Chapter 59 Concubine Kangde
After two days of rest, I became busy again.
I say I am busy, but in fact I am just killing time.
On the sixth, seventh and eighth day of the first lunar month, the Fengzao Palace entertained guests, and the imperial concubines from the harem sat with them.
They were all women, so they just talked about clothes and jewelry.
This is the time to compete with each other. Whether you are favored or not, and how your life is going, this is the time to show it.
I have to see my parents, even though I can't chat with them. But I also want to reassure them.
I want to bring honor to my family.
Or to show off one's weight in front of the royal family.
Shen Chuliu naturally had no shortage of clothes and accessories, all of which were the best.
The three beauties sat together, and Concubine Zhao looked the most shabby. After all, her family background was ordinary and she had never been favored.
They just live on the rewards and profits from the annual festivals. What can they have? The favored ones can change their clothes several times a day.
After these three days, on the ninth day, Empress Dowager Feng will entertain guests in Cirui Palace, and on the tenth day, Empress Dowager Li will entertain guests in Ci'an Palace.
Anyone below the age of beauty is not qualified to accompany me.
This year, Shen Chuliu and Li Meiren received this honor for the first time.
Many of the honors in the palace are actually very tiring, but you can't help but participate.
After the tenth day, there are three or four days when the concubines will entertain their family members.
This honor is only given above the nine concubines, Shen Chuliu is eager for it.
It's better to rest early.
However, although she did not see her family, her family sent in eight thousand taels of silver notes and four pairs of red gold, gemstone and flower hairpins.
It was said that they were congratulating her for being conferred the title of Beauty.
Shen Chuliu sneered: "I can reward them with something, but who told me not to be frivolous?"
"Master, don't worry about it. You're better off at home. Although they... you can't be without your family to rely on." Zi Rui knew that her master was upset with her family, but...
"Okay, I know everything. There's still a lot of time to come, right?" Shen Chuliu smiled.
"Okay, get ready. I guess I'll have to serve the emperor in the next few days." Shen Chuliu said.
Sure enough, on the afternoon of the eleventh day, Qi Yixiu asked someone to take her to Taiji Palace.
She wore a skirt in the color of Xiang Fei, and the hem of the skirt was embroidered with large spring plum blossoms, which were snow-white in color, with the stamens embroidered with gold thread.
Gorgeous and exquisite. She also used a set of red gold plum blossom hairpins and red gold plum blossom bracelets on her wrists.
Arriving at Zhengyang Palace, the sun was shining brightly. Shen Chuliu bowed with a smile: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. I wish you a happy new year."
"My beloved concubine, please don't be polite. Come, let me see how you are dressed today." Qi Yixiu couldn't see her clearly against the backlight, so he waved his hand.
As she walked in, like the warmest midday sunshine in winter, white plum blossoms bloomed on her, sparse but beautiful.
Her cheeks were slightly red, probably because of the cold, which made her look even more delicate and adorable.
"Your Majesty, look." Shen Chuliu turned around with a smile.
She had her hair in a flying fairy bun today. In addition to two plum blossom hairpins, she also wore plum blossoms picked from the plum garden. However, white plum blossoms were not good to wear, so she wore a few wintersweets.
To match her clothes, her eyebrows today were drawn into willow-leaf shape, but they were thicker than before.
Draw a long line at the corner of the eye.
The eyes also appear narrow and long.
With bright red lips and a smile on her rosy cheeks, she looked at Qi Yixiu with a pair of watery eyes.
"My beloved concubine is indeed very well dressed." Qi Yixiu took her hand and asked her to sit in his arms: "Could it be that she is the Plum Blossom Fairy?"
"Today I am the plum blossom fairy, tomorrow maybe I will be the peach blossom fairy, the apricot blossom fairy, or the lotus fairy. All flowers look beautiful to me." Shen Chuliu said sweetly.
Qi Yixiu smiled and said, women always say that they only love one kind of flower.
The plum blossom has elegance, the lotus has character, the chrysanthemum is noble, and the orchid is a gentleman.
But who can do it? It's better to say that this one seems vulgar, but it is extremely elegant, isn't it vulgar? It's better to live according to the season.
"Are you happy to be a beauty?" Qi Yixiu pinched her chin.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am naturally happy." Shen Chuliu also reached out and gently poked Qi Yixiu's chin three times.
"How about living in Cuiyunxuan? Do you want to change?" Qi Yixiu just glanced at her, and when he saw that she withdrew her hand, he ignored her.
"I don't want to. Cuiyunxuan is good enough and I'm used to living here." Shen Chuliu said with a smile.
"Then just live here for now." Qi Yixiu said.
The person who said this is overthinking.
If you are a little greedy, you will think that the emperor is saying that he will change you after you get promoted.
Qi Yixiu must have said it on purpose, but Shen Chuliu pretended not to understand.
Anyway, there are a lot of confusing things between them.
For example, regarding the poisoning incident, the emperor later explained that Zhang Yunv was jealous of Shen Chuliu's favor and therefore poisoned her.
But everyone knows that the one who has become Zhang Gengyi is just a scapegoat. It is still unknown whether she really participated in it.
She didn't show up during the Chinese New Year, saying that she was seriously ill.
I'm afraid he will die in a few days.
Perhaps it was because Qi Yixiu was usually very satisfied with Shen Chuliu's service of writing and painting, and now during the New Year period, he was not working.
However, he asked someone to bring famous calligraphy and paintings for Shen Chuliu to see together.
When Shen Chuliu was a child, there was a famous teacher in the Shen family who taught his children, so naturally he could understand and follow the conversation.
She even ground some ink and pestered Qi Yixiu to paint a picture of spring plum blossoms.
Qi Yixiu is very good at painting. He liked it since he was very young, and his handwriting and paintings are both very good.
After the painting was finished, it was naturally given to Shen Chuliu, who liked it very much. Acting was one thing, and the painting was beautiful was another.
Gua Cuiyunxuan is also beautiful.
In the evening, the meal served in the imperial kitchen was very sumptuous. After all, it was New Year's Day, and there were 188 dishes.
You have to hold on to each bite, so most of the food goes back the same way it came.
Qi Yixiu was in a very good mood and kept the person.
Shen Chuliu didn't have to go back. Anyway, she didn't have to pay her respects to Fengzao Palace in the next two days.
So, for the first time in history, she stayed in Taiji Palace for two nights and one day.
Everyone in the harem looked at her with awe.
In Changle Palace, Concubine Yi broke countless teacups.
Although Concubine Yi is favored, her family is of little use and is now living in another place.
He was only a sixth-rank official, and even in the capital, he was not qualified to enter the palace.
Now there is another Concubine Kangde. Although she is not favored, her family background is good.
Concubine Yi originally wanted to keep the third prince, but the emperor suddenly gave him to Liu, which made Concubine Yi very upset.
Originally, she was just a Chongyi, and she had to bow down to a second-rank concubine like her? But overnight, Chongyi became Concubine Kangde! Concubine Yi had to bow down instead. How could she not be angry?
The Shen family: Our daughter has been promoted and is waiting for the reward.
Chu Liu: Hey, who told me not to be frivolous?
(End of this chapter)
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