Some concubines mentioned that the Xixi Spring Flower Festival in the twenty-sixth year of Longhe was memorable because the palace intended to choose concubines for several princes. The flower festival of Anyuan Xianyunguan is famous because there are unmarried men and women looking for marriage. If you visit the Spring Flower Meeting, just to enjoy the flowers, taste tea, and make incense, there will be a lot less fun.

"But there is no prince who needs to choose a concubine now?" Dong Yuejiao was a little embarrassed.

"Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is customary to enrich the harem and open up branches for South Vietnam. Concubine Xian just took advantage of this Spring Flower Festival to select some official women with good virtue and appearance to serve His Majesty in the palace, and there will be more princes and princesses in the palace next year. ”

Dong Yuejiao shook her head and said, "Now Your Majesty favors Jiqing Palace, I'm afraid I won't agree." ”

"The relationship between the emperor and Concubine Mu is not good, we have all heard about it in this remote place, this is your best time." First Emperor Zhaoyi Song smiled and leaned close to her ear and said: "If you can't get into the eyes of the emperor, send your own people to the eyes of the emperor, this is the virtue of the concubine." ”

Dong Yuejiao suddenly opened up when she heard it: she didn't expect that she could still do this!

Of course, to choose a concubine for the emperor, it is not a matter that a harem concubine can decide casually, it needs to be proposed by the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple, and it can only be reported to Ling Li for approval. In this matter, she could ask her father to go to Huang Kun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Gu Wei, the secretary of Zongzheng Temple, to walk around.

After returning to the city from the Shuiyue Palace, she went back to Dong's house to discuss with her parents about choosing a concubine for the emperor through the Spring Flower Society. After receiving the support of her parents, she returned to the palace with confidence and began to plan the flower party.

Two days later, sure enough, there was a speech official at the court meeting that the emperor should enrich the harem, and the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple also submitted a plan for selecting a concubine in due course.

"The national filial piety has not been completed for three years, and it is inappropriate to do a big job of choosing a concubine at this time." Ling Li refused.

Gu Wei, the secretary of Zongzheng Temple, advised: "Your Majesty, it is the great filial piety of the country to open up branches and leaves for the Nanyue Dynasty. Since the time of Taizu, our dynasty has pursued the people's filial piety for three years, and the royal family has been filial piety for three months, which is for the great plan of the country to extend the heirs......"

"Not long after I ascended the throne, many state affairs have not yet been clarified, and I don't want to be distracted by the affairs of the harem. If there is nothing else to report, I will retreat. ”

With that, Ling Li got up and left with a straight face. Only the ministers in the court were left looking at each other.

"Today, the ministers of the DPRK and China actually suggested that Concubine I take a concubine, do you know what is going on?" Ling Li went straight to Yanqing Palace and asked Dong Yuejiao.

"The concubine is also trying to report this." Dong Yuejiao didn't seem surprised by Ling Li's questioning, she saluted calmly and said: "Your Majesty instructed the concubines to handle the affairs of the Spring Flower Society, and the concubines were afraid that their inexperience would disappoint Your Majesty's high hopes, so they made a special trip to the Shuiyue Palace to consult Concubine Xu the day before yesterday. ”

I didn't expect Dong Yuejiao to admit it so directly, but Ling Li didn't want to reprimand her for being troublesome, so she just said: "I don't have any interest in choosing a concubine, Concubine Xian is concentrating on running a flower party, so you don't have to worry about it for me." ”

"At first, the concubine was just worried about the simple flower meeting, and there was less fun. Since His Majesty is not interested, the concubine has changed. ”

"Forget about the perfume competition, it's a waste of flowers and trees." Ling Li was afraid that this incident would remind Shu Mei of Shen Chanlai back then, so he specially reminded him.

