Chapter 18 Make an IOU
The beauty of her own family also made a gift with several large flower pots of great value, Feng Ying's eyes glanced out slightly, but she saw that several little palace maids had poured soil into the big pot sent and began to prepare for changing the pot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
But no matter what, even if Mu Chenghuang made up his mind not to borrow it, there was no reason to go back to the things he sent.
Feng Ying nodded awkwardly: "The slave maid is going to talk back to the beauty." ”
Mu Chenghuang nodded, this Feng Ying is still a smart person: "Go ahead, go ahead." ”
After Feng Ying retreated, Wen Zhi came in with lunch, since Mu Chenghuang dried the quilt, the internal affairs of the Inner Government Bureau were also reprimanded by Concubine Xi with great fanfare, although there are many ingredients for appearance, but in the past few days, the food sent to Mu Chenghuang's palace has been much better.
Today, a plate of jade cabbage, a plate of fried meat with green bamboo shoots, and a small cup of hibiscus shrimp soup, the rice is also full, but the amount is not large, after all, this harem concubines and concubines, which one does not diet, this food is similar to feeding birds, Concubine Xi ordered to only give Mu Chenghuang this amount, and it is not good to say anything, if Mu Chenghuang is not enough, this will be passed out, I am afraid that others will say that Mu Chenghuang has a buffalo-like appetite, and he can't feed it.
Wen Zhi and Bao Juan waited for Mu Chenghuang to eat, and Wen Zhi carefully picked out all the fat in this small fried meat and put it on the plate: "The princess has to eat better for lunch, and it has been getting harder and harder to study recently."
Mu Chenghuang really doesn't like to read so much, but as a princess of a country, besides, she was supervised by her mother every day before, she can't always show too bad grades, not to mention, now that she has no mother concubine, if she doesn't work hard, seek the blessing of the queen mother, and develop according to the trend of Concubine Xi, it will be difficult for her to move an inch in the palace in the future.
Mu Chenghuang just ate stuffed loquat, his mouth was sweet and greasy, looking at these dishes, he felt a little uneaten.
The day of this spring, it is also said that it will change, a few days ago it was still rainy, the spring is cold, today is out of the sun, and people are a little panicked.
Mu Chenghuang just took a small sip of half a bowl of rice, drank three or four mouthfuls of soup, and then asked Wen Zhi to withdraw, and asked temporarily: "By the way, Fang Cai Fengying said that the young master of the Zhao family entered Beijing to report on his work, which position is this about?" ”
Wen Zhi took the plate and asked Baojuan to clean it up, thought for a while, and said: "Didn't it say a few days ago that Deng Cainu's father Deng Shaoqiu was dismissed from his position in the household department, the young master of the Zhao family was on the list last autumn, and he was originally going to arrange to return to his hometown to be an official, but no, he was transferred back again, just to make up for this shortage." ”
The position of the Household Department is not big, but the errand of the Household Department is always more oil and water, and this Household Department is in charge of salt and iron and the imperial court budget, which is much more powerful than Li Zhaoyuan's younger brother's false position of a Hanlin bachelor, not to mention, Li Zhaoyuan's younger brother is the champion.
Mu Yuanan's arrangement allowed Zhao Meiren to offend two people in the palace alone, Deng Cainu and just that, this Li Zhaoyuan Mu Chenghuang has seen it, but such checks and balances are indispensable in the vestibule and harem.
In short, if the power in the vestibule is large, the corresponding is naturally weak in the harem, and if it is weak in the harem, it will make up for it a little bit in the vestibule.
Mu Chenghuang nodded thoughtfully, no wonder Zhao Meiren suddenly came interested in holding a poetry meeting, most likely thinking about his brother's good errand as a household department, and wanted to listen to more flattery.
No, today's Zhao beauty just listened to the good words of the morning, and sent away the last group of people who came to congratulate her, the palace maid Feng Ying carefully took off the heavy gem hairpin on her head for her beauty, and said diligently: "The slave is happy to look at the sullen appearance of Deng Cainu, before she was Jieyu, and like a pug shy to Concubine Xi, it is indispensable to squeeze the beauty, and now the young master has grown the ability, it is here to please the beauty, but the young master is really competitive, adding a lot of luster to the Zhao family." ”
Zhao Mei's life is very elegant, like a delicate lily, her eyebrows and eyes are all kind, that day the ninth princess had a sudden asthma, she had taken the initiative to relieve the pain of the ninth princess was also known by Mu Yuanan, and she felt more and more that she was pure and kind-hearted.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Meiren's natural and innocent face actually showed a trace of poison, and she snorted coldly: "I long expected that she would not end well, she was unhappy with me many times before, and I just endured it, and today I can finally be ashamed." Looking at the palace, I am afraid that except for the biological mothers of several princesses, no one will be able to step on her head, she touched her slender waist, but in the end, it is better to have a permanent support.
Zhao Meiren handed the letterhead in her hand to Feng Ying: "Go and send it to the little aunt and grandmother in Jinglan Palace." ”
Feng Ying didn't like it: "The beauty really wants to respond to the meaning of the five princesses and write an IOU?" It's just a few pots of flowers, and in order to please the beauties, the emperor caught two pelicans from the beauties' hometown and raised them in the imperial garden. ”
"It's just for show," Zhao Meiren lay lazily on the chaise longue, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her fair neck, like a pearl like jade, which was even more moving, "At that time, this palace will come out on top, and the emperor will reward her, can she still disobey the emperor as a little princess?" ”
The news that Zhao Meiren was going to hold a begonia poetry meeting spread quickly, especially when everyone knew that this Zhao Meiren actually borrowed a garden of begonia flowers from Mu Chenghuang's palace, and they all said that this Zhao Meiren was really extraordinary, and she had great ability, and she could make the five princesses of the iron rooster give in.
