Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 71 Sending Flowers
The emperor and Chen Wenxin were admiring plum blossoms in the snow and talking.He also instructed the palace servants in the plum garden to fold plum blossoms, saying that this branch was beautiful, but that branch was a little crooked.

"Pick this branch carefully, the bottom one blooms very well, don't let it damage it."

Seeing that she was cherishing the flowers, the emperor stepped forward and picked off the branch she said to pick carefully.The emperor picked the lower one alone, and put it on Chen Wenxin's temple.

Seeing that dozens of white plums had been planted in the bamboo basket, the palace servants came to ask again whether the red plums and winter plums should be picked.

The emperor thought that Chen Wenxin was a Han Chinese, and that as the New Year approached, he would like red to add joy, but Chen Wenxin shook his head unexpectedly.

"The red plums are still the most beautiful when they reflect the snow. The palace is originally a red wall, and it would be rather vulgar to put red plums."

She suddenly remembered that the fourth elder brother likes golden color, so she said: "Fold some of those wintersweets too, and put them in later and send them to Yonghe Palace."

The emperor knew that it was for the fourth elder brother, but it was difficult to say it publicly, so he only mentioned the Yonghe Palace.

In this way, others thought that she was going to give it to Debi to comfort her illness.

This room is still folding plums, Nan Huairen has already finished painting.

His painting shelf was placed in the distance, with a pile of colored paints on hand, and the little eunuch heated water into the paints from time to time to prevent the paints from freezing.

He held up the painting himself, and there was a benefit in this world of ice and snow, as the oil painting was done as soon as it was painted.

Chen Wenxin saw that the emperor and her in the painting were wearing white cloaks and standing under the red plum blossoms.The emperor stretched out his hand to put flowers on her temples, and she lowered her head shyly.

Because the white cloak collided with the snow, Nan Huairen did not draw the snow, but used the earthy brown ground to set off the white clothes of the two.

"The slave didn't paint the emperor's aura, nor did he paint the concubines and concubines who are beautiful and beautiful. This slave deserves to die."

Nan Huairen made the apology first, so it's hard for him to be a foreigner, and he even knows how to describe Chen Wenxin as beautiful and heavenly.

The emperor was happy, in this painting he was wearing casual clothes, if it was painted as majestic as he was sitting in the court, it would be awkward.

Chen Wenxin's beauty is rare in the world, and Nan Huairen knew that it was difficult to draw her likeness, so he put a lot of effort into her figure, so that her temperament is outstanding.

This is already a good drawing.

"It's hard for Aiqing to paint with bare hands in the ice and snow. This painting is very good. What is the crime? I will reward you!" The emperor ordered Li Dequan: "In a moment, send the palanquin to send Master Nan back."

Chen Wenxin also felt that the painting was similar, Nan Huairen did not beautify the characters to the extreme for flattery.There may also be another reason, that is, both the emperor and her appearance are excellent, and Nan Huairen has nothing to beautify.

"The emperor's painting is so gentle."

In the painting, the emperor bowed his head, with a smile on his lips, one hand was covering her shoulders, and the other hand was holding flowers for her.The two looked like a young couple from a wealthy family, admiring the flowers in the garden and whispering.

She remembered what she saw in history books in her previous life, the image of the emperor sitting on the dragon throne.The concubines in the harem look almost exactly the same, and it is impossible to recognize who is who.

In ancient times, there was no plastic surgery technology, so how could all concubines look the same?

This is clearly over-glamorized.

The emperor also liked this painting very much, and ordered Haosheng to frame it and hang it on the wall of the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Xiao Lizi went back to Qianqing Palace to get the pair of Chu red Lianzhu bottles, and sent them to Yikun Palace to insert the bottles for Chen Wenxin.She herself chose a pair of thin and long blue and white porcelain from the warehouse, and the golden wintersweet plums were just right.

Xiao Lizi sent a pair of Lianzhu vases filled with white plums back to Qianqing Palace, one was placed next to the screen behind the emperor's imperial case, and Li Dequan personally sent the other to Compassionate Palace.

The Empress Dowager was bored in winter, and she was lying on the couch talking to the mother to relieve boredom.Hearing that the emperor had sent Li Dequan to the outside, he thought it was some serious matter.

