24. Newcomers
It turned out that there would be another batch of selected beauties entering the palace in the spring, but for some reason it was delayed until the autumn, and it was half a year late.
Not many people were selected this time. I heard that those selected from Jingzhou, which is adjacent to the capital, also have beauties from the south of the Yangtze River, and after sifting and filtering through layers, there are still more than 30 people left. After the emperor's personal election, more than half of them were brushed off, and finally eleven people entered the palace.
Xie Ning didn't care about this matter, but the people around him felt that "Xie Meiren must be anxious" and rushed to deliver the news to her.
Gonggong Zhou has been here once, which means that the eleven of them this time are now placed in the Yeting Palace, and they have to learn the rules carefully. Two or three of them are the best of the living.
Xie Ning smiled and asked, "How beautiful is it?" ”
Father-in-law Zhou also smiled: "Our family looks at it, it is not inferior to Chen Jieyu and Liang Meiren." ”
Chen Jieyu and Liang Meiren are both very moving, to tell the truth, Xie Ning feels that he is quite inferior.
Since it is said that it is no worse than those two, it must be quite a moving beauty.
What's more, they are more tender.
Speaking of which, after the New Year, Xie Ning was only eighteen years old, so he couldn't be regarded as old. But the current situation is that eighteen years old is no longer new.
A new generation replaces the old.
Thinking about it like this, Xie Ning suddenly felt that the time to send the sachet didn't seem to be right.
The newcomer here entered the palace, and she made needlework for the emperor with her own hands. Who doesn't know? When women do these things, they always expect to use love needles and threads to cage men's hearts.
Is this sachet to be given or not?
Newcomers and new atmosphere, Shainin once met several of them in the garden.
They are wearing pink, yellow, blue, and purple bright clothes, although it is already late autumn, but the freshness of youth is full of spring vitality.
Shainin stood there looking at the florist's new chrysanthemum. The flower is not a famous species, but it is better than the beauty of the form, the layers of flower branches are rolled down from the wall, and from a distance it looks like a colorful brocade embroidered chrysanthemum hanging on the wall, and the chrysanthemums are like the splashes of the waterfall soaring and splashing.
Someone approached with a grin and stopped not far behind Shainin.
As soon as Xie Ning turned his head, he saw them.
Sure enough, they are all selected beauties, and the fresh breath is far from being comparable to those who have been immersed in the palace for several years.
Do not teach the color of fat powder.
What a good age.
One of them bowed down first, and the others hurriedly followed suit.
"I've seen Xie Meiren."
"No need to be polite."
On the way back, Qinghe found that his master was more silent than before.
It must be that those yellow-haired girls are in a bad mood.
Also, although his master is now favored, the most uncommon thing in the palace is that the red face is not old and the grace is broken first.
In fact, what Xie Ning thought was not the same thing as what Qinghe was worried about.
Seeing those newcomers reminded her of the situation when she first entered the palace.
At that time, she was trembling when she learned the rules every day, for fear of being reprimanded by Shanggong. Although he won't be beaten, he really can't get off the stage in front of many people.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and a crisp call: "Sister Xie, please stay." ”
Qinghe's brows furrowed, and he still smiled when he turned around.
Shainin also stopped.
The girl who caught up was one of the few people I had just met, with a melon seed face, snow-white skin, hair combed into a curtain bun, and a smile on her face.
"My surname is Tang, and my family calls me Hong'er. I heard that Sister Xie's hometown is also from Daming Mansion? ”
Shainin nodded.
"Then we're still fellow villagers." Tang Hong'er bit her lip, took a step forward, and said softly, "I heard from the Shang Palace that they are going to settle a place for us." Can I live with Sister Xie? ”
Xie Ning just smiled and didn't speak, but Qinghe replied with a smile: "Miss Tang, the place in the Lingering Fragrance Pavilion is small, and the wing room and backyard have not been repaired for a long time, so it is uninhabitable." ”
What I think in my heart is completely different from what I say.
In the past, Yingxiang Pavilion was not a good place, it was remote, the house was old, and no one wanted to come. After the death of a person, Liu Cairen moved away like hiding from the plague. But now that his master is favored, Yingxiang Pavilion has also turned over and become a crowd.
Miss Tang didn't look frustrated and embarrassed when she was rejected, but she lowered her head and whispered, "Oh, forget it." ”
When he was far away, Qinghe couldn't help but say, "This person is really familiar." ”
Xie Ning smiled.
As soon as Qinghe spoke, he knew that he had also lost his senses. Usually she also teaches Qingmei not to take risks, but now she is actually impetuous.
This can't be done, it has to be changed.
I don't know what's going on, but when I see those newcomers, Qinghe feels upset.
After noon, Xie Ning woke up and took a nap, Qinghe came in and told her that two new beauties had come just now, one surnamed Yang and the other surnamed Zhao, because Xie Ning was taking a nap, Qinghe originally invited them to come in and sit down, but they said they would come back later and left.
It's really unrefreshing.
But fortunately, not all of the eleven beauties are so active in camping, and half of them are still quite peaceful, at least they look quite peaceful now.
Speaking of which, Shainin still wonders about something, why is there eleven beauties in number? People here don't like the singular in anything, except in some special cases. But it's like this kind of selection of people...... I feel like this number is a bit weird. Either ten, or twelve, all good, but eleven.
Within two days, this doubt was solved.
said that there were twelve selected at that time, but one of them became seriously ill after being selected, and he looked badly ill, so he was removed from the list.
Why don't you get seriously ill sooner or later? It makes people feel that this beauty is a little too unlucky.
Listening to the meaning of Luo Shanggong's words, after eliminating the sick beauty, he originally wanted to add another one, but after the emperor listened to what Bai Gonggong said, he didn't need to make up for it, so this year's selection of people became embarrassing eleven people.
After being dressed up by the Luo Shang Palace, Xie Ning of course went to accompany him.
She brought the finished sachet with her. I thought it should be difficult to send it out, but after meeting the emperor, it was easy to say it.
"The concubine's needlework is not good...... The emperor takes a look, this can still be eye-catching, right? ”
The emperor looked at the sachet she took out. Because she was carrying it in her arms before, the sachet was stained with her body temperature.
There was a slight bitterness in the faint scent of hay, not the sweet and greasy aroma.
"Your needlework is really average." The emperor didn't save face for her at all: "What is this embroidery?" ”
"This is Kong Fangqian."
She really can't embroider complicated, this pattern is a circle and a square hole, it couldn't be simpler.
"This means that there are rolling financial resources......" Xie Ning finished speaking before chuckling in his heart. It's really bad, the emperor doesn't need to make money, and he is not a businessman. She hurriedly added: "It is also the meaning of the round sky and the peaceful prolongation of life." ”
As a result, the emperor was quite happy: "I am quite short of money this year, and this is just the right time." Come, tie it to me. ”
Is this crooked?
Xie Ning half-knelt and took off the one he had worn on the emperor's body and tied the one he had embroidered. It turns out that the embroidered one looks quite new, and the level of the embroiderer on it is by no means the same as that of Shainin.
I don't know who did this one. Maybe it was done by someone from the Needlework Bureau, or maybe it was made for the emperor by a harem concubine with a similar status as Xie Ning.