Chapter 43 The Concubine Game
Emperor Yude ordered the poetry club to be held in the afternoon in the palace to hold a grand event in Bolun, and the palace people cleaned up the palace early and raised the stove.
Seeing that the time was approaching, all the concubines from all the palaces were present, only Concubine Shugui sent someone to say that she was not in good health, so she would not come for the time being.
The Queen Mother, Emperor Yude, the princes, and several elders have not yet arrived.
The concubines sat together in twos and threes, chatting or thinking about what the poetry club was going to learn for a while. was waiting, and then I heard the deacon and eunuch at the door report, "The queen has arrived!" Everyone stood up in greeting.
"Welcome to the Queen Mother, Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose!" Everyone shouted.
Queen Zhou changed the grace and luxury of the snow banquet, and changed into an elegant gray squirrel-colored tail-dragging dress, and her makeup became more and more cold. Xue Meiren was blushing like a peach, and behind her, she walked into the palace together.
Queen Zhou walked to the main seat and sat down, and asked Concubine Shu about the situation, before telling everyone to be flat.
Looking around, the concubines present have all changed into new clothes, what clothes to wear on what occasion, this is also the rule of the heavenly family, and the same is true for the family of the three grades and above, the earl, and the gate family.
Concubine Zhang Defei was dressed much more glamorously than in the morning, her skin was already better than snow, and in the afternoon, she wore a red and white winter coat with a fur neckline, which made her face even fairer and more pink.
Concubine Xian, Concubine Qing, Liu Zhaoyi and others are still dressed in a dignified atmosphere, similar to the style of the banquet, but the colors have been changed, and the proportions are very good.
Only the rouge on Xue Meiren's face was slightly thicker, in order to cover the traces of Queen Zhou's slap on her, and her clothes were brighter, and Xue Meiren was only eighteen or nineteen years old, so she looked even more delicate, but some people didn't like others to be more delicate than her.
As soon as Concubine Zhang Defei saw Xue Meiren coming in, she looked at the rouge on her cheeks stupidly. Pouted and smiled. Looking at her coquettish dress again, I can't help but be tired of it.
"Yo! I said, beauty girl, what's wrong? I didn't see you eat any wine at the snow banquet, why is this little face so red and gorgeous? It's still early in spring, so why is it a peach blossom on the face? Hehehe! This was followed by a string of silver bell-like sneers in the style of Concubine Zhang De.
Others didn't listen to her, and they all knew that Xue Meiren didn't have a good time going back, thinking that she was educated by Queen Zhou for a long time, but everyone didn't say it, and now Concubine Zhang Defei ridiculed, and there were a few ignorant people who hid their faces and smiled.
"You!" As soon as Xue Meiren wanted to reply, she heard Queen Zhou open her mouth.
"Concubine De, since you occupy the position of concubine with the word German, you should pay more attention to your words and deeds, convince the public with virtue, and set an example."
"What the queen said is that the concubine is just relying on a German character to occupy the concubine position, and the emperor originally sealed the word concubine, presumably the concubine also has this word."
"Everyone says that the fox is charming and harmful, but no matter how bad the fox is, he also has three virtues. In its heart, it is its great virtue to have the elders and the young, and to respect and inferior. The concubines are not talented, there are still such virtues, unlike some people who rely on the position of high relatives and nobles, and do something that they don't know how to do with their high spirits, but now they have offended people, and Ming'er doesn't know what to do. ”
"You!" Xue Meiren couldn't say a word, and her face turned even redder.
Queen Zhou would not offend a concubine for Xue Meiren, so she didn't distinguish between them. There was a sudden silence in the house, and the atmosphere was solemn and very quiet.
Concubine Qing opened her mouth to break all this.
"Let's all wait for the queen mother and the emperor with peace of mind, and our own family members are hurting the harmony. Today's Poetry Club, what are your good ideas? Let's talk about it too. "Concubine Qing is the most upright on weekdays, she basically doesn't look at emotion when she speaks, she only looks at reason.
Xue Meiren didn't dare to say anything more about the morning. But Concubine De is different, on weekdays, if she is used to choking with people, how can she be forgiven.
"I said Concubine Qingniang, let's talk about ours here, and you have a lot of words."
"You! Hum! Concubine Qing was so choked by her that she couldn't speak.
"Sister Concubine De, what Concubine Qing said is clearly a good thing, isn't it good to make us all happy? How can it be so indiscriminate? Naturally, this was said by the virtuous concubine.
"Sister Xianguifei, sister, I have always respected you, and that is because of your noble birth. She? Hehe......" Concubine De sneered contemptuously, and looked Concubine Qing up and down a few times with a pair of beautiful eyes, "There is no 'Lin Qingju case' that has lost its roots, and now even the third prince has eaten scrape, how can he talk nonsense here!" ”
"Concubine Zhang De! You! You! You! You've deceived people so much! Concubine Qing trembled with anger.
Originally, it was also a beating without slapping people in the face and revealing people without revealing their shortcomings, Concubine Zhang Defei looked down on the most on weekdays was Concubine Qing, Concubine Qing and she were the Yude Emperor, and the palace that they both entered in the first draft was considered good at the beginning, and the two were pregnant one after another.
It was originally Jin Lanqing, but who expected that the two princes gradually grew up, and the two became more and more hostile, and Jing Xuan, the second prince who was originally Concubine De, was more favored, but the two children gradually grew up, and Jing Jiao, the son of Concubine Qing, the third prince, slowly became more and more excellent.
The two princes are almost the same age, and now the third prince is appreciated by Emperor Yude, and his second prince is always compared, and he always hears people say how good Concubine Qing is, how to do things in a righteous way, and how Concubine De has a small belly and other gossip, over time, Concubine De is even more resentful, so she has been looking for the shortcomings of the mother and son, and practiced.
