When the palace concubine summoned Lin Shuran, she naturally wanted to go, so she changed her clothes and followed the grandmother in Concubine De's palace into the palace.

Since Concubine De and Concubine Xian gave birth to the prince at the same time, although they have not been promoted to the position of concubine in the harem, their status has risen self-evidently, and even the cost of food is different from before.

Concubine De's maiden name is Wu Yuwei, is the daughter of the long house of the Wu family in the southern Xinjiang of the Jin Dynasty, the emperor Zhao You once met Wu Yuwei when he traveled to southern Xinjiang, and the Wu family also has a protector for Zhao You, so Zhao You ascended the throne as the emperor and directly accepted Wu Yuwei as his harem.

Concubine Wu Yuwei's maternal family is the famous Ma family in southern Xinjiang, the Ma family is second to none in southern Xinjiang in terms of financial resources, Concubine De can stand in the palace, her status is second only to Queen Wei who was born in the Marquis of Dingyuan, and her brother Lu Yong can sit firmly in the position of general in southern Xinjiang, which is inseparable from the support behind the Ma family, and the southern Xinjiang of the Jin Dynasty has always been the world of the Wu and Ma families.

Empress Wei's original temperament was flamboyant and willful, and she didn't take everyone seriously, and she didn't take the emperor's other women as a thing, anyway, the people who made her unhappy were either beaten into the cold palace, or they didn't know when they would be able to see the emperor, and the queen's ostentatious arrogance has always been obvious.

But Concubine De is different from Queen Wei, she prefers to hide needles in the cotton, Queen Wei doesn't put her in her eyes, and she has never put Queen Wei in her eyes, but she will abide by the rules that should be obeyed on the surface, and she will endure the grievances that she should endure, she understands in her heart that as long as the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion does not fall, Queen Wei has the capital to be powerful.

Lin Shuran knew something about Concubine De, or Chen Jiayu told her before, just because it was the eldest daughter of the head of the Ma family in southern Xinjiang who gave Wei Ying an aphrodisiac that day.

It's a pity that the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion doesn't look down on the daughter of the Ma family, so Mrs. Ma thought of a tortuous route for her daughter, that is, to become Wei Ying's wife, let the daughter of the Ma family become the eldest daughter-in-law of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and then plot the entire Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Who would have thought that Wei Ying did not let Mrs. Ma and her daughter's treacherous scheme succeed, but supported herself to find Chen Jiayu, and the matter was somehow learned by the prime minister's wife Ruan, and there were many contradictions between Ruan and Mrs. Ma these days.

Since Mrs. Ma came to the capital, she has been bowing low and small in front of the wealthy ladies, but since Concubine De gave birth to the prince, she has also followed the branches, and the princes are still young, and it is really hard to say who will be able to sit firmly in the position of the prince in the future.

Lin Shuran entered Concubine De's palace, and at first glance, Concubine De's palace was very delicate and elegant, but with a little eyesight, you will find that everything in this palace is a valuable and extremely difficult to find treasure, and low-key luxury is probably like this.

"Courtiers see Concubine De Niangniang!" There was a palace beauty sitting on the phoenix chair in front of her, she was not a few years older than Lin Shuran in terms of age, but her skin was snowy, white and red, not like a young woman who had just given birth at all, but full of girlishness, no wonder the emperor still missed her after returning from southern Xinjiang.

"Mrs. Xu, please take a seat!" Concubine De smiled and invited Lin Shuran to sit on the side, her eyes seemed to have no strangeness and alienation from her at all, but she looked very familiar, and said, "This palace has always wanted to find a chance to meet Mrs. Xu alone, but there is always something delayed, today it happened that someone selected a few good sea pearls from southern Xinjiang and brought them to me, this sea pearl is very uncommon, and it is a more rare luminous pearl!" ”

As Concubine De spoke, a palace lady walked out of the side of the hall with a square delicate wooden box in both hands, and then walked in front of Lin Shuran, and another palace lady opened the wooden box and let Lin Shuran look at the two luminous sea pearls as big as eggs inside.

Even if Lin Shuran doesn't know the goods, she knows that such a big night pearl is a priceless treasure no matter what time and space it is, and even a layman can see that the color and texture of this pearl are absolutely superior, and Concubine De is really a great skill, and she actually got such two rare treasures at once.

"Mrs. Xu, how is this night Ming Haizhu?" Concubine De looked at Lin Shuran with a smile, and naturally did not ignore the amazement in her eyes when she saw the Luminous Sea Pearl, this is a unique thing in the deep sea of Southern Xinjiang, I don't know how much manpower, financial resources and time it will take to find such a sea pearl, but as long as she can attract Xu Junze and Lin Shuran to stand on her side, she is not stingy with such a treasure.

"Back to Niangniang's words, such a big Haizhu courtesy has never seen it, it is really a rare treasure in the world!" Lin Shuran also praised generously, but she generally only appreciates this kind of treasure, and never greedily wants to keep it for herself, there are so many rare treasures in this world, and she is very lucky to see it with her own eyes.

Concubine De rubbed her five fingers with her backhand, and then looked at Lin Shuran with a deep smile and said, "It seems that Mrs. Xu also likes this treasure very much, since this is the case, this palace will give you one!" ”

Lin Shuran already had a premonition in his heart, and he just had a flat look on his face, and refused loudly: "The courtiers thank Niangniang for their kindness, but the courtiers dare not accept such a treasure and can't accept it, and please forgive the mother." ”

Why is that? Why can't you receive it from this palace? Concubine De's face changed slightly, as if she was saying that Lin Shuran didn't know what to do.

Lin Shuran hurriedly explained: "Niangniang, have you forgotten that some time ago, the emperor had an edict in the palace that the civil and military ministers should not have any interests with the concubines, unless the saint and the queen mother reward them, the rest of the concubines' things, whether they are courtiers or courtiers' families, are not allowed, otherwise it is a big crime!" ”

Since someone forced the emperor to make a prince, Emperor Zhao You was worried about the harem interfering in politics, so he had such an edict in the early dynasty, Lin Shuran was also glad that the emperor had already predicted, otherwise she really didn't know what excuse to use to reject Concubine De.

The emperor's edict Concubine De naturally knew about it, but she turned her eyes and smiled, and said: "This is just a sea pearl, what can it matter, why not give it to the wife of the palace as a reward from the palace!" Moreover, if I don't say it, if you don't say it, no one knows where your pearl came from. ”

Lin Shuran immediately replied: "Niangniang, the courtiers can't accept this bead, this is also for the good of the mother, lest anyone think that the mother is deliberately wooing the courtiers, the queen mother and the emperor are the most taboo about this matter, in case they hear the wind and scold the mother, it will not be good!" ”

Concubine De saw that Lin Shuran was unwilling to accept Haizhu, was she afraid of the emperor's dictation, or was she unwilling to accept her "overtures"?

No matter which one it is, I shouldn't be able to send this Haizhu today, although I was unhappy in my heart, Concubine De still had a smile on her face, pretended to sigh with pity, and chatted with Lin Shuran for a while, and then found an excuse to let her out.

(End of chapter)