The birthday of the concubine is approaching, and yesterday the Zhou family has sent the finished Luo skirt to Luomei Pavilion.

Qingqian asked the peony to accept it, and after stuffing the grandmother with a few taels of silver, she asked her to send it to Bibo Courtyard.

Peony looked at the Luo skirt in her hand very reluctantly, what her young lady said a few days ago was true! Although Yuhua brocade is a good satin, how can it be compared with this skirt sent by Mrs. Not to mention a half-worn skirt, she really didn't know what was good about that dress.

And after a few days, the master actually asked Qingdai, who is good at embroidery, to cut a good skirt into a cloth and use it as a handkerchief, and embroidered a few fancy styles on it.

Tomorrow is the birthday of the concubine, what clothes does the young lady wear to enter the palace? And the lady on Mrs.'s side didn't explain, but I was afraid that the lady would be scolded by Mrs. again after her birthday.

But seeing that her master didn't have this anxiety at all, she was in a good mood and mixed the plum blossom honey dew in her small bowl.

"Miss!" She couldn't help but shout.

Qing Qian looked at her blankly, put down the bowl in his hand and said, "What's wrong?" Hasn't the dress been sent over yet? ”

Peony replied: "Naturally, it was sent out, and the one in Bibo Courtyard accepted it unceremoniously." ”

"That's good." She got up and began to prepare rice cakes, "I'm really afraid that she will suddenly regret not wanting it, but even if she doesn't want it, I won't lose, at least I earned a skirt of Yuhua brocade." ”

Her own young lady suddenly put on a little daughter-in-law's calculating expression, but she remembered that the master stuffed a lot of money into those grandmothers.

"Stupid!" Qing Qian nodded her forehead and said, "Your master is cute and silver, but the silver must be spent where it should be spent, haven't you seen Mama Wu come to our yard recently and be a little diligent?" She sent some of the things her mother gave her as soon as possible, and she told you everything. ”

However, Peony felt that Mama Wu was a maid in Madame's yard, and Madame was oriented to her master anyway, and the reason why Mama Wu was becoming more and more attentive was mostly because of Madame.

This girl, Qingqian shook her head, what she said was right, it was indeed because Mama Wu was a slave in the courtyard of the Zhou family that she came over, but she remembered it clearly, although Mama Wu brought a lot of things when she first came, only the gold sore medicine was missing. She noticed that those things were extremely fragmentary, I'm afraid it was just Zhou's mixed in it, and the real thing to send was probably the ointment, when I first brought it, it was just a small jar that was almost used up after using it for so long, and it was impossible for Zhou's not to notice, as for why it wasn't in the end, then she didn't know the specifics.

"But miss, we're running out of money...... Peony scratched her head.

The expression on Qing Qian's face froze, and the silver she stuffed out was only more than ten taels at most, how could it be gone? The eldest lady of the Gu family only has such a little silver? She remembered that last month because she was grounded, the moon silver was also deducted together, but what about the previous one? She suddenly remembered Gu Qingqiansheng's slow dressing box, and finally understood where the silver went.

Qingqian has a bitter face, now that silver has become a problem again, does this God dare to be cruel to her?!

"Miss, madam, please come over." The grandmother who was supposed to go back stood at the gate of the courtyard of Luomei Pavilion again.

Qingqian: "......" She just thought about it casually, but did it really turn out?

Originally, Qingqian thought that the matter of sending the skirt to Bibo Courtyard, her mother knew about it at most after her birthday, but she didn't expect it to come so quickly.

finally made it clear in front of her mother, but Zhou didn't say anything to her, taught her many rules in the palace, and repeatedly told her to be careful.

Peony was not angry at all, and her gaze softened a lot.

Early the next morning, Gu Fu had already prepared the carriage to enter the palace, and the light sign had been withdrawn, so it was not a concubine in name, and she was crowded into a carriage with the two girls.

Today, Gu Qinglian is naturally wearing the green smoke and purple Xiuluo skirt, combing her hair with clouds, and wearing a set of tortoiseshell eight treasures on her head. Gu Qingyuan is much simpler, but it is not rude, and the upper body is also a newly made Yunfei makeup satin begonia brocade with a loose flower pleated skirt, and only two hairpins of mutton fat jade are inserted on the head.

Qing shallow shrunk inside and smiled slightly, looked down at himself in a half-worn costume and didn't say anything, the birthday of the concubine Niangniang is naturally to prepare well, but there is no need to dress like a peacock, is this to dominate the crowd or to press the concubine?

Just thinking so, a certain "flower peacock" in the carriage was already looking at her with dripping eyes.

"Today is the birthday of the noble concubine, will my sister lose her identity by decorating like this?" Gu Qinglian had already looked at all the jewelry on her body.

