The Self-cultivation of the Noble Concubine Who Eats Melon

Song Yunzhao looked at the flowers sent to him, and slightly raised his head to look at the visitor, "What's the meaning of this?"

Dong Guiren was stared at by Song Yunzhao, and felt a little nervous for a while, forced a smile and said: "When I came back to Jieyu, I wanted to put a vase of flowers on your food table, and the Mid-Autumn Festival flower viewing can be regarded as an added touch. bright color."

Song Yunzhao said lightly: "I don't like these, take them back."

Dong Guiren's face froze, she didn't expect Song Yunzhao to refuse so flatly, she immediately felt a little embarrassed. The vase in his hand was like a hot potato, and he looked like he was about to cry.

Seeing her like this, Song Yunzhao felt hesitant for a while, she didn't say anything, she just didn't want to spend money, why Dong Guiren seemed to be bullied by her.

Han Jinyi looked at Song Yunzhao's face, then turned to look at Dong Guiren and said, "It's just a vase of flowers, if Song Jieyu doesn't like you take it back, it's fine to show it to someone, I don't know if you think we are bullying you." You, this is really unjust."

When Han Jinyi said this, Lu Zhixue realized that something was wrong. He had been punished more times recently, so he stared at Dong Guiren and asked directly: "You are just a nobleman, you are acting like this to force us to accept Your flower? You are so brave!"

Song Yunzhao glanced at Lu Zhixue, why are we the only ones?

Dong Guiren was clearly targeting her, Han Jinyi just protected her, why did Lu Zhixue jump into the pit too?

This is not right?

Guiren Dong: ...

Being stared at by the three of them like this, she didn't dare to do anything even if she had the guts of a bear, so she hurriedly said: "I don't mean that, Lu Lu misunderstood, I will leave now."

Dong Guiren almost ran away, Song Yunzhao stared at her back, saw that she had gone all the way back, indeed the flower arrangements were much less, when she looked up, she saw that many food tables were decorated with flower arrangements, which looked really pleasing to the eye.

With a thought, she looked up at the throne, and saw that the emperor's food table was empty at this time, and before she could look away, she saw Chen Guiji holding a vase of flowers and putting it on it.

Song Yunzhao sneered in his heart, but didn't say anything.

Lu Zhixue saw that Song Yunzhao's expression was not right, she looked over and saw Chen Guiji walking down, and then looked at the vase of flowers in front of the throne, thinking that Song Yunzhao was jealous.

She snorted in her heart, but it was just a vase of flowers, but she put it in her eyes. If the emperor favored others someday, she would have to close the door and cry in Wangyou Palace.

Thinking of it this way, Lu Zhixue shuddered all over. It was probably impossible for Song Yunzhao to cry with that temper, and it was very likely that he would call the door.

She looked sideways at Song Yunzhao, imagining that she was bringing someone to the door, and fell silent for a while.

Song Yunzhao felt that Lu Zhixue looked at her strangely, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Anyway, this person's brain circuit was different from normal people, and he couldn't do the thing of falling into a pit twice by himself.

Han Jinyi didn't pay attention to what Lu Zhixue was thinking. She looked at Yun Zhao thoughtfully and asked, "That's a good idea. A vase of flowers on each dining table is really pleasing to the eye."

Song Yunzhao thought that the flowers are really beautiful, and most of the beautiful things have to pay a price.

"If you like it, stay, if you don't like it, let the palace servants withdraw." Song Yunzhao can only say this, and can't say a word. The direction of the plot has already changed. What?

"Then I'll let someone take it down." Han Jinyi said directly, she didn't think Yun Zhao was someone who hated flowers, so she must have a reason for not giving up.

She doesn't need to know the reason, just follow along.

As expected, Han Jinyi asked the palace servants to remove the flowers on her food table. Lu Zhixue saw that the corners of her eyes twitched. After struggling for a while, she also asked her to remove her own.

Song Yunzhao:?

Lu Zhixue held her head up and didn't look at Song Yunzhao's expression. Han Jinyi looked a little funny, thinking that Lu Zhixue was being plotted against. However, caring about her face, she didn't say anything, but diverted her attention by talking to Yun Zhao about worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Lu Zhixue breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head to look into the distance, and saw a group of palace concubines flying all over the palace like flowers and butterflies, not to mention very seductive.

