Farmer's daughter is also self-improvement

Chapter 224
When Li Shasha saw that she had collected her money, she was more than half-decided: "Then sister Chunyan will lead the way!" Last time, the empress was specially summoned to the palace to thank her, but now all officials and wives above the fourth rank are required Entering the palace to celebrate the New Year, so there is no soft sedan chair to sit in, so I can only walk forward with the maid who calls Chunyan.

Chunyan held a palace lantern and pointed Li Shasha and Mrs. Zheng to walk forward along the palace road. The palace lantern was fluttering and fluttering. At dawn, it was like filming a ghost movie. Li Shasha was a little scared.Fortunately, there were other wives who followed the maids to Kunning Palace. Although there were many people, no one made a sound.Slowly the sky was dyed red by the morning glow, and the road ahead gradually brightened.

After finally reaching the gate of Kunning Palace, many wives have already gathered here.However, they all stood in two vertical rows according to their grades.Li Shasha and Zheng Shi were at a loss, not knowing where they should stand.Unexpectedly, seeing that the two did not follow, Chunyan could only turn around and call out: "Madam, Princess, this way please!" The place where the hand was swaying was actually the main hall of Kunning Palace, and the ladies waiting on both sides couldn't help throwing their hands at them. Go for the curious look.

Li Shasha was so burned by these scorching eyes that she just wanted to leave here quickly. She pulled Zheng Shi and followed Chunyan into the main hall in a hurry.It was warm inside the main hall, not the cold wind whizzing outside.There seemed to be a lot of people in the inner room behind the main hall, and there were bursts of laughter and voices from time to time.

Chunyan stood at the door of the inner room and reported loudly: "The empress, Mrs. Xiande and Princess Nan'an have arrived!" The empress' deep voice came from inside: "Please come in quickly!" Chunyan made a gesture of invitation to the two, And opened the bead curtain at the door: "Madam and Princess please come in!"

Zheng Shi and Li Shasha nodded, and they walked in together.Li Shasha saw the well-dressed queen sitting on the main seat in the inner room, watching her come in with a smile on her face.Sitting on both sides are the high-ranking concubines in the palace, and of course the annoying Concubine Tang Shu and the smiling Concubine Feng Li are all there.Concubine Tang Shu could only see the white eyeballs in her eyes, she was very disdainful towards Li Shasha.But Concubine Feng Li looked like she wanted to approach her immediately.

The maid guarding the queen quickly took out two cushions from the side. Mrs. Zheng and Li Shasha knelt down in front of the queen, kowtowed and shouted: "The empress is a thousand years old!" The queen said with a smile: " Please get up quickly! Give me a seat!"

After receiving the Queen's words, Li Shasha supported Zheng Shi to stand up, and a maid next to her led the two of them to sit down on the chair next to them.When Li Shasha saw the bundle in her hand, she stood up again, walked in front of the empress, and raised the bundle with both hands: "Empress, this year, Nan'an is giving her a New Year's greeting, and this gift is specially given to her, please accept it with a smile!"

The queen looked at Li Shasha with some joy: "Why, did Nan'an give me a New Year's gift? Xueyan, quickly present the things and let me have a look! The last time I gave the ambergris to me and the emperor Skin care products are very useful, and the emperor said that he will reward you every time he sees you!"

Xueyan took the bundle from Li Shasha, held it in front of the queen with both hands, and opened the bundle to reveal the red sandalwood box inside.I have never seen the carvings on the box alone. Li Shasha carved 26 English letters, but it is estimated that few people here can recognize them.Xueyan opened the box again, and the jewels and treasures were suddenly displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

The concubines who were still chatting on the chairs on both sides stood up and surrounded Xueyan.Everyone tsk-tsk: "What is this made of, how can it be so shiny?" Only one discordant voice snorted: "What kind of broken thing is worth squeezing!"

Li Shasha didn't need to turn her head to know which great god was speaking there, she didn't even look at it, whether it was fair or not was at her heart's content.Concubine Feng Li walked up to Li Shasha at this moment: "Princess Nan'an!" Li Shasha quickly bowed and replied, "Happy New Year, Madam Li!" Concubine Feng whispered in her ear, "This thing is really good, don't bother with that idiot. It's just a woman!" Li Shasha knew that she was supporting her, so she nodded vigorously, and the two exchanged a few words in a low voice.

The Empress only saw a bright spot from a distance, and before she could see what it was, she was surrounded by those people, but she couldn't see it at all.

The queen endured it for a while, seeing that those concubines were still ignorant, chattering endlessly, which made her heart itch.What is it that makes these women in the palace look like village women who have never seen the world.But as the head of the harem, the queen had no choice but to endure her curiosity.

