Chapter 115: Calculation
The low-key ornaments and stickers of Buddhist scripture rune patterns in Guangchen Palace have not yet been removed, and Lingxi beckoned the palace maid to go out and remove those runes and put them away. Then he sat everywhere, sitting on the chair next to the round table with a peach cushion embroidered with purple cloud piping lines. grabbed a handful of the golden melon seeds on the small silver plate on the round table, and put them in the hands of Yuan'er beside him. "I've been troublesome with my father-in-law these days, so please bear with me."
Shang's father-in-law's eyes lit up, he took the golden melon seeds with both hands, and then said directly while holding them. "Hey, it is the blessing of the slave to do things for the eldest princess, and the slave must do his best to do his best for the princess."
"That's natural." Lingxi said casually, "I still have to trouble my father-in-law to arrange the location of this garden party with Lingxi, Lingxi doesn't often contact these ladies in the palace, and the concubines of my father and emperor are wave after wave, Lingxi is worried that he doesn't have the ability to observe words and emotions like his father-in-law, and it will not be good if he makes a mistake or offends the lady in the palace." ”
"That's nature, the slave will definitely help the princess to run this flower-viewing garden party perfectly." The general manager said as he put the sign in his hand on the table. After a while, the signs seemed to be divided into several parts.
"First of all, princess, we have to look at it according to the position, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are in the upper position, so the two highest positions are ranked first, but the Queen Mother doesn't like the cold, so the slave thinks that you can set up a wind barrier behind Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, and it is also more comfortable, and then the Emperor and Concubine Shu were grounded, so the position has to be ranked down, and Shu Guifei Niangniang has no heirs, so she has to be ranked behind Yan Guifei Niangniang. followed by a pregnant concubine, now the most favored An Guiren, and then Hui Guiren, etc., and then the promise is always in accordance with the position. ”
"This palace remembers that Concubine Duanniang is also here."
"Oh, yes, yes, our family forgot, Concubine Duan, Concubine Duan's mother is not in good health, so she will be ranked behind An Guiren."
"Father-in-law Shang, you said it yourself, big and small affairs have to be done in accordance with the rules of the position first, right, then why does Concubine Duan still need to be behind a noble person as a concubine, and she is not pregnant with a dragon fetus, why can she be ranked in front of the senior Hui nobles?" Lingxi bit the pastry on the table unhurriedly, and then asked as if he didn't know.
Father-in-law Shang was choked by her words, and seemed to not know how to answer for a while, and then said embarrassedly, "Yes, yes, yes, it's the slave who remembered wrong, Concubine Duan is behind Concubine Shu, followed by Concubine He, Concubine Rong, then Hui Guiren, then An Guiren, then Mrs. Shangguan and so on." ”
"Very good, then let's do it according to what the manager said, by the way, the two mothers are pregnant, and the dishes will be replaced with mild and appetizing sour plum soup, and if you like spicy seeds, you will put some spicy dishes, and Yan Niangniang likes sweet, so pay attention to it."
"Yes." The head of the merchant nodded stupidly.
"Then you step down, this palace has just come back, and I have to prepare other things."
After seeing that the chief merchant put away these signs and left the Guangchen Palace, Yuan'er pouted and leaned over to ask Lingxi. "Princess, Father-in-law Shang is a notoriously snobbish, why did you give him so many benefits."
"If you don't give him benefits, will he let us get the list out, it's easy to move An Guiren's position back, stupid Yuan'er."
"Princess, Yuan'er just thinks that there is no need for you to do such an offending thing for the sake of the princess."
"Why is it not necessary, Yu'er is a smart person, and she doesn't like to cause trouble, she is willing to endure me but can't, she will treat me sincerely, and I will naturally treat her sincerely. What's more, I didn't offend An Xueyan just for her. Speaking of this, her mind remembered the way Yuan'er came back with the fragments that day, which was the only relic that Fu Min left her.
"There is nothing wrong with what Yu'er said, you want to be alone, others want to harm you, you are a princess with no capital and power, and others look down on you at all."
Lingxi leaned on the cushion peacefully, in a few years, she will also get married, then her final outcome is only to either become a princess and a princess, or become a pawn used by the courtiers, she has to think carefully, not for others, but also for herself.
After dinner, An Xueyan likes to pick the freshest sunset dew in the imperial garden alone, which is the crystal dew that automatically condenses after the weather is cold at night, and is boiled for the face at night, which is a good skin care and beauty product.
At the same time, An Xueyan and her personal palace maid carried a small basket and took a small silver spoon little by little, the best thing with this crystal dew is the dew on the sunset flower, but the sunset flower is small, and it doesn't like to grow outside, and it generally grows in the innermost part of the shrub.
"Little master, look! Isn't it a sunset flower over there? The palace maid's eyes were sharp, as if she could see at a glance a black bush, faintly purple flowers, and some light.
"Yes, that's the sunset flower, great, this palace is worried that it can't find the best sunset flower. You've got a lot of eyes, go back and get your reward." ”
"Thank you, little master."
An Xueyan lifted a little skirt on her body and walked forward happily, although she was in a hurry to move forward, but her steps were still light, after all, this evening dew is so difficult to find, and the other palaces know it, and they are all here to find it, but you can't let others take the lead.
