Chapter 66: Portrait of a Woman

"Congratulations to the eldest lady, the eldest lady deserves to be a concubine......"

"yes, yes......"

Suddenly, no matter what kind of thoughts she had, everyone congratulated her.

Looking at this scene in front of him, Su Xinran only felt very dazzling, his chest hurt, and he didn't want to stay for another minute, so he turned around and left the front hall.

Staring at her departing back, Su Yexi sneered, said goodbye to the old lady, and left the front hall.

After a while, the people in the front hall were almost gone, and Aunt Mei walked on the tree-lined path, always with a smile on her face, looking in a very good mood.

The maid beside her asked puzzledly, "Auntie, why do you seem to be in such a good mood, is there anything good?"

Aunt Mei covered her lips and chuckled, "The eldest lady has received such a rich reward, can you not be happy?"

The little maid frowned, and said suspiciously: "However, that is the reward that the eldest lady received, and it has nothing to do with us at all, it is estimated that few people are really happy for the eldest lady, why are you so happy, auntie."

The corners of Aunt Mei's mouth hooked slightly: "As long as Gu Qingwei and her daughter don't get the reward, no matter who gets the reward, I'm happy, not to mention the eldest lady, after all, now I and the eldest lady are people in the same boat, and she has gained benefits, for me, it doesn't hurt me, isn't it?"

The little maid nodded as if she didn't understand, and said thoughtfully: "What my aunt said is this, but the slave doesn't understand, in this prime minister's mansion, everyone knows that although the eldest lady is a concubine and lives a pampered life, she is a soft persimmon, anyone can pinch it, and it can't become a big tool, why would the aunt choose to cooperate with the eldest lady instead of others?"

Aunt Mei lightly tapped her forehead, and said helplessly: "Huansha, you have followed me for so many years, and you can't even see through this, don't you think that since the eldest lady fell into the water, her temperament has changed greatly?"

"What do you mean?"

"The eldest lady was able to quietly take back the housekeeping from Gu Qingwei and handed it over to me, even I may not be able to do it, but the eldest lady she did it, Huansha, look at it, the eldest lady will definitely not be the person who can be kneaded by others before, my intuition tells me that the eldest lady will definitely be the phoenix among people in the future, and there will be no mistake in cooperating with the eldest lady."

Aunt Mei didn't know that her thoughts at this moment guided her to do the right thing all the time, and one day in the future, when she recalled this time, she couldn't help but sigh that her original decision was correct.

"Aunt Mei, wait!"

Just as she was distracted, a voice suddenly called out to her, Aunt Mei turned her head, and what she saw was Gu Qingwei's gloomy face.

"Sister, what are you doing calling your sister?"

Gu Qingwei's beautiful eyes were full of cruelty, and without saying a word, she waved her long hand and slapped her hard.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, Aunt Mei stroked her cheeks, looked at Gu Qingwei in disbelief, her eyes were full of disbelief, her eyes glared at her fiercely, and she yelled loudly: Gu Qingwei, what do you mean! Why are you hitting me! ”

Gu Qingwei sneered contemptuously a few times and said, "Aunt Mei, don't you know why I beat you?" Just now in the front hall, you dared to be sarcastic in front of so many people, relying on the Xiangye to pamper you, you didn't take me in your eyes at all, if you don't teach you well, I'm afraid you won't be able to see your identity clearly! ”

Aunt Mei's beautiful eyes were full of coldness, and she said sarcastically: "Sister is afraid that she didn't see her identity clearly, in front of the eldest lady, the third lady is nothing, the eldest lady is a noble daughter, among all the children, the old lady loves the eldest lady the most, and she also has a maternal grandfather who is not listed as one of the three princes, and the third miss has nothing to do except being loved by the grandfather?" Oh yes, she has a lowly aunt! ”

As soon as these words came out, Gu Qingwei was completely annoyed, her face turned blue with anger, and she stretched out her hand to hit her.

Aunt Mei squeezed her wrist tightly, a sharp dark light flashed under her eyes, smiled slowly, and said softly: "Sister, don't beat my sister, otherwise if my face is injured by you, Xiangye will definitely feel distressed when she sees it, and then my sister will have to tell the reason for the injury, I'm afraid that Xiangye will know and blame my sister."

As soon as she said this, Gu Qingwei's fire was even greater, looking at the flower-like face in front of her, the fire of jealousy in her heart was burning, and she didn't care about the consequences, she stretched out her other hand, and the long red nails were about to fall on Aunt Mei's face.

Mama Wang grabbed her hand in time and whispered in her ear: "Auntie, don't be impulsive, there is no need to engage in these verbal battles with Aunt Mei, our biggest enemy is the eldest lady."

Hearing Mama Wang's words, Gu Qingwei gradually calmed down, shook off Aunt Mei's hand, and said viciously: "Mei Qianxue, let you go today, you'd better be careful with me, don't think that if you tie up with the eldest lady, you will be at ease, let me tell you, if I Gu Qingwei didn't have two brushes, I wouldn't have such a status in the Prime Minister's Mansion, hum, Mama Wang, let's go."

Aunt Mei touched her aching cheeks, stared at her departing back, her eyes were full of coldness, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Gu Qingwei, you slapped me, sooner or later, one day, I will return it!"

