In the evening, just as he was about to take off his makeup and take a rest, Jin Xi led a palace maid in and said: "The agar beside Hu Zhaoyi is here to say hello to the empress.WWW.tsxsw.COM"

The palace maid named Qiongjia is quite old and well-dressed. She wears a emerald-blue gold-pinned bun on her head, a yellow frost hairpin ring with several colorful flowers, and two lilac rice bead earrings on her ears, blue silk.

Wearing a bright flower thin blouse, a brown silk ribbed skirt, and four silver-embedded pearl rings on her hands, she looked very smart and capable. She blessed me with a blessing and said: "Slave Agar-agar pays my respects to Concubine Wan, may I be blessed.

Jin An.”

I quickly asked Jinxi to help her, and said politely: "Auntie is very well-behaved, no wonder she is from Zhaoyi's side. It's just that auntie is a bit unfamiliar, as if I haven't seen her before."

Qiongjia smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you have such a good taste. I used to be the companion of Lord Jinkang and followed the lady into the palace. The emperor's grace made me become the maid in charge of the Yanxi Palace. I have to ask the Concubine Wan to give me more advice."

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I smiled and said, "How can my aunt who served Lord Jinkang say or act inappropriately? I am really humble. I wonder why my aunt came to the Rouyi Hall so late at night, but does Zhaoyi have anything to say?"

Agargar said respectfully: "Our lady asked the slave to come and thank the empress for the gift yesterday. Our lady was very happy and specially asked the slave to send a return gift." After saying that, she asked a few young eunuchs to bring the return gift, which was exactly one

The sterling silver floor-to-ceiling ivory mirror frame has chiselled dragon whiskers, phoenix wings, bird feathers, rabbit hairs, flower hearts, and leaf veins all as thin as hair.

Everyone was amazed.

Agar was quite proud and said: "This frame was made by King Chen for his biological mother, Concubine Zhao, during the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although it was not a one-time effort, it took a whole year for skilled craftsmen to make it. We

The lady said that the concubine's reward yesterday was very good, and she could not give something ordinary as a return gift, so she sent someone to find it from the storehouse one day late." After saying this, she opened another colorful brocade box with sunflower petals.

, there is a complete set of Bohai Mingyu head and face jewelry inside. "Our lady said that this set of Mingyu jewelry is not worth much. What is rare is that this set of jewelry is made of a whole piece of jade, and the color is generous. If the queen likes it, she can wear it herself."

I just don’t like using it to reward others.”

I looked carefully at this set of Bohai Mingyu jewelry, and I roughly estimated that it was worth less than a thousand gold, but Agargar only said it lightly. That frame of glasses is a city-wide treasure, immeasurable. So he said: "Auntie, please thank Zhao Zhao for this palace."

I accept this gift with my heart." He called Xiao Lianzi forward and said, "It's dark outside and it's difficult to walk. You can send my aunt back home with a light on."

Seeing the opportunity, Huanbi took ten taels of gold and put it into Qiongji's hand. With a smile on her face, she said, "This is the tea that my wife gave to my aunt. Please accept it with a smile." Qingjia did not refuse and accepted it with a smile before leaving.

Seeing that she had gone out, Jinxi and Huanbi sat down with me to remove their makeup. Huanbi saw Xiao Yunzi leading a group of internal supervisors to carefully put the frames and headscarves into the warehouse, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Hu Zhaoyi is so generous.

"Just now, my slave gave the young lady ten taels of gold without her permission. Isn't the young lady angry?"

I nodded and said, "Agargar is the concubine of Princess Jinkang. What kind of status does that have? I'm afraid I served the eldest princess Wuyang in the past. It's appropriate to give her this number, and it won't make people laugh."

Huanbi thought about it and said, "What do you think, Miss, of Hu Zhaoyi's return of such a heavy gift?"

I looked in the mirror at Jin Xi who was loosening my hair. She had a calm face, only looking at the comb in her hand, and asked, "Jin Xi?"

Jin Xi dipped the comb in rose oil and said slowly: "The gift given to Hu Zhaoyi by the empress is also very precious, but Hu Zhaoyi's return gift would be a little too troublesome. On the one hand, it is a bit of a show off, and on the other hand, in the quiet of the night,

I'm afraid that all the palaces and courtyards will know about it before dawn, but it seems that Hu Zhaoyi deliberately wants people to know, and who is he doing it for?"

Huanbi pursed her lips and said, "Who can I show it to? Do you want people to know that the young lady has a special status, or do you want to use this to win favor with the emperor?"

I reached out and applied some soothing Jiangzhen Fragrance Wax Sunflower Gum on my temples, and said slowly: "I think she wants to do more than show off to the emperor. I've been dealing with this person, and I really can't see through her.

