Concubine An's steps were from far to near, followed by four or five steps in turn, looking at the appearance of those women full of wealth, it seemed that they were the same imperial concubines in the palace, and for a while, all the ladies in the imperial garden were quiet, Gu Sanniang was humble, standing behind the crowd.

After a while, the palace maids supported Concubine An and the others to get down, just waiting for these concubines to sit down, and everyone bowed to them together, Gu Sanniang was reluctant in her heart, so she had to salute Concubine An and a few of them with these fateful ladies, and then she quietly looked at Concubine An who was sitting in the middle.

I saw that her eyes were like water, her nose and cherry lips, her hair was combed in an eight-treasure bun, she was wearing a red gemstone seven-tailed phoenix crown, and a brocade dress with a hundred butterflies wearing flowers, which lined her temperament with a soft temperament, pure and lovely.

"Ladies don't have to be polite." Concubine An said with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Gu Sanniang looked at her eyebrows and eyes, and found that Brother Yu'er only had a chin that was somewhat similar to her, and her facial features were still more like Shen Zhuo, when she was secretly thinking nonsense, Concubine An had already talked to the ladies beside her, she was approachable, and she smiled before she spoke, even if these ladies knew that Concubine An was misbehaving, but there was a difference between the monarch and the minister, and the An family was once powerful, and she had to hold her at this time.

After talking for a long time, Concubine An, who was sitting on the main seat, looked around, and she raised her voice and said, "Where are Princess Jichang and Grandma Jiang?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, then looked towards Gu Sanniang, Gu Sanniang was a little distracted, Princess Jichang beside her gently pulled her, Gu Sanniang reacted at this time, Princess Jichang took Gu Sanniang, gave a blessing to Concubine An, and said softly: "Back to Niangniang, the concubine is here." ”

Concubine An looked at Princess Jichang with a smile, and finally fell on Gu Sanniang, but when she saw the set of tourmaline jewelry on Gu Sanniang's head, a trace of unnatural expression flashed on her face.

The two grandmothers of the Jiang family recognize each other, and there are many people around who have the intention of watching a good show, but this Concubine An doesn't know, she looked at Gu Sanniang, smiled and said: "This palace is the first time to see Grandma Jiang, please come and sit in the front, let's talk nearby." ”

Immediately, there were palace maids who moved to embroider the stool, and two more grandmothers helped Gu Sanniang to Concubine An without saying anything, and everyone's eyes fell on them, Gu Sanniang's face rose red, she blessed her body, and said in a low voice: "The women meet the mother." ”

Concubine An smiled, she said: "Don't be formal, if you live in the capital for a long time in the future, you will inevitably have to walk around the palace from time to time, and the wives of each family should recognize each other." ”

After that, she said to the grandmother beside her: "Grandma Wang, you are tired to introduce Grandma Jiang to her." ”

Mama Wang stood up, first sitting on the left hand side of Concubine An, the blue-clothed palace concubine, she said: "This is Concubine Rong, and her mother's family Zheng Guogong is the emperor's minister. ”

When Gu Sanniang was about to perform the blessing ceremony as usual, she saw Mama Wang and said without a smile: "Grandma Jiang, except for you, you are all high-ranking Mrs. Decree, the palace rules cannot be abolished, it stands to reason that you should kneel and bow." ”

Listening to this old grandmother's words, Gu Sanniang's face turned red again, and Mama Wang raised her eyelids and looked at Gu Sanniang, her tone eased a little, and then said: "When you met Concubine An just now, it was already unruly, Concubine An is good-natured, and she has never bothered with you, if you are rude to Concubine Rong again, even the minions will be punished." ”

Seeing that Gu Sanniang was being troubled, Princess Jichang not far away was secretly anxious, that Gu Sanniang was extremely angry, she stiffened her body and stood still, after half a moment, she had to swallow her anger and kneel down, bowed to Concubine Rong, and when she stood up, Mama Wang said again: "This is Concubine Li, the biological mother of the fourth son of the emperor." ”

Mama Wang said, Gu Sanniang knelt down and saluted again, and when she worshiped the four palace concubines, her knees were faintly numb, who knows, just when she thought she was all visiting, Mama Wang led her to a lady in her forties, and said: "This is Mrs. Annanhou." ”

Gu Sanniang was very angry, more than 20 ladies came today, if she finished worshipping them one by one, she would be considered to have kowtowed all her heads in her life.

Kowtow to the ladies, some of them are at ease to be bowed by her, and some take care of the Jiang family behind her, they can't help but be a little scared, this round of kneeling is over, and when they come to Princess Jichang, Gu Sanniang's legs are already a little unable to stand, Princess Jichang helped her up, and said to Mama Wang: "Mama, I heard that the Han people are the most respectful and humble, she is big, I am small, there is no reason to ask her to kneel and worship me." ”

Mama Wang said expressionlessly: "Since the princess knows the difference between respect and inferiority, doesn't she know that the national law is greater than the family rules?" The rules of the Jiang Mansion are not controlled by the old slaves, but the rules in the palace, up to the saints and down to the common people, need to be followed when they come here. ”

Gu Sanniang gritted her teeth, she glanced at Princess Jichang and persuaded her not to argue with Mama Wang, just when she was about to kneel, she only heard Concubine An say: "That's it, Princess Jichang has a little truth in what she said, they are both two concubines who live under the same roof, and it is not interesting to kneel around." ”

With Concubine An's words, the grandmother no longer insisted, she only said: "Concubine An is considerate of Grandma Jiang, and the old slave is indispensable."