Dong Yuejiao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then the concubine will be changed to a kite competition, how about it?" ”

"Okay, you can do it." After expressing his meaning, Ling Li didn't want to talk to her anymore, and walked towards the backyard, "I'm going to see Juanjuan." ”

Ling Li fell in love with Shen Chan at first sight because of the perfume competition. Dong Yuejiao also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the flower party to launch a second Shen Chan to attract Ling Li's attention, but she didn't expect him to deny this first. Dong Yuejiao frowned: It seems that the woman like Shen Chan that her mother found for herself has to think of another way to appear.

Two days before the Flower Dynasty Festival, Qiu Hibiscus took the post of Yanqing Palace to report, but Shu Mei had no interest in the Spring Flower Festival.

"Niangniang go out of the palace to have a look, this day is bright and good, go to the suburbs for a walk, feel comfortable physically and mentally, don't always be bored in the Jiqing Palace." Qiu Hibiscus tried to persuade her.

"What's the outskirts? It's just going out of this palace wall and entering another palace wall. Under the green corridor in the courtyard, Shu Mei teased the grasshoppers in the mud pot with blades of grass, indifferent.

Bai An, who was cutting medicine on the side, glanced at Shu Mei, raised his head and said to Qiu Jin: "I have heard people talk about Xixi Palace, saying that the palace is the house of the first emperor Qianlong period, after the first emperor ascended the throne, he took a fancy to the feng shui of that house, and let the general expand it, and encircled the Xixi that flows outside the house for a long time, creating a royal garden with excellent scenery......"

"Dr. Bai wants to see it?" Qiu Hibiscus immediately comprehended and handed over the words.

"I'd love to check it out. But Niangniang didn't want to leave the palace, so forget it. ”

"You want to go?" Shu Mei raised his head.

Bai An nodded, "Yes." I heard that there is a garden in it, where hundreds of medicinal herbs are planted, many of which I have only read in medical books, but I have not seen the real thing. ”

"Okay then, I'll take you to see it." Shu Mei nodded in response.

"Thank you, mother." Bai An hurriedly bowed in thanks.

"Between you and me, what else do you say thank you?"

Seeing that Shu Mei buried his head in teasing the gnats again, Bai An winked at Qiu Hibiscus. Unexpectedly, Shu Mei happened to look up and see, "Bai An, what's wrong with your eyes?" ”

"Oh, it seems to be ...... Bugs flew in. In embarrassment, Bai An hurriedly raised his hand to rub his eyes.

"Don't rub it yet, I'll see." Shu Mei grabbed Bai An's hand and leaned closer to look at his eyes.

"Mother, I'm fine......"

"Don't move, I'll see."

Shu Mei picked his eyelids and looked at the insects for him, Bai An looked frightened and sweated profusely.

"I didn't see any bugs." Shu Mei looked at it for a while, and when she let go of her hand and saw Bai An's expression, she couldn't help laughing, "Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?!" ”

Bai An suddenly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The minister has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

Shu Mei turned around and saw Ling Li standing under the green corridor with a cold face, and the smile on his face gradually faded, "It turns out that Your Majesty is here, and the concubine has seen Your Majesty." ”

Ling Li hadn't seen her smile in a long time. At this moment, seeing the smile on her face, I felt bad in my heart.

"The concubine is a little tired, so go back to the palace first." Shu Mei didn't want to talk to him, so he curtsied, turned around and walked towards the dormitory. Qiu Jin glanced at Ling Li, lest she touch the moldy head, so she hurriedly made a greeting and followed Shu Mei.

Ling Li pursed his lips and clenched the fist in his sleeve. If she hadn't kept her back to him, he would have suspected that she had done it on purpose. She was as cold to herself, but she was so close to Baian.

"Bai An, although you are already a temple person, you also have to pay attention to proportion!" When Shu Mei walked away, Ling Li, who had been depressed for a long time, dropped this sentence at Bai An, and then coldly brushed his sleeves away.

Bai An raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and exhaled a long breath. Fang Cai's eyes are even more terrifying than hell!