Chapter 8 The harem, with women as the protagonists
On the second day, the weather was unusually cold, and the sun came out, emitting a warm glow, melting the ice that had formed in the cold of the previous night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Xiao Ping was having breakfast at the same table with the concubine at this time, and he was still using breakfast happily and contentedly as usual, without seeing anything abnormal.
The concubine also held chopsticks in her hand and watched him eat with a smile, "Let's go to Fengyi Palace to greet the queen later, okay?" ”
Xiao Ping swallowed the snack, he looked at the concubine suspiciously, "Doesn't you usually go once in half a month?" Why are you going today? ”
"Go and congratulate the queen mother, congratulate her on the success of the feast, and show the style of the mother of the country." There was no resentment, jealousy, or unwillingness on the face of the concubine, and she said calmly.
"Well, the mother goes, and the child goes; If the mother doesn't go, neither will the child. Xiao Ping nodded, looking at the concubine with dependence.
"Hehe, my son is so good."
Although the Lantern Festival has not yet passed, the winter seems to have passed, the ice on the branches is melting, and you can already see the hidden little greenery on the branches, the concubine thinks, in a few months, this palace will usher in more delicate flowers, at that time it is really full of spring, think about it and not interesting, all the flowers are crowded together, competing to open, more gorgeous and dazzling than who blooms, just wait for His Majesty a flower appreciator, see who is gorgeous and water the nectar, the flowers will be more beautiful, and the withered ones next to them will be cleaned up by the flower appreciators. What kind of flowers can be gorgeous all the time, no, as long as the flower admirers are there, there will be continuous flowers blooming and falling, until the flower admirers go, then the most colorful flowers will occupy the entire palace, and the rest will be low and small, thinking, the concubine smiled.
"Stop, Niangniang, Fengyi Palace has arrived."
"yes, got it."
The concubine answered, and said to Xiao Ping, who was sitting on the side, "Let's go down." ”
Xiao Ping nodded naturally, and got off, the concubine took his hand and the two walked in front, followed by Ping'er and Mama Lan, and when they arrived in front of the main hall, Mama Lan and Ping'er stopped and waited outside, they were not qualified to enter the main hall of Fengyi Palace.
As soon as I entered the hall, there was a moment of silence, but immediately the concubines who arrived early in the hall reacted, got up and saluted, and this time the concubine did not walk to her chair and sit down as usual arrogantly, but showed a friendly smile, nodded her head, and then walked to her place and sat down.
Mama Zhao's eyes flickered in the hall, and she thought to herself, sure enough, the concubine was showing weakness and low-key.
There are many concubines who have this kind of thought, they squeeze their eyebrows one by one, laugh and do not speak, but there are a few exceptions, Concubine Su still twists the Buddha beads with her eyes closed, of course, it is not the conspicuous string of evidence of the crime yesterday; Concubine Rou looked at the concubine sympathetically, the face full of the Virgin was visible to everyone; Concubine Shu put on a lot of makeup, and her festive appearance was obviously gloating; There is an even more strange one, the woman actually grinned, Xiao Ping didn't know, mainly because Emperor Qingping had a lot of concubines, and he couldn't get to know the concubines all over the palace.
"Yo, sister concubine, why did you come so early today, you came here in the past."
The grinning woman opened her mouth in a weird way, with mockery in her eyes, and stabbed straight into the concubine's heart.
The concubine secretly clenched her fists, and let go again, she unfolded her brightest smile, "Concubine Jian, it's rare that you care, when will this palace come, what does it mean for you to care so much, it's better to put more thought on Your Majesty, otherwise you, the old man who has been following Your Majesty, is still a concubine, and everyone else has become concubines, and you don't have any brilliance on your face." ”
The concubine floated her eyes at the festive concubine, and responded to Concubine Jian lightly, Concubine Jian glared at Concubine Guifei resentfully, looked at Concubine Shu jealously, snorted lightly, and stopped talking.
Concubine Shu doesn't care, she has been in the palace for a few years, and she has become a concubine, and she has long become a thorn in the eyes of women in the harem.
