Chapter 58: The Gift of Distraction
When the scroll slowly opened, there was a poem next to a landscape painting, and when the queen mother and the emperor saw this painting, they were like being pointed, and their eyes looked directly at the painting.
"It's ...... Is this the painting painted by the emperor himself? The Queen Mother said emotionally.
"The queen mother, it was painted by the father and the emperor himself, this painting went to the people, the son knew that this painting contains the relationship between the queen mother and the father for many years, so these days left Kyoto, just to find the whereabouts of this painting, fortunately it was successfully recovered." King Kang said with a smile.
"Okay, good, this birthday gift is very fond of the mourning family, today is a happy event, this gift from King Kang is the second favorite birthday gift received by the mourning family today." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
"A second birthday gift? Didn't the royal brother send something better? Pleasing the queen mother? ”
"It's not me, I don't have as much thought as you kid." The Emperor said with a smile.
"The emperor's mind is on the government, and the younger brother has always only liked to play in the mountains and rivers and elegant things, so he let the younger brother get a coincidence. Since it was not the gift given by the royal brother that made the queen mother happy, the younger brother was very curious about who pleased the queen mother and competed with the king for favor? King Kang looked around at the humanity present.
When his eyes swept over everyone, he happened to see a faint smile on the corner of King Rui's mouth, "Yi'er, but you kid is competing for favor with Uncle Wang?" Seeing you smile so proudly, it must be you. ”
"Uncle Wang, you have wronged your nephew, this year's imperial grandmother's birthday, my nephew sent a jade Ruyi and the imperial grandmother, and now the nephew is not good at walking, where can I pursue the painting of the imperial grandfather." Rui Wang said with a smile while sitting in a wheelchair.
"Who's that? Stand up for Ben King? King Kang shouted with his hands on his hips. That appearance doesn't show the slightest bit of arrogance, but a little more cynicism.
King Kang saw that no one responded to him, so he immediately looked at the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, the five phoenix golden steps in your hair are very good-looking, but how can Erchen look a little familiar." ”
When the emperor heard King Kang say this, he also noticed the swaying of the queen mother's hair, and it really looked very familiar, isn't this what his father gave to his mother? Something happened, and this step shook was lost for many years, and I never thought that it was brought to the head of the Queen Mother today.
"Naturally, it is familiar, this step is shaken, it was made by the Yun Xin of Mrs. Gu's family for the mourning family, her heart, the mourning family feels it." The Queen Mother looked at Gu Yunxin with a smile and said.
Speaking of these five phoenix golden step shakes, Gu Yunxin is really a little tricky, because of the memory of the previous life, she knows the story of this step shake, and this step shake in the previous life is also King Kang tried his best to find it, she has seen it, so she wrote it down, and this time this step shake has been damaged when she found it, she just let the step shake restore its original appearance.
"Gu Yunxin? Who is it? Stand up and let the king see. King Kang looked at the daughters behind Gu Taifu and said.
The lotus step moved slightly, and Gu Yunxin stepped forward and saluted slightly, "Gu Yunxin has seen the prince, and the prince is Kang'an." ”
"Who should I be, it turned out to be the first talented girl of our Great Zhou. This step shakes something, it's all things that women like, you give to the queen mother, you can exchange the favor of the queen mother, another day you go to my house as a guest, look at what I want, this king will give it to you. King Kang said with a smile.
"Kang, do you want to take a side concubine? Thinking about it, it has been a few years since Concubine Shao died, and it is time for a newcomer to serve in Prince Kang's mansion. Empress Xiao said with a smile.
Since the Queen Mother didn't want Gu Yunxin to be a help to either of them, she couldn't just give it to that cripple. This King Kang is middle-aged, and he likes elegance on weekdays, and he never interferes in the battles of the court, as long as no one can hinder her son from ascending to the throne, it doesn't matter who sacrifices.
"The queen is really joking, minister, a handful of age, similar to Mrs. Gu's age, how can she ruin the happiness of other girls' lives? The minister is not as good as the two uncles of the country, and a concubine who is old and has a strong heart. King Kang sneered.
Hearing this, Empress Xiao's face sank, who in the whole of Kyoto didn't know that her eldest brother Ning Guohou had just married a teenage woman as a concubine, and her younger brother Xiao Yuanpeng had been wandering around the flower streets and willow alleys all day long, and the maidservants in the house who had a little appearance were no longer innocent? Do you still think that everyone in the world is greedy for women like her brother, and the happiness of bad people?
"Uncle Wang, the queen lady regards you as the same person as the two uncles." King Huai raised his wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
"Queen, is that so? Or do you have a grudge against Miss Gu, so you want to use the king's hand to deal with Miss Gu? Queen Mother, no matter what Miss Gu says, she is also a child, why do you have to worry so much about a child? King Kang said with a smile.
"Hehe, Prince Kang is really joking, this palace is the queen, how can he worry about a girl?" Empress Xiao smiled reluctantly.
"Didn't you? Then why did you just get this king to accept someone as a concubine? Even if this girl wants to marry, she has to marry someone who matches her age and appearance. ”
"Shanshi is right, the emperor, the mourning family wants to help this girl ask for a favor from you, this girl's marriage, the mourning family will be the master in the future, how about it?"
