Wang Guifei probably had a problem with Concubine Kong, and when she heard this, she mocked: "Sister Guifei is really worthy of being the daughter of a military general, she beats and scolds at every turn, and she really knows how to be reasonable." ”

"Alright." Chen Qian glared at Concubine Kong impatiently, "You will only shout and kill and fight every day, where is your woman's virtue?" If you say such bad things on a good day, do you want to curse me for a year of bad luck! ”

Concubine Kong glared at the gloating Wang Guifei, and lowered her head aggrievedly, "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't mean this, the concubine is just ......"

"Just what?" Chen Qian quickly interrupted her words, and looked at Kong Guifei and Pan Ronghua angrily, "What did Qing'er do to make you not want to see her, so that you wronged her so much!" ”

"Your Majesty." Liu Zhaohua spoke with a fair attitude, and there was no trace of joy or dislike on his face, "Rou Xiuyi really lost her flowers, and she can't be wronged." ”

Yan Shuyuan, who has always been known for her gentleness and generosity, said slowly: "It is too arbitrary to say that Rou Xiuyi is disrespectful to His Majesty, maybe there is another inside story, it is better to listen to how Rou Xiuyi explains." ”

"What's the inside story?" Pan Ronghua retorted immediately, quite excited, "Sister Shuyuan is too kind, she can't see others suffering, everyone asks for mercy, and she knows that good intentions will also do bad things." ”

"That's weird." Concubine Kong Guifei didn't have a good face for this Yan Shuyuan, and said in a strange manner, "Yan Shuyuan has always had nothing to do with Rou Xiuyi, and she doesn't know her character and temperament, so why do you think that Rou Xiuyi is not disrespectful to His Majesty, but has another inside story, is it really due to kindness?" is wise and close to demons, and benevolent and deceitful, I hope Yan Shuyuan can always be so kind. ”

Yan Shuyuan's face turned pale, and she immediately returned to normal, "Although I don't know about Rou Xiuyi, it is not difficult to see that Rou Xiuyi is a smart woman. What good would it do her to throw away His Majesty's flowers in front of everyone's eyes and anger His Majesty? Who would do such a mindless act if it weren't for something else? ”

Pan Ronghua sneered disapprenosingly, "Maybe someone has been blinded by lard, relying on His Majesty's favor to go wild, and make such a stupid move?" ”

The queen was calm, and kept looking at the ridicule and sarcasm under the seat calmly, her face was unwavering.

I stepped out of the banquet quickly, saluted the queen in the middle of the seat, and said in a sincere tone: "Queen Mother, can you tolerate concubines." ”

The queen was lenient and said with a light smile: "Accurate, this palace knows that you are not a person who does not know how to measure." There must be a reason for this, and you can tell me about it. ”

"Your Majesty is falsely praised, the concubine is really ashamed, how can the concubine Pu Liu's posture afford the words 'national color and heavenly fragrance'." I looked ashamed and ashamed, with a hint of fear, "The queen's mother is the world, graceful and luxurious, which is the real national color and fragrance, and the concubines dare not offend." If you are disrespectful to the queen because a flower attracts false praise from Your Majesty, it is really the sin of the concubine. Therefore, the concubine Zhang lost the flowers in a panic, and asked the queen to forgive her sins. ”

The queen smiled knowingly, "You have no fault, but you are only like this when you respect this palace, how can you forgive your sins?" Get up. ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." I straightened up and returned to my seat, glancing at Chen Qian triumphantly.

This remark probably disappointed those who were expecting me to be punished, and Chen Qian was naturally disappointed, but he still smiled with relief on his face, "Qing'er, since it was a misunderstanding, why didn't you say it earlier, so I don't even know how to round the field for you." ”

I'm upset, he's admitting that he's lying to defend me just now? A few jealous glances deepened, and my nerves tensed as I stared at me.

I squinted at Concubine Kong and Pan Ronghua, "Qingqiang wants to say it, but it's just ...... I really don't have a chance to say. ”

Chen Qian's face tightened, and she angrily blamed Kong Guifei and Pan Ronghua, "It's all you who keep yelling, so that Qing'er can't even say a single explanation, nothing happens!" ”

"The two sisters also care about Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will not blame them." I politely pleaded, to be honest, I don't actually complain about them, in the final analysis, they are just pawns maliciously used by Chen Qian to provoke trouble. The only thing I hate is Chen Qian.

Chen Qian falsely praised: "Qing'er can have the grace of tolerating people, and I am very relieved." ”

Pan Ronghua unhappily picked up a piece of chrysanthemum cake on the dining table to eat to hide his embarrassment. Concubine Kong snorted coldly directly, "Clever words." Picked up a glass of chrysanthemum wine and drank it angrily.

Returning to the main seat, Chen Qian refused to stop, first said that I was weak, and asked Jiang Yu to move a bowl of Qibao camel's hoof soup in front of his dining table to me, and said that he was afraid of burning me, so he specially blew it for a while before asking Jiang Yu to bring it. This move made many concubines jealous and jealous, and I gritted my teeth.

did it so obviously, so openly showing their love for me, for fear that the group of concubines present would be blind and couldn't see it? deliberately wants to provoke a conflict between me and a concubine, but he won't make me feel better.

