On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I had to pay my respects to the Queen Mother and the Empress.
Ningxi didn't sleep much either. Now that there were so many people in the harem, she wasn't as comfortable as she was during the first Spring Festival when she entered the palace. Given her status, she had to make some appearances.
Xiao Chengyan felt inexplicably relieved when he saw this in his eyes, feeling like a child growing up.
It was a great honor to have the Emperor personally serve Ningxi on the first day of the New Year.
The two of them had breakfast in peace and harmony. Before leaving the house, Xiao Chengyan took out a red envelope from his sleeve and said, "New Year's red envelope!"
Ningxi took it and felt a smile on her brows.
"Little money lover!"
I don't know who he followed. The scholars in the Ning family must have disdain for money. General Chen, a rough guy, is even less likely to be obsessed with money. Not to mention that this girl was really good at accounting, but the expenses over the past year surprised him. Therefore, compared to the expenses she saved for the harem, the red envelope she gave her was nothing.
After pinching Ning Xi's little face, he took Wan Dequan back to Qingxin Palace.
After Xiao Chengyan left, Ningxi also took Poria cocos and Yuzhu to the Queen Mother's palace.
As a daughter-in-law, you should behave well on the first day of the new year.
The Queen went to the Queen Mother's Palace early to serve her, and the Concubine Xian naturally did not fall behind after being her daughter-in-law for many years.
The new concubines all arrived early, so Ningxi became the last one.
Ningxi complained many times that the geographical location of Yongfu Palace was really far away from the Queen Mother's Shou'an Palace.
I have to say that the emperor is really rich. I think of the days when she accompanied the old man to dominate the mountain and become the king in her previous life. The old man sold rare medicines from the mountain and bought a single apartment in the city where she went to school. It seems that she has never made a mistake for the house. worry.
Ningxi twitched the corner of her mouth and ran away as she thought about it, fearing that her hands were free these days and her brain couldn't control herself anymore.
After returning to the palace, Shan Zhi asked Shan Zhi to collect some miscellaneous books for her entertainment.
Ningxi had learned enough about learning in her previous life, and apart from interesting acrobatics books in this life, Ningxi would never touch them.
General Chen originally planned to train his daughter to be as talented as his wife. However, things seemed to backfire, and everyone said that the woman was a poor father.
During his time in the Northwest, no matter whether it was sunny or rainy, Ningxi would go to the school field to compete with his younger brother every afternoon.
Ningxi now misses the ten years of life in the Northwest from time to time.
Even if this life comes to an end, Ningxi probably wants to go to the Northwest the most. That is the place where she has planned to stay for a long time from the beginning of her memory.
The place that held the joy of her childhood may never be reached again in this life.
But Ningxi didn't expect that she had been with him in the harem for more than twenty years, and that for the rest of his life, he would actually put down his identity and sacrifice his life to stay with him in the northwest border.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month there was another palace banquet, this time it was no longer a simple family banquet, this time it was to entertain the officials.
Ningxi thought she could rest at the beginning of the new year, but she never thought that Xiao Chengyan would entertain his courtiers on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so as to take over the honor of General Chen.
"Your Majesty, these are the newly prepared dishes in the imperial dining room. Please take a look!"
The dishes have been rejected by Ningxi no less than five times, but this time they finally look good.
During the last family banquet, Ningxi was only responsible for things like adding to the fun, and Concubine Shu was fully responsible for the dishes. Speaking of Concubine Liu Shu's death in the cold palace, Concubine Shu was much quieter than before. Chen Guibin seemed a little unable to sit still.
Today, this person really came here to cause trouble for Ning Xi. She was just picked out as her sparring partner, yet he has such a big face.
"Eunuch Chai told the slave that your concubine, the master, has installed a small steward."
"Is this all for a little steward?"
The firewood Ruyi was now carrying more and more clearly, and before Ningxi summoned him, he rushed over the news.
Originally, the relationship between the purchaser and the imperial dining room was not much different. After Chai Ruyi gave instructions, the general manager of the imperial dining room would naturally understand. Otherwise, I'm afraid the manager would feel uncomfortable.
"Let's just settle on this one for the time being. Call Chai Ruyi over before dinner, and let's take Nanny Lin with us!"
After Yun Zhi retreated, Ning Xi pinched her brows, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Poria followed Ningxi to the small couch outside, arranged the soft objects that her master often leaned against, and helped her master get on the small couch.
"Master, do you have a headache?"
Ningxi held Fuling's hands, "Your master, it's not that I have a headache, I'm just upset. I'll take a nap here, so don't wait in front of me. Go out and look for Forsythia."
During this period of preparation for the palace banquet, Ningxi seldom leaned on the couch and meditated like this quietly. Although he was only assigned to be responsible for a certain project, he couldn't help but the amount of work was huge. There were hundreds of people, including ministers and ministers of the DPRK and their families. Fortunately, Xiao Chengyan's courtiers did not all participate in one group, otherwise Ningxi really felt that she would vomit blood from exhaustion.
"Sister Fuling, why are you coming out? Master, does he have something to tell you?"
