It's almost time, and Concubine Guifei and Concubine Ning didn't appear.

After Bao Yuan had already brought Bai Ling to Niangniang's seat, there was Chunming Lake in front of here, and there was a stage on the other side of the lake, but the curtain was not lit up.

Although Bao Yuan has seen through the autumn water, there is still only a quiet night at the intersection in the direction of Chengqian Palace, and there is not a single moving light on the road.

Bai Ling suddenly bumped into Bao Yuan's arm.

"What's wrong?" Bao Yuan's eyes looked intently into the distance.

"Why do I feel that these clothes of some concubines are a bit ...... Odd. Bai Ling's voice was a little uncertain, "The regular dress is not like the regular dress, and the dress is not like the dress......"

Except for the woman I saw by the lake with wide water sleeves, many of the women here wore shirts with narrow sleeves, and even a few girls wore very beautiful sleeve ties.

And the skirts on the lower half of their bodies have obviously been cut, unlike the dresses that Bai Ling has seen in the past, and the skirts are fluttering, highlighting a certain capable and concise style.

Yet the materials used in these dresses looked superb, silk and shawls as thin as cicada's wings glittered in the light—no clothes that were truly sleek and simple would use such indestructible fabrics.

This contradiction made Bai feel a little weird.

Bao Yuan laughed, "I don't understand, this is an improved riding and archery uniform." ”

"Mounted archery...... Mufti? Bai Ling's eyes were even more puzzled, "There are still those who change their riding and archery uniforms to normal uniforms?" ”

"It's all the leftovers that our mother played with a few years ago." Bao Yuan's face was a little disdainful and proud, "Niangniang used to like to ride horses, but every time she had to change several clothes, she felt troublesome, so she groped for herself to change a robe, which was beautiful and majestic, and the emperor liked it very much." ”

"Oh." Bai Ling nodded, "Then I understand." ”

Bao Yuan sighed, looked up at the sky from time to time, and the anxiety on her face was overflowing, "Niangniang won't change his mind again, right?" ”

"Sister, don't worry, didn't the emperor come either?" Bai Ling spoke softly.

However, before the words fell, Qiu Shi's voice that pierced through the sky came from the southwest corner of the Imperial Garden.

"The emperor drove to ——!"

The whispers in the sky over the entire Imperial Garden stopped for a while.

I saw a team surrounded by orange lanterns slowly walking towards this side. In front of the solemn face of the guard, behind the palace people with a humble expression, Emperor Jianxi looked indifferent, with a bit of a smile in the middle, holding Qiu Shi's arm on the side.

It looks like Emperor Jianxi is in a good mood tonight.

Bai Ling pinched his fingers and calculated.

This year is the forty-fifth year of Jianxi, Emperor Jianxi ascended the throne at a young age and ascended the throne at the age of seven, so now he should be fifty-two years old. But looking closely at the emperor not far away, Bai Ling thought that he looked like he was in his early forties at most......

Where the emperor passed, there was a continuous soft greeting, and Emperor Jianxi's gaze scribbled over the faces of these women, and many of them only seemed familiar, and he didn't have much impression.

Occasionally, there were a few good-looking ones who would stop and say a word or two, and the girls' faces would be visible to the naked eye even in the light - and then their names would be recorded one by one by the palace people behind Emperor Jianxi.

What this means, naturally, does not need to be said.

Suddenly, Emperor Jianxi stopped, his eyes passed through the concubines on the corridor, and landed on the stone pier at the end of the corridor.

A little smile suddenly appeared in his eyes, and then he walked straight in that direction, and the women along the way all looked at Emperor Jianxi's gaze with some curiosity.

Lin Jieyu at the end was holding a fan and was already smiling faintly.

She didn't even get up from the stone pier of the cloister, but lowered her head a little shyly, and it wasn't until Emperor Jianxi's footsteps entered her falling field of vision that she slowly raised her head and greeted her with a look of joy and admiration.

"It's rare to see you wearing a straight red dress." Emperor Jianxi stretched out his hand to Lin Jieyu, "It's actually very suitable." ”

There was a lot of discussion floating around.

Lin Jieyu was in the midst of this discussion, and handed her hand to Emperor Jianxi with a smile.

Bai Ling watched this scene from a distance, although she couldn't hear what the two were saying at all, but from the expressions of Emperor Jianxi and the woman, as well as the ugly faces of the concubines around her, she did understand something that was happening.

"Sister Baoyuan, look over there." Bai Ling tugged at the sleeve of Bao Mandarin again, "The woman I just said is there—"

Bai Ling pulled for a long time, and did not see Bao Yuan's answer, she turned her head a little strangely, but saw that Bao Yuan's face was pale, and her mouth was slightly open because of shock.

Then the face slowly turned red, and the anger in Bao Yuan's eyes almost erupted.

"What's wrong?" Bai Ling gently held Bao Yuan's wrist.

"She-" Bao Yuan gritted her teeth, and her voice almost came out of her throat, "how is she dressed in her mother's clothes!" ”

Bai Ling was stunned, "Who?" ”

"Lin Jieyu!" Bao Yuan replied excitedly, "She is Lin Jieyu!" ”

Bai Ling suddenly realized.

She looked over again, Lin Jieyu was snuggled by Emperor Jianxi's side, and the two were slowly walking in her direction.

Looking closely, Lin Jieyu's dress today is indeed a little different from the Qu family that Fang Cai Bai Ling saw in the room...... No, it's similar to ** points.

Although nothing on her body was exactly the same as Qu's, at a glance, most of the colors of her clothes, and even the style of her headdress, were similar to Qu's.

But the difference is that she is young and flamboyant, and time has not left any mark on her face.

Bao Yuan had already scolded in a low voice.

Bai Ling looked at Lin Jieyu's figure thoughtfully, if it weren't for what she saw tonight, it might have been a long time before she could understand why this woman who had climbed up from the Sect Division was so favored by Emperor Jianxi.

She is not like other concubines in this palace, she has three or two friends and confidants, she is indeed the only one from beginning to end.

But she doesn't form anyone's party, but she forms the biggest party in the world. She has no support in this palace, that is, she has climbed the highest and most stable branch in this palace.

Look at this concubine who is always alone, and then look at the expressions of those concubines who dare to be angry and dare not speak when they see this-this kind of situation, isn't this the daily life that Emperor Jianxi has been experiencing every year.

I'm afraid that in the eyes of Emperor Jianxi, even her cruelty and wanton behavior are part of loveliness.

"Are we going to tell my mother to hurry back and change her clothes?" Bai Ling asked softly.

"Why!" Bao Yuanyuan clenched her sleeves, almost pinching out a hole in the fabric, she calmed her breath, thought about it, and forcibly calmed down, "You're right...... You hurry back, and if you haven't gone out yet, then—"

At this time, the sound of the announcement in the southeast corner sounded.

"The concubine has arrived—"

"Concubine Ning has arrived—"