The road of the favorite concubine in three lives is destined

The emperor walked out of the palace. Xiao Yinzi hurriedly followed the emperor. Xiao Yinzi heard the quarrel in the palace just now, so she didn't dare to say anything and just followed the emperor.

The emperor went directly to the imperial study. The imperial study was full of memorials, but the emperor did not read them and sat down quietly.

I wondered if I had been too harsh on Concubine De. Why had I not thought about it and ignored her? What was her situation? I blamed myself for being too careless. But the way she spoke to me just now was completely different from when she was in the Prince's Mansion. She was so gentle before, why did she suddenly become so irritable? Maybe I had gone too far. I should be more considerate of her in the future. After all, the harem only felt differently towards her.

Other women are boring.

At this time, Xiao Yinzi, observing the emperor's words and expressions, respectfully walked to the emperor.

Speaking of which, Your Majesty, aren't you resting yet so late? Are you still dealing with memorials? I'll grind ink for you right now.

The emperor said, No, I just want to sit here.

By the way, I came to see you a few days ago, and the chief eunuch told me that you went to get some charcoal. Why don’t you have enough charcoal in the Imperial Household Department?

Xiao Yinzi knelt down and said nervously, "Your Majesty, it's not that our Silijian lacked charcoal, it was that I accidentally bumped into the Empress that day. The Empress punished me with 100 strokes of the cane. Then, the Empress Defei passed by and pleaded for me, so the Empress punished me with only 50 strokes of the cane."

If it weren't for the Empress Defei, I would have died after being beaten with 100 sticks. So I heard that the servants in the palace were stingy and used the food, clothing and other expenses of the Empress Defei's palace, so I went to get some charcoal and sent it to the Empress Defei. This is all the servant can do to repay her kindness.

The emperor stood up and said, "Please stand up. I am just asking. By the way, I want you to help Concubine De. If there is such a thing in Concubine De's palace again, you can tell me, but Concubine De must not know about this. Do you hear me?"

Xiao Yinzi stood up and said, "Zhe, Your Majesty, I will definitely do this well."

So the emperor stood up and said, I am tired too, it is time to go back to the palace to rest.

Xiao Yinzi said, "Isn't the emperor going to flip the cards today?"

The emperor said, we are going to Concubine De today, you go and inform her

Xiao Yinzi said happily, I will go right away.

Xiaoyinzi ran and staggered, panting, and almost fell down. After all, it was winter.

Xiao Yinzi came to Concubine De's palace, breathing heavily. Xiao Cui saw him and said, "Xiao Yinzi, why are you here so late? Why did you come here in such a hurry? Did something happen?"

Xiao Yinzi tried her best to calm her breathing and said, Xiao Cui, the emperor wants Concubine De to sleep with him today. Get ready quickly, the imperial carriage will come to pick up our queen soon.

Xiao Cui said in surprise, I'll go right away, do you want to drink some water and take a rest?

Xiao Yinzi said no, I'm fine.

Xiao Cui happily entered the palace and said, "My Lord, the Emperor wants you to sleep with him today. The Emperor will come to pick you up soon."

Defei said, I won't go, I won't sleep with you

Xiao Cui and Xiao Rong advised, "Your Majesty, good Your Majesty, please go. This is no small matter. If you refuse the grace of Your Majesty, you will be beheaded."

De Fei said coldly, "Then let the emperor chop off my head. I will wait for him to chop off my head."

Xiao Cui and Xiao Rong saw that the master really didn't want to go, so they quickly pushed the master to the surrounding room and said, "Master, let's take a bath and change clothes first. The emperor is already waiting for you in the bedroom."

De Fei was no match for them, and she couldn't disobey their orders, so she had to bathe without complaint. This was her first bath in the palace, in a pool full of flower petals, with several maids wiping her body. De Fei was not used to it, and she resisted their touching her ticklish spots, and held back her laughter, her face turned red. The maids asked, "My queen, why is your face so red?" De Fei said. It's okay.

Concubine De had never thought that a bath would be so complicated. The water in the tub had to be kept at a certain temperature. The four palace maids bathed her quickly, orderly and silently. They first gently and repeatedly wiped her chest, back, armpits and arms to open her pores and relax her body. After rubbing the soap, they used a wet towel to wipe off the soap foam on her body to prevent her skin from becoming dry.

The maids then used pure white silk cotton to dip perfume and pat it evenly and gently on the body, breasts, bone joints, and spine grooves. These places are prone to soap foam accumulation and itching, so special attention should be paid. Finally, the maids scooped water again to wash their faces and hands. The water in the bathing pool must always be kept clean. After the maids soaked the towels thoroughly, they were not allowed to dip them back into the basin after taking them out. The towels were thrown away after each use. After washing the whole body, although dozens of towels were used, the water was still clear.

Neatly ironed, beautiful and exquisite, the towels are embroidered with golden dragons in yellow silk thread. To wipe the same part, you need at least six or seven soaked hot towels to wipe it six or seven times to ensure that all the pores are opened; the towels are thrown away after each use, and after being soaked, they are not allowed to be dipped back into the basin.

A four-legged low chair for bathing: the legs are very thick, with a total of eight small dragons attached to the legs, two dragons on each leg, one dragon climbing down and one dragon climbing up; the backrest can be adjusted freely in direction and can also be removed.

Finally finished bathing