Holding the Piano in the Red Chamber

Baoqin told Rongxi to give him some water when the fifth prince woke up.Rong Xi smiled and agreed, "Your Majesty has instructed you twice a day."

Only then did Baoqin feel relieved and followed Huiyan away. After walking two steps, Huiyan said: "Your Majesty is not in a good mood. Your Majesty has just been here, and it seems that she is not happy because of the matter of Xiu Nu."

Sure enough, after entering the Kunning Palace, Shulan rested softly on the kang, clinging to the side and wanting to be hugged, but no one paid any attention.Baoqin took two steps forward and hugged Chongyu, saying: "What's the matter today? Why are you fighting against His Majesty?"

"Why can't I fight against him!" Shulan turned over and sat up, and asked back, "You also talk about me."

Holding the piano and bouncing the child, he said: "It's been so many years, why are you only twisting with him now?"

Shulan vented a little with these two words, and asked someone to come up and take Chong away, leaving only two of her zithers in the hall, she said: "Your Majesty is looking for a beautiful girl."

"What's the matter? He's the emperor. Don't say he's in love with the show girl, he's just in love with the champion of the new division. That's none of your business."

Shulan glared at Baoqin, "Your Majesty said that he would make her a concubine."

Holding Qin was also stunned, "Your Majesty really likes her."

"There is no one who is a concubine when she enters the palace. According to the family law of the ancestors, she can be concubine at most." Shulan said, "I just persuaded you a few words, but your majesty is like someone who wants to take a knife out of his heart, and still follow me." Staring. Can I be afraid of him? I think my father..."

Baoqin interrupted hastily, and said with suspicion in his tone: "A few words of persuasion? I'm afraid it will be more than a few words."

"Your Majesty is so narrow-minded." Shulan lay down again.

"Didn't you just tell people that you disagreed?" Baoqin asked, "He's not a harem concubine, it all depends on your face, you have to be tactful. Come tell me what you want, Let's see if we can fix it."

Two days later, before Shulan stopped trying, Ruicheng got a little impatient and went to Baoqin Palace.After asking Baoqin, the fifth prince, and Liu Guiren and Chongying who lived in the side hall in the backyard as if following a procedure, they were fidgeting, raising and putting down the teacup.

Baoqin knew that the emperor met with Shulan, so she came to make a breakthrough.She has a good relationship with the queen, maybe she can persuade one or two.

"You did a good job in drafting girls this time, and Concubine Yu even praised you." Ruicheng thought for a long time before saying this.In fact, the original words were not real compliments, the original words were true because Baoqin was too enthusiastic, "The palace is well prepared, very good."

Baoqin smiled, and said, "It's all under the guidance of the empress."

Ruicheng's face dropped, and he sighed: "Oh, I don't know what's wrong with the empress recently, she has a bad temper."

"Really?" Baoqin frowned a little, thought for a while, and said: "There are a lot of things in the palace, maybe I'm tired."

Ruicheng became impatient with such meaningless chatter, he said: "Among the beautiful women who live in Zhongcui Palace, there is a girl named Xiuyuan, have you ever met?"

Baoqin smiled and said, "It's not two months, it's not until Xuanxiu's day."

Ruicheng was speechless after hearing this, but being an emperor doesn't have the concept of detours to achieve his goal, so he said immediately: "I think she looks good, and when the day comes, I think I can make her a concubine."

Holding the piano and looking at the emperor with a smile, this matter is indeed a bit unethical. Generally speaking, nobles often come and agree to enter the palace, which is the so-called concubine. They all have a great background.

Ruicheng naturally knew that if she held the piano and said it was not in accordance with the rules, the emperor might explode, but now she just looked at people and smiled, which made people feel a little embarrassed, "It's not in line with the rules, this I know, but..." I just fell in love with her, why not.

"Your Majesty." Baoqin personally brought over snacks and tea, and said, "Your Majesty likes it, so it's not an exaggeration to seal anything." Baoqin looked at Ruicheng and nodded, and said: "But if you enter the palace, you will be a concubine. After giving birth to a son in a few years, you should become a noble concubine, and when the time comes in five or six years, you should become an imperial concubine..." The queen is not dead, and the imperial concubine cannot be sealed.

Needless to say the rest, Ruicheng continued to think about it.

Seeing that the emperor listened to the words, Baoqin said, "Why don't you make her a concubine first, this is the highest rank in the palace. She is naturally grateful to His Majesty, and will be more attentive when she has a prince and then becomes a concubine. to serve His Majesty."

Ruicheng nodded, but felt a little wronged, hugged the piano and said, "Or give her the role of concubine?"

