Chapter 14: Ruyi Huining's Four Concubines
In the five years since Emperor Kangning ascended the throne, the world was not peaceful in the early years!
Say; The red leaders of the anti-Kang plan brought up by Zuo Youhan were in a uproar in the early years, which made the people restless, and seeing them was like seeing the devil, and they were terrified.
Within the imperial court, Prince Yoshiki of the shogunate is also ambitious, eyeing the throne, and all kinds of ideas try to take the throne back from the emperor!
The court was divided into three factions, which were Shang Shuling, General Zhenguo, and Prince Yi......
In the main hall of the middle palace, the three concubines who came to ask for peace were neatly dressed and stood in the hall dignifiedly, but they were said by the palace maid Xiaobi: "Ladies and daughters are angry, the queen is sick today, and it is not easy to see guests. ”
While Xiaobi was talking, Lu Pianpian had already put on her clothes, but her black and bright hair was casually draped in a bun that had not yet been combed, and the whole person looked seven points noble and three points lazy.
Lu Pianpian took the boy and made a 'shhh' movement, and the two hid by the screen, poking out half of their heads to see the scene outside.
Outside the screen, the three ladies were dressed in gorgeous Luo Qun.
Gu Wanru, the daughter of Shangshu, is like a concubine, dressed in red clothes, wearing a golden hairpin, and her face is really beautiful, but with seven points of fierceness, people dare not approach easily.
When Gu Wanru heard this, she stretched out her hand, touched the hair on her forehead with her orchid fingers, and snorted coldly: "I got up early in the morning to dress up, I wanted to leave a good impression on the queen's mother, but I never thought that the mother would not give face, and she would not show a ......."
This is said in an extremely sour tone, but more with a complaining tone, and without malicious intent.
On the side, Shen Pingting, who was dressed more elegantly and dressed in an off-white Luo Qun, said in a light tone: "The queen mother just returned to the palace, maybe she didn't sleep well last night, and she didn't get up too early at this time, and blame us for knowing the rules too well, and came too early to greet her. ”
After speaking, he also bowed politely, and his appearance looked really decent.
The boy who was hiding behind the screen sighed very boredly, and when Lu Pianpian heard it, he hurriedly made a 'shhh' gesture, and then looked at this elegantly dressed woman with a superior appearance.
Looks pretty tall...... The tone of the speech is a little fraught.
On the side, a woman wearing a light pink dress seemed to notice movement behind the screen, and her beautiful eyes stared at the screen unconsciously.
Seeing this, Lu Pianpian turned his head quickly, and did not forget to take the boy Ming along the way.
It's weird, she's the queen, what is she coercing? What to hide?!
The screen was made of transparent material, so she was not stupid enough to stand behind the screen to peep, but peeked beside the screen, and when she saw that woman so vigilant, she couldn't help but wonder in her heart.
This woman is a practitioner, and the boy can hear such a quiet sigh?
Qiao Wei, the woman in pink, flashed a different expression on her face, then snorted lightly and said: "The queen hasn't woken up yet, so the palace won't bother, with Lao Xiaobi to speak, the palace will come to greet tomorrow." ”
"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen."
Gu Wanrong took the lead in turning around, and when she turned around, she didn't forget to snort coldly at Xiaobi.
Shen Huanting bowed slightly, and then withdrew from the hall with the support of the palace maid.
Qiao didn't say much, turned around and left......
Xiaobi exhaled in her heart, and after several concubines left, she turned around and walked behind the screen.
"The Queen."
Xiaobi saluted in a proper manner.
"All gone?"
"Back to the queen's mother, several concubines have retreated."
The master and servant walked to the dormitory one after the other, and Lu Pianpian sat under the dresser and ordered Xiaobi to comb her hair.
While combing his hair, Xiaobi told the life stories of several concubines, and on the other hand, Xiao Ziming dragged his cheeks and watched the young lady dress up for his mother.
"It is said that the emperor has four concubines, why only three came today."
"The queen doesn't know, and there is a concubine, because her mother is chanting scriptures in the temple, so she went to pray for the mother together."
