Emperor Qingping, who has a long figure, a mustache, a cold and hard face, and a very majestic face, walked in, and the queen who accompanied him was the queen, four years have passed, the prince is also sixteen, and the queen's age is not small, even if the maintenance is good, the years still leave traces on her face, there are fine lines at the corners of her mouth and eyes, and the smiling appearance is more obvious. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the queen doesn't matter, she is not a concubine, she is a queen, what she needs is never a beautiful and ageless face, but the tolerance and generosity of the queen, the gentleness and kindness of the princess and the princess's mother-in-law, she has tried her best to be not arrogant or jealous for so many years, and her mother is the world.

As soon as the emperor came, he naturally followed the etiquette, the concubine still led the concubines to say goodbye, Emperor Qingping called up, and then waited for the emperor and queen to sit on the throne, and everyone returned to their original positions one by one.

Emperor Qingping leaned back in his chair, swept over the concubines sitting in the two rows one by one, stopped at Wan Concubine, and skimmed over again, "Except for Wan Concubine, you are all old people, and the least of you who have followed me for eight or nine years, I am very relieved to see that you can all get together." ”

The queen smiled, her eyebrows and eyes were kind, "Thanks to your blessings, the sisters followed your blessings, so that they could live a comfortable life in the palace one by one." ”

No matter what the concubines think in their hearts, how they are really living, they must be smiling at this time.

"What the queen mother said is, if it weren't for Your Majesty, how could there be us noble ladies?"

Concubine Jian flattered the queen, she said it so bluntly, everyone felt vulgar and cheap, and they should not be afraid that Emperor Qingping would think too much, and when she was embarrassed, the concubine smiled and spoke.

"Sister Jian's words are not coarse, and the sisters don't want to drop the price, but I will first praise Sister Jian for what she said."

The concubine's opening made everyone a little surprised, after all, it has been four years, and the low-key concubine rarely takes the initiative to talk, usually someone else asks, and the concubine answers, but today is so different, is the concubine going to reappear?

The queen looked at the concubine with deep meaning, "It's rare that the concubine opened her mouth today, and it's even more rare that Concubine Jian actually got a praise from the concubine." ”

is obviously touting the concubine, but in fact, it is secretly satirizing the life of the turtle in the palace who has shrunk her head for four years, and may also contain a warning, warning the concubine not to make waves.

The concubine was not angry, she was no longer the arrogant but straightforward concubine she was four years ago, and the four years of forbearance were not in vain.

She nodded slightly at the queen, "Sister is just telling the truth, if it weren't for Your Majesty, Sister Queen might not be sitting here." ”

This time, the queen was shocked, what gave the concubine so much confidence that she dared to face herself directly? Even if Concubine Wan and the Murong family fell out, and the Murong family fully supported the concubine, the concubine would not dare to do so, after all, the current Murong family is not the Murong family four years ago, and it can unite one-third of the courtiers; Not to mention the Murong family seven years ago, it can almost be said that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition; The current Murong family is just an ordinary wealthy family, but it has a deeper background, and it definitely does not give the concubine the confidence to confront her. So apart from the Murong family, what else gave the concubine such confidence? The queen was puzzled.

The queen would never have guessed that the concubine's confidence to be able to deal with her without fear of dodging is not only the declining Murong family, but also Concubine Su who has secretly maintained a tacit understanding, the power that she and Concubine Li have worked hard in the palace for so many years, the most important thing is that it comes from Emperor Qingping's tolerance of the Murong family, and his affection for the Murong family, as long as she is at peace, it is better for Concubine Wan to make trouble like this, Emperor Qingping will not interfere with herself, she is a concubine, and the queen can't help her.

Emperor Qingping, who was sitting on the side, naturally heard these clearly, and he also heard the confrontation, but as an emperor, he didn't have the patience to play intrigue with women, so he directly waved his hand and interrupted the conversation between the queen and the concubine.

"Today is just right, all the palace concubines are gathered here, and I have a few things to announce."

Emperor Qingping paused, and the concubines hurriedly put aside the matter of the noble concubine returning to the rivers and lakes in their hearts, and listened carefully.

"In another month, it will be my fortieth birthday, the Qiang Kingdom will send envoys to worship, and the Queen Mother will also return to the palace before her birthday, this birthday banquet will definitely be very grand, you are all ready, don't go wrong." He turned to the queen again and said, "The family of the hundred officials is still entertained by you." ”

The concubine didn't care about Emperor Qingping's ignorance of her, she was looking at Concubine Su who was like a bodhisattva on her face with a smile on her face at this time, and it could be seen from the blue tendons on Concubine Su's forehead that Concubine Su was almost out of control of her emotions and couldn't hold her stereotyped appearance.

Of course, the concubine knows why Concubine Su is like this, because the Queen Mother, who has a grudge against Concubine Su for killing her son, is going back to the palace, and Concubine Su can't bear the mood of crazy revenge, and she can't wait to whip the Queen Mother to death.

