Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 173 The Beauty Enters the Palace
On the ninth day of August, as the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the palaces began to get busy again. It took a lot of effort to choose the style of mooncakes or study the moon-watching refreshments for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

As the head of the harem, the queen is naturally in charge of these things. The palace staff carried the molds of the printed cake cores to the houses of the little masters in the early morning. Everything from patterns with distinct petals to lifelike birds is prepared, and they are sent to each palace separately on trays.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has always been a time for the whole family to enjoy the bright moon together, but in this royal family since ancient times, how can there be such a happy family relationship?

Xia Zijin didn't have much interest in this kind of festival, and when the palace servants sent by the queen sent the mooncake molds to Liluo Palace, she only quietly thanked her a few times.

"Princess, this is the first time you have celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival after entering the palace. You must not be familiar with the arrangements in the palace for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. In the past, you probably spent this time in Shangjing. On the night of August [-]th, Huai'an A large bunch of fireworks will be set off by the river, which is even more lively than on New Year’s Eve!"

While arranging the molds sent by the queen's messenger, Xiaokui chanted joyfully, thinking of the bright and bright fireworks in the sky, her crooked eyes revealed a little girlish joy.

Fire trees, silver flowers, golden sky and streamers are probably the most romantic way for thousands of people to enjoy a scene to celebrate the festive season. Xia Zijin thought about it for a while, and the scene was indeed a bit charming, so she raised her lips and smiled.

"It's just that I don't know who will ask the emperor's side at this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet?"

Xia Zijin is aware of this custom. Every year at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Emperor Ming will choose one of the concubines as the sleeping concubine on the reunion night. Perhaps influenced by this custom, he was chosen to be the sleeping concubine. I often feel that within the next hundred days, the holy family will not be gone, and with the short-term grace, I can also feel proud in the harem.

"Aren't the candidates just those few? Either Concubine Yue, Concubine Lian, or the father who prefers the ancestral system to stay in the Queen's Palace. The momentum in the harem has long been clear. I can't beat them." Xia Zijin smiled, and said quite indifferently.

But at this moment, Xiaokui waved her hand, approached her sideways and whispered mysteriously: "My servant heard that a bride came to the Mercy Villa two days ago, but just after entering the palace, the emperor made her a nobleman!"

"I also heard that this new noble lady is still an ordinary folk girl. The ladies in the harem are always classified according to their wealth and background. If they are not from the official family, they are probably only picking women for low status. Like this This noble young mistress was enshrined as soon as she entered the harem as a commoner woman, this is the first time the emperor has come to the throne!"

Xia Zijin had focused on other things in the past two days and hadn't paid much attention to the affairs of the harem. At this time, she was a little surprised to hear the news from Xiaokui.

"The new noble master?" Xia Zijin read a sentence, concentrating his attention for a moment to turn his mind, "Father is over sixty this year, he has never been very obsessed with women, and the three-yearly harem draft is also his own decision After stopping for a year, this princess thought that the royal father didn't care much about pampering the fresh and beautiful concubines, so why would he call a new woman into the palace to serve him?"

"This servant doesn't know much!"

As Xiaokui spoke, she leaned closer and said, "It is said that the noble young master was born with the appearance of a celestial being, comparable to a Xishi Diaochan, with willow-leaf brows and a cherry mouth, and a small waist that is intoxicating!"

Xiaokui's funny words were a bit frivolous, but they did arouse Xia Zijin's deep interest. Such a beauty must be in full bloom, how could she enter the harem to serve someone who can be her own grandfather? man?
"It's actually an ordinary commoner girl..."

Xia Zijin pursed her lips, thinking that this matter might not be easy.

What Xia Zijin didn't expect was that in the afternoon of the second day, she met the rumored noble young master who was as beautiful as Xishi Diaochan.

This woman is indeed a fairy, and she can easily attract everyone's attention just by standing there. Her complexion Saixue is graceful and graceful, and there is indescribable charm and aura in her gestures, especially the small round cinnabar under her right eye. A mole, like a little red plum in the white snow, has a lot of charm in its life.

At this time, this beauty is sitting on the last seat in the Queen's Palace. The seats looking forward are all concubines and above, and there are a few princesses who have not left the cabinet. So many pairs of eyes are almost at the same time. Looking at her, accompanied by whispers, whispering to the people around her from time to time.

The queen felt noisy when she heard the chattering voices below, she covered her lips with a handkerchief and coughed slightly, and the noise below stopped instantly.

