The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

A few days later, a sudden imperial edict broke the tranquility of the harem.

"Baolin Yuan's nature is simple and respectful, so he was immediately named a talented person and given the title Shun."

This decree is even more puzzling than the ones that came out in the past few days.

This talented person has never seen her sleeping with her before. Her only patron, the Empress Dowager, is still in the palace to "recuperate" from illness. Why does His Majesty suddenly look at her differently?

Naturally, no one from Lu Zhaolin's side dared to inquire, but at Shun Cai Ren's place, people came one after another. Either to please or to test.

The imperial concubine, who was still living in the main palace, felt impatient and stopped everyone outside Xianfu Palace, only to let her breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Yuan Baolin, who had become the "nouveau riche in the palace", did not show much joy on his face, but was filled with happiness and worry.

"It won't be long before the Yuan family is afraid that they will be removed from the official family in the capital and become an ordinary wealthy family."

At this point, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's fine, it's better than a family going further and further down the wrong path and losing their lives in the end."

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Mid-November is the winter solstice.

This morning, when Jiang Shiying woke up, it was already bright.

"What time is it? Why didn't you wake me up?" Jiang Shiying asked.

While helping her get dressed, Qiu Yu replied: "At the end of Chenshi, someone from the Queen's place came to inform you early that the road was slippery because of the snow. There is no need to say hello today, and the slaves will not disturb your dreams."

Jiang Shiying was a little surprised when she heard this: "Is it snowing?"

Qiu Yu nodded: "It started raining last night, and it hasn't stopped yet. There's already a thick layer of snow outside."

After washing and dressing up, Jiang Shiying will go out to enjoy the snow.

She said: "Let's go to Hanying Garden first, and then to Huxin Pavilion. I don't know if it's frozen on Taiye Pond. If not, it must be a lot of fun to go boating and enjoy the snow."

Qiu Yu said: "You haven't had your breakfast yet."

Jiang Shiying took her hand and started to walk out. As she walked, she said, "I'm not hungry. I'll eat when I get back."

Qiu Yu said: "Then we can't just go out like this. Lan Hui went to get the empress's cloak, the one made of ermine skin."

After Jiang Shiying put on the big cloak and took a heater in her hand, she led the people out of Jingyang Palace.

But at the same time, at Ganquan Palace, Lu Zhaolin felt a little leisurely and wanted to take a stroll in the imperial garden after attending the morning court.

He sent someone to Jingyang Palace and wanted to call Jiang Shiying with him, but he heard the young eunuch reply: "Your Majesty, the people in Jingyang Palace said that the pure noble concubine has gone out to enjoy the snow. I guess now Already arrived at Hanying Garden."

Hearing this, Lu Zhaolin ordered: "Let's go to Hanying Garden too."

Hanying Garden is located in the northwest corner of the Imperial Garden. It is a plum forest covering an extremely large area.

In the Imperial Garden, the flowers, trees, pavilions and pavilions are all covered deeply with snow. At a glance, there is endless white.

The palace people only shoveled the snow on the road to make it easier to move around. The rest was left untouched, for fear of affecting the masters' interest in enjoying the snow.

It's not yet the time for plum blossoms to bloom. There are mostly green buds on the plum branches, and there are also some small red buds.

"Look, that flower branch is blooming really well."

Following Qiu Yu's fingers, he saw that on a plum branch, there were seven or eight red plum blossoms that had already opened early, and there were five or six small flower buds that were about to bloom.

Qiu Yu said: "Slave, please fold it back and put it in the bottle for the queen."

"I will do it myself."

With that said, Jiang Shiying handed the heater in her hand to Qiu Yu, and then walked towards the plum tree.

My feet stepped on the soft snow, making a crunching sound.

The moment she put her hand on the plum branch, she unexpectedly broke off a whole red plum.

The snow fell rustlingly from the plum trees, fell on her, and also fell into the snow.

He saw her take off her cloak with one hand, shouted: "Go on", and threw it into Ah Yuan's arms.

Then, he walked a few more steps into the plum forest and reached a wider area. He used plum branches as swords and started dancing.

When Lu Zhaolin arrived, what he saw was a woman in red, flying and jumping nimbly in the snow-white sky.

As she rotated her wrist, the "Plum Sword" in her hand broke through the wind.

The snow on the ground was rolled up, and the snow in the sky lingered on, flying in the air.

When she stopped, the snowflakes that were stirred up began to fall again.

