Chapter 436: Remorse
The extravagance and luxury of the red gold phoenix pattern nine treasures are indescribable, just collecting the nine treasures will cost financial resources and manpower, and the amber is the most rare, you need to use the most crystal clear amber to be inlaid on the red gold base, otherwise even if there is a trace of dirt, it will also affect the beauty of the whole Yingluo.
Her Royal Highness the Queen's eyes stayed on the neck of the Imperial Concubine Li, the white and jade-like neck set off more and more dazzling, this Imperial Concubine has been worn many times, but she and the king have not thought too much, not how much the king loves the Imperial Princess, nor how much Her Royal Highness the Queen indulges Imperial Concubine Li, but because of the temporary indulgence, it can create today's situation.
Some people will get carried away as long as they hold her high in the sky, and Princess Li is the most typical example of this. The nine treasures are shining brightly, and the nine gems reflect the brilliance of the warm and shining, and many noble ladies and daughters at the banquet quietly looked at the princess at this moment, and they all found the extravagant and luxurious red gold nine treasures.
The pattern of the phoenix pattern is so delicate that it gives the illusion of a flower petal rolling from a distance, so many guests just look at it a few times and then look away. After all, the ministers and nobles in the banquet are accustomed to seeing jewels, and although this jewel is luxurious and bright, there is nothing surprising about it.
But although the careless guests accounted for the majority, the attentive guests still found the clue. Their gaze lingered on the neck of the Imperial Concubine for a long time, and they crossed the nine brilliant gems and stared straight at the phoenix pattern carved in red gold.
No more, no less, it is the nine-tailed phoenix feather Shu scroll circling, like nine petals softly wrapped around the red gold Yingluo collar, and the nine gems are hanging under the glossy and flawless pearl, and the pearl is also dotted with teardrop-shaped glass. The glass is not a precious thing, but the refracted brilliance is very beautiful and bright, like a rainbow in the clear sky after the rain.
The nine-tailed phoenix pattern can only be enjoyed by Her Royal Highness the Queen, symbolizing the identity and status of the mother of a country, and now the ministers and nobles at the banquet saw that the princess was actually wearing a phoenix pattern, their eyes widened in disbelief, and even some people raised their hands and rubbed their eyes, thinking that the dazzling red gold nine-tailed phoenix pattern was an illusion that they had just seen.
The beautiful woman with a beautiful face saw the strange eyes of the people around her, and her heart suddenly felt bad, she followed the eyes of the powerful ministers and nobles to look at her daughter --- Li Huang Concubine, only to see the charming and glamorous Li Huang Concubine Wan Ting weakly kneeling on the ground, from the side it is no different, but when the Li Huang Concubine raised her head, the brilliance of the neck instantly met the eyes of the beautiful woman.
As the mother-in-law of the Li Imperial Princess, this beautiful woman has been accustomed to seeing treasures since she was a child, she lowered her eyes and stared at the red gold nine treasures around the neck of the Li Imperial Princess, at first she thought that it was just an ordinary Yingluo collar, but the nine treasures inlaid on it were floating and beautiful, and it was a good product that could not be reached by the clouds and temples of the palace, but when she stared at it carefully, a layer of cold sweat instantly rose on her back.
Where is the ordinary Yingluo collar, that is clearly the red gold carved into the nine-tailed phoenix feathers circling around the collar of the nine treasures phoenix pattern Yingluo, the beautiful woman carefully identified the heart of the shocked, eager to pounce on it and throw her daughter a crisp and loud slap!
The red gold nine-tailed phoenix pattern is not qualified to be worn by the imperial concubine, it is the honor and glory that belongs to Her Royal Highness the Queen of the Sakura Kingdom, and the beautiful woman clearly understands this in her heart, so under the sweaty back, she trembled and pulled her husband's sleeve, without her opening her mouth to explain, the husband on her side instantly understood the ins and outs, because the existence of the red gold phoenix pattern is too conspicuous, and it is difficult for him not to pay attention.
As a powerful minister in the cherry country, Concubine Li's father naturally knows the meaning of the phoenix pattern, not to mention that the phoenix pattern on this red gold Yingluo collar is not a simple and ordinary phoenix pattern, but a nine-tailed phoenix feather style that symbolizes the honor of Her Royal Highness the Queen.
After all, wearing a nine-tailed phoenix feather is a big sin of usurping Her Royal Highness the Queen, and Imperial Concubine Li is only the rank of a mere imperial concubine, according to the rules of etiquette, no one wears a phoenix feather, and can only wear a peacock to show her identity like Her Royal Highness.
When the father of the Imperial Concubine Li saw that his daughter was wearing such an honorable thing around her neck, he almost turned his back on his back, and he sat tremblingly in the banquet, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead. It is a big sin to trespass in the royal family of Sakura Kingdom, and the king attaches great importance to Her Royal Highness the Queen, and the entire royal family also attaches great importance to the honor of the wife, so Princess Li's move is no less than a blatant provocation of the etiquette regulations of the entire royal family.
What's even more terrifying is that the person who dares to wear the nine-tailed phoenix feather in the palace feast, and loses his honor in front of the emperor, the latter's crime is irrelevant, and it will naturally be resolved after showing weakness and retreating, but the former's crime is related to the prestige of the entire royal family, and Princess Li's trip has pushed herself and the entire family into the abyss of no return.
