Chapter 163: Harem Balance
The imperial concubine couldn't help but look at her, the emperor really still likes balance, just named Chen Wenhui a county lord, and gave Wan Guifei's nephew a five-grade official. It's a pity that the county lord of the Chen family is a female child, and she is also going to Nanyang, so she can't help her in the court in a short time. However, this nephew of Concubine Wan entered the Praetorian Guard, which was the personal guard of the Son of Heaven, and it could make the power of King Qi soar. In this round, the imperial concubine still lost.
Sure enough, Wan Guifei was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to thank the emperor, and at the same time glanced at the imperial concubine proudly, arrogant.
The emperor smiled and asked, "Then Shi Guiren, Concubine Chen, what did you give?" ”
Shi Guiren said first: "The concubine is the most shabby, and she doesn't have such valuable jewelry to take out, so she can only give the county lord Wenhui a painting that I painted myself, and the concubine also took out an ancient painting of the previous dynasty that the emperor gave me before, and also gave it to the county lord Wenhui." After speaking, he asked the personal palace maid Jasper to come over, and took out the two long rosewood clips in his hand, Chen Wenhui saw that each clip was made of rosewood, and lifelike flowers were also depicted on it, and this clip alone was a work of art. But come to think of it, there is no shortage of this in this palace, and it is best to put calligraphy and paintings in rosewood clips. Chen Wenhui opened it and saw that one was drawn by Shi Guiren himself. It can be seen that Shi Guiren has not put down his painting skills when he enters the palace, probably because he has seen too many authentic works of celebrities in the palace, and this painting skill is still good. Chen Wenhui was very happy to see it, and thought in her heart that she would take this to Master Qiu to see. Master Qiu is still very worried about Shi Guiren, the female disciple who entered the palace. If you see the progress of Shi Guiren's painting skills, you will definitely feel gratified. Let's look at another painting. It is the simple style of painting of famous people in the previous dynasty, and it can be regarded as a top grade. Chen Wenhui was also very happy in her heart, thinking that after she copied it, she would send this ancient painting to the painting hall, and the painting hall had another treasure. I really didn't go to the palace in vain.
The emperor was also admiring the two paintings, and said with a smile: "The paintings of the previous dynasty are just that, and the paintings painted by the concubine herself are also very precious." Behold, in the harem of the past dynasties, there are very few people who can have such painting skills as a concubine. I also want to encourage Aifei, well, just give Aifei a set of freshly paid paints and fine Korean paper. and give two ancient paintings to the concubine. ”
Chen Wenhui was happy in her heart, look at Shi Guiren, the emperor is really generous. Shi Guiren took out an ancient painting, and the emperor rewarded two back, this business is easy to do. Profiteering.
Shi Guiren was very happy, these were what she liked. I like it more than those silk and satin, and the head jewelry. Hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.
Concubine Chen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the concubines and sisters have also prepared congratulatory gifts. We each prepared two sets of handkerchiefs embroidered by the concubines, purses, and two pairs, and it was a thought for Wen Hui's sister to go to Nanyang in the future, and we also took out four horses of Shu brocade that the emperor rewarded us last time and gave them to Wen Hui's sister. ”
After speaking, he also asked the two maids to take out their gifts and show them to the emperor. Chen Wenhui watched it with everyone. The four Shu brocades are of high value, but Chen Wenhui himself has a lot of them, and he hasn't taken them to heart yet, but he just saw that the colors of these four Shu brocades are all blue-gray, and the patterns are relatively old-fashioned. This color, this pattern, and this texture must look good if worn on Zhao Chongyi, so Chen Wenhui looked at the four Shu brocades and became happy. There are also two purses, two handkerchiefs, one purse is embroidered with colorful gradient peony, and one purse is embroidered with carp jumping over the dragon gate. The work is bright, the embroidery is very good, and the two handkerchiefs are embroidered with tiny flowers, all kinds, and it seems that they have worked very hard. It can be seen that the Chen concubine sisters still miss the kindness of Chen Wenhui and Bai in helping them dress up and recommending them to the palace.
The emperor carefully looked at the embroidery of the Chen concubine sisters, nodded and said, "Well, Shu brocade is also a good thing, and the concubines are also considered to be loved." What is especially rare is that there are handkerchiefs and purses embroidered by the concubines themselves, which is rare. The concubines in this palace are very beautiful, but there are not many female celebrities who are so good, it seems that I will hand over my purse to your sisters in the future. These things are so exquisite, it can be seen that the concubines and the county lord are sisters. I can't let you suffer too much, so I have a new tribute of brocade and purple and gold yarn, and you two sisters will find ten horses of each to keep for clothes. ”
Purple gold yarn is a new yarn material this year, the price is more than gold, and the emperor rewarded ten horses at once, which is really a big deal. That's not all, the emperor also praised their female celebrities in front of everyone, which made their sisters greatly face. Peeked at Wan Guifei on the side, and sure enough, Wan Guifei's angry willow eyebrows were upside down. Wan Guifei is a palace concubine with excellent beauty, and she is also a super bad palace concubine, this is because Wan Guifei was born from a low background, where can she be like these women from a family, there is a special embroidery girl to teach female red. The emperor's words were simply slapping Wan Guifei in the face. Sister Chen Concubine was very proud and happy, and was busy thanking.
Chen Wenhui couldn't help but slander, the emperor was fair, and he gave the harem concubines a happy time according to everyone's preferences, no wonder they got so many women, it turned out to be a good way to control it.
