Chapter two hundred and eighty first, everything is ready, ready to shine
Concubine Ning did not dare to speak any more, knowing that the emperor was considering entering the palace as a palace maid. If she really entered the palace in this way, why bother to plan in the first place.
"Let's wait for now." The emperor said with unclear meaning.
"What the emperor said is that I heard that the queen is going to hold a lotus appreciation banquet soon. You can wait until after the banquet." Concubine Ning knew that there was a problem, so she delayed the discussion first.
"Lotus Appreciation Banquet?" the emperor said to himself.
"Your Majesty, the prince wants to choose his concubine. I heard that they will all attend the lotus appreciation banquet. There will definitely be many women coming then. If there is a post in Miss Yu's house, she will definitely come too."
Ning reminded her softly.
The emperor nodded. In fact, if you want to enter the palace as a concubine, there is no chance. Indeed, the lotus appreciation banquet is also the key.
He had been hesitating about this matter recently, but now because of the lotus appreciation feast, he suddenly felt that it was not a big problem.
A smile appeared on her face: "My beloved concubine will help the queen to choose a concubine with both political integrity and talent for the princes."
"Your Majesty has such trust in me, I should obey your orders." Concubine Ning bowed and smiled, and then the topic changed, "Does the Prince of Qi want to choose his concubine?"
"The Queen Mother will take care of Prince Qi's affairs." The emperor shook his hand and gave Concubine Ning a warning look, "Don't get involved in his affairs, lest you cause any trouble."
"Your Majesty, how can I be such a ignorant person? I am just afraid of the banquet for the three princes to choose their concubines. What will happen if the Prince of Qi also falls in love with her?"
Concubine Ning carefully probed the emperor's attitude.
Ever since Feng Yu came to Beijing, Concubine Ning felt that the direction of the whole palace was a bit strange. Even though she was the emperor's favorite concubine, she had to give in to Feng Yu.
After being a beloved concubine for so many years, even the queen had to be courteous when meeting Concubine Ning. How could Concubine Ning bear this grievance? What happened to the chambermaid before and what happened today almost slapped her in the face.
"If Yu'er is interested, go and tell the Queen Mother and let her make a decision for him." The Emperor was silent for a moment and said.
Concubine Ning was stunned. This almost meant that Feng Yu would be chosen first, and she was secretly on guard.
After walking with the emperor for a while, the emperor returned to the imperial study to deal with matters. Concubine Ning led people back to her palace and sat down in the main hall. Her originally gentle face immediately turned gloomy.
"Your Majesty!" a nun who was close to me said in a low voice.
"Send someone to give my mother a gift. Tell her that since her birthday is around the corner and I am leaving the palace, I will give you a gift first." Concubine Ning ordered.
"Yes, I will go and prepare now." Mammy said, although Mrs. Ning's birthday is still several months away, as long as the empress says it is close, it is close.
"Ask my mother to send someone to inform the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion about Yu Lanxue's divorce. The emperor already knows that the emperor wants Yu Lanxue to enter the palace as a palace maid. If she still wants to be a palace concubine, she must do it on the day of the lotus appreciation banquet.
Dress up well and remember to look better than others." Concubine Ning gritted her teeth and said.
Being a palace maid, the starting point is too low. If she is just a beautiful palace maid, why should she bother so much.
Hers is a palace concubine with a distinguished status, noble birth, young beauty...
At nightfall, march to the Marquis Mansion
"Miss Yu, our empress wants you to be outstanding at the lotus appreciation banquet this time." A nun from the Ning Mansion came up to see the ceremony and said.
"The palace also knows that Miss Yu was engaged before and then canceled the engagement. If Miss Yu doesn't shine at the lotus appreciation banquet, I'm afraid it's hard to say what will happen in the end."
The mother-in-law looked respectful, but her words were extremely disrespectful.
When a woman insinuated such words, Yu Lanxue's face turned red and she gritted her teeth: "Go back and report to Concubine Ning, I understand."
"Miss Yu, this is your last chance, don't know it when the time comes." The mother-in-law looked Yu Lanxue up and down, and then specifically warned her.
"My post was taken away by someone else. What will happen if I get it back at the palace gate?" Yu Lanxue suppressed the anger in her heart and asked softly.
"Has someone taken away the post?" the mother-in-law sneered, "Which girl is so bully? Can anyone take the post posted in the palace and take it away if they want?"
She thought someone had deliberately snatched it away from Yu Lanxue. The former Yu Lanxue couldn't do it, but the current Yu Lanxue might really not be able to keep the post.
"Is this... going to be a bad thing?" Yu Lanxue asked worriedly.
"What can cause harm? In the palace, it is not the case that a blind daughter of an aristocratic family can walk away casually." The mother-in-law said disapprovingly. She was Mrs. Ning's personal mother-in-law, and what she came to pass on was the most private words.
"What if she enters the palace gate first?" Yu Lanxue was still hesitating.
The mother-in-law thinks that this young lady Yu has little ability at first glance, and she gets tangled up in trivial matters. However, this is fine. After entering the palace, she will have to listen to her mother-in-law in everything. Originally she was just a vassal and had no independent opinion.
Better ability.