Yuzhu and others were a little surprised when they saw Poria coming to the pavilion.
Forsythia and Poria are the first-class maids around Ningxi, and they have never left each other like today.
"Master, I'm afraid he's in a bad mood today. You guys waiting in front of me should be smarter. I'll go back to the house to find your sister Forsythia and pay attention to what's going on in the palace."
"Yes, sister, we all know."
Logically speaking, the master should be happy that General Chen and his wife are back, but this reaction is really wrong. Poria looked worried and went to Xiangning Pavilion, which was where she and Forsythia lived, and which was the closest place to the main palace of Yongfu Palace.
Poria opened the door and walked in. Forsythia happened to be sitting outside, tinkering with something.
Hearing the sound, he raised his head. Forsythia quickly joked and said, "Oh, now our sister Poria has learned to be lazy like me."
Fu Ling gave her an annoyed look.
"Why, the master is in a bad mood!"
"You know how you dare to tinker with useless things here."
Forsythia pursed her lips and smiled, poured a cup of tea and pushed it to her, and said comfortingly: "I have been with the master since I was a child. The more the master is in a bad mood, you should not bother him in front of him, otherwise the master will be even more confused. Besides, our master is just complaining because he is tired during this period!"
"There are very few people who can make the master unhappy since childhood, and our emperor is the first."
Fuling said, "Indeed, our master is a young and deep-tempered person, so the emperor can only make his master more childish."
Forsythia nodded in agreement, isn't it? She has been afraid since she was a child that she would only be happy if she met the money master.
"I wonder when our emperor will take over his master!" Forsythia looked at the window with some worry.
Poria naturally understood what it meant to take it away, but if the master didn't want to, there was nothing he could do.
"I also want to have a little master to take care of me."
"Child, I think it's good, it's best to have a little princess!" Forsythia blinked, a soft and cute child, thinking of this, Forsythia instantly became energetic.
Fu Ling was already used to this. Although she didn't know what she had in mind, it was definitely not a good idea.
Therefore, Poria decided not to participate.
Forsythia's brain works very fast, and she also adopts the bad intentions of her master. She can't compare with her, and she ends up becoming the laughing stock of both her master and Forsythia.
Poria has always been timid, so Lianqiao didn't intend to count her out in plotting against her master. Although she didn't want to, Lianqiao was afraid that she would find out and ruin her master's good deeds.
Their young lady is also fifteen years old this year. Although her birthday has not yet come, she is still old enough. Girls from ordinary families also have children at this age, and there are many pretty fifteen-year-old girls in the palace. It seems that her young lady doesn't like it, maybe she still wants that young soldier to be a majestic general's wife!
No, no, Lian Qiao rejected this idea herself. Her young lady was so clear-eyed about her right and wrong. The general and his wife had never cared about her since she was a child. I think the young general also planned to get married with her. Why are women born to get married when they have blocked their families' mouths for years?
This is what the girls in her family often talk about, but who could have expected that the Chen family would actually do something like this in the end. The young lady entered the palace and became the empress. It was a pity for the young soldier.
If we talk about calculations, Ningxi is not like that. She has always taken the matter of men and women lightly. In her previous life, when she was studying for a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, it was not that she didn't have attentive people. What she lacked was her heart that wanted to beat. Every time she saw her roommate coming back from a date with a happy face, she also envied her. , I also tried to accept a senior student, but it ended in vain.
Come to think of it, this thing can't be used as a meal, it's not worth spending time and energy on.
Ningxi didn't expect that her good friend Forsythia would change her mind to drug her, but Forsythia never saw the right opportunity.
——Fifteenth Palace Banquet——
Ningxi was in charge of the dishes for the banquet, which she had decided on a few days ago. Now that it had been decided, she no longer worried about the palace banquet, and then she silently counted her fingers and waited for her father and mother to arrive.
The queen listened to the advice of the maids around her and decided to take over the singing and dancing at the banquet. Many of the concubines really wanted to perform, and she won the emperor's disapproval. Ningxi smiled and said nothing. If she didn't have any talent, she did. It is impossible to cater to the queen, so, to put it bluntly, whoever likes to dance this dance, whoever likes to play this piano, in short, it is right that she does not cooperate.
She, Imperial Concubine Ning, and the Queen Empress come from the same family, but they have always been at odds with each other. This matter is known to everyone both inside and outside the palace. There are often people who expect them to quarrel from time to time. In the past few months, there were Aunt Liu helped the Empress and listened to her old man's advice, but for some reason, the Empress Chen Lexuan started to make trouble again in December last year, as if someone had poisoned her.
No, when it comes to being bewitched, I was bewitched during those few months. This is normal now. In the past, the concubines were not interested in paying respects, but now they are not too cold anymore. They all like to go to Yong'an Palace to join in the fun. However, Chen Lexuan didn't think anything of it. She thought she was doing a good job as a queen. Didn't she know that people came to see their jokes.
"Sister, do you really don't want to perform?"
Ning Xi couldn't help but rolled her eyes and lost her good temper, "Sister, I've told you this three times. Could it be that my sister is getting older now and her ears are starting to fail!"
