The Job of an Imperial Concubine

"Master, are you still thinking about what happened yesterday?" Ting Zhu tied her hair for Zhuang Luoyan, thinking that it was Zhuang Luoyan who thought of the pain of the dead maid, so she persuaded him: "This is the case in this harem, if you take a wrong step, you will be killed." It’s hell, master, you don’t need to pay too much attention to it.”

Zhuang Luoyan nodded and didn't say anything, but she knew what happened yesterday.

Concubine Rou had a different standpoint from her, so when that maid was near Taoyu Pavilion, she deliberately asked Fubao to go out to scare the maid and give her a warning, but she was so timid that she pretended to pick two peaches He walked out in a hurry, and as soon as he went out, he bumped into the empress dowager who was not in a good mood.

What puzzled her was why this court lady wandered around the Taoyu Pavilion on purpose, and Concubine Rou came too fast. Who else was responsible for this?

Suddenly, I thought of Ye Shurong's miscarriage, the two maids who died inexplicably, Jin Liangyi who was thrown into the cold palace by the emperor, and the current conflicts between the Ye family sisters, the empress dowager's several times of confrontation with the emperor, and the inexplicable empress dowager this time. Come to see an inconspicuous peach orchard, and this kind of thing happened again. What is the problem?

Was it because someone wanted to plot her against her, or Concubine Rou, or someone else who wanted to plot against her, but ended up being spoiled by himself, and in the end, Concubine Rou was scolded by the Queen Mother?

"What's the maid's name? Is there anyone on good terms in the palace?" Zhuang Luoyan stopped Tingzhu from inserting a red coral hairpin into her hair, pulled out the red coral hairpin from Tingzhu's hand, and took it out of the box. Pick out a piece of jadeite and hand it over to Tingzhu.

Ting Zhu followed Zhuang Luoyan's wishes and changed her hairpin, "I only know that this maid is called Jintao, she is a maid in charge of cleaning at Concubine Rou's place, and she can't get close to Concubine Rou on weekdays."

Hearing Zhu's meaning, he also seemed to suspect that this matter was strange, Zhuang Luoyan put the coral hairpin back into the dressing box, "I don't need to inquire about this matter for the time being." Even the emperor intervened yesterday, it should not be a simple matter.

Today the Empress Dowager spared all the concubines to pay their respects, and all the concubines felt relieved, and Zhuang Luoyan walked slowly in the garden, thinking about the conversation and laughing of all the concubines this morning. There is no difference, even Concubine Rou, who was reprimanded by the Queen Mother, is still intact, which shows the city of these women.

Not long after returning to Taoyu Pavilion, the eunuch of the Qianzheng Palace declared a decree to bring the emperor's rewards, which were nothing more than palace satin, hairpins and pearls. The only special thing was probably a pot of Podocarpus bonsai, which was pruned to perfection. It is very meaningful and makes people feel comfortable just looking at it. It is perfect to be placed in the outer room.

"Master Zhao, before the servant left, the emperor said that there is still Luo Hansong at the emperor's place. If you are not satisfied with this pot, you can change it to another one." The eunuch who announced the decree said with a smile.

"Thank you, Father-in-law, this pot is very good." Zhuang Luoyan noticed that the pattern on the white-bottomed blue-and-white porcelain with Podocarpus pine was actually Liu Yuexue. Was the emperor expressing his love for him?

"I like it very much." The smile on Zhuang Luorou's face instantly brightened, and he rewarded the eunuch with a purse, and carefully wiped the edge of the pot with a handkerchief. It seemed that the potted plants were very precious, but he seemed relatively indifferent to those palace satin, pearl and jade hairpins.

The eunuch who passed the decree looked at the Podocarpus pine in puzzlement. Although the bonsai was good, it was not a rare thing. How could Zhao Chongyi like these things.

The eunuch passing the decree returned to Qianzheng Palace to report the decree, the emperor would just nod in the past, but after he finished speaking today, the emperor suddenly spoke.

"Does Zhao Chongyi like those things?" Feng Jin just went down to the court, and while untiing the emperor's crown, he looked at the eunuch who passed the decree. The eunuch who passed the decree felt inexplicably nervous. Manager Gao also looked at himself.

"Back, back to the emperor, Zhao Chongyi likes it very much." He paused, and still told the whole story of what happened in Taoyu Pavilion, "At first, Zhao Chongyi was already happy, but after looking at the Podocarpus bonsai, even more so. He was overjoyed and gave the servant an ingot of gold, when the servant left, he saw Zhao Chongyi wiping the side of the basin with a handkerchief, and he thought he liked the basin of arhat very much."

"Well, since Zhao Chongyi rewarded you with one ingot of gold, I will reward you with two ingots of gold. Gao Dezhong will take him down to get it." Feng Jin handed the imperial crown to the female officer, seeming to be in a good mood.

"Yes," Gao Dezhong led the eunuch passing the decree out the door, and smiled at the eunuch passing the decree, "You are really lucky, but Zhao Chongyi really likes that pot of Luo Hansong?"

