Two days later, it will be the fifth day of May, and the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon.
Because there was a rice dumpling feast in the palace that day, Ji Ling did not dare to stay in bed. As soon as she opened her eyes in the morning, she called Qixi to come in and wash up.
After breakfast, Qixi found all the summer flag clothes and spread them out one by one on the bed. The master and the servant discussed the selection for a long time.
The final decision was made on a light begonia red flag dress, and Ji Ling matched the color of the dress with makeup.
After Qixi combed her hair, she picked a begonia-colored gold-encrusted beaded flower of the same color as her clothes and put it on Ji Ling. The entire beaded flower was made of gold inlaid with red agate, which was very delicate and gorgeous.
Ji Ling looked in the mirror and saw Bixue holding a jewelry box aside and waiting to hand Qixi other jewelry hairpins, so she said, "This is already very ostentatious, we can't add any more."
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Bixue smiled and said: "Master is so young, it is normal for him to dress more colorfully, not to mention it is a festival today!".
Ji Ling said nothing and turned his face sideways in the mirror.
After looking at it for a while, she suddenly reached out and pulled off the red agate earrings on her ears. Then she nodded and said, "That's almost it."
When I arrived at the Queen's Kunning Palace, I saw that the blue bricks in front of the palace had been scrubbed as if they were mirrors. Under the magnificent cornices, pictures of five-color dragon boats and phoenixes entwined with golden threads were hung everywhere.
The green calamus is filled with the fragrance of calamus.
Several palace maids saw her coming in the corridor, and immediately came up to her with smiles on their faces, saying: "I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji is here!".
One of the leading maids said: "The Queen has just ordered the servants to wait here to see if the noble has come."
Ji Ling was also a little surprised, and replied with a respectful smile: "How can I let the queen bother so much? I'm so embarrassed!".
While she was talking, the leading maid had already led her towards the main hall. There were two more maids on the jade steps. Seeing Mr. Ji coming, they opened the curtain in the distance.
There were several young beauties dressed up by nobles in the courtyard. The maids acted as if they hadn't noticed, and just held their heads high, leading Ji Ling to walk between them.
Everyone couldn't help but make way for Ji Ling.
Ji Ling lowered his head and just walked quickly.
After climbing the jade steps and entering the main hall, I saw that the hall was also newly decorated. On the two long tables several meters long on the left and right, nine colorful Zhang Tianshi Slaying the Five Poisons were placed on each table. The plates were piled with seasonal symbols.
Flowers and fruits are fragrant and fragrant.
As soon as he entered the Nuan Pavilion, Ji Ling saw the queen sitting alone, not talking to anyone else, just lowering her head and sipping a cup of hot tea.
Concubine Qi and Concubine Yu sat aside, covering their mouths with handkerchiefs, frowning slightly and saying something.
Ji Ling quickly walked to the middle of the Nuan Pavilion, knelt down, saluted Uranala solemnly and said: "Noble Lord Ji, please pay your respects to the Queen, may the Queen be blessed!".
Just after saying these few words, I heard a report from outside: "The Nian Concubine has arrived!".
The door curtain was raised, and everyone turned their heads, and saw that the concubine Nian was also dressed up today, with beads on her temples, embroidered with gold and silver.
Concubine Nian held the hand of the maid who was close to her, and walked up to the queen in a graceful manner. She slightly bent her knees and said lazily: "I send my regards to the queen."
After she finished speaking, without waiting for the Queen Mother to call out, she turned around and sat down in her seat.
The queen was blocked for a while before she spoke, and said calmly: "Concubine Nian is really familiar and informal."
The Nuan Pavilion suddenly became quiet, and Concubine Yu was the only one who couldn't hold it back and almost laughed.
When the queen turned her head, she saw that Ji Ling was still there. Her legs and feet were obviously sore from squatting, and she was trembling slightly. She still didn't get up, but lowered her head respectfully.
She was waiting for herself, the queen, to speak.
Ulanara nodded imperceptibly.
She put down the tea cup in her hand, held it up with her own hands, and said: "Ji Guiji, get up." Then she pointed to the seat next to Mao Bin and said: "Sit down."
Everyone was stunned.
The chair the queen pointed to was in a very delicate position, right next to Mao Bin.
Talk about being respectful or not, talk about being humble or not.
On weekdays, there is no one to sit on the concubine's seat. The old people don't bother to sit, the young nobles dare not sit, and the number of concubines is very small...
So it's always empty there.
In the silence, Concubine Nian suddenly sneered and said coldly: "The Queen, looking at Mr. Ji's appearance, she must have been frightened. However, I feel that she should not sit in this position, and she is not worthy."
Sit down! Your Majesty, please don’t embarrass her.”
As soon as Concubine Nian finished speaking, she saw Ji Ling holding Qixi's hand and Shi Shiran sitting down on the chair. She lowered her head and straightened her sleeves, with a calm look on her face.
The atmosphere in Nuan Pavilion suddenly became awkward. All eyes looked at Ji Ling and then at Concubine Nian.
The queen raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Ji Ling.
Concubine Nian's expression suddenly changed, she stared at Ji Ling with her almond-shaped eyes, and said sternly: "Mr. Ji! Fortunately, the Queen praised you for knowing the rules, but I am watching, but you are so bold that you dare to overstep your dignity!
Is this chair...also worthy of your status?".
Ji Ling leaned forward and said with a smile: "I am stupid and can't understand other things. But I only understand one thing. The empress is in the middle palace, and her mother is responsible for the world. These six palaces are all under the empress
Under the supervision of the Empress, the Queen’s will is the rule!”.
After the words fell, there was silence in the Nuan Pavilion. Concubine Nian hated Ji Ling for being favored. At this moment, her heart suddenly became angry and she narrowed her eyes gloomily, staring only at Ji Ling.
But after Ji Ling finished speaking, he immediately shrugged his shoulders slightly, sat with his head bowed, and returned to his usual submissive appearance.
At this time, I could only hear the report from outside: "The Emperor has arrived!".
After hearing this, the queen just said: "It's early for the emperor to go to court today!" Then she calmly handed the teacup in her hand to the servant next to her, and then supported the hand of the palace maid Hua Rong.
When passing by Concubine Nian, she glanced happily at Concubine Nian's face, and then quickly walked out of Nuan Pavilion.
All the concubines followed the queen out of the Nuan Pavilion. When they saw Yin striding into the front hall with Su Peisheng trotting behind, they all knelt down to say hello.
Among the concubines, the queen only half-crouched on her knees because she was the wife, and said: "I send my regards to the emperor. May the emperor be blessed!".
Yin looked among the crowd and saw Ji Ling raising his head and looking at him.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and then Yin looked away.
He raised his hand to ask the queen to get up. Seeing that the queen looked haggard, he praised her a few words and said: "I know that organizing festivals, the ceremony is the most laborious! The queen is dedicated to her responsibilities. These days, she has taken care of all the things that should be given and rewarded.
Clear, very good!”.
Ulanala followed his steps and said flattered: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty! Concubine, don't work hard! It's my duty as a queen to handle these things well. I will take care of the housework."
Well, the emperor can not be distracted by the state affairs of the previous dynasty."
She paused and saw that all the concubines were lagging behind and keeping a certain distance, so she laughed in a low voice: "If the emperor feels that I am working hard, you might as well find a right-hand man for me in the future, even if it is to help share some of the burden.
If you can tolerate my concubine, it will be a happy life for a few days!".