Listening to music and watching dance, in the winter before the New Year, the new queen Lu Chunyu lived in harmony with all the concubines in the palace and were as close as sisters.
She is much closer and more sincere than my own sisters at home.
The harem was peaceful.
"Where's the Queen?"
A large number of palace servants knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has invited the Empress and has brought people to the Chuxiu Palace."
After leaving the court, it was customary to visit Kunning Palace first, but Emperor Chengming was displeased when he came back empty-handed.
The long-suppressed thought in Emperor Chengming's heart was brought up again. The man turned around with a cold face, like a debt collector, and went to Chuxiu Palace.
The imperial carriage arrived at Chuxiu Palace, and Emperor Chengming raised his hand to stop the palace servant guarding the door from going to report.
The man walked in slowly, taking deliberate steps.
He wanted to see how capable the concubines in the harem were in coaxing people.
The little queen was so coaxed into leaving her home that she was so happy that she even forgot about her husband.
He recalled how the young queen had unconsciously treated him coldly because of the concubines.
The man who stepped over the threshold didn't show it on his face, but the low pressure around him revealed his unhappy mood.
On the way over, palace maids and eunuchs were kneeling on the ground.
"Your Majesty, you may not know that the chefs in Jiangnan are exceptional at making pastries. This chef was originally the pastry chef at the Chunhua Restaurant in Suzhou. His pastry making is truly exceptional. Come and try some."
The flower hall for receiving guests was extremely lively; all the famous and unfamous people in the palace came.
As the imperial concubine spoke, she personally took care of the little queen and provided her with some tea and snacks.
The little queen took it and tasted it very carefully.
The imperial concubine serving beside her spoke softly.
"This is Dingsheng Cake from Suzhou. It's soft and sticky, sweet but not greasy, and the name means good luck."
After saying this, Concubine Zhang stared at the little queen without blinking.
Seeing the satisfaction on her beautiful face, the imperial concubine was also happy.
Her efforts paid off. She sent a message back to her parents' home, asking her father to find a chef from Jiangnan to bring to the palace.
Her mother misunderstood that she was doing this to win favor.
Who would have thought that it was indeed a fight for favor, but this favor was not the same as that one.
After three months, Lu Chunyu's belly grew bigger day by day.
Emperor Chengming was tyrannical and detained people in the house on the grounds that the weather was cold and the roads were slippery.
The young queen was young and playful, and most of the concubines in the harem were older than her.
Feeling sorry for the little queen being bored, he invited everyone to join him. They didn't write poetry or appreciate paintings, but just had fun and entertainment to kill the long day.
The sound of stringed instruments and bamboo pipes could be heard throughout the day in the hall.
Concubine Liang sat on one side, holding a pipa in her arms, and her slender fingers gently plucked the strings.
Lady Tang, who was standing beside her, opened her voice and sang in the soft Wu dialect, which matched the tune of the pipa.
There was a large empty space in the middle of the flower hall, and Concubine Song, dressed in a white brocade gauze skirt, was dancing gracefully to the beat of the music.
Her waist was like a snake, swaying gently as she danced slowly, swinging her long crimson sleeves. The moment she retracted her sleeves, she turned around and smiled at the little queen three steps behind her.
Lu Chunyu just raised her eyes and met hers. Concubine Song was full of tenderness, and the little queen was amazed.
The other concubines who seemed to be seriously admiring her never took their eyes off the little queen from beginning to end.
Gazing at the little queen's beautiful face, which could not hide her amazement.
Concubine Liang's fingertips plucked the pipa uncontrollably.
Concubine Tang paused slightly in her song.
Concubine Zhang gritted her teeth and broke the gold armor on her hands.
Foxy! Foxy!
If you have such ability, why waste it here? Why not go to the Yangxin Palace for a visit?
Maybe His Majesty will be pleased, and Sister Song will have great potential if she is promoted from concubine to imperial consort.
Everyone here is surprised. Others dream of competing for the emperor's favor.
The concubines in Emperor Chengming's harem were very different. They were all working hard and focusing on vying for the empress's attention.
Emperor Chengming was peeking through the six beauty screens and had a clear view of the undercurrents among the concubines behind the screens.
There are many rivals in the harem who are eyeing his wife.
Crisis, crisis, big crisis.
He came quietly and left quietly, and Emperor Chengming, who was filled with a strong sense of crisis, did not alarm anyone.
Su Ming, Eunuch Su, who was waiting outside the door with a young eunuch, hurried to greet him.
He saw Emperor Chengming go in and out one by one, and it was difficult to tell whether his expression was happy or angry.
Eunuch Su, who is good at observing people's words and expressions, follows His Majesty obediently and acts as a mute with a group of people.
"What? You want to disband the harem, Sister Zhang, Sister Liang, Sister Song, Sister Tang..."
The couple chatted at night, had a private talk about love, the husband hugged his wife, and they should have been chatting sweetly at night.
But Song Yunyi gritted his teeth and listened to his dearest and all the concubines in the palace repeating it.
I feel so sad and upset.
Thinking back to the past, he stood guard at his wife's door every day. In the first few days, his wife never paid any attention to him.
Oh, wrong! He overthought it.
His wife didn't take him seriously at all.
Why, these people in the palace are so resourceful.
After a few days, my wife was won over by them.
What status will I have in the future?
no!
Having made up his mind, the man reached out and hugged his wife, holding the person in his arms closer.
A man who feels a little bit safe, acts like a gentleman, and deceives people gently and considerately.
"After marrying you, I have no one else in my heart, leaving them lonely in the deep palace. Are you so magnanimous as to push me to them with your own hands?"
As he spoke, the man's defense broke down.
Song Yunyi could not accept that his wife pushed him to someone else.
I have no place in her heart, because she doesn't care, so I am generous.
If I put myself in his shoes, I would rather die than have my wife taken away by someone else.
He'll go crazy, he'll really go crazy.
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