Remembrance Hibiscus GL

Hengbo removed the hairpin for Lianzhen, gently held Lianzhen's long black jade-like hair with his left hand, took a rhinoceros horn comb, and slowly combed it for her, smiling and said to the mirror: "This gift from the imperial concubine As for the jade bracelet, the water head is very good, it is really a rare thing, no wonder the little master is so cute. But, master, don't blame the servant girl for talking too much, when you go to bed at night, you should take it off, otherwise you will wear a heavy one, It's not comfortable to lie down."

Lian Zhen involuntarily stretched out her hand to caress the bracelet on her wrist. After a while, Fang said softly: "I'm used to it, but it's uncomfortable to take it off."

Hengbo was stunned, and it was inconvenient to say more. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "I've been asking for a few days, and the birthday gifts prepared by each palace for the Emperor's Longevity Festival are almost ready. Whatever we give, the master should also take it." I have an idea." Jian Lianzhen lowered her head slightly, as if she didn't hear it, so she had to repeat it again.

"Oh." Lian Zhen came back to her senses and said absent-mindedly: "What to give, you can decide, don't ask me."

"My lord, where can I go?" Hengbo impatiently walked up to her and half-knelt down in front of her, his expression extremely sincere: "The Emperor's Longevity Day is such a big event. Others have racked their brains and racked their brains for the birthday gift." —The servant girl knows the pain in the young master's heart, but you have to take a long-term view, don't you?"

There was a wry smile on Lianzhen's face, and her eyes moved away: "Hengbo, you don't know my heart... I can't tell you..."

"Although the harem is a place full of beauties, no one can hide the brilliance of the master. Since the master is favored by the heavens and has a stunning appearance, why doesn't he want to take advantage of it? The time I stayed in the palace was not short, but But I've never seen a master like this before..." Hengbo sighed, and continued: "The servants are dull and don't understand the master's mind, but the days and months in the palace are long, even if the master doesn't care about the emperor's favor, these days You always have to live well, Master said, right?"

"Hengbo, it's your misfortune to follow someone like me. If you follow the right master, you can live more comfortably in this palace."

Hengbo was terrified, and hurriedly knelt down on his knees: "Master's words have really broken the servant. The master is kind-hearted and treats his servants with generosity. Being able to serve you by your side is the blessing that the servant has cultivated in the previous life. What I said was completely out of my mind to plan for the little master, and I hope the master will not be too careless."

"I'm not superstitious, I'm just thinking about all the past events, and I feel guilty for you." Lian Zhen held her hand, and said softly: "Hengbo, I know your loyalty, so I will also give you a word, I Don't ask the emperor to give me anything, for now, all I want are four words, peace, tranquility, I hope you can get it too."

"Your servant understands." Hengbo seemed to have realized something, nodded and said: "What the young master thinks is what the servant wishes. Even if the servant is smashed to pieces, he still wants to protect the master for the rest of his life."

"Get up." There was a slight smile on Lian Zhen's face, and she pulled her up: "But you reminded me that the emperor's birthday gift should not be sloppy." After thinking for a while, he said: "I remember that there is still a wishful statue there. Jade Shouxing, why don’t you give this, and if you have anything else, let’s add the picture of the Eight Immortals celebrating their birthdays.”

"This birthday gift is pretty standard." Hengbo pursed his lips and smiled, picked up the comb again, and combed her long hair one by one: "That's all."

"Have you prepared the clothes and jewelry for the family banquet in the Inner Palace that day?"

"Yes, I'm preparing to show the master tomorrow."

Lian Zhen said: "There is no need to be too gorgeous."

Hengbo understood: "Tomorrow, the servants will change those and choose again. It's getting late, the servants will wait for the master to rest."

