Chapter 17: The Concubine
"Opportunities are all earned by yourself, I say that if you don't help, you won't help, you can be mediocre in the royal family, but you can't be without self-knowledge. Since Xiao Qi is not willing to be mediocre, he will swallow any result in the future for so long. The emperor continued to bow his head and criticize the folds, and Gonggong Li served carefully, but he made up his mind to pay attention to the news of the Seventh Prince in the future.
Knowing that the eldest princess of An Guo brought her daughter into the palace, and when it was noon, the emperor took Concubine Zheng Guifei to Cining Palace to have lunch with her sister and niece.
"The son has seen the queen mother."
"The concubine has seen the queen mother, and the queen mother is a thousand years old." The emperor took Concubine Zheng to salute the Queen Mother.
"Get up." The Queen Mother said.
"The concubine has seen the eldest princess of Anguo." Concubine Zheng Guifei saluted and said. Although she is now the first person in the harem of the first-grade concubine, the eldest princess is as superb-grade as the queen. Even if Concubine Zheng Guifei is in such a position now, when she sees the eldest princess of Anguo, she still has to salute her.
"The concubine doesn't have to be polite, there are no outsiders here." A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the eldest princess An when she saw Concubine Zheng, and after glancing at her imperial brother, she returned to normal.
"A-Ning has seen the emperor's uncle and the concubine." A-Ning walked up to the two and knelt down to salute.
"Flat, come to my uncle's side." The emperor looked at A-Ning and said lovingly, and waved at her.
"Queen Mother, look, although A-Ning's face is still a little white, it is already a little ruddy, so she must be like an ordinary little girl after a few years of recuperation, and the queen mother and the royal sister don't have to worry." The Emperor said happily.
"With the emperor's uncle's good words, A-Ning will definitely become healthy and healthy." A-Ning said obediently.
And she was also secretly looking at the emperor, she looked very young and in her early thirties, and she was in the position of the emperor, which was the most charming time for a man. Especially a pair of eyes and Rong Li are exactly the same, but Rong Li's eyes are too cold, and the emperor's eyes are as tolerant as the sea. A-Ning thought that it would be difficult for such a man not to have a woman who was not fascinated by her.
And even though Concubine Zheng Guifei gave birth to four children, she is still slender, especially her face is not at all like a woman in her thirties, her facial features are exquisite to the extreme, and she is very beautiful and moving. The big starry eyes are full of style, the nose is straight, the rosy cherry lips are full of moist color, and the skin is fair and transparent. Her black hair was pulled into a Lingyun bun, and she was wearing a ruby crown of nine phoenixes, which looked magnificent, and she was dressed in a light blue palace dress with orchids. Zheng Guifei's appearance is simply not perfect, she is a beauty full of fairy and charming air at the same time.
A-Ning thought about how her uncle could not like such a peerless stunner, no wonder he would spoil the Sixth Palace for so many years. Thinking that his father's original partner is the sister of this concubine Zheng Guifei, her sister is so beautiful, and it is estimated that her sister will not be able to find out anywhere. But for so many years, I have never seen her father miss his original match, could it be that things must be reversed, and Zheng Guifei's sister is not beautiful?
"The first time I saw the county lord, there was nothing to give, this red coral bracelet was a new tribute, and the palace saw it very much at the time. Now that I see that the county lord has such fair skin, I take advantage of this color, so I will give it to the county lord as a gift. Concubine Zheng Guifei took a string of bracelets from her hand and put them on Ah Ning's hand.
"Thank you, Lady Niang, for the reward." A-Ning hurriedly thanked him. Compared with things on land, the sea is always full of mystery, especially the Jinghai Sea is the only place near the Great Zhou, but there are often harassment by Japanese bandits, so such a pure color of red coral is really rare. Even in the entire harem, it is difficult to find a few strings, which shows that Concubine Zheng also attaches great importance to A-Ning.
"In the past few years, the imperial sister has worked very hard with her brother-in-law to guard Jinghai, and I plan to let my brother-in-law return to Beijing to report on his work. The queen mother's age is also beaten, and you often take A-Ning into the palace to accompany the queen mother. The Emperor said.
"It is what our father should do to contribute to the imperial brother and the Great Zhou, and it is naturally good to be able to return to Beijing. Especially when A-Ning is getting older, he officially needs a good master to teach, and there are many good teachers in the capital. Princess An said.
The emperor saw his sister talking so formulaicly, and knew that he was angry when he brought Zheng Guifei together. They all knew the cause and effect of the incident back then, and the reason why Zheng Guifei's sister dared to be so bold was actually the idea given by Zheng Guifei, which can be said to be arranged by her, so the grudge between Zheng Guifei and the imperial sister was also formed at that time.
"Since you want to invite a famous teacher for A-Ningyan, it is better to come to the palace, you can just take classes with a few princesses, and there are still companions." The Emperor said.
"The teacher in the palace is naturally good, but A-Ning has always been weak, if she comes to the palace to take classes with the princesses, it will be too hard, and the courtier sister is afraid that her body will not be able to bear it, so she invited the teacher to be proper in the princess's mansion. A Ning's qualifications are mediocre, and the courtier's sister never thought that she could become a talented woman, as long as she was safe. Classes in the princess's house can be adjusted at any time according to her physical condition. Princess An said.
"What the imperial sister said is that I was negligent, so let's follow the imperial sister's wishes." The Emperor said.
Then a few people had lunch, and the emperor left, and the emperor's affairs were also many. And Concubine Zheng knew that the eldest princess of Anguo didn't want to see her, so she didn't leave a disdainful person, and left with the emperor, and the gap between the two still wanted to be repaired, and it was not an overnight thing.
"Don't blame your brother, he also has his problems." The Queen Mother also knew that her daughter was unhappy.
"Erchen understands, but when the imperial brother becomes the emperor, he is no longer the same person he used to be, and Erchen understands this. He was the emperor first and then the elder brother of Erchen, but he felt that if he sat in that position, he would make a person more and more unrecognizable, whether the original attachment was right or wrong. The eldest princess of Anguo said, she just felt that the royal brother in her heart was becoming more and more unfamiliar.
"Let's not talk about this, you finally entered the palace once, let's talk something interesting." The Queen Mother said.
The eldest princess of Anguo and A Ning accompanied the queen mother to rest for a while, and after taking a nap, they talked about some things in the south before returning to the Yasukuni Mansion before evening. After the two returned to the house, they came to Songheyuan. Maybe she knew that the eldest princess of An Guo took A-Ning into the palace today, so everyone was waiting here, and the Songhe courtyard was very lively.
After a few people greeted each other, A-Ning came to the old lady's side,
"A-Ning is obedient when he enters the palace today, did he cause trouble?" The old lady asked with concern, in fact, she also knew that with A-Ning's current identity and the favor of the two in the palace, how could there be trouble. It's just that she hasn't seen Aning for many years, and the relationship between her grandparents and grandchildren is inevitably unfamiliar, so she naturally has to rely on her usual relationship to maintain it.