This palace comes back in this life, only to be Nian Shilan

Chapter 37: Pour the Night Incense

Concubine Hua frowned, stood up, lifted the curtain and called Songzhi outside the bedroom.

Songzhi usually keeps watch in her own bedroom. Today, she heard the noise from Kunqu Opera and went out to see what was going on.

"Songzhi." Concubine Hua stood up and walked out.

"Your Majesty." Songzhi rushed in, "Your Majesty, get up."

All the palace maids came in carrying washbasins, mouthwash cups, etc. to help Concubine Hua with her makeup.

The sound of Kunqu Opera drifted away in the distance.

Concubine Hua was very familiar with this tune, and she was sure it was Yu Ying'er.

Now Concubine Hua is standing in front of the mirror letting the palace maid do her makeup. The Concubine Hua in the mirror now has a face full of resentment as if she has not yet woken up.

Now she just wanted to skin Huang Guiquan alive, and she didn't know how this dog slave did his job.

Soon, during breakfast, the Queen's decree came from Jingren Palace, conferring the title of Lady Miaoyin to the palace maid Yu Ying'er as an official lady.

The emperor favored the palace maids and even gave a title to an official girl, which made the palace concubines extremely dissatisfied.

Even though the queen was still ill, the ladies from all the palaces gathered in Jingren Palace with resentment. They wanted to see what kind of monster this Lady Miaoyin was.

The emperor seems to have gone crazy recently. First, he favored an arrogant woman named Xia, and now he is obsessed with a palace maid.

I heard that this palace maid was a night incense burner.

After a period of rest, the queen's health has improved a lot and she will be fully recovered by the New Year.

This morning, Xiao Xiazi brought news from the Yangxin Palace that the Emperor wanted to appoint Yu as an official lady. The Empress went from being confused to being extremely shocked. Her blood rushed to her head and her headache, which had not occurred for a long time, came back.

Now the Queen was wearing a jade headband and sitting in the main seat of Jingren Palace, accepting Yu's visit.

The concubines sitting on both sides looked coldly at Yu who was standing in the middle. Their noses were not noses and their eyes were not eyes.

With a flamboyant smile on her face, Yu Ying'er clumsily performed the three-kneeling and nine-kowtow ceremony to the Queen, using the etiquette of a concubine that she had just learned.

"Your concubine Yu pays respects to Her Majesty the Empress. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health." Yu's voice was soft, and carried the slender melody of Jiangnan Kunqu Opera.

"Get up, my sister, now that you have been favored by the emperor, you will serve the emperor together with the other sisters in the palace. The sisters in the palace must work together and strive to give birth to a son for the emperor."

"Yes, I'll obey your instruction." Yu Ying'er now looked submissive and docile, but a woman who had just been favored exuded a freshness from body to body. In addition, Yu was wearing bright clothes, which made her very eye-catching in the eyes of other concubines.

"Sister is so elegant. I heard that you hummed a few songs while on duty, which caught the emperor's eye." Erha Qifei spoke first, which resolved the doubts of other concubines.

Humming Kunqu Opera while listening to the night incense? When did the emperor's taste become so unique? Hua Fei was even more confused after hearing this.

I have to say, looking at the concubines in the palace, they are all beautiful in various ways and each has her own charm. Although the emperor is amorous, his taste is always online.

There must be some other reason why Yu Ying'er was favored.

"Sister Yu must be a very beautiful Kunqu singer, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have chosen you in the Gongfang." Chun Changzai asked innocently, with a pure breath in her crisp voice, as if she was really curious about how well Yu Ying'er sang Kunqu opera.

When the concubines around heard Chun Changzai's straightforward and sincere questions, they couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses with their handkerchiefs and laugh out loud.

Yu Ying'er could not help but hear the concubines' ridicule towards her. She tried hard to control her angry expression, and replied with a stiff smile, "I was just preparing some fragrant dates and toilet paper in the Yangxin Palace. I got off duty yesterday afternoon and stayed in the Yangxin Palace for a while because of some trivial matters. I hummed a few lines casually. I never thought that the emperor would hear it, and it made the fate of this concubine and the emperor come true."

Yu Ying'er was trying hard to explain that she was not a night-drinker.

Yu Ying'er originally felt that she was very unlucky. The eunuch in charge of duties in the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly drove her from Yime Garden to Xinzheku. Although she was bullied in Yime Garden, at least she had the job of taking care of flowers and plants. But when she went to Xinzheku, she was arranged to clean toilets.

Yu Ying'er took out all her family fortune and exchanged her job with the eunuch in charge of Xinzheku to deliver fragrant dates and straw paper to various palaces.

Yesterday afternoon, it happened that Huasui, a young palace maid in the Yangxin Palace, had a stomachache. When Yu Ying'er went to the Yangxin Palace to deliver wood ash and spices, she took over Huasui's duty for a while and went into the Yangxin Palace herself. Although it was the emperor's place to relieve himself, the environment there was much better than that of the Xinzheku. She was so happy staying in the Yangxin Palace that she forgot herself for a moment and hummed a few lines of A Dream in the Garden.

Unexpectedly, when the emperor woke up from his nap, he heard the melodious sound of Kunqu Opera coming from the side hall. The emperor was not yet awake and thought he was still in a dream. Chunyuan was still singing to him beside him. Following the tune of the song, the emperor saw Yu Ying'er busy in the side hall and was moved in a trance.

As it was natural, Yu Ying'er accepted the emperor's favor gracefully all night long, and the sound of Kunqu opera floated outside the Palace of Tranquil Longevity all night long.

Yu Ying'er would certainly not explain these details so clearly. Fighting for favor depends on one's own ability. After working in the palace for a long time, Yu Ying'er also knew how to fight back against those concubines. The words "I have fulfilled the fate of the emperor and myself" touched the hearts of many concubines.

An Lingrong sat at the end, just opposite Yu Ying'er. She looked at Yu Ying'er's arrogant face, and couldn't help but feel jealous. Now a palace maid is more successful than herself. After Xia Shi left, the arrogant Yu Ying'er came. When will she be able to succeed? Fortunately, she still has Sister Huan to accompany her.

Shen Meizhuang looked at Yu Ying'er with a smile in her eyes, and she felt uncomfortable. The favor in the palace would never stay on one person. Anyway, her family was helpful, and the emperor's feelings towards her were different, so there was no need to care too much about it.

Noble Lady Fucha rolled her eyes at the smug look on Yu Ying'er's face. This lowly woman from the three banners of the Baoyi clan was certainly not as good as herself who was born in the Manchu military banner. Let's see how long her arrogance will last. It would be best for her to get pregnant as soon as possible. With a child, the main seat in the Yanx Palace would definitely be hers.

Concubine Li muttered directly, "Look at her arrogant look. A palace maid who has been favored does not know how to restrain herself. She sings songs on the long street early in the morning, disturbing people's sleep." The voice was not loud, but it fell into the ears of everyone in the main hall of Jingren Palace.

Concubine Jing looked at Yu Ying'er without any emotion. The emperor had no feelings for her anyway, and now she had a daughter, she was content. She just hoped that Yu Ying'er would not make trouble and disturb the peaceful life in the harem, which would affect Wen Yi's early education.