At the Qingming Festival on this day, Huizhu was halfway through her washing, and suddenly someone from the palace came to report: "Concubine Yu Niangniang and An Guiren came to ask to see the master." Huizhu sighed slightly, and just wanted to summon the two of them into the inner hall, but stopped and said: "Su Xin, you go to the main hall to gather some refreshments to accompany you, and the palace combs your makeup, so come over." Su Xin listened, a flash of relief flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly retreated.

His gaze shifted from the swaying curtain to the mercury mirror, and he let out a soft sigh. The joy in Su Xin's eyes, how could she not understand that since she was named Concubine Xi, Su Xin often mentioned her face, asking her to keep a distance from Geng and An, and not to cross the intersection of the quantile position. Today, she asked the two of them to wait in the main hall, but she didn't have the heart to embarrass it, but it was just a private matter for grooming, and she was so uncomfortable with the presence of outsiders.

"Master, this is the aromatic honey paste sent by Father-in-law Lu the day before yesterday, but I used it today?" The one who spoke was one of the two palace maids that Huizhu had only promoted to his side in recent months, who was eighteen years old and called Yuyao.

A soft voice interrupted Huizhu's thoughts, and when she followed the sound, she saw a two-inch black peony pattern lacquer box in the vermilion lacquer plate that Yuyao was holding in her hand.

Huizhu looked at the honey paste that was as beautiful as jade, her eyes lit up, and she stretched out a finger that was half the size of a fingernail, and then spread it evenly in the palm of her hand and looked at it.

On the other side, Yurao is slightly older than Yuyao, who is half a year old, nineteen this year, and is careful and cautious. At this time, seeing Huizhu staring at him, he laughed softly: "Master, don't worry, this box of aromatic honey paste is made from hosta flowers, and nothing else has been added." Hearing this, Huizhu gladly accepted it, smeared it on her face in front of the mercury mirror, but sighed in her heart, the people trained in the palace were indeed better than Xiaojuan and A-Xing beside her.

After the morning makeup, Huizhu came to the main hall, Geng and An saw Huizhu coming, got up and waited in the busy position, and when Huizhu sat down, Fang Xingli said in unison: "Congratulations to Concubine Xi for her healing from her foot injury, and her mother is blessed." Huizhu doesn't like this set very much, but as the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling person, so she also smiled and said: "Get up and talk, come early in the morning, you must have waited for a long time." ”

The two shook their heads, An Shi looked at Huizhu carefully, lowered his head and explained: "There were many people who cared about Niangniang last month, and the concubines didn't bother Niangniang much, so they came to congratulate them early today." ”

Geng's smile remained unchanged, and he raised his eyes, as if he wanted to glance at An Shi, but he didn't move, just whispered.

The benefits of sitting on the highest level, Huizhu has experienced it personally at this moment, and there is no need to pay attention to it, and every move of the people below will be in full view. An has been cautious in front of her for several years, but An Shi doesn't know that the more she looks, the more she feels estranged; And Geng's is the same as at the beginning, although he is now in the same palace as An's, his face and heart are not compatible, but he is just a harmonious atmosphere in front of her.

Thinking of this, a trace of doubt rose in her heart, she had never made any moves to show her closeness to the An family, so when did the An family start to make everyone, even the Geng family, think that she had accepted the An family for her own use?

Thinking about it to no avail, Huizhu didn't want to spoil her injured mood because of An's problem, so she took a break from her thoughts, found another harmless topic, talked for a while, and then got up and said with a smile: "I haven't gone to Chuxiu Palace to ask for peace in February, so it's better to go early today." Geng and An understood, and hurriedly got up to accompany each other, walking left and right.

I picked up something on the way, laughing and chatting without saltiness, and I didn't realize that I was in Chuxiu Palace. The palace gate and palace supervisor raised their voices, and the palace people waiting outside the hall were busy competing to greet each other, Huizhu raised her eyebrows, and entered the main hall by the crowd. Huizhu stopped stepping across the threshold, looked back at the blue sky and floating clouds on a sunny day, and secretly thought: "The natural scenery outside is not as beautiful as a house, or elegant, or bright, or delicate...... Each has its own merits...... And most of them are beauties in their early twenties, they are really fat and thin, and they are up to you to choose. ”

Thinking to herself, Huizhu had already saluted the Ulanara clan and sat down on her left side, staring around. Sitting opposite her sat the Nian family, followed by the Li family, then the Song family, and the concubines of the lower ranks......

At this look, Huizhu responded to everyone's greetings, couldn't help but slow down, and her eyes stopped on Nian's body opposite, with a little doubt in her eyes. What is an important occasion today, or what is a big day, otherwise Nian would have dressed up carefully, and the headdress on his body should be worn all carefully, and Nian, who has a sick face and is over thirty years old, is dressed up as a Tingting woman.

Li followed Huizhu's line of sight, and saw that the place where his eyes were located was indeed Nian's, so he secretly skimmed the corners of his mouth, stirred the handkerchief in his hand, and looked at Huizhu with a smile: "Concubine Xi is recuperating from Jingren Palace, I don't think I know about this big thing!" Qinghai Luobuzang Danjin rebellion, yesterday on the second day of the first lunar month, the eldest brother of the young concubine Niangniang has been appointed by the emperor as the general of Fuyuan, sitting in Xining to command the rebellion.

