The fact that Lu Pingting offended the emperor caused a heated discussion in the palace, but it subsided quickly.

After all, Empress Gao had spoken, and the emperor turned and left because he remembered the important affairs of the court. After that, the emperor also ordered someone to reward the two new concubines who entered the palace with some things. So everyone in the palace accepted this statement.

Wu Jie's recent days are very leisurely, and she even suspects that she has returned to her previous life when she lived in seclusion.

Play chess, read books, arrange flowers every day, enjoy yourself.

The harem in the second year of Tianzhao can only be described as calm and calm.

Perhaps only Concubine Hongshu likes to jump up and down in her spare time, provoking the authority of Empress Gao.

Most of the time, Empress Gao chose to retreat, Wu Jie observed carefully, this kind of avoidance could not even be regarded as forbearance, it was more similar to a kind of generosity that did not want to argue with the ignorant little girl.

Concubine Hongshu's age is indeed the youngest in the palace, but she pays great attention to her own majesty. She likes to wear heavy makeup and exaggerated jewelry on weekdays. She is three points more luxurious than Empress Gao, and looks radiant.

On this day, Wu Jie came to Phoenix Rite Palace to pay her respects.

Before entering the door, heard voices coming from inside.

The tone of Concubine Hongshu is full of pride, "Where does the ordinary sweet-scented osmanthus come from such a fragrance? This is the Wangxian that was once popular in the court of South Chen. My brother was able to find the prescription left after the Great Zhou Dynasty in the early years. Unfortunately, several ingredients in it are It’s not easy to get, it took half a year to complete, and it was just sent to Bengong a few days ago.”

Wu Jie entered the hall, Empress Gao hadn't come yet, but all the concubines had arrived and were chatting around Xiang Xiang.

They talked about the smell changes of many popular spices such as Mihe, Baidie, and Yaopin.

Nowadays, aristocratic women are very particular about their clothing and accessories. What style of makeup to use, what style of jewelry, different spices, and where and how to sprinkle spices are all a matter of knowledge. There are special perfumers in the palace who are in charge of these.

Wu Jie sat on the seat, and sure enough, a strange fragrance came to her nostrils, lingering and making people linger.

The source of aroma is Concubine Hongshu. It is rare for her not to wear those complicated and gorgeous hairpin jewelry today, and there is only a jade hairpin carved into a white crane on her jet-black hair. The posture is agile and lifelike, with a branch held in its beak, dotted with a few green leaves and three or four fairy fruits, the fairy fruits are no bigger than rice grains, round and tender.

Wu Jie took a closer look and realized something was wrong, the fresh fruit trembled, it turned out to be real drops of water,

Concubine Hongshu seemed to feel her gaze and smiled sweetly. "Wu Guifei likes my hairpin"

"It looks strange, the hairpin of your ladyship is so delicate, I'm afraid it has a mechanism." Wu Jie replied.

Concubine Hongshu smiled and said, "You have a good vision. This hairpin does have a mechanism, and it is specially made to cooperate with Wangxian."

The eyes of all the concubines fell on Concubine Hongshu's head.

Lin Zhaoyuan got close and exclaimed, "Oh, just now I thought the fresh fruit on your hairpin was inlaid with pink pearls, but it turned out to be water beads."

"This is Wangxian." Concubine Hongshu introduced it reservedly.

This Wangxian is pink in color and thick in texture, I am afraid that the materials and craftsmanship in it are indeed different from the usual fragrance dew. It overflows from the holes of the branches carved in jade, like fairy peaches adorned on the branches, not only full of fragrance, but also ingenious.

The smell is sweet and elegant, and it matches Concubine Hongshu's crimson palace dress with wide sleeves and light gauze today, making her look ecstatic.

"This is an undisclosed secret of the South Chen royal family. The second brother captured Guanghan City on the South Chen battlefield before, forcing the South Chen emperor to flee. Only after collecting the palace in the city did he get Wangxian's prescription and these matching jewelry."

Concubine Hongshu was full of pride when she mentioned her brother.

Before Yuan Jing had just succeeded to the throne, South Chen took advantage of the political instability of the Great Wei, and raised his troops to attack northward.

