(61) Banquet (I)
If you let your daughter enter the palace, follow the palace of the Shangzhen Bureau to learn, and you can also weave more hand cages for backup!
As soon as the Queen Mother's words came out, the daughter of Lord Zou at the bottom of the head lost her face on the spot, her lips were pale and white, and her eyes were black for a while! And Mrs. Zou, her legs were already weak, and she was trembling in two ways, only relying on the last trace of clarity in her brain, and she almost knelt down and cried!
Not only Miss Zou and Mrs. Zou were shocked, but the wives and clan ladies around them also gasped when they heard this. Some of the young ones didn't even hang up on face, and looked directly at Mrs. Zou and her daughter standing in front of the hall in surprise, with a look of regret or schadenfreude in their eyes.
It's no wonder everyone is so surprised, when the Queen Mother was still the queen, she was famous for her good speech. Even if she accidentally offends her, as long as it is not a particularly serious matter, the Queen Mother will skip it lightly, and will not let others get off the stage on the spot. This is also why these women and others can talk and laugh with the Queen Mother very boldly today, just because the Queen Mother is a gentle person, as long as she does not violate her bottom line, she is almost the same as the old feudal monarch in the family, respectful and not afraid.
So Mrs. Zou couldn't understand why the Queen Mother suddenly said such heavy words to herself and her daughter.
Don't underestimate the weight of this sentence. Let his daughter enter the palace and follow the palace of the Shangzhen Bureau to learn to make a hand cage, and weave more hand cages for His Majesty and the queen, which is to compare Zou Girl to a palace maid naked. But you can't say that this sentence is not good, your own daughter made two hand cages, but the queen mother thinks that your craftsmanship is not up to par, so she lets you follow Gong Zhengxue, because she thinks you are a material that can be made, do you want to say that the hand cage you weave is so good that the real power female official in the palace is not qualified to teach herself? You must know that any palace maid in the Shanggong Bureau can be a respected teacher in the official eunuch's house, what qualifications does the Zou family have to look down on a female official who is a good third grade? They are half a level higher than Lord Zou's official position!
Further, to say to a person who wants to enter the palace as a concubine, you go to study hard with the palace maid, it is no less than directly telling her: You are not even as good as the palace maid! This sentence, for Miss Zou, is more painful than ripping her own flesh!
It is definitely impossible for the Zou girl to enter the palace, but what's worse is that as soon as the Queen Mother's words come out, who else will dare to marry the Zou family in the future?!
Any random person here turned around and said to the family, everyone knows that the Zou family has a daughter who wants to enter the palace but is rejected by the queen mother, not only this Zou girl has no one to marry, I am afraid that the other children of the Zou family will also be affected! The only way to keep the reputation of the Zou family is to send this Zou girl to accompany the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha for a long time, so that this game can be broken.
Therefore, it can be seen how ruthless the Queen Mother's words are.
There was a dead silence above the hall, and the Zou girl looked a little trance-like, her face was full of tears, she bit her lip, and looked around with her eyes blankly.
Song Mier sat on it and frowned, she knew that others might think that this Zou girl might have committed the taboo of the queen mother, so she said such heavy words, but she knew in her heart that the queen mother was probably irritable again, if it was when she was calm, at most she would have calmly accepted the cage, and then deliberately forgot about it, so that the Zou couple would have waited for a while without being summoned to know that their daughter had no hope of entering the palace, and this matter was over, the face of the Zou family was saved, and the royal dignity was not lost. However, the queen mother said something heavy, and said the heaviest thing that the queen mother had said to a little girl who had not left the cabinet for the first time in decades.
Song Mier sighed in his heart, it seems that after Laba, he will ask the imperial doctor to prescribe a prescription for his mother, and it is not good for his body to be depressed. But for now, how to solve this matter is the focus.
But before Song Mier had time to say anything, the Queen Mother flicked her sleeves and stood up directly: "It's a banquet, let's go!" ”
Get! The depressed old lady character is ten out of ten.
Song Mier sighed again: Queen Mother, give me a preview the next time you lose your temper! Don't let me be so passive, okay!
Thinking so in his heart, Song Mier had to put on the most standard smile, then stood up, and said to everyone: "It's not too early, and I ask all the ladies to go to the Taihe Hall with the Queen Mother and the palace." ”
After that, Song Mier stepped forward and supported the Queen Mother in half a step, and slowly walked outside. The Queen Mother was supported, looked sideways, and it turned out to be her favorite daughter-in-law, and the accumulated anger in her heart dissipated for some reason, and she didn't say anything more, raised her head slightly and took a step.
