Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

The people who went to the Empress Dowager’s palace this time can be described as Haohaotangtang. With the empress, there are a total of nine masters, each with two maids, and the empress brought four, a total of 29 people.

The queen has recuperated for a year, and she is almost in good health, walking at the forefront like flying.But it’s hard for those concubines who just entered the palace. Miss, everyone is supported by two maids at home, with long skirts covering their feet, and the fastest pace is not even two-thirds of the queen’s, before they walk to Yongshou At the gate of the palace, he was out of breath.

So after arriving in the Empress Dowager's Palace, after barely finishing greetings, everyone, especially the five newcomers, spread out on the chairs and panted, but they couldn't make a sound in front of the Empress Dowager, and their faces turned red.

But the Empress Dowager didn't understand what was going on, she just thought these people were shy and sighed heavily in her heart, she knew that Ruicheng liked weaker people, but these few...

Even because they were afraid that they would gasp if they talked too much, and because of the attempted provocation in the Kunning Palace, everyone restrained themselves when facing the Queen Mother who was said to be the big backer who held the piano in the Compassion Ning Palace.

After asking a few questions, the queen mother lost her interest, and said: "Okay, you all go back. The queen and concubine stay here."

Now the palace affairs are generally managed by three people, and there will be two major events soon, one is the first birthday banquet of the first prince, and the other is the election on the second day of February.Xiaoxuan still intends to let Master Baoqin take charge, so there is nothing to say.

For the eldest prince's first birthday banquet, firstly, banquets should be held in Baohe Hall and Jiaotai Hall, and secondly, the emperor should give the eldest prince a name. With a name, he can be regarded as a legitimate son.

The queen mother took out a folded piece of paper, and said a little funnyly: "Ruicheng sent it in the morning, and said it was the name of the first prince." Thinking of Ruicheng's expression at that time, the queen mother smiled twice and said: "I said I didn't find it." Any minister can start by himself."

The queen mother said cheerfully, "I haven't watched it yet, I'll wait for you to come together."

The three of them were very curious, their heads were put together, the paper was folded twice, and they opened it to have a look.

Baoqin suddenly became depressed. I don't read much, are these two characters in traditional Chinese characters?do not know.

...... Chong 虓 ......

Baoqin controlled her neck and head without moving, her eyes swayed from side to side, the expressions of the Empress Dowager and Shulan were quite calm.

Queen Mother: "It's a good name, I think Ruicheng put his heart into it."

Nima, what should I do if I don't know the name of my eldest grandson!

Shulan nodded, and a standard smile with eight teeth appeared on her face, "The eldest prince finally has a name."

...Can't read... Is Your Majesty bullying that I come from a family of generals...

Baoqin smiled and nodded vigorously, "That's great."

Sure enough, it is still related to less reading.

To mention such a name, Ruicheng also took great pains. Their brothers are all descendants of Rui, and the names are based on the blessing of the deceased emperor. They are all common characters, such as Yong, An, Ding, Ming, Le, and Qing. It's easy to remember, isn't it?

It is sad because it is a commonly used character, because it is to avoid the taboo of the venerable, and the above-mentioned characters appear in public places, and it is necessary to write one or two strokes less. What's more, Rui Yong, who was the prince at the beginning, is now the prince. The emperor's Ruicheng, these three words should be drawn in a circle when strictly speaking, and in this case, they cannot be treated as typos.

Do you know how bad it is to have more than ten typos and circles on a page of a memorial...

In minutes, he became irritable about handling state affairs.

For example: O fear and panic will appear on the pleading note

Last year's Encore, Anbang O Country

Fortunately, the sixth brother died early, so the word "An" can be used.

For this reason, the emperor didn't want the future to get worse and worse, so he started looking through the dictionary three months in advance, and finally gave the eldest prince a good name before his first birthday.

It doesn't matter if these two words are taboo, anyway, they won't be used anymore.Ruicheng happily wrote down the word "忀虓", and handed one copy to the Ministry of Rites and one copy to the Queen Mother.

It can be predicted that the popularity rate of the name First Prince in the harem will not be very high for a long time to come.

The eldest prince's birthday banquet was mainly organized by Shulan. The emperor's first son was also a legitimate son, so the banquet was generally very grand.

During the day, a banquet was held in the Jiaotai Palace to entertain the wives outside the palace, and when they came back at night, they received congratulatory gifts from the concubines.

Baoqin was a bit regretful, because she didn't make it to the banquet held by the Jiaotai Palace, and it is reasonable for eunuchs to read out the imperial decree to name the eldest prince at the banquet, but Shulan went.

But if she still doesn't know her son's name, will she end my friendship with me?It's so contradictory, but it seems to know.

Concubine Wu was the first to show the gift, a gold collar inlaid with jade, bracelets and anklets of the same style, and a gold lock around her neck.

Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Concubine Wu smiled complacently and indifferently: "The eldest prince has a noble status, and only these things are worthy of him."

Local tycoon!Baoqin thought to herself, change her to a palace lady next month!

The next one was Baoqin who seemed to have a good relationship with Shulan. She presented a set of silver gifts, plus three purses embroidered by herself.

Shulan also picked it up and weighed it, and Concubine Wu couldn't help feeling complacent again.

Seeing the things Baoqin gave, Yuan Chun couldn't help but gloat over others' misfortune. If she was born as a maid, how could she bring any good things into the palace.

The rest of the people were relieved, just now Concubine Wu gave such a set of jewelry, everyone was shocked, because the things they prepared were really not as good as one percent of what Concubine Wu gave, and now they saw the set of jewelry given by Baoqin Things, everyone seemed to have taken a reassurance, looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, okay, I can give it away.

