Chapter 272: Dedication
Mrs. Chen said lightly: "This matter is not in a hurry, Huan'er is about to accept the concubine, wait for the concubine to pass the door." ”
Chen Guifei listened to it on the side, and immediately pouted in dissatisfaction: "Where in the world is there a son who dares to take a concubine for his son." ”
When Xuan Guifei heard Chen Guifei say this, in front of the Queen Mother, she naturally didn't want to reply to Chen Guifei.
Otherwise, it was wrong to slap yourself in the mouth, and it made everyone feel that they were targeting the queen mother, Xuan Guifei simply overlooked it, deliberately turned to the crown princess and asked: "Prince's mansion, I don't know if the house in Chengqian's palace is enough to live?" I heard that there are too many concubines under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to live. ”
The crown princess hated in her heart, but in front of everyone in the palace, she said calmly: "Don't worry about the concubine Xuan, everything is fine in the Chengqian Palace." ”
Chen Guifei glanced at Xuan Guifei hatefully.
The two fought as soon as they met, which is also a well-known fact in the palace.
Liu Mengyan and Yang sat on the sidelines, listening to their lawsuit.
"Okay, it's all a family, and it's also a heavenly family, what kind of system will it become!" Seeing that everyone was talking, the more they didn't know how to restrain themselves, so naturally she couldn't let the palace quarrel in her longevity palace.
Chen Guifei glanced at Xuan Guifei proudly, and then raised her hand to order the palace maid to step forward with a pair of green cabbage, and said to the Empress Dowager Chen: "Queen Mother, this pair of jade cabbage is exquisitely carved and lifelike, and the prince has been looking for it for a long time in order to give his grandmother's birthday, and this time he dedicated it to the Queen Mother as a birthday gift." ”
"Okay, it's really precious and abnormal, the prince has a heart." The Queen Mother nodded, and her mouth burst with appreciation.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a piece of filial piety, which can be called an example for all princes." Concubine Xiao Chen then got up and praised the prince a few words, but quickly turned the conversation to her son Seventh Prince, "The congratulatory gift prepared by the concubine Xiao Qi is not as heavy as his prince's brother, but for the birthday of the Queen Mother, this child has been writing this character since three months ago." I also hope that the Queen Mother will see that this child has this heart, and allow the concubines to present ugly gifts. ”
Empress Dowager Chen was amused by Concubine Chen's words: "There is no mother like you in the world, the mother is not ugly, not to mention that our Xiaoqi has always been a good child, so don't hurry up and present it." ”
"The concubine takes the order."
After that, Concubine Xiao Chen ordered the palace maids to take a few steps forward and unfold a scroll in front of the Queen Mother.
The full hall suddenly couldn't help but exclaim, in all fairness, the gift offered by the Seven Princes was not so novel and precious, but it was expensive in its original thoughts.
A picture of longevity, not to mention the situation, but also shows its filial piety.
In particular, the longevity characters on it are even written in various fonts, and this congratulatory gift is really breathtaking.
At least no one has ever given such a congratulatory gift before.
And today is the birthday gift of the Queen Mother, and this gift is better than the ingenuity of the idea.
Compared with this congratulatory gift, the two jade cabbages just now are inevitably too unintentional.
Liu Mengyan remained silent and glanced at this little Concubine Chen with her spare eyes.
Although she is Chen Guifei's younger sister, she was originally accepted by the Queen Mother for the sake of solid favor, but unfortunately people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and since the birth of the Seventh Prince, this pair of sisters who once had a deep friendship has become more and more alienated.
Now I am afraid that there is discord between the face and the heart, but this is also true, there is no father and son in the heavenly family. In the inner courtyard of the deep palace, where is there any real sisterhood.
Liu Mengyan remembered that in the previous life, Concubine Xiao Chen was favored by Emperor Xuan, and secretly stumbled the prince many times. The final collapse of the prince was indispensable to her part.
"Okay, okay, Xiao Qi's mind is very much in my old woman's heart, give me a good take, and the mourning family will look at this longevity picture every day."
Chen Guifei saw that the Queen Mother liked the longevity of Concubine Chen and her son more, and it was not very good-looking on her face.
Xuan Guifei naturally did not miss the jealousy that flashed in Chen Guifei's eyes, the corners of her mouth curved, and she deliberately said provocatively: "Oh, although our seventh prince is young, this filial piety is not younger than the prince at all." Even the concubines felt that this congratulatory gift was simply ingenious and incomparable. ”
After saying this at the beginning of the rally, Chen Guifei's face became even more ugly as she wished.
Concubine Xuan opened her mouth with satisfaction and said, "Queen Mother, the third prince has also prepared a gift for his grandmother. However, the concubine is a little embarrassed, but I am afraid that there is no comparison with Xiao Qi's gift. ”
After that, the noble lady raised her hand and asked the palace maid to take it out, although it was some medicinal materials, but the varieties were very rare.
Empress Dowager Chen takes supplements all year round, so she naturally likes this medicinal material very much, and she is not stingy and says: "They are all good children, and they have hearts." ”
"It's good if the Queen Mother likes it." Xuan Guifei said.
"The mourning family often takes tonic all year round, and the third child's gift is very practical." Empress Dowager Chen praised it.
Seeing this, Concubine Chen felt even more uncomfortable, originally Empress Dowager Chen was proud of the gift prepared by Concubine Chen and her son, she was not happy in her heart, but she didn't expect that she would still like Concubine Xuan's gift at this time.
was originally going to make a splash in front of everyone, but the difference was so bad, the more Chen Guifei thought about it, the deeper the gloom in her eyes became.
