Chapter 240 Intentional Pleaser
Everyone loves to hear such words. Concubine Shu smiled at Liu Anyu and said, "You are such a clever talker. Nanny Wang, go get me my cat's eye stone mask and give it to Miss Six."
"Yes, your majesty." Nanny Wang replied and turned to get it.
Liu Anyu thanked her happily: "Thank you for the reward, Madam."
Concubine Shu smiled and nodded, then looked at Liu Anyao: "I've heard that you have four sisters, but I've never met them. Are they all engaged?"
Liu Anyu was sitting aside, and his heart skipped a beat when he heard what Concubine Shu said.
What did the Empress mean by suddenly asking about the other sisters in the mansion?
Liu Anyao replied, "I have a illegitimate fourth sister above me, who is one year older than me and my sixth sister, but she hasn't been engaged yet. Mother said that she must be arranged a marriage this year, otherwise she will be a grown-up girl if we delay any longer. My sixth sister's aunt has come to see her, and I have two illegitimate sisters below me who haven't even reached the age of marriage yet, so there's no rush."
Then, she looked at Liu Anyu and said, "Sixth sister is fifteen this year and will have her coming-of-age ceremony in February."
Concubine Shu nodded in understanding and didn't ask any more questions.
Liu Anyu lowered his head and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After they had lunch in Chuxiu Palace, Liu Anyao and Liu Anyu returned to the Liu family.
Aunt Qiu had been waiting for news. When she heard that her daughter had returned home, she hurried to find her.
"Yu'er, how was it meeting the Concubine Shu today?"
Liu Anyu was sitting in front of a bronze mirror, removing the hairpins from her head. When she heard Aunt Qiu's voice, she smiled and glanced at her in the mirror: "The Queen treated me very well and even gave me a set of headgear."
As he spoke, he saw a pearwood box beside his daughter open, revealing a complete set of head ornaments.
Aunt Qiu took a few steps forward, touched it in amazement, and said with a smile: "That's great, it shows that the queen is satisfied with you. Did the fifth lady embarrass you?"
Liu Anyu shook her head: "No, he even praised my beauty many times in front of the queen, and said only nice things, as if he was trying to please me."
"That's natural. In the Liu family, she is a noble legitimate daughter. But once she gets married, her husband is just a scholar with the title of scholar, and also a merchant. Even with your father's support, it is unknown how many years she will have to endure. But you are different. Even if she is a concubine, she will have to pay her respects to you when she sees you in the future. Naturally, she has to try to please you now." Aunt Qiu said with a proud look in her eyes.
Liu Anyu curled her lips slightly, her smile was dazzling and very seductive.
"As long as she is respectful and humble to me, I can help her."
Aunt Qiu nodded in agreement, but as if she had thought of something, she reminded him again, "But the marriage has not been finalized yet, so we must not be too happy too soon. You must not lose your composure in front of the Madam and the Fifth Miss. When you marry into the Second Prince's house, you will have a chance to be proud of yourself."
"I know, Auntie." Liu Anyu said, "But the Concubine Shu also asked about the other concubines in our family. I wonder what she meant?"
She has always had a knot in her heart.
Aunt Qiu was stunned for a moment, then said, "I guess it was just a casual question. Miss Fifth has never told you about you in detail in front of the Empress, so when I saw you today, I asked others by the way."
When Liu Anyu heard Aunt Qiu say this, he also thought it was true, so he put the matter behind him and happily admired the headgear awarded by Concubine Shu.
Before evening, Mother Wu from the main courtyard came to Aunt Qiu to get Liu Anyu's birth date and horoscope.
Aunt Qiu wrote it very solemnly and seriously on the red paper, folded it carefully and handed it to Mother Wu.
Mother Wu smiled and bowed: "Madam, please bring the Sixth Miss's birth date and horoscope to the palace for Your Majesty. Choose an auspicious day and take it to Xiangguo Temple. Please wait for good news."
Aunt Qiu was so touched that she didn't know what to do. She took out a purse and stuffed it into Mother Wu's hand: "I'm sorry for worrying about you, Madam. I'm very grateful."
Mother Wu stuffed it into her sleeve and turned away.
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The morning glow refracted in the center of the clouds, emitting a golden halo.
Behind the main hall of Jingren Palace is a small garden, which originally had many exotic flowers and plants vying for beauty, creating a charming scene. But now it has become a bare space, and the soil has obviously just been turned over.
The Queen suddenly developed a strange hobby.
Grow vegetables!
At this moment, the honorable Queen Song was wearing her everyday silver-white dress. A flying phoenix was outlined in gold on the flowered skirt. Her sleeves were half rolled up to her arms, and she was digging a hole with a hoe. Yunlu and several other palace ladies were standing by, holding seedlings and seeds, looking at her in confusion.
After Queen Song dug a hole, Yunlu and others put a seedling in it.
Looking around, it looks sparse and not pretty at all.
But the Empress enjoys it so much, what else can they say?
At this time, Cheng De, the chief eunuch of Jingren Palace, came running over, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the Third Miss is here."
Upon hearing this, Queen Song immediately stood up and threw the hoe in her hand into Chengde's hand: "I'm going to see Xiangxiang. I'll leave this to you. Plant it well for me."
Cheng De looked at the flying hoe and quickly threw away the whisk in his hand, and hurriedly caught it with both hands: "I obey your command."
Hey, fortunately I had farmed at home before entering the palace, so this kind of work is not difficult for me.
When Yunlu and others saw Queen Song leave, they gave the seedlings and seeds in their hands to the eunuchs and palace maids beside them and left too.
Cheng De didn't dare to have any objection. Although he was the chief eunuch of Jingren Palace, the empress liked to use palace maids the most, so Yunlu and other senior palace maids had higher status than him. How could he dare to let them stand aside and serve him while he grew vegetables?
Queen Song washed her hands first, changed into clean clothes, and then went to the west hall to see Lu Xiang.
Lu Xiang was sitting on a stool eating a peach. When he saw Queen Song coming, he quickly put down the peach and stood up to greet her.
"Good luck to you, Madam."
Queen Song walked by her and pulled her up, saying with a smile, "Sit down, but you haven't been to the palace for a while. If I didn't summon you, you wouldn't even think of coming to the palace."
Lu Xiang smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, the palace affairs are very complicated, and I can't disturb you often."
She couldn't bear to remind the queen that even the six married princesses were not as diligent as she was in entering the palace.
Queen Song sat opposite her and took a bite of a peach: "I asked you to come to the palace today to tell you a happy event."
"What good news?" Lu Xiang looked at Queen Song curiously.
Queen Song: "Concubine Zhen is pregnant, less than two months."
Lu Xiang paused while chewing the peach and looked at Queen Song in astonishment: "Ah?"
Queen Song was amused by her silly look: "Your reaction is really strange, your aunt is pregnant with the dragon heir, and you are not happy?"
Regardless of whether she gave birth to a prince or a princess, Zhenpin's position as a concubine was secure.
Lu Xiang was really confused, because in her previous life, Concubine Zhen had never been able to conceive a child until her death. Could it be that her rebirth caused the butterfly effect?
But Lu Xiang couldn't help but think of conspiracy theories.
"Are you sure you're pregnant?"
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