Under the guidance of the palace maid, Xi Qian walked back to her residence - Sumeng Pavilion. Along the way, she was thinking about Yu Wen Haoxuan's last words. Is she going to sleep with her tonight? Although it is normal for concubines to sleep with them.
It happened, but it was the first time for her after all.
"Princess!" As soon as she stepped into the courtyard gate, Xuechun trotted out to greet her, and a group of people followed her and came to salute her.
"My name is Fan Tao, and I am the maid in charge assigned by the Grandma in Charge." One of the leading maids among the crowd said.
"Being a steward maid at such a young age must be something special." Xi Qian looked at the maid named Fantao with confusion. The steward maids everywhere are usually experienced aunts. For some reason, the stewardess
But my grandma assigned her such a young girl.
"Although I am young, I have been in the palace for ten years. I am very familiar with all the affairs in the palace. If the beauty has anything you don't understand, you can ask me." Faced with the master's doubts, Fan Tao remained calm.
Let Xiqian look at her with admiration.
"Then do you think I look similar to anyone in the palace?" Xi Qian wanted to know who the 'she' Yu Wen Haoxuan mentioned was.
Fan Tao didn't understand why she asked, so she raised her head and looked carefully and said, "The beauty is unparalleled, no one in the palace can match her."
Xi Qian was a little disappointed with this answer, but it was also expected. Maybe that person was not in the palace at all. After all, only what you can't get will make people miss you.
"Then do you know where Mengxinju is?"
"That's where the emperor lives alone. The emperor doesn't come to the harem often. He stays in Mengxinju on weekdays." Fan Tao told Xi Qian what he knew without reservation.
Xi Qian hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Do you often summon concubines there?"
"As far as I know, this has never happened before. The concubines of Zhaoxing are usually in Yuanluan Palace. Only Empress Zhaoyuan in the palace often goes to Mengxinju, and she only talks there with the emperor."
"You all go and do your work. Xuechun can take care of him alone." Not getting the answer she wanted, Xi Qian stopped asking any more questions and was helped into the inner room by Xuechun.
"Princess, look how beautiful you are. I heard from Sister Fantao that it was all rewarded by the emperor." No one else restrained Xuechun and became active again, pointing out all the furnishings in the room to her.
Xi Qian carefully looked at the furnishings in the room and said, "Keep some plain things on display and put away the others."
"Why? Don't you like it, princess? These are rare treasures in the world."
"Empress Zhaoyuan is a simple person, and there are very few furnishings in the palace. How can we spend more than the head of the first palace?" Xuechun knew that Xi Xi didn't like to show off, so he called someone to remove all the unnecessary furnishings.
"Beauty!" Fantao hurried in not long after, the joy on his face clearly revealed, "Eunuch Liu, who is beside the emperor, is here."
"Come in quickly!" Xi Qian quickly got up from the couch. The people around the emperor all have important positions in the palace, and no one dares to neglect them.
"Eunuch Liu, please take a seat." Before Liu Maolin could salute, Xi Dian stood up to greet him.
"I don't dare. I'm here to deliver a message for the emperor. I'll leave after I finish speaking." Liu Maolin bowed slightly and refused Xi Xuan's concession.
"Your Majesty invites the beauty to have dinner at Mengxinju tonight. A carriage will come to pick her up later. Please make preparations early."
Everyone in Sumeng Pavilion was overjoyed when they heard the news. Only Xi Qian remained calm, as if she didn't care, and continued to sit on the couch in a daze after rewarding Liu Maolin.
"Beauty, please get up and dress up quickly. If it's later, it'll be too late." Fan Tao urged anxiously.
"It's not yet noon, how come it's too late?" Xi Qian hoped that time could pass slower.
"There are many rules for a beauty to go to bed for the first time. In the afternoon, the palace will send a nun who specializes in bedtime to teach her. We have to dress up first."
Xiqian sighed helplessly and had no choice but to let the maids dress up.