292. 293 She and Pang Rui
The queen glanced at the face of the queen mother, and saw that the queen mother had a stern expression, and did not look at her side, nor did she mean to let her sit down.
Seeing this, Concubine Hui stood up a little nervously and sat on the other side.
The other concubines didn't dare to speak when they saw this, they looked at each other, waiting for the Queen Mother to speak.
Concubine Jin snorted coldly in her heart, and immediately sat down.
"Queen, is your foot injury better?" Seeing that the queen was so compromised, the queen mother would naturally give her three points of thin noodles, after all, she was the one she cultivated.
The queen's appearance has always been decent, although she is not as smart and clever as Concubine An, but she can bend and stretch at critical moments, which the queen mother is still relieved of.
"Back to the Queen Mother, it's fine, it's just a little inconvenient to walk." Every expression and every action of the queen was in order, and when Concubine Jin on the side saw it, her eyes were almost staring at the sky.
Looking at the harem, in fact, the person who is best at acting is the queen, who always has a dignified and decent virtuous posture, but in fact, I don't know how many immoral things I have done behind my back, otherwise I can sit firmly in the queen's position for so many years?
The Queen Mother took in everyone's expressions at this moment, looked at the full moon with phoenix eyes, and said in a deep voice,
"Linghu Full Moon, the emperor also mentioned your matter yesterday, originally wanted to keep you with the mourning family-"
The Queen Mother paused when she said this, and the expressions on the faces of the Queen and the others froze at the same time, and the full moon got up to bless, but her face was calm and unwavering.
The Queen Mother said originally, what is the arrangement now, who knows?
"It's just that you are still young, and there are very few female officials in the palace, so it is more suitable to go out and have a good time."
Everyone who listened to the Queen Mother's words was stunned, and they all pricked up their ears and listened to it, for fear of involving changes in the situation in the harem.
The full moon is still as heavy as water.
The queen mother's plan is not only to take care of Linghu Hongxi's face, but also to properly arrange the full moon, and it must not become a constraint for her and the emperor in the future.
"One qiē, but it's up to the Queen Mother to decide." Full Moon spoke softly, but her lowered eyes flashed with a hint of essence.
The Queen Mother did not wait for the end of the hunt to make arrangements, and it could only be unknown factors from the outside world that influenced the Queen Mother's decision.
The Queen Mother's expression was a little strange at the moment, as if she was waiting for the best opportunity to place the full moon, but she didn't feel relieved.
"Early this morning, the emperor received a letter from outside the Saiwai, Pang Hou wants to return to Kyoto Province, this Celestial Dynasty and Kyoto have coexisted, it has always been the blessing of my Celestial Empire, if you can stay in Pang Hou's mansion, it can be described as double happiness."
The last four words of the Queen Mother are the most important.
Why is it a double happiness?
Anyone with a little idea can hear the off-string sound in the Queen Mother's words.
It is one thing to place the six-grade female official of Full Moon, is it to promise her to Pang Hou?
This Pang Hou Mansion is a typical declining Hou Mansion, whether it can afford to raise a few people is a problem, and Pang Hou is only going back to Beijing this time, and he will return to the desert Gobi after the provincial family, where the population is sparse and the property is scarce, and it is not a place where ordinary people can stay at all.
Didn't the Queen Mother's move push the full moon into the fire pit?
Everyone gloated at the arrival of the full moon, or sympathized with pity, or dismissive.
I thought that this lady of the Hou Mansion, who had been in the limelight for a while, would get some good arrangements, but it turned out that it was just a remote distribution.
"The courtiers thank the Empress Dowager for her love, and she will do her best to fulfill the Empress Dowager's trust."
Full Moon said with a smile on her face at this moment, as if she was very satisfied with the Queen Mother's arrangement, and as if she had known the Queen Mother's arrangement for a long time.
As a result, the other people who had very different expressions a moment ago all changed their minds in an instant, and they all felt that this was a play performed by the Queen Mother and the Full Moon.
Arrange her by Pang Hou's side, doesn't you want her to keep an eye on Pang Hou all the time?
The queen was proud for a while, thinking that she had gotten rid of this thorn in her eye, but when she realized that the queen mother might have other ideas, the queen's face couldn't help but stiffen.
For so many years, the Queen Mother has always been the only person who has cultivated her, could it be that the Queen Mother wants to secretly cultivate Linghu Full Moon?
The queen chuckled in her heart, and she couldn't tell all kinds of tastes.
Next, the Queen Mother greeted everyone for a while, leaving only the full moon.
The queen got up and left embarrassedly, and the other concubines also left in twos and threes, and their attitude towards the queen was obviously different from before.
