Chapter XI
Zhu Shijin tilted her head slightly, her face was expressionless, and Su Yi'er, who had a very loud voice on the side, was noisy, which really made people's heads big, if it wasn't for the use of keeping her, Zhu Shijin might have found an opportunity to cut off her tongue a long time ago.
The maids on both sides looked at Zhu Shijin's appearance and knew that Concubine De was a little angry, so they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak.
"Cousin, you don't know, the current palace maid really doesn't understand etiquette and is extremely arrogant," Su Yi'er, who was really angry, didn't care so much, and she didn't see Zhu Shijin's displeasure at all, she still said angrily with a loud voice.
"My cousin is a concubine, if you don't like it, a little palace maid will kill it directly." Zhu Shijin's peach blossom eyes flashed with imperceptible killing intent and disgust, she smiled lightly, and said lightly in a nice voice.
"Bengong taught her a hard lesson, but spared her life." Su Yi'er said, her voice was a little louder, "This is what makes Bengong angry the most, that damn little palace maid played Bengong like this, if it weren't for her master......"
"Her master?" Hearing Su Yi'er say this, Zhu Shijin suddenly became a little interested and interrupted. Su Yi'er is a concubine, who in this harem can suppress this brainless thing......
Su Yi'er said angrily: "Yes, if it weren't for that cheap maid who said that she was the third princess, this palace would have ...... a long time ago."
"The third princess?" Hearing this name, Zhu Shijin's eyes widened, and she had a bad premonition in her heart, "Cousin saw it outside Yingxuan Palace?" ”
"How did my cousin know?" Su Yier nodded, and was interrupted by Zhu Shijin again, feeling a little unhappy in her heart.
"And did she ever say what she was going to do?" Zhu Shijin asked eagerly, she didn't care if Su Yi'er was happy or not.
"It seems to have been said......," Su Yi'er thought for a moment and replied, "I said something to send to the Sakura Xin Palace." ”
"Sakura-den?" Zhu Shijin's good-looking eyes trembled, and her willow eyebrows frowned slightly. Shangguan Yuan's slut...... It was all ready, and if it succeeded, it would be enough to make that slut miserable and irreversible, but ...... If Ling Tian came in and got involved, then things would be complicated, Shangguan Yuan...... I didn't expect your desperate self-preservation plan to really make you climb the tree.
After a while, Zhu Shijin suddenly squinted her good-looking peach blossom eyes, and a fine light shot out of her pupils, pointing directly at Su Yier on the side.
This straw bale was used as a gun by others, and I didn't know it. Zhu Shijin thought like this, his heart gradually became clear, and he thought of a countermeasure.
"Cousin, ...... you" Even if Su Yier is not afraid of heaven and earth, she is still very uncomfortable being stared at by Zhu Shijin like this, and that gaze is really frightening.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, but my cousin is really getting better and better." Zhu Shijin smiled, took Su Yi'er's hand affectionately, and said gently.
"That's what my cousin said." Hearing Zhu Shijin say this, a flush flew out of Su Yier's face, and she accepted it without concealment.
"......" The corners of Zhu Shijin's mouth twitched slightly, I really didn't expect Su Yi'er to accept it like this, a stupid person like you can live in the harem for so long, don't say that I didn't take care of you...... Zhu Shijin swallowed subconsciously, and the straw bale answer disrupted her train of thought.
"I'm just sorry for my sister." Zhu Shi sighed, but his eyes were contemptuous and disdainful.
"Why did my cousin say that?" Su Yier was a little curious, and looked at Zhu Shijin, her cousin is a fairy in the sky, and even the appearance of sighing is so good-looking.
"In this harem, except for the queen, the concubine is dominant, but the lady concubine is really unpopular, robbed her sister's power, and doesn't take you seriously. I, who is an older sister, dare not speak out on weekdays, and I feel sorry for my sister. Recently, I heard that Concubine Shu is pregnant, and I am afraid that when she gives birth to the imperial heir, my sister will never turn over. Zhu Shi shook his head regretfully, showing a sad look.
"That Shangguan Yuan is really too deceitful." Hearing Zhu Shijin say this, Su Yier slapped the table and was furious, "It's just that the power of the harem has been fully controlled by her, and the palace really can't find a chance to fight back." ”
"Sister has a chance here, even if she can't pull Shangguan Yuan down, she can kill her sharp spirit and vent her anger for her sister." Straw bales like you are also worthy of fighting with Shangguan Yuan? It's better to be a chess piece honestly, and goods like you are only worthy of being a chess piece. Zhu Shijin sneered in his heart. "I just need my sister's help."
