Chapter 223: The First Gathering of Concubines (2)
As Wu sat down, there was a long silence in the room. The Ulanala clan who sat down www.biquge.info in the upper seat of the pen and fun pavilion was still drinking tea without saying a word, thinking thoughtfully about something. The empty chair at Nian's hand was particularly eye-catching in the room, and everyone didn't have to guess to know that the silence of the Ulanala clan was because of the late arrival of the Li clan.
The reason why the Li clan dared to be so unscrupulous was because everyone had not yet been officially canonized, and the phoenix seal and the golden book had not yet been officially in the hands of the Wulanala clan. These years of living alone Xu has always been in contact with the palace, and it has not worn out her patience, but has added to her resentment and anger, even if it is now a foregone conclusion, it is still the unwillingness and resentment in her heart to be simply and rudely expressed on the surface, and she has vented the pent-up emotions over the years without concealment. Although such an opponent is not secretly terrible, it is also like an annoying fly that surrounds him and slaps him to death.
It's better for me to be on the same page with the Li family, but it's the Ulanala clan that is really angry with the Li family right now. Both of them are old people in the hidden mansion, and they are not new concubines who can dispose of them casually if they want to. But there are the Queen Mother's last words to keep. Now as the middle palace, the Wulanala clan can only show a generous and tolerant posture, and cannot be angry with her casually, so she can only be full of grievances.
But for such a competition, I just don't think so. The years in the Hidden Mansion have taught me the rules of survival in the deep mansion compound, that is, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, just how many interests there are between each other to balance each other. As long as this balance is broken, those you consider to be allies may defect at any time, and conversely, your enemies may become allies as long as there are appropriate checks and balances.
Because of this understanding, I have never let my guard down against the Ulanala clan, and as I have been with the Lee clan, I also think that it is not a bad thing for me to have someone else who can influence and contain her. In this palace, all I need is a true friend and ally, the Qian family.
I glanced at the Qian family next to me, and the Qian family also happened to look at me, and the two exchanged a tacit look, and continued to drink tea silently with the Wulanala family.
After the tea, Ulanala put down the teacup, and the true emotions in her heart were hidden in a soft smile, she looked around at the people sitting in the room and explained the intention of gathering everyone, and then asked, "I wonder if you have any other plans?"
It seems that the Wulanala clan has lost the temperament to continue to wait for the Li clan, but the Li clan seems to have cultivated a tacit understanding with her for so many years, just when the Wulanala clan asked this, the Li clan walked in with unhurried steps, and came to the Ulanala clan with his head held high, and did not bow to the Wulanala clan like ordinary concubines, but slightly lowered his eyes and made an ordinary blessing salute, and then looked left and right at the people sitting on both sides, and said with a smile: " I didn't sleep well, I was up late, but when I walked in just now, I heard that you had just started to discuss things, and it was really early as it was better to come sooner. ”
The Wulanala clan was already unhappy because of Li's belated arrival, but now when she saw her "what can you do with me" appearance and the words she said, her face suddenly became gloomy, and she calmed down and responded without saltiness: "Since you are here, let's sit down."
Li raised his eyebrows, pretending to be puzzled and asked: "Where to sit?", he pointed to the position where Qian was sitting, and said in an aggressive tone: "The Gege of the Qiandi is just a lowly embryo, why do you sit in this position? Don't forget that I was carried into the Qiandi by the side of the Fujin gift, and I am the master who has officially entered the book. ”
Qian didn't expect that Li would suddenly turn the finger on her, and she spoke unrelentingly, and her face turned white with shame for a while.
Li's words were actually not just for Qian's, it was obvious that she was obviously referring to Sang scolding Huai, and the person who really wanted to scold me was me, but Qian just happened to be the one who was unlucky enough to lie down.
I looked at Li coldly, wanting to hear what the Ulanala clan would say, but I didn't expect that the Ulanala clan didn't seem to refute Li's meaning, the gloom on his face was not there, and he wandered his gaze on Li and Qian meaningfully, and finally fell on my place. Obviously, she wants to avoid the direct confrontation with the Li family, and re-turn the two sides of the conflict into the Li family and me, so that she is a good person, and I have nothing to lose, anyway, I am already in debt and not pressing.
I sneered, the Wulanala clan used this trick really well, and the feelings really used me as a knife, presumably she persuaded me to help her with the Qian clan before to help her associate the six palaces also have such thoughts, the good reputation is hers, and the bad guys are all mine. But now is not the time to worry about these, it's about the Qian family, if I don't speak up at this time, it will only disappoint the Qian family, and it's hard to say whether there will be any suspicions at that time. On the contrary, if I help her now, she will thank me for standing up for her, which is a good and harmless thing.
Thinking about the stakes in a flash, I showed a mocking smile and said lightly: "The position was arranged by the queen's mother, on what basis can you question it? Not to mention that now Concubine Xi is a concubine, and Concubine Qi is also a concubine, where are you noble? Oh - by the way, I remember that the Li family was not raided because of greed for ink?" Speaking of which, you should be regarded as the daughter of a criminal minister, but Concubine Xi's brother, Enke, has entered the second class of the palace gold list this year, and is born as a Jinshi, whose identity is valuable and whose identity is cheap, how can it be subject to the emperor's wishes, is it possible that you think the emperor is wrong?"
When it comes to identity, I shouldn't say this, once I say it, the Li family has a handle against me, and sure enough, as soon as the words fell, I heard the Li family shouting angrily at me: "What are you, dare to talk to this palace like this." This harem is really out of order, and the queen is just like this to indulge people to destroy the rules of the ancestors?"
The Wulanala clan was happy to see that I was talking about the Li family, and when I heard the Li family turn the words to her, she pretended to reprimand: "Concubine Yu's temperament should really be restrained, after all, it is different from the meeting in the Qiandi, this humble and different etiquette cannot be abolished, why don't you accompany Concubine Qi soon." ”
After all, the Ulanala clan is the queen, she asked me to apologize to the Li family, and this gift must be compensated, at this time, she can't refute her prestige in front of the Li family, but the method of this apology is also exquisite, and the Ulanala clan must not be the kind of person who is easy to show weakness without a purpose.
I got up with a smile, bowed in the direction of the Wulanala clan and bowed in agreement, and then turned to the direction of the Li clan and said, "Yu Concubine Geng's many rudeness to make amends to Concubine Qi's mother." Concubine Qi is not to blame, just saw Concubine Qi talking to the queen like this, so she forgot that this is already the palace, not as presumptuous as the dive in the past, and asked the queen and Concubine Qi to forgive their sins. ”
This is not so much to make amends to the Li family, but to add to her blockage, and it is clear that it is to say to her, "You are rude to the queen, I am rude to you, since you don't follow the rules first, then don't blame others for not complying with it." ”