Ruicheng agreed.

Early the next morning, when Ruicheng went to court, Baoqin got up early to look for Shulan. Because he had something on his mind, he was the first one to arrive.

Huiyan saw her and said: "Your Majesty is still washing up, she hasn't had breakfast yet, why don't you wait in the inner room?"

Baoqin entered Shulan's bedroom, she was sitting in front of the mirror, and two eunuchs stood behind her to comb her hair.Seeing Baoqin coming in, Shulan said: "Sit down first, I'll be fine in a while. Have you had breakfast? I'll let them serve another one, and we can eat together?"

Shulan knew that Baoqin had something to say to her, so she said to the little eunuch, "Just make it easier."

After Shulan finished washing up, the two went into Xinuang Pavilion to have breakfast, the maid and eunuch retreated cleanly, hugged the qin and said: "Your Majesty went to my place yesterday."

Shulan glanced at her, "I know, I've used the seal."

"We have to make a good calculation. Have you seen that Xiuyuan?" Baoqin's face was a little dignified, "Although His Majesty's favor won't last long, but with that little beauty, who knows that before it dies by itself, How many people have to be burned to death to accompany him?"

This was the first time Shulan heard Baoqin speak like this, and said: "He said he was going to make her a concubine again?"

Baoqin nodded, it was the first time for Shulan, and it was also the first time for her.She served the yam and jujube paste cake yesterday, and she was shocked enough that His Majesty had no reaction after eating it. "Finally, let's talk about concubine concubine, but it's treated like a concubine."

Shulan made some calculations and said, "I'll call someone over later, let's meet."

After breakfast, the two came out of the palace one after the other, and almost dropped the jaws of the concubine who was waiting to greet him. They thought they were tired from bedtime yesterday, and they didn't plan to come to greet them today. Didn't let go!

"It's really early enough to come here with my concubine." It was Ling Changzai who spoke. Although he was imprisoned for three months, he still talked a lot after he was released. It may also be because no one spoke in those three months.

Concubine Chang was the first to salute, and said, "Good luck, Empress."

Shulan nodded and said, "Get up."

Several people left after asking Ann, and Shulan sent someone to Zhongcui Palace to announce Qi Xiuyuan's arrival.

The show girl list stated that Qi Xiuyuan was from Jiangnan, her father was a county magistrate, commonly known as the seventh-rank sesame official, and her mother was the daughter of a well-known merchant in the capital, so she would be eligible for the draft.

"Maybe it's because your Majesty hasn't seen many beauties in the Jiangnan water town, so you became excited all of a sudden?" Baoqin said, she didn't say that confidently herself, and it's hard to describe His Majesty's determination with the word "Xingtou".

When the little palace maid led the man in, Baoqin felt at a glance that this man's family was well-off and well-bred since childhood.

This is how women look at people, but just one meeting can see a person from head to toe.The jacket is smoky pink, and the skirt is a shade darker, but the pattern is the same, and it seems to be embroidered with dark patterns with gold thread. The hairpin on the head is also hollowed out, with gems inlaid inside, and only a small one is exposed. On the toe cap, I don't know what is embroidered in various colors, three-dimensional patterns, inlaid pearls, in short, the workmanship is extremely complicated.

"Get up." Shulan said.

When the person raised his face, he held the piano and was a little disappointed. He thought it was a beautiful country, but who knows that it can only be said to be ordinary. Of course, those who can be selected into the palace will not be too bad, but they can make His Majesty like it so much. Baoqin always thought that he would see a fairy who was so beautiful that she couldn't be compared to ordinary people.

"I'm used to living in the palace." Shulan asked with a blank expression after receiving the signal to hold the piano.The two of them have discussed it, one asks questions, the other watches carefully, and they can always find something.

Xiuyuan hurriedly got up and saluted, and then said: "Thank you for your concern, there are maids and eunuchs in the palace to take care of you, the diet is similar to that at home, and you sleep well at night..."

I didn't hear it from behind, Baoqin glanced at Shulan: I didn't order the imperial dining room?

Shulan: Me too, who has the spare time to take care of Xiunu's diet, and specially changed it to Jiangnan flavor.

Holding the piano, Shulan: Your Majesty is serious!

The pause was a bit long, and Baoqin hurriedly made amends: "Well, tell the aunt in the palace if you are not used to it." After finishing this half sentence, the speed of speech finally returned to normal, "The empress is the most considerate person. After finishing speaking, he changed the subject, "I have long heard that the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River support people, and I only know what it means after seeing it today."

