6. Don't give face if you don't want to be embarrassed

Breakfast was good today. Salty shortbread with crab shell yellow, rolls with chopped green onion and fine salt with fennel, two plates of snow-white and sweet rice cakes, and 12 kinds of side dishes. Zhao Yanrong got up too early, and her appetite was a little unpleasant. I only ate a cake, drank a small half bowl of thick porridge boiled with blue stem royal rice, and put aside the chopsticks.

With a sip of tea, she picked out a wide-sleeved long skirt embroidered with a red golden phoenix and wore it, and personally chose a bright and golden nine-tailed hanging beaded big phoenix hairpin for Pei to help her hairpin to the bun.

"Are all the people in front of you here?" With the help of the palace maids to tidy up their waists and wear pressure skirts, Zhao Yanrong asked Bai Lu.

"Back to Niangniang, Concubine Zhen, Concubine Hui, and a few Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, and beauties have arrived, but there are also a few Niangniang who have not arrived." Bai Lu replied respectfully, bent down, and put on phoenix shoes embroidered with yellow silk satin embroidered all over the land and pearls for Zhao Yanrong.

"Where's Concubine Rong?" Zhao Yanrong asked so casually, and sure enough, she saw Bai Lu's body stiffen slightly.

"I said I was suffering from back pain, but I came." Bai Lu reported in a subtle voice that could be heard by the master and servant.

Zhao Yanrong raised her eyebrows: "The emperor stayed with her yesterday?" ”

Bai Lu nodded.

I saw a smile full of interest on my master's face.

"Now there's a good show, let's go."

Holding Pei's hand, Zhao Yanrong's long phoenix skirt dragged through the dusty wooden corridor, bypassed the tall and heavy screen, and appeared in front of the palace concubines who were already waiting in front of the palace.

The large gilt and eight-treasure double phoenix chair in the center of the main hall was her seat, and she flicked the hem of her skirt back and sat down upright.

The palace concubines who were originally sitting and chatting immediately lined up in two rows and bowed to her.

"Sit."

With the queen's order, the palace concubines stood up and sat in their seats.

Of course, the four seats closest to the queen were still empty, and the queen didn't see it, so she said to them with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and now I look at the faces of the sisters, they are all a little blurry, if the palace calls the wrong person and calls the wrong name for a while, don't blame me." ”

Everyone hurriedly raised their voices again, and they didn't even dare to say.

After the queen entered the palace, she had an awkward relationship with the emperor, and she was in a bad mood all the time, from entering the palace to being grounded in the Zhaoyang Palace, the number of times she saw them added up to only one hand can be counted.

It's easy to remember everyone, but it's hard to put everyone on the same page.

Although the emperor and queen are not very harmonious, but this time there is such a big thing as disgust, and the queen can turn over, which is enough to show that the emperor attaches great importance to this wife.

Therefore, everyone no longer dares to have contempt, and they are very well-behaved, and they honestly dare not make mistakes.

This master killed two personal palace maids with a cane before he turned over, and I heard that he also beat the eunuch who was the head of Zhaoyang Hall half to death.

The chief eunuchs of each palace are all old people in the palace, and they can be the head of a palace, and they have more or less power behind them.

Even if they make any mistakes, not everyone has the courage of a queen, and they dare to beat people to death if they are still guilty of unconvicted crimes.

And the queen in front of them seems to be a little different from the one they remember.

Since she entered the palace, she has always had a straight face, and everything is about rules and etiquette, except for the wedding dress she wore on the day of her wedding to the emperor, they never saw the queen wearing bright clothes.

The bright red, which is a color that only queens can wear, is as red as a fire, making people's eyes sour and spicy.

And the queen did not apply heavy white powder as in the past, but her face was plain, and her eyebrows were swept, setting off the snowy skin, and she looked much more delicate and younger.

Seeing that these women all hung their heads and didn't speak after they sat down, Zhao Yanrong laughed.

An An's share, that's right.

Zhao Yanrong glanced at the emperor's women sitting at the bottom, they were fat and thin, each with their own charm, surrounded by so many beauties every day, the emperor's aesthetics were afraid that he was already overtired.

"Li Zhaoyi looks in bad spirits, but she didn't sleep well last night?"

Li Zhaoyi, who was named by the queen, was originally just a lantern palace maid in the East Palace, and later was named a beauty, and soon gave birth to a little princess. Although Tong Meiren standing behind her is also a pen and ink palace maid, she is not as good as Zhaoyi, and she can hit the target with one shot, so she is only a seven-grade beauty until now.

