Chapter 16

"When the queen arrived, all the concubines bowed three times and bowed for a long time."

The eunuch shouted at the top of his voice, and the three surrounding ladies came back to their senses.

The three mothers bowed three times and bowed nine times, and said in unison: "The concubines see the queen's mother, and the mother is blessed." ”

Lu Pianpian smiled lightly on her face, waved her hand, and said, "Sisters, please be exempt." ”

The three concubines got up after thanking each other, and then dared to secretly look at the rumored queen who had been missing for five years.

The queen wore a phoenix robe embroidered with gorgeous clothes, and the colorful embroidery was brilliant, like a fairy. On the top of the hair tray, wearing a phoenix crown, with a phoenix tassel on the forehead, the posture is graceful and graceful, with a mature charm, which not only makes the whole person look radiant. Between the light smiles, the baby's face will give people a very cordial feeling, and I always feel that she looks so approachable, but her eyes invisibly reveal seven points of majesty!

When the emperor saw the queen coming slowly, he stepped forward and reached out to support her, and said in a somewhat complaining tone: "Cooking is such a thing, just let the palace people do it, why do you need to ask for help." ”

The emperor and the empress stood side by side like this, like a golden boy and a jade girl, talented and talented, and outsiders looked particularly envious.

The emperor is tall and has an extraordinary temperament, handsome and magnificent, the queen stands with him, and his appearance is three points similar, is this the rumored husband and wife......

On the side, Gu Wanrong, who had admired the emperor for a long time, couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in her heart when she saw that the emperor was so intimate.

Lu Pianpian said: "I don't see you all day long, you are heartbroken for state affairs, and the concubines can't interfere in political affairs to relieve your worries, so I want to cook some delicacies for you, which is also a heart, just in the morning, the three concubines came to ask the concubine to say goodbye, and the concubine didn't wake up at that time, and then asked Xiaobi to go and inform, why don't we have lunch together at noon today." ”

As she spoke, there were many palace maids walking behind her, each of whom was holding a tray in their hands, and all kinds of exquisite delicacies with all kinds of colors and fragrances were visited on the tray.

"Let's pass the meal."

"Yes."

Seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but feel distressed again: "You made so many dishes alone? Are you tired? ”

"Of course I'm not alone, isn't there a brother?"

While speaking, Feng Yihai, who had been standing in the distance and had not spoken, stepped forward to salute.

"When did Xiaohai come back? Why don't you come to see me first! ”

Feng Yihai smiled lightly: "I didn't hear that I found the queen, I was anxious for a while, so I used my privilege to come to this harem to catch up with the queen, and I happened to hear that the queen was going to cook herself, so I went to the imperial dining room with my mother to prepare lunch." ”

While a few people were talking, the palace maid Xiaobi came over and bowed her head and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, the queen, His Royal Highness, all the concubines and concubines, lunch has been passed on, and the masters will go to the main hall for dinner." ”

"Let's go."

The emperor took Lu Pianpian's hand, and the two walked side by side to the palace, Feng Yihai followed behind him, and while several people walked, the emperor asked: "Xiaohai, my father hasn't been to Chiyan Country for some years, and it's okay to be in Shangcheng in Minnanhai." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, my father-in-law is in good health, and he is very good."

"That's ......"

The emperor sighed faintly, Lu Pianpian held his palm, and comforted: "If we have time later, we will go to Minnanhai Shangcheng to see my father, the old man does not ask for anything, he hopes that his children will be taken care of by his side." ”

"I asked my father-in-law to arrange the next day, and we will go back to the upper city of Minnanhai tomorrow."

While they were talking, they were already seated at the table. The emperor sat on the main seat, Lu Pianpian sat on his right side, Feng Yihai sat on the emperor's right side, and the other three concubines sat on the other side together.

The emperor and Feng Yihai chatted hotly, and after Lu Pianpian occasionally interjected a few words, the three of them were happy, comfortable and comfortable, and the three concubines were so miserable that they couldn't interject a word.

Lu Pianpian smiled and watched the two brothers chatting, Xingyan unintentionally saw Gu Wanrong's envious and jealous eyes, so she chuckled again, and said: "In those years in the people, because of the weakness of the body, I often rested in bed, and I didn't cook much, and I became a lot more rusty after a long time. Today's temperament came, and I made some delicacies, and my sisters tasted it slowly, if there are those deficiencies, I must tell the truth, and the palace will improve next time. ”

Maybe it was because he saw that a few concubines were more embarrassed, the emperor and Feng Yihai chatted about them, and Lu Pianpian chatted with the three concubines.

