Chapter 143: Arrogant and domineering
Luo Qing could hear the words in the palace, whether she was advancing or retreating, but someone had already informed the Empress Dowager, and she couldn't retreat.
She entered the hall with her head down, knelt down in a proper manner, and bowed to the Empress Dowager who was sitting at the top.
"Luo Qing see the Empress Dowager."
Her salute caused several people to laugh, and one of the women laughed louder.
Luo Qing listened carefully, this voice seemed to be the voice she had just heard outside the hall.
The Empress Dowager coughed lightly, and the hall suddenly quieted down, but the woman seemed not to be afraid, and said leisurely, "The Empress Dowager will be blessed in the future." ”
The Empress Dowager smiled quite dignified and decent, "Looking at the harem and enjoying it, it is so lively, the mourning family is naturally happy, if you add a few great-emperor grandchildren to the mourning family, the mourning family will be even happier." ”
Luo Qing listened to their conversation, and intuitively felt that he was making a joke, and he was so panicked that he felt that he had lost face to his brother, and his little face turned red.
Just when she was confused, the voice of the Queen Mother suddenly sounded.
"Why are you still kneeling, get up."
Luo Qing saluted again.
"Empress Dowager Xie."
The Empress Dowager taught Luo Qing at this time, "You just entered the palace, and you don't know many rules in the palace, you don't need to do such a big gift in this plain life, if you become Prince Yi and Princess Yi in the future, some people don't have to salute." ”
Luo Qing felt that the Empress Dowager's words were meaningful, and she felt that the Empress Dowager had always been kind, so she should not, but she still responded gently.
At this moment, the woman who sat at the top with the Empress Dowager, but only one table away from the Empress Dowager, spoke.
"It turns out that this is the person that the thirteenth brother values, raise your head and let the mourning family take a look."
Mourning home? Luo Qing thought, this should be the Queen Mother.
My brother told her that the Queen Mother is not a good child, and Concubine Li, who is the Queen Mother's niece, is in a class of their own.
But she still has to listen to the Queen Mother's words, and she can't lose face.
She slowly raised her head, and saw that the Queen Mother was wearing a set of dark blue headdresses, a dark blue dress embroidered with peonies, a well-maintained face with a light smile of three points, and a pair of eyes infected by the years looked at her quietly.
Luo Qing didn't like the Queen Mother's gaze, and always felt that her smile was full of disdain, and her eyes were even more ice-cooling.
"It's a good birth, and the thirteenth brother's vision is as good as ever."
Luo Qing bowed his head by thanking him.
"The Queen Mother praised it falsely."
The Empress Dowager wiped the corners of her mouth that was soaked with tea with a handkerchief, and said, "Sit and talk." ”
Luo Qing thanked the Empress Dowager and sat down at the end of the hall.
Although she has been married to Yanhuai by the emperor, she is not Prince Yi and Princess Yi at all, so she can only sit at the bottom of this.
She didn't dare to look around, for fear of touching someone's mold, after all, none of the concubines in this palace were easy to mess with, and the mother's family behind her was also powerful.
But someone didn't let her go.
"The so-called near the water is the first to get the moon, I heard that the prince adopted the five girls who came back from the Luo family after unloading his armor and hiding in the wilderness, but I didn't think that now these five girls have become the princess of the prince, isn't it just a long-term love? It is also the good luