Chapter 105: Concubine Meng
In the Changchun Palace, a dense and towering towering ancient tree is erected in the courtyard, and several iron chains under the tree tie a swing to the thick branches, and a beautiful woman sits on the swing.
The woman looks to be in her twenties, dressed as a young woman, weak with fortitude, coquettish with pride, with two jade hairpins inserted in her beautiful bun, simple and generous, her delicate hands grasp the iron chain wrapped in brocade cloth, and her eyes are closed and she is swaying and sleeping.
Two lovely-looking maids wore light blue standard palace maids' clothes, and gently pushed the swing with both hands, and the swing gently swung in an arc, neither high nor low.
Suddenly, one of the maids bent down and whispered, "Hui Concubine Niangniang, the Seventh Prince is here!" β
When the beauty sitting on the swing heard this, she immediately opened her eyes happily and looked towards the door of Changchun Palace, her eyes full of joy.
"Xun'er is here!"
I saw a young man who looked sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a dark red robe, with a cheerful smile like jade, passing by the cyan landscape tree in the courtyard, and striding towards the beautiful woman.
The two palace maids looked at the approaching young man and bowed respectfully, "The slave has seen the Seventh Prince!" β
The young man in the dark red robe was full of nobility, lively but polite, and walked directly to the swing, and the young man replaced the two palace maids, "Get up, go get a cloak for your mother!" β
"No!" When the two palace maids heard this, they immediately got up respectfully, turned around and walked towards the main hall of Changchun Palace.
The young man smiled, and his strong hands gently pushed the beautiful woman.
"This winter has not yet passed, and the weather is still a little cold, why does the mother come out and add more clothes, isn't this a desire to make the child feel distressed?"
The beautiful young woman is also the concubine Niangniang in the mouth of the palace maid, dressed in a pale yellow concubine suit, full of concern when she heard the young man's joking words, and her beautiful face was full of sincere smiles.
"It's a fair day today, it's as cold as you say! By the way, how did you get into the palace today! Don't say that you came to the palace to see your mother! β
In the past, this son of hers especially didn't like to enter the palace, unless he sent someone to summon him, otherwise, he would not take the initiative to enter the palace.
The Seventh Prince gently pushed the swing, and scratched his forehead embarrassedly with his other hand, "It's still the mother who knows her son best, the son is called into the palace today, and he just came from the imperial study, so come and see his mother casually!" β
With a faint smile on her beautiful face like a girl, Concubine Hui turned her head to look at the Seventh Prince who was very interested and said, "Oh, Xun'er has any happy events to tell her mother today, look at your face that is smiling like a spring breeze, you are about to laugh!" β
The Seven Princes were even happier when they heard this, they tightened the chain with both hands, stopped the swing, took a few steps forward and knelt in front of Hui Concubine, pillowed their hands on Hui Concubine's legs, and raised their handsome faces happily.
"Mother guessed well, today is really a happy event, my father has just named his son as the king in the imperial study, and several royal brothers have also been named the prince of Liangzhu."
The Seventh Prince, who should now be called the Lord King, was overflowing with joy, but the smile on his face did not last long before it was like a collapsed hillside, crumpled.
Hui Concubine's feet lightly stepped on the stone slab, and she reached out and gently stroked King Xun's long hair, "Wasn't it okay just now?" Why are you unhappy again? β
King Xun looked at the corners of Hui Concubine's mouth and pouted, and said in a low mood, "Father also said that a concubine selection banquet will be held in the palace in a month to choose concubines for his son and imperial brother!" But the son doesn't want to get married yet! β
Hui Concubine shook her head helplessly and said with a smile, "You're not too young, don't be childish!" Since your father and emperor have decided, then you can go to various mansions outside the palace, take a closer look, and pick a woman you like! β
At this time, the two palace maids took their cloaks and walked out of the hall and came to the front of Hui Concubine and King Xun, who stood up and took the light blue cloak and helped Hui Concubine put it on her body.
"It's easy to say, most of the women in Sheng'an are delicate and weak women, and the woman my son wants to marry is a woman who can fight with her uncle like her aunt!"
