The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 257: New Year's Day

Taking advantage of the free time during the first month of the year, Qin Liuse found an afternoon and called all the servants of Zhaoyang Palace over.

The first is to recognize everyone at one time, and the second is to make new arrangements and do personnel regulation work to share the work of Qingqing Zijin and Aunt Mingyue.

Since moving to Zhaoyang Palace, Qin Liuse has been busy working with Concubine Xiao De and entertaining people. Later, because she was pregnant, she was too lazy to move, so she has not yet formally gathered all the servants together.

The main hall of Zhaoyang Palace is where Qin Liuse lives. It faces south and has three rooms. The middle one is the main hall, with a side room on each side, and two side rooms at the end.

In addition, there is an east hall and a west hall on each side of the courtyard, a small courtyard at the back, and a row of side rooms.

Because Emperor Yongjia assigned the Zhaoyang Palace to her alone and no other concubines lived with her, Qin Liuse lived alone in a very spacious and comfortable place without having to exclude herself.

Qin Liuse sat upright in the main hall. Aunt Mingyue called everyone over and showed the list to Qin Liuse. She reported to her, "The Shanggong Bureau has six maids, four maids for rough work, and four eunuchs."

Qin Liuse held the roster in his hand and looked at it, calling out the names, calling them to the front one by one, greeting them and distributing purses.

After the maids and eunuchs received their red envelopes, Qin Liuse talked to them again, asking them questions like where they had served before, where their home was, how old they were this year, how long they had been in the palace, etc. This way, it would be easier to remember them.

After asking, Qin Liuse looked at the names of the four maids on the roster, "Chunxia, ​​Caixia, Qiuxia, and Dongxia," and couldn't help asking, "Why is she Caixia instead of Xiaxia?"

The one named Caixia came forward with a purse in her hand and said with her head down, "Replying to Madam Zhaoyi, the Shanggong in charge of the Shanggong Bureau said that Xiaxia is difficult to pronounce, and because they were afraid that it would be inconvenient for the master, they gave this servant Caixia's name."

Qin Liuse just asked casually and nodded when she heard the answer, thinking that her aunt Qingqing Zijin and Aunt Mingyue were both first-class maids, and she needed more second-class maids to help.

So she promoted these four maids to the second class, and picked out two older and more experienced maids from the rough servants and promoted them to the third class. In this way, there were four maids each in the second and third classes.

For a while, all those who had been promoted and received a purse knelt down to express their gratitude. Before the New Year, they had just received purses twice, once from Zhaoyi and once from the emperor when he stayed up all night to celebrate the New Year.

Qin Liuse was still lazy. She handed the list to Aunt Mingyue and said to them, "Go down. Let's leave it like this for now."

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Although Qin Liuse could serve in her own way, it was still different. During the time when she was pregnant and unable to sleep with him, the people that Emperor Yongjia spent more time with were Qin Huaijin and Liu Yiyi.

That night, Qingqing was helping Qin Liuse comb her hair. As she combed her hair, she wondered, "Lady Qin must have speculated about other people a lot about what happened earlier, so why is she fine while Liu Baolin was banished to the cold palace?"

Qingqing was somewhat unwilling to see Qin Huaijin suffer like this.

Qin Liuse didn’t understand it before, but now, he can see it more clearly.

Liu Qiuniang worked with Qin Huaijin, but she protected Qin Huaijin time and time again and never took advantage of his misfortune. I think there must be a reason behind this.

Neither of them is easy to get along with, so it is natural that they will not suddenly become good sisters after arriving at the palace. Moreover, Qin Huaijin probably looks down on Liu Qiuniang's family background.

These people, layer by layer, Wang Leyao clung to Liu Qiuniang, and Liu Qiuniang clung to Qin Huaijin.

After thinking about it, it must be because of my mother's family.

However, this was just Qin Liuse's guess. She had no relatives in the capital, and she didn't know anything about the men in the previous dynasty, nor was she clear about the connection here.

After all, people are only willing to keep a secret for others when they need help from them.

Moreover, Liu Qiuniang has disliked Qin Liuse for so long, and now that she is gone, she still expects Qin Huaijin to be able to fight her.

Moreover, Qin Liuse also heard from Emperor Yongjia that he had someone warn Qin Huaijin.

Qin Liuse also understood what he meant. Qin Huaijin did not step forward openly that night, but was instigating things from behind. He was not as stupid as Liu Qiuniang, who would be caught no matter what she said or did.

Therefore, it was difficult to convict them. In addition, because of the Qin family, Emperor Yongjia did not want to see the two sisters of the Qin family, one in great favor and the other out of favor, unless it was necessary.

Qingqing was still not happy after hearing this, "She's getting such a good deal."

Qin Liuse smiled and said, "You know she and I are not biological sisters, but the emperor doesn't know." As long as it is not fatal, Emperor Yongjia will not touch her easily.

Qingqing pouted, "Then she is really lucky, thanks to having our Zhaoyi as her sister."

Qin Liuse saw that she was feeling unfair for him and thought it was funny to comfort her. He patted her hand and said, "Go to bed. You will be busy tomorrow."

The next day was the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There was no big celebration in the palace, but there was a family banquet.

Compared to the dinners held before the New Year to entertain royal relatives, Qin Liuse now prefers this smaller family dinner, which is less restrained and more comfortable.

The next day, she slept until she woke up naturally. After being lazy in the palace all day, she took a nap and Qingqing Zijin helped Qin Liuse to dress up.

She is almost three months pregnant and doesn’t look too pregnant, so she can still wear normal clothes, but now she doesn’t have to tie her waist like before.

Qin Liuse was wearing a purple-pink floor-length dress today, with gold and silver threads embroidered on both the upper and lower parts of the skirt.

He also wore a double-breasted buttoned vest made of white fox fur, which was a reward from Emperor Yongjia before the Chinese New Year. It was said that it was made from the skin of a white fox hunted during the autumn hunt.

Qingqing touched the slippery vest with shining eyes, "It is made of several pieces of fox fur. It looks really nice. It is warmer and lighter than those cotton-padded jackets. The emperor treats us Zhaoyi very well."

Qin Liuse shook her head, "I bought you off with just a vest."

Qingqing still had a smile on her face, and her hands were still caressing the fur lovingly.

However, once he left Zhaoyang Palace, he could no longer act so recklessly. When he arrived at the family banquet, he returned to his out-of-door manners.

Now Qin Liuse doesn’t look pregnant, and she has a slender figure, so she doesn’t look like she is pregnant.

Zhou Cairen was different. She was about to give birth in two months, and her belly was so big that when she saw Qin Liuse come in, she immediately held her belly and walked over to greet her.

"Sister, you don't look like you are pregnant." Zhou Cairen said with a smile.

Qin Liuse greeted her, glanced around the palace, and saw Concubine Xin Shu, who was also pregnant.

The month of pregnancy of Concubine Xin Shufei seems to be about the same as that of Concubine Zhou. I wonder whose child will be born first?