Chapter 12 Choosing a Concubine

Huangfu Qingyun sent people to the imperial city to arrest a few people who served around the emperor, which made the emperor furious, they didn't expect Huangfu Qingyun to be so bold. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info emperor and queen also have extraordinary guards around them, and after tracking, they have been traced to the emperor's house. The emperor was furious in the court and ordered Huangfu Qingyun to hand over his manpower. Huangfu Qingyun quibbled in every possible way and did not admit the matter, and the emperor was so angry that his face turned blue and he went away in front of the Buddha.

The emperor just let the crown prince see Huangfu Qingyun's domineering, and he didn't expect Huangfu Qingyun to hand over people obediently. He also sent people to make trouble in Huangfu Qingyun's mansion several times, and strengthened the guards of the imperial city, restricting Huangfu Qingyun's opportunities to enter the palace. Then he touched the melons and cleaned up the dark chess buried in the palace by the emperor's family. The few chamberlains and palace maids who were arrested were extremely prestigious in the palace, so many chamberlains and palace maids in the palace hated the people of the emperor's family.

In fact, Huangfu Qingyun was also busy in vain, because the cronies of the emperor and queen he sent people to arrest really didn't know the whereabouts of the second prince. The Queen Mother couldn't help but complain about her younger brother's recklessness, "No matter what you say, he is also your nephew and the king of a country, and it is embarrassing for you to slap him in the face like this, making me caught in the middle." ”

Huangfu Qingyun is not a stupid person, but after so many years, it is inevitable that he will be a little arrogant. In the Praetorian Guards of Zhongdu, he has infiltrated his own manpower, as for the emperor's expeditionary force, Huangfu Qingyun does not put it in his eyes, the so-called expeditionary force, in his eyes, is just another team of Praetorian Guards raised by the emperor, there has been no expedition at all, how can it be called an expeditionary force. Most of the troops of several large battalions near Zhongdu are also inextricably linked with the Huangfu family. It can be said that Huangfu Qingyun's self-confidence has swelled like never before.

The queen learned that the emperor was angry in the front hall, so she brought a cup of lotus root soup to the Xuanzheng Palace. When I went to the front of the main hall, I saw Concubine Li wearing a light purple palace dress, a dark purple shawl hanging on her arm, her hair combed into a bun, and her makeup was gorgeous. Concubine Li was losing her temper at a little chamberlain, "This palace wants to see the emperor, is it something you can stop?"

The queen frowned slightly, and Wen Yan persuaded, "He is also doing what he should do, why should my sister embarrass him." When the little chamberlain heard this, he couldn't help but show gratitude to the queen, and then saluted the queen respectfully, "Niangniang, please wait, I'll go in now to tell Gonggong Tan." ”

Concubine Li snorted coldly on the side, reluctantly saluted the queen, and then took the people serving around her to avoid the side. The queen didn't mind her attitude, after all, there was only a love affair between them.

If you want to say that Concubine Li hates the most, the queen should be the first, first robbed her of the position of the crown princess, and then the mother of the world. The son born to the queen also pressed the three princes born by Concubine Li. Back then, Concubine Li and the queen entered the East Palace at the same time, but when the queen had two princes, Concubine Li had three princes. Over the years, the emperor's favor for the queen has not changed, and Concubine Li can only get the opportunity to sleep for one or two days a month.

It's just that the queen does things well, and there is no chance for Concubine Li to vent her anger. In the palace, except for the queen and the three concubines, the other concubines are all nothing. Concubine Li once wanted to unite Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian to fight against the queen, but Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian chose to protect themselves, and in the end, Concubine Li had no choice but to give up.

Concubine Li is the daughter of Huangfu Qingyun, sometimes when Mrs. Huangfu enters the palace to see her, Concubine Li can't help but complain to her mother, and Mrs. Huangfu will always comfort her, "Don't worry, your father will definitely think, even if my daughter can't be the queen, she can be the queen mother." ”

After all, Concubine Li was cultivated by the emperor's family, and after listening to her mother's words, she didn't dare to complain anymore, she was no better than a man, she was ambitious, and when she thought that her father might be doing something unfavorable to the emperor, she couldn't help but defend her husband. In this way, her attitude became very subtle, although she still disdained the queen, but sometimes she would go back and forth between the queen mother and the emperor, so that the relationship between mother and son could be eased.

Concubine Li heard that her father and the emperor had a conflict in the front hall, so she wanted to come to her father to plead guilty, she didn't want her family to have a tense relationship with her favorite man, but after the small waiter entered the palace to report, she came out and told her that the emperor was busy for the time being, let her go back to her palace first. Concubine Li naturally didn't do it, and tried to break into the palace directly three or four times, but was blocked by this little chamberlain.

As a result, the queen came, and as soon as the little chamberlain entered the palace to report, the treacherous and cunning Tan Gonggong actually greeted him in person, and he still looked a little flattering. Every time the queen saw him like this, she wanted to laugh a little, because she knew that Gonggong Tan was actually an extraordinary person, and the emperor put him next to the emperor.

Gonggong Tan respectfully saluted the queen and Concubine Li, and then passed the emperor's words, "The emperor asked Concubine Li to go back first, and let the queen enter the palace." ”

When Concubine Li heard this, she was furious, and when she was a girl, she was often taught that all her worries were hidden in her heart and remained silent. But over the years, he has been pressed by the queen in the palace, and his temper has become bigger and bigger.

