Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 273
Bai Lu and Bai Shuang accompanied Chen Wenxin to the main hall, but they didn't see the emperor, only Li Dequan greeted him.

"Master Qin, the emperor has ordered you..."

Li Dequan suddenly discovered that there was a unique change in the person in front of him. This change made him hard to describe, but he was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Bai Lu was watching, and couldn't help coughing, "Cough...cough..."

"Oh, the servant lost his head for a while, don't blame Qin Master."

Seeing Li Dequan bowing deeply, Chen Wenxin shook his head, "It's okay, you can continue talking."

"Yes, the emperor was talking to the ministers at the front, and ordered the servants to lead the servants to the palace when Master Qin arrives."

It turned out that the emperor didn't wait for her to enter the palace together, so he couldn't wait to meet those ministers first.

Isn't this in line with the emperor's usual style of conduct?
Chen Wen thought to himself, could it be that the emperor wants to extract something from these people, so he is so courteous?

Chen Wenxin followed Li Dequan inside, and laughed while thinking about it.

"Concubine Qin is here!"

With this loud shout, all the ministers fell silent, walked out of their seats and knelt down to salute.

I saw a woman in a gorgeous silver-red curly train walking in from the door, with layers of layers of clothes showing a noble atmosphere.

Her skin is like snow in early winter, and her color is like flowers in spring dawn.The eyes are like the clear water in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lips are like Qinfang Zhudan.

There was a slight smile on her lips, as if she had thought of something interesting, and in that unattainable temperament, there was a bit of smoke and fire that expelled an immortal.

One point less is lonely, and one point more is secular.

How can I describe the peerless beauty in front of me with the words of ordinary people?
Even Chen Xihai and Chen Wenyi, who were sitting in the banquet, were a little stunned.

Is this Chen Wenxin?

She was so well dressed that it was almost unbelievable.

The emperor also looked a little dazed, but he was just meeting these local officials from Jinling, why did he dress up like this?

The ceremony for her becoming a concubine was not necessarily so grand.

The emperor secretly slandered, but he was still very happy.

Chen Wenxin understood him very well, and when he heard that there was a big banquet in the evening, he asked Xiao Lizi what he was wearing.

After knowing that she was dressed grandly, she also dressed grandly.

Does Chen Wenxin really know his intentions?

Not necessarily, it was just her trust in herself and her unconditional cooperation.

"The concubine invites the emperor Shengan."

She walked into the hall and Tingting bowed down.

After she finished the ceremony, the emperor said: "Excuse me, take your seat."

Her seat was placed on the emperor's left, and on the right was a lower position, beside which was squatting Chang Zai in the orange-red skirt that she wore during the day.

She went up and took a seat, and said to all the courtiers in Dingchang's hall, "Please concubine Qin Jinan."

"Exemption."

She smiled dignified and generous, gentle and decent.

If you usually have a low score in office, you will naturally come early.

When the courtiers saw her clothes earlier, they were all touched.

That is Hanfu, the clothes that Han women should wear.

Although Ding Chang's body has been changed in a mess, but some prototypes can still be seen.

Then some courtiers commented and praised that Ding Chang was there.

Some people also said it was wrong. I heard that the only concubine in the palace who could wear Hanfu was Concubine Qin.

These ministers are far away from the capital, so they naturally don't know much about these news.

They didn't see clearly until Chen Wenxin entered the palace.

Compared with Chen Wenxin's curved train, which imitated the palace dress of the Han Dynasty, the skirt that Ding Chang wore was really neither fish nor fowl.

The two sat together on the left and right sides of the emperor again, which made people see more clearly.

A generous and extravagant, gorgeous and graceful.

The other looks rich and prosperous at first glance, but it is horrible when you look closely.

Ding Chang also noticed it, why hadn't he seen the silver-red train on Chen Wenxin's body?
So extravagant and dazzling!

Then she saw the emperor leaned over and said something to Chen Wenxin, the two whispered a few words to each other with smiles on their faces.

Her seat was a little farther away, and the voices of the two conversations were so soft that they couldn't hear half a sentence.

Just looking at the smiles on the faces of the two of them, I couldn't help feeling a bit jealous of being left out.

Chen Wenxin just sat down on the seat, the emperor turned sideways and whispered: "What was your son thinking when you entered the palace just now? You smiled like that."

She has always looked cold in front of outsiders, let alone in front of the courtiers of this palace.

Just now he laughed like that, obviously he was wandering.

When Chen Wenxin was asked by him, he couldn't help but think of what he had just thought, and found it even more funny.

"I'm thinking, the emperor's grand reception of these adults is definitely not a loss-making business."

The emperor also smiled and said: "Those who know me, don't miss it."

The two looked at each other and smiled, irresistible.This scene was watched by the officials below, and it caused a thousand waves with one stone.

The ministers who came out from Beijing were naturally better, and the local officials seemed to have caught a big deal, and their blood was boiling.

Look, look, the emperor is so close to Concubine Qin!
The emperor quickly turned his attention to the courtiers below, "Where did I just say that?"

Someone answered quickly, "The emperor just said that this salted duck is fat but not greasy."

"Oh, I remembered. Jinling's salted duck is really firm and has a different taste from the roast duck in the capital. I brought a cook from the capital to you, and asked you to try the roast duck in the capital."