"Back to the manager, how dare the slaves tell lies? Manager Gao, you didn't look at it. Originally, the slaves saw that Zhao Chongyi had a normal expression on those palace satin and pearls, but I didn't know that Zhao Chongyi would be happy when he saw the Podocarpus pine In such a state, the servant has also gone to Taoyu Pavilion to convey the order several times, and I really have never seen Zhao Chongyi happy today." The eunuch who delivered the order shook his head, still not understanding why Zhao Chongyi suddenly became happy .

"Master's affairs, you slaves don't think too much," Gao Dezhong took two ingots of gold to the eunuch, "Master's affairs, slaves don't talk too much, understand?"

The eunuch who delivered the decree nodded hurriedly when he heard the words. He was able to gain some status in Qianzheng Palace, so he naturally had brains. In addition, Director Gao reminded him like this, so why didn't he understand that this matter should not be mentioned to others.

After Gao Dezhong returned to Feng Jin's side, he repeated what the eunuch had said just now, looking at the emperor's face, he seemed very satisfied with Zhao Chongyi.

Listening to Zhu and Yun Xi both knew what the master said a few days ago, and now seeing the emperor bestowing this, they are also happy together, and can't wait to ask the gardener how to take care of this Podocarpus pine.

Zhuang Luoyan thought about the flowers and plants that were bestowed on her, first Gejinzi, then water lilies, and now Podocarpus pine, the emperor will prepare a flower shop in his next life, right?

But the workmanship of this blue and white porcelain pot is really good, and it may be sold at a sky-high price when it is auctioned by later generations.

Because the emperor had to reward any concubine he favored recently, and the women in the harem were used to seeing it, so the concubines in Taoyu Pavilion had no other reaction after receiving the reward. As usual, the queen brought a gift, although it was not expensive, but at least she put on a virtuous and generous attitude.

The emperor ran around among the women in the harem, but he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. He didn't turn over the names of the Ye family sisters. Even the queen's cousin, Sun Huiji, got the favor and was promoted to Sun Ronghua, equal to Ye Ronghua.

When Zhuang Luoyan heard that the queen's cousin was promoted to Ronghua, she couldn't help but sigh. This emperor is really wicked. There are so many titles in the harem that she can't count. Is Ye Wanmei embarrassed?

When paying respects to the queen, Zhuang Luoyan looked at the newly promoted Sun Ronghua, seeing her cowardly appearance, couldn't help sighing that such a young girl became a victim of the harem struggle, not to mention other people, just Even the queen probably used her as a pawn.

It rained a lot at night, but it relieved a lot of heat. After Zhuang Luoyan left Jingyang Palace, he suddenly became interested in admiring the lotus. She heard that there was a beautiful lotus pond not far from the imperial garden, but unfortunately she had never had the chance to see it, so she thought about it, so she made up her mind to have a look.

Arriving at the lotus pond, the lotus inside really bloomed very beautifully, Zhuang Luoyan couldn't help doing the act of destroying the flowers for a while, and just as he stood up, he heard a young voice behind him.

"Is Zhao Chongyi in front?"

Zhuang Luoyan looked back, it was Sun Ronghua wearing a pink skirt, she showed a gentle smile.

"I've seen Zhao Chongyi." Sun Ronghua saluted obediently, giving the impression of a good girl, Zhuang Luoyan couldn't help feeling, both of them were eighteen years old, why didn't he have such a pure feeling, could it be that the soul determines the temperament?

"Sun Ronghua doesn't need to be too polite," Zhuang Luoyan smiled and nodded, "Sun Ronghua is also here to appreciate the lotus?"

"I heard that the lotus blooms well here, so I came to have a look." Sun Ronghua glanced at the lotus pond, "It's a pity that the lotus is not at its most beautiful right now, and it will be the most beautiful after a few days."

"For me, it's the same at any time, as long as it's in bloom, it's beautiful." Zhuang Luoyan looked at the lotus in his hand, "I still have some things to do, so I won't be with Sun Ronghua."

"Congratulations to Zhao Chongyi," Sun Ronghua bowed his knees, and suddenly added behind Zhuang Luoyan's back: "The flowers must bloom correctly to be the most beautiful."

Zhuang Luoyan looked at Sun Ronghua and said, "There are flowers that can be folded straight, don't wait for no flowers to be broken." After speaking, he took the folded lotus and sat on the walking cart and left.

Sun Ronghua watched the group go away expressionlessly, then turned back slowly, looked at the water in the lotus pond, and twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Master, what does Sun Ronghua mean?" Yun Xi was a little worried, "I always feel that this Sun Ronghua is not as simple as it seems."

"I'm too impatient," Zhuang Luoyan inserted a few lotus flowers into the Changjin bottle, and said unhurriedly: "She talks like this to me today, and she will talk like this to other concubines tomorrow, it seems The empress's cousin, compared with the empress, her bearing is too far behind."

Zhuang Luoyan somewhat understood what the original owner of this body looked like. When she first got the favor that day, she was probably like this Sun Ronghua. She was so proud that she forgot who she was and who else was in this harem.

Two days later in the night, a burst of thunder pierced through the thunder, and Zhuang Luoyan sat up from the bed in fright, looking at the dark night illuminated by lightning, wondering if it was her wrong sentence, she seemed to hear a woman screaming from afar. cry.