Two hundred and nine: plum blossoms
Why doesn't Zhao Jieyu feel disappointed? I thought that the emperor would fall in love with her at a glance, and then she was used to all kinds of spoils, and she wanted to give something.
Although she has to do things for the Lu family, as long as she is favored, who does she know who Mrs. Lu is? Even if she speaks out and buries herself, it is not terrible, only those who hold the emperor's favor are the most powerful.
But not only did the emperor not favor her, but he didn't even see her, Mrs. Lu originally belonged to Tian'er's reliance, but not long ago, Mrs. Lu suddenly lost news.
So much so that since Concubine Qing died, Mrs. Lu has not contacted her once.
It seems that she doesn't plan to care about her daughter, and in the same way, Zhao Yuan'er is like a kite with a broken string, just wandering in the palace wall, no one cares about it, no one protects her.
She resented and hated more than once, and felt that if it wasn't for Mrs. Lu who was too good and true to her, where would she be able to enter the palace as a concubine? When she was sick, she missed the opportunity to enter the palace, and she was not in a hurry at that time.
It's not like now, when I'm getting older every year, when a new batch of beauties enter the palace to serve the emperor, the emperor can't think about who she is.
As soon as this happened, she began to complain, feeling that it was God's injustice, and that Mrs. Lu had coaxed her.
But if she was given a chance to enter the palace as a concubine, how would she choose?
I'm afraid I'll agree without even blinking my eyes.
Seeing that he was really powerless, he hurriedly pushed his grievances and faults onto others, this is Zhao Yuan'er's nature.
The plum blossoms in the plum garden are lively, only a few flowers bloomed sporadically before, and the rest are basically flower bones, but this day is a little colder, and the plum blossoms are neatly opened.
As one of the beautiful scenery in the palace, the plum garden has attracted many people to watch, last year Princess Shu Ning and Princess Shu Luo delayed a good time to enter the palace to enjoy the plum blossoms, this time it is impossible to delay it no matter what.
So they dressed up, brought the gifts they were going to give, handed them over, and then went to the palace.
They went straight not to the Plum Garden, but to the Zhaoxi Palace.
Because she wants to take care of her children, Yao Chuxi is basically plain every day, and there is no high-ranking concubine who wants to overwhelm others in dressing.
What's funny is that she is Yao Shunrong, and she is more plain than Xie Meiren.
After Xie Mei gave birth to Princess Yunjing, it can be said that her tail was cocked to the sky, and she couldn't wait for the bright and dazzling colors of the big pink and red to change her body every day, and the jewelry on her head was like a straw handle selling sugar gourds, and she couldn't wait to put everything in the jewelry box that could be hairpinned on the top of her head.
On the other hand, Yao Chuxi is wearing a wide shirt of honey color, with a silver rat fur on the shoulders on the outside, and a gentle light lotus lotus color on the lower body, which looks like a touch of coolness in summer, and it only feels particularly pleasing to the eye.
After greeting each other, the two princesses entered the main hall together.
Princess Shu Luo is still the same, and Meng Ju Ma is affectionate and respectful, and her dress has not changed, today she is wearing a long skirt with orange embroidered peonies, and the shoulders of Shu brocade inlaid with fur are extraordinarily gorgeous.
Princess Shu Ning rarely dressed up gorgeously because of her relationship with Xu Yuma, but today she came to make Yao Chuxi's eyes shine.
The rose-purple skirt is particularly moving, and the reddish palace dress on the upper body is embroidered with large moon flowers, which adds a touch of grace to her beauty.
Originally, Princess Shu Ning was not bad, but after a few years of getting along with Xu Yuma, she was no longer the delicate age of her teens, and her feelings were not harmonious, and she dressed herself up as she wanted all day long, and her mood would be shown on her dress, like a 'resentful woman'.
But today she is extraordinarily exquisite, like a delicate budding moon flower, which is in stark contrast to the bright moon flower embroidered on her clothes.
Yao Chuxi didn't have time to think about what the change in her dress was for, but it was not difficult to see from her expression that she was very happy and casual, and she didn't wrap herself up as carefully as before, for fear that someone would see that her colt didn't pay attention to her.
"Today, my sister called me to come to you to enjoy the flowers, and it just so happens that I also have this heart, but didn't I want to go with my eldest sister?" Princess Shu Ning said with a smile.
A glance and a smile are beautiful.
Is this still the former Princess Shuning?
"Thinking about it, you can't do anything else in Zhaoxi Palace except for taking the third prince and Princess Yunshu, and you may not be willing to go when others invite you out, not to mention whether you appreciate your face or not, it's a matter of whether you dare or not, the people in the palace are complicated, you can take more precautions." Princess Shu Luo looked at Yao Chuxi and said.