"Cousin, but it doesn't matter, this palace will do its best." Su Yi'er didn't think about it so much, her attention was all on dealing with Shangguan Yuan. Originally, in the absence of a queen, the power of the harem was to be handed over to the third lady, which has been a rule since ancient times, but Concubine De and Concubine Shu divided the entire harem equally, and threw Su Yier, who was the head of the third lady, out, making her embarrassed to become a famous but powerless ornament. Squeezing out Shangguan Yuan and replacing it by herself is Su Yier's long-standing wish.
Zhu Shijin said this, mastering Su Yi'er to death.
"Shangguan Yuan is pregnant now, this is a good opportunity to hit her......" Zhu Shijin nodded, his gaze gradually deepened, mixed with a fierceness that did not match his age.
Sakura Shinden. After Su Yao entered the hall, she found that there was also a concubine who came to meet Shangguan Yuan, and the long white dress was Li Wanyu she had seen.
Li Wanyu gave Su Yao a light salute and said that she had seen the queen's mother. Su Yao only nodded faintly.
In this harem, to be able to sit in Shunyi's position with only one strength, Li Wanyu knows how to observe words and feelings, and seeing that Shangguan Yuan and Su Yao were silent, she immediately found a reason to leave very interestingly.
"I've seen the Queen Mother." After Li Wanyu left, Shangguan Yuan smiled and saluted Su Yao.
"Concubine Shu has a dragon heir with her, so you don't need to be polite." Su Yao glanced at Shangguan Yuan and said with a smile. Shangguan Yuan was Su Yao's first friend in the palace, and in Su Yao's eyes, Shangguan Yuan, who was two years older than herself, was like a sister. That emotion has no purpose.
"A few days ago, Her Royal Highness the Third Princess sent a dragon whisker cake, and the queen wants to taste it." Shangguan Yuan gently handed over the delicately packaged dragon beard cake on the side.
"Dragon, dragon beard?" Hearing the dragon beard cake, Su Yao's eyes were straight, the dragon beard cake is the best thing for Su Yao to eat in addition to the meat buns at home, now she and the meat buns are separated, and the imperial dining room rarely makes meat buns, and she rarely eats meat buns. So her only sustenance now is the dragon whisker cake of the palace, the dragon whisker crisp sent by Her Royal Highness the three princesses...... It must be tastier.
"If the queen wants to eat it, take it. Her Royal Highness the Third Princess has sent a lot, and there are still some concubines here. Seeing Su Yao's humble appearance, Shangguan Yuan covered her mouth and smiled, only feeling cute and interesting.
"By the way, Li Shunyi came to ...... just now" Su Yao took the dragon beard cake, her face showed satisfaction, she held the dragon beard cake in her arms, and asked intentionally or unintentionally, "But what is the matter?" ”
"Nothing important." Shangguan Yuan shook her head slightly and said softly, "I just came to visit." ”
Su Yao nodded, only looking at the dragon beard.
"What does the queen think of Li Shunyi?" Seeing that Su Yao didn't speak, Shangguan Yuan gently touched her bulging belly and asked with a smile.
"Li Shunyi has always been neutral in the harem," Su Yao thought for a moment and said, "Concubine Shu can have a lot of contact with her." ”
Shangguan Yuan glanced at Su Yao and said, "The concubine also has this intention. ”
"Concubine Shu is pregnant, in the eyes of some people, I am afraid that it is an opportunity, and those people will not let go of this opportunity." Su Yao said, "It's always not wrong to take care of one more." ”
Shangguan Yuan nodded. Her only wish now is that her child can be born safely, and everything else is not important to her, as long as the child is safe, let her give up everything.
"There are still a few days before the harem banquet," Su Yao said, "For some people, it will be a great opportunity, and Concubine Shu should be extra careful." ”
"The concubine knows, Queen Xie cares." Shangguan Yuan nodded, her eyes clear, "Concubine De has been unusually quiet these days, I'm afraid I'm planning something." ”
If there is anyone in the harem who wants Shangguan Yuan to have an accident the most, I am afraid that only Zhu Shijin is Zhu Shijin. If something happens to Shangguan Yuan, all the power of the harem will fall into the hands of Zhu Shijin, in the past two years, Shangguan Yuan and Zhu Shijin have fought openly and secretly, suppressed each other, and no one can take advantage. Now that Shangguan Yuan is pregnant, the balance of power will be tilted in her favor. If he waited until Shangguan Yuan gave birth to the prince, Zhu Shijin would no longer have the ability to fight with Shangguan Yuan. Zhu Shijin, who is good at planning, will never let this kind of thing happen, and will definitely stab him in the back frantically, hurt Shangguan Yuan's child, and cause him to miscarry; Shangguan Yuan, who had already experienced a pain, knew this clearly, so she did not hesitate to hand over half of the power in her hands, fortunately, she did not look at the wrong person, with Su Yao's favor, Shangguan Yuan successfully obtained Ling Tian's help, although it was only temporary, but before the harem banquet began, she could raise the fetus with peace of mind, and she didn't have to worry about the knife behind her back.
