The Imperial Concubine Just Wants To Be a Salted Fish Every Day

I heard that the emperor was obsessed with cleanliness and paid great attention to personal hygiene.

But just now they saw the imperial concubine nibbling on melon seeds with their own eyes, and the melon seeds might be stained with her saliva, but the emperor could eat them without changing his face. Is this still called cleanliness? !

I'm afraid this is not a fake cleanliness!

As the bell rang, the last day of the year passed.

The new year is here!

Everyone got up one after another and congratulated the emperor on the Chinese New Year.

Luo Qinghan asked people to issue Chinese New Year gifts.

With everyone's congratulations, the emperor and his concubine went back to Yunxiu Palace together.

According to the palace rules, on New Year's Eve, the emperor will rest in the Jiaofang Hall.

However, now that there is no owner in the middle palace, and the Jiaofang Palace is empty, the emperor naturally does not pay attention to those, and he sleeps wherever he wants.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, the emperor led the concubines and concubines of the harem, relatives of the royal family, and hundreds of civil and military officials to the Taimiao Temple to worship their ancestors.

Ancestor worship is a very complicated thing.

Just kneeling, you have to kneel for more than an hour.

As a noble concubine, Xiao Xixi was at the forefront of the female family members, with countless pairs of eyes staring at her behind her. She couldn't be lazy if she wanted to, so she could only kneel and do not move.

Fortunately, the emperor had instructed her in advance that a thick futon was prepared for her, which relieved her a little pain.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites stood on the high steps and sang the sacrificial words aloud.

The lengthy sacrifice speech seemed to be unfinished, like half of a lullaby, Xiao Xixi was dizzy when she heard it, and she wished she fell on the ground and fell asleep on the spot.

After finally waiting for the end of the sacrifice, everyone got up one after another.

Kneeling for a long time can easily make people feel dizzy when they get up. If their health is not very good on weekdays, they may even faint on the spot.

Fortunately, everyone's perseverance is very strong, no matter how drowsy, they still stand up with gritted teeth, and there is no such thing as a loss of honor in front of the royal family.

Next is the fragrance part.

The Empress Dowager is very old, and she has not participated in the New Year's ancestor worship in recent years. In the past, Empress Qin replaced her with offering incense to the ancestors. Now that there is no queen, this errand falls on the noble concubine.

After the emperor finished offering incense, it was Xiao Xixi's turn.

She properly inserted the three sticks of incense into the incense burner, knelt down and bowed three times, stood up with the help of Baoqin, and retreated behind the emperor.

Then there is the part of prayer and divination.

The so-called blessing is to pray for good weather and good luck in the coming year, and the prosperity of the country and the people.

Asking fortune-telling is to ask the heaven whether Dashengchao’s national fortune is good or bad this year by means of divination and fortune telling.

These are all arranged by the Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian a long time ago. No matter how they are calculated, the final result is sure to be auspicious.

To put it bluntly, these are just passing scenes, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people.

By the time the entire ancestor worship ceremony was completed, it was already afternoon.

The crowd returned to the palace in carriages.

Xiao Xixi was still riding in the same carriage with the emperor.

There were only the two of them in the car, Xiao Xixi didn't need to worry, she lifted up her skirt and rolled up her trouser legs, revealing her red knees and calves.

She pouted and muttered, "It hurts."

Luo Qinghan held her fair and slender calf, lowered her head, and blew two breaths on her knee.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Xiao Xixi immediately lifted the other trouser leg: "And here."

Luo Qinghan didn't whistle this time, but directly kissed her knee.

Xiao Xixi blushed, and hummed, "It's just to make you whimper, why did you kiss me?"

Luo Qinghan: "If you want to kiss, you can kiss, no need for a reason."

Just righteous.

Xiao Xixi touched his leg: "You've been kneeling for so long, your leg should be hurting too, right? I'll help you wheeze."

Luo Qinghan: "It's okay, I'm used to it."

Ancestor worship is an indispensable link every year. He has experienced it once a year since he was a child, and he has long been accustomed to it.

He opened a hidden compartment in the car and took out a bottle of medicinal oil.

He poured the medicated oil into the palm of his hand, rubbed it hot and covered it on his scruffy calf, rubbing it slowly.

Xiao Xixi took a deep breath: "It hurts!"

Luo Qinghan: "Be patient, it will be fine in a while."

He didn't lie, and the pain disappeared after a while, replaced by a cool feeling.

Xiao Xixi asked in surprise: "What kind of medicinal oil is this? It works so fast."

Luo Qinghan: "Fang Wujiu specially prepared it for you."

After rubbing this leg, rub that leg again.

After rubbing both legs, Luo Qinghan wiped his hands, put away the medicated oil, looked up, and saw that Xiao Xixi had fallen asleep leaning against the wall of the car at some point.

She got up before dawn today to dress up. She had been busy for a long time for ancestor worship, and she was already exhausted. She couldn't help but fall asleep before she could go back to the palace.

Luo Qinghan carefully brought the person over and asked her to rest her head on his shoulder.

After returning to the palace, Xiao Xixi was carried to the bed by the emperor.

She rolled over and went back to sleep.

Unfortunately, she didn't sleep long before she was called up.

Time to get ready for dinner.

Xiao Xixi was lying on the bed, holding the quilt and refusing to get up.

Baoqin and Drizzle worked together to grab the quilt.

Even if he lost his favorite quilt, Xiao Xixi still refused to get up, his determined attitude was like a nail house, nailed to the bed.

Baoqin and Drizzle had no choice but to make persistent efforts to pull the nail off the bed.

Xiao Xixi was almost carried to the dressing table.

The maids circled around her, grooming her and serving her to change her clothes and shoes.

She didn't even know how she left Yunxiu Palace, let alone how she got to Country Garden.

Anyway, when she came back to her senses, the banquet had already begun, and there were many royal family members sitting below, while the emperor was sitting next to her, and the empress dowager was sitting on the other side of the emperor.

The clansmen got up and toasted the emperor one after another, wishing the emperor all the best in the new year, peace and prosperity.

The emperor raised his glass in response.

Xiao Xixi also took a drink.

The concentration of this wine is not high, like a fruit wine, not spicy, and a little sweet.

As soon as she put down the wine glass, she heard the emperor beside her ask in a low voice.

"woke up?"

Xiao Xixi looked at Luo Qinghan and smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Um."

Luo Qinghan squeezed her hand gently and whispered, "Thank you for your hard work."

Originally, Xiao Xixi was still a little angry when she got up, but now she is not angry at all.

No matter how hard she worked, it was not as hard as the emperor.

Xiao Xixi gave the emperor a bowl of soup first, and then a bowl of soup for herself.

After drinking the soup, Xiao Xixi was about to pick up vegetables, but she was keenly aware that there was a bad look looking at him.

The position she was in was a bit higher than all the guests present, and the faces of everyone present could be easily seen here.

At this moment, she glanced over and quickly found the source of the unfriendly gaze.

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Good morning everyone~

Extend your hand and ask for a monthly ticket~~~