At this moment, the relatives of Imperial Concubine Li's family collapsed on their seats as if they were drowning, they looked at Imperial Concubine Li kneeling in the hall with painful expressions, and secretly regretted in their hearts why such a stupid and domineering young lady was sent into the palace in the first place.
If they didn't pick people according to their status, but according to their morality, temperament, and mind, then the family would not be facing such a crisis today. The imperial concubine wore the nine-tailed phoenix feather exclusive to Her Royal Highness the Queen, and the crime of trespassing was really heavy, not to mention that it was discovered at the palace feast.
In the same way, the rest of the powerful ministers and nobles in the banquet naturally thought of this, they looked at the relatives of the family of the Li Imperial Concubine with ill intentions, they were afraid of the growing power of the Li Imperial Concubine family, so they tolerated these people everywhere in political affairs and in the past banquets, but now it is not what it used to be, seeing that a catastrophe is about to befall these people, it can be regarded as a vicious breath for the ridicule and insult they suffered in the past.
The eyes of those noble ladies and daughters don't need to be mentioned, Concubine Li's mother is not a good person, in the past, in order for her daughter to stand out among the nobles, she did not hesitate to destroy the flowers, and secretly ruined the appearance of many famous girls who participated in the draft.
Although the appearance of those famous ladies is just allergies and rashes, but the means of Concubine Li's mother are far more than that, she secretly ordered someone to buy off the palace maids, so that the famous ladies who participated in the draft with Concubine Li in the same session are all kinds of ugly and unruly phenomena, except for a few daughters with exceptionally valuable status, the rest of them are all disgraced.
The hatred in the past was jealous of the power of the Li Imperial Concubine family, and these powerful ministers and nobles could only press the humiliation in their hearts, waiting for the opportunity to retaliate back in the coming day.
Such a great opportunity should not be missed no matter what! Thinking about this, those powerful ministers and nobles raised their eyes and carefully looked at the expressions of the emperor and queen, only to see that the king was still unfathomable, his expression was sad and joyless, but the gentle smile of Her Royal Highness the queen was a little more meaningful.
I saw Her Royal Highness the Queen looking leisurely at the ministers and nobles in the banquet, although she didn't say it explicitly, but the beautiful eyes that swept the neck of the Empress Li were obviously deep and dark, and then the smile on Her Royal Highness the Queen's lips cooled, and her elegant and beautiful face revealed an unconcealed coldness.
Seeing such an obvious and undisguised change in the expression of Her Royal Highness the Queen, what else did these powerful ministers and nobles not understand? After they looked at each other and sent a signal to each other, they directly ignored the members of the Li Imperial Concubine family who were slumped in their seats, and then a senior cabinet minister took the lead in standing up from the banquet and firing a salute in the true sense of this good show.
The cabinet ministers in brocade clothes are not young, as the ministers in the Sakura cabinet, they are also wearing elegant retro clothes at today's palace banquet, I saw this senior minister walk to the ninth-level gilded jade steps and kneel, with a solemn and solemn look: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Queen, the minister has important things to do." ”
After the rigid and sluggish official tone, the old minister's eyes were fixed on the concubine Lihuang who was kneeling in front of her left, who was the mother of Her Royal Highness the Empress and the highest-ranking existence among the officials of the Sakura Kingdom. Originally, he was not very worried about Her Royal Highness, after all, his daughter was the mother of a country, and the king was still very concerned about his daughter in his heart, so the honor of Her Royal Highness was enough to protect her daughter for a lifetime.
He had also heard of Concubine Li's arrogance outside the palace, which was not a big deal, so he never went to his heart, after all, no matter how arrogant Concubine Li was, she would never dare to be arrogant in front of Her Royal Highness, unless Imperial Concubine Li wanted to let her family gradually decline and decline, otherwise she naturally knew how to serve the queen and how to respect Her Royal Highness.
But when the old minister noticed the nine-tailed phoenix feather jade worn around the neck of Emperor Li, his originally calm expression changed instantly, and it is no exaggeration to say that if his gaze can be condensed into substance, then the anger contained in it is enough to burn Emperor Li into ashes in an instant.
There is only one queen of Sakura Kingdom, and that is his daughter. Imperial Concubine Li is just an imperial concubine, even if she has the title given by the king, but after all, she is just an imperial concubine, since she is an imperial concubine, how can she be qualified to wear a nine-tailed phoenix feather? This shows that it is Princess Li who is openly provoking her daughter, and she is openly provoking the dignity of Her Royal Highness the Queen.
Thinking of this, the resolute old minister grinded his teeth viciously, he had such a precious daughter as Her Royal Highness the Queen in his life, and he and his wife were in love, very affectionate, and did not have three wives and four concubines like other powerful ministers and nobles, but always maintained a monogamous life, and after decades, the love between husband and wife is still the same.
There were three children in total, two sons and one daughter. He and his wife have been looking forward to it for many years before finally giving birth to a little daughter, not to mention the pink makeup, but also smart and cute. As the only eldest lady in the family, this old minister and his wife are really afraid of melting in their mouths, and they are afraid of falling in their hands, and the two brothers are also very fond of their little daughters, and they can't wait to take off the stars and moon for their sisters to play with.