Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 51
The queen's statement was undoubtedly a satire of Concubine Yue's shallow eyelids, who only know how to extravagant and wasteful, without any consideration for Ming Shengdi's treasury.

The noble concubine Yue and the empress have also been fighting for many years. Although the empress is not favored, she is superior in her management of the harem.

However, Concubine Yue is a real favorite concubine. She takes good care of herself. She is over fifty years old, but she looks more than ten years younger than the queen of the same age. She gave birth to four princesses and is the adoptive mother of the eldest son of the emperor. It is self-evident.

Concubine Yue Gui was robbed by the empress, she tucked her handkerchief, and did not say a word. She had already cultivated her heart like water after so many years of confrontation with the empress. Even if she was disgusted in her heart, she could still stand in front of Ming Shengdi. Smile and respect the queen.

The words of the most honorable woman in the harem except the queen mother opened the banquet, making everyone shut their mouths and keep silent.

"Empress Empress, these sisters are all hungry, Empress Empress, please don't talk to Sister Yue and neglect us." Concubine De sat on the first place on the right, she put her hands in front of her belly and said softly.

Concubine De has always been a neutral faction, she is not as favored as the noble concubine Yue, nor as noble as the empress, the crown prince is born of her, and the status of mother and son is very stable.

The queen nodded, and waved her hand to signal the palace people to serve all the remaining dishes. The palace people rushed in, and soon they also lined up to serve the dishes for everyone.

Xia Zijin sat in the row of princesses, and Xia Zihan was a married woman, so she was not in the ranks of the small banquet in the harem, so she was still at one table for one person in this room, and she was very comfortable.

Xia Zijin's eyes glanced at the ranks of concubines on the opposite side, searching for a long time, but did not find Yue Jing'an, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Could it be that she really has a calm mind and doesn't care about world affairs, and is willing to live in a Buddhist hall for the rest of her life.

"My concubine sees the empress, the road is slippery in the snow, and the road to the Buddhist hall is a little far away, the concubine is late, I hope the empress will forgive me."

Just when Xia Zijin felt a little disappointed, a figure of lake blue slowly walked in outside the gate of Kunning Palace. I saw Yue Jing'an in palace attire and a single magnolia hairpin on her head. Compared with the luxurious headgear, it is a bit more dusty.She moved her steps and bowed to the queen.

"Concubine Lian, please get up, there is no need to be too polite." The queen said, slightly surprised. This concubine Lian has been in the Buddhist hall for many years, and she usually does not go out except for the New Year's Eve banquet. Even Ming Sheng The emperor told her many times to ask her to go out of the Buddhist hall more often, but Concubine Lian only agreed to do one or two things but didn't say anything, why did she come out this year?
The queen narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly and began to look at Yue Jing'an, she only felt that Yue Jing'an's attire seemed to have been seen somewhere, but she couldn't remember where it came from.

Concubine Yue and the Empress had the same idea, but seeing Yue Jingan's attire, she felt inexplicably uneasy.

Yue Jing'an thanked En and got up, walked into the banquet room to watch for a while, but kept her eyes on Xia Zijin, and walked to her side with the corners of her mouth curled up.

"Princess Pearl, do you mind if Ben Gong sits with you?"

Xia Zijin said calmly: "If the Empress Dowager Lian and the Empress Dowager have no objection, naturally this princess has no objection either."

The queen nodded, motioning for Yue Jingan to take her seat.

Yue Jing'an lifted the hem of her skirt and sat beside Xia Zijin. She smoothed the hem of the skirt on her knees, looking at ease.

"Concubine Lian is as beautiful as she was back then, and only Concubine Lian can wear such a dusty dress." Xia Zijin took a shallow sip of the plum wine on the table. Obviously more mouth-watering and softer.

Yue Jing closed her palace sash, poured herself a glass of light plum wine, and took a sip slowly.

"The princess deserves the award. My age is gone. Now it's time for the princess to be in power. I can be compared with young women again."

Xia Zijin didn't say a word, approached Yue Jing'an without a trace, and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear clearly: "How does the princess think about the deal that the princess and the concubine lotus talked about yesterday?"

Did Yue Jing'an come to the harem banquet? If she didn't come, Xia Zijin would definitely go to the Buddhist hall to find her in private.

Yue Jing'an didn't answer right away, but just used a handkerchief to imprint almost no wine stains on her lips, her eyes wandered in the hall, and finally settled on Concubine Yue, who was sitting in the first row under the empress.Concubine Yue was also looking at Yue Jing'an, her eyes collided with each other, she couldn't help feeling embarrassed, and she looked away without showing any sign.

"Since the princess wants to talk about business, she must show some sincerity. Otherwise, how will I know whether the princess is worth my cooperation?"

Xia Zijin also became interested when he heard it, raised his eyebrows and said, "Concubine Lian, but it's okay to say."

"Every New Year's Day's small banquet in the harem, the emperor will arrive fifteen minutes after the banquet begins. When the emperor arrives, the concubines in the harem will naturally compete to attract the attention of the emperor. The princess only needs to draw the emperor's attention to me. , I don’t need the princess to worry about things after that.” Yue Jingan said slowly, as if she wanted to test Xia Zijin’s ability on purpose.

