Chapter 132: Pleasing the Concubine
The next day, Li Chun happened to turn over the Baolin Wang's sign, and when it was getting late, he sat on his shoulder and went to the Zilan Palace.
When he reached the edge of the pool, he saw a girl standing with her back to him under the plum tree by the pool. The jet-black bun and the fiery red cloak with white fox edges, reflecting the white snow and red plums, are a good scene.
The girl seemed to be distracted, holding the branch of the plum tree like a sleeping dragon, and slowly chanted: "The cold mountain and the autumn puyue, the sound of the intestines breaking the jade!" ”
There has never been a shortage of homesick and complaining women in the palace, and the concubines have never been able to return to their hometowns to take a look at them in their lives, even if they are palace people, they have a rare opportunity to return.
Poetry is good poetry, and Li Bai's artistic conception has always been elegant. But on such a cold day, watching plum blossoms by this lake at night is not afraid of freezing.
Li Chun raised his hand to signal the little eunuch who raised his shoulders to put it down, slowly paced a few steps forward, and asked in a voice, "Who is there?" ”
The girl seemed to be startled, and turned around in a hurry, and when she saw that it was him, she hurried over to salute, but in a hurry, she accidentally stepped on the long cloak that dragged the ground, and her body immediately threw herself forward.
Li Chun couldn't care so much for a while, and out of the instinctive reaction of his body, he hurriedly took two steps forward and firmly took her in his arms.
"Your Majesty......" She was a little flustered, as if she wanted to struggle to get up, but the more anxious she became, the more unsteady she became, and she almost ripped off Li Chun's cloak.
Li Chun had no choice but to help her stand, but as soon as her feet touched the ground, her body tilted and fell into his arms: "Concubine...... The concubine's foot seems to have twisted to ......"
Li Chun was a little familiar with this voice, thought about it for a long time, and looked carefully at the person in his arms, only to recognize that it was the Baolin who had slept in the Hanshui Hall once before.
Li Chun was helpless, sighed, and bent down to hug her horizontally on his own side: "That's it, I also want to go to the harem and send you back." ”
This night, Wang Baolin finally got a message from the eunuch to ask her to go to bed, and she was very happy to take a careful bath and change her clothes, and specially put on the good dress that the concubine had rewarded when she first entered the palace, and found the snail Dai that had been hidden for a long time and was not willing to use it, and carefully put on an extraordinarily delicate makeup in the mirror.
The twelve pairs of big red palace lamps had already been hung under her eaves, and she was ready to wait for the emperor to come and have dinner together, so she asked the dining room to wait first.
But he sat until dark, and he didn't see His Majesty's footsteps coming, but the two little eunuchs who were in charge of the lamps came again, climbed up the ladder and took down the twelve pairs of palace lamps.
Wang Linlang immediately panicked, grabbed the clothes of one of the little eunuchs, and asked anxiously: "Is Your Majesty here, isn't this lantern going to be hung until tomorrow morning?" ”
The little eunuch knew that she was a newcomer to Baolin, although she had not yet accepted her favor, but who knew what would happen in the future, so she didn't dare to offend, took a step back and said respectfully: "Go back to the master, you don't have to wait today, Your Majesty went to Liu Baolin in the Hanshui Palace, and he has already rested." ”
Wang Linlang's voice began to tremble: "No, you lied to me, didn't Your Majesty already turn over my brand, how could you go to the Hanshui Hall again?" ”
The little eunuch lowered his head and replied, "This ...... Don't worry, Baolin, Your Majesty has changed his mind halfway, who can control it! ”
Wang Linlang still didn't believe it, and sent two little palace maids to inquire again, this time not only learned that His Majesty was staying in the Hanshui Palace, but also personally hugged Liu Baolin into the Hanshui Palace!
Let His Majesty personally carry back to the palace, what a grace this is, how did it fall on Liu Qingqing's little fox girl!
This Wang Linlang gritted his silver teeth, went back to the house and smashed a pair of imperial vases of the Jun kiln, hated it so much, and scolded Liu Qingqing's ancestors for eight generations in his heart.
When the people in the dining room came to ask her if she wanted to set the meal, where was she still in the mood to eat, and angrily scolded the palace maid who passed the message back.
Where can she still sleep this night, she has always felt that she is no worse than Liu Qingqing, but now that she is put on such a table, she is even more angry, lying on the couch and thinking about how to snatch His Majesty's favor from Liu Qingqing.
Thinking about it, his biggest reliance is nothing more than a queen Taishang, but the queen is far away in Xingqing Palace, and I am afraid that I can't say a few words, and the only one who can please in front of me is only a concubine Niangniang.
These days, the concubine treats them well, but the things they reward are not thick or thin, I think it's because I don't know which one will really be favored in the end. An old and decrepit woman like her, in order to maintain her status, will definitely befriend her favorite concubine.
She thinks that she is the most top-notch among these newcomers, and if His Majesty can look at her a few more times, she will not have the confidence to envelop His Majesty's heart. If you go to make friends with the concubine Niangniang in advance, propose to join forces with the concubine Niangniang, and let the concubine Niangniang help her say a few words......
After thinking about it, the more he felt that this idea was feasible, Wang Linlang simply didn't sleep, and he didn't call the palace maid who was keeping vigil outside, so he found a fire fold and lit a lamp, and went to the bottom of the cabinet for a long time before he took out a small round white porcelain box with flowers.
