Tuoba Hong closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he said to the queen: "I think it's very pertinent for you to talk about this today. Said and laughed: "Earlier, you also said that you are a woman's opinion, I see that you are very talented." ”

The queen pursed her lips and smiled: "It is the emperor who promotes the concubines." ”

"Not only are you speaking well, but you are also generous." Tuoba Hong looked at her, still smiling faintly: "In the past, you didn't like the high-ranking concubines of Jin Feng the most, but this time you actually want to persuade me to be the noble concubine of Jin Yun." ”

The emperor's words were praised, but the queen listened to them with straight hair, and her heart was beating the drum. She has been married to the emperor for more than ten years, and she knows that she is not his opponent after getting along with her husband and wife over the years, and it is easy for him to see through anything, especially in the past few years, the authority in the emperor's hands has been stabilized, and she has become more ruthless, which makes her very afraid......

The queen's palms were full of sweat, and she thought for a while before squeezing out a sentence: "The emperor forgives the sin, and the concubine really thinks about it...... Since it is to praise the Chu family, there is no need to give Sheng Favor anymore after being promoted. After Concubine Yun was favored, there was chaos in the harem, which shows that she can't afford such a favor; Besides, doesn't the emperor also like the Bai family......"

The queen was depressed. Forget it, don't carry it with him, it's not that you lose in the end.

Tuoba Hong smiled, but he was not angry. He had already guessed that the queen wanted to fight with him, which not only solved the problem of the Chu family's favorite, but also pushed up a Bai Liangdi to replace the position of the Chu family's favorite.

But Bai Shi is not a person who is compared with Concubine Xiang, she is 108,000 miles worse than Concubine Yun. Tuoba Hong feels that the Bai family's coquettish and stupid appearance is cute today, just because she has no requirements for her in her heart, as long as she does the pleasure of the king, Tuoba Hong can give her eighty points; But if you put her in such a critical position...... She is not even thirty points capable.

Queen, Queen, you always like to do such things and win over such people...... Wouldn't a scheming Bai clan be able to be controlled by you, how could my chess pieces be held in your hands.

He waved his hand and said to the queen: "I have my own decision on this matter, the queen should go back." ”

The queen was still a little uneasy on her face, for fear that her calculations would be seen through by him and anger him, but if she didn't calculate, the result would only be worse. She bit her lip and suppressed the pain in her heart, bowed down and said to the emperor: "The concubine retires." ”

Tuoba Hong looked at her back and said a word behind him: "Don't worry. You opened your mouth today to ask for the position of the Chu clan, which not only calmed down the harem but also did not snub the Chu family, this matter has been done very well, and it can offset the merit of the ice cube. ”

The queen's body froze, turned around and bent down deeply and said "Thank you, Emperor", three simple words exhausted. Tuoba Hong didn't look at her anymore, and was picking up a bowl of porridge on the desk by himself, still thinking about the candidate for the chess piece in his mind. Well, this porridge is very refreshing and delicious......

***

In the middle of June, the ice cubes in each palace were slowly filled, and the concubines of the entire harem breathed a sigh of relief. Along with the empress's share of the prescription, it was the emperor's decree that came down -

The four wills were sent to the four chambers. Zi'er's noble concubine Chu's family, tied out of Gao Hong, auspicious bell Qili. Lose diligence and thrift and Lanye, show sincerity and filial piety in Jiaoyu...... When his father was suffering from water treatment, he was promoted to cosmetic.

The will of the concubine of Jin Feng has always been like this, full of beautiful words, in order to show the royal family's importance to this woman. The other three decrees are not so grand because they are for low-ranking concubines, they are just a one-sentence oracle - Xiaoyuan Lin was promoted to the noble concubine and given the title "Hui", Liangdi Chu was promoted to Shuji, and Liangdi Bai was promoted to Rongji.

The turmoil in the palace that had been quelled by the settlement of the ice offering rose again at the same time as the four decrees were lowered. The Chu sisters are just that, and it is natural for them to be promoted because of their father's merits. Moreover, with the favor of the two of them, it is nothing that they have only been promoted to one level, and no one will say one or two; And the Bai family and the Lin family were sealed to the throne in one fell swoop, and they changed from scattered concubines to concubines who entered the genealogy of the clan, and others were a little dissatisfied in their eyes.

Especially this Lin family, who is both a leapfrog and a title, and is the highest noble concubine from the five grades. She is just a show girl selected this year, and her qualifications for entering the palace are shallow, and most of the people in the same batch as her are unknown beauties or nobles. Even the Bai family and the Chu family, who have survived, are supported by a good family background, but she is from a poor background.

In this harem, where the surface is peaceful and harmonious, but in fact the undercurrent is turbulent, in this most cruel battlefield belonging to women, the envy and jealousy of the people in the palace have always been the most common torrents. The reason why the emperor gave Bai Xiuwei and Lin Yuan the title is very simple, just "serve the king wholeheartedly", which means that they serve well, which is even more jealous in the eyes of others.