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

The three concubines had spent a lot of effort to dress up at this banquet, but who knew that they were snubbed by the emperor in public, but the queen talked to them in an approachable manner, and gave them some steps down, although the three concubines were jealous of the queen, but they also left a little gratitude.

At that time, the emperor glanced at the table full of delicious and fragrant dishes, about two dozen dishes.

According to the previous system, the imperial dining room in the palace would make hundreds of dishes to be tasted by the emperor, but today the queen herself cooked, and only made about 20 dishes, and the meat and vegetable combinations were also very rich.

The emperor and Feng Yihai chatted hotly, Lu Pianpian also ate the food by herself, at this time, Gu Wanrong took a bite of food, and couldn't help but peek at the emperor many times, every time she looked at the emperor, the complexion on her face turned red again, she may not have tasted what it tasted like to put food in her mouth, but when she looked at the emperor, her heart was clearly sweet and sour.

Lu Pianpian took a bite of food, and accidentally saw Gu Wanrong answering with a shy look, so she asked with a smile: "Concubine Rong, this palace has seen that you have eaten several mouthfuls of green peppers, do you like spicy food?" ”

Gu Wanrong never thought that the queen would call her, she was a little stunned, and after being slightly stunned for a moment, she said respectfully: "Back to the queen's mother, concubines don't like spicy food." ”

Lu Pianpian covered her mouth and snickered: "Yo, this palace sees that you eat a lot, aren't you afraid of spicy?" ”

Gu Wanrong felt spicy in her mouth at this time, and hurriedly drank two sips of tea.

Just now she just looked at the emperor, her heart was extremely happy, what was the taste of what she was eating in her mouth, she didn't notice it at the time, and now when she thought about it, Fang Zhi was spicy in her mouth, and she was busy and embarrassed: "What kind of dish is this dish made by the queen mother." ”

The queen's eyebrows and eyes crooked to give the palace maid Xiaobi a look, and Xiaobi actually stepped forward with a heart to bring the dish to Lu Pianpian and put it down.

Lu Pianpian picked up the chopsticks and put a few mouthfuls of vegetables in the emperor's bowl, the emperor was talking to Feng Yihai in the ear, and he had no time to take care of the situation here.

Lu Pian smiled and winked at the emperor: "The emperor should still remember the name of this dish." ”

When the emperor saw it, he shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "Green pepper fried red pepper? ”

I remember back to five years ago, when they first met, he didn't know whether she was evil or not, she attracted his attention with a fried red pepper with green peppers, and reminded him to be very careful with words from time to time......

Thinking of this, the emperor did not have time to show the affectionate expression of a young man in love.

Lu Pianpian snickered: "A few sisters don't know, the emperor is so delicious and spicy, and he loved to eat the dishes made by the palace in the early years, especially this dish of fried red peppers with green peppers, and I can eat several bowls of rice every time I eat it." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Lu Pianpian with an ambiguous look in his eyes.

He doesn't like spicy food......

What is the meaning of this green pepper fried red pepper, the two of them know best.

His eyes casually scanned the surroundings, and when he saw the thoughtful appearance of the three concubines, the doubts in his heart suddenly became clear, it turned out that the queen personally cooked for him today is fake, indicating that the identity is secretly hinting is true!

Thinking so, the emperor echoed Lu Pianpian and said, "No, I love to eat these dishes made by the queen." ”

Saying that, I really ate a few bites of green peppers......

Now, it was embarrassing for Gu Wanrong again, she was originally happy with the emperor, but when she saw that the emperor and the queen were so affectionate, her heart was also very sour.

On the side, Qiao, who had already understood everything, hooked his lips slightly and smiled lightly.

Just look at her and say: "The queen's cooking skills are exquisite, take this braised lion's head as an example, the taste is really like a glimpse of Yangzhou's famous dishes, and the concubine is really blessed by the emperor and queen, and she has such a delicious dish in this life." ”

Look at the tone in which she speaks, praising the emperor and the queen, it's really disgusting.

