Chapter 28: Yongfu Palace
In Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother was lying on the soft couch and listened to Ruozhu replying beside her.
"Is this really your reaction?"
"Yes, when the slave and maid passed, the nobleman was throwing the cup, and he saw that Lan Concubine had just left...... The slave felt that there was a gap between the two sisters. ”
The Queen Mother seemed to have heard something interesting, and her closed eyes finally opened.
"Naturally, with such a big gap in whose identity and family background, isn't it a fool's dream to want to live in harmony in this palace."
Ruozhu should be lowered, remembering that the character handed over to Lu Xin by the Queen Mother at the beginning replied with some pandering: "After all, this Lu Chang is still around."
"If you can't do this well, then there is really no cure."
"The slave maid has never understood, shouldn't the queen mother be biased towards Lu Chang when it comes to family lineage, why did she turn her head to help Wang Guiren?"
In the fish tank on one side, two carp fought and splashed a puddle of water.
The Queen Mother glanced at the fish tank, got up and walked in front of her, and the little palace maid on the side hurriedly handed over the fish food.
"This man is like a fish, high and low. Some fish can enjoy happiness in mourning, and some can only live in the stinky ditch by the moat. But you say, if one day the mourning family takes the fish from the stinky ditch back and raises it for a while, and then throws it back, will it still be alive? ”
Yes, Wang Jun'er was born in a businessman and has always been looked down upon by these children of official families, so it is easy to meet a Li Shenlan who is sincere to her, but Li Shenlan forgets herself as soon as she is favored. Whoever it is, who can breathe this breath right now.
"The Queen Mother is wise."
"It's not that the mourning family is wise, it's that Concubine Lan is too stupid."
The Queen Mother stopped what she was doing and looked outside, "Count the days, and He'an will come back in two days." ”
"Yes, if the princess hadn't had some accident halfway, she would have been back for two days at this time."
"Did the peddler come out on trial?"
On the day Princess He'an returned to the palace, she met a stall selling baked cakes on the way and yelled for food. Who knew that after eating, he would have a stomach trouble after a while, and He'an was not young, so naturally he was not far away, and someone followed.
So a person went into the forest by the roadside, who expected that just after getting down and the mud was slippery, He An rolled directly down the grassy slope into the ditch. If it weren't for the people passing by who saw it and went down, I was afraid that it would be dangerous with He'an's physique.
"The peddler was tortured, but he still said that he didn't put anything in his face, and that there was no one to instruct him. The day of detention has also arrived, and the yamen sent people to ask for orders not to release them. ”
The Queen Mother glanced at Ruozhu, and the incomprehension in her eyes was obvious, obviously she didn't believe that this vendor was okay at all.
"What about Yunxiu's people?"
"The eldest princess's people checked it, and they didn't find any problems."
"Then let it go, but send someone to keep an eye on it, and if anyone touches the hawker, return immediately. Speaking of which, whoever saves He'an, the life-saving benefactor of the royal family always has to be rewarded heavily. ”
Ruozhu thought about it carefully when he heard this, and replied: "The eldest princess's person replied that it was a woman who was going to the national temple to burn incense, and it was true after checking the details. It's just that the woman refuses to explain her identity, but looking at the clothes, she is nothing more than a civilian. ”
The Queen Mother hummed lightly, and she couldn't hear any joy or anger.
"Youyunxiu is in the mourning house, but I'm not afraid that He'an will be injured, but Yunxiu's child ......"
Ruozhu naturally understood what the queen mother meant, since the eldest princess left the palace and opened the mansion, her power has become bigger and bigger. Although this person is in the National Temple, how much of her eyeliner is in this palace is that the emperor has completely checked and filled it.
"Fortunately, Yunxiu is a daughter's family, and she is good for He'an, if it's a boy, I'm afraid that the mourning family won't have a good time."
"The queen mother is tired, the eldest princess has grown up under your knees since she was a child, and she said that she came to raise her mother to win over her biological mother's feelings, and these people under the princess are nothing more than to protect herself."
