Chapter 2224 Is this what she could have thought of?
Nan Yan's face suddenly darkened.
It is the ancestral custom that princes and noble ladies mourn for three days inside Sishan Gate, but if they are not provided with tea and food, wouldn’t that be a violation of etiquette?
She said, "Hurry, get someone ready right away!"
“…”
"We must not let this matter escalate—"
Although she had no extravagant ambitions for the position of empress, nor did she intend to do anything to establish her authority after the death of the late empress, this was the most basic etiquette of the royal family.
If this gets out, it will be troublesome.
Ran Xiaoyu was also frightened.
Although she was usually quite prudent, this time, the late empress passed away, and it was the first time she had to handle funeral affairs since she entered the palace and served Nan Yan. She had no experience at all. In addition, Nan Yan was weak and sick, and her heart was hanging on Nan Yan, and she completely forgot about this matter.
She hurriedly placed the dishes on the small table, stood up to leave, and said to Nan Yan: "Madam, you——"
Nan Yan said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
“…”
"Hurry over and have the imperial kitchen prepare the tea and food and send them over. Don't be slow!"
"yes!"
Ran Xiaoyu ran out like a gust of wind.
Fortunately, the concubines in the palace were all serving in the Yan Hall. There were so many people there that the imperial kitchen did not dare to stop the fire and had been preparing tea and food all the time. When they saw the head maid beside the imperial concubine coming, they immediately prepared the tea and food and packed them in boxes. Ran Xiaoyu then took a few young maids and eunuchs and went directly to Sishan Gate.
But as soon as he passed, he stopped.
Inside Sishan Gate, rows of ladies were drinking tea from cups.
Standing beside them and serving them were several unfamiliar eunuchs and palace maids.
Ran Xiaoyu frowned slightly and walked over.
When the palace maids and eunuchs saw her coming, they all came over and said, "Sister Xiaoyu, you're here."
Ran Xiaoyu said: "What are you doing——"
The leading palace maid came over and said to her, "Sister Xiaoyu, I am Lanzhi, serving in Shou'an Palace."
As soon as she finished speaking, the ladies behind her said, "Hey? From Shou'an Palace?"
"Aren't you sent by the Imperial Concubine to deliver tea and food?"
"Yes, didn't you say that the Imperial Concubine ordered you to come?"
Na Zhilan immediately turned around and said with a smile, "Yes, our harem is now under the management of the Imperial Concubine. It was the Imperial Concubine who asked us to serve tea and food to everyone."
“…”
As she said this, the ladies looked at each other in amazement.
No one spoke.
Everyone knows that the imperial concubine fainted in the mourning hall of the late empress yesterday.
When I saw these people coming and heard them talking, I thought that the imperial concubine remembered to send someone to deliver tea and food even though she was ill. But now, when I saw Ran Xiaoyu coming, I realized that it was people from Shou'an Palace who came to deliver tea and food.
This imperial concubine had completely forgotten about them.
When Ran Xiaoyu heard this, her brows couldn't help but frown.
Shou'an Palace is where the troublesome Concubine Xi lived.
Although she had only met her a few times, she knew that among the new concubines, Concubine Xi was the most outstanding. She was beautiful and straightforward, but her words often offended others. However, due to her young age and the fact that the Empress had been ill and the Imperial Concubine was about to give birth since she entered the palace, no one was there to discipline her, so naturally, the others in the palace did not dare to say anything to her.
But I didn't expect that such a person would still remember to send people to Sishan Gate to bring tea and food to these princes and ladies.
Is this something she could have thought of?
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