Chapter 34: The Queen
Su'er thought for a while and said, "Princess, after you fell into the moat, the emperor fought a big battle with the prince, suffered heavy losses, and the emperor was also seriously injured. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info after your death, the side concubine Niangniang began to torture me, once I couldn't stand it and escaped from the palace, I didn't know where to go, so I went all the way to Fengchi, and finally fell outside Yugu Pass due to physical exhaustion, the guards found me and picked up a life, the slave met the emperor in Yugu Pass, so he was taken back to the palace by the emperor. Su'er said in a tone, her eyes were like a frightened deer, which made me feel distressed for a while.
My hand covered the back of Su'er's hand, and my voice was a little hoarse, "Su'er, I'm sorry, I caused you to suffer!"
Su'er shook her head and said with a smile: "It's okay princess, Su'er doesn't blame you. I was brought back to the palace by the emperor, because I was the princess's maid, and the emperor took good care of Su'er. ”
"Then how did you offend Concubine Zhen?" I interrupted her before she could finish speaking.
Su'er lowered her head, her eyes flickered, her hands withdrew from my hands, and her voice was extremely low, "Princess, it's all over, don't ask." ”
My eyes were cold, is this little Nizi really afraid of Concubine Zhen? The tone was a little serious, and he put his hands on Su'er's shoulders and said, "Su'er, don't you even listen to my words, princess? Tell me why Concubine Zhen sent you to Yin Si that day!"
Su'er bit her lip, my eyes stared at her, Su'er hesitated for a long time before she resignedly said: "Slave maid...... After returning to the palace with the emperor, he was assigned to serve in the palace of Concubine Zhen. The mother has a bad temper, and when she gets angry, she often takes out her anger on the slaves. That day......"
Su'er began to reminisce about the events of that day. I've heard the general reason. Concubine Zhen loves vanity, and privately since the Treasure Division asked the concubine to wear the Ni Feng pendant, but because she accidentally broke the jade pendant, and was afraid that the imperial brother would blame it and it would be difficult to explain, so she caught Su'er to take the blame, slandering that Su'er stole something in the Treasure Division, and was discovered by Concubine Zhen, and Su'er destroyed the jade pendant in a hurry. So Concubine Zhen put Xu'er to death before the matter was revealed, and then revealed the matter to the imperial brother, even if the imperial brother knew, there was no proof of death, so that Concubine Zhen not only had no fault but also had merit in punishing the wrongdoers.
There was a chill in my eyes, what a concubine, it was cheaper to just kick her into the water that day, these two days were busy with palace banquets and canonizations, and the imperial brother and I ignored them, and I will not give up on this matter.
Nothing was said all night. That night, I didn't sleep well and always had strange dreams. The next morning, I didn't feel sleepy, so I got up early and exercised in the yard.
Su'er trotted from afar, looking anxious, and stood in front of me panting, "Princess, princess." The queen mother's Luan is already outside the Fenglan Palace!"
Queen? What did she do when she came to my Fenglan Hall early in the morning? I was puzzled in my heart, and hurriedly said to Su'er: "Hurry up and freshen up and change my clothes." ”
Everything was packed up, and Hui'er came to report that the queen was already waiting in the main hall. I nodded, looked at Su'er and asked, "Who is the current queen?"
"The original side concubine Niangniang Shuling'er. Su'er replied.
She actually became the queen! A flash of disdain flashed in my eyes, so I took Su'er and Hui'er and walked slowly towards the main hall.
Su'er asked me puzzled: "Princess, why was you so anxious just now, but now you are so slow? The Pope has been waiting for a long time, but I'm afraid it's not good!"
I said "Oh?" and asked, "Was I in a hurry?"
Su'er nodded heavily.
I smiled, "Who told you to run so quickly, I was just in a hurry by you." It's okay, the queen mother is generous, it's okay to wait a little longer!" After speaking, the smile on the corner of my mouth deepened, but I couldn't see it through the veil. I'm now on a par with the queen, what's wrong with her waiting a little longer, if the princess is unhappy, she can't do anything to me where to hang her, isn't it? Speaking of which, I have known this queen mother for a long time, and when the royal brother was still the prince, she was just a side concubine, arrogant and domineering, and I didn't like her at all. So he took Su'er and Hui'er to walk around the garden for a while before slowly walking into the main hall.
As soon as she stepped into the threshold, Concubine Zhen's sharp and piercing voice penetrated into her ears, "Yo! Princess Changfeng's shelf is really big, it's only too late to teach us sisters to wait!"
I raised my eyes and swept over, in the main hall, there was a queen Shuling'er in a phoenix robe sitting at the top of the main seat, and several concubines led by Concubine Zhen sat on both sides, all of whom were new faces that they were not familiar with.
I raised my eyebrows, ignored Concubine Zhen and turned my face to ask Su'er: "Su'er, did the emperor reward the crows in our palace?
Su'er shook her head, her body was so frightened that she unconsciously moved behind me, and she didn't dare to look at Concubine Zhen's side. I looked at Concubine Zhen, and she stared at me, her eyes full of hatred, probably hating me for saving Xu'er from under her, repeatedly opposing her, and at this moment, calling her a crow. The other concubines chuckled, and even the queen hid her smile with a handkerchief. Concubine Zhen's face was pale, her eyes swept around coldly, and several other concubines were coldly glared at by Concubine Zhen, and they retracted their smiles timidly. The scene was quite awkward.
"The princess worked hard for the canonization ceremony yesterday, and it is inevitable that she will be late, so it doesn't matter. The empress opened her mouth to break the awkward atmosphere.
I walked to the main seat next to the queen and sat down, and asked, "I wonder what happened to the queen's mother coming to Fenglan Hall today?"
The queen took a sip of the teacup elegantly, put down the teacup, and smiled at me, "The palace was not happy a few days ago, and it is a deep regret that the palace banquet failed to have a peerless beauty of the princess's sister. After saying that, she beckoned to the palace maid beside her, and the palace maid presented a red brocade box.
The queen jade finger lightly opened the brocade box and placed it in front of me, "I hope that the princess sister will not dislike this pair of eight-treasure splendid hostas." ”
I took a look at the brocade box, a pair of hostas jade is transparent and flawless, and the gems inlaid on it are all rare to see the top quality on weekdays, the style and pattern are brilliant, and all women can't put it down at a glance. The eyes of the other concubines were staring straight at a pair of hostas, and even Concubine Zhen's eyes flashed with jealousy.
I looked up at the queen and looked at her inexplicably, for it would not be a good thing to give me such a precious gift, and to be courteous and attentive. I don't know what she is doing, but she won't put a low posture on others because of something, but today she came to me early in the morning to say hello, and she was generous, but it taught me a little confused.
"Queen, this thing is too precious, Shu Lin Xue doesn't dare to accept it, thank you for your kindness. "I pushed the brocade box in front of her, as the saying goes, no merit is not rewarded, and I dare not take her things in a daze.
Seeing that I refused, the queen was not annoyed, and stuffed the brocade box into my hand again, "Sister Princess, is this going to refuse the palace thousands of miles away? Since the emperor accepted you as a righteous sister, then the palace is your sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law gave her sister the canonization gift that the sister-in-law gave her sister should also refuse?" her tone was quiet, but she was a little sincere, and I couldn't find a reason to refuse.
Seeing that I was a little shaken, the queen continued: "Sister Princess, just accept it, the right to be my sister-in-law's meeting gift, and also apologize for not taking care of me in the past two days, you don't have to excuse yourself, otherwise you will teach the palace to be sad!"