Jing Yu said: "My side agrees with the meaning of Concubine Hui. She said: "The emperor is advocating frugality, but this is another matter to the outside world, the Mongolian princess came to Beijing, if the gift of the mother of the country is shabby, it will inevitably make people look at the jokes, and you may think that our Qing Dynasty national strength is not as good as before." ”

After saying this, Concubine Hui was the first to be surprised, she didn't expect Concubine De to think about her and speak.

But even if you talk to her, it doesn't matter.

Jing Yu doesn't care, because in this way, it's not to please Concubine Hui.

Tong Jia's face suddenly turned from cold to iron-blue, even so, he couldn't break his promise, forced himself to be calm, and said with a pleasant face: "Since Concubine De said so, let's do it according to Concubine Hui's wishes." Then he remembered something, and said, "Since this is the case, the matter of this selection will also be handed over." This palace won't choose any good things over the years, I'm afraid it's not as delicate as you. ”

"The imperial concubine is the most kitschful, and the concubine is never as good as one or two. However, the mother trusted the concubine so much, so she could only do her best. Concubine Hui replied with a smile.

Duan Concubine has recently gotten close to Xi Concubine and often goes to Xianfu Palace to walk around.

The two of them sat in the front hall, gossiping about melon seeds.

"Today's concubine is amazing, why didn't she realize it in the past, she is really a powerful master." Duan Concubine said.

Concubine Xi pursed her lips and said: "Concubine Hui Niangniang has always come to see her, and she dares to fight with the imperial concubine Niangniang today, not to please Concubine Hui." ”

"She's also not long-sighted, our imperial concubine is the emperor and the queen mother, how can she collide?" Duan Concubine said again: "Besides, even if I tried to please her like this, I didn't see that Concubine Hui looking at her." ”

"It's too much to give the imperial concubine Niangniang face, she is the lord of a palace, and Concubine Hui hasn't been up and down all day long, she has always been like this, and everyone is nothing, but now even she dares to scold our mother, what do you think? Who still cares about our mother? Didn't it increase the ambition of the concubine? Xi Concubine said.

Speaking of this, Concubine Xi had an idea and said: "You say, after a while, the Mongolian prince will enter Beijing, and during the banquet, if she is ugly, will our imperial concubine Niangniang feel angry?" ”

Concubine Duan realized it afterwards and said: "However, the banquet that day must have been arranged by Zhou Xiang, how could something go wrong?" ”

Concubine Xi rolled her eyes and said, "Say you are slow to react, but you just can't understand what you say?" What's foolproof? Then he lowered his voice and whispered to Duan Concubine for a while, and instantly said that Duan Concubine, who was confused, suddenly became clear.

Back in Yongshou Palace, Yueyao's whole person was still in a state of shock.

"Master, why are you thinking about Concubine Hui today? also directly offended the imperial concubine! Yueyao was uneasy.

"Hmph." Jing Yu said: "Do you think I just offended the imperial concubine today?" She said, "Even if I don't do anything, I'm afraid I won't get anything from her." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yueyao Road.

"Didn't you notice? She has long regarded me as redundant because of Yinzhen, and now that the prince is not growing, she is often reprimanded by his emperor Amma, which strengthens her will, and the more she takes our fourth elder brother to heart now, the more she looks at me as an eyesore. After thinking for a while, he said: "At that time, I was framed by the Guo Luo Luo sisters for having an affair with Imperial Doctor Liu, and I was arrested and locked up on the spot, but she didn't take someone there?" ”

"But isn't that also a matter of Guo Luo Luo's upside down? Didn't the imperial concubine just follow? Yueyao said.

"You still haven't seen clearly." She said: "If the imperial concubine had no selfish intentions, she would not be so confused to put a thing out of nothing on the line, and then put me under house arrest in the cold palace, and she didn't even send food, do you think she wouldn't know about this?" Keep your eyes open and close your eyes, and wait for me to finish sooner. ”

Yueyao's eyes widened, she only thought that the master didn't say anything, and she didn't resist, because she was too simple and too weak, so she could see it clearly and remember it in her heart.