"Back to the queen's mother, Princess Baozhu didn't sleep well last night, and the concubine watched it all night, so she was a little in good spirits." Li Zhaoyi can only be regarded as middle-class in this group of women, but she is low-key and humble, and Zhao Yanrong has no bad impression of her.

"Since you're tired of taking care of the princess, you'll go back in a while. Only when you have enough spirit can you take a good look at the princess. Zhao Yanrong took the bowl lid and gently skimmed the foam, when she first entered the palace, the little princess was not yet full moon, and she hadn't seen it, "When the princess is better, you can take her to Zhaoyang Hall and let the palace have a look." ”

Just said it casually, but Li Zhaoyi was shocked, her face turned white, and her forehead was sweaty, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

Zhao Yanrong glanced at her and guessed her thoughts.

"Just take a look, and it's not to take it over, what are you afraid of?"

Li Zhaoyi immediately left her seat and knelt down, kowtowing again and again: "If the princess can be raised by the queen's mother, it will be her blessing, and the concubine will be grateful." ”

I can't say this so much, didn't I see it crying?

It's as if she, the queen, is an old witch who wants people to break up human flesh and bones.

"Li Zhaoyi, you speak carefully." Zhao Yanrong put the tea bowl on the table, frowned and said, "When did this palace say that it was going to raise a child for you?" Could it be that if you have a child in the future, you will have to rely on this palace to raise it? ”

Li Zhaoyi's body stopped shaking when she heard this, and her blood color returned, and the surprise and gratitude that flashed on her face when she raised her head were extremely sincere.

"Go ahead, it's annoying to look at you. Go back and take the kids well. Zhao Yanrong turned around and said a few words to Mulan, "The sky is gradually getting warmer, it is good for children to wear cotton, the palace asks people to take half a piece of cotton cloth and plain silk cloth, and you cut a few small clothes for her." ”

Cotton cloth and plain silk are worthless, but they are the queen's heart, which is more considerate than rewarding anything.

Li Zhaoyi is grateful, if the queen rewards the gold and silver artifacts today, she will inevitably be remembered, but there are only two pieces of cloth that are not very valuable, which she has to use, and it will not attract attention. After rewarding the material and scolding twice, others couldn't say that they still laughed at her, but Li Zhaoyi was relieved.

hurriedly confessed and retreated, and sure enough, a palace maid outside showed her the material, and then put it in the box again, so that her palace maid left with it.

The queen scolded twice, and the atmosphere that was just as serious and stiff as a memorial service was like being smashed on thin ice with a hammer, and the uproar dispersed.

The palace concubines slowly had a smile on their faces, and they chatted about the sky with or without a match.

It's nothing more than a big slap of the queen's ass, and by the way, slap your own man, no, it's the man's ass shared by everyone.

After a round of sycophants, it was another gossip about clothes and jewelry.

People say that three women in one play, in addition to the palace maids and grandmothers in this hall, there are also seven * ten masters who can have seats and speak, chatting and chatting, and the atmosphere will naturally be lively.

"Although the phoenix seal has been handed over to Concubine Rong, most of the affairs in this palace are still in the hands of Concubine Zhuang, and the concubine is busy with miscellaneous affairs, and there are also people who can't come to the queen to ask for peace for a while." In a word, the one who gave the two mothers eye medicine is the highest-ranking concubine among the concubines here.

"Yes, Sister Duanfei can't come if she wants to serve in front of the Queen Mother, Sister Roufei's body has always been bad, and there is a person in the medicine jar, so if the two of them can't come over to ask for peace, forget it, why can't you see Sister Rongfei?" Concubine Hui is known for being outspoken, Zhao Yanrong waited for a long time, didn't she just wait for her words?

Since someone thoughtfully sent a ladder, she naturally had to climb it.

Zhao Yanrong smiled and said to Concubine Hui: "Concubine Hui is still careful, and the palace doesn't know who should come or not." He gave him a look.

Bai Lu immediately stepped forward and saluted her and said, "Niangniang, the lady in charge of Fang Caiguang Hall went back and forth, saying that Concubine Rong Niangniang had back pain, and she couldn't get out of bed at this time, so when she was a little better, she would come over to ask Niangniang to accompany her." ”

Back pain!

Zhao Yanrong's eyebrows raised slightly, first she pondered for a moment, and then glanced at Concubine Zhen and Concubine Hui present, with an unfathomable smile on her face.

