The Job of an Imperial Concubine

The annual banquets of the royal family have always been exquisite and luxurious, but after Emperor Chengxuan succeeded to the throne, because there were very few brothers of the same generation, the annual banquets from then on were not as luxurious as when the first emperor was there.

Because it was Chinese New Year, Zhuang Luoyan tactfully put on the fancy dress that the emperor gave her, and carefully put on makeup in front of the mirror, making her complexion look very rosy.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Yun Xi looked at the radiant Zhuang Luoyan, and couldn't understand why the master had changed from his usual bland attire.

"It's going to be another year in a blink of an eye," Zhuang Luoyan drew a pair of willow-leaf eyebrows and said, "Everyone wants to be happier today, so why should I embarrass others by acting like that."

Yun Xi immediately understood that her weak appearance was pitiful, but as a woman in the harem, she had to understand the general situation, and she wanted to win a good fortune during the Chinese New Year. If she faced a bitter face, who would be happy?

The New Year Banquet was still held in the Hall of Harmony. Apart from the royal family, there were also envoys from neighboring countries who attended the banquet.

"My concubine has seen Zhao Xiuyi," said Yangui concubine slightly kneeling, "Zhao Xiuyi's complexion has improved a lot, presumably Xiaochan's body has recovered a lot."

How much does this noble concubine want to poke her lungs? Zhuang Luoyan's face froze in cooperation, "Concubine Yangui looks good today."

Concubine Yangui smiled like a flower, "To each other."

On the dragon seat, Feng Jin held on to the wine glass, glanced across the corner, and stretched out his hand to call Gao Dezhong, "Gao Dezhong, I remember saying a few months ago that I would not be Jin Yangui's concubine within two years?"

Gao Dezhong bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, you have indeed said this. You have to do everything you can to think about it, but you forgot about it. It's because the servant is not good at doing things. You forgot to remind the Emperor about this. Please forgive me."

"Forget it, you have a lot of things to do all day long." Feng Jin waved his hand and said in a flat tone, "In this case, let the Dianzhong Province not have to prepare a reward for the promotion of Yan Guifei, she has neither the merit of an heir, nor The virtue of governing the harem is enough to be in the position of noble concubine."

The emperor's words were not loud, but enough for the queen sitting next to him to hear clearly, she glanced at the concubine Yangui wearing a pink skirt without change, and a sarcasm flashed in her eyes.

The news of who is going to be promoted in the harem has spread, the emperor has withdrawn the decree of conferring on Concubine Yangui, and said these words, which can be regarded as embarrassing for Concubine Yangui. This concubine Yan Gui is also brainless, she insists on doing something that does not attract the emperor's attention, even if she has two points of favor, she squanders it all.

It's better for this harem woman to be smart when she goes out.

Concubine Yangui didn't know that her fate in the harem was already doomed, after prodding Zhuang Luoyan, she sat down in her seat in a good mood, with a somewhat complacent expression.

Zhuang Luoyan's position is adjacent to Su Xiuyi's, and on the left of Su Xiuyi, one position is enough to prove who is more noble between the two. After greeting each other, Zhuang Luoyan sat down, supported the winged Golden Butterfly Bu Yao on the left temple, and tilted his head to look at the clan and the envoys of the affiliated countries opposite.

"Tingzhu, is the one in the apricot-yellow dress the Prince Gao?" Zhuang Luoyan half-covered his face with a handkerchief, and asked Tingzhu behind him in a low voice.

"Back to master, that's it. Two days ago, Prince Gao Mei sent some century-old ginseng to our palace." Ting Zhu deliberately lowered his voice, "The person who gave the gift also said that he asked the master to speak well for them. sentence."

"What do they think I am?" Zhuang Luoyan sneered, "A few broken ginsengs that we have never seen before." I don't have a good impression of Gao Meizhuang Zhuang Luoyan, because this country really makes her feel like a country in her previous life. , Whenever she is shameless in this country, she wants to step on it.

Listening to bamboo was choked by her master's unkind words. According to her memory, her master was a relatively lenient person. Suddenly hearing such harsh words made her start to think about what the master hated about this high-ranking American prince.

Maybe it's... Master doesn't like to eat ginseng?

Tingzhu would not understand this kind of plot of traveling through time and space to despise you, so she still didn't understand what was going on until the banquet started.

Everyone knew about Zhao Xiuyi's miscarriage, but many people didn't know what was going on, but seeing the emperor attaching great importance to Zhao Xiuyi, the banker became more and more prestigious in the capital, but it was a pity that the banker did not It is a scholarly home, and it is quite low-key. Some people who want to make a living can't find a loophole to please.

The people in the royal family have been submissive since Emperor Chengxuan succeeded to the throne. No one can't think of looking for bad luck, so they never talk too much about the affairs of the harem. Why do they meddle in the emperor's family affairs?

So when everyone saw Zhao Xiuyi appearing at the banquet in a fine attire, well-dressed, without any sickness on his face, they felt in their hearts that it was no wonder that the emperor favored him, but this kind of knowledge is generally not favored but arrogant rare.

Maybe this Zhao Xiuyi will be the next noble concubine Shu. In the future, it is better for them to pay attention to matters related to this Zhao Xiuyi. Although they are members of the royal family, in the eyes of the emperor, how can they compare with the weight of a favorite concubine?

This woman's pillow style is sometimes more powerful than the fold.

