It's just that now, everything seems to have changed subtly.

At this moment, Concubine Xi smiled lightly and quipped: "Guifei Niangniang has a bad appetite, or the queen's dim sum is not to your taste, otherwise why would it be that a few of our sisters ate happily, but Guifei Niangniang didn't taste a bite." ”

"Who said that Hongu didn't eat, but he just ate less." As she spoke, Concubine Yu pinched a piece of pastry and took a sip with her hand.

When she put the pastry on the plate again, it was missing a small corner.

However, he was still teased by Concubine Xi on the side.

"If you want to say that the concubine Niangniang is worthy of coming out of a high-ranking family, she is reserved when she eats, just like a kitten, unlike us, who take big bites."

"In my opinion, the concubine didn't dare to eat the queen's meal here, otherwise she would have pinched it all to the ground and didn't go into her mouth at all."

Concubine Qi is a straight person, and she directly clarified the euphemistic meaning of Concubine Xi's words at once.

Compared to Concubine Xi's secret poke and poke things.

She prefers to do things in the open.

For a while, everyone looked towards Concubine Yu.

I saw that at the feet of Yu Guifei, there was indeed a small piece of light green pastry.

It was the pastry she had just picked up and taken a small bite of.

If there is no stubble, Ruoyin will not care.

Hearing Concubine Qi say this, she also saw a small piece of pastry that was made on the ground by Concubine Yu.

At the same time, she looked up and glanced at Yu Guifei.

After a winter, Concubine Yu looked a lot rounder.

In this parlance, it is a little blessed.

To say that Yu Guifei originally combined the plumpness of Manchu women with the style of Jiangnan women.

So now, she seems to show the plumpness of Manchu women to the fullest.

The facial features are still as delicate as before.

It's just that the face is a lot rounder than before.

Because I was a little fatter, that face was still full of collagen.

In addition, I wear a lot of clothes in winter, which makes me look a little bloated.

However, a person has a good foundation, even if he is a little fatter, it is also a Tang Dynasty-style stunner.

Ruoyin heard as early as last year that Concubine Yu had been recuperating in order to be pregnant again.

I guess I've eaten a lot of tonic soup, so that's why it's like this.

It's just that, like the situation just now, with Concubine Yu's status and self-confidence, Concubine Xi would not have led her nose.

This should be put in normal times, and Concubine Yu will not eat if she doesn't eat.

It is impossible for Concubine Xi to mean it as soon as she says it.

I didn't dare to eat what I was here, so I had to pretend to eat it and get it to the ground.

Something is wrong no matter how you think about it.

Ruoyin couldn't figure out why Concubine Yu was like this for a while.

However, when Concubine Yu saw that everyone was looking at her, she didn't pretend.

She looked up and met everyone's eyes.

"This palace just can't get used to eating this pastry, what's the matter with you, as for staring at them all. If you have the kung fu to take care of this trivial matter, you might as well worry about this year's draft." Yu Guifei's brain turned quickly, and she changed the topic at once.

The tone also looked like a broken jar.

After her reminder, the harem's eyes widened one by one.

Yes, it's time for the triennial draft, and there are new people in the palace!

Even Ruoyin was successfully diverted by Concubine Yu.

As for the fact that Yu Guifei is not used to eating pastries, she has long forgotten about it.

"Yes, there is a draft this year, I remember that in previous years, the draft was carried out at the beginning of spring, doesn't this mean that the show girl election will be held in a few months." Concubine Qi was babbling, and turned her head to ask Concubine Yu: "Is it Concubine Yu, you came in at the beginning of spring." ”

Concubine Yu pulled her lips and replied casually: "Yes, this palace was selected as a show girl in March three years ago and entered the emperor's palace. ”

Speaking of which, she was a little distracted.

It's been three years, she hasn't gotten anything, and she's lost three children, which is really sad.

Time also moved her in the direction of her own hatred.

"March, it's the first month of the year, isn't it about two months, and the draft will start." Concubine Qi said.

After the harem concubines listened, they looked at their noses and noses one by one, and their noses looked at their hearts, and they seemed to have their own thoughts.

But they didn't know the exact time, and their faces were a little confused.

At this moment, it is like celebrating the New Year with joy.

Suddenly I was hit by a mallet and I couldn't be happy.

"That...... Queen Mother, did the emperor tell you when this year's draft will start? Concubine Qi asked tentatively with a smile on her face.

Ruoyin shook her head and replied: "This palace only knows once every three years, as for the exact time, it is not necessarily. Because the time recorded in the booklet in the palace is mostly uncertain. Some are in March, and some are around July and August. Sometimes it starts in the first half of the year, and there are times when it takes place in the second half of the year. ”

"You really don't know?" Concubine Qi asked incredulously.

How to say that the queen is the head of the harem, and the draft must be focused on.

If it really started in less than two months, she didn't believe that the queen didn't know anything about it.

Could it be that the queen had some idea in private and deliberately hid it from them.

When the time comes, the draft will be suddenly notified, and they won't be able to do anything if they want to.

Because many "old people" in the harem are not favored, everyone is looking for a way back.

I don't want to pull the little sisters into the palace as companions.

is to take a fancy to a newcomer in private, and slowly cultivate his own new forces in the harem.

It's also good to plan for the future.

"Hongu really doesn't know." Ruoyin said seriously: "This kind of thing was originally to be reported to the emperor by the household department, and the emperor then issued a holy decree to the Yamen of the Eight Banners, and the grassroots officials at all levels of the Eight Banners submitted the roster of school-age women layer by layer. After that, I chose the date, but I didn't hear such a rumor in this palace, did you hear it? ”

The harem concubine shook her head.

Indeed, if there was such a thing, it would have spread in the palace a long time ago.

But they didn't hear a word of wind.

"That's it, the household department hasn't reported it, how can this palace know." Ruoyin took a sip of tea lightly and said lightly: "Let's wait, if it is really a draft girl at the beginning of spring, I think there will be rumors after the Lantern Festival." ”

Hearing Ruoyin say this, everyone believed that she really didn't know.

Since the topic of the draft has been talked about to death, Concubine Qi shifted the topic to Concubine Yu again.

She smiled and said, "If you want me to say, Concubine Yu is looking so good today, and she is becoming more and more blessed." ”

As she spoke, a pair of eyes looked at Yu Guifei.

Concubine Xi echoed: "Concubine Yu, this is a happy event, and people are in good spirits." The general of the year is promoted every year, and he is promoted to the rank of knight, and he is also raised the flag, the mood is good, the appetite is also good, and the appetite is good, isn't it blessed. ”

"That's nature." Concubine Yu's chin tilted slightly, and she replied quite proudly.

Ruoyin looked up at the flowers, birds, insects and clocks in the house, and saw that the time was almost up, and she didn't have time to listen to their gossip here.

casually found an excuse and sent them all away.

In the following days, the fourth master seemed to be very busy and never stepped into the harem.

Until the Lantern Festival, Ruoyin saw him at the palace lantern festival.