Zheng Guifei is the main seat of Caiwei Palace, living in the main hall, although she is one of the twelve noble concubines of the third grade, she has also been out of favor for a long time.

Originally, the monthly cases of the concubines and concubines in each palace were sent directly to each master by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and none of the masters in the Caiwei Palace were favored. is the highest-ranking Zheng Guifei who sees the emperor only three or five times a year, and they are all at the banquet in the harem during the New Year's holidays. The Internal Affairs Office naturally slacked off, and every time it was a month, it sent the supplies of the whole palace to Zheng Guifei and collected it with individuals. Of course, some deductions are indispensable.

Su Mi entered the Caiwei Palace, and the little girl led her into the back corner room, and as soon as she entered the door, there were silver ingots wrapped in red paper on the table, a few packets of scattered copper coins and two small boxes, and the powerful big girl Xiangluo beside Zheng Guifei was counting. There was also a pile of silk and satin on the bed, colorful, and Chang Zai, who lived in the west backyard, was picking up the girls around him, and when he looked up and saw Su Mi coming in, his face couldn't help but blush.

The regulations of each palace are sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but there are certain rules. Always send the high position first, and then the low position. The rewards that usually come down during the New Year's holidays are also picked by the ladies above, and then handed down layer by layer.

In the entire Caiwei Palace, except for Zheng Guifei, who is the head of the first palace, Wei Qing'er has the highest talent, but she has never been favored, and she can't even get out of bed all day long, so everyone inevitably has contempt and acts without scruples. This Hao Changzai is a shy, cowardly, timid and fearful master, and it is inevitable that he will be weak when he sees Su Mi coming in at this time.

Su Mi was in the mood to think about this, so she bowed slightly to her and turned her head to look at Xiangluo.

Before she could ask, Xiangluo had already walked over and grabbed her and smiled, "We were talking about you just now, and we were talking about not Hui'er's little hooves who forgot about business, but it happened that you came." Is your master's illness better? Our mother is still thinking about going to see Wei Cairen this morning, and I am afraid that the noise will delay her recuperation, alas, how can Wei Cairen ...... at a young age" said and sighed twice: "I'm really tired of my sister." ”

"The noble concubine Niangniang takes care of the Caiwei Palace, there are many affairs, my sister serves the Niangniang and works hard day and night, how dare we accept my sister's tiredness when we do some small things, and we can serve the master is our blessing, what kind of labor will there be, not to mention that there are noble concubines and Niangniang have been blessed and blessed, and please ask my sister to see Niangniang later to thank Niangniang on behalf of our master." Su Mi hurriedly straightened up.

Xiangluo is a domestic girl brought in by Zheng Guifei from home, and she is her confidant. In Caiwei Palace, even ordinary masters like Hao Changzai and others were also polite to her, and Su Mi naturally would not be rude.

"No wonder Xianglin often says that you are a very sensible and sensible person, and Wei Cai is also a good blessing to be served by you. If you have any food and clothing, just come to my sister and me. As she spoke, she took Su Mi's hand and came to the table. first pointed to the silver money on the table, and said, "This is the case of this month that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has just sent, compared to usual, Wei Cairen is a month of three or two months of silver, alas, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the war on the front line is tight this month, but the New Year is approaching, and it is necessary to buy New Year's goods to prepare various banquets in the inner court, and the birthday ceremony of the Queen Mother is approaching again, and money must be used everywhere, so I was nervous for a while, so I had to embezzle a part of it first, and then send someone to make up for it after a while, while speaking, I weighed out one or two pieces of silver and counted out thirty copper coins and handed them to Su Mi. ”

How many days will it take to send it back? That's a joke, unless Wei Qing'er suddenly recovers from his illness one day and is favored again, these deducted silver will be sent back without missing or even doubled, and those war banquet ceremonies ...... These names, which gave the Ministry of Internal Affairs a "headache", naturally never reached their ears again.

"Phew, this group of people who killed a thousand knives don't want to think that Master Wei is sick, although the palace has its own imperial medicine to see a doctor and take medicine, and it doesn't cost money, but it's not such a deduction method." Xiangluo also scolded angrily.

Su Mi couldn't help but sneer, the one or two silver and seventy copper coins that were deducted, I'm afraid that at least half of them were left in the hands of Zheng Guifei, even if the Internal Affairs Office was deducted, they didn't dare to deduct so much, and there was less than half left.

Xiangluo opened the two small boxes again, one box was red, green, and green, filled with various delicate and delicate silk flowers, and the other was shining with gold, and it was a few golden hairpins and jade.