Concubine Hui also stepped down from the swing and walked towards the palace with the support of King Xun.
"Your cousin's temperament is very similar to your aunt, why don't you marry your cousin as a concubine!"
"That's not good, my cousin is a younger sister, how can I marry!"
On the other side, after the second prince Zhou Haoxuan came out of the imperial study, he went directly to the Ganquan Palace where his mother concubine Meng Guifei was.
Ganquan Palace, the palace where Meng Guifei lived, with glazed tiles as the roof, white marble ground, magnificent, wide and towering, luxurious and dazzling, which shows the emperor's favor for her.
Who is Meng Guifei?
Meng Guifei is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the sister of Prime Minister Meng, and her status is second only to the queen's cunzΓ i, giving birth to the second prince and the sixteenth prince, because her mother's background is hard enough, and it also makes the second prince a favorable contender for the crown prince.
The second prince Zhou Haoxuan's ink-colored steps followed the white jade staircase, and he walked into the main hall of Ganquan Palace in an elegant and chic manner, and the gorgeous and exquisite Yunlan Palace.
At this time, in the Yunlan Palace, the charming and charming Meng Guifei supported a beautiful face full of exquisite pearls with one hand, and her body was extremely soft and leaning on the soft and gorgeous carved beauty couch, closing her eyes as if she was asleep.
If you look closely, you will find that Meng Guifei's jade hand wearing a purple jade bracelet is gently buckled on her lap lying on the couch for a while, obviously pretending to sleep.
Behind Meng Guifei are several very young and lovely palace maids, each busy with the things in hand, but their eyes are aimed at Meng Guifei who is pretending to sleep from time to time, and they pay attention to Meng Guifei's needs for ten moments, so that they can serve their masters well in the first time.
Several palace maids saw the second prince striding in from outside the palace gate, and immediately bowed respectfully to the second prince, "The second prince is auspicious!" β
Hearing the soft whispers of the palace maids' greetings, Meng Guifei, who had been pretending to sleep, opened her eyes gently, only to feel that the two black gems were shining with dazzling light, making the entire palace light up.
"Xuan'er is here!"
Zhou Haoxuan's ink-colored robe fluttered lightly, strode to the beauty couch, and saluted Meng Guifei in a soft and respectful tone, "Erchen meets his mother!" β
Meng Guifei gave a hand, and her delicate figure sat up straight from the beauty couch, looking at his proudest son with dignity and kindness.
"Xuan'er, get up! What is the so-called thing about entering the palace today? β
Although she gave birth to two princes for the emperor, the youngest son is too young, not yet the age and strength to compete with other princes for the prince, and only knows the coquettish younger son, who has the ability to share her worries and relieve boredom, calm and intelligent.
After the eldest son was crowned, he was sealed by the prince outside the palace and the prince's mansion, and there was generally nothing to do, and these princes outside the palace rarely entered the palace, and her son was the same.
Zhou Haoxuan brushed the dust on his body with his big hand, and waved his hand at several palace maids and eunuchs in the Yunlan Palace.
The palace maids and eunuchs received the signal from the second prince, lowered their heads and carefully glanced at Meng Guifei on the beauty couch, and saw that Meng Guifei did not object, so they immediately bowed down and withdrew from the Yunlan Palace, and locked the palace by the way.
Meng Guifei picked up the teacup next to her and took a sip, and said in a low voice, "Sit, let's talk!" β
Zhou Haoxuan saw that those palace maids and eunuchs had left, so he turned around and sat in the fine fragrant wood chair under Meng Guifei, and Yan SΓΉ's handsome face raised a rare smile.
"Mother, today, my father and the emperor decreed that the sons and other princes should be canonized as the princes of Erzhu, and the sons and daughters should be given the titles of King Xuan! And issued a royal decree, and chose a concubine for his sons and ministers a month later! β
When Meng Guifei heard this, her beautiful eyes shrank sharply, the teacup in her hand stagnated, and after a pause, the corner of her mouth raised a rigorous and coquettish smile, and she lightly placed the teacup in her hand on the table.
