The Deposed Imperial Concubine (12)
As soon as Concubine De's voice fell, the corners of Empress Dowager Lu's mouth hooked, and her voice was lighter: "I haven't heard of this Qingjia class, but when the mourning family didn't enter the palace before, I heard of the Yangchun Society, and the opera troupe sang Kunqu Opera very well, and now I still remember it." After Empress Dowager Lu finished speaking, she squinted her eyes and hummed in her mouth: "I don't know what to do, go deep, the living can die, and the dead can live......"
She is a newly widowed queen mother for less than a year, although she is young, but after all, her identity is different, but at this time, she sang about love and love, and the people in Fengming Hall were silent, not only feeling that Empress Dowager Lu's move was inappropriate, but they didn't dare to interrupt her. In the past, Empress Dowager Lu spoke in an old-fashioned manner, and it was not until this moment that the girl's charm was revealed, her tone was tactful and melodious, and the two sentences in the Peony Pavilion were sung extremely moving, but Concubine De didn't like to listen to these feelings and loves, and when Empress Dowager Lu finished humming a sentence, she said:
"According to the concubines, these lovers are also boring, it is better to listen to the group of heroes, borrow the east wind, and Shiro to visit his mother." As soon as Concubine De finished speaking, although Empress Dowager Lu was still smiling, a cold color flashed in her eyes very quickly, and she said slowly:
Although the mourning family hopes that the palace will be lively, but now that the Northern Qi Dynasty is fighting, the emperor is worried about national affairs, and I am afraid that there is no time to laugh and have fun."
When Yun Guiren heard this, he said flatteringly: "The emperor has always respected the queen mother, if the queen mother wants to hear it, the emperor will definitely allow it." ”
The smile on the corner of Empress Dowager Lu's mouth deepened, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes: "Yun Guiren is really good at talking." Reward! ”
The aunt standing behind her hurriedly ordered to go down, and the palace maid went to pick up the things of the Empress Dowager Lu, who leaned on the soft couch with a gentle expression:
"A few days ago, the South China Sea paid tribute to the pearl, and the emperor sent Fengming Palace, except for Yun Guiren, you all pick some." After Empress Dowager Lu said this, everyone thanked her.
In addition to Lily, Concubine Xian and Concubine De and others are all smiling on their faces, as long as they are women. There is little resistance to these jewelry. Empress Dowager Lu has a lot of things, but most of them can no longer be worn, and the things in the palace are all registered, and they cannot be sold for silver. and cannot be destroyed. Most of the time it is pressed in the library. It's a pity, she has no children, and she will only return to the palace treasury after a hundred years. Therefore, after Empress Dowager Lu said that she appreciated the nobles, she actually asked people to bring out two or three pieces of jewelry, and beckoned everyone to choose.
In Fengming Palace, in addition to the three knives such as Lily, there are also Yun Guiren and Liu Concubine, a total of five people, and the Empress Dowager Lu asked people to serve three things, but five people are not enough.
Before the Empress Dowager Lu had already said that she wanted to appreciate the nobles, then there were only two kinds of jewelry left, between Lily, Concubine De and Concubine Xian, there must be one that could not be chosen, and Concubine Liu could only watch dryly, her face was so anxious that her little face was pale, and the handkerchief in her hand was about to break.
This time, the Empress Dowager Lu was extremely generous, and among the three pieces of jewelry that came out, in addition to a bead chain made of beads from the South China Sea, there was another jade bracelet, the jade was emerald green and the color was excellent, and the other was a hollow gold step, a huge pearl on the step, the tassel that hung down was excellent, and the three good things made several women's eyes red, and they all wanted it.
Yun Guiren's face showed a look of joy, she has a low background, unlike Concubine Xian and others who started high, she is just a slave and maid next to Concubine Xian, and there are no good things. After she was favored, she felt that life in the palace was not easy, and rewarding the minions had already stretched her thin, but fortunately she was favored these days, and Emperor Yongming rewarded her with some money to support, otherwise I am afraid that I would not be able to get something for a long time. She didn't have any good things, and she only had those jewelry and clothes, no better than the three things that Empress Dowager Lu took out, and now she knew that one of them would belong to her, Yun Guiren couldn't help but get excited in her heart, and she also showed a little bit on her face.
"Pick it, take it if you like." Empress Dowager Lu saw the expressions on the faces of several people in the Fengming Palace, and her smile became deeper and deeper, as if she didn't notice that the things sent by her subordinates were only three things that were not enough for a few people, she leaned on the couch and slowly narrowed her eyes.
Concubine Liu was so anxious that her eyes were a little red, she wanted to pick but didn't dare, Concubine De was born in a family of military generals, and her temperament has always been domineering and straightforward, as long as Lily didn't move, her identity was the highest among these women, and she naturally leaned over and started to choose at this time. Concubine Xian couldn't get used to her arrogant appearance, and wanted to speak, but she didn't want to let Concubine De take advantage, so she followed and came over. Yun Guiren glanced at Lily, then at Empress Dowager Lu, then gritted his teeth, and followed the head to choose.