When she looked away, she didn't want to collide with Qin Xiyue's eyes.

Lu Zhixue: ...

Qin Xiyue smiled slightly at her, Lu Zhixue just wanted to grit her teeth and look back expressionlessly.

She is not a dog, she wags her tail when she smiles at her.

Bah bah bah!

Seeing Lu Zhixue look away, Qin Xiyue frowned slightly. She didn't expect her to be so angry, and she didn't expect that she would sit with Song Yunzhao to talk today. The matter was more difficult than she thought.

"Concubine Zhuang has arrived! Concubine Wan has arrived! Concubine Lu has arrived!"

As soon as the three concubines arrived, everyone stood up to greet her.

Concubine Zhuang said with a smile: "You sisters, please sit down."

Song Yunzhao stood up and sat down, and she saw An Fangyi also sat down directly.

"Hey, who put these flowers?" Concubine Zhuang said with a smile after she sat down.

Qin Xiyue got up and replied: "The idea of ​​returning to the empress is Chen Guiji's idea. The concubine and others also think that flower arrangement is an interesting thing, so they do it together with everyone."

Chen Guiji hurriedly got up when she heard the words, with a happy smile on her face. It would be nice if she could show her face in front of the third concubine, but she was naturally unwilling to stay calm in the harem like this.

"It's a good idea, and the flowers are arranged well." Concubine Zhuang praised with a smile.

Concubine Wan glanced at the flowers on the table with some disgust, looked at Concubine Zhuang's pretending smile, snorted, and said directly: "I feel a little uncomfortable in my nose today, come here, please remove the flowers."

The smile on Chen Guiji's face froze, she felt a little embarrassed, afraid that Concubine Wan would be angry with her, she hurriedly said: "I don't know that your mother is not feeling well today, so please forgive me."

Concubine Zhuang said: "Those who don't know are innocent, Concubine Wan is not the kind of narrow-minded person, how could she anger you."

Concubine Wan was blocked by these words, she couldn't get up and down, she looked at Concubine Zhuang and said mockingly, "Concubine Zhuang is so generous."

Concubine Zhuang smiled lightly, "Concubine Wan, I appreciate it."

Concubine Lu almost rolled her eyes just watching from the sidelines, no one in the palace could compare to Concubine Zhuang in terms of putting on airs.

Song Yunzhao watched the turmoil between the three concubines, and thought that this was much more subtle than directly tearing it apart in the book. Presumably it was because his family background was not as good as Qin Xiyue's, so the three concubines didn't have that obvious sense of crisis towards her , so there is still a bit of decency in doing things.

Concubine Lu's eyes have been fixed on Song Yunzhao, because of the incident in the imperial dining room, she now has a headache looking at Song Yunzhao.

Seeing that all the concubines in the harem are complete, but before the emperor arrives, everyone's minds are a little out of control. Han Jinyi and Lu Zhixue returned to their seats when the third concubine arrived, and Lu Zhixue and Qin Xiyue were in close positions. Next to each other, this is really a bad fate.

Song Yunzhao heard from the emperor himself that the dinner party was coming in the morning, but he hasn't seen anyone yet. She guessed that things might be busy, but she didn't take it to heart.

Just thinking like this, she heard Concubine Wan look at her and asked: "Song Jieyu, do you know when His Majesty will come?"

Song Yunzhao looked up at Concubine Wan, this person really made her feel uncomfortable all the time, if you ask her what she does in this kind of thing, if you want to ask her, you have to go to the Tai Chi Palace to ask.

"The concubine doesn't know." Song Yunzhao replied with four words.

"Why don't you know? His Majesty stayed overnight in Wangyou Palace last night."

"Your Majesty really likes to joke. The emperor just stayed overnight in Wangyou Palace, so why would he tell his concubine these trivial matters?" Song Yunzhao knew that Concubine Wan deliberately wanted the emperor to stay in Wangyou Palace. The emperor's business was nothing more than a cover.

"Okay, Concubine Wan is just joking, Song Jieyu doesn't need to take it to heart. I think I should ask someone to go to Tai Chi Palace to ask."

Concubine Wan didn't answer, she kept her face sullen and silent.

Concubine Lu was even more silent and didn't cheer at all.

Concubine Zhuang had a very difficult time singing a one-man show, so she ordered people to go to the Tai Chi Palace holding her fire.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became weird. Song Yunzhao didn't care, but just sitting was very tiring.

Concubine Zhuang glanced at everyone, and finally asked the dancers to come and perform dances to drive the atmosphere. With a sad face during the festival, the emperor would definitely think that they did not do enough.

Concubine Wan and Concubine Lu have always been self-willed, the emperor will certainly not blame them, and she is the only one who is responsible.

The song and dance prepared by the Si Yue Bureau was very cheerful, and the hall became lively in an instant. I don't know if it was because of the Qixi Festival banquet. Today's dancers are dressed very tightly, not to mention showing their waists, even their arms are not showing at all.

However, the wide-sleeved long skirt dances lightly, and it has a special charm.

Soon the people who went to Taiji Palace came back, walked quickly to the third concubine, and replied: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty said that the court affairs are too busy."

Song Yunzhao frowned slightly when he heard the words, are you coming?

The emperor said he would come this morning, but if he doesn't come now, something must have happened.

Not to mention the three concubines, the other concubines all had disappointed looks on their faces. It was not easy to see the emperor on weekdays, and only after a festival did they have the chance to appear in front of the imperial court. As a result, the emperor did not come during the Mid-Autumn Festival today.

The disappointment on Chen Guiji's face couldn't be suppressed. She spent all her time in order to intervene these days, thinking that she could show her face in front of His Majesty today, but what happened?

The expressions of the three concubines were different, Concubine Wan got up and left without any concealment, Concubine Lu was also concerned about the matter of the imperial dining room, and followed Concubine Wan to leave.

Concubine Zhuang: ...

It was really difficult for her to tear down the stage one by one.

If Concubine Zhuang didn't leave, no one else dared to leave either, but An Fangyi and Song Yunzhao were also exceptions.

An Fangyi said she was unwell, and Song Yunzhao didn't even find an excuse, so she just left.

The smile on Concubine Zhuang's face sank completely, but in the end they didn't stop them.

Before Song Yunzhao left, he glanced at Qin Xiyue at the end of his eyes, and saw that her brows were tightly furrowed, she didn't know what she was thinking, obviously what happened today was beyond her surprise.

Song Yunzhao went straight back to Wangyou Palace. The whole day of dressing up was wasted. He took off the gorgeous clothes and the heavy bun, changed into a light dress, tied up a simple bun, and thought of himself Let someone make moon cakes, call Anshun.

"You send the mooncakes to Zhang Maoquan, please present them. Your Majesty is locked up by court affairs, and the festival is still going to be celebrated. Let's eat mooncakes to suit the occasion."

You can't blind her to the hard work of making moon cakes. It's one thing for the emperor to eat or not, but it's another thing for him to know.

Get credit for doing something.

Anshun carried the food box and headed towards Taiji Palace. There were many guards outside the Taiji Palace, and the armor was bright under the moonlight. Anshun didn't dare to look too much, so he lowered his head and went straight to Zhang Maoquan.

It was also a coincidence that just as Zhang Maoquan came out of the hall, he saw Anshun at a glance and waved to him.

Anshun quickly trotted over, "I've seen Manager Zhang."

"Why are you here?" Zhang Maoquan asked, and as he spoke, he saw the food box in Anshun's hand, "Master Jieyu asked you to bring something to the emperor?"

Anshun hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes, the moon cakes made by the master himself, specially sent by the slaves for the emperor to taste."

Zhang Maoquan thought that Song Jieyu had too many intentions, the emperor didn't go to the palace banquet, and they brought mooncakes instead, can you not be happy that the emperor is so missed by others?

He reached out to take the food box, "Master Jieyu, do you have anything else to tell you?"

Anshun immediately said: "Master said that she made the filling of this mooncake herself, which is quite different from previous years."

Zhang Maoquan raised his eyebrows, he was beautiful and thoughtful, who would be favored if Song Jieyu could not be favored?

If he met such a person, he would definitely like him very much.

"Okay, you wait here." Zhang Maoquan turned around and went to the hall after speaking.

Anshun stood aside obediently, but he was slightly relieved, Manager Zhang asked him to wait, maybe the emperor wanted him to bring a message to his master.

Zhang Maoquan entered the hall with the food box, Meng Jiuchang saw it at a glance, he lowered his eyes and ignored the kid, motionless as if he was a piece of wood.