At the gate of Yongfu Palace, a row of ** people led by them knelt there to face Li Shenlan and the others.
"The slave welcomes Concubine Lan to open the palace!"
Everyone's congratulations resounded in the sky, Li Shenlan was happy from the bottom of her heart, Yin Chen led Li Shenlan to stand at the place where she had just entered the palace gate, her eyes were full of pampering.
"I'll take you in and take a look, if there is anything you don't like, I'll let the Internal Affairs Office change it."
"Is it all arranged by the emperor?" Li Shenlan asked with a smile.
On the side, Xiao Dezi hurriedly came to the front to reply, speaking of which, Hou Zhong has been serving Yin Chen, and these things in the palace are all handled by Xiao Dezi.
"Back to Niangniang, there is no place up and down this Yongfu Palace that the emperor didn't worry about, and the whole palace is the emperor's intention to treat Niangniang."
Li Shenlan's heart has been immersed in honey, and when she heard this, she looked at Yin Chen with joy, if it weren't for the people around her, I was afraid that Li Shenlan would definitely kiss Yin Chen.
"Thank you."
"Let's go in and take a look."
The two walked into the main hall, and as soon as they entered, they were greeted by the refreshing aroma of the room. Li Shenlan recognized this taste, which was the aroma of lily of the valley.
The tables and chairs in the main hall are all made of mahogany soaked in sesame oil, and the surrounding decorative objects are decorated with glass. In the daytime, the sun shines in, and the light is far away, not to mention, it looks more like a glazed palace from a distance.
"It is rumored that there is a golden house to hide Jiaojiao, and now the emperor will replace this golden house with a glass house, will he also hide the concubines?"
Yin Chen scratched Li Shenlan's nose dotingly, hugged her and whispered:
"Lan Lan is mine, for fear that others will snatch it, so I naturally want to treasure your treasure."
Li Shenlan blushed, but ignored him, just broke free from her embrace and continued to look at the room.
I saw that the cloud top sandalwood in the dormitory was the beam, the crystal jade was the lamp, the pearl was the curtain, and the fan gold was the pillar base. The six-foot-wide agarwood bed is hung with a silk silk baoluo gauze tent, and the tent is embroidered with pearls and silver lily of the valley flowers, and the wind is moving, like falling clouds and mountains and phantom seas.
There was a green jade incense pillow on the couch, and the quilt was still spun from gold silk. There is a huge bright moon pearl hanging on the top of the treasure in the hall, shining brightly, like a bright moon.
"This is too extravagant, Ah Ci, didn't we say that we would save money to save the front-line war?"
As soon as she entered the main hall, Li Shenlan found luxury, but she didn't expect this bedroom to be even more extravagant, I'm afraid that even the queen's bedroom is not so exaggerated.
"I rarely bother to spend money so much, I just want to exchange you for a happy ......"
Yin Chen faced Li Shenlan, and when he said this, his face was even more aggrieved, who would have thought that the dignified king of the country would have the side of a child's family, which made Li Shenlan feel distressed.
"Ah Ci...... But this is too extravagant, I dare not live there. ”
"No one will say anything about you, if you dare to say it, I'll have her tongue cut out."
"Tyrant!"
Li Shenlan pretended to be angry and punched Yin Chen, and Yin Chen was just a joke about her daughter's coquettishness.
"Do you like it?"
"Hmmm......"
Li Shenlan blushed and lowered her head in response, although everything in this palace is extravagant, it all shows Yin Chen's intentions for herself.
Li Shenlan once said that she didn't like the strong smell of spices, so the whole palace room was full of lily of the valley flowers and fruits. It is fragrant but not greasy, and it is pleasant to smell.
"It's good to like it, as long as you like it, it's worth it."
"The queen mother knows about Concubine Lan's Yongfu Palace, and the concubine is said to be extravagant, comparable to the rumored golden house."
After Li Shenlan stayed in Yongfu Palace, the words about the decoration in the palace in the six palaces were passed on from one to ten. Needless to say, those concubines who are not favored all year round, just say that the hearts of the few new people who enter the palace are uncomfortable.