"Dear harem sisters and princesses, I have invited you to gather here today to discuss matters related to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. You all know that the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has always been so prosperous, whether it is the delicacies between the banquets It’s still Zhang Luo who arranges the dishes and things for the banquet, and the money spent on the same thing is like flowing water.”

The concubines listened in their ears and glanced at each other. Every year, the empress was in charge of the affairs. It was their turn to ask for their opinions. This year, it was new to ask in advance.

Only the queen continued: "Originally, this Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of joy for the whole family. It doesn't matter if the palace is more lively, but you all know that our Dalai Lai organized maritime silk trade with other countries a month ago, and we voted for the Shanghai Silk Trade Fair." Tens of millions of taels of silver, it will take time for the planning of the trade road to pay back. At this time, the national treasury is empty, and the palace intends to reduce the cost of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. First, it can demonstrate our virtues of diligence and thrift as women, and second, it is also To relieve the emperor's worries and to be considerate, I don't know what do you sisters and princesses think?"

The empress sat dignifiedly on the main seat, her pair of phoenix eyes slightly raised, and swept among the concubines on the seat. The experienced concubines such as Yue Jing'an and Shui Yanran should keep silent, or It was Wei Wei who nodded to the queen to express her approval but did not answer.And the younger concubine showed displeasure again, and was very disappointed with the reduction of pomp.

The empress saw everyone's expressions in her eyes, and when no one answered, she asked again: "No one answered my palace, could it be that my sisters are afraid that this palace will treat you badly, and have not reported it to the emperor in advance?"

Seeing this, Shi Shiran was the first concubine to get up, and said to the queen, "The empress is serious! The concubines respect the empress in everything, and it is good to be diligent and thrifty. The annual banquet will be wasted." A lot of money, if you can be more thrifty and embezzle the money to the emperor's court in the future, wouldn't you be able to do your best for the emperor!"

With Concubine De taking the lead, several younger concubines also expressed their willingness to the queen one after another, praising how wise and virtuous the queen's move was.

Shui Yanran listened to many concubines praising how the queen knows how to manage the harem, she is worthy of being the mother of a country, and she couldn't help being jealous.

She raised her eyebrows, raised her eyes, and propped up her hair with two gilt-armored fingers, before uttering a sentence that seemed serious but not contemptuous: "The empress's words are good, but we These old people in the palace naturally serve the empress, but I don't know if those girls who have just entered the palace and don't understand the rules can understand the empress's painstaking efforts."

Shui Yanran's words were thorny, and everyone knew exactly who the thorn was pointing at. Everyone secretly looked at the nobleman at the end of the seat, and some of them couldn't hold back their voices. Interact with Shui Yanran and help her.

"What the concubine Yue said is very true. We who know the rules will naturally not spoil the good intentions of the empress. However, my concubine heard that when the Qin nobleman stayed in the palace two days ago, the emperor rewarded him with many things. This rare thing was sent to Qin Guiren's bedroom like water, and at least it was worth a hundred taels of silver. Qin Guiren is a new favorite, so naturally it is more precious, it is not as good as us old people who are not welcomed by the emperor, naturally I have to spend my days in the palace diligently."

The woman called Qin Guiren is the rumored beauty who has just entered the palace. At this time, everyone's eyes are focused on her, some are gloating and some are secretly looking at the good show, even though she has been favored by the emperor since she entered the palace. So what, a commoner woman with no power, no power and no background, the most indispensable thing in this palace is a young and beautiful woman, after this burst of freshness passes, Ming Shengdi will never remember her as a person again Woolen cloth?
Qin Guiren nodded her head and lowered her eyebrows, her white porcelain-like skin showed a slight embarrassment. Facing the overt or secret hostility of many concubines, she fluttered her eyelashes timidly, and bit her moist red lips to reveal the whiteness. mark.

"Okay, okay, you are all seniors in the palace, so don't make fun of Qin Guiren anymore. It is Qin Guiren's blessing that the emperor dotes on Qin Guiren. If you feel envious, you should work harder to keep the emperor. What kind of skill is it to show off your tongue here in this palace."

The queen said leisurely, seeing Qin Guiren's embarrassment in her eyes, her long and narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, with an incomprehensible thought.

The concubines didn't expect that the queen would support that nobleman Qin, they were a little angry and couldn't say it out loud, one or two glared at nobleman Qin viciously, their eyes rolled upside down.

"Your Majesty Qin, don't feel wronged, and you sisters don't have any malice. You are a blessed one. You can raise your body and wait for the emperor to give birth to Lin'er in the future. The palace and the emperor will be extremely happy!" The queen said, He showed a friendly smile to Qin Guiren, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, it just appeared on his face and then disappeared.

(End of this chapter)