Lian Zhen was sitting in front of the dressing table, seemingly lost in thought. Hengbo held an ivory comb and combed her hair carefully. The warm and white comb made her hair black and shiny like lacquer , light can learn from others.Baozhen and Ruizhu held clothes and jewelry and stood beside each other.

"Master." Seeing that she hadn't made a sound for a long time, Hengbo couldn't help calling out softly.

Lian really came back to her senses: "Huh?"

Hengbo smiled and said, "I chose this suit for you, do you think it suits you?"

Hearing what Baozhen said, she took a step forward with the plate in her hand. On the plate was neatly stacked a peach red cloud satin palace dress, on which was embroidered with delicate patterns of butterflies and flowers in gold thread. She glanced at her hands briefly, nodded and said nothing.

Hengbo laughed and said, "I know the master doesn't care much about jewelry such as jewels and jade pendants, but today is the day when the master pays homage to the queen and the concubines in the harem, I think it's still..."

Lian Zhen interrupted softly: "Here, you can make up your mind for me."

Hengbo smiled, and picked out a jasper bud inlaid with pearls from Zhurui's plate.Zhurui looked at Lianzhen's face, and said puzzledly: "Your lord will be blessed as soon as she enters the palace, why is she always so worried?"

Hengbo said softly, "That's why you should be worried."

Zhurui was stunned, but before she could speak, Lian Zhen said, "Baozhen, Zhurui, you two go down first."

"Yes."

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Lian Zhen frowned, and said softly: "Hengbo, what did you just say... what do you mean?"

"The master is afraid."

Lian Zhen stared at her face in the mirror: "What am I afraid of?"

"Master is a smart person." Hengbo said while carefully adorning her jewelry, "Conferring a concubine as soon as she enters the palace is already beyond the limit. Destroyer, in the past few days, there are so many pairs of eyes in the harem, I'm afraid they are all staring at you, my lord."

Lian Zhen clenched her hands unconsciously, but said in her mouth, "Why are you telling me these things?"

Hengbo knelt down on both knees, and said in a low voice: "My servant is always a stubborn person, and now the Shanggong Bureau has assigned my servant to this Xiefang Palace, and assigned it to the master. The future of the master is also related to the future honor and disgrace of this servant. Think about what your master thinks, and worry about what your master worries about."

Lian Zhen looked into her eyes, and after a while, said: "Very good."

Hengbo hesitated a little: "There is one thing that I don't know if I should say it or not."

"You said."

Hengbo bowed his head and said: "I know that Baozhen and Zhurui were brought by the young master from home, but I saw that although Baozhen was a bit steady, Zhurui was innocent and childish, the slaves had to Worry a little more about your master."

Although she spoke tactfully, Lian Zhen already understood, she nodded and said: "I know this, but they have been by my side since childhood and love me like sisters, please discipline me more in the future."

Hengbo agreed, "Yes."

Lianzhen was silent for a while, and said: "These similar words, only my mother said to me, when I left Jinling..." She swallowed her words and said: "Hengbo, thank you."

"The slaves dare not."

Lian Zhen smiled slightly, "It's getting late, change my clothes for me."

The main hall of the Yonghua Palace is full of flowers and beams of joy at this time, and there is an indescribable auspicious atmosphere.The empress wore a filigree dotted emerald phoenix crown, and was dressed in an apricot-yellow dress of a hundred birds and a phoenix. Sitting on the throne, she was greeted by new concubines and concubines. Although her complexion was dignified and majestic, her tone was kind: "Okay, let's all get down." .”

Lian Zhen got up with the crowd, and under the guidance of Tu Shan, the chief of the Yonghua Palace, went to see the concubines in the harem.The imperial concubine sits first under the queen's left hand, the first one on the right is Concubine Min, and the second from the left is Concubine Li.When Lian Zhen was paying homage, she secretly observed that the imperial concubine had a stunning appearance, a cool temperament, and her eyes were as dark and deep as a cold abyss, showing a sense of alienation and indifference, which made people dare not get close.On the contrary, Concubine Min was gentle and quiet, with smiles on her brows and eyes, and her words were quite polite.Concubine Li has a different feeling, her eyebrows are like spring mountains, her cheeks are pink and her lips are pink, her beautiful eyes are charming and charming when she smiles, they seem to be enchanting, but when she is not smiling, her eyes are very sharp, with contempt and arrogance condescending.

