Chapter 49: Before the Feast
"Your Majesty." The shopkeeper Wang was very excited at this time, he didn't expect that he would be able to see the real person of his master in his lifetime.
"Is business still safe?" Li Yiqian asked casually.
"According to the emperor's orders, everything is going well, and no one dares to make trouble in Meixianglou." Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Wang is still a little proud in his heart.
"That's good, what's going on with that guy just now?"
"He was a merchant in the Eagle Country, and he traveled between the two countries to do some business, and there were often people like this in the building to eat. Today, I guess it's a little dissatisfied to see you come in directly, so you don't have to take it to heart. The king's treasurer replied respectfully.
"Let's eat."
"Yes." After speaking, the shopkeeper Wang walked out quickly.
"Does the shopkeeper know your identity?" He hadn't spoken since he came in, and when he saw the shopkeeper Wang walking out, Lin Yaxin finally couldn't help but ask.
"He's a subordinate of the Dragon Emperor." Li Yiqian did not answer her question, and directly said the identity of the shopkeeper Wang.
Lin Yaxin's eyes widened in surprise.
"You're amazing!"
"Don't be so surprised. There are two groups of people under my command, one is like the existence of the Dark Guard, and Hua Yi leads them. There are also some of them who were separated later, they have some special talents, and they were released by me to expand their power, and most of them were contacted by Wen Lin. ”
Looking at Lin Yaxin's surprised appearance, Li Yiqian was a little proud. There is nothing more satisfying than having a loved one for your accomplishments.
"I said I would protect you, but if I don't have enough strength, how can I protect you?"
"You're so nice! I am hungry. ”
Listening to Lin Yaxin's last sentence still praising him, and the next sentence turned into hunger, Li Yiqian felt that the green tendons on his forehead were beating very happily. But still comfort her, who made her the one she loved?
"Bear with me, they've already cooked the meal, and they'll be able to eat it soon."
"Okay. I'll be sure to eat more later! Lin Yaxin decided to eat her own dinner, after all, it was a palace banquet at night, and she must not be able to eat steadily.
"It's all up to you, as long as you don't eat it, it's fine."
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After lunch, Li Yiqian took Lin Yaxin around the street and returned to the palace.
After returning to the palace, Lin Yaxin cleaned up as she did last time and was sent back to Yuquan Palace by Mu Xiu.
"Mother, you're finally back!" As soon as he entered the door, Lin Yaxin heard Zixing's voice.
"You girl, why are you getting more and more frizzy." Lin Yaxin sighed helplessly.
"Why! Mama Lu obviously said that the slave is very good. Zixing looked at Lin Yaxin with some grievances.
"Okay, I know we're the best in Purple Star."
"Hehe, let's go change your clothes. It's time to start preparing for the dinner, or it's too late. ”
"Okay."
When Lin Yaxin entered, she found that Mama Lu and Xiaoxi were already waiting for her in the inner hall.
"Mother."
"Mama doesn't have to be polite." Lin Yaxin helped Mama Lu up.
"What's going on in the palace today?" Lin Yaxin looked at Xiaoxi.
"Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and all the palaces are busy with the palace banquet, how can there be any effort to stare at our Yuquan Palace. The slave maid heard that the concubine and the concubine had spent a lot of effort to prepare, wanting to win the emperor's favor at the palace banquet! Xiaoxi told Lin Yaxin the news he received.
"Niangniang don't worry, as long as the emperor's heart is here, no matter how much they think about it, it's useless." After listening to Xiaoxi's words, she was afraid that Lin Yaxin would think too much during pregnancy, so Mama Lu also made a special statement to comfort Lin Yaxin.
"It's okay, this palace believes in the emperor." got Li Yiqian's complete trust, but Lin Yaxin didn't care about this.
"I'm afraid that they are pregnant in this palace, and they have an idea in their hearts." Lin Yaxin easily guessed what those people were thinking.
Li Yiqian has always been fond of her, and now that she is pregnant, she naturally can't serve Li Yiqian. And Li Yiqian is the emperor, and he is in his prime, how can he wronged himself for a palace concubine, this is their opportunity, as long as they can seize this opportunity, they may not become the second Lin Yaxin.
Even if she can't be as favored as her, it would be great if she could conceive the imperial heir.
There are even some palace maids who feel that they are good-looking, and they are also desperately looking for a way out, thinking that if they can take a look at the emperor, maybe they can also become concubines, and wealth and glory will be at their fingertips. Isn't Blue Rain a role model!
"What does the master want to wear to the palace banquet at night, and the slave and maid will prepare it." Xiaoxi looked at Lin Yaxin a little distracted, and couldn't help asking.
"At night, just leave it to Mama to arrange, this palace doesn't understand!" Lin Yaxin said confidently.
Xiaoxi looked at Mama Lu.
These days, Mama Lu also knows what kind of master she is with. Hearing that she didn't understand that she was still so confident, she couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
"Rest assured, the old slave will arrange it."
"Hee-hee, I know that Mama is the best!" Lin Yaxin smiled happily.
Lin Yaxin has become more and more lazy since she became pregnant, and she doesn't want to care about these meaningless things. So when others racked their brains to make herself brilliant, she let go of all these things and handed them over to Mama Lu to arrange. Anyway, Mama Lu must know how to dress up herself is the most suitable, so she doesn't bother with that god.
