Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 144 I'm Not Fat

In mid-October, Luodu City was very lively. The new emperor had been on the throne for two years, and the funeral of the first emperor had passed. Envoys from all sides of the border were sent to congratulate.

The city started to be busy two months ago. The guild halls for all parties' envoys had been repaired. On October [-]th, the city gates of Luodu City were opened wide to welcome the envoys. There were many people on the street watching.

These come to make a lot of strange clothes, in October, there are half a dozen shirtless, and there are also thick furs, each of which is different.

The banquet has already been arranged in the palace. These people are temporarily resting in the guild hall, and officials from the Ministry of Rites will take them into the palace. There was such a time when the late emperor was a few decades ago. At that time, Lin Wenxi was not an official, and Lin Qingran also It's not even born yet, and it's the first time she's seen Sheng Que like this.

October is the beginning of autumn, the weather is very cool, and it is not hot at noon. The envoys arrived early in the morning and have a banquet in the palace at noon. At this time, the officials, men and women who are invited are all sitting outside the palace. The envoys were brought in batch by batch by officials, and naturally there were congratulatory gifts for visiting.

Lin Qingran entrusted the blessings of the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Gui, and was placed at the lower left not far from the Concubine Gui. It was clear that Dalang Erlang was not very old, so they were all arranged beside Lin Qingran. Sitting, Bo Geer looked around curiously.

The first envoy who came in was directly brought up with tributes.

Sitting at the top, Xiao Jingyi looked at the few people who came to salute with a serious face. The leader of the envoy knelt down towards the emperor, and then asked someone to open several boxes of things.

The officer on the side read out the things that the envoy sent, the rare treasures, and the local characteristics.

The one behind came up, and the gift was even more special. The person following behind the envoy was holding two horses. Just looking at the color of the horses, they were of high quality. It was in Feng'an, a small country facing north. It is rich in foals, most of which are high-quality horses, and they will pay tribute to the imperial court every year. According to the envoy himself, these two foals were bred by the best horses in their country.

Xiao Jingyi nodded slightly, with appreciation for the horse in his eyes. After the envoy sat down, the next one came up. The two envoys, a man and a woman, were the first. There were seven or eight boxes behind them. After the officer said , the male envoy took out a piece of jade from one of the boxes, which needed two hands to hold enough. There was nothing to support it, and there was nothing to put it in. He just held it with two hands and knelt down in front of the emperor.

The people below were naturally amazed. Looking at such a large piece of jade from a distance, the quality is very good, so it is likely that the rest of the boxes are filled with this.

But those who were sitting couldn't see what was in the box. Lin Qingran squinted slightly to look at the jade that was so clear under the sun, while the person sitting in front was talking in a low voice.

This is a small tribe located in the south of Feng'an called Xiyue, and the jade in the messenger's hands should be the only kind of jade produced there.

Anything that can be presented will not be bad. Lin Qingran's eyes fell on the female messenger. This girl is really beautiful.

Lin Qingran withdrew her gaze, and the envoys who came up next made a lot of male officials below move. Two envoys brought ten beauties with them. Would it not cause an uproar when they came up like this?

The ten girls seem to be at the age of thirteen or fourteen. The emperor is twelve this year, and there are still several years before the big wedding, but at the age of fourteen or five, they can have bed servants first. Most of these candidates for bed attendants are Ladies, after the emperor's wedding, after marrying the empress and setting up concubines, these maids who served the bed can be included in the harem, but they will not be of high grade.

And the ten girls who are paying tribute now have the same intention.

Waiting for all the envoys to offer their offerings and the banquet officially began, Bo Geer was already half full, sitting there watching the dancers on the stage, lacking in interest.

The noon banquet is to welcome the envoys, and the afternoon banquet, the men and women will come separately.

In today’s harem, there is no queen or concubine, and the empress dowager must be the empress dowager to preside over it. The female relatives are invited to the back garden. In the afternoon, there is a play in the back garden, and everyone sits here and listens to the play. In the evening, you can go back after attending the dinner.

"Mrs. Shao, Your Majesty the Concubine, please come over." A court lady came over, and Lin Qingran took the child and went to the attic. See the stage.

Seeing Lin Qingran coming in, the imperial concubine waved at Brother Bo, "Come, come to Ai's house."

Brother Bo glanced at his mother, walked towards the Concubine Gui, and obediently greeted her. The Concubine Li smiled and said to Concubine Li, "This is the child of the Shao family that the Ai family said."

There are not two children in the palace who can please the imperial concubine. Li Taifei is quite surprised, how can a child from a court official's family make the imperial concubine so interested? It's not the Zhang family, so I can't help but look more Lin Qingran took a few glances.

"Why is it you?" A charming voice came from the door, the little girl walked in, followed by several maids, and seeing Brother Han beside Lin Qingran, her brows frowned on her beautiful face, "That's not right , I remember you were not so thin before." He stretched out his hand and pinched Brother Han's face directly, "Could it be that I misidentified the person."

"Xiuhe!" Concubine Li scolded softly, "Don't be rude!"

Xiuhe stomped his feet and looked at Concubine Li coquettishly, "Concubine Mother, I am not being unreasonable, I am greeting him."