The queen knew Concubine Li's temper in her heart, so she smiled and said to Concubine Li first, "Sister, the emperor just lost his temper in the front hall today, I'm afraid that this will really be no time to see my sister." It's better for my sister to go back first, wait for two days, the emperor's anger will be gone, and it will be fine. ”

Concubine Li also understood in her heart that she was afraid that the emperor was annoyed by the Huangfu family, and as the daughter of the Huangfu family, she would naturally be affected.

The queen entered the palace, and the emperor was writing hard in front of the case, and the queen walked over quickly to help grind. The emperor put down the fold in his hand and took another booklet to the empress, "Look at it, these are all candidates for the crown princess selected by Ming Cheng, and three of them will be selected when the time comes." ”

The queen took it, flipped through it slightly, and then handed it to the aunt who was in charge beside her, "This, I'll take it back and study it carefully, does the emperor have a good person?"

The emperor was a little confused, "I am most optimistic about the daughters of the Guigu family, but unfortunately their family refuses to send people to Zhongdu." The queen also felt that it was a pity, if the royal family got the absolute support of the Guigu family, it would be very good for the future of the royal family. It's a pity that the Guigu family has refused to send their daughter to Zhongdu for more than a thousand years since the founding queen Guigu clan.

At that time, it took a lot of effort for the emperor and queen to persuade Guigu Qianli to take in the second prince, until he took out a treasure left by the founding queen Guigu clan that year, and Guigu Qianli nodded.

The queen withdrew from the people around her, sat next to the emperor, and massaged his lower back, "You pretend, don't really be angry with yourself, you cheapen those people for nothing." ”

The emperor shook the empress's hand, closed his eyes and said, "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion." I just hope that this commotion can make Mingcheng understand, if he doesn't understand again, he will die at the hands of the Huangfu family in the future, and he will be a confused person. ”

The queen personally brought lotus root soup to the emperor, "Drink some soup, ventilation, in my opinion, Mingcheng's child is also a smart person, he used to follow the queen mother, and he is not sensible." Now that he lives in the East Palace, I see that he behaves better than before. It will be even better when he marries a virtuous concubine. ”

The emperor nodded, "Huangfu Qingyun, that old horseman, pushed two more daughters in, as long as Mingcheng didn't pick the daughter of the Huangfu family, I was relieved." ”

The queen is also a little worried, the prince has followed the queen mother since he was a child, and he has met the daughter of the Huangfu family since he was a child, so he is afraid that he will really be fascinated by the daughter of the Huangfu family. According to the queen, it is quite good that the palace family has a few daughters, it is not that she favors the daughter of her maternal grandmother's family, but the daughter of the palace family has always had the talent of Wen Ji, and she is both talented and beautiful, if she can really choose the daughter of the palace family, even if she and the emperor are not there in the future, there will be someone watching him. It's just that I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will interfere, and the prince will not go against the Queen Mother.

The daughters of the families to be selected are already on their way to Beijing, and those who have already arrived in the capital are all placed in the South Palace ---- the Royal Palace, waiting for September to participate in the concubine selection ceremony.

Among the eight major families this time, in addition to the Huangfu family, the Gong family, the Jun family, and the Ji family all have daughters to be selected, and the others are all outstanding concubines of officials above the third grade in Zhongdu and various places. Among them, the two girls of the Huangfu family have the highest voice. This time, the Huangfu Xueyi sent by the Huangfu family is the eldest daughter of the eldest son of the Huangfu Qingyun, who has been strictly taught by the old grandmother who went out of the palace since she was a child, and is more outstanding than her aunt at a young age, and is the best daughter in the generation of the Huangfu family.

Huangfu Xueyi has often visited the queen mother in the palace since he was a child, and he and the prince Mingcheng are also childhood sweethearts, and the relationship between the two is good.

Another girl of the Huangfu family is called Huangfu Xueru, who is the granddaughter of Huangfu Qingyun's younger brother, because she has been beautiful since childhood, she is also favored by the Huangfu family, and she is sent to be selected with Xueyi, which can be regarded as a double insurance for the Huangfu family. Huangfu Xueru has never entered the palace, but her maternal grandfather is a famous general Huyan in the central capital, and he is one of the emperor's powerful generals.

The second room of the royal family is not particularly close to Huangfu Qingyun, and the second master of the Huangfu family is not an official in the court, and has never been particularly interested in politics, and has been traveling abroad with his wife and children for a long time. Originally, he was very unhappy that his daughter was sent to be elected, but Huangfu Qingyun insisted, thinking that Huangfu Xueyi was the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter, and if she was to be elected, she was also elected, so he agreed to let Xueru go to the palace with him.

Concubine Li didn't see the emperor, so she turned a corner and went to the Queen Mother's Yongshou Palace. The Queen Mother was looking at the literate palace maid next to her copying the Diamond Sutra, and when she saw Concubine Li coming, she said lightly, "What, you hit a wall with the emperor again?"

Concubine Li is still very in awe of her aunt, the Queen Mother has been operating in the palace for many years, and if there is any movement in the palace, she can get the news as soon as possible, and naturally she also knows that the emperor is angry in front of the palace today, and Concubine Li arrived outside the Xuanzheng Palace, but the emperor only refused to see the queen and refused to see Concubine Li.