Frugality has been prevalent in the palace recently, and the plum blossom viewing activities in the Imperial Garden are much simpler and more insipid than in previous years.

Sheng Mingzhu came not early or late with Sheng Mingxiu, and when she arrived, there were already many concubines gathered in the courtyard, and the queen mother and Yan Guifei were embraced by all the people.

In the past, when I entered the palace, I always came and went in a hurry, and I didn't see much of the concubines in the palace.

Seeing Sheng Mingxiu coming, many concubines saluted one after another, and secretly cast curious glances at Sheng Mingzhu who was following her.

At the celebration banquet held in the Holy Qilin Hall before, Sheng Mingzhu tore the lord of Ling'an in front of the saint and the relatives and nobles, and the matter of not leaving a little face for the eldest princess has already spread all over the harem, and everyone has heard about it for a long time, and now that they finally see it, they are inevitably curious.

Under the novelty, she is inevitably a little jealous, for fear that if she disagrees, she will lose face in public.

Sheng Mingzhu didn't see their thoughts when she came out, she bowed generously to them, and followed Sheng Mingxiu to the queen mother and Concubine Yan to salute.

The queen mother was graceful, and when she saw her, she was smiling, her face was kind, without the slightest mustard, and she was really flattered by the thoughtfulness and concern between her words.

However, Concubine Yan responded coldly, and then left her to chat with other concubines, Concubine Yan and her sister were not in harmony, and it was not a matter of one or two days, Sheng Mingzhu saluted and followed behind Sheng Mingxiu honestly.

The concubines who came to enjoy the plum also greeted warmly, and some were lukewarm, looking at their respective positions, they all thought that they were all attached to the two above.

Princess Fushou stood beside the queen mother, saw Sheng Mingzhu saluting, and hurriedly greeted her with a smile and said: "I followed the queen mother just now, why haven't I seen you coming, come and take a look at the dozens of cold plums that the Internal Affairs Office just transplanted last year. ”

These cold plums in the imperial garden can be compared with those in the Imperial Physician's Mansion, the number is very varied, and there are even many varieties that Sheng Mingzhu has never seen before, a small corner of the imperial garden, light yellow, golden yellow, purple yellow, and the silver white, light white, snow white, yellow-white, rose red, fragrant and refreshing, the bottom of the tree is deliberately left with white snow against the background, cold winter, do not see Xiao Suo to kill, there is a poetic and picturesque feeling.

"Ten thousand trees are cold and colorless, and the south branch has unique flowers, and this plum blossom is the true color in the winter of Aoxue Linghuang." Sheng Mingzhu picked up a plum branch that was diagonally in front of him, sniffed it gently, the cold wind dispelled the fragrance in the flowers, and he was not tired of getting closer, "Even this floral fragrance is unique." ”

When Princess Fushou saw her like this, she smiled and said: "If you like it, let the people in the palace cut a few back after a while, keep them in a vase of clear water, and keep the plum fragrance that fills the house, which is much more elegant and chic than smoked incense." ”

Sheng Mingzhu wants to cut it, but the palace is not as good as at home, and these plum blossoms are served and taken care of at a glance, and these eye-catching things are still less to do.

"The princess laughed, I have a rude hand and foot, didn't cutting it ruin them for nothing? Or keep them growing on the branches, add some color to the palace, and make everyone smile, which can be regarded as their contribution this winter. ”

"The county lord has to call himself vulgar, and then the people of others will not be able to get on the stage." Princess Fushou smiled.

There is a humane next to him: "If the county lord doesn't want to break the flower branches, and likes the fragrance of plums, you might as well let the maid around you pick the plum blossoms back, put them by the stove and dry them carefully, put them in the sachet, wear them on the body, and hide them in the wardrobe. ”

"This is a good idea, Sister Mei likes plum blossoms the most, and she is also the best at making incense, no wonder I came here just now, and I smelled that the smell of your body is particularly good, and it is the same as the fragrance in this plum garden, the sachet you are wearing, is it this plum blossom in it."

The person who was called Sister Mei turned red and seemed a little ashamed when he saw everyone looking at her.

"Sister Mei, you quickly take out the sachet and smell it for us, is this the smell, wait a while to go back, I will also ask someone to make one for me."

Mei Nianchun couldn't refuse, untied the sachet from her waist and handed it out, the person next to her came over, smelled it and took a look, she was overjoyed, knowing that Sheng Mingzhu liked it, someone handed it to her.

Sheng Mingzhu took a closer look, and had to admire the exquisite mind of this concubine Mei, the sachet was selected as the bottom of the lotus root, the red line on it was beautiful, and there was a faint plum fragrance inside, Sheng Mingzhu handed the sachet in his hand to others, and his eyes fell on the concubine Mei in front of him.

The appearance is not comparable to Sister Qiongzi's fairy appearance, and even among everyone, it is only a medium posture, but the temperament of the whole body is beautiful, standing here, the fragrance of plum blossoms is faint, and there is a feeling of plum blossom fairy.

A number of concubines surrounded her, asking for advice on the practice of sachets, and there was a lot of goodwill in their conversations.

Sheng Mingzhu looked at the novelty, and secretly wondered if this Concubine Mei was newly favored recently? If it weren't for that, how could there be such a crowd of people surrounding her.

"But a plum bag, it is also worth fiddling and showing off like this, it can be seen that there is nothing to show off, and the small door and small household come out, I have never seen the world, I don't hide it, and I am generously exposed outside, for fear that others will not know, and I laughed shamefully."

Concubine Yan didn't know when, surrounded by everyone, came here, her charming phoenix eyes flew up slightly, she was gorgeously dressed, her plump and fair face was full of sarcasm, and her red lips were lightly opened, but the words she said were really mean.

Concubine Mei's face was pale, her two hands were embarrassed to clasp the sachet under her hand, and the few concubines around her were also very ugly, but they were afraid of the prestige of Concubine Yan on weekdays, and no one dared to make a sound.

Seeing that no one was talking, Concubine Yan stepped forward again, picked up the sachet in her hand with her thin fingers, put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed it, and threw it away in disgust, "A fox is flattering, and I dare to pollute the clean fragrance of plum blossoms." ”

"I said that the plum blossoms in this garden today smell so strange, always mixed with a foxy breath, it turned out to be out of your place."

Concubine Yan rolled her eyes, and pointed to the palace man who was waiting next to her: "What are you still doing in a daze, don't bring Concubine Mei back, watch her bathe and change her clothes for me, if you don't wash off this foxy body, don't let her go out." ”

Sheng Mingzhu smacked his tongue beside him, he had heard that the concubine was arrogant and domineering in the harem, but he didn't expect that he would be so arrogant, and in front of so many people, he dared to humiliate and dispose of another concubine for no reason.

Mei Nianchun didn't expect that Concubine Yan would attack her in public, and she was so ruthless, embarrassed and unconvinced.