When it was her turn to salute her, she didn't ask everyone to stand up, she held a bowl of tea in her hand, gently blew on the floating tea leaves, and then said unhurriedly: "This one must be Xie Lianzhen gone?"

Lianzhen was startled for a moment, and replied: "Yes."

"Head up."

Lian Zhen raised her head slowly, Concubine Li sized her up hard, her face gradually became a little ugly, after a while, Concubine Min smiled and said: "Sister Li Concubine, if you like the spring mountains and green snow in the Queen's Palace, you can You might as well ask the queen to give you some when you leave, and you can take it back to the Concentric Palace to taste slowly, these younger sisters are like flowers and tender willows, kneeling like this, even though I am a woman, I feel sorry for the emperor."

Concubine Li put down the teacup, and said sarcastically: "My sister is indeed virtuous, she always thinks of the emperor, but unfortunately, despite this, the number of times the emperor goes to Yijing Palace in a month is pitiful, even my sister I feel wronged for my sister, I can't say that I have to do it for the emperor all the time. You mention it."

As he spoke, he glanced at Lian Zhen again, and said calmly: "She is indeed a beauty, all right, let's all get up."

Seeing Concubine Min, the Empress wanted to say something more, and smoothed things over by saying, "This Spring Mountain Green Snow was bestowed upon the Palace by the previous emperor. If the younger sisters taste it well, I will give each of them a bottle in the Palace later." Concubine Min smiled faintly, That's it.

After paying homage to the concubines, Lian Zhen's knees were already sore, but she didn't dare to reveal anything on her face. She noticed that the imperial concubine hadn't spoken, as if she was in a place where there was no one, and she was secretly surprised. The queen said: "Okay, Now that you have entered the palace, everyone will be a family from now on. From now on, you must abide by the palace rules, live in harmony, serve the emperor with all your heart, and continue to have children for the royal family as soon as possible. Have you listened to the words of this palace?"

Everyone said in unison, "Yes."

The queen turned her head and said politely: "Is there anything else the imperial concubine can say?"

The imperial concubine smiled slightly, her tone was indifferent: "The concubine has nothing to say."

"Well, I'm a little tired, so let's all kneel down."

After leaving the Yonghua Palace, Su Yun couldn't help being speechless: "That concubine Li is so beautiful, I can't blame the emperor for doting on her, but Lian'er, I think she is very unfriendly to you. The enemy of the ugly girl, but let me say that when the new beauty enters the palace, it is the enemy of the old beauty."

Lian Zhen looked around nervously, then lowered her voice and said, "Yun'er, don't talk nonsense, if your words are heard, it will harm both of us!"

Mu Feiyu said: "Looking at Lianzhen's appearance, after entering the palace, she really became a 'parrot dare not speak in front of her'."

Lian really thought about Concubine Li's attitude towards her eyes, and felt very unhappy in her heart, but said with a smile on her face: "Fei Yu, you live in Shuangzhai, so you don't want to go with us."

Mu Feiyu smiled and said: "That's right. I'm tired today and I'm going to part ways with you. I'll come and see you tomorrow when I have time." After saying that, she waved goodbye to Lian Zhen and Su Yun.

Su Yun said: "Lian'er, since we entered the palace, we haven't had a good time here in the Shangyuan. I just want to take you for a walk today. Since Fei Yu said that I'm tired, why don't we go for a walk?"

Lian Zhen didn't want to go at first, but seeing her eagerness to try, thinking that she also needed to take a walk to relax, she nodded and said: "Okay, let's go for a stroll."

