Chapter 104

Queen Wang is a dignified woman, from appearance to dress, no matter when she is dressed neatly in the queen's formal dress, the rules are straightforward, but He Linwan knows that Queen Wang's temperament is not as old-fashioned and boring as her dress, she also likes to laugh out loud when she encounters happy things in private, He Linwan has seen it twice, and Queen Wang has a pair of deep dimples on her face when she laughs, which makes her look much younger than her actual age, and even has a hint of childishness. But on weekdays, in front of people, Queen Wang will only smile, and the smile makes her look kind and dignified.

There was also a gentle-looking woman sitting beside the queen, this woman was older than the queen, but because of proper maintenance, she did not have the old appearance of a middle-aged woman on her face, and the years had precipitated another beauty in her that could not be ignored. He Linwan knew that this was Concubine Liu Xian. If it is a round of seniority, now the palace concubines of the entire harem, including the queen, are inferior to Concubine Liu Xian, who was the side concubine when the emperor was still the prince.

Wei and He Lin went to salute Empress Wang and Concubine Liu Xian respectively in the evening, Concubine Liu Xian smiled and bowed her head, and Queen Wang raised her hand and said, "Get up, give me a seat." ‘

After Wei and He Lin sat down in an orderly manner, Concubine Liu Xian smiled and said to the queen: "Speaking of which, Wei and the queen are still somewhat related.

Empress Wang glanced at Wei, and said with a smile: "Seriously, your mother still calls me cousin." ‘

Concubine Liu Xian couldn't help but quip: 'The queen's age is not a few years different from Wei's, but do you want people to call your aunt and grandmother?'

The queen smiled and said, 'Who made me a senior?' ‘

As she spoke, the queen turned her gaze to He Linwan again. Then he was stunned and beckoned to He Linwan, "This is the girl of the He family?" ‘

Concubine Liu Xian smiled: "The queen has a quirk, when she sees a beautiful and pleasing girl, she likes to call her to come to her side to get close, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you go over to the queen to see, if you meet her eyes, there will be good things for you." ‘

When the queen heard this, she couldn't help laughing: 'Where am I a quirk, you will give me a favor.' ‘

Concubine Liu Xian smiled silently.

He Linwan obediently got up and walked in front of the queen, and the queen looked at her carefully: "When I saw these eyes just now, I thought they were ......."

When Concubine Liu Xian heard this, she also looked at He Linwan: "Who do you think it is?"

The queen paused. But he smiled: 'I was wrong.' I forgot who I just wanted to mention, look at my memory. Saying that, the queen plucked a plum blossom hairpin with a silk inlaid treasure from her head and handed it to He Linwan, "This reward will be given to you to play." ‘

He Linwan lowered his head and took the plum blossom hairpin handed over by the queen, and his mood was a little complicated. This plum blossom hairpin Yang Weizhen also has one. It was rewarded to her by the queen after He Linwan won the first prize in the riddle at another flower viewing party. Now the queen has given another one to He Linwan.

Concubine Liu Xian's gaze paused slightly on the plum hairpin. She seemed to remember something, and then her gaze turned back to He Linwan's face, but soon she smiled and said, "This palace said that the queen will have a reward." Right?'

He Linwan lowered his head and smiled shyly.

The queen said: 'Concubine Xian, you mentioned ...... last time'

Before the queen's words were finished, a palace maid outside the palace hurriedly walked in: "Queen Mother, someone from Jingxiu Palace is here, saying that they want to bring this ...... Miss He went to ask. ‘

The queen was stunned when she heard this, and looked at He Linwan: "Do you know why Concubine De is looking for you?"

He Linwan shook his head, his face a little dazed: "I have never seen Concubine De, and I don't know what Concubine De is looking for me." ‘

At this moment, someone outside raised his voice and said, "Slave Jingxiu Palace Lanzhi, ask to see the queen." ‘

The queen said to the palace people: 'Let her in.' ‘

After a while, the Aunt Lan that He Linwan had seen in the Taibai Mansion last time came in, and Aunt Lan was accompanied by the palace maid named Zhixue that He Linwan met in the Imperial Garden just now.

After the two saluted the queen and Concubine Liu Xian, Zhixue saw He Linwan as soon as she looked up, and she immediately pointed to He Linwan and said to Lanzhi: "Aunt Lan, it's her! ‘

He Linwan frowned slightly and looked at Zhixue: "Xue Ji, that Persian cat is dead?"