I didn't taste the seven-treasure camel trotter soup in a bite, and my eyes shifted to Chen Xu, the king of Ancheng, who was below Chen Qian. This is Chen Qian's only baby brother, very favored, in his twenties, calm and capable. Seven years ago, during the Jiangling Rebellion (2), Chen Ji served as an errand in the Liang Palace, and unfortunately he and his family were captured in the Western Wei Dynasty and served as a prisoner for seven years. Later, Zhou replaced Western Wei, Chen replaced Liang, and the first thing Chen Qian did after taking over his uncle on the throne was to rescue his younger brother from the cage of Zhou.

Chen Qian is a character as elegant as the spring moon willow, solemn as the wind under the pine, and the nature is natural. Although Chen Ji is not as elegant as his brother, he has straight sword eyebrows, dark eyes slightly sunken, firm nose and lips, a knife face, and a strong and rigid body.

Although Chen Ji was released back to China, his princess and prince were still detained in the city of Zhou, so Chen Ji brought the side concubine to the banquet today. In fact, Chen Ji has only been back from Zhou for a few months, and he is in a hurry to accept the side concubine so quickly, which really makes the princess and the prince who are far away in Zhou feel cold. It is really the nature of a man to be negative, and when you have a new person, you forget the old one.

His side concubine is really good-looking, with a graceful face like a lotus and elegant eyebrows. It is not a glamorous beauty, but it has a kind of taste of an extraordinary fairy, elegant and charming, which is eye-catching and pleasing to the eye.

In order to prevent those concubines from staring at me with needles and prickly needles and diverting their attention, I smiled lightly at Chen Ji and teased, "The prince's side concubine is really beautiful, and with a beautiful woman as a companion, the prince is really a blessing." ”

"Not really." Yan Shuyuan, who helped me speak just now, smiled quietly and elegantly, "Especially the unearthly temperament between the eyebrows can keep up with Wan Zhaoyi." ”

The side concubine just smiled in return, and said politely: "Niangniang is too famous, how can the concubine's rude appearance be compared with Zhaoyi Niangniang?" ”

Looking at Wan Zhaoyi and Wang Ancheng's side concubine carefully, it's true, these two people are not very similar, but the elegant fairy-like temperament on their bodies is almost the same.

Yan Shuyuan smiled warmly and praised, "The side concubine's sister is really exquisite and well-behaved, no wonder the prince likes it." ”

Chen Xuan's face moved, revealing a sparse smile, and turned to Chen Qian, "If you want to say that Yanfu is not shallow, how can the younger brother be the emperor's brother?" The royal brother has 3,000 beauties in the harem, the queen's sister-in-law, the concubine and the lady are accompanied, and he has the stunning beauty of Wan Zhaoyi and Rou Xiuyi, which is the real blessing. ”

Gorgeous? This word is very suitable for Wan Zhaoyi, it can be used on me, it's a bit big, I don't think I have that kind of appearance.

"Brother Xuan's words are not right, although there are three thousand beauties in the harem, there are very few that really meet my heart." Chen Qian's soft catkins-like gaze fell on me "affectionately", "It's enough for me to have Qing'er." ”

He said that the three thousand beauties of the harem are not to his liking, and I am the only one who agrees with him? Where do you want to place such a statement on the concubines present? There is a fire on my roof that is rising, Chen Qian will invite me whatever trouble he wants, in order to attract his concubines to get along with me, he can really say anything disgusting.

A cold snort started, but I saw Concubine Kong standing up straight, her face was like cold jade and snow, and her tone was hard, "Your Majesty, the concubine is unwell, so she will retire first." ”

Chen Qian didn't have a good face for her, and he wished that she should leave quickly, "Accurate." ”

Kong Guifei's skirt was lifted, fluttering like a north wind blowing snow hunting, and she stepped out of her seat wantonly.

Probably this Concubine Kong couldn't stand Chen Qian's disgusting love words, and couldn't help but leave early.

With the precedent of Concubine Kong leaving the table, I couldn't sit still, so I drank a few glasses of chrysanthemum wine, and wanted to go back to the palace to rest under the pretext that I had a headache and was too drunk. Chen Qian was tired of acting and didn't want to face me anymore, so he readily agreed and sent me away with a false and pitying gaze.

Away from Fu Jutai, my body that had been suppressed and tense finally softened, and even my breathing became a lot smoother, and my steps became lighter, lingering arbitrarily in the flowers and trees of Hualin Garden.

Walking and stopping, I met a pink and cute little boy who was holding a small slingshot to hit birds, surrounded by a group of palace people, naughty and naughty, hitting me on the head while fighting.

"Are you okay?" Li Fei hurriedly took out a handkerchief and covered my forehead, which was painfully beaten.

The little boy had palace people around him who knew me, and hurriedly knelt down, "Participate in the cultivation ceremony." ”

"You're the Rou Xiuyi?" The little boy didn't feel guilty, but glared at me angrily, "My father stays with you every day, and he doesn't come to see me and my mother anymore, I hate you." ”

My face froze.

"This is His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince." Pear Fei whispered to me.

The seventh prince, Chen Boxin, heard that he is a prince who is quite favored by Chen Qian, no wonder he is so arrogant.

Exegesis:

(1) From Lu Ji's "Bitter Cold Xing" of the Jin Dynasty: "The ice is heavy and the snow is long. ”

(2) Jiangling Rebellion: In 554 AD, the Western Wei Dynasty attacked Jiangling, the capital of Southern Liang, Emperor Liang was captured and executed, a large number of refugees were looted to Chang'an, and Chen Chang and Chen Ji, who were on errands in the Liang Palace, were also captured to Chang'an. A few years later, Chen Chang's father, Chen Baxian, proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang and established the Chen State.