The next day was the Longevity Festival. After greeting the queen in the morning, they went back to the palace to freshen up.
There is a big banquet at noon, and before that, around nine or ten o'clock, courtiers and wives will enter the palace one after another. There are various activities in Qianyu Garden today, such as giving birthday gifts, watching operas and so on, and the concubines will also be there.
There is not much time left for everyone to dress up. Today, no one is talking nonsense. The queen also said a few words on the scene after seeing everyone, and let them go back to the palace.
Naturally, Shen Yuqing couldn't stay for a meal, even though she was very unwilling to dress up, she still had to obediently put on makeup and change into a complicated and gorgeous imperial concubine uniform for such a big scene.
It is extremely unfortunate that Mrs. Mi, who is still under confinement, cannot come on such a lively day. Concubine Yu, whose face is still not fully recovered, will not be able to come either.
Concubine Shen Gui changed into a light red dress, the color of this dress alone was enough to overwhelm everyone. The imperial concubine's uniform is indeed the most dazzling in the whole palace. In contrast, the queen's uniform is dignified and majestic. The red and dark dress with black seams, belts and patterns is calm and heavy. The emperor is a black dragon robe with dark red patterns.
Concubine Shen was somewhat displeased with the two of them wearing couple outfits. After all, Man Chen was persuaded to change all the accessories into black ones.
Although her dresses were all in dark red patterns, the black girdle and sachet, as well as the thin black gauze overlay, looked more coordinated with the queen's clothes. The emperor's and queen's are called sister and brother costumes, and her and the queen's are couple costumes!
Concubine Shen was very satisfied, Man Chen looked at his mother helplessly, and felt that the front and back palace were about to boil.
—The imperial concubine dresses up to be close to the queen. Is this dissatisfaction with the queen and wanting to replace her
Officials like to think too much, there is no way.
Unable to stop the imperial concubine, Man Chen told Man Xing a few words to let her watch, and then watched sadly that the empress took Man Xing Que Ri out, followed by a bunch of little eunuchs and maids of honor.
It was neither too early nor too late, and when the imperial concubine appeared, the queen hadn't arrived yet.
Although Concubine Shen always likes to be late, and she is more late than the queen, but on big occasions, she still has to give the queen face and let the queen make her final appearance.
The imperial concubine and empress with a group of people had a great ostentation, she deliberately slowed down her pace, and walked slowly into the front imperial garden full of aura.
The former imperial garden is in the former dynasty, separated from the harem by the forbidden building. Before the Forbidden Building is the Imperial Garden, and behind the Forbidden Building is the Haiyan Palace for banquets.
Haiyan Hall is actually in the harem, but it happens to be connected to the Imperial Garden. As for the imperial garden, it is farther away, and it is close to the concubine's palace, so it is not convenient to use it as an activity place for the officials.
It is rare for concubines to come to the front palace, even if they can only do activities in the imperial garden, all the concubines seem very happy. The Qianyu Garden is well-organized and has no ornamental value. In the center is a lake and an island in the middle of the lake. It is said to be an island in the middle of the lake, but in fact it is obviously close to the north shore from its location. If you sit on the south bank, you may not be able to see clearly.
There is an open space around the lake, and now there are tables and chairs, and the island in the middle of the lake has become a place for dancers, musicians, actors, etc. to perform. A trail on the south side connects the island in the center of the lake to the shore, which is convenient for those people to enter and exit.
The emperor sits in the north, the concubines sit in the northwest, and the northeast is the seat for the emperor's relatives, regardless of gender. The remaining east and southeast seats are for officials and noble honors, and the corresponding west and southwest are for noble ladies.
The small banquet before the opening of the Longevity Luncheon is only served with refreshments, and the main event is the congratulatory gifts from everyone.
At this moment, no one is here, and the dancers on the central island are dancing. The bored people had no choice but to have fun for themselves, so as soon as the imperial concubine appeared on stage, everyone looked over in unison.
Concubine Rong was the first to enter the arena, but she did not receive this treatment. She was sitting under Concubine Shu in a magenta palace dress, pulling off her handkerchief very unhappy, with a dignified smile on her face, secretly gritting her teeth.
The concubine's palace dress is all biased towards red, but it is only biased. For example, the magenta of the fourth concubine, the magenta of the concubine, and the peach red of the wife are actually pinkish.
Red represents "positive", and only regular wives can use it, and their group of concubines can't use it. Concubine Rong stared at Concubine Shen's palace attire, her eyes were burning.
Don't say it's just a piece of clothing, it doesn't matter, in fact, women in the palace love to tangle with details the most.
What's more, the imperial concubine belongs to the concubine, not an ordinary concubine. When the officials saw the noble concubine stand up and salute, their fourth concubine and the ordinary second-rank concubine did not have this treatment.
Concubine Shen Gui smiled at her, paired with sharp and flamboyant makeup, like a mockery, the hatred was firmly pulled.
Taking a quick glance at the opposite side, one could see Sir Shen sitting at the head of all the officials. Shen Yuqing nodded slightly, at least she was her nominal "father". Then he ignored the people around him and sat down on the second right.