Zhixue said hatefully: "You're still pretending! Xue Ji was killed by you, don't you know if it's dead or not?"

Aunt Lan glanced at He Linwan, but she bowed to the queen: "Queen Mother, Xue Ji is our mother's pet, and now it is dead for no reason, the palace maid who took care of Xue Ji insisted that this Miss He was killed, and I hope that the queen mother can allow the slave to take Miss He back for questioning." ‘

Hearing this, Wei subconsciously grabbed He Linwan's hand: "This palace maid said that the cat was killed by my daughter, is there any evidence?"

Zhi Xue said with red eyes: "Xue Ji only had contact with her just now, and Xue Ji will not be able to do it not long after she left, is there someone else who didn't kill her?"

Wei, who has always been a good talker, did not give an inch: "Since you are taking care of the cat, then you should be the last person to contact the cat, why don't you suspect that the cat died because of your negligence, but suspect my daughter, what is the reason?"

Zhixue was stunned when she heard this.

Aunt Lan glanced at Wei and said lightly: "Who killed Xue Ji will naturally be revealed after investigation, if it is really caused by Zhi Xue's negligence, Zhi Xue will naturally bear the fault in the end." However, Zhixue said that she was in the Imperial Garden just now, and Miss He had moved to Xue Ji, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Zhixue immediately nodded and said, "Yes, yes, she just grabbed Yukihime's neck, and Qiu Yue was also there at the time, she can testify!"

Aunt Lan's sharp gaze was fixed on He Linwan.

He Linwan was unfazed: 'I did meet the Persian cat in the imperial garden, the Persian cat attacked me for some reason, I dodged a few times, and the last time it pounced on me I caught it, and this is what I did to it?

Zhixue said as a matter of course: "Xue Ji is our mother's favorite pet, and her status is noble. On weekdays, we also serve it as a master, and if it wants to catch you, you should stand still and let it catch you!'

He Linwan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this argument.

The queen frowned and said, 'Ridiculous! no matter how a beast is, how can it be compared to a man?'

Although Zhixue wanted to refute, she still didn't have the courage to face the queen of the dynasty.

Aunt Lan asked the queen again: 'Queen Mother, please allow the slave maid to take Miss He away. ‘

Wei Shi held He Linwan's hand tightly, and looked at the queen without saying anything.

The queen sat on the top and did not move, and her tone was still gentle and dignified: "The Wei family and the girl of the He family were summoned to the palace by the palace because of their merits, and Concubine De is going to invite me into the palace because of a cat to take the meritorious female relatives of the court to ask for guilt?"

Aunt Lan was stunned when she heard this: "Queen Mother, the slave just wants to ask how Xue Ji died. ‘

The queen asked He Linwan, 'Do you know how the cat died?'

He Linwan shook his head: "I don't know. ‘

The queen said softly to Aunt Lan, "Look. She didn't know. You'd better go back and ask the palace maid who takes care of the cat. ‘

Aunt Lan was unwilling: 'Queen Mother......'

The queen raised her eyebrows: "What's the matter?" Is it possible that this palace can't ask the truth from her mouth, but you can ask it?

Aunt Lan was startled and immediately knelt down: "Queen Mother, please calm your anger, the slave maid has no intention of offending." It's just that Yukihime died so inexplicably. The slaves and maids really can't explain to Concubine De. ‘

Concubine Xian, who had not spoken up, also spoke: "You can't explain to Concubine De. So you have to bring the girl of the He family over to Concubine De to explain?"

At this time. Outside the curtain, a soft voice said with a smile: "What does Sister Xian want to explain?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the queen's face changed even more, and she looked at the palace maid standing next to the curtain. The two palace maids did suddenly bend their knees, and everyone found a bright yellow figure walking in.

The queen and Concubine Liu Xian immediately got up from their seats, descended the steps, and stood aside with their heads bowed and their hands tied.

The bright yellow figure walked in around the bead curtain, this is a slender middle-aged man, his facial features are upright and majestic, and there is a kind of arrogance and nobility in the world between his eyebrows, accompanied by this middle-aged man is a beautiful woman who looks like she is in her early thirties, this woman's beauty is different from the dignified queen and the gentle concubine, she has a kind of coquettishness that seems to burn people, and when Yingying eyes look at it, people feel that her beauty is sharp.

He Linwan's eyes couldn't help but sharpen when he saw this middle-aged man in a bright yellow dragon robe, the man was very keen, and almost immediately looked in this direction, He Linwan quickly lowered his eyes.