At that time, the situation was critical, and there were a lot of discussions between the DPRK and China. Some advocated sending large troops to meet the enemy, and some advocated sending envoys to negotiate and delay.

It was Yuan Jing who fought against all opinions and personally led the Gyeonggi soldiers to the south to resist.

This battle can be described as a dead end. Although the courtiers admired Yuan Jing's courage, they were not optimistic about the outcome of this battle. Unexpectedly, this battle was not only a big victory, but also an extremely brilliant victory. They even conquered more than a dozen cities in South Chen and brought a large area of ​​border territory into their territory. The 200,000 troops led by South Chen Emperor Tiankang were completely defeated.

The young emperor won the first battle and established a reputation of unparalleled prestige.

Among them, Concubine Hong Shu's second elder brother, Hong Chongyue, followed Yujia on the expedition, and made a lot of contributions on the battlefield. He can be regarded as a rising star in the Great Wei Army.

"General Hong is brave and worthy of being a pillar of the imperial court." Li Chongrong complimented with a smile.

"The emperor is even more valiant. Then Emperor Tiankang of South Chen said that the hero of the area, when encountering the emperor's soldiers, won't he be defeated in a row and stay away." Another nobleman answered.

Listening to the flattery and flattery of the concubines around. Wu Jie secretly rolled her eyes. It was just a coincidence. Emperor Tiankang of Nanchen happened to have a sudden illness and collapsed due to a stroke. The dragons in Nanchen's army had no leader, and the internal chaos was chaotic, so they could only return with Yujia.

Originally, there were still several generals in charge, but Xiao Zhou of Capital City completely ignored the overall situation of the military strategy. Taking advantage of the emperor's serious illness, he ruled out dissidents and cleared the way for his son's ascension to the throne. Only then did the battle collapse thousands of miles away, losing more than a dozen cities in a row.

Of course, Emperor Tiankang's condition is still South Chen's military secret. The Northern Wei Dynasty didn't know about it, and the news gradually leaked out when Emperor Tiankang passed away next year.

"But this spice is called Wangxian, and it really deserves its name. Isn't it the reincarnation of an immortal after the Great Zhou Dynasty?"

Wu Jie was distracted for a moment, and their topic returned to spices, or South Chen's court. We are talking about the queen of the week, the beauty who crowns the world.

Da Zhou was the original wife of Emperor Tiankang, she came from a prominent family in South Chen, and she was a famous beauty when she was a girl.

It is said that once when went to the mountain temple to pray for blessings, accidentally lost way in the back mountain. It happened that there were beasts in the mountain. Da Zhou lost his way and fell down the mountain, and happened to meet a tiger.

As a result, the tiger saw her radiant face, so it didn't dare to hurt her, but knelt down and surrendered. Then another hunter who went into the mountain to hunt tigers saw it, thinking it was a fairy descending from the earth, and knelt down and kowtowed one after another.

The maidservant in charge of the Zhou family rushed to rescue his young lady, but saw beasts and mountain people kneeling all over the ground.

The servants of the Zhou family explained to them, but they didn't believe it was a living person, insisting that it was the incarnation of a god.

There are many anecdotes like myths and legends that have been handed down to this day. Together with the gorgeous words of many poets from South Chen to the Northland, they praise the beauty of that peerless beauty.

This beauty crowned in beauty naturally attracted the admiration of countless dignitaries in South Chen.

It is said that more than 20 years ago, several princes of South Chen fought fiercely for her. In the end, the second prince Chen Yan picked up this pearl.

Chen Yan is also the current Emperor Tiankang. He was also a well-known talent in South Chen when he was a teenager. After marrying the Da Zhou family, the two are loving and affectionate husband and wife. It's a pity that the Da Zhou family died of a serious illness shortly after giving birth to Chen Yan's eldest son.

"It's no wonder that this spice recipe was collected from the palace in Guanghan City. Didn't it just die in Guanghan City after the Great Zhou Dynasty?" Lin Zhaoyuan sighed.

When the Empress of Zhou died, Chen Yan had not yet ascended the throne.

