Chapter 182: A bite of rejection
Li Changqing raised his eyes slightly, and caught a glimpse of the restless woman sitting on one side. Li Changqing lowered his head and pondered for a while, it turned out to be Concubine Ning.
Didn't you see it last time? This time, she was so impatient to be a bird on the wall, could it be because Concubine Xiao Guifei didn't come, and the queen was arrogant and arrogant at the moment to support her?
Looking at Concubine Ning, who was dressed in a goose-yellow palace dress but still couldn't stop the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, Li Changqing smiled silently.
But the queen spoke this time: "I haven't seen her for many days, but Miss Li is becoming more and more outstanding." ”
After Li Changqing lost weight recently, his face began to open, and his originally round cheeks began to grow into a melon seed face, and his skin may have been soaked in the red spring, which is even smoother and delicate.
At this time, standing there quietly, and then being mentioned by the queen so intentionally or unintentionally, suddenly all the concubines' eyes looked at Li Changqing.
There was jealousy, envy, and annoyance in his eyes, and he was ashamed that he was not as good as ......, but Li Changqing didn't squint, just stood there obediently, becoming the object of everyone's appreciation.
"The queen has won the prize." Li Changqing said and stood to the side.
"The Queen Mother has arrived, the concubine has arrived, and the Concubine De has arrived." The eunuchs outside the door shouted out one by one, and immediately the queen He Huaiqing, who was at the top, looked outside with a bad face, got up and stood up, and blessed the queen mother who came in.
Li Changqing tried his best to stand in the corner on one side, not to attract everyone's attention, but who knows, he was still discovered by someone with a heart.
"Why didn't this girl say goodbye last time?" The Queen Mother glanced at Li Changqing next to her and asked.
Li Changqing lowered his eyebrows and replied in a proper manner: "The emperor gave an edict to his courtiers last time, and he will come over to serve the queen mother after the matter is over." ”
"In this way, I don't know what the emperor is going to do when he asks us to come over today? The mourning family is also looking forward to it. After the Queen Mother said this, she only paused slightly, and was helped by Mama Yu to sit at the top.
Li Changqing didn't speak, stood on the side, looked at Xiao Guifei and glanced at her with a smile, and unconsciously remembered what she stuffed into herself last time, and there was a deep meaning in her eyes.
"Miss Li, it's been a long time." Concubine De is generous, she should have raised her body for three months, but now it looks ruddy, and it seems that Dongying Kingdom has not worked hard.
"Concubine De is polite." Li Changqing was talking, but Concubine De took her hand and sat beside her, pulling and chatting.
"I heard that Miss Li saved the six princes, now do you want the emperor to reward anything?" The queen asked suddenly.
Seeing Li Changqing's face, the queen buckled the injured hand that had just been relieved on the side of the chair, but after a little effort, there was some pain on the back of the hand, and her heart was even more gloomy, but her face was smiling.
Li Changqing came over today, I don't know what the old emperor had in mind, he didn't come out himself, and threw a bunch of harem concubines over. Besides, she is anxious now, Qinglian and Mama Wei are both unknown in life and death. She didn't want to pay attention to these concubines, but it was inappropriate, and now that she was forced to do this, Li Changqing could only see the moves.
"The emperor's reward is whatever it is, and the courtiers don't ask for anything." Li Changqing lowered his head and replied.
The Queen Mother has not spoken, because of the poisoning a while ago, her eye sockets have sunken a little, and now it looks like the old Long Zhong has now become a little skinny, and her whole cheeks are no longer as rich as before.
She leaned on the soft couch and looked at Li Changqing for a while before saying, "I look at this girl and likes it, so it's better to take it as a ......." Before the word righteous girl could be spoken, a hearty voice came in.
"How is the queen mother's health today?" Xuanyuan Jing glanced at Li Changqing, strode over to the Queen Mother and sat down. And behind him, he actually followed Ning Tianlin.
Ning Tianlin's dark eyes swept and he saw Li Changqing. Consciously stood in the closest place to her. After all, Li Changqing was sitting next to Concubine De at this time, and he couldn't get close to him as a prince.
"It's been a lot better this time, Jing'er is coming from the next court?" The Queen Mother tilted her head and asked.
"Yes, it seems that everyone has been waiting for me for a long time, and I don't say hello anymore, I called everyone over today, just to tell everyone, Lin'er will return to Nanding Kingdom after a while, you see, Lin'er is also older, my sister is long gone, I once promised her, if Lin'er has any requirements in the future, I will agree to it within my ability, and now ......"
Xuanyuan Jing looked at Li Changqing as he spoke, but when he saw that she lowered her head and was silent, she couldn't find out.
"Oh? What does the emperor mean? The Queen Mother asked curiously. It was just a flash of light in her eyes, showing her calculation at the moment.
"Now Lin'er is praying, saying that he has taken a fancy to a woman from our Xuanyuan Dynasty."
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the concubines suddenly exploded, Ning Tianlin wanted to choose a concubine? And begged the current emperor to come forward, there must be something strange in this.
Which one of them can sit here isn't a human spirit? called Li Changqing today, but at this moment, Ning Tianlin's marriage was mentioned again, and the two people below couldn't help but look at it.
Li Changqing raised his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, unaffected by his surroundings.
It was Ning Tianlin, who seemed to have some expectations on his gentle face on weekdays.
"I wonder which girl is so lucky?" Concubine Ning satisfied the common doubts in everyone's hearts this time, and as soon as these words came out, the entire hall was silent.
"I wonder who Miss Li thinks?" Xuanyuan Jing suddenly asked in the direction of Concubine De.
Li Changqing stood up, walked respectfully to the center of the hall, first blessed the blessing, and then replied without humility or arrogance: "How can the marriage of the third prince of Ning be a courtier, the courtiers are only about thirteen now, and they are ignorant about the things between men and women, and the emperor asked the wrong person." ”
Xuanyuan Jing was stunned for a moment, Xu didn't expect this girl to disobey his wishes, and couldn't help but think of what Ning Tianlin said to him before he passed on the message to Li Changqing two days ago.
"Uncle, I came to the Xuanyuan Dynasty this time, in addition to attending the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, I also want to bring a concubine back to the Dynasty."
"Is there a match?" Xuanyuan Jing's scheming eyes were in Ning Tianlin's mind when he said this.
"The eldest lady of the Li Mansion." Ning Tianlin was not pretentious, and replied categorically.
Xuanyuan nodded knowingly and said, "I'll help you inquire, but as for whether it succeeds or not, you can work hard yourself." Xuanyuan Jing patted him on the shoulder as he spoke.
Now that I think about it, I can say that Xuanyuan Jing was just for another person.
"It's better to guess, Miss Li." The queen asked.
"The selection of concubines by the third prince of Ning is a major event, how can the courtiers be allowed to speculate? Can't guess. Li Changqing refused.
When Ning Tianlin heard this, his face changed and he was gloomy.
"Why bother Miss Li, the marriage of the third prince of Ning, now that I mention it, the concubine thinks it's too early, what does the queen mother think?" Concubine Xiao Guifei didn't want Li Changqing to marry so well, she had her own plans, and the Queen Mother probably thought the same way.
Thinking that the six princes had clearly disrespected the queen mother at the queen mother's birthday banquet, Miss Li once excused the six princes. Then, the Queen Mother's mind is probably to use Li Changqing as a chess piece. Besides, I came late today because I received a letter, and it seems that this Miss Li is indeed not simple.