Zhang Maoquan didn't expect Meng Jiuchang to avoid it wisely, he stepped forward to salute, "Your Majesty, Song Jieyu asked Anshun to bring mooncakes."

Feng Yi raised his head when he heard the words, "Mooncake?"

"Yes." Zhang Maoquan said immediately, "Anshun said that these are mooncakes made by Jieyu herself, and the fillings are mixed by herself. Your Majesty, please have a taste."

Feng Yi heard that the tense expression on his face eased, he put down his pen, and then said: "Bring it here."

Zhang Maoquan immediately stepped forward with the food box.

Meng Jiuchang moved at this moment, he soaked the towel, hurried over and handed it to the emperor, asking the emperor to wipe his hands. After wiping, he handed over the dry handkerchief.

Zhang Maoquan: ...

After Meng Jiuchang took the veil, he stepped back to the side, quietly not saying a word, as if he had never appeared before.

Zhang Maoquan was very upset. Judging by his posture, it would not be easy to replace Meng Jiuchang.

Feng Yi opened the food box, and saw two large plates inside. There were four mooncakes in each plate. The mooncakes were not big, and they were different from those made in the palace.

He reached out and took out one, put it in his mouth and took a bite. There was no feeling of sweetness or greasy in the mouth. It was sweet and salty, oily but not greasy, and had a strong ham aroma, which made people's eyes shine.

He picked up another mooncake from another plate and took a closer look. There was no big difference in appearance. When he took a bite, the sandy texture rubbed between his lips and teeth. The slightly salty and thick taste made the tip of his tongue squirt. He was a little surprised Surprised, I didn't expect egg yolks to be eaten like this.

I have been busy with the court affairs all day, so I didn't have enough lunch because I had to contend with the courtiers about disaster relief, and I was so angry that I lost my appetite for dinner. Now that I have two mooncakes, I feel a little hungry .

Zhang Maoquan was clever this time, before Meng Jiuchang could show his hospitality, he immediately made tea and served it with both hands.

Meng Jiuchang: ...

Careless.

The emperor took a sip of tea to moisturize his throat, then raised his eyes to look at Zhang Maoquan and asked, "Where is the mooncake delivery man?"

"Wait outside the hall." Meng Jiuchang smiled.

"Tell him to go back and spread the message, and set up a meal in Wangyou Palace."

"Yes." Zhang Maoquan was overjoyed, the matter was settled, Song Jieyu must remember her feelings.

Song Yunzhao didn't expect to send moon cakes, and even recruited the emperor, and hurriedly sent people to the imperial dining room to deliver the meal, and then hurried into the bedroom to redecorate.

Isn't this tossing people?

She thought that the emperor had to work diligently and removed all his make-up. Now that he was done, he had to work again.

Xiangxue didn't think it was troublesome, she was very happy, she carefully put on makeup for her master, when Mammy Yu led someone to clean up the table and other things outside, a faint voice came in.

Song Yunzhao was also very happy, hey, it was such a sweet sadness, if other people knew that the emperor didn't go to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet but came to stay overnight in Wangyou Palace, then she couldn't even tear off the label of her favorite concubine.

Just thinking about it makes me happy.

When Feng Yi stepped into Wangyou Palace, he met Song Yunzhao with a bright smile, which was brighter than the fifteenth moon, and even his heart, which had been gloomy for a day, brightened a little bit.

"So happy?" Feng Yi walked in holding Song Yunzhao's hand, and asked with a smile while walking.

Song Yunzhao held the emperor's hand back, and said in a very pleasant tone: "Of course I am happy. Every time I see the emperor, I am happy."

Feng Yi was amused.

Meng Jiuchang: ...

The mood is very complicated.

The emperor had a gloomy face all day long, but Song Jieyu made him laugh when he came to Wangyou Palace with a few words.

Song Yunzhao didn't know what Meng Jiuchang was thinking, so he asked someone to bring water for the emperor to wash his hands, and then the two sat down at the dinner table.

The Mid-Autumn Festival meal is very rich, it is really different from the morning, the emperor is really different here.

It was a great festival, and she didn't intend to sue to spoil the atmosphere. After all, the emperor was already in a bad mood today, so she didn't want to dig a hole for herself.

There were also a few plates of mooncakes on the table, which looked different from those sent by Song Yunzhao. The emperor reached out and picked one up to taste. It was still the sweet and greasy taste of previous years, so he put it down in disgust.