Mrs. Zou in the main hall saw the Queen Mother and the Queen walking down, and hurriedly pulled her daughter, who was still pale, and lowered her head, hoping that the Queen Mother would not see herself and would not say anything that made her unbearable.
Unfortunately, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother walked in front of her and stopped.
Mrs. Zou only felt that the Queen Mother's cold gaze swept over her back, and after arousing her sweat, she slowly spoke: "Has Mrs. Zou's daughter ever made a promise?" ”
Mrs. Zou was shocked, and she couldn't figure out what the queen mother meant, but it wouldn't mean that she wanted her daughter to enter the palace after all! So he replied honestly: "The Queen Mother, the little girl has not promised someone, a concubine, a concubine, and she is the only biological concubine, and she wants to stay for two more years, and I don't want to marry her so soon." ”
"Hmm~", the Queen Mother seemed to be very satisfied with this answer, and her tone became more pleasant, "So, since Mrs. Zou is not in a hurry, there are mostly young talents in Beijing, and the mourning family can also help to refer to the details, let's choose slowly, and we can always choose the right one." ”
This sentence is like taking Mrs. Zou and Miss Zou directly from hell to heaven, and I still feel that my daughter may not want to marry in this life, and now with the words of the Queen Mother, maybe she can get a good marriage given by each emperor, and she will be respected more in her husband's family in the future.
Seeing that not only could not enter the palace but also became a monk, Miss Zou, who was already desperate, heard the words of the Queen Mother, and her despair instantly turned into full gratitude to the Queen Mother, and she didn't even have the slightest unwillingness and resentment.
And the ladies and ladies around them, just now at Mrs. Zou's disdainful ridicule and schadenfreude, they all became surprised and a little envious: although this Zou daughter is stupid, but if she can get a royal marriage from the queen mother, she will suffer some hardships, it doesn't matter!
Why aren't they worried that the Queen Mother will have bad intentions and give this Zou girl a bad embryo? Needless to say? In this hall, the Queen Mother Chrysostom said that if she didn't want the face of the royal family to be lost by herself, how could she still do tricks and feet in the marriage of the Zou family to show her small belly? I can't say it, I have to try my best to find a good family for the Zou family and give some dowry, so it can be justified.
Song Mier opened his peach blossom eyes as if he was drunk but not drunk, walked around in front of everyone, secretly wrote down the way the Queen Mother cooked, and slowly pondered in his heart.
After this incident, everyone walked towards the Taihe Hall with their own thoughts.
Fortunately, the Taihe Hall is not far from the Xuande Palace, and the palace people opened the road early in the morning, and a group of women walked over swaggeringly, but it was only a matter of a quarter of an hour, sitting in the Biwu Hall for so long, just moving and relaxing.
Arrived at the main hall of the Taihe Palace, the concubines waited at their respective tables in the hall early, and waited until the Queen Mother and the Queen stepped on a high place and sat down, only then did they and the ladies and their families perform the first ceremony together, and they sat down one after another.
The main hall is divided into two parts, on one side is the palace concubine's family, on the other side is Shen Zhan and the officials, in the middle of the sixteen rosewood screens are separated, the white silk of the screen is embroidered with a little red plum, but it is also very appropriate.
The concubines and their mothers and relatives have not seen each other for a long time, and they are very excited to look forward to this day, but they are very excited, but they are patient with their identities, and they are sitting on both sides of the hall, and there are still many people in front of them, and they can not both cry and complain to each other, they can only look at each other from a distance across the sea of people, and there are several concubines, all with red eyes.
"Why don't you see your mother?"
It was Sun Shuyi and Sun Xuan who were asking, she had always been good friends with Yue Shuyi and Yu Xi, but now she was asking Duan Zhaoyi and Duan Miao.
