Chapter 41: Birthday Gifts
Zhu Xi galloped all the way to the eastern suburbs of the racecourse. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info turned over and dismounted, and the steward of the horse farm greeted him respectfully, took the reins of the horse with his own hands, handed it to the servant on the side, and ordered: "Good life to take care of it." With a smile on his face, he invited Zhu Xi to come in, and said, "A few days ago, I just arrived with a batch of good horses, and the second prince went to take a look?" ”
Zhu Xi smiled, swayed inside, and entered the spacious grass, three or two horses bowed their heads or raised their hooves, all tied to a thick pillar. This is a newly arrived horse that is in the process of being domesticated.
He swept his eyes, and there were only two or three people there in the huge place, some of whom were still old acquaintances, and when they saw him coming, they came close to greet him, and when they saw that he was not very interested, they left in a daze. He browsed around, and walked quickly to a grass pavilion on the left, where only a man in blue with a cloak sat there, and when he saw Zhu Xi approaching, he didn't get up, but only moved in.
Zhu Xi didn't sit down, turned to look at a few horses, and whispered softly: "Sir......"
This concubine stroked her chest, pointed to the gums that were messed up by Zhu Xi, and gritted her teeth: "Throw them all out for me and burn them, one by one so that people don't worry." ”
Thinking that this son is so out of tune, he really hates itchy, and he thinks about it with all his energy, but he doesn't appreciate it at all.
I hated the palace maid just now, everyone in this Bixiao Palace knew that Xi'er had such a problem, not to mention avoiding it, but catching up, it was also a wave. Looking at her, she doesn't know, if she looks at Xi'er's identity as a prince and wants to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, it depends on whether she agrees.
Linglong instructed the little palace maid to quickly make the bed and quietly retreated. When I got out of the door, I caught a glimpse of Juan Er holding Huilan's clothes and coming over to ask for instructions.
She opened the baggage, examined it for a moment, sighed, and said, "The clothes are burned." The rest of the things were divided according to the old rules. ”
Juan Er's face was white, as if she wanted to say something. Linglong glanced at her and said, "It's her own death, and she can't complain about others." Didn't you warn her? Juan Er opened her mouth, and said no more, and went down.
Empress Dowager Chen's birthday banquet was held as scheduled, and Concubine Shu pulled Concubine De to command the palace people to rush in and out early in the morning. The queen came over at noon, and as soon as she came, she pulled Concubine De to talk to the Empress Dowager Chen.
Compared with the last birthday banquet of the Empress Dowager Liu, everyone is only at the point. Emperor Cheng came over after the court, and accompanied the Empress Dowager Chen for a while before leaving, saying that he would come back for dinner.
The banquet started on time in the evening, and Concubine Shu arranged a lot of excerpts this time, which made the Empress Dowager Chen very happy, and she kept smiling all night.
Concubine Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and sat in the seat as if her whole body was going to fall apart. I didn't dare to lean on it very much, so I had to sit on the chair with the same smile on my face.
Linglong peeked, stepped forward, and said a few words in her ear, and Concubine Shu turned around and confessed to the queen, saying that she was going to take a look at the back. Empress Gao glanced at her with a smile, and she was right.
Concubine Shu walked quickly to the side hall, leaned back on the chair, sighed comfortably, and said, "You are still clever." Knock it for me, it's sore. Linglong smiled, turned to the side, and gently kneaded Concubine Shu's shaved shoulders......
In the main hall, Li Xiurong was presenting his congratulatory gifts. The chamberlain unfolds, and it is a painting. The painting is a piece of peony, purple and red, with bright colors, as if it is alive. The Queen Mother was amazed, stretched out her hand to caress her, and Aunt Ying on the side hurriedly stopped: "Niangniang, be careful......"
Li Xiurong smiled and said proudly: "It's okay, although Niangniang can rest assured, she has already done it, and she will never fade." The concubine specially added a kind of mixed juice to it, but it was fast......"
Empress Dowager Chen smiled: "Really? Why is it strange that the color is so bright? I'll see. ”
Gu Xinyan glanced back at Fu Fangfei who was leaning on the circle chair. A few days ago, the imperial doctor said that Fu Fangfei could get out of bed and move properly, so today she sat in a soft sedan chair, and Mo'er put a thick three-layer cushion on the chair.