"Ke Chang said this, the emperor loves Concubine Lan, not to mention a room, it is three palaces and six courtyards, and it is not a matter of Concubine Lan as soon as she speaks?"
Shen Jieyu already had this grudge with Li Shenlan, and when she saw someone stirring up right and wrong, she naturally rushed to add fuel to the fire.
"Jieyu's words are true, who doesn't know that the emperor has been turning over the brand of Lan Concubine for a month."
It's no wonder that Lu Xin said this, since the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Li Shenlan has been sleeping in succession. Don't talk about these six palaces, who can't have a piece in their hearts.
"That's it, speaking of which, this Lan Concubine is good friends with Wang Guiren, so she didn't remind the emperor to come and see her sisters. This royal nobleman has been pregnant for a while, and the emperor has not been to listen to the bamboo palace once. ”
Ke Changzai has always been able to provoke trouble and never let it go, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the two have lost their feelings recently.
"It is naturally inconvenient for the concubine to wait for the emperor if she is pregnant, and it is also appropriate for Concubine Lan to be by the emperor's side."
Li Shenlan looked at Wang Jun'er and said a word, and her heart was uncomfortable. Now that they call themselves "mothers", this feeling is really in vain.
"Yongfu Palace was repaired by the emperor's order, if you have this time to chew your tongue, it is better to serve the emperor well, and you can coax the emperor to repair one for you one day."
Concubine Xiang couldn't get used to seeing these people's sour and vinegary faces, and she was even more polite when she spoke.
"Concubine Xiang said this, we want to serve the emperor, but we can't even see the emperor!"
"That's it!" The queen was also impatient to listen, and this was the case every morning and dusk for a while, and she couldn't wait to quarrel.
"It's noisy here every day, and my head hurts. Nothing to do sooner, don't have nothing to do every day! ”
Seeing that the queen lost her temper, everyone was silent and obediently got up and saluted and retired.
Since Wang Jun'er and Li Shenlan were separated, every time they dispersed, Li Shenlan would stay in Xia to chat with Concubine Xiang and the queen, and the three of them were also happy when they got together.
"A bunch of short-sighted women, I really don't know how to get into the palace."
As soon as the three of them walked into the inner room, Concubine Xiang sat down and ate breakfast.
"I obviously remember that every time you came to Changle Palace, you used some snacks, why do you still eat now."
"How can you fight without eating!"
"Nonsense, do you really think you're General Zhao?"
The queen looked at Concubine Xiang helplessly, and indeed smiled, and pulled Li Shenlan to sit down for dinner.
"By the way, I remember that a few days ago I said that Grandman He'an was coming, why hasn't it arrived at this time."
The queen still had food in her mouth, so she could only shake her head casually.
"Since the last time there was an accident on He'an Road, the eldest princess no longer explained the time of coming, in case anything happened again."
Concubine Xiang nodded thoughtfully, "This eldest princess is still as careful as ever. ”
"Niangniang, Hou Zhong's father-in-law is here."
The queen nodded, motioning for someone to come in. After a while, Hou Zhong walked in, but he was still holding the Dao Holy Decree in his hand.
The three of you, you look at me, I look at you, inexplicable.
"I've seen all the mothers, and the slave has come to pass on a ......"
The three of them got up and knelt in front of them, and they heard Hou Zhong's voice sounding above their heads:
"Feng, the heavenly carrier, the emperor's edict, said: Yongfu Palace's lord Li family, Shushen Huiya, Junming and solemn, Yizi Chunmao. Accept the holy command, obey my favor. Respect the holy oracle, Jin Feng Jieyu, admire this. ”
"Congratulations to Lan Jieyu."
The three of them were stunned, but Hou Zhong said another sentence before he took the order.
"The emperor is now dealing with political affairs, and Jieyu is not in a hurry to thank him."
After Hou Zhong left, Concubine Xiang sat there angrily and took another piece of glutinous cake.