Seeing Mama Lu arranging everything in an orderly manner, Lin Yaxin felt that Li Yiqian had made an extremely wise decision before.
As if sensing Lin Yaxin's gaze, Mama Lu looked over and smiled at her, and then turned around and told something.
After a while, Mama Lu walked over.
"Niangniang is pregnant now, so it is not advisable to dress too much. And the emperor and Niangniang have the same heart, so naturally they don't need to rely on clothes to add affection, so Niangniang only needs to dress up without being rude. ”
Lin Yaxin nodded hurriedly after hearing this. What she hates the most is to wear those cumbersome clothes, and after listening to Mama Lu's words, she was very satisfied.
Seeing that the hour was almost up, Lin Yaxin took Mama Lu and Ziyue out of the house. Purple Star and Konishi stayed behind to "watch the house".
Smelling the fragrance in his nose and thinking about what Mu Xiu said when he sent the sachet over half an hour ago, Lin Yaxin felt very sweet in her heart.
It turned out that half an hour ago, when everyone in Yuquan Palace was preparing for Lin Yaxin's going out at night, Mu Xiu was ordered by Li Yiqian to send Lin Yaxin a sachet, saying that it was researched by Wang Gu and could temporarily relieve morning sickness. As soon as it was ready, I sent it to her, lest she would feel uncomfortable smelling those dishes at the palace banquet.
"If you don't like it later, you can eat less, and the slave will come back and make you some refreshing and delicious side dishes." Mama Lu was afraid that Lin Yaxin would not eat well, so she specially told her in her ear.
"Hongu knows, thank you, Mama." Lin Yaxin is sincerely grateful to Mama Lu, if it weren't for her, she might have suffered even more because of morning sickness.
"It is content to see the mother and the child in peace, and the slave and maid."
By the time they arrived at the Changxing Temple, there were already quite a few people inside. Most of them are low-ranking palace concubines and palace people, in addition to Xu Qian and Wang Jinyun.
After everyone saluted, Lin Yaxin sat down next to Wang Jinyun. You must know that at the palace banquet, if there are no special circumstances, they are all seated according to their respective positions, and they can be free to do so between the same ranks. However, under normal circumstances, they sit forward, after all, they will be closer to Li Yiqian.
And Lin Yaxin is in the position of Zhaoyi, the head of the nine concubines, and it is not inappropriate to sit in the position next to the concubine. Wang Jinyun Xu had already had the idea of talking to her, and sat directly at the bottom of the concubine seat.
Xu Qian sat next to Lin Yaxin, and after a salute, she sat down and said something to the palace maid behind her.
Xu Qian's behavior did not attract Lin Yaxin's attention, her father was an official of the Ministry of Etiquette, so naturally he couldn't fault it in terms of etiquette.
"You're here." Without waiting for Lin Yaxin to sit down, Wang Jinyun couldn't wait to talk to her.
"Why did Sister Yun come here so early today?" Lin Yaxin was a little puzzled, most of the people who came at this point in time were people under the concubine position, and the concubines generally came very late, in order to show their status.
"You don't know me yet, those things don't work for me. I didn't think you were coming, so I came over and sat and waited for you. Wang Jinyun said a little boringly.
"You can be careful today, it's not easy to find out if there is a problem at the palace banquet, and it is possible for them to do it. What's more, these are all arranged by Concubine Xian, and if there is a bad pool, it just gives them a chance. Wang Jinyun was not at ease, and told her not to eat this, not to eat that.
"Knowing that sister, there are grandma and Ziyue here, you can rest assured." Lin Yaxin knew that she cared about herself, and she was not impatient.
Wang Jinyun often goes to Yuquan Palace, so naturally he also knows that Li Yiqian sent someone to Lin Yaxin. He nodded at the two of them.
"After the palace banquet, why don't you go to Yuquan Palace with me to sit down? I asked them to prepare a lot of zongzi! Lin Yaxin made an enthusiastic proposal.
"Are you sure you can take care of me after the palace banquet?" Wang Jinyun glanced at her a little ambiguously.
Looking at Wang Jinyun's eyes, Lin Yaxin felt uncomfortable.
"Of course! Even if my sister comes, I will definitely talk to my sister well. Lin Yaxin pretended to answer calmly.
"Forget it, I don't want to be thrown out by someone." Wang Jinyun felt that she should not disturb Xin'er and Li Yiqian alone, otherwise the black-hearted person would definitely take revenge on her.
While the two were chatting, Lan Yu walked over.
"What are Xin Zhaoyi and Concubine Shu talking about, so happy. The concubines also want to be together. ”
Lan Yu is the same as Lin Yaxin today, wearing a blue dress, but compared to Lin Yaxin's comfort and simplicity, Lan Yu's clothes are more cumbersome, and there are more accessories on his head.
"What's wrong with Blue Beauty?" Wang Jinyun has always disliked Lan Yu, so he asked first.
"The concubine is bored, and seeing the two sisters chatting so happily, I thought about having fun." Lan Yu didn't seem to hear the alienation in Wang Jinyun's words, and replied with a smile.
"This palace is not very familiar with the blue beauty, I don't know if you want to talk to us?" Wang Jinyun didn't give Lan Yu any face, and directly expressed his dislike for her.