Lu Zhaolin clapped his hands and said, "Ah Ying is good at swordsmanship."

It was only then that Jiang Shiying's master and servant seemed to notice his arrival.

Jiang Shiying trotted into his arms and said with a sweet smile, "I have met your majesty, and your majesty is here too."

Lu Zhaolin opened his cloak and wrapped her in it.

A Yuan originally wanted to take two steps forward and put Jiang Shiying's cloak on, but when he saw this, he stepped back.

Lu Zhaolin said: "I came here specially to enjoy the snow with you. By accident, I happened to see you dancing with your plum sword in the snow."

Jiang Shiying giggled and said, "A Ying dances well, isn't it?"

Lu Zhaolin said: "It's very beautiful."

Jiang Shiying said: "Then let's treat it as a program dedicated to His Majesty on the Longevity Festival, okay?"

Tomorrow is Lu Zhaolin's birthday. The Queen has said before that those who want to perform talents should report to her in advance, but Jiang Shiying didn't report anything.

Lu Zhaolin raised his eyebrows: "Are you going to send me away now?"

Jiang Shiying nuzzled into his arms and said coquettishly: "Ying just wants to show your majesty the sword dance alone, and doesn't want to perform like a dancer in front of a bunch of people."

Lu Zhaolin readily agreed.

Afterwards, the two strolled around Hanying Garden together.

Hearing Jiang Shiying say that he wanted to go boating to enjoy the snow, Lu Zhaolin was about to order people to prepare the boat when he saw an eunuch from Ganquan Palace looking for him: "Your Majesty, there are several adults from the previous court who want to see you."

He thought it was because there were concubines here, but he didn't explain them one by one.

Jiang Shiying said: "The adults from the previous dynasty asked to see you. They must have important matters that need your Majesty to deal with. Your Majesty, please go and do your work first."

Lu Zhaolin said: "Then when I am free in two days, let's go boating together again?"

Jiang Shiying nodded: "Ah Ying is waiting for Your Majesty."

Lu Zhaolin ordered: "Ah Yuan, come and put your master's cloak on."

Seeing that Jiang Shiying was well dressed, he hurried to Ganquan Palace with his people.

Jiang Shiying stayed where he was, looking at his back, guessing that the important matters before today might be related to the heavy snow.

She murmured in an inaudible voice: "The snow in Beijing is so heavy, I wonder what's going on in Shuozhou."

On the second day, the Wanshou Festival dinner was held in Xiefang Hall.

Because Lu Zhaolin had said before that this Wanshou Festival would not be a big event, he did not have to invite the courtiers and wives into the palace, and only held a family banquet in the palace.

The Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager, was still recuperating in Shouan Palace and did not attend. Without her, the atmosphere of the banquet would be more peaceful and festive, and there would be no need to worry about anything going wrong.

First, a group of princes and princesses sent congratulatory gifts and said congratulations.

Princess Yongning is the eldest and stands at the front, followed by her younger siblings.

"My son, my brothers and sisters, wrote a picture of longevity together."

Yao Xingde took the scroll in her hand, walked to Lu Zhaolin's side, and opened it for him.

Lu Zhaolin looked at it carefully and then asked: "Did you complete it together?"

All princes and princesses should be like this.

Lu Zhaolin smiled and said: "Okay! Father likes it very much!"

Then, he looked at Princess Yongning and said, "Yongning is sensible."

Jiang Shiying thought to herself that it was not Princess Yongning who was sensible, but the queen knew what Lu Zhaolin wanted to see and deliberately asked Yongning to act for him.

After the prince and princess, there are the royal family members and a group of concubines.

The queen is good at painting, and the congratulatory gift she gave him was a picture of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers that she drew by herself.

She said humbly: "My concubine's painting skills are poor. Please don't dislike me, Your Majesty."

Lu Zhaolin was very considerate: "The queen is too modest to say this. In the entire harem, if the queen's painting skills are second, I'm afraid no one dares to claim to be the first."

Concubine Jin and Concubine Jing also joined in support.

Concubine Jin said: "If the Queen's painting skills can be described as poor, then I will never dare to paint again."

Concubine Jing said: "Regardless of the painting skills, the meaning of this picture is very good. The prosperity of our Jin Dynasty and the peace of the world are all due to your Majesty."

Lu Zhaolin laughed loudly and ordered: "Yao Xingde, put it away properly."