The concubines are not stupid, and now that the queen has fallen out of favor, it is better to keep a distance. After all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even if the queen is not good, there is still the queen's maiden family to support her, and the concubines only dare to talk behind their backs, but they are not enough to trample on the queen's face in person.
In the palatial tent, the Queen Mother sat on the chair of the princess, even outside the palace, she was dressed in a luxurious and dazzling palace dress, and her carefully maintained face could not be seen to be in her sixties at all, and she looked more than ten years younger than her actual age.
The phoenix's eyes fell fixedly on the face of the full moon, and the next moment it showed a long-lost smile.
It stands to reason that since the poisoning incident occurred three days ago, the entire Celestial Empire will be in a situation of rumors, but with the scene of the peak turning yesterday, the Queen Mother's mood quickly improved.
"Full moon, your table today is very satisfying, the mourning family did not look at the wrong person, it is indeed worthy of the mourning family's entrustment." The Queen Mother smiled, but her eyes became deeper and deeper when she looked at the full moon.
Full Moon's eyes blinked, looking sensible and serious.
"Full Moon is willing to serve the Queen Mother."
"From now on, the mourning family will regard you as their own person, Pang Hou seems to be in the desert recently, but in the heart of the mourning family - always remember the scene fifteen years ago, worried that Pang Rui will always have a misunderstanding in his heart that will be difficult to resolve, this time he will return to Kyoto Province, at least three months, during this time, the mourning family needs you to stay in the Pang Hou Courtyard, as for what to do, the mourning family knows that you are a very measured child, this point, there is no need for the mourning family to teach you."
The Queen Mother's tone was light, but her eyes were like torches, and she never left the full moon face.
The Queen Mother's sharp phoenix eyes don't know how many ups and downs of the harem she has, and she thinks she knows everything about the thoughts of everyone in the harem, but after observing the fox full moon in the past few months, the Queen Mother is satisfied with her sensibility and sense of proportion on the one hand, but on the other hand, she is always unsure of her thoughts.
Today, she deliberately tested it in front of everyone, her appearance did not disappoint the Queen Mother, if it was someone else, even if it was a female official like Rong Le, who had been by the emperor's side for many years, would have an unnatural expression when she heard the word Pang Hou, but she not only faced it safely, but she could even laugh!
Therefore, the Queen Mother is relieved to put her by Pang Rui's side, so that she can monitor Pang Rui, even if Pang Rui is suspicious of her, at least it will play a deterrent role, and with the cleverness of Linghu Full Moon, she will not be discovered by Pang Rui.
And another reason for the queen mother's wishful thinking is that the queen mother is not very relieved that the full moon will be too close to Pang Rui to form a threat.
The Celestial Empire, in addition to making the Fox Marquis Mansion steady and steady, Pang Hou has long existed in name only. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, Linghu Manyue is a smart person, and she will never put a good future and get too close to a Pang Rui who doesn't trust her.
"Pang Rui will return to Kyoto in a month, and it will be around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there will be a lantern viewing ceremony in the palace, and on that day, the mourning family will officially announce your identity."
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she nodded meaningfully at the full moon.
The full moon was still calm and waveless in her eyes, and she bowed her head and thanked the Queen Mother.
Before I came, I vaguely felt that something would happen today, but I didn't expect the Queen Mother to have such a scene?
That Pang Rui has been in the Gobi Desert all the year round, and now that he is back, have you ever thought about what kind of severe test awaits him? There's a good chance you'll die this time!
is still the same sentence, the queen mother and the emperor would rather kill by mistake than misplace, and leaving Pang Rui in the Gobi Desert is always better than holding it in the palm of your hand. Calculate the time, if Pang Rui comes back in a month, it should be ten days before the Queen Mother can receive the letter, and now it seems that even in the desert Gobi, Pang Rui has no shortage of spies from the Queen Mother and the Emperor.
Before he left, the Queen Mother had already received the news.
I don't know who this Pang Rui is?
Is it a straw bale or-
On the way back, Full Moon did not arrange for anyone to investigate Pang Rui.
Yinxiu's side should be easy to investigate, but the current situation is that Lin Yidongyao has gained the emperor's trust and reuse, and it is the time to be busy and expressive, if this time arranges for others to investigate Pang Rui, it will inevitably distract him.
Pang Rui still has a month to come back, and he will have time to go back.
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After the full moon left, the Queen Mother sat on the chair of the princess and closed her eyes to recuperate.
After a while, a slender figure slowly walked over.
"Queen Mother."
The cautious voice was unusually familiar.
The graceful figure slowly got up, and the head was raised, and it turned out to be Concubine Hui.
How could the queen mother's chess piece only have one queen?
"What do you think of Linghu Full Moon?" The Queen Mother took a sip of the fragrant tea handed by Concubine Hui, and her sharp phoenix eyes fell on Concubine Hui in an instant.
