Concubine's Handbook of Good Life in Ancient Times

Chapter 78

Not long afterward, the emperor and the empress came to support the empress dowager and her old man. Everyone knelt down and shouted long live three times.

"Emperor, look, Concubine Jia is really beautifully dressed today."

The queen mother immediately noticed the concubine Jia who was sitting in the front three, especially the diamond face she was wearing on her head.

"Hmm ~ Concubine Jia is dressed differently today, I remember that outfit, did the empress mother give it to Concubine Jia?"

The emperor has a photographic memory, and the entire emperor only has such a set of pink diamond facets, and he gave it to the queen mother without even thinking about it.

"That's right, doesn't the emperor look pretty in Concubine Jia's clothes? This color is just right for Concubine Jia's age!"

The Empress Dowager looked at Shu Ning's head with satisfaction, the diamond gleamed under the light, and Concubine Jia was also beautiful, so she didn't know whether the diamond set off the concubine Jia, or the concubine Jia set off the diamond.Or the two match, and there is a situation where one plus one is greater than two.

"The empress mother said so, so it must be." The emperor was a filial son, although he also felt that this face was very suitable for the concubine Jia, but if the empress dowager didn't like it, he would not praise it.

"The empress dowager praised the concubine too much. Where is the concubine good? It's true that the concubine is good."

Shu Ning turned a corner to flatter the Queen Mother, wasn't the Queen Mother also rewarding her for this face!
Sure enough, the queen mother was very happy to hear that, the old man just likes to be hugged by others.Of course, whether this is true or false, the Queen Mother can still tell. Although Shu Ning is flattering her, what she said comes from the heart. The act of hugging her thighs made her old man happy!

The emperor didn't bother them when he saw the empress dowager chatting happily with concubine Jia. He just exchanged a glance with the empress. There is a tacit understanding.

Only the Queen Mother, with Concubine Jia, doesn't care about anything else, only when a few old wives come over, she chats with them, talks about ancient times, and introduces Concubine Jia to them by the way.

Concubine Jia got to know many clan wives under the guidance of the queen mother, the divine assist. Of course, for the sake of the queen mother, these original spouses did not show her contemptuous eyes.

You know, even the emperor's concubine is still a concubine in front of the original wife, and it's normal to look down on her.

However, Concubine Jia doesn't have the arrogance of those high-ranking concubines. She just sat there with a smile on her face and listened to their chats. From time to time, the Queen Mother would ask her a few words, and even rewarded her with some of Shuning's favorite dishes. The dishes for the Emperor, Emperor, and Empress were cooked separately, and they were still steaming when they were served, unlike the dishes on other people's tables, which were already cold.

Fortunately, it is summer, and the oil on the dishes is not frozen. In winter, these things make people not want to move their chopsticks, and they are disgusting to look at, let alone eat.

Even for the fourth concubines like Concubine Xian and Concubine De, they could only eat cold dishes during such a big banquet.Of course, those who are pampered will be better. Although there are cold dishes on Shuning's table, there are more cold dishes. These dishes are eaten cold, so they are not afraid of losing their taste.This situation is a special consideration, because each table is opened separately, except for the people sitting next to it, it will not be found that Jiafei's dishes are any different from other people's dishes.

Moreover, the royal chefs also ingeniously made these cold dishes the same as hot dishes. If it weren't for the careful people, it would be difficult to tell them apart even if they were sitting next to them!
So Shu Ning's food was alright, taking a bite from time to time, plus the hot dishes specially rewarded by the Empress Dowager, Shu Ning was the only one among all the concubines who touched the food on the table during the banquet.

As for why Shu Ning is not afraid of someone tampering with the dishes, she said that Mei Qiu and Mei Dong behind her are not for nothing.With them around, she doesn't have to worry about her food at all, so she can use it with confidence.

Seeing that she did not shy away from having food on the table, everyone was a little envious and a little contemptuous.Many people ate a little to fill their stomachs before coming to the palace banquet, but that little food can't resist hunger, so now they are all hungry, and they can't help looking at the food on their table while despising it You can taste a few chopsticks, or just use the tea fruit on the table.

If it was in his own palace or at home, who would touch such cold dishes, they would have been thrown out long ago.Unfortunately, at the palace banquet, it was not their turn to be picky.

Seeing the incense used by Concubine Jia, the emperor and empress immediately thought of the scene at noon meal, and they both gave Concubine Jia a portion of the hot dishes and soup that had just been served on the table, to make her eat more happily .

The emperor and the empress also spent a little time in their free time. Although they would not be forced to drink, they couldn't bear to drink with the ministers and their wives all the time. The two supreme couples had never taken a sip since they came in. Food, drinking on an empty stomach hurts the stomach.It was Shuning who noticed that the imperial chefs served a bowl of warm rice soup, and the emperor and empress felt a little better after drinking it.

The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Jia, who was eating vegetables with her head down, with approving eyes. How can this girl not hurt?That person blamed himself and the emperor for being biased, who could care for and please Shu Ning without any purpose?
If they can do the same, the Queen Mother will still favor them.If you can't do it, you are jealous of others. The Queen Mother is the most impatient with these people, so no matter how they please the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother doesn't like them.At the beginning, she was so crushed by her beloved concubine that she couldn't lift her head up, so she could only behave like a human being with her tail between her legs.Now that her son has finally become the emperor, do you want her, a mother, to continue to be unable to hold her head up?How can the Queen Mother agree? She hates it if she hates it, and likes it if she likes it. She doesn't care about the other party's status at all. Even if the princess is not liked by her, the Queen Mother will still not give face, and she will never bear it for the so-called face.

So Concubine Jia was able to get her favor, which greatly surprised the people inside and outside the palace, and they all speculated what kind of magic trick Concubine Jia used to make the Empress Dowager favor her so much.Of course, it would be even better if they would use this demonic method, so there are often people wandering around outside the Changning Palace, which annoys the eunuchs in the Changning Palace, and they have to stare at them, fearing that they will frame their mothers.

(End of this chapter)