Lu Pianpian raised her eyebrows with interest: "Why do you want to pray for the blessing of this palace?" ”
"It is said that ...... It is because the emperor and the mother have been separated for a long time, and the concubine believes in Buddhism, and prays for the emperor and queen in the temple, and wishes you and your wife to reunite as soon as possible. ”
Lu Pianpian sighed: "It seems that the palace is going to give her a backup gift, what is the origin of those concubines?" ”
"Back to Niangniang's words, the one who speaks the most unruly is Gu Wanrong, the daughter of Shangshu, named Concubine Rong, this person has a brutal and domineering personality, and there is the support of Lord Shangshu in the background, you should be careful."
"The one who wears money and powder Luo Qun is the goddaughter of Prince Muchengyi, Shen Huanting, titled Concubine Hui, it is said that Prince Yi had a very unpleasant quarrel with the emperor, and Prince Yi has only one son under his knees, and I don't know where to recognize a goddaughter, and merge with the hundred officials to push her into the palace as a concubine, this person is decent, and he has never sinned against any nobleman in the palace, and his reputation is quite good."
Lu Pianpian nodded, and the appearance of the woman in pink clothes echoed in her mind, and she always felt that this woman was not as simple as she looked.
"Secondly, it is Qiao Weiwei, the daughter of the general of Zhenguo, named Concubine Ning, I heard the subordinates in the palace mention that she was born with a straightforward personality, and she loves to be pure in the palace, except for the Zhichun who accompanied her to marry, she often accompanies her, so she doesn't need other subordinates to take care of her."
Lu Pianpian nodded, no wonder, the boy sighed so quietly, she could actually notice it, it turned out to be the daughter of the general, and it seemed that she was also a practitioner!
Xiaobi said as she lifted the delicate hairpin on her freshly combed bun.
Xiaobi was skillful, and she combed a double bun, with a golden phoenix hairpin in her bun, a tassel hairpin on her forehead, and a chic flower on her eyebrows, which made Lu Pianpian, who was pale-skinned, look more charming and noble.
"Wow, mother, you are dressed like a fairy today."
Lu Pianpian sneered: "At such a young age, I will be flamboyant, and I don't know how many girls' hearts I will capture when I grow up." ”
As she spoke, she rubbed his head dotingly.
The boy tilted his head and didn't understand: "What is a girl's heart." ”
Lu Pianpian said helplessly: "You will know when you grow up." ”
On the side, Xiaobi reminded: "Queen Mother, a few concubines are coming to greet tomorrow morning, can we arrange a meeting gift today for tomorrow?"
"Hmm."
Lu Pianpian got up, dressed in a luxurious phoenix robe, and entrusted her with incomparably noble.
"It's the first time we meet, so you have to be generous, don't make people feel that the queen of this palace is stingy."
But what is she going to give......
As he spoke, Lu Pianpian moved to the locker, selecting gifts one by one, and the wooden cabinet prevented many rare jewels, porcelain, and even opening the wooden box, as well as rare night pearls.
"These things have been in the dormitory all along?"
"If you go back to the queen's mother, since the emperor ascended the throne, this is the sleeping hall reserved for you, and any items in the palace are personally selected by the emperor for you."
Speaking of this, Xiaobi said with envy: "The emperor is really affectionate to the queen's mother, this rare night pearl is the year before last Fanbang tribute, it is said that a young man in the deep sea and the dragon after the unintentional getaway, at night, open the box, the night pearl is like a million candles, illuminating the entire dormitory like the day." ”
The night pearl was the size of the palm of the hand, and the bead body was very smooth, and it was indeed a rare and high-quality item.
Such a good thing, Lu Pianpian put it back in the box and put it on the wooden cabinet, she was reluctant to give it to others.
In this matter, a group of palace maids came outside the hall, and the palace maids held trays in both hands, walking outside the hall door and standing respectfully, led by the Duke of De, who led the palace maids to the front of the palace, and said: "The holy decree has arrived." ”
Hearing this, Lu Pianpian and the others walked out of the dormitory and went to meet with the Duke of De outside the hall.
