027: Win or lose
readx;? No matter who it is, Qin Guifei has always been like this, neither humble nor arrogant, but she will not let people find faults, she will never treat anyone harshly, she has always been praised in the palace, and she will not be very enthusiastic about her or the Queen Mother, there is no lack of etiquette, and that's it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The emperor ordered her not to go to greet herself, she didn't go, but she wouldn't be spoiled, and when she saw herself, although she wouldn't suffer, she wouldn't be rude.
However, it was because of her indifferent nature that Queen Yuan was even more jealous.
She has always known that Qin Guifei actually doesn't please the emperor at all, and she doesn't even care about the emperor's favoritism, what she cares about in her heart is always that person, but the emperor is obsessed with her, as always, and she, his nominal wife, how to please him, how to fall in love with him, it doesn't matter to him, this is the most piercing torture for a woman.
Empress Yuan looked at her with a complicated complexion, but she didn't say anything, but smiled slowly, "No need to be polite!"
Qin Guifei stood up straight and didn't say anything.
Rong Yan looked at Empress Yuan with a flat face, and said lightly, "Sit down!"
Empress Yuan bowed her head and slowly sat on the stone bench next to Rong Yan, and was about to speak, but saw Rong Yan looking at Qin Guifei and raising her hand slightly, Qin Guifei also reached out to catch it, and was pulled by him to sit opposite the queen, which was the other side of Rong Yan, looking at her and smiling gently.
Empress Yuan's hand on her knees, clenched her fists lightly, and her nails covered with Kodan were embedded in the flesh, and they hurt but did not notice it.
At this time, Rong Yan looked at the queen and raised her eyebrows, "Why is the queen here?"
The imperial garden usually doesn't have many people coming at this time, so it happened to be fine, and he has been in good health recently, so he took Qin Guifei to sit in the garden, but he didn't expect to see the queen.
Halfway through a game of chess, my mind is gone......
Empress Yuan removed the strange look in her eyes, smiled decently, and said softly, "The concubine just came out of the mother's harem, and she came to the imperial garden for a walk, I never thought that the emperor was also there, so I came to ask for a peace, the emperor has been in good health recently?"
didn't answer the queen's last unimportant question, but asked lightly, "How is the queen mother?"
In fact, as an emperor, he will be said to be unfilial, but his health is not good, so it is nothing, not to ask for peace, not to mention, the relationship between the queen mother and the emperor and the regent has long been known, so there is nothing to do, Rong Yan does not like to go to the Zhangde Palace.
Empress Yuan said softly, "The queen mother is in good health and in a very good mood, but if the emperor goes to see her old man more, the queen mother must be happier!"
Indeed, if the emperor often goes to see the queen mother, the mother and son are connected, and the queen mother will be happy, but the emperor has always been not close to the queen mother, so it is already too much to see her three or twice a month.
The contradiction between the mother and son, to put it bluntly, has a lot to do with His Royal Highness the Regent.
Hearing this, Rong Yan's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say anything, but directly ignored the queen's words, was silent, turned his head to look at Qin Guifei, and said softly, "The seventh brother is not here, I can't accompany Concubine Ai for too long, there are government affairs to deal with in the Xuanzheng Palace, I will go back first, and I will go to your place for dinner tonight!"
Qin Guifei bowed her head and smiled faintly, "Yes!"
Empress Yuan's face stiffened, thinking that the emperor didn't plan to deal with herself, and was shocked to find that her words seemed to make the emperor unhappy again, but she couldn't admit her mistake if she persuaded the emperor to visit the queen mother, so she didn't know how to speak for a while.
Rong Yan looked at her and said lightly, "In more than ten days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival state banquet in the past was handled by the queen mother.
Although the queen is in charge of the affairs of the harem, she does not have much power, except for a few concubines of the emperor in the palace, that is, the concubines and princesses of the first emperor, there are not many things, not to mention, the queen mother is in power, and all the major things in the harem are controlled by her, so the state banquet is also handled by her personally.
Therefore, hearing Rong Yan's words, Empress Yuan's face was shocked, obviously in disbelief......
Seeing that she didn't react, Rong Yan frowned unhappily and asked lightly, "What's the matter?"
Empress Yuan immediately stood up and said in a low voice, "The concubines don't dare, the concubines will definitely do their best to organize this state banquet, please rest assured!"
