37 years old, I became a harem concubine

"The emperor rewarded a basket of lychees, which have already been sent to Minghui Hall. Tomorrow, the empress dowager's birthday is over, so you can eat them with ice cream."

Today's Holy Majesty is not a pleasure-loving person. If it wasn't for the Empress Dowager's [-]th birthday, he would never waste manpower and material resources on mere food.

Most of the lychees brought in were sent to the Empress Dowager's palace, and a small part was given to several empresses in the harem. Chen Fangyue's ability is purely due to his many years of being an official and doing a lot of practical things.

Shen Huan had never eaten lychees, and she didn't even know what lychees looked like, but she remembered a poem:

"When riding the red dust princess smiled, no one knew it was Litchi."

Concubine Yang Guifei, who can eat all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, can never forget that lychee should not be bad.

"Thank you sir."

"Huan'er, ask someone to fetch your lord's clothes, and another person will wait for your lord to wash."

The maids and servants were all waiting outside, and immediately turned around to do things when they heard the order.

Shen Huan said to Chen Fangyue: "I'll rest first, my lord has been tired all day, so let's rest earlier."

On the spacious trundle bed, Shen Huan's green smoky quilt was next to another quilt. He lay down on the quilt and closed his eyes, as if he was asleep.

After a while, there was a slight rustling sound beside me...

I didn't sleep well, got up early the next day, and felt dizzy and painful.

Unexpectedly, I can't sleep yet, today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, and these wives are ordered to enter the palace to celebrate the birthday of the Empress Dowager.

Looking at the court crown held by the maid next to the nanny, Shen Huan felt a dull pain in her neck, and then looked at the court dress held by another maid, her shoulders also ached.

"My dear wife, wash and dress quickly, what's wrong with being late, Huan'er Qingzi, come and help me."

Those who combed her hair combed her hair, and those who washed her face washed her face. Wu took advantage of the gap to take off her clothes, and began to pile them on her body three layers inside and three layers outside.

Stone green python court skirt, embroidered four-claw nine python court robe, and then put on the front python two, the back python one, the silk edge court gown with colorful tassels, and finally the court beads made of one hundred and eight white sandalwood and green jade. And three strings of beads, two strings on the right and one string on the left.

As soon as this outfit was put on, Shen Huan felt that she had to exert more effort to breathe than usual. He looked at the figure in the mirror, tilted his head and whispered to the nanny: "It's not easy for a lady in the palace. I may struggle this once in my life." , they have to toss every now and then."

The nanny glanced at him, and said in a softer voice, "I heard that today's sage is very handsome, how many people want to make a fuss over their heads."

"Can I still be handsome?" Shen Huan raised her chin slightly, and unknowingly cocked her little tail with the nanny.

The nanny smiled until the fine lines in the corners of her eyes bloomed: "You are the most handsome, and in the nanny's heart, my wife is the most handsome."

While talking, while he was not paying attention, she put the crown with red coral on the top on his head, Shen Huan let out a cooperating ouch, and supported the nanny's arm: "It almost broke my neck."

"Poor," the nanny laughed when he winked, "Come on, don't miss the hour."

Get on the prepared sedan chair, get off the sedan chair at the gate of the palace, and other maids come forward to say hello, the woman who leads the order first goes to the Ningshou Palace where the empress dowager lives, talks to the empress dowager, and then goes to the palace with the empress dowager Go to the banquet in Qianqing Palace.

Shen Huan was accompanied by the nanny Wu and the maid Huan'er. It was the first time for the three of them to enter the palace, and they didn't dare to look at the side when they followed the maid, for fear that they would accidentally break the rules and cause trouble.

On the other side, in the Ningshou Palace, there were already a lot of wives who wore court uniforms like him, concubines in the harem who were above nobles, and royal family members.

The closest to the Queen Mother was a young girl dressed in a blindfold, she was bright and pretty, and she didn't know what she said to make the Queen Mother overjoyed.

"Little ghost, play crazy in the grassland, you, Ama, don't stick to you, and make your courage bigger than the sky!"

"That's not what the queen mother said just now. You said that the daughter's family should have fun while she is not married. It will not be so fun after she is married." haze.

The queen mother smiled and said: "But my daughter's family always wants to get married. You have played enough in the grassland for so many years."

"The queen mother's aunt said enough is enough, and Sang Lan listened to the queen mother's aunt."

The old and the young chatted happily. Everyone in the audience had their own thoughts. The concubines with low status couldn't get in the conversation. Speak a few words along the two of them.

Shen Huan originally thought that she had come quite early, but she never thought that so many people had already arrived. She lowered her eyes and walked to the main hall, and bowed to the head of the main hall, saying, "My wife, Shen Huan, greets the Queen Mother. May the queen mother be blessed with good fortune and peace and prosperity."

There were many married women who came, and the court clothes they wore were not much different. The Queen Mother would not remember who it was, but she looked at the woman with lowered eyebrows and asked suddenly: "Which family are you from?"

Shen Huan hurriedly said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the minister's wife is from the residence of Chen Fangyue, Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

The queen mother nodded: "Chen Fangyue, Ai Jia remembers, he is a pillar of hard work."

"Bai Lu, give me a seat."

"Thank you, Empress."

Shen Huan got up and sat in the front seat according to the guidance of the maid. As soon as she sat down, the maid next to her covered the lower half of her face with a round fan and leaned close to his face: "My dear, I didn't expect such a beautiful woman to be here." Man. You are really good at hiding, and we have never met in the same capital for so many years."

"My master and Master Chen are classmates, and you and I are also close friends. I will send invitations to your house for the fourth grandson's full moon ceremony at the beginning of next month. You must come."

Another woman smiled and said to Shen Huan, "Madam Chen, don't be surprised, she just has a problem, she likes beautiful people, and if she can't talk, she just wants to be hugged by a beautiful maid, even the cook who cooks must be handsome."

The two wives are not young, and the hair under the crown is mixed with strands of silver.

The one who spoke to him first had a round face, slightly rich and amiable.The other has a slender figure, and the gentle beauty of his youth can be vaguely seen in his eyebrows and eyes.

Both of them are noble daughters of Shengjing, they were close friends in the boudoir when they were young, and they got close after they got married.

The wealthy woman smiled: "My life is only a few dozen years, and I have only been beautiful for 30 to [-] years. It is my great blessing to be able to remember the appearance of a beautiful person in my eyes."

"It's only when I saw Mrs. Chen today that I realized what heaven and man are. It's a pity that I missed the years."

Shen Huan's beauty is different from that of the concubines and noble daughters in the palace. She is ostentatious like snow on a mountain top, her movements are like morning dew, she is dignified and charming.

"Madame is very good. I don't know how to call Madam?"

The rich woman realized that she was so excited that she forgot about this, and hurriedly said: "Look at me, you forgot to report your family name because of your patronage. My master is Zhao Ting, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. My surname is Wu, and she is the servant of the Ministry of Punishment." Mrs. Qian Sun."

The six ministers are all from the first grade, but the official department has always dominated the other five, and they are naturally headed by Shen Huan.