Today, Concubine Qing took action to stop Concubine De from ridiculing Xue Meiren, and sent it to let herself scold herself, how could Concubine Zhang let go of such an opportunity to grind her teeth.
"Sister Concubine De, since you respect me, then listen to my sister's words, let's still be happy. Xue Meiren, don't be ridiculed anymore. Although the virtuous concubine claims to be her sister, the momentum of the concubine is unstoppable.
Xue Meiren listened to Concubine Xian speak for her, and suddenly there was a warm current in her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes, but she quickly held back, because her cousin Queen Zhou didn't like Concubine Xian the most, and always felt that Concubine Xian's two sons were a threat, so usually Xue Meiren didn't dare to get close to Concubine Xian.
"Okay, good, the concubine listened to the words of the concubine, so she didn't talk about the little hooves." Concubine Zhang Defei said that she was not ridiculed, but when she was about to come, she still used the nickname of a slave to point at Xue Meiren.
"You ......" Xue Meiren didn't want to listen to it, and wanted to have a seizure.
"Okay, we are all people around the emperor, and we usually think of harmony."
Empress Zhou finally spoke. When the people saw her speak, they didn't argue any more. The house was quiet again, and all the mothers and masters were drinking tea, eating pastries, or embroidery, waiting for the queen mother and the emperor.
Suddenly heard the footsteps outside, everyone thought that the emperor and the queen mother were coming, and they were ready to get up to greet them. The crowd was deflated.
"Huh? All the sisters, why do they all have such expressions. Concubine Shu asked puzzled.
"Shugui Concubine Niangniang, we all thought that the emperor and the queen mother had arrived." It was Liu Xiuyi who said this.
Concubine Xian hurriedly greeted her and pulled Concubine Shu's hand.
"Just now, the little fat man came and said that you are not very good, what are you doing drinking the wind again? Watch out for your body. ”
Concubine Shu removed her cloak and hood. hurriedly took two steps and blessed the queen.
"The concubine greets the queen."
"Flat, sit down."
Then all the concubines asked Concubine Shu to say goodbye again, and then they sat down separately.
This palace is not like the pavilion hall like the Imperial Pavilion, it is an imitation of the farmhouse thatched house, in order to show the royal return to the basics, and the people are happy. So the space is a lot smaller.
Concubine Shu picked up the seat next to Concubine Xian and sat down.
"The concubine was a little unwell, and I thought she couldn't come, but I really loved the first snow, and now it is rare that the emperor and his sisters are in high spirits and want to start a poetry club, so I took medicine and hurried here."
"Among our sisters, who doesn't know that your poetry is the best, sister, my sister originally thought, this time I can get a reward, but you came, my sister's reward was squeezed to Java again." The virtuous concubine said sadly.
Of course, Concubine Shu knew that she was joking, but she didn't know how to pretend to be righteous and said, "Since you already know, why don't you just seek defeat?" ”
Everyone saw her like this, like two children, and they all laughed, and the previous embarrassment was even clearer.
While everyone was rejoicing, a little eunuch came in to deliver the word. said that there was an urgent report at the border gate, and the emperor had already gone to Wenjin Pavilion to discuss with the ministers, so he would not come. The princes were also called to listen to the government. The Queen Mother did not come when she had accumulated food at noon.
When everyone heard this, they all felt bored, and after talking about it for a while, they also dispersed in frustration.
I thought that Bolun's feast could produce a good article, but it dispersed, but he was often in the royal family, and he couldn't help himself.
Shu and Xian, the two concubines and Liu Xiuyi, left the house, seeing that it was still early, and the first snow was rich and the scenery was extremely beautiful, so they made an appointment to go to the Ruifeng Pavilion Warm Pavilion in the Imperial Garden, where they set up a small banquet to enjoy the snow.
This Ruifeng Pavilion is one of the four pavilions of "spring, summer, autumn and winter" in the Imperial Garden, in the northwest corner of the Imperial Garden, and the Pear Flower Garden is the closest, take the beauty of Ruixue Harvest Year. Not the same as the other three pavilions, this pavilion is square, wide, can be opened on all sides, can also be closed, there is also a ground dragon on the ground.
Every winter, the palace people will hang a warm curtain in this Ruifeng Pavilion, and the earth dragon is also burned every day for the palace people to enjoy.
The three concubines made an appointment to come here to enjoy the snow, and they sent someone to clean it up early.
When the third concubine came, the incense case had already been prepared, all kinds of melon and fruit snacks were ready, and there was another bookcase for writing and painting, and a small charcoal stove was placed on the round table, and the pear soup that moistened the lungs was hung on it, steaming, and the three masks of Ruifeng Pavilion were sealed, leaving only the southeast side with a half-open window, and you could enjoy the scenery outside.
As soon as the third concubine came in, the pavilion was warm, so she took off her cloak and hood and sat down around the round table.
Concubine Xian asked Concubine Shu again if she was in better health today, what medicine she was taking, and whether she needed help from Guan Long's family, and Concubine Shu said that there was no big problem. The two chatted about the poems of winter and snow.
Liu Xiuyi sat on the side and listened while taking the bandage and starting the daily embroidery.
A few people sat down and chatted for a while, and then they heard the small actors lining up in the pear blossom garden not far away......
"Dreaming back to the warbler, the chaotic years are all over. People set up a small courtyard and a deep courtyard, burned all the smoke, threw the residual embroidery thread, and this spring is like last year. Xiaolai looked at the broken plum pass, and the makeup was remnant. You are leaning on the railing with your Yichun bun on your side. The cutting is constant, the reason is still messy, and the stuffiness is unprovoked. I have instructed the flower warbler to borrow spring to see ......"