"It's nature." Yao Chuxi said: "If you say that the ladies in the palace have good intentions, then no one believes it, but you can't overturn a boat with one shot, right?" There are a few concubines who have befriended me, and I still believe in their nature. ”
"That's nature." Princess Shu Luo smiled and took the tea cup handed by Luoxue, "Seeing that you and the princess are doing well, I am really happy for the royal brother." ”
"Why didn't you bring the Xiuhuan County Lord today? I don't think I've seen the county lord yet, but I heard that she is over five years old and is about to grow into a big girl. ”
"What big girl? Don't look at her age, but her temperament is still like a hairy child who doesn't grow up, I can't eat or sleep all day, so I worry about her getting married in the future. ”
The editor-in-chief of Shu Luo lined up his own daughter, which really didn't save Meng Xiuhuan at all.
"How can there be anything like what you said, the emperor told me about the county lord of Xiuhuan, saying that she is chivalrous and hearted, and she can distinguish between good and evil at a young age, and the emperor likes to appreciate her very much, so he gave her the position of county lord."
"It would be nice if this was the case, but she is a girl's family, except for beautiful clothes all day long, she is hanging a pot to help the world, and she doesn't think about what will happen to her in the future, what will happen to her marriage, what will happen when she has children, all let me worry about her as a mother."
"You are relaxed, the county lord is still young, and he is still far from getting married, you are worrying too early now, but there is no harm in everything."
After a few words of greeting, several people dressed up, called a sedan chair, and prepared to go to the plum garden.
Han Shanggong and Ding Zhou stayed behind to take care of Zhaoxi Palace and the princess, and Luo Yu and Frost went to Luomei Garden with Yao Chuxi.
I haven't been to the plum garden for more than half a year, but I can see the beauty with a clear eye, and the plum blossoms have planted a few new pink ones, which are quite conspicuous among the white and red plums.
"I have a eunuch named Huzi there, who was originally from Sihuafang, and was later pointed out by the emperor to serve me, don't look at his young age, most people don't know as much about flowers and plants as he does. A while ago, I heard that the pink plum blossom is very beautiful, so I planted one for me, and when you went there you forgot to let you see, the bloom is not inferior to this plum garden. ”
"That's really good." Princess Shu Ning answered, "There are many skilled craftsmen in the palace, I won't be there, Xu Juma is idle all day long, and he doesn't manage family affairs, even if the yard is deserted, he can't say a suggestion, but he hasn't gone out much in recent days, and told the gardener to plant some new varieties of flowers in the spring of the next year." ”
"The last time I came back from eating wine in the Yonghou Mansion, I told me that the courtyard of the Yonghou Mansion is spacious and suitable for planting some flowers and trees to cultivate, but there are many courtyards in the front yard of my house, but the place that is really spacious and suitable for planting flowers is in the backyard."
"I'll talk to him about it and see what is suitable."
It's rare to hear a few words about Xu Juma from Princess Shu Ning's mouth.
There is no sarcasm, no emotion, just plain, narrating the little things about his life.
Princess Shu Luo and Yao Chuxi were stunned.
"Then I'll have to go to my sister's next year to see, if there's anything new, remember to leave two for my sister."
The number of times the two appear together is pitiful, most of them are seeing Princess Shu Ning on important occasions, seeing Xu Juma on other occasions of eating and drinking, or which fireworks tavern has a new beauty, and Baozhun can find Xu Juma's figure.
When they first got married, the two of them pretended to be a couple, but after a long time, Xu Fuma was too lazy to pretend, so she didn't go out with Princess Shu Ning, and Princess Shu Ning rarely mentioned her own horse when she was outside.
Even if you say it, it's basically with Princess Shu Luo, most of them are complaining about grievances and grievances, and it's not easy to mention it by chance in front of others.
The sun was fine today, not bright, but the sky was blue where it was blue, and it was very white where it was white, and occasionally two sparrows flew by, and there was a magpie standing there for a long time on the branch beside it.
There is not much good weather in winter, there is no wind, no snow, and it is not too cold, and I don't feel cold at all when I just sit on a soft cushion and hold a stove in my cloak.
The tea in the teapot is always kept at a temperature, not cold or hot, and the temperature is moderate, which has been tricked by the rain.
The dim sum is not placed on the plate and in the dish as usual, but neatly stacked in the food box, and the food box is opened when someone eats it.
It's a bit of a hassle, but at least it ensures that the snack doesn't get cold for a while.
One of these three is the emperor's favorite concubine, and the other two are the emperor's most valued sisters, and no one can offend them casually.
The palace maid of the Sihua room wore a green palace maid's costume and walked busily from the left to the right next to the plum tree, and she couldn't even squeeze out the effort to raise her head, and she was busy again after seeing the three of them.
Seeing this scene, Yao Chuxi felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
The gap between people may be determined at birth, or fate is such that no one can resist it.
They are both women with Yao Chuxi, one is the master, and the other has to do rough work.
Yao Chuxi felt that this had nothing to do with Nu's hard work, just like she hadn't thought about competing for favor before, she was a lot better than them.
"When it rains, you go and get some dim sum soup and give them a reward, don't leave anyone behind."
"Yes, little lord."
Fortunately, the dim sum made in the tea room of Zhaoxi Palace is sufficient, and each palace maid has been given a share of dim sum, not to mention, the remaining dim sum is enough for three people to eat for a while.