Naturally, Zhuang Luoyan didn't know what the clan thought. For the women in the harem, other people's opinions were not the most important thing, what mattered was what the emperor thought.

Although the royal banquet is exquisite, there is one thing that is not satisfactory, that is, she removes each dish and replaces it with a new one before using a few chopsticks. It still feels like a table of delicacies in the previous life.

Yun Xi and Ting Zhu carefully served Zhuang Luoyan's meals, and they had to distinguish which dishes were not suitable for people who had a miscarriage. After all, the master had not had a miscarriage for less than a month, so he had to be careful.

Yun Xi stopped a dish brought by a court lady, "This dish is too spicy, there's no need to serve it." At least make people believe that the master really thinks that she has had a miscarriage.

Zhuang Luoyan ate a piece of snack, watched the heaven and earth music dance performed on the stage, blinked a little tiredly, and gathered the fur on her body.

Seeing this, Zhuangzhu hurriedly handed Mrs. Tang to Zhuang Luoyan.

After the Heaven and Earth Hele dance, there was another pipa dance to celebrate the spring. Zhuang Luoyan looked at the woman leading the dance, and felt a little familiar. After thinking about it for a while, I remembered that this was the dancer who danced for the emperor before looking at the Jinfeng list that day.

"Your Majesty, this dancer's dancing posture is really graceful, not inferior to that of Concubine Shu," the queen said with a smile, "Since Concubine Shu, I have not seen such a good dance for many years."

Concubine Shu's complexion was not very good-looking, but she said on her mouth: "The Queen's empress is absurd."

Feng Jin glanced at the two of them, then turned to look at the woman leading the dance, and said, "Since the queen thinks she is good, let's make her a talent. I also think her dancing posture can be compared with Concubine Shu."

Zhuang Luoyan's mouth twitched slightly after hearing the conversation between the three, the emperor's words were so cruel that they hit the queen and concubine Shu together.

"It's just a dancer," Su Xiuyi snorted, but she didn't say it too loudly. If Zhuang Luoyan wasn't close, she wouldn't have heard her complaint.

Zhuang Luoyan looked at the dancer carefully, her brows turned like crescents, her eyes were bright and her teeth were bright, her soft waist was hard to hold, she was really stunning. It's just that the emperor's comparison of such a dancer girl with concubine Shu really slapped her face.

Although the Su family is not considered a noble in the capital, Concubine Shu is also favored by the emperor with her dancing posture, but she can be called a family at any rate. Who knows what kind of poverty this dancing girl is from?

After the dance was over, the emperor summoned the dancer to come forward, "What's your name?"

The dancer girl bowed with indescribable amorous feelings, "Go back to the emperor, this servant is called Humei."

"Beauty rolling the beaded curtain, sitting deeply and frowning," Feng Jin pondered slightly, "It's a good name, I will call you a talented person, and live in the side hall of Linyuexuan."

The dancer called Crescent Eyebrow showed joy and shyness, and hurriedly knelt down to thank her.

Zhuang Luoyan couldn't help but look at this new talent, the poem the emperor recited was really not good, the beauty rolled up the beaded curtain, sat deeply and frowned. But seeing the wet tears, I don't know who to hate. This is a poem of resentment against an abandoned woman. The emperor used this word to describe the dancer, but he didn't know whether he regarded the dancer as a joke or meant something.

Seeing that the emperor has sealed another stunning beauty into the palace, the concubines are a little bit uncomfortable, and the banquet that follows is even more tasteless.

Zhuang Luo's rouge also showed a two-pointed loneliness that could not be concealed, but the speed of eating did not slow down, no matter what time it was, don't make it difficult for the food.

If there is anyone who feels the worst at this time, it is none other than Concubine Shu. When she looked at that talented person, she felt that the empress had embarrassed herself, but due to her status, she had no choice but to endure it.

The queen's complexion had already recovered, she said with a light smile: "Since the emperor loves it, I can't wait any longer. Heyu, give the red Suxiu horse in the palace's treasury to Zhencairen. Its beauty matches that Su embroidery."

After saying this, Zhuang Luoyan really saw that the faces of several concubines present were even more ugly. The method of invoking hatred for the enemy, the empress really made it perfect.

Concubine Shu smiled and said: "Since the empress boasted about you so much, saying that we are not as good as you, I should give you some rewards." After finishing speaking, she recruited Lingsha, "Give the red jade hairpin of my palace to Jane. talent."

Is this transferring hatred to the queen? Zhuang Luoyan felt that Concubine Shugui's method of transferring Dafa was also good. She lowered her head and forked a piece of orange into her mouth, Zhuang Luoyan was happy to watch the show.

Unexpectedly, when the two started, other high-ranking concubines began to reward them. Zhuang Luoyan looked at the talented Zhencai with a happy face, wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't have any rare things, so I just give my ex-sister Give the jadeite bracelet to Zhen Cairen."

"Thank you Zhao Xiuyi for the reward." Zhen Cairen knelt down to thank her, her face blushing with joy.

Zhuang Luoyan withdrew her gaze indifferently. On such an occasion, being welcomed into the harem by the emperor, she didn't know whether the final outcome would be a happy one or a sad one?

Su Xiuyi looked at Zhuang Luoyan with her head down, and suddenly smiled and said, "Zhao Xiuyi seems to be in a bad mood?"

Zhuang Luoyan looked back at Su Xiuyi, was this a targeted attack?