Even if she had been handpicked by the emperor, Shulan couldn't say a word before the imperial decree was issued. After a few innocuous questions, Shulan let her go back.

"How is it?" Shulan asked.

"I can't see anything." Baoqin said: "Maybe we are too worried, Your Majesty finally took a fancy to one, maybe this is a person who keeps his own place."

"Who said what I said in the morning." Shulan glared at her, "As you said, I'm already a queen, so what am I afraid of?"

Baoqin didn't take this seriously, and said: "When I come down, I have to start looking at other beautiful girls. I reckon I have to find two who are similar to her style, and then find two who are opposite to her, and then I can't let go of the distinctive ones." However, in short, a few more entries this time.”

Shulan nodded, and started to send two or three beautiful women to accompany her to visit the Imperial Garden every day.

It seems that it has become a practice for every show girl to have something happen. Qi Xiuyuan has a dress that has been trampled on.

There are no scissors in the show girl's room, nor is there any needlework. The girls are too weak to tear the clothes, so they can only throw them on the ground and step on them.If it was left on someone else, it would have passed like this, but the emperor paid close attention to it, and even sent Xiao Hongzi to ask, so no one dared to be careless.

This matter is easy to investigate, but it is not easy to investigate. There are two ladies in the same room, and there are court ladies and eunuchs standing guard in the yard. The most suspicious person is the person in the same room as her.

But after reading the list of show girls in the same room, Baoqin felt a little urge to suppress this matter. "Look, Gao Yuxuan, who lives in the same room, has a father who is a magistrate, and happens to be in charge of Qi Xiuyuan's father."

So when Ruicheng came in the evening, Shulan smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, I asked clearly, it was because I accidentally dropped some dust on the ground when I was packing the clothes, and it was said that the clothes were trampled after going back and forth." The clothes have already been washed, and I rewarded her with three new bolts of satin this year, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

Ruicheng hummed.

Shulan said again: "However, the palace rules of Xiunu and maidservants need to be strengthened. If you worry about this matter every day, alas..."

Ruicheng had been approving papers for a whole day, and he was too tired to think about it. Hearing that Shulan was very efficient, she got the job done in one day, so she just said, don't let the little girl feel wronged, and put it aside.

Fast-forward three months, although Ruicheng wanted to come to Duanyu Garden for a chance encounter, but one reason was that there were too many beautiful women, and the chance encounter was not so beautiful; I was in a hurry, so I could only spend three to five days peeping on the pavilion of the Imperial Garden.

When the show girls were sent out of the palace, Shulan came to Ruicheng with the draft list of show girls.

The first one is Qi Xiuyuan, who is a concubine. Gao Yuxuan, who shares the room with her, is a nobleman. There are also several beautiful girls who have negotiated with Baoqin, ranging from Changzai to noblemen.

Ruicheng saw that Qi Xiuyuan was the only concubine, and immediately felt that Shulan was reliable in her work. Although her words were a bit hurtful, her heart was still toward him.

"Your Majesty, when the newcomer enters the palace, the old man should also be promoted." Seeing Ruicheng's beaming expression, Shulan mentioned the second thing.

Ruicheng nodded, "Tell me and listen."

"Concubine He, Concubine Dong and Concubine Chang. Last time, His Majesty said that Concubine He would be promoted to the throne. Although Concubine Dong is an old man in Guanghe Palace, she does not behave according to the rules of Concubine Chang. Moreover, Concubine Chang got a new concubine. Among the two, Concubine Chang deserves to be promoted." Shulan looked at Ruicheng's face, and continued: "There are two nobles, Liu Guiren was promoted because of the birth of a prince, so let's forget it this time; Noble..." The queen mother didn't like it very much, "I'm getting old, if I get promoted, I can do it."

"As for Ling Changzai... he was grounded once this year, so forget it."

Ruicheng thought about what his mother said in the early years, since Chong Nian has been adopted, Liu Guiren can also be promoted. "He concubine and Chang concubine Jin concubine, Liu Guiren Jin concubine."

While remembering, Shulan said with a smile: "There is one more thing, moving to the palace. Since you have been promoted, you should move to another place to live. In addition to new people entering the palace, there must be two palaces. But Since Concubine Qi is a concubine when she enters the palace, how about letting her live alone in Yongshou Palace? It is also close to His Majesty."

Shulan laughed and teased, but it made Ruicheng feel more uncomfortable. He said something, and then cleared his throat, "The queen is right, draw up a note and submit it."

It must be unreasonable, I have been right with Baoqin three times, and I was even told when to smile and when to smile shyly.