This Wanshou Festival is extremely grand. Su Jingyao is in charge of the Shangyi Bureau and has many affairs to take care of this time.
During this Longevity Festival, many countries surrounding the king will send envoys.
The Canglang Kingdom in the north, the Yuehui Kingdom and the Lingyu Kingdom in the east, the Yuelin Kingdom in the south, and the Seabuckthorn Kingdom a little further away in the desert, their customs and cultures are completely different from those of the Jun Kingdom.
To the west of the Kingdom of Kings lies an endless expanse of snow-capped mountains. It is still unclear whether there are other countries on the other side of the mountains.
Due to the arrival of the envoys, the main organizers of Jun Zechen's birthday festival were actually the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites.
They need to carefully prepare the corresponding welcome ceremony, meticulously arrange diplomatic etiquette and other matters.
Su Jingyao also has many responsibilities.
Not only did he need to communicate and coordinate closely with officials from the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, but he also had to properly arrange all the details of the banquet.
For example, in terms of banquet reception, the etiquette palace maids for the banquet day are carefully selected, and then they are strictly trained and instructed.
They have to prepare various performances, carefully consider the meals, properly manage the gifts, and keep detailed records of the entire banquet process, etc.
Although Su Jingyao is the Imperial Noble Consort, she can be considered at the CEO level. She does not need to do many things personally. She only needs to give orders and many people will take care of it.
However, this year's Wanshou Festival is indeed crucial, and Su Jingyao will personally confirm every key node to ensure that everything goes well.
Fortunately, Nanny Lin who was by her side was experienced and mature, and Miaoyun and the other four personal palace maids also grew up very well under her careful training. They were able to handle many things on their own.
Since she was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, four personal maids including Nanny Lin and Miaoyun became the highest-ranking female officials in the harem.
She was more powerful than some of the concubines in the palace, and was even more respected by the servants in the palace who were accustomed to flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak.
The study room of Zhaochun Palace.
"Master, Lady Chu is due in a month. Concubine Ling and Lady Chu have been having a close private relationship recently."
Miaoyun stood beside Su Jingyao, frowning slightly as she continued, "It seems Concubine Ling has wanted Lady Chu's child for a long time."
Su Jingyao sat at the desk, holding a brush lightly in one hand, writing something intently.
When she heard Miaoyun's words, a barely perceptible thought flashed across her face, and her hands did not pause much.
"Concubine Ling is being bullied by Concubine Shen, so naturally she's trying to find a way to suppress her. She can't get pregnant, and now she's not favored by His Majesty, and she doesn't have a strong family background. If there's no royal heir, Concubine Shen will be the one to suppress her for the rest of her life."
Su Jingyao's expression was calm, and she spoke slowly in a calm tone.
Jun Zechen has done his best for Concubine Ling. In order to prevent Concubine Ling from being too sad in the harem, he would go to Yiku Palace for meals two or three times a month, but he would never stay overnight in Yiku Palace, let alone summon Concubine Ling to his palace.
However, there were only a few concubines in the harem who could see His Majesty several times a month. In addition, Concubine Ling was one of the two concubines, so her life in the harem was relatively easy, except for Concubine Shen who would cause her trouble.
Miaoyun pondered for a while and continued to talk about the situation in the harem.
"Now, Concubine Xu is considered to be favored in the harem and can see His Majesty once a month. However, when Concubine Ling was still a noble concubine, Concubine Xu took refuge with her. After she gained favor, Concubine Xu and Concubine Ling did not have much contact."
The master has been busy with the Wanshou Festival recently, and Miaoyun is also very busy. The Wanshou Festival is in two days, and all the arrangements have been made. Only the subordinates need to carry out the work.
Miaoyun took some time today to sort out the news about the concubines passed on by her subordinates and reported them to Su Jingyao one by one.
When Su Jingyao heard Xu Cairen's name, she was stunned for a while. She had been very busy recently. There were many women in the harem, and her status was changing inadvertently.
This Xu Cairen was Xu Baolin from Taolin before, who was promoted to Cairen.
"These women in the palace have low status, don't eat well, don't dress well, and are easily bribed by servants. After I took charge of the six palaces, although I tried my best to avoid these things, I couldn't completely eliminate them."
After all, if you help the concubines, you will block the servants' financial path. If you don't help the concubines, some servants will be too rampant and the concubines will have complaints. It can only be said that Su Jingyao will make the harem reach a relatively balanced state.
"In a harem like this, any woman with even a little ambition would naturally try every possible means to gain favor. The fact that Concubine Xu can speak so freely in front of His Majesty shows how outstanding she is."
"A woman like this, once favored, will not be content to be a pawn. If Concubine Ling cannot bring sufficient benefits to Concubine Xu, it is not impossible for Concubine Xu to find another master."
Su Jingyao analyzed calmly, her expression was calm, but her eyes were deep and sharp.
Miaoyun nodded, without much expression on her face, but her eyes revealed a kind of worldly-wise indifference.
She had been with her master for a long time and had become indifferent to the competition for favor among the concubines.
No disgust, no dislike, no hatred.
Everyone lives for himself, but the winner takes all.
Miaoyun would not have any sympathy for these women if she followed her master in plotting against them.
Miaoyun hesitated for a moment before speaking softly, "Master, Concubine Ye knelt in Zhaochun Palace for the better part of an hour that day. After returning to Jingyang Palace, she immediately sent someone to Cining Palace, saying that she wanted to worship Buddha with the Empress Dowager during her pregnancy and pray for the emperor's heir."
When saying this, Miaoyun frowned tightly, and her face was full of disgust.
Su Jingyao's lips curled up slightly in a mocking smile, and she said coldly, "Noble Concubine Ye is still as smart as ever. She knew that I wanted to take action against her, and she quickly found a backer for herself."
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