When I got closer, I finally saw the sunset flower, An Xueyan also saw the dew dripping on the stamen of the sunset, and hurriedly secretly rejoiced, and then took the dew from the stamen with a small spoon, and was just about to leave, and found that there was a huge sunset flower growing in the innermost part of the shrub. The dew on this one was five times as much as the previous ones, could she let go of such a good thing? Naturally, it can't. She stretched out her hand to reach the flower, but it was still very difficult, so she thought about it, and little by little she pushed the bush away, and put her head in.
Inside the shrub is a small path outside the two palaces, and some palace lamps are lit on the road, so it looks a little bright from a distance. It was as if there were two palace maids standing at the end of the road, "Aunt Ming'er, are you serious?" Will your majesty really like this lotus pink skirt with iris flowers?"
"You have given me benefits, of course I will tell the truth, I have served Your Majesty for twenty years, can I know what Your Majesty likes? Tomorrow's garden flower viewing party in the various palaces are competing for beauty, want to get the praise of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, when the time comes, you will put the best white peony in the Lady Niangniang Palace on your head, and then wear the lotus root powder skirt I told you to draw irises flowers, by the way, this iris must be slender and red, and then you can also please a good color, even if Your Majesty does not like it, the Queen Mother will like it. ”
"Yes, the slave knows, thank you Aunt Ming'er for mentioning it."
"It's okay, it's okay."
An Xueyan was stunned for a moment, her head stretched out even more, and she wanted to see who it was, but because it was getting late, and the two of them were carrying their backs, they could only vaguely look at this costume that looked a little like the palace maid costume serving the emperor in the Heart Cultivation Palace. As a result, in this hurry, I accidentally scratched my fingers.
"Oops." She retracted suddenly, lying on the ground and snorting at her hand cut by the branch, and then looked at the basket containing the sunset dew on the ground, and the words that the two men had just said. "Irises, lotus root pink skirts, white peonies, hehe, the little slave still wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix to be regarded by His Majesty as His Majesty's concubine, it's really ridiculous. However, Hongu still has to thank you. ”
Then, she had an idea in her heart, lifted the basket and called out to the palace maid in front, "It's almost enough, go back to the Qinian Palace." ”
On the morning of the second day,
Each palace seemed to be lively early in the morning, and everyone wanted to dress better to be praised by His Majesty for being favored, at this time, because it was Lingxi, who was in charge, had already stood on the table set up in the outer courtyard of the imperial garden early to count the dishes. I saw Mu Hibiscus coming over, and Yuan'er saw Mu Hibiscus coming, and then signaled to Lingxi.
"She heard all the things you said yesterday."
"Don't worry, princess, the slave maid is a play with another little girl after confirming that An Guiren is in place, as for the name of the slave and maid, the aunt of the Heart Cultivation Hall is not called Ming'er at all. The clothes that the princess gave to the slave maid, the slave and maid also burned them when they went back, and the ashes were secretly hidden under the crooked neck tree outside the Qinian Palace this morning. ”
"Very good, you hurry up and go out through the back door, no one in the palace is coming, and you will inevitably be suspicious when you enter the palace."
Mu Hibiscus was the girl that Fu Min served before his death, and now she serves He Lian overnight, but she is single-minded to Lingxi, and it is also the last preparation Xiao Liangyu made for Lingxi before leaving. The first one to come was Helian Qian, and Helian Qian couldn't help but smile with satisfaction when he saw that this garden party was well organized.
"Lingxi, you did a good job, I did it this birthday with ingenuity and style."
"Thank you for your father's appreciation, it is the result of the joint efforts of many people, my father will take a seat first and wait for a while, the ladies should be coming soon."
Sure enough, when the ladies in each palace were ready to come to the imperial garden one by one, the concubine was dressed in a plain long skirt, with a slightly bulging lower abdomen, and she did not apply powder when she was pregnant, Yan Guifei's body did not look very obvious, wearing a lotus pink shirt and a short embroidered kapok skirt, light and delicate. Others are bright yellow, bright red, and bright colors as if they are vying to attract attention. And what everyone was most frightened by was the dress of An Guiren, the lotus root powder lotus pond flower skirt, covered with light-colored shoulders, a spirit snake bun with delicate beads and hairpins, but a little iris flower pattern between the eyebrows.
Subsequently, the Queen Mother came, dark brocade, embroidered with golden silk thread lotus pattern and bird pattern complement each other, dignified atmosphere.
The Queen Mother's body is obviously much better, and on the one hand, she deliberately pretended to be Helian Qian, she knew that her son probably couldn't sit still, so she thought about doing it to herself.
"The concubines ask Your Majesty for peace, for the Queen Mother, may Your Majesty live long live, and the Queen Mother will be blessed with Jin'an."
Originally, the two of them were very satisfied with today's garden party, and the gifts sent by each lady in the palace were placed in front of the position, but the queen mother's expression suddenly froze, and the white peony placed on her head at this time, who is so bold? ?
She looked up again, and then her expression gradually became uncontrollable.
"Bastard thing!"