When the small box was opened, the fragrance was overflowing, and even the incense in the dormitory was covered.
Wang Linlang sniffed it again intoxicated, carefully covered the box, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and put it under the pillow.
Don't underestimate this small box, this is their Wang family's secret beauty cream, with his wrinkles and scars, a bottle can be wiped out, a real treasure that can be met but not sought. This small bottle of beauty cream uses a lot of rare medicinal materials, if she hadn't entered the palace, I'm afraid she wouldn't have used such a good thing in her life!
There are a lot of treasures in the concubine Niangniang, and the ones next to them are not rare, but how can there be a woman who doesn't care about her appearance?
She made up her mind, and when she greeted her the next day, Wang Linlang came very early, and while they hadn't come yet, she wanted to say a few important words to the concubine Niangniang.
The concubine had already gotten up, but she read the book for a while, and only then did she call someone in to freshen up when it was almost hour. heard that Wang Linlang had something to do, so he called her into the dormitory, and simply asked Fennel to comb her hair while questioning.
Wang Linlang looked at the two palace maids in the room and hesitated.
The concubine said with a smile: "It's okay, Sister Baolin has something to say directly, my two eldest aunts here have been serving me for more than ten years, and outsiders can't easily enter." ”
Wang Linlang gritted his teeth, took out the beauty cream wrapped in the handkerchief from his sleeve, and held it with both hands to the concubine: "Niangniang, this thing is the ancestral secret recipe of my Wang family, scar removal and beauty care is the most effective, and it has always been only a tribute to the queen of the Wang family, and it is not easy to get the wife and daughter of the patriarch." ”
The concubine didn't shirk either, and ordered Fennel to take it, with a shallow smile on her face that had not changed for thousands of years, and said lightly: "So, thank you, sister, I have a heart." ”
Seeing that she didn't say anything else, Wang Linlang turned his heart sideways, and the words came out: "Niangniang, Linlang has been in the palace for some days, and he has not been able to serve His Majesty......"
She was still thinking about what to say, but the concubine had already raised her hand to stop her words, and said with a light smile: "This palace has always known that my sister's temperament and appearance are top-notch, and this palace knows it." You go to the main hall and wait, prepare for it in the next few days, and your majesty will go to the Zilan Hall in three days. ”
When Wang Linlang heard the previous two sentences, he thought that the concubine couldn't look down on her things at all, and he was worried in his heart, and when he heard her say that she would definitely be able to accept the favor within three days, he was overjoyed: "Thank you, sister concubine!" ”
When she went out, the pothos in the house curled her hair, inserted the hosta and step shake, Nianyun picked up the small box and looked at it, and sneered: "A man's love is the most ethereal and unpredictable. That person doesn't have you in his heart, what if he is as beautiful as a flower, and what if he is forever young, he can't see through it after all! ”
At this time, Yuzhu and Chonglou came in with breakfast.
These two have also followed her for more than ten years, Nian Yun didn't plan to hide it from them deliberately, they came in, and the master and servant were still talking about it.
Yuzhu listened to a few words, and said with a smile on the side: "Does Niangniang really want Your Majesty to go to the Zilan Hall tonight?" ”
Nianyun put aside the beauty cream in his hand, and said lightly: "What's the hurry, and tell her to wait, if Your Majesty Ming'er still goes to the Hanshui Palace, go and talk about it, anyway, the Wang family is also a treasure forest, don't make Queen Taishang's face ugly." ”
Fennel applied some flour made from the rouge shop outside her home for her on the side, pouted slightly, and said: "Niangniang is really, fighting with Your Majesty is so angry, and it cheapens them for nothing." ”
Nianyun looked indifferent, and looked at his face in the mirror: "If she wants it, just give it to her." Grace is easy to come by, but whether she has that fate in the back depends on her own ability. ”
In the end, it is still his own master, Chonglou set breakfast on the table in front of her, and said with a little comfort: "Your Majesty still listens to Niangniang, Niangniang wants him to pamper whichever is which." ”
Nianyun put half a bowl of white porridge in his hand, tried the temperature, and said lightly: "What to listen to, it's just that for Your Majesty, it doesn't matter which one you favor first, which one you favor later, or which one you want to sleep in today's announcement, he doesn't bother to take it to heart at all." So for the sake of the love of the past ten years, give the palace three points of thin noodles and let the palace arrange it. If you really want to listen to this palace, this palace tells him to favor this palace alone, can he make it? ”
Chonglou hurriedly silenced and silently served her for dinner. Nian Yun ate a golden silk roll, and said slowly: "Why does this palace have to work hard to choose a concubine for Your Majesty?" The people chosen by this palace are all the ones he has to pamper, but he can't really favor. Whether it is a big family or a local power, he has to bother to entrap them, as long as they are willing, His Majesty will not be able to ignore any of them. ”
They can't be snubbed, but they don't dare to really put the fate of the empire in their hands, so they won't really threaten her or Ning'er and You'er's status.
In this palace, the really dangerous woman will never be a concubine who enters the palace with a family mission because of interests, but a clean and beautiful woman from an ordinary background.
However, that kind of innocent beauty, if not intelligent, is also the easiest to be eliminated silently. After all, without the support of a strong family of relatives behind him, relying on a little so-called love from the king alone is ridiculously thin.