The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 508 The Cunning Emperor (6)
"That's good." Xiao Jun walked back to the table, picked up the imperial pen and prepared to review the memorial. After reading halfway through the paper, she raised her head and said, "I remember that when Xia Zhaoguo came to congratulate him last year, he offered a piece of white fox armpit fur. You ask someone to find it out." Send it to Concubine Rong's Palace."

"Yes, I will go now, servant." Fuquan clicked his lips, thinking that the emperor really cared about this empress. Fox fur is the top grade of fur robes, and white fox fur is the most precious, and the fur made of fox armpits Even though the gown is light and thin, it is the warmest. It is a rare treasure. Neither the empress nor Concubine Ning has such a heavy reward, but the emperor only loves a humble concubine Rong so much. She must be lucky.

When the things were delivered to Qingchen, she was also a little surprised. Because she was afraid of the cold in winter, she always wore extra heavy clothes, so she looked bloated and clumsy. With this fur robe, no matter how cold the weather was when she went out, the inside Just wear a thin cotton coat.

Although the fur of this dress is precious, and the inside and surface are also excellent Shu brocade, but the color is not pure red, so it is not presumptuous to wear it.Moreover, the begonia color is her favorite color, and the gold thread peony pattern embroidery is exquisite but not overly luxurious.

She asked people to remove the Dongzhu buttons on the clothes and replace them with ordinary pearl buttons, so that if you couldn't see the fur inside, you would just think it was an ordinary cloak made of better materials.

This is already on the cusp of the storm, and there is no need to deliberately flaunt it to provoke resentment.

Mu Jingzhi suffered from this embarrassment, and his efficiency was astonishingly fast. That night, he followed the officials of the Ministry of Punishment to submit the booklet written by Lin Xiude to the emperor's dragon case.

Qingchen heard that the emperor had read the booklet in Xihe Palace, overturned the table full of memorials, took the list of items that the Ministry of Finance had counted before and the booklet, and went to the Empress Dowager's Palace with a livid face.

For such a shameless matter, even if the queen mother pleads, she will definitely not be able to keep Qin Huairui's official position. The emperor saw that the queen mother's health is getting worse, so he didn't take Qin Huairui's life. no longer enabled.

As a result of this incident, both the Qin and Lin families suffered heavy losses. Although they lost two important pillars, they did not hurt the root cause. Therefore, the power in the court should not be underestimated.

When the aunt from the sewing room came to deliver clothes to Qingchen, she was really surprised. She asked with some uncertainty: "Are you sure this is a dress for me? I am just a concubine now. If there is no imperial edict , wearing this dress is for arrogance, even if the emperor loves it, but this palace does not dare to ignore the palace rules."

The girl in the sewing room smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry about wearing it. This is the emperor's personal order. No matter how bold the servants are, they will never dare to deceive the Empress by false decrees."

When Jin Xin and the others heard this aunt's words, they knew that the emperor was about to issue an imperial edict again, and they were all overjoyed. The servants of the palace all kowtowed in front of the hall to congratulate upon hearing the good news.

Qingchen asked Yun Lan to reward the visitor heavily, and then asked Jin Xin to let go of the reward. Although he was happy in his heart, he still had some doubts about why Xiao Jun suddenly wanted to promote himself as a noble concubine.

The next morning, after she had finished washing and grooming, Jin Xin forced her to wear a full head of pearls and jade, and also painted a slightly brighter makeup. The reason was because today was a day of happiness and joy, and she couldn't be as plain as usual. .Yun Lan waited for her to put on the phoenix-tailed skirt with golden ruffles, green luan, and colorful auspicious clouds. She felt that today's Qingchen was radiant, and this dress made her look even brighter and more luxurious, with a peerless grace.

Xiao Jun didn't have to go to court today, she came to the Queen's Palace early in the morning, Qingchen went to Chengkun Palace with all the concubines to pay her respects, even though the emperor gave her special permission to celebrate her birthday today, the regulation of the clothes still made people a little surprised.But hindering the presence of the emperor, today is the emperor's good day, everyone doesn't understand the holy will, so they dare not speak out.

I am used to the elegant and elegant look on weekdays, but when I saw her dressed up today, I secretly sighed that it turns out that a beauty is really suitable for a beauty with heavy makeup and light makeup.

Xiao Jun looked at her gently, turned to the queen and smiled, "I always thought that Concubine Rong was a white plum in the snow, elegant and cold, but now I realize that she can also be a charming begonia that blooms in spring, naturally rich and noble." The posture is gorgeous but not vulgar."

The queen nodded with a peaceful smile, and also praised: "Concubine Rong is blessed with the emperor's favor, and it is like flowers and trees in spring, without the majesty of plum blossoms, and with the softness and beauty of begonias, if the harem can rain and dew All together, the emperor will be able to see a hundred flowers blooming, each with its own unique beauty."

The emperor sat upright and said with a faint smile: "Hundred flowers blooming is naturally beautiful, but if there is an extra word'struggle', I will lose my heart. I still like the true beauty, and it is tainted with utilitarianism. It's getting tacky."

The queen smiled and nodded, "What the emperor said is true, and the concubine also thinks so. Is the emperor going to announce the decree now?"

Xiao Jun glanced at the bronze auspicious animal engraving on the corner of the wall, and saw that it was time for all the officials to congratulate her, so she said to Qing Chen who was sitting down: "Concubine Rong listen to the order."

Qingchen hurriedly got up, gathered his clothes and knelt down, and listened to Xiao Jun's words: "Concubine Rong Mu, Anshun Keji, tolerant, compassionate, gentle and harmonious, my heart is very comforted, I am now conferred as the second-rank noble concubine, I respect you."

Sitting down, the concubine's expression changed when she heard the words, Qingchen just pretended not to hear those secret sighs, and respectfully kowtowed: "The concubine takes the decree to thank you, long live the emperor, long live, long live."

"Stay flat." Xiao Jun got up and took her hand and said to the queen: "It's getting late, I will take Concubine Rong Gui to the Yizheng Hall to receive the congratulations from all the officials, and then go to the Xinhua Hall to accompany everyone to a banquet."

The Queen's smile froze on her lips, before she could react, Qing Chen had already rushed out of the Jiaofang Hall by Xiao Jun.

Even though she was holding the queen's steady posture, she was a little shocked and uncomfortable at the moment and couldn't continue to pretend. The emperor really didn't feel sorry for her face as a queen.It's not that he doesn't know that the emperor is very kind to Concubine Rong, accepting congratulations from all officials, but only the empress and imperial concubine have the honor. Even if that woman is favored again, she can't even be a concubine now. Are you qualified to accept congratulations from all officials?

The Queen's hands that were holding onto the phoenix chair were trembling uncontrollably, and the muscles on her face were so stiff that she couldn't even put on a forced smile. Someone in the clan was convicted, and it was not surprising that the Emperor would be angry. I just never thought it would be so embarrassing.Thinking about it, it was impossible for her to raise Xiao Ronghua's child. The emperor was still angry, and she didn't even have a chance to speak.

Hao Shuyuan saw that the empress was in an embarrassing situation, she couldn't help but covered her mouth and smiled and said: "I am really envious of Rong Gui's good fortune. Even the concubine Shu of that day was not as honored by the Sacred Heart as she is. Thinking about it this way, Rong Your concubine is only one family away, otherwise why is she inferior to concubine Shu?"

(End of this chapter)