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On the side, Hua Yi had already laid out the bedding and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether she can see through it or not, it's just that people's hearts are revealed over time. Your Majesty, you'd better rest early."

After I lived in Weiyang Palace, the journey to the remote Pixiang Palace was even further. I woke up from a nap that day and saw that the sky was gloomy and cool, so I went to visit Concubine Duan.

When I entered the palace, she had just taken a bath. Her long hair was hanging loose, with crystal water dripping from the tips. She wore a flat embroidered plate with four-piece Ruyi Cloud Shoulder on her shoulders, made of colorful brocade.

Ye Ye was like a rainbow scattered in the clear sky and blue clouds, which was very beautiful. I saw her wearing a cloud shoulder, and I knew that she had washed her hair and applied jasmine black hair cream. Sure enough, there was a blue and white ice-patterned round bowl on the dressing table.

It contains a light ink-colored translucent paste.

Concubine Duan's back was facing me, and Ji Xiang used a rhinoceros horn comb dipped in jasmine black hair paste to comb it carefully. Concubine Duan raised a small target mirror and looked around. When she saw me in the mirror, she couldn't help but turn around and said with a smile: "Your distinguished guest is here.

It's really rude of me not to greet you from a distance."

I smiled and walked closer and said, "I haven't seen you for many years, and Sister Duan's complexion has improved even more. Mobile phone visit: 16Κ"

Concubine Duan stood up, played with the round bowl containing the black hair cream and said, "What's so good? Women in the palace age very quickly, and they need black hair cream when they are only thirty-two years old. Time is not forgiving."

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I picked up the round bowl with a smile and smelled it. The fragrance of jasmine came to my nostrils, and I couldn't help but praise: "This tastes good. It is made with purified jasmine flowers and Shouwu. My sister is ashamed to say this."

Now, the concubines who are fifteen or sixteen years old are also hurriedly smearing black hair cream on their hair, and my sister is comparing herself with them more and more."

Concubine Duan couldn't help laughing, put down the mirror in her hand and said, "A monkey's mouth is really a monkey's mouth, and it hasn't changed a bit in these years."

I laughed and said, "I just smiled to make my sister laugh, but she wants to talk about me." After saying that, I sat down beside Concubine Duan's dressing table, picked up the small target scope she just held and looked at the appearance of the plantain fan.

, purple gold inlaid with enamel landscape decoration, small and exquisite, very delicate. Concubine Duan saw that I looked at it interestingly, and said: "I saw this thing in the emperor's warehouse that year. You know my temper. If it's good, it's fine. I don't think so."

I would go out of my way to ask for the emperor's grace for this, but Wen Yi kept it in mind and went to the emperor to ask for it, and the emperor immediately asked someone to send it to him."

I nodded repeatedly and smiled calmly, "Wen Yi is really a good boy, and he lives up to his sister's teachings."

I looked around the Pixiang Hall and saw many little girls’ gadgets hanging inside the hall. There were many kinds of flowers and plants outside the hall. A small swing was swaying in the wind. There was also a 70% new baby hanging on the ground in the courtyard.

Then he smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a few years. My sister's Pixiang Palace has been swept away from its past decadence and is now full of life."

Concubine Duan was very happy to be a mother, "With Wen Yi, these long days will be much easier to pass. Otherwise, if we go through this year after year, we won't even have hope."

I looked around and asked, "Why don't we see Emperor Wen Yi?"

"At this time, Ruyi took her to Shanglin Garden to have fun."

"Wen Yi must be very obedient, right?"

Concubine Duan's smile showed the willingness and satisfaction of a mother, "She is very well-behaved and filial. The almost nine-year-old child is as sensible as a little adult. Sometimes even I think Wen Yi is my biological child."

Ji Xiang laughed at the side and said: "Our empress treats Di Ji as if she loves her. She is better than her own child. How can Di Ji not be filial?"

Concubine Duan's eyes were filled with smiles, "I can't blame me for hurting Wen Yi. She has a quiet temperament. On weekdays, when I cough once or twice, she would hug me and call the imperial doctor. Even I am puzzled that Concubine Xiang is like this.

How could a character like this give birth to such a good daughter?"

I listened to her whispering about Wen Yi, and when I thought about how Long Yue treated me, I felt very sad.

Concubine Duan has always been smart, and when she saw my expression, she immediately understood, "Concubine Jing loves Long Yue more than I do for Wen Yi. After all, she has been with her since she was born, so Long Yue will inevitably be closer to her. I must be concubine Jing now."

I am also uneasy, and comparing my feelings with my own, if Concubine Xiang suddenly comes to life now and wants to take Wen Yi back, I will be reluctant in every possible way."

