After the red hairpin was delivered to the empress's palace, the empress did not say anything, but the next day the Xihe Palace received many rewards from the empress.

Zhuang Yuyan looked at the palace satins, pearls, jades and precious medicinal herbs that were presented to her with a slight smile on her face. The empress was really angry this time. No matter what the other party's position was, at least in this matter, the empress's anger was no less than hers.

The Queen's stance is the same as mine, so many things won't be that troublesome.

"Your Majesty, the Cold Food Festival is just a few days away. I heard that there will be swings and dances on that day..." Yun Xi's words made it clear that she was worried about Zhuang Yuyan.

In folk culture, there are many activities during the Cold Food Festival, but for the women in the harem, they can neither go out for an outing nor play Cuju, and they are too embarrassed to sacrifice their image to get involved, so the Cold Food Festival swing is a good way for concubines to attract the emperor's attention. Now that Zhuang Yuyan's wound has not healed, let alone swinging on the swing, she is afraid that she can only hold on to kowtow and burn incense in the direction of the emperor's mausoleum.

"It's also very interesting to watch the performance of a half-immortal. Why do we have to be so rigid as to be that half-immortal?" Zhuang Yuyan took out a peeled and deboned pipa from the plate and ate it. "The swing has its own unique scenery, and the swing also has its own unique features."

Since the word "Cold Food" is included in the name of Cold Food Festival, it naturally indicates that people should avoid fire the whole day. Zhuang Luyan woke up in the morning and ate a few pieces of cold cake and drank a few sips of juice that the kitchen had prepared long ago. She still felt a little greasy, so after rinsing her mouth with water, she sat in front of the mirror to dress up.

She had never been to the harem since she was injured. Firstly, she had lost a lot of blood, and secondly, she had a headache to begin with, and she didn't want to get involved with those women and cause her headache to worsen.

Seeing Yunxi neatly combing her hair into a cross bun, Zhuang Luoyan yawned and lazily supported her chin with her hand until she felt a slight cool touch on her forehead. She suddenly opened her eyes and saw in the mirror that she had a thin strip of hair hanging on her forehead. In the middle, a ruby ​​the size of a fingernail just hung between her eyebrows, reflecting her fair skin, which was indescribably beautiful.

Although her attire today was gorgeous but not gaudy, it was quite suitable for her current status. At least this was the first time she had appeared in public since the last paper ibis incident. It would not be appropriate to be too shabby or too gaudy.

"There will definitely be many masters in the Yu Garden today. The masters who were reprimanded by the emperor before will surely come as well." Yun Xi inserted a gold hairpin with pearls and silk into Zhuang Yuyan's hair bun, then withdrew her hand and bowed with a smile, "I wish the queen to be favored again."

Zhuang Yuyan picked a jade bracelet and put it on, then stood up and smiled slightly, "You are really sweet."

As concubines, they were not qualified to burn incense and kowtow to the previous emperors individually, but they were arranged according to their rank and burned incense and kowtowed together. After burning incense, it was time for the concubines to swing on the swings they had been longing for.

As they walked in the Yu Garden with Yunxi and Tingzhu, they saw many concubines swinging on the swings. Some of them were bold, some were reserved, but all of them had fluttering clothes and their smiles were more beautiful than the other.

Zhuang Yuyan sat aside, watching the beauties of all kinds flying in the air, which was quite pleasant.

"Higher, higher, it's too short!"

The crisp voice and hearty laughter made Zhuang Yuyan look over curiously. It was a woman in a pink skirt. She was swinging very high but still asked the servant who was pushing the swing to push harder. This woman looked familiar.

"My lady, that's the cauliflower man." Seeing Zhuang Yuyan's expression, Yun Xi said, "You saw him a few days ago."

"I was wondering why she looked familiar," Zhuang Yuyan looked at her, "She is quite brave."

Yun Xi remained silent, not knowing what the Queen meant by "courageous".

Feng Jin went to Yu Garden with the Queen to enjoy the swings. From a distance, he saw a figure swinging high on the swing. "Who is that?"

Gao Dezhong, who was following behind him, looked up and said, "Your Majesty, that is the talented Hua from Taoyu Pavilion."

"Taoyu Pavilion?" Feng Jin's eyebrows moved slightly, and he wanted to say something else, but when he turned his eyes, he saw a figure sitting alone in the corner. The Yu Garden was very lively today, even Concubine Shu Gui and Concubine Ning were sitting on the swings and swinging gently, but Zhuang Yuyan was just sitting aside eating cold cold cakes or fruits.

Seeing that the emperor seemed to have looked at all the masters in the Yu Garden, the eunuch behind Gao Dezhong announced loudly with interest: "The emperor has arrived." At this time, the concubines on the swings all hurriedly got off the swings and bowed, but Hua Cairen, who was swinging too high, was a step slower than the others and stood out among them.

Everyone in the harem is a shrewd person. Hua Cairen's flustered appearance is really not good enough.