"I really don't understand him anymore, can those people in Shen Lan's harem still let her go?"
The queen has been silent and has not spoken since the time of borrowing the decree, and Li Shenlan is also a little confused. From entering the palace to the present, it has been less than two months, and it has been too fast to rise from a noble person to Jieyu.
The three people at the table had their own thoughts, and Li Shenlan was about to leave but was stopped by Concubine Xiang from behind.
"You're not interesting enough, you haven't invited me to sit in Yongfu Palace for a few days."
"I'm afraid my sister won't come."
At the entrance of the palace, the guards stopped a carriage that had just driven by.
"The eldest princess's carriage can also be stopped by you people!"
In the carriage, Yin Jingya sat there with her eyes closed, not knowing what she was thinking, but He'an next to her couldn't sit still. Passing by the downtown along the way, the fragrance wafting in from the surrounding stalls provoked her to swallow saliva along the way.
"Auntie, why don't you let He'an eat it, He'an wants to eat that fried bun!"
"Have you forgotten why you returned to the palace so late?"
Ann pursed her lips and knew it was already when she heard the red cheers outside
When I arrived in front of the palace, I hurriedly opened the curtains and stretched out my head to look out.
"Auntie, do you say that my father's new favorite is good-looking?"
"Nature."
Where can anyone who can enter the palace have crooked melons and cracked dates?
"Will it be better looking than the emperor's mother?" In He'an's cognition, in addition to his mother and concubine, the queen is the most beautiful in this world.
"You'll know when you see it."
Yin Jingya sat there, remembering the scene where she went to see He'an's life-saving benefactor.
"Look at how you don't behave like an ordinary person."
At that time, the man told her that she was the aunt of the official family and didn't want to meet someone on a trip, but the man was slow and willful, and scratched his face because he soiled her dress. When she returned to the official house, she disliked her ugly face, so she abandoned herself.
"Is there such a wicked person?"
At that time, Yin Jingya thought it was incredible, but after people went to check, they found that the Qipin official family in Beijing had indeed abandoned her for the face of the concubine.
And the person who scratched her face was none other than the concubine who was now in the harem and was full of favor, Li Shenlan.
Besides, Li Shenlan led Concubine Xiang back to Yongfu Palace, and Concubine Xiang kept sighing from the moment she entered the palace.
"Huh! Even the floor is covered with white jade, and you won't feel cold even if you walk barefoot on it this summer! This emperor really paid a lot of money, no wonder those women were rambling there. ”
Li Shenlan sighed, saying that every time she used these decorations, she felt frightened.
After a round of visits, Concubine Xiang finally sat on the chair and became more honest. Thinking that Concubine Xiang would come, Li Shenlan had been preparing Kuding tea, and now she finally used it.
"It's hard for you to have it specially prepared."
Concubine Xiang said and took a sip of tea, the tea was really bitter. Originally, Li Shenlan wanted to try to accept it again, but every time she put it in her mouth, she couldn't stand it, and she still couldn't get used to drinking it.
"I really don't understand why my sister loves this tea so much."
Concubine Xiang smiled absently, she didn't know what to do. If it is said that it is too bitter in this palace, and the bitter has become sweet, wouldn't it be too hypocritical to say so.
"Don't talk about this, Shen Lan, you've been in the palace for a while, how do you think of the emperor?"
Unexpectedly, Concubine Xiang asked like this, Li Shenlan's hand putting the teacup paused, and then replied:
"The emperor is talented and gentle, and he treats me very well. My sister may not believe it, but when I see the emperor again, I still feel that all the beautiful words in this world are used to describe him. ”
Hearing this, Concubine Xiang's brows furrowed, she didn't know what Yin Chen meant, the old-fashioned plot and methods. But she knew that it didn't mean that Li Shenlan knew, and she couldn't help but remind Li Shenlan when she saw her like this.
"Shen Lan, I don't care about the rest, you just remember one thing, it is absolutely impossible to have no grace in this harem, but if you have grace, you must have an appropriate amount.
To the emperor, you can't be sincere! ”