In the Yi Nian Hall, palace people in front of the hall were busy coming and going, placing pots of colorful peonies on the platform and corridor. The huge courtyard in front of the hall was already filled with the fragrance of flowers.
Empress Dowager Rong was sitting on the couch by the window, nodding slightly, "She is very sensible, much better than Mrs. Yu." - Aunt Bai Shao reported the misdeeds committed by Yu Meiren and others yesterday after Lu Jieyu left.
The Queen Mother.
Aunt Bai Shao just smiled.
Queen Mother Rong sighed quietly: "The Ai family is old and their eyesight is no longer good."
Aunt Bai Shao said hurriedly: "How could it be? Yu Meiren is a stunning beauty. As for her words and deeds, the Queen Mother can teach her more in the future."
Queen Mother Rong shook her head. How picky is the emperor?
"The Ai family only hopes that the remaining few can live up to their expectations." Empress Dowager Rong murmured.
Three days passed by in a flash, and in a blink of an eye it was the day of the Queen Mother's Flower Appreciation Banquet. The concubines of each palace knew exactly what the banquet was about, so they all dressed up carefully to ensure perfection. The maids and eunuchs of each palace also had to follow suit.
With no feet touching the ground, only Yanqingtang remains the same as before.
Xiao Jinzi and Xiao Xianzi swept the courtyard slowly, Xiao Yuanbao cleaned the eaten dishes, Bi Xin served Wen Xiaotu to polish ink and lay paper, and Hong Guo sat on the porch on the back of the sunny beauty, embroidering
A goose-yellow veil.
As a personal palace maid, in addition to personal service, she also needs to do needlework for the empress and mistress, mainly close-fitting clothing and shoes. Although there is an embroidery courtyard in the palace, the needlework skills of the embroidery ladies there are naturally more outstanding, but if you want the embroidery courtyard to be natural
The first thing to do is to keep a close eye on the high-ranking and favored empress. If you are like Wen Xiaotu and you want to dispatch the embroidery academy, you will have to hold on to money.
Who doesn’t like beautiful Hanfu?
Unfortunately, my wallet is shrinking day by day, so I have to cut off unnecessary expenses.
Moreover, Hongguo's female embroidery is very good. As long as it is not too complicated or too high-end embroidery, Hongguo can handle it.
Women in this era are all excellent tailors.
Even she herself has the skills to make new clothes for herself, but her embroidery skills are mediocre and she is too lazy to do it.
In modern times, the Inner Court Embroidery Academy was called haute couture!
After lunch, Wen Xiaotu didn't feel sleepy at all, so she took the red fruits and went for a walk in the West Garden again. This time she was not worried about running into the emperor. At this time, the concubines in the harem all went to the Queen Mother's Yi Nian Palace.
, the Queen Mother will definitely call the Emperor, the scene must be surrounded by warblers and swallows, His Majesty the Emperor has no intention of coming to this Poxi Garden.
After a few days, the Lingxiao flowers have bloomed a lot, and the huge pavilion is really a big flower cage. Wen Xiaotu walked directly into the pavilion, which is covered by green shade, without any sunlight, and has excellent sun protection.
Hongguo quickly wiped the white marble pier in the pavilion, and then helped her talented young master sit down. She smiled and said, "This is a good place, breathable and cool."
Although it is not yet the scorching hot season, the ancients wore a lot of clothes. Even in summer, not even half an inch of skin was exposed. Wen Xiaotu wore a peach blossom dress today, and the pink color was gentle and pleasant.
, the wide Pipa sleeves hid handkerchiefs, sachets, wallets, snacks and other items - she guessed that it would be easy to stuff mobile phones and tablets.
Wen Xiaotu took out a bulging purse from her sleeve, which was bigger than her fist. There were more than a dozen pieces of mung bean cake in it, which was one of the lunch dishes. She didn't finish it, and she really liked this sweet food, so she...
Pack it up and eat slowly.
Although mung bean cake is not an expensive snack, sugar is still very expensive and hard to come by in this era. With his status as a scholar, he can only enjoy two kilograms of white sugar every month.
