Chapter 361: Blinking and Cutting Throats
Compared with Shu Guifei's obvious pampering, Shu Zhaoyi, who Sheng Weiqiao had seen once in the Nightless Pavilion before, was much more disciplined.
She lowered her head slightly, sat upright, put her hands on her knees, and gently slapped Emperor Xuanjing's hand around her waist from time to time, signaling him to settle down.
The last time Sheng Weiqiao saw this Shu Zhaoyi, Shu Zhaoyi was masked, so it was the first time she saw this Zhaoyi's appearance: she and Shu Guifei were sisters of the same father and mother, but the two did not look like each other at all.
Shu Zhaoyi's smoky eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, snow muscle peach cheeks, green sideburns and red face, a little red lips are bright like blood, the center of the eyebrows is attached to the begonia flower-style flower, the cheeks are shallow, the peach blossom makeup is made, and the hair is combed.
In the middle of the bun is the tired silk inlaid treasure peacock opening screen bead gold step shake, a string of pearls in the peacock's mouth, just fell in the position of Hua Tian, with the movement of the slight shake, a little begonia on the powder skin from time to time hidden, adding a little style.
On the side, there is a carved narcissus bamboo leaf peach baby bamboo basket jasper coral hairpin, gilt inlaid pearl insect leaf hair, behind the ears hangs a gold folded silk pipa earring, slender as a swan's neck, is a gold box jade mandarin duck folded silk coral gemstone pendant collar.
Zhaoyi didn't wear Zhaoyi's grade clothes like Empress Meng and Concubine Shu, but she only wore regular clothes: dark green background embroidered manzhu sawflower bush narrow sleeves and short undergarments, white jade and gold box peacock peony middle wide female belt, under the moon skirt, with red orange, yellow, green, blue, purple pleats, inlaid with a few emerald green goose yellow skirt flowers.
This dress is far less gorgeous than Shu Guifei, but although Shu Zhaoyi has a pair of charming and majestic Danfeng eyes, her momentum is far inferior to Shu Guifei.
Sheng Weiqiao and the others peeked at each other, but saw that although Emperor Xuanjing was very fond of Er Shu, whether it was his eyes or movements, he obviously preferred Shu Zhaoyi.
It's just that Shu Zhaoyi has a lot of respect for Shu Guifei, and when she saw that Emperor Xuanjing had gone too far, she immediately refused to accept it, and kept hinting that he should not snub his sister.
Although Concubine Shu was a little jealous, her sister was obviously letting herself, and she would not be so stupid as to make a joke on the spot to show everyone a joke, so she also poured tea and pastries for Emperor Xuanjing more and more diligently, and pinched his shoulders and arms from time to time.
If there was no one next to these three intimate and affectionate people, Queen Meng was calm and relaxed, and Sheng Weiqiao and other foreign women naturally did not dare to say anything on their behalf.
The Empress Dowager Meng's face gradually became difficult to look at, especially Concubine Mo looked at it with a smile, and raised her sleeves to cover her mouth, leaned over and whispered to her: "I can't complain that the Son of Heaven favors these two, they have been for decades, and they don't say anything about the old at all, but they are becoming more and more beautiful!"
I don't know if it was intentional by the concubine, or because of the psychology of the queen mother, in short, listening to the empress dowager Meng, the concubine seemed to have reread the word "peerless".
To be honest, as a mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Meng doesn't care who her son favors at all.
Is it hard to believe that their mother and son were not angry enough at the hands of that slut of Concubine Rou?
I finally got through those years of trembling, and now I finally turned over and made the decision, why don't you have a good time?
It was Emperor Xuanjing who slacked off the government because of this, and the Queen Mother felt that she had her own family to help take care of the world anyway, and stared at not letting King Gaomi, King Guangling and other clans usurp the throne, and her son was willing to live happily in the harem all day long, so let him go!
It's just that......
The problem of a son who is over half a hundred years old but still has no heirs, which mother can be indifferent?
At this time, when Concubine Mo said this, Rao is Empress Dowager Meng just looked at Er Shu and put up with the queen's face in public, and she couldn't help but speak at this time: "Shu's, there are still Kangzhao County Lords below, they are all girls who have not left the cabinet, you behave well, don't scare people!"
