When Ji Ling woke up the next day, Yinzhen had already left. The ground in the Nuan Pavilion was burning hot, and as soon as his feet touched the ground, he felt a rush of warmth.
On the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, light snow started to fall outside. The swirling cold wind was blowing back and forth. The glazed tiles on the roof were still stained, but there was just a thin layer of broken snow foam.
Qixi heard the commotion and brought someone in to help her wash up, change clothes, and then comb her hair. Xiao Fenzi had already presented the account book outside, and the person in charge of the reply from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was waiting in the courtyard of Tiandi Jiachun.
This time, the activity of the Trading Street lasted for six days and three events, and finally ended successfully. Ji Ling was having breakfast and flipping through the ledgers.
As a result, halfway through the reading, Concubine Yu also came over with her account book. The two of them faced each other for a while, and then Ji Ling ordered Qixi to ask someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come in and respond.
Yu Fei was asking questions in the front, while Ji Ling sat next to him and checked the numerical entries. He flipped through the pages and found that some of the amounts did not match.
The person from the Ministry of Internal Affairs looked embarrassed, looked around, and reminded her in a low voice: "The Imperial Concubine Hui Chen, there are still many treasures, and the emperor has directly rewarded them to you adults..." As he said this, he took a few things from his sleeves.
He took out another booklet, held it up with both hands and said, "This book is for items, there is no amount."
Qixi took it and gave Ji Ling a look. Concubine Yu also stretched her head to look at it.
This was done for a while, and after the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs left, the concubines came over to "say hello" to the imperial concubine.
Ji Ling is now a noble concubine, a concubine who holds a son and a daughter and is the only one favored by the Holy Spirit.
Compared with another queen who is almost in name only and has no children...
In the minds of everyone in the harem, there is a scale to determine which one is more important. In addition, it is also the twelfth lunar month, and the entire Old Summer Palace is decorated for the New Year, with lanterns and colors everywhere, and it is full of joy. At this time, no matter how much you move around, you will not
Seems annoying.
Ji Ling is actually the kind of person who realizes things later - ever since she was named a noble concubine by Yinzhen, there have been not many people running to her home. Sometimes, they can even come several times a day.
Sometimes she rested and waited until she got up to take a nap before listening to the reports from her servants that so and so had just come to say hello. It seemed that it didn't matter whether she saw the imperial concubine or not, as long as she came to order a meal.
Sweet potatoes were buried in the charcoal basin, and the sweet fragrance of sweet potatoes filled the whole room. Evian used pliers to take out the sweet potatoes, tore off the skin on the table next to it, and poured honey on it to make it steaming.
The sweet potatoes were rolled in honey, sprinkled with a layer of dried rose petals, and then placed in a small jade-colored porcelain cup and carefully brought up to the master.
Ji Ling then ordered each of the concubines present to have a cup.
After a while, the main hall of Tiandi Family Spring was filled with people. It was crowded and extremely lively. It was surrounded by pearls and greenery, and the room was filled with fragrance. People who didn't know it stepped in and thought they were in the queen's palace.
Woolen cloth.
Ji Ling sat in the highest position of honor.
In fact, she is not particularly good at dealing with situations, but now, when she really sits in a high position, she realizes - why should she deal with it?
As long as she is in this position, even if she just casually says "the weather is nice", people below will naturally rush to follow her words, heat up the atmosphere of the class, and even talk about the weather topic with a stick of incense.
Or to describe it more simply and crudely: According to her current status in the harem, even if she ate too many sweet potatoes and accidentally let one go...
People will also say that it is a fairy spirit, and they will also praise the fairy spirit for being fragrant and well released!
Ma Chang held a cup of sweet potato, honey and roses in his hand, switching it warmly between his hands. Before he had time to eat, something suddenly occurred to him, so he turned around and moved closer to Li Guiren, lowering his voice and saying in a low voice:
"Your Excellency, if we sit down again, won't we miss the time to greet the Queen?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Guiren stared at her with an expression on his face: "...Are you afraid you are a fool?"
Concubine Qian, who was sitting in front of them, also heard it, turned her head and glanced at Ma Changzai with a half-smile.
Yu Fei sat on the first chair under Ji Ling's left hand, glanced at everyone, Ji Ling nodded to her, and Yu Fei briefly told the situation of the shopping street in the past few days, and attached other things.
Everyone made a summary.
Xi Bi was sitting opposite her, but her mind was no longer on the content of Yu Fei's words, but was drifting far, far away.
Hearing Concubine Yu's sonorous and powerful "admonishment" word by word, Xi Bi raised her eyes and saw Ji Ling sitting on Concubine Yu's seat - leaning slantedly on the armrest of the rosewood chair, with a pair of eyes in her eyes.
It was all leisurely and indifferent. Occasionally she would raise her hand to make a gesture, and Yu Fei would immediately stop talking and start another conversation.
When she smiled, the concubines all laughed too - and even laughed so hard that they were afraid of falling behind.
Xi Bi forced herself to retract her gaze, and her face returned to its usual demure and gentle expression. Only her hands in the deep sleeves were slightly clenched, then relaxed again.
After the concubines left, Ji Ling remembered that he had not even glanced at his daughter all morning.
She took Qixi to the side hall of the third princess.
You wouldn’t know if you didn’t go there, but you’ll be surprised when you go there—the third princess’s side hall has been completely decorated by her to look more like a shopping street than a shopping street: there are lanterns of various colors hanging everywhere, in various colors and shapes. Bogu on the side
All the antiques on the shelves were probably cleared away by her servants and replaced by various colorful clay figurines and clay dolls.
This is not over yet. A small table next to the window is already piled with rouge and gouache. They were all bought on the shopping street yesterday. They are divided into categories according to different types and colors, and are stacked neatly.
It's just like a replica of the dressing table in Ji Ling Nuan Pavilion.
During the New Year celebrations in the palace, it was natural to reward various decorations early. These items would be replaced every year. They were all made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and had the mark of the master craftsman on them. Ji Ling looked at the corner and saw that
These are all piled up in a mess in several large boxes.
She walked over, bent down and pulled out a box of colorful couplets, which were specially gifted by Yinzhen to the third princess. The workmanship was exquisite. Each strip was three or four meters long when taken out. Together they formed a huge flower-shaped couplet. Below
It is sandwiched with silk and colorful gauze, and is also decorated with strings of beads. It is hung in the hall on the side of the third princess. It is matched with a palace lantern and is just the right size.
Grandma Chen was standing by and quickly explained: "My dear concubine, this... the princess said there is no place to put it, slave... there is nothing we can do, we can only put it in the box temporarily."
The third princess tugged at Ji Ling's sleeve and said nonchalantly: "Mother, don't look at these useless things. They have been packed away. What are you doing with them? I can't fit them in this room, so there is no need to hang them up."
