Concubine Huang said she wanted to leave

Chapter 91

The next day, the seventh day of July.

Zhao Kehan's canonization ceremony was held in the imperial garden. Early in the morning, after greeting the queen mother, Shang Kelan was busy with other things. Fortunately, Yuan Ge and Zhizi were by her side to help her, so that the preparation of the palace banquet was satisfactory. As one wishes.

With the lotus pond as the dividing line, male guests are on the left and female guests are on the right.

Zhao Kehan ​​was wearing a translucent tulle pleated skirt in the color of sea and sky, and a light pink paddy field dress embroidered with mandarin ducks and inlaid with red silk thread, which was noble and majestic but still feminine; The delicate golden step adds color to the already attractive appearance.

Today she is undoubtedly the most dazzling pearl in the banquet.

The empress dowager and empress were also dressed in black and bright yellow palace clothes, and sat at the head of the crowd. Zhao Kehan ​​came to the two of them gracefully and saluted them gracefully: "Concubines, see empress dowager and empress!"

Concubine?

When Shang Kelan, who was located below the queen, heard the words, a look of astonishment flashed in his eyes: What's going on?Isn't this the canonization ceremony of the princess?

Immediately, she turned her eyes to Zhao Kehan's clothes, only to find that no matter whether it was a bun, jewelry, or clothing accessories, Zhao Kehan's appearance today was all based on the canonization regulations of imperial concubines in the palace!
But she ordered someone to send Zhao Kehan's clothes and jewelry to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, all of which should be worn and used when he can be conferred the princess. Could it be that Zhao Kehan ​​tampered with the canonization ceremony?Or...the queen mother never gave up the idea of ​​connoisseur Zhao Kehan?

For a moment, Shang Kelan suppressed the look of astonishment on his face, and turned his gaze to the queen mother and queen.

But seeing that the faces of these two people also showed a look of astonishment, as if they didn't know it at all.

The two forgot to ask Zhao Kehan ​​to excuse her, so Zhao Kehan ​​kept curtseying. She lowered her eyebrows and raised her red lips slightly, as if she had no complaints.

At this time, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, wearing a scarlet official uniform, came to Zhao Kehan ​​with an imperial decree in his hand, and read aloud: "By God, the emperor ordered that Zhao Kehan, the widow of General Weiyuan, is a virtuous and virtuous woman. Please, I will specially confer her the title of concubine of the second rank, and give her the word 'Jia', this is my admiration!"

The canonization ceremony of Princess Jinyang turned into the canonization ceremony of the second-rank concubine Jia!

Even Jin Yantang, who was sitting by the side, shrank his pupils sharply, and cast a surprised look at Zhao Kehan, but only for a moment, he returned to his original state, and after casting a cold glance at Zhao Kehan, he turned and left the palace banquet mercilessly .

Zhao Kehan's eyes flickered slightly, he took the imperial decree handed over by the Minister of Rites, and thanked loudly: "My concubine, thank you, Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live, long live!"

General Weiyuan, who died in battle more than ten years ago, belonged to the Queen Mother's family. The Queen Mother had said that Zhao Kehan ​​was her distant niece in front of everyone, but she did not expect that Zhao Kehan ​​would enter the palace with this identity and method. In the harem!

Almost all the concubines looked at Zhao Kehan ​​in shock, speechless.

After the servant of the Ministry of Rites completed his duties, he took Zhao Kehan ​​to participate in the sacrifice. The servant shouted and played music, and the sound of silk and bamboo was endless.

The visiting guests didn't know it, and laughed and talked about Zhao Kehan. She has changed a little from her appearance three years ago, and her demeanor is more calm and restrained. For a while, everyone couldn't recognize her as the former princess. normal.

Seeing that Jin Yantang left the palace banquet without saying a word after listening to the imperial decree, the Empress Dowager's complexion also sank slightly, looking at Zhao Kehan ​​who was kneeling on the sacrificial altar not far away, her eyes also became dim.

