37 years old, I became a harem concubine

On weekdays, these Chang Zai promised that they were not allowed to come to Jingren Palace to greet the Queen, so most of them didn't even know who was standing opposite.

Chen Tingfang, who was relatively close to here, saw Shen Huan coming, and walked over with the dumpling, "Your side is far away, I thought you would come later."

Both of them are in the promised positions, and there is no need to salute each other. Shen Huan looked at the gate of Jingren Palace where the needle could hardly be inserted, and took her to a remote place: "Is your body better, the imperial physician?" Are you still taking the prescribed medicine?"

"I just came here to ask for Ping'an pulse yesterday, and said that I don't need to take medicine, just eat more soup that nourishes yin and nourishes lungs on weekdays." Chen Tingfang held Shen Huan's hand, "It's all thanks to you, if it weren't for you , Tuanzi can’t even enter the Tai Hospital, let alone take medicine.”

"What are you talking about," Shen Huan said to her.

Chen Tingfang shook her head: "You don't need to say it, but I have to appreciate it. Besides, with your thigh, my life will get better and better."

As he said that, Chen Tingfang winked at him: "You don't know, the place where I was standing just now was saying that Zhao promises to be favored by the emperor alone, and I want to be like you."

Shen Huan knew that they were talking about how they had been turned over by the emperor for several days in a row, and some messy pictures suddenly appeared in her head, so she quickly stopped talking: "It's not big or small, I would have brought some when I knew it. Eat, shut your mouth!"

"Don't say it, don't say it, don't dare to say it anymore." Chen Tingfang stuck out her tongue and begged for mercy, finally showing a little of the charming and naive air in Chen's house on her face.

The two were chatting and laughing next to each other, but they didn't know that many people were looking at them either explicitly or secretly.

Especially for those who have never met Shen Huan, their eyes were almost stung by his appearance.

Suddenly, just as everyone was thinking about it, the nanny next to the queen came out and raised her voice, "My maidservant greets all the young masters, the empress is already in the courtyard, please come in, all young masters."

The murmurs and murmurs in the crowd suddenly disappeared, and the concubines filed in.

As soon as I entered, I saw the queen standing in front of the main hall of Jingren Palace. She was dressed in a plain cloak, and she wore plain tinsel on her hair. She glanced at them who came in, and said with a sad face: "The Yellow River broke its embankment, and the people suffered. Your Majesty We have not slept for several days in the previous court, although we are weak women in the harem, there is no reason to stand by and watch."

"The purpose of letting the sisters come here today is to let the sisters also contribute to the common people. I am here to set an example. These things will be sent to the worst-hit places."

As she spoke, she asked the maid beside her to carry out two large boxes from the palace. After opening, one box was filled with gold and silver, and the other box was filled with jewelry of various colors. Some of the concubines who often greeted her had seen them, and they were her favorite things that she often wore. .

The queen took the lead, so the others naturally couldn't lag behind. Concubine De went up, carried a box, and said to the queen earnestly: "Queen, you understand righteousness so well, and my concubines and concubines deeply admire them. Those who have been concubines for many years are still dead things if they are placed there, and it is their blessing and the blessing of the concubine to be able to give to the people along with the queen's benevolence."

What Concubine De said, if you donate your own things, it will be considered as the empress's.

She is willing, others are not.

Especially Concubine Lan, she turned the ruby-embellished armor set on her left hand, "What Concubine De concubine said, the concubine couldn't understand, what is the queen's benevolence, it is the benevolence of everyone in the harem .”

"If it's true what the Concubine De concubine said, it's better for the concubine to carry the things back, so as to save money and make noodles for others."

She wasn't the only one who felt uncomfortable, Concubine Rong and Concubine Zhang had ideas, but they all waited for Concubine Lan to jump out first.

Who told Lan Pin that this knife is so easy to use, and the backing behind it is so solid.

The queen's face froze, and she looked at Concubine Lan: "Of course it's the credit of everyone in the harem, how could this Palace monopolize it, Concubine Lan, you are overthinking."

"I don't think too much about it, the empress knows it herself," Lan Concubine waved her hand, "Bring up all the things, there is no need to make the empress empress wait."

The people around her brought up the things, filled three boxes, and compared the queen to the bottom.

The hands in the Queen's sleeves were slowly clenched, with a look of connivance and kindness on her face.

High-ranking concubines fight, Shen Huan, these little constant promises, stand obediently, watching nose, nose, nose and heart, like a wooden man who can't see or hear, and when it's her turn, she presents things.

Chang Zai's promises are very small. There are only eight sets of clothes and two sets of hair masks throughout the year. Those who have no pets have to sell things to make ends meet, so there are very few things that can be brought out.

It takes only five or six people to make up a small box, and what is more embarrassing, what is handed over is the only valuable silver hairpin and silver bracelet left on the body.

When it was Shen Huan's turn, Shen Huan handed the full little box to the nurse next to the queen, and almost everyone's eyes fell on the box.

I saw jewels inside, a pair of hairpins and earrings, and gold and silver nudes specially called by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to reward the master. These gold and silver nudes were specially made into various small objects to please the master. , a lot of fun.

There are also bracelets and jade bracelets, precious ornaments.

