Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Court Surges
"You can't drink alcohol in the New Year, it really affects the mood of the New Year." Xu Kangdi held the cup in one hand and held her hand in the other, "You have a little patience, and when the prince in your belly is born, I will give you all the best wine in this palace." ”
Chen Guiren's heart was pounding, she didn't expect to conceive a child so smoothly, and she didn't expect that this child would bring her much more than she imagined.
Suddenly, the corner of her eyes flickered, and it was the concubine who got up and left the table. This time, Chen Guiren smiled even more happily, holding the teacup and clinking glasses with Xu Kangdi, and the depression of the night was swept away.
Tang Guifei left the table not because she was jealous that Chen Guiren had taken away her favor, she was just too lazy to look at this woman's coy behavior. When she first entered the palace, she was quite pure and lovely, and she almost couldn't fix it, but the palace was like a beast that devoured all innocence, and no one could easily escape, it was only a matter of time.
Tang Guifei felt more and more bored here, and felt that this game started by her was too boring.
The lotus root brought a cloak and put it on her shoulder, and accompanied her to walk and sober up.
"Lotus root, how old did you enter the palace?"
"If you go back to your mother, the slave maid entered the palace at the age of eight."
"Eight? That's long enough. Tang Guifei muttered, "Then do you still have an impression of the outside of the palace?" ”
"Yes, especially the rice fields in my hometown, when the autumn is golden, that is the most impressive picture of the slave maid." The lotus root has a look of nostalgia.
"Then how did you get into the palace?"
Lotus Root didn't know why the concubine remembered to ask these trivial things, but she still replied with a smile: "The slave maid was sold into the palace voluntarily, and the harvest at that time was not good, and it coincided with the war, and the family could not afford to support three girls, so the parents sold the three sisters." The slave maid was lucky, sold into the palace, without worrying about food and clothing, and could also have the blessing to serve the mother. ”
Tang Guifei raised her eyebrows, as if she had thought of something, and she asked, "You entered the palace in the second year of Yuankang?" ”
“…… The slave maid is the palace that Yuankang entered in the second year, how did Niangniang know? Lotus Root was a little surprised. Although the years of serving by the concubine's side are not short, the master has never asked about these things, so how did she know?
Rice fields and wars, these two factors combined, Tang Guifei could naturally think of the year when Great Xia attacked southern Xinjiang.
"Because there is rice in the south, your family must be in the south, if it is due to the war, it can only be the war between Daxia and southern Xinjiang." The person who said this was not Tang Guifei.
The master and servant turned around, and a figure came out from under the tree, his slender posture and clear voice, which contrasted with the plum tree beside him.
Tang Guifei squinted her eyes, the person who could appear here must be the person who came to the banquet today, but she didn't seem to know the person in front of her.
"The Chenhanlin Academy compiled the Korean Wave, and I have seen the noble concubine." Someone came to salute her.
"Hallyu? The eldest son of the eldest princess of Qingguo? Tang Guifei looked at him with a smile.
"It's Wechen." Han Liuluo replied generously.
Tang Guifei looked up and down, and saw that he was personable and had a clear appearance, which was really a good appearance that fascinated the girl in the boudoir. She has always liked to be handsome, so she just teases when she has nothing to do.
"Lord Han, if you hide behind a tree and listen to the conversation between the palace and the maid, I'm afraid it's not a gentleman."
This is not the first time that Hallyu has seen the concubine, but it is the first time to observe her up close. Of course, he knew that the concubine had a bad reputation, and several of the elders who worked with him in the Hanlin Academy spit on her, and he had heard of the concubine's arrogant deeds. He could have turned around and left, as if he had never come, without knowing it, but he still stood up. Thinking about it carefully, it was probably because he didn't connect the woman in front of him with the arrogant and domineering concubine Niangniang just now. She talked about the tone outside the palace, which made him think that she was also a bird imprisoned in this palace.
"The minister didn't mean to eavesdrop, but before the concubine and your maid came, the minister was already here. If the minister leaves rashly, I am afraid that I will be disrespectful to the mother, and when I heard your maid ask, I couldn't help but think of the southern Xinjiang I had been to, and I grabbed the words for a while, and I hope that the mother will not blame. Hallyu replied without humility or arrogance.
"Have you been to southern Xinjiang?"
"Yes, I went with my family when I was a teenager." Hallyu can't hide the yearning on his face, "The people are simple and the scenery is very beautiful, and it is a good place to visit." ”
Tang Guifei's throat moved, of course she knew that it was a place that she had to go to once in her life, she was born and grew up in Si, and she had infinite attachment to that land.
"Have you been there too?" Even though the moonlight was hazy and the shadows of the trees were swaying, the Korean Wave still caught a glimpse of the sadness on the face of this amorous concubine.
