Chapter 489: A Small Banquet
"Is it that the slave and maid are stunned and almost fall for the lotus concubine, or is the master clear in his heart and not confused by her small means." Mama Wei shouted treacherous, Huo Yunzi finally heard her quiet for a while, and she was relieved in her heart, and if she listened to Mama nagging like this, the child should be tired of listening.
Concubine Lian sat in a soft sedan chair with a gloomy face and walked back, thinking of the queen's indifference, she was angry, snorted and pounded the soft sedan chair, and Jin Mi on the side persuaded helplessly: "Why should Niangniang be angry, you are now the person in charge of this palace, although the queen Niangniang now has the highest status in the harem, but this power is in the hands of Niangniang, and it will still be kneaded by Niangniang when the time comes." ”
"Well, your maid will comfort people, and the palace still cares about them, but they have no one in their eyes, especially the old lady, who is just a personal attendant by the queen's side, and she doesn't even pay attention to the palace, and she loses the face of the palace three times and twice, and she will definitely rectify her if she finds an opportunity." Concubine Lian's face was blue, and Jin Mi didn't dare to say anything to persuade her, so she only nodded vaguely and said: "Niang Niang is right, the slave maid will definitely come out for the mother first, this weather is hot, if you are angry, the slave and maid will have to worry." ”
"The palace is just waiting to see the jokes later, to see what the queen can make a name, and the child in the womb doesn't know if it can be born safely, there are too many variables in this palace." She sighed softly, Jinmi quickly closed her mouth, as if she hadn't heard, if these words were brought to the face, it would be a great crime of rebellion.
Concubine Lian couldn't look at Huo Yunzi's angry appearance, she felt unworthy, thinking about the flower-viewing banquet that she happened to talk about with Jiang Guiren and other concubines a few days ago, after thinking about it, she still couldn't do it, the front line at this time was chaotic, and others were not in a hurry to save it, if the people in the harem were so extravagant and wasteful, it would have a bad reputation in the ears of the emperor when the time came, Concubine Lian thought about it and gave up.
After listening to the reason given by Concubine Lian, Jiang Guiren felt a little lost in his heart, but he still praised and praised: "Sister Lianfei still has great righteousness in her heart, and her sisters only care about their own fun, which is really insufficient compared to her sister, no wonder the emperor and queen are relieved to hand over the palace affairs to their sisters." ”
Jiang Guiren's words made Concubine Lian's heart flutter, she pointed at Jiang Guiren and said with a smile: "It's still my sister who can speak, and it's not good to disappoint you too much, it's better to do this, the palace itself has a share of money in private, let's get together here, and we don't need any big scenes, drinking tea, eating snacks, gossiping, and having a special taste." ”
"My sister has arranged it very well, my sister has no opinion, when the time comes, I think the sisters will be willing, and my sister will not disturb my sister's rest today, and I will leave first." Jiang Guiren was blessed and was in a hurry to inform the news, although it was a small gathering, clothes and jewelry had to be prepared, otherwise it would be better for others to see the joke at that time.
"Well, sister, go back first, if there is anything, my sister will send someone to pass on to you." Concubine Lian waved her hand, seeing Jiang Guiren going away, the smile on her face slowly faded, she snorted coldly, thinking of the piles of palace affairs on the table, her head hurt, and she rubbed her acupoints and said: "Jinmi, bring the things over, the palace should also deal with affairs, and it is not in vain that the emperor can afford me now." ”
"Niangniang is thinking about the emperor, and the emperor is also thinking about Niangniang's good." Jinmi brought a few scrolls, with a few lines written on them, all of which were accounts in the meal and sewing room.
"You girl, you are the most poor, okay, hurry up and bring the things, if the palace doesn't work anymore, it will take a lot of time to stay." Concubine Lian didn't want to do this kind of thing in her heart, but she couldn't help it at this time, when she remembered that the entire harem was now caught in her hands by herself, she didn't want to be replaced by excitement, and managed this pile of accounts steadily, fortunately, Su Dongxuan worked hard at that time, and the accounts at this time were not difficult to manage.
