Chapter 360: The undercurrent between the concubines is turbulent
"What do you mean by mourning the family?" Empress Dowager Meng took a sip of the tea bowl and said with a smile, "Naturally, it is for my sister and mother." After all, so many years have passed, and King Mizhen looks like a good boy who is filial and sensible, what else can't be solved between this ancestor and grandson, isn't it?"
"My sister is really joking, you said it, we are our ancestors, the blood and blood of the family, the child finally came back, I naturally hurt him tightly. I didn't want Concubine Mo to stare at her straight for a moment, and suddenly smiled, and the momentum of wanting to set off a big war quietly disappeared, she even showed a playful smile like a girl, and said with a smile, "He is a good boy who is filial and sensible, so between our ancestors and grandchildren, what needs to be unraveled?
Empress Dowager Meng was slightly stunned, and continued to smile on her face: "Congratulations are definitely congratulations, this is not to see that you look reluctant to come out, I wonder if you have any misunderstanding about that child?"
"My sister just said that it was the two of us who were left behind by the first emperor, am I not afraid that my bad luck will bring tired children?"
"This slut!" Empress Dowager Meng frowned secretly, and said in her heart, "I thought I could cheat something today, but I didn't expect it to fall short!"
When the first emperor was there, because Concubine Rou alone took over the heavy task of "killing the emperor's eldest son, mother and son", Concubine Mo and Empress Dowager Meng did not have a direct conflict.
But after the first emperor went, the mother and son of the Empress Dowager Meng came bitterly, and when the Empress Dowager wanted to kill the King of Guangling with a tooth for a tooth after forcing Concubine Rou to death, she was dissuaded by the joint efforts of King Gaomi, Huan Guanlan and others, and she was bored with Concubine Mo.
Later, with the struggle for power between King Gaomi and the Meng family, the Empress Dowager Meng and Concubine Mo, who had a so-so relationship, also began to fight each other.
Although Concubine Mo suddenly avoided the side hall fifteen years ago and no longer appeared in front of people, unilaterally avoiding the war, Empress Dowager Meng still did not dare to take this old opponent lightly.
At this moment, looking at Concubine Mo's calm appearance, he knew that his original plan was afraid that it would not work.
The Queen Mother's mind turned, and she was about to speak, when someone from the palace came in outside to say, "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and all the nobles: The Holy Driver has entered the Lingbo Palace and is coming to the main hall." ”
"The Son of Heaven is coming. Hearing this, Concubine Mo raised her eyebrows, looked at Empress Dowager Meng with a smile, and said, "I think that Concubine Shu and Shu Zhaoyi are both around the holy car...... Oh, I heard that my sister thought the boat race was too noisy, so she told everyone to have a meal and watch the singing and dancing today? So the concubine and Zhaoyi felt bored, so they let the Son of Heaven row a water boat race in Chunbo Lake?
Empress Dowager Meng knows Concubine Mo's temperament, she has never taken the initiative to cause trouble, at least on the surface, but if anyone provokes her, even if it is just a trivial holiday, she has to go back to be happy.
The Queen Mother has just tried her relationship with Rong Sleeping Crane repeatedly, at this time, is she going to cross-examine the fact that Emperor Xuanjing favored the Shu sisters and compared the biological mother, the Empress Dowager Meng?
When my sister talked about boat racing, the mourning family remembered. Empress Dowager Meng laughed and replied quietly, "I remember that nineteen years ago, that is, the year when King Mizhen was born, it was also the year of the five festivals, and at that time, the mourning family was not as weak as it is now, so it was for people to race boats in the Taiye Pool in the palace to watch and have fun." ”
"It's just...... At that time, my sister left her serious daughter-in-law, Princess Zhao, and only summoned her niece Concubine Mo to accompany her, not to mention, the whole boat race, the mourning family remembered that your aunt and nephew basically didn't look into the Taiye pool, but bit their ears by themselves!"
