Rebirth of the legitimate daughter: the daily life of His Majesty the Emperor’s beloved concubine

Suning'an stepped forward slowly and bowed Yingying. The hibiscus skirt she wore folded into elegant folds along with her body. When she straightened up, she had a slim figure again.

"I am not very talented, so I would like to sing a song for the Queen Mother. I wish the Queen Mother a long life and good health, and may the country and the country continue to benefit."

While they were talking, someone brought up a piano table, on which was placed a guzheng with a golden tassel pendant. Another maid moved a piano stool and placed it behind Suningan.

While playing the strings, the music is melodious and brings out a warm and atmospheric color. Sometimes it is high, showing the white moon in spring, the bright sun and clear sky, sometimes it is low, showing the busy traffic and the smoke of fireworks.

The Queen Mother was startled. This song was composed by the founding emperor. It prayed for the prosperity of the people and the eternal peace of the country. It was also her intention to worship the Buddha now.

The Queen Mother gently closed her eyes. She played this piece of music very smoothly, but it was still a bit green, so she must have learned it not long ago.

After the song ended, the Queen Mother raised her lips. Compared to her previous expression of satisfaction, this time it was more genuine.

"Zhao Jieyu is interested." The Queen Mother nodded, but she saw Suningan holding a golden scroll and presenting it to her.

Aunt Ying immediately took it and brought it to the Queen Mother. She saw that there was a whole Buddhist scripture embroidered on it, and a seal embroidered with red embroidery thread in the lower left corner, which was the emperor's private seal.

The Queen Mother glanced at the emperor without any trace, and nodded gently when she saw the faint smile in Shen Yanzhui's eyes.

"To be honest, I entered the palace not long ago and I don't know the Queen Mother's preferences. All the above are what the emperor asked me to do, but I also have a gift that I want to give to the Queen Mother. I want to give it myself." Suning'an said. Then he called Cuizhu up, and with a milky "meow" sound, Cuizhu picked up a little raccoon slave who was all white but with silver patterns on his body.

"I once heard from the emperor that the Queen Mother once raised a kitten. Unfortunately, the kitten passed away. The Queen Mother was very sad, so I wanted to give it to the Queen Mother to accompany her."

Aunt Ying quickly took it and carried it to the Queen Mother.

The old people in the palace all knew that the previous cat was not an accident, but was deliberately killed by other concubines. They just couldn't bear to see the Queen Mother favoring her at that time. Since then, the Queen Mother has refused to keep any living animals around her.

The Queen Mother looked at the little raccoon slave, her eyes softening. She wanted to refuse, but she couldn't resist the look in her eyes, so she simply held her in her arms and stroked her gently, "Can you name it?"

"Never." Su Ning'an shook her head, feeling excited that she had indeed done nothing wrong. "The little raccoon slave belongs to the Queen Mother. Naturally, the Queen Mother gave her the name. I dare not go beyond the rules."

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, "The Emperor must know what Zhao Jieyu likes, so it would be best to reward Zhao Jieyu well on behalf of the Ai family."

Ana Shen smiled and said, "Yes, I will obey."

Su Yuxin's eyes darkened, she clenched her teeth while stroking her belly, looking embarrassed.

I thought she was just sending some expensive auspicious items, but unexpectedly, she prepared them all to the Queen Mother's heart, and she had to help the Emperor. She took all the limelight for a while, and no other gifts after that would be more powerful than hers. To please the Queen Mother.

He lowered his head and looked at the pure gold longevity bowl and a pair of emerald green to translucent jade Ruyi placed in his hand, and felt even more unable to take them out.

Su Ning'an sat in her seat and watched the Queen Mother accept Su Yuxin's birthday gift with a smile. Although she praised her several times, it was not as cheerful as when she gave her birthday gift just now, and she felt very happy in her heart.

The most important thing is that Su Yuxin is allergic to cats. Humph, she wants to use her child to get close to the Queen Mother, but she refuses to let her do so!

She used to dare to throw her little raccoon cat to death, but now that the Queen Mother loves cats, she wants to see if Su Yuxin has the guts to throw her to death!

Seeing Su Yuxin sitting down depressedly, Suning'an was sipping wine in a good mood, but saw Grandma Ying placing a plate of Buddha's hand gold scrolls and hydrangeas and scallops in front of Suning'an.

