Huan Chun went around to take care of his master's hair, and chuckled: "It's really different now. The emperor picked you up so openly. In the past, it was always sneaky."
Recalling the past, Lan Qi was filled with emotion. She nestled in the warm bath water and said lazily: "To be honest, I live a better life than each of them, but I still feel dissatisfied in my heart. Human **
Huan Chun, do you know that greed and greed are really terrible?"
"I know this," Huan Chun said with a smile, "but you don't have to worry, the emperor will satisfy you no matter how big your desire is."
The room was quiet, and then the sound of water was heard. I didn't know what the master and the servant were causing. Outside, I heard only laughter and laughter. When Lvzhu and others came in to wait, Huanchun's clothes were soaked, and the ground was even more messy.
Lan Qi wrapped her clothes and stood up, urging her to change into something clean so as not to catch a cold. When Huan Chun came back, she heard Zi Yu reporting: "On the day of Laba, the Queen Mother will hold a banquet in Ningshou Palace. How many people are invited?"
Fujin from the Prince's Palace, Prince Yu and Prince Gong are also coming. The Empress Dowager asks the Empress to take care of her and ask you to accompany Prince Yu and Fujin. Don't let other Empresses come in contact with you, otherwise you will say something that you shouldn't say to the palace.
Everything outside is right and wrong."
Lan Qi responded. Seeing Huan Chun coming, she turned away from Lu Zhu and others. The traces of intimacy with Xuan Ye on her neck, waist and legs were disgraceful. Lan Qi also paid great attention to maintaining her body and skin.
Every inch must be carefully cared for. The climate is dry in winter right now, and if you are a little neglectful, your face will get chapped when the wind blows. She doesn't want Xuan Ye's hands to be rough when he touches her.
The gelatin that Lan Qi used to moisturize her skin was prepared by Grandma Sumala herself. Lan Qi has been using these for many years. The unique fragrance also makes Xuan Ye greedy. It is a unique one in the palace, and others ask for it.
I can't ask for it. But the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has good things. However, although the things sent from Jiangnan are good, the climate in Jiangnan is mild and humid in winter. Women there do not have these needs in winter. Antifreeze and anti-chattering are made in the north.
It was better, but the concubines in the palace all firmly believed that the flowers and water in Jiangnan were beautiful, and they were superstitious about the things sent there. Whenever Jiangnan offered tribute, they were all vying for it, but not everyone was suitable for those things.
After cleaning up, Lan Qi stood in front of the big standing mirror. She only had a silver silk pajamas on her body. There was a ground fire burning in the room, which made her feel as warm as spring. Her face was flushed with no makeup, and she looked fresh without makeup. There was no ink between her eyebrows.
As she traced her words, her expression became much softer. She tightened the clothes around her waist, touched her waist and said: "I can't compare to when I was younger. If I was greedy and took a few more bites, I would immediately give him some color."
Look, from now on you should give me less delicious food."
Huan Chun brought her a piece of clothing to wear, looked at his master in the mirror and said, "I don't know what the emperor is thinking. When I look at you after you have been washed away, I always feel that you are no different from how you were more than ten years ago."
Lan Qi went to the mirror and asked Huan Chun to bring a candle to illuminate it. She looked carefully at the skin at the corners of her eyes and mouth. Sure enough, she could still find faint lines. She couldn't help but feel melancholy: "I have been with the emperor these days, and my skin is so close to each other.
When I look at his face, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are much deeper. In comparison, I have not changed much, but can I survive another ten years? When I look older, he will still take me out to relax like this.
How many days will it take?”
"Your Majesty, you see how well the Queen Mother takes care of herself. As long as we are willing to work hard, we can fight against the years." Huan Chun asked her to sit down and comb her hair. He wrapped a thick handful of black hair in his hand and said with emotion, "My Majesty's hair is like this
It’s so dense that it won’t look old in ten years.”
Lan Qi looked at herself in the mirror and murmured: "In ten years, what will Chang Zai promise again? There is always no end to such days."
Huan Chun didn't understand why her mistress became melancholy again after being so good. She didn't understand love between men and women, but she knew the helplessness in the palace, so she wanted her mistress to calm down and said nothing more. Instead, she combed her hair, and Lan Qi ordered her:
"The festival is about to happen, so you send someone outside the palace to buy good rouge and gouache, suitable for winter use. Everyone in each palace and courtyard will send a copy. This is my reward for the Laba Festival."
Huan Chun raised his hand to compare the money: "My dear, this will cost a lot of money."
Lan Qi smiled slyly: "The wool comes from the sheep. I will go to their master to get the money back."
Seeing that his master was in a good mood again, Huan Chun was happy to make her happy. After that, he asked someone to go out of the palace to buy things. He also counted the names of all the palaces and courtyards. He made sure not to miss anything. The people in Yonghe Palace were quick to handle things.
Simply, give away all the rewards from Concubine De on the day before Laba.
All in all, it seems that Concubine De, who has always been favored, is so generous for the first time. Even the emperor was alarmed. Eunuch Liang was sent to ask Concubine De why she did this. Lan Qi smiled leisurely and said to Mr. Liang: "You go back.
Tell Lord Long Live that I spent one hundred and eighty taels of silver here, Lord Long Live will come up with a round number and reward me with one hundred taels of silver, and I will tell him why."
