Chapter 182 Provocation

Li Xiaonuan smiled and retracted her gaze, standing with her hands down, paying attention to Princess Runan, and listening intently to the gossip of Cheng Guifei and others.

As soon as he said two words, the little eunuch came in to report, Princess Tang took the side concubine Qian, entered the side hall with a smile, kowtowed to Cheng Guifei, bent his knees and greeted everyone, turned to Princess Jing's side, turned around to look at Li Xiaonuan, and said with a smile:

"This is the princess of the king of Runan?"

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly smiled and bent his knees to salute, Tang looked Li Xiaonuan up and down with a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold and abnormal, he raised his hand, and said with a warm smile:

"Sure enough, the color is good."

Qian, who was following her, looked at Li Xiaonuan with curiosity in his eyes, and nodded in greeting.

The female official reported that the time had come, Cheng Guifei got up, smiled and asked the eldest princess to lead everyone out of the main hall.

The women who were talking in twos and threes outside the room hurriedly stopped talking, and returned to their positions according to the guidance of the inner servants and palace maids, Li Xiaonuan followed Princess Runan, took a half step back and stood in the third place on the left, standing next to the eldest princess, Cheng Guifei sat on the chair in the main hall, glanced at the hall, turned her head, and gently instructed the female officials standing beside her,

"Let's see if Concubine Lin is here."

The female official bent her knees and agreed, just walked a few steps, and didn't wait to go out, Concubine Lin Shufei wore a long dress with a light yellow background embroidered with a bird pattern waist and wide sleeves, a bright yellow flower and smoke skirt, slightly carrying the skirt, along the steps, and entered the main hall proudly.

Concubine Cheng Guifei sat upright, smiled gently and accepted the salute of Concubine Lin and everyone, turned her head to look at everyone in the hall, and said in a calm and gentle voice:

"Chongjiu Festival, it is the autumn high and cool, the golden chrysanthemum is blooming everywhere, I am waiting for this imperial grace, don't let down this longevity flower, pan grass new brew, everyone please"

Everyone rose and fell, talking and laughing, scattering three, three, five, five, five, and five, each occupying a suitable seat, with a quiet face, talking and laughing in a relaxed voice, but they all paid attention to the movements around them and Cheng Guifei.

Li Xiaonuan followed Princess Runan, the eldest princess, the eldest princess of Fuqing and a few others, followed Cheng Guifei, turned a corner, went up a few steps, and arrived at an open place in the east of Dacheng Palace.

Concubine Lin Shu, Wu Zhaoyi, Song Jieyu and several others occupied a low waterfront not far from Concubine Cheng.

The emperor is very old, since Cheng Guifei and Lin Shufei entered the palace, they have not canonized new nobles, and now the concubines in the harem, in addition to Cheng Guifei, Lin Shufei, Wu Zhaoyi and other seven or eight people, usually often talk in one place, relieve boredom, except for the first and fifteenth days of the new year to Yuncui Palace to ask for peace, usually do not go to Cheng Guifei to walk around.

Concubine Lin Shufei stood at the waterfront, squinted her eyes and looked at Concubine Cheng Guifei, casually picked up a piece of lion cake from the low table of Huanghuali, slowly crumpled it and threw it into the water, Wu Zhaoyi walked over, followed Concubine Lin Shufei's line of sight and looked at the high platform in front, with a slight smile, and asked in a low voice:

"What is my sister looking at?"

"Hmm."

Concubine Lin Shufei let out a "hmm" from her nose and didn't answer, Wu Zhaoyi lowered her eyes and looked at the crumpled Shiman cake in her hand, and praised with a smile:

"The princess of Runan, it's really hard to take your eyes off it, there is someone who looks so good, and now I have opened my eyes."

Concubine Lin Shufei threw the pastry in her hand into the water, turned her head and glanced at Wu Zhaoyi, the corners of her mouth pulled down, and said with a smile:

"But Israel is a man, hum"

"Sister, be cautious"

Wu Zhaoyi's voice was low, and she carefully reminded with a hint of trepidation, Concubine Lin wiped her hands with a handkerchief, turned around and took a glass of wine from the top, and walked towards Concubine Cheng.

Li Xiaonuan waited for Princess Runan to sit under the eldest princess, and served tea to several elders together with Princess Jing and Princess Xin, and the three of them retreated, standing behind Cheng Guifei and Princess Runan.

Li Xiaonuan stood at the bottom, standing with his head slightly down, his eyes flashing slightly, and he looked around carefully.

This place is very spacious, scattered around the dozen or so carved yellow pear dwarf, in addition to Cheng Guifei and others in front of one, there are a few empty, only a few are full of Shiman cake, chrysanthemum cake, Suzi pickled plum, pear, orange, jade pomegranate and other seasonal pastries, several cases are scattered around the chrysanthemum of all colors, peach blossom, wood fragrance, golden bell, Xirong and so on, golden, pure white, pink one, bright as a brocade.

Concubine Lin Shufei went up the steps one by one, holding the wine, the corners of her mouth went up, with a smile like a golden glow, she looked straight at Cheng Guifei, and said with a smile in her voice:

"I'm here to toast my sister, I wish my sister every year to have today, and every year to have today."

Cheng Guifei smiled dignifiedly, raised the cup in front of her, put it down after dipping her lips slightly, Lin Shufei raised her head and drank the wine, turned her head to look around with a smile on her face, saw Li Xiaonuan, stared at her, carried the cup, shook it in front of her in a few steps, looked her up and down presumptuously, reached out and picked the jasper leaf that Li Xiaonuan was swaying on her head, and her voice was loud and full of disdain:

"This color is bright, and such a thing depends on these colors."