"Iron Rooster?" Mu Chenghuang didn't like it when she heard this rumor, Wen Zhi was dressing her up, wearing a red butterfly wearing a flower-cinched waist todiro skirt, Baojuan chose a royal blue shawl for Mu Chenghuang, embroidered with cute and small jasmine, Lihua, dressed as if she was covered in a sea of thousands of flowers, Baojuan smoothed the folds on the shawl for Mu Chenghuang, and said with a smile: "Yes, I don't respect the gender of our princess, so I'm also an iron hen." ”
Mu Chenghuang slapped Baojuan's forehead with his fingertips: "You can speak, don't you?" ”
Wen Zhi was arranging the beaded strings of the golden silk eight treasures and beads, and said with a smile: "Look, if you make the princess angry, don't you slap yourself in the mouth twenty times." ”
"I don't want it," Baojuan said with a smile as he brushed Mu Chenghuang's hair, "The slave is wrong, after twenty mouths, isn't the slave's face as swollen as a parrot." ”
The parrot was born plump, but the appearance was still passable, and Mu Chenghuang could only hear a trembling voice behind him: "Slave...... Slaves. ”
As soon as she turned around, the parrot was standing behind, but she was afraid that what Fang Cai Baojuan teased about her was also listened to, Wen Zhi hurriedly stepped forward, took the parrot's hand and said, "Good parrot, your sister Baojuan didn't wake up just now, talking nonsense." ”
The parrot lowered its head, but said sullenly: "It was Zhao Meiren who sent someone to ask, saying that the people of the poetry club have arrived, and I hope that when the fifth princess passes, she can bring the jade-colored Lige Begonia by the way." ”
"What to bring?" Mu Chenghuang opened the curtain, his movements were very great, and the golden silk and eight treasures on his head were also trembling, "When she came to borrow flowers two days ago, the plant had not yet opened, how could it be counted?" ”
Mu Chenghuang naturally knew that Zhao Meiren's purpose was to have this jade-colored Lige begonia, this begonia bloomed very beautifully, the petals were really the same as Hetian jade, and the edges were brittle and shiny, this was how much effort she spent to cultivate, do you want to give it up?
The parrot didn't dare to say much, but just looked up at the golden silk eight treasures on Mu Chenghuang's head, and said, "The fifth princess is going to take the golden silk eight treasures to save beads today?" ”
Comb half of the hair into a bun, half of it is draped, and the bun is either inserted with a pair of step shakes, or with this golden silk eight treasures to save beads is the most fashionable dress in the palace, both beautiful and lively, but also noble and elegant, although Mu Chenghuang is half old, but it is left to her by the mother concubine, although it is not the most precious gem agate, but it is also embedded with the pearl round and jade east pearl, shining in the sun, very good-looking.
Mu Chenghuang knew that the parrot had something to say, so he asked directly, "How?" ”
The parrot bowed his head and said: "The slave and the little eunuch who takes care of the pelican in the imperial garden are fellow villagers, and when they chatted two days ago, they had no intention of talking to the slave and maid, saying that this pelican likes those shiny things the most, and it looks like crazy when you see it, don't look at this pelican with a big pocket, very bulky appearance, but the movement is agile, the wingspan can reach a zhang, the tip of the upper mouth is bent downward, like a hook, it is easy to dig out the eyeballs of people, and many eunuchs who take care of the pelican have been injured by it before. ”
"So fierce." Baojuan was a little frightened when he heard this, "That's still in the Imperial Garden." ”
Wen Zhi said: "I heard that it was caught from the northern wetlands, it was originally very rare, and even the northern locals did not know its habits, let alone the people in the palace." ”
Mu Chenghuang thought carefully in her heart, she knew that this was found by her father for Zhao Meiren, saying that it was the Rui Niao in Zhao Meiren's hometown, which was very auspicious.
"Then take it off for me." Mu Chenghuang touched the golden silk eight treasures on his head, "Change to an ordinary hosta, and then tie your hair with a ribbon." Mu Chenghuang asked Wenzhi and Baojuan to re-groom himself, and touched the parrot's hand and said, "Fortunately, you reminded me." ”
The parrot lowered its head and smiled innocently, but it became more and more embarrassed.
Zhao Meiren's poetry meeting, naturally indispensable to invite Concubine Xi to come, it happened that a while ago the Lingnan General Army paid tribute to a lot of Lingnan jewelry, Concubine Xi got the most, so that the Shangfu Bureau and the Inner Government Bureau each made a rose-colored gemstone inlaid with a gorgeous dress and a gilded silver crown inlaid with 100 sapphires, which was specially worn today, graceful and luxurious, and the country was fragrant.
Mu Chenghuang entered the table and sat at the end, but he was also blinded by Concubine Xi's jewelry, although today is Zhao Meiren's home field, Concubine Xi sat in the chief, looked around and glanced around, quite generous, suddenly there were a few strange bird calls in the distance, Zhao Meiren smiled and said: "It is the cry of the pelican in the imperial garden, and it is also praising the beauty and beauty of the mother." ”
"I haven't seen any pelicans in this palace."
A talented person next to him flatteringly instructed the palace maid next to him: "Why don't you ask the palace people who raise pelicans to drive the pelicans to the east of this Bibo Lake, so that the mother can watch the excitement." ”