Chapter 14: Gems
The emperor saw the minister in the study, and was afraid that she would be bored waiting, so he summoned someone to send a message to ask her to go around the palace first.
She walked around the palace at will and shook to the harem. A few plump concubines are holding a fan to flutter butterflies, these pampered mothers, a few more steps have to be carried by a sedan chair, fluttering butterflies for them, it is also a game with a lot of exercise.
Although she didn't know how to fan those butterflies with a fan, the power, even if it really happened to hit, the butterflies were still flying between heaven and earth without pain, where did this fun come from. But those concubines just had a lot of fun.
Concubine Qiong was sitting in the pavilion, and the palace maid beside her kneaded her right hand, thinking that she was punished by the Queen Mother for copying scriptures, and her hands were sore. The palace maid couldn't handle her strength well for a while, so she started a little heavier. Concubine Qiong squeaked, and she was so shocked that the palace maid knelt on the ground and shouted forgiveness first.
Concubine Qiong raised the corners of her eyes, she was already angry from the Queen Mother, and she opened her mouth to scold, "Useless things." ”
Yuan Diyi smiled and walked to the pavilion to sit.
Concubine Qiong's status is lower than that of the queen, the queen doesn't like to be in the limelight, and even has to avoid three points in front of Concubine Qiong, which highlights Concubine Qiong's domineering, and almost no one in the palace dares to provoke her.
Except for the Queen Mother, I am afraid that there is no woman in the harem who is in the eyes of Concubine Qiong. When she wanted to sit, as long as her eyes were slightly displeased, the other concubines always had to stand up for fear of offending, and they would come over and sit next to her with such a swagger as Yuan Diyi.
Yuan Diyi thumped his legs, "I'm a little tired from walking, just come in and sit down, the concubine doesn't mind." ”
Concubine Qiong smiled and said, "I don't mind that you have already sat down, not to mention that the girl is now a celebrity in front of the emperor and the queen mother, how dare I say half a sentence about the girl." ”
She sarcastically said, "It turns out that the concubine still has some eyesight. ”
Although Concubine Qiong was a little concerned, she would not be bullied to the end, and she swallowed her anger. "What do you mean, fox fake tiger!"
Yuan Diyi smiled, "I'm praising Niangniang's intelligence." Women's morality, women's words, women's appearance, and women's skills are all so outstanding. No wonder the grace endures. ”
Concubine Qiong said angrily, "Are you saying that I don't have women's virtues and words, and I'm old and decrepit to fall out of favor!"
She said calmly, "Why is it that what I say is always the other way around? The Queen Mother asked Niangniang to copy the Buddhist scriptures, which was intended to calm Niangniang's mind, but it didn't seem to have any effect." ”
"You ......"
Concubine Qiong was so amused by her that she wanted to turn her face. She was thinking in her heart, whether the other party was going to point at her nose and scold her for a while, or if Pingle wanted to do something to her. Pingle will not be born to know how to beat and scold the palace people if he doesn't go his way, and he has seen too much, so he will follow suit.
And she is also curious, if Concubine Qiong insults her or even does it, will the Queen Mother punish her brother for holding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the court like Jie Pingle.
Maybe it will always be different, for Pingle, she really loves her, and Concubine Qiong, looking at the appearance of the Queen Mother reprimanding her that day, seems to have the intention of suppressing this woman's arrogance. If Concubine Qiong makes a mistake, she may be able to use this incident to clean up the harem discipline.
She thought that she was happily waiting for the follow-up development, which was much more interesting than fluttering butterflies. But I heard someone calling, "Guifei Niangniang." ”
Concubine Qiong paused, and Emperor Yuan scolded the person who spoiled her pleasure in her heart, and saw Feng Michu leading a young man dressed in a foreign race to come slowly.
The concubines who fluttered butterflies not far away were also disturbed, and when Concubine Qiong Guifei wanted to teach Yuan Diyi a lesson, they all stopped their movements and looked sideways, but they didn't dare to cause trouble.
