Chapter 284 Practicality
Lady Zhen’s mind was stung by the Queen Mother Li’s last words.
Yes, now she still relies on her aunt, and the emperor is willing to let her sleep with him.
Lady Zhen sighed and went back to her own residence.
"Don't think too much, beauty. You have a high position since you came in. It is always higher than many people. The closer the emperor is, the more he will take into consideration. It is not good to raise your position too high all of a sudden. As for children, you just need to take good care of yourself. You will have them sooner or later. If you have one child, you will have another one." Jinque said.
"Go back." Zhen Meiren smiled. It was boring to hear such words too much.
But that's all I can think of.
In Taiping Palace, Concubine Jin asked someone to serve tea.
Shen Baolin is sitting there.
"I don't have any good tea here, so it's naturally not as good as your sister's, so just make do with this. I find this silver needle pretty good."
"Your Majesty, why do you have to say this? How can I know whether the tea made by Your Majesty Jing Xiuyi is good?" Shen Baolin sighed.
This means that she has never gone to pay her respects.
Concubine Jin smiled and said, "Forget it. I just said it in vain. I know she is powerful. I can't afford to offend her."
"I don't ask for anything else, but...ah..." Shen Baolin shook her head: "Life in this palace is hard, and I just want to stand firm. How dare I have any other ideas?"
Concubine Jin smiled and talked to her about other things.
In the afternoon, in Leshou Palace, Concubine Kangde woke up.
"What else did Concubine Jin say?" She leaned back and listened to the servant's reply.
Zhima said softly: "Empress Jin didn't dare to ask more. Now she is also thinking that Shen Baolin will not be favored. She doesn't know what benefits there are in associating with him."
"How can there be no benefit? Tell Concubine Jin that they can keep in touch." Concubine Kangde leaned back.
"She is useless, but her last name is Shen."
Zhima understood, responded and went to give the order.
Not long after, the third prince came to pay his respects. Although the third prince was a little thin, he was very well-behaved and sensible.
In Cuiyunxuan, Shen Chuliu had just woken up and brought her son over.
Although my son never wants to be idle...
"She said she stayed until almost noon. She went to Li Chongrong's place before, but something happened and Li Chongrong ignored it. Now she goes to Concubine Jin's place. Concubine Jin has nothing to protect her." Zi Rui shook her head.
"Let her be. It's on me. There's nothing to be afraid of." Shen Chuliu yawned.
"Then let her do as she pleases."
The Sixth Prince ahhhh.
"Call me mom." Shen Chuliu pinched his face.
The Sixth Prince just shook his head and laughed, drooling at the same time.
Shen Chuliu poked him: "Silly boy."
Zi Rui was so distressed: "The Sixth Prince is still young!"
"Tsk, are you going to spoil your child like this after you have one?" Shen Chuliu glared.
"Hehe, I would definitely beat the baby I gave birth to, but I can't bear to give up the baby born by you, my master." Zi Rui smiled naively.
Shen Chuliu rolled his eyes at her, then stood up and left.
Life in the palace was like this, very relaxing when it was easy, but also very busy when it was busy.
Early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Chuliu changed into a waist-length skirt in a crabapple-colored dress.
She wore her hair in a bun, and was wearing a set of silk-wrapped cat's eye jewelry that Qi Yixiu had given her the other day, and the latest palace flowers to match.
She painted the eyes carefully, long and charming, and drew a half-opened peony under them.
Painted with gold powder.
The lips are a light pink, appearing plump and fresh.
He smiled faintly: "Don't ask me to greet you today, let's just wait for the distinguished guest to come."
Zi Rui and the others smiled and agreed, saying that they had already celebrated the birthday yesterday and today they just had to entertain the guests.
Soon, people came to the door one after another.
Shen Chuliu received everyone politely.
The queen came with the second princess. Shen Chuliu smiled and said, "Hello, Queen. Hello, second princess."
The second princess smiled shyly: "Hello, Queen Jing."
"The second princess is so pretty." Shen Chuliu said with a smile.
As expected, the second princess was very happy with the compliment and laughed, "Madam Jing, where is the sixth brother?"
"Over there, Second Princess can go and take a look." Shen Chuliu pointed inside.
The second princess visits the queen.
Seeing that Shen Chuliu didn't care, the queen nodded and let her go.
Soon, others arrived.
When it was the eldest princess' turn, Jiang Zilan also followed suit and acted sensible and well-behaved.
If they hadn't seen her throwing a tantrum before, everyone would have almost believed it.
However, Shen Chuliu had already instructed that the wet nurses and everyone else would definitely keep an eye on the Sixth Prince.
If anything happens, ask the Sixth Prince to stay with the Second Princess as much as possible.
If for no other reason, the second princess has many people around her.
In addition to the emperor, everyone else also arrived, and the rewards from the two Empress Dowagers also arrived.
Shen Chuliu smiled and said, "Today's weather is pretty good. I am not used to preparing food, so I am sorry for neglecting you ladies. But I will try my best to ask the kitchen to prepare it."
Although her Cuiyunxuan is a small pavilion, it is not small and has plenty of room for everyone to sit.
After all, she had been favored for several years, and her family was not short of money. Apart from the arrangements made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she had also added a lot herself, so it was impossible for her to show her weakness.
Cuiyunxuan was bustling for a while. Shen Chuliu had just called a few actors from the theater early in the morning. They were singing in a room across from each other, and the performance served as background noise.
Sounds lively, doesn't it?
When Qi Yixiu arrived, he smiled and said, "She knows how to arrange things."
Chusi smiled apologetically, thinking that she was really generous. These actors must like Empress Jing Xiuyi and give her rewards often.
When the emperor arrived, everyone naturally stood up to greet him.
Not to mention that it was Empress Jing Xiuyi's birthday, but the concubines rarely saw the emperor, so as long as they could see him, wouldn't they try their best to get the emperor to look at them more? Naturally, they competed with each other for beauty.
Shen Chuliu didn't care about this either.
"Today is my beloved concubine's birthday. I have prepared a birthday gift for you. It is the fourth day of the first lunar month. Bring it up."
While expressing his gratitude, Shen Chuliu was thinking about the jade tree that was erected on Concubine Yi's birthday that year.
I thought, no, it’s useless and will only attract hatred.
Then two eunuchs came forward holding a flat box.
Chusi opened it and said with a smile: "Look, Madam Jing Xiuyi, this year they got a batch of good jadeite. The water content is something I haven't seen in many years. The color is still intact. Except for the two Empress Dowagers and the Empress, there is no other place like it. Take a look."
Shen Chuliu walked forward with a smile, also saying "shit" in his heart.
Good, it’s really good.
She couldn't say a single bad thing about it even if she had a clear conscience.
Inside the two boxes were jade objects that ranged from dark green to transparent white and camellia green.
The full green one is probably the imperial green. A pair of imperial concubine bracelets without a single flaw.
Another pair of wide green bracelets. A pair of ice bracelets.
Then there are pendants, jade pendants, hairpins, and so on.
The camellia-colored ones are the ring, as well as the ring face and pendant that have not yet been set.
There are also many things that can be made into earrings and so on.
This is much more practical than the jade tree that Concubine Yi had.
(End of this chapter)
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