Concubine Li looked at Lin Qingran apologetically, "Madam Shao, this child is spoiled, don't take it to heart."

What can Lin Qingran say, she shook her head with a smile, Xiuhe looked at Brother Han boldly, blinked her eyes, and said to herself, "No, I can't be mistaken, tell me, are you that fat boy?" .”

"Xiuhe!" Concubine Li was really angry, it was really rude to say such words in front of others.

"My princess asked you something!" Seeing that Brother Han didn't answer, Xiuhe became angry. It was useless for Concubine Li to scold her, she still looked at Brother Han in her own way.

"Princess, I'm not a fat man, I should not be the fat boy you mentioned." At least he was a little older, Brother Han was able to deal with what Xiuhe said this time, and replied kindly and respectfully, looking at Xiuhe.

"I'm not as cute as before when I've lost weight." Xiuhe didn't get angry when he heard him say that, and stretched out his hand to pinch his face with a smile.

This time even Lin Qingran was a little taken aback, her son was molested.

It was a good time to meet once, but Concubine Li felt that she was too embarrassing for Concubine Gui, so she got up and pulled Xiuhe past, said goodbye to Concubine Gui, and dragged Xiuhe to leave the attic.

Concubine Gui asked Lin Qingran to sit down, and looked at Brother Han with a smile, "Does it still hurt? Xiuhe's nature is not bad, but he was spoiled."

Brother Han shook his head, it hurts, can it not hurt after these two pinches.

"Xiuhe is the youngest child of the late emperor. When the late emperor was around, he loved her a lot. This kind of temper gave her arrogance. Concubine Li is soft-tempered and can't control her. She is willing to listen to the words of the empress dowager on weekdays." Gui Taifei Smiling and talking to Lin Qingran, this was an explanation for how many times Concubine Li scolded Xiuhe just now and didn't listen to her.

"When Sister Ning grows up, bring her into the palace to show the Ai family." The imperial concubine touched Bo Ge'er's head and said, "The life in this palace is idle now, wait a few years I'm done, and I'm still idle." To her, the status of a concubine has nothing to do with the prosperity of the palace.

"If the concubine wants to, you can go out of the palace for a walk." Lin Qingran glanced at the stage outside the window where the opera was being performed to its climax, and suggested with a smile.

"I'm getting old, I can't walk anymore." The Concubine Gui laughed with a calm expression.

Lin Qingran chatted with her for a while, and Bo Ge'er fell asleep on the couch next to the imperial concubine. In fact, Bo Ge'er was sleepy when he just entered the door.

The Grand Concubine ordered the windows to be closed, and the singing outside became quieter. After a while, a palace maid came to report, and the Grand Concubine nodded, "Bring it in."

The maid went out, and came in with a plate covered with a piece of red silk. The imperial concubine looked at Lin Qingran with a smile, "The ones sent by the emperor just now are all tributes. You can choose which ones you like."

The maid took the red silk and satin away, and there were seven or eight boxes on the plate, all of which were jade pendants and bracelets.

How can I let her choose, Lin Qingran was about to refuse, and was startled when she saw the jade tablet in the box on the left. The clean jade tablet was shaped like a jade tablet, and the patterns on both sides and sides hadn't been engraved yet. Lin Qingran just felt that the jade was very familiar.

The imperial concubine felt that she took one piece and it was not enough, so she asked the maid to bring it to her, and picked out another four pieces, three children plus their husband and wife.

"Ma'am, you can't do it." Lin Qingran waved her hands away, so many precious things.

"Take it, Ai's family doesn't need so much. If the children like it, carve it and wear it by your side." The concubine Gui motioned for her to accept it, Lin Qingran had no choice but to give it up, thinking of giving some away at that time What return gift to the princess

After the dinner party, I went out of the palace. It was getting late. I returned to Boge and fell asleep. Han was also in a daze. I asked the nanny to take him down to sleep. Lin Qingran didn’t feel sleepy at all. Showed Shao Ziyu all the things she had, and picked up the jade token she had chosen, "Look, does this look familiar?"

Shao Ziyu put it under the candlestick and looked at it, "You mean it's the same as the Yuegouyu in Ling'er's hand."

"I still think it's the same as the jade that the Xiyue Tribe paid tribute to." Although she only looked at it from a distance, she still felt that it was carved from the same kind of jade as the jade pendant in Ling'er's hand.

"Yuegou jade is indeed similar to this piece." They are not very familiar with jade, but they just judged it very simply. They also said that the things that the Xiyue tribe pays tribute are unique to their tribe, so this jade should only be produced there. After all, the things that are used as tribute are of great value, and it is impossible for everyone to have them.

"If it's the same jade, the quality of Yuegou jade is even better than this one." Shao Ziyu thought of the unknown origin that Princess Yue kept emphasizing at that time, the origin of Ling'er's mother was unknown, and the direction of the third group of people's disappearance also made him feel that this group of people The origin of the person is unknown, and with this jade pendant, Shao Ziyu has an answer in his heart. Maybe if he explains it like this, everything will make sense
(End of this chapter)