Northern roast duck and southern salted duck are the two most famous ducks in the world.

They are talking about roast duck in Beijing and salted duck in Jinling.

Many of the local officials present had never been to the capital, so the emperor actually brought the cooks from Beijing to cook roast duck for them?

Those local officials were about to stand up and salute, the emperor waved his hand, "Why do you need to be restrained? Your dear ministers are hosting a banquet for me. It's nothing if I invite you to eat a roast duck."

Li Dequan waved his hand to the door, and after a while, eunuchs holding food boxes filed in and placed golden roast duck on the table of the ministers.

In an instant, the aroma of roast duck filled the hall, which made people move their index fingers.

Not to mention these ministers, even Chen Wenxin was lured by the scent and became a bit greedy.

Restraint, restraint.

She warned herself in her heart, and then stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a piece of salted duck.

This Jinling salted duck doesn't smell as fragrant as roast duck, but it tastes better than roast duck.

She picked up another chopstick, and wanted to eat a few more mouthfuls when all the ministers were focusing on the roast duck.

After she took the third mouthful quickly, she put down her chopsticks and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.

When the officials turned their attention from the roast duck to the top, Chen Wenxin had already picked up the teacup with great poise.

"The roast duck in the capital is indeed delicious and crispy."

"The meat is softer than salted duck, and has a special flavor."

All the ministers praised the roast duck one after another, but the emperor just laughed and said nothing.

These are the cooks and ducks that the emperor brought from the capital. They will be full of praise for the emperor's kindness.

After the compliments gradually stopped, the emperor smiled and said: "Actually, the roast duck in the capital was originally from Jinling. There are many Han officials here, do you know the origin?"

I didn't expect to have to test allusions after eating a duck emperor. Some people don't know it, and some people don't dare to talk nonsense if they know it.

In the end, Yu Chenglong stood up and cupped his hands: "Go back to the emperor, I know."

"Okay, let's tell everyone."

Yu Chenglong said: "In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Jinling was the capital. People love to eat Jinling salted duck, and the emperor also loves to eat it. It is said that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once had a roast duck during a solar eclipse."

"After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved his capital to the capital, he also took away many masters of roast duck from the Jinling court. After that, the roast duck underwent several changes and changed to the white duck from the capital. The flavor gradually became different from that of Jinling. .”

What Yu Chenglong said, everyone also has some vague impressions in their hearts, but they are not very real.

The emperor nodded approvingly and said, "I didn't expect Yu Qing to be so knowledgeable. You are right. The Beijing roast duck and the Jinling salted duck used to belong to the same family. Just like this Manchu, they are also a family now."

Chen Wenxin frowned slightly, and dared to love the emperor to send cooks and ducks from a long distance, just to tell these local officials in Jinling that the Man-Han family is four words.

She had a vague understanding that many of the local officials in Jinling were the elders of the Ming Dynasty or their descendants.

Jinling was originally the old capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the most prosperous and prosperous city in the south.

Although the characters here are not relatives of the emperor, they are also people that the emperor cares about very much.

To reassure the hearts of the people, we must first reassure the hearts of scholars.

In other words, these people with status and knowledge must be recruited before they can go down to reassure the common people.

The people do not recognize the emperor, only local officials and country gentry elders, these people have much greater influence among the people than the emperor.

Sure enough, the officials below were a little moved when they heard the words Man-Han Family.

Before the emperor arrived in Jinling, when they knew the list of escorts, they had already felt the emperor's care for Hanchen.

Among the officials who accompanied him this time, none had the highest status than the father and son of the Chen family. Chen was the common surname of the Han people.

The two concubines brought by the emperor are also Han Chinese.

One is the emperor's most trusted concubine Qin, and the other is Ding Changzai, who was born in a merchant's family in Jinling.

But these two people were still wearing Hanfu on the feast, which made these Hanchens feel kind after seeing them.

The rest of the accompanying ministers, such as Wang Xi and Huang Ji, with whom the emperor often discussed political affairs, were also Han Chinese...

The emperor took these people with him, is it because he cherishes the hearts of the Han subjects in the south?

The Beijing roast duck and Nanjing salted duck are even more heart-wrenching.

The Man-Han family, looking at the emperor's various new policies over the years, this Man-Han family is indeed not just talking.

Seeing this, Chen Wenyi raised his bottle and stood up, and said to the emperor: "The emperor treats Han officials like full ministers, and generally rewards them with reuse. If it weren't for the emperor's kindness and generosity, Lan Xiang has nowhere to pay for his ambition."

After he said this, Wang Xi and the others stood up together, "The emperor has studied Sinology since he was a child, and he has mastered everything from poetry, books, etiquette and Yi. The ministers and others have little talent and learning, and I am very grateful to be able to be used so much by the emperor."

With these Beijing officials taking the lead, local officials also raised their bottles and stood up.

In the past, in an important place like Jinling, the court would send Manchu ministers as the governor-general, and these Han ministers were just filling minor official positions.

The past few years have changed, the emperor favors Hanchens, and in southern regions like Jinling, there are more Hanchens than Manchens.

Seeing that the sensation was enough, the emperor raised his bottle and stood up from the dragon seat, "The Manchu family, my heart is the same as that of all the nobles."

The emperor and his ministers had a full drink, and they felt a sense of sympathy for each other.

(End of this chapter)