Harem Empress

Chapter 4

Looking at myself in the bronze mirror, I nodded in satisfaction, and went out with my hand on the snow. Because of my low status, I didn’t have a chariot to sit in, so I had to walk. Fortunately, the weather in April was not good. hot or cold.

The palace seems small, but because my Xiangyuan Pavilion lives in the southwest of the palace, and the Queen's Ningfeng Palace is in the east of the palace, so the road is very long, so I can only go out early.When we arrived at the Queen's Ningfeng Palace, there were a lot of peonies planted in the courtyard, big ones, pink ones, white ones, and there were even a few pots of rare green peonies. This green peony has thick branches, irregular leaf shape, and many rounds of petals without showing the heart. When it blooms, the outer petals are light green, the middle petals are emerald green and curl upwards, and the heart petals are green and wrapped. The entire corolla is strict and oblate. , the color of the flower is as green as jade, and the crystal jade drops, after drying, the green is yellowish, dazzling, and it is a rare treasure among peonies, so people call it 'green peony'."

Hearing the sound and looking around, I saw a man wearing a lotus-colored dress with silver borders, embroidered with exquisite golden butterflies, and his pink lips were shining with a crystal color, gently curved out a beautiful arc.A pair of transparent eyes were black and shiny, and the pearl and jasper steps on her head were swaying in the wind, and she hurriedly lowered her body and said: "I pay my respects to my concubine, and my concubine is auspicious."

"Get up, you are a newly promoted concubine, how do you know that this palace is a concubine?" Once again, Fu lowered his body and said: "The aunt who was taught before the concubine first entered the palace said that the palace is the best at studying flowers and plants. It’s the Empress Concubine, and what the Empress said so clearly just now, the concubine guessed that the Empress must be the Empress Concubine.”

Concubine He gently stretched out her hand to help me up, she smiled kindly, and her eyes were soft.

At this time, a charming and enchanting voice came from a distance, "There is never a shortage of people who love flowers in the palace, but some people are so busy that they have no time to take care of them." Such sharp words, in the palace except the concubine Yuan who is in favor I am afraid that there will be no one else to say such words. I saw a person wearing a pink plum pattern gauze gown, juan gauze and gold silk embroidered long skirt, combing the most popular tassel bun now. She is extraordinarily eye-catching, with a pair of sharp phoenix eyes flashing under her long eyelashes, her eyes revealing pride and disdain, she raised her head proudly, the makeup on her face was gorgeous but noble, she hurriedly lowered her body and said: "Concubine Qin Shuang pays her respects to Concubine Yuan, Concubine Yuan is auspicious."

She just sniffed her nose, and didn't mean to call me out, "Auspicious, it's very auspicious, I'm afraid it will be unlucky once you enter Miyamoto Palace."

"Your Majesty, your blessings are profound, beyond the reach of concubines." Concubine Yuan smiled lightly, and said lightly: "Get up." "Thank you, Concubine Yuan."

"Hey, since when did sister Yuan become a person who knows flowers, but this peony is different from the wild flowers in the countryside! Hehe." In the palace, there are always fights. In the palace, you can say to Concubine Yuan. Concubine Jin is probably the only one who said such words, she is also one of the favorite concubines in the palace, the niece of the empress dowager, she is dressed very gorgeously, she gently wiped the tip of her nose with a silk handkerchief, and said with a light smile.Hi!I just want to simply look at this peony, but I don't want to become a sharp weapon in the hands of others to attack others, "Greetings to Empress Jin, good luck to Empress Jin!"

"Get up!" Concubine Jin raised her hand proudly and said.At this time, I heard Concubine Jin laughing at me so much, especially when talking about the word "wild flower". Although I don't have any prominent family background, but I am a concubine after all, Concubine Jin is so in front of a concubine. Comparing herself to a wild flower in the face of a small nobleman is too much, the more she thinks about it, the more angry she becomes. At this time, Concubine Yuan's face was red and white, and she could only cast a blank glance at Concubine Jin, Concubine Jin After all, she is the empress dowager's niece, so it's just me who suffers from the embarrassment. After all, this is in the queen's palace.

At this time, the maid next to the queen came out to change the rings, breaking the gunpowder-smelling situation, "Let all the ladies and lords wait for a long time, the lords have already woken up, please go in with the servants and lords."

There is a red sandalwood phoenix sitting in the main hall. The decoration inside is resplendent and magnificent. The floor is covered with a velvet carpet with Sihe Ruyi Tianhua brocade pattern tribute from Persia. It is gorgeous and solemn. There are whole rows of mahogany chairs beside it. There are two simple and elegant celadon vases on the desks on both sides, and inside are peonies in full bloom. The queen is sitting gracefully on the back seat at the moment, wearing a purple gold Zhai phoenix bead crown, although it is just a simple powder. However, she drew a perfect curve on her fair oval face, and she smiled generously and decently wearing a gold and silver phoenix embroidered court dress.

"Concubine, please greet the empress, the empress is auspicious."

"Get up." The queen raised her hand and gave a little support. Since we are new concubines, we can only wait for all the concubines to sit down at the end. Going forward to give the empress a big gift, "My concubine greets the empress, the empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." The queen still smiled gracefully, and nodded gently: "Get up, we will be our sisters from now on, There is no need to be too polite. Sit down."

"Thank you, Empress, for giving me the seat."

Sitting down quietly, the queen said slowly again: "Now you are the emperor's concubines, but this palace is different from your family. You must abide by your duties and serve the emperor with all your heart, honor the queen mother, and serve my court better. A good continual heir is one that spreads its branches and spreads its leaves!"

"Yes, my concubine remembers the empress' teachings!"

According to the rule, new concubines who enter the palace should wait three days after entering the palace. Today, Taxue told me that my green card has been hung in the respect room. When I heard the word "serving bed", my heart skipped a beat. For a moment, I looked at the book in my hand in a daze, I didn't expect that I would go to bed so soon, but I have never seen Emperor Jingyang, will there be any gaps after seeing it, "Little master."

Taxue looked at me who was in a daze, and called me tentatively.Hearing her shout, I came back to my senses, looked at Taxue and said, "What does the emperor look like? Have you seen it?"

Hearing my question, Taxue burst out laughing, "My lord, what kind of servants does the emperor look like? I'm not lucky to see you. The emperor has a lot of things to do every day. Even if he comes to the harem, he just goes to a few favorite concubines." Yes!What does the emperor look like, she would have seen it with a maid in the palace!It's ridiculous to think about my current thoughts, and I smiled and shook my head secretly.

At this time, Luxiu came in with water, and said, "Little master, guess who is serving the bed today." Looking up at her expression, I suddenly felt relieved. It turned out that I was still afraid of serving the bed from the bottom of my heart. I am only 17 years old, "Who could it be? It's not me anyway."

After taking a sip of the tea on the table, it was newly brewed West Lake Dragon Well Tea. Smelling the fragrance of the tea leaves, it was sweet in the mouth, but slightly dry in the throat. I couldn't help drinking two more sips, and exclaimed: "Good tea, it really is Good tea."

(End of this chapter)