Song Yunzhao was overjoyed when he saw it, and said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, the concubine is more concerned about you. I think the people in the imperial dining room are too lazy."

I won't file a complaint tonight, but it doesn't prevent her from applying eye drops to the Imperial Dining Room.

Feng Yi nodded solemnly, "Ai Fei makes sense."

The corners of Meng Jiuchang's mouth twitched. How did the imperial dining room offend this master? Otherwise, it would be impossible for Song Jieyu to say such things with Song Jieyu's temperament.

Song Yunzhao smiled all over his face, "Your Majesty, try this wine-stuffed duck. It is marinated in rice wine and served in a steamer. The taste is different from ordinary duck."

Feng Yi took a piece of the mouth, the rice wine was sweet and fragrant, the duck meat was steamed with fermented wine, it was fragrant, soft and rotten, without the slightest fishy smell, it was really good.

Song Yunzhao looked at the emperor's expression and said, "Isn't it delicious?"

Feng Yi nodded, "You know how to eat."

"If you have nothing to do, just speculate."

Feng Yi's mood relaxed, and he put food for Song Yunzhao in a bowl, "You eat too, don't just focus on me."

Song Yunzhao nodded, and ate the cold lotus root slices given to her by the emperor. She still remembered that she loved lotus root, not bad, not bad.

After eating something, Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao, "Why did you come back so early? Isn't there a palace banquet today?"

Song Yunzhao glanced at the emperor, and said solemnly: "Yes, but the concubines don't like banquets very much, and the emperor is not here, so I feel boring. After the concubine Wan and the concubine Lu left the banquet, I followed them back."

Feng Yi's eyes sank when he heard this, "Have Concubine Wan and Concubine Lu left the table?"

"Yes, only Concubine Zhuang stayed to preside over the overall situation." Song Yunzhao nodded, then looked at the emperor and asked softly, "Your Majesty, are you unhappy that I'm coming back early?"

Hearing this, Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao, looked at her with a little anxiety, and squeezed her hand, "No, come back if you don't want to stay, it's not a big deal."

Song Yunzhao breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly: "I watched Concubine Wan and Concubine Lu leave, so I thought about coming back. You know, few people in this palace like me, I don't feel comfortable staying there."

Feng Yi's expression paused when he heard this, and he naturally understood why others didn't like her, so he paused and said: "There is no queen in the palace, no one will make things difficult for you."

Song Yunzhao curled his lips in his heart, but he said it easily. Although the third concubine is not a queen, she has a higher status than her. Isn't she a bit shorter when she sees people?

But the emperor said it was all right, what else could she say?

She was promoted to Jieyu in a short period of time after entering the palace. She thought that there was no hope of promotion this year. She hoped to be promoted to Zhaoyi next year. She was only one step away from concubine.

Excited just thinking about it.

She has to keep trying.

Song Yunzhao stopped talking about the harem, looked at the emperor and asked softly, "Your Majesty, when will my father return to Beijing?"

Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao, "Worried about your father?"

Song Yunzhao made a distressed look, "I'm not afraid of the emperor's jokes. I'm still a little worried. My father is not too smooth as an official, otherwise he wouldn't be promoted as a county magistrate for so many years. I'm afraid of him for such a big event as disaster relief." It's too serious to offend people."

The corner of Feng Yi's mouth twitched, "Don't worry."

Hearing the emperor's words, Song Yunzhao clearly had deep meaning, and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, did something happen?"

"My father's temperament is very similar to yours."

Song Yunzhao was at a loss, how could this be possible, she always likes to fight head-to-head when doing things, but her father is not.

Since the emperor said so, it must be her father's doing something, so she showed a bit surprised look, said: "Your Majesty, you may have misunderstood, my father's temperament is much better than mine, is it because someone deliberately sued him? ? Then you have to find out."

If it wasn't for Song Yunzhao's overly serious expression, Feng Yi would have thought he was joking, Song Nanzhen, who toppled the southern officialdom by himself, was a good tempered person?

Thinking of the booklet sent back to Beijing by the Minister of Dali Temple, the emperor couldn't face Song Yunzhao's overconfident expression towards her father for a while.

Song Yunzhao looked at the emperor's face, and was a little flustered for a while, what did her father do?

The 6,000-word update is complete today, so cute, my friends.