"This is a new pile of yarn and silk flowers specially made by the Shangfu Bureau for the celebration of the New Year, and they are distributed to each palace. The master of Wei is six products, and he should receive ten flowers. You can pick what you like. ”

"This one is the queen's reward for the New Year's gift to the masters of the palace, two golden hairpins above the third grade, two bead flowers, one gold hairpin bead flower above the sixth grade, and only one golden hairpin below the sixth grade. You of the Weicai people should also be singled out. ”

Su Mi picked out ten silk flowers according to his words, one of which was a green gold hairpin and a white jade inlaid with silver and a bead flower.

Xiangluo walked to the bed again and said: "This is the material for this month, according to the old example of the forging horse, plus the new clothes cut at the end of the year, and the addition of Suzhou weaving tribute silk satin." ”

Su Mi looked at the fabrics, because they were used at the end of the year, the colors were all red and green, and the patterns were also woven gold and red, which was extremely festive and colorful, and it was bright and dizzy.

She picked two horses casually and was about to leave, but Xiangluo grabbed her again and said, "Sister, don't be busy leaving." While calling a little girl who was waiting outside the door, she was ordered to move back for Su Mi.

"Sister, stay for a while, I have another important matter to discuss with my sister here." Saying hello to Hao Changzai, he pulled Su Mi into the inner room.

"Sister, do you know what day the thirteenth of this month is?" Xiangluo asked.

"Forgive my sister for being shallow. Please let my sister know. Su Mi shook his head.

"That day was Concubine Yun's birthday. Alas, it wasn't supposed to be an important day, it was supposed to be ...... Although Concubine Yun is now a saint, she has never had any friendship with us, so she didn't need to pay attention to it. But I heard that because the mother had been depressed after the miscarriage last month, the emperor made a special decree on her birthday in order to let her go, and ordered the internal affairs government to celebrate the six palaces together. Xiangluo pouted.

Su Mi thought about it for a while, and immediately understood.

Concubine Yun Qu Yiran is now the emperor's favorite concubine, and since she entered the palace last year, she has been a saint and a favorite of the harem. In less than two years, she was promoted from a beauty of the sixth grade to one of the six concubines of the second grade, and even the emperor once wanted to canonize her as one of the four concubines from the first grade, but because Concubine Yun's background was too low, the ministers advised and even the current queen mother personally came forward to stop it.

The limelight is so unique for a while, seeing the effect of venture capital, it is natural for people to welcome the horse. But this Yun Concubine Niangniang, who is loved by thousands of people, is an extremely lonely and cold character, and she is not shy about all kinds of people who are sent to the door to visit and please, and she is cold and indifferent to all kinds of banquets and entertainment in the palace, and even I heard that she is quite arrogant in her treatment of today's saints.

When she was registered as a concubine, the emperor knew that she loved lotus by nature, and loved its color like a hibiscus, so the emperor specially gave her the title of "lotus", originally there were many people in the harem who were from a humble background but were so favored and quite slight, and soon after the title was issued, someone secretly rumored, "Lotus, Lian Ye, just matched with the humble background of this newly favored and proud lotus concubine." These words reached the ears of Concubine Lian, she immediately went to the table to ask the emperor to resign and be titled, and the emperor was furious when he learned of these rumors, and severely punished the relevant people of the rumors, etc., and not only did not blame Concubine Yun's resignation and title This offensive behavior of Tianwei, but praised her "upright words", and changed her title to "Yun" according to her words, and even Qu Yiran's father, an old talent who has failed many times, has broken the grace to give the same person a background, and awarded the government hall to take care of it. It can really be said that one person has attained the Tao, and the chicken dog has ascended to heaven.

After the pampering is not declining, the successive moves through the E, Jieyu, noble concubines, and even in this autumn because of the dragon descendant, carried into the concubine, but unfortunately the imperial heir was pregnant less than three months ago in the miscarriage, originally thought that once the loss of the dragon descendant, Yun Concubine has no dependence, the favor must be much worse than before, from today's news, I am afraid that this favor is not falling but rising.

Set pets in one, but also set grievances in one.

Because Concubine Yun has always monopolized the holy grace, and she doesn't care about the "sisterly love" at all, there is a lot of dissatisfaction with her in the harem, but because of her momentum, she doesn't dare to speak out.

