Chapter 234 The Concubines Gathered Together
Wen Li'er asked Yan Shixu if he had finished his dinner.
Yan Shixu shook his head: "Not yet."
Wen Li'er's brows immediately furrowed like a little old lady.
She looked up at Yan Shixu seriously and said, "Your Majesty, no matter how busy you are with government affairs, you cannot neglect your health."
Yan Shixu reached out and pinched her serious little face.
"I understand. I will eat on time next time."
Wen Li'er didn't believe it: "The Emperor always answers quickly, but he never does it."
Yan Shixu chuckled, thinking that her little appearance was a little funny.
He slapped her head with his big palm and rubbed it roughly.
"Then Li'er, remember to supervise me in the future."
Wen Li'er wanted to say something to him, but she felt sorry for him because he was still hungry, so she quickly asked someone to tell Chef Li to make a few more dishes that the emperor would like and send them over.
After the meal, Wen Lier coaxed Xiaoxiao to sleep.
As a result, the older one fell asleep while the two younger ones woke up.
Tiantian was woken up by Miaomiao.
Miaomiao is a girl, but she is very strong.
After she woke up, her two little hands flapped like wings and she made babbling sounds from her mouth.
Tiantian lay beside her and woke up when she patted him.
He first slowly opened his eyes, then looked around in confusion, and finally his gaze fell on Miaomiao beside him.
Miaomiao immediately smiled widely because her brother was looking at her.
As a result, Tiantian completely ignored his sister's friendly smile, turned his head back, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
Wen Li'er was so amused that she carefully described the interaction between the two children with the brush in her hand.
After finishing the painting, she showed it to Yan Shixu, who was reviewing memorials at the side, as if it were a treasure.
"Your Majesty, do you think my painting is good?"
Yan Shixu turned around and took a look out of courtesy, then gave his evaluation after reading it.
"Not bad, you can frame it and keep it for later use."
Wen Li'er was surprised: "Is what the emperor said true?"
Yan Shixu nodded: "Of course it's true, but you have to hide it carefully and don't let the two children see it. Otherwise, when they grow up, they will definitely be angry with you."
Wen Li'er realized that she was being fooled by him, and she snorted heavily.
"Your Majesty's requirements are too high. No matter how I paint, I cannot meet your standards."
As she was about to roll up the painting, she sighed and said, "I originally wanted to paint a family portrait for us, with the emperor, me, and our three children in the painting. But since the emperor dislikes my painting skills, then I will not have the emperor in the painting."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shixu immediately took away the painting that she had just rolled up, unfolded it and looked at it again, and immediately changed his words.
"I really think it's good."
Wen Li'er then asked, "Your Majesty, do you think this painting can be shown to others?"
Yan Shixu nodded again: "Of course."
Wen Li'er tried hard to suppress her laughter: "Then the Emperor can take it back and have it framed and hung in the Imperial Study or the Qinzheng Hall."
Yan Shixu: "..."
Today he finally understood what it meant to "Call me master three times and I'll ride in a sedan chair carried by eight people."
But in order to be included in the family photo, he endured it.
Yan Shixu called Yongtai in and ordered, "Frame this painting well and hang it in my imperial study."
When Yongtai saw this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch wildly.
In his opinion, the imperial concubine really has no talent in painting. Her painting skills are that eyes are eyes and nose is nose. They look okay when viewed individually, but look weird when put together.
The size of the facial features is very disproportionate!!!
Yongtai accepted the order, bowed and walked out.
He felt that he must have understood the look in the emperor's eyes.
The obvious meaning is to hang it in a corner of the imperial study and never let anyone see it!
When Wen Li'er saw that the emperor actually let Yongtai die, she covered her stomach and laughed so hard that she almost rolled on the ground.
Yan Shixu: "..."
The next day.
The Queen sent Luoxia to deliver a message, saying that on the day of the winter solstice, all the concubines in the harem should go to Fengyi Palace to have a meal together.
By then, Wen Li'er will have finished her confinement, which will be just right.
Wen Li'er didn't want to go. She really didn't want to see any of the new concubines in the harem.
If you can't see it, you can still deceive yourself that it doesn't exist.
Thinking of this, she sighed deeply again.
What the hell is wrong with me? I've figured something out long ago, but now I'm stuck in a dead end again.
Nanny Qin said, "If the master doesn't want to go, just refuse. It's freezing cold, it's better to stay in your own room."
Wen Li'er knew that Nanny Qin was worried about her.
She shook her head and smiled, "Mammy, we still have to go. We've already finished our confinement, and it would be inappropriate not to go if the Queen invites us."
Nanny Qin knew that what she said made sense, so she stopped trying to persuade her.
The winter solstice.
Wen Li'er got on her own sedan chair, left her three children in the care of the palace maids, and went to Fengyi Palace.
Nanny Qin was worried that she would be cold, so she asked Qingzhu to find a hand warmer, fill it with silver charcoal, and asked her to hold it carefully.
Wen Li'er was also afraid of the cold, so she let Qingmei put on a thick cloak with a white fox fur collar.
With the constant flow of heat in my hands, I won’t feel cold even if the wind blows on me.
It was not until she arrived at Fengyi Palace that Wen Li'er realized that the emperor had also come.
He sat at the top, the queen sat beside him, and below him sat more than ten concubines, two by two, facing each other.
Wen Li'er looked up and saw that except for one empty seat in the front row and one empty seat at the back, everyone else had arrived.
She really didn't expect that everyone would come so early.
I wasn't late, but I was the second to last one to arrive.
She stepped forward and saluted the emperor and empress, and the other concubines stood up and saluted her as well.
Wen Li'er sat down in the empty seat in the front row under the gazes of the concubines.
Among the more than ten concubines, except for Lin Fujia and Wen Wanqin who entered the palace earlier, as for the new batch, only Chen Yian and Wan Suihuan had met Wen Lier.
The others had been in the palace for some time, and it was their first time seeing this imperial concubine who was favored most among the six palaces, so no one was not curious.
However, after seeing her appearance clearly, everyone was really confused.
It is beautiful, and who among those sitting here at this moment is not beautiful?
This appearance and figure are really not that good.
So, everyone doesn’t quite understand what the emperor likes about her?
Could it be that he likes her because she can give birth?
You know what, it's really possible.
In the royal family, there are very few who can give birth to two children in one pregnancy.
Now, Wen Li'er has three children.
Xie Zhenrong spoke with a smile on his face at this time.
"Today is the Winter Solstice. I invite all of you sisters to gather here. I think it will be a lively place with more people, and you can take this opportunity to bond with each other."
The concubines hurriedly responded.
Wen Li'er just sat there quietly listening, like a quail, totally inconsistent with the image that everyone had in mind of someone looking down on them.
Just then, Madam Zhuang came in with the palace maids and served dumplings to everyone.
The imperial kitchen put a lot of thought into preparing dumplings for the winter solstice.
Both the appearance and taste of the dumplings are excellent.
Wen Li'er didn't care about what everyone was thinking and just quietly ate her dumplings.
But, they have already eaten the dumplings, why hasn’t anyone arrived yet?
She glanced at the last seat again without leaving any trace.
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