Chapter 137: Willing to Gamble and Lose
"I don't know if my cousin will be so depressed that he can't eat, but if my father loses, he will definitely be depressed and can't sleep, he has been preparing for a year, thinking that victory is in sight, but he has killed a trip to bite the gold halfway, haha..." Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lan Jing shook his head speechlessly and walked out first.
Returning to the Xianghe Hall again, there was silence inside, Lan Jing was slightly surprised, could it be that the banquet was over?
After walking in quickly, I saw everyone sitting quietly in their seats, their eyes focused on the top.
Lan Jing followed their gaze and saw two palace maids standing in front of them holding the portrait of Master Guanyin, because they were standing relatively high, Master Guanyin seemed to be looking at everyone in the hall with compassion from a high place. And everyone also looked at Guanyin reverently.
"Jinshu's gift is very fond of the mourning family, it's hard for you to be so hearty. The Queen Mother looked at the Queen Mother lovingly.
The queen glanced at the emperor, with a faint smile on her face, a dignified and elegant look, and said, "It's good if the queen mother likes it." ”
Lan Jing took advantage of the fact that everyone's eyes were on the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were talking to the first, and quietly walked to the eldest princess.
As soon as I sat down, I saw a man of about thirty years, walked in front of the queen mother, knelt on his knees, and said loudly: "Erchen wishes the queen mother good health and boundless blessings." ”
Lan Jing was stunned when he heard this, this is Prince An, looking much younger than the emperor, wearing a well-fitting gold-edged purple robe, wearing a crown of purple and gold hair, handsome facial features, and a chic posture appeared in his gestures.
The Queen Mother looked at him with satisfaction and nodded gently, "Get up,"
Prince An got up and took a box from the hand of the chamberlain on the side, and walked to the Queen Mother with a smile, "Queen Mother, this is a gift from your son-in-law." ”
The Queen Mother took it with both hands, and did not rush to open it, but looked at him and said, "Yu'er hasn't come back yet?"
"Who knows where that bastard boy went, he also disappeared without saying a word for ten days and half a month before, don't worry about him, maybe the kid will come back in two days. Prince An said lightly, with a look of indifference.
Lan Jing sneered in her heart when she heard this, such a man is fortunately not her father. Perhaps, if it was the child of the side concubine, he would have been in a hurry for a long time.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the seat he had just taken, and saw two women sitting next to his seat, they were gorgeous, and they looked graceful and luxurious after being dressed up.
I couldn't guess that it was Prince An, Lan Jing was about to ask the eldest princess when she heard the Queen Mother ask, "Xin'er has been sick for so many days, haven't you seen her well?"
"She's not in good health all year round, and the queen mother asked her what she was doing? besides, her father..."
Prince An wanted to say something more, but the Queen Mother glared at her and said sharply: "General Yuan has been fighting horses all his life and has made meritorious contributions to the country, even if he has done something unwise in his later years, it is not for everyone to put his beak on it." What's more, as a royal person, you should be more grateful, without those soldiers who desperately defend the frontier, how can you have a stable life? Besides, how can you be convicted with just a few words?"
Although the harem has always been forbidden to interfere in politics, but the queen mother has discussed political affairs with the emperor since she came to the throne, but this matter, she is not good to say anything to the emperor, after all, her brother is also in charge of the military, she is afraid that if she says too much, it will make her son misunderstand, this will say this, in fact, she is also deliberately saying it to the emperor, she is afraid that the emperor has been in a high position for a long time, has forgotten his original intention, and only cares about suspicion and suppression of heroes, in that case, now it is the old general Yuan, and it will soon be her brother.
"Queen Mother, don't be angry, second brother, he didn't mean that. The eldest princess saw that her second brother had upset the queen mother again, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said. After speaking, seeing that the Queen Mother still had a displeased face, she hurriedly glanced at Lan Jing.
Lan Jing shook her head amusedly, she only saw the Queen Mother today, and she didn't know much about her, how could she coax her? After thinking about it, she stood up, walked in front of the Queen Mother, and said softly: "Grandmother, don't be angry, you see that you are angry, and your uncles and mothers are in a hurry." I believe that the words of the second uncle must have been unintentional, and the children raised by a wise and open-minded mother like your grandmother must be extraordinary in the world. ”
"Yes, yes, my son is an unintentional mistake, don't be angry, queen mother. Prince An said with a smile on his face. He was most afraid of his mother when he was a child, and when he was a child, he didn't discipline them because his father was partial, so they all grew up under the stick of his mother.
The Queen Mother looked at her youngest son's flattering face, her face slowly eased, and she said earnestly: "In the future, think twice before you do anything." ”
Prince An nodded hurriedly, "Okay, my son listens to you." ”
Lan Jing glanced at Prince An, although she didn't like him, but she didn't want the Queen Mother to lose her temper at this time, so she quickly changed the topic and said:
"Grandmother, I heard that it is rumored that Marquis Ji and Lord Qin want to compare paintings on your birthday? ”
The mourning family is also curious, I don't know what kind of paintings make them so confident, originally the bet was one thing that should be won, but now it has been added to two. ”
The Queen Mother said with a smile, her eyes did not have the sharpness just now, but became very soft, as if the person who had just become angry was not her.
"Auntie, Tong Xin got a painting by chance, and he also wants to take it out for a competition, is it okay?" Ji Yunfeng walked out and said after saluting.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she looked at Qin Tongxi with interest and asked, "What kind of painting is it?"
Qin Tongxin stood up and saluted, and said, "Empress Dowager, it is a painting that is not inferior to any painting. ”
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, "So confident?"
"Auntie, don't believe it, when you see it, you will definitely be amazed. Ji Yunfeng tilted his head proudly, as if the painting had won.
The Queen Mother smiled, "You can also participate in the competition, but if you lose, you have to be willing to gamble and lose." ”
Lan Jing glanced at them and said with a smile, "Grandmother, you haven't told me how to compare." ”
Although she is confident in her paintings, she is also curious about who will judge and what the scoring criteria will be, whether to show only the best one or to exhibit each one, and then choose the best one.
The Queen Mother glanced at Lan Jing, shook her head and smiled: "Why are you so anxious, just like your mother." ”
The eldest princess is not her mother! Lan Jing smiled wryly, and at this time she realized that the emperor should not have told the queen mother about the matter.
She looked at their mother and son, and suddenly thought that if the Queen Mother found out that she had been deceived, would she be annoyed and angry?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the emperor, and then he felt that the emperor was also very strange, and he kept smiling and sitting there without saying a word, what did he think?