The Longevity Festival is a great national celebration, and the celebration lasts for more than seven days as usual.Caifang has already been set up in various parts of the capital, and the Forbidden Garden of Miyagi is even more connected with embroidered curtains. There are music and music everywhere, endless festivities and prosperity.On the eve of the Longevity Festival, precious and rare birthday gifts presented by princes, ministers, and officials in frontiers were also continuously sent to the palace.Zhao Chengen knew that the emperor attached great importance to his birthday, and Suxi used the quality of the birthday gift to measure the loyalty of his subjects to him, so he ordered the eunuchs to take turns holding the birthday gift every day, and presented it to the emperor in Changle Palace.The emperor was also quite interested, so he put aside the birthday memorials for the time being, and looked at them one by one like a horse on a horse, and when he saw something he liked, he either kept it for fun, or rewarded it to the favorite concubine in the harem, and the rest , then ordered to collect and store in other palaces.

That night, the emperor was wearing a bright yellow uniform, leaning on the kang, caressing a jade dragon cup presented by General Huo Mu.The whole body of this cup is shiny and smooth, and it is carved from a whole piece of Hetian white jade, with patterns of two dragons playing with pearls engraved on all four sides, and the pearls played are inlaid with tiny night pearls. There are eight dragons in total, plus a dragon on the handle. Together with the pearl inlaid on the top, there are five pearls of nine dragons, implying the meaning of "Ninth Five-Year Supreme", and the end is exquisitely decorated and ingenious.When the emperor saw it, he was overjoyed.

Seeing that the emperor couldn't put it down all day long, Zhao Chengen said with a smile: "This jade cup is really a rare treasure. The general is stationed in a frontier fortress and is in the midst of a war, and he has spent all his time thinking about the emperor's birthday gift. It is really rare."

The emperor smiled and said, "Well, he is loyal to me."

An inner eunuch came back and forth: "The two princes have sent a birthday gift." The emperor said "Oh", and gently put the jade cup on the table: "Bring it up and let's have a look."

Immediately someone passed on the word, and not long after, two young eunuchs came in with a square plate each, and knelt down in front of the emperor.The eldest prince Zong Lie's is a picture of "Boy Offering a Birthday" painted by himself. Zhao Chengen winked and let the little eunuch unfold. The emperor looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "This child has improved compared to last year." Looking at Zong Xu's, it is A birthday poem, the emperor looked at it twice, couldn't help but leaned slightly, with a look of surprise on his face, and asked, "Is this written by Xu'er?"

The inner supervisor said: "Yes."

The emperor said to Zhao Chengen: "You have been serving me by my side all the time, come and take a look." When Zhao Chengen heard this, he hurriedly bowed and took two steps forward, squinted his eyes for a long time, and then smiled and said: "I am a servant. Look, the second prince's handwriting is a bit like the emperor's childhood style."

"Well, although he is a little immature, but the Feibai body in one hand looks pretty good." The emperor held the calligraphy in his hand, looked at it again and again, and said with a smile: "It is rare at his age. I was stronger when I was young."

Zhao Chengen and others had never heard such remarks before, so they couldn't help being overjoyed. The emperor was very happy and ordered: "Go, you go to the warehouse and carefully select some gold and jade playthings to send to Qingquan Palace, and say that I rewarded you two. Prince's."

"The slave obeys the order."

"Remember to choose more." The emperor paused for a while, and said with a smile: "The imperial concubine is good at teaching her children, and she should be rewarded."

"Yes." Zhao Chengen said with a smile all over his face, "Your servant is going right now."

The fourteenth is the first day of the Longevity Festival. The emperor gave a banquet to the clans and officials, and moved to the inner court at the beginning of Xu.The incense of ambergris is burned on the tripod of Qionghua Palace, the pistil of Changchun is placed in the vase, the treasures of sea and land are arranged on the plate, and the cup is filled with the syrup of flowing clouds.The concubines and concubines are dressed in fresh clothes and dazzling jewels and emeralds. They are all dressed up like fairies in the sky, and the whole hall is shrouded in the sun.

The emperor was in a very good mood, the empress and imperial concubine came forward to serve the wine, and they all drank it in one gulp, and then the concubines in the palace also came forward to drink the wine one by one, saying some words of birthday wishes.The emperor had always been good at drinking, and now he was full of joy, saying "good, good!" and drank one by one.When Lian Zhen got up to leave the seat, she involuntarily glanced at the imperial concubine, who happened to be looking at her too, the two eyes met, and immediately separated, the imperial concubine lowered her eyes, picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip .

