Chapter 11: Concubine Zhuang (1)

On the second day of Fang Yushan's favor, Fang Da came to Guan Ju Palace to deliver the decree. The whole palace of Guan Ju Palace came to kneel to receive the holy decree. Fang Da stood in front of everyone, opened the scroll of the holy decree, and read it as follows: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Zhaoyi Li, since entering the palace, respectful and frugal, Zhuang prudent and self-controlled, specially promoted to the concubine position, given the name 'Zhuang', I hope to fulfill my responsibilities in the future, harmonious palace, admiration." Fang Da shook off the dust, and the little eunuch behind him presented the emperor's reward to Concubine Zhuang and placed it on the table.

"Concubine Li Jingji accepted the order, thank the lord Longen." Li Jingji kowtowed.

"Congratulations to Concubine Zhuang. The canonization ceremony is set on the fifteenth day of the next month, which happens to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a good intention. Fang Da handed over the holy decree to Li Jingxi, and Liuli behind him hurriedly put a bag of prepared golden melon seeds and handed it to Fang Da, Fang Da accepted it with a smile: "The girl is polite, the old slave Xie Zhuang Concubine Niangniang rewarded." The emperor is about to go down to the court, the old slave has to go back to serve quickly, the emperor said that he will come to the Niangniang Palace tonight, please prepare for the mother's life, the old slave will retire. As he spoke, he withdrew with the little eunuch who came to announce the decree together, and Zimo, who was guarding the outer courtyard, followed with great discernment, and sent Fang Da all the way to the gate of Guan Ju Palace.

"Niangniang is overjoyed, the slave maid has to take advantage of the holy decree to tell Sister Amber the good news in person before the sixth palace is announced!" Liuli, this girl, said that the wind is the rain, and if you can't wait for a moment, you have to run to the Lintoe Palace.

"You girl ran away like this, and you didn't prepare for the night pick-up for the palace?" Li Jingxi shouted Liuli to come back, and at this time, Liuli, who had already run to the courtyard, happened to meet Zimo who sent Fang Da back, and hurriedly pushed Zimo into the hall, and replied to Li Jingxi while pushing: "Niangniang, don't worry, it's still early, let Zimo serve you first, and the slave will rush back before dinner!" With that, he ran away.

"Mother, slave maid come to serve you. Today's mother is happy, and Liuli is also happy, and this kind of happy event should be shared with Sister Yingji. Zimo, who came into the house, walked to Li Jingxi's side, picked up a butterfly love flower white feather fan on the dressing table for the graceful fan, Zimo looked at the connection between the fan handle and the fan feather in his hand, and the swallowtail butterfly carved with gold leaf fell on the purple golden lotus pattern, and there was a huge purple gem inlaid in the middle of the butterfly body, so exquisite! Zimo couldn't help but sigh at the luxury of this fan: "Niangniang's fan is so delicate and precious?" The slave maid saw that other maidens did not have such exquisite fans. ”

"This is a gift from the emperor on the eighteenth birthday of this palace, when it was cold and it was not yet the season to use a fan." Li Jingxi couldn't help but recall that the day she entered the palace last year happened to be the Shangyuan Festival, and her eighteenth birthday a month later was the first birthday spent in the palace, and that day also happened to be the day when she was named Zhaoyi.

"No wonder, the emperor loves his mother, and he must choose the best one for his mother." As he spoke, he picked out a necklace that seemed to be the same style as the feather fan from the reward sent by Fangda just now and asked Li Jingxi to try it on: "Niang Niang, try this, this necklace is very similar to the decoration on this fan." ”

"Then wear this. Zimo, you can help Bengong choose a suitable dress. The graceful woman wore the necklace on her slender white neck, which was very much her skin color. Here, Zimo also chose an antique double butterfly cloud-shaped thousand-water skirt and an auspicious pattern scattered flower pleated skirt for Grace to choose, and Graceful chose the antique double-butterfly cloud-shaped thousand-water skirt.

"Niangniang, do you want to wear that pair of gold silk inlaid with purple beads and lotus flowers to cover the sideburns tassels? Listen to Ruri say it's your favorite. The slave also deliberately learned to comb the butterfly and love the flower bun with Sister Yingji. Zimo inserted a gold crescent moon amphora butterfly comb into the graceful bun.

"It's better not to be too luxurious, you go and help the palace pick a flower hairpin." Graceful picked out a pair of jade rabbit pounding medicine earrings and put them on.

"Coincidentally, today's Ministry of Internal Affairs specially sent a pot of purple chrysanthemum to congratulate Niangniang on the joy of promotion, although it has not yet reached the season when the chrysanthemum is in full bloom, but several precious chrysanthemums cultivated in the flower room are all opened, and the slave will cut a purple chrysanthemum to the Niangniang hairpin, right?" With the approval of the graceful sister, Zimo took the small scissors and went outside to cut the best and largest purple chrysanthemum and came back. After giving the hairpin to the curvaceous hairpin, she praised again and again: "Niangniang is really fragrant, and any flower hairpin looks good!" ”

"It's very sweet. Since you came to my Guan Ju Palace, the palace has done everything you have told you to do very well, and I will reward you today, and you can pick your favorite among the pile of things on the table. "The objects on the table are all rewarded by the emperor today, and any one of them is a supreme honor!

"The slave didn't dare. These are all things that are within the scope of slaves and maids, how dare they invite rewards? Zimo hurriedly refused.

"If you want to pick, you will pick, and you will be considered to be a sympathetic palace person. If you don't pick it quickly, Liuli will come back and snatch it away you like later, but don't blame the palace for not giving you a chance. It's rare for a graceful person to joke with others, so Zimo is no longer reserved, and picked a gold silk plum pattern pendant obsidian drop necklace. Obsidian has a special material, and it is polished into an ink-colored droplet, which is very peculiar, and it matches the name of Zimo, so Zimo chose this without hesitation.

As soon as Zimo helped Li Qianxi get dressed up, Xiao Qizi came in to report that Xiang Guifei, Ru Concubine, Yun Concubine and several nobles came to say hello to Li Jingxi, and Li Qizi instructed Xiao Qizi to invite them in.

A group of clothes and temples flocked into the hall, and everyone spit auspicious congratulations in their mouths, but they didn't know how many of them were different. Li Jingxi didn't care whether they were true or fake, just give them all a seat.

"Congratulations to Concubine Zhuang, now this sentence 'Niangniang' is finally worthy of its name." Shao Feixu, the concubine of Qiutang Palace, took a pair of four-happiness Ruyi cloud pattern brocade forging shoes from the hand of the maid Furong and said: "This is the concubine's special filial piety." ”

Looking at Shao Feixu's flattering face, Shen Xiaoxiang couldn't help but sneer in her heart, but she didn't relent: "If the concubine said this, didn't Concubine Zhuang deserve the word 'Niangniang' before?" After speaking, he glanced at Shao Feixu contemptuously.

Shao Feixu is not of high background, and his talent is average, but he is well versed in the way of foxes, so that when he first entered the palace, he fascinated the emperor and stayed overnight, so he made many enemies in the harem. Shen Xiaoxiang entered the palace at the same time as her, and was snubbed by the emperor because of Shao Feixu's favor. It was only later that the emperor gradually faded to Shao Feixu, and Shen Xiaoxiang got a chance to breathe and be favored by the saint, plus Shen Xiaoxiang was famous, and his father Shen Zhong was the leader of the Sanpin Protector Army, so he finally jumped above Shao Feixu and became a noble concubine.