His Majesty the Emperor, who didn't know what his daughter was thinking, continued to commit suicide. He glanced at Madam Mi coldly, and directly said, "If you don't want to stay in the palace, go back to the palace." Then he surrounded Yu Ronghua and prepared to leave.
How can Shen Yuqing let him go, hehe, is Qingxi's short stature an excuse for him to turn a blind eye? Want to leave without saying hello
So she raised her voice and said to the emperor who had already walked a few steps: "Concubines see Your Majesty."
emperor:"... ... ."
I've been showing off my prestige here for a long time, what are you trying to do by saluting now
Anyone can refuse to give face, but Shen Guifei's face cannot be denied. His Majesty the Emperor immediately turned around and asked with concern: "What else is there for Aifei?"
Shen Yuqing smiled but said, "The Eldest Princess hasn't seen Your Majesty for a long time, and she told my concubine that she missed you last night."
As she spoke, she pushed Qingxi, Qingxi blinked, and said cooperatively: "Father, don't you like Qingxi?"
Come on, the daughters are sacrificed. How could a daughter be as big as the sky and the earth, His Majesty the Emperor immediately abandoned the concubine and came to Qingxi's side.
"Nonsense, Father likes Qingxi the most." He said as he hugged his precious daughter, "Father has nothing to do today, how about playing with Qingxi?"
Qingxi's eyes widened, she nodded in surprise, and said softly, "Father, you are so kind."
His Majesty the Emperor was in high spirits.
Yu Ronghua's face was livid, the emperor hadn't been to her for several days, and she finally hooked up with her today, but Concubine Shen used the excuse of a child to snatch her away, how can she not be angry. But her rank is low, if it weren't for the emperor's favor, she wouldn't dare to offend the high-ranking concubines. Now that the emperor obviously cares more about Concubine Shen, she naturally couldn't go up to find embarrassment, and could only stand there with a stiff smile. Neither to leave nor to stay, I am really not reconciled.
But Qingxi didn't like Yu Ronghua and the others. Seeing that Yu Ronghua was going to follow them to other places, Qingxi looked at the emperor innocently: "Father, who is this person? Why did you follow us? "
His Majesty the Emperor glanced back, saw Yu Ronghua, and frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Yu Ronghua's heart skipped a beat, and she stood there bravely, for fear that the emperor would blame her.
After a while, His Majesty ordered casually: "It's getting hot outside, Yu'er should go back and rest."
After speaking, she took her daughter and Shen Yuqing away, but this time Yu Ronghua didn't dare to follow.
Seeing this, Yao Cairen glanced at Shen Yuqing jealously, then sighed, and walked over to support Yu Ronghua: "Sister Yu, let's go back first. Your Majesty vented his anger for you today, which shows that he still has you in his heart." , maybe I will ask you to sleep with me tonight!"
"Yes..." Received the comfort of her friend, Yu Ronghua breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's go, let's go back first."
That Shen family is just His Majesty who used the child to keep him, but His Majesty is not concerned about her, Shen Shi. This trick can be used once, can it be used again and again? When His Majesty gets bored, she will suffer. Besides, the eldest princess is not Shen's daughter, she is just taking care of the princess for the time being, and when she returns to the palace, the princess will return to Mrs. Wan's side.
After Yu Ronghua figured it out, she no longer worried, and a smile appeared on her face again.
On the other end, after the group walked away, Shen Yuqing immediately hugged Qingxi forcefully, and said to the emperor "considerately": "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so we will not disturb you. The concubine will take good care of Qingxi, Your Majesty." walk slowly."
His Majesty the Emperor: "... I am not very busy either."
"Farewell, father!" Qingxi happily waved goodbye to the emperor, and then urged Shen Yuqing to take her to catch little butterflies.
"..."
When the people disappeared, His Majesty the Emperor pondered for a long time, and asked the chief eunuch beside him: "Is my life a failure?"
The chief eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead, how should he answer
If I had known that he would not accompany the majesty to the palace, let sister Jinli come, she must know how to deal with the convulsed emperor.
