231 Selection of concubines
This time, everything was arranged by the Ministry of Rites, Lan Junyao looked carefully, several women were very good, and they knew that they were not ordinary musicians by looking at their appearance and demeanor. He only glanced at the ministers sitting on both sides of the banquet, and it was clear in an instant.
It turned out that the courtiers saw that the position in the emperor's harem was empty, and for the sake of the royal heirs, they desperately wanted to send their daughters to the palace.
After just a few glasses of sake, Lan Junyao only cared about the pleasure in her mouth, but she didn't expect that this seemingly light wine was full of stamina. Right now, my stomach is like a blazing fire, and it's really uncomfortable. She took two fruits from her plate and put them in her mouth, which made her feel much more comfortable.
The envoys of various countries seemed to be dazzled by this wonderful performance, but they wasted this table of delicacies. Lan Junyao supported the step on her head, the jewelry made of pure gold looked very expensive, but the weight was not comparable to ordinary jewelry.
Before coming, Mo Yi sent this box of golden phoenix step shakes into her palace, and the twelve step shakes were lined up, and he also brought the emperor's original words: "It is a matter of heavenly prestige, and the queen must wear this set of step shakes." ”
The servants in the palace couldn't help but be overjoyed, those rumors in the palace were just rumors, the emperor still cared about the mother, and even sent someone to send the jewelry. As a result, the golden crown on Lan Junyao's head was removed, and the originally neat sideburns were also scattered, and a fan-shaped bun was combed out with these twelve steps, and all the twelve steps were inserted into the bun.
Lan Junyao couldn't help sighing, this emperor was really stingy. It's just that on the wedding day, he took off the phoenix crown privately, and now he ordered someone to recreate a step that is heavier than the phoenix crown. With a golden stride, the clothes on his body are also golden, and he is not afraid of hitting people's eyes.
The feast is only halfway now. I don't know what the maidservant smeared on her face, but the fragrance was strong, but she always felt that her nose was a little itchy, and she forced herself to endure it. simply held his head to the side with one hand, and then he felt that he had been saved for half a moment.
The daughters of the ministers' families can be described as versatile, playing, playing and singing, and knowing everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which really opened the eyes of these envoys. Although most of the people in the field were attracted, there were still a few exceptions, just like Concubine Yan, who had just finished dancing beside her, and everyone from the Southern Frost Empire and the Northern Phoenix Empire who were sitting at the beginning.
Lan Junyao glanced at it, Concubine Qin was accompanying the emperor to enjoy this wonderful performance, it was the first time she saw the talent of a Dongling woman, and she couldn't help but think about it, and occasionally whispered to the emperor. Such an intimate action fell in the eyes of those who cared, and I was afraid that I would stumble on this Qin Guifei in the future.
Not to mention other women, but the jealous Concubine Yan beside her is not a worry-free master, she seems to have seen a scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping in Ling Qixuan's harem, thinking about these interesting things, there is also laughter floating out of the corners of her lips, although it is subtle, but it is listened to by the people who have been paying attention to her movements, so she followed her eyes and looked over.
The queen's unintentional smile fell into the eyes of a group of officials, and they couldn't help but be very encouraged, and look at the direction of the queen's mother's desire, it is on the terrace, and now standing on the platform is the daughter of the servant of the ministry, this woman is a very talented person in the boudoir, she holds two pens in both hands, the wolf can move, one hand paints, the other hand composes poetry, which attracts everyone to breathe.
According to the custom, after these women showed their talents, they had to go to the palace to receive the reward, and now they came and left one after another, and none of them were left by the emperor, I don't know if the emperor was really picky or didn't want to go along with these ministers.
These women have more or less been rewarded by the emperor, but none of them can be included in the harem by the emperor. The emperor was silent, and the queen, as his wife, pretended not to understand the intentions of these ministers.
Lan Junyao glanced down at her slightly round belly, and then realized that she had unconsciously eaten up all the fruits, no wonder she felt a little overwhelmed. However, she couldn't stand up and walk around at this moment, so Lan Junyao had to take the handkerchief in her sleeve and wipe her hands clean.
It happened that the woman who painted just now came to the palace, and when the emperor wanted to reward her, she suddenly opened her mouth and interrupted the emperor's words: "The slave doesn't want anything, the slave only wishes to be able to serve the emperor in this life, and asks the emperor to agree." ”
It was the first time to see such a bold woman Lan Junyao, although she had seen someone who took the initiative to confess to a man in the past, but the object of this confession was different after all, the one sitting in front of her was the Ninety-Five Emperor of the Dongling Empire, if it was an ordinary woman, I was afraid that she would already be shy, just like the previous ones.
I don't know how the emperor will answer, all the courtiers and envoys from other countries are looking at the emperor with blank eyes, and even Concubine Qin and Concubine Yan who are sitting on the side are waiting for her answer, but the two are a little different, Concubine Yan clearly wrote disgust on her face, but she couldn't see anything from Concubine Qin's face.
