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

Next came the imperial concubine, who presented her with a pair of flawless white jade stones.

Jiang Shiying keenly heard Ning Bin's surprised voice.

Seeing her looking over inquiringly, Ning Bin lowered her voice and said: "The jade is good, but the concubine's gifts in previous years are more thoughtful."

Jiang Shiying understood, but didn't say much.

The congratulatory gifts from Concubine Jin and Concubine Jing are nothing unusual, they are all expensive and gorgeous objects.

When I arrived at Li Fei, I prepared not only gifts, but a program.

Jiang Shiying had long noticed that she was wearing a cloak today and did not take it off even when entering the palace.

At this time, the cloak was taken off, and Concubine Li was seen wearing a gorgeous purple dance dress.

The cheerful drum music sounded, and Li Fei danced in the palace.

After the dance, Concubine Li bowed and said: "I have shown my shame."

As she said those embarrassing words, the expression on her face was one of pride and smugness.

To be fair, Concubine Li's dancing is not inferior to that of the palace maid Su.

Lu Zhaolin said: "My beloved concubine's dancing skills have improved again."

When Concubine Li came off the stage, she heard the noble concubine laugh sarcastically: "I dance the same dance every year. It's hard for Concubine Li to get tired of it."

Yu Zhaoyi in the back presented a double-sided embroidered screen, and Fang Zhaorong presented a suit of clothes made by herself.

Then it was Jiang Shiying's turn. Many people were paying attention to her, waiting to see what she, the beloved concubine, would give.

Jiang Shiying walked to the palace, bowed and said: "Your Majesty is happy to have a long life. I have nothing good at it, so I personally made a pair of sleeves and kneepads for Your Majesty."

She has always been neat and generous, but at this time, a rare shy look appeared on her face: "This is my first time doing needlework. The stitches are not fine enough, please forgive me."

Lu Zhaolin said: "I still consider yesterday as a congratulatory gift."

Jiang Shiying said: "Of course we can't fool His Majesty like that."

Others didn't know what riddle they were playing, but they saw that for the first time tonight, Lu Zhaolin stood up from the throne in person.

He walked down the steps, walked to Jiang Shiying, and took the sleeves and knee pads from her hands.

Looking at the things in his hands, Lu Zhaolin first said: "It seems that it is indeed not as refined as the ones from the Shangfu Bureau."

Seeing Jiang Shiying glance at him with resentment, she added, "But I like her very much."

Only then did Jiang Shiying smile.

She first said: "As long as your Majesty likes it."

Then he asked: "Your Majesty, can you recognize the leather used by Ah Ying?"

After Lu Zhaolin looked at it for a while, he asked, "Is this the piece of white fox skin?"

Jiang Shiying nodded: "Exactly."

A few days ago, Lu Zhaolin asked Yao Xingde to carry her two boxes of fox and ermine skins, as well as a piece of white fox skin that he had beaten by himself.

Lu Zhaolin asked: "Didn't you ask them to piping that piece of leather on your coat?"

Jiang Shiying said: "I did it, but I didn't use up the whole fox skin. Ah Ying asked them to go to the Shangfu Bureau to get the remaining scraps back, and they were thinking about what to make for His Majesty. But Ah Ying Ying has never done needlework before, and I can’t do anything too complicated, so I can only try making sleeves and knee pads.”

Lu Zhaolin thought to himself that it was his first time doing needlework, and he was afraid that his fingers would be pricked by needles.

With this thought in mind, he handed the thing to Yao Xingde and then picked up her hand. If you look carefully, you will see that there are many dense needle holes on her fingertips.

Lu Zhaolin brought her finger to his lips and kissed her gently.

Jiang Shiying pulled her hand out slightly, but did not pull it out. She said softly: "Your Majesty, so many people are watching."

Lu Zhaolin didn't care at all.

At this moment, in his eyes, everyone else in the entire Xie Fang Hall seemed to be just decorations, which he could neither see nor remember.

Hearing what Jiang Shiying said, he just said "It's okay", but when he saw her face flushed and thinking that Ying was the youngest daughter after all, he took her hand away from her lips and asked her, "Does it hurt? "

Jiang Shiying smiled: "It hurt before, but it doesn't hurt anymore."

Someone secretly took a look at the queen's face and saw that the queen's face seemed to be frozen.

Looking at the imperial concubine again, she seemed to have not seen her, lowering her head to tease Princess Funing.

