The Job of an Imperial Concubine

According to the rules in the palace, after a concubine is favored by the emperor, she needs to greet the queen early the next morning. Naturally, some emperors felt sorry for the beauty, so they were spared the need to ask for alms.

Zhuang Luoyan was in a daze last night, although she heard Emperor Chengxuan said that she would be exempted from her greeting ceremony in the morning, but she is not the original Zhuang Luoyan, knowing that it will not be good in the end if she is favored and arrogated in this harem end up. Without Daji's ability, it is better not to get Daji's disease, not to mention that a generation of enchanting concubine Daji did not end well in the end.

Dress up according to Wanyi's grade, not too flamboyant, nor can she be low-key in an elegant way. Too low-key in this harem is a deliberate high-key, which will hinder some people's eyes.

The queen lives in Jingyang Palace, which is also the residence of the queen since the founding of the dynasty. The queen is one year older than the emperor, so she is not favored by the emperor, but the emperor still respects the queen, so the queen's position in the harem is quite stable, but it is a pity that the queen only gave birth to a daughter, who died young when she was two years old, so that the queen gave birth to a daughter. Several favored concubines in the harem shared some of the limelight.

It is easier to fall out of favor in the harem than to regain favor, so when all the concubines saw Zhuang Wanyi coming to pay her respects to the queen, they felt a little uncomfortable. She was just a pretty woman, so how could she regain favor.

"Concubine pays respects to the Queen, Queen Wanan," Zhuang Wanyi came not early or late, which was considered a rule. After the big ceremony, the maid next to the empress stepped forward to help her up, completely forgetting that she was treated coldly not long ago.

"Just now, the little eunuch next to the emperor came to tell me that I will spare you today's greetings. You are here, please sit down quickly." The majesty of the body is enough to show the majesty of the emperor, and when she smiles, she is also virtuous and magnanimous.

"The emperor and the empress are sympathetic, it's the concubine's luck, but the concubine has not greeted the empress for a few days, and I feel guilty. I just disturbed you today, and please don't dislike the empress," Zhuang Luoyan sneered in his heart, why not let it go Greetings to myself, why didn't I say this before I gave the big ceremony, it was just to earn a reputation of being virtuous and magnanimous, and it was really boring in front of the queen.

"You can do this, I'm very pleased with you," he said, and asked someone to reward Zhuang Luorou with some things, which made some low-ranking concubines envious and jealous.

After the women in the room talked for a while, they heard the eunuch's voice announce: "Concubine Shu is here, Su Xiuyi is here."

Zhuang Luoyan stood up and watched two beautiful women walk in gracefully. Walking in front was a stunning woman in a pink palace dress. She was only in her twenties. Although she was like a willow, she You can still see the arrogance and nobility in her eyebrows, it is not difficult to see that she is a very favored concubine.

The woman who was one step behind her was also very good-looking, but her bearing was a little lacking. The two had some similarities in their eyebrows and eyes. It seemed that this person was in awe of the woman walking in front of her.

"The concubine has seen the queen," Concubine Shu Yingying bowed, but such an action was also extremely elegant, which made Zhuang Luoyan sigh inwardly. It is no wonder that she is so favored. If she is a man, she can't help but look at this This kind of stunner is more pampered.

After another prostration, the eunuch came to report the arrival of Concubine Yan.

From Zhaoyi down, almost all the concubines have no titles, but they are called by their surnames. Only the noble concubine Xue Zhenyao has the title of "Yan". It is said that when she first met the emperor in Meilin, the emperor was amazed by her sweet smile , soon after, she was promoted from a little beauty to Ronghua, and finally Ronghua was directly canonized as Yangui Concubine, which shows the emperor's love for her.

The woman who entered the door was two points more beautiful than Concubine Shu, and there was a sense of softness everywhere in her gestures and gestures. She first took a look at the concubines in the room before going up to greet the queen.

The Queen's attitude towards her was no different from that of Concubine Shu, but Zhuang Luoyan couldn't see what the Queen thought about these two favorite concubines, but she was thinking, if it wasn't for Concubine Yan Gui's background being a little worse, I'm afraid that she would be married now. Not just a third-rank noble concubine.