"However, even so, you won't go against her on the spot, and in this way, it won't do you much good except to be able to vent." Yueyao Road.

"I let out a sigh, but it's nothing," she said, "the point is that I am openly hostile to her today, so that everyone can see that I am at odds with Concubine Hui, and now I dare to go against the imperial concubine." ”

"Why should people see that you're against her?" Yue Yao was puzzled: "Everyone else thought that you were afraid of Concubine Hui's majesty and wanted to speak for her to please her." ”

"Think so." She let out a long sigh of relief and said, "This is just the beginning. Eventually, they will see that I am fearless. ”

It's sometimes like an egg hitting a stone, is that really good? Yue Yao thought so in her heart, but she was still a little uneasy, and said: "I'm afraid that I won't cause the imperial concubine and the concubine to be jealous of you, and I want to get rid of it as soon as possible." Thinking of An Concubine, she gasped.

In this palace, the fear of the wolf and the fear of the tiger is not able to save his life, and blindly forbearance will not bring peace, unless he withdraws from the emperor's sight, and makes a real little transparent, if he is lucky, he is forgotten to live in the corner, and if he is unlucky, he will be trampled on.

She didn't want to do that, and she couldn't allow her to do that, because Kangxi knew only what she was thinking about her so far.

Since you can't retreat, you have to go up to the wind, is there any better way?

Time passed faster and faster, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when the Mongolian prince came to Beijing.

All the imperial concubines above the concubine rank had to participate in the banquet placed in the Qianqing Palace.

On this night, Zhonghe Shao music was played outside the hall, and the banquet was very grand.

It's no wonder that the border has been unstable, Mobei Mongolia always takes advantage of the chaos to rebel, and has suppressed it several times I don't know how many times there are still hidden dangers.

Now it has become a major event to pacify the princes of the borderlands, so Kangxi and Xiaozhuang attach great importance to it.

At tonight's banquet, the gift from the imperial concubine to the Mongolian princess has become a major event.

This part is naturally arranged and taken care of by Concubine Hui.

I saw that after the gifts were put on the table, the Mongolian princes who watched it smiled and smiled, especially the princess, who was even more smiling.

The gifts selected by Concubine Hui are not only common jade ruyi and other objects, the key is the rare jewelry in the Northwest Frontier, coupled with the ingenuity of the master who is in a hurry to carve out, the shining brilliance is dazzling, anyone will not be able to take their eyes off it, let alone the guests in Mongolia.

Jing Yu knew that it was difficult for this concubine to get these things in the palace, and it was not mainly her cousin who relied on them.

After the imperial concubine finished giving the gift, she saw that Concubine Hui said some auspicious and flattering words, and then the musicians and dancers in the palace began to perform sheng songs.

After singing and dancing, Concubine Hui called these Mongolian relatives to see it, so that everyone could see it fresh, so she asked someone to bring the piano and said: "This is a Western thing, except for the emperor in our palace, only the concubine can play it." Beckoning everyone to coax and let De Concubine play a song.

The Manchu Mongols are very bold and hospitable, this kind of people shout, there is no reason to shirk, not to mention that this can be called a diplomatic national courtesy, and they dare not shirk, and the province has lost the face of the Qing Dynasty.

Jing Yu could only go down and come to the piano, the scene was quiet, the silence was silent, and everyone was calmly ready to listen to the beautiful sound of the Western piano. It's just that everyone didn't notice that Jing Yu's face had indeed changed - because this piano was not the one in the Yongshou Palace at all, but the old piano piled up in the storage room, although the appearance was renovated, but the sound was no longer accurate, this is still a trivial matter, anyway, they can't hear one or two, but, Concubine Hui will be so kind? If you really want her to behave, why don't you tell in advance, and bring a good piano?

She was pimpled and inexplicably uneasy - she didn't know what kind of deception had been set up here.