Generally speaking, life in the palace is much more peaceful than in the palace. Without the daily greetings, the concubines also lack the daily routine of mutual hatred. Peace is peace, it's just kind of boring.
Since the palace is not too hot, there are still many concubines who are willing to go out for a walk. As a result, the number of concubines visiting the garden increased sharply, and there were one or two chance encounters every day. Either by chance with the emperor, or by chance with other concubines.
At the beginning, everyone was quite fierce. You came to me to fight with each other, and it was almost a fight. But since Mrs. Mi was suddenly sent back to the palace, they have settled down a lot. When they met, they would criticize Sanghuai and sneer a few times, not daring to make a scene, for fear of letting the emperor know.
There are only a few concubines in the palace, if there is only one concubine per day, on average each person can get favored a few times. Such a high frequency was unthinkable in the palace, and they didn't want to miss such a good opportunity.
For the sake of grace, let's put up with those women for the time being.
The women have learned to be good, and His Majesty the Emperor is also much more relaxed. He didn't understand why these women always like to fight around the bush, even in front of him, it's annoying to hear.
If he had known that the effect of sending away a thorn would be so obvious, he should have sent Shen Yuqing away on the first day he came.
But I can only think about it in my heart, His Majesty the Emperor is still afraid that someone will retaliate.
The ninth day of coming to the palace is Qixi Festival, the Qiqiao Festival is regarded as "Little Valentine's Day" in Dayan, and the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a serious Valentine's Day. Dayan's customs about Qixi Festival are different from those of Tang Dynasty. Here, Qixi Festival is to see water lanterns, while Lantern Festival is land lanterns.
The palace people had already placed the lanterns along the stream in the palace, and a square blessing lantern was hung on the river bank, and there were lanterns of various shapes flowing along the water. And down.
The terrain here is strange, and the flowing water twists and turns, flowing from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, entering the city of Huaijing, and finally merging into the Yangtze River. Countless lanterns were put into the water from the upstream, and floated out of the palace and into Huaijing.
This small river is a famous praying river in Huaijing. The river is very narrow, and the people of Huaijing would use long sticks with hooks to fish for lanterns on the river bank. Each family can only get one lantern. Different blessings are written on the lantern. Take it home and hang it up. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can take it down and burn it. The implication is to protect the health of the family and the marriage.
Concubines don't have to fish lanterns from the stream, the common people do it because the lanterns come from the royal palace. As long as the royal family is involved, it is naturally different. The concubines need to put a lamp made by themselves in the water, just to make a formality.
Concubine Shen Gui, whose handwork is not good, naturally would not make lanterns by herself. Generally speaking, the so-called "hands-on" by concubines are mostly full of moisture. Basically, let the palace people do almost the same, go up and write a few words, draw a stroke or two, as long as you do it, it becomes "hands-on".
The same is true for Concubine Shen, when the skillful girl Man Xing finishes making the lantern, she puts the candle inside and then throws it to Man Xing, nothing will happen to her. And Man Xing has to fix the candle, and then give it to the imperial concubine, and ask her to put it in the water herself.
"Let's leave Qingxi, let's light up the lights!" Shen Yuqing greeted.
Qingxi carried an unlit little rabbit lantern, and obediently let Concubine Shen hold hands and walked towards the stream.
When they arrived, everyone was almost there. Empresses always like to arrive early, and the emperor arrived earlier today because he was with other concubines, so Concubine Shen became the last one.
Everyone took it for granted and didn't pay too much attention to her, only took a second look at Qingxi.
His Majesty loves this daughter very much. If anyone wins the custody of Princess Qingxi, he will basically get a weapon to invite favor. It's a pity that Concubine Shen took the lead, but I don't know how long she can keep Qingxi.
The emperor and empress must come first to put the lanterns on, but before the lanterns are put on, there will be eunuchs singing congratulatory speeches. Taking advantage of this time, Shen Yuqing whispered to Qingxi: "Did you see your father? You have been standing here waiting for us for a long time."
Qingxi nodded and whispered, "I see."
"So what did you realize?"
Qingxi tilted her head and thought for a while: "We should have come earlier, so that Father wouldn't have to wait too long."