Seeing that several people sent congratulatory gifts, Concubine Mei couldn't sit still now.
However, she still said calmly: "The congratulatory gifts sent by the sisters really opened the eyes of the concubines, and the gifts of the concubines were a little out of their hands." The fourth child has always liked poetry and books, and when he saw that the Queen Mother also often worshiped the Buddha, he copied a thousand scriptures for the Queen Mother, praying for the Queen Mother to live a long life. ”
Originally, this congratulatory gift should have been very good, but unfortunately there was Zhuyu in front of it before, and after the congratulatory gift of the Seven Princes, it was a little discolored.
However, Empress Dowager Chen was still very happy in her heart, and said with a smile: "The fourth child is also very hearty, he is a good boy." ”
Concubine Mei showed a hint of a smile.
According to the order, it was the turn of the five princes, and the queen said to the queen mother with a smile: "The fifth child has already given a gift for the queen mother, but the gift is too big to bring in for a while, it is a set of rosewood screens, on which are carved the immortals of the fairy palace." ”
The Queen Mother was also very satisfied after hearing this, and opened her mouth and said: "The fifth child has always been a practical, and this child knows the preferences of the mourning family, which is also a good one." ”
Qi Zhaoyi saw that everyone's gifts were presented, and hurriedly gave Liu Mengyan a look.
Liu Mengyan naturally knew what Qi Zhaoyi meant, and knew that this was a gift for her.
The Yang family on the side also saw Qi Zhaoyi's eyes, and his face was not obvious, but in his heart, he was very gloating and looked at Liu Mengyan to see how she was doing.
Liu Mengyan didn't seem to see the schadenfreude in Yang's eyes, got up generously, gave a salute, and then said slowly to the Queen Mother: "The concubine also prepared a congratulatory gift for the Queen Mother, but when she entered the palace, the maid was shocked by the majesty of the Heavenly Family, and accidentally broke the white jade Guanyin prepared by the concubine for the Queen Mother, and hoped that the Queen Mother would forgive her sins." ”
As soon as these words came out, especially Liu Mengyan admitted it in front of the public so unconcealedly, everyone in the palace was in an uproar.
Some obviously had a lively look on their faces, and some even bluntly said that Liu Mengyan didn't take the Queen Mother's birthday to heart...... In short, there are all kinds of eye colors.
Qi Zhaoyi was so angry that she wanted to get up and reprimand Liu Mengyan loudly, but in front of the Queen Mother, she didn't dare.
Empress Dowager Chen saw that Liu Mengyan didn't take her birthday to heart so much, and her face also showed an unhappy look. I even wonder if Liu Mengyan has a grudge against herself because of the fact that she gave Tuoba Zeyan three concubines in one fell swoop last time, so she will take advantage of the topic today.
Thinking about it like this, Empress Dowager Chen's eyes were full of sorrow when she looked at Liu Mengyan.
Everyone saw that Empress Dowager Chen's face sank, and they all looked like they were watching the show.
Recently, the limelight of the six princes has been too strong, and because of the injury last time, he was very embarrassed in front of Emperor Xuan, so the concubines of the princes in the harem are naturally willing to be greatly embarrassed by the six princes at this moment. If the Queen Mother hates the six princes because of this, it is more in line with everyone's hearts.
"Empress Dowager. In fact, this white jade Guanyin was broken, which may also be a good thing. Liu Ruli took everyone's reactions into her eyes one by one and raised her voice.
"Princess Yi, you dropped the birthday gift to the Queen Mother, how can you still say that it is a good thing?" The queen was puzzled.
"Queen Qiyu, as the saying goes: the years are safe, and the pieces are safe. On his birthday, he broke something, maybe it was to block the unlucky things of the year for the birthday star. Liu Mengyan looked as usual.
"Not really! The Empress Dowager, the Queen's Niang, and the concubine's hometown have this custom. When I was dying, I had to break some things on purpose. The louder the movement, the better! Concubine Mei took over and said.
The Queen Mother believed in Buddhism and trusted these folklore customs very much.
"That being the case, then it should be a disaster for the mourning family. Princess Yi, it can be regarded as making up for it. Empress Dowager Chen said.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Liu Mengyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang saw that he had finally laid out the game, and he was easily solved by Liu Mengyan, and he was very unwilling, but at this time, she had no place to speak.
"Princess Yi, the three concubines sent by the mourning family to Xiaoliu, are they okay?" Empress Dowager Chen glanced at Concubine Yang Shu and asked deliberately.
"Back to the Queen Mother's words, the three concubines are skillful, and Concubine Yang has already served His Royal Highness. They can go to King Yi's Mansion to be with his concubines, which is really a blessing for King Yi's Mansion. Liu Mengyan had no choice but to take out the words she had learned in her previous life to deal with them.
Empress Dowager Chen nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Very good, Princess Yi is really very kind to the mourning family." ”
This boast attracted the jealousy of the crown princess and the second princess. They are like Liu Ruli, they belong to the grandchildren's generation, and naturally they have a comparison with each other.
"Ancestor, if you say this, your granddaughter-in-law is going to be jealous. Could it be that the granddaughter-in-law usually serves the Queen Mother and does not serve the Queen Mother, but she can't compare to the sixth brother and sister? The crown princess Shi couldn't bear it anymore, and her mouth was full of sourness.
"Crown Princess, the mourning family knows that you are filial. Didn't your sixth brother and sister just come to us? The Queen Mother glanced at the crown princess and said.
"The sixth brother and sister are brides, you, who are sisters-in-law, still eat this vinegar?" Queen Wang smiled and said.
The crown princess was a little embarrassed.