Long Harem Road

Chapter 25

"Your majesty, the prince, the princess, and all the younger sisters have carefully prepared a birthday gift for the emperor, so let's present the gift first." The queen looked at the emperor, showing magnanimity and virtuousness, and smiled.

"Okay, the eldest princess will come first." The emperor chuckled, apparently in a good mood.

The queen's eyes lit up, so what if it's the prince, if he's not a concubine, he has to be ranked behind the eldest princess, Concubine Liu tightly grasped the brocade handkerchief in her hand, as if she wanted to tear it into pieces.

"My daughter wishes her father to be as blessed as the East China Sea and live longer than Nanshan. This is the purse embroidered by the daughter for her father." The eldest princess deserves to be the empress's daughter.

This is the first time that Baozhu has seen the eldest princess since she entered the palace. The five-year-old girl has inherited the dignified beauty of the queen. Her dark eyes are embedded in the oval face with a little baby fat. She speaks clearly and smiles dignifiedly.
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"Your Majesty, Le'er has been embroidering for several months. As a mother, she refuses to give it to her. She must be the first one to dedicate it to the Emperor." The queen pretended to be jealous at the right time, and pulled the eldest princess to her side.

"Okay, the eldest princess who is worthy of being the father, reward!" Zhao Zhen held the rough purse in his hand, but was very happy. Presumably, parents would have different emotions for their first child.

The eldest princess showed a big and bright smile on her delicate face. Sure enough, no matter how precocious she was, she was still a child, eager to be loved by her parents, but the queen secretly glanced at her, her bright eyes dimmed, and the emperor didn't notice.

"Father, this is the scripture of filial piety copied by the ministers for the father!" Zhao Zhen took the eldest prince to present a thick stack of filial piety scriptures. Although the handwriting was rough and crooked and difficult to confirm, he still regarded it as a treasure and handed it over. "Put it away carefully!" to Li Mingzhong.

"Ke'er is a filial person, how is your health recently?"

"Returning to the father, thanks to the careful care of the mother and concubine, the son and minister are well." Zhao Zhen nodded in satisfaction, disgust flashed in the empress's eyes, and Wei Guifei gloated at his misfortune.

The little eldest princess was probably afraid that the emperor would be indifferent, so she smiled sweetly, "Father, the second sister also has a gift, and the second sister can't wait."

The Empress smiled slightly. Although Concubine Liu was depressed, she could only hold it in her heart. The Eldest Prince returned to Concubine Liu sullenly. After three months of recuperation, the Eldest Prince's complexion improved a lot, but he was no longer as lively as before. active.

"Hehe, Le'er is right!" Zhao Zhen's gaze left the eldest prince and turned to the second princess who was timidly hiding behind the nanny, frowning slightly.

Since Concubine Ma's accident happened and the second princess was raised with Concubine Xian, she became more and more timid. Concubine Xian never scolded her, she was just a three-year-old girl who lost her mother's protection, she was just a poor child.

"Your Majesty, the Second Princess is very filial since she is still young, so she asked my concubine to make a suit of clothes for the Queen!" Concubine Xian stood up and offered a set of clothes, and said on behalf of the Second Princess.

"Well, filial piety is commendable." The emperor praised him, and then stopped talking. As for the filial piety of the second princess or whether the Xian concubine presented clothes through the hands of the second princess, it is no longer important.

Baozhu was stunned, watching the small movements among the three children in the palace, her eyes flickered, but they were only four or five-year-old children, as expected, there was no innocent childhood in the palace, and the eldest princess moved away with a word. caught the emperor's attention.

As for the eldest prince, he took credit for his mother and concubine, even the second princess, who was only three years old, knew to hold on to the big tree of concubine Xian to make his life easier.

"Queen, do you think it's time to have a banquet?" Zhao Zhen turned to the Empress Dowager and said.

"Well, let's get started, Aijia can't wait to see Leer, this little greedy cat." It is more suitable for the eldest princess to make a shy gesture "Grandmother..." and bury her head in the queen's arms.

The emperor pampered the Eldest Princess' hair, and the Eldest Prince and Second Princess watched with envy in their eyes.

In the interaction of the top executives, the concubines at the bottom gnawed a few more small silver teeth.

