Imperial City

Not only concubine Shu was watching, but all the concubines in the room were looking behind the emperor.

This is unwilling to bring out.

The queen sneered in her heart, I am afraid that you will not be able to hide people today.

The emperor's outer hood was removed, revealing a refreshing long maroon silk robe, making him look taller and taller, with a broad and straight back and a stern face.

All the concubines blushed in an instant, and they wanted to take a few more glances, but they didn't dare to.

The crowd surrounded the emperor and took his seat at the top, while the servants walked around the rose chair quietly and stood behind.

The concubines stood still one by one, their eyes were like soft swords, and they raised their eyes to scan the people coming from the Qianqing Palace during the tea drinking interval.

All of which are inconsistent with the rumors.

Even if you don't let me see, a slave really can't hide in the house like a girl.

The concubines who were once charming girls felt sour after eating it.

The first emperor sat down with his legs stretched out. The rose chair was small and exquisite, and it seemed that he couldn't fit the tall emperor.

The queen personally served tea, "Your Majesty, you use tea."

"Yeah." The emperor took it and took a sip.

"The empress just sit down and let the servants serve you." He said softly.

"Yes, my concubine, thank you for your sympathy." The queen whispered softly, with a slight smile at the corner of her mouth, neither too much nor too little, just right.

After both the emperor and the empress sat down, the concubines straightened their clothes and took their seats.

The two masters of the Forbidden City whispered and chatted about the chores in the harem, and several high-ranking concubines made little effort to accompany them. The concubine sitting next to him sat upright, listening obediently and quietly, not daring to start a conversation.

It's just that from time to time, I have to raise my arm to caress the meticulous hair, revealing the shining jewels hanging on the creamy wrist, and the sun is shining brightly.

What's there to be ashamed of, you look down on my clumsiness, why don't you see how many rubies and amethysts are inlaid in the gold bracelet on your wrist.

The country bumpkin only knows how to catch people's eyes, if he accidentally mixes red and green, he will laugh out loud.

Lift this one, and caress that one with a handkerchief.

She was shy and timid on the face, rolling her eyes several times inside.

Only Concubine Ning remained as still as a mountain, guarding a plate of sour oranges, and did not ask the maid to serve her. She slowly peeled off the orange peel with her slender hands, revealing a full flesh inside, which was surprisingly simple in a room full of gems.

Peeling a fruit is so provocative, Hu Meizi, but she pretends to be spotless.

Enemies sneered at each other.

Oh, little trick, do you know what it means to know yourself and your enemy?Concubine Ning disdained it, but she had inquired about it beforehand.

The emperor glanced there, and he was sour again, looking at his toothache.

However, he is a law-abiding person, eating from the plate and ignoring anyone, somewhat similar to that slave.

He kept his eyes on for a few more moments, and Concubine Shu's peripheral vision also followed, knowing that it was this lowly maid, she was really annoyed.

Pooh!Next work.

In fact, it's not out of line, let's eat an orange, it's not like taking off your clothes in public, it's just acting like a fool for some reason.

The emperor looked around silently, lowering his eyes.

It's too flashy, it hurts my eyes.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Concubine Shu specially invited the pillars from Fengchun Garden to enter the palace to have fun today. The preparations are ready now, Majesty, do you want to have a look?"

The emperor responded dispensably.

He doesn't like Beijing opera, but there are so many women in the room, it's better to watch an opera than to watch him.

The queen smiled and gave Concubine Shu a wink.

Concubine Shu ordered to go down.

The stage was set up a long time ago, with a few smooth round wooden pillars that can be rolled at the bottom. The servants at the top immediately moved the stage from the side hall to the main hall, and placed the concave holes that fit the pillars first. Groove wooden platform, and then work together to install the stage and sit on it.

The queen held a play list of red silk cloth noodles and asked, "Which one do you hear, Your Majesty?"

The emperor didn't want to hear anything, he lowered his head, brushed his hem, and gave Concubine Shu a face.

He said in a flat voice: "Let Concubine Shu order something for Concubine Shu's joy today."

"Yes, Your Majesty is truly blessed with great grace." The Empress didn't say much, and the smile on her face remained unchanged.

She handed the play list to Nanny Sun (the Queen's nanny).

