boyutpedia Chapter 157 Newcomers Greet
Chapter 157 Newcomers Greet
Gu Yuchen and Gu Jinxuan blinked their round eyes when they heard this.
It was the first time they heard their mother speak to them so seriously. Although her tone was gentle, it also made them feel a lot of doubt.
"Mother! Chen'er was wrong. Chen'er shouldn't have left my sister alone to go see father."
Gu Yuchen was the first to admit his mistake, and his tone was so sincere that it was difficult for people to blame him.
"Mother! Xuan'er was also wrong. She shouldn't... shouldn't..."
Gu Jinxuan really couldn't understand what she had done wrong, so she stammered.
Seeing that the two kids had admitted their mistakes, Nanxiang stopped blaming them.
After all, they are still young, and there are indeed some mistakes that they cannot understand.
In addition to the fault of abandoning Gu Jinxuan alone, Gu Yuchen also interfered with the palace selection without proper manners.
If it were an ordinary palace maid or eunuch, she would have been punished by the emperor long ago.
Although his mistake was unintentional, he was still young after all, and had been loved by Gu Junshen and her since childhood, so he was naturally fearless in doing things.
However, this is often the case and is when problems are most likely to arise, and one might develop a personality that is arrogant and ignorant of etiquette in the future.
What she needs to do is to correct their ideas in time to avoid making mistakes in the future.
Gu Jinxuan did nothing wrong, she was just too naughty and ran around randomly.
Nanxiang thought so and considered asking the emperor to send two guards to protect them when they go out in the future.
It should be noted that since ancient times, the harem has had guards of low official rank to closely protect the princes and princesses.
After all, the princes and princesses are still too weak before they reach adulthood.
"Okay! It's good that you admit your mistake." Nanxiang then gently stroked the heads of the two.
Then he began to explain the pros and cons of this incident to the two children.
She spoke in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, with a tone of coaxing a child.
Not long after Nanxiang started talking, the two kids asked questions one after another, and Nanxiang answered them very patiently.
After hearing this, the two nodded their heads in different expressions.
The time soon came to the You hour.
At this time, Nanxiang had already told the two children three fairy tales, Snow White, The Ugly Duckling, and The Little Match Girl.
She deliberately replaced all the characters in the story with those in ancient times.
"Mother! Where did the girl who bought the charcoal go?"
Gu Jinxuan felt a little sad after hearing this, and suddenly felt that the little match girl was very pitiful.
"She went to a happy and contented place to enjoy herself."
After listening to Nanxiang's explanation, Gu Jinxuan finally smiled with satisfaction.
Soon, a round iron plate heated by a furnace was set up in the hall by Xiao Benzi, with grooves in the middle.
This is the barbecue iron grill plate that Nanxiang ordered to be customized. The groove in the middle is for oil to flow out.
She was tired of eating the food in the palace that was either fried, stewed or steamed, and she wanted to eat something roasted before winter.
Xiao Benzi then placed the pieces of meat on the iron plate and controlled the heat with bamboo chopsticks.
Soon the hall was filled with the rich aroma of barbecue.
The two little ones immediately started drooling when they smelled it.
"Mother! It smells so good!"
"If you are hungry, eat."
Nanxiang said as she smelled the aroma of barbecue wafting in the air, her appetite already whetted.
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Two days later, the four selected beauties were given the rewards prepared by Gu Junshen.
All four of them were appointed as permanent residents, and Nanxiang arranged for them to live near Wangyueju.
The palace is also suitable for the environment.
As for Nanxiang's original bedroom, it was Wangyueju.
Of course she wanted to keep it, after all, she had experienced several thrilling experiences here.
He could also remind her from time to time that her current position as Imperial Noble Consort was earned with her own hard work, and she didn't need to compromise on everything.
Seven days later, the four conferred titles had already received seven days of instruction, and the next day they would go to the Yanxi Hall where Nanxiang was to pay their respects.
Ever since Empress Chen was stripped of her phoenix seal and imperial edict, Nan Xiang became the person the concubines in the harem came to pay their respects to.
Logically, Nanxiang and others should go to the main hall of Jingren Palace, the Queen's residence, but Nanxiang already knew what was going on there.
So he begged Gu Junshen to change the location to Yanxi Palace.
Although the Yanxi Hall is not as spacious and bright as the Jingren Palace, it also has a special hall.
It is enough to accommodate the twenty or so concubines in the harem.
At the hour of Mao that day, Nanxiang got up and began to dress up.
After all, today is the day to meet the new concubine in the palace, so I have to dress up.
Time soon came to Chenshi.
When Nanxiang came out from behind the screen, the main hall of Yanxi Palace was already full of concubines.
Seeing Nanxiang coming out, everyone stood up and saluted.
"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine! May Your Majesty be blessed with good health and happiness!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
Nanxiang sat upright in the main chair, with an indifferent expression, as if she didn't want to be disturbed by outsiders, especially the aura between her eyebrows and lips, which was elegant and gentle, and she looked friendly, but also revealed a hint of indifference.
"My sisters are polite."
Then the process of the new concubine paying her respects began.
Following Nanxiang's order, four beautiful women dressed in colorful clothes and gorgeous attire slowly came over.
"I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine!"
The four of them shouted in unison, their voices were level, loud and powerful, as if they had been specially trained.
"My sisters are truly beautiful, and the emperor's taste is getting better and better."
Nanxiang smiled and praised softly.
"Sisters, please tell us your identities so that the sisters present here can get to know you."
After hearing what Nanxiang said, the four of them began to introduce themselves one by one.
Her tone was neither humble nor arrogant, worthy of a noble lady from a prominent family.
At this time, the many concubines sitting in their seats had different expressions.
Sitting in a corner, the noble lady Su of Tingxue Hall was feeling a bit complicated. At first, she thought the noble lady was good, but now the title of noble lady is so common that there are nearly ten noble ladies in the harem...
The virtuous Concubine Huang acted as if it had nothing to do with her and ignored the four people standing in the center.
The emperor selects several beauties every year, and now there are so many people in the harem that she can’t even count them.
The name is also difficult to recognize.
The year Nanxiang gave birth, five beauties were selected, the second year, six, the third year, four, and today there are still four.
Including the seven people in Nanxiang's group, one died, and the Queen Mother brought in three more, and one was imprisoned in the cold palace.
There are now twenty-nine of them in the hall.
Although Nanxiang looked amiable on her face, she was already uneasy in her heart. She had not expected that in just three years, there would be twenty more concubines in the harem.
However, according to her understanding, only half of the concubines had been slept with by Gu Junshen, and in the past two years, there were still many concubines who had never been slept with by him.
Nanxiang also wanted to remind Gu Junshen to take care of himself, otherwise his body would not be able to bear it in two years.
But she stopped anyway, thinking that this was no different from someone snatching food from someone's mouth.
Let him go for now.
Nanxiang then introduced the concubines of higher ranks, such as Concubine Xian, and after chatting about some interesting things in the boudoir, Nanxiang began to dismiss everyone.