Chapter 96 New Year
Shen Qing curled his lips, looking a little cunning: "That's right."
Chunhua found it playful, and her previous uneasiness disappeared: "I don't understand, why did you do this, sir?"
Shen Qing raised an eyebrow and pointed at the ferret cloak on his body: “Does it look good?”
"nice."
"Over the limit?"
"…overstepped the limit."
"Is it hated?"
Chunhua: “…” She hesitated and said, “The emperor’s rewards in this palace have always been eye-catching, but if you only make people hate you because of this thing, then you are actually…” Just put it away, there is no need to wear it out.
"If you have something nice and don't wear it, you're a fool." It's so cold, it would be nice to have a ferret cloak. Chen Qing said, "Besides, I always humble myself, but if I don't ask the queen for anything, she will definitely be suspicious."
She is already favored, but for no reason, she always tries to please the queen. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that something is wrong. If a favored person always acts humble, would you think she is being fake, pretentious, or has other intentions?
After hearing these straightforward words, Chunhua finally reacted: "Your Excellency, do you think that the Empress will be dissatisfied with your favor?"
"My husband favors other women, and now it is the other women in the harem who have given birth who are eye-catching. But if they are not eye-catching, then I will be eye-catching, right? I have always been respectful to the queen before. If I don't cause some trouble and make the queen think that I am clinging to her for her protection, she will naturally find out that my respect is fake over time. If she finds out about this, how can I live well?"
Shen Qing is praising the queen, but she is not a fool. She does not work for the queen, but depends on her. Her attitude is very strange. Before, she asked the queen to help her when she was wronged. Now she was wronged by Concubine Fang and asked the queen to make the decision. Moreover, this cloak also annoyed the emperor, which means that the emperor does not like her that much. She may fall out of favor at any time for other reasons. It makes sense that she is respectful to the queen because of her uneasiness.
That makes sense, and the Queen would be less wary of her.
By the way, she also helped the Queen test whether Concubine Fang would be the next Concubine Yu. As a result, she saw it, and the Queen saw it too. So this trip to pay respects today was not in vain.
Chen Qing had prepared for a rainy day. In fact, the Queen was so confused that she didn't notice anything. Instead, Jinzhi gradually noticed something. However, her behavior today made Jinzhi let down her guard, which had just been raised.
Chen Qing ate the hot pot as soon as he got home, and called Chunhua and the others to eat together. After eating, they started playing mahjong again. It was another peaceful day.
After this day, the Chinese New Year will be here.
According to the rules, the palace still has to hold a grand night banquet during the New Year, but palace banquets are rules, everyone wears auspicious clothes and says auspicious words, and palace banquets are pretty much like that. Chen Qing didn't have a good meal at the palace banquet, but there was nothing to worry about after the palace banquet. Chen Qing had a good hot pot these days.
There is also hot pot here, but the ingredients and dishes are quite different from those in modern times. Shen Qing asked the imperial kitchen to make it in a double-flavored hot pot, one with bone soup and one with beef oil soup, as well as some other ingredients that the imperial kitchen doesn't make, such as beef tongue, beef tendon, and beef tripe. He asked them to prepare them all and send them up.
At first, Chunhua Fangyun and the others knew that they were tongues and internal organs, so they didn’t dare to eat them, but later they became addicted.
During this Chinese New Year, other dishes became supporting roles, and hot pot conquered everyone.
The imperial kitchen had known about this recipe for a long time, but they did not dare to serve it to the palaces for the time being. After all, people generally did not dare to eat internal organs.
In order to bring good luck, Chen Qing gave red envelopes to everyone on New Year's Eve, including to the servants of Zhaohua Palace, and asked everyone to eat and drink well, which was a bit like a year-end summary cocktail party.
There were more people in Zhaohua Palace and it was lively. Because of the harmonious atmosphere, it seemed very festive. The servants were all sweet-mouthed and said auspicious words one by one. Some of them were even capable and could tell jokes or something. Shen Qing watched for fun. This New Year was quite interesting.
Shen Qing didn't feel anything. When she went to rest, the servants outside seemed very emotional.
Wang Lu said: "I never thought that after entering the palace, I would have such a life. Your Excellency is really, different from others."
This also opened up the conversation. Today, Shen Qingxu and everyone had drunk some wine, so some things that they couldn't say on normal days were now said.
"I have never seen anyone in the palace like our noble lady, who is both noble and kind." She may look noble at first glance, but you can't help but like her from the bottom of your heart. Not only do you respect her as a master, but you also sincerely think she is so nice.
The noble lady is real. They have all seen Shen Qing's methods against the emperor. They all think she is very powerful and they really admire her in their hearts. Thinking that the noble lady has a low status, a poor family background, and a difficult life in the harem, it is clear that she can live like this despite the difficulties. It really makes people admire her.
Not only admired, but also liked.
Just like when Wang Lu was planting flowers, he found an earthworm, which frightened Shen Qing. Wang Lu thought Shen Qing was going to punish him, but she was so scared that she laughed. She didn't punish him, but asked Wang Lu not to tell anyone about it, fearing embarrassment. How cute? Wang Lu thought it was funny. If there was something new and interesting on weekdays, he would send it to Shen Qing with all his heart.
But he was not the only one like this. Fangyun and Chunhua were also like this. When they made new clothes, they would choose to let Shen Qing wear them. When Shen Qing wore them, they were happy just by looking at her. People like this would want to pamper her, so it was no wonder that the emperor doted on her.
She is so smart and cute, but her appearance is not bad.
The new eunuch Xiao Lizi said, "I used to think that the servants in the palace were not human beings. But now that you treat me like this, I feel like I am still a human being."
Chunhua knew that this little Li had a very torturous life after entering the palace.
Chunhua couldn't help but comfort him after hearing this: "What are you talking about? How can a servant be a non-human? We just need to be loyal to you, my Lord. If Zhaohua Palace is good, we will all be good."
Perhaps it was the atmosphere of the solar term that touched Little Li's heart: "Yes, just be loyal to the noble man. If the noble man is good, then we are all good."
Chen Qing was asleep, and she didn't know that a group of people outside who usually didn't talk much were now huddled together, thinking about guarding Zhaohua Palace and her in the future.
The first night of the New Year passed peacefully and happily, and Xuanyuan Ling accompanied the queen and the children, and only came to Chen Qing four days later.
It is still the New Year, Xuanyuan Ling came over, and Chen Qing planned to eat hot pot today. He came at the right time, but when Chen Qing saw him, he didn't ask about food, but stretched out his hand to him.
"What?" Xuanyuan Ling looked at her white and tender palms. Was she asking him to hold her hand?
He didn't hold her hand, and when Shen Qing saw that he was trying to hold her hand, he pulled it back. When she saw Xuanyuan Ling frown, Shen Qing said, "Your Majesty, here is the red envelope for the New Year."
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