In the main hall of Yikun Palace, Ying'er was choosing clothes for Chunxi to attend today's feast, Mu Hui came in from outside, and saw Chunxi dressing herself up unhurriedly, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help, and also urged Ying'er to say: "Hurry up, it's late to go today, I'm afraid it's not good." [No pop-ups. Please see the most complete! ”

"What's so bad?" Chunxi sat in front of the mirror, put a filigree armor on her nails, kept shaking it in front of her eyes, and stretched it out to Mu Hui's eyes: "How about this pair?" ”

"That's it." Mu Hui didn't look closely, and said casually: "Today's banquet, but the envoys of the Ryukyus invited to the banquet, as the host, it's not appropriate for us to go late." ”

"What are you afraid of?" The corners of his mouth raised: "Ryukyu is a vassal state of our Qing Dynasty, since it is dependent on the Qing Dynasty, why do we need to accommodate everything." What's more, at the banquet, there is the imperial concubine in charge, and we can't get in the way if we are a little late. Perhaps, the imperial concubine is not looking forward to us going now. ”

Mu Hui muttered in a low voice: "Speaking of which, since the imperial concubine took back the power of the harem, she has rectified the atmosphere and managed everything more strictly. If Niangniang goes late today, I'm afraid I'll be scolded by her. ”

Chun Xi didn't care: "Scolding? She scolds as much as she wants, but we can't hear it. I don't like this kind of place the most, thinking that there are envoys to Beijing, and I always have to be extravagant. It's enough to have someone in the court to accompany you, and when you go to other countries, you are so far away, why do you have to bring your female dependents and let us accompany you. ”

Mu Hui said: "Niangniang, don't say it." Let's go. Mu Hui took a royal blue cardigan from Ying'er's hand, dressed her neatly, and was helping her to walk out, she suddenly stopped, looked at her hands, turned back again, took out a pair of cloisonné armor from a small box on the dressing table, and then put on the one in her hand, held it in front of her eyes and smiled: "This is worthy of this dress." ”

Mu Hui looked at her helplessly, and ran over to help her walk outside.

"I heard that some time ago, the emperor asked him to recommend honest officials in the court, and there was Zhang Pengrong among them?" As soon as he sat on the chariot, Chun Xi looked at Mu Hui again and asked.

Mu Hui nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, the courtiers recommended seven people, and Master Zhang is one of them." Presumably, he has already received the holy decree to return to Beijing, and he is already on his way back. ”

"Come to think of it, he's been out of office for several years." Chunxi remembered that the last time she saw Zhang Pengrong, it was several years ago.

"It's been four years." Mu Hui recalled: "In the four years that Master Zhang served as the prefect of Suzhou, I heard that he had outstanding political achievements and was very loved by the people. It seems that the emperor and his mother knew him back then, and they promoted him, but they saw him very accurately. ”

Chunxi nodded in agreement with her statement: "He is sincere, and he is not as abusive as many people in the DPRK and China. After knowing who the emperor is, he never stammers, and he is indeed a good person. He is in the court, I am afraid that there will be some turmoil again, I hope that after he returns to Beijing, his career will be smooth and he will not forget his original intention. ”

"Niangniang is at ease, Master Zhang will definitely do what Niangniang said." Mu Hui said with a smile.

The two of them chatted for a while, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the place of the feast. After getting out of the chariot, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Lian Xue beside Tong Ruofei reprimanding a palace maid beside Dong Xinrui. It sounds like she is blaming her for being unruly and letting her master come and delaying the feast.

Chunxi walked past them with a smile, Mu Hui glanced at them, and whispered in Chunxi's ear: "Since the imperial concubine returned to power, this Aunt Lianxue has become more arrogant than ever. ”

"Be arrogant, now that she is in power alone, she naturally wants to be arrogant. But they themselves forgot how they got the power back. Chunxi didn't care, and walked to the lively place.

Mu Hui covered her mouth and smiled: "That's right, if it weren't for the last time the eighth elder brother was sick, the emperor blamed Concubine Hui for failing to take good care of the children, and thought that she and Concubine Rong took care of the harem affairs together, and failed to take care of a few elder brothers, so he let the imperial concubine be in charge, and let a few ladies bother to take care of the children." Because of this, even Yun Guifei Niangniang's previous assistant manager of the Six Palaces is gone, all so that she can take care of the tenth elder brother with peace of mind. ”

Chun Xi took a deep breath: "Does it matter in whose hands is this power?" On the surface, it is secretly an errand that offends people, if the emperor lets the palace take power, the palace must not want it. ”

"Why?" Mu Hui asked puzzled.

"What are you going to do? It's hard work, and most of it is someone else's business. If it is respected and flattered, with the emperor's favor, and being able to speak by the emperor's side, isn't it much better than the person who only holds great power? It is precisely because so many people care about this right that they will lose their hearts. This palace doesn't want to be that kind of person, if there is such a day, I'm afraid that Yikun Palace will become a cold palace. "Chun Xi knows too well what kind of person Xuan Ye likes in his heart, he has power but not abuse, he is favored but not arrogant, and he wants to be the second kind rather than both.

Mu Hui nodded as if she didn't understand, and as soon as she looked up, the two of them had already entered the hall.