She has always been a queen with no real power, and this time the emperor allowed her to preside over the state banquet, but did he give her power? If so, it means that the emperor still has a trace of husband and wife affection for her, not to mention, if she presides over this state banquet, I am afraid that those who laugh at her will look at her differently, and her father will no longer dare to despise her......
Rong Yan didn't have anything to say, he slowly stood up, glanced at Qin Guifei who stood up as well, and said softly, "I will go back first, and you will also go back to the palace to rest earlier!"
Qin Guifei bowed, "Congratulations to the emperor!"
Rong Yan didn't say anything more, turned around and left the pavilion, and most of the palace eunuchs who were guarding followed and left.
As soon as he left, the queen and Qin Guifei were left in the pavilion, as well as the personal maids of the two.
Qin Guifei stood there, her eyes down and silent.
The empress watched the emperor leave, and then turned her head to look at Qin Guifei, her face was pale and extremely displeased.
Although they were all in the palace and often met, they rarely stayed alone, so for a while, the pavilion was very quiet.
Seeing Qin Guifei's unhappy and sad look, the queen wiped away the anger in her heart and said lightly, "Guifei sit down!"
Qin Guifei said yes and sat down.
The queen looked at her and couldn't help but feel annoyed.
Sitting in Fang Cai's position, looking at the neat chess game on the table, he raised his eyebrows, "I heard that my sister is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it seems that if this is the case, how about my sister accompany the palace for the next game?"
Qin Guifei's expression was as usual, and she bowed her head, "The luck of the concubine!"
Forthwith. The two palace maids came up to sort out the chessboard and divide the black and white pieces.
Queen Yuan's chess skills are also good, because Rong Yan's chess skills are superb before, I know that he likes to play chess, so I do what she likes, and I want to please him, but I have never had a chance, but, for seven years in the deep palace, there is no grace, and there is no right, after being honored, it is lonely, except for finding something to pass the time, what else can I do?
Therefore, I have studied a lot of chess games, and I still have some research on chess.
After cleaning up the chessboard, Qin Guifei said softly, "Queen Mother first!"
The queen was not polite, picked up the sunspots, and put them on the chessboard.
Qin Guifei followed, not in a hurry or impatient.
After playing a few chess pieces, Empress Yuan looked at Qin Guifei, suddenly hooked her lips, and asked, "Sister thinks, will this palace win?"
Qin Guifei smiled faintly, "The concubine will not be unpredictable, the queen will forgive her sins!"
After speaking, he put down the white child in his hand, and there was no fluctuation in his eyes.
Empress Yuan's smile deepened, "Although my sister will not be a prophet, she can control everything, and I am afraid that this palace will not be able to win......"
Manipulating the emperor's heart is equivalent to controlling everything, and what's even more terrifying is that the emperor is willing to be controlled by her!
It's just because she has her in her heart, just because she loves her deeply, so even if she knows that the person in her heart is her younger brother, the emperor can tolerate it, this should be the best blade to provoke their relationship, but the emperor doesn't care about it.
So, how can Empress Yuan not hate her?
What she wanted was abandoned by this woman, and she didn't care.
Hearing this, Concubine Qin's face moved slightly, and she lowered her eyes and said lightly, "If the queen mother's words, let the concubines ...... Panic, control everything...... Concubines would never dare to do it!"
Empress Yuan's eyes were slightly cold, but she didn't say anything, picked up the chess pieces, and played chess.
Qin Guifei is not a person who talks much, so naturally she will not take the initiative to speak.
The pavilion fell silent instantly, and the two sat there as if no one was there, continuing to play chess.
The surrounding palace eunuchs looked at this scene, and they all felt very dazzling, in fact, for so many years, the queen and Qin Guifei have never been alone for so long, and they still play chess together, which is really incredible, not to mention, one is a favored concubine, after no crown, the other is the queen who is not welcomed, there is no posterior, it is normal for the two to go toe-for-tat, but it is really rare to sit together and play chess like this.
In the distance, because Princess Xiang entered the palace today and brought the little princess into the palace to visit Concubine Lan Gui, Concubine Lan Guifei took her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to relax in the imperial garden, but she didn't expect to see such a scene.
Concubine Lan Gui was born in the Lan family of the Marquis of Zhongyong, the first emperor was a concubine during his reign, gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor, Xiangwang Rong Jue and the third princess who died young, the status is stable, after the death of the first emperor, she was respected as a concubine and stayed in the palace to raise her for a long time, and the relationship with the Empress Dowager Yuan is also very good, so the Empress Dowager Yuan has never treated her harshly, and she is one of the concubines of the first emperor, one of the few people who can live so well.