Concubine Su has always pretended to be a wooden person, and the fourth prince sat beside her obediently, without her usual liveliness.
All the concubines are watching the excitement, anyway, the concubines and concubines are their opponents, and the concubines don't like these three people, the concubines used to be arrogant and arrogant with their status, and now they all want to see her downcast; Concubine Shu took away His Majesty's favor, which made people even more resentful; Concubine Jian, who took refuge in the queen, relied on the queen, dared to say anything, and offended a large number of people. Watching these three people fight, they can't help it.
It's just an ordinary disrespectful retort, Xiao Ping's eyes swept around, and he saw all living beings, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, the harem is really a battlefield for women.
"Your Majesty, the queen mother has arrived, and the eldest prince has arrived."
With the sound of the announcement, everyone in the hall got up, and it was still the concubine who led the way, "Your Majesty, Queen Niangniang." ”
As usual, Emperor Qingping called, and the emperor and queen took the seat.
Then the princes and princesses left their respective mothers and concubines, and greeted the emperor and queen, Xiao Ping, of course, this time it was the queen who called up, showing the love of her mother, asking one by one, saying a few words of homely things, and the princes and princesses returned to their seats again.
"Last night, there was a big banquet for hundreds of officials, and the ministers all invited the spring draft, and I will hand over the matter to the queen here, and the concubine will assist by the side." Emperor Qingping took a sip of tea and said.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do it properly."
The queen smiled kindly, and only she was qualified to call me in front of Emperor Qingping.
The concubine smiled silently, her head hung down, her eyes squinted, and it was dark and bright inside.
Emperor Qingping patted the queen's hand, "I don't have to worry about your errands, I'm going to the court." ”
He put down the teacup and simply left, without looking at the concubine, to be exact, without any of the harem concubines.
"All the sisters have heard clearly, this draft is dominated by the palace, supplemented by the concubine." The queen said word by word, and deliberately glanced at the concubine, this is to announce that she is the mistress of the harem, she is above the concubine, you are just the same as the concubines who entered the palace in the future, and the concubines I chose to serve for Your Majesty.
The concubines bowed their heads, the concubine was silent, the concubine was full of care, Concubine Su was still a piece of wood, but Concubine Rou reacted the most, she was crying dazzlingly, looking at the queen resentfully, looking like you were bullying.
It may be that the appearance of the concubines bowing down to the queen pleased the queen, she dispersed the queen's momentum, and asked the concubine with a smile, "I heard that the cousin of the concubine's sister is going to participate in this draft, so I have to congratulate my sister first on being able to see her family every day in the future." ”
"Poof"
There was a palace concubine who couldn't hold back and laughed, the concubine swept her eyes, and they all sat upright one by one, only Concubine Jian was very excited, and Concubine Shu seemed to be smiling.
"Thank you Sister Queen for your concern, if my sister misses her family, I believe that my sister's family may also be willing to send her family into the palace to accompany my sister, then, my sister doesn't have to envy me."
The concubine spoke stiffly.
The queen waved her hand and smiled, "Sister said that she was joking, isn't the family in this palace in the palace?" Your Majesty is my husband, aren't these my children? ”
The queen pointed to the princess and princess present one by one, and Concubine Su, who had been closing her eyes, suddenly opened her eyes, the anger and hatred in it were terrifying, and it was only for a moment, everyone paid attention to the queen and the concubine, and they didn't notice it, but Xiao Ping, who had been paying a lot of attention to Concubine Su, saw it, and at that time, he felt that Concubine Su was like a poisonous snake that forbeared.
The concubine was silent, the concubines should not, the queen felt bored, and waved her hand, "Disperse." ”
The concubines responded, and waited for the noble concubine, the concubine, the concubine, and the concubine Su Concubine to walk out of the hall first, and then exited the hall one by one.
"Sister Su doesn't look boring reciting Buddhist scriptures in the palace all day long? Come and sit in my Zhaoyang Palace when you have time. ”
Out of the main hall, the concubine suddenly said to Concubine Su next to her, no matter how surprised Concubine Su looked, the concubine whispered in Concubine Su's ear again, and walked away, leaving Concubine Su with a gloomy face.