"If they want to do it, they can only do it at the harem banquet." Su Yao said, for some reason, she was always a little uneasy in her heart, and she always had a bad premonition in her heart. With Ling Tian, Zhu Shijin has to think carefully about what she wants to do, if she misses the opportunity of the harem banquet, it will be difficult for her to take any more action, in other words, if Shangguan Yuan has nothing to do at the harem banquet, then nothing will happen in the future.
"Concubines will be extra careful." Shangguan Yuan caressed her belly, her eyes as clear as water were full of tenderness, "For my child......"
The harem banquet is coming in the blink of an eye. These days have been very peaceful, in addition to presiding over the harem banquet, Su Yao went to the Yingxin Hall to visit Shangguan Yuan when she had nothing to do, Li Wanyu has been going to and from the Yingxin Hall more frequently these days, every time Su Yao goes, she can see that Li Wanyu is already there, and Li Wanyu is also very interesting, as soon as she sees Su Yao coming, she leaves directly without saying a word. Ling Yi is not too busy these days, but the number of times he comes to Fengqi Palace is much less, and he rarely comes to Fengqi Palace to spend the night, most of the time he goes to Yingxuan Palace, and basically stays in Yingxuan Palace at night. Ling Tian said that because Zhu Xiangguo's power is strong, he has frequently put pressure on Ling Yi in the past few days, although Su Yao has the Su family as a backdrop, but the Su family is weak, and no one cares about it. Ling Yi deliberately snubbed the queen because of the power of the Zhu family and the safety of the Su family, and often went in and out of Yingxuan Palace. Su Yao doesn't feel like anything, it's best if Ling Yi doesn't come, no one grabs the quilt with her, and the whole big bed doesn't belong to her, she doesn't sleep too well, sometimes when others don't pay attention, you can also coax Xiaohuan to bed and hold her to sleep, Su Yao only feels comfortable.
Su Yao arrived early, she sat quietly on the upper seat, wearing a good-looking phoenix robe, since she became the queen, there are good-looking clothes sent to the Qiyun Hall every day, and the Qiyun Hall is full, Xiaohuan said that this is the rule, Su Yao only feels that there are so many clothes, she can't wear them all. The palace concubines arrived one after another, saluting her one by one, and Su Yao only responded lightly.
Shangguan Yuan appeared with the support of many palace maids, because she was pregnant, she only wore clean plain clothes. Her arrival attracted the eyes of all the palace concubines present, and they looked at her intentionally or unintentionally, to be precise, looking at the child in her womb, being watched by so many pairs of eyes, Shangguan Yuan didn't care, she was still smiling, and she bowed slightly to Su Yao and took a seat.
Most of the palace concubines came, only a few seats were still empty, Su Yao looked at the empty seats and found two particularly conspicuous positions, which were those of the concubine and the concubine.
Ling Yi will be the last to enter, and the palace concubines who attend the banquet can be late, but if they do not come before the emperor arrives, then the late concubines will be punished for disrespecting the king.
Zhu Shijin knows this very well, so she will not be late.
Sure enough, after the palace was quiet, only a pleasant voice was heard high: "The palace is not late, is it?" ”
Hearing this voice, everyone couldn't help but look out, only to see Zhu Shijin with a faint smile, and Su Yi'er behind her walked into the palace one after another, and the voice just now came from Zhu Shijin. Zhu Shijin is already beautiful, coupled with the luxurious wisps of gold cloud satin skirt, it looks even more beautiful and moving, and people can't take their eyes off. Looking at Su Yier again, although she is also wearing a luxurious moire satin, compared to Zhu Shijin, she looks like a foil.
Su Yao looked at Zhu Shijin, she seemed to have lost a little weight after not seeing her for so long.
Zhu Shijin sat down elegantly as if she hadn't seen Su Yao, after finding her place.
Let's not mention that this is a harem banquet, even on weekdays, Zhu Shijin must salute when he sees Su Yao, this is the rule. Although Su Yao didn't care about those rules, Zhu Shijin did this, which was tantamount to slapping himself in the face in public. Su Yao frowned, a little displeased, and just wanted to say something, Shangguan Yuan's voice on the side sounded first.
"Who shall I be? It turned out to be Concubine De who didn't understand the rules, the queen mother was personally registered by the emperor in front of hundreds of officials, Concubine De was so rude, I don't know what it means. The cold voice was mixed with hostility. The concubines all moved their eyes to Shangguan Yuan. Shangguan Yuan was not easy to mess with in the past, but now that she is pregnant, she doesn't dare to speak.