The Empress is Always Unambitious

Chapter 43: Concubine, thank you for your hard work

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Li Xiaoyi stood up, walked over and knelt down: "The Queen Mother, my concubine Li Xiaoyi bows to the Queen Mother."

"Well, he is indeed a good-looking child. Look, sister." Queen Mother Li called Queen Mother Feng.

"Oh, the emperor is doting on her, she is really pretty. The Ai family also likes her." Empress Dowager Feng said with a smile: "Go and take my jasper pendant to Li Xiaoyi Palace."

Li Xiaoyi thanked Empress Dowager Feng with a happy face, but not too happy.

"They are all good children. From now on, they will serve the emperor well and contribute to the royal family." Empress Dowager Li rewarded everyone again and then drove back to the palace.

After everyone dispersed and returned to Cuiyunxuan, Yao Baolin asked: "Why didn't I understand what happened today?"

"I don't know, sister, that the youngest son of the eldest son of Duke Qi married a concubine of the Feng family." Shen Chuliu said with a smile.

"So that's it." Yao Baolin shook his head: "This is very difficult for Li Xiaoyi."

"That's not a problem. It depends on what she does. Feng's hands are too long." Shen Chuliu said with a smile.

Yao Baolin shook his head: "It's too long."

They knew it tacitly. Although Empress Dowager Feng was the direct concubine, Empress Dowager Li was just a concubine.

But now it comes from Queen Mother Li.

The Li family is just a marquis, and there are no outstanding people. There is no daughter of the Li family in the harem.

The Feng family is already the Duke of the country, and the concubine Feng Shu is the direct descendant of the harem, and the imperial concubine Feng is the daughter of the side branch. Now she is even married to the Duke of Qi.

"The Duke of Qi's palace did not choose, so he married the concubine. The young master is a direct descendant, the youngest son." Shen Chuliu said with a smile.

"Li Xiaoyi raised the heart of the Duke of Qi." Yao Baolin said.

Isn’t this just trying to take advantage of the east wind

What's the use of having a title? No errands, no official position, nothing to do, and only a little salary a year, what is enough

In Qingyin Pavilion, Li Xiaoyi dropped the bead string as soon as she came in.

The slaves were so frightened that they quickly packed up.

She snorted coldly and said nothing. She just changed her clothes and took off her makeup.

Everyone watched the emperor flipping through the cards again and again, and on the first day of the new year, the emperor stayed at Fengzao Palace.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, I read Shen Cairen's sign and asked her to serve the pen and ink in the morning.

It is already September and there is a chill.

Shen Chuliu wore a gold-ingot bun, but did not wear her forehead hair. Instead, he revealed his beautiful porcelain white forehead.

It's just that she has been craving spicy food lately and has a pimple on her forehead.

"How about changing your hair into a bun?" Zizhu reminded.

"No need." Shen Chuliu smiled: "Perfect people don't last long."

Shen Chuliu smiled as he saw Zi Zhu combing her hair and using a chain of gold threads and tourmaline beads to tie her hair into the shape of an ingot.

Wear a red gold flower inlaid with pink tourmaline on the front, and a pair of delicate gold leaf-shaped gold jewelry on each end.

The ears are also matched with red gold tourmalines, and the red gold and red agate bracelets gifted by the emperor are worn on the wrists. She put on a warm pink skirt and a snow-white cloak with beautiful patterns embroidered on it.

When I walked to Tai Chi Palace, I felt warm and cozy.

She went in to greet her and approached the emperor, who pulled her to his side.

"My beloved concubine has spent the winter early?"

"I'm afraid of the cold. It's better to wear more clothes in this weather. Your Majesty, it turns out that it's not cold. Seeing that I'm wearing less clothes, I'm getting cold instead. I can't hold a pen steady, so that's a big deal. "Shen Chuliu said with a smile.

"You're clever." Qi Yixiu smiled: "You're well dressed. What's going on? Are you angry?"

He asked, looking at the cute little red envelope on the concubine's forehead.

She has fair skin, and a pimple is obviously fatal. It's rare for her to be so open-minded and not cover up.

"Autumn is always drier. Your Majesty should drink more water." Shen Chuliu said.

"Well, I'll give you some good ointment later, and some good chrysanthemum tea to drink, so as not to say that I treated you harshly." Qi Yixiu took her and sat in his arms.

After carefully looking at the concubine for a long time, he said: "As usual, just sharpen the ink. You are the one who is tired today."

"I will take a rest secretly." Shen Chuliu said with a smile.

Qi Yixiu also smiled and stopped talking.

Other concubines would never answer like this. They would only say that I am not afraid of getting tired. Or not tired.

This one is the only one who can talk about taking a rest secretly.

When sorting out the book, Qi Yixiu thought that the concubine really knew how to dress up.

There are moments of excellence all the time and everywhere.

It was cold, and she looked cute and warm dressed like this. The baby fat that has not faded away and the improved bun make her look blessed and good-looking.

She can also match the gold. Sometimes, like the Mid-Autumn Festival, she is rich and gorgeous.

When I was young, like today, I was just right and pretty.

Different people have different needs. Shen Cairen's temperament, when he is gorgeous, his hair is covered with gold, he is only rich and romantic. When you want to be simple and elegant, plain silver can also look good. But something like white jade looks good on her, but it looks a little dull.

She is also very smart and never steps into trouble.

Qi Yixiu thought again, there are also people in the harem who are suitable for white jade, such as Concubine Yi and Ning Jieyu.

Especially Ning Jieyu, she has a cold temperament and aloof temperament, which is most suitable for Bai Yu. But this kind of thing gets boring after a long time.

After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that Shen Chuliu was very satisfied with him today. But when he got busy, Qi Yixiu couldn't care about Shen Chuliu anymore.

Shen Chuliu was indeed not joking and would never tire himself out when it was time to rest.

In the middle of the trip, I drank tea twice and went to change clothes. Changing clothes is just that...

However, her movements were light and comfortable, which did not annoy the emperor.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I was extremely impressed. I had never seen any concubine who could be so comfortable when accompanying me.

Concubine Yi had come to accompany him before, but he didn't see anything wrong with it, but after only three or two times, the emperor refused to ask her to come.

Zhao Meiren came here once or twice when she was favored, but it was too dull.

Now that Li Xiaoyi is so favored, the emperor has never called her.

It's rare that Shen Cairen is like this. He hasn't slept with him for a long time, and he doesn't worry about gains and losses when he comes. He is still generous.

Tsk, this girl from the Marquis of Jing'an is really amazing.

It is strange to say that the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jing'an has more control over her husband's house than her mother-in-law.

Shen Chuliu served for half the morning, and also had lunch at Tai Chi Palace at noon.

After a short rest, we continued our work in the afternoon.

She also took a brief look at it. Half of the papers Qi Yixiu approved were reports on the insect plague in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other half were reports on autumn harvests in various places.

But it seems that the insect plague is under control.

There are benefits to serving here. For example, the story about Li Xiaoyi's eldest uncle's son marrying the concubine of the Feng family was read in the book.

Otherwise she wouldn't know so quickly.

At dusk, Qi Yixiu finished approving all the papers and sent them out: "Thank you for your hard work, my beloved concubine."

(End of chapter)