In the tiny sunlight, a bright and beautiful girl appeared, wearing pink clothes, and she walked in from the light.
"Concubine, please give my regards to the Queen. I was frightened last night and became seriously ill. I came late. Please forgive me, the Queen."
Her humble attitude slapped Jiang Zhaoyi in the face and greatly gave Empress Zhu face.
Empress Zhu was also happy to return the favor: "Zhen Ronghua, there is no need to be polite. Get up and sit down quickly. Although Chu Jieyu acted ridiculously last night, at least the emperor favors you. Now that you are well, I will let the internal affairs work The government is here to help you move the palace."
"Move the palace?"
Except for Concubine Liang and Concubine De, who already knew about this and had no expression on their faces, the other concubines all looked surprised.
Although Concubine Li didn't show it on her face, she was very surprised on the inside.
The emperor didn't go to the Washing Lotus Palace for the past seven days, and he favored Su Guiren, who was assigned to live in the Imperial Concubine Palace. She thought the emperor's freshness had worn off.
Why was there still a matter of moving the palace when she didn't know about it?
Concubine Li flicked her armor: "The Empress loves Zhen Ronghua. It is her blessing. It's just such a big thing as moving the palace. Don't the Empress ask the Emperor's intention?"
Jiang Xinyue thought that Concubine Li was still not as good as Empress Zhu when it came to staying calm.
Concubine Li asked this question, which caught Empress Zhu's mind.
The empress smiled slightly and said in a good mood: "Although I am the queen, as Concubine Li said, how can I dare to make the decision on such a big matter as moving the palace? The matter of Zhen Ronghua moving to the Xi Palace is The emperor personally spoke out."
The long pointed armor pierced the palm of her hand, but Concubine Li didn't feel the pain. She sneered: "Congratulations to Zhen Ronghua, Hexi Palace is only a cup of tea away from Chengqian Palace. The Emperor really cares about you." It hurts when I put it on my heart.”
All the concubines in the room looked at Jiang Xinyue with envy and jealousy.
Jiang Xinyue thought to herself that the empress had already mentioned that Chu Jieyu wanted to harm her, but the focus of everyone in He Palace was on the emperor's move to Hexi Palace.
She could only sigh, looking frightened, and said in a pretentious manner: "The noble concubine is unaware of something. Last night, the emperor held a lamp to wash the Lotus Palace, and saw that the concubines were so frightened by Chu Jieyu that they lost their souls and became very angry. His temper. He said that there are people in the palace who are pretending to be evil, and they don’t take the emperor seriously at all. This concubine is a blessing in disguise, so I have to thank Chu Jie... ah, no, I have to thank Xin Zheku’s sin slave Chu!"
Where is Chu Jieyu?
Only then did everyone realize that Chu Jieyu had not come to pay her respects to the Queen.
Empress Zhu also took the opportunity to announce the emperor's decree that Chu Jieyu would be demoted to the lowest rank and sent to Xinzheku as a slave.
At the end, he did not forget to shock everyone in the harem: "I have reminded you several times that you should live in harmony and not do any shameful things behind your back. If the Chu family doesn't listen, this is the result. Don't think that you are the only smart people. , treating others as fools, our emperor is so wise and powerful that he cannot tolerate sand in his eyes."
This criticism of Sang and Huai is very advanced.
Jiang Xinyue bowed down softly: "I will obey the Queen's teachings."
With her taking the lead, no matter whether the women in the room were willing or not, they had to bow down and show their support.
Empress Zhu was extremely satisfied with the result. When the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to help Jiang Xinyue move to the palace, they did their best.
As long as Zhen Ronghua's requests did not exceed the rules, they would all meet them.
Of course, Jiang Xinyue herself was not pushy. Everything she asked for was to win over Emperor Xuanwu.
The decoration of Hexi Palace is not as simple and grand as Yikun Palace, nor as exquisite and luxurious as Changxin Palace, but it is full of warmth and childishness everywhere.
A beautiful swing was set up under the Lingxiao flower stand. There was a small wooden room next to the swing, and the meowing sound of the little milk cat came from inside.
In the front garden, those beautiful flowers were transplanted on the same side and blooming in full bloom. On the other side, the soil was newly plowed. I don't know what they were planting. Several eunuchs and maids were watering the land.
The great eunuch Jiang Chuan was supervising the work: "Please be careful. Our master has said that when autumn comes, whoever is responsible for the fruits and vegetables will be rewarded first."
Just when everyone thought that Zhen Ronghua had just moved to the palace and the emperor would definitely turn over the sign of Xi Palace in the evening, unexpectedly, the person who was favored was Su Guiren from the side hall of Yanqing Palace.
Magpie and Shuangjiang were afraid that their master would be unhappy, so they asked the imperial kitchen to prepare a lot of Jiang Xinyue's favorite delicacies.
Looking at the various meat dishes on the table, all cooked in the same way, she shook her head and suddenly thought: "Ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send two baskets of carbon and a bronze stove. Is there any barbed wire? Send some too. .”
She's going to make a barbecue.
Although the Great Yan Dynasty was good, there were people taking care of food and clothing. All I had to do was be a small rice insect, but... rice insects were very picky about their diet.
The dishes at this time were not as rich as those of later generations. In addition to steamed or stir-fried dishes, there were not even peppers. If you eat them every day, you will get tired of them no matter how delicious they are.
In later generations, Jiang Xinyue was a Hunan girl who was neither hot nor happy. In the past few months, her mouth had almost faded away.
She remembered that there were chili peppers in the imperial kitchen before, but the imperial chefs didn't seem to know how to cook spicy dishes. They felt that the food was extremely spicy when eaten alone and was not suitable to be put into dishes, so they always used it to raise some pigs, dogs, and sheep. of……
Jiang Chuan didn't know what his master wanted to do, but he still obeyed and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask for the things his master wanted.
The attitude of the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was no longer as enthusiastic as before, but they did not dare to refute Hexi Palace's reputation.
After all, that Zhen Ronghua was not only favored in front of the emperor, but also quite popular with the empress.
Jiang Xinyue went to the imperial dining room in person.
The ingredients for barbecue are quite complicated. She was afraid that Magpie and the others couldn't explain it clearly, so she prepared it herself.
The imperial dining room is very large, and when it's time to prepare dinner, all kinds of food are also available.
Jiang Xinyue asked the imperial chef to cut five plates of beef slices, three plates of mutton slices, five plates of pork belly, two plates of potato slices, two baskets of lettuce, sliced garlic, and one plate each of Qingyang pepper and millet spicy rings.
Salt, oil, cumin, allspice…
The royal chefs all thought that Zhen Ronghua was crazy? Otherwise, why would you take so much raw meat back?
Hexi Palace doesn’t have a small kitchen, so how can we cook all this meat?
In Hexi Palace, everything was ready, and Chengqian Palace was already having dinner.
Emperor Xuanwu frowned as he looked at the obviously reduced amount of meat on the table: "Is there a famine somewhere recently?"
Wang Dequan was still puzzled and shook his head blankly: "I never heard of it!"
Emperor Xuanwu's voice was neither happy nor angry: "Then why are you treating me so harshly?"
He asked himself that his appetite was not strong, but the portions of several meat dishes on the table were pitifully small. How could he, a carnivore, use his chopsticks?
