Chapter 648: Backyard Flowers

Luo Jinyan didn't want to meet Concubine Li from the bottom of his heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

But as Qin Jue's official position became higher and higher, she knew that sooner or later there would be such a day.

Although she was still nervous in her heart, she had already been mentally prepared, so she was calm, patted Zhang's hand, signaled not to worry, and followed Qian Nushi to see Li Guifei generously.

Li Guifei should be thirty-five or sixteen years old, but she looks a lot older than her actual age, the corners of her eyes have deep lines, her cheeks are thin, and once a person with a round face loses weight, her cheekbones will be revealed, and her demeanor will be a little more aggressive.

Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has been no second in the harem for someone like Concubine Li Guifei who is in an embarrassing situation.

She was never favored, but she was able to save the imperial heir in the struggle between Empress Dong and the East Palace and gave birth to Zhao Xi.

She has been in charge of the harem for more than ten years, and she is in charge of miscellaneous things, but Zhao Ji has never even given her a straight eye.

She is the same as the queen, but she has always been in the position of the concubine, not up or down, not to mention the queen, not even a royal concubine did not give her, every New Year's holiday, the concubine entered the palace, it was her most embarrassing time. It's better to face the wives and daughters of court officials, but the most awkward thing is that when a bunch of royal relatives or Mrs. Hou of super grade give her a gift, there is a difference between the concubines and concubines, she is not a queen after all!

The most embarrassing thing is her only son Zhao Xi. Zhao Xi is the only living prince, not only did he not become a crown prince until he was twenty years old, but he also became a prince.

If it weren't for Ling Xuzi's guidance, Li Guifei realized the truth, and she would have vomited blood a long time ago.

She looked at the young woman in front of her with a smile, what a beauty, rarely saw that she could be so beautiful when she was pregnant, not only did the skin not be spotted, but like a good mutton fat jade, looking moist and smooth, her eyes seemed to be watery, sparkling, bright and moving, it was rare that she did not look frivolous, her lips were like red diamonds, delicate and bright, and the corners of her mouth had a smile like nothing, a little more alienated, but the grace that came out of her bones made her look just right.

Luo Jinyan gave Li Guifei a salute, and Li Guifei smiled and said, "You sit down, look at this appearance, it's been six or seven months, right?"

The palace maid moved the pestle, Luo Jinyan sat down, heard that she owed her body, and smiled: "It's been almost seven months." ”

When she came in just now, she had already seen clearly, in addition to Concubine Li, there were also Mrs. Gao and Luo Qi's grandmother Mrs. Gao sitting in the room, as well as the eldest princess and the county lord of Zhaofu, and one was Huo Ying's wife, Mrs. Guo.

Luo Jinyan sighed in his heart, no wonder Concubine Li Guifei was able to act as the queen, but she still failed to be the queen.

Although these ladies in the palace are all first-class nobles, they include royal relatives, nobles and powerful ministers.

And then in front of these people, call her in, what a hodgepodge!

The ministers and the imperial family are two circles, but they have to be put together.

Showing favor everywhere, showing favor everywhere, in the end, none of them can become dependent.

Fighting with those low-grade concubines in the harem all day long, his vision is limited to this, the few people sitting in this hall, which one is not a human spirit, you just let a few royal relatives accompany you, what are you doing with Mrs. Guo so eye-catching?

With Huo Ying's caution, Mrs. Guo will draw a line with you from now on, how can you let him secretly support Zhao Xi?

Li Guifei asked again: "I heard that you gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses before, which one is the biggest, and how old is it?"

Hearing her mention the two children, Luo Jinyan's eyes were a little more tender: "The boys are big, and they are already three years old. ”

Li Guifei smiled and said to Mrs. Gao on the side: "Look, she is really blessed. ”

Mrs. Gao sighed and said to Luo Jinyan: "Good look, good husband and son, is a blessed one." ”

Luo Jinyan bowed his head.

Concubine Li Guifei said again: "I heard that the emperor gave the child in your belly a grace early in the morning?"

Even Qin Jue and Luo Jinyan themselves were about to forget about this matter, but Li Guifei brought it up at this time.

Luo Jinyan said: "Long live the grace, but I don't know if this baby is male or female." ”

Concubine Li asked a few more questions about the child, and then served tea.

When Qian Nushi came out with Luo Jinyan, the wives waiting outside all looked at her, Luo Jinyan sighed, and by tomorrow, the whole capital will know, and Li Guifei will look at Qin Jue's wife differently.

On the way back from the palace, she and Zhang sat in the same carriage, she quietly told Mrs. Guo about accompanying her, Zhang's face changed slightly, and said: "After all, my aunt is only a fourth-grade official, and you are young, so she just called you in, and she called Mrs. Guo over to sit with a bunch of royal relatives, did she forget about Li Wenzhong?"

Li Wenzhong's wife, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter were all friendly with Empress Xiaozhen, who was still Concubine Gu Shu, and the Li family fell suddenly, although the palace kept the news tightly secret, but the capital was privately saying that it was the daughter of the Li family who harmed the emperor's heir and killed Queen Xiaozhen, which caused the disaster of annihilation.

The harem can't make friends with courtiers, let alone endanger the imperial heir.

Luo Jinyan lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out of the car window.

I don't know what Zhao Ji's harem was like at this time in his previous life, obviously not like today, otherwise chaos would have been born early.

That phoenix girl, I don't know if I can wait until the day I enter the palace.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, as in previous years, Qin Jue accompanied Luo Jinyan, took two children, and followed his father-in-law and mother-in-law to Zhang's house in the lotus pond.

The whole family had a reunion dinner, the women got together to play leaf cards and play with the children, and the men went to the front yard.

At this time, a seven or eight-year-old boy came in and whispered a few words to Mama Xu, and Mama Xu looked at Mrs. Xu, who pointed to the Zhang family and Luo Jinyan beside her, and said with a smile: "They are not outsiders, if there is anything, you can say it directly." ”

Mama Xu said at this time: "Master Xiao Huo of Hanlin Academy is here, the old lady didn't want to see it, the third aunt persuaded a few words, and then went to the outer study with the third aunt and cousin. ”

That's a tongue-twisting statement.

The little Huo of the Hanlin Academy refers to Huo Ying's eldest grandson, Huo Xing.

The old lady is Mr. Fengyang Zhang Jin.

The third aunt is Luo Shao.

My cousin is Qin Jue.

In other words, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Huo Xing suddenly visited Zhang's house in the lotus pond!

Mrs. Xu furrowed her brows: "Today is the second day of the new year, why did Huo Ge Lao let his grandson come over? If it is a New Year's greeting, he should also post yesterday, and he doesn't have to come to the door in person today." ”

Thinking of yesterday's incident, Zhang looked at Luo Jinyan, and saw that Luo Jinyan's face was calm, and he was not half surprised, but it seemed that he had expected it a long time ago.