Looking at the two people sitting together in the pavilion in the distance to play chess, Concubine Lan Gui took the hand of her little granddaughter, and suddenly paused, obviously very surprised.
Princess Xiang suddenly smiled, "It's the first time I've seen the queen and the concubine sit together so harmoniously......"
It's embarrassing to look at!
She has been with her relatives for many years, because she wants to enter the palace to accompany the concubine, so she often enters the palace, and the queen's resentment towards Qin Guifei can be seen from Queen Yuan's eyes, so she is indeed surprised to see this scene.
She is also a princess from the royal family, and she has seen a lot of pickled things between these concubines, but that Qin Guifei is a wonderful person.
Concubine Lan Gui looked at the scene in the distance, thoughtfully, "The only thing the queen can rely on now is the queen mother, but the queen mother's mind ...... If the queen doesn't pull down her face again, this queen ......"
After a while, Concubine Lan Gui didn't continue.
The Yuan family had accidents one after another, Empress Yuan could not rely on the Yuan family at all, and the only queen mother who protected her had to support others, if she didn't want to be deposed, it was inevitable to please the emperor.
However, the emperor's temperament can only be seen if he is kind to Qin Guifei!
It's really the same as the first emperor, obsessed with what you can't get.
The first emperor was confused all his life because of that woman!
In the end, he couldn't get the heart, and in order to get her body, he forced that person to a dead end......
Hearing this, Princess Xiang looked at her mother-in-law, who had never guessed it all along, with some doubts, and asked, "Mother thinks...... Can the queen's throne be kept?"
The Yuan family has given up on the queen, and the queen mother is also extremely disappointed in this queen, and there is no guarantee, can this queen, who is already deeply disgusted by the emperor, still be able to keep this phoenix crown?
Concubine Lan said lightly, "Then you have to take a look...... Is she smart enough......"
Princess Xiang raised her eyebrows.
Concubine Lan Gui didn't want to say more, she lowered her head and looked at the baby granddaughter holding her side, smiled kindly, and said softly, "Let's go, Yiyi hasn't entered the palace to see her grandmother for a few days, and now grandmother, I want to teach Yiyi to play tunes......"
The little girl in a gorgeous little dress with a small bun immediately smiled, "Okay, okay, I'm going to play a tune ......."
As she spoke, Concubine Lan Gui had already led Rong Yiyi towards the Xianyin Pavilion.
Princess Xiang glanced at the scene over there lightly, and turned to leave.
Over there, a game of chess is over, and the winner is already divided.
Empress Yuan looked at herself as she had won, and looked at Qin Guifei with a complicated expression, obviously, she was not necessarily happy if she had won.
Qin Guifei smiled faintly, "The queen's chess skills are exquisite, and the concubines are ashamed!"
Hearing this, Queen Yuan's face was a little heavy, if she lost, it was a problem of face, she won, but it hurt her self-esteem, and she deliberately avoided it, which made Queen Yuan even more embarrassed.
Gritting her teeth, "Qin Guifei, do you know that in this palace's life, the person you hate the most is you!"
Qin Guifei raised her eyebrows slightly, and then said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "It is a great blessing to make the queen mother hate it so much, and the concubine!"
The rest, as if they didn't feel anything.
With a punch on the cotton, Queen Yuan was not angry, because after so many years, it was not the first time!
smiled coldly and said with a little sarcasm, "This palace has been thinking about it for seven years, but I still don't understand, what is so good about you that you let the emperor do everything for you, in the end, you don't even have a lot of affection for him, but you get all his sincerity!"
If Qin Guifei had a trace of sincerity to the emperor, and the emperor loved her, it would be fine, but there was no point!
After the emperor ascended the throne, he decreed that she should be the queen, and at the same time canonized the concubine and the concubine, as well as the daughters of several ministers, all of whom became concubines of low status, she only thought that the emperor canonized the concubine because of the words of the first emperor, and felt ridiculous at the time, she was the queen, and the words of the first emperor were nothing more than that, but since the wedding day, everything has changed.
Everyone couldn't imagine that the emperor was actually in love with this woman, because of her, the harem was useless, and the queen was like an ornament......
Qin Guifei lowered her eyebrows and was silent, without arguing about anything, as if whatever the queen said, that is what it is!
