Chapter 166 Lights
One step further, she is one of the nine concubines!
Qu couldn't help but get excited. When Biyu goes in, the two sisters will look after each other. What life will the Shen family have?
"Concubine Zhao has served me for many years and is very considerate. She is given the title Rong. Concubine Ning is also an old lady in the palace. I have not given you a title because I think your surname is very good. Today, I will give it to you as well. Your surname will be your title. Promote her to Chongyi. Although Concubine Li has made mistakes, I think you can correct them now, so I will restore her to Yi Chongyuan. Concubine Su has served me very attentively, so she will be promoted to Baolin."
Some were happy, some were excited, and some even wanted to cry. They all quickly stood up and kowtowed to thank the emperor for his grace.
Some are happy, some are sad.
It has almost become a tradition to get promoted during the Chinese New Year.
But what you can't catch is still out of reach.
Forget about Li Jieyu, she just got promoted because of her pregnancy and won’t move again during the New Year, but she can be promoted as long as she has a child.
And now it seems that as long as this person has a child, his status will at least be that of a court official.
Ying Cairen was also promoted because of her pregnancy, but her position can be ignored now.
Only Lu Baolin was embarrassed. Even Yi Chongyuan could regain her position, but she couldn't!
And there is Chen Baolin, who has been out of favor for ten thousand years. It’s like he grew up in Baolin’s position.
Of course, there were many who did not move, and Yao Baolin was even more so than Baolin.
And there is Feng Yu'nu, who will never see the emperor and will never have the possibility of being promoted.
This year passed by in such a busy and tense manner.
However, starting from the third year of junior high school, Li Jieyu couldn't hold on any longer. It was seven months already, so it was understandable that she couldn't hold on any longer.
The emperor allowed her to rest for a few days.
Concubine Yi was originally fine, but on the fourth and fifth days of the New Year, which were rest days, she collapsed.
After enduring the whole day on the sixth day, he almost fainted in front of the Queen on the seventh day.
The queen looked unhappy and asked someone to send her back.
Qi Yixiu became even more annoyed after hearing this.
Inappropriate. Concubine Yi can never be appropriate.
If you can't bear it, you shouldn't go. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you really fainted?
However, the other two pregnant women held on well.
On the fifteenth day, it was very lively. After watching the fireworks, the emperor rewarded lanterns as usual.
There are more lanterns this year than last year, including jade, colored glaze, silk embroidered ones, and many more.
The Emperor gave six to each of the two Empress Dowagers and six to the Empress.
Going down, there was actually no concubine position. Among the nine concubines, there were two Ning Chongyi, below them were two Jing Jieyushi, two Li Jieyushi, and below them, there was one Ying Cairen, one Lu Baolin, and one Su Baolin.
This is very obvious. The emperor is just acting like the queen is noble and the concubines are playing with her. No one else is acting like that.
However, even if there are no concubines, there must be princes and princesses.
There are two second princes, three third princes, and two eldest and second princesses.
Concubine Yi has not been in good health this year, and she managed to attend today. She never expected that this year would be like this.
She had it in previous years.
Last year, it wasn’t as good as before, but this year it’s…
She was a little dazed until she returned to Changle Palace and saw lanterns hanging inside and outside the courtyard. She asked, "Where did they come from?"
"To answer my master's question, these were sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. We have them all." The usual ones are all available.
But in previous years, Concubine Yi was favored and only paid attention to the rewards from the Emperor. How could she look at these?
So I don’t know.
Or maybe you know, but you don’t care?
She supported her hand with the painted fan and sat down in the corridor: "It's very beautiful."
In fact, the lights are like that, they are all beautiful, but she said they are beautiful but she didn't want to look at them.
"Master, it's so cold, please come in." Fuxiang said anxiously.
Concubine Yi waved her hand: "Get a cushion, I'll sit for a while."
Fuxiang sighed and went to get a cushion and a hand warmer.
Concubine Yi sat there, holding a hand warmer: "Hua Shan, go and get me some food. I'm relieved if you go by yourself."
Hua Shan sighed and left.
"Fuxiang, please sit with me." Concubine Yi said.
Fuxiang sighed and gave the hot tea to Concubine Yi before sitting down.
"I am sitting in Zhengyang Palace today, just watching and thinking. I am not as good as them." Concubine Yi smiled and shook her head: "In the past, I looked down on Concubine Feng Shu, thinking she was stupid. But she was stupid but had someone to protect her. I looked down on Concubine Jin, thinking she was also a fool. But she was stupid but blessed. Even if she only gave birth to a daughter, she still had someone to rely on."
"I look down on Yi Chongyuan and Ning Chongyi. They are of poor origin and low position, but what about me? Actually, there is no difference."
“Master…” Fuxiang felt uncomfortable.
"Later, I looked down on the Shen family and the Wu family. Alas..." Concubine Yi shook her head: "I just realized today that even Su He is not easy to deal with."
"Master, don't be discouraged. You are a second-rank concubine. How many years will it take them to climb up?" Fuxiang said.
"I have been favored for these years and have enjoyed many benefits. But now that I am no longer favored, I am excluded everywhere. You will not have an easy life in the future..." Concubine Yi shook her head: "I didn't understand it before."
Fuxiang had nothing to say. At this point, as long as the master was willing to calm down, there would still be a chance.
After a while, Huashan came back and they stopped talking.
In Cuiyunxuan, when Shen Chuliu came back, he saw people kneeling in the yard.
"Congratulations to the master! Congratulations to the master on his promotion." Yuanxiao took the lead.
"Okay, everyone has something to appreciate, let's get up. Look at the lanterns hanging here, they are all very beautiful. Let's hang up the ones we got today." Shen Chuliu said.
"Master, what we got today cannot be hung outside, so you'd better go inside and take a look." Yuanxiao came over and supported Shen Chuliu.
"Huh?" Shen Chuliu was surprised. When he entered the house, besides the food on the table, there was a pair of jade lanterns inserted diagonally on the wall beside the table.
There are patterns carved on it, and if you look closely you can see thousands of green willow threads, which is extremely delicate.
"Master, look, although this lantern is only as big as a fist, can't it be hung outside?" Yuanxiao said.
"This lamp is great. We don't have to light candles later. It can be used as a decoration." Her name is Chu Liu, and this one is a willow branch, which shows that it is specially for her.
As he was watching, he heard someone calling out outside. Yuanxiao hurried out and saw that it was Baoyu from Yao Baolin's place greeting Laba who came from Taiji Palace.
Seeing that there was no one in the yard, he hurried over to greet them, but was afraid that they would become suspicious, so he quickly retreated.
"Oh, why is Mr. Laba here at this time?" Yuanxiao hurriedly paid his respects.
"I'm here to send you something. Thank you. These are good things!" Laba pointed to a large wooden box behind him.
"What is it? Come in." Shen Chuliu came out to greet him with a smile.
He hurriedly moved in, and after opening it, Shen Chuliu was surprised, even though she had seen the world: "This is really exquisite."
I saw that it was a cup with a white jade base and a lamp with a gold-wire rim.
But this is not surprising, because the wall is made of colored glaze, which transmits light, while the upper circle is made of white jade, and the auspicious cloud patterns carved out of white jade are buckled on the colored glaze. At first glance, it looks like they are one piece.
But this lamp is not round. One side of it is like this, while the other side is completely covered with white jade.
(End of this chapter)
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