Chapter 239: Take care of your concubines
This year's embroidery contest is more lively than in previous years, and this year is the emperor's personal assessment, all the boudoir women are dressed up one by one, thinking that even if they can't get the prince's like, it's okay to get into the emperor's eyes.
Positions of power can sometimes be blinding, especially for those who are bent on becoming human beings.
With the queen mother's singing, "The emperor has arrived...... The Queen Mother drove to ......"
Hearing this, everyone knelt on the ground together, "Long live the emperor, long live the queen mother, long live the queen mother." ”
"Let's all be flat." The emperor said with a smile on his lips.
"Emperor Xie!" The crowd stood up and said.
The women then lined up and stood according to the number plate just drawn, and the emperor looked at these beautiful women in front of him, and couldn't help but smile and nodded.
The number plate drawn by Zhan Xinlan was number ten, and in front of her were several daughters of high-ranking courtiers. While everyone was looking down to draw the picture on their table, Gu Yunxin and King Rui also walked slowly......
Seeing this, the emperor smiled at King Rui and Gu Yunxin and beckoned, "Yi'er, Yunxin girl, come and sit here." ”
Gu Yunxin pushed King Rui forward quickly, "My father is fine, and my grandmother is fine." ”
"It's all free. Originally, I wanted your mother to be the judge, but your mother has recently been fasting with your grandmother in Foguang Temple, and it is inconvenient for her to go back and forth, so I will find you. The Queen Mother smiled lightly.
Let Gu Yunxin come, naturally she is here to be the judge, after all, her embroidery skills are among the best in Da Zhou. This embroidery contest is to be held every year, and it was not carried out because of the Three Kingdoms Tour before, but this time it is naturally more lively.
"Imperial grandmother, Yunxin will definitely live up to the trust." Gu Yunxin said with a light smile.
Gu Yunxin pushed King Rui to sit on the left side of the emperor, while Gu Yunxin sat on King Rui's side, and the people who served with him stood behind the two of them.
The Queen Mother raised her eyes to look at these women participating in the competition, and saw that they were all looking down and painting, and then turned her head to look at Gu Yunxin, "Yunxin girl, how is your body?" ”
Hearing this, Gu Yunxin understood that the Queen Mother was starting to worry about her stomach again, and it had been so long since she married King Rui. Although the days of real husband and wife are not long, their stomachs still do not move.
In fact, he privately let Hongling show it to him, but Hongling said that his body was damaged and he needed to be raised before he could get pregnant.
Gu Yunxin didn't know when his body was damaged, and even Hongling couldn't say why, was it because of the previous life? In the previous life, not long after he gave birth to a child, he found out about Xiao Ziming and Gu Peiqing, and later, Xiao Ziming also let himself kneel in the snow for a few hours in the cold winter.
Fortunately, Hongling told herself that as long as her body is well recuperated, she will be in the future
can still have children, as long as she can give birth to King Rui, she will not be so anxious.
Before Gu Yunxin could speak, King Rui immediately smiled lightly: "Imperial grandmother, Yun Xin had a miscarriage last time, and her body needs to be well recuperated for at least a year or two, and Hongling has already given Yun Xin a good recuperation." ”
"Oh, that's right. Then you have to take care of yourself and give birth to a great-grandson to the mourning family as soon as possible. The Empress Dowager glanced at Ling Huadao, who was sitting not far away.
Even if Ling Hua is the princess of Beiliang, she is only the wife of a courtier now, and the queen mother of the Great Zhou will naturally not take it seriously.
"Imperial grandmother, Yun Xin knows everything." Gu Yunxin blushed and said with a light smile.
It was originally a normal thing to have children in this way, but when the Queen Mother said this, Gu Yunxin was really a little shy.
...... the bell, as a gong sounded, the eunuch sang loudly: "When the hour come......s, everyone will stop writing." ”
The crowd stopped their brushes and stood up, just to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to do something with the painting.
Subsequently, several palace maids put away the paintings of each contestant from the back, and then the palace maids unfolded the paintings one by one in front of the emperor and the queen mother, and then stayed for a while in front of the officials and princes who were judges, so that people could see the contestants' works clearly.
I have to say that the contestants this time are all excellent, which shows that they have all shown their housekeeping skills.
"Emperor, you see, these paintings are really good." The Queen Mother smiled lightly.
"yes, a few of them are pretty good." The emperor smiled with satisfaction.
When the women heard this, they also had smiles on their faces, as long as the emperor and the queen mother could see their paintings, they would be able to fly on the branches in the future.
After reading the paintings, it is time to see their other talents, whether it is singing and dancing, or piano skills, they are all to show them separately.
Gu Yunxin sat beside King Rui, holding a cup of tea in his hand, took a sip lightly, and said softly: "Lord Wang, the nobles of this session are not bad, look at the paintings and piano skills, they are not comparable to the concubines." ”
"Really? If you want to watch singing and dancing, the singers in Uncle An's mansion are more enchanting than them. King Rui said lightly.
These words, although they were not loud, still fell into the ears of several women nearby, this is using them as a joke and singer? Are they all official women's dependents, are they comparable to those lowly drama singers?
Although they were angry, the other party was King Rui, the emperor's favorite son, they were really angry, and they didn't dare to get angry.