Grandma Sun took it, with a happy smile on her face, she took a few steps down holding it, and handed it to Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu got up early to thank her, her face couldn't help but blushed, and she looked like a lotus flower in full bloom: "My concubine, thank you for your love."

After receiving the list of plays, he flipped through it pretendingly, and ordered the drunken concubine.

Still have to cover it up, "I heard that Fengchunyuan Guanyue is the best at singing this song, and her appearance is also wonderful."

cut!Old-fashioned, what you say is what you say, and you are the protagonist today.

I haven't become a noble concubine yet, so I'm not ashamed to call out drunkenness.

Is this really as beautiful as Yang Yuhuan, and Luoyan is ashamed of flowers? It's ridiculous.

It doesn't matter what you sing on stage, what matters is how you sing well off stage today.

Everyone snorted secretly, not knowing whether it was jealousy or really looking down on this behavior.

Fengchunyuan Huadan came on the stage, singing soft and charming tunes on the stage partially covered by bright yellow curtains.

In the center of the red, blue, emerald and emerald hair crown is inlaid an East China Sea pearl as big as a baby's fist, which is radiant and eye-catching.

"This pearl is really made."

"That's right, looking at Fengchun Garden, I've put so much effort into it."

The big Dongzhu on the actor's head is naturally fake, but everyone knows that there is a real one in Qianqing Palace.

The emperor sneered secretly, and slowly turned the two jade walnuts in his hands, watching a good show leisurely.

This actor's figure is also good, although he is a man, but his waist is slender, the belt is tightly tied, and several layers of costumes can't stop his curves.

The emperor's eyes wandered, measuring every inch.

A little thinner than Wei Qi, his eyes moved down.

The back is hidden in the hem, so you can't tell whether it's good or not.

I don't know which is better.

I don't like to listen to operas, so I have to watch people.

Seeing all the concubines feel uneasy.

It's careless!Your Majesty now!

The handkerchief is about to be torn in secret, I'm afraid there will be more actors in the harem fighting for favor after today.

Concubine Jing looked at the emperor and then at the empress.

The latter smiled at her, with a deep meaning hidden in his smile.

"My concubine heard that the bead on Concubine Yang's hair crown back then had a lot of origin."

"Oh? What's the background, sister, tell me quickly." She clearly knew it, but she still pretended to be curious and wanted to ask.

Concubine Jing covered her mouth and smiled, Yu Guangyun raised her head, but the emperor and empress didn't respond much.

She went on to say: "It's all market jokes. I heard it randomly when I was in my boudoir, so I can't take it as the truth."

"Ah, sister, let's talk about it. It's a good day. The Holy Majesty will not blame you. Sisters, just have fun." Several beauties looked at the emperor.

The latter turned his gaze away, responded lightly, and went to admire the beauties on the stage again.

The emperor knew it well, how could he not let them finish the performance.

"Since this is the case, the concubine will talk nonsense, and the sisters will laugh."

The queen also looked over.

"It is rumored that a hundred years ago, the star-killing dragon king in the sky violated the rules of heaven. The Jade Emperor was furious and demoted him to the East China Sea, and made him stay at the bottom of the East Sea for 300 years to guard a water monster at the bottom of the East China Sea. Who knows that the time has passed, but the Dragon King and the water monster With love, I also turned the most precious dragon scale on my body into an east pearl and gave it to the water demon."

"Ah! What an infatuated fairy." Everyone covered their mouths and sighed.

"It's a pity." Concubine Jing pretended to be mysterious.

"What a pity?"

"Unfortunately, it turned out that the water demon had been deceiving the Dragon King. Once Dongzhu got her hands, the Dragon King's mana was weakened, so she escaped and took a human form to hide in the world."

"Damn."

"Yes, it's a pity that the Dragon King is infatuated."

"Sister, later on, how could Dongzhu easily fall into the hands of the imperial concubine?"

"Later, this matter spread, Dongzhu went through several twists and turns, somehow a wealthy businessman bought it, he saw that it was extraordinary, so he presented it to a minister in the court, and the minister presented it to Xuanzong, Xuanzong loves noble concubines, rare in the world All the treasures are given to the beauties. The imperial concubine got the pearl, and that night she dreamed about all kinds of affairs between the water demon and the dragon king in the East Sea."