Feng Jin looked at Hua Cairen, who was kneeling in front of him like a frightened little white rabbit, and paused. Then... he turned and carefully helped Zhuang Yuyan up on the other side. "My beloved concubine, why are you out? Although the sun is shining today, it is also a little windy. Please be careful."

"Your Majesty, I have nothing to do. I have been staying in the house lately and it is very boring. Today is the Cold Food Festival. If I still stay in the palace, I will soon become a fool." Zhuang Yuyan stood up according to the emperor's movements and glanced at the emperor with a smile.

"I see you have never been smart," the emperor patted her hands before letting her go, "Your wound has not healed yet, so you can't swing. Someone will perform a swing dance later, which will be interesting to watch."

"Then I will definitely take a good look at it later," Zhuang Yuyan smiled and glanced at the talented woman next to her, then followed the emperor and empress to a flower table with a swing on it and tables, chairs, fruits and snacks placed around it.

She found a suitable seat and sat down. Sitting above her was still Xu Zhaorong. But when she saw Xu Zhaorong again, she found that she seemed a little haggard. It seemed that the rumor that Xu Zhaorong was ill was not true.

Noticing that Zhuang Weiyan was looking at her, Xu Zhaorong glanced back expressionlessly, then coldly withdrew her gaze.

"Sister Xu Zhaorong doesn't look well. It rained a little at night two days ago. Did she catch a cold?" Zhuang Yuyan asked with a smile.

"Zhao Xianrong, you worry too much. I'm fine," Xu Zhaorong looked at Zhuang Yuyan with a fake smile, "You have injured your brain, you must take good care of yourself."

Having been used to Xu Zhaorong's weakness and talent, Zhuang Yuyan was still a little uncomfortable when she suddenly became normal. But what made her suddenly change from elegant and sad to this?

At this time, the swing dance began. A woman in red with a flying bun gracefully walked onto the flower platform, bowed to everyone, and then got on the swing.

As the swing gradually swung higher, the woman in red began to dance on it. Her movements were very graceful, and it was not at all obvious that she was doing these dangerous moves on a swing.

Zhuang Luyan watched the dance in amazement. When the woman on the swing went up high and did a head-down hanging, and when the swing went down and the woman quickly turned over upwards, Zhuang Luyan almost cried out in surprise.

"ah!"

She didn't say anything, but someone else did, and it was the innocent and naive Hua Cairen who seemed to notice her own gaffe and blushed.

"Tsk" someone laughed, the sound was not loud but loud enough for everyone to hear.

There were no innocent and naive people in the harem, and Hua Cairen's trick was nothing. Zhuang Yuyan's eyes fell on the dancer again, and she didn't say until the dance was over, "It was really beautiful and dangerous at the same time, and it made me sweat."

"I have long guessed that you would love to watch this performance, and now it has become true." The Queen was not particularly surprised by this dance. Every year, there were many dancers in the palace who would perform amazing dances. Over the years, there were not many things that could surprise her.

"I have made a fool of myself, Your Majesty," Zhuang Luyan coughed uncomfortably, "Even the Empress can see that I like this swing dance, so I will give you a good start and reward you."

"Zhao Xianrong is quite generous," Xu Zhaorong looked coldly at the intimacy between Zhuang Yuyan and the empress, "but you entered the palace late and don't know that this swing dance is not that rare."

"Your Majesty entered the palace earlier than I did, so naturally you have seen more," Zhuang Yuyan smiled at Xu Zhaorong, "I entered the palace later, so it is inevitable that I am a little curious."

Before Xu Zhaorong could finish the rest of her words, Feng Jin, who was sitting at the top, spoke up: "Since Zhaoxianrong has given a prize, I will also give some as a reward!" Upon seeing this, the empress also followed suit and gave gifts.

Xu Zhaorong's face turned pale immediately. The emperor's action was to protect Zhuang Weiyan.

"I think this swing dance is so thrilling and scary." Hua Cairen looked up timidly, then quickly looked away, "I'm really worried that the dancer will fall down."

The Yan Cairen (actually the OP wanted to write "pickle man") who was sitting next to her glanced at her and looked at the pastries in front of him in silence.

What a kind and innocent talent.

Zhuang Yuyan glanced at Hua Cairen indifferently and said, "Do your job well when you are in the position. Although Hua Cairen is timid, he thinks too much." Who is Bai Lianhua showing this picture to?

When Feng Jin heard what Zhuang Yuyan said, he looked at Hua Cairen, paused, and said, "Which little concubine in the palace is this? She has no rules. How can she have the right to interrupt here?"

"Your Majesty, this is the new talented lady who has just entered the palace. You are so busy with your daily affairs that I'm afraid you don't remember her very clearly." The Queen said with a smile.

"No wonder she is so unruly. She dares to talk back to Zhao Xianrong," Feng Jian said without even looking at Hua Cairen, who looked pale. "Take her ivory card away. I won't need her to serve me in the future."

As a result, Hua Cairen became a laughing stock in the harem again, but Zhuang Yuyan was actually happy that such a person who imitated her was thrown into the cold palace.

Then, it was time for her to settle accounts with certain people.