Although Chen Yan was the son of the Empress Yuan, he was disliked by his father, and was exiled to Guanghan City on the border of the Northern Land as a servant under the title of Prince. When the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty gave birth, the imperial power was changing. In order to regain the throne, Chen Yan led his army back to Capital City.

Empress Da Zhou, who stayed in Guanghan City, was in a state of anxiety, coupled with postpartum disorders, and finally passed away.

After Emperor Tiankang succeeded to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he was full of nostalgia for his first wife and refused to continue to accept concubines. Until the left and right ministers advise, the child cannot be left unattended. Emperor Tiankang finally married the younger sister of the Da Zhou family, the Xiao Zhou family, as the continuation.

"Heaven is jealous of beauty, even if Da Zhou's beauty is peerless, talent is unparalleled, so what, after all, it can't match the fate of heaven."

"I heard that Empress Xiao Zhou is also a peerless beauty, but she is still inferior to her sister."

When the concubines talked about the affairs of the palace next door, they were full of enthusiasm for gossip.

"Hey, I heard that the third prince presided over the officiant officer of the South Chen Palace this year." Li Chongrong was well informed, "Maybe South Chen will have a crown prince this year."

In South Chen's court, the emperor or the crown prince had always presided over the officiant. Since Emperor Tiankang took over the throne, he has held the power very tightly. There has been no crown prince for many years, and the sacrifices are all done by himself. This year, it was suddenly handed over to the third prince to preside over it, which was a signal to announce the establishment of a prince.

It's just that Emperor Tiankang was unable to attend because of his poor health. Wu Jie thought to herself, but it can be regarded as a crown prince.

In the blink of an eye next year, Emperor Tiankang, a generation of British lords, will pass away, and then the third prince born after Xiao Zhou will succeed to the throne, with the reign title of Shenrui. The first thing to do when succeeding to the throne is to widely select beauties, and even Dongyue was blackmailed to donate their daughters. He also ruled out dissidents in the court and punished him extensively. South Chen was in trouble by him.

By the time of her death, most of South Chen's territory had fallen, and the country was almost destroyed.

It can only be said that the world of Great Wei is really lucky.

"Didn't Da Zhou also have a son?" Lin Zhaoyuan suddenly remembered.

Concubine Hongshu said with a smile, "I heard that the eldest son of the emperor is very incompetent, wild and rude, ignorant and incompetent. Headaches are everywhere in the palace, it is completely an embroidered pillow."

"Sure enough, it's a cold tea. No matter how beautiful a woman is, she can't match her beauty. In the past few years, the emperor of South Chen has married several concubines one after another. I heard that recently there is a Mrs. Yuheng who dotes on the harem.”

Concubine Hongshu was more informed and corrected, "I heard that Mrs. Yuheng is not some concubine, but a hermit at the mountain gate of South Chen. Emperor Tiankang visited the thatched cottage three times before inviting her out of the mountain gate."

Several people were talking enthusiastically when Empress Gao walked in.

Everyone stopped talking and got up to greet him.

Empress Gao said a few words on the occasion, and asked, "The vernal equinox will be three days later, and all the palaces are ready."

From Concubine Hongshu to the little maid standing there, everyone's faces were filled with joy.

The plan of the year lies in spring, and the vernal equinox is an important season, which indicates that the cold winter will pass and the farming will start in the new year.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country. On this day, from the Capital City to the countryside, there are agricultural officials holding sacrificial activities to worship the heaven and the earth and wish a good harvest in the new year.

Even the emperor Yuan Jing had to leave the field in person, helping the ox cart to go to the fields to plow the land to show that he was close to the people and valued agriculture. All the concubines in the harem also went to collect mulberry leaves, spin yarn and weave cloth.

Of course, it is impossible to let these nobles really work, just for show, ritualized procedures are indispensable.

The place where the ceremony was held was the Chongsheng Temple in the south of Capital City, which was a royal temple, and the nearby large area of land was also a royal manor.

For the women in the harem, it is a rare opportunity to get out of the palace and play outside. So everyone has been looking forward to it for a long time.

"This year's ceremony, the Empress Dowager will also go with her." Empress Gao continued. The queen mother is in good health these days, and is going to Chongsheng Temple to pay homage to the Buddha.