Lan Junyao felt a little sorry, these two were not of the same rank, how could they expect to be able to hold up the mud on the wall? Concubine Yan wrote everything on her face, but Lan Junyao felt that something was wrong, she seemed to remember that she was not such a character in the past. Even if she was a little arrogant because of Taishi Yan's favor, she was by no means as reckless as she was today, and she couldn't figure it out for a while, so she simply joined them to see the emperor's choice.
Ling Qixuan played with the wine glass in his hand and made a contemplative appearance. He didn't look at the woman kneeling at his feet, the atmosphere was terrifyingly quiet, and the official Shangshu couldn't help but sweat for his daughter's bold behavior.
"So, let's be a noble person for the time being. Ling Qixuan finally made a decision, he raised his head, lifted the woman's chin with one hand, and looked at each other, the woman was still caught in this sudden surprise, and when she came back to her senses, her cheeks couldn't help but be dyed red.
Ling Qixuan let go of her hand, and a little eunuch stepped forward to lead her to get up from the ground, standing behind the emperor vividly, not as bold as Fang Cai, but showing some of the delicate posture of a little daughter at this moment.
The servant was full of glory, and a hanging heart was put back in his stomach, and the ministers sitting beside him congratulated him, envious and jealous of this surprisingly victorious servant, why did they not expect to arrange for their daughter to come to such a play.
The emperor was surrounded by a hundred flowers, originally drowned in the rouge gouache pile, all the ministers thought that the woman was too active and might make the emperor annoyed, only the daughter of the servant of the ministry did the opposite, but won the first place in one fell swoop.
Lan Junyao smiled and said nothing, took the time to look at this new nobleman, her eyebrows were in her sideburns, and her eyes secretly glanced at the emperor in front of her from time to time, and she was a little glad that she was able to get out of the quagmire as soon as possible. These adults don't have to be disappointed, since they have set this precedent, presumably he will canonize more concubines to balance the previous dynasty, and there are three thousand beauties in the harem, fortunately she sticks to her heart.
Huang Yunqing has been observing this niece's every move, and at this moment, in the eyes of outsiders, the queen mother is probably a little drunk, her face is slightly ruddy, her mouth opens a little gap, and she looks at the new nobleman with a smile of relief. However, Huang Yunqing could see clearly, her eyes were clear, and the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, but she was a cold bystander.
After taking a closer look, Huang Yunqing was sure that she was not wrong, her eyes were too indifferent, like those hermits who had seen through the red dust, even when she looked at the emperor, the coldness in her eyes had not faded, and he knew that her niece was probably unwilling to do it.
Even Huang Beiruo, who has always been pure-hearted, couldn't help frowning, the first time she saw this cousin, she went to Beihuang. He didn't usually get along with outsiders, even if his grandmother was killed, he didn't take it seriously.
When I saw him the next day, he changed his mind. She looked docile on her face, but there was cunning in her eyes, and when she called his cousin, he couldn't help blurting out: "If you have trouble in the future, you can open this bag." ”
If Huang Bei looked carefully, her seal hall was a little bleak compared to the others, it was an ominous omen, maybe in order to keep the trace of cunning in her eyes, he did something that even he did not expect.
After she left, he personally asked his grandmother for her birthday, and he didn't sleep all night, he made three trigrams for her, he hoped that he had made a mistake, but the hexagram was like a big murderer, and there would be a big disaster in the near future.
He has been paying attention to her news, she returned to Dongling safely, and there has been no news for a long time, so it is safe and sound. The mind he had been carrying was only accepted, and it was probably because the hexagram was inaccurate.
A few days ago, bad news came, when he was looking through the codex left by his master, and when he first heard the news, the scroll in his hand fell to the ground. My grandmother was so grieved by my aunt's death that she fell ill two days later.
Now this cousin who married into the emperor's family has the vicissitudes of life in her eyes, and her appearance is better than before, but she has built a wall with others in front of her, which can't be broken and can't get by.
Huang Beiruo watched it for a long time, and felt a little sorry for her. Although he had calculated that there would be a calamity on her, he did not expect it to be such a calamity. Sitting beside her was her husband, but he did not see her take off her guard in the face of him, and mourned more than her heart died, but that's it.
The wine in front of Lan Qingyue has been changed three times, I don't know if the wine in the palace can't get drunk, or if his alcohol consumption has improved today, and his sister's face is clearly imprinted in his eyes. In the past, she didn't like such heavy makeup the most, although the cumbersome headdress made her beautiful, but this beauty lacked a trace of ethereal.
She occasionally threw a comforting smile at herself, about she understood the worry in her eyes, Lan Qingyue collected the emotion in her eyes, if it weren't for herself, she would have taken her father's ashes and flew away, even a cage like the palace couldn't trap her. For the second time in her life, Lan Qingyue found that she was still so useless.