Chapter 3: Greetings
"The royal maiden Zhang asked the queen mother to say goodbye, and the queen mother was saint. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
When a newlyweds enter the palace, they must first meet the queen. At this time, Wei Xiyan was in the Zichen Palace. Kneeling with his right leg half-kneeling, holding his left knee with both hands, bowing his head, and speaking respectfully.
"Get up," the queen's voice was clear but steady.
After getting up slowly, I heard her say again, "Come, raise your head and take a look at the main palace."
Slowly raising her head, the high-ranking woman who came into view had a moth eyebrow, her hair combed with a high hairpin, and the phoenix totem sewn with gold thread made the whole person solemn and high. Even if there are faint wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still can't hide his good looks.
At the same time, the queen was also carefully studying her face, and smiled approvingly: "Since the election of palace officials, this palace has always been very curious about you. When I saw it today, it was really amazing, Guifei, what do you think? ”
As she spoke, she turned to look at the woman sitting on her left.
The concubine looks much younger in comparison, with a pair of peach blossom eyes with spring, fine and fair skin, delicate red lips, and a long cotton jacket with printed ruyi pattern flowers, wearing an orange-red elastic ink crane pattern magnolia skirt.
She rested her hand on her chin, and her languid posture added a bit of seductiveness. It's just that the words spoken are tingere.
"According to my sister, this royal girl is beautiful, but she is too childish, and it is difficult to get into the elegant hall."
Seeing that the others were a little confused, the concubine pointed at Wei Xiyan and said, "The female official is a concubine, which is a joke." What's more, I heard that your father was a street cloth seller in his early years. And all the mothers here are at least six grades or above. You say, "Are you the ones you can compare?" ”
After saying that, some of the concubines covered their mouths and chuckled. She lowered her head again, and in the face of such humiliation, even if she was dissatisfied in her heart, she could only swallow her anger.
"The concubine said this a little heavily," just as he was feeling embarrassed, a gentle voice came. Wei Xiyan secretly glanced at the source of the voice - the woman who spoke was sitting directly opposite the concubine, her face was as beautiful as the autumn moon, like the autumn moon, and she was the most elegant among the concubines.
She said slowly: "Even if they are high-ranking officials and nobles, they are all from the market, but this palace admires the father of the royal daughter, and it is really ordinary people to be able to go from a small merchant to the first silk merchant in the south of the Yangtze River...... Speaking of which, I remember that the concubine's father also went from a poor student to today's right envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!"
After hearing this, the concubine's face instantly became gloomy, and her tone began to be more mean, with an aggressive meaning, "On weekdays, Concubine Shu talks the least, but today she is more sharp-toothed." So, it looks like you're almost in good shape! ”
Concubine Shu had no intention of arguing with her tongue, so she stopped talking. Just picked up the handkerchief, covered his mouth, and coughed lightly.
At this time, the queen finally couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Okay, concubine, all the concubines are here today." Pay attention to your words and deeds, and don't make jokes! ”
Even if the concubine's face is not good-looking, she can be regarded as recognizable. She stood up, owed a debt, and said, "The concubine knows that she is wrong, and she asks the queen to punish her." The tone is mostly disdainful.
The queen just didn't see it, her attitude was gentle, she sat upright, and said: "Forget about today's affairs, the sisters must live in harmony with each other in the future, and they must not be quick to speak for a while." Okay, let's stand down. Then she looked at Wei Xiyan and said, "Imperial Lady Zhang, you stay, there are still some palace matters to explain to you in this palace." ”
The concubine took the lead in getting up, glanced at Concubine Shu contemptuously, walked past her, and whispered to her, "Let's come to Japan for a long time." Then he smiled, shocking Wei Xiyan's heart.
After everyone left, the queen beckoned to her and said, "Come, Imperial Lady Zhang, come and sit down beside the palace." Wei Xiyan sat next to the queen as she said, but she still didn't dare to raise her head.
Looking at her restrained appearance, the queen chuckled lightly and said with relief: "When you enter this palace, this palace will be your own sister, and when there are only the two of us in the future, you don't have to be so formal." ”
Then, the queen put her hand on her lap and said softly: "You have also seen today's situation, the concubine is a perverse person, you don't have to take it too seriously." ”
Wei Xiyan sighed lightly in his heart, this beam is even a ......
The queen seemed to see through what she was thinking, and then said: "No matter how unreasonable the concubine is, with this palace here, she doesn't dare to be too presumptuous." ”
At this point, the queen stopped, and when she got to the point, it was up to this maid to be able to enlighten or not.
