Xia Zhi bent her knees to present the tea cup, and heard the king of Qinghe County say: "After the Qingming Festival in April, the third son of the Lu family will hold a tea fighting conference. And the famous ladies in Bianjing will participate, can the officials want to join in the fun? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled, "I just want to see what my sister-in-law looks like in the future, if she doesn't look good, you can also make a statement to the Queen Mother, and give you a few more good concubines!" ”

"I don't dare."

Zhao Zhen sipped his tea, "What dare not, although it is said that it is the queen mother's marriage, but it is nothing for you to secretly take a look at the unmarried lady, just don't let others know." ”

The king of Qinghe County sneered: "The minister does not dare to marry a good lady and a beautiful concubine, and the son said, only women and villains are difficult to raise." ”

Zhao Zhen sneered, "You were afraid of this." As he spoke, his tone changed, and he said in a deep voice: "If Min Hua knows, I'm afraid that he will overthrow the Cining Palace." King Qinghe's eyes showed sadness, "The princess is blessed by heaven." ”

Xia Zhi didn't dare to stand for a long time, but retreated with an empty plate.

Spring is getting deeper and the weather is clear. The scorching sun reflected on the royal river, and the light was rippling, like a layer of crushed gold foam. Mo Lan and Zifei passed the Lize Gate along the royal river and went to Yanchun Pavilion. Yanchun Pavilion is the place where the Si Yuan Si Dian Yuan Shang Palace cultivates flowers, because the weather is still good, there are many people who come to the pavilion to take flowers today, and the small courtyard is crowded with palace maids from each palace and each hall.

The system of the division is clear, and the selected bouquets are distributed from top to bottom according to the grade. The most beautiful and fragrant are allocated to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, the official family's Funing Hall and the Queen's Ciyuan Palace, and the second ones are allocated to the harem concubines according to their rank and preferences, and finally the other palaces and palaces. But there are also good servants of the ninth grade who are treated more preferably than Jieyu of the first grade, and there are also bouquets of flowers in the palace maid's room that are fresher than those of the concubines. The palace people have always seen the wind make the rudder and fall into the well, and in such small things, it is especially obvious and tacit.

Zifei has always been in charge of the flowers and plants of the Renming Palace, and he knew that Mo Lan had never been here, and he had never done such work, so he said: "The division is located in the East Palace, the Funing Palace, the Ninghui Palace, and the Renming Palace. The palace maids of Si Yuan Division bully the soft and are afraid of the hard, and always pick some of the rest from others to our Renming Palace, if we are not powerful, we will not even be able to divide the neat flowers and leaves. Her chubby face pressed against Moran's ear, "Stay for a while, as long as someone calls Si Jisi Sanzi, you just go over and get the flowers." You have a new face, and it doesn't hurt to pretend to be someone from the East Palace. ”

Mo Lan didn't seem to understand, "I'm afraid it's not good for someone to pretend to be in the East Palace." While speaking, a palace maid under the corridor shouted to the courtyard: "Si Ji Si!" Mo Lan hesitated and didn't dare to move forward, but he was pushed by Zifei and staggered into the people in the East Palace.

The palace maid who shouted looked at it in her eyes and said coldly: "Renming Hall is the last, and the East Palace goes first." ”

Mo Lan is an eight-rank female official, she has seen the world in the end, she said loudly: "The six bureaus in the palace have a system to follow, and the four halls of the division are all of the same level, why can the East Palace be selected first?" It's not fair! ”

Si Yuansi was used to being arrogant, and when he heard someone questioning it, no one came forward to preside over it for a while. There was gradually a discussion in the courtyard, and the people of the low-level palace complained one after another, and they also found out how many more shares of the East Palace had been rewarded with the festival in the past, and rumors spread for a while-

"We are all on an errand before the emperor, who is more noble than whom?"

"That is, which time is not the one from the East Palace who picks first? Last time, I went back with those stumps and leaves, but I was scolded a lot! ”

The people in the East Palace were very arrogant, and they retorted one after another-

"The official family can go to the East Palace twice a day, and Si Yuansi is naturally close to us!"

"We are the East Palace, can you compare?"

Zifei is not afraid of things, and the bigger the trouble, the better. She stood on her round buttocks, stuck her head out of the crowd, and shouted: "They are all palace maids from the Division, why can the East Palace give priority to everything..."