PDLP Chapter 100: Another breach of trust with Yixiu
Chapter 100: Another breach of trust with Yixiu
Chapter 100: Another breach of trust with Yixiu
It would be better to do as Concubine Hua said, and exchange it for 1,800 taels of silver, and let some filial son buy it back and present it to his mother.
At least I can still make some money.
"The emperor wrote 100 longevity characters for me. I know the emperor's filial piety. An Changzai has good craftsmanship and she put a lot of effort into embroidering this picture of 100 longevity for me. I guess it took a lot of effort. Zhuxi, go back and get the pair of gold bracelets in my makeup box and give them to An Changzai."
"I thank the Queen Mother for the reward." An Lingrong bowed and thanked her with a smile.
It's not bad. The mother was more sensible than her eldest son. At least she got a pair of gold bracelets. Although she can't sell them for money, who wouldn't be happy seeing gold?
An Lingrong retreated briskly.
The queen, who was sitting on the high throne, was a little overwhelmed.
How come An Lingrong also got a reward? As the queen, the empress dowager didn't even look at the birthday gift.
After the entire birthday banquet, almost every concubine who presented birthday gifts to the Queen Mother received some rewards, except for the Queen.
Everyone has a scale in their hearts. The queen is the niece of the empress dowager. Even if the queen did something wrong and annoyed the empress dowager, the empress dowager would only be angry for a few days at most and would not really dislike the queen.
Therefore, the royal family members and concubines in various palaces pretended not to know that the Queen Mother was displeased with the Queen, and continued the banquet in harmony.
Yongzheng was the only one present who did not understand the Empress Dowager's thoughts.
His mind was full of thoughts about the three dark red colored glass vessels that Concubine Cai had used when she presented the empress dowager with a birthday gift.
The lines of the vessel were simple and pure. Although it was red, the special material gave it an elegant luster. Especially when Songzhi's slender white hands picked up the wine bottle and gripped it, it looked even more elegant.
Yongzheng originally liked delicate and light monochrome porcelain, and those three vessels really suited his taste.
And there is Songzhi, look at her hands, as soft as silk, and her ten fingers, as white and slender as onion roots, it is really pleasing to the eye.
Looking at her standing behind Concubine Hua, her heart and eyes are full of Concubine Hua. This girl is really good.
Concubine Hua was sitting at the bottom and also felt the different looks amid the noisy music.
She felt that the emperor was glancing at her, but his eyes were wandering and clearly not fixed on her.
Hua Fei slightly turned her head to look at Songzhi who was holding a glass of wine and enjoying the singing and dancing, then looked back along Songzhi's face to Yongzheng who was in a high position. How could she not understand that in this life, she did not expect that the emperor would still fall in love with Songzhi.
It seems that in his previous life, the emperor both exploited Songzhi and had a greedy desire to possess her.
But in this life, Concubine Hua didn't want to waste Songzhi's life like this.
If Songzhi doesn't want to, I won't force her.
Even if the Nian family were to fall in the future, it would never be the turn of a little girl like Songzhi to sacrifice herself to save the Nian family.
This move I made in my previous life was wrong.
Concubine Hua calmed down, raised her head and drank the wine in the glass, then gave Yongzheng a righteous look. Yongzheng happened to be making eye contact with Zhen Huan and did not notice.
Old guy, your eyes are not big, but your mind is very lustful.
Concubine Hua exhaled disdainfully from her nose and looked casually towards the singing and dancing floor in the center of the banquet.
The dancer has a slender figure and a graceful posture.
Through the gaps between the dancers, Concubine Hua saw Prince Guo, who was already a little drunk.
Prince Guo was a person of unrestrained character to begin with, and he was drunk and did not observe any etiquette at the banquet, becoming completely unrestrained.
But Concubine Hua could see that Prince Guo knew how to control the degree of indulgence and knew how to strike a balance between etiquette and law.