"The Queen Mother tastes these two very delicious, but I don't know if Zhao Jieyu likes them or not."

Although they were all attending birthday banquets, the dishes in front of everyone were different and each was very particular. Some of the dishes she, Jieyu, could not eat at all.

Su Ning'an immediately stood up and saluted the Queen Mother, then nodded to Aunt Ying, "Thank you, Mammy." She didn't sit down again until Aunt Ying turned around and left.

The Empress Dowager gave her dishes, and these two dishes were only available to concubines and above, which was enough to attract the envy of others.

Su Ning'an just took a bite and put it in her mouth. She raised the corners of her lips because it tasted delicious. She felt a lot of eyes on her, and she felt even happier for a moment.

The Queen Mother saw Suning smiling happily, nodded, and said to the Emperor: "The Ai family seems to know why the Emperor likes Zhao Jieyu."

Ana Shen curled her lips silently, "As time goes by, my mother will know that Zhao Jieyu is very good." As he said that, his eyes couldn't help but fall on Su Ning'an.

After everyone gave their birthday gifts, there was continuous singing and dancing with melodious tunes.

Le Jieyu winked at Suning'an and said, "You are so good. No wonder you haven't come to my palace these days. It turns out you are practicing secretly."

Suning'an smiled and said, "I don't know how to play. If I hadn't been taught for days, I wouldn't be able to play this now. You don't even know that my hands were shaking from nervousness just now."

Le Jieyu was startled and realized that she had deliberately omitted the emperor in her words. She was probably afraid that they would feel uncomfortable hearing it, right? His eyes lit up, and the corners of his lips curled up in pleasure.

In fact, people like them entered the palace just for mutual benefit between the royal family and the family. Those thoughts no longer exist, but such thoughts are really heartwarming.

Suning'an said, using silver chopsticks to take the dishes that the Empress Dowager had just given to Le Jieyu and Ning Meiren who were sitting on her left and right sides, "You guys have a taste, it tastes good to me."

The three of them shared the food, talked and laughed, watched the singing and dancing, and even invited a storyteller to tell interesting folk stories into jokes. Suningan thought it was okay, but the other concubines listened with interest.

Su Ning'an looked at Le Jieyu and Ning Meiren, who were staring at the storyteller intently, thinking that maybe many years later, she would become like this, right?

Suddenly there was something sad.

After listening to the story for a while, Su Ning'an suddenly turned around and met the Queen Mother's eyes. Why did she feel that the Queen Mother looked bad?

But she didn't do anything to displease the Queen Mother tonight?

The slight doubt on her eyebrows was because she divided the dishes between Le Jieyu and Ning Meiren?

But the Queen Mother saw it just now and nodded approvingly, so she probably wasn't displeased.

Suddenly I saw the palace lantern hanging on the lamp stand dimming for a moment, then quickly restored it, and I felt relieved.

Maybe it was because the night wind was blowing in, and the lights were bright and dim. Maybe she saw it wrong.

With that in mind, he didn't take it to heart.

At the end of the birthday banquet, the emperor and the empress presented the empress dowager with a guard of honor, and naturally their concubines followed the empress.

Although today is not the first or fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, it is the Queen Mother's birthday, and Shen Yanzui still stayed at the Queen's place.

Su Ning'an also took Cuizhu and Ying'er out of Liuhua Palace.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and looked at the majestic and magnificent Liuhua Palace, which was not as luxurious as it was during the day.

The lights, candles, and utensils in the palace were also removed one by one, and Liuhua Palace became dark in an instant.

Accompanied by the cold moonlight, the towering palace cast a huge shadow, less than half an inch from her heels.

Su Ningan suddenly shrank in fright.

"Mother, are you feeling unwell?" Cuizhu and Ying'er hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

Su Ning'an shook his head, "Maybe it's because I drank a few more glasses of wine just now... Go back and cook some sobering soup for me."

"Yes."

The two of them agreed and returned to the dormitory with Suning'an.

After walking a certain distance, Su Ning'an couldn't help but look back. Although she was still frightened, she didn't feel that Liuhua Palace was as scary as before.

Sure enough, it was just an illusion.