The master and servant were talking and laughing, and a maid walked in outside the door, she bowed and said, "Princess Qiyu, the emperor sent someone to send a message to let you go to the Longfu Palace for dinner."

"Well, got it, you go down."

"Yes," the maid respectfully stepped back again. Just as Dongping tied her waist rope for her, Zong Zhengjin said while fiddling with her sleeves: "Let's go, don't let my father wait for a long time." Although I don't know why my father asked her to eat, it's not really as simple as just asking her to have breakfast.

When he came to the Longfu Palace, Gonggong Li was already waiting at the gate of the hall. "See Princess Jinyang", Gonggong Li bowed slowly, Zong Zhengjin stepped forward and helped him, and said softly: "Let my father-in-law wait at the door so early, Jinyang really can't help it."

"Hey, the princess has tormented the old slave, the emperor is waiting inside, princess, please come in." Gonggong Li smiled and asked her to go inside. The princess was so polite to him just now, which made his heart very warm, thinking that this Princess Jinyang was the same as Shen Guifei back then, she was a good master with a kind heart, no wonder the emperor loved her so much!

As soon as she entered the hall, Zong Zhengjin saw that her father, the emperor, was already sitting at the table, and the table was full of food.

"Jinyang pays a visit to his father."

"No courtesy," Zong Zhenghao stepped forward to help her up and led her to her seat, "Come, these foods are specially made by the imperial chef, including your favorite sweet porridge with fish fillets, and plum blossom cake, you can try it." ”

Looking at his favorite food in front of him, Zong Zhengjin's heart warmed, after so many years, his father still remembered his preferences, if he was not the emperor, then he would definitely be a good father.

"Father Xie", Zong Zhengjin took a few bites of the porridge, and sure enough, it was still the taste she was familiar with. Seeing that she ate so deliciously, Zong Zhenghao smiled with satisfaction.

After the two finished breakfast, Zong Zhenghao finally couldn't help but speak, and he said half-jokingly: "Ah Jin, now that you are seventeen years old, your eldest sister has become a family, and you should also discuss marriage."

"Father......" Zong Zhengjin's heart trembled suddenly, does his father want her to get married? Although she knew that her marriage was decided by the royal family, she didn't expect to mention it as soon as she returned to the palace. That's right, she is seventeen years old, and a woman can marry at the age of fifteen, and as a royal princess, she has already reached the age of marriage, but ......

Zong Zhenghao saw that her face was not very good, thinking that she was worried that the husband she found for her was not good, and hurriedly said: "Ah Jin, don't worry, my father will never arbitrarily set your marriage, and will definitely find you the best man in the world, so that you can be worthy of my precious daughter."

"Father Xie", Zong Zhengjin smiled shyly on his face, but his heart was full of depression, the best man? In her eyes, I'm afraid that no one can compare with him.

"Hey, by the way, Ah Jin, last time you said that I would enter the harem and pretend to pet the palace concubine, I have already agreed, but I haven't thought about which concubine to find first?"

Zong Zhenghao's words pulled her out of her thoughts, only to see her smile and say in a sweet voice: "Father, there is a candidate for sons."

"Oh? Tell me about it. ”

"The eldest sister was happy with her son a few days ago, and you got another golden grandson, presumably Concubine He must be very happy, shouldn't you go and see her?" Seeing Zong Zhengjin's cunning eyes, Zong Zhenghao understood and scolded with a smile: "You bad girl, you want to make Concubine Xu and Concubine He turn against each other."

"Father, my son didn't say that." Zong Zhengjin's innocent expression amused Zong Zhenghao and made him laugh. Zong Zhengjin also covered his lips and laughed, and the chill in his eyes flashed: Imperial Concubine, Concubine He, aren't you two on a good relationship? Well, I'm going to see if you can be in the same boat this time!

The next day, before Zong Zhengjin woke up, the harem had already exploded. Since three years ago, the emperor on the grounds of physical discomfort, the harem has not been summoned by the emperor for three years, but just last night, the emperor actually went to Qingyuan Palace to summon Concubine He, and early this morning he gave a high-profile reward of many treasures, this news made the harem that had been silent for many years boil again.

For Concubine He, everyone is both envious and jealous, the emperor returned to the harem, the first to be favored was the concubine who had no appearance at all, although it was because the eldest princess gave birth to a child, the emperor went to visit Concubine He, but everyone was still unwilling. But since the emperor has returned to the harem, their opportunity has come. Since then, the harem has resumed the days of competing for favors.

Golden Feather Palace.

"Bang!" A fine white porcelain vase was smashed to the ground, and in an instant, shards flew to the ground.

"Slut," Xu Yingrong was furious in her heart, her face was full of unwillingness, the emperor returned to the harem, and the first one to be favored was Concubine He, "On weekdays, I obey the orders of the palace, and I actually seduce the emperor behind my back, what a concubine, you are Zhang Yahe!"

"Niangniang, that kind of person is not worthy of your anger, how can a little concubine be your opponent?" The palace maid Qiyu poured her a cup of tea while comforting, Xu Yingrong reached out and took a few sips, her expression eased slightly, but her chest was still clogged.

