Everyone in my harem is talented

When Qin Zhi arrived at the Yilan Palace, Jiang Lanzhi had been waiting for a while.

She had her hair combed into a bun like a cloud, and pinned it with a few white jade hairpins with auspicious cloud patterns. A small cluster of pearl-core jade leaf hairpins with restrained luster were inserted diagonally beside her bun.

She was wearing a floor-length dress with a sky-blue, silver-thread vanilla pattern. The late summer breeze blew her up, and her thin, wide sleeves brushed across her arms, revealing a silver-pearl bracelet on her slender wrist.

Jiang Lanzhi was waiting quietly in front of the palace. She had a pretty and elegant face and a quiet and comfortable charm that made people feel pity for her.

"It's almost autumn, and the nights are chilly. Why are you still wearing so lightly?"

"I have seen your majesty, may your majesty be well and healthy!

When the seasons change, I am always a little unsure of what to wear. Once Your Majesty tells me, I will know. "

Qin Zhi helped Jiang Lanzhi up after she had bowed, and took her in his arms as they walked into the hall.

The palace maids in the hall have already set the table for dinner.

"Your Majesty, I would like to plant some lemongrass in the Yilan Palace, is that okay?

By then, I can dry some lemongrass for Your Majesty to make tea and incense.

The small courtyard of the concubine's house and the flower beds are all covered with lemongrass.

The tea my father drank and the incense we used at home were all made by my mother and her servants using lemongrass from our own garden.

I still remember my father telling me when I was young that drinking tea made from lemongrass can warm the middle and replenish the body, calm the mind and ward off evil spirits.

I have been drinking this tea with my father since I was a child, and I only drink this tea.

After entering the palace, the various types of tribute tea served in the palace were fragrant, but after all, they were not the taste that the concubines were used to. "

"Perhaps it's because lemongrass has no flowers and grows like weeds. I have searched for it in the palace, but have never seen it."

Jiang Lanzhi said with some regret.

"Lemongrass? The one that exudes the aroma of ju (third tone, yuan (second tone, the ancient name for lemon)?" Qin Zhi asked.

"The smell of lemongrass is indeed very similar to the aroma of citron." Jiang Lanzhi thought about it and nodded slightly.

"Although baomao is a wild grass, it is used to worship the heavens and the earth and ancestors. It must be planted in the palace. You can just send someone to Linheng's office to ask for it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After finishing dinner, Jiang Lanzhi lowered her eyelashes to hide the shyness in her eyes.

She said boldly, "Your Majesty, let us rest."

The palace servants lowered the curtains in the inner hall for nighttime sleeping, blocking the view of others.

Early the next morning, Jiang Lanzhi forced herself to get up early. She opened the curtains and ordered the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting there to help Qin Zhi wash up.

Cooperating with the palace maids, she helped Qin Zhi to dress and put on his crown.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer? The palace servants are used to doing these things, so you don't need to bother." Qin Zhi pressed his thumb between his eyebrows.

Jiang Lanzhi took the belt handed over by the palace maid and tied it on Qin Zhi, saying softly:

"Didn't I do well?

Your Majesty is my husband, and I really like Your Majesty, so I want to do something for Your Majesty myself.

It’s just that I am incompetent, so I can only serve Your Majesty more attentively.”

Qin Zhi was about to say some flirtatious words when he heard another voice.

"Your Majesty has already woken up, but I, a concubine, am still fast asleep. What a shame!

If this happened at home, those concubines would definitely be scolded to death by my father if they dared to do this." Jiang Lanzhi's tone was not consistent with her usual gentleness.

Qin Zhi wanted to say something but stopped.

He lowered his head to look at Jiang Lanzhi, who was busy with her hands, with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

Jiang Lanzhi carefully dressed Qin Zhi in the apricot-colored uniform with auspicious cloud patterns and put on a crown.

"Your Majesty, it's done." She raised her head.

"Your Majesty, why is he looking at me like that?

Is there something wrong with me?

I washed and looked in the mirror before coming to serve Your Majesty.

Did you take the wrong clothes?

Or is the crown worn incorrectly?

No, the clothes and crown were prepared by Zhang Deli and then brought by the palace servants.

Did I do something clumsy? Did I make His Majesty angry? Or was there something wrong with what I said?

But Dad likes Mom and the concubines to coax him like this the most at home." Jiang Lanzhi was a little puzzled.

Qin Zhi remained silent and just looked at her coldly.

"Your Majesty?" Jiang Lanzhi hesitated.