15. Chapter XV
Xiao Yan calculated the time, and walked out of the side hall of Chuxiu Palace with the painting sooner or later, but as soon as she went out, she met Li Changzai Li Fuya, who was oncoming.
Li Fuya is a show girl who participated in the election with Xiao Yan this year, her appearance is more than beautiful but not beautiful, her complexion is white, her charming apricot eyes are quite moving, her body is slightly tall, and her body is slender, but it is a pity that her waist is not slender enough, although there is no excess fat in the waist and abdomen, but the curve of her waist is not very obvious, and she lacks a sense of grace.
Li Fuya was dressed in a light pink daffodil ornament flag costume, and when she saw Xiao Yan, she hurriedly greeted her with a light smile and made a flat salute according to the rules of the palace. Xiao Yan also smiled and returned a flat salute.
Li Fuya looked at Xiao Yan's outfit enviously, nodded admiringly: "Sister Xiao's appearance is captivating, and her light blue flag dress makes her sister's skin as white as jade, her waist is slender, and her posture is beautiful, which is really envious of my sister." ”
The system reminded suspiciously: "Li Changzai is obviously three months older than the master, why do you have to call the master his sister again and again?" ”
Xiao Yan smiled slightly, and didn't mention that Li Changzai was older than herself, but she didn't call Li Changzai like Li Changzai's sister and sister. "Li Changzai has a fair complexion, and this light pink flag suit also looks very good on Li Changzai."
Li Changzai lowered his head shyly and said, "Sister Miao praised!" My sister has a beautiful appearance and a captivating posture, and her sister is like an ugly and vulgar duckling next to a beautiful white swan in front of her sister, but she can't afford to be praised by her sister like this! ”
Li Changzai paused for a moment, raised his head again, looked at Xiao Yan sincerely, took out a spring-colored jade jade bracelet with good water color from his body and handed it to Xiao Yan, and said softly: "Sister's outfit today is already very moving, but there are no bracelets or rings on her hands to embellish it, which is a little not grand. The banquet that my sister will go to later is the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet specially held by the emperor in the Qianqing Palace, if my sister dresses too elegantly, I am afraid that it will also attract unnecessary attention and suspicion from others. My sister has no long things, and only this jade jade bracelet can barely catch the eye. If my sister doesn't dislike it, my sister will give this jade bracelet to my sister, and my sister will take this jade bracelet to the banquet. ”
Xiao Yan frowned, and was about to open her mouth to refuse, but she heard the system remind: "Master, master!" I could actually feel the strong desire for help in Li Changzai's heart. She seemed to be desperately hoping that her master would accept the jade bracelet she had given her, as if there was something unspeakable in her heart...... The master should accept this jade jade bracelet, and maybe increase the favorability and gratitude of some concubines! You know, the master's points are really pitiful, it's just miserable! ”
Xiao Yan reluctantly suppressed the ** complained in her heart, and said to Li Fuya with a light smile: "Since this is the case, then I will accept Li Changzai's kindness." ”
Xiao Yan took the jade jade bracelet and put it on the wrist of her left hand, only to see that the warm and clear white background of this spring colored jade jade bracelet was intertwined with a touch of smart blue and beautiful purple, which made Xiao Yan's wrist as white as Haoxue white and delicate, which was lovely.
When Xiao Yan put the jade bracelet on her wrist, the exaggerated voice of the system suddenly sounded in her mind: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master!" The system has now received 30 points of thanks from Li Chang! This is the highest thank you value ever received by the owner! This Li Chang looks inconspicuous on the surface, but he didn't expect to be such a cheerful and generous woman, but it is much better than the graceful and noble man who slammed the door! ”
Xiao Yan reluctantly reminded the system: "As the so-called nothing to be courteous, it is either a traitor or a thief." Do you really think that Chang Jae Lee really wants to be my sister? ”
The system was entangled for a moment, and still said stiffly: "However, it's more important to seize the time to accumulate points now, isn't it?" After all, only with points can the owner do the things he wants to accomplish one by one! ”
Xiao Yan didn't answer the system's words, but secretly guessed in her heart whether these points would only help her, or would they also help this unknown system?
This question has been bothering Xiao Yan recently, but she has no intention of directly asking this question that she is extremely concerned about. All in all, she will only use them as references, but she will not trust them. In addition to her closest relatives, Xiao Yan only believes in herself. She will work well with the system for now, but one day she will find out what the hell this system is.
Xiao Yan's calculation of the time was very accurate, when she came to the Qianqing Palace with the painting, only Liu Rongjia, a noble Liu Rongjia, had already arrived, and not long after Xiao Yan arrived, the noble Yu Gui Ke Li Ye Tezhilan and the noble Chen Menglei also came to the Qianqing Palace one after another. About half a pillar of incense later, Qing nobles Lu Jinxin, Jia Concubine Jin Jia Wanhua, Concubine Su Jia Ronghui, and Concubine Wulanala Jingxian also walked in one after another.
In addition, Qianlong's two existing princes and a princess also arrived one after another accompanied by the nurturing grandmother and the palace maid.
The eldest brother Yonghuang has reached the age of eleven, since the death of Yongzheng's thirteenth biological mother Concubine Zhe, Yonghuang's personality has undergone some changes, in addition to becoming more and more silent, the unique phoenix eyes of the Aixinjue Luo family occasionally show a touch of yin owl eyes that are extremely inconsistent with the age.