Qing Qian leaned against the carriage and said with a smile: "It's okay, now the brand is in the old lady's place, and I am not the concubine of the Gu Mansion, but I am only slightly older than you, and this dress is naturally in line with the etiquette." ”

She had already asked her mother last night, and according to the regulations, she was just an ordinary lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she only needed to choose clothes and jewelry to wear.

However, many of the girls who have not come out of the pavilion are dressed up in a showy manner, because most of the people who came on the birthday of the concubine this time are people with a very high status, and many girls take the opportunity to think about getting married.

In other words, this kind of banquet can be regarded as a large-scale blind date.

I'm afraid Gu Qinglian also means this.

Qingqian pursed her lips, but heard Gu Qinglian ask: "Today's birthday of the concubine, what gifts have my sister and sister prepared?" ”

"If my sister wants to know, why don't my sister tell me what you sent first." Qing Qian blinked and spoke.

Gu Qinglian looked at the roof of the carriage and said: "The concubine doesn't lack anything, my sister just sent some simple things, and I don't know if the concubine doesn't look down on it, what about my sister?" ”

Gu Qinglian's Tai Chi was not leaking, and she still didn't say it, and Qingqian naturally responded very shamelessly: "I also have the same idea as my sister." ”

Gu Qinglian: "......"

Gu Qingyuan sat next to him and didn't say a word, just frowned slightly and looked at Gu Qinglian's clothes, if it was really not polite, I am afraid it would be Gu Qinglian.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is not far from the Imperial Palace, and the palace gate has been seen in a quarter of an hour. There were a lot of people coming today, and there were already many horse-drawn carriages parked outside.

After getting off the carriage and handing over the Geng post in front of the palace gate, there will be a palace maid to come in to guide the way, the place where the concubine Niangniang feasts is in the Qianqiu Pavilion of the Imperial Garden, and the roads are staggered inside the palace, and the palace maid has been instructed not to walk around when entering the palace.

The old lady saluted the palace maid and said, "Aunt Su, don't come unharmed." ”

Aunt Su smiled when she saw the old lady: "Old lady Gu said that she laughed, our mother-in-law has been looking forward to you for a long time, and you will go to the Jade Xiao Palace first." ”

"Thank you, Aunt Su." The old lady replied.

Although the old lady said that Aunt Su was talking and laughing, she obviously felt that the old lady's mood today was not so good.

Qing glanced at the surrounding environment, the palace is the palace, the scale and pattern are far from being comparable to the Xiangfu, just the courtyard has come all the way to not know how many, just the auspicious jar does not know how many mouths, just the palace maids who come and go do not know how many people. If you accidentally get separated, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back.

The Jade Xiao Palace is near the Kunning Palace, standing in front of the huge palace, it is a little distracted.

Aunt Su went in and reported, and then took the four of them in. Entering the palace, I saw two bamboo cases outside the railing, one was set up with cups and spoons and wine utensils, and one was set up with tea whisks and tea cups of various colors. In the front hall, there is a marble table with a large tripod on the table. On the left red sandalwood shelf is a large plate of a large view kiln, which contains dozens of delicate yellow and exquisite Buddha's hands. On the right lacquer shelf hangs a white jade flounder, and next to it hangs a small hammer.

Xiao Guifei sat on the chair in a palace dress, and looked up lightly, this concubine was only in her thirties, but she looked a little old, although the rouge gouache on her face had already covered her face, but the trace of lines in the corners of her eyes was quite obvious.

Seeing the four of them entering the palace, Concubine Xiao got up happily and said, "Mother, you are finally here." ”

The old lady smiled kindly, and the four of them saluted.

After the ceremony, the old lady said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, whether the concubine's body is healthy." ”

Concubine Xiao Guifei had already pulled the old lady forward and said, "Since it is in this palace, there are only my confidants, my mother doesn't have to be so restrained, these girls should also come over." ”

The old lady said hello and sat on the chair on the right, the three girls stood next to her honestly, Xiao Guifei sat down and said softly: "The emperor has been resting at the queen's place for several days, and in recent days there have been a lot fewer things, and the palace has been less worried about a lot of things, and I have slept well in recent days." ”

Having said that, but the sadness on Concubine Xiao's face was still revealed, and the old lady patted her hand lightly and said: "You don't know the emperor's feelings for the queen, there are not many concubines in the harem, if the emperor can come out in a few days, he will definitely come to your courtyard." ”

"It's just Ye'er......" Xiao Guifei's face was full of worry.

The old lady said in a low voice: "Since you were born in the emperor's family, then you must also learn the art of the emperor, if the second prince has a heart, then he will use the art of the emperor to fight the art of the emperor in the future." If it is not unintentional, then you can also rely on this technique to protect yourself. ”