Tangled

Mu Luoluo frowned slightly when she heard the words, although Concubine De and Meiren Zhang came from the same family with the same surname, how could they put the gifts together?Mu Luoluo slightly raised her eyes to look at Su Qingwan, who was leisurely taking a sip from her teacup, so Mu Luoluo still saw the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Mu Luoluo was skeptical, and the rest were even more skeptical.Concubine Zhang De was surprised and looked sideways at Zhang Meiren. The latter's delicate face had already changed color with anger, and when she looked at Mrs. Zhang again, her expression was even more exciting.

Concubine Song is not as restrained as Su Qingwan, her vermilion lips are directly raised in a beautiful arc, Zhang Meiren is swayed by Su Qingwan, it is really happy to hear it.

"Gifts from concubine De are always family-friendly, but they are also very considerate." The Empress Dowager has been in the harem for many years, and this little trick has been fully seen. "It happened that the cat was mischievous yesterday and lit a glass lamp."

"It's the concubine's blessing that the empress dowager doesn't dislike it." Concubine Zhang De stood up, feeling a little blessed.

Zhang Meiren was behind her, her face turned blue and white, and she didn't know whether she should follow her to thank her, after all, what the Empress Dowager praised was not her gift.

Afterwards, the little masters of each courtyard presented gifts according to their ranks, most of which were gadgets for daily play, not as worthy of the stage as the empresses of the fourth palace, but only for their own special skills, so I won't repeat them one by one.

Then Mu Xiaoxiao presented a gift, except for Zhang Meiren, she was the first among the new concubines to present a gift, so it attracted quite a lot of attention.

"Guanglutang presents a bucket of new tea West Lake Longjing and Biluochun, and a box of homemade food."

After the eunuch's voice, all four people whispered.

"Xian nobles are too stingy, the empress dowager actually brought homemade food on the table for her birthday." Zhao Zhaorong has always been bitter and mean, seeing her today, it is as expected.

"My younger sister comes from a small family. I know I can't compare to my older sisters, but I want to show my filial piety to please the Empress Dowager." From the south of the Yangtze River, I secretly thought that the dim sum in the south of the Yangtze River could please the Empress Dowager and relieve the pain of homesickness. Even if I am not talented, I still have the courage to cook and do my best.”

"Bring it up, Aijia has a taste." The Empress Dowager beckoned, and Mu Xiaoxiao personally presented the food box.

"Seasonal melons and fruits, supplemented with pasta, really have the taste of hometown." The empress dowager is shrewd, and she knows that it is the Feng family's craftsmanship. Although it is a minority, it is enough to prove her identity, "Xiaoxiao has a heart."

"Thanks to the Empress Dowager, I am willing to cook every day and serve the Empress Dowager." Mu Xiaoxiao knelt down and raised the food box above her head.

"With this kind of filial piety, it's better to serve the emperor more." The empress dowager stretched out her hand to pull Mu Xiaoxiao up, and patted the back of her hand lightly.

Su Qingwan saw it clearly, and lowered her eyes and smiled.Concubine Song Gui didn't say a word, just joking with Concubine An Xian.Zhao Zhaorong felt resentful, but had to swallow her anger, but she was far away from Zhang Meiren.Zhou Zhaoyi served tea and gestured slightly to Shen Jieyu across the table, as a thank you for the kindness of awakening.

At this time, the geometry of the Wei and Wei in the palace is roughly divided into clear and bright.

After reading it for a while, only Su Qingwan's elk and Mu Xiaoxiao's snacks were the favorites, which made people enviable.

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"It's so rare that Concubine Shu will have a day to spread her wings." He Meiren tapped her fingers on the table lightly, with a smile that was not a smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Come to think of it, Princess Heping will reach her age this year, right?" Zhang Meiren looked at Princess Heping who was sitting next to He Meiren, and answered with something to say.

"What do you mean?" He Meiren suddenly turned her head and looked at Zhang Meiren warily.

"It's nothing, I just heard from my mother that the barbarians from the northwest have harassed our border recently. Although His Majesty sent the Su family to calm down, he still has the willingness to negotiate peace." Zhang Meiren took a piece of hazelnut cake from the plate, and handed it with a smile. To the Princess of Peace.

Needless to say, He Meiren already understood what Zhang Meiren meant, and subconsciously raised her hand to embrace Princess Heping into her arms.

"My concubine has heard that some people say that if you want to negotiate a peace to appear sincere, you must get the princess to get married, and it has been true in all dynasties." Zhang Meiren said, and glanced at Mu Xiaoxiao's direction pointingly.