Concubine Hui lowered her eyes and said carefully,
"The words of praise are smart and clever in advancing and retreating properly, and the careful words are that the sharp teeth are hidden deeply."
Concubine Hui, who was speaking at this moment, had the same tone and attitude as usual, but her expression was a little more stable and cautious.
The Queen Mother nodded and said in a deep voice,
"If you ask the queen about this, she will say a bunch of useless words, and in the end, she will have to make up her own mind."
Although the Queen Mother said this, it does not mean that she will consult Concubine Hui's opinion when doing things, but Concubine Hui can accurately speak to the bottom of her heart.
"The Queen Mother carries love." Concubine Hui spoke softly.
"After all, your niece has the blood of the mourning family Nalan family, and she is a lot more stable and mature, but she has wronged you all these years, and she has been playing the role of a clown who jumps the beam and is unpopular."
The Queen Mother said something, but Concubine Hui didn't have any grievances or gratitude, but shook her head in fear,
"This is what a niece should do, the queen mother loves and trusts her niece, it is a blessing for her niece, and her niece is grateful."
Concubine Hui is the niece of the Queen Mother in the real sense, but the only people who know about this matter are the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui, as for the queen, she is also a relative of the Queen Mother on the surface, but she is far less close to Concubine Hui.
It's just that for so many years, the Queen Mother has cultivated the queen and Concubine Hui in the dark, and the queen who is easy to control is in the open, even if the queen wins the hearts of the people, in the end, she has to obediently listen to the words of the Queen Mother, and Concubine Hui is more sensitive and responsive than the queen, so it is naturally not as easy to control as the queen, so the more the Queen Mother secretly trusts her, but in fact, on the surface, Concubine Hui is not popular at all.
The Queen Mother's two tricks can be said to be the best use of people.
It is precisely because Concubine Hui is the queen mother's confidant that the gold, vegetables and silver prepared by Concubine Hui for the queen mother before were poisonous, and the queen mother did not suspect Concubine Hui at the first time.
"You don't have to say so many polite words, after returning to the palace, the mourning family will naturally give you an explanation for your efforts over the years, and the mourning family will definitely not treat you badly."
After the Queen Mother said something, Concubine Hui nodded hurriedly.
lowered his eyes, but there was a flash of bitterness in his eyes.
What if she is promoted to a concubine?
Isn't she still a beam-jumping clown in the hands of the Queen Mother! Arbitrarily arranged chess pieces?
If the Queen Mother really attached importance to her, she would not have deliberately indulged in neglecting the cultivation and care of Ran Er for so many years, and now Lin Ran has achieved nothing, in fact, it was all caused by the Queen Mother deliberately!
In the final analysis, the Queen Mother still minds that she is the illegitimate daughter of the Nalan family, and she is close to her but refuses to hand over the important tasks, and values the queen of the long house more, as well as Lin Yidongyao, the good grandson of the first talent!
The Queen Mother attaches great importance to bloodline and maiden power, and once the identity of her illegitimate daughter is revealed, it will only bring trouble and burden to the Queen Mother, so when the Queen Mother is alive, she will never be able to be a mother in the world, at most she is the identity of a concubine, and her Ran Er has been treating the Queen Mother equally for so many years, but in fact, she has been deliberately suppressing and indulging in secret, causing Lin Ran to be far worse than Lin Jian and Lin Yidongyao.
Concubine Hui knows the Queen Mother's thoughts, but she will never challenge it, the Queen Mother has her fatal weakness, and she is like a heartbreaker, so Concubine Hui is willing to do a qiē for the Queen Mother and disguise a qiē.
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After the full moon returned to the tent, she changed into a light short outfit.
Today, all the daughters and family members of the family who are interested in hunting can participate. The Celestial Empire is still martial, so it is not surprising that women can hunt on horseback.
It's just that the full moon doesn't mean to express xiàn today.
But the more she doesn't want to show it, the more people who provoke her are everywhere.
Just walked to the edge of the hunting ground, Ding Juming seemed to be waiting for the full moon early, and the long whip in his hand instantly drew a gorgeous arc in the air, brushing the full moon's cheeks, bringing a bleak cold wind.
For a moment, the eyes of the others turned to this side.
Ding Juming looked at the full moon with a smile, but the smile in her eyes was a little distorted.
Originally, I thought that Linghu Full Moon would be afraid to scream, but there was no reaction.
Behind the full moon, Tie Ying was about to step forward, but was stopped by the full moon's eyes.
"Why be like a mad dog."
Full Moon's tone is light and casual.
"Linghu Full Moon, who do you say is a mad dog?!"
Ding Juming stepped forward and questioned the full moon.
Full Moon smiled, but the next moment she lowered her voice and whispered in Ding Juming's ear.