Chapter 7: The Moon Feast
Guanguan with the Qiwuyuan is a clean place, the Queen Mother read that it was infected with illness in the body must be quiet and recuperate, and felt that it should not be too far away from the emperor when it first entered the palace, so she specially chose this is not far away, and the Qiwuyuan of the grass and trees is thriving in Guanguan. In fact, the residences of these new beauties are also arranged according to the level of position, which is a tacit rule for everyone.
Pavilions and water pavilions, fragrant grass, Guanguan just stepped into the garden gate and was full of interest to visit, obviously ten minutes to this garden. Liu Liu was doing some simple cleaning.
"Miss, I said that the saint still doesn't like your 'pockmarked face', although he chose it inexplicably, isn't this still hiding you in this 'deep mountains and old forests', called recuperation, who knows if it is abandoned. Liu Liu complained.
"You little girl, your mouth is also awkward. The Queen Mother should be really angry if you want to know that you criticize her arrangement like this. Guan Guan scolded with a smile, and then said, "The environment here is quiet, I like it very much." ”
Liu Liu lowered her head and continued to work, and suddenly said: "Miss, that day, you saw the emperor, how about it?"
Guan Guan was stunned when he heard this.
"What the hell is going on?" Seeing that Guan Guan didn't answer, Liu Liu asked.
Guan Guan came back to his senses and smiled mischievously at Liu Liu: "What else, the Ninth Five-Year Honor is naturally handsome and extraordinary!"
"Miss, you are so perfunctory!" Liu Liu said urgently.
"Okay, okay, it was just a quick glimpse of that day, and I can't remember exactly. Guan Guan said something, but he fell into deep thought: such a man is destined to be unforgettable when he has seen it, and he is destined to be out of reach.
"The slave/slave has seen a beauty. Suddenly, he heard a voice behind him, Guan Guan turned around and saw seven or eight palace maids and eunuchs on their foreheads on the ground and kneeling on the ground. When Guan Guan saw it, he hurriedly said: "Why do you need such a big battle, get up quickly!"
"The first time I saw my master, I naturally had to make a big salute. The slave maid Yinqiu, please say goodbye to the beauty. "The woman who spoke was a woman of about twenty-five years old, presumably a palace maid of a senior in the palace.
"Slave ingots, please say hello to the beauty. "The same eunuch who is the leader, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Poof!" Liu Liu on the side couldn't help laughing, "Yuanbao?"
"Liu Liu, Hugh is rude!" Guan Guan said helplessly.
"It's all right, beauty, it's not the first time. The slave is the 'Yuan' generation, and there are also those called Yuanfu, Yuanlu, and Yuanshou in the palace. Yuan Bao smiled indifferently, and stuck out his tongue at Liu Liu.
Guan Guan suddenly remembered Aunt Yuanshuang, but looking at the age gap, he doubted: "Aunt Yuanshuang of Chuxiu Palace......"
"If you go back to the beauty, the palace maid and the eunuch are not managed together, and Aunt Yuanshuang is afraid that she will be many generations older than me?"
"Yes, this name is not uncommon in the palace, but what about the slave maid in this generation called 'Yinshi'?"
All the palace people and the officials all laughed.
"You're so busy here. A familiar voice sounded in laughter, and it was none other than the new Fang Cai woman Fang Rou.
"Sister Fang, you're here. Guan Guan greeted him with a smile.
"I've seen the official beauty. Fang Rou said and blessed her body slightly. Guan Guan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Sister, what are you doing, you and my sister, what are you doing with these false courtesies!"
Fang Rou smiled slightly: "Isn't this important in the palace, you can let me finish it." ”
Guan Guan smiled helplessly: "You have to pay attention to these things with others, but the only thing I don't want is to get estranged from my sister because of these false courtesies." ”
Fang Rou was very moved: "Okay, let's not do this, anyway, it won't hinder others." ”
Guan Guan smiled knowingly, and then introduced to Yin Qiu and the others: "This is Fang Cainu. ”
"I've seen Fang Cainu. ”
"Excuse me. Fang Rou nodded slightly.
"Sister, you can make it easy for me to find here, although it is not far away, but this dense vegetation is also deep. Fang Rou complained.
"This sister can't complain about me, it's all arranged by the above, and she has a good reputation, saying that she wants me to 'recuperate', and she looks up to me. How's my sister going?" Guan Guan said with concern.
"I'm fine there. Although Ling Xuezhai is not big, it is very elegant. It's just that where the harem concubines care about is elegance, and it is best to be close to the emperor. Fang Rou said lightly, "Fortunately, I don't want to rise step by step, as long as I can live a stable life, I will be content." ”
Guan Guan nodded: "It's good that my sister can think like this, I'm afraid that the days of step-by-step and intrigue will not be adapted to your temperament, and the two of us sisters can only support each other, and one step at a time." ”
The monthly banquet on the fifteenth day of each month is held as scheduled in the Tong'an Temple. This year's February banquet was particularly grand. One is to harmonize the relationship between the royal family, and the other is to add joy to the new concubines.
"Master, everyone except the one in Qiwuyuan has arrived. "Mama Su attached her ears to the Queen Mother.
"Well, go and ask the emperor to come up. The Queen Mother commanded.
"The slave has asked Qingshuang to invite her, and the emperor said that she would come after dealing with the government. ”
"Go again, you go in person. The Queen Mother was half helpless and half angry, if she waited for him to finish dealing with it, I was afraid that this banquet would be over.
"Yes. Mama Su hurried to the Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has sent someone to invite you. Fu Xuan said urgently.
"I'll go back first. Chu Tianze didn't even raise his eyes.