Tang Guifei laughed lightly and sighed: "Where is there such a blessing in this palace, I just heard of it." ”
Vicarious nature, undisguised, enough to make people believe her words.
Hallyu guessed that maybe this deep palace was too lonely, and what the concubine longed for was not a certain place, but a certain piece of heaven.
"If you have the opportunity, you must go out for a walk, the world is beautiful, if you are confined to this small piece of the sky, it will be wasted to come to this world for a walk." Hallyu is by no means a talker, but such words are said so naturally. Maybe it was because the concubine tonight was not the person he had heard about, so he could speak his heart so naturally.
Tang Guifei looked at the eldest princess of Qingguo differently, and taught such an outstanding son, she was really not an ordinary woman.
"Okay, I've got you to say." Tang Guifei smiled with her eyebrows and eyes, her lips were lightly opened, and she was so beautiful that she couldn't be rich.
Until she left, the Korean Wave was still reminiscent of the orange blossom fragrance she had brought.
He's about to marry her sister, and tonight's chance encounter should be regarded as a familiarity before becoming a relative. He hopes that she can relax and no longer be limited to the emperor's favor, so that it is good for the Tang State Mansion and the Han family who are about to get married.
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On the first day of the new year, the emperor decreed that the six palaces should be sealed. Chen Guiren got his wish to be promoted to Chen Concubine, and the concubine next to him was also promoted to the first level or added a title. Only one person once again stood on the cusp.
Jin, the concubine is the imperial concubine.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first imperial concubine since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, which is of great significance and deserves to be left by the historian for her.
It's just that this time, Xu Kangdi didn't like the concubine to promote her, but she had to be promoted, otherwise all the concubines in the palace were promoted, but the concubine was not, didn't she deliberately slap her in the face? Therefore, Emperor Xu Kangdi also hesitated before making the decree, and the concubine's character was ...... Generally, there are no outstanding deeds that can be spoken, and there is no credit to the inheritance of the heirs, so the Jin Emperor and the concubine seem to be a little unconvincing.
"Feng'er has been with me for so many years, if it wasn't for the accident that year, she would have been able to give birth to a prince for me, this can't be blamed on her." Xu Kangdi's case was full of courtiers' objections, but he didn't read a single one, and he had already made up his mind a conclusion.
"This time Concubine Chen is pregnant, she is also very knowledgeable, and I am very pleased." Xu Kangdi sighed, "She can't afford this imperial concubine." ”
The recitals of the ministers are like mud oxen entering the sea, and there is no response. This is not the first time, almost every time, all the impeachments involving the concubine will fall through the cracks. Therefore, the courtiers also had ideas after returning home and closing the door, but none of them were willing to take the initiative to mention it.
In Yanxi Palace, Chen Guiren learned that he was pregnant but let the Tang family take such a big advantage, and he was so angry that he caused fetal movements.
"What are you doing!" The former Concubine Qi and now the virtuous concubine held her hand and helped her to the couch, "Don't joke about the prince in your stomach if you are angry." ”
Concubine Chen sweated in her head, held Concubine Xian's hand and said: "Our majesty is also too biased, my sister just added a title, why does she want to be promoted to the imperial concubine?" ”
Concubine Xian's face stiffened, and the dissatisfaction in her heart was spread out like this, she didn't know whether to blame Concubine Chen for being outspoken or for not recognizing the reality yet, but she still had a trace of expectation.
The emperor's promotion of the concubine to the imperial concubine doesn't make sense to her at all. Or, the concubine is promoted to the emperor's concubine, then she should also be promoted to the concubine. Or, everyone should not be promoted, and the ban will be over.
But the emperor seemed to be invisible, promoted the Tang family, and only added a title to her, how different.
"You don't have to be upset about me, I've gotten used to it all these years." Concubine Xian forced a smile.
Concubine Chen shook her head and resolutely denied it: "No, we can't get used to it, habit is to admit defeat is to bow to her, we have to take the initiative to attack." ”
"What do you mean......"
"Don't wait for the child to be born, while Your Majesty still has a preference for me, we have to hurry up."
Concubine Xian frowned, hesitating.
"Sister, the current calm does not mean that she will never attack me, if I don't bring down the concubine, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the delivery room with peace of mind." Concubine Chen said eagerly.
Concubine Xian thought about it again and again, and agreed: "If you want to do it, she has no chance to fight back, otherwise she can only be bitten back." ”
"With the strength of the two of us, we will definitely be able to pull her down." Concubine Chen raised her eyebrows, and the corners of her mouth pursed a firm arc. There will be a battle between her and the concubine, either today or tomorrow, why not take advantage of her situation to make a move, maybe there will be a few more chances of victory.
Tang Feng, you have been showing off your martial arts for so many years, it's time to change the world.