Concubine Qiong always didn't want to deal with her in front of Feng Michu, so she straightened her clothes, took out the posture of the concubine and glanced at the strangers around Feng Michu.
The man first put his right hand on his chest and bowed to Concubine Qiong, and when he saw Emperor Yuan, he saw that she didn't comb her hair, and there were roughly three types of women in the harem, either concubines, princesses, or palace maids. And Yuan Diyi was dressed luxuriously, and the man was pleasantly surprised, "The princess of your country is really better looking than the other." ”
Feng Michu introduced, "This Yuan girl is not a princess, she is the adoptive mother of Yuan Zhuangyuan. ”
Yuan Diyi smiled calmly, "I am really fortunate to have seen so many dignitaries and nobles in the palace, and now I can see the demeanor of Prince Fuqi with my own eyes." ”
Concubine Qiong heard the identity of the other party, and knew that although Fuqi was a small country, the emperor attached great importance to it. also put away his ugly face and treated him with the courtesy of a distinguished guest.
Zong Zheng was surprised and said, "The girl and I should have never been masked, I haven't reported my name yet, I don't know how the girl knows my identity?"
Such a simple question, but also ask her where she saw the clue, "Do you still need me to explain this dress of the prince?"
He was dressed differently from the people here, and he walked freely side by side with the high-ranking Feng Michu.
Zong Zheng reacted, "It's really not. He smiled, "Although I have already met the emperor in the court, it is a pity that there are many talents in the court, and there are too many young and promising officials, even if I want to know Yuan Zhuangyuan, I can't tell which one it is." Seeing the girl today aroused my curiosity even more. ”
"The dog was just lucky to be appointed by the emperor as the champion. There are no other outstanding strengths, but I am afraid that the prince will be disappointed when he sees it. ”
Seeing that she was being left aside, Concubine Qiong interjected, "Is the prince still used to living in the Zhan Palace?"
Zong Zheng said bluntly, "Habit is habit, it's too far away from the palace, and it's not very convenient to see the princess." ”
Yuan Diyi smiled, "Many people are always surprised when they hear that I am Mu Sheng's mother, but although Prince Fang Cai misunderstood my identity at the beginning, he quickly accepted it after hearing Lord Feng's explanation. ”
Zong Zheng said quickly, "The girl is not three-headed and six-armed, not to mention that Lord Feng also said that you are the adoptive mother of Lord Yuan, since you are just an adoptive mother, why not be young?"
Concubine Qiong only felt that this remote and small country was probably ignorant of poetry, books and etiquette, and the awareness of the Three Platforms and Five Constants was weak, and Yuan Diyi had a son younger than herself, which was contrary to the norms, and he could be regarded as normal.
Although Concubine Qiong didn't disdain to help the small country, she barely maintained the host's courtesy, "Is the prince entering the palace today to meet the emperor?"
Zong Zheng went and laughed, "No, I want to see the Queen Mother of your country." When he left Fuqi, his father gave him two gems, which were made into ornaments and worn on his body to rejuvenate his blood and nourish his blood. ”
He took out a small box that he had brought with him, and inside it was the polished gemstones. The color is as red as a pomegranate seed, and the eyes of Concubine Qiong, who has seen the treasure, are straight.
Obviously I like it.
Zong Zheng said quickly, "One is for the Queen Mother, and one is for the Queen Mother." ”
When Concubine Qiong heard this, her face darkened. "I suddenly felt a little unwell, and I couldn't say hello well. There is also Lord Lao Feng to greet the prince, making sure to make him feel at home. After saying that, he turned around and left.
Yuan Diyi praised, "This gem is really beautiful. "It's a pity that there are two pieces in this world. The piece given to the Queen Mother, Concubine Qiong doesn't dare to think about it at present. Can you give the queen that piece...... I don't know if Concubine Qiong scolded this prince in her heart for not understanding the shape of the palace.