"Well, sisters, don't be cautious. Today is a family banquet, let's all eat. Those who have gifts can come one by one." With the support of the empress dowager, the empress was in a happy mood.

"Yes!"

However, during the time of cupping tea, all kinds of dishes have been placed on the small table in front of everyone. The eight treasures of jade food are full of color, fragrance and taste. If you can taste the authentic royal food, Baozhu will naturally not treat you badly.

"Before the younger sisters present gifts, let me give you a surprise for the younger sisters. It has been more than three months since the newcomer entered the palace. It coincides with the emperor's longevity. My palace has already discussed with the emperor to confer a reward on the harem!"

The empress magnanimously blamed herself for the reward, and the emperor also upheld the authority of the empress, otherwise she would not have discussed with the empress.

Everyone was ecstatic to be promoted, even Baozhu was overjoyed. After three months of hard work, she was finally going to be promoted.

Li Mingzhong, who had been standing behind the emperor, took a step forward, opened the Jin seal and read out the edict.

After the imperial decree was read, all the concubines got up to thank each other, Baozhu became the target of public criticism, the reason, of course, was because she was the only concubine with a title, Baozhu secretly complained, Your majesty, you are going to kill sister ?
Zhaoyuan, who was directly promoted to the third concubine by Bao Zhu, was the last of the three concubines, but because she had the title of "Bao", she faintly overwhelmed Zhang Zhaorong, who was one level above her, who was also promoted to the third concubine.

Treasure, Jane also.

Except for He Meiren who was grounded, Concubine Ma who was thrown into the cold palace, noble concubines and virtuous concubines who could no longer be promoted, everyone in the harem was rewarded, and He Meiren used this shareholder style to assist the eldest princess in front of the empress dowager. Crying, the ban was lifted in advance smoothly.

Concubine Liu, she has made great achievements in raising the eldest prince, and she was promoted to be a first-class concubine Shu. It is not without the emperor's intention to make up for it. The empress even gritted her teeth and swallowed it in her stomach, not daring to have any objections to this
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After the Eldest Prince fell into the water, although the Emperor had not mentioned her publicly, he had not set foot in the Kunning Palace for two consecutive months, except for the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year.

The only two days were also due to the ancestral system, and she didn't go to bed. The empress didn't dare to target the eldest prince any more, so she could only complain secretly.

Wang Meiren was promoted to be Wang Jieyu, Li Cairen became Li Meiren, Ma Cairen became Ma Meiren, Ma Baolin became Ma Cairen, Zhu Baolin became Zhu Cairen, Yang Baolin became Liu Cairen, and the three royal ladies Become Baolin, and the two regular Ninth-Rank Cai girls become Yu Nu.

Zhao Zhen was impartial, except for Baozhu and Zhang Zhaorong, the rest were promoted to a higher level, clearly expressing their importance to the two, they could restrain each other, and the family even assisted the emperor with every piece of paper and military.

The concubines and concubines in the harem are not stupid, and the tricks in it can still be seen clearly. It's just jealousy, but it can't disappear with reason.

Baozhu looked at the calm Zhang Zhaorong, and sighed slightly, the original appreciation of Zhang Hanying was gone, and the two may have to confront each other in the future, this should be the effect the emperor wanted.

Baozhu wanted to eat the delicious food in front of her, while admiring the concubine's birthday gift for the emperor, she really showed her talent and creativity.

The graceful and charming dance, the beautiful singing that lingered for three days, the mesmerizing sound of the piano, and the presentation of rare calligraphy and paintings...

Baozhu was eating happily, and his eyes were wide open to see it vigorously. Zhao Zhen smiled and dignified his wine glass, watching the singing and dancing in front of him, but couldn't help looking at Baozhu from the corner of his eye. What he saw was her heartless, happy eating and drinking have fun.

Smelling the strong smell of rouge and gouache around him, for some reason, Zhao Zhen felt as if a ball of cotton was stuck in his heart, he was so stuffy, and unknowingly emitted more and more air-conditioning.

"Master!" Suddenly exclaimed, but Wang Jieyu, who was not far from the orb, fell to the ground, with scarlet dots on her white gauze skirt.

(End of this chapter)