"The slave meets the queen, and the mother is blessed."
"No need to be polite, what's going on......" Lu Pianpian pointed to the palace maid behind Duke De.
The palace ladies bowed their heads and carried trays, on which many items were prevented, cloth, jewelry, gold and silver were packed, and the people who watched were dazzled.
"Back to Niangniang's words, the emperor has just come down from the early dynasty, and he will wait with Lord Shangshu in the imperial study to perform ceremonies, and let the servants come to inform them with an edict."
Lu Pianpian listened, and knelt down to accept the order according to the rules of the palace.
"The concubine takes the order."
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, the queen served yesterday for meritorious service, five finest silk horses, ten tribute jewels, ten pieces of jade and jade, and one hundred taels of gold, Qin this."
"Thank you for the emperor's reward."
After Lu Pianpian thanked her, Xiaobi helped her get up.
"Niangniang, the emperor asked the servant to bring a message, saying that he would return to the middle palace for lunch today."
"There is Father-in-law Lauder."
Lu Pianpian gave Xiao Bi a look, and Xiao Bi took a piece of silver and handed it to her with both hands.
Lu Pianpian took the silver and handed it to Father-in-law De, and said: "There is a sentence from Father-in-law Laude, just say that it happens that the palace is in good spirits today, and he will personally cook and wait for the emperor to come back for lunch." ”
"Yes."
Gonggong De was happy to get the silver, so he saluted and turned to leave, and then, after more than a dozen palace maids put down their belongings, they also withdrew from the dormitory.
All of a sudden, the lively palace became deserted again.
Lu Pianpian sneered, feeling a little desolate in her heart.
This is the Imperial Palace, a huge iron cage, what a tragic thing it is to trap people in it, unable to breathe freely!
"Niangniang, do you really want to cook yourself, it's okay to let the servants in the palace do this kind of thing."
Lu Pianpian smiled lightly, covered the loneliness in his heart with a smile, and said: "The palace also said that he wanted to give gifts to the four concubines, no, the emperor sent it to the palace." ”
"The color of this chain is bright red and purple, which is suitable for concubines...... This jade bracelet has a light and elegant color, which is suitable for Concubine Hui, and this golden sword jewelry is good, so give it to Concubine Ning......"
"Yes!"
"You take the palace to the imperial dining room, and by the way, let people go to each dormitory ward, and let the three concubines have lunch together today."
"...... This can't be helped, you cook for a few concubines, isn't it worthless? ”
Lu Pianpian chuckled: "This palace is to cook for the emperor and the little meat buns, they just come to eat by the way, and they don't drop the price, just notify them." ”
Xiaobi didn't know why, but she also saluted respectfully: "Yes!" ”
"Mother, what delicious dishes are you going to cook today?"
The boy asked innocently with a raised face.
"What do you want to eat?"
"I want to eat braised fish made by my mother, dry stir-fried chicken, sweet and sour pork ribs...... And ......," the boy said, tilting his head and thinking.
Lu Pianpian rubbed his head and said helplessly: "You are so fat, eat less meat, start to eat vegetarian today, otherwise you will grow into a big fat man in the future, and you will not be able to escape your daughter-in-law......"
"No, I'm going to eat meat made by my mother, the vegetables are dry, what's delicious!"
It is said that Xiao Ziming has not yet reached the age of five, and he already has more than 30 pounds, and when he was a child, the meat looked cute, but if he grew up like this, it would not look good.
Lu Pianpian said resolutely: "No, you have to eat vegetables." ”
The boy held his mouth, and when he was about to cry, Xiaobi suddenly came from a distance and saluted respectfully: "Queen Qiyu, His Royal Highness the Prince of the Seven Desires Flower City is asking to see him outside the palace." ”
Brother?!
Lu Pianpian was shocked, but she couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Let him come in." ”
Ziming couldn't stay and was taken outside to play by his grandmother, and Lu Pianpianji stood in the palace and paced back and forth until Feng Yihai came over......