She chose the string of pearls and reached out to take it, but Concubine Xian didn't care that her palm had caught the pearl, she picked up the pearl necklace and put it on her neck for a gesture, and her attitude was self-evident. Yun Guiren came from a humble background, and he couldn't appreciate the jade bracelet, but he only knew that he took the gold, silver and jewelry, and saw that Concubine Xian had already chosen pearls, and saw that Concubine Xian's delicate beauty became more and more beautiful under the background of pearls, and his heart was both jealous and a little hateful, but he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so he had to touch his hand to the step again.
It's just that before she grabbed Bu Shao, Concubine De's hand hit the back of her hand with a 'snap', and Concubine De's strength was not small, and the back of Yun Guiren's hand was hot.
She is no longer a slave now, but in the eyes of these nobles, no one regards her as the emperor's woman, and those who call her sister and sister on the surface look down on her in their hearts. A resentment was born in Yun Gui's heart, but she had been a slave, knew how to be low, and understood the truth of forbearance, it was precisely because she endured her ambition to follow Concubine Xian that she later climbed onto the dragon bed and soared into the sky, and now she knows that she can't compare with Concubine De for the time being, so she naturally has to swallow her anger, and finally her eyes only fell on the jade bracelet.
Yun Guiren was about to reach out to take it, but Empress Dowager Lu, who had been pretending to sleep before, seemed to wake up, opened her eyes, and saw the scene of everyone scrambling, she was stunned for a moment, as if she had just discovered that the lily had not been selected, and was stunned for a moment:
"Why didn't the concubine come to choose?"
There is only one jade bracelet left in the jewelry plate, where is there anything to pick up? If the lily is picked up, Yun Guiren will definitely be gone, so that she went up to pick it up before, it was like a joke.
For a while, Yun Guiren's face turned blue and red, red and purple, his head was lowered, and tears were rolling in his eyes, but he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
Lily sneered in her heart, Empress Dowager Lu looked like she wanted to stir up the harem, first attacked Liang Mubei, then calculated the virtuous concubine, and then made such a fuss today, and now she still wants to provoke Yun Guiren to hate herself. Lily stretched out her hand and pulled her clothes, the palace man held the jewelry plate and handed it to her, Yun Guiren lowered his head, looking shabby, and the virtuous concubine looked gloating, obviously relieved by this situation.
At first, Concubine Liu was still jealous of Yun Guiren, but now when she looks at Yun Guiren's appearance, she is so laughing in her heart that her intestines are about to be knotted.
"There are so many concubines that the Queen Mother remembers, and I am really grateful in my heart. It's just that Yun Guiren is favored for the first time, and there are few valuable things around him, so the concubine will borrow flowers to offer Buddha today, and reward this jade bracelet to Yun Guiren. Lily opened her mouth slowly, the smile on Empress Dowager Lu's face froze, her eyes fell on Lily, but she didn't expect Lily to be looking at her at the same time, Empress Dowager Lu's gaze quickly returned to normal, and nodded:
"You are a person with a heart, since this is the case, Yun Guiren is not grateful for the reward of the concubine."
Obviously, the thing is her own, but when she slips around Lily's mouth, it becomes something she rewarded Yun Guiren. Whether to really take her own things as a gift, or in front of herself, Empress Dowager Lu couldn't calculate, but suffered a loss, and her face gradually turned cold at this time.
"The mourning family is not as careful as the concubine, forgetting that Yun Guicai has just been favored not long ago, and now the weather is getting colder, and the mourning family has a few pieces of snow fox skin, which is just right to reward Yun Guiren to make a big hat." After she finished speaking, without waiting for Yun Guiren's surprise thanks, she waved her hand: "Okay, the mourning family is also tired, you can go back by yourself." ”
When everyone heard this, they naturally knelt down and retreated, Yun Guiren thanked him, got up slowly, Concubine De and the others came out, and heard the queen mother in the palace asking: "These peach blossoms on the cuffs of Yun Guiren are so lifelike." ”
"The slave maid has no other skills, but she can still see people in embroidery work with one hand, and she has always wanted to embroider shoes for the Queen Mother, but I am afraid that the Queen Mother will not be used to wearing them." Yun Guiren's somewhat joyful voice sounded, and the virtuous concubine outside couldn't help muttering: "I am used to slapping horses." ”
The queen mother in the hall seemed to answer, and the few people who came out wanted to hear what the queen mother said to Yun Guiren, so they walked very slowly, but the queen mother did not leave Yun Guiren to say anything, this group of people did not leave the main hall, and Yun Guiren came out inside, and when Lily turned her head to look, she saw that Yun Guiren's expression was a little wrong, his eyes seemed to be a little red, and his lips trembled slightly.
It's just that after seeing Lily and the others, the reluctant look on Yun Guiren's face quickly changed to her usual gentle and obedient appearance, as if she was dazzled by the emotions that Lily saw before as if she was forced to endure something uncomfortable.
"What did the Queen Mother say about you?" Concubine De came out of the main hall of Fengming Palace, and let her subordinates put on a big coat for her, and when she saw Yun Guiren, she asked, her attitude was like treating her subordinates as if she were a slave. Yun Guiren's eyelids drooped, blocking the thoughts in his eyes, and after hearing Concubine De's words, she replied softly and obediently:
"Back to Concubine De, the Queen Mother took a fancy to the embroidered flowers on the concubine's body, and praised it twice." As she spoke, she pulled the peach blossoms on her cuffs and came out to look at them. (To be continued......)
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