I lowered my head and plucked the plum blossom-shaped pearls on my armor, and said in a low voice, "I understand."

Concubine Duan sighed, her calm eyes were filled with wisdom and gentleness, "Concubine Jing has always been a sensible person, but no matter how understanding a person is, there is nothing more than a word of love, let alone the love between a mother and her daughter. You don't know outside the palace that Concubine Jing has raised you hazy.

Yue was also very hard. That year, Longyue was ill, and Concubine Jing stayed up for days and nights, crying as much as a vat of tears. If Longyue really couldn't keep her, I'm afraid Concubine Jing would also die of grief.

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I felt ashamed and sad, and lowered my eyes and said, "As a mother, I really don't give half of my attention to being a mother. How can I expect that Longyue will get closer to me? I just hope that she can recognize me as a mother."

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Concubine Duan comforted: "If you say that you didn't give your best as a mother, even I feel aggrieved for you. That day you left the palace on the third day after the birth of Long Yue. You spent all your energy in those three days, and you didn't think about her at all.

She is very considerate and has made all the plans for her life." Concubine Duan said: "Longyue is still young, it will be great when she grows up and can understand your painstaking efforts."

The afternoon air was filled with the sweet fragrance of ripe gladiolus, like a bucket of sweet water, flowing quietly in the palace. Concubine Duan was thinking deeply, and her eyes fell on me quietly, "I advise you, don't be in a hurry.

I want to take Longyue back. No matter how much I miss my daughter, I still have to be patient."

There was a profound meaning in Concubine Duan's words. I was lowering my head and thinking. Suddenly I heard a golden bell ringing outside. A girl threw herself into Concubine Duan's arms and shouted with a smile: "Concubine, Liangyu is back." She raised her hands.

There was a bouquet of hibiscus flowers in it and he said: "Does it look good to my concubine? Liangyu thinks this flower is the most beautiful. Can you pick it back and put it on your concubine?"

Concubine Duan hugged her and said with a smile: "Of course it's good, my mother likes it very much. The color Yu'er chose is really beautiful."

The child stood up on tiptoes and put the flower on Concubine Duan's temple, then ran away to see if it was inserted correctly, and then he started laughing happily.

Her voice was crisp and bright, like the wind chimes ringing in the eaves. She saw me and looked at Concubine Duan with her soft eyes questioningly. Concubine Duan smiled and said, "This is your Concubine Wanmu."

Wen Yi took two steps back and said politely according to the etiquette rules: "Wen Yi pays his respects to Concubine Wanmu."

I saw her wearing a lake blue brocade embroidered short jacket, a creamy yellow flowered pomegranate skirt, a pink and purple soft silk belt with pearls clasped around her waist, and hanging around her neck was the Chaoyang Five Phoenix Necklace I gave her. I

It can be seen that her figure has not yet fully grown, but she is already very graceful. Her face and eyes do not have the sophistication and shrewdness of her mother, Concubine Cao Xiang, but she is very quiet and gentle.

I nodded and sighed, "We haven't seen each other for a few years. Wen Yi is almost a grown-up girl." I smiled at Wen Yi and said, "Your name is Liangyu? What a beautiful name." I turned to Concubine Duan, "This is

Was the name given by my sister?"

Concubine Duan nodded and smiled: "Liangyu didn't have a name when she was four years old. She was called by her title all day long, so I gave her this name in the hope that she would be as gentle as jade."

I praised: "It's really a good name. It shows that my sister hopes that her daughter will become a phoenix."

Wen Yi glanced at me quietly, then turned to Concubine Duan and said timidly: "This Concubine Wan Mu looks familiar, Liang Yu seems to have seen her before somewhere."

I put my arms around Wen Yi's neck and said with a smile: "I don't blame my sister for loving her, even I love her so much. She has such a good memory." I said to Wen Yi: "Concubine Wan Guan even hugged you when you were a child.

.At that time, you were fond of playing, and you always took off my golden bee and chrysanthemum pins."

Wen Yi turned her head to think about it, her cheeks had a clear and transparent luster, and she suddenly smiled and said: "Yes, Liangyu has been playing with that brooch for many years, and it is still kept in the box."

Concubine Duan pointed at her and said, "The necklace around your neck was sent by your concubine Wanmu two days ago. You should also express your gratitude in person."

Wen Yi was upright and blessed, and said: "Thank you, Concubine Wanmu."

Concubine Duan called her over, wiped her face carefully with silk and coaxed softly: "I'm tired after running for a while. Let's take a rest and have dinner." Then she asked Ruyi to lead her away.

Concubine Duan turned to me and asked: "Every empress has a collar for Wen Yi, right? Don't let other people gossip about it."
To be continued...