si-mexico Chapter 42 Dongzhu Earrings
Chapter 42 Dongzhu Earrings
Chapter 42: Dongzhu Earrings
Concubine Hua also brought Fu Zi with her today.
Let Fuzi present the pair of exquisite and gorgeous Dongzhu earrings to the Queen.
The oriental pearls were much rounder and had a much larger diameter than the new pair the queen mentioned in her previous life.
"A few days ago, the Emperor commended me for my hard work in managing the six palaces and gave me a bunch of oriental pearls." Concubine Hua leaned arrogantly on the chair and smiled brightly at the Queen. "I think I am young and cannot hold back the texture of oriental pearls, so I specially ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make earrings for the Queen as a New Year gift. I hope the Queen will accept them."
While Hua Fei ridiculed the Queen for her old age, she boasted to her, "Look, the Emperor values me so much that he even gave me the Queen's unique Dongzhu."
How could the Queen, who always spoke in a roundabout way, not understand the hidden sarcasm in Concubine Hua's words?
Even if the Queen wanted to refuse, Concubine Hua said that the Dongzhu was a New Year gift, so it would be difficult to refuse, otherwise it would seem that the Queen was narrow-minded.
The queen accepted the pair of pearls with a pinch of her nose.
"Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness, Jianqiu." The queen gave Jianqiu a look, and Jianqiu took the Dongzhu from Fuzi.
"This Fuzi has been with me for some time, and I am used to him." The Queen calmed herself down and asked Concubine Hua with a smile.
"The person the Queen gave to me is certainly smart."
"That's good. I'm relieved. Speaking of which, Fuzi served me in Jingren Palace. I believe that my sister will not treat Fuzi harshly for my sake."
The Queen was hinting to Concubine Hua that it was inappropriate to treat Fuzi, a first-class maid, as a third-class maid.
If she was asked to run errands every day and not serve Concubine Hua, she would not be able to help the Queen find out more news about Yikun Palace.
Hua Fei was certainly not a fool. She rolled her eyes and leaned from the left to the right.
"I will decide how to discipline the servants in my palace, so Your Majesty, please don't worry about it."
In the previous life, Fuzi just stood at the gate of Yiku Palace to greet the emperor. The emperor glanced at her and said that he remembered himself when he first entered the palace.
It can be seen that Fu Zi and himself have some similarities in their eyebrows and eyes.
Such a useful person must be used to the best advantage.
When the Queen heard Concubine Hua's reply, she almost couldn't hold back her fake smile.
"That's good. Sister, you are capable in managing the palace servants. With you helping me manage the six palaces, I can rest assured and recuperate. Well, it's getting late. I need to take the medicine. Jianqiu, send Concubine Hua out."
The Queen was afraid that if Concubine Hua didn't go out, she wouldn't even be able to attend the New Year's Eve banquet tomorrow night.
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The first New Year’s Eve banquet in the first year of Yongzheng’s reign.
Just like in her previous life, Zhen Huan did not attend due to illness.
There is also Concubine Duan, who is still recuperating in the palace.
Except for the two of them, all other concubines were already at the banquet, sitting in order according to their ranks, waiting for the emperor and empress to arrive.
Of course, in this life, there was one more person attending the banquet, Yu Ying'er, who had been favored in advance.
Yu Ying'er was still wearing a highly saturated blue Manchu dress, with her hair combed in a Manchu hairstyle suitable for women of official rank, and she still had a very eye-catching tuft of bangs on her forehead.
Yu Ying'er was not sitting still, pressing and raising her hands, acting like she was singing an opera, as if no one was around. She was going to sing a song for the emperor and the empress later.
Concubine Hua looked at the lively Yu Ying'er, and casually wondered how long Yu Ying'er could jump around, then she looked away and her eyes fell on the Seventeenth Master, Prince Guo.
After the emperor's nine sons competed for the throne, only the Seventeenth Prince, who was an adult, was able to be on good terms with the emperor.
I saw that Master Seventeen couldn't wait any longer and poured himself a glass of wine to taste.
In the previous life, Concubine Hua just thought that this idle prince was not particular about trivial matters. The Emperor just indulged this Seventeenth Prince who seemed to defy the rules of the palace because he had been raised by the Empress Dowager.
When I think about it carefully after living my life again, it is not an ordinary person to be able to escape from the battle for the throne among nine sons and live in peace with his mother.
This kind of casualness, the attitude of not caring about fame and fortune and not competing with the world, is probably a protective color to eliminate the emperor's vigilance.
Think about it, the Seventeenth Master was favored by the Emperor and often lived in the palace, which was why he was able to save Zhen Huan, who had a miscarriage, in his previous life.
Wait a minute, a prince rescued the emperor's concubines...
A thought flashed through Concubine Hua's mind, but before she could grasp it, Su Peisheng's powerful voice rang out outside the palace.
"Your Majesty and Queen are here."
Hua Fei hurriedly stood up with the other concubines to bow and greet the emperor. Hua Fei felt that the emperor's steps were much lighter than usual.
"May the Emperor be well and may the Empress be blessed."
"Today is a family dinner, don't be restrained. Please take a seat." The concubines took their seats.
"My royal brother always says that we don't need to be restrained, but when we follow the rules, we still feel restrained." Prince Guo Yunli looked at the slightly tipsy man who was already a little drunk and joined in the emperor's fun.
"Only Brother Seventeen would say that. He hates being restrained the most. It's a great honor for him not to skip the banquet or be late today."
Although the emperor was teasing Prince Guo, his eyes were looking at Concubine Hua.
Hua Fei looked back with a smile on her face, but she was extremely sure in her heart that her brother's report on pacifying the northwest should have been delivered.
The seventeenth brother was the first to raise his glass to toast the emperor, followed closely by Ulanara Yixiu.
"I would like to offer a toast to my brother first. I wish him a long life and good health, and a peaceful and prosperous Qing Dynasty."
"I wish His Majesty good health and a long life."
All the concubines stood up and wished in unison: "Long live the king."
Mr. Sanjin wrote in his storybook, "History is sometimes surprisingly similar."
Concubine Hua thought to herself that if she had the chance to meet Mr. Sanjin, she would definitely tell him that sometimes history is not only surprisingly similar, but also astonishingly consistent.
Sure enough, the wine in the glass was finished.
Hua Fei heard the emperor sitting in the main seat asking with concern:
"This wine is very good. Concubine Hua, have you drunk it too?"
"Of course I did." Hua Fei said the same thing as in her previous life.
But the tone no longer has that tenderness and sweetness.
It’s just the calmness in the questions and answers between the emperor and his subjects.
"Is your Majesty particularly happy today?" The Queen looked at the Emperor's expression and gave him advice.
"In the afternoon, a good report came from the northwest, saying that Nian Gengyao had put down the rebellion of Lobsang Danjin and captured all of his people, livestock and tribesmen."
"What a great Nian Gengyao! What a great General Nian!"
The emperor's joy was genuine at this moment.
But Concubine Hua had to be on guard.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. It is because of Your Majesty's great blessings and protection of the Qing Dynasty that my brother was able to quell the war. With Your Majesty's power and majesty, any general in the court can quell the war. It's just that Your Majesty has mercy on my brother."
Concubine Hua hurriedly walked out of her seat and knelt before the emperor.
In this life, she would nip in the bud any trace of arrogance.
"Your brother is very good!"
"It's all because of the emperor's keen eye that he gave my brother the opportunity." Concubine Hua was already kneeling with her head lowered.
Hua Fei was extremely respectful in her words and behaved properly, but she was thinking in her heart: You old bitch, please stop talking, you are going to flatter the Nian family to the limit.