At this time, Fu Fangfei's chest was rising and falling, obviously angry. Xinyan glanced at her comfortingly, and there was a trace of vigilance in her heart: This Li Xiurong really knows a lot. said it so arrogantly, this is because Fu Fangfei didn't dare to make trouble, so she could only admit this dumb loss.
Looking up, Li Xiurong had already retreated, and was smiling and saying something in front of the concubine who had just turned around.
Soon it was Gu Xinyan's turn, she hurriedly gathered her placket and reached out respectfully to hold a box covered with a layer of cotton cloth. The little palace maid took it and put it on the side. Empress Dowager Chen looked up and saw that it was Xinyan, smiled, beckoned Xinyan to approach, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Gu Meiren, I haven't seen you for a long time." It hurt more and more. Xinyan bowed her head shyly, thanked her, and wanted to return.
Li Xiurong on the side saw it but his eyes were red, and he said prominently: "Gu Meiren must have prepared an exquisite birthday gift, why don't you let our sisters open their eyes?" ”
Xinyan might as well make her suddenly difficult, stunned for a moment, and scolded in her heart: "This Li Xiurong, what kind of moth is going to come out of?" ”
Thinking about it, she raised her head and smiled gently: "Sister Li smiled, but the left is a little needlework embroidered by the concubine, and the queen mother should not dislike the concubine's clumsiness." ”
Li Xiurong smiled. said: "I see, if Gu Meiren's needlework is called second, no one dares to call it first?" Sisters say yes, right? He covered his mouth and laughed.
Many of the concubines present covered their mouths and snickered. Gu Xinyan stood on the ground in a daze, her heart arched one by one, and she was very annoyed, this Li Xiurong was used to making a move, as if embarrassing people in public had become her pleasure. But I can only endure it, what is the way, there is a strict hierarchy between the harem concubines, and it cannot be overcome, so I can only bear it.
Li Xiurong looked at Xinyan, who was silent, raised her eyebrows proudly, and said: "The Queen Mother ......"
"Niangniang," Concubine De Niangniang suddenly spoke: "The concubine also wants to take a look at Gu Meiren's birthday gift, and she is curious to be so praised by Sister Li!" ”
Aunt Ying hurriedly picked it up, and Concubine De lifted the cotton cloth to reveal the contents of it, and when she saw it clearly, she couldn't help but be surprised: but she saw that the two-foot-high box was stuffed full. It's all ......
She slowly curled the corners of her mouth and smiled, took them out one by one, and said: "Yes, Sister Gu's embroidery is really good, look, I have made so many things in a month, and it is estimated that I will not be able to do it in three or five months." ”
Concubine De's words are very obvious, Empress Dowager Chen's birthday was only notified a month ago, these things can never be made in a short time, they must be obtained by working day and night. Regardless of whether the thing is good or bad, just this intention alone will make everyone fall short.
Xinyan sweated in her heart, she was really ashamed, half a year ago, Fang Fei informed her in advance, so she was able to do so much.
Empress Dowager Chen looked at the embroidery items that were full of about a dozen pieces of embroidery, such as forehead wipes, sleeve covers, scarves, shoes, etc., and her face couldn't help but be moved.
Possessed picked up a forehead wipe in front of him and took a closer look, the black satin was repaired with gold thread marigolds, the embroidery was exquisite, and it was very elegant. It is rare that the elastic is made intimately on one side, and it can be adjusted. Looking at the other objects, they are also delicate and soft. The black background of one color looks like a set, which is very expensive.
Empress Dowager Chen couldn't help but smile, looked at Xinyan, liked it in her heart, and hurriedly asked Aunt Ying to put it away. He beckoned Xinyan to approach, took her hand and said, "Gu Meiren is really a pair of skillful hands, and the mourning family likes it very much." As he spoke, he immediately took off a string of tourmaline beads in his hand and put it in Xinyan's hand: "I will reward you." ”
Xinyan looked around, saw Concubine De smiling and nodding, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank her.
Returning to his seat, he exhaled quietly. Li Xiurong had already shrunk her head and didn't dare to say anything, while Concubine Shu smiled indistinctly, her eyes shuttling back and forth between Concubine De and Xinyan.