Lian was really worried, and followed several concubines of the same level, stepping on the luxurious gold thread and silver velvet blanket, and slowly stepped forward. When it was her turn, she knelt down and offered the gold cup in her hands, saying: "Concubine May the Holy Body of the Emperor be safe and peaceful, and live forever."

The emperor stared at her for a few times, then slipped his hand over the back of her hand inadvertently, Lian Zhen's body trembled slightly, the fear in his heart intensified instantly, his nerves tensed, but the emperor took the wine glass as if nothing had happened, smiling He said: "Long time no see, Concubine Lian's complexion is much better than before, I think she has taken good care of herself recently, I feel relieved seeing it."

Lian Zhen lowered her head and said softly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for remembering."

The empress sat on one side, taking a panoramic view of all this, her heart was full of displeasure, but her smile did not change at all. The imperial concubine was on the other side, her face was still indifferent, as if she turned a blind eye to everything in front of her.Concubine Li couldn't hide her jealousy, she sneered and said to the concubine sitting next to her, "See? On a day like this, everyone is dressed up, but she wants to dress up plainly, deliberately without makeup, to look pitiful, so as to attract attention. The emperor's attention."

The concubine said: "Yeah, it's okay to be born with a monstrous appearance, but she is so scheming. If there are a few more people like this in the palace, we will lose our jobs."

"Looking at the way the emperor looks, I guess she should be called to bed again tonight." Concubine Li became more and more angry as she thought about it, gnashing her teeth with hatred, she couldn't help but also picked up the wine glass in front of her, and took a big gulp of anger.

After Lian Zhen finished toasting, she retreated to her seat, feeling relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.The emperor was patient, and after drinking the wine toasted by everyone, he couldn't help but feel hot. He chatted with the queen beside him for a while, enjoyed the singing and dancing in Neijiaofang, and ate some delicate appetizers with chopsticks. The eyes always have to glance at Lian Zhen occasionally.The imperial concubine watched with cold eyes, feeling a little restless in her heart, and she didn't care about eating and drinking. She secretly winked at Liang Quan, the deputy general manager who was standing not far away, and Liang Quan nodded slightly.

The banquet was just at its peak when the original dancer suddenly retreated slowly, and the music in the hall changed accordingly, full of exotic customs. Eight slender women covered in light veils, stepping to the beat of musical instruments Tang pipa and stick drum, danced in red. Walking up to the hall, she twisted her graceful waist and danced briskly, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.Zhao Chengen echoed softly beside the emperor: "Your Majesty, these are the eight beauties presented to the Emperor by the king of Koryo. They entered the palace half a month ago. They were learning the court etiquette in the palace. The envoys of Goryeo came here to surprise the emperor. I begged the queen and imperial concubine to arrange for them to meet the emperor today."

The emperor even forgot to put down the wine, he only looked at the girl in the hall, felt that the veil was full of mystery, and said with a smile: "Okay, the first two are the daughters of the Gaoli clan."

"Yes, they are the nieces of King Goryeo, who were made princesses."

The emperor stared at the palace for a moment: "I heard that there are many beauties in the royal family of Goryeo. Today I want to see if they are worthy of their reputation."

Zhao Chengen laughed and said: "Gorea is the country that my courtiers belong to. The king of Goryeo must have had the guts to choose the most beautiful woman in the royal family as a gift to the emperor." The emperor laughed out loud. .

At the end of the song, the audience was silent. The eight women slowly took off the lavender veils on their faces. When the emperor saw it, he couldn't help holding his breath slightly. The two beautiful girls in the lead knelt down and saluted: "Concubine Wang Jiayue, Wang Jiake pays homage to the emperor, and may my emperor live forever."

"Okay, okay! The two princesses not only danced well, but they were also so beautiful. The King of Korea really gave me a great gift!" The emperor stood up from the throne, and walked slowly to the hall while drinking. Actually, one in each hand, he personally pulled up the two princesses.

The concubines present here, from the queen down, are full of dissatisfaction. The imperial concubine's eyes are dark and bottomless, but the corners of her lips are slightly raised, revealing an imperceptible sneer.