"So the mourning family always thought that you didn't like to watch the boat race, and now you mentioned it, but you are still thinking about it, and you plan to go to have a fun with them?"
When Empress Dowager Meng said this, she took a sip of tea, and looked at Concubine Mo with a smile, "If that's the case, sister, don't feel embarrassed! After all, we are all surviving people who have been waiting for the first emperor to summon us all day, what else can't we see?"
Concubine Mo's pupils contracted suddenly, but she immediately smiled: "Sister's kindness, my sister understands it! But whether or not to join in the excitement later, let's go back and talk about it! After all, my sister also knows that we are old bones, and this spirit is not up to us." I can still talk here now, and after a while, I will be tired, and I can't support it, so I have to go down and lie down, right?"
"It is a fact that there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and it is certainly a fact that people have good and bad luck. Empress Dowager Meng's smile deepened, "But there is another saying in the market, which is called that there is no way for good or evil, but people call themselves." However, if you have a good life, you have to toss some things that you don't have, you think you shouldn't have things, you think you're proud, but you don't know that it's the beginning of your own destruction...... This man has a life and a destiny, and wealth is in heaven. Without that life, the more unwilling you are, the more unfortunate you are, sister, you say that's the truth?"
Concubine Mo lowered her eyes and said indifferently: "Congratulations to my sister for finally seeing it so thoroughly." ”
The two exchanged a complicated look that the people below couldn't see, and they didn't say anything for the time being.
The exchange between the queen mother and the concubine came to an end, and the people who bowed their heads vaguely speculated that this turmoil seemed to have something to do with the king of Mizhen County, Rong Sleeping Crane, and it might even be related to the exile of the king of Mizhen County.
However, this kind of secret that after many years, the Empress Dowager Meng can still roll up her sleeves and go into battle in person, normal people will not want to know.
Therefore, when I saw the two people eating tea and closing their eyes to recuperate, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't mean to speculate, but looked forward to Emperor Xuanjing and Er Shu coming quickly, so as not to let these two be idle and bored, and they would quarrel again after resting for a while...... If it's just a verbal dispute, it's okay, in case the matter gets big and affects those of them who are present, it will be too wronged!
The speed of Emperor Xuan was still very fast, and it didn't take long for Emperor Xuanjing and the Shu sisters to arrive outside the palace.
Empress Meng took the lead again and stood up to greet ...... Originally, when the Son of Heaven was driving, it was a ritual system for the middle palace to bow down to greet him, and it was not a humiliation in the opinion at this time.
However, according to the tacit understanding, the Son of Heaven will order the exemption when he sees the queen at the door, and the queen will get up if she is more casual; even if the queen who values the rules insists on waiting for the Son of Heaven to sit on the throne before getting up, this is also her own observance of etiquette, which is a manifestation of Shuxing.
But after Emperor Xuanjing came in at this time, he walked past Queen Meng without saying a word, until he went to the Danqi and greeted the Queen Mother and the Concubine Princess, and then sat down in his robe, and then said lightly: "Get up!"
In this case, everyone felt aggrieved for Queen Meng, not only Emperor Xuanjing's move was clearly dissatisfied with the queen, but what also lost the queen's face was that Emperor Xuanjing came in with Ershu, that is to say, when he passed by Queen Meng's head and bowed to greet him, Concubine Shu and Shu Zhaoyi walked beside him left and right, and they were generous and generous to accept Queen Meng's salute!
And now that Emperor Xuanjing has sat down, the two sisters have also sat down, from beginning to end, let alone meeting the queen, there is not even a word of greeting!
Although the government and the opposition all know that the Shu sisters are favored and regard many rules as nothing, but on such an occasion today, there are also several noble ladies and ladies present, and Emperor Xuanjing and the three of them are really embarrassed by Queen Meng.
Sheng Weiqiao remembered that Queen Meng pinched her half-sister when she was a girl, and she basically did it, and she couldn't help but cast a worried look at her at this moment.
Fortunately, Empress Meng was not impulsive, and said calmly when she heard this: "Your Majesty, Xie!" and walked back to her seat first.
