"You don't have to dress up on purpose, as long as you don't be rude."

Chu Junlan looked at himself in the Western beauty mirror, chose a golden silk hairpin that matched his identity, inserted his sideburns, and chose a pair of jade bracelets with a good head to put on, took the light pink shawl handed by Zi Yan and walked outside.

"No one wants to see a young and beautiful girl overpowering them, especially at the age of Concubine Shu."

Zi Yuan and Zi Yan nodded in a teachable manner, and quickly kept up with Chu Junlan's pace.

Walk all the way through the neat bluestone bricks through the not very wide back alley, walk quickly through the hall to the garden, and pass through the two begonia gates to the front yard.

Chu Junlan saw from a distance that the ladies of the family had gathered outside the Yimen, and formed two groups with Princess Zhang and Princess Cai as the two centers.

Because Prince Gong inspected the border pass on behalf of the Son of Heaven and was not in Beijing, Xiao Xu never came back in the prince's army, so at this time, Xiao Yunpeng took Xiao Yunguang, Xiao Yuncheng and Xiao Yunfei on the other side.

Seeing Chu Junlan coming, all the ladies gradually stopped talking in a low voice, either generously or secretly and quietly looked at Chu Junlan.

When Xiao Yunpeng saw Chu Junlan, his eyes seemed to be lit with two flames, and he just stared at her, like a hungry beast that saw its weak prey, and couldn't wait to pounce on it and bite it.

Chu Junlan only couldn't see Xiao Yunpeng's ugly state, so he saluted Princess Zhang and Princess Cai before approaching, and then greeted Xiao Zilan, Xiao Ziqi, Xiao Zihui, and Xiao Zixin's four sisters-in-law.

Xiao Zilan's eyes squinted at the sky, turning a blind eye to Chu Junlan, Xiao Ziqi, Xiao Zihui and Xiao Zixin only bowed slightly when they saw this, and stepped aside, and did not whisper to each other.

Chu Junlan didn't care about this at all, but made Zi Yan and Zi Yuan's little faces red.

After a while, there were small servants outside the house who rushed in.

"Back to the words of the two princesses and masters, Concubine Shugui's Luan will be ready for tea again, please prepare properly."

Zhang Wang's smile stiffened.

Princess Cai elegantly straightened her long skirt and instructed everyone behind her: "Let's go, let's go all the way outside to greet you." ”

"Yes." The concubines, concubines, and servants should all be in unison.

Chu Junlan took Zi Yuan and Zi Yan to follow the team out and stood still on the side of the street that was sprinkled and cleaned.

In addition to the two concubines in Prince Gong's mansion, there were eighteen concubines, all of whom were at this time, Chu Junlan directly crossed them and stood behind Princess Cai and Princess Zhang, leaving the other girls behind.

Xiao Zilan was dissatisfied, but because she knew that Chu Junlan's approach was right, she could only pout and sulk.

At this time, there was a mixed sound of footsteps coming from far and near.

Everyone bowed their heads and stood according to the rules, and they did not say more.

I saw that at the corner of the street, a group of internal supervisors in round-necked sunflower shirts and female officials in purple jackets and red skirts each carried dust whisks and lanterns, and the sixth brother neatly hugged a luxurious brocade tassel and red wheeled car.

Behind the carriage, there were also twenty inner court guards armed with swords and halberds.

"The family of the courtiers and women's associations, welcome the concubine!"

Princess Zhang and Princess Cai saluted side by side.

The rest of the crowd knelt down with the two and saluted, saying "Ten thousand blessings."

The luxurious Zhu of the concubine slowly stopped in front of her, and the two female officials picked up the curtain cage left and right, and saw that the concubine was wearing a Yang red placket stand-up collar palace skirt, under the emerald green Shu brocade horse face skirt, green silk was high, and three pairs of six phoenix mouth beads were inserted on both sides of the golden hairpin.

"Excuse me." Concubine Shu waved her hand lazily, and the two gold-hollow slender armors on the ring finger and tail finger of her right hand flashed with a golden light.

Chu Junlan followed behind everyone and got up together, standing with his head bowed to the side.

Princess Cai and Princess Zhang stepped forward and served Concubine Shu into the mansion one left and one right.

Princess Cai affectionately held Concubine Shugui's arm and said with a smile: "Niangniang carefully under your feet, Niangniang, these are the daughters of the palace." ”

In addition to Xiao Zilan, Xiao Ziqi's concubines all looked at Princess Cai gratefully and took the opportunity to come forward to salute.

As concubines, they have to look at their mother-in-law's mood when they enter the palace every New Year's Day, and they can't help themselves if they show their faces in front of the heavenly family. Xiao Ziqi and Xiao Zihui have just passed the meeting, and the other is about to meet the new year, both of them have reached the age of discussing relatives, if they can get a compliment from the emperor's favorite concubine, it will also be of great benefit to their future relatives.

Concubine Shu Guifei naturally gave Princess Cai this face, stopped with a smile, her beautiful eyes swept over the four girls in the palace, and she said with a smile: "If it is really royal blood, the four girls are so well conditioned, so that the palace will like it at a glance." ”

Concubine Shu looked at Princess Zhang as she spoke, and said gently: "Thanks to Princess Zhang over the years, she has kept the palace in good order, and taught the children so well," took Princess Cai's hand and came closer, "This sister in this palace is young, and she has grown up pampered in the family, if she has done anything wrong, please ask Princess Zhang for more guidance." ”

Even if Princess Zhang felt flattered, she was also uneasy. Concubine Shu said this, as if she was roasting her on the fire, she didn't have much time to enter the palace on weekdays, and she was really uneasy to be praised by Concubine Shu this time.

"The concubine is ridiculously praised, the courtiers are blunt, thanks to Sister Cai's frequent mention, since Sister Cai came to the house, the big and small things in the house are also thanks to Sister Cai, otherwise the courtiers must be too busy."

Concubine Shu smiled and bowed, and Princess Cai held Concubine Shu's arm with both hands, and followed her in front of her proudly, and went straight to the front hall of the palace.

The inner eunuchs, female officials, and inner court guards naturally followed closely around Concubine Shugui, and Princess Zhang and the children and concubines of the palace were all left behind, and could only follow from a distance through the guard of honor.

Chu Junlan felt that it didn't matter, but Princess Zhang gritted her teeth with hatred, and barely maintained a smile on her face and stepped forward.

Coming to the front hall, Concubine Shu sat in the first place, and everyone saluted again.

Concubine Shu smiled and asked everyone to stand or sit according to their identities, and then their eyes fell on Wang Fu Erlang.

The beautiful eyes swept over Xiao Yunpeng, Xiao Yunguang, Xiao Yuncheng and Xiao Yunfei, and finally landed on the eldest Xiao Yunpeng.

"This is the second son, right? It's really a talent. ”

Although Concubine Shu is close to the age of confusion, she is well-maintained, her makeup is exquisite, her figure is plump, and she has a charm that ordinary girls do not have. After hearing Concubine Shu mention herself, she blinked before she came back to her senses and hurriedly saluted.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Concubine Shu smiled slightly, picked up the blue and white bowl of carp and lotus, twisted her orchid fingers with the gold hollow armor, and brushed off the foam on the surface with the bowl lid.

"It's just that this palace thinks that the second prince should also be like Ling Zun, learn more from his predecessors, study poetry and books hard, learn martial arts diligently, and work hard to serve the court.