Chapter 204: Canonization Ceremony

On April 27, when the apricot blossoms were in full bloom, two sedan chairs were ushered into the palace through the side door of Shunzhen Gate.

The emperor cancelled this year's beauty pageant, and there was indeed a lot of dissatisfaction in the court.

After all, the emperor is in his prime and is selecting beautiful women. Perhaps his daughter will be chosen to enter the palace. For court officials, this is also another rare channel for promotion.

Lord Shen, who is now in the limelight, already has a daughter in the palace who is pregnant. Naturally, he will not object to the emperor canceling the beauty pageant.

What the court officials did not expect was that Lord Fang, the emperor's uncle who had suppressed the Shen family a lot, actually supported the emperor, making them dare not say much.

It was not until they heard that the emperor had chosen two women from the royal family to enter the palace, one of whom was the legitimate daughter of a branch of the Fang family, that they realized what was going on.

It turned out that the Fang family had already benefited from it, so they did not oppose the emperor.

But it was too late to fight for it, as the two selected princesses from the royal family had already entered the palace.

There were two sedan chairs, one was carried into Huixing Hall, and the other was Shu Yaxuan's.

Outside the Huixing Hall, a sedan chair landed and a slender white hand holding a palace maid's hand walked down the sedan chair. She raised her eyes and looked towards the plaque on the palace gate. Her face was like a lotus, her almond eyes were smiling, and she was very beautiful and charming.

The eunuch leading the way introduced attentively: "Fang Danying, Huixing Hall is a spacious and nice place. Behind it is the Yu Garden. It is cheap whether you go to Yuqian or the Queen's Fengyi Hall."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Fang had a pretty face and her voice was very clear, as sweet as a lark.

Walking into the palace gate, I found it was indeed very spacious, with a floor paved with green bricks. In addition to flowers and plants on both sides, there was a large vat next to the hall, with water lilies planted in it and goldfish raised.

Fang Danying finds everything new and has a naive and cute look, which is very attractive with her beautiful appearance.

After looking everywhere, she smiled and asked the eunuch accompanying her, "When can I go to see the Empress?"

This surprised the eunuch, because everyone else only wanted to know when they could see the Emperor, but she asked the Empress first. However, when he thought of her last name, he quickly felt relieved.

"Your Majesty has been feeling unwell these past few days, but the little princess' naming ceremony will be coming up soon, and you will definitely show up then."

Fang Danying looked worried. He asked a few questions about the Queen's health and the little princess's condition, then gave him some silver and let him leave.

She met the palace maids serving in the palace again. She gave each of the maids she brought into the palace some bonus and sent them away. Then she carefully looked at the house where she would live in the future.

Her maid, Xing'er, looked around the palace and exclaimed in amazement, "Miss, the palace is indeed a palace. I have never seen these wonderful things even in Master Fang's place."

Fang Danying, who had a soft face just now, suddenly turned cold and glanced at her, "Don't act like you have never seen the world. People in the palace are all snobbish. Don't let them look down on us!"

"Yes, I know I was wrong." Xing'er shrank back and stood obediently behind her, not daring to look around anymore.

Fang Danying seemed dissatisfied no matter how she looked at her. If it weren't for the fact that she would be looked down upon if she didn't bring a maid, she wouldn't have wanted to bring Xing'er at all.

Her mother did find a few smart ones for her, but compared to those outside, she felt more at ease with Xing'er, who she knew well.

Fang Danying looked at the spacious and bright residence and felt satisfied. "After all, it was the place chosen for me by the Queen Sister, so it can't be bad."

As we were talking, we heard someone coming outside.

It turned out that the gifts from various palaces had arrived.

They were also considered concubines. When concubines entered the palace, their ranks were relatively low, but they also had titles and ceremonies. There were just no formal dress ceremonies. They just received some congratulatory gifts from various palaces, and that was it.

The visitors from various palaces were quite respectful and polite to her, but they seemed to be in a hurry.

"Let someone ask!" She frowned slightly.

