The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 198 Undercurrent

Concubine Li took out a rare flower she got from outside the palace, and said with a smile, "Let's see if the poppies from this palace can compare with Wu Zhaoyi's mandala!"

Li Longji saw that Chang Xi's mood was not at all chaotic, and it could be seen that what happened to Xiao Yu just now did not affect her, so he was relieved and in a good mood, and said: "Look at the appearance of this flower, Li'er is on par with Chang Xi!"

Yun Cairen said: "Since the appearance is the same, the fragrance of that flower should be stronger than that! How about a courtier and concubine to be the referee!"

Shangguan Jieyu said: "There are so many concubines here, how can it be your turn to be the referee!"

When Yun Cairen heard this, his eyes turned red with grievance.

Li Longji had already learned from the queen that Yun Cairen was pregnant, seeing her wronged, he couldn't bear to brush her off, and said with a smile: "Since you want to be a referee, then do it!"

When Yun Cairen heard this, he changed his expression of wanting to cry, looked triumphantly at Shangguan Jieyu who was lying on his back angrily, and happily snatched the beauty Yu from Concubine Li's hand, Chang Xi smiled and took his own The mandala was handed to her.

Everyone saw her put the two flowers under her nose respectively, and smelled them carefully. After a while, she said playfully: "I think Wu Zhaoyi's mandala has a better fragrance!"

"I don't believe it!" Concubine Li raised her phoenix eyebrows when she heard her words, and wanted to snatch Chang Xi's mandala from Yun Cairen's hands and smell it.

Yun Cairen dodged slightly, and said with a smile: "Sister Li Concubine, since His Majesty accepts the concubine as the referee, then sister must respect the concubine's opinion!"

The queen smiled and said, "What Yuncai said is reasonable!"

"Well, Wu Zhaoyi will win this time!" Concubine Li glanced at Chang Xi, thinking that she still had some flowers in her hand, and she would be defeated in the battle.

Concubine Mei watched for a long time, and then said, "This time the concubine comes first!"

Li Longji knew that she was used to aloofness and never fit in with others, just now she was bored and didn't talk and didn't care, seeing her take the initiative to fight grass, he was very happy, and said gently: "Let me also see what Ping'er has prepared! "

Concubine Mei took out a plum blossom from behind, causing everyone to be surprised.

"It's actually a blue plum blossom!" Wei'er clapped her hands in praise when she saw a plum blossom of this color for the first time.

The queen nodded and said: "It is indeed a strange flower and a strange tree!"

"Don't plum blossoms only bloom in winter!" Chang Xi was amazed at how Concubine Mei could preserve winter flowers until early spring in ancient times without refrigerators!

Often when Xi called it Po, people found out the most amazing thing about this plum blossom. Concubine Mei smiled faintly, "This plum blossom is not a seasonal flower, it is preserved by my concubine with a special method!"

"What a way, it's so miraculous!" Li Longji took the plum blossom from Concubine Mei and observed it carefully.

Concubine Mei smiled and said: "My concubine always loves plum blossoms to be noble and clean, but it's a pity that they don't bloom in all seasons. In order to enjoy the plum blossoms even in the hot summer, Ping'er thought of a way to make her into dried flowers, in order to be able to enjoy plum blossoms." Play it all the time!"

"It's still Mei Fei's ingenuity!" Wei'er said with a smile.This time, her sister-in-law, Shangguan Jieyu, was recuperating in the Jingxinyuan due to an unknown rash all over her body. Weier can count on a few days of cleanliness, and today's Shangsi Festival Doucao also attracted a lot of attention from Li Longji.

Concubine Mei said indifferently: "Thank you, Shangguan, for your praise!"

"Sister Meifei's blue plum blossoms are precious, but the concubines are even more curious about what kind of flowers Lifei empress has prepared!" Feng Lu once again drew her attention to Lifei, took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table, and said with a smile .

Concubine Li took the words, "I picked the flowers this time near Yifang Garden!"

"Yifangyuan?" Wei'er opened her eyes wide, "The flowers in Yifangyuan are in the baskets of the concubines here!"

Concubine Li smiled and said: "I guarantee this flower, the other concubines do not!"