"It's so lively here, Empress Empress, isn't this sister Zhuang whom I haven't seen for a long time?" Concubine Yan Gui's eyes are very beautiful, and when her gaze falls on Zhuang Luorou, her smile is extraordinarily soft, but Zhuang Luorou feels a bit of coolness.

"Back to sister, it's the concubine." Zhuang Luoyan got up and curtseyed, with a smile on his face.

"I heard that you were ill before, and I never had time to see you, but now you are better," Concubine Yan looked at Concubine Shu with a smile on her face, "Sister Concubine, look at Sister Wanyi's little face. I lost a lot of weight."

"Sister Wanyi has lost a little weight. Although she is safe, she should take good care of her." Concubine Shu looked at Zhuang Luorou carefully, showing a gentle smile, and her voice was as soft as a spring breeze. For something, just go to the queen or our sisters and say it, don't be harsh on yourself."

"The concubine thanked all the sisters, and she didn't lack anything, but it made the sisters worry." Zhuang Luoyan sat back on the chair and thought, if these women really think of themselves as sisters, why bother to say "Wanna?" "Sister Yi", it's just to remind myself that my status is low, don't go crazy because of being favored for a second time.

"I don't worry if you are so harmonious with the Palace. The Kang'an Palace has issued a decree earlier, so today's greetings are omitted. If you sisters are fine, you can go back." The queen looked at a room full of bright and charming women. , waved his hand.

Now that the empress said so, the concubines would naturally not be brazen enough to stay. After Qi Qi left Jingyang Palace, he revealed half of his true nature.

After the honest and hopeless concubine left Jingyang Palace, she left quietly, leaving behind women with their own thoughts.

"Zhuang Wanyi is back in favor, I think Zhuang Jieyu is the happiest, am I right?" Ma Jieyu's voice was neither high nor low, but it was enough for several people present to hear clearly. Everyone knew that Zhuang Jieyu entered the palace two years earlier than Zhuang Wanyi, and that Zhuang Wanyi was the concubine's daughter, while Zhuang Jieyu was just the daughter of a concubine. Ever since Zhuang Wanyi entered the palace, she was not respectful to this elder sister, and now Ma Jieyu deliberately said such words, just to make the two sisters unhappy.

Zhuang Jieyu didn't think that her younger sister would get up one day, although she wished that this younger sister would never get up once she was thrown into the quagmire, but this was a matter between their sisters, and there was no need for this father to be just a little magistrate Ma Jieyu came to instigate her, she sneered and looked at Ma Jieyu, "Your sister is happy to serve the emperor, isn't Ma Jieyu happy?"

Ma Jieyu's face changed, and then she snorted coldly, "You two are sisters."

It's just ironic to describe the Zhuang sisters as sisters. Zhuang Luoyan also knows that Zhuang Jieyu doesn't like her very much. Of course, anyone who is inferior to him in everything except appearance, who opposes him everywhere, and who is unruly and willful will have the intention of getting close to him.

Zhuang Jieyu's expression turned a little ugly, and she stopped answering Ma Jieyu's words.

Zhuang Luoyan turned her head to look at Ma Jieyu, said with a half smile but not a smile: "Sister Ma has been in the palace for many years, which one of us sisters is not a sister?!"

"You!" Ma Jieyu's face was as deep as water. She is not young now, and her qualifications to enter the palace are considered early, but she is only a fourth-rank Jieyu until now. Compared with these delicate and beautiful women in front of her, She has lost that tenderness.

"We're talking, how can you, little Wanyi, interrupt?" Ma Jieyu's eyes turned cold, "Come here, give me a slap."

"Master..." The maid beside Ma Jieyu showed a look of perplexity, her body was trembling, but she didn't dare to move.

"My sister is disrespectful, and I hope that my sister will forgive me. The reason is that my sister said that we have a deep love between sisters, so I dared to take up the conversation. I didn't know that my sister didn't mean that." Zhuang Luo bowed profusely, looking at Ma Jieyu's complexion Even more embarrassing, the smile on the corner of his mouth didn't increase or decrease.

"I haven't seen you for a while, but this Zhuang Wanyi's mouth is much stronger." Jiang Xianbi watched the scene from a distance, and whispered to Wang Bin next to her, "I don't know if her skills have improved."