Huizhu had heard about this two days ago, and the situation in Qinghai was in chaos, and war broke out again in the west. At that time, she thought about who Yinzhen would send to quell the rebellion, and there were two of the most available people, one was the half-brother Yinzhen, and the other was the upstart courtier Nian Qianyao. But it was not easy to give Yinyu to the imprisoned Tangshan, and Yinyu will never give it again

Use; For Nian Qianyao, Yinzhen has also made up his mind to get rid of it, and he will not allow it to be used to collect criminal evidence from many parties. But I never wanted to, but yesterday Yinzhen had decided to let Nian Qianyao replace Yinyu as the general of Fuyuan.

In this way, Yinzhen's previous efforts are not in vain!

Less than a year after the first time he ascended to the treasure, the brothers closed the wall, the border defense was in chaos, the treasury was flat, and the cronies were different, everything was a thorn in the heart!

Unexpectedly, Huizhu recalled the scene of Yinzhen sitting in Jingren Palace the day before yesterday, and when she came, her face was gloomy and her eyes were full of frost, but when she left, she was gloomy

Voiceless. I'm afraid that it was a short hour of meditation at that time, and Yinzhen had already made up his mind to take the lesser of the two evils, and let Nian Qianyao go for the time being, just because this person was the only candidate for counterinsurgency!

Nian's heart is sensitive, and he has been aware of it at the moment when Huizhu's eyes are invested. And since she entered the palace with Huizhu, she has secretly competed with her, but she was not angry with Yinzhen's favor to Huizhu and her mother's family, but now she saw that Huizhu's face was discolored, and she suddenly felt that she got up and dressed up on the fourth watch this morning, which was completely correct......

The thought flashed, and Nian didn't delve into the comparison in his heart, but just looked at Li with sarcasm in his eyes, and then called to Huizhu: "Sister Xi, it seems that her face is not very good, but her foot injury is not good." If that's the case, Concubine Xi's sister should stay in your Jingren Palace. ”

Huizhu smiled reluctantly, and before she could answer, she only heard Geng's excuse say: "The fourth elder brother has been filial piety since he was a child, and during the days when Concubine Xi was injured, it was not ambiguous to greet him every morning and dusk. As he spoke, he covered his mouth and smiled, and said: "The young concubine comforts the sacred heart, and the eldest brother does his best for the emperor's court." Especially now that the young man has been named the general of Fuyuan to quell the rebellion, I think it is not far from being promoted. The concubine congratulated the mother in advance. ”

Geng has always been silent, that is, to help speak, and to uphold that no one can be offended. These words not only relieved the siege of Huizhu, but also made Nian's listen to it. However, despite this, Huizhu smiled thanksgivingly at Geng, who was sitting down.

Nian knew that Geng's was on Huizhu's side, but what Geng said was indeed reasonable, and she was too lazy to finish it, so she looked around Huizhu and Geng's body, hooked her lips and smiled, and she didn't mention it.

The Wu family has no children, and can stand in the palace and be the concubine of Ning, in addition to its own means, it is nothing more than the snort of the Yang Nian clan to survive. So, I saw that the Wu family followed Geng's words, and continued: "Lord Nian has been successively awarded the title of third-class duke and second-class duke, and after the battle here, it is a military achievement, and the family of Concubine Nian can be described as a loyal martyr. When the words fell, everyone hid their thoughts and echoed the voice......

Nian didn't care but smiled silently, but was so praised by Wu, he was proud of his brother in his heart, and the flickering water was faintly proud, and he looked straight at Huizhu.

Huizhu understood what Yinzhen was thinking, so she started to avoid Nian's heart. At this time, he didn't notice the eyes that Nian Shi looked at, and talked to Geng Shi next to him about Hongli and Hongday's brothers.

The conversation was strong, and he only heard the Wulanala clan, who had been silent for a long time with a smile, coughed lightly, and after attracting everyone's attention, he said in dialect: "In recent years, there have been continuous wars in the west, and there have been many natural disasters in the territory. Now, the war is raging again, and although we sisters are women, we cannot sit idly by and be content with ourselves. The palace decided that the monthly consumption of Chuxiu Palace would be halved, either for war materials or for relief of the people. ”

Song responded: "The concubines are meager, and the money and silver that can be removed are just a drop in the bucket for the major affairs of the court, but the concubines are also willing to do their best." ”

Li glared at Song with hatred, most of the cash she had in hand now was transferred to the prince of Hongshi, the minister of communication, and now she had to reduce the monthly case, and she was very unhappy. He snorted lightly on his face, indicating that he echoed the proposal of the Ulanala clan.

Seeing this, the remaining concubines were not willing to be others, and they responded one after another. As one of the four concubines, Huizhu took the brunt of it, not only halved the monthly case, but also donated 2,000 taels of silver to show her support.

Afterwards, everyone talked about donating money in the morning, and then they said goodbye and returned to the palace. Huizhu also left with Geng's and An's, and on the way she remembered what happened in Chuxiu Palace, she couldn't help but smile, she really didn't expect that the day her foot injury healed was also the day she asked for peace again.

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