"What do you want to do?" He Meiren's heart suddenly tightened, and what to do seemed to be clear.

"My concubine is just a little beauty and has no one to rely on. What can I do?" Zhang Meiren's brows are curved, but there is no smile in her eyes. "When I was young, my brother gave me a canary. I also like it very much, but I didn't pay attention to it and let it fly away. Later, my brother saw that I was crying sadly, so I gave me another one, and told me to cut off its wings from time to time, so that it would not be easy to fly away. .”

He Meiren took a deep look at Zhang Meiren and said nothing.Zhang Mei calmly took a sip of tea, since she was able to climb from the palace maid to her current position, it is not a good thing to think about.

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"The Empress Dowager is celebrating her birthday. I am not talented. I have been taken care of by the Emperor, but I have a good voice. If the Empress Dowager does not give up, I am willing to sing a song to make the Empress Dowager smile." When Si Leting took a break from singing and dancing, Wu Meiren stood up and recommended herself.

"Sure." The emperor waved his hand.

"Green Zijin, Youyouwoxin.

Even if I don't go, Zining doesn't listen?

Qing Qing Zi Pei, I think leisurely.

Even if I don't go, Zining won't come?

Xi Xi pick up in the city of Xi Que.

I don't see you in a day, it's like March. "①

The singing voice is melodious, the voice is ethereal, the dance steps are gentle, and the figure is graceful, flying like a butterfly and as graceful as an exiled fairy.

"It really has a good voice." The Empress Dowager smiled and pointed to the fruit in front of her. "Give these to Beauty Wu."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Wu Meiren was overjoyed and thanked her again and again.

Wu Meiren is the daughter of the governor of Changzhou, her voice is soft and waxy from Jiangnan people, if she can sing Jiangnan ditties, she might be more likely to please the Empress Dowager, Mu Luoluo thought to herself with downcast eyes.

"Luoluo." Mu Xiaoxiao called softly.

"Little master." Mu Luoluo leaned against Mu Xiaoxiao, taking advantage of the opportunity to pour tea, said in a low voice, "You don't need to do anything, you can just watch from the sidelines."

"En." After listening to Wu Meiren's song, Mu Xiaoxiao and Mu Luoluo thought of going together.

"Sister Wu's good voice is unmatched by anyone. I am a bold concubine, and I also want to please the Empress Dowager. I would like to present the voice of konghou." Zhang Meiren stood up, and Concubine Zhang De looked sideways.

"Sure." The emperor nodded, and then rewarded Su Qingwan with a plate of dim sum in front of him.

Konghou, Concubine Song raised her eyebrows. Before that, there was one person in the palace who was the best at konghou. She especially liked the song of Fengming Jiutian.

Zhang Meiren sits down and raises her bare hands. The sound is like running water, clearer and longer, sometimes tactful, sometimes crisp, like people whispering, and then like water caressing the side of a boat, attracting people to immerse themselves in it.

"It's a beautiful song on the Moonlit Night on the Spring River." After the song was finished, the emperor clapped his hands and praised, and the empress dowager also nodded frequently.

"To be praised by His Majesty, the days and nights of my concubine's practice will be worth it." Zhang Meiren beamed with joy.

The phoenix-headed harp in the Bamboo Hall may have fallen to ashes. Shen Jieyu looked down at the tea in her cup. Ever since the Chu family was abolished as a commoner, the sound of the harp has never sounded in the palace again. Now that there is Xiao Zhang, I think In the future, the scene of harp circling the beam will appear again.

"Since you practice diligently day and night, it may not be appropriate to live in the Shangqing Palace. Qingwan's illness must be recuperated." The emperor recalled what Su Qingwan said that day, and was immediately displeased. "From tomorrow, you can move to Changqing Pavilion."

Zhang Meiren's joy was still on the brows, but she got such an order, and for a while, she was not happy or sad.

Su Qingwan glanced at Zhang Meiren, did not say anything to persuade her to stay, then looked at Mu Luoluo, and smiled slightly.

During the birthday banquet, some families were happy and some were sad, and the gains and losses after the birthday banquet may only be clearly explained by each family.

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In the twelfth lunar month, the coldness seems to happen overnight, and the trees with a few dead leaves are completely bare. For a while, only the plum garden is still alive in the imperial garden.

"It's winter, and I'm getting more and more tired." Su Qingwan leaned on the couch holding the hand stove, and the quilt was covered up to her waist.

"It's been gloomy for the past few days. I think it will snow in a few days." Zhen'er fiddled with the carbon in the ground dragon to make the temperature in the room higher.As the new year approached, Su Qingwan mostly stayed in the warm pavilion and was unwilling to move, so Zhen'er let the little maids in the Shangqing Palace take leave, and only two or three of them took turns to avoid emergencies.