Not to be outdone, Qiao Xiang stepped forward and said respectfully: "Niangniang, now that the emperor is about to return to the harem, are you still afraid that you won't be able to charm the emperor with her appearance?" When the time comes, with a little effort, this queen's throne is not yours yet!"

What she said this time was very much to Xu Yingrong's heart, but Xu Yingrong glanced at her and said arrogantly: "Do you still need to say this?" Who else is qualified to sit on the queen's throne except the main palace! What if Zhang Yahe was the first to be pampered? The final winner of this is not Hongu!"

"Congratulations, Niangniang!" The two knelt down in unison at the right time, and after hearing this, Xu Yingrong's expression became even more proud, as if she was already the queen.

"By the way, I'll send someone to invite King Jing into the palace later, this kid hasn't been in the palace for a few days, and I don't know what he's doing?" The thought of her clever and capable son filled her face with pride. Now the dynasty's praise for King Jing is endless, saying that he is benevolent, witty and resolute, both civil and military, compared to the cynical King Min is much better, in her opinion, this prince is none other than hers. Now that Jing'er is seventeen years old, it is time to discuss marriage, and if he can find a princess with an excellent family background for him, it will be like a tiger with wings. Thinking of this, the calculation in Xu Yingrong's eyes was fully revealed, and she was going to quickly choose a good princess for her son.

......

"Princess, you don't know that this harem has exploded this morning!" Nan Su described everything she had heard in the morning on the sidelines, and her expression was as excited as if she was the one who had been lucky last night.

Zhao Qing was silently curling her hair behind Zong Zhengjin, looking a little unhappy. "This harem will be lively in the future", Zong Zhengjin smiled lightly, and then instructed Nan Xu: "By the way, Nan Xu, you go and tell Dongping that I want to eat Sixi Balls."

"Oh, okay." After getting the order, Nan Xu immediately put down what he was doing and ran out in a puff of smoke.

Zong Zhengjin looked at Zhao Qing in the mirror and asked softly, "Xiaoqing, are you unhappy?"

Zhao Qing was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, the slave is not unhappy."

Zong Zhengjin immediately turned around and stared at her: "You and I have been a master and servant for many years, don't I know you yet?" Are you unhappy because your father is happy with Concubine He?"

"I ......" was seen by Zong Zhengjin, and the grievances in Zhao Qing's heart immediately came up, and she said in a slightly complaining voice: "Princess, why is the emperor fortunate to be the palace concubine again?" The slave maid is sad for Shen Niangniang, has the emperor forgotten Shen Niangniang?"

Hearing her answer, Zong Zhengjin's heart warmed, it turned out that Zhao Qing was actually fighting for her mother, it's really good, and some people remember her mother. Zong Zhengjin looked at her with a smile and said; "Silly girl, I actually asked my father to do this."

"What? Princess, you ....." Zhao Qing's eyes widened, she didn't understand why the princess did this.

"The harem is too calm, and it is much more difficult to deal with Concubine Xu. Now that the father and emperor are back in the harem, the palace concubines will definitely try their best to compete for favor, and Concubine Xu will not be outdone, and it will be much easier to find her fault when the time comes. But don't worry, my father is not really favored, just for show. ”

Hearing such an explanation, Zhao Qing immediately understood, and she snorted lightly: "So that's the case, the slave maid is worried about death."

"Silly girl, can't you trust me?"

"Of course the slave believes in the princess, but the emperor pretends to favor the palace concubine, is this really no problem?" Zhao Qing is not stupid, she understands what the princess means, but the emperor's fake favor is not a long-term solution.

"I won't see through it," Zong Zhengjin smiled confidently, "For the women of the harem, it is already a great honor for the emperor to go to their bedroom, enough for them to show off in the palace, who would be stupid to say whether the emperor favored them or not." ”

"Yes, yes." Zhao Qing nodded, the princess was right, these women have always been like this.

"Let's go, it's time to eat." Seeing that the bun had been combed, Zong Zhengjin got up and walked to the outer hall, Zhao Qing untied the knot in his heart and happily followed.

.....

Since that night, the emperor has summoned the concubine almost every night, in addition to the imperial concubine, the concubine, and other concubines, there are also concubines of all sizes, quite a trend of rain and dew. It's just that the most favored is Concubine He, who has been favored for more than ten days, and the emperor even named her a virtuous concubine three days ago, and the harem is called Concubine Zhang Xian. Looking at this formation, it seems that it is about to be equal with the imperial concubine. And Concubine Zhang Xian, who was favored by the Holy Grace, was probably also carried away by happiness, she no longer followed behind the imperial concubine as before, but gradually parted ways with her, faintly forming a confrontational situation.

When the harem was competing for favor and beauty, the former dynasty was not willing to be lonely. Yesterday, the national teacher Yi Chu presented a report on the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate Lin Hongzhi bending the law for personal gain and oppressing the people, and at the same time, there were also many officials mentioned Lin Hongzhi's illegal behavior, the emperor was furious, and Lin Hongzhi was dismissed and sent to prison, waiting for the verdict.

Xu Xiang lost a strong arm, he was angry with a splitting headache, and Concubine Zhang Xian in the harem was favored, and the Zhang family gradually got out of his control, and now he is more and more worried.