"Really? This is a happy event, the day before yesterday, the mother concubine heard your father say that he wanted to let you start a family, but I didn't expect to be crowned king today, followed by the selection of concubines, and then later, it should be from a few of you to choose the prince! β
It has been several years since Xuan'er and the crown, although the emperor let several princes go to the court to observe, and let them occasionally participate in court affairs, but he has not canonized them as kings, nor has he canonized the crown prince, so she is not in a hurry, and today is finally looking forward to it.
Zhou Haoxuan nodded, and looked at Meng Guifei with a stern face, and her sexy thin lips opened lightly.
"That's true, it's just that if you want your father to be canonized as the crown prince, you must get the support of the General's Mansion! It's just that now it seems that Ling Yiyi really wants to break up with her son, it has been a few months since she woke up from falling into the water, but she has never taken the initiative to find her son, and she is afraid that Ling Yiyi really doesn't want to pay attention to her son, seeing that the concubine banquet is about to begin, the mother thinks what to do now! β
Zhou Haoxuan's deep eyes flashed with a trace of inconspicuous pain, and even he didn't notice it, with a hint of reluctance in his heart.
Meng Guifei stood up from the beauty couch, wearing a gorgeous feather dress and begonia flower skirt, which made her look as beautiful and elegant as a begonia flower, and her charming and moving eyes were as cold as frost at this time, looking at her son with hatred.
"It's not the concubine who said you! The mother concubine told you a long time ago that you should first go to the General's Mansion to propose marriage, and after marrying Ling Yiyi to the mansion, you can find a mistake casually, demote her to a side concubine, and then marry your cousin as a concubine, and you will not be in such a passive situation as you are now. β
Zhou Haoxuan obviously disagreed with Meng Guifei's words, and immediately got up and retorted, "However, what Erchen really likes is his cousin, how can he marry Ling Yiyi before his cousin enters the mansion, doesn't that make his cousin lose face?" β
You must know that if he marries Ling Yiyi as the concubine first, even if he abolish her later and marry his cousin as the concubine, the cousin will only succeed the concubine, which will make people look down on the cousin, so that the cousin will walk in the circle of noblewomen in the future.
When Meng Guifei heard this, she flicked her long sleeves, turned around and stopped looking at this son who had disappointed him, "Ignorant! Those who become big things are not informal, not to mention, in the royal family that will lose their bones if they are not careful, they can't have children's private affairs! Just because you didn't have the consent of your mother, when Ling Yiyi almost lost her life in Luohu, you got engaged to Ru without authorization, which made Ling Yiyi, who loves you, cold-hearted, and now I want her to change her mind and become infatuated with you again, I'm afraid it's impossible! This is not the worst, the worst thing is that at the concubine selection banquet, if Ling Yiyi is assigned to marry other princes, then your crown prince position is afraid that it will be far away! β
The position of the crown prince is a position that every prince must fight for, how can it be handed over like this! Zhou Haoxuan has been pretending to deal with the arrogant and domineering Ling Yiyi for a long time for the position of the prince, how could he let the meat in his mouth fly.
"Mother, since Ling Yiyi can't do it, the minister will destroy Ling Yiyi, and then ask the father to point out Ling Xuerou to the son, the son doesn't believe it, Ling Fengfeng, who has only one daughter, doesn't support the son!"
Who in Sheng An doesn't know that Ling Feng of the General's Mansion only marries one wife, and he doesn't even have a concubine room, only two daughters, that is, Ling Yiyi and Ling Xuerou, although he loves Ling Yiyi more, but he also loves Ling Xuerou, what Ling Yiyi has, Ling Xuerou will also have!
Even Ling Yiyi originally had four first-class maids around her, which was to clean up the mess for Ling Yiyi, but the four first-class maids around Ling Xuerou were determined by the number of maids around Ling Yiyi.
Meng Guifei thought for a while, and sighed lightly, "Xuan'er, then Ling Yiyi don't move for the time being, now Ling Yiyi has attracted attention from all sides, if you act a little badly, then the position of the prince is really not yours!" As for her sister Ling Xuerou, she can marry as a side concubine! β
"Erchen understands!" Zhou Haoxuan nodded respectfully.