After a hearty drink, Wei Cheng temporarily lost his sleepiness. He picked up a strand of black hair from the girl in his arms and wrapped it around his fingers. He deliberately teased her and said, "You have been in the palace for more than half a month. I have never called you lucky, but have you ever complained to me?" ?”
Ning Yuzhen looked serious, put on a serious face, and said from the prepared manuscript, "The thunder and rain are all the emperor's favor. I have no regrets. I have used the best luck in my life to be able to enter the palace as a promise."
Seeing how seriously she answered, Wei Cheng felt a strange emotion flash in his heart.
He patted her back and said, "Go to sleep, it's getting late."
Ning Yuzhen couldn't figure out Wei Cheng's meaning for a while, and didn't know whether the words were good or bad, so she could only huddle in his arms obediently, close her eyes and fall asleep.
After working hard for a long time, when I woke up, it was already bright outside and the emperor was no longer around.
She struggled to get up, feeling sore all over.
Yi Cui and Qilan, who had been waiting outside for a long time after being called by Fu Lu in the morning, hurried to the bedside and helped Ning Yuzhen change her clothes.
After all, Yicui was someone who had served the concubine. She glanced at the blush and looked away. Qilan was still an indifferent person after all. She almost dropped her clothes to the ground with a shake of her hand.
After reacting, he immediately lowered his head.
The Yangxin Hall is not a place for talking. Ning Yuzhen swallowed countless words and finally frowned and said, "Why didn't anyone wake me up this morning? This is against the rules."
Yicui explained, "The emperor asked the slaves not to disturb the young master's rest. He said that the young master was tired and should have a good sleep."
Ning Yuzhen's face suddenly turned red, her lips quivered twice, and then she stopped.
By the time I was done cleaning up, the temperature on my face had almost dissipated.
Fu Lu, who was outside, saw someone coming out and smiled and went up to him, "Little Master Ning, the Emperor loves you so much that he specially asked his servants to wait here for you to come out so that you can go back in a soft sedan."
Seeing that her face was about to fall short again, Ning Yuzhen hurriedly thanked Fu Lu, lowered her head and quickly got on the soft sedan.
Fulu watched the soft sedan go away, his eyes fell on his empty palms, and muttered: "Master Ning, did you miss something..."
Ning Yuzhen, who was just covering up her shame, could not think of so much. Even Yicui was in a panic and forgot about things. If her legs were not working well today, she would have been able to walk like flying.
Before entering the Summer Palace, Ning Yuzhen saw someone in the yard from a distance.
"Yicui, is there anyone in the yard?"
Yi Cui looked over and saw that it was true.
"My young master, it seems to be Eunuch Fuhai."
Ning Yuzhen got off the sedan with a puzzled look on her face, and Fuhai stepped forward with a smile to congratulate him, "I'm here to congratulate Little Master Ning."
Before Ning Yuzhen could think about it, Fuhai's face suddenly turned serious and he took the golden edict from the little eunuch behind him.
He said loudly: "The imperial edict has arrived! I would rather accept the edict!"
After everyone was blessed, Fuhai continued to read out the imperial edict.
"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict said: Promise Ning Yuzhen, be gentle and gentle, be graceful and graceful, be dignified and Shurui, be restrained and gentle, be safe and honest, and be Yonghe pure." He was immediately canonized as a permanent one, and he was rewarded. A begonia flower hairpin, a magnolia flying butterfly step... a crystal vase with animal faces and banana leaves and animal ears, I admire this!"
When the last item was reported, Ning Yuzhen was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that she only stared at the crystal bottle for a while last night, and actually asked the emperor to reward her with something.
Fuhai reminded, "Little Master Ning, don't be stunned. Why don't you quickly thank me and accept the order?"
"Concubine, thank you for your grace."
Ning Yuzhen stood up and took the imperial edict and handed it to Qilan, and ordered Qilan to quietly present the money.
The wrinkles on Fuhai's face deepened. He looked around, stepped forward and whispered: "Little Master Ning, I heard that your best skill is the flute. I wonder if the emperor will hear you playing a Jiangnan tune one day."
After saying this, he led the young eunuchs who had put away the rewards and left the Summer Palace.
Ning Yuzhen kept Fuhai's advice deep in her heart and had no intention of continuing to use this method to invite favors.
Yesterday, Cheng Chong resorted to some tricks and was kept in Yangxin Hall by the emperor until he left this morning. This attracted enough attention. If he didn't hide away from the limelight and still occupied the emperor, I'm afraid it would cause trouble. .
Liu frowned, and after thinking for a moment, Ning Yuzhen summoned Lian Xiang, who was registered in the warehouse.
Lianxiang is lively and careless, and she is familiar with many palace maids and eunuchs. It is most suitable for her to do this.
"Lianxiang, later you told the father-in-law on duty in the Jingsi Office that he had withdrawn my Green Head Card. He said that I had caught a cold and was a little bit cold, and you were afraid that it would be passed on to the Emperor."
Although Lianxiang was puzzled, her master's approach must have made sense. She was simple-minded and couldn't understand it, so she just had to follow it.
"Hey, okay, I'll go after registering the items." Lianxiang blessed herself and turned around to continue working.
Ning Yuzhen's guess was right. Her stay at Yangxin Palace caused quite a stir in various palaces.
Because of this incident, Kunning Palace, which had been dormant for a long time, welcomed Concubine Liang, who had been pretending to be aloof and focused on the second princess.
At that time, the queen was painting with a calm expression, and the chrysanthemums in the painting jumped out on the paper.
As soon as Liang Concubine came in, she saw this peaceful scene. She was anxious, but she still patiently bowed.
"Qingdai, make a pot of Pu'er that was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs a few days ago, and then bring a plate of nine-layer cake newly made in the small kitchen."
Concubine Liang sat down and touched her upper and lower lips. Just as she was about to speak, she was blocked by the Queen's understatement of entertaining guests. For a moment, she felt that her throat was choked and it was difficult to speak.
It wasn't until Qingdai served Pu'er and took a sip that she swallowed what she just said.
Of course the queen knew what she was going to say, and this was deliberately blocking her words. Last night she heard Qingdai's report, and Ning agreed... Oh, now it's time to call Ning Chang here. She was stayed by the emperor in the Yangxin Palace. .
It stands to reason that this is against the rules, and even the favored Yigui has never had such a precedent, but the queen is too lazy to care. She is no longer the person who asked the emperor to look at her more.
It's just Liang Concubine... The queen raised her eyes and glanced at the woman sitting on the round stool, secretly lamenting that after so many years, there was still no progress.
I don't know how many pairs of eyes from inside and outside the palace were staring at her, and it was really stupid to start yelling when she came in.
Something that cannot be kept calm.
"Sister Liang Bin, I haven't been here for a while. Try this nine-layer cake. It was developed by the people in the small kitchen. You are lucky to catch it."
The queen spoke slowly, with a distant smile on her face.
Only Liang Bin knew the meaning of her words.
Liang Bi reluctantly twitched the corner of her lips, as if she thought about it, if her family background was not low, the opportunity to enter the dormitory was obtained by her father defending the emperor's knife, and she was not favored by the emperor, so naturally she wanted to fawn over the head of the harem. .
"The second princess always has nightmares these days for some reason. She falls asleep during the day. I also want to come here often to talk to the queen, but I really can't get away."
