Chapter 9: True Colors
The troupe at the top of the stage beat gongs and drums, sang and chanted, and the women and maids at the bottom talked happily, drank tea and ate fruits, and were lively.
"The emperor has arrived! Lu Guifei has arrived! With a shrill voice, the lively Imperial Garden suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at the main seat on the stage expectantly.
That's a place reserved for Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the concubines.
Zhao Xihe, who is usually dressed in a dragon robe, wears a casual dress today, although he is still embroidered with a clawed golden dragon, but it is a purple robe, and the dark clothes make his face like a crown of jade, and his facial features are handsome, like a young and cold young man.
And Lu Guifei beside him is even more dressed, dressed in a carmine serious palace dress, embroidered with a golden phoenix, fluttering her wings and ready to fly, lining Lu Guifei's unusual grace and luxury, quite a queen's style.
"Concubine Lu and His Majesty attended together, and she was dressed so ceremoniously, she thought she was about to change her name to the Queen Mother."
"Yes, look at that palace costume, it's really beautiful, and it embroiders a phoenix with gold thread, the phoenix is lifelike, fluttering its wings and ready to fly, and it really has the beauty of being a winged bird in heaven." The people below whispered.
Of course, these words also reached the ears of Zhao Xihe and Lu Yanlan, Zhao Xihe only frowned slightly, his face was still cold and calm, and there was no unusual expression.
On the contrary, it was Lu Yanlan, who couldn't suppress the slightly curved corners of her lips, and was in a very good mood.
Even if His Majesty loves Zhong Lishu, but the courtiers and the wives of various families feel that they are more suitable to be the queen, and under the pressure of public opinion and her father, Your Majesty cannot pass her Zhong Lishu as the queen.
Today's clothes are really worth it, that embroidery girl, it's really good.
"Your Majesty, this tea is good, it's Hanmei Xinxue, you can taste it." Lu Yanlan smiled slightly, and after tasting the tea, she actually pushed the cup of tea she had drunk to Zhao Xihe.
Zhao Xihe's brows, which were only slightly frowned, furrowed deeper at this time, and a trace of imperceptible coldness flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, another shrill voice came: "Concubine Zhong has arrived." ”
Concubine Zhong is the most favored concubine by His Majesty, and naturally she is also in the spotlight, and in the eyes of everyone, a slender and thin figure slowly walked towards the main seat.
When she got closer, the women below gasped.
The clothes on this Zhong Guifei are also too good-looking! I saw Zhong Lishu wearing a flowing cloud silk satin, the upper body is white, and there is no trace of pattern embroidery, but the skirt under it is colorful, there are bruises, indigo, apricots, and pink, as if overturning a dye plate, wonderful, but each has its own layers, especially the flowing cloud silk satin has always had the characteristics of shining light, Zhong Guifei walked, the colorful skirt was more absorbent than the pure white upper body, every step of the way, the light swayed, it was simply dazzling.
Looking at the sleeves of the upper body, the wrists were tightened, and two small bells were tied ingeniously, and the cuffs were embellished with some net-like black gauze, which was clearly contrasting, extremely good-looking, and had a pleasant sound when it moved, but it would not be too noisy.
Looking at the neck again, a belt similar to a belt is gently tied around the neck, the belt is colorful, echoing the color of the skirt, tied in the shape of a butterfly, eager to fly, but more intimate and real than the phoenix embroidered on Lu Guifei's head.
There is also a waist, which is also a belt of the same color, exposing Zhong Guifei's slender waist, and the oblique belt knot is actually tied into the shape of a blooming flower, echoing the butterfly on the neckline, which is simply exquisite and breathtaking.
"Oh my God! Zhong Guifei's skirt is too beautiful! I want that dress! ”
"It's so beautiful! The concubine is so beautiful! If I am Your Majesty, I will also pamper Concubine Zhong! ”
"It's really beautiful! I want that dress! Concubine Zhong, please sell me the skirt! I can also give 10,000 taels of silver! ”
"I'm out too! I want that dress too! It's so beautiful! "The young ladies and maids down there are going crazy!
They lived so long that they didn't even know that the skirt could be worn like this! Look down at your wide sleeves and cumbersome skirt, whether you are fat or thin, you can't see it!
"The concubine is very beautiful, and the ladies below are crazy." Zhao Xihe, who had always been silent, finally showed a smile after seeing Zhong Guifei sit down, and praised in a gentle voice.
Zhong Guifei's face was also a little shy, and she lowered her eyebrows slightly and said: "Where, this flowing cloud silk satin is still rewarded by His Majesty, and it is all the credit of the embroidery girl, Lishu is ashamed." ”
"Oh, there is such a clever embroiderer in the palace?" Zhao Xihe casually took a fruit and handed it to Zhong Lishu, and said in a quiet voice.
"This embroidery girl, in fact, Your Majesty also knows, it is the girl who copied the book of heaven that day." Zhong Lishu took the fruit and said softly.
"Bu Saitama?" Zhao Xihe's mind suddenly flashed her calm and fast appearance when she was copying the Book of Heaven, and then remembered her crying outside the Shangyi Bureau.
"Since the concubine likes her so much, why don't you transfer her to the White Deer Hall and talk to the concubine?" Zhao Xihe suddenly suggested in a slight voice.
This damn Bu Qiyu actually has such a ability, he can make a broken flowing cloud silk satin into such a stunning skirt, if he is transferred to the White Deer Palace, then wouldn't Concubine Zhong change her style every day? In this way, Your Majesty will not be eaten to death by her! Where is there still half of her room for Lu Yanlan?
"Your Majesty! Concubines don't follow! This step has such a ability, and the palace clothes cut out are all made those ladies and ladies like it crazy, so they still have to make the best use of things, and let her continue to make clothes for everyone in the Shangyi Bureau! Whether it's for the palace concubine, or the queen mother to reward these ladies and ladies, it's all excellent. How can you let Concubine Zhong Guifei have it alone-"
Zhao Xihe's brows that had just stretched were furrowed again, but the depths of his eyes full of smiles were endlessly cold.
"Sister, Your Majesty just proposed to let the girl go to the palace of the concubine to talk, and there is no other meaning. However, Bucai women's clothing making skills are clever, and if they are willing to go to the palace of the concubines, the concubines are naturally a hundred willing. Zhong Guifei smiled and said gently.
Hearing this, Lu Yanlan's face changed slightly, and just as she was about to speak, the familiar female voice came to her ears again: "Your Majesty, whether Bucai Nu went to the palace of the concubine, you have to ask Bucai Nu herself if she is willing, and the concubine is unwilling to make it difficult for others." Zhong Lishu shook the emperor's arm and said in a coquettish tone.
With Zhong Guifei's movements, the bell on her wrist jingled a few times, which made Zhao Xihe's face soften a lot, and said lightly: "This is natural, although Cai Nu is not high, but after all, she is the master, and where to go must be approved by herself." ”