"Ah! What an anecdote."

"It's really strange."

"The next day the imperial concubine told Xuanzong the dream as a joke. Xuanzong sighed, saying that it must not be a dream. This bead is very wonderful, which just shows his infatuation with the imperial concubine."

After hearing this, everyone sighed, fell silent for a while, and secretly called out the first emperor.

The emperor tilted his head on the armrest, put the jade walnut on the vermilion lacquer surface, and played with the jade pendant with dragon pattern on his waist with his slender fingers.

Concubine Jing said again: "Today is Concubine Shu's sister's birthday. I heard that there is also a pearl from the East China Sea in the palace of the Holy Spirit. It's not as good..."

If you want to see him, you can see him, it's not that he was born badly and can't get on the stage, just blindly hiding it and thinking that I care about him.

"Anxi." The emperor had expected it.

"The slave is here."

"Send someone back to Qianqing Palace to fetch that East China Sea pearl."

"Whoo."

"My concubine thanked the sage for his great kindness." Concubine Shu Yingying bowed down, "It's just that I can't bother the fathers-in-law of the Qing Palace to go here. Wouldn't the sage be neglected, so let the concubine send someone to go."

The emperor was noncommittal.

An Xi also finally knew which play the masters in the audience were singing.

The eunuch in charge of Yanxi Palace personally sent someone to the Qianqing Palace to spread the word, the young eunuch walked very fast, and arrived at the Qianqing Palace in just a cup of tea.

Wei Qi is currently in charge of the outer hall, in charge of a few servants of the outer hall to make the last arrangements for tomorrow's New Year's Eve.

The subordinates came to report that someone from Yanxi Palace asked to open the warehouse to get the Pearl of the East China Sea.

Wei Qi felt strange in his heart. When he was a servant of the inner court, he had been in charge of storing things. He remembered that there was only one East China Sea Pearl in the Qianqing Palace, and the rest were kept in the House of Internal Affairs.

However, this one in Qianqing Palace is the most precious. It was obtained by the Holy Majesty during the Prince's Grand Ceremony eight years ago. It was stored in a large box on the east side of the West Library. It was moved from the East Palace to Qianqing Palace with the Holy Majesty in eight years, and has never been rewarded by anyone.How could it be given to concubine Shu today.

Although he felt strange, he still called the servant in charge of the storage to open the warehouse and fetch the things.

All the personal servants in front of the emperor followed the saint to Yanxi Palace, and now he is the only one with the highest rank in Qianqing Palace, if he is not in charge, who else can be in charge.

The order has been given, and someone at the other end has to order it.

Wei Qili stood in the main hall of the huge outer hall, slowly turning the dark purple dust whisk in his hand, staring at the complicated patterns and a ruby ​​with his eyes, frowning slightly in thought.

After a while, the whisk stopped.

wrong.

Why didn't Mr. An send someone to pick up valuables such as Dongzhu, but Yanxi Palace instead?

When he thought about it carefully, he always felt that it was not in compliance with the rules, and he felt uneasy.

In the future, some people from the Qing palace can't just ask the little eunuch in Yanxi Palace to take the things back, there must be someone in charge to send them together.

Wei Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his head to look around.

It's not exactly falling on my own head!

It turns out that the drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to be on his couch!

After hiding for so long, today is finally inevitable.

Wei Qi was in a restless mood, and Master An couldn't stop him. This situation is really bad, what should he do.

He stepped on the dark marble floor tiles lightly, and after about ten steps, he hurriedly walked towards the side of the courtyard, went straight back to his own room, walked a few steps to the red sandalwood Babao Pavilion in the innermost part, and opened the carved carvings on the east side with a bang. From the small grid, take out a long and narrow wooden box.

Taking a deep breath, slowly unlock the copper lock.

The white jade and emerald bead strings dropped by the Holy Majesty a few days ago lay quietly inside, overflowing with soft light.

Wei Qi closed his eyes, his heart froze, he took out the thing and hung it around his neck.

Standing up and leaving, she said a fluttering sentence to the two Xiaoqianzi who were standing dumbfounded in front of the couch,

"Come with me."

"Whoo."