Chapter 418: So that's it
The three concubines all thanked the emperor.
After sitting for a while, the emperor and Shen Chuliu stood up.
"My beloved concubines, please enjoy the flowers slowly. The weather is still a little cold. Although the weather is good today, don't stay too long."
Concubine Yan and Concubine Su hurriedly thanked the emperor and respectfully saw them off.
The two returned to the Imperial Garden. Shen Chuliu said, "No wonder the Emperor likes Concubine Yan. She is indeed good."
"My beloved concubine rarely praises others. It seems that Concubine Yan has seen it." Qi Yixiu said with a smile.
"Look how happy the emperor is. Humph."
"Hahaha, you're such a good mouth. You said it was you who said it was good, how can I say it's not good?" Qi Yixiu laughed and hugged her: "Okay, okay, why are you jealous? Am I partial to her?"
Shen Chuliu also smiled: "Let's not talk about this, we will go back in a while, Yan'er should be back soon."
What can I say?
If you are not having a one-on-one conversation with the emperor, although Concubine Yan is favored, she has nothing more than Shen Chuliu.
Although Shen Chuliu knew that the emperor was really satisfied with Concubine Yan, he preferred bright and beautiful women by nature.
Just like Ning Zhaorong in the past, she was favored, but it was not clear how favored she was.
The lunch was naturally sumptuous. Although there was no banquet this year, the emperor still rewarded ten dishes.
When the Sixth Prince came back, he saw so many delicious foods, including the dishes given by the Emperor, there were more than thirty of them.
Not satisfied.
However, he was also reminded by his wet nurse that today was his mother's birthday, and he eagerly sent a gift.
It is a very delicate pearl hairpin.
Shen Chuliu wore it for face.
"Yan'er has good taste." Shen Chuliu said with a smile.
The Sixth Prince chuckled and was delighted by the compliment.
After lunch, before anyone had time to collect it, the emperor's birthday gift finally arrived.
A boxwood box was opened, revealing velvet decorations inside, covered with dark blue velvet.
On top of it, there are twelve round pearls.
The color is equally lustrous, and the grains appear to be the same size to the naked eye.
They are all as big as the belly of a thumb, and are white pearls.
"These are sea pearls. We don't have many of them here, so they were sent from the south. Look, your Majesty, these twelve are all the same size. The best pearls among the tribute from the south this time are all here." Laba said with a smile.
He opened another box below, and inside were eight small, polished red agate, green agate, and gray agate beads.
I opened another box and found a whole box of little golden turtles, little golden lucky bags, and little golden pigs.
This time Qi Yixiu laughed to himself and said, "I see you always give this as a reward during the New Year, so I might as well give you more. I see you have rules when rewarding people, are you giving this little golden turtle to a servant outside? Are you giving the golden pig to your own servant, and are you giving the lucky bag to someone outside?"
Shen Chuliu smiled: "How did the emperor know?"
"I don't know yet? During the Chinese New Year, several people on Laba got your little golden turtle. I asked Yan'er privately, and he got lucky bags and golden pigs."
Shen Chuliu smiled and nodded.
Laba opened the last box and said, "Look, madam, this is a piece of fine jade. The emperor told you to keep it and use it to make the style you want."
Laba smiled and walked forward.
I saw a rosewood box covered with a sky blue fluffy cushion, on which a piece of transparent and delicate white jade lay quietly. It could be seen that the edges and corners had been slightly polished, and the whole thing was as big as two hands stretched out.
It is snow-white all over and looks like a good thing, but it is definitely not cheap.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I like it very much." Shen Chuliu really likes it. There is no woman who doesn't like this.
"This year is also the mourning period, so I'm sorry to have to neglect your birthday. Just enjoy it in the next few years." Qi Yixiu said with a smile.
"How can I be wronged? There are so many people in the harem who have birthdays. Today, not only the emperor gave me rewards, but also the empress dowager and the queen. I received a lot of gifts from inside and outside, and I brought them here a few days ago."
Shen Chuliu directly caught some golden turtles and gave them to Chusi and Laba.
Everyone thanked her and she waved her hand to let them take all the things away.
Sit and drink tea and talk with the emperor.
The emperor stayed here for a whole day and one night today.
I returned to Taiji Palace early the next morning.
When Shen Chuliu dressed up and went to Fengzao Palace to pay her respects, she received a glare from Qian Xiuyi. However, Qian Xiuyi had learned her lesson now and would glare at Shen Chuliu every day but did not dare to say anything.
Of course Shen Chuliu was too lazy to care about her glare. Just save it up. When there were too many, he would just throw them all back at her, stabbing her face until it was covered in blood.
Everyone was chatting, and the Queen came and only mentioned that Concubine Ying's pregnancy didn't seem to be well, so she wouldn't come to pay her respects for the time being. She also told everyone not to go over unless they had something to do.
No one wants to go there. What if they get into trouble?
With Ying Jieyu like this, it would be a problem whether the child can be born or not.
Besides, even if she gave birth...it wouldn't necessarily be a good thing.
Perhaps because there are more princes in the palace, pregnant concubines are much safer now than before. After all, if you want to gain power by harming other people's offspring, that is indeed a big project.
Therefore, most people who harm other people's offspring today do so just to win favor.
After Concubine Ying became pregnant again, the emperor paid more attention to her and gave her many gifts.
I think that after the mourning period, she should be promoted and this time she can be included in the Nine Concubines.
However, this is all later, and there is no sign of it yet.
The ninth day of March is supposed to be a good day with no taboos.
But suddenly news came from outside that the Korean army was approaching.
Shen Changjing and other veteran generals in the capital rushed into the palace. This was a major event that had not happened in decades. The Dayi Dynasty and Chao Kingdom had always been on good terms, and even the eldest princess of Chao Kingdom was the empress of the Dayi Dynasty.
This sudden rise of troops was so calculated that it was shocking.
However, Qi Yixiu was not too surprised.
As early as that year when he was assassinated, he finally got the information about Chao State from the Deer King. He had been waiting for this day.
In the main hall, before anyone else could speak, Qi Yixiu waved his hand and asked a lieutenant general to come out and speak.
He was a young general who often walked before the emperor in recent years. People just said that the emperor liked his skills and wanted to learn kung fu from him.
Or maybe, he is just a favored minister of the emperor, and he has all kinds of thoughts in his mind, but he dare not say them out loud.
At this time, the young general stepped forward, greeted, and then told the story.
These are all the arrangements and precautions that the emperor has made in the northern border over the years.
Finally, he said, "The emperor has long been worried that the current emperor of Chaoguo has other intentions, but the two countries are on good terms and cannot easily go to war. So the emperor can only take precautions in advance. Before Jing'an waited for you to return to Beijing, the emperor had already begun to make arrangements, and I believe you have noticed it. In the past few years, the northern border has changed. I think you also know it."
While Shen Changjing was shocked, he also thought, "So that's how it is."
(End of this chapter)
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