Listen. ”

Concubine An smiled at Gu Sanniang, then turned her head and said to the ladies of the Imperial Order: "The flowers in the peony garden have been blooming just right these days, and the palace people have set up flower sheds. ”

Everyone smiled and complimented a few words, Concubine An smiled gently, and took the fourth concubine and others to the peony garden, the group was mighty, Gu Sanniang and Princess Jichang were left behind, and a few ladies who were good friends with the Jiang family saw Gu Sanniang's pale face, and asked with concern: "Have you ever been better?" If you can't hold on, find a place to rest. ”

What she meant by this was to ask Gu Sanniang to avoid Concubine An, saving her from finding a way to rub her, Gu Sanniang squeezed out a smile on her face and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I can save it." ”

At this time, they had arrived at the peony garden, the ladies said hello to them, and then dispersed, Princess Jichang helped Gu Sanniang to a secluded corner and sat down, she asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Gu Sanniang rubbed her waist, she smiled bitterly, and said, "Everything else is fine, it's just this back, it's like it's about to break." ”

Princess Jichang saw that there was no one around, and she laughed in a low voice: "The noble ladies in the capital, if you want to talk about right and wrong, you are all first-class masters, and when you see more in the future, you will not be surprised." ”

As soon as the two of them had spoken a few words, they saw a palace maid coming over, and she said to Princess Jichang and Gu Sanniang: "Concubine An Niangniang asks the princess and Grandma Jiang to wear flowers." ”

Princess Jichang and Gu Sanniang glanced at each other, I don't know what this Concubine An is going to do, the two came to the front of the people together, it turned out that the palace people used well water to speon flowers, the big peony at the mouth of the bowl was soaked in the water basin, red and pink, it was very good-looking. Concubine An asked the ladies to wear flowers, and the ladies did not dare to be rude, so they asked Concubine An to wear them first, and Concubine An picked a big red peony, and her own palace maid pinned it to her sideburns.

When Concubine An and the palace concubines wore flowers, the palace maids brought the basin to the ladies and asked them to choose flowers to wear, these ladies without exception, all selected red peonies, when Gu Sanniang arrived, Concubine An was watching a pot of pink 'concubine drunk', she pinched off this pink peony casually, and said to the palace maids beside her: "This pot of concubines is drunk, the flowers are beautiful and graceful, the craftsmen in the palace have been cultivated for many years, and there are two pots together. ”

The ladies in the audience were silent, throughout the ages, the main room was red, the concubine room was pink, Concubine An pointed to Gu Sanniang to wear a pink flower, if it was deliberately embarrassing before, the intention of humiliation at this time was already obvious.

Gu Sanniang's expression was indifferent, if she wore this flower, she was admitting that she was a concubine, and if she didn't wear it, she would be charged with disobeying the decree, but who in this city didn't know, the pioneer Grandma Jiang had already died, she was justifiably married to Shen Zhuo as a wife, why should she wear pink flowers?

The left and right are to offend Concubine An, Gu Sanniang gave a blessing, she said unhurriedly: "This peony is called" concubine drunk ', the women dare not wear it, just now Mama said, the palace has a palace moment, only Concubine An Niangniang is the position of the concubine, according to the foolish opinion of the people's women, except for Concubine An Niangniang, no one deserves to wear this flower." ”

As soon as her words fell, someone gasped, this Gu Sanniang said everyone's voice, even if Concubine An is the honor of the concubine, as long as she is not sealed for a day, it will be a veritable concubine, and this peony will be called if it happens to be called ' Concubine drunk', no one knows, Yang Taizhen was originally the princess of Shouwang Li Mao, Li Longji thought of her beauty, and forcibly took away his daughter-in-law, Concubine An was the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family first, taking advantage of Uncle Jiang's departure from home, she had an affair with today's saint in private, and later changed her identity and became today's Concubine An Niangniang, using her to resemble Yang Taizhen, it is really not bad at all.

In front of everyone, Gu Sanniang got off Concubine An's face, Concubine An fell into self-inflicted humiliation, and the field suddenly became silent, that Concubine An looked directly at Gu Sanniang, she had a smile on the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were cold, anyone could see that she was angered by Gu Sanniang, who knew that Gu Sanniang was still pretending to be stupid, she saw a few bright red moon flowers planted not far away, and said: "The peony country is beautiful and fragrant, and the people are from a vulgar background, so they don't have to waste this good flower in vain, just wear a moon flower at will." ”

Princess Jichang glared at Gu Sanniang, and deliberately said angrily: "It's okay for you to live up to your mother's kindness, and you want to spoil your mother's family again, it's such a big face, I'm going to be ashamed of you." ”

Princess Jichang's timely jokes made the atmosphere a little lighter, and a few ladies praised the beauty of the flowers in the garden, so Concubine An glanced at Gu Sanniang without a trace, and turned her head to talk to a few ladies.