Li Fei secretly cursed "Hu Mei Zi", but she didn't dare to let anyone hear her.

The third princess Kang He, who was sitting next to her, had sharp ears and asked her, "Concubine, what is Hu Meizi?"

Princess Kanghe is only three years old. Children are not sensible and do not know that this is not a good thing.

She did not lower her voice, and her clear and childish voice sounded in the Xie Fang Hall, so everyone could hear her clearly.

Li Fei's face turned pale and she wished she could cover her daughter's mouth quickly.

At this time, Lu Zhaolin had turned his head and looked over, frowning: "Li Fei, what have you taught Kang He?"

Concubine Li quickly stood up and apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I think someone in the palace was talking nonsense, and Kang He listened to it."

Princess Kanghe wanted to say no, but she also saw that her father's face didn't seem right. The instinct of a small animal made her choose not to speak.

The imperial concubine was sitting diagonally in front of Concubine Li. Hearing this, she said, "Sister Concubine Li must take good care of the people in the palace. If she can't manage her well, Concubine Li in the past few days can serve as a warning."

That idiot, who was secretly instigated by someone, asked his slaves to steal the pure noble concubine's meal. No, not only was she demoted to the rank of concubine by Your Majesty, she couldn't even go out on days like Longevity Festival, and now she was still copying the palace rules in the palace.

Lu Zhaolin's voice was low: "Kang He and the servants around the princess will all be fined three months' monthly payment. I don't want anyone around the princess to say such unreasonable things again."

He said he was a slave, but everyone in the palace knew who he was actually referring to.

Concubine Li said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will discipline my concubine strictly."

Only Concubine Li lost face during this episode, but for the others, it successfully interrupted the emperor and the noble concubine's quarreling with each other in the palace.

Lu Zhaolin returned to the throne, and Jiang Shiying also returned to her seat and sat down.

Next up was Ning Bin. Ning Bin gave her a unique copy, but it was neither brilliant nor wrong.

Then came Concubine Qi, who gave her a fine jade Ruyi. Judging from the fineness of the white jade, she expected it to be worth a lot of money.

Among the beauties, Zhenmei was ranked last in terms of seniority, but she was pregnant with the emperor's heir, and the others were childless, so she was the first to present gifts.

The gift given by Zhen Meiren was also made by herself. It was a belt embroidered with auspicious cloud and dragon patterns, with five-clawed golden dragons dancing among the clouds. The colors were bright and the embroidery work was exquisite.

Lu Zhaolin only looked at it briefly and said, "You are interested."

Next, Nian Meiren and Xue Meiren presented one with a folding fan that they had painted, and the other with a hand-embroidered purse. They have low status and no favors, and they are not too young. They no longer expect favors, so they just fool around and get married.

Feng Meiren played a pipa. Her skill was superb, and she was actually better than the palace musicians.

Lu Zhaolin was obviously very satisfied, and he was more sincere than when he praised Concubine Li just now: "Very good, she can be said to be like hearing the music of an immortal, and her ears are temporarily clear."

Then, he ordered Yao Xingde: "Take out the Yun Zhongqiu and reward it to Feng Meiren."

Hearing this, Feng Meiren was overjoyed and saluted and thanked her.

When she plays the pipa, she naturally wants to be favored. But without great favor, it would be nice to be praised and rewarded by His Majesty.

The three talents at the back all had their own performances, but Meiren Feng and Zhu Yu were in front, and their performances only received superficial praise.

Then it was Guiren Chu's turn, and Guiren Chu also prepared his talents.

I saw three eunuchs carrying a large drum carved with dragons into the arena and placed it in the center of the hall.

Chu Guiren was dressed in red dance clothes and danced on the drum. Her steps were light, and she landed lightly or heavily on the drum, harmonizing with the music. The long water sleeves rotated and flew with the movements of her arms, moving like clouds and flowing water.

The queen turned her head to look at Lu Zhaolin's expression, and saw that his eyes were staring at the noble Chu on the drum without blinking. The queen was relieved.

But he didn't know that Lu Zhaolin was thinking in his heart at this moment that Chu Guiren's dance was pretty good, but compared with Ah Ying's casual sword dance yesterday, it still fell into the cliché.

Thinking of Jiang Shiying, he naturally cast his eyes on her, and saw that she was watching Chu Guiren's performance intently, with admiration and admiration in her eyes.

Somehow, he felt unhappy.