"Yes. Fu Xuan was accustomed to this reply, so he turned around and went to the outer hall to bring a message to Qingshuang, so that she could make a good deal.
When he returned to the palace, he saw Chu Tianze frowning, and finally couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, the government is worried, why don't you go to Tong'an Hall first, and you can clear your heart." ”
"Isn't it worse to get there!Besides, now that there is a great drought in the north, it hasn't improved for several months, teach me how to clear my heart!" Chu Tianze's face was heavy, and Fu Xuan didn't know what to say for a while.
As soon as Luo Lu came in, he felt the low pressure in the hall, but the words had to be transmitted, so he had to bite the bullet and whispered: "Your Majesty, Mama Su came to invite you personally, saying that you are asking the emperor to take the time to go." ”
Sure enough, Chu Tianze slapped the fold in his hand on the dragon case: "Luo Lu, let Wen Peihuan and Xu Wanfeng come to the Qianqing Palace in half an hour!" After speaking, he walked out with his hands in his hands, looked at Mama Su and said, "Let's go!"
Fu Xuan followed closely behind, secretly thinking: Mama Su represents the Queen Mother, and she came to invite her in person, and she is really anxious to come to the Queen Mother.
When he arrived at Tong'an Palace, Chu Tianze glanced at the whole seat, and walked towards the upper position. Although the Queen Mother was annoyed, she also breathed a sigh of relief: "Emperor, I'm waiting for you alone." ”
"The queen mother laughed, isn't there still an empty one there?" said and pointed with his hand. Chu Tianze left no room for anything, and the Queen Mother's face suddenly sank.
As soon as Fang Rou heard about the vacant seat beside her, she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly explained: "The official beauty was unable to participate in the monthly banquet because she was unwell, and there was a reason for it, and I hope that the emperor and the queen mother will be aware of it." ”
"Don't be nervous, I just ask, if I dare not go to the banquet today, the Queen Mother must have agreed. Chu Tianze sneered, but he wanted to thank this official beauty for her illness.
When the Queen Mother heard this, her face turned a little bluer. Indeed, he asked her to recuperate.
Fang Rou was relieved when she heard that there was nothing to do.
Twenty-one new nobles except Guan Guan toasted Chu Tianze. Chu Tianze chatted with the princes and county kings a few more words, which was nothing more than gossip between the clansmen, how was the health of the ancestors in the mansion.
Princess Qingyang teased Chu Tianze a few words: "The emperor has recently acquired such beauties, I heard that all talents are unique, how boring it is for you to enjoy it alone, why don't you let everyone see it?"
"Qingyang, don't mess around, the boss is not small, and he loves to play so much!" the concubine felt that the princess was very rude, and accused.
Princess Nunu mouth of Qingyang.
Knowing that his aunt has always been hearty, Chu Tianze didn't care much. He was also curious about what kind of woman he had picked, so he said, "I wonder which one my aunt wants to see?"
Qingyang was relieved when he heard this, and said excitedly: "I have heard for a long time that the daughter of Prime Minister Wen's family is said to play the piano well, I wonder if it is really as skilled as rumored?"
Wen Xiyue, who was named, was not surprised, but he smiled silently on the side, he didn't need to be entangled, he just waited for the emperor to speak or not.
When the Queen Mother heard this, this Qingyang was inevitably out of character, and she wanted to stop it, but she didn't want Chu Tianze to turn to the direction of the concubine, and said leisurely: "I also want to hear it." ”
A precious half-moon qin has been placed in the middle of the main hall, Wen Xiyue Lian moved lightly, plucked a string to test the sound, only to listen to the sound of the longer and longer, and smiled: "It's a good piano." He looked at Chu Tianze deeply again, "The concubine is ugly." ”
The sound of the piano is played from Wen Xiyue's hands, sometimes dense and long, sometimes sonorous and agitated, as if whispering softly with a lover, and as if accusing the lover of ignoring it, a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" tells how many women's hearts, especially the women in this harem. Fu Xuan, who was standing beside Chu Tianze and waiting, was also deeply attracted by the sound of the piano, how could this sound of the piano not tell her heart? The moment Wen Xiyue stepped out of the seat, many people were already amazed by her appearance, but such a woman still had such superb piano skills, she was really envious of others. After the song, Wen Xiyue withdrew her hand and looked at Chu Tianze, the affection in her eyes was fully revealed. Chu Tianze saw it in his eyes and smiled faintly.
Everyone was still immersed in the beautiful sound of the piano, and Princess Qingyang was the first to come back to her senses and praised: "Miss Wen, oh, it should be called Wen Baolin now, it really lives up to its name, and its skills are superb, and the affection during this period is also expressed very transparently." As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Tianze, "The emperor is not a beautiful woman." ”
When Wen Xiyue heard this, her face flushed slightly.
"Of course I don't. Chu Tianze said and looked at Concubine Chen on his lower right, "What does Concubine Ai think of Wen Baolin's piano skills?"
"Good. "That ice beauty is only two words.
Everyone was very angry, this Concubine Chen became more and more rude, and she didn't need to speak with respect when she returned to the emperor, so the emperor favored her! Wen Xiyue glanced at Concubine Chen, and in her eyes, she was only "very good"?
Fu Xuan saw that the hour was almost up, and secretly patted Chu Tianze to remind.
Chu Tianze glanced at everyone, smiled and said to Concubine Chen's words: "Concubine Ai rarely praises people, it seems to be really good." Okay, there are still a few ministers waiting for me in the Qianqing Palace, you go on, I will take the lead. After speaking, he raised a bottle of wine and drank it all, ignoring the reaction of everyone, and walked away. Passing by a young man, he raised his eyes and said, "You come too." ”