Those who were curious and a little competitive went around to ask what the Lin family and the Bai family had done to make the emperor happy, and they really dug out some truths-

I heard that the Bai family was just flattering because of her flattery, and it happened that the emperor was in a good mood that day, and she agreed to be promoted. But the emperor didn't like her very much, and in the end he gave her a backward Rong Ji; The Jin seal of the Lin family was because of a "manna bird's nest porridge". This nectar bird's nest porridge is extremely painstaking to make, and the water used to cook the porridge alone must be the dew collected from the lotus leaves in the early morning. This painstakingly made thing tastes very good, and it cools off the heat, and the emperor can't stop after eating a bite, and the breakfast in the last few days has been sent by the Lin family to the porridge. The Lin family likes to get up early every day to collect lotus dew for the emperor's food, and they are not tired at all.

As soon as the news was released, the concubines didn't know if they were convinced, but there was a strange scene in the palace - the pampered and delicate concubines got up before dawn and helped the palace maid to take a small porcelain bottle to collect dew in the depths of the lotus pond in the Bibo Pond. I don't know who will get the emperor's favor again by eating, but this is a good thing for Lin Yuan, and she doesn't need to boil this troublesome porridge from now on, because there are countless people who go to serve porridge to the emperor every day.

This is a trivial matter, the women in the palace are bored, and finding something to do for them can make them less talkative. After the Chu sisters were promoted, the emperor really didn't recruit the two for several days, and all the concubines understood that this was the credit of the queen's advice, and their respect and respect for the queen were better than before, but they didn't care about those ice cubes at all. It was only at this time that the queen really felt that this summer was quiet and peaceful, and she had a good life, so she didn't bother to care about what ridiculous acts the concubines did.

Swarming to collect morning dew? I don't know whose porridge the emperor will eat at that time! Besides, the Lin family has a nice title from Xiaoyuan to Guiji, can he just rely on a bowl of porridge! The queen looked at the stupid appearance of those women, and prayed silently in her heart - if all the women in the palace were so stupid, her life would be infinitely bright.

No matter how diligent and hard these women are, the most favored person in the palace today is still the first person to make porridge, Huigui Ji Lin.

This thing is also strange, the palace people looked at the Chu family sisters who were promoted because of their father's exploits, although there were not many seals, and Yun Xiurong was only given the last position from the second grade, but the momentum of climbing higher and higher seemed to be very hot, and the rumors that she could be crowned concubines began to circulate again. But everyone opened their eyes and looked at them for a few days, but the emperor no longer invited them, and then they began to wonder again - could it be that these two sisters have lost their favor after winning the Jin Feng?

This suspicion turned into an affirmation as time passed.

Tonight is the fourth day that Lin Yuan has slept in succession.

Although she flipped the brand, the emperor did not take her to the dormitory because of government affairs. Lin Yuan just stood beside the bookcase in the Qinzheng Palace, carefully polishing ink for the emperor.

The Qinzheng Hall in Lishan and the imperial study in the Jianzhang Palace are the places where the Son of Heaven governs the country, and it is a great dignity for the concubines to serve the pen and ink here, and the only one in the palace who has won this honor is Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan grinded for a while, and then a pair of dishonest hands held her hand, she had to stop, and said angrily to the man in front of her: "State affairs are important, and it is the concubine's sin to distract the emperor." ”

Tuoba Hong smiled and withdrew his hand, and said dotingly: "Okay, okay, Yuan'er has to control me, and I listen to Yuan'er." ”

Lin Yuan smiled, didn't get tired of him, and continued to grind ink silently.

The second day is a double day, and there is no need to go to the morning province. But the queen is in a better mood these days, and when the famous tea tribute of the Lingnan Tea Garden came up, the queen ordered a tea party to be held in Jiyue Yaotai and invited the concubines from each palace to come over.

Lin Yuan accompanied the emperor until late at night last night, and knew that he didn't have to go to ask for peace the next day, so he slept with peace of mind. waited until the people in the queen's palace came to deliver the invitation, and Lin Yuan was still shrunk in the quilt with his hair disheveled. After that, she was called up by the palace maids, hurriedly freshened up, and when she appeared in Jiyue Yaotai, all the concubines in it had already sat down, even the late professional Concubine Huxiang was also seated.

Concubine Xiang didn't like to greet the queen in the morning, but she would not refuse the banquet and tea party on weekdays. In fact, Concubine Xiang is very lively, especially the flattery and hugs of others, but she naturally doesn't like it when she needs to be respectful to the queen when she is in the morning province.

The main hall of Jiyue Yaotai is very exquisitely arranged, saying that it is a tea party, because it is in the middle of summer, there are many kinds of flowers, but the room is full of many bonsai decorations. Everyone sits around the hall headed by the queen, in the center is a few tea masters who dance the tea art, nine copper tripod-like general size of the Yue kiln celadon jar are planted in the ink lotus, bowl lotus, Yingri lotus, etc. are arranged all around, and the center is a half-person high thousand heavy Wei purple peony flowers, and Xia Lian is placed in one place is extraordinarily beautiful. In addition, there are one pot of Xifu begonia, one pot of sticking stem begonia, one pot of weeping silk begonia, one pot of papaya begonia, nine pots of Ruilan peony, and eighty-one pots of narcissus acacia lilies, etc., and the room is full of tea fragrance and lotus fragrance.