Wang Pin glanced at Ma Jieyu's embarrassing expression, "I don't know if Zhuang Wanyi's skills have improved, but this Ma Jieyu has been in the palace for a long time, but her brain has regressed."

The three of them entered the palace on the same day. Jiang Xianpin is more or less a fourth-rank, and she is also from a fourth-rank, and only Ma Jieyu is a fourth-rank. Thinking of the scenery when Ma Jieyu was favored three years ago, a hint of sarcasm appeared on the corner of her mouth. laugh.

Naturally, Ma Jieyu can't let the servants around her hold Zhuang Luorou's mouth, let alone outside the Jingyang Palace, and say it's somewhere else, if a Jieyu asks the servants to hold Wanyi who has just been favored by the king, that is also jealousy No virtue, make trouble for yourself.

Although Ma Jieyu was a bit stupid, she was not out of her mind. She calmed down quickly, gave Zhuang Luoyan a sinister look, turned around and left with the maid.

The busy concubines left in twos and threes, but after a while, only Zhuang Jieyu and Zhuang Luoyan were left.

"When my sister was sick, I missed my sister very much," Zhuang Luo looked at Zhuang Jieyu with a rouge smile. At the beginning, the original owner of the body dissatisfied the queen, and Zhuang Jieyu was probably responsible for this.

Zhuang Jieyu looked at Zhuang Luorou's eyes, these eyes were very beautiful, so beautiful that she felt an eyesore, she sneered, she held the hand of the palace maid Xie Yu, and said with a sneer, "Why should my sister be like this?" The younger sister entered the palace two years earlier, but because she was a concubine, she was just a little Jieyu after all these years, and her spoiled younger sister was promoted to the fifth-rank noble concubine when she entered the palace because of her status as a concubine. She was also promoted to fifth grade Wanyi, so far she is only a fourth grade Jieyu.

Whether she was unwilling or hated, she wished that this younger sister would fall out of favor and enter the cold palace, and even hoped that this younger sister would just disappear in the harem without a sound. But Zhuang Luoyan had already fallen out of favor, and she had already displeased the queen, so why did she become favored again overnight, and even the queen's attitude towards her changed?

Just because she is a little more beautiful than him, just because she is a descendant? !

Zhuang Luoyan saw the hatred in Zhuang Jieyu's eyes, lowered her eyelids, and stretched out her hand to be supported by Yun Xi, "My sister is a little tired today, so I will take a step ahead."

Seeing Zhuang Luoyan's master and servant leaving, Zhuang Jieyu said gloomyly: "What's the news from Taoyu Pavilion?"

"Master, I heard..." Xie Yu whispered: "This morning, Gao Dezhong, the chief eunuch, personally went to Dianzhong Province to pick out six slaves who should be used in Taoyu Pavilion. I heard that the emperor was worried that there were too few slaves in Taoyu Pavilion and wronged Zhuang Wanyi. .”

"Wronged?!" Zhuang Jieyu sneered, "Which Wanyi is not such a slave, but she is wronged." As soon as this remark came out, she felt that something was wrong, forced herself to suppress her unwillingness, and turned to go to her living room go.

"Master, Missy, she..."

"Yun Xi, she is not the eldest lady but Zhuang Jieyu, don't forget," Zhuang Luoyan smiled lightly, where are there any sisters in the harem?

"Your Majesty, are you going to turn over the cards today?" Gao Dezhong led the eunuchs of the inner servants in, and when he saw that the emperor was immersed in approving the memorial, he lowered his voice a little.

The cinnabar imperial brush in Feng Jin's hand paused, glanced at the plaque on the tray, and stretched out his hand to a jade tooth plaque, on which was written "Anqing Palace Shu Guifei Su's Ruizi." Just as his fingertips touched the coldness of the jade tooth plaque, he suddenly stopped. Turn and turn over a wooden dental plaque.

Gao Dezhong glanced at the plaque, saw that the emperor buried his head in approving papers again, and retreated with the eunuch, the inner servant.

"His Majesty's order has been passed down, and the Taoyu Pavilion will hold the lanterns tonight."