Chen Shangfu is a senior employee and is calm and experienced, she said after she stood up.
"Your Majesty, the Shangfu Bureau has prepared four sets of auspicious attire for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. This humble official and Li Shangfu will be in charge of two of them each."
The reason why four sets of auspicious clothes were prepared was because the Queen Mother would wear one set at her birthday banquet, and then His Majesty would change into another set when he prepared a large-scale court performance for the Queen Mother in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Just in case, each set of auspicious clothes has a backup, so a total of four sets are prepared.
Each of the Empress Dowager's auspicious attire is made with extremely sophisticated craftsmanship and is extremely luxurious, and the production process is time-consuming, labor-intensive and time-consuming.
Chen Shangfu paused and continued.
"It's just that... In addition to being responsible for the Empress Dowager's auspicious attire, the Shangfu Bureau also has to prepare banquet attire for you and the First Palace's main concubines, Consort Chun Shufei and Consort An Zhaorong. I think it's okay..."
When the imperial concubine heard this, her eyebrows couldn't help but frown and she interrupted Chen Shangfu.
"For the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the Queen Mother's auspicious attire is naturally the most important. The rest of the palace attire can be made as usual."
Chen Shangfu had a serious expression on his face. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the imperial concubine's casualness, he still spoke calmly.
"Your Majesty, the Shangfu Bureau will do its best to take care of the palace attire of every master, whether it is Concubine Chun Shu or An Zhaorong. I think the clothing department can be responsible for the palace attire of Concubine Chun Shu and An Zhaorong."
When the imperial concubine heard the names of Concubine Chun Shu and Concubine An Zhaorong, she couldn't help but feel angry.
Concubine Chun Shu stole her husband's heart, and Concubine An Zhaorong framed her, causing her to lose her position as queen.
The imperial concubine interrupted Chen Shangfu impatiently.
"Chen Shangfu, I know you always strive for perfection, but the most important thing for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet is the Queen Mother's auspicious dress. I have other arrangements, you only need to prepare the Queen Mother's auspicious dress."
"I will continue to arrange for others to take charge of the concubines' palace attire. Please step aside."
Chen Shangfu frowned slightly, feeling somewhat helpless, but still replied respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty."
After Chen Shangfu left, the imperial concubine turned to face Li Shangfu who was standing beside her.
Li Shangfu stood respectfully with a fawning smile on his face.
"Li Shangfu, just order someone to make the palace costumes for Concubine Chun Shu and An Zhaorong. You don't need to spend too much time on it."
After saying that, she continued, "I remember that Concubine Chun Shu chose amaryllis for her embroidery this time. Please add some other colors to it so that the red is not too eye-catching."
"The pattern on my palace gown is peony, which is the most similar to a peony. It's okay to embroider it more like a peony."
Li Shangfu nodded quickly, his flattering smile growing even wider: "Yes, Your Majesty."
"The palace dress I make for you will certainly be the most luxurious, and I will not allow any mistakes to be made in the Empress Dowager's auspicious attire."
The imperial concubine nodded with satisfaction, "Well, very good, you may leave."
Li Shangfu bowed respectfully, turned around and walked out.
Zhaochun Palace.
After Miaoxia cooked the tranquilizing medicine that Doctor Jin had carefully prepared for her master, she carefully held the still slightly steaming medicine in her hands and slowly walked into the hall.
"Master, Nanny Lin has been taking good care of your health, but why are you always drinking herbal soups to recuperate lately? Didn't you hate this bitter taste the most?"
Miaoxia frowned slightly, her face full of confusion.
"You are well aware of the superb medical skills of Imperial Doctor Jin. I only drink this medicine because it is beneficial to my health."
Su Jingyao looked calm and simply responded without further explanation.
The formula of the medicine she took recently is: 15 grams of angelica, 12 grams of rehmannia, 10 grams of red peony root, 8 grams of chuanxiong, 10 grams of peach kernel, 8 grams of safflower, 15 grams of motherwort, and 10 grams of cyperus.
Then add some of Li Jing's secret recipes.
Anyone who has a little knowledge of medicine can tell at a glance that most of these herbs have the effect of promoting blood circulation.
This is the recipe that Su Jingyao specially asked Li Jin to prepare to help her menstruate earlier.
She has been taking this prescription for several days, and on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, she will give herself another bowl of medicine.
According to Li Jin's familiarity with her body, she would most likely suffer from heavy bleeding on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet due to the early arrival of her period, after all, she had taken so many blood-activating herbs.
Jun Zechen has been on the throne for more than three months, and this time she must make Jun Zechen completely disappointed in Ling Yue.
Then of course we have to do something big.
She planned to pretend to be pregnant and then have a miscarriage on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.
If the Empress Dowager had her period on her birthday, it would be seven days earlier than her normal period.
Besides, she had calculated the time for intercourse with Jun Zechen. If she miscarried after only half a month of pregnancy, even the imperial physician would find it difficult to determine whether she was pregnant by taking her pulse.
Moreover, the blood from a miscarriage half a month into pregnancy is almost impossible to distinguish from menstrual blood. After all, even in modern times, it requires tests such as human chorionic gonadotropin to make a judgment.
Ancient doctors were basically unable to tell the difference in the blood with the naked eye.
She did not tell Miaoxia and the others about this plan. Although they were smart and steady, they were still a little lacking in acting skills.
If they knew it in advance, Su Jingyao was worried that they would not be able to cry.
It’s better to keep it a secret from them.
Su Jingyao frowned slightly, endured the bitterness, closed her eyes, tilted her head back and drank the medicine.
After drinking it, a trace of pain appeared on his face, and there were still some medicine stains at the corners of his mouth.
Miaoxia hurriedly took the medicine bowl from her hand, brought her a bowl of scented tea, and then put the medicine bowl aside.
After Su Jingyao finished drinking the scented tea and suppressed the bitterness in her mouth, her eyes fell on the palace dress sent by the Shangfu Bureau.
There was a hint of disgust in his eyes.
If it weren't for the plan in her mind, Su Jingyao really didn't want to wear a palace dress like this.
The embroidery of the palace dress appears gorgeous and elegant on the surface, but if you look closely at the stitches you can see how rough they are.
Even the rare brocade that she had previously sent to the Shangfu Bureau had been replaced. I wonder if the imperial concubine condoned the corruption of her subordinates.
Miaoxia also looked at the palace costume with disgust and couldn't help complaining.
"Master, please look at this palace dress that was delivered. The stitching inside is so messy. It only looks okay at first glance."
"Let's not talk about how bad the embroidery is. The most important thing is that the material is not right. We clearly sent the best brocade."
Miaoxia shook her head slightly as she spoke.
"Your skin is delicate, and this material will surely be uncomfortable for you. Master, why don't you tell His Majesty? I'll change you into a palace dress."
"That's fine. I have other plans."
A mysterious look flashed across Su Jingyao's face, and she spoke lightly.
After hearing this, Miaoxia was confused, but she knew in her heart that her master must have his own plan, so she stopped asking questions.
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