Shangyuan is huge, although it is autumn, the flowers and trees are still sparse, and the shadows of the trees are whirling. Along the way, you can see the sweet-scented osmanthus trees full of gold, the begonias in full swing, and a rich and fragrant atmosphere floating in the air, which is refreshing.After all, Lian Zhen and Su Yun are teenagers at heart. They carefully enjoy the various scenic spots without feeling tired. When they were about to bypass the Muxiang Pavilion to the Taiye Pool, a group of people suddenly came from the side path. Lian Zhen had sharp eyes and hurriedly reached out La Suyun knelt down: "Greetings to Concubine Li." Zhu Rui and Bao Zhenben were talking and laughing at the side, and they were also startled at this moment, and immediately knelt down.

The two little maids who were leading the way separated, Concubine Li stepped forward with the hand of her personal maid, and said, "Is Concubine Lian here to enjoy the autumn scenery in Shangyuan? It's really elegant."

Lian Zhen bowed her head and said: "The concubine didn't know that the empress was here, so she bumped into the empress Fengjia, and asked the empress to forgive her."

"En." Concubine Li stood there looking into the distance, and said slowly: "There is still half a pool of residual lotus left in the Taiye Pond, which makes it even more autumnal."

A maid next to her hurriedly laughed and said, "Your Majesty is right."

Concubine Li looked at Lian Zhen and Su Yun in the ground, but suddenly changed the topic: "Just now I heard someone talking and laughing loudly, and I was surprised, so I came here to see, who is in this forbidden area of ​​the palace without rules or distance? "

Speaking of the last sentence, her voice turned severe, Zhurui shuddered, and said, "Niang Niang..."

Before she finished speaking, the maid beside Concubine Li stopped drinking: "Bold! Your Majesty speaks, there is no room for you to talk back!"

Concubine Li had a sneering sneer at the corner of her mouth: "Bitao, let me beat this lowly servant girl to death!"

"Yes!"

The palace maid named Bi Tao stepped forward, slapped Zhurui's face from left to right and slapped her face several times, Su Yun was timid, she couldn't help shivering when she saw this scene, Lian Zhen's face turned pale, He tremblingly said: "Please forgive me, Madam!"

Concubine Li glanced at her, and said coldly: "Forgive me? I'm teaching your slaves to behave, so don't be ignorant of what's good!"

Lian really didn't dare to say any more, but Zhurui's screams could be heard, and the cries could be heard, and finally even the word "Mother, please forgive me" was indistinguishable.

Sang Rong stood far away, taking in all this scene, couldn't bear it, so she couldn't help calling softly: "Niang Niang."

The imperial concubine glanced at her, and said lightly: "Are you feeling compassionate again?"

Sang Rong bowed her head and said nothing, the imperial concubine looked calm: "One more thing is worse than one less thing, let's go." But Sang Rong knelt down and begged in a low voice: "Please forgive me."

The imperial concubine frowned slightly, but stopped in her footsteps, sighed for a long while, and said, "Go and invite Empress Li, just say that I invited her to drink tea with me."

Sang Rong was overjoyed: "Thank you, Ma'am."

The imperial concubine did not stay any longer, and quietly went away surrounded by a group of court ladies and eunuchs. Sang Rong walked to another small path, walked quickly to Lianzhen, greeted concubine Li, and briefly relayed the concubine's words, Concubine Li Sure enough, he left Zhurui aside and left with a large group of court ladies and eunuchs.

When Lian Zhen and others helped Zhu Rui to look at her, they saw that her cheeks were swollen, the corners of her mouth were bleeding, and she had passed out. Lian Zhen couldn't help crying, and Sang Rong hurriedly persuaded her: "Young master, don't cry here, take her back quickly. Let the palace heal."

Lian Zhen suppressed her grief forcibly, she was full of gratitude to Sang Rong at this moment, and said in a choked voice, "Thank you, Auntie."

Both Su Yun and Baozhen were frightened, their faces were pale and their eyes were full of tears, only then did they come back to their senses, trembling, they worked together to set up Zhu Rui, Sang Rong sighed: "Oh, Concubine Li The most jealous, I just blame you for being too good-looking, and you must avoid her in the future, and don't provoke her lightly. You go back quickly, and I will send medicine over in the evening." After finishing speaking, he looked around and walked in a hurry. After a while, he disappeared into the rockery in the distance.

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