The queen wisely didn't choose to ask more questions, but sat down dignifiedly, taking a sip of the fragrant tea in her hand.

Concubine Hua looked at Shang Kelan with a smile on her face and said: "Concubine Chen, you are the person in charge of this palace banquet today, I am a little strange, why the scale of this palace banquet you organized is not like that at all. Is it the scene that a noble concubine should have?"

As soon as these words came out, Shang Kelan immediately realized that Concubine Hua had known for a long time that Zhao Kehan ​​would be conferred the title of imperial concubine in today's canonization ceremony!
A look of doubt flashed in her eyes: but it's strange, judging from the expressions of the empress dowager and empress just now, they didn't know that there was a change in the canonization ceremony.

Could it be that this was ordered by His Majesty?In fact, he hasn't forgotten the former princess who once protected his life?

Although there were many thoughts in her heart, on the face, Shang Kelan smiled at Concubine Hua, and said: "Is it because I arranged the wrong palace banquet, or some people sent false news to this palace, I am afraid that the younger sister of Concubine Hua is more important than Ben. Does the palace need to be clear?"

"you!"

Concubine Hua was irritated by her non-salty tone, she pointed at her, and was about to speak, but she didn't know what to think of, Concubine Hua put down her hand lightly, and said to Shang Kelan with a smile: "Forget it, Ben Gong doesn't care about you today, anyway, Concubine Chen, you have monopolized the holy favor for so long, so it's time for His Majesty to soak up the rain and dew, right?"

After saying these words in an unclear manner, Concubine Hua glanced at Zhao Kehan's direction.

Zhi Zi stood beside Shang Kelan, upon hearing this, she shook hands tightly, but did not speak.

Shang Kelan had something on her mind, so she had no intention of entertaining guests. A canonization ceremony began at Si hour, and the palace banquet ended at You hour.

After sending off the empress dowager, empress, concubines and guests, Shang Kelan stayed in the imperial garden to clean up the mess.

Seeing that she was tired, Zhi Zi hurriedly brought her a cup of tea, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, take a rest."

Shang Kelan rubbed the center of her brows, and said a little tiredly: "No, there are too many weird things about today's canonization, and the current situation is unclear, I can't act rashly, I can only bite the bullet and preside over the palace banquet, you follow my palace Hurry up and deal with the matter here, after returning to the palace, I will change clothes and go to see His Majesty."

Zhi Zi felt sorry for her, and said: "Your Majesty, go back to take a bath and change clothes. There are slaves here, so don't worry."

Seeing the strong concern in Zhizi's eyes, Shang Kelan forced a smile at her and said, "Okay, then you should come back earlier."

She is going to ask His Majesty why he wrote the canonization edict without telling her.

If she hadn't acted quickly today and ordered someone to temporarily change the dishes on the palace banquet, I'm afraid the palace banquet would not go on smoothly at all!

The sun is setting on the western mountains, and the sparrows are returning to their nests, inside the elegant palace.

In the narrow room, Fopp slowly woke up.

Zhiqiu took back the silver needle from his arm, and smiled at him: "Eunuch Fu, are you awake? You were found passed out on the side of the road before, and you were injured. I don't know if you remember who beat you?" hurt you?"

Fopp touched his face subconsciously, and immediately touched the swollen little bump on his face.

Immediately, he gasped, grinned his teeth and said, "Hiss! Miss Zhiqiu, thank you for treating the Sa family, but how long has the Sa family passed out? I have something important to report to Concubine Chen!"

As he said that, he looked a little anxious.

Zhiqiu was a little surprised by his emotional changes. In order to stabilize his emotions, she quickly poured a cup of tea to Fupu and said, "Don't worry, Eunuch Fu, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first."

After Fupu took the teacup, Zhiqiu said: "You have passed out for a day and a night, today is the seventh day of July."

(End of this chapter)