetness in the light fruity aroma, which can be described as sweet but not sweet. It is smooth, refreshing and pleasant, and it is very delicious to drink."

After Nian Xilan finished speaking, she turned her head and smiled at Kangxi: "The sweet soup that the emperor gave me is really delicious! I want to drink another bowl."

With a warm smile on Kangxi's face, he personally took the rich pearl ginkgo soup from Fang Wan's hand and handed it to Nian Xilan.

Seeing that Nian Xilan drank sweetly, Kangxi smiled and said: "I also asked the imperial dining room to prepare black-bone chicken soup with red dates for you, which is the same as this sweet soup with pearls and ginkgo fruits. It is made according to your taste, neither sweet nor sweet. It's greasy, very light and delicious. You can try it later to see if it suits your taste. If you don't like it, I will ask the royal chefs to develop a new recipe."

Nian Xilan smiled and nodded submissively. Kangxi's heart was moved by that well-behaved appearance, and there was warmth in his eyes looking at Nian Xilan.

Concubine Yi wanted to insinuate Nian Xilan a few words, but she didn't expect that Kangxi and Nian Xilan would show their affection on the spot. She couldn't help holding back the anger, but she couldn't do it on the spot, and the smile on her face was rather stiff .

When Concubine De heard that Kangxi mentioned black chicken soup with red dates, she couldn't help feeling slightly excited.

In the anticipation of Concubine De, a palace maid in light blue palace attire came up to the hall with just made soup.The palace maid seemed a little nervous, with a little cold sweat dripping from the tip of her nose, her pace was not fast, she just carefully served the soup in her hand, walking very cautiously step by step.

Although Concubine De didn't focus on the maidservant, she involuntarily clenched the silver chopsticks in her hand, trying her best to cover up her rapid breathing with a decent smile.

However, just as the palace maid was about to walk up to Nian Xilan, Mu Jin stepped forward to take the tray of hot soup from her hand, "Just leave it to me, you go down first."

The palace maid was stunned for a moment, and although a look of disappointment flashed across her eyes, she unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly exited the palace.

Hibiscus carefully presented the soup to Nian Xilan, opened the lid of the bowl and took a look, then said respectfully and softly to Nian Xilan: "The soup is still a little hot at this time, please wait a while before drinking it. Taste will be better."

Hearing Mu Jin's words, Nian Xilan's heart suddenly trembled, but her face didn't show at all, she nodded slightly and said, "That's fine. It just so happens that I drank too much of the sweet pearl ginkgo soup just now, and I don't have any appetite now." Then drink other soups. I think that plate of walnut crisps is good, bring me another piece."

(End of this chapter)