"No." Shen Yuqing patted her on the head, "It's useless for you to come early, look at the group of bad women around, everyone likes to procrastinate, so you should come later than them, so that only others will wait for you without you Someone else. You are a noble princess, when others were waiting for you, how can you wait for others?"
Qingxi, who still doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, thinks it makes sense: "But how do I know I'm the last one to come?"
Shen Yuqing was unpredictable: "This is technical work, and the mother and concubine will teach you slowly in the future."
Qingxi nodded repeatedly, thinking that Concubine Shen's mother is really good at everything.
... Actually not, her mother and concubine Shen can't make lanterns.
They stood near the front, with the Empress standing side by side in front, and Concubine Rong and the others who were a little far behind. So the empress heard their whispers, but Concubine Rong didn't hear them.
His Majesty the Emperor wanted to kick Shen Yuqing into the water who had spoiled his daughter, but when he looked around, he found that the Empress was very calm. The queen was calmer than him, and he seemed useless, so she had to silently recite scriptures in her heart, ignoring Shen Yuqing for the time being.
After the eunuch sang the congratulatory speech, the empress stepped forward and put down the lanterns.
The emperor's lamp is in the shape of a unicorn, an auspicious beast, which integrates a lion's head, antlers, tiger's eyes, moose body, dragon scales, and oxtail. The dragon's beard is elegant and lifelike. After lighting one of the candles, the whole lamp presents a color, and the main color is gold.
The queen's lamp is the divine beast Bai Ze, with a sheep's body and a single horn on its head, its whole body is snow white, and it looks like the earth.
The two lights are still very eye-catching among the many colorful lights floating down from the upstream. Fluttering leisurely, go with the waves.
Then, Shen Yuqing entered the water holding the auspicious beast Chongming Bird Lantern. This auspicious beast looks like a golden pheasant, has colorful feathers, sounds like a phoenix, has double pupils, and is infinitely powerful. It can ward off disasters such as ferocious beasts and monsters. It is the sacred beast of the town house that the people of Dayan often depict on the door panels during the New Year.
The first three are auspicious animal lamps made according to regulations, but when it comes to Qingxi's place, the painting style changes. The soft and cute little rabbit is very uncoordinated like a pitiful little one who broke into a pack of wolves. But it stubbornly squeezed into the encirclement of the three auspicious beasts. It was obviously the last one to enter the water, but it came to the middle of the three lights by virtue of its extremely fast "swimming" speed. Three lights surrounded it, escorting it away all the way.
Qingxi was very excited, pointing to her little rabbit and said, "That's Qingxi, next to her are Father, Mother, Stepmother and Concubine!"
The queen touched her little head, and nodded with a smile: "That's right, father, mother, queen and mother concubine are protecting Qingxi."
Concubine Rong was the one behind to put the lamp, but the big Buddhas in front blocked her position, so she could only wait silently. She was a little impatient. Originally, the concubine's lamps had no special meaning since she started, and they were not auspicious beasts in the regulations, but the lamps she chose at will. Happy.
By the time her lamp entered the water, the first four lamps had gone to nowhere. Concubine Rong felt as if she was being excluded, the first few were the family.
She smiled far-fetchedly, seeing that the emperor was also in high spirits, she moved her lips, but in the end she didn't dare to make a sound to tell Shen Yuqing and the others to get out of the way.
On the other hand, Shen Yuqing glanced at her with a half-smile, and pulled Qingxi out of the way.
Concubine Rong's lamp was a mandarin duck neck lantern, obviously to invite the emperor to favor him. The method is the same as the Baizi Qiansun Linglong sculpture she gave on the Longevity Day, but it didn't get what it wanted last time, and I don't know if it will succeed this time.
Since the emperor was present, everyone didn't mock her much. Mrs. Mi was sent back to the palace, and Yu Zhaoyi was left with a higher rank. Her lanterns were quite satisfactory, and the appearance of colorful butterflies and standing flowers was elegant but not vulgar.
