Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 289 Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet 2
Zhang Guiren was so absorbed in thinking about Concubine Tong's clothes, she also forgot that she was still carrying the gift, and she managed to hold on.

On the contrary, Dingchang made a slight sound of cloth rubbing against it, presumably she couldn't hold on anymore and was dangling there.

Chen Wen thought to himself, luckily Ding Chang is there, if Concubine Tong Gui is punished for this, Ding Chang will be there.

Concubine Tong Gui, who was at the top, said slowly, "Excuse me."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they just saluted for a while and felt pain in their waists and legs.

My buttocks were still hot, I only heard Concubine Tong scold: "Dingchang is also a person who is going to be promoted to nobleman now, and he is still so frizzy! Next year those new beautiful girls will be elected to the palace, how can you set an example?"

Where can Dingchang set an example? It would be nice not to bring those well-behaved girls into a bunch of dead little experts.

After hearing this, Ding Chang didn't mean to panic, but rather proud.

"The concubine is rude, and the empress forgives the sin."

She was naturally proud of the news that she was going to be promoted to a noble person. The emperor had already sent a message, but the canonization ceremony would only be held when the new year was approaching.

When it came to the matter of Dingchang being a nobleman, everyone couldn't help being somewhat suspicious.

The emperor has always been in the harem's Jinfeng, and good things always come in pairs.

The only exception is that Chen Wenxin was conferred the title of concubine last time because of her brother Chen Wenyi's military exploits.

Now the emperor wants to promote Dingchang to be a nobleman, who else will be rewarded together?

Thinking about starting from Chen Wenxin, down to Zhang Guiren and Wei Changzai, these few will not be rewarded.

They were all rewarded just within the year, and it would be unreasonable to seal them again.

Concubine Rong and Concubine De may be two, Concubine Rong is from a good background, and Concubine De's fourth elder brother is loved by the emperor.

It's not impossible to go up to Concubine Hui. Didn't the emperor take his elder brother with him every time he went on tour?And it's the elder brother who only takes him with him.

This may be the meaning of flattering elder brother, and it is not impossible to flatter concubine Hui by the way.

Concubine Tong is also unlikely, one rank is already very high, and then it can only be imperial concubine or empress.

These two honorable positions are not granted casually.

Concubine Tong Gui has been in the palace for more than ten years now, and she hasn't even earned a title, how can it be so easy to be promoted.

For a while, everyone was thinking about who would be promoted.

Concubine Tong ordered the maids to serve tea and snacks, and brought in pots of autumn chrysanthemums, and placed them in the middle of the screen to watch.

"I woke up and coughed twice in the morning. I wanted to come earlier to enjoy the chrysanthemum with you. Thinking of the emperor's body, I didn't dare to hang the sacred heart, so I came after drinking medicine, but it was a bit late." .”

After hearing this, Zhang Guiren slandered us, and punished us for being late, so he saluted for a long time without shouting.

Unexpectedly, Guifei Tong changed the subject, "Fortunately, Ben Gong came a step late, otherwise, wouldn't someone be late than Ben Gong?"

When Debi and Zhang Guiren heard this, they knew they were talking about themselves. They were flustered for a while, and Zhang Guiren almost left the table to plead guilty.

It was Debi who calmed down a bit, winked at Zhang Guiren, and stopped her.

It's fine for Chen Wenxin to speak up about this matter. She doesn't have enough two positions, so it's better not to stand out.

Chen Wenxin smiled and said: "It turned out that I was stuck in an incident, so I didn't come early. Who told the emperor to entrust me with the matter of worshiping the ancestors? , are arguing with me."

Concubine Hui also responded lightly, "That's right. The emperor hasn't returned to Shengjing to worship his ancestors for many years. Now that this happened, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is naturally in a hurry."

Concubine De also said: "Early in the morning, Mrs. Zhang Gui and I went to Yikun Palace to invite Concubine Qin to the banquet. She was talking to Eunuch Liu from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Seeing that things are in a hurry, we have to come up with ideas from the sidelines. I'm ashamed to let her go first."

When Chen Wenxin said a word, everyone responded and spoke for her.

Tong Guifei suddenly felt panicked like never before.

She didn't make a sound, just stared at Chen Wenxin with dead eyes.

She remembered that in the past, she was a little resident in the side hall of Yonghe Palace, and she followed Concubine De to Chengqian Palace to celebrate her birthday.

Dressed neatly, with a cold face, her beauty reveals immaturity.

At that time, she was already extremely favored by the emperor, so all the concubines were jealous of her and had nothing to say about her.

She is submissive, she talks when asked, and hides in the crowd when she is not asked.

At that time, she was sitting in Zhang Guiren's position.

It's just a humble status, even if she is favored by her beauty, she doesn't take it seriously.

Today, she ranks first, her clothes are still simple, and she still does not apply makeup on her face.

There is just a smile on the corner of the mouth. Compared with the past, the ice and snow melted, and the spring flowers bloomed.

She has a great demeanor and a proud demeanor, with a hint of sharpness like the edge of a sword.

It's like a newly forged red-tasseled spear, a little cold light comes first, and then it's like a broken bamboo.

——She herself is like that bamboo.

She couldn't help feeling a bit dazed, chewing on Chen Wenxin's words carefully, and there was not even the slightest flaw.