"Sister Concubine Rong has worked hard, let her rest well, and she doesn't need to come to the palace to say goodbye. Go and call a doctor to Huaguang Hall to take a look at Concubine Rong's sister, there is a disease in the waist that can't be delayed! ”

Concubine Zhen and Concubine Hui naturally understood the meaning behind the queen's smile.

However, the emperor stayed at Concubine Rong's place last night, so Concubine Rong said that she had back pain and did not come to the queen to say goodbye.

Everyone knows that since the queen entered the palace, the emperor can count the days when she sleeps with five fingers. Using the excuse of back pain not to come to ask for peace, isn't it just a demonstration with the queen?

Concubine Hui sneered, thinking that she was a little favored, so she didn't know how high or low she was.

Concubine Zhen is slightly curved at the corner of her mouth, and she hangs her head very calmly to drink tea.

Concubine Zhen and Concubine Hui entered the palace to serve him when they were Li Rui or King Kang, so they were naturally no more knowledgeable than those concubines who had just entered the palace.

In a room of women, sitting upright, drinking tea, it seems that the words of the queen just now are natural and normal, except for entering the palace with Concubine Rong, most of the concubines Mei Guifei, who have been favored a few times, are calm and calm.

Concubine Mei is sixteen this year, with a pretty face and a cold temperament, which is somewhat similar to her title "Mei".

Among the palace concubines who went to the palace three months ago, they naturally did not dare to compare with the queen of the main palace, among them, Concubine Rong and Concubine Mei had the best appearance.

But Concubine Rong has a grandfather who is Ren Tongping, an old man in the three dynasties, and the same prime minister, who is extremely prestigious and powerful in the court. Mei Guifei's father, who only has five positive grades, naturally can't compare with others.

Therefore, Concubine Rong entered the palace and got the position of second-grade concubine, and she was just a fourth-grade concubine.

People can use the back pain to say that they don't come to the queen to say goodbye, and they dare not come, even if she really has back pain, someone will carry her.

This is the rule, it is the etiquette.

No matter how high the level of the palace concubine is, she is just the emperor's concubine, who can be bigger than the wife?

In the end, he is so young that he can't hold his breath.

Zhao Yanrong's gaze swirled on Concubine Mei's face, and she suddenly felt that the emperor was quite a scumbag, this childish face, obviously underage!

The underage Mei Guifei really opened her mouth: "Niangniang, the concubine remembers that last time she went to Changchun Garden to enjoy the snow, Tong Meiren skated on the ice and twisted her waist, but she still came to Zhaoyang Hall the next day to ask her mother for peace." The mother also praised her for knowing the etiquette. ”

Tong Meiren is not good at words, and when she heard that Mei Guifei suddenly pulled her in, she was a little anxious, but it was not easy to express it.

Zhao Yanrong vaguely remembered that it was just half a month when she entered the palace, and the emperor was still angry with her at that time, and she was not in a good mood. Tong Meiren's fall was not light, but she still asked people to come to her to say goodbye, and Concubine Rong seemed to say that she didn't come because of back pain or something.

"Really?" The queen seemed to be recalling something, and a gentle smile appeared on her face, "I don't remember much about this palace, but what Concubine Ruomei said is that Tong Meiren is really a courtesy." ”

Concubine Mei hurriedly got up and said, "The concubine doesn't dare to lie nonsense to the mother." ”

"Okay, I know you're a sincere person." Zhao Yanrong said to Bai Lu, "Tong Meiren has white skin, and there is a pair of blood agate bracelets in the palace to line her, and you will have someone bring it to her in a while." ”

Tong Meiren hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down: "The concubine has no merit and no virtue, so she doesn't dare to receive such a heavy reward." ”

"If you want to reward this palace, you can reward it, what's the matter, it's not good?" Zhao Yanrong raised her eyebrows, held the pie, and her condescending little appearance was very well handled.

Tong Meiren saw that the queen was about to get angry, and quickly kowtowed to thank her.

The reward was held in her hand, but she was counted down by the queen again, Tong Meiren's face was a little sneering, and the palace concubines who were still a little envious and jealous in their hearts looked at her face, and felt that she was ridiculous and pitiful.

The queen is generous, but this temper is really not very good.

No wonder Bai Chang has such a good look, and he can't get the emperor's liking.

After a while, the imperial doctor who went to Huaguang Hall to diagnose Concubine Rong followed Xiao Jiangzi in and replied.

Zhao Yanrong looked at the imperial doctor who was kneeling down and had a gray beard, and opened her mouth very gently: "How is Concubine Rong, can the back pain be cured?" ”