Xue Xiurong's lantern is a golden lotus lantern. Because she often serves the queen mother, she not only keeps aloof from the world, but also likes Buddhist scriptures. Living a very lifeless life at a young age, even the lanterns are the lotus flowers of Buddhist merit.
The emperor was not surprised, and turned his attention to Yu Ronghua.
Yu Ronghua is a very ambitious person, and her lantern turned out to be a pair of paired birds, holding a branch together, which is obviously a Lianli branch. Intent and Concubine Rong collided, and Concubine Rong was really not happy.
Yu Ronghua's good sister, Yao Cairen, stood up immediately, and while putting down her unremarkable orchid lantern in the water next to Yu Ronghua, she complimented: "Sister Yu, I heard that this lantern was made by you bit by bit. Is it true? It’s so beautiful!"
Du Guiren, who was supposed to put up the lamp after Yu Ronghua, was preempted by her, but Du Guiren didn't seem to have any unhappy expression, still smiling gently. While Yao Cairen and Yu Ronghua were singing and showing off Yu Ronghua's craftsmanship, they put the golden chrysanthemum lantern with a ten-foot curtain into the water.
This lamp is also very beautiful, and it can be seen that the people who made the lamp put their heart into it.
Shen Yuqing didn't know whether Yu Ronghua's lamp was made by herself, but she could tell that Du Guiren's lamp was really made by herself. She couldn't help but look at Du Guiren more, this person is usually very low-key, and he is very gentle with everyone, but she has no bad intentions, she is really gentle.
Although Shen Yuqing was a little jealous because the Queen arranged a good palace for her, but she had to admit that Du Guiren was indeed a very charming woman. A typical good wife at home, a good wife and mother.
Shen Yuqing looked back, and heard that Yu Ronghua and Yao Cairen had been flaunting each other for a long time, and she was curious, and couldn't help asking: "Sister Ronghua, you seem to be a bird made of paper. Muddy? Won’t it get wet in the water? Will it sink if it’s wet?”
Generally, water lamps are made of waterproof materials, especially the base, which is made of banana poles and leaves, or lightweight wood. Yu Ronghua may have never made water lanterns, and the ones that are made are good-looking, but most of the materials are made of ordinary lanterns, which are easy to get wet when put in water, and then...
Although other people's lanterns are not very good, but Shen Yuqing watched from a distance, it seems that the lovebird lantern is really going to sink.
Yu Ronghua's smile stiffened upon hearing Shen Yuqing's question. First of all, aside from the papery question, even Shen Yuqing's question made her feel weird.
What is "you bird"? I always feel that something is dirty and has something to say...
Of course, Yu Ronghua doesn't understand the profound and profound second meaning of the word "bird", so she can only cast aside the strange feeling in her mind and look nervously at her bird light.
Sure enough, the lamp was half wet and half sinking. It slowed down because of the draft, and was overtaken by many lanterns around it, and stopped at the same place to return to drifting.
When the chrysanthemum lantern came slowly, it finally couldn't bear it, and sank, turning into garbage at the bottom of the stream.
Yu Ronghua: "..."
He glared at Concubine Shen angrily, and blamed her for cursing indiscriminately!
The chrysanthemum lantern drifted leisurely past the wreckage of the bird lantern, and caught up with the large troops ahead. The light yellow petals seem to be painted with a little fluorescent paint, which is very beautiful under the illumination of the surrounding lights.
So Yu Ronghua glared at the innocent Du Guiren again.
In particular, the next moment, His Majesty the Emperor actually praised: "The chrysanthemum is one of the four gentlemen. The petals of the ten-foot-long curtain are slender and slim, and it is very difficult to make. Du Gui is ingenious and smart. This lantern is worthy of the top. Reward."
Among all the lanterns, there must be a selection of A and B, and the one who wins the first prize will be given a lot of rewards. After tossing and tossing for so long, Yu Ronghua didn't catch anything, and the lantern was still sinking. She was so angry that her face was distorted, and she stared at Du Guiren fiercely.
However, Du Guiren was very calm, accepting the reward without being surprised, Xie En's graceful posture made people's eyes shine.