Concubine De is also a smart one, the two of them sang together, and there was no room for adding a concubine Hui to help with the conversation.

She thought that when the emperor returned to Shengjing to worship his ancestors this time, he still only brought his elder brother with him, so she turned her anger on Concubine Hui.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is naturally in a hurry. Because of my poor health, the emperor handed over these trivial matters to Concubine Qin. Concubine Hui, you are not bad, why didn't the emperor entrust you to share the burden?"

Her words sounded a bit aggressive, Concubine Hui didn't know how to answer for a while.

The emperor is still blaming her for asking the elder brother to be the prince for the letter, and does not get close to her.

Just looking at the emperor's attitude towards the elder brother, it seems that he has not been implicated.

In this way Concubine Hui is satisfied, she would rather blame the emperor for any dissatisfaction than to neglect elder brother.

She calmly said: "The concubine's work is not as proper as that of Concubine Qin's, and the emperor spends the most time with Concubine Qin's sister, so she naturally understands the emperor's wishes. Sending Concubine Qin to handle this matter will naturally save the emperor a lot of trouble."

Concubine Hui's dress today is also very plain, probably because she doesn't want to prick Concubine Tong's eyes.

Hearing her answer like this, Concubine Tong Gui couldn't seem to find anything wrong, so she still wanted to be mean to her.

"Knowing that you are inappropriate, you should learn more. Are you a person in your 30s, and you are not as good as a girl in her teens like Concubine Qin? Telling you to learn how to do things is not to ask you to learn how to dress, but also As frivolous as ever."

Concubine Tong's words scolded the four people, which made Chen Wenxin amused.

It's not appropriate for her to call Concubine Hui over 30 years old. Did she forget that she is also 30 years old?

It is also said that Concubine Hui's plain dress is like that of Chen Wenxin, and she is as frivolous as Ding Changzai.

It wasn't a day or two since Ding Chang was imitating Chen Wenxin's dress, everyone in the palace knew it, and at this time she picked it up and scolded him for no reason.

It is said that Chen Wenxin is frivolous when he is imitating Chen Wenxin, I am afraid that Chen Wenxin is frivolous in his words.

This is ridiculous, Concubine Hui deliberately avoided it, so she dressed more plainly.

If you wear red and green, you are afraid of stealing the limelight from Concubine Tong.

Why are you being scolded frivolously for being dressed in plain clothes now?

I don't know if Concubine Tong Gui realized that she scolded herself.

Concubine Hui blushed immediately after being humiliated in public like this, and there was nowhere to put her face down.

With her age and status, even if the emperor had any dissatisfaction with her, he would not scold her like this in public.

Concubine Tong Gui actually said such vicious words, did she really want to lose her own face?
Chen Wenxin smiled faintly, "I'm young and ignorant, and now I'm just learning how to do things from the ladies. Don't mention the age of the imperial concubine or empress. If you mention the age, please forgive me for saying something bad. Who is younger than me?"

When she talked about her age, Concubine Tong immediately understood that what she said just now scolded herself.

After Zhang Guiren heard this, he also understood what Chen Wenxin meant, and he was a little amused.

Concubine Tong snorted coldly and said: "Flowers are not popular for a hundred days, and Concubine Qin is now the youngest concubine. When the draft is held next year, new sisters will come in, and they will not be young if they say they are young."

Her words reminded Chen Wenxin that she was not young anymore, so she could have children.

Therefore, I was not angry when I heard Concubine Tong's words. She just said: "Borrowing my mother's auspicious words, I waited until I was older before I dared to give birth. I was young before, and the emperor said that giving birth would inevitably be harmful to the mother, so I refused. .”

What she said was the truth, and everyone in the palace knew it.

She was only 14 years old when she entered the palace, not yet an adult.The emperor took pity on her when she was young, so he refused to let her conceive.

This matter has never been taboo to the outside world, for fear that someone will use the reason that Chen Wenxin can't bear children to attack her.

Naturally, Concubine Tong knew about it a long time ago, but she didn't expect to slap her in the face in a moment of impatience.

She is getting old, but Chen Wenxin is waiting to grow up.

This was not a level of battle.

She suddenly felt fear, as if foreseeing her own future, it must be Chen Wenxin who had the upper hand.

Chen Wenxin looked back at her indifferently, as if there was an ancient well in his eyes, which was quiet and not generating waves.

One stillness and one movement, Concubine Tong Guifei had been defeated long ago.

Her sallow face was vaguely lingering with black air.

I don't know if it was because of burning incense in the Buddhist hall all the year round, or because of poor health and ugly complexion.

The thick and heavy make-up rustled and fell off amidst the changes in her facial expressions.

White, red, black...

She stretched out her withered hands from her sleeves and held up a cup of tea.

The sleeves are thick with several layers, which looks very warm.

It's just the beginning of autumn, she's already dressed like this, she seems to be very afraid of the cold.

Her lips trembled uncontrollably, and her lip makeup was mottled from the action of drinking tea.

"This time the emperor sacrificed to the ancestors, only concubine Qin was brought along among the sisters in the harem. Concubine Qin, you have to take good care of the emperor and always advise the emperor to take care of the dragon body."

"It's natural, thank you for reminding me, Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine."

Chen Wenxin smiled like a spring flower, with endless vigor and vigor.

(End of this chapter)