Gu Yunxin couldn't help but chuckle a few times when he heard King Rui say this, "Hehe, Lord Wang, how can you say this." ”
"Okay, okay, I'm wrong." King Rui hugged Gu Yunxin and smiled lightly.
At this moment, Zhan Xinlan walked forward quickly with a pipa in her arms, and her fingers played the strings.
A spring river flower moonlit night slowly flowed out from Zhan Xinlan's fingers......
Gu Yunxin closed his eyes and listened to this song, this was the second time Gu Yunxin had listened to this song, before he heard the eldest lady of the Shen family of Ningyuan Hou playing, she was a national player of pipa, and Zhan Xinlan's skills were naturally worse than her.
"Hmph, this song is okay, it's just that ah, I've heard the tune played by Miss Shen Xiang, the national player of the pipa, and then listen to Miss Zhan's, it's ...... Hey, let's not talk about it. Gu Peiqing sighed.
As soon as these words came out, Zhan Xinlan frowned slightly, a little unhappy in her heart, and with a flick in her heart, she slipped her finger and played a few wrong scales.
When such a thing happened, the emperor and the queen mother frowned slightly when they heard this, with such a mistake, it is naturally impossible to come out on top here.
Because of Zhan Xinlan's mistake, the other contestants have a chance, and in today's situation, they naturally can't miss this opportunity.
Zhan Xinlan made a mistake in playing, and then her cold eyes swept over Gu Peiqing on the side, this damn Gu Peiqing, if it wasn't for him, how could she play wrong.
"Gu Peiqing, you slut." After that, Zhan Xinlan's hand was about to fall on Gu Peiqing's face, but unexpectedly, Xiao Ziming on the side grabbed Zhan Xinlan's wrist and immediately pushed it away.
"Xiao Ziming, what are you doing here? On such an occasion of your own, you bring a concubine to swagger through the market, and you also influence other people's competitions. Zhan Tian said angrily.
"It's because she's not as good as others, so why blame me." Gu Peiqing also said with a snarled voice.
"Okay, this is not a vegetable market, if you don't want to be here anymore, leave for the mourning family." The Queen Mother said angrily.
Seeing that the Queen Mother was already angry, Zhan Xinlan and Gu Peiqing all closed their mouths. The other party is the Queen Mother, where do they dare to talk to the Queen Mother? If you don't do it, the emperor will execute the whole family.
Gu Peiqing pursed his lips, and then walked out of the garden with the handkerchief in his hand. Zhan Xinlan was deprived of her achievements this time, and her hatred for Gu Peiqing in her heart was even worse.
Finally reached the last level, female red, this is a necessary skill for marrying into the royal family, whether it is the princess or the princess, although the clothes on the body are made by the embroidery lady in the house, but the most intimate clothes of her husband are sewn by his wife, which is more intimate.
If you can make another fan pendant, or a sachet or something, when the man is busy, wouldn't it be refreshing to see it at a glance?
Female red is a very eye-consuming job, everyone's embroidery patterns are naturally different, Gu Yunxin walked among these women, some people embroidered rich flowers, some people embroidered two dragons playing with pearls, and some people embroidered mandarin ducks playing in the water.
Although these embroidery patterns are some common patterns, some patterns are naturally inappropriate on such occasions.
Although she thinks so, after all, she is not suitable to say that other people's embroidery is not good, the so-called review, but it is to evaluate the stitches and colors of these embroideries
of the color scheme. As for what patterns people embroider, it has nothing to do with her.
About an hour later, the gong sounded again, and everyone came to show in front of everyone with their embroidery, Zhan Xinlan was not bad, embroidered a pair of orchids, because she had heard that Gu Yunxin was able to win the championship in one fell swoop, it was because she embroidered a pair of orchids, and when she was young, she also followed her aunt to learn embroidery for a period of time, although her skills were not as good as Gu Yunxin, but it was not too bad.
"The emperor, the queen mother, this is the rich flower embroidered by the little girl." The little girl is the niece of Concubine Xi, Lan Xin, and asked the Queen Mother to evaluate it.
"Concubine Xi's niece, then your father is a salt envoy." The emperor said in a deep voice.
"Exactly." Lan Xin smiled lightly.
This is all the official position of the salt transport envoy from Sanpin, with such an official position, it is not impossible for a daughter to marry the prince.
"Lan Xin, take your embroidery to Princess Rui again, her embroidery skills are very high." The Queen Mother smiled lightly.
"Yes, Queen Mother." Although Lan Xin was a little reluctant in her heart, after all, it was the Queen Mother who asked her to show Gu Yunxin, as long as she could successfully become a princess, she would not have to look at people's faces in the future.
Lan Xin came to Gu Yunxin with her embroidery in her hand, Gu Yunxin lowered her eyes and looked at it, this embroidery is really good, you can see that this is embroidered very carefully. In order to win this competition, many of these women have trained hard at home.
"The Queen Mother, the Emperor, this is the little girl's embroidery, please also comment." At this time, a woman in a green dress stood in front of the emperor and the queen mother.
The Queen Mother raised her eyes and glanced at the woman in front of her, feeling a little disgusted, but the emperor saw this woman with a smile on his face, "It's Menglan, I didn't expect you to come to the competition." ”
(End of chapter)