As soon as the Queen Mother said this, Shu Zhaoyi, who was already relatively restrained, immediately looked at her nose and nose, sat very upright, and resolutely took away Emperor Xuanjing's hand on her waist; If the county lords of Kangzhao really can't see it, wouldn't it be better to quit? Why should Your Majesty not be able to accept the service of our sisters because of them, Your Majesty, do you say?"
Speaking of the last sentence, Concubine Shu hugged Emperor Xuanjing's arm lovingly and shook it again and again.
Emperor Xuanjing immediately spoke out to support his concubine: "Queen Mother, what the concubine said is extremely true. You just let the county lord Kangzhao go down! ”
Empress Dowager Meng's face was pale, let Sheng Weiqiao and the others step down, they could relax regardless of shame?
It's an ornament to co-authorize yourself as a biological mother, isn't it?!
"Queen Mother, it's about to be time for the banquet, and the daughter-in-law wants to go to the main hall first to have a look, in case there is any omission from the people below. At this time, Queen Meng saw that the situation was wrong, stood up and said, "It's just that the daughter-in-law is young and has never presided over a banquet of this scale, and she asked the queen mother to help with her palm?"
"......" Empress Dowager Meng stared at Concubine Shu for a long time before nodding with a cold face, "The mourning family will go over with you and take a look!"
The Queen Mother and Empress are leaving, and Concubine Mo is too lazy to look at Emperor Xuanjing and Ershu Hu Tianhudi: "I brought it here by my sister, so naturally I will go wherever my sister goes." ”
When the group left the side hall, they happened to hear a burst of laughter like silver bells coming from inside, it seemed that Concubine Shu Guifei told a joke in the ear of Emperor Xuanjing, but Emperor Xuanjing didn't laugh yet, she couldn't hold back and laughed first.
But it seemed to be a mockery of Empress Dowager Meng, Empress Meng and others, and the killing intent in the eyes of Empress Dowager Meng who listened to it could hardly be concealed, but when she turned her head to look at Empress Meng and other maiden daughters, she only sighed silently in the end.
In this way, when they arrived at the main hall, their faces were not very good-looking.
Because there is not much time left before the banquet at this time, and Shanglin Yuan is not in Chang'an City, of course, the guests who go to the banquet must arrive in advance to avoid being late. So the main hall is already sitting here...... King Gaomi's family is impressively included.
Due to the princess's illness, the eldest daughter is married, the second son is young, the daughter is not favored, and the third son was declared "dead" in his early years, so it has always been deserted when he sat at the table.
At this time, although there are more princesses and Rong Sleeping Cranes, the county lord of Huihe is also fortunate to be brought along, and the sisters of the Zhao family who live in the palace are also present at this moment, but compared with the Meng family sitting opposite, it still seems to be weak: the people of the Meng family are in the fourth room, even if the family of Meng Boqin, the son of Zheng Guogong in the big house, has only one girl, Meng Shuangxiao, is here, and Meng Boheng, who is the successor of the family, is still recuperating in Bishui County; There are also several heirs in Sanfang who are not serving in Chang'an, so they can't participate in this banquet, and they still sit in a large area, looking at the crowd and the branches are flourishing.
However, in terms of momentum, the two sides are evenly matched, and King Gaomi's side is not lagging behind at all.
Seeing the Queen Mother, the Princess, and the Queen Leader come in, everyone left their seats one after another to salute, the Queen Mother, the Princess, and the Queen sat down at the top, and the Queen Mother ordered to "flatten down", looked at Sheng Weiqiao, Meng Bixun and others, and said: "It's time for the banquet, you guys go and sit too!"
A few people agreed, and they were about to go back to their seats, but Queen Meng ordered: "Add a few seats under the palace, and give Kang Zhao, Jiaxiang, Shuangjiao, Shuangchao and Shuang Li." ”
Empress Dowager Meng frowned when she heard this, today's seats are arranged like this: the queen mother, the concubine, and the emperor are naturally at the top, and the top means that they are above the Danqi.
Next to Danqi are King Gaomi and Meng Shi, one left and one right.