The Empress and Concubine Liu Xian had already bowed: 'Your Majesty is blessed. ‘

Wei, He Linwan and others also bowed down.

The emperor glanced at the empress lightly, walked to the upper seat and sat down alone: "Flatten." ‘

The glamorous lady who came in with the emperor saluted the empress: "I have seen the empress. ‘

The queen nodded: "Concubine De is exempt. ‘

Regarding the sudden arrival of the emperor, everyone present was a little unsure of the emperor's thoughts. You must know that the emperor rarely enters the queen's Fengxu Palace on weekdays except for the fifteenth day of the new year, so the queen does not hide her surprise when she sees the emperor.

'Your Majesty is here for a matter today?' The Empress walked to the Emperor's right and sat down, a seat that only she could sit, even if she was not favored.

The emperor glanced at the empress and pointed to his left: "Concubine De sits here." ‘

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and even Concubine Liu Xian's face changed slightly.

According to the rules of the dynasty, the queen can heal the emperor to sit flat. The emperor is on the left, the queen is on the right, the imperial concubine is half a step lower than the queen, and the emperor's left hand can be set up independently, and the remaining four concubines are half a step lower than the imperial concubine, and sit under the emperor and queen on the left and right sides.

Now the Emperor pointed to the position on his left for Concubine De to sit, but there was no seat on his left.

Could it be that the emperor is hinting that he wants to make Concubine De the imperial concubine?

The imperial concubine wants to be called the deputy queen, and the existence of this position is to slap the queen in the face alive, so it is easy not to give it to the living. Or the emperor wants to establish a successor, so he first establishes the imperial concubine and then becomes the queen.

Concubine An De didn't seem to expect it, so when she heard this, she was also stunned.

It was Aunt Lan who reacted first, and immediately reminded: "Your Majesty, there is no seat on your left side yet." ‘

The emperor looked at the empress and said lightly, "It's just a seat, and the empress will arrange it." ‘

Compared with the people with different expressions, the queen's face was the most calm, she just smiled slightly when she heard this, nodded at the palace maid, and pointed to the position on the left side of the emperor that was half a step apart and said, "Don't set up a seat here for Concubine De." ‘

The palace maids glanced at each other, went down in response, and quickly moved a chair back.

Concubine Ande curtsied to the emperor and empress: "The concubine has thanked Your Majesty and the Empress Mother." ‘

The queen pondered for a moment and asked Concubine Ande, 'I remember that Concubine De's birthday was in July?'

Concubine An De smiled and said, "Thank you for the queen's memory, it's in July." ‘

The queen nodded, and said to the emperor: "Concubine De has been with her for many years, and she has made meritorious contributions to giving birth to an imperial heir, so Your Majesty thinks that you should reward Concubine De this year." ‘

Speaking of which, the queen really listened to the virtuous, so she asked the emperor plainly: Should I give Concubine De a holy decree to give her the title of imperial concubine on her birthday?

Concubine An De and Concubine Liu Xian also couldn't help but look at the emperor.

The emperor said, 'The queen will look at it.' ‘

The empress glanced at the emperor and nodded: "The concubine knows. ‘

The husband and wife were playing dumb riddles on the top, and the rest of the people couldn't help but feel anxious when they heard it, the queen, you know, we don't know!

Concubine Liu Xian still sat down in her original seat, and the smile on her face was still the same: "How could Your Majesty come to Fengxu Palace with Concubine De today?"

Concubine Ande's expression made it impossible to see whether she was anxious or determined, she sat on the seat where the imperial concubine should sit, gently smoothed her skirt, and looked at Wei and He Linwan who were standing aside: "Just now I was driving with me, and suddenly I heard a report from the people below that my Xue Ji was killed, so I came to see who was so bold, I don't want this bold person to be here with the queen." Your Majesty heard that I was coming to Fengxu Palace, so he came with me to see the queen. ‘

No one believed Concubine Ande's words, because the emperor himself would not have thought of coming to see the queen, and everyone knew in their hearts that the emperor was probably invited by Concubine De.

Seeing that Concubine An De asked the emperor to intervene in this matter, the queen knew that today's matter would definitely not be good, she glanced at He Linwan, sighed secretly in her heart, and then said to He Linwan: "You tell me what happened." ‘

The queen asked He Linwan to say that the passage was equivalent to letting her take the initiative, but in fact, she still meant to help He Linwan. (To be continued......)