Chapter 28 Arrival at the Palace

In May, the news that the Queen was going to hold a flower-viewing banquet spread throughout the capital. From the beginning of the month, the old lady began to prepare clothes and jewelry for Song Yuyan and Song Yuwan to attend the banquet.

After selecting the fabric, she asked the embroiderers in the mansion to work overtime to make it, and she went to a famous silver shop to choose the jewelry herself.

As for Song Yurou and the others, since they were too young, the old lady was afraid that if she brought them into the palace, she would not be able to take care of them.

If you are ignorant and offend an important person, it will be more trouble than gain, so let Song Yuning and the other three stay at home.

In mid-May, Bai Miao sent someone to deliver the shop deeds and the 500-acre farmland deeds to Song Yuning.

Also delivered were the indentures of more than fifty people and a letter from Xiao Yunzhan.

In the letter, Xiao Yunzhan wrote that he had already arranged people at the manor, so Song Yuning didn't have to worry about the management personnel. There were also special people taking care of the shop.

When Song Yuning saw the letter, he was so moved that he felt that he had made the right decision to save this person.

After receiving the letter, Song Yuning was filled with motivation and she immediately devoted herself to the embroidery work.

Although the store was already in hand, the lack of start-up capital became a thorny problem.

She secretly made up her mind to complete the double-sided embroidery work in her hand more carefully, because only by selling it successfully could she obtain the start-up capital needed to open a silver shop.

The embroidery shop and cloth store in the south of the city had been operating smoothly and profitably. With the cloth store as a backing, the embroidery shop no longer needed to purchase additional cloth, which effectively saved money.

Song Yuning secretly thought about it and decided to open a clothing store first. So she wrote a letter to Yan Yu, asking her to help recruit a few tailors and embroiderers.

At the same time, Song Yuning also stuffed the clothing designs she had drawn during this period, as well as some beautiful and easy-to-embroider patterns, into an envelope and sent it to Yan Yu.

Song Yuning has been busy managing his assets recently. He doesn't ask about anything outside except for some things he must know.

The flower-viewing banquet hosted by the Queen was finally about to begin. Early in the morning, the old lady put on the second-rank imperial clothing and went to the palace with her fifth sister Song Yuyan and sixth sister Song Yuwan.

In the carriage, Song Yuyan held the jade pendant tightly in her hand. After entering the palace this time, her identity would probably be different when she leaves the palace again.

Since that encounter with Xiao Qinghe in the peach blossom forest, Song Yuyan has met with him privately three more times.

Every time she appeared in front of Xiao Qinghe, she would bring him a new feeling and try her best to show her most perfect and charming side.

Song Yuyan knew very well that as she met Xiao Qinghe more and more often, the look in his eyes when he looked at her would always reveal wonder, admiration, and more and more liking for her.

Xiao Qinghe always gave high praise to Song Yuyan's paintings and expressed his love for her.

And just as they were about to part after their last meeting, Song Yuyan's cheeks flushed and she shyly threw a small and exquisite sachet to Xiao Qinghe.

Xiao Qinghe carefully took the sachet, looking happy and serious, and then placed it close to his body, as if this sachet was a treasure unparalleled in the world.

Although the two did not communicate much in words, their affection for each other was tacit.

In fact, Song Yuyan did not have much feelings for Xiao Qinghe, but his appearance was just right to take her out of this home.

Therefore, Song Yuyan tried her best to find ways to make Xiao Qinghe like her more.

She did not expect to be pampered too much, she just hoped to live peacefully in Xiao Qinghe's backyard and have another child to rely on, that would be enough.

If there is a better choice, who would be willing to be a concubine?

Song Yuyan has been unusually quiet since she got on the carriage, and the old lady closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, not saying a word.

However, Song Yuwan looked at Song Yuyan with envy, but it was just envy.

Although she was a little envious of Song Yuyan's ability to find a husband of her dreams that the old lady approved of, she had no intention of ruining Song Yuyan's happy marriage.

After all, both of them are concubines' daughters. It is not easy for them to survive in the Song Mansion which is full of intrigues. There is really no need to make things difficult for each other and cause trouble for themselves.

In this place where life is not easy even for women, it is always better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

Nowadays, in the backyard of the Song Mansion, most of the concubines can live in peace with each other.

If you really meet someone you dislike, the worst that can happen is that both parties reduce contact. Only in this way can you live a peaceful and stable life in the Song Mansion.

However, not all concubines would choose this way of life.

Some concubines relied on Song Hongzhi's favor and acted arrogantly and domineeringly, completely disregarding their own status and position.

But their final fate was often miserable. They were either sold directly by the Xu family, or beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave by the old lady's order. Of course, many of them were dealt with by Song Hongzhi himself.

In short, it is not easy to live peacefully in the backyard of the Song Mansion, and those women who can gain a foothold here for a long time are by no means ordinary people.

The palace was finally approaching. The carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and we had to walk the rest of the way.

The old lady was already old, and now she was wearing a heavy imperial robe. After walking for a while, she began to pant and sweat broke out on her head.

However, even so, the old lady did not dare to stop and rest.

Song Yuyan and Song Yuwan didn't dare to look around, they just lowered their heads and followed the old lady.

The old lady took the two of them to the Queen Mother's palace first to pay her respects to her.

However, since the Queen Mother was very old and did not like to be disturbed, they could only kowtow respectfully at the palace gate to show their respect.

Afterwards, the old lady and her entourage went to the Queen's palace with other ladies of honor to pay their respects to the Queen.

The queen warmly invited everyone into the inner hall and had a long and cordial conversation with several ladies.

Both Song Yuyan and Song Yuwan looked up quietly and glanced at the queen. They felt that the queen had a graceful and elegant temperament, and a sense of inviolable majesty.

The two did not dare to look any longer, but just sat quietly on the embroidered stool behind the old lady with their eyes lowered.

Just as everyone was chatting happily, a servant came in and reported that several princes had arrived.

The current emperor has six princes and three princesses.

Among them, the eldest prince, the second prince and the third prince have all married and been crowned kings. They have established their own palaces outside the palace to live in.

The fourth prince's princess consort was chosen last year, and they will be married in two months.

The main purpose of the Queen's flower-viewing banquet this time was to select suitable consorts and wives for the fifth and sixth princes, as well as some royal relatives of appropriate age.

At the same time, I would like to take this opportunity to find some suitable concubines for each prince.