Among them, King Gaomi, because he was a clan relative, occupied the left side that was considered more noble, and the Guangling Wang's family, who had been under his protection and married the niece of Princess Gaomi as the wife of the family, followed closely.
These three families are the henchmen of both sides, sorted according to status, ability, talent, and so on.
As for those like Ning Weihou Mansion who refused to stand in line, they almost didn't even squeeze in the main hall.
And the Sheng family, not to mention, can sit with the Ningwei Hou Mansion, it is still the special care of Queen Meng.
Now that the queen has let a few girls from the Meng family sit under her, the Empress Dowager Meng is naturally happy to see it, but if Sheng Weiqiao's aunt and nephew are added, the Empress Dowager Meng is a little unhappy to let outsiders share the favor of the Meng family.
But at this time, Meng Bixun said with a smile: "Niangniang prefers young girls, and we have no share!"
Empress Meng explained: "Seventh sister, you still have a husband and children to take care of, where is the palace to disturb you? It is also to see that Shuang Ling and Kang Zhao are both girls who have not yet left the cabinet, and there are sisters who are filial piety in front of the elders, so I will leave them to sit closer, and I can talk to the palace later." ”
The queen mother, who originally wanted to dissuade her, heard this, her heart was soft, and she said that in such a situation, she was not lightly angry as the biological mother of Emperor Xuanjing, let alone the queen of her niece?
Even though Queen Meng didn't show the slightest resentment and grievance, she must have felt very uncomfortable when she thought about it, so let her find a few female companions to sit together, and she could comfort and comfort her later!
In this way, the queen mother was silent, and the palace people arranged according to the queen's instructions.
Due to the absence of Gongsun Yingjiang and Meng Shuangjiao at the moment, Sheng Weiqiao and Chengyang Hou's granddaughters Meng Shuangjiao and Meng Shuangchao thanked them first, Meng Shuangjiao and Meng Shuangchao are both the daughters of Meng Sixiao, the son of Chengyang Hou, they are twins, they look exactly the same, and they all wear the same dress today, only in the hairstyle: sister Meng Shuangjiao combs double screw buns;
The temperament of the sisters is also very similar, and they don't talk much.
Originally, Meng Shuangli was usually here, this is a twitter who can talk about the Lord of the day alone, and it just so happens that they occasionally interject a few words to supplement, hold a word or something, and cooperate tacitly.
But now that Meng Shuangjiao is not here, Sheng Weiqiao is not silent, but he has not talked so much that Meng Shuangjiao is like this, and the atmosphere is a little stuffy.
Sheng Weiqiao looked at Meng Shuangjiao and Meng Shuangchao a few times, and they all felt a little embarrassed, so they turned their heads and whispered to Queen Meng: "Shuang Lian has been accompanying Ying Jiang out for a while......
"I have already asked the palace people to look for them, don't worry!" Empress Meng half-covered her mouth with an ivory handle to dot the emerald painted magpie Dengzhi Palace fan, and whispered, "If you find it, bring them here." ”
Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao's face suddenly became a little delicate, she thought of the previous flower appreciation banquet, Meng Twelve and Meng Thirteen used the excuse of performing Lingbo Dance, and led everyone to the Snow Water Pavilion to break the matter of Gongsun Ying Jiang and Xu Baomo, saying that if Gongsun Ying Jiang had already thrown off Meng Shuang and slept to the target for such a while, he should not be blocked by the palace people sent by the queen...... Right?
She was worried, and suddenly noticed that there was a hot gaze staring at herself, and subconsciously looked back, but saw Rong Sleeping Crane playing with a small silver wine bottle, looking at herself with a smile, seeing that she noticed, quietly blinked her left eye, and secretly pointed to her arms.
"Hehe, he'll pretend!" Sheng Weiqiao suddenly clenched the glass cup in his hand, gritting his teeth and thinking, "Pretending to be nothing...... I guess you've figured out how to fool me, right?!"
She glanced left and right, and saw that Meng Shuangjiao was talking to Queen Meng, and no one paid attention to her for the time being, so she made a gesture of cutting her throat with anger towards the sleeping crane!