Duan Zhaoyi was often inseparable from He Zhaoyi in the past, but for some time later, for some reason, He Zhaoyi gradually became estranged from Duan Zhaoyi, until the month before last, He Zhaoyi suddenly changed from Zhaoyi to Chongyi because of a mistake, and tonight's seat also changed from the first few rows to the back, Duan Zhaoyi sat in Zhaoyi's seat alone, looking so desolate and lonely. Duan Miao's right hand side is Sun Xuan, who has always been bold and lively, she saw her mother and sister on the opposite side, and she was looking at her with tears in her eyes, her eyes were full of concern, but she consciously felt that she had nothing bad in the palace, and there was nothing trouble, so she nodded to her mother and sister with a smile, and when she turned around, she saw Duan Zhaoyi sitting alone with her head bowed and holding a wine glass without saying a word, and she couldn't help but ask.
Duan Zhaoyi's hand holding the wine glass shook slightly, and said in a low voice: "My mother has long passed away. ”
"Ah," Sun Xuan covered up her exclamation that was about to reach her lips, and sincerely apologized to Duan Miao, "Sister Duan, I'm sorry, I, I don't know・・・・・・"
Duan Miao glanced at her lightly, and just as Sun Xuan felt that that glance contained a thousand words, Duan Miao smiled softly again, "It's okay, I was still young when my mother died, and I can't remember too much about her, and I won't be too sad." After saying that, he smiled lightly at Sun Xuan, and his always resolute expression softened. For a while, Sun Xuan felt that this Duan Zhaoyi was not as inaccessible as the legend, and seemed to be a gentle and easy person to get along with.
Thinking of this, Sun Xuan couldn't help but cast her eyes on the queen sitting on the throne again, compared to the concubine who was half a position shorter on the left side of the queen mother, the queen mother seemed to be a good person to get along with, Sun Xuan couldn't help but think of what Yu Xi beside her said to herself, whether it was Queen Toucheng or the concubine, they were little concubines, if they wanted to go one step further in their position, they should think about it carefully. Thinking about Rou Guiji, who stood on the queen's side, during this time, even the imperial doctor could ask her to treat her illness, it is said that her health is much better than before, and the best silver silk carbon sent to the palace is also the best, and Her Majesty, if the queen is inconvenient, it is also Rou Guiji who goes the most, and even Sister Yuxi - obviously the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet is the most emperor's heart, and the person who became the second concubine with a title in the palace can't be like the one after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and almost sat on an equal footing with Rou Guiji. It seems that it is time to think carefully about your own way out.
At this time, Song Mier, the most cordial queen mother in Sun Xuan's eyes, was angry with the concubine.
I don't know which tendon is wrong with Liu Shuxing, maybe it's because the wind and waves in the palace have been quiet for a long time recently, no, obviously he just sat down, and he began to attack himself.
"How is Niangniang doing lately? Seeing that the mother is emaciated, the palace is busy, and I hope that the mother will take care of herself. ”
As soon as he came up, the Ming Dynasty sarcastically said that he couldn't manage palace affairs well, and Song Mier was bored when he saw Liu Guifei's demonic face.
"The concubine is reasonable, thanks to the empathy of the queen mother and His Majesty, I can't see the fatigue of the palace, but you, the concubine, are the oldest in the palace, and you have to take the responsibility of opening up the leaves for the royal family!"
Song Mier brushed the foam in the teacup unhurriedly, her voice was light and shallow, and she couldn't hear what she was saying if she didn't listen carefully. Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian, who were not far from Song Mier and the concubine, were eating the pine nuts peeled for her by the palace maid without distraction, and the other was gently and kindly looking at the room full of warblers and warblers under the high platform, with a smile on the corner of their mouths.
The queen and the concubine played the edge, the two were stunned and didn't understand, and they didn't want to listen, the only concubine Zhuang who wanted to listen was sitting under the high platform, but she raised her ears but in vain, only to see what the queen said, the concubine's face was red, quite angry, the willow eyebrows were upside down, and even the corners of the eyes were dyed a little red, worthy of being the concubine of the six palaces of the Yanguan now, even if she was angry, she was also gorgeous, Concubine Zhuang stared at Liu Shuxing angrily for a long time, and at an angle that no one could see, she silently spit out two words: slut!
No matter how jealous Concubine Zhuang was of the concubine's appearance, Liu Shuxing had no time to take care of it, but now she was a little angry. In her opinion, the queen is just a yellow-haired girl, and she still remembers that when she was in school, she was still arguing in her grandmother's arms to drink milk, so what is compared to herself? Whether it is dignified and virtuous or arrogant now, the yellow-haired little girl has lost a little momentum, and when she didn't give her a good meal in the past, she had to think of a way to fight back afterwards. Except for the initial confrontation and the wrong person - hmph, who let this yellow-haired girl never participate in the activities of the noble girls, who knows her! - Liu Shuxing always thought that it was just a mistake, not to mention, she had an incomparable advantage over this yellow-haired girl: she understood what the emperor wanted, so she gave the emperor something. But what about this girl, not only did she not manage the harem well, but she had a bunch of unresolved things since she entered the palace, and she still helped cover up and solve one or two things, and even asked Her Majesty to help her deal with the aftermath.
