Greetings the next day.
Concubine Wende directly claimed that she was sick and did not come, which shows that she is still angry with the emperor.
Lin Xiurong also claimed to be ill.
However, everyone knows which illness is real and which is fake.
The queen looked unhappy.
Fengqi Palace and Jiuchen Palace kept a tight lid on what happened last night, not revealing a single detail, which made everyone think that the Queen did not sleep well.
There was nothing important happening today, and Concubine Shu was still arguing with others with full of combativeness.
Both Yi Xiuyuan and Ye Jun were provoked.
Both of them were good at talking, and they joined forces to make Concubine Shu so angry that her face turned blue.
Concubine Zhang wanted to support Concubine Shu, but her position was too low and she was not favored much, so she didn't get a word in at all.
Anyway, in the end, Concubine Shu didn't get any good results as usual.
After coming out of Fengqi Palace, Concubine Shu got on the sedan chair angrily and asked Zhang Cairen to go with her.
"Look at you. You are one of the same batch of people who entered the palace. How can you be worse looking than the other two? I am willing to help you in every way. But now you are still not favored by the Emperor. Do you plan to stay a talented person until you are old?"
"It is my incompetence. Please calm down, Your Majesty." Zhang lowered her head and gritted her teeth.
She understood that Concubine Shu was just frustrated and was taking it out on her. If she tried to argue now, she would only be scolded even more severely. So she simply stayed silent and let Concubine Shu vent her anger.
But Zhang felt very disgusted. How could a stupid person like Concubine Shu be able to sit on the throne of concubine and order her around
"Incompetent, since you are incompetent, why did I train you!" Concubine Shu snorted coldly, "Look, you are also a concubine's daughter, but you are not as good as Yi Xiuyuan and Ming Jieyu in using those foxy tricks. Okay, there is no need to follow me. I am annoyed just by looking at you."
When Zhang heard the word "illegitimate", she felt as if she was pricked by a needle. Her face suddenly darkened and the resentment in her eyes was like a snake crawling out of a dry well.
After bowing, the sedan chair of Concubine Shu drove away. Zhang stared at the back of the person in the sedan chair and clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
Born out of wedlock, even if she is, she will climb up and trample all those self-righteous ladies from famous families under her feet one by one!
Jiuchen Palace.
Ning Chen had just come off court and had not been in Kyoto for many days. The ministers had a lot of things to report, and the memorials sent to the imperial study had piled up like a small mountain.
Ning Chen felt a headache when he saw this, and thought to himself, he should call Prince Ping and Prince Kang to the palace some other day to help review some unimportant memorials.
Good brothers should share.
However, there were also a few things that made people feel good, such as the post of Lanzhou prefect, which was decided to be Qi Yao, the son of the Grand Tutor.
The imperial edict was about to be issued today. Qi Yao packed up with his wife and children and set off for Lanzhou to take up his post on the tenth day of May.
The other one is the imperial edict from Chu Yunhuai.
After this southern tour, Chu Yunhuai did not return to Beijing, but went directly back to Dinghe County. As for his wife Jiang and daughter Jingniang, they would go there later.
When Chu Yunhuai went on his southern tour, Jiang had just found out that she was one month pregnant. Now she was only four months pregnant. The journey was long, and she was afraid of any discomfort, so she planned to walk slowly.
After writing these two imperial edicts, Ning Chen picked up a few memorials at hand and reviewed them, including the one submitted by Ye Zhe requesting to return to Beijing to get married.
Ning Chen took a look at it and then used a cinnabar pen to write a "approval" and wrote two more lines of congratulations.
He handed it to Yuan Jiu.
"Tell someone to send this memorial back to Lingzhou as fast as possible. The happy event of the loyal and brave marquis cannot be delayed. In addition, you should pick out some things from the warehouse and send them along as my gift."
"Yes, Your Majesty, rest assured. I will definitely get it done." Yuan Jiu smiled and said, "Speaking of the Loyal and Brave Marquis, I remembered something. Last night, Concubine Ming gave Huai'an something and said that she would present it to Your Majesty when His Majesty was free. It seemed like a specially prepared gift."
When this was mentioned, Ning Chen remembered the woman who wore the same clothes as him last night.
Among all the beautiful concubines, it seemed that they were the only two together.
Such a subtle feeling makes people feel suddenly more happy.
"Bring it up for me to see." Ning Chen curled his lips slightly and waved his hand.
Yuan Jiu immediately turned around and went out to take the things from Huai'an.
Seeing that it was a scroll, Ning Chen guessed that this woman must have drawn something again.
Those in March and April, could they be paintings of peach blossoms
Thinking this in my mind, I was stunned when I opened the scroll.
The elegant and handsome man in the painting, who looked like a banished immortal, looked somewhat familiar. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed him.
So when she was away, what she imagined herself doing during her southern tour was the scene in the painting
The spring breeze blows through the willows, and the painted boats ripple on the water, all as soft as jade in the warm March sun.
For a moment, Ning Chen was distracted and didn't even notice that the tips of his ears had turned slightly red.
"Oh, I see this is a painting of the emperor!" Yuan Jiu suddenly cried out in surprise, "How can Ming Jieyi paint the emperor? How can the emperor's appearance be casually painted..."
"Since you know you can't just draw casually, why don't you quickly put it away and hide it in a cabinet to prevent others from seeing it and causing trouble."
Ning Chen didn't give him a chance to finish and interrupted him directly.
He then slowly rolled up the scroll from top to bottom, but when he was almost done, he discovered a line of small words written at the bottom of the scroll.
Exquisite dice and red beans.
This was obviously not a complete poem. It looked like it was missing half of its original meaning. Ning Chen stared at it and thought about it carefully for a while, but he really couldn't guess the next sentence, so he had to put the painting away.
Yuan Jiu was so panicked, he was really afraid that Concubine Ming would break the rules and make the emperor angry.
But seeing that the emperor was distracted at this moment, I thought that the painting must have penetrated into his heart.
I have to say that Concubine Ming is really skilled and bold. If you teach others how to win favor, they won't dare to learn it.
Yuan Jiu guessed that the emperor might not go to Yi Xiuyuan's place today, but he was wrong. Ning Chen still went to Langhuaxuan.
He had clearly stated at the family dinner yesterday that he would come. If he didn't come, I'm afraid Yi Xiuyuan would become a laughing stock.
Originally, because of the Queen's miscarriage, the Third Prince's full-month banquet was not allowed to be held in a grand manner. Ning Chen wanted to make amends in his heart, so he would not fail to protect Yi Xiuyuan's face.
After lunch, Ning Chen did not leave and stayed in Langhuaxuan for the whole day. At night, Yi Xiuyuan slept with him.
This favor also attracted the attention of the harem.
But only Yi Xiuyuan herself knew what was going on.
Although the emperor was with her, he seemed to be thinking about other things all day long.
However, she couldn't ask what the emperor was thinking, but she felt a little uncomfortable.
After the night passed, when everyone was still looking forward to seeing who would be the next, the emperor went to Yuxiu Pavilion.
When Ning Chen arrived, Ye Jun was still paying respects to the Queen in Fengqi Palace, so the one who greeted him was actually a dog.
Yes, it’s rice cake.
It rushed out like a small cannonball and hugged Ning Chen's legs, scaring Yuan Jiu, who thought it was something.
Ning Chen looked at the happy Nian Gao and thought that all the dogs raised by Ye Jun were so energetic.