The things that can be given to children who are one year old are actually so different, but the materials are different. The gifts from Concubine Wu are the most precious, and the absent Liu Guiren entrusted the maids to bring the thinnest gifts.

Shulan listened to the flattery below, and watched Concubine Wu triumphantly look at this and then that, and suddenly threw out a big news, "Concubine Wu, go back to prepare, Your Majesty will turn over your sign tonight, I will It's already been printed."

Suddenly it was quiet, Concubine Wu's face flushed red, her voice was almost inaudible, "Thank you for your kindness."

You don't need to thank me, it's not that I'm having sex with you...

With this news, the rest of the people couldn't sit still. Those who had served the bed were thinking about what gift to give tomorrow morning, and those who hadn't been thinking about letting her take the lead, but in a blink of an eye they comforted themselves, Concubine Wu is the highest ranked, logically it should start with her.

I feel much better.

There is nothing to say about rolling the bed sheets, and it's over when you pull the light.

The next morning, Concubine Wu pretended to let the two maids help her, possibly deliberately pinching her, and arrived at Shulan's Kunning Palace at the last quarter of an hour.

With his head lowered halfway, his face blushing a little, the corners of his mouth and his eyes were full of smiles, and he seemed very satisfied with the emperor.

Concubine Wu smiled and knelt down to the queen to salute, but when she got up, she was not in a good mood.

The eldest prince was wearing a silver lock around his neck. Except for her, the rest were all silver locks yesterday. I couldn't tell who gave it to him, but she recognized the new pouch on the queen's waist, and it was given by Baoqin.

Concubine Wu smiled a little aggrieved and said, "Your Majesty, the golden lock yesterday was opened in Huguo Temple..."

Shulan said with a blank expression: "I tried it, it's too heavy, and it left a mark."

Concubine Wu's face became even more beautiful.

Huiyan coughed, took a step forward in time, and brought a mahogany plate to Concubine Wu and said, "The Empress rewards a pair of jade bracelets."

Concubine Wu had to salute again, and after the salute, she took the first position on the queen's right hand.

Next, the concubines gave gifts to each other, so it is actually quite difficult for the queen, every time a new concubine enters, she rewards others, if she wants to receive things, she has to give birth to a child.

The first congratulatory gift was Concubine Dong, with a golden hairpin.Concubine Wu accepted it with a smile, and the maid behind her stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty will reward you with a pair of ivory flower hairpins with weaving patterns."

Coming down is Yuanchun. Before Concubine Wu came in, she was considered a local tyrant in the palace. Now that Concubine Wu has come in, Yuanchun can only retreat to the second line. In addition, Yuanchun really wants to pull her into the Baoqin Alliance, so the two are polite I am angry, and I am quite satisfied with the things the other party sent.

Next came the one holding the qin. Concubine Wu saw a pair of thin hairpins on her plate, her laughter seemed to come from her nostrils, and she couldn't help but sarcastically said: "He concubine, this is... oh, this I'm afraid the hairpin might not reach even two taels."

Baoqin hated this kind of behavior of exposing family property, but he was not such a person who didn't know how to adapt. This hairpin is good because of its workmanship. The thinner it is, the more it looks like a craftsman.But after hearing the provocative words, she was not angry and said: "Concubine Wu is really accurate in seeing the money."

Concubine Wu just wanted to say something to refute, but Shulan coughed lightly on top, and then she could only move on to the next part, "Concubine Wu rewards a tourmaline fragrance bead bracelet."

After passing this level, Concubine Wu officially became a palace concubine and joined the harmonious and loving harem family.

Two days after the election, Baoqin came to the Empress Dowager's palace with a small wooden box in her hand, and she winked as soon as she entered. Liangxue knew that she was going to say something cryptic. The little maid called out.

The mysterious appearance of Baoqin made the queen mother very curious, the two got close, and the queen mother asked: "What delicious snacks did you bring me~"

Does dim sum need to avoid people... Baoqin smiled and said: "It's not delicious, but it's also a good thing."

The box was opened, and there were a lot of silver locks pressed on a stack of silver bills.

The Empress Dowager suddenly became serious, "Where did it come from?" Just now, she made a rough calculation, the silver key is nothing, the key is the bank note below.

Baoqin said: "Your Majesty, you know that I change all the maids in Jiapin's palace once a month."

The Empress Dowager nodded, she knew about this, and she was sure of it, tossing and tossing Yuan Chun, the Empress Dowager didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but what did the palace ladies have to do with Yin Zi?

"There are a lot of rewards in Jiapin's palace. Everyone wants to go. These are handed over to the maids of Yuanchun every month. I gave half of them." Baoqin said, and put the wooden box on the table.

The queen mother stretched out her hand, a little shocked and a little curious, and flipped through it casually. There were at least seventy-eight thousand taels, and this was only rewarded to the court ladies who sweep the floor and other foul words. There must be more maids around Yuanchun.

Baoqin said very sincerely: "Madam, two to thirty taels is enough to feed a family of five for a year. If all this money is exchanged for food, there should be no starvation."

The empress dowager was moved with a smile: "Where is this enough?" After a pause, she joked: "Why didn't you wait for Ruicheng to go directly to Ruicheng."

Baoqin first said: "It's the same for the Empress Dowager." But under the gaze of the Empress Dowager, Baoqin bowed his head embarrassedly, and said coyly: "Your Majesty...how can I have time to say this..."

The Queen Mother laughed out loud, patted the hand holding Qin, "I know."