The seat on her left and right is the empress's seat. I measured it with my eyes, and the empress's seat is still closer to hers, and farther away from the emperor.
very good.
The naive Concubine Shen was satisfied.
"The imperial concubine seems to have changed a lot." A familiar lady said to Mrs. Shen with a smile. You made a wrong step. The imperial concubine is different, after going to the palace, she has been sharpened, and this aura makes even me fearful."
Madam Shen's heart skipped a beat, for fear that she would see something. Fortunately, she didn't find anything wrong, so she was relieved.
"Your Majesty is having a hard time in the palace. Naturally, you have to be tougher to suppress those court ladies and eunuchs watching people's orders." Mrs. Shen lightly opened up the topic, "The Holy Majesty and Empress Empress are here."
Everyone stood up again to salute.
The emperor and empress came together, and they looked like a perfect match. This is what everyone thinks.
The Dog Emperor is too much of an eyesore. This is the idea of the imperial concubine.
"Everyone is flat." The emperor was full of momentum, at least he was not compared to the imperial concubine, otherwise he would be ashamed.
He took his seat first, the chief eunuch sang the ceremony, and the small banquet began.
The maids began to serve the main refreshments one by one, instead of just serving ordinary snacks and fruits as before. In the refreshments, there are many dim sums made by imperial chefs in the palace. The taste and appearance are very good. The people who originally planned to eat them couldn't help but eat too much.
Fortunately, the small banquet lasts for several hours, and after digesting it later, you can still eat the afternoon banquet.
Shen Guifei ate very happily.
The concubine emperor's refreshments are different from other people's. They are basically made according to everyone's taste. They are specially made by a group of imperial chefs, and they are not mixed with other people's. A small half of the food placed in front of Concubine Shen was for the adults to eat, it can be seen that the status of the adults is higher than that of the imperial concubine.
The cat got out of the sleeve, climbed onto the table and began to enjoy the small snacks offered by the cat slaves.
"Meow." After eating delicious food, the adult licked his mouth happily.
Concubine Shen Gui hurriedly stuffed herself with two bites of food, and then began to concentrate on serving the adults.
"Your Majesty, it's better to come here as a servant." Bi Ran couldn't stand it any longer, so she stepped forward and said softly.
There is no imperial concubine who takes care of pets in person, even in the palace, but there are many people watching here!
Concubine Shen hesitated for a moment, looked at the people around her who were staring at her from the corner of the eye with indescribable expressions, feeling a little unhappy in her heart.
At this time, the Empress Empress spoke.
"Bring your lord to this palace, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you very much."
Open your eyes and tell nonsense, you can see Qing An every morning.
The concubines cursed secretly in their hearts, but they still kept a smile on their faces, pretending that there was no problem.
The empress took him away, and began to serve him meals in person. Now everyone is even more speechless, why are the empresses in the palace so nice to a cat...
"It makes me want to have a cat." The lady who was acquainted with Mrs. Shen said, "Is this cat so rare?" Even the ladies in the palace like it so much.
Mrs. Shen didn't say anything. This lady was so cute by cats that she wanted to keep a cat. She was just following the trend. The capital city is the place where efficiencies are the most serious. What the people in the palace do, all officials and wives like to follow the trend and learn from it, just like the trend.
The cat went to the queen's place, and Concubine Shen could finally concentrate on eating and watching the show.
Concubine Rong next to her wanted to hate Concubine Shen, but unfortunately it was inconvenient to be separated by Concubine Shu. Thinking of what Shen Yuqing said to her yesterday, she let go of her unhappiness for the time being and decided to let Shen Yuqing go. So Concubine Shu was unlucky.
The recently favored Yu Ronghua was too far away, so Concubine Rong started to trouble Concubine Shu.
Watching dancing and eating is so boring, but quarreling and bickering are interesting.
"Sister Concubine Shu is not looking very well today? Did she not sleep well yesterday? My sister should have a good rest, otherwise how can I perform well at the family banquet tonight and win His Majesty's favor?" It's best, go back to your Feiyue Palace and go to sleep.
"Sister Concubine Rong hasn't seen the imperial doctor recently? Go back and make some cassia seed tea to drink, the illness can't be delayed." If your eyes are not working well, take the medicine quickly, and you will look bad.
Shen Yuqing listened with pricked ears, wondering when Concubine Shu would offend Concubine Rong again.
After listening for a long time, I finally understood that the emperor was planning to go to Yunxiang Palace last night, but he ran into Concubine Shu on the way, and ended up going to Feiyue Palace.
Tsk, I'm afraid the emperor did it on purpose.
There is only one palace gate in the West Palace, between Yunxiang Palace and Feiyue Palace, it is really easy to cut off halfway.
Poor Concubine Rong was cut off by An Shuyuan for the first time in bed, and this time was cut off by Concubine Shu again, no wonder she felt unhappy. Coincidentally, this An Shuyuan also lives in Feiyue Palace.
Twice intercepted by Feiyue Palace...
Concubine Rong might be about to explode in anger, she might have thought that An Shuyuan was also entrusted by Concubine Shu that time.
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