Take a bite of the small mung bean cake, and as soon as you take a sip, your mouth will be filled with pine, glutinous and sweet sweets. It is really something that makes people happy both physically and mentally.
Wen Xiaotu ate three pieces in one go, and suddenly found Hong Guo secretly swallowing his saliva.
She couldn't help laughing, and almost forgot that Hongguo was still an underage girl.
Then he smiled, pinched a piece of mung bean cake and put it in her hand, "Eat it."
Hong Guo looked at the small and cute mung bean cake that suddenly appeared in her hand, and was quite surprised for a moment, "But, doesn't Talent like mung bean cake very much?"
Wen Xiaotu pointed to his purse and said, "There are quite a few more here."
Hongguo pursed her lips, unable to withstand the temptation of sweets, "Thank you talented person."
Hong Guo was reluctant to swallow this small dessert, so she carefully bit off a little bit and sipped it carefully in her mouth, with indescribable joy appearing on her little face.
There are no sweets in the royal palace. Hong Guo has been in the palace for five years and has eaten sweets only a handful of times.
Although the palace maids also have a salary, the second-class palace maids only have six taels of silver a year. Logically speaking, they can spend their own money to buy it in the dining room, but which palace maid would be so extravagant? Either send it to the family, or keep it to bribe the eunuch in charge.
Find yourself another job.
The master and the servant enjoyed rare sweets, but there were so many fruit cakes and pastries in the Yi Nian Hall that they could not finish them all.
Although the flower-viewing banquet was not a formal banquet, tea and snacks were still flowing like water. The concubines drank tea and admired the flowers, and flattered the Queen Mother with the singing of warblers and swallows. Surrounded by peonies and peonies, they served a group of people who were more delicate than the flowers.
Yu Meiren was the most beautiful woman in the world, and she flattered the Queen Mother with a very sweet mouth, "The Queen Mother's Yi Nian Palace is better than other places, and the blessings are deeper, so the flowers that bloom are so graceful and luxurious!"
Lu Jieyu on the side couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
Xin Zhaorong, who was sitting next to the beauty, covered herself with a fan and whispered to Lu Jieyu: "Listen, isn't this a very good speaker?"
Lu Jieyu covered her lips and smiled, "Yes, her little mouth looks like it has been smeared with honey!"
Queen Mother Rong, who was sitting on the throne in the corridor, asked with a smile: "What are Xin Zhaorong and Lu Jieyu talking about?"
Xin Zhaorong quickly put down the round fan and stood up to say blessing: "When I returned to the Queen Mother, I and Lu Jieyu just said that the snacks here are sweet. After eating this beauty, her little mouth became so sweet!"
How could Queen Mother Rong not hear the sarcasm hidden in Xin Zhaorong's smile? She just smiled and said nothing.
Yu Meiren bit her red lips. Facing the Empress Zhaorong who was born in the Hou Mansion, and in front of the Queen Mother, Yu Meiren had no courage to talk back.
While they were chatting and joking, Cui Xuan, an attendant, came forward, blessed Yingying, and presented the flower-blossom fan that he had just embroidered.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "This female embroidery is very good, and the embroidery is also festive. Is this Su embroidery?"
Cui Xuanshi responded softly: "Yes, my mother is good at Su embroidery. I have learned it from my mother since she was a child. There are many deficiencies in her skills, which makes the Queen Mother laugh."
Concubine Lin, who was standing next to the Queen Mother, smiled and praised: "The peonies embroidered by Sister Cui are graceful and luxurious, and the butterfly falling on it seems to be about to fly out!"
Cui Xuan, the attendant, hurriedly bowed to the Concubine Xian: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Standing behind Concubine Xian, the selection attendant Lin Fangrui said sweetly: "Sister Cui is very good at embroidery. Unlike me, I am clumsy and can't do any embroidery work for Concubine Xian and the eldest princess."
The virtuous concubine Lin Xiuying straightened her clothes lightly, her expression indifferent and distant. She quickly glanced at Cai Ren Luo in front of the desk in the east corridor, and then said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, Luo Cai Ren seems to have finished the painting."
Lin Xuan's pretty face was filled with resentment.
