marry the princess

Chapter 174 The first confrontation
With such a face, even Su Leyan, who is a woman, couldn't move her eyes when she saw it.Li Ziying's beauty is flawless beauty, no matter she is wearing a simple female officer's official uniform, with the simplest hair bun, or a luxurious dress and elaborate attire, she can't conceal her purity like an orchid in an empty valley.

Emperor Murong Qing Yu watched Li Ziying approaching slowly, his expression became more and more gentle, until Li Ziying arrived in front of the hall, and knelt down in front of the white jade steps that the flying dragon went straight up to salute.

The grand ceremony was carried out according to the rituals, and the father-in-law who was over fifty years old beside Emperor Murong Qingyu stepped forward, "Li Ziying, the daughter of Li Yanke, the servant of Zhongshu, listen to the order."

With Cai Nu's support, Li Ziying knelt down slowly, nodded, and swayed slightly.

"I only perform my duties in the sixth palace. Li Ziying, the female official of Zier Siyin, has extraordinary talent and appearance, is virtuous and dignified, Lan Hui has a heart, and has a gentle personality. I hereby honor the empress dowager's benevolence, and make you a concubine of the Qing Dynasty. I will give you a book seal and a gift Mansion Xiqing Hall. Erqi only remembers the virtues of Maodian, Yimao and fragrance. I admire this."

After the father-in-law finished reading, Li Ziying kowtowed to thank him, and then received the gold book and gold seal.

Li Ziying accepted the order safely, the concubine's ceremony was the most important thing, the minister who watched the ceremony also congratulated, and then Li Ziying got up and retreated with the support of Cai Nu.

Su Leyan sat beside Murong Huayi, watching quietly, Concubine Lin's forced smile, Empress Dowager Chengyuan's joy, Murong Qing Emperor Yu's happy expression, Li Ziying's indifference...

After the ceremony was over, Empress Dowager Chengyuan and Emperor Murong Qingyu got up and left, and everyone got up to send them off respectfully, and then dispersed separately.

Su Leyan followed Murong Huayi's footsteps out of the Chongming Palace, thinking that he was going to leave the palace, but Murong Huayi said nothing, turned around and walked towards the Empress Dowager's bedroom, Su Leyan had no choice but to follow.

"The ministers (concubines) see the queen mother."

In the Empress Dowager's bedroom, the Empress Dowager Chengyuan has just come back with the help of the maids. Just after sitting down for a while, Murong Huayi and Su Leyan arrived. The Empress Dowager Chengyuan was very happy and asked them to get up, and she was even more enthusiastic about Su Leyan. "Xinyao, come here quickly and sit next to Ai's family."

Su Leyan stood up with Murong Huayi's support, with a gentle smile on her face, she walked to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother."

Cheng Yuan raised her hand and held her hands, looked up and down carefully, with distressed emotions in her eyes, "Look at Ai, why is your child so thin?"

"Does that make you prettier?" Su Leyan looked at the queen mother, knowing that the queen mother was still a little bit worried about the past, so she avoided the topic and deliberately joked.

"Pretty, beautiful." The Empress Dowager Chengyuan said twice, "Today's outfit is also very nice."

Su Leyan pursed her lips and smiled, "Today's Concubine Qing is really beautiful."

Empress Dowager Chengyuan thought of Li Ziying, she also smiled, she was very satisfied, "Concubine Qing is indeed a beautiful woman, gentle and pleasant, the emperor has chosen the right person this time."

After Su Leyan said a few words with the Empress Dowager Chengyuan, she turned her head to look at Murong Huayi, "Yi'er, the Ai family has accomplished a great event for the emperor today, so stay here today, the Ai family wants to be with you Speak well."

Murong Huayi smiled, "Naturally, you should spend time with your mother."

The two were chatting with the queen mother in the queen mother's bedroom. On the other hand, Li Ziying, who received the gold seal and gold book, went to the palace where she was given. Before she had time to sit down and rest for a while, Aunt Li Guan took her to Concubine Lin's palace again.

Concubine Lin Gui returned to her bedroom after the Concubine Concubine Ceremony was over, and when Li Ziying came over, she was still wearing that luxurious dress and was sitting in the upper seat.

Li Ziying's body was heavy, and now she had walked such a long distance, her feet were already tired, but fortunately, Aunt Li Guan told her that after paying her respects to Concubine Lin Gui, she could rest for a day.Just when Li Ziying stepped through the door, for some reason, Li Ziying slipped and fell forward unsteadily, she exclaimed in a low voice, fortunately, the maids on the left and right immediately supported her, so that she did not fall go down.

Concubine Lin Gui sat in the upper seat dignifiedly, and when she saw Li Ziying's movement, she showed a worried look on her face, "Is my sister okay? Be careful."

With the support of the palace maid, Li Ziying stabilized her body and continued to walk in. When she got close, she knelt down in front of Concubine Lin Gui, "The concubine paid my respects to my sister, I was rude just now, please forgive me."

Concubine Lin Gui smiled dignifiedly, "As long as my sister is fine."

At this time, the maid next to Concubine Lin walked up to Li Ziying with a tea tray, and shortly brought the tea tray in front of Li Ziying.She needs to offer a cup of tea to Concubine Lin Gui.The aunt who taught etiquette told her about these things before, and she wrote them all down, so she unambiguously reached out for the teacup.

Concubine Lin Guifei saw her reach out to get the tea, smiled on her lips, and glanced at the maid who was serving the tea. When Li Ziying's hand just touched the teacup, the maid immediately removed the tea tray and returned to Concubine Lin Guifei.

