I heard that Concubine Shu's birthday banquet invited more than a dozen guests, and Xie Ning was not the bottom one, nor was he top-notch.

Got up early, Qinghe deliberately dressed up for Xie Ning.

If you just look at the faces of the two of them, Xie Ning's face is pink, and his lips are like petals, and he knows that he sleeps well at night. Qinghe's face was a little yellow, he looked very gloomy, his eyes were a little puffy, and he obviously didn't sleep well all night.

Those who don't know really can't guess which of the two of them is going to this birthday banquet today.

"This is the first time the master has returned to Yanning Palace, you can't be sloppy in dressing, others will laugh at you."

Xie Ning just smiled: "I heard that among the people who went today, I and Liang Meiren's rank is really uncountable, if I wear it so dazzlingly, others will laugh at it." ”

When Qinghe heard this, the master said the same, and couldn't help but be embarrassed.

This is afraid that the shabby clothes will make the master lose his dignity, and this first time in front of everyone, he can't show cowardice, otherwise those people will not put the master in their eyes in the future, and they don't know how to arrange it behind their backs.

But what the master said is right, after all, the rank of beauty is not up or down in the palace, and those who went to the meeting today are Jieyu, Zhaorong, and Shuyuan, and these nobles are all above their masters, and they really can't be too eye-catching.

Xie Ning saw her embarrassed, and knew that she was thinking about her own plans, so she picked up a branch and shook it on her sideburns and gestured: "You don't have to think so much." What I usually wear when I see a visitor, and what I wear today. The lady is a birthday star today, I guess, the guests will definitely wear the rules and regulations, but they will not dominate.

Qinghe understood now, and dressed up for Xie Ning neatly.

"Ready, right?"

"It's already loaded."

Last time, Chen Jieyu's birthday was a listening bottle, and this time Concubine Shu's birthday can't be too perfunctory. Xie Ning searched in his box and found a jade bonsai. The material is not expensive, but the appearance is chic and exquisite, and it is a handy ornament. I was afraid that it would not look good, so I found a picture of the cedar white river to put together.

Xie Ning dressed up, and the green plum outside came in to report: "Liang Meiren is here." ”

Shainin said, "Please come in." ”

Liang Meiren also got an invitation, and today the two said that they would go to the meeting together.

It's not that their relationship is particularly good these days, but there are so many people in the back garden, only the two of them have been posted, how can they say that they can be companions when they go together, so as not to be alone and have no one to talk to.

As soon as Qinghe saw Liang Meiren, he knew that his master was not wrong.

Liang Meiren is also dressed in a decent way, and she is not very brilliant.

Qinghe remembered in a trance that it was not like this when Liang Meicai was favored, at that time she seemed to walk with a gust of wind, her chin was slightly raised, and her steps were light. I remember that I don't know who passed on a sentence at the time, saying that the emperor once praised Liang Mei's slender posture, just like "Liang Shangyan." ”

Now Liang Meiren is almost forgotten. Qinghe and the others once secretly guessed that Liang Meiren might have angered the emperor because of something, otherwise how could she fall out of favor so quickly, the emperor seemed to have forgotten about this person completely, and never summoned her again.

Xie Ning got up to greet him: "Sister Liang came really early. ”

Liang Meiren looked at Xie Ning's clothes without a trace. Pink shirt, underneath is a wavy mandarin duck skirt. Such a skirt is worn by many people in the palace this year. Liang Meiren has never liked to wear the same clothes as others, and thinks that those people are swarming and wearing the same shirts and skirts, which are gaudy and don't know what to say. But looking at Shainin now, she suddenly felt that she seemed to have thought wrong and done wrong in the past.

She used to be like that, she always had to show that she was not the same as others, not that no one muttered that she was "pretending to be high", but she felt that it was her noble character that was different.

It's so hateful.

It was because others saw her characteristic that they knocked her to the ground as soon as they made a move.

Now it's too late for her to regret it, and the emperor probably doesn't remember her for a long time.

When she received Concubine Shu's post, Liang Meiren was still thinking about whether she would see the emperor at Concubine Shu?

The thought made her heart throb and heat again.

She hopes to have a chance to see the emperor again, admit her mistakes to him, and beg him to forgive her for the wrong things she did when she was young and vigorous.

It was still early at this time, the two sat down and talked for a while, Liang Meiren asked her what she planned to give, and took out the congratulatory gift she had prepared to show Shain.

Liang Meiren prepared a very delicate embroidered screen, embroidered with peach blossoms, lotuses, chrysanthemums and plum blossoms.

"This embroidery was drawn by my sister herself, right?"

Liang Meiren said with a smile: "Usually idle is also idle, feel free to paint a few strokes, this is embroidered by Wan Niangzi of the Needlework Bureau, thanks to her exquisite craftsmanship, the original painting is not very good, embroidered and can be seen." ”

Don't just look at it. Compared with this embroidered screen, Shaining's bonsai is very insincere.

This gift is not something that can be prepared in three days or two days, at least one or two months in advance. After drawing a good picture, it will take a few days to embroider it, and then make the outer frame of the screen frame and frame the embroidery picture.

But Concubine Shu's post is a matter of the past few days, I don't know if Liang Meiren's gift was prepared for Concubine Shu's birthday early in the morning.

Compared with others, Shainin felt that his life was too unsuccessful.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Xie Ning and Liang Meiren set off together to Yanning Palace.

It is the first time for Xie Ning to come, and it is not the first time for Liang Meiren.

Yanning Palace is very spacious, but it doesn't look particularly gorgeous. The courtyard was clean and spotless, and the eunuchs and palace people who came and went were all dressed in new clothes, and their faces were beaming.

The master's birthday, they were rewarded, one person wore a new set of clothes, this month the concubine rewarded them with double monthly money, I heard that today they also added vegetables.

Xie Ning was secretly ashamed. She also had her birthday, but she didn't dare to compare with Concubine Shu. When she celebrated her birthday this year, she was still just a talented person, and she couldn't afford to reward one person and one piece of clothing, but everyone in her courtyard gave a reward money, and she also added food to the palace people in the Lingering Fragrance Pavilion that day.

Counting the manpower of Concubine Shu's service here, it seems that it costs a lot of money to celebrate Concubine Shu's birthday.

The palace people led Xie Ning and Liang Meiothers into the main hall and sit. There is a crimson woven carpet embroidered with five-colored peonies on the ground in the hall, and the wealth and grandeur revealed by this carpet alone have already taken the lead.

There were already a few guests, but Xie Ning only knew two or three people, in addition to Li Zhaorong and Chen Jieyu, there was also a Gao Jieyu she had seen. Gao Jieyu was born very plump, with fair skin and plump body, like a noisy white steamed bun just out of the cage. They came early and were sitting together drinking tea and talking.

The palace people led Xie Ning and Liang Meiren to their seats. Today's seats are arranged in a fan-shaped shape, and Xie Ning and Liang Mei's positions are on the far side of the right.

Xie Ning knew about today's position, and she was going to come to go through the motions, and Liang Meiren sat down next to her. At this time, the two of them thought in their hearts, fortunately, they came with people, otherwise it would be really embarrassing and embarrassing to sit alone in such a lonely corner, and there was no one to talk to.

As soon as they sat down, another guest came. This Shi Shunyi was serving in the palace before the emperor ascended the throne, she was the palace person who served beside the queen, and she was named Shunyi when the emperor ascended the throne and canonized the harem.