Chapter III
: Painting in the Ruyi Museum
According to the rules of the palace, the newlyweds need to go to the queen to ask for peace after going to bed, and after the ceremony, the queen said to Chenxi: "Since you have just entered the palace and sealed the concubine, according to the meaning of the palace, you will not be given the title for the time being." My sister has been coming to Japan for a long time, so why worry about not getting the promotion. At this time, Concubine Qian, who was drinking tea on the side, said: "Queen Mother, you don't give this little concubine position, are you afraid that your throne will not be guaranteed in the future?" No matter how you are promoted, you can only be promoted to a noble concubine or Zhaoyi, and you can't be threatened, and you should be a concubine if you are threatened. ”
Chenxi said to the queen: "The concubine will not embarrass the queen, the concubine feels that the concubine position is already very high, and it doesn't matter if she is not promoted to the title for the time being." The queen smiled, in fact, she knew that it was not Chenxi who threatened her throne, but Concubine Qian or Concubine Xian. Above the concubine is the imperial concubine, above the imperial concubine is the imperial concubine, above the imperial concubine is the imperial concubine, and then there is her queen. And having no heirs is a big problem, and the rule in the harem that has not changed is that "mothers are more expensive than children".
At noon, the emperor came to find Chenxi for lunch, the emperor had already heard about the Kunning Palace, and the emperor said to Chenxi: "Xi'er, Concubine Qian is arrogant, Concubine Xian is already known to everyone in the palace, you usually don't pay attention to them, if there is really anything, you will tell me and the Queen Mother, and I and the Queen Mother will make decisions for you." Chenxi said: "They didn't embarrass their concubines, and their concubines won't provoke them." If the emperor is okay in the afternoon, it is better to go to the Ruyi Pavilion with his concubines to paint. ”
In the afternoon, the emperor really went to the Ruyi Pavilion with Chenxi. Not long after they went, Concubine Xian and Concubine Qian got the news, Concubine Xian did not go directly to the Ruyi Pavilion but sent someone to quietly monitor Concubine Qian, Concubine Xian thought: Such a big thing, Concubine Qian should also know, this palace will not let her go, if she is punished has nothing to do with this palace, in the future, this palace will be the only person in the harem who thinks she is in the position of concubine. If she succeeds and completely eradicates the concubine, there will be one less enemy in the palace, and her biggest enemy in the future will be the queen mother, and the palace will still be the beneficiary.
Concubine Qian said to her palace maid Mo'er: "Mo'er Bengong remembers that you said that the new painter in the Ruyi Pavilion is a foreigner, and the things painted seem to be alive, and the Bengong wants to paint a portrait and hang it in the bedroom." Let's go to the Ruyi Pavilion and have a look. Mo'er hurriedly knelt down and said: "Niangniang forgive me, Concubine Zhen and the emperor are painting in the Ruyi Pavilion, and I have invited a lot of slaves to judge, Niangniang will be unhappy in the past at this time, Niangniang will go again tomorrow If the emperor is angry and then punish Niangniang, it will not be good." Concubine Qian didn't listen to the dissuasion at all, and said to Mo'er: "How come? The emperor has favored the palace for many years, and it is the same now, the emperor of the palace in the past may still be happy, and he may also help the palace portrait with his own hands. "No matter what Mo'er says, she is also a little palace maid, and Concubine Qian is the master, so Mo'er had to accompany Concubine Qian to the Ruyi Pavilion.
The emperor and Chenxi were painting intimately in the museum, and Concubine Qian asked the eunuch to shout, "Concubine Qian's mother has arrived!" The emperor and Chenxi turned their heads together, and Chenxi leaned over and saluted, "Concubine Qianniang is auspicious." Concubine Qian said: "The concubine asks the emperor for peace." The emperor helped Chenxi up, and then asked Concubine Qian to get up, and the emperor asked Concubine Qian: "What are you doing here?" Concubine Qian replied: "The concubine heard the day before yesterday that there was a new foreign painter in the palace, and her painting skills were not bad, and the concubine wanted her to help the concubine paint a self-portrait and hang it in the concubine's bedroom." Why did the emperor and Concubine Zhen's sister come too? The emperor said to Concubine Qian expressionlessly: "Do you want to take care of me when I come here?" The painter is inside, you go and talk to him. You are really, you dare to let people in here as I am, you don't want to live and talk about it. "The emperor spares his life, Concubine Qian's mother can't stop her if she wants to come in, ask more about Concubine Qian's mother, and say that she is the emperor's favorite concubine, and the emperor will let her in."