As soon as she picked up the teacup, in the blink of an eye, she felt a scorching burning pain from her fingertips before she could offer the teacup.

The teacup is too hot.

Li Ziying was about to let go almost subconsciously, but the maid took down the tea tray, and she let go, and the teacup would shatter. Enduring the pain, she handed the teacup tremblingly, "Ziying serves tea to sister."

Concubine Lin Gui saw that she could bear it, and she couldn't help admiring her, but she didn't go to pick up the teacup, but just sat on the shelf of a noble concubine, with a very relaxed expression, and didn't care at all that Li Ziying was holding back With a painful expression, "in the future, my sister will serve the emperor with my sister. For so many years, the emperor has no other women besides me. Today, I finally have a good sister. In the future, we two sisters can work together Do our best to serve the emperor well and make him happy is what we need to do most.”

"Sister, I would like to follow my sister's teaching..." Li Ziying's voice trembled, the trembling arc of her hand gradually became larger, and the lid of the cup shook and knocked on the rim of the cup.

Lin Guifei turned a blind eye to this, and still taught, "Now that you have just entered the palace, it can be seen that the emperor likes you very much. Now there are only you and my sister in this palace. In the future, there will definitely be others. When other sisters come to the palace, the emperor's heart will be distributed to all the sisters, and I hope that you can still serve the emperor wholeheartedly..."

"what……"

"Crack—clap—"

Lin Guifei earnestly instructed Li Ziying to kneel on the ground, holding a cup of boiling hot tea, but finally she couldn't hold on, her hands trembled in pain, and she couldn't hold it any longer, the teacup overturned, and the scalding tea splashed her hand, She was so hot that she screamed, and the white porcelain cup fell to the ground and shattered.

"Qing Concubine, how can you be so disrespectful to the Imperial Concubine?" The little palace maid who was holding the tea tray stepped forward and said in a panic.

Following closely behind Li Ziying, the little palace maid who came with her knelt down behind Li Ziying when she saw this.

"My concubine, please forgive me, Zi Ying slipped the teacup clumsily, it was definitely not disrespectful to her..." Li Ziying quickly knelt down and apologized respectfully.

Seeing her soft and submissive features, and the back of her hands glowing red, Concubine Lin looked at her and smiled slightly, "It's fine if my sister is unintentional, I thought my sister was treating me Any dissatisfaction."

"Zi Ying dare not."

"Ah."

Concubine Lin Gui saw that she also obeyed her sincerely, and didn't bother with her anymore, and asked the maid beside her to prepare another cup of tea.

This time, Li Ziying's hand was timid and did not dare to touch it. Concubine Lin Gui was very satisfied when she saw her swallowing, knowing that the tea was too hot, but she did not dare to explain it in front of her.Li Ziying finally picked up the cup of tea. Fortunately, what greeted her this time was not a hot porcelain cup, but her fingertips felt a little bit of pressure because they were scalded for too long just now. She carefully picked up the cup of tea and offered it to her. In front of Concubine Lin Gui, "Sister, drink tea."

Concubine Lin Gui smiled slightly, took the teacup, and took a sip, "Good sister."

After finally finishing Lin Guifei's trip, Li Ziying who returned to Xiqing Palace was exhausted. Yu Lian, a maid who followed Li Ziying, saw Li Ziying's red hands and felt distressed. Putting her hands together, her voice choked up, "Miss..."

Li Ziying is a musician, good at the piano, his hands are always delicate, and he pays extra attention not to hurt them in the slightest, but today Yu Lian watched Li Ziying suffer such grievances, but she couldn't say a word, tears welling in her eyes Turning around, it was about to fall down, "This is the first day Miss entered the harem, Lin Guifei treated Miss like this, from now on..."

"Yulian, I accidentally spilled tea today. The imperial concubine is kind and generous, and she didn't blame me. Don't talk nonsense in the future." Li Ziying interrupted her, "Go and get me some burn medicine."

This pair of hands, she is very careful, although she also knows that today's cup of hot tea is not that simple, but she knows that she can't afford to provoke Concubine Lin, no matter what, she has to bear it now.

However, what Yu Lian said is correct, today is only her first day in the harem, Concubine Lin Gui is friendly to her in the open, but she is so difficult in secret, she will definitely walk in the harem every step of the way.Many women are envious of the position of imperial concubine, and they all want to be the most respected and beloved woman in the world, the queen of the six palaces of the world, even if some women don't care whether they can be the queen, they just want to be the queen. A concubine who is neither high nor low, has a status respected by everyone, and can add glory to the family, but life in the harem, how can it be so simple to enjoy flowers, drink tea, feed fish and play chess?No one knows who will be ambitious, the queen's position, the emperor's heir...the fight will never end, you have no intention of participating, but who knows that you won't be a stumbling block for her, blocking the way of others?

There is no peace in the harem of the past dynasties.

This is also the reason why Emperor Murong Qingyu took the throne for four years to refill the harem. He was unstable in the past and did not want to add chaos to the harem. Therefore, for more than four years, Concubine Lin has enjoyed the imperial favor all by herself, and her arrogance has gradually grown. The minister's letter to fill the harem also has such considerations in it.

Now that there is one more Li Ziying, the power in the harem can be slightly balanced, but Lin Guifei, who is already arrogant and domineering and regards the position of empress as her own, will have to suffer a lot for Li Ziying if she wants to achieve a balance of power.

　Li Ziying is also a pawn in the harem to balance forces
　　
　
(End of this chapter)