After thinking about it, his face softened a lot: "Don't worry, Miss Yu. Let our empress send a note tomorrow. Even if that person enters the palace, Miss Yu only needs to point it out and our empress will take care of him for you."
If you restrain yourself, you will never be wronged."
The mother-in-law thought it was not a big deal, so she reassured her.
"Mom, thank you." Yu Lanxue turned around and signaled. A maid brought a bulging purse and brought it to the mother-in-law. The mother-in-law immediately beamed, stretched out her hand to take it, and said more and more pleasantly: "Big girl
Don’t worry, everything is taken care of by our empress. Once you enter the palace, it will be our empress’s place. No matter who enters the palace, they must pay their respects to our empress first.”
Concubine Ning's favor is not just talk.
Yu Lanxue smiled slightly and asked the maid to give her mother-in-law a gift. When the maid Xingyu came back, she picked up a jewelry box in front of her and looked at it. Inside was a set of palace flowers, which were the latest in the palace.
object.
Although the price is not high, it is more exquisite. There are four flowers in a set, each one is very delicate and beautiful, and there are a few small pearls on it, just like the glistening dew.
"Girl, is something going to happen?" Xingyu raised her head and looked in the direction of Xuanpinghou Mansion. Mrs. Ning's wife didn't know, but she knew that the eldest girl's post was now in the hands of the third girl from Xuanping Mansion.
At that time, my wife specially gave it to Miss Yu San.
"Whatever happens, Concubine Ning in the palace has agreed." Yu Lanxue sneered. The post must be in Yu Xijiao's hands now, and Yu Xijiao must have entered the palace based on the post.
"Girl, Concubine Ning told you that this time is very important." Xingyu said uneasily.
"When is Concubine Ning's matter not important? Concubine Ning, one person is inferior to ten thousand people? She can't even handle such a small thing." Yu Lanxue gritted her teeth.
My mother was imprisoned for several days, and her reputation was getting worse and worse. If my mother could have been released that day, there wouldn't have been so many rumors.
Yu Lanxue once sent someone to Ning Mansion to ask for help, but what happened in the end? Her mother was still imprisoned in vain for a few days. She was helpless every day, watching her reputation slowly being destroyed by other people's words, and getting more and more worried.
The worse it sounds.
The helpless feeling of seeing things being destroyed despite being right in front of them was enough to make Yu Lanxue's mentality collapse.
The handkerchief was stirred violently, how could she not hate it.1
Concubine Ning had clearly promised herself before that she would definitely let her enter the palace as a concubine, but now? She said that she had made a promise to let the emperor know about it, and said that she would perform well at the lotus appreciation banquet.
She took a strong breath, and then exhaled it for a long time. A trace of evil flashed in her eyes. She would definitely enter the palace, but she would never trust Concubine Ning as before. As for the Xuanping Hou Mansion, she would definitely do the same.
To retaliate, Yu Xijiao got involved in her mother's affairs, and she would definitely not let her go.
Since Concubine Ning is willing to agree to this matter, that is the best...
Of course she knew how to perform at the lotus appreciation banquet, and she had to perform well! She picked up the palace flower in her hand, walked to the dressing table, sat down, looked in the mirror, put the palace flower on her temples, and reflected the woman's temples in the mirror.
With her beautiful face and outstanding appearance, Yu Lanxue's appearance is already outstanding. With such a decoration, it immediately makes people's eyes brighten.
"Girl, this one is better, I will insert it for you." Xingyu came over and picked another purple one for her, and said with eyes full of amazement, "Girl is so beautiful, none of the palace flowers here are worthy of it.
girl."
Yu Lanxue showed a smile on her face after saying this. She put her hand on the dressing table and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Bring over the box of golden shadows."
How could the sacrifices given by Le's family be actually included in the sacrifices, especially those two boxes of golden shadows, which are now in Yu Lanxue's hands.
The golden shadow of Dieyu Pavilion is not something that Yu Lanxue can just buy if she wants to. Burying it in the mud is really a waste of natural resources.
There are two boxes of golden shadows, one of which has been used. When she "encountered" the emperor by chance before, Yu Lanxue dressed up carefully and used golden shadows. Now that she is entering the palace for a banquet, golden shadows are also the most suitable.
Xingyu took a whole box and complained: "Girl, the golden shadow of Dieyu Pavilion is so famous, but it is really not enough."
The quantity is small, really small.
"It's okay, in the future it won't be me chasing after Dieyu Pavilion to buy the Golden Shadow, but Jin Ying begging me to buy it." Yu Lanxue opened the Golden Shadow, looked at it, and scoffed.
"What the girl is saying is that even if they beg for a girl in the future, the girl will have to choose carefully." Xingyu curled her lips and said.
"Is the embroidery ready?" Yu Lanxue closed the golden shadow again, the smile on her face slowly receded, and asked.
"Don't worry, girl, everything is ready. The girl's embroidery pattern has been prepared long ago. Even if other girls can embroider, they can't compare with what the girl has in hand." Xingyu took out an embroidery piece from the box at the window.
The exquisite embroidery makes people’s eyes light up immediately after seeing it.
"Girl, when you bring out this embroidery, it must be the first one. Even the Queen will definitely grant you the first place title." Xingyu said proudly, this embroidery and other embroidery pieces
The girl's embroidery is different, there is an essential difference...