She thought, who said it is virtuous for a woman to have no talent? Women must at least be good at painting!
She quickly rolled up the portrait, put it in a rolled bamboo tube, sealed it, looked at it carefully, and placed it in a basket next to it.
The basket is full of these small bamboo tubes. It is a newly collected small red flower from the imperial garden. It has just bloomed and the petals have not yet dried. According to the custom at that time, they were rolled up in bamboo tubes and can be used as fragrant flowers in the future.
, or make tea and drink. The full basket took several palace maids three days to complete. Hundreds of small rolled bamboo tubes lay inside, filled with the fragrance of flowers.
Soon, she couldn't tell which one she had just put in. Then she shouted: "Xiao Piao!"
Xiaopiao comes in.
"Xiao Piao, take this basket of flower spikes out and give it to Madam."
"yes."
Xiaopiao lowered her voice: "My dear, something big has happened in the palace these days. People are spreading rumors that the high priest has arrived at Cining Palace. This is a bad sign..."
Zhang Jieyu smiled: "What else can you say?"
"The palace has been vigorously rectifying these days. Eunuch Gao summoned everyone to give a lecture, saying that everyone was too lazy and did not manage some blind spots. This time, the dead branches hurt the empress. He said that he would thoroughly clean up the palace inside and outside... Everyone in the palace
, all went to visit the queen one after another. This was a good time for them to flatter the queen. Those old palace ladies actually managed to pray for the queen... Concubine Zuo Shu also went... The queen rewarded them with many things..."
These are all old news. The queen has won over people's hearts. They have received so many benefits, so naturally they want to please the good ones. Zhang Jieyu is not very interested, and she secretly gnashes her teeth in hatred.
Xiaopiao took the things and was about to leave, but Zhang Jieyu said casually: "You must give it to Madam with your own hands. This is the flower spike she likes... Alas, I have lost power now, and there is nothing to honor her.
, only this basket of flower spikes."
"Yes! Concubine."
Seeing her desolate look, Xiaopiao wanted to comfort her, but she, a little palace maid, couldn't think of anything, so she had to carry the basket and go out.
After Xiaopiao walked away, Zhang Jieyu sat down with a relieved smile on her face.
PS: This is it today. The next climax is brewing not far away. What kind of ending do you hope for Xiao Lian and Zhang Jieyu? You can talk about it freely:)))