Xing'er invited a maid named Xiyu to take care of the affairs. She looked at Fang Danying with a somewhat unnatural smile.

"My Lord, you may not know that today, in addition to your entry into the palace, there is also the ceremony for the enthronement of Concubine Xi. Concubine Xi is generous, and they are all anxious to get a piece of the cake."

"So that's how it is." Fang agreed without showing any emotion, but his fingers, which were pinching the handkerchief, had turned white.

Everyone knows that Concubine Xi is the emperor's most favored concubine and the apple of his eye.

How come it coincided with her book-opening ceremony?

They chose such an important day for them, it was obviously intentional!

What a great show of power!

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Was it intentional?

Yun Qin was wearing a crimson wedding dress, her fair face was set off as white as jade, with only some lipstick on her lips. Even without rouge, she was still extremely beautiful, even outshining the newly-bloomed crabapple trees outside the window.

After the new year, her features seemed to have matured a lot, becoming more elegant and gorgeous, making it even more difficult for people to look directly at her.

Yun Qin was looking at the booklet in her hand at this moment. This small booklet was a symbol of power.

She raised her eyes and moved her gaze away from the book. "I did it on purpose."

He pretended to be sick for two days just to rush over to the time when they entered the palace so that the enthronement ceremony could be held.

She snorted softly, "They came to the palace for me, so I should be polite to them."

Yun Qin handed the document to Rong Xin and raised her hand to pinch her sore shoulders. She had been standing and listening to the eunuch chanting for half an hour, holding the document in her hand, and her shoulders were sore.

Danxue came forward and gave her a shoulder massage.

Yun Qin did not avoid her and continued, "I am teaching them a lesson for free. Who told me that I, your master, am such a kind-hearted person..."

These words made Rong Xin and Dan Xue couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, yes." Rong Xin smiled and brought the medicine bowl from the tray over. "My kind-hearted master, you haven't taken your medicine yet."

Yun Qin, who had just been feeling a little proud, immediately fell down and shouted to Ting Chun outside: "Bring me the sweetest preserved fruit!"

This momentum is like shouting "Bring the strongest liquor."

Just as she finished shouting, Huo Jinchi walked in with the curtain in his hand and asked with a smile, "What kind of nonsense story have you read again?"

Yun Qin was already accustomed to his bad habit of going directly into the palace without informing anyone.

He just stood up and stood beside the couch, without going over to greet him. He just snorted and said, "Didn't the emperor take them all away? What kind of storybook is there left to read?"

Huo Jinchi didn't respond. He walked over to her, held her hands, examined them carefully, and then said in a low voice, "Red suits you."

Yunqin's face turned red when he looked at her, and her eyelashes drooped slightly.

At this time, Tingchun came in with preserved fruits in his hand and said with a smile, "The other day, the master was wearing white clothes. The emperor seemed to have said the same thing."

"Really?" Huo Jinchi was not annoyed by the teasing of the servants. He just smiled and said, "Your master looks good in anything he wears."

He stroked Yunqin's face and said, "It's just that you look particularly good today."

Today was her canonization ceremony, but he seemed happier than she was, as if she was much closer to him.

This remark caused laughter in the hall. Yun Qin blushed and glared at Tingchun, pretending to be angry and said, "I'll tear your mouth off sooner or later!"

Tingchun put the tray of preserved fruits aside and hid behind Rongxin, pretending to be scared and making everyone laugh again.

"My lady, please take your medicine quickly. You are getting cold."

Yunqin drank the medicine and ate the candied fruit that Huo Jinchi handed to her. When she saw him pinching another piece and putting it into his mouth, she quickly reached out and grabbed him.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to eat." She pursed her lips slightly, "Your Majesty's mouth has been sweet enough today."

Huo Jinchi glanced at her with a smile in his eyes, and then he stuffed the candied fruit in his hand into her mouth, leaned slightly closer, and said in a deep voice: "It's the same for Concubine Xi."

Yun Qin wanted to tease him, but ended up making herself embarrassed and couldn't help but glare at him.

The palace maids who were laughing just now lowered their eyes and left the hall silently.