Although Yonghuang is not yet an adult, he already has some means, although he is still not valued by Qianlong, he has the ability to clean up the palace maids and eunuchs who serve around him, and even the nurturing grandmother who has always liked to show off in front of the prince and princess does not dare to be a little presumptuous in front of Yonghuang.
The third elder brother Yongzhang was born in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, only four years old this year, and his biological mother is Concubine Su Jia Ronghui. Yongzhang's pearl is round and jade, and his white and tender little face is extremely cute, although he can already say a lot of words, but when he is in a hurry, he still has some words that cannot be said, and he still needs to be served and taken care of by the nurses and palace maids.
The third princess and Jing Nai are from Queen Fucha Ningxiu, who has turned eight years old this year. He Jing inherited his mother's appearance, but his eyes were very similar to Qianlong.
Although He Jing is still young, he has faintly shown Xiao's temperament, his words and deeds are well-behaved, with a decent smile on his childish face, and the phoenix eyes that are very similar to Qianlong have the confidence and arrogance of a princess of the Qing Dynasty, but he does not see the innocence and liveliness that girls should have.
According to the rules of the Qing Palace, the princes and princesses have special nurses, nurturing grandmothers and a group of palace maids and eunuchs to serve and take care of them since the day they were born.
In order to avoid the situation of relatives interfering in politics, even the little brother who was raised by the concubine could not get too close to his mother. There are more rules in the palace to raise children, so because the adult prince has been away from his biological mother for a long time, his feelings for his biological mother and his mother are not deep.
As the saying goes, three women in one play, after the concubines and ladies arrived, the surrounding atmosphere immediately gradually became lively.
Yu Guiren Corriet Zhilan has been by Wanhua's side since Jia Concubine Jin Jia Wanhua came. Zhilan carefully inquired about Wanhua's diet and daily life today, and nagged and tirelessly told Wanhua about the little things that she needed to pay attention to during her pregnancy. Zhilan held Wanhua's arm intimately, and although her eyes were full of joy and envy when she looked at Wanhua's towering abdomen, she couldn't see a trace of jealousy and resentment.
The noble Chen Menglei and the noble Liu Rongjia still don't like each other, but they like to get together together, you say a word to me, either the words are sarcastic with guns and sticks, or they ridicule Xiao Yan, who has been favored by Qianlong recently.
Concubine Wulanala Jingxian and Concubine Su Jia Ronghui looked the most calm, and the two of them had a pair of gossip and trivial and inconsequential trivial matters, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.
Qing nobleman Lu Jinxin didn't have the heart to chat with other concubines, he stroked a white jade ring in his hand, and his eyes occasionally stayed on the white and lovely third elder brother Yongzhang for a moment, and his face inadvertently showed a look of envy.
Xiao Yan has no intention of making friends with other concubines and concubines in a hurry, as the so-called rushing is not a business, and she can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so meeting and stammering will only make other concubines look down on her even more, and it is also inconsistent with her consistent style of acting.
It is not wrong for her to complete the tasks assigned to her by the system in order to return home as soon as possible, but this does not mean that she has to give up her previous principles and bottom line.
She has her own way of completing the task, and even the system can't sway her.
Because among the concubines who are eligible to participate in the family banquet of the Qianqing Palace today, Xiao Yan's position is the lowest. Therefore, Xiao Yan automatically and consciously chose the last seat to sit down, while quietly looking at the large number of wives and children of Qianlong's scumbags, and asked the system to read aloud to her all kinds of information about the background of these people's families.
After a full stick of incense, when the auspicious time was approaching, Qianlong and Empress Fucha Ningxiu accompanied the Empress Dowager Niu Hulu Jingrong together.
All the concubines and the palace maids and eunuchs present hurriedly knelt on the ground to greet each other, and saluted according to the rules.
Qianlong and Empress Fucha Ningxiu first helped the Queen Mother into the table one left and one right, and then sat down separately. Qianlong naturally sat on the main seat in the middle of the head, and the Empress Dowager Niu Hulu and Empress Fucha Ningxiu sat in two positions on the left and one on the right below the main seat.
After Qianlong sat down, he called out with a smile. All the concubines and princesses sat down according to their identities and positions.
The Empress Dowager Niu Hulu glanced at the eldest elder brother Yonghuang and the third elder brother Yongzhang, and only called the third princess and Jing to sit beside her. Empress Fucha Ningxiu cast a grateful glance at the Queen Mother, revealing a smile full of joy.
Qianlong looked at the concubines dressed in gorgeous clothes and surrounded by beads, but his eyes subconsciously looked for Xiao Yan's figure. When Qianlong found out that Xiao Yan was sitting at the back seat farthest away from him, he couldn't help frowning slightly.
Qianlong turned his head to look at the nearest queen Fucha Ningxiu and Concubine Wulanala Jingxian who were closest to him, and then thought about the unpleasant temperament of the two of them, and his mood was inexplicably gloomy.
Sure enough, only the higher the rank of the concubine will be closer to him and qualified to stand by his side? Could it be that as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he had to follow the rules of the palace and select women with prominent family backgrounds and noble status to give high positions? And the woman he was really interested in had to sit in the farthest place from him. In order to make Xiao Yan closer to him, shouldn't he find an opportunity to mention Xiao Yan's position again? Hey, why did he think of Xiao Yan's woman at this time?
Qianlong frowned more and more, carefully pondering his thoughts about Xiao Yan. That Xiao Yan was just born slightly stronger than the other concubines, and his personality was a little more interesting, how could he like a little Chang Zai who had just entered the palace?