After hearing this, Lu Pianpian opened her eyebrows and smiled: "Concubine Ning's little mouth is sweet, I'm afraid I've eaten honey today." ”

Qiao smiled slightly handsomely: "The queen mother praises it in seconds." ”

Qiao Weiwei is the daughter of the general of Zhenguo, not as soft as many women, the whole person looks energetic, and he is also very powerful when he walks, not pretentious, and looks like a cheerful and free master.

Concubine Hui Shen Huanting didn't speak, bowed her head and ate as if she was eating food, but she didn't eat much.

Lu Pianpian looked at her, then asked with a smile: "Look at Concubine Hui, the first time I ate the delicacies made in this palace, I couldn't keep my mouth shut, and I didn't say a word at this banquet, I just buried my head in eating." ”

She said with a smile on her face, and her tone sounded very light, and when she heard it, she was joking.

After that, the owners present couldn't help but cover their mouths and snicker, the party Shen Huanting put down the chopsticks unhurriedly, and slowly wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and said: "The queen said that she laughed, the dishes made by the mother were all colorful and fragrant, and the concubines couldn't bear the hunger and buried their heads to eat, and it was also thanks to the blessing of the queen, we concubines can eat at the same table with the emperor and queen. I didn't get the emperor's favor, and I don't know what happened to be a ......."

In these words, although there are words praising the emperor and queen, similar to sycophants, but listening to the back, it is a bit like a sentence of complaining and hypocrisy.

The atmosphere was originally quite harmonious, but because of Shen Huanting's words, the temperature of the whole atmosphere dropped to a minimum.

For some reason, there was a whole coolness in the air.

The emperor glanced coldly and looked at Shen Huanting, who was complaining and unwilling, obviously a very good-looking face, but it couldn't get into his eyes.

The emperor shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

As soon as these words came out, the three concubines at the dinner table changed their faces one after another, and they knelt on the ground together.

"The emperor is angry, Concubine Hui only said her own thoughts, but it has nothing to do with the thoughts in the concubine's heart, although the emperor has not favored the concubine, but the concubine is satisfied as long as she looks at the emperor from afar, and she never dares to complain."

On the other side, Concubine Ning Qiao said slightly: "You delicate women, you know about love and love all day long, don't you see that the emperor can only tolerate the queen in his eyes?" I don't look at my identity, and I dare to complain in front of the emperor, what kind of system I have become! ”

Everyone said frequently, Shen Huanting's complaints and grievances, Gu Wanrong's grievances, Qiao Wei's sanity and sobriety, everything was included in Lu Pianpian's eyes......

The emperor said coldly: "What a concubine, are you complaining about delaying your youth?" If this is the case, then you will return to the shogunate as soon as possible and become the goddaughter of Prince Yi! ”

"No, the emperor is angry, the concubine just said the wrong thing sadly, and she didn't have the intention of refuting the lord, and asked the emperor to take back her fate."

On the side, Lu Pianpian took the emperor's hand and comforted: "Don't be angry, the emperor is an accident, don't take it to heart." ”

Gu Wanrong knelt down to Lu Pianpian, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged: "The queen is righteous, and she also asks the mother to be the master of the concubine." ”

The empress persuaded the emperor, and the coldness on the emperor's face gradually eased a little.

Just look at the emperor's voice is very threatening: "Everyone is here, then I will be straightforward, first, my family law first, in this life, I am only allowed to live a lifetime and a couple, and giving you the title of concubine is already my lowest bottom line, don't think about getting anything else from me." ”

"Second, I have a habit of cleanliness, in addition to loving to hold the queen in my arms in this life, other women don't even bother to bang their skin."

"Third, if you want to continue to have the status of a concubine, then keep to yourself in the palace, don't want to get my love, my love is only left to the queen, and finally, don't want to do anything out of the ordinary, otherwise I and the queen will not let you go!"

Lu Pianpian looked at the very majestic emperor with moving eyes, and there was warmth flowing in his heart......

My brother was right; The emperor is partial to her!

In this case, she has to cheer up even more, and she can't give him the slightest chance to lose face!

"Don't you understand?!"

The emperor understands very clearly, the four concubines he accepted are just giving an empty name, and it is impossible to be favored, either he can't touch a man until he dies in the palace, or he will get out of the palace immediately!

The emperor's words were so clear that the three concubines could hear them......

That's the kind of person with a white face as if he was powerless, and someone who turned a blind eye and didn't care......

"Concubines remember the holy will, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"