The season is good now. Hundreds of flowers are in full bloom in the imperial garden. Even the flowers planted in each palace are very colorful and interesting.
With the idea of finding a reading companion for her daughter, Xie Ziyue specially prepared invitations and invited many married women to bring their children to the palace.
Although she was thinking about finding companions for her daughter to read to, it was not good to only invite these few people into the palace. In addition, she also wanted to see more, so she invited many people.
Although these seemed to be interactions between ladies and concubines, Gu Xuan was woken up early in the morning by Grandma Sun.
She went to school for a few days and happened to have a rest today. She was lying on the bed and refused to get up. "Okay, grandma, just let me sleep a little longer."
Grandma Sun dressed her gently. Although the movement was light, the movements under her hands were not slow at all. "Princess, today I have invited all the ladies and concubines to come to the palace to enjoy the flowers. I specifically asked you to come with them." Woolen cloth."
Xie Ziyue has a distinguished status in the palace. She sent the invitation this time not only to choose a reading companion for her daughter, but also to contact the ministers and their families.
So not only the wives of courtiers came, but perhaps also old ladies with high status.
She was determined to establish a good reputation for her daughter from an early age, and she must not neglect etiquette, so she specifically asked Grandma Sun to wake her daughter up on time.
Aunt Sun put on a red and gold outer skirt for Gu Xuan, while Aunt Li let her lean on her and tied the flower bud hairpin. After all, the occasion was formal today, and they also took out a ruby-based necklace with a embroidery in the middle. With agate beads.
Grandma Sun was so skillful that she even tied a few small silver bells on the necklace. The silver bells were exquisitely made and engraved with auspicious cloud patterns.
After everything was ready, Gu Xuan yawned and woke up. Taoxiang brought warm water into the room at the right time to help Gu Xuan wash up.
"Is Huang'er awake?" Taoxiang just twisted the veil, and Xie Ziyue, fully dressed, came in from the outside.
Today, Xie Ziyue is also dressed grandly, wearing a gold-embroidered imperial concubine's dress, her hair is in a high bun, and she only holds an exquisite purple silk hairpin, decorated with fine gold beaded tassels, swaying slightly as she moves.
"Ah Xuan looks really beautiful today." Xie Ziyue stepped forward to take a closer look, feeling happy and proud. She put her arms around Gu Xuan's shoulders and touched her face affectionately.
Gu Xuan looked at herself in the mirror and said with a smile, "I follow my mother's concubine." She praised both of them with one sentence.
She was not lying. Now Xie Ziyue has a stunning appearance, but her demeanor is becoming more graceful and upright. In addition, she knows how to maintain beauty, and her skin is as bright as jade. She is at her most charming age.
There were no vulgar concubines in the harem, but Gu Xuan looked at it from an objective perspective and felt that there was a reason why the mother-in-law was the most favored in the Sixth Palace.
"How much honey did you eat when you got up early in the morning? I'm not afraid of losing my teeth." Xie Ziyue's praise for her daughter was very helpful, but there were also a few words of blame.
"I haven't eaten," Gu Xuan deliberately exposed her teeth to show the maids in the palace, "Concubine, I haven't eaten."
Her dress today made her look more like a snow dumpling. Such a trick made the servants in the side hall laugh.
However, it was time to play with treasures. Seeing that the time was approaching, Xie Ziyue did not want to delay, so she prepared a sedan chair and took Gu Xuan to sit on it.
It was also a coincidence that on the road, I happened to meet Concubine Sumire and the third princess Gu Rou. She was walking on the roadside holding the third princess. She saw the honor guard of the imperial concubine from a distance and hurriedly stopped to salute.
Xie Ziyue raised her hand to signal the guard of honor to stop, frowning and said: "My dear concubine Jin, the third princess is still young. You should be more careful when traveling, and don't let the princess catch the cold."
It is early morning now. Although the sun looks good today, the sun has not yet reached the palace road and the weather is not warm yet.
After all, Gu Rou's clothes were a little thin. Xie Ziyue was the one raising children, so she took advantage of Concubine Jin's excuse to salute and said a few words to her.
Concubine Jin hugged the third princess and nodded, hiding the strange look in her eyes. As she watched the guard of honor walk away, her eyes were still twinkling.
Concubine Sumire will be favored after entering the palace, and her appearance is naturally good, but the daughter in her arms is not like her. She has thick eyebrows and looks like a prince if she is not wearing pink clothes.
Seeing her mother standing still, the third princess Gu Rou pushed Concubine Sumire with her fat little hands and said unhappily: "Mother, why don't you leave?"
Only children of concubines with a concubine rank or above can call their biological mother 'mother concubine', and if they are below the concubine rank, they are called 'mother'.
Concubine Sumire touched her daughter's back and asked her in a low voice: "Do you still remember what your mother told you before?"
"Remember." Gu Rou nodded.
Concubine Sumire was relieved after hearing this, and continued towards the Royal Garden with her daughter in her arms.
When Xie Ziyue took Gu Xuan to the Royal Garden, many married women came with their daughters.
Mrs. Zhenbei Hou was at the head of the ladies. She was chatting and laughing with these female relatives. From the corner of her eye, she saw the imperial concubine arriving with the eldest princess Xiangjia, and everyone bowed and saluted.
At this time, several other concubines arrived, including Concubine Jin, who gave birth to the third princess Gu Rou, and Rong Jieyu, who gave birth to the fourth princess Gu Yue.
Gu Yuecai was about to turn one year old and was chubby. Maybe he had never been to a place with so many people before, so he was so frightened that he cried.
Rong Jieyu held her daughter in her arms and coaxed her. Seeing that everyone's eyes were fixed on her, she felt helpless, "The princess is young and there are so many people, so it is inevitable that she will not be used to it."
The wives present were all of noble status and were all human beings. Naturally, they could not offend Rong Jieyu, so they all nodded in agreement.
Only Mrs. Zhenbei Hou smiled, fixed her eyes on Gu Xuan, and said with a smile: "Is this the eldest princess of Xiangjia? We haven't seen her for a long time. The princess is getting cuter and sweeter. Once she sees her, she seems lucky and smart. "
After saying that, she paused and continued to add, "I remember that the eldest princess of Xiangjia was not afraid of strangers when she was a child. She always smiled when she saw her. No wonder she looks round-faced and smiling now. She is so lovable."
No one dared to answer Mrs. Zhenbeihou's words. Those who were a little better informed knew that Rong Jieyu's brother was riding a horse in the street a few days ago and almost hit her natal father.
Mrs. Zhenbeihou married into a high position, and her own father was a third-rank official, so his official position was definitely not as good as that of Rong Jieyu's family.
Rong Jieyu's younger brother relied on the fact that his father was well-off and his own sister entered the palace to give birth to a daughter for Han Xianzong, so he was confident. Or the father of the family knew not to cause trouble, so he personally brought him to the door with a gift to apologize.
Originally, the matter was over like this, but who would have thought that this second-generation ancestor would talk nonsense after drinking too much outside.
The saying that when one person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, it implies that Mrs. Zhenbei Marquis married into a good family, and even her family became noble. She also asked him to come to apologize in person.
After the news came out, Mrs. Zhenbei Hou was so angry that the two families were very unhappy.
Unexpectedly, when she entered the palace today, Mrs. Zhenbeihou would secretly try to tease Rong Jieyu, but she was really strong-tempered.