Chenxi said to the emperor: "The emperor hurry up and paint, the concubine's meeting will be finished soon." The emperor didn't pay any more attention to them.
Concubine Qian couldn't tolerate any woman favored by the emperor at all, so she decided to frame Chenxi. She sprinkled oil on the ground, and when the color of Chenxi ran out, Concubine Qian came from the opposite side, and there was oil under her feet, and Chenxi's feet slipped and hit Concubine Qian. Concubine Qian fell to the ground, slowly got up and said to Chenxi: "It's wrong for Sister Zhen to disturb you and the emperor to paint, but you can't bump into your sister!" Chenxi hurriedly said: "The concubine didn't mean it, it was because her feet slipped a little, and the concubine never did it intentionally." Because Chenxi also fell, his hands were stained with the cooking oil that Concubine Qian had just poured on the ground, and when the emperor helped Chenxi up, he found that Chenxi had oil on his hands, and the emperor asked Li Dequan, "How can there be oil in the Ruyi Pavilion, how did you act as a big manager, and get the oil to the Ruyi Pavilion." ”
Li Dequan hurriedly knelt down and said: "The slave didn't know that there was oil underground, and the slave also walked here just now, and there was no oil here." At this time, the painter in the inner hall came out and said, "Back to the emperor, the minister knows where the oil on the ground comes from." The emperor glanced at the painter and said, "If you know the truth, you can say it, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will take your head." The painter said: "When the minister went to the materials for painting just now, he happened to see Concubine Qianniang asking the palace maid Mo'er next to her to pour oil on the ground. The minister did not dare to come forward to inquire about this matter, for fear that Concubine Qian would punish the minister. Oil drums in the backyard of the Ruyi Pavilion"
Li Dequan led people to find two oil drums and handed them to the emperor, and the emperor kicked the oil drums in front of Concubine Qian and said: "You are arrogant and domineering on weekdays, so I will turn a blind eye and don't care about you." But now that your arrogance has escalated into a frame-up, I can't ignore you anymore. If I ignore you, it won't be long before you'll be robbing the world with me. Spread my order to sprinkle the Yongfu Palace where Concubine Qian lived with oil, and the palace maids and eunuchs were not allowed to take care of Concubine Qian. Concubine Qian was arrogant, ignored the palace rules, framed the concubine, and stripped the title. Mo'er, the palace maid, can't dissuade the master from being punished for half a year. Concubine Qian was grounded for half a month, and she didn't have to say hello to anyone, and she didn't want to see anyone. No one is allowed to see Concubine Qian without my will. ”
After Concubine Xian found out, she was overjoyed in her heart, now that Concubine Qian is Concubine Chen, she has been grounded, and her life will be much better in the future, and she will have one less opponent.
The emperor still let Chenxi accompany him tonight, and the others were very unhappy, but the queen laughed, and Concubine Xian snorted angrily: "The emperor rarely entered the harem before, but this month is really a lot, and tonight she sleeps again, and the emperor lets her accompany her day and night." ”
The emperor and Concubine Qian came to the royal river, sat on the boat and drank, Chenxi said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, how about we come to chant poetry?" There are a hundred charms and thousands of reds in the world," "Only you are the end of my love." The still water flows deeply, and the vicissitudes of life are singing; "Three lives are cloudy and sunny, and once the joys and sorrows are separated. How many red faces, how many lovesickness breaks, ""Only the blood-stained ink fragrance is left to cry and mess with the grave." ”
Chenxi said to the emperor: "Let's talk about the poems about the four seasons." The New Year was not blooming, and the grass sprouts were seen in early February. "The snow is too late in spring, so it wears the trees in the garden to make flying flowers." "When the six flying flowers enter the house, sit and watch the green bamboo turn into Qiongzhi." "Now it's good to look at the tall buildings and cover all the evil roads in the world."
After chatting for a while, Chenxi and the emperor went back to the Qianqing Palace to sleep.
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