But it's a pity that I pride myself on knowing the mind of the majesty best, so I can't tell this girl: If it wasn't for the stability of the court, how could she let her sit in the position of the queen? However, Prime Minister Song is not only a family, but also faintly the leader of the literati group, sooner or later, the struggle for imperial power will break out between His Majesty and the Prime Minister, little girl, you just wait to cry! It's a pity that such news, I can only stand in front of her arrogantly and sue her when I wait until the day of the outbreak, the day when Song Mier falls high from the queen's throne to the dust.
Thinking of this, Liu Shuxing's mood improved a little, but when he thought of Song Mier's attitude just now, the corners of Liu Shuxing's mouth straightened again, this girl is really different from before, she would not play tricks with herself like this in the past, and mock herself. It's just a matter of saying that he is old, who doesn't know that the youngest person in this palace is this delicate little queen? Xu is herself knows that she is slowly growing, Xu is has seen more amazing eyes at her in the past few days, her temper has grown, and her heart has grown, and her lack of confidence has dissipated because of her young age. The most infuriating thing is that who doesn't know that in addition to the queen, His Majesty's favorite thing is to come to the palace of himself and Rou Guiji, the queen is young, her body bones are not well developed, and it doesn't matter if she hasn't been pregnant in the past two years, Rou Guiji is already weak, and it is natural that she can't conceive, but she is the oldest and her body is also the best, but it's been almost a year but there is still no movement, and it has already become a piece of her heart. This little queen is good, but she wants to stimulate herself with her heart disease!
"Niangniang is used to laughing, not only the concubine body, which concubine here does not bear these heavy responsibilities, sometimes, the concubine body is really envious of the young age of the mother, the burden on the body, or the age of being able to play・・・・・・" Speaking of this, Liu Shuxing seemed to have said the wrong thing and covered his mouth, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile, "Niangniang is not strange, the concubine has a cool temperament and a straightforward heart, but no matter how straightforward she is, she can't compare to the concubine's temperament, the concubine is really envious, and the concubine can always accompany the queen's side, It's a lot of opportunities to see the sky・・・・・・"
Yuan Wanyou, who was eating pine nuts happily, choked, why did he pull it on his head inexplicably? She turned her head suspiciously, but looked at Song Mier's calm face, Liu Shuxing was smiling like spring, how to look like the Dalmatian dog called Spring raised at home in spring. Thinking like this, she also said: "What Niangniang said is, but the concubine thinks that in this winter, it is difficult to see the sky, it is better to see the concubine Niangniang more, it seems to have seen the spring scene, so comfortable・・・・・・"
Liu Shuxing raised her eyebrows, and was slightly surprised: Shufei, is this complimenting me? I haven't turned my mind around yet, but my face has already smiled, what woman doesn't like others to praise her beauty? What's more, these words are still coming from the mouth of their opponents, and there is nothing wrong with sounding like this. Liu Shuxing smiled with his eyebrows, but when he saw that Song Mier was also smiling loudly, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart: Could it be that this Yuan Wanyou has something to say in the truth? How could Hongu not hear that something was wrong?
Although he was still in doubt, Liu Shuxing still immediately calmed down, and glanced at Song Mier with a little arrogance in his calmness, "Queen Mother, look at Concubine Shu, didn't you stay in Xuande Palace all day long in the past, but you still feel that the sky is hard to see, tsk, what can we do?" ”
Yuan Wanyou sneered, that sentence was wrong with herself, why, Liu Shuxing still thought that this way he could provoke himself and Mi'er?
Sure enough, Song Mier didn't answer Liu Shuxing's words at all, just nodded slightly, didn't look at Liu Shuxing, turned around and whispered a few words to the Queen Mother beside him, and then stood up with a wine glass:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come, and the Queen Mother has a decree, so let's have a banquet here. This first cup, the palace wishes the great calendar, the wind and rain, the people's society, and the peace of the country. Song Mier's aura is full of energy, his expression is dignified, and he looks more and more like a queen who can withstand the wind and rain.
