The favored imperial concubine

Chapter 198

In the afternoon, under the busyness of the palace people, the preparations for the palace banquet in the Qianqing Palace were all completed.It wasn't until the palace people who were in charge of presenting meals in the imperial dining room prepared all the cold and hot meals prepared for the palace banquet according to the rules, that the concubines, princes, clan ministers, and others entered the Qianqing Palace one after another under the guidance of the palace people. Classes are seated in order.

Concubine Rong and Concubine De sit at the east table, concubines Cheng and concubine He sit at the second table in the east, concubines Hui and concubine Yi sit at the table in the west, concubines Xuan and nobles Mi sit at the second table in the west. The concubines Zhang, Wang, and Liu, who gave birth to the emperor, sat at the third table on the east and the third table on the west, respectively.The princes, princesses and clan ministers sat on the east and west sides starting from the fourth table.

Looking at the layout of the palace banquet in Qianqing Palace, Concubine De was full of doubts: According to the rules of the palace, Nian Xilan, as the highest-ranking concubine in the palace, should sit alone at the east table closest to the emperor.However, for some reason, the palace people brought themselves and Concubine Rong to the east table.Now that everyone is seated, it is really puzzling that no palace people have reserved a seat for the beloved Concubine Xi.

Concubine De talked and laughed freely with Concubine Rong on the face, but she was secretly thinking about the reason why Kangxi arranged the seats in this way.Concubine De guessed that Nian Xilan must be unable to attend today's palace banquet due to some reasons, so the palace people arranged the seats according to Kangxi's instructions.

Concubine De couldn't hold back her curiosity, and guessed several reasons why Nian Xilan was unable to attend today's palace banquet, whether it was accidental fetal gas, cold infection, physical illness, or not. Serving and offending Kangxi, these reasons made Concubine De very happy.

Concubine He is dressed in a fragrant flag dress, and like nobleman Jin and the three concubines, they all wear slanted haircuts. The exquisite makeup complements the concubine's demure and elegant appearance, like a daffodil living by the water.

The concubine He, who has always been indifferent to the world, squinted her eyes slightly, glanced lightly at the seats of the concubines, raised the corners of her lips slightly, and released a slightly sarcastic smile, and sighed to the concubine Cheng beside her: "Today's this time The arrangement is extremely interesting, and I don't know how the palace people of the Qing Dynasty did it? They even forgot to arrange a seat for Concubine Xi, who is distinguished and loved by the emperor! If you accidentally offend Concubine Xi, I'm afraid there will be another It made the Emperor Longyan furious, and I don't know how many palace people will follow suit!"

Although the voice of talking with the concubine was not too loud, it was just enough for the concubines sitting beside her to hear clearly.

Concubine Rong is now as calm as water, she just laughs at Hebi's sarcasm and complaints, pretending she didn't hear it.Concubine De still had a gentle and generous smile on the surface and chatted with Concubine Rong, but in fact she kept paying attention to Concubine He's words and deeds.

Seeing that noble concubine He dared to speak out boldly to satirize Concubine Xi in public, I felt very happy. I just felt that Concubine Xi must have aroused public anger, so even the concubine He, who has always been indifferent to the world and has a good popularity, can't see it up.

When Concubine Cheng heard what Concubine He said, he immediately frowned, looked around nervously, then tugged at Concubine He's sleeves, and said in a low voice, "What's wrong with sister today? Is it true that my sister is confused? No matter how wronged my sister is, she shouldn’t say such ignorant words at the palace banquet of the Qianqing Palace! If someone listens to it, it will spread to the emperor and noble concubine In the ears of the empress, even if you don't punish my sister, I'm afraid she will throw a small shoe for her to wear, which is enough for her to feel uncomfortable!"

The concubine lowered her eyes and pursed her lips, "I know my sister is doing it for my own good, but I just can't get enough of it! Why is she just entering the palace for more than a year, not only has both children and daughters, but also took all the benefits! She Now not only has he obtained a noble position, but he is pregnant and still hooks up with the emperor! How does this make the other concubines in the palace live?"

Concubine Cheng's face turned pale from being frightened by Concubine He, and if Concubine Cheng hadn't been stared at by many eyes at the palace banquet, Concubine Cheng would have wanted to cover his concubine's troublesome mouth.

Concubine Cheng, who has always been on good terms with Concubine He, stretched out her hand and pinched Concubine He's thigh under the table, and was about to speak out to persuade her, but suddenly she heard the eunuch's shrill voice: "The emperor is here! The imperial concubine is here! Respectfully invite the emperor and the imperial concubine to be seated."

At this moment, the musicians played palace music, and Kangxi and Nian Xilan walked slowly into the palace surrounded by Li Dequan, Mu Jin and other palace people.Everyone present stood up and knelt down to salute, paying respects to Kangxi and Nian Xilan.

Although it was just a quick glance, all the concubines present could clearly see that Nian Xilan was not wearing a fragrant flag dress, but a royal blue flag dress of the same color as Kangxi's emperor's regular uniform, with the outer cover The neckline and cuffs of the flag are embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns on the neckline and cuffs of the flag. The black silk is combed into a regular eight-character head, and there is a light purple velvet flower in the middle. The gifted white jade and gold thread inlaid with red emerald dots and emerald pomegranate flower hairpins and gold thread dots emerald pomegranate flower buds.Although Nian Xilan's abdomen was obviously bulging at this time, she didn't feel tired and haggard at all. She had a soft and peaceful smile on her face. Although she only wore light makeup on her face, it showed Nian Xilan's unusual beauty even more. .

Concubine De lowered her head deeply by kneeling and saluting, so as to conceal the uncontrollable ferocious expression on her face.

Coincidentally, although the concubines all thought that Nian Xilan would wear a fragrant flag dress to attend today, however Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui chose a red and dark red flag dress respectively, and Concubine Yi wore a purple flag dress , and the concubine didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he even wore a fragrant brocade robe with a light blue bijia. Pink and other bright colors, but Defei was the only one who chose a royal blue flag dress to attend the banquet.

Although Concubine De hated her for accidentally hitting her shirt, but this was not Nian Xilan's original intention.Originally, Nian Xilan did choose a fragrant flag dress, but Kangxi shook his head frequently, insisting that Nian Xilan change into a flag dress of the same color as the imperial uniform on him.

Nian Xilan looked at the seats of the concubines at the three tables at the east and west, and looked at Kangxi suspiciously, but Kangxi smiled slightly and led her straight to the dragon chair.

Nian Xilan's heart almost reached her throat, and she couldn't help but slightly frowned, thinking secretly how to tactfully reject Kangxi's request to sit in the dragon chair with her.

(End of this chapter)