Seeing this, the others naturally didn't say anything, and they all blessed Emperor Xuanjing, and waited for the emperor to lazily say "give a seat" before sitting again.
After sitting down, Sheng Weiqiao subconsciously peeked at Danqi, and saw that Empress Dowager Meng's face was gloomy, and she glared at Emperor Xuanjing, as well as Er Shu, who was sitting on the left and right by Emperor Xuanjing.
However, it is obvious that the Queen Mother is also afraid of Emperor Xuanjing's unprincipled spoiling of Er Shu, although she is very dissatisfied with Er Shu's contempt for the queen, she didn't even open her mouth to ask for justice for the queen at this time.
Sheng Weiqiao pursed his lips and looked at Shu Guifei on Emperor Xuanjing's left hand:
This Concubine Shu, I don't know why last time, didn't leave the palace with Emperor Xuanjing and Shu Zhaoyi.
So Sheng Weiqiao really saw her for the first time.
Calculating the age, this person should be forty years old this year, but no matter how you look at it at the moment, she is still only a twenty-eight girl.
Even because of the thin body and the estimation of the uninformed person, I am afraid that I still suspect that the age is less than twenty-eight: the crow crow's hair is combed with a startling bun that seems to be about to spread the wings of a frightened bird, the jade flour cheeks and peach heart face, the carefully outlined eyebrows are extremely long, flying obliquely into the temples, and a little flame-like flower in the center of the eyebrows, a piece of peach blossom eyes that originally looked more than soft and less majestic set off a little sharp.
The gold silk inlaid with jade inlaid treasure peony luan bird pattern is distracted and rightly inserted in the middle of the bun, and a pair of gilt dots and emerald inlaid treasure group phoenix are swaying on the left and right, and the tassels of the step shake are pearls, corals, jade, beeswax and other colored beads, which can be described as colorful.
The uniform system of the noble concubine copied from the previous dynasty of the national dynasty is obviously inferior to that of the queen.
However, Concubine Shu's body obviously exceeded it, because it looked similar to what Queen Meng was wearing.
At first glance, people with almost eyes will even think that the two are wearing the same clothes.
After discovering this, everyone who was quietly admiring Concubine Shu subconsciously glanced at Queen Meng.
Empress Meng was still calm, shaking her hand without stopping.
"Qinglang is really calm...... It's just that she must be very uncomfortable in her heart, right?" Sheng Weiqiao sighed secretly, it was not easy to go up in front of people to persuade Queen Meng, so she could only think about turning back and being comforted.
Because she felt sorry for the queen, she didn't have the heart to continue to look at Concubine Shu, and only thought secretly, "It's also strange, the concubine is so famous, and the whole world knows what she and Zhaoyi are fascinated by the Son of Heaven...... But she's not impeccable, is she?"
This is not because she is also a woman and unwilling to admit that someone is more beautiful than herself, but that Shu Guifei's appearance is really not flawless.
For example, the concubine is too thin, not the ancient description of beauty, "an increase is too long, and a decrease is too short".
Of course, no one can deny the beauty of this concubine: she is the kind of glamorous beauty.
Now the people in the hall, the young Empress Meng, Meng Bixun and others in their early thirties, as well as Sheng Weiqiao, can all be called good-looking.
In particular, Empress Meng's temperament is cold, Sheng Weiqiao's eyebrows and eyes are exquisite, and they are all in the real twenty-eighth year, looking like a half-blooming bud in the garden, beautiful and difficult to describe.
But the thin Concubine Shu is like a raging flame, full of aggression, maybe not everyone appreciates such a posture, but no one can ignore her.
At this time, she was a little lazy and leaning on Emperor Xuanjing's shoulder, pulling Emperor Xuanjing's sleeves with both hands and twisting and playing, a pair of sparkling peach blossom eyes glanced around, as if she was not smiling, obviously not taking the presence of the Queen Mother, the Concubine and the Queen Mother and others seriously.