Seeing that she was unmoved, Empress Yuan stood up and looked at her coldly, "Qin Minying, you watch, this palace will definitely not lose to you......" Glancing at the chessboard, she gritted her teeth and said, "I won't ask for your charity!" After speaking, she waved the chess pieces on the chessboard with one hand, glanced at her fiercely, and turned to leave.
The chess game just now was deliberately lost by Qin Guifei, and she saw it clearly, so how can she be convinced?
But she didn't know that from the beginning, she was doomed!
If Qin Guifei couldn't tolerate her, she wouldn't have lived to this day a long time ago......
When the queen left, Qin Guifei's face was as usual, and she stood up and bowed her knees to see her off without any fluctuation.
Zhao'er, who had been waiting on the side, stood beside Qin Guifei, watched the queen leave, and wrinkled her eyebrows and said, "Niangniang, the queen is afraid that she is forced to be in a hurry......
That's why it's like ......
With a faint smile, Qin Guifei looked at the chess pieces in one place and said, "I'm in a hurry...... It's also normal!"
After speaking, looking at a palace person on the side, the palace maid immediately understood and slowly retreated.
Zhao'er frowned, "The queen mother is not too lifting, if you can't tolerate her all these years, the queen mother can't keep her, but she doesn't understand ......"
The emperor has always wanted Qin Guifei to be the queen, but Qin Guifei has never cared, if Qin Guifei has the slightest idea of entering the middle palace, the queen mother and the Yuan family may not be able to keep her posterior!
"Zhao'er!" Qin Guifei looked at Zhao'er unhappily, her eyes were slightly cold, and Zhao'er immediately shut up and didn't dare to say anything more.
only to realize that my words were indeed inappropriate!
Qin Guifei said lightly, "The emperor's health is not too bad, and now he is dealing with the government and politics, I am afraid that it will be hard, let the imperial dining room boil some tonic soup and send it to him later, so that he must drink it!"
Zhao'er bowed her head, "The slave has written it down!"
After thinking about it, Qin Guifei looked at her suspiciously, "By the way, the illness of the county lord of Qingyan is cured?"
Shaking his head, Zhao'er said in a low voice, "I haven't seen you well, the Ningguo Mansion has been closed for more than half a month, except for Princess Shen and Lord Ronghua who went to visit a few days ago, no one else has been able to enter!"
The concubine of the Ningguo Mansion is also the first emperor to be the lord of the first grade, and her identity is naturally noble, so there are not a few people who visit and visit, but except for Mrs. Ningguo, no one can enter!
Hearing this, Qin Guifei thought thoughtfully, "What about Mrs. Ning Guo?"
Zhao'er said, "Mrs. Ning Guo has never returned, and now she is still raised in Putuo Nunnery!"
Qin Guifei raised her eyebrows, so ......
Lou Yueqing has been recuperating for half a month, and Mrs. Ning Guo, who loves her daughter like her life, has not come back, is it really that she is not in good health and can't come back, or is there a mystery in this illness?
Moreover, Rong Zhi left after returning from Jinzhou, if he had thoughts about her, why didn't he visit her often in Beijing?
can make him tempted and declare the world regardless of the consequences, which shows that Lou Yueqing is already very important to him, and his character will never be ignored, unless......
Interesting!
I used to think that he had no intention, but it seems that he was just not enough to make him tempted.
After glancing at the sky, it was already the end of the hour, and Zhao'er said, "Niangniang, you have been out for a long time, why don't you go back to the palace first!"
"Wait a minute!" Qin Guifei said lightly, and asked the palace maid waiting on the side to clean up the chess pieces in the place, and sat in the original position by herself, lowering her eyes and saying nothing.
Not long after, the palace maid who had just retired came back, attached herself to Qin Guifei's side, and said in a low voice, "Niangniang, the queen did not return to the Fengluan Palace, but went to the Chonghua Hall of the Zhenfei Niangniang!"
Hearing this, Qin Guifei frowned.
Concubine Zhen has been depressed since the fall of the Zhong family, so in addition to routine greetings, she rarely goes out of the Chonghua Palace, and stays in the Chonghua Palace all day long, what does the queen do with her?
It is inevitable that the queen is panicking now, but she is too worried, the emperor does not plan to abolish the queen, it doesn't matter whether she has the protection of the Yuan family and the queen mother, but if she seeks death herself, then it will ......