Today is the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. He had been raised by the Queen Mother for some time. His unrestrained and indulgent attitude today makes ordinary people think that he is the Queen Mother's beloved child. I believe that the elderly Queen Mother would also be happy to see this.
How could a person who could escape unscathed from the fight for the throne among nine princes, both mother and son, be really a stupid person?
It's just that they are all covered with a layer of protection under the survival of imperial power.
But why do Prince Guo’s eyes, although superficial, always glance in the same direction?
Concubine Hua followed Prince Guo's line of sight and her eyes fell on Zhen Huan, who was sitting in the same row with her but a little further away!
Zhen Huan was toasting the Emperor affectionately from afar, and had no idea that his eyes were falling on her.
In an instant, in a flash, Concubine Hua remembered that at the family dinner on New Year's Eve, she also thought of something when looking at Prince Guo, but later she forgot about it because Jixiang reported that Concubine Duan was ill.
In the previous life, Prince Guo broke into his own Yiku Palace to rescue Zhen Huan who had a miscarriage. Later, he took off his hairpin and waited for punishment, completely forgetting about this incident!
Now look at Prince Guo’s eyes.
Could it be? Could it be that Prince Guo really has feelings for Zhen Huan? !
Prince Guo is really tired of living, how dare he covet the emperor's woman!
Concubine Hua was afraid that other people at the banquet might notice Prince Guo's treacherous intentions that she had discovered, so she pretended to be drunk and looked around.
Fortunately, the banquet was in the second half and everyone had basically finished drinking, so no one paid attention to an idle prince.
Concubine Hua did not notice that An Lingrong, who had been looking at her, took in all the shock, understanding and worry in her eyes.
The Empress Dowager was old, so the birthday banquet did not last very late and was dispersed.
There is no doubt that tonight, Yongzheng is still flipping Zhen Huan's card.
In previous years, on the Empress Dowager's birthday, Yongzheng would come out of Shouning Palace with Yixiu to accompany the Empress Dowager to Shoukang Palace for a chat, and then return to Jingren Palace with Yixiu.
Even in the prince's mansion, Yongzheng, who was still a prince at the time, would bring Yixiu to the palace to visit Concubine De, and then return to the prince's mansion to rest in Yixiu's courtyard.
And this year, this unwritten rule was broken because of Zhen Huan.
Anyway, the rule that the emperor and empress must sleep together on New Year's Eve was broken as early as when Yu Ying'er was favored by the emperor.
Now it is just an unwritten rule, an unspoken agreement between each other before their beauty and love faded. Except Yixiu, no one cares about this trivial detail.
Now that he had Chun Yuan as a substitute, Yongzheng once again broke his promise to Yixiu.
He had broken his promise so many times that the empress couldn't even count how many times he had broken his promise as she watched Yongzheng's receding back.
At the gate of Shouning Palace, the Queen Mother looked at Yixiu who was standing there quietly, and knew what she was thinking.
However, thinking of Concubine Shen, the empress dowager also felt that it was better for the emperor to neglect Concubine Yixiu. After all, a concubine could not shake the position of the queen of the Ulanara family.
The empress dowager just glanced at Ulanara Yixiu and got on the sedan chair and went back to Shoukang Palace.
In the past, when the Queen was alone, Concubine Qi would always come forward and say something that might not make sense but would warm up the mood and comfort the Queen.
But just now she presented the Queen Mother with a string of Bodhi bracelets, and the Queen Mother rewarded her with a string of round and smooth pearl necklaces, which made Concubine Qi very happy.
After instructing the wet nurse to take the Third Prince back to the prince's residence and take good care of him, Concubine Qi took Cuiguo and returned to Changchun Palace in the sedan chair.
Concubine Qi had a natural liking for small gadgets such as dice and beads.
The Bodhi bracelet was made by her herself using the fallen fruits she picked up from under the soapberry tree when she was free, and she didn't spend a penny.