Chapter 132: Concubine Tong makes a comeback
Unconsciously, the time has entered May, and it has come to Kangxi's Halloween, and it is still that set of cumbersome and complicated processes, from morning to night, Shu Wan is already so tired that she is about to collapse.
But she still has to laugh, laugh until her face is stiff or laugh, in the evening, Shu Wan first used a hot egg to compress her already stiff face, and when she goes to the banquet, she has to continue laughing.
Then he put on a new dress, a round-necked royal blue embroidered auspicious cloud flag suit, hung a lotus-red embroidered sachet of eternal wishes, combed a small two-handful head, the ears were mutton fat jade earrings, and the white hand was as white as a green onion wearing a silk marble ring.
was originally a unique beauty in the world, usually she is simple and casual, but now this thick and colorful dress is dazzling, and she is a little afraid to let people look at it directly.
Shu Wan has already become immune to her face, and turned around in the mirror, thinking that it is good, she also likes to wear more gaudy clothes, it seems that people's taste in clothes will change over time.
asked people to hug two brothers, who were also full of joy, and took people to the banquet.
As soon as Shu Wan entered, she attracted all the eyes, and everyone bit the veil and complained about God's injustice, especially when they saw the two little brothers behind her, the anger almost ignited the air on the scene.
Shu Wan always smiled, ignoring the envy, jealousy and hatred around her, quietly walked to her seat, and before Kangxi came, she picked up the wine glass and drank it shallowly, and unconsciously began to think back to the past year, thinking about it is really emotional.
Looking at the palace concubines who had their own thoughts, I remembered that the arrogant and domineering concubine had turned into white bones, and now sitting on the seat of the concubine was the new concubine Wu Ya, and Xiao Guo's family also lost the arrogance of not being afraid of the sky and the earth when she first entered the palace, and became restrained, as well as the concubine who was grounded by Kangxi and was only released now, although she has suffered a lot of losses, but the ambition in her eyes is still burning.
Even she herself has become a jade concubine with two little brothers, and the only one who remains the same is probably Kangxi, who sits on the highest seat.
The longer she stays in this palace, the more Shu Wan feels that her heart is like the sea, her grace is like a cloud, and many old faces from the past have completely disappeared in the cannibalistic harem, and of course, many fresh faces have been added.
Soon Kangxi entered the banquet, the banquet began, Concubine Hui did not have a leg injury, but still came to the banquet with her body bold, Kangxi also specially ordered the imperial dining room to make some light food and bone broth for Concubine Hui, which naturally aroused the envy of everyone.
Shu Wan poured herself a drink, and from time to time she served Battelle and Folle fruit vegetables, not caring at all that her every move had been noticed by others.
Kangxi, who had been talking cordially with the Empress Dowager and others above, looked at the situation here quietly, and saw that Shu Wan had already drunk a little too much, so he quickly ordered someone to secretly replace the wine she wanted with sugarcane water chestnut.
Feeling that the taste of 'wine' was wrong, Shu Wanxiu raised her eyebrows and looked at the little palace maid who poured wine for her, and the little palace maid could only tell the truth in a panic.
Shu Wan glanced at Kangxi, and saw that Kangxi was flirting with Concubine Hui, sighed helplessly, and said, "Forget it, put the pot here, you go first." ”
Shu Wan waved her hand and let go of the little palace maid, what is the meaning of this kind of sweet drink, how can there be a wine that is comfortable to drink.
Kangxi's Wanshou Festival is naturally a very important festival, and all the palace concubines will participate, even Concubine Tong Guifei, who has been grounded.
In fact, as early as the beginning of Concubine Tong Guifei's grounding, her father Tong Guowei jointly signed an excerpt with the other three ministers to ask Kangxi to open up the net, but Kangxi was angry at that time, so he naturally did not agree to this excerpt, but directly refuted it.
Now that Concubine Tong Guifei has been grounded for nearly a year, the resentment in Kangxi's heart towards Concubine Tong's use of aphrodisiac drugs that indirectly led to the death of the little brother has been alleviated a little, and those beautiful feelings in the past have resurfaced on the eve of this year's Halloween.
Concubine Tong's dress tonight is not luxurious, but it is enough to show her dignity as a concubine, what makes Shu Wan most curious is that Concubine Tong has a wooden hairpin on her head in addition to the usual pearl cui, although the hairpin is also very exquisite, but wearing a wooden hairpin on this occasion, is it a bit too low-key?
What made her even more curious was that as soon as she saw the wooden hairpin on Concubine Tong's head, Kangxi's eyes immediately changed.
Shu Wan picked up the pastry and took a bite, and a battelle who was sitting obediently next to her fed it, okay, it seems that the wooden hairpin has an unusual meaning to both Concubine Tong and Kangxi.
Kangxi was naturally impressed by the wooden hairpin, which was the ebony hairpin he made with his own hands and gave to Eniang, who was seriously ill at that time, and it was also engraved with Baifu, and every stroke condensed his best wishes to Eniang, but he didn't expect Eniang to give this hairpin to Concubine Tong.
Concubine Tong naturally knows the significance of this hairpin to Kangxi, which is also her life-saving charm and killer feature.
After not seeing Concubine Tong for many days, Kangxi felt that Concubine Tong seemed to have lost a little weight, and this thinness reminded him of the appearance of Eniang when she was seriously ill, and he unconsciously softened his heart a little.
stepped forward and took Concubine Tong's hand and helped her to the seat next to him.
"Your Majesty..."
Concubine Tong has not seen Kangxi for many days, and now that she sees such a gentle Kangxi, her voice can't help choking.
Kangxi patted Concubine Tong's hand, "This is my good day, don't think about those bad things anymore, let him pass the past." ”
Concubine Tong knew that Kangxi had forgiven her, and a wave of joy instantly appeared between her eyebrows, and she nodded lightly.
Shu Wan saw the interaction between the two clearly on the side, she was not jealous of Concubine Tong's resurgence, but became curious about the hairpin, what is so precious about that hairpin that that Kangxi can forgive Concubine Tong who made a big mistake?
It's really strange, strange, what is the name of that hairpin?
Shu Wan was thinking about it while taking a small bite of the pastries on the table, and at this time, the concubine who was already familiar with her came up to her and said, "Niangniang, don't just eat the bean paste cake, but also taste this lamb liver soup." ”
The corners of Shu Wan's mouth twitched, this lamb liver soup looked bloody, it didn't look very delicious, and the word lamb liver in the name made her dare not try it.
However, the hot eyes of the concubine on the side really made it difficult for her to refuse, so she could only take a bite with her head stubborn, but found that the taste was surprisingly good, not the smell and fishy smell she imagined, but salty, a bit like the feeling of tofu brain, and it tasted tender and smooth.
"It's really good."
Seeing Shu Wan's approval, Concubine Duan immediately said proudly: "This is the concubine's favorite dish, and the taste is naturally not bad." ”
"I see."
In this way, the two exchanged ideas about the pastries in the palace and the delicacies they had eaten, and later, even the always dignified concubines joined in, and a few people next to them also came over when they saw what they said.
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When she returned to the Hidden Pavilion, Shu Wan went to the side hall with the sleeping Furguo and the sleepy Bartel who couldn't open her eyes.
After cleaning up after herself, it was already three o'clock, Shu Wan was lying on the bed, her mind became a little drowsy because of drinking, but her consciousness was still clear.
After tonight, even if Concubine Tong officially makes a comeback, I don't know what the first thing to do after Concubine Tong's comeback will be done, will she take back the palace power? And what's going on with the hairpin on Concubine Tong's head?
Thinking about it like this, Shu Wan finally couldn't help but fall asleep.