After the new widow, I became a tyrant's tender outer chamber

Chapter 176 Concubine
The warm day is noisy, but there is no sound of birds, so it is inevitable that it will appear a little lonely.

Ruan Yuyi leaned in the upper part of the main room, silently watching Cen Li unhurriedly set up tea and fruit snacks, and poured out the tea, she murmured, but finally said nothing.

Cen Li prepared everything, bowed his body, stepped aside, his eyes were calm, as if he hadn't noticed her dislike.

Yesterday, when the concubine's decree was announced, the whole palace was shocked, and there were not many people who flattered and congratulated her.It is inevitable that someone who gritted a mouthful of silver teeth in secret, but she didn't let her see it, so she just pretended not to know it.

The concubine's decree was presumably to make it more legitimate for her to hold the Phoenix Seal, but the canonization ceremony was postponed due to her poor health.

"Your Majesty," Mu Xiang knocked on the door, "Concubine Xu has arrived."

"Please."

I don't know if it was a private affair, but the masters of the palaces all said that they would come to congratulate at a certain time.But after thinking about it, that's fine, lest she have to deal with it again and again.

At the junction of light and shadow, a woman in a snow-green cloak slowly walked in. Her complexion was pale, and even her voice was unwavering, "I have seen Empress Jinfei."

The word "hibiscus" made Ruan Yuyi think of the hibiscus flower in Shenghe Temple.It was still autumn, and it was the time when the hibiscus was in full bloom.He folded the flowers and placed them on her temples, and the feeling of the soft and wet petals brushing against the ears seemed to be still there.

The concubine's title is either a warning, or a compliment for character, but I have never heard of using flowers as a title.

She lowered her eyes, thinking that he chose it at will.

It's just this word, which inevitably made her firmly remember that she was the one who approached him first, and she was the one who provoked him first. She also stepped into this golden cage, and she seemed to have no one to blame.

Concubine Xu called naturally, but she felt uncomfortable. She smiled and offered her a seat, "Concubine Xu came early, and now Yan Baolin might be too lazy to get up."

Concubine Xu was about to drink tea, but she stopped her hands when she heard the words, "It's just a habit." She raised her hand and sipped the tea in her hand, seeing that the back of her hand was red, she thought it was because of the wind blowing cold.

One sentence stopped the conversation, she didn't speak anymore, and the two of them were relatively speechless for a while.

In fact, she also thought that Mrs. Xu was not easy to get along with at first, but after getting in touch with her a lot, she realized that she was just really not good at words.

Instead, the two of them were quietly together, which made her feel more at ease.

But after drinking half a cup of tea, the people from the nearby palace gradually came. After seeing the ceremony, Ruan Yuyi gave them seats one by one.

Yan Baolin and Li Meiren talked a lot, and there was a voice in the hall to fill the emptiness.

"Sister Ruan, I personally made some candied fruit for my sister to taste." Yan Baolin still remembered that when Ruan Yuyi asked her for preserved fruit when she went to the palace, she said with wrinkled eyes.The maid beside him presented a small porcelain jar.

Mu Xiang took it.

She glanced at it for a while, and the candied fruit inside was almost full to the mouth of the bottle, with a small amount of icing sugar on it, thinking that Yan Baolin heard her mention it and knew that she likes sour, so she didn't put more sugar.

Her heart warmed, and she said in a warm voice, "It's hard for you to remember."

"What's so embarrassing?" Yan Baolin smiled even more happily, like a little fox, "The concubine is still thinking about the cakes from the empress. In the past, I only heard that my sister sent them to Concubine Shu, and I didn't remember any of them." younger sister."

The cakes in Jiangnan are different from those in Beijing, and everyone in the court has known the beauty of Mu Xiang's craftsmanship.

After all, she was still young, and she spoke freely.

As soon as Concubine Shu was mentioned, the atmosphere in the room obviously froze.The matter of the Rong family is so important that even the harem is aware of it, all the palaces understand what it means, and regard Concubine Shu as a taboo, and everyone is at risk.

