The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 198 Advance and Retreat

But this time, the Queen Mother Dong did not deliberately refuse to help Qin Huaijin.

It was because the Empress Dowager Dong was an experienced person after all, and she knew how to grasp the big picture and let go of the small details, and to advance and retreat at the right time.

Although she is a bit willful and domineering, she is not young after all. She is almost fifty years old and naturally has more tact.

First of all, Qin Huaijin's position is not high and he is not suitable to do these things.

She knew that Qin Huaijin was ambitious and thought he was suitable, but what was the use if Emperor Yongjia didn't recognize him.

Otherwise, in order to allow Qin Liuse to help Concubine Li, Emperor Yongjia would have specially promoted her to Zhaoyi. This status was not given casually.

Secondly, under the current circumstances, the Empress Dowager Dong did not want to go against her son.

Others couldn't guess it, but the Queen Mother Dong could see some clues.

This time, Concubine Li offended Emperor Yongjia. Concubine Wen also displeased the emperor and was demoted to Baolin.

The only chess piece in her hand was Qin Huaijin. If she were to push her out at this time and she was such a mismatch, wouldn't that be clearly going against him?

Although the Empress Dowager Dong also loved power, one was an outsider and the other was her "son" after all, so she certainly knew what was important.

I thought that after this wave of popularity passed, I would push someone else to give myself a new presence.

However, the Queen Mother Dong has not yet chosen a candidate for this new chess piece.

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Because of the order from the Empress Dowager Dong, the next day, Qin Liuse ordered people to move the two boxes that had just been moved in and were not even warm yet to Concubine Xiao De's palace.

From then on, Qin Liuse started to go to other people's palaces to work again.

Maybe this is much better than being in one's own palace. Shu Yuexuan is remote and not very big.

As soon as someone came, the room seemed a little cramped and the threshold was almost broken by someone's foot.

Concubine Xiao De's palace was quiet, so this made it much more lively than usual.

However, as I spend more time with this person, I can discover many things that I didn't know before.

Qin Liuse arrived early in the morning and saw Concubine Xiao De, wearing a cloth dress that bound her feet and hands, dancing with a sword in the yard.

Qin Liuse walked in and stared with his eyes wide open.

Concubine Xiao De actually knew how to dance with a sword, but Qin Liuse had never known that.

But it is understandable. Concubine Xiao De never had close personal relationships with other concubines. She had to get up early for sword dancing, and there were not many people in the palace, so naturally no one knew about it, and no one could spread it.

Qin Liuse was an outsider, so when he saw a woman wielding a sword, he just thought she was amazing.

Only after Concubine Xiao De had finished the ceremony did Qin Liuse walk down the steps on the corridor.

"Sister can actually dance with a sword, she's so amazing!" Qin Liuse exclaimed.

Concubine Xiao De shook her head, put away the sword, handed it to the maid, and said, "My father used to perform acrobatics to make money. I learned some when I was a child, but I have almost forgotten them. Now it is just right to use it for fitness."

Qin Liuse felt that she was being modest. This kind of sword dancing required Qianyi to mobilize his whole body and required coordination of the limbs.

Coordination is good-looking.

As an amateur, she has a superficial view of things.

At least from what we just saw, Concubine Xiao De's movements were smooth and flowing, and extremely beautiful to look at.

After a while, Concubine Xiao De went to the inner room to wash and change into clean clothes, and then returned to the main hall.

It's not like Concubine Xiao De had never been in charge of things before, so when she was doing things, she didn't need Qin Liuse to adjust.

The two of them were discussing things and talked about the Empress Dowager Cixi's Thousand Years Banquet in early October.

The Qianqiu Banquet was still a family banquet, but Qin Liuse was thinking of other ways to please the Empress Dowager Cixi.

The old man never goes out of the house and seldom attends such occasions, so naturally he has to come up with some different ideas from usual.

Concubine Xiao De was drawing on the notebook while discussing with Qin Liuse. After a while, she said, "The Empress Dowager's family has kites. Why don't we get some and fly them in the palace to make her smile."

Qin Liuse immediately thought this was a great idea.

It was thanks to Concubine Xiao De's experience in serving the Empress Dowager Cixi that she came up with these ideas that others could not think of.

You need to fly kites in an open area when it is windy.

Maybe early October is suitable. Winter has not yet arrived, so the chance of wind is still very high.

Besides, there is no shortage of open space in the garden. If she is worried about being tripped by a big tree, Qin Liuse thought, "If we have people put up a large area of ​​fireworks along the palace road, and let her sit at the table and look at it, that would also be fine."

Concubine Xiao De nodded, thinking that this method was feasible.

"When the flakes fly in the sky, she will be very happy."

Moreover, the birthday banquets for the elderly are usually held at noon, not at night, so it is also very suitable.

Now that it was decided, the two of them went to work and began to think about and study the styles of items to be purchased and brought into the palace.

The Empress Dowager Cixi's hometown was rich in kites, and the ones she made were very unique. There were also people from her hometown in the capital who came here to open kite shops.

But this is equivalent to an imperial item, so it still needs to be customized, and the style and other things must have meaning and be in line with the Qianqiu Banquet.

The two men made up their minds in the morning and sent people out of the palace to investigate in the afternoon.

Find out how many kite shops there are, where they are from, what is special about the kites they sell, what unique techniques they use, and what the owners are famous for.

This kind of handicraft is made by hard work and skill.

The next day, they found out about it.

It is true that each has its own strengths, but common people mostly use simpler ones, while those special styles are mostly custom-made by princes and nobles.

There are several masters who make these unique kites specifically for the amusement of nobles.

These kites come in a wide variety of styles, including swallows, bats, magpies and other small animals, as well as various auspicious animals such as carp, dolls, objects, and everything else.

Qin Liuse and Concubine Xiao De flipped through the pattern books sent to the palace and were dazzled by the choices. Some of them could even fly, change shapes, and even sing!

As time was tight, they did not choose those crafts that could only be made in Lu, but instead chose those that could be made in shops in the capital.

As they were doing business for the royal family, these shops did not dare to delay and started production immediately after receiving the blueprints. In less than seven days, brand new kites had been delivered to the palace.

Two young eunuchs, holding one, passed through the palace path in a grand procession.

Because they need to be protected, each kite is placed in a wooden box so that you can't see what's inside.

"What is that? Such a long line." Qin Huaijin walked out of the Moon Gate and asked while looking at the line in front of him.