After waiting for a while, the Queen deliberately cleared her throat and coughed twice.Unexpectedly, such a small movement of hers has long been suppressed by the buzzing voices of concubines.Only Li Shasha could see the queen's impatience because she always paid attention to the queen's movements.She hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the concubines surrounding the box: "Ladies and gentlemen, please let Nan'an introduce you. Ladies and gentlemen, please go back to your seats and listen to Nan'an's slow talk!"

When the concubines heard what she said, they felt a little embarrassed, and they all returned to their seats and sat down, but their eyes seemed to be glued to the box.Li Shasha gently picked up the phoenix crown from the box, and the room was amazed.Only then did the queen see this treasure that made everyone lose their composure, and she also had a feeling that she couldn't get it out of her eyes.

Li Shasha pointed to the bead chains made of broken diamonds: "These are diamonds, treasures from distant countries. The eyes of the phoenix are made of red diamonds. Ladies, if you move them, not only the bead chains, but also the bead chains." The eyes of every phoenix will shine brightly. A small gift is not a respect, but I hope the empress will accept it with a smile!"

The empress managed to move her eyes away from the phoenix crown, and said with a smile: "If you are not afraid of my sister's jokes, this is the first time I have seen such head jewelry. Such a valuable gift, what more do you need?" Sister Nan'an is too modest to say it is a small gift!" Hearing her praise, Li Shasha hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty is too polite!" Then she put the phoenix crown in her hand into the rosewood tree just now. In the box, the hands were sent to the Queen's hands.

The queen looked at the phoenix crown in the box, smiled and said: "Today, Princess Nan'an has made a contribution to offering treasures, and I will reward you with 500 taels of gold!" Xueyan bowed to fetch the 500 taels of gold, and Li Shasha hurriedly came forward to thank her.The queen quickly stood up, walked over and helped Li Shasha up: "Nan'an, since I have accepted you as my younger sister, I will treat you well. You must not be so polite anymore! I will come to the palace to accompany me when I have time. , Xueyan went to get a token of Kunning Palace, and gave it to Princess Nan'an to enter the palace conveniently!" Xueyan took the order and retreated.

All the concubines next to her also went down: "Congratulations to your empress for getting this treasure!" The queen said with a happy smile: "For those who see it, I will reward each of you with a piece of heavenly water and green material, so that you can make a beautiful one." Summer shirts! After celebrating the New Year, I will send the maids to the palaces of your sisters." The concubines went down again: "Thank you for the reward!" Although Concubine Tang Shu also went down with everyone, but the eyes were full of tears. The viciousness made Li Shasha see it squarely.Li Shasha told herself in her heart that she must be careful today.He had offended the Tang family in the first place, but looking at Concubine Tang Shu's appearance now, it would not make him feel better.

Another female official came to report: "Your Majesty, it's already three o'clock!" The queen stood up and said, "Then all sisters, go to the main hall with me!" Everyone stood up quickly, and Fushen responded: " yes!"

Mrs. Zheng pulled Li Shasha to follow at the end of the team, and took this opportunity to ask in a low voice, "Sister Sha, where did you get the phoenix crown?" Actions.After hearing this, Mrs. Zheng understood immediately. She first covered her mouth with her hands, and then folded her hands together towards the sky, but her eyes were shining with hope.

When Mrs. Zheng and Li Shasha arrived at the main hall, except for the queen sitting on the phoenix chair, the other concubines stood on both sides according to their rank.An internal attendant has already walked outside the palace to announce the decree: "The empress has a decree to call all ladies, gentlemen, and respectful people above the fourth rank to enter the main hall of Kunning Palace to celebrate the New Year!" The queen waved at Li Shasha and Zheng Shi: "Madam and Nan'an Just come and stand by this palace!"

Not long after, there were successive ladies standing on both sides of the main hall in order of rank.When all the people arrived, everyone knelt down again and greeted the queen to celebrate the New Year. They formally bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, which made Li Shasha dizzy. She never thought that three kowtows and nine kowtows could be so powerful.Although my mother made up for the New Year's etiquette in the morning, but at this time, who still remembers so much, just stood up with the crowd for a while, and knelt down again for a while.

The tedious ceremony was finally over, and Li Shasha was about to follow the crowd to the palace gate, but Chunyan stopped them again, saying that the empress had invited them, so Zheng and Li Shasha had no choice but to return to Kunming. The inner room of Ning Palace.

Seeing the two of them coming in, the empress beckoned them to sit on the chairs in front of her.The two of them still didn't dare to be casual, they both greeted the empress again in a serious manner, and then they signed and sat on the chair with half of their buttocks.The empress clapped her hands, and two court ladies came in, each with three or four pieces of clothing material on a tray.

The empress pointed to the two trays and said: "These things are really different from the gifts you gave me, I just hope that Nan'an will not dislike them!" Li Shasha pulled Mrs. Zheng to the empress and fell to her knees again , Kowtow to the queen to thank her.

　Today's second update, can those who have pink tickets give me a few?

　　
　
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