One day after the full moon banquet, Concubine Fu had just returned from Tong'an Palace, and Concubine Xian came.
After entering the door, he looked ashamed and said with a smile: "I wanted to come yesterday, but I just couldn't find the time."
Concubine Fu generously gave up her seat and said, "It's very cold outside. Come and sit here."
Concubine Xian sat down, still a little embarrassed: "I came here today specifically to apologize to my sister.
I really had no idea about what happened yesterday. Even if I heard some rumors before, I would never watch this happen."
"This has nothing to do with my sister." Concubine Fu said, "It was all caused by them outside the palace."
"This kid Wan Yi is really acting up," Concubine Xian said very helplessly, "She also joined in the fun of catching wind and shadow.
To be honest, I can't really control her, I can only coax her with nice words.
This is not me shirking responsibility. Sister, you are sensible and you know where people’s confidence lies.
But no matter what, after all, you are the ones who have been wronged. I can’t do anything else, so I should come over and give you a present.
At best, I am just congratulating you as a beggar—a sincerity, I dare not ask for anything else, I just want my sister to be less angry."
"We sisters have served His Majesty together for more than 20 years, and our faces have never turned red.
To be honest, let alone you coming, even if you don't come, I won't be angry with you." Concubine Fu said generously, "I know there are many things you can't control, let alone grievances.
Are we aggrieved? Why aren't you aggrieved?"
The words made Concubine Xian burst into tears. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and was speechless for a long time.
Everyone present could not help but sigh in their hearts for the virtuous concubine.
The marriage between the sixth prince and Yao Wanyi was almost a forced marriage.
Although Concubine Xian didn't dare to make any excuses from beginning to end, that was because she knew she couldn't.
To take a step back, even if they reluctantly give up, their mother and son will never end well.
The Yao family's behavior is so arrogant and domineering. People who have experienced it once will never want to experience it a second time.
Concubine Fu didn't want to talk too much about this matter, so she diverted the conversation by persuading Concubine Xian to drink tea: "I remember that when you were young, your favorite tea was dried plums. This is the girl in our palace herself.
The cooking is different from the one in the dining room, try it."
"There's also icing sugar on top." Concubine Xian picked up a dried plum, took a bite, chewed it carefully, and said, "Why does it smell like grass? It's a little bitter at first, but the aftertaste is really good.
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"To tell you the truth, I put licorice juice in it." Fangdian bowed and answered.
"You are really ingenious." Concubine Xian praised, "I remember your name is Fangdian?"
"Your Majesty, you really have a good memory. This slave indeed has this name."
"Sister Fu Fei is elegant. Each of the names she has given you is more pleasant than the last." Concubine Xian said with a smile, "There are thousands of colors on the green trees and silver terraces. Under the window of Shi Lian Youzhu Mountain, the river flows around the Fangdian, and the pale moon is hooked.
The sky is like water..."
"The slaves never knew that their names came from this way, but fortunately the empress pointed it out." Bishu came up to add tea, "The empress explained it this way, and her talent is not inferior to that of our empress."
"Oh, it's so lively! It turns out that Sister Xianfei is here too." Concubine Li walked in with a little palace maid on her back.
Behind her was the little eunuch who was delivering the message from Furong Palace. It can be seen that before she had time to report, Concubine Li drove straight in.
She didn't have to give up her seat to anyone, and sat directly on Concubine Fu's right hand side.
"Sister, I have the leisure to come here for a walk today. Don't you want to play cards?" Concubine Fu asked.
"Every day I sit so hard that my buttocks get calluses." Li Fei said without hesitation, "You lose that little money to me, and I lose to you, my hands are almost covered with sweat and rust."
"I'm just killing time with this." Concubine Xian also said, "Who can seriously win or lose?"
"Sister doesn't go to my card game very much now," Concubine Li smiled and looked at Concubine Xian, "You have been helping the Queen to manage the Sixth Palace, so you are very busy!"
Concubine Xian couldn't help but blush, Concubine Li's look and tone seemed to be mocking her, intentionally or unintentionally, for climbing up a high branch and alienating her old friend.
"Sister, I came from outside and looked at the weather. Is it going to snow again?" Concubine Fu asked about the weather when she saw the situation was a little awkward.
"It's not sunny, but it probably won't rain." Concubine Li said, "I asked the emperor for a few boxes of Brahma incense today. I remember that you all like it. I can't order that much by myself, so I'll just share some."
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As she spoke, she raised her chin, and the palace maid who followed her took out a box of incense.
Brahma incense is a famous incense offered as tribute by India, and its preciousness is only slightly inferior to that of ambergris.
What's more important is that the number is extremely rare. Envoys from Tianzhu only come once every three to five years, and they don't pay tribute every time.
Everyone knew that the emperor had been resting in Concubine Li's palace for the past two days, and she was still as favored as before.
After saying a few more words, Concubine Xian stood up and said, "I've been here for a while, so I'm going back. I'll come back to talk to my sister someday."
Out of etiquette, Concubine Fu naturally wanted to stay with her: "It's so easy for you to come here, just sit down and go again!"
"No, it's good to have sister Li Fei to talk to you. I still have some things to do over there." Concubine Xian said and left.
After she left, Li Fei said with a smile: "What? She came to accompany Qing and say nice things, right? This will obviously make you look bad.
According to me, this wise concubine is different from the past now. After marrying the Yao family, she will naturally become a celebrity in front of the queen."
"You can't say that, she's embarrassed too." Concubine Fu naturally wouldn't talk about others with her.
"Sister, you are really kind-hearted!" Li Fei immediately understood, "People have bullied me, and you still give them a smile!"
Concubine Fu was not immune to her incitement and said with all her might, "I don't have the cleverness of speech like my sister, and I'm afraid of offending others, so I have to spend more time with my smiling face."
Li Fei added: "It is said that strength is the root of trouble. My sister's good popularity is not unreasonable.
But, people’s nature is hard to change. I’m used to being outspoken and I can’t change it.
The emperor's grandson is safe this time, but I'm afraid there will be trouble in the future.
If nothing else, his birthmark alone is enough to make people hate him, so sister, you should be more careful."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "Sister, I've been in class for half a day and I'm tired of thinking about it. I'll go back first."
"I admire my sister's chicness the most. She can come and go freely without complaining." Concubine Fu also stood up, "I don't want to keep you in vain."
After Concubine Li left, Youzhu couldn't help complaining: "It's true that Concubine Li will rearrange three or four nests whenever she has time. She is afraid that the harem will be peaceful, and she has to make a noise and fight to feel at ease." "Some people just hate that the world will not be chaotic." Bishu also sighed, "It would be great if all the empresses in this palace were like our empress and the Xianfei empress, so much less idleness would be created!"