Chang Zai, who just went up to donate dozens of taels of silver, said to the people next to him in a sour manner: "Speaking of which, we are lower than you and me. Look at the things they brought out, and then look at the things we took out." Things, make me mad."

The person next to her said: "I can't blame the emperor for liking him. If I were a man, I wouldn't like it either."

"How do you build up other people's aspirations and destroy your own prestige." Chang Zai who was talking to her was about to die of anger.

The person next to her continued: "I'm not wanting others to destroy my prestige. Without him, there will be others. If you and I can have pets, we will have pets as soon as we enter the palace. Why wait until now."

"I don't ask for these anymore. I can live my next life safely in the palace." As he said, Xin Chang looked at Shen Huan and clicked his lips.

Beauty.

This is the real beauty.

Among so many people's gazes, her gaze was the most obvious. After Shen Huan finished presenting her things, she collided with her gaze as soon as she turned her head.

Before he could react, Xin Changzai smiled at him.

Shen Huan also returned a smile.

As soon as the things were collected, the queen ordered people to send these things to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The candles in the Hall of Mental Cultivation hadn't been extinguished these days, and Yu Wenyue and officials from the Sixth Ministry of the Cabinet almost lived in it. A little stubble appeared on Yu Wenyue's chin, which was always exquisite.

Hearing that the queen brought something, he thought it was food and drink again.

Just about to ask someone to deal with it, An Ning said: "The person who brought the things said that the empress was worried about the people when she learned that the Yellow River broke its embankment, so she specially gathered the women in the harem to collect these things. Although there are not many, it is a kindness."

Yu Wenyue didn't ask anyone to clean it up, and said, "Bring it in."

"Yes." An Ning turned and went out, followed by seven or eight eunuchs carrying things after a while, all of them had boxes arranged according to their status, the one for Concubine Lan and the one for the Queen were particularly conspicuous.

The ministers in the hall all shouted that Queen Ulanara is a virtuous and virtuous woman, and she is the blessing of the people!

The empress and Concubine Lan's things were close, so Yu Wenyue naturally took a look. He glanced back casually, and saw a pink jade bracelet on the top of a small box at the back.

This pair of bracelets was still worn by someone a few days ago.

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Things were presented, and the emperor was busy with government affairs, so he didn't come to the harem, and the harem was like a pot of cold oil, which wouldn't splash even if a stone was thrown down.

Shen Huan knew that she was on the cusp of the storm recently, so she simply hid in the Great Buddha Hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, writing, reading, and killing time.

Chen Tingfang's health also improved a lot, and she went to play with him in a day or two.

On this day, Chen Tingfang just came in, saw him holding a pen in one hand, and pressing the sole of a shoe with the other hand, almost smiled and pouted: "What are you doing?"

"Draw the soles of the shoes, let's see, how is the painting going?" Seeing her coming, Shen Huan straightened up and waved.

Chen Tingfang rubbed his belly, walked over to have a look, and saw that the place where the sole of the shoe was more than an inch above the ground was painted with cirrus clouds and flying fairies with a brush, it was very beautiful.

Chen Tingfang, who was still laughing just now, took the sole of the shoe with great interest: "What a handsome painter, painting on the sole of this shoe is really wasteful."

"As long as it can be used and you like it, it's not a waste of money to paint in the toilet." Shen Huan also likes her own paintings, and his paintings are the same as her own preferences for dressing. The lively and colorful ones make people feel happy pleasure.

He took the sole of the shoe and said, "After the painting is done drying for a few days, you can sew the upper of the shoe on. It looks very beautiful. If you want it, let me draw it for you."

Such a beautiful thing, no woman can resist it.

Chen Tingfang nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, such a pair of good-looking shoes, it's good to put them there."

"Okay, I'll draw it and you can take it yourself." Shen Huan continued to lower her head and move the brush.

Suddenly, Chen Tingfang remembered something, and said to Shen Huan: "Just on the way I came, I heard the eunuch at the sweeper muttering there, saying that the empress dowager is coming back on the fifth day of this month."

"Fifth day?" Shen Huan straightened up, "Is it already the third day?"

"Yes, I will be back the day after tomorrow, so the people in the palace have been preparing for it for the past two days."

"By the way, I heard that no matter how high or low your status is, you will be greeted."

Shen Huan used to go to the palace every year to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. After all, the Queen Mother was not a few years older than him.

At that time, one was the empress dowager and the other was the wife of an official. Except for meeting each other at the birthday banquet, there was nothing to do with each other, and no one was embarrassed to see the other.

But now...

Shen Huan calculated with her fingers, the emperor is 26 this year, and she is 38...

Chen Tingfang saw him in a daze, and shook his hand in front of his eyes: "What are you thinking about, and you didn't answer several times?"

Shen Huan turned around and shook her head: "It's nothing, I just think that the queen mother should be easy to get along with."

Chen Tingfang only met the Empress Dowager on the day of the palace selection, and she didn't know what the Empress Dowager's temperament was, so she said: "You and I are of low status, standing far away, maybe you can even see the corner of the Empress Dowager's clothes. Not yet."

Shen Huan nodded: "Yes."

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The third watch is done, see you tomorrow.