Li Dequan sent two young eunuchs to carefully carry Baimei in, and he first responded respectfully to the Empress Dowager: "The emperor gave the Empress Dowager a gift of Baimei, saying that the road is slippery in the snow, and the Empress Dowager is not easy to move around. Tete folded the white plums and sent them to the Empress Dowager to watch."

Since ancient times, beauties love flowers and heroes love swords.Although the Empress Dowager is old, she was also a famous beauty in Horqin when she was young. How could she not love flowers?
She got off the couch by herself, and the nanny hurriedly came to help her. The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "The emperor has a heart, and he often wants to send some flowers to Ai's family to enjoy."

The Empress Dowager saw that the flowers were well arranged and did not look like the handwriting of a court lady, so she asked: "What is the emperor doing today? The year is approaching, and the government must be busy. It will take a lot of time just to meet the envoys from various countries."

Li Dequan accompanied him with a smile and said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the emperor and his concubine Qin went to the plum garden today to enjoy the flowers. The flowers were inserted by the concubine Qin herself. The emperor also called Mr. Nan Huairen to follow the method of Western painting, I painted portraits of the emperor and the concubine Qin."

The Empress Dowager had never seen Western paintings before, so she didn't know what it looked like, so she asked Li Dequan.

Li Dequan described: "The human figures in Western paintings are lifelike, unlike our Chinese paintings, where you can't tell who is who. If the Empress Dowager saw that painting, she would be able to tell at a glance that it was the emperor and the concubine Qin. .”

She looked closely at Baimei with icy muscles and bones, thinking that the emperor and concubine Qin really had intentions.White plum blossoms are inconspicuous in the snow, but they are more beautiful than red plum blossoms in the house.

The more I looked at it, the more I felt that this flower was very good, so the Empress Dowager said happily: "Mommy Su, give it a quick reward."

The Empress Dowager seldom goes out, and she doesn't like concubines in the harem to pay her respects, and she hasn't rewarded anyone for a long time.

Li De is well-rounded, thinking that thanks to the concubine Qin's proposal to give the empress dowager white plums, not only was the emperor praised, but he was also rewarded by the empress dowager.

As soon as Li Dequan went back to report to the emperor, the emperor sent some exquisite western paintings to the empress dowager.He also asked Li Dequan to bring a message to the Empress Dowager, saying that if he liked it, he would ask Nan Huairen to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to show her a painting.

Concubine De was also a little surprised when Yonghe Palace received two bottles of wintersweet from Yikun Palace.

She intends to make friends with Concubine Qin, but Concubine Qin's attitude is lukewarm, why did she take the initiative this time?
Thinking about the fact that she sent someone to check on her illness a few days ago, she probably understood her intention of friendship.The color of this wintersweet is golden, and the color of the blue and white porcelain is exactly the same, and it looks very happy.

"The flowers are fresh and have a good fragrance. The master is bored in the house all day long, and he likes to look at them."

Mammy also thought the flowers were good, and the arrangement was unique.Debi admired it for a while, then ordered it to be sent to the fourth elder brother in the East Side Hall.

"The fourth elder brother has been bored with me in the palace recently, so give him a bottle of these flowers to play with. Just be careful not to let him damage it. This is the kindness of Concubine Qin."

Mammy retreated under orders, and asked the little eunuch to pick up a vase and send it to the East Side Hall.

When the fourth elder brother saw the flower, his eyes lit up, and he asked where it came from.

After Mammy said so and so, the fourth elder brother showed a sweet smile on his face.

He knew that only Chen Erniang remembered that he liked the golden color, she must be afraid that he would be bored in Yonghe Palace recently, so she specially sent wintersweet flowers.

The flowers in the plum garden must all be in bloom, right?

Seeing that it was the Spring Festival, Er Niang's illness should have recovered by then, and he would probably be able to go to Yikun Palace for a walk.

The last time Bai Lu came to ask about his situation, she also told him about the situation of the fat thief.

It's cold, the fat thief is lazy and doesn't like to move.Only the jerky was eaten more than usual, and his body was fatter.

He couldn't wait to hug the fat thief.

(End of this chapter)