"Oh?" The queen was also very surprised that Concubine Li was so confident. Everyone has been to Yifangyuan, so what flowers are there that everyone doesn't have!
Guo Shunyi said: "Sister Li Concubine, quickly show it to us!"

Concubine Li gestured to Ningxiang, and Ningxiang smiled and took out a bunch of purple flowers from the basket, "This is the wild irises that the servants picked at the edge of Longchi this morning, ladies and gentlemen, look at it, it's okay!"

"Yeah..." everyone was really surprised. Purple irises are hard to come by, and wild ones are even more difficult to find. Besides, this flower was found in Yifang Garden, which everyone has been to. How can we not surprise everyone? !

Next, Xiao Meiren and others took turns to take out the flowers and plants they had prepared, but none of them were as surprising as those of Concubine Li and Concubine Mei.

Liu Mei said: "Sister Meifei's flowers are amazing, but they were not picked in Yifang Garden, and they are not fresh flowers, so it seems that they can't be considered as winners! Sister Lifei's irises are novel, and they are fresh flowers picked in Yifangyuan , the concubine thought it would be more suitable for the occasion!"

Yu Zhaorong also nodded and smiled and said: "It seems that God also wants Empress Li to win the first place in this grass fight, but Ningxiang found such a beautiful flower!"

"That's right!" Liu Meiren gasped in admiration.

Concubine Li coquettishly said: "Your Majesty, if the concubine wins the grass fight, how about coming to Kunde Palace Li'er to celebrate the festival tonight?"

Li Longji smiled and shook his head without saying a word.

Everyone was taken aback when they saw this!Isn't His Majesty's company a reward for concubines who have won grass fights in the past?Why did Li Longji shake his head and refuse this time!

Only Chang Xi lowered her head secretly, she remembered his promise.

Concubine Li pouted and said coquettishly: "If Your Majesty doesn't go to accompany the concubine, what will reward the concubine?"

Before Li Longji could answer, Concubine Mei saw that Concubine Li was complacent so early, she sneered and said, "Wu Zhaoyi hasn't made a move yet, Concubine Li must be happy too early!"

Only then did everyone remember that Chang Xi hadn't brought out her flowers yet.

Chang Xi smiled lightly, "The concubine has no good flowers, but roses!"

Concubine Li raised her hand in disdain, and snorted: "How can such common seasonal flowers as roses compare with the purple irises in this palace!"

Immediately complacently prepared to ask Li Longji for a reward, "Your Majesty, my concubine has prepared lotus seed porridge, don't you really want to try it?"

Feng Lu chimed in and said, "Sister has prepared lotus seed porridge for a long time, and some pastries carefully prepared by the Secretary of Food, please go and taste them, Your Majesty!"

Li Longji smiled and didn't answer, "Take it out and let me see, what kind of flowers did you prepare?" He looked at Chang Xi with his soft eyes, attracting everyone's attention.

"It's just a rose! It's so strange!" Liu Meiren said disdainfully.

Chang Xi slowly took out a rose from the flower basket and placed it on the ground.

"This! How is it possible!!" Wei'er almost threw the wine glass out of her hand in surprise.

Concubine Li's original pair of red and phoenix eyes were wide open, and she looked at the roses on the ground in disbelief.

Liu Meiren pointed at it and said with a chuckle, "Why are these roses alternated in gold and red!"

"Bengong always loves to eat rose cakes, when have I seen such a rare variety!" The queen looked at the flowers on the ground and was amazed.

Yu Zhaorong picked it up and played with it for a while, and saw that there were thorny barbs growing on the dark green flower stalks, it was indeed a rose, but he was well-educated and well-informed, and he had never seen such a rare rose in ancient books.

Li Longji also took the rose curiously, a fresh fragrance came through his nose, and he saw that the fiery red petals were covered with a layer of golden yellow, he twisted it with his hand, and let go of his palm, his fingertips were all faintly golden, "This is?"

Chang Xi smiled and said, "This is the gold powder that I ordered the Shang Palace Bureau to grind with gold thread and sprinkle it on the roses!"

"So it is!" Everyone suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)