Li Xiaonuan looked at Concubine Lin Shu gently, beckoned to the palace maid holding the tea tray next to her, took a cup of tea from the tray and handed it over, and said with concern:

"Madame is in a hurry to drink, let's drink a cup of tea to moisten my throat."

Concubine Lin Shufei stared straight at Li Xiaonuan, as if she didn't see the cup she was holding in her hand, Princess Jing stood next to Li Xiaonuan, looked at the two excitedly, couldn't help but stretched out her head and leaned over, and said with a hint of schadenfreude in her voice:

"The princess is shaking this step, it is so transparent, it is really rare, it must have taken a lot of thought to get such a good thing."

Li Xiaonuan turned her head, stared at Princess Jing gloomily, and said lightly:

"No matter how clear it is, it's just a thing, what's worth the effort? The princess is really joking."

Princess Jing's face turned purple, staring at Li Xiaonuan, she didn't know what to say for a while, Li Xiaonuan ignored her, glanced at Concubine Lin Shu, who was full of surprise, turned around and handed the cup to the palace maid standing next to her, crossed Princess Jing, looked at Princess Xin, and asked as if extremely embarrassed,

"I'm young and ignorant, you see, ma'am...... Can't stand all the time? ”

A thick smile welled up in Princess Xin's eyes, and she also spread her hands with a face full of embarrassment and hesitation, and said:

"Well, I'm not sensible, ma'am...... What should I do? ”

Concubine Lin Shu's face was blue, she turned around suddenly, ran down the steps quickly, threw the cup into the arms of a chamberlain next to her, and went back to live by herself like a gust of wind.

Li Xiaonuan looked at Concubine Lin Shufei who rushed out angrily out of the corner of her eyes, with a smile on her face, not half a different color, this Concubine Lin Shufei has no favor but is so arrogant, does the emperor read Queen Lin's old love, or does he look at King Cheng's face?

Cheng Guifei only turned her head and gossiped with the eldest princess of Fuqing, Princess Jingbei, and Mrs. Tang Chengxiang, and Mrs. Yan Chengxiang pulled the eldest princess and Princess Runan with a smile on her face and talked about the health scriptures, as if no one had noticed what had just happened.

Princess Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, gouged Li Xiaonuan's eyes fiercely, bypassed Princess Xin, and stood far away from Li Xiaonuan, Princess Xin Tang stared straight at Li Xiaonuan for a moment, glanced at Princess Jing with disdain from the corner of her eye, and subconsciously moved half a step away from her. Qian tilted his head sideways and looked at Li Xiaonuan with admiration.

Cheng Guifei gossiped for a long time, as if she suddenly remembered something, turned her head to look at the female officer standing next to her and asked:

"Are Mrs. Jingjiang Hou Shizi and Mrs. Lu Shangshu here? Where do you sit? ”

The female officer hurriedly bent her knees and replied:

"Hui Niangniang, they are all here, Mrs. Jingjiang Hou Shizi and Mrs. Zhongyongbo are sitting together, Mrs. Lu Shangshu and Mrs. Dai Shilang are sitting together, do you want to come over?"

Cheng Guifei nodded and ordered:

"Come along, please."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Princess Runan, and said with a smile:

"I haven't seen Min Ying in a while, what is she busy with? Don't come in and talk to me anymore."

"Mrs. Jingjiang Hou has been sick for a while, and she is afraid of disturbing her mother, so she didn't tell you about it."

Princess Runan explained with a smile, Cheng Guifei frowned slightly, and asked with concern:

"Is it serious? Which physician should you take the pulse? ”

"I have been to see the pulse of Dr. Liu's diagnosis a few times, and it is not heavy, but I can't eat, and I am very thin."

Princess Runan said slightly sadly, Concubine Cheng sighed softly, turned her head and instructed the female officer next to her,

"I'll go to the library to pick up a few good red ginseng and send them to Mrs. Jingjiang Hou, well, pick some more, Mrs. Weiyuan Hou is also sick, so send some over together."

The female officer bent her knees in agreement.

At the steps, Cheng Minying, dressed in a bright blue silk dress, took the lead and walked in, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly looked at Mrs. Zhongtongbo and Miss Zhongtong behind her, as well as Mrs. Dai Yuanqing, the left attendant of the ministry, and Miss Dai, these two young ladies are both candidates for King Jing's side concubine.

A group of six people stood in the middle, looking a little crowded and saluted, Cheng Guifei let a few people sit like a spring breeze, beckoned to call the loyal and brave uncle**Sun Wanruo and Dai Jingyu, the eldest daughter of Dai Shilang, to come over, pulled one with one hand, and talked to the two softly.

Li Xiaonuan moved slightly, looking at the two carefully.

Both of them are seventeen or eighteen years old, born very well, Sun Wanruo is wearing a goose yellow dress, wearing a pair of gold and steel diamond earrings, turning and laughing, Ambilight, dark eyes, big and bright, sweet and coquettish, a smile reveals two deep dimples, extremely flattering.

Dai Jingyu is dressed in a light green dress, wearing a string of pearls the size of lotus seeds around her neck, the pearls complement each other well, the melon seed face, willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, the face is quiet with a hint of shyness, and the demeanor is elegant.

Li Xiaonuan looked at the two of them with admiration, by the standards of this world, Zhou Jingran is half a gentle gentleman, and he is worthy of the two of them, but it's a pity that he ...... It's a pity that it can only be a side concubine, alas

Li Xiaonuan's eyes swept over Princess Jing, who was bored with the handkerchief, and sighed secretly

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