"This second cup," there was a smile on Song Mi'er's face, not as strict as Fang Cai, "This palace wishes His Majesty and the Queen Mother, the Holy Eucharist eternal peace." “
"This third cup," Song Mier raised the wine glass again, no longer with a smile on his face, a pair of misty peach blossom eyes were also bent into a crescent moon, bent into peach blossom petals, and people's eyes were straight, only to see her laughing and teasing: "I wish you sisters to see the face of heaven often, ladies and girls everything goes smoothly, and always rejoice." ”
This sentence was completely a joke tone, but it made the atmosphere of the banquet relaxed, and some lively concubines and girls had already laughed.
Especially the queen mother's sentence "common heavenly face", but it hit the mind of many concubines in the palace, and when they heard the queen mother say this today, the concubines felt that their future work was guaranteed, and they were naturally very happy. However, Liu Shuxing was not so happy, he just laughed at others for following the queen, and he didn't necessarily let the queen out generously, and the queen immediately slapped her face, but well, Liu Shuxing picked up the wine glass and turned around, and let out a sneer in her heart, I don't know if the queen is really generous or fake generous, whether she is really stupid or fake smart, in order to slap her face at the palace banquet of the New Year's Festival, she said such a sentence in front of so many women, and in the future, those little concubines will give out some moths for your majesty. When the time comes, she will feel good!
Not to mention that Liu Shuxing was calculating and slandering on the side, when Song Mier said that, the hall on the female guest's side was lively.
At this time, there was a commotion next door, everyone turned their ears to listen to the movement, it turned out that Shen Zhan saw Song Mier chanting a toast, and estimated that it was time for a banquet, so he also stood up, wished Jiangshan Sheji, wished the country and the people, and wished the minister of the humerus.
The musicians of the court played the music behind the curtain, leaving only vague shadows, and both the concubines and the maidens held their glasses or leaned their heads together, whispering, or listening to the music and beats with their eyes closed. If the atmosphere is still harmonious on the side of the female guests, there is laughter and laughter on the other side of the screen, and the concubines and concubines present only hear a burst of laughter from time to time on the other side of the screen, or vaguely hear who got up and made a poem, if you see that the figure reflected on the screen looks very handsome and graceful, you can't wait to block all the voices of the hall talking on your side and the laughter next door, and listen to what kind of poem the merry figure has made, which has attracted the applause of the ministers. Some of them were girls who came with the idea of entering the palace, and now they are also attracted by many figures, pretending to enjoy the music of the palace, while secretly watching the movement on the other side, and the women have forgotten to be reserved, merry talents, who wouldn't love it? It's true that the concubines are quite honest, but there are also like Sun Xuan who had the courage to listen to what poems were read next door, and there are also like Jiang Yuexi, who secretly stabbed Qin Shuya on her side, telling her not to just care about eating, but to evaluate the quality of the poem in front of her with herself.
When the first emperor was there, there were many things that gave the dancing girl musician in the palace to the favored ministers on a whim, and the women were afraid, and the new emperor was like the first emperor, and when the banquet was over, there was a young and beautiful girl in his carriage. The concubines haven't moved yet, most of the concubines present, Shen Zhan hasn't even seen each other, and he can't talk about pampering, so naturally there is no love, there will be other concubines without a dancing girl, if His Majesty really pampered a dancing girl, her lowly status can't make any waves, and the sky has fallen and there is a high-ranking lady on top; There are those who have been pampered, and their faces are still acceptable, at this time, they have not yet fully established the awareness that His Majesty's favor is the weight of the harem, and naturally they will not spoil their rare good mood today because of something that has not yet appeared.
Song Mier watched everyone's changing faces on the stage, but she felt very interesting, and she didn't care if Shen Zhan was accompanied by beauty. Except for Liu Shuxing, a family background that can match his own and his rival, but also a strong opponent that he can't deal with, other people, who does Shen Zhan like to favor, that's the emperor's right, isn't it? As long as it doesn't hurt your own interests, it's easy to say.
However, the hardest thing to say now is my own queen mother. Song Mier secretly glanced at the Queen Mother, and saw her smiling, looking happy, thinking that she must be happy. I also breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, praying that the Queen Mother would not suddenly break her love at this time.
But in this world, sometimes, he will come to what you are afraid of.