Qi Yuebin listened to Nian Shilan's words and thought about it. When she saw Zhen Huan for the first time, she felt that Zhen Huan looked like the same person.
"Your Majesty, I may not be able to let go of Queen Chunyuan."
Qi Yuebin said: "Concubine Wan looks very similar to Queen Chunyuan, even more similar than my sister Yi Xiu."
"That makes sense."
Nian Shilan nodded, and then said: "The Emperor is very affectionate towards Queen Chunyuan."
Qi Yuebin glanced at Feng Ruozhao, and both of them looked at Nian Shilan unconsciously, fearing that she would be in a bad mood.
But unexpectedly, Nian Shilan didn't look sad at all and said: "I am no longer a little girl, and that person is the emperor, so I don't expect him to treat me wholeheartedly."
"The Emperor is the Emperor after all, and his nights will never belong to me alone."
Nian Shilan looked indifferent, and the two of them didn't have much doubts.
"Let's bring these little girls up now, and our merits will be considered complete."
Feng Ruozhao looked at the small clothes in his hand and said, "It's better than having no hope at all."
"Yes, there is hope now."
Nian Shilan also echoed: "As long as they don't come to provoke us, I don't want to care about what they do. I just want to live the rest of my life smoothly with you."
The queen raised her third elder brother to pay her respects for the first time, and Nian Shilan came extra early.
Although the queen is not particularly satisfied with the third elder brother, fortunately she has a son, and the third elder brother is very obedient, and she is very satisfied with this aspect.
Lifting Concubine Qi's confinement and restoring her to the title of concubine was nothing more than a delaying tactic by the Queen.
Qi Yuebin's health has improved a lot, so she came to Jingren Palace early.
When the queen came out, she saw that except Zhen Huan, who was ill, everyone else had basically arrived.
"Why are you here so early today?"
The queen looked at everyone and said with great satisfaction, the smile on her face could not be hidden at all.
"My concubines have not seen the queen for a long time, so they can't help but want to come earlier."
Concubine Qi said to the queen's nice words as if she wanted no money: "Your Majesty, your face looks particularly good today."
"Yes, people are in high spirits during happy events. Concubine Qi has indeed not seen the Queen for a long time. I look at Concubine Qi's complexion and she looks really good."
Nian Shilan's words were ironic to anyone who heard them, but Concubine Qi couldn't understand them.
"Yes, I haven't seen the empress for a long time, but speaking of happy events, it is naturally a happy event for the empress to have her legitimate son."
Everyone else listened to Concubine Qi's words with crazy expressions on their faces. What nonsense was she saying?
After listening to Concubine Qi's words, the queen wished she could put her back now, so as not to embarrass herself everywhere.
Seeing that no one spoke, Concubine Qi thought that they didn't dare to speak because of what she said, and she was a little complacent.
The queen glanced at her. Although Concubine Qi didn't know what she said wrong, she saw that the queen looked at her in a wrong way, so she didn't dare to speak anymore.
"Recently, the palace has lost several children all at once. The emperor is not in a good mood at all and rarely comes to the harem."
The queen said with a worried look: "Do you sisters have any good ideas?"
"Then why not recruit some new people? If there are more people in the palace, the emperor will be in a better mood."
Qi Guiren said something mindlessly.
She wanted to cater to the queen's mood and select some of the queen's people to come to the palace, which would be helpful to both the queen and herself.
But the way Nian Shilan looked at her was meaningful.
Putting aside the fact that this was the Queen's question, why was it not her turn to speak?
What's more, the queen is also asking Concubine Jing and Hui Guiren, what's the matter with her?
Sure enough, even if she was speaking for the queen, the queen didn't look good when she looked at her.
"Your Majesty Qi's idea is a good one, but this matter still needs the Emperor's consent. Concubine Jing, Mr. Hui, what are your ideas?"
Even if the queen is unhappy, she can't offend Mr. Qi, but everyone can tell that Mr. Qi is ignorant.
Hui Guiren glanced at Concubine Jing, saw that Concubine Jing also looked at him, and then stood up.
"The Queen, the concubines and the concubine Jing also discussed this matter. The concubine thought that instead of choosing new people to come in, which would be time-consuming and laborious, we might as well gather all the sisters in the palace and hold a banquet. Let’s see if there’s anyone the Emperor likes more. If there isn’t one by then, it won’t be too late for us to recruit someone new.”
What Hui Guiren said was neither humble nor arrogant, and was reasonable and well-founded. Even if Nian Shilan had never heard of her and Feng Ruozhao's idea, she still agreed.
What's more, she knew that the original queen had prepared this banquet in order to support An Lingrong, but now An Lingrong had stopped relying on the queen, and she just didn't know what the queen was going to do this time.
"You two are really interested. Although I haven't heard you two mention this matter, I think it is excellent."
Nian Shilan smiled and said that he did not know about this in advance.
After listening to Nian Shilan's words, Feng Ruozhao understood what she meant, and then said: "Yes, I just discussed it with Hui Gui last night. I originally thought that I would go and report this matter to the empress in the next two days. of."
The queen listened to the two people singing in harmony and didn't care whether they really didn't know. In short, her wish was fulfilled.
"Okay, I also think Hui Gui's idea is excellent. In a few days, I will hold a banquet at the Peony Terrace. Then all the sisters will go and show off what you are good at. As long as you can coax the emperor I'm so happy, I will reward you all."
The queen's words were so appropriate that no one could detect the flaw in her words.
The proposal was discussed between Hui Gui and Jing Fei, and Nian Shilan also agreed.
As a noble concubine, Nian Shilan was in charge of the affairs of the Sixth Palace. Concubine Jing and Hui Guiren were personally selected by the emperor to be assistant administrators of the sixth palace. Naturally, the queen could not refute what they believed.
She just held a banquet. As for the effect and whether something would go wrong, that was beyond the Queen's control.
"I, my concubines, wait for the queen to make the decision."
Everyone stood up to thank them, and then the queen said that the banquet would be held in five days, and then let them all go down.
"Why are you speaking so recklessly today?"
After everyone had left, the queen asked Qi Qi with a sullen face: "Concubine Hua and Concubine Jing didn't speak. How could it be your turn to speak?"
"I didn't think much about it at the time. I just thought that it would be good for us if we could choose more new people to come in. Otherwise, the whole palace would be dominated by their Han army."
