The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 348

In the 23rd year of Kaiyuan, Xia, Xingqing Palace.

Since the death of King Ning, the city of Chang'an has been cloudy and rainy. The heavy rain for dozens of days washed every corner of the Jiuzhong Palace, making the majestic Xingqing Palace seem to have lost its foundation.Even the expressions on people's faces became increasingly bleak due to the passing of the virtuous king and the haze of many days.

Li Longji, who was in grief, chased King Ning as "Emperor Rang", so that his elder brother who had assisted him all his life really became the king of a country and entered the Taimiao.Chang Xi hid in the Jiaofang Palace all day long, and she really wanted to know what King Ning said in the end, which made the always heroic emperor depressed. The brothers left one by one.

After the death of King Ning, Li Mao, the king of longevity, suffered from distress. Qing Ying changed her normal routine and waited by his side day and night.As for the others, they were doing their own things silently.Only the Prince's Mansion is busy preparing for the upcoming general election.

Because the Xingqing Palace has been shrouded in sorrow for days, the general election that should be held around the Shangsi Festival has been postponed until now. Because of this, the palace urgently needs a happy event to wash away the grief caused by death, and this general election is taken for granted. It should be taken seriously, even surpassing all previous general elections since Li Longji took the throne.In fact, people are well aware that the most important thing in this draft is not to choose a concubine for His Majesty, but to choose a concubine for the birthday king Li Mao who is about to come of age.

The Ministry of Rites knows that the matter is of great importance, and strictly examines the family backgrounds of the family members who are enshrined in various places, lest there be a slight mistake and offend the concubine of the current emperor. There are aristocratic women with status, but there are very few commoner women.

According to Chang Xi's instructions, Qingying pretended to be the daughter of a lower-ranking Beijing official in the court, and followed the girls into the Yeting Bureau to learn the rules.

In a few days, it will be the official day. Aunt Fangqing, the head of the Yeting Bureau, called the girls out to give them a lesson. The content is nothing more than adhering to etiquette and careful speech. These clichés are not necessary in the eyes of women in the Tang Dynasty. of!During the Tang Dynasty, women had a very high status. Although they still had to follow their fathers at home and husbands after marriage, this rule was far less strict than that enshrined in later generations.After they dispersed for a while, all the girls gathered together in twos and threes to chat and laugh, and some of the brave ones went out of the Yeting Bureau to wander around the Yifang Garden and Chenxiang Pavilion in the palace.

Looking at these delicate family members, Aunt Fangqing was also very helpless. Seeing that most of them took her words as deaf ears, she just smiled and was not annoyed. Wearing a light pink shirt, the family member with an unusually delicate appearance stopped him, and the family member smiled and said, "Hello, Aunt Fangqing!"

Fang Qing didn't raise her head, she just said indifferently: "What's the matter?"

The family said in a soft voice: "Seeing my aunt's hard work, I made a pillow specially for my aunt, and I want to give it to my aunt. This pillow is made of buckwheat, which can relieve fatigue the most. I hope my aunt will accept it!" He was neither flattering nor cold, as if the family's words came from the heart.

Fang Qing's heart felt relieved. She had stayed in the palace for more than ten years and served many masters. Even Qiongyu, the head of the Jiaofang Palace, had been good sisters with her for many years. It's a small bribe, but this family is well-behaved and can talk to people's hearts. It's really refreshing!He took the pillow and looked at it carefully: the material is made of high-quality blue brocade with dark flowers and bamboo leaves, which is extremely soft to the touch. On it is embroidered with a lotus of various colors. The lotus flower is bright in color and lifelike.Looking at the embroidered soft pillow, Fang Qing thought secretly, it seems that this woman is from a great family, otherwise how could she afford such good materials and embroidery threads, what is even more surprising is that although this woman is a wealthy family, she has no other family members Really surprising.

"He's a good boy!" Fang Qing looked down at the soft embroidered pillow and smiled, "What's his name!"

The family member smiled and said: "The slave girl is at home, my parents call me a jade slave, and when I come out, my sisters call me a jade lady!"

"Yu Niang? Good name!" Fang Qing raised her head suddenly, wanting to grab Yuniang's hand to get closer, "Ah——" When she saw Yuniang's face clearly, she couldn't help taking a step back, and in shock He dropped the soft embroidered pillow in his hand on the ground, and muttered to himself: "Impossible! Impossible! This is too similar! This is impossible!"

The woman in front of her has a fair melon-seeded face, a pair of bright eyes shining like stars, a small nose and cherry-like red lips, which makes one feel affectionate.This appearance and demeanor are very much like a woman.

Seeing Fang Qing like this, Yu Niang was so frightened that her face turned pale. She hurriedly picked up the soft embroidered pillow on the floor, carefully pushed Aunt Fang Qing who was already insane, and said with some concern, "What's wrong, Auntie?"

Fang Qing closed her eyes and calmed down her emotions. When she opened her eyes again, she had regained her sanity. She took Yuniang's hand and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, my aunt asks you, whose daughter are you?"

Yuniang timidly said: "This servant is the daughter of Shuzhou Sihu, and my grandfather is the governor of Jinzhou."

"Although the family background is not prominent, it is enough!" Aunt Fang Qing said thoughtfully.

Yuniang smiled and said: "Then please ask aunt to teach the slaves more, the slaves are very grateful!"

"Don't say that!" Aunt Fangqing waved her hands again and again: "Girl, you can call yourself Yuniang from now on, don't call yourself a slave, you don't have to hurt me, say something that shouldn't be said, the girl has a bright future, but she is a big girl. Then I should call myself a servant!"

Yuniang opened her eyes wide, and asked in surprise, "What does Gu Gu mean by that?"

Fang Qing glanced at Yuniang's expression, and asked suspiciously: "Could it be that no one said in the past that you look like a person?"

"Like a person?" Yu Niang didn't know why, and asked, "Who does my aunt say I look like?"

Fang Qing smiled and said, "That man is in the palace!"

"In the palace?" Yu Niang was even more curious, and finally shook her head and said, "I came to Chang'an from Sichuan with my relatives in the past few days, and no one said that I look like any noble person in the palace!"

Fang Qing nodded and said: "So that's the case!" But she understood in her heart: the people around Yu Niang are not qualified at all, so she has never met her.At that moment, he took Yuniang's hand and said intimately: "Don't worry, girl, even without my guidance, you will definitely come out on top in this general election!"

Yu Niang was overjoyed, and said with a smile on her face: "If my aunt can help Yuniang realize her lifelong dream, she will definitely make a straw ring to repay her great favor!"

Fang Qing smiled and said: "Miss, you are being polite! I hope you will not forget me when you become rich!"

Yu Niang hurriedly said no, the two chatted a few more words, Fang Qing pointed out some taboos in the palace, and Yu Niang resigned.Unexpectedly, this time not only to curry favor with the aunt in charge of the Ye Ting Bureau, but also to get a great news, Yu Niang was very happy.

Looking at the back of Yuniang leaving happily, Fang Qing felt a little uneasy, not knowing whether the appearance of this girl was a blessing or a curse!
　Guess who this Yu Niang looks like!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)