"What's so difficult?" Xia Zijin didn't think so. She chose Yue Jing'an, naturally because of Yue Jing'an's special status in Ming Shengdi's heart, which was unmatched by other concubines.

"Then I will wait and see."

On the small banquet, the princesses are generally silent, just because the small banquet is mostly for the concubines to compete for the first night of bedtime in the new year. If anyone stands out at the small banquet, Ming Shengdi will do it for him look sideways.

And for the past three years, the concubine Yue has been taking care of bedtime in the early spring every year. The art in the room served Ming Shengdi to the point of death.

"The Emperor is here!"

Just as all the concubines were eating vegetables and waiting for Luanjia without interest, they heard eunuchs' loud voices at the entrance of the main hall of Kunning Palace.

Everyone hastily straightened their clothes and hairpins, and the moment Ming Shengdi stepped into the hall, he leaned down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, Jin'an!"

Ming Shengdi raised his hand to signal everyone to flatten, stepped on the steps with his hands behind his back, lifted his robe and sat on the dragon chair next to Fengzuo.

"The emperor came just in time, and the concubine was just talking to the concubine De, if the emperor doesn't come again, I will invite you!" The queen took off the cloak on Ming Shengdi's shoulders and handed it to Xiao Xiazi behind him. laughed.

"Oh? Concubine Ai cares about me so much, I must have a few drinks with Concubine Ai later." Ming Shengdi smiled heartily, talking to Concubine De, his gray beard trembled with the words.

"The concubine obeys!" Concubine De lowered her eyes sweetly, even though she was over forty years old, there were not many traces of time.

"Your Majesty, you are so busy talking to Concubine De, why don't you even look at your concubine."

A soft and crisp voice was thrown towards Emperor Ming, only to see Concubine Yue flicking the square handkerchief in her hand, covering her face and jokingly, her eyes were like autumn water.

"Hahaha, I have only stepped into Kunning Palace for a while, how could I care about it?" Ming Shengdi was obviously in a very good mood, and he readily accepted Yue Guifei's infatuation.

Concubine Yue lifted up her skirt, Shi Shiran got up, stepped up the steps step by step, walked to the side of Ming Shengdi and said softly: "Then the emperor can take a closer look at the concubines now?"

Concubine Yue walked closer to Ming Shengdi while talking.Her dresses are all made of fresh spices extracted from fragrant winter flowers, and then smoked carefully, so that the scent can be smelled from such a close distance, neither weak nor strong, not greasy and not vulgar.

"I've been looking at your face for more than ten years, so why didn't you pay attention." Ming Shengdi was very pleased with Yue Guifei's coquettish words, he laughed and stretched out his hand to gently pinch her face, " Just sit beside me."

Sure enough, Jiang was still old and hot, and the concubines couldn't help but clenched their fists and became upset when they saw Concubine Yue's bold and indulgent speech and behavior, which attracted Ming Shengdi to invite her to sit beside her.

Several concubines who were not to be outdone also hurriedly spoke up to Ming Shengdi, for fear that this year's New Year's favor would be dominated by Concubine Yue again.

Xia Zijin and Yue Jing'an are sitting in the middle and back position on the right side, and both of her dresses are plain, not too eye-catching, and at this moment when the concubines and concubines are competing for beauty, they are even more unknown behind the scenes.

Yue Jing'an drank the plum wine in the glass unhurriedly, and glanced at Xia Zijin lightly. The dishes in front of her were not even touched. Under such circumstances, the delicacies on the table were just decorations.

Xia Zijin felt Yue Jing'an's gaze, and knew that it was time for her to act.

Xia Zijin responded by giving Yue Jing'an a look of calmness and calmness, and picked up the jug with her plain hand, filled the empty jade cup in front of her with a glass of plum wine, slowly picked it up with her hand, and sent it to Yue Jing'an.

"Concubine Lian, this princess toasts you... oh, why did you spill it!" Xia Zijin exclaimed in a raised voice, tilting her wrist slightly when toasting Yue Jing'an, and skillfully sprinkled the wine on Yue Jing'an. Jing'an's knees, to avoid spilling on the front of the front, so as not to be rude in front of the imperial court.

Yue Jing'an's eyes moved, and she understood that Xia Zijin had started to move, and she also hooked her lips to cooperate, shaking her head lightly and saying it's okay, so that Xia Zijin and the two could pretend to wipe the wine stains on their knees.

The movement of the two really attracted Ming Shengdi, who was chatting and laughing with the concubines, he raised his eyes to look at this table, originally he just glanced at it lightly, but his pupils shrank when he saw the person next to Xia Zijin clearly. The whole person was in a daze, and murmured involuntarily.

"Jing Lan..."

Hearing Ming Shengdi's soft call, Concubine Yue Guifei and the Empress felt a thump in their hearts. Then they suddenly realized why when they saw Concubine Lian just now, they thought her attire seemed familiar. Lan is exactly the same!
(End of this chapter)