"Okay, nothing else, I'll go to the court."

Emperor Qingping's words woke up the noble concubine who was observing Concubine Su intently, and she blurted out, "Your Majesty, please wait." ”

As soon as she said that, the concubine felt a little inappropriate, so she had to calm down, organize her words again, and said with a smile to Emperor Qingping, who was about to get up and leave, but who was retained by her and leaned back on the chair, "The concubine is here to congratulate Your Majesty on her arrival." ”

Emperor Qingping asked with interest, "How can there be eight joys?" ”

The concubine had a smile in her eyes, and looked at the mature and charming Emperor Qingping, without the melancholy of falling out of favor four years ago and the grievances against Emperor Qingping, nor the past infatuation and admiration, she was very calm, "These eight joys, naturally, eight happy events come together, one is the birthday of His Majesty; The second happy queen mother's merits returned to the palace successfully; His Majesty Sanxi and the Queen Mother's mother and son reunited and shared the joy of family; Sixi Qiang Kingdom came to my heavenly court to worship, raise the prestige of our country, and let Fanbang pay tribute to His Majesty's peerless demeanor; Since His Majesty Wuxi ascended the throne, the people have been harmonious and happy, and the world has been peaceful; His Majesty Liuxi was stable in front of the harem, and there was never a major turmoil; Prince Qixi is sixteen, and it is time to have a princess; As for the eight joys, it will be fulfilled by His Majesty. ”

The concubine crossed her fingers and explained one by one, and the concubines were stunned by what the concubine said, so dexterous, so flattering people's mouth, how could it be the domineering, arrogant, lonely and straightforward concubine?

They didn't know that after four years of being cold, they were soberly watching the rights and wrongs of others, and the concubine had already transformed.

"Oh? Tell me, how can I fulfill this eighth joy? ”

The queen also interjected with a smile, "I also want to know, sister Guifei, tell me, what is this eighth joy?" ”

The queen was happy to be said by the seventh joy of the concubine, the prince is going to get married, she is also going to hold her grandson, the concubine said it so cleverly, naturally the queen likes it, if the eighth joy of the concubine is not embarrassing, she is also willing to fulfill it, to show her generosity.

"This eighth joy is to beg Your Majesty to achieve a beautiful marriage."

The concubine said that her mouth was dry, she took a sip of tea, and looked at Emperor Qingping with anticipation.

Emperor Qingping smiled quietly and asked casually, "Oh? Which marriage can be called the same as the previous seven joys? ”

The concubine replied unhurriedly, "It's the fifth prince and the daughter of the Murong family, Murong Shan, my cousin niece, their marriage." ”

The originally smiling queen's face stiffened, how do these five princes compare with the crown prince? The concubine is not giving up, and she still has the intention of competing for the prince?

The queen thought badly this time, the concubine was just trying to say the first eight joys, but the purpose was to achieve the last joy, and strive to cook the raw rice into rice, as long as she could get the marriage of Emperor Qingping, the Murong family would recognize it, and if she didn't recognize it, it would be useless even if the old lady Murong who was sick in bed objected.

The queen asked the concubine, "Is there any reason for this?" The fifth prince is still so young, why do you have to order someone? ”

Emperor Qingping next to him smiled and said nothing, of course he guessed the purpose of the concubine, the Murong family wanted to use this to try out his attitude towards the Murong family, but the concubine wanted to get the Murong family and her tied together through marriage as soon as possible.

"Hey, the last time Shan'er and the fifth prince met for the first time, it was like an old acquaintance, my sister and aunt both thought it was a God-given marriage, no, I took advantage of today's seven joys, and I was bold to ask Your Majesty to fulfill this eighth happiness."

The concubine's unhurried explanation kept spit out clear words, but the concubines couldn't help but roll their eyes in their hearts, despising her, there was no truth, it was pure nonsense.

Emperor Qingping pondered in his heart for a while before he spoke, "Now that Old Lady Murong is seriously ill, I hope that this God-given marriage that the concubine said can make Old Lady Murong better." ”

The concubine's eyes lit up, she held back the joy in her heart, and thanked her, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your success." ”

The concubine was happy, but the queen was not, after all, the prince was not unique, but Emperor Qingping agreed, and she had to smile reluctantly.

In addition to being a little jealous in her heart, the concubines have no other emotions, but only Wan Concubine, she is really not calm in her heart, if Emperor Qingping does not agree to this marriage, even if she and the eldest lady have a dirty relationship, but as long as she can sincerely apologize, everything is still salvageable.

But now, Emperor Qingping agreed to the marriage of Xiao Ping and Murong Shan, then Murong Dafang's family is destined to stand on the side of the concubine, once the old lady Murong goes, and the big house is in charge of the Murong family, then her concubine can really face the same situation as the concubine back then, but she really responded to the original sentence, she said to the concubine, "If my sister is my sister, I won't see my sister." ”

The concubine sat there smiling happily and radiantly, but the concubine was crazy with jealousy in her heart.