The concubines above the fifth grade are naturally handled by the Internal Affairs Office in accordance with the rules of the palace on their birthdays, and the same is true for Concubine Yun's birthday last year. This time is different from the past, since it is the emperor's decree, the banquet etiquette is the responsibility of the internal affairs office, but this gift needs to be thought about by the palaces.

If it is light, it will inevitably be looked down upon, thinking that it is too childish, and even if it reaches the ears of the emperor, it will cause unhappiness. If it is given heavily, it will be considered to be flattering and flattering, which will attract the jealousy of those who have a heart.

"Now our mother is having a headache about what gifts to prepare," Xiangluo said, "You also know about Concubine Lu." ”

Su Mi, the concubine she said, naturally knew.

This summer, Concubine Lu is still Concubine Lu, a few years ago, when she first entered the palace, she had to be pampered for a while, but she was left behind in just a few months, and she never had the chance to see the sky again. The Chao'an Palace where she lives is the closest to the Juhe Palace where Concubine Yun lives, seeing that Concubine Yun is pampered and has the intention to please, she specially prepared a heavy gift to visit the door, but unfortunately Concubine Yun was indifferent and unmoved, which made her return in defeat.

It didn't take long for her to find out that one of the golden phoenixes used in the palace turned out to be six-tailed (the palace stipulates that the six-tailed phoenix can be used above the second concubine), so she was convicted and deposed from the position of noble concubine and demoted to a concubine. The difference between the noble concubine and the concubine is just one word, but the grade is four levels worse.

It's just that there are other rumors in the palace secretly about this matter, because there are powerful nobles in the palace who are dissatisfied with Concubine Yun's favor, but because of her strong sainthood, they have to vent their anger on people like Lu Guifei.

Speaking of this, most of the palace people will faintly point to the west, the meaning of which is self-evident, the imperial concubine Ni Yelin, who lives in the Xifu Palace in the west, is second only to the queen in this harem in terms of position, and she is from a noble background, and the emperor also attaches great importance to her, plus she has always been the most favored before Concubine Yun entered the palace, and now she has been robbed of the limelight, how can she not complain.

Whether it is Concubine Yun or the Imperial Concubine, it is not something that their little Caiwei Palace can offend.

"It's a pity that Su Mi is stupid and can't share her worries for her mother...... Su Mi said quietly, Wei Qing'er is sick and weak, and these disputes in the palace are naturally bystanders.

"Actually, our mother already has a plan," Xiangluo said, "Yesterday, I said, 'We have a deep sisterhood in the Caiwei Palace, and we are one, so we all have gifts as masters and send them together.'" The gift doesn't have to be valuable, Concubine Yun hasn't seen any rare treasures there, just a heart. So today, when everyone comes to get the example, I want to discuss it with the masters, Hao Chang is here, Wu Meiren and they have already agreed. It's just that...... Master Wei has been sick, and we can't work for her, but fortunately, you are an ...... with ideas and sensible."

"My sister has won the award, and the people of our Caiwei Palace are naturally at the mercy of Zheng Niangniang, but I don't know when Niangniang plans to pass? Let's get our gifts ready. Su Mi immediately responded. Zheng Guifei is just thinking about not blaming the public.

"Today is the seventh day of the first lunar month, and the eleventh day of this month is a good day, all the masters have agreed that this day will pass, sister, don't forget."

Su Mi naturally nodded yes, Xiangluo pulled her in, just to explain the matter, seeing that it was over, the two casually talked about trivial matters for a while, and Su Mi took the opportunity to leave.

As soon as I returned to the east courtyard, I saw Xiao Luzi probing his brain at the door, and when he saw Su Mi coming back, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly jumped out.

"My sister is back, I have something important to tell my sister."

"What's the big deal? It can't be another gossip from somewhere, right? Su Mi welcomed him into the room and asked casually.

"Absolutely not, this time is full of good news, if I dare to lie to my sister, I will be a eunuch in the next life." Xiao Luzi cursed and swore an oath.

He looked around and saw that there was no one, and then approached Su Mi and whispered.

It turned out that just now he wanted to go back to the east backyard after sending Su Mi away, and suddenly remembered that he had forgotten the dust he was carrying with his master, and he was idle anyway, so he turned back to get it. As soon as he walked to the master's place, he saw Hui'er's figure in his master's room from a distance, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he tiptoed to the window, and heard Hui'er and his master arguing in the back room.

It turned out that Hui'er went to Wei Fulong to get a little news, so that she could have a chance to meet the emperor. For this reason, she really sent him a lot of property a few days ago, and almost all the belongings she saved in the palace were filled in. But Wei Fulong still thought that Hui'er's gift was too light, no matter how good she begged, she just refused to reveal the news of a copper.