Ruan Yuyi was in a daze.It is clear that Concubine Shu was graceful and graceful not long ago, sitting at the head, but when the incident happened, no one even mentioned it.

She collected her thoughts and made her tone sound more relaxed, "Mu Xiang, are you listening? Yan Baolin has been thinking about this for a long time."

"The servant girl will make it later and send it to Baolin." Mu Xiang replied with a smile.

"Then I would like to thank my sister first."

Yan Baolin's greed is real, and there is no lack of intentions to play tricks.It's just pastries, so it's nothing to Yu Luomeixuan, but this time, the relationship has become closer.

Someone from below snorted softly, "Now that the empress is a concubine, there must be someone rushing to be courteous. I want the concubine to say that Yan Baolin was able to get close to her long ago on the night of the empress' acceptance of grace, but now it is a bit late."

Yan Baolin's smile froze, "What did Sister Li say?"

Li Meiren saw that her expression was different, she covered her mouth and smiled triumphantly, "Some candied fruit, it's not too shabby." She had a proud look, but it was hard to hide the loneliness in her eyes.

She was the first to enter the palace, and she watched all of them become concubines without the slightest dew falling on her body, how could she not hate it.

"Then—" Yan Baolin was still waiting to refute.

"Okay," Ruan Yuyi stopped, imitating Concubine Shu's polite words, "We are all sisters, if Li Meiren wants to try pastries, I will ask Mu Xiang to make more and send some to all the palaces. "

In secret, her palms were soaked in cold sweat, and she felt a little slippery when she pinched the sleeve.

Li Meiren glanced at her, her hostility became even worse, "The concubine can't bear it. The ceremony of becoming a concubine has not been performed, and the empress should be careful not to make any mistakes during the process."

She paused, dragging her tune, "After all—the one with the highest status in the past was Sister Xu Concubine."

Concubine Xu felt that Beauty Li was talking too much, so she put down the teacup, and said, "If Beauty Li's many words are transferred to a bird and hung in the courtyard of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Your Majesty will be delighted."

Li Meiren was dumbfounded.

Ruan Yuyi never thought that Concubine Xu would be so sarcastic, so she couldn't help but lowered her head and smiled, then hurriedly licked her smile away, and chatted about other things with everyone.

Gossip a few times, and naturally go back to each palace.

A few gorgeous shirts and fine clothes left Pingping Tingting, leaving a lot of space in the room, Cen Li consciously went to pack teacups and other things.

She rubbed her forehead with her fingers.

Mu Xiang noticed it and asked, "Your Majesty, are you tired? How about going to the inner room to rest for a while."

"I just woke up not long ago, how can I fall asleep again, I'm so stupid if I don't sleep," she put one hand on the rabbit, "It was Concubine Shu who dealt with it in the past, I don't know, but now I feel that Beauty Li is really a bit Noisy."

The rabbit was sitting on her lap, a ball of white fluff, much bigger than Qiu Lie's time, and now it was constantly burrowing into her arms.

That's right, no matter who made the noise, she would reply, as if she would feel unhappy if she didn't say some harsh words.In the end, there is no one to please, but they put themselves in a situation of being alone.

Yan Baolin walked slowly to the door, seeing that everyone had left, he turned back again.

Seeing her coming back, Ruan Yuyi was slightly surprised, "Sister Yan, is there something else?"

Yan Baolin stared at the rabbit on her lap for a long time, obviously interested in it.When she saw this, she asked Mu Xiang to pass the rabbit over, asking her to hold it for a while.

Yan Baolin took it at a loss, and relaxed when he saw that it was very dear.

She followed its soft fur, fell silent for a while, and said hesitantly, "There are rumors in the palace that my sister is pretending to be a coquettish girl, and she gave His Majesty a pillow breeze, and just told His Majesty to ignore Sister Xu, and got the power to control the six palaces." ..."

She looked up at Ruan Yuyi, "Is what they said true?"

(End of this chapter)