In this way, the emperor made everyone bleed to prepare gifts for her, and they were all richly rewarded, so naturally no one resented the emperor.
The imperial concubine said: "Everyone has given so many gifts, and I don't have anything here, just give Wen Hui a famous piano phoenix tail piano I got before." ”
After speaking, the palace maid Yu'er took out a guqin and wrapped it in a velvet case. Chen Wenhui doesn't know much about this, Chen Wenhui doesn't know how to play the piano herself, but thinking that many people in the Hei family are masters, this piano can be kept in the Hei family to buy people's hearts, which is still good.
The emperor smiled and said, "The gift of the concubine is the most elegant and precious." In this way, I decided to announce to the world that officials from all over the country should cooperate with the construction of the Yangshan Hall of Aifei, and I would allocate special funds to build the Yangshan Hall, and strive to let the Yangshan Hall open all over the Great Chu. ”
Chen Wenhui understood that this was a sue to her, and the emperor of Shanghai City did not want it in vain, and he had to invest in Yangshan Hall. The imperial concubine is also very happy, which is a good thing, so that her good name can spread all over Dachu, which will be more beneficial to her in the future.
The imperial concubine also knelt down to thank him.
Everyone here is commenting, over there, a beautiful woman came with a group of womb women, saw the emperor, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is late." The concubines heard that the niece of the imperial concubine Niangniang came to the palace and was named the county lord, which was a great joy, and the concubines of the harem were vying to give gifts. The concubine actually knew the county lord when she was in her mother's house, and after entering the palace, she never met again, so she still missed it. Therefore, I made my own opinion, and also prepared a small gift, sent it, and talked about it. ”
Chen Wenhui looked at this beauty, her appearance was still above the Chen Concubine sisters, she was very gorgeous, of course, she was not as demonic as Wan Guifei, but she was also very beautiful. This is Zhao Chonghua. There was a conflict with Chen Wenhui before, but later, when her sister died, she entered the palace and became a Chonghua Niangniang. If it had been before, Chen Wenhui would have been too lazy to pay attention to her. One is just full of flowers, and any palace concubine from the Chen family is higher than her. Besides, her father, Zhongyi, is a soldier in power, but Wen Hui doesn't need it, the Chen family is from a family, but he is much more noble than a girl from a national mansion. However, now Chen Wenhui has fallen in love with Zhao Chongyi. Zhao Chongyi is Zhao Chonghua's elder brother and the second brother of the concubine. In this way, if Chen Wenhui marries Zhao Chongyi in the future, this Zhao Chonghua will become her sister-in-law, and it is not easy to ignore it when she thinks about it like this.
Zhao Chonghua has already taken refuge in the imperial concubine. This has been snubbed by the emperor for a while, and it is normal to say that there are so many beauties in the emperor's harem, where can one be favored? Now that the emperor likes Shi Guiren more, it is normal to snub Zhao Chonghua.
However, the imperial concubine also has to take into account the thoughts of her subordinates. Therefore, he sent a palace maid to inform Zhao Chonghua to make fun, saying that it was to send a congratulatory gift to Chen Wenhui, but in fact, it was to curry favor in front of the emperor and gain favor. Zhao Chonghua didn't understand, he was very grateful, and deeply felt that he had taken refuge in the right person, and he was busy letting the palace maid Luomei prepare gifts, while carefully grooming and dressing up, so that the emperor liked it, so he came a little late, but fortunately, he caught up, and the effect of such a stunning appearance was quite good.
Sure enough, the emperor looked at the radiant Zhao Chonghua, and then remembered why he hadn't gone to Zhao Chonghua these days, he really failed Zhao Chonghua's beautiful youth.
The emperor looked at the things sent by Zhao Chonghua, and saw that it was a set of red gold inlaid turquoise jewelry, with hairpins, hairpins, distractions, combs, flowers, earrings, collars, bracelets, rings are very complete, the texture is good, it is very chic, I think it is Zhao Chonghua's dowry. It can be regarded as having a heart, so the emperor said: "Concubine Ai has a heart, I heard that Concubine Ai was not in good health a few days ago, I don't know how it is now?" ”
Zhao Chonghua hurriedly said: "Emperor Xie asked, the concubine is already well." ”
The emperor nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the palace to enjoy the dance of the concubine tonight, and I haven't appreciated it for some days." ”
Suddenly, all the concubines looked at them with jealousy. Chen Wenhui thought to herself, Zhao Chonghua got the best return. The emperor paid great attention to balance in the harem, mainly to balance the balance between the two great boshi, the imperial concubine and the concubine. However, the imperial concubine also knows how to play balance, and this time she deliberately asked Zhao Chonghua to show up and send things, just because Shi Guiren has been very favored recently, and in order to balance these concubines under her, the imperial concubine specially asked Zhao Chonghua to share the favor of Shi Guiren. Everyone is a shrewd person, Chen Wenhui swept her eyes, and saw a trace of resentment on the face of the Chen Concubine sisters, too, she would rather be cheap Zhao Chonghua than cheap her niece, she is also angry. Shi Guiren looked light-hearted, Chen Wenhui couldn't help but nod secretly, Shi Guiren is really a talent that can be created.
Just thinking about it, the thrush came back and held a complete set of jewelry with mutton fat and white jade, which is indeed a fine product. Chen Wenhui was not looking at the jewelry, her eyes were attracted by a plate of pastries on the thrush plate. (To be continued......)