"If there is anything to do with the queen mother, although the order is, since the queen mother has the heart to consider marriage for this girl, then everything depends on the queen mother." The Emperor said with a smile.
The emperor has always been filial, and the queen mother is very dignified and virtuous, she is generally reluctant to interfere too much in the affairs of the harem, unless the queen mother is really unable to see it.
I think back then, it was also the daughter of a courtier who won the favor of the Queen Mother, but she was instructed by the Queen Mother a few times, and she was different from other courtiers' daughters.
"The courtier Gu Yunxin thanked the emperor for his grace and thanked the queen mother for her grace." Gu Yunxin stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
With the protection of the queen mother, no one can influence her marriage, not even the emperor. When he turned around and walked back, Rui Dynasty smiled again at Gu Yunxin.
The sound of drums sounded, the light of the hall gradually dimmed, and the dancing queen in the palace specially choreographed a dance for the queen mother's birthday, and this dance is to be seen in the dim light, so that people can feel beautiful.
And the most important thing is that after this dance, there will be a moment of dark time, and it is said that Ruguifei prepared a big surprise for the Queen Mother.
All of this was experienced by Gu Yunxin in the previous life, the only difference was that she did not get the favor of the Queen Mother in the previous life, because she was cowardly and had nothing to favor the Queen Mother.
The light gradually dimmed, and there were a lot of starry lights in the darkness, just like the starry sky, and suddenly, a woman in white clothes appeared leisurely from the darkness, holding a big longevity peach in her hand in front of the queen mother.
"Siyu wishes the Queen Mother a long life and good health." Liao Siyu said with a decent smile in his hand.
Everyone who watched this scene was stunned, Gu Yunxin knew that this Liao Siyu could show her for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, but she had suffered a lot. After more than two months of hard practice, it's not very beautiful.
"Okay, okay, you girl also has a heart, get up quickly." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
"Queen Mother, Siyu is practicing this dance hard to congratulate you on your birthday, look at her just now, but does she look like a fairy?" Ru Guifei said with a smile.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's smile stiffened slightly, if this is like a fairy, then isn't it her old woman's clumsiness? Painstakingly playing these tricks, whether it is sincere filial piety or purpose, only they themselves know.
The Queen Mother didn't pay attention to Ru Guifei's question, her eyes swept over the people sitting in the hall, and suddenly, her eyes stayed on Gu Zhan's head.
"Mrs. Gu, the Mourning family looks at the step shake on your head very exquisitely, and it is still a little similar to the five phoenix steps of the Mourning family, but was it given by Yunxin girl?"
Hearing the Queen Mother call herself, Gu Zhanshi suddenly got up and saluted, "Back to the Queen Mother, this step on the head of the courtiers was made by Yun Xin to celebrate the courtier's pregnancy, and the courtiers felt that this was a piece of the child's heart, so she wore it." ”
"Well, good, good, good." The Queen Mother shouted three good words in a row, which is very appreciative of Gu Yunxin, a child who knows filial piety to his mother is definitely not bad.
"Imperial grandmother, if you like Miss Gu, you might as well reward her." King Rui smiled lightly.
"Oh? So what good advice does Yi'er have? The Queen Mother said with a smile.
In the eyes of the Queen Mother, the other grandchildren are the same, only this Rui Wang is her favorite, just from the Queen Mother's name for these grandchildren. The king of Ding and the king of Xiang are the second, third, or by their names, but for this Rui Wang, they are always close to Yi'er Yi'er.
"Imperial grandmother, Miss Gu made a congratulatory gift for you with her own hands, but she is much more thoughtful than any other singing and dancing peach. Otherwise, the imperial grandmother would give Miss Gu the county lord, so as not to let someone always bully her. King Rui said with a wink.
Hearing this, Gu Yunxin swallowed her saliva, she didn't want people to think that she sent the queen mother to the step to change the county lord, although she originally wanted the queen mother to help her gain the autonomy of a marriage, but she also sincerely respected the queen mother.
In the last life, she was punished by the queen once, kneeling in the heavy rain, or the mother next to the queen mother sent an umbrella to herself, in her heart, she has always been thinking of the queen mother's good.
"How can anyone dare to bully Yunxin girl?" The Queen Mother wondered.
How can I say it, Gu Yunxin is a concubine, even if someone wants to bully her, you have to look at her father and her mother, where do you dare to bully casually? Not to mention that she is too Fu and a daughter, even if she is the daughter of an ordinary person, she will not be bullied casually.
"Before, even if someone relied on their identity to snatch the step shake ordered by Miss Gu, if it weren't for the ninth brother who saw the knife and helped, he would definitely be snatched away." King Rui shook his head helplessly.
"Oh? And such a thing? The Queen Mother wondered. There are still people who want to snatch Gu Yunxin's customized step shake, King Rui didn't say which step shake he wanted to snatch, just said that someone wanted to snatch the step shake, only if the queen mother misunderstood, then it was good to do it......