Lan Qi was in the imperial concubine's position, and her annual salary was only three hundred taels of silver. She asked Xuan Ye for a reward of one hundred taels, and she was the only one who could do it. Eunuch Liang begged Concubine De not to give him any problems.
, Huanchun smiled when he sent Eunuch Liang out: "Go back and tell the emperor. Your Majesty means to go back and explain yourself. It's not a big deal in the first place."
Eunuch Liang sighed and said: "The relationship between Long Live Master and your Majesty is different from other people. When I run errands here, I have to watch people do their work. I always put the 'rules' of Madam's place on others if I am careless, and occasionally make jokes and make mistakes."
It’s so embarrassing.”
Huan Chun smiled and said, "Why is it different?"
Eunuch Liang clicked his tongue, blaming Huan Chun for being confused: "Which of the words Long Live Master said to the empress were perfunctory? We must do our best in everything, right? But most of the words Long Live Master said to other people were perfunctory. Here I am.
It’s often difficult to control, and if it’s just perfunctory, who knows what words will come true one day. Look at that Wang Chang Zai, he likes it when he likes it, and puts it down as soon as he says it.”
Huan Chun then probed: "Speaking of which, Long Live Master, does he know that Wang Changzai was bullied by Empress Xi? You were not in the palace those days. Did your little apprentice tell you, Concubine Xi?
The empress bullies people so cruelly."
Eunuch Liang chuckled: "Isn't it obvious that the emperor sent her there?"
Huan Chun was shocked. She was used to the emperor's tenderness towards her master, and was used to her master being cared for by the emperor in his hands. Now she suddenly heard such cruel and realistic words, and felt a little depressed for a moment.
Eunuch Liang shook his fly whisk and was about to leave, smiling and sighing: "Huan Chun, you are so lucky to have a master like Empress De Fei."
The next day is Laba Festival, and Ningshou Palace is very lively. A year has passed by in a blink of an eye. Although there is nothing new during the festival every year, it is precisely because of living a healthy life that we can repeat these same things, which makes us happy.
People feel that life is good. In a sense, there are so many frequent festivals throughout the year, perhaps to constantly remind people to live well.
During the twelfth lunar month, the female relatives all dress up brightly and talk about good luck. They gather together to have fun, and they can temporarily put aside the estrangements they usually have. What they are best at is maintaining the politeness on these surfaces.
Maintain your own dignity and maintain the dignity of the royal family.
At the Queen Mother's request, Lan Qi accompanied Prince Yu Fujin to the banquet. Fujin entered the palace again today and looked much better. During this snow disaster, the emperor also used Prince Yu to inspect the disaster-stricken areas and also went with his brother. The atmosphere between the brothers was tense.
The rumors are self-defeating. In the final analysis, the emperor acted impartially. Wrong is still wrong. Brotherhood is still brotherhood.
This made Lan Qi relax. While chatting and joking with everyone during the banquet, her eyes swept over the women present, but she did not see the beautiful Wang Changzai. Huan Chun watched from the side and whispered softly while he was free.
Master: "Concubine Xi told Concubine Rong early in the morning that Wang Chang was infected with wind and cold and was recuperating in Qixiang Palace."
Lan Qi asked: "Why haven't you seen Yuan agree?"
As expected, her eyes were attentive. The women only cared about being happy and did not care about whether there were more or less people at the table. Yuan promised to live alone and did not need to report to anyone. He quietly left the table while it was busy and said goodbye to the Ningshou Palace.
If she feels uncomfortable, she can leave. At this moment, she is walking step by step along the palace wall to the Sixth Palace in the West. Although she has been in the palace for nearly two years, she is not qualified to walk around the palace unimpeded like those ladies. This is the Forbidden City.
There are many places here that she has never been to.
After groping forward, with the wind making his nose red, he finally found the gate of Qixiang Palace. The eunuch guarding the gate hesitated when he saw an unfamiliar face at first sight. He waited for Yuan to agree that the palace maid accompanying him would introduce himself and said that he was here to visit Wang Chang.
Yes, the eunuch in front of the door pretended to be respectful and ushered Yuan Xu into the door.
But Yuan was frightened as soon as she entered the door. When there was a palace maid kneeling in the courtyard, she was the person Wang Chang was with. She was so frightened that she stopped in her tracks. The eunuch who led the way said nonchalantly: "It's a rare day today.
She didn't serve Wang Changzai well, so Changzai was caught in the cold and couldn't go to celebrate the Queen Mother's festival. The concubine was punishing her, so she just needs to kneel for another hour."
Yuan promised to be so frightened that he couldn't speak. He felt a little regretful that maybe he shouldn't have come today. When he arrived at Wang Chang's room, a palace maid with an unfamiliar face came out and smiled lukewarmly: "It's Yuan promised to
Coming?"
Later, Mrs. Yuan learned that, except for the one kneeling in the courtyard, all Wang Chang's former palace maids had been replaced by concubines. Now, every move she made in the house was under the nose of concubines. She was a good person, but when she came to Qixiang Palace, she
Live like a prisoner.
When standing in front of the bed and looking at the sick Wang Changzai, Yuan promised to have tears in her eyes. She always thought that Sister Wang was favored, always thought that the favored Sister Wang had abandoned her, always thought that she had betrayed the agreement between sisters first, how could she
I would have thought that Wang Changzai, who seemed so prosperous, had such a hard life carrying someone else's back.