"Concubine Yi came a little late, is there anything delayed?" As soon as Chunxi saw the ceremony, she heard Tong Ruofei's voice. In front of foreign guests, I didn't want to make things difficult, but it can be seen that Chunxi's arrogant appearance is really intolerable.

Chun Xi replied without being salty or light: "I specially prepared milk tea for the emperor, so I delayed it for a while." ”

Tong Ruofei snorted lightly, who in the harem doesn't know that at this hour, Xuan Ye likes to drink a bowl of milk tea, this is a daily habit. Recently, the imperial dining room is no longer prepared, and it is all prepared by Yikun Palace and then sent over. At this time, Chun Xi said it so naturally, which undoubtedly gave everyone present another slap in the face, and Tong Ruofei had no reason to make things difficult again.

And several female relatives of Ryukyu have never seen Chunxi, but they heard that there is a favored concubine in the palace, and when they heard Chunxi talking to Tong Ruofei like this, they all looked at Chunxi curiously. Chunxi didn't care, sat in her place, and occasionally talked to Yunyue and Ma Jia Yiqing beside her, but her eyes never looked at the group of people singing on the stage.

I don't know how long it took, but I felt tired for a long time, and I was about to listen to the play and fall asleep. Mu Hui gently patted her shoulder, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that she was still singing on the stage, it seemed to be a Wu Song fighting a tiger, and the people around her were clapping and applauding, but she felt sleepy.

"The mourning family is also tired, so I won't accompany you to the play." The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng stood up and let Su Mo'er help her and was about to go out.

Tong Ruofei and the Queen Mother both scrambled to stand up first, saying that they would accompany her back.

"No need, you can stay with them here, this play is not over yet, and you all like it a lot. The guests are also looking at it, so stay and stay. Zhaosheng looked in the direction of Chunxi again, and said with a smile: "Concubine Yi sent the mourning family back." ”

Hearing that he was calling himself, Chunxi quickly stood up and walked to Zhaosheng's side.

"Let's go." Before anyone could speak, Zhao Sheng had already taken Chun Xi's hand and walked out. Behind him, there was a crowd of voices: "Congratulations to the Empress Dowager." ”

"It seems that you and Han Ji mostly have the same preferences. Watch a play, you can fall asleep with gongs and drums. On the contrary, playing chess is such a boring thing, you don't feel bored at all, and you are good at it. Zhao Sheng said Han Ji with a smile on his face.

Chun Xi smiled a little embarrassedly, but when it came to Han Ji, Chun Xi remembered a few years ago, because Tong Ruofei wanted to use Han Ji's matter to test Lan Xin's relationship with her. Make it difficult for Han Ji and let her sing on stage. At that time, it was really a mess. However, the bet with Tong Ruofei later, which appeared on stage again a month later, made everyone fall through the glasses. is obviously a person who has no interest in opera, but he can still perform well on the stage. Although it's not as good as those famous actors, it's much better than most of the singers.

"Everyone's preferences are different, and so is the specialization. Although both movement and stillness are appropriate, after all, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are what each other is good at. There are always some areas that I don't like and don't want to touch. Chun Xi replied fluently, and knew that Zhaosheng did not blame her for being rude and falling asleep.

Zhaosheng took her hand, patted her lightly and smiled: "Since Han Ji has a body, the mourning family hasn't seen her for several months, and I think it's more than a month before she is born." Today, I don't know why, I really want to play chess, you can accompany the mourning family to play a game. ”

accompanied Zhaosheng to Cining Palace, and did not return to Yikun Palace until dusk. The afterglow of summer made people feel particularly hot, and Mu Hui immediately asked people to bring a basin of ice in to cool off, and stood beside Chunxi to fan her.

"It seems that the imperial concubine is not very happy today." Mu Hui remembered Tong Ruofei's appearance before, and seemed to be very unhappy since she saw Chunxi arrive.

Chun Xi smiled lightly: "No matter what she does, she has been majestic for so long, does it really make people live by looking at her face?" Sometimes, the face shake is not unique to her. ”

Mu Hui covered her mouth and smiled, and she also felt that what she said was not wrong at all. If you rely on your high position, you will bully others, which will always cause dissatisfaction among everyone. I don't know what happened to this imperial concubine recently, she has changed her gentle and virtuous appearance in the past, and her style has changed drastically.

"Niangniang, this is what the emperor just sent to send me, saying that this time the Ryukyus paid tribute, and I chose a favorite Niangniang to send it." Ying'er came in with a lacquer plate and interrupted the conversation between the two of them. Mu Hui raised her eyes and saw that there were several boxes of different sizes and exquisite workmanship placed on it.

When I opened them one by one, they were indeed all my favorites, although they were not particularly rare, but they were all exquisite. Among them, Chunxi's favorite is a painting fan. The craftsmanship of the fan is exquisite, it is made of jade, it is very cool to hold in the hand, and it is suitable for this hot summer. The painting on the fan leaf is also quite promising, it is a calligraphy and painting master of the Ryukyus, although it is only a painting of lotus flowers and lotus leaves, but it is lifelike, and the one-to-one painting is a fine product.

Chunxi couldn't put this painting fan down, took it in her hand and looked at it again, and only went to the small hall for dinner at the urging of Mu Hui.