Yixiu's Rebirth: Sending Bai Lianhua's Sister to Become a Concubine

It was to celebrate Kangxi's birthday one by one.

As Kangxi's daughter-in-law, Yixiu naturally prepared a gift early on. It was a golden Buddha, which was very practical.

Although it's not outstanding, it won't go wrong either.

The other concubines presented their gifts one by one.

When it was Kukuan's turn, she stood up in a red Tibetan dress and said, "Father, your daughter-in-law has prepared a sword dance as a gift for you."

Kangxi:? ? ?

If you weren't the one sent from Tibet, I would have thought you wanted to assassinate me.

Kukuan danced with the Tibetan knife with great vigor and power, which was not very entertaining to watch, but everyone was a little more tolerant of her.

After returning to her seat, Tong Jia Wanqing said, "As expected of someone who comes from a remote place in Tibet, he doesn't even know the rules."

Kukuan has a straightforward personality, but she is not stupid. She knows that Tong Jia Wanqing had no good intention in what she said.

"Haha, I almost forgot. Concubine Xiang was originally going to marry the Fourteenth Master, but later changed her mind and wanted to marry the Emperor. She was so casual about her own marriage, let alone celebrating the birthday of the Emperor."

"So what if I celebrate your birthday like this? What can a mere maid like you say? You argue every day, aren't you afraid of slipping your tongue and leaving bad karma? You will go to the hell of tongue-pulling after you die!"

After all, Kukuan came from Tibet, so he knew a little about these things and could threaten people without hesitation.

That “little concubine” hurt Tong Jia Wanqing, and she was about to continue speaking when Yixiu looked over at her.

"What are you talking about?"

Tong Jia Wanqing lowered her head in hatred.

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Soon, they will be seated.

It was still cold in the capital at the end of March, so the main dish of the Banquet for Thousand Old Men was hot pot.

The pot was full of pork and lamb, as well as vegetables and tofu.

In addition, there are dishes such as stewed lamb, stewed pork, roasted deer tail, and roasted venison.

The tea used is Junshan Yinzhen, and the dried fruits include walnut candy, cashews, peanuts, as well as candied oranges, candied crabapples, candied bananas and candied plums.

Kukuan had never seen such a big scene before. It seemed that the Fourteenth Master really did not cheat her.

However, Princess Kukuan felt a little regretful that her father left too early, otherwise she would have been able to join in the fun.

Not only is the climate in the Central Plains better than in Tibet, the products are also much richer than in Tibet. These things all look delicious.

Especially the hot pot, the silver hot pot is filled with meat, tofu, and green vegetables.

It's not easy to eat some green leafy vegetables in this weather.

There were two silver hot pots on each table of these distinguished guests.

Because there were not many concubines in the harem, they all happened to be sitting at one table.

As soon as the soup started to boil, Kukuan picked up the mutton with chopsticks.

It still has a little pink color at this time, which is the most tender time.

Kukuan said, "If I could use a dagger to pick up the meat, it would be more convenient for me to use it."

Tong Jia Wanqing said: "Even the Mongolian tribes nowadays no longer use this method to pick meat with a dagger. You Tibetans are still lagging behind."

When Kukuan heard Tong Jia Wanqing say this, he shouted, "You Manchus have too many rules. In our place, we can eat whatever we want."

"But now this is not your Tibet, and you are no longer a princess." Tong Jia said quietly, "Since you have married into the Qing Dynasty, you will be the daughter-in-law of the Qing Dynasty in the future, and you must abide by the rules of the Qing Dynasty."

Tong Jia Wanqing was just stopped by Yixiu, but she was not angry. Now she was thinking about taking advantage of Yixiu.

"And, Concubine Xiang, you just refused to accept it, but now the Empress hasn't even started eating yet, so why are you the first to start? Do you think that you can step on the Empress just because you are a concubine?"

Kukuan looked over and saw that the concubines had not yet started eating.

"You are so weird. There is such a table full of delicious food, but you are not moved at all and you even stop me."

Tong Jia Wanqing said: "Sister Xiang Fei, this is not a question of whether to eat or not. Do you have to pick up your chopsticks before the Venerable one does? I don't know where this rule comes from."

Only then did Kukuan realize what was going on.

Her face flushed red.

She never really followed these rules when she was in Tibet. Although she was a Tibetan princess, she was also everyone's favorite.

Everyone just let her be.

So much so that after she came to the Qing Dynasty, she completely forgot all these things. In fact, her father had someone teach her these things.

Kukuan knew that she had done something wrong. She looked at Yixiu and said, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I will put down my chopsticks now."

Yixiu couldn't help but laugh when she saw that she admitted her mistake quite quickly.

Concubine Xiang was a princess who was married to a foreign country, and she was not the type of person who would do something shady behind someone's back. Yixiu was very happy about this, as there were many women like her in the harem.

"Hua Changzai is also doing this for your own good. However, Concubine Xiang has just arrived, so her etiquette may not be up to par for now. She will learn it slowly. It's okay to keep some of her straightforwardness and cuteness for now."

Tong Jia Wanqing said: "Empress, you always teach us that there is no book without rules, let alone at such an important state banquet."

Although Geng Rou's presence was not high at ordinary times, perhaps because she had some interactions with Kukuan during this period, she said: "Sister Xiang Fei is from Tibet, it is normal that she does not understand the etiquette of our Central Plains. Why does Concubine Hua have to hold on to it? Besides, the Queen Mother also said that we should learn it slowly."

Geng Rou thought for a moment and added, "Not to mention Sister Xiangfei, even those of us who are old in the palace have to learn the etiquette of the palace again after entering the palace. Could it be that Concubine Hua had perfect etiquette when she first entered the palace?"

Tong Jia Wanqing looked at Geng Rou's bulging belly with jealousy, and felt that she was mocking her, "Sister Geng is pregnant, how can the rest of us compare?"

Shang Yanhui heard that Tong Jia Wanqing's attack range had reached Geng Rou, and couldn't help but say a few words, "Because Sister Geng was pregnant, the Queen allowed her to take her time when she was learning etiquette. The Queen's kindness and understanding are something we sisters should learn. Sister Hua listens to the Queen's teachings every day, hasn't she learned a little bit?"

Tong Jia Wanqing was contradicted by several people in succession and she was really embarrassed.

Seeing that it was almost done, Yixiu said, "Let's end this matter here."

No one mentioned it again.

But Kukuan felt that the tender mutton was not so delicious anymore.

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