After a little thought, she immediately understood what the queen meant. immediately knelt down in front of the queen and said in a low voice: "In the future, please take care of the mother, and Xiyan is willing to go to the soup for the mother!" ”
"Silly boy, what are you doing, get up!" The queen said and helped her up, "It is the queen's duty to manage the harem concubines, and she can naturally help with what she can, but it's just ......" she smiled meaningfully, "But it's the emperor who can really speak." You take advantage of the opportunity......"
When he walked out of the queen's palace, Wei Xiyan's heart was mixed. It's just a day that I'm already a little overwhelmed, and I'm afraid the road ahead is getting harder and harder.
Just thinking about it, a familiar figure walked in front of him, "Pinghui Sizan?" ”
"The slave maid greets the maid." Pinghui saw her and hurriedly stopped to give a salute.
Wei Xiyan was surprised: "How can you see Si Zan here, but you have something to see the queen?" ”
Ping Hui was stunned for a long time before replying: "Back to Niangniang, the Shangyi Bureau is already in charge of the queen. ”
"Oh, I see." nodded, and inadvertently saw the jade bracelet in Pinghui's right hand, sneered in his heart, and let her go.
On the way back, Wei Xiyan thought carefully, the queen and the concubine have always been at odds. Now the queen is deliberately wooing, if she is attached to the queen, she is clearly the enemy of the concubine; But if she doesn't depend on others, based on today's events, you can conclude that she has no possibility of surviving alone in the palace. It's just a point, the concubine can't expect to befriend her anyway, so let's take one step at a time. Since Pinghui is the queen's person, perhaps, after winning the queen's trust, it is convenient to inquire about some things eight years ago.
Thinking like this, I didn't realize that I arrived at the gate of Changle Palace, but found that there were already people standing at the gate of the palace. One of the eunuchs at the head was dressed up, followed by two maids, and when they saw him coming, the three of them hurried towards her.
"Greetings to the Maiden"
"This is Gonggong Wei of the Internal Service Bureau." The maid Birou whispered in her ear.
Nodding, she smiled and said, "Father-in-law Wei, please get up, I must have been waiting for a long time." ”
"Not long after," Father-in-law Wei hurriedly turned sideways to introduce the two behind her, "These two are arranged by the queen mother to serve the royal maid, they are called Shui Tong and Shui Ling. ”
With a slight bow, she smiled at Gonggong Wei and said, "Thank you for the concubine." ”
"Yes, sissy." After Wei's father-in-law finished speaking, he retreated.
Then, she turned to Birou and said, "Don't prepare the meal, you just make the bed, I'm a little tired." After speaking, he walked into the palace without looking back.
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A sturdy figure climbed over the back wall of the palace and flashed to the door of the study like a ghost, and the man straightened his clothes and pushed the door open.
Chen Feng was pouring wine, and he didn't look at the man, but said coldly: "The back door is open, you have to go over the wall." ”
The man smiled more than Heqing and sat opposite Chen Feng. The light reflected a handsome face and a pair of lazy eyes, which was the person hidden under the tree that day!
He laughed and said, "The walls of your palace are too low. ”
Chen Feng didn't answer, and added wine to himself.
The man held his cheeks, looked at the few jars of wine scattered on the table, and sighed that good wine was regarded as a white water belly by the people in front of him, and said boredly: "You have never been an alcoholic, but what is there to worry about?" ”
Chen Feng's hand holding the wine glass stopped, and his tone was indifferent, "Knowingly asked." ”
After hearing this, the man scolded him for being boring, "I really don't know, I obviously don't want you to let her enter the palace...... By the way, I heard that she ran into the concubine in the palace today......" At this point, he tentatively looked at the man who was drinking on the other side.
Chen Feng didn't show the slightest surprise, "You don't know the character of the concubine, how can she ever give a good look when the newcomer enters the palace." As he spoke, another glass of wine was in his throat.
"But the queen seems to have left her alone......," the man tapped his fingers on his glass, as if he was thinking about something.
Stopping to drink, Chen Feng said thoughtfully: "The queen values her a lot. ”
"Didn't you think she would become a concubine?" The man said in a muffled voice.
Chen Feng was a little short of breath, and finally spoke impatiently: "I invited you to come to drink, not to listen to you." After entering the palace, it is up to her to create, not for us to interfere with! ”
"Then why didn't you tell him the truth?" The man was inexplicably reprimanded and retorted with a slight dissatisfaction.
But the only thing that answered him was the sound of the wind blowing the window lattice.
Only then did he realize that Chen Feng had fallen asleep.
Carefully closing the door, the man stood with his hands in his hands, his face was rarely serious. Not only to the people in the house but also to himself, he sighed lightly: "It's all evil......