The Hundred Flowers Banquet had ended, and the Imperial Palace, which was deeply trapped in the center of Fenglin City, was quiet as usual, and the candlelight in the imperial study and the side hall of the East Palace was swaying and dancing.

The towering bookshelves in the imperial study are full of heavy books, there are two wide-mouthed vases on the ground that are almost half a person high, with some picture scrolls inserted in them, and the walls are hung with danqing ink paintings, and on the Bogu shelves not far away, exquisite blue and white ceramics with white glaze bottoms, and high-grade mutton fat and white jade jade plates are placed in a staggered manner, exuding a solemn and thick atmosphere.

After approving the excerpts for a day, Murong Tian only felt a little tired, rubbed his eyes, Wang Yue stood aside, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are tired, otherwise you can go and rest."

Murong Tian shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I don't want to sleep yet."

He stood up, took out a portrait from the dark compartment of the bookshelf, and carefully opened the portrait, which was painted with a woman, looking at this woman, Murong Tian's expression was a little dazed.

I saw the woman in the portrait, wearing a pale white palace dress, a little more dusty temperament in the elegant place, with a wide skirt behind her, elegant and luxurious, black jade-like green silk, simply a flying fairy bun, her eyes are like two black crystals raised in mercury, clear and bright, lightly swept the moth eyebrows and thin powder on the face, with the color of the country and the city, the demeanor is generous, the beautiful eyes are overflowing with color, and the red lips are smiling lightly. It's incomprehensible to beauty.

"Ling'er, I miss you very much, do you know, at yesterday's Hundred Flowers Banquet, I saw a woman who looked very similar to you, and for a moment I thought you were back, Ling'er ......"

Murong Tian stared at the portrait and muttered to himself, his eyes full of tenderness.

As he was in his trance, the door of the imperial study was gently pushed open, and a woman slowly walked in.

When Wang Yue saw the people who came in, he hurriedly bowed slightly and said respectfully: "...... Xian"

The woman made a gesture not to speak, stopped him in time, Wang Yue nodded clearly, and left the room softly.

Murong Tian looked at the portrait and sighed lightly and said, "Wang Yue, I want to eat, bring me a bowl of steamed chestnut cake with osmanthus sugar."

"Your Majesty, the concubine specially cooked golden silk date porridge for you, you can drink a little."

Hearing the voice, Murong Tian was stunned for a moment, and when he saw someone coming, he smiled and said, "Concubine Xian, why are you here, you still haven't rested so late."

Concubine Xian's voice was soft and soft, and she said with a bewildering magnetism: "The concubine heard that Gonggong Wang said that the emperor didn't eat much at noon, so the concubine was worried about the emperor, so she specially cooked your favorite golden silk date porridge for the emperor."

Murong Tian took a few sips, nodded, and praised: "Yu'er's craftsmanship is getting better and better, better than those in the imperial dining room."

A blush appeared on Concubine Xian's face, and she covered her lips and chuckled: "The emperor will make fun of his concubines, how can the concubines' craftsmanship be compared to the imperial dining room."

Murong Tian smiled, with some sorrow between his eyebrows, and drank the porridge silently.

Concubine Xian naturally noticed his abnormality, and said softly: "Why is the emperor worried? Do you remember your sister? ”

Murong Tian raised his eyes to look at her, patted her hand, and said lovingly: "I still understand Yu'er, yes, I miss Ling'er."

Concubine Xian smiled and said softly: "The concubine heard about what happened in the main hall yesterday, and I heard that there is a woman who is very similar to her sister, I don't know who that woman is?"

Murong Tian sighed and said, "It's Prime Minister Su's daughter, Su Yexi."

Concubine Xian's body stiffened, her face revealed a trace of unnaturalness, and she smiled: "Su Yexi? Although the concubine has never seen her, she has heard others talk about her, saying that Su Yexi has a stunning face and a posture of captivating the country and the city, and the concubine has never believed that in this world except for her sister, who else can be more beautiful than her sister, and now that she heard the emperor say this, the concubine understands that with a face similar to her sister, can it not be a posture of alluring the country and the city? ”

Murong Tian smiled and said helplessly: "It's just that she looks similar to Ling'er, no matter how the same, how can she compare to her?"

Murong Tian held Concubine Xian's hand, looked at the face in front of him that was slightly similar to Ling'er, his eyes were full of tenderness, and he said softly: "Yu'er, for so long, it's really hard for you, take care of Yi'er so well, I thank you instead of Ling'er."

Looking at Murong Tian's tender eyes, Concubine Xian felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, she knew that the emperor regarded her as a sister, but it didn't matter, even if it was a stand-in, she was willing.

Concubine Xian smiled slightly, full of tenderness: "Your Majesty, no matter what, Ling'er is also my sister, although she is gone, but she has always been in my heart, besides, I am not only Yi'er's mother, but also his imperial aunt, I have the responsibility to take care of Yi'er."

Murong Tian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, Yu'er, don't worry, I will love you, love you, be good to you, and will never let you down, this is what I promised your sister."

Concubine Xian's heart tingled slightly, and she smiled bitterly: "Well, the emperor, the concubine believes in you."

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