The two argued to no avail, Hui'er had to leave in a huff, Xiao Luzi was listening to the fun outside, he originally looked at Hui'er unpleasantly, and was about to come out of the shadows and follow her sarcastically, but he saw Zheng Guifei's girl Xianglin walking in, he was afraid that the master would blame him for eavesdropping, so he had to continue to hide and dare not come out, and then he heard the conversation between Xianglin and Wei Fulong.

Xianglin, like Xiangluo, is also a powerful girl beside Zheng Guifei, and her purpose of coming to Wei Fulong is exactly the same as Hui'er.

"I really can't see it usually, looking at her arrogant appearance, she actually has this thought, if you let Zheng Guifei know......" Xiao Luzi shook her head and smacked her lips and said: "But she is on an errand with Zheng Guifei, but she has really saved a lot of good things." As soon as the baggage was opened, ......"

The gifts she gave were generous, and Verflong happily told her what she wanted.

"A few days ago, when the emperor was reading a collection of poems, he asked if the plum forest on the east side of Weiyang Pond had bloomed, and yesterday the emperor's internal supervisor Gao Shengnuo sent someone over to carefully clean and take care of it, I'm afraid the emperor will be interested in going over to enjoy the flowers these days."

This is a pie falling from the sky, Xiao Luzi seized the opportunity and immediately came to find Su Mi as soon as he slipped out.

"It's better for my sister to try it too, in my opinion, my sister must be a creative person, Hui'er, Xianglin, hum, it's in vain to go."

"It's in vain that they went, can I have an adventure if I go?" Su Mi couldn't help but laugh.

"Where is my sister comparable to those people," Xiao Luzi saw that Su Mi was completely unmoved, and couldn't help but persuade: "My sister looks better than them, not to mention, she is literate and hyphenated, and she understands medical skills, which one is not better than them?" ”

Su Mi was about to answer, but when she saw a figure flashing outside the window, she couldn't help but laugh secretly.

"In this palace, if you want to be truly creative, it is not enough to learn just by appearance...... Su Mi said leisurely, and then smiled, "Besides, on a cold day, I won't go to join in this fun, Master Wei is already sick, if I also toss and falls, how can I live this day?" Could it be that you little monkey will serve you? ”

Xiao Luzi listened to her reasoning, so she had to stop persuading, this chance was very slim, and Su Mi was originally a southerner, afraid of cold and freezing, in case she really got sick because of this, it was really not worth it.

"It's a pity, it's rare to hear some useful words from my master, and I can't use them." Xiao Luzi said dejectedly.

"Not necessarily." Su Mi looked out the window and smiled.

The figure outside the window was gone, and Su Mi looked at the corner house where Hui'er lived through the cold window paper.

She's fast!

Xiao Luzi looked at her in confusion.

After sending Xiao Luzi away, Su Mi entered the house and sat down quietly and began to think.

For Concubine Yun's birthday gift, she had an idea in her heart at Xiangluo. If it is used well, this is really an opportunity, a real start for her to soar.

Regarding Xiao Luzi Merlin's suggestion to be favored just now, Su Mi didn't take it to heart at all. How many women in this palace are thinking about it, racking their efforts just to be able to see the emperor, no matter those concubines who have no chance of being a saint all year round, they are the rough girls in the palace, whether they have a posture or a posture, which one is not a dream and looks forward to flying on the branches and becoming a phoenix.

However, the chance of a dream coming true is so slim, and there are only three old cases in the harem of the former emperor that the palace maid was promoted to a concubine by the favor of the saint.

Even if there is such a day...... Su Mi sneered, none of the three palace concubines had a good end.

Since Hui'er has made this idea of waiting for the rabbit, she will let her be, and she Su Mi naturally has her own way.

She stood up and opened the cabinet in the corner of her room, which was different from the clothes and money that the usual palace people put away, it was full of scrolls and scrolls, she took out one of them and opened it gently.

The painting depicts a pool of lotus flowers, the faint curves outline the sparkling water waves of the pond, the lotus flowers on the surface of the pond are in full bloom, and a small dragonfly stands lightly on a flower bud, which will not fly. It is obviously a black and white ink painting, but the whole painting gives people a feeling of bright color and rich style, among which the lotus flowers are even more delicate, and the painting smells fragrant.

Su Mi's gaze fell on the inscription in the painting, and he smiled silently: This time it's all up to you.