That night, the emperor naturally recruited Du Guiren to sleep with him. The next day, I heard that Du Guiren was given a title and promoted to a higher level, becoming Wei Xiurong, one level higher than Yu Ronghua.
"I knew that Mr. Yan would like such a girl." When having breakfast, the empress said with a light smile.
Since coming to the Xinggong, Wei Xiurong has accompanied her for the longest time. The emperor went to visit her every now and then, because she and Xue Xiurong were the only ones who were well-behaved and obedient from the outside to the inside. It's a pity that Xue Xiurong is too dull, he can't compare to Wei Xiurong's thoughtfulness and gentleness.
He came to rest on vacation, not from looking for guilt, so he naturally wanted to find the most comfortable woman to accompany him.
Shen Yuqing raised her brows after hearing Empress Fu's words: "Oh? Doesn't the emperor like Su Qiaorong?"
Empress Fu laughed when she heard the words: "That's different."
One is the admiration for the sweetheart, and the other is the appreciation for the gentle woman who is knowledgeable, interesting, and not noisy. If there were women like Wei Xiurong in the palace, then the emperor wouldn't have a headache, let alone endure Shen Yuqing's mischief, asking her to take care of restless women.
Previously, Wei Xiurong's sense of existence was slightly low, and she didn't show her goodness. After all, low-ranking concubines basically kept their own place and dared not make mistakes. But when Wei Xiurong was surrounded by a pile of negative teaching materials, she immediately became the gold in the gravel and the pearl in the fish's eye.
Qingxi listened to the two talking for a while, then suddenly interjected, "Qingxi also likes that big sister who can make chrysanthemum lanterns."
When she peeped at the other concubines last night, only Wei Xiurong smiled at her from the heart. Children's kindness and malice towards others are very obvious, and it's hard to deceive them with hypocrisy. Qingxi thinks that the eldest sister who smiles so beautifully must be a good person.
"Qingxi likes her?" Shen Yuqing was not surprised that Qingxi would like Wei Xiurong, but she was surprised how Qingxi would notice Wei Xiurong, after all, Wei Xiurong was very low-key yesterday, if the emperor hadn't suddenly ordered her If you are the leader.
Qingxi nodded seriously: "I like it."
Shen Yuqing patted her head: "Then Qingxi, don't tell others, this is a secret between Concubine Mu and Qingxi. And Qingxi can't call her Big Sister, she has to call Empress Wei."
"Why?" Qingxi didn't understand.
"Because you call her big sister, or let others know that you like her, bad people will bully her."
Qingxi nodded quickly, expressing obediently that she had remembered it, and would not tell others, nor would she yell wrongly.
"By the way, Concubine Shen, Qingxi saw a butterfly lantern yesterday, it was very beautiful." Qingxi described the lantern with gestures, "Qingxi also wants it."
Shen Yuqing's smile froze, Yu Zhaoyi's butterfly lantern... Forgive her for being unable to make it with a handicap!
Forget it, go back and ask the ingenious Man Xing girl if she will do it. I really don't know why Qingxi is so obsessed with the butterfly, it's obviously a pest.
Xiao Qingxi couldn't understand Shen Yuqing's entanglement at all, but Fu Qiushui laughed straight at it.
With Shen Yuqing's craftsmanship, she can only make some square Kongming lanterns.
Seeing her laughing at herself, Concubine Shen simply leaned over and asked casually: "I forgot to give you a gift on Qixi yesterday, why don't I make it up today? Does Qiu Shui like cat dolls that are full of beds, or do you like to lie on them and roll around casually?" A big bed with a different sleeping position?"
Fu Qiushui glanced at her, this man has also learned to take advantage of her weaknesses to tease her. But Dao is one foot tall and devil is ten feet high, Shen Guifei's morality is not enough in front of the empress.
Empress Fu replied indifferently: "It's all good, but I prefer you to go back to your room to sleep at night, what do you think?"
Concubine Shen: "..." She didn't think it was right.
The author has something to say: Wei Xiurong is the No. 1 younger brother (little sister?) of the imperial concubine, and the No. 2 is still on standby.
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