"Niangniang, you have to take it easy, the slave maid ordered the imperial dining room to stew to replenish the body, and the mother has to drink it well." Seeing this, Jin Mi immediately persuaded, Concubine Lian had a bitter face, and said impatiently: "Okay, every time I find an opportunity, I let this palace eat those things, how can I use so many supplements for my good body." ”
Jin Mi covered her mouth and chuckled, and didn't say anything, she beckoned a palace maid to come and grind the ink, she cautiously stepped out of the palace gate, and went to do the chores outside, and by the way, to see if Concubine Lian's tonic was stewed.
A few days passed in a flash, the small banquet held by Concubine Lian herself in private was very lively, the concubines were bored in their palace for more than half a month, and finally saw this lively scene, a heart was full of life, and when she saw Concubine Lian, she praised her to the sky.
"Niangniang is really sympathetic to our sisters, but the concubine has been looking forward to the banquet for a long time, but unfortunately no sister is willing to work like Niangniang." A beautiful woman who followed Jiang Guiren's side said with a smile, Jiang Guiren glared at her with an unkind face, and saw that Concubine Lian did not have too much expression on her face, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and saw this faceless whisper: "Don't say a word, at this time, everyone is eager to clamp their tails in front of the emperor and be a man, you are good, and you can catch up." ”
"Sister, I don't understand, what does it matter to the emperor that we hold a banquet?" The beauty didn't know the deep meaning of this, seeing Jiang Guiren's blue face, although the lotus concubine on top was smiling, there was already a little coldness at the corner of her mouth, but she put her mind aside in an instant, her identity is not as good as before, and she doesn't have to meet this little beauty.
"If you can't turn your own brain, don't say less, don't let others think you're noisy." Jiang Guiren snorted coldly, and then concentrated on talking to Concubine Lian, the beauty saw her go to please Concubine Lian in an instant, and her heart was quite uncomfortable, and said sourly: "It turned out that I was afraid that I would tie up with Concubine Lian, she lost this big tree, and said so righteously, in fact, it was just for her own interests, hum, you don't want me to talk to Niangniang, I prefers to be, how far I can go this year depends on my own ability." ”
She looked at the other high-ranking concubines enthusiastically, flying around like a little bee, and she didn't feel that her behavior at this time was a little annoying, the people in the palace were all good at pretending, no matter how much they hated in their hearts, they didn't show half a point on their faces, and they were happy for a while.
In the past few days of the small banquet, Yun Fengxiao has not stepped into the harem for several months, and the daily meals are all to deal with the past, if it weren't for Gu Quan trying to get the master in the imperial dining room to prepare a diet to nourish his body, I'm afraid he won't last so long now.
"How? What's the news coming from the front? A few days ago, Yun Feng Xiao followed an urgent report, so anxious that the corners of his mouth bubbled, and when he saw Gu Quan running in in a hurry, he still had an urgent report in his hand, and suddenly stood up, not caring about anything else, so he grabbed Gu Quan's body and shook it.
"Your Majesty, let Lao Nu take a breath, it is indeed the news delivered by the border pass, this time it is the news sent back by His Royal Highness the Regent, presumably the war on the front line has taken a turn for the better, and the emperor can also be a little more relaxed." Yun Fengxiao didn't listen to what he was saying at all, he directly snatched the emergency report in his hand, read the things on the paper at a glance, his heart sank, and he frowned: "Uncle Huang's urgency, I'm afraid it won't last long." ”
"Huh? Your Majesty, it is better to quickly send a general to lead the troops to support, it should not have reached this urgent point, some time ago did not say that the people of the Jade Kingdom were defeated by us, maybe it was just a temporary defeat at this time, and when our army recuperated, it will definitely be able to make a comeback. Gu Quan wiped the cold sweat on his head and said what he thought in his heart, Yun Fengxiao just looked at him silently, and did not speak, seeing Gu Quan's heart sink and shrink his body, he was afraid that he would be cut off by the emperor's anger.
"I only hope that Uncle Huang can resist for a few more days, if the country is really broken by the jade soldiers, our Yun Kingdom is only afraid that it will be a laughing stock in front of other countries." Yun Fengxiao looked at the folds piled up high on the table, and felt bored in his heart, things were piled up one by one, which made him annoyed.
"The emperor doesn't have to worry, isn't there still Prince Mu, I believe that the two princes are desperately resisting, and will never let the jade soldiers have a chance to take advantage of it, the emperor can take care of himself so that he can command the two princes to lead the troops to resist the enemy in the capital." Gu Quan carefully grasped the wording, for fear that he would accidentally provoke Yun Fengxiao and lose his head.