"The Chinese New Year will be in a while, and I've been busy this year, and I don't know what I've done." Su Qingwan said lazily, "Hurry up tomorrow, ask the Secretary of the Inner Court for some new tricks, I have nothing to do, It’s good to embroider something to pass the time.”

"Yes." Jane replied.

"If you're bored, you can let the servant girl read and listen to you. I've done a lot of needlework, and my eyes hurt." Mu Luoluo opened the door curtain and came in, holding a small food box in her hand.

"Then come here and read to me." Su Qingwan laughed, and the boredom of the past few days was swept away.

"Let's put the food in the small kitchen first. It's best if you can finish the lunch. If you can't finish it, give it to the people below." Mu Luoluo first handed the food box to Zhen'er, and casually ordered, "If there is no other You can also play around, Xiaoxiao is talking with Zhu'er in the house, you can also go and play for a while, here today, I will serve you."

Zhen'er turned her head to look at Su Qingwan, but the latter's eyes were all on Mu Luoluo, where she was, everything else was a foil.

"My servant thanked the young miss." Seeing that Su Qingwan had no objection, Zhen'er happily responded, and quickly backed away.

"You sent all my servants away, who will read to me?" Su Qingwan tilted her head and looked at Mu Luoluo with a smile.

"Isn't there me?" Mu Luoluo walked to the side of the couch, put her hands on Su Qingwan's sides, and looked straight into Su Qingwan's eyes.

"I don't dare to instruct you, Miss Mu, how can you condescend to read to me." Su Qingwan raised her hand and touched Mu Luoluo's chest, then quickly raised her head, and kissed Mu Luoluo lightly on the lips, They parted in an instant.

"Being able to read to Concubine Shu is a blessing I have cultivated in several lifetimes." Mu Luoluo pressed down forcefully, turning Su Qingwan's provocative shallow kiss into a deep kiss, and Su Qingwan raised her arms to wrap her arms around Mu Luoluo's neck in a kind manner.

It wasn't until both of them were a little short of breath that they reluctantly separated, their foreheads touching and their breaths intertwined.

"After the next year, if Xiaoxiao's foundation is stable, you can come to my palace." Su Qingwan lightly rubbed the tip of her nose against Mu Luoluo's cheek, "Give Zhen'er to Xiaoxiao, and the two sisters, Zhen'er and Zhuer, can stay together."

"Wait a little longer. I'll come when I clean up Guanglu Hall and when Xiaoxiao takes the position of the superior." Although Mu Luoluo was reluctant in every possible way, she made a promise after all. It may be possible to mention the concubine."

"Forget it." Su Qingwan understood, after all, there are many people in the palace, if Mu Xiaoxiao can occupy a high position and be favored, it will be beneficial and harmless to the two of them.

"Angry?" Mu Luoluo raised her hand and gently scratched Su Qingwan's side.

"No, how could I be so stingy." Su Qingwan has always been ticklish, and when Mu Luoluo scratched her, she couldn't help hiding in the couch, "I was just thinking, I have been in the palace for five years, everything is fine, I should Go home and visit your relatives."

"Back after the next year?" Mu Luoluo took advantage of the opportunity and sat down on the couch, holding Su Qingwan in her arms.

"Probably around the Lantern Festival. Concubine An Xian went back at that time the year before last." Su Qingwan rested her head on Mu Luoluo's neck, and interlocked her fingers with Mu Luoluo's. "If I can go back, I will take you back together, and you too Advise Master Mu, even if Niang Xiaoxiao can't be righted, it's better to raise her as a common wife, at least she will erase Xiaoxiao's status as a concubine. Being promoted as a common wife will not affect your status as a concubine, and it will also make it easier for Your Majesty to raise Xiaoxiao's status , it is not harmful to you, me, Xiaoxiao or the Mu family."

"I know." Mu Luoluo smiled softly, "I don't feel too tired to panic after thinking so much about me."

"Isn't it because..." Su Qingwan closed her eyes, greedily smelling the familiar scent of osmanthus on Mu Luoluo's body.

"Because of what?" Mu Luoluo asked knowingly.

"Because I like you."

Outside the window, the first snow is coming, and the snowflakes fall quietly, as if they are afraid of disturbing the tranquility and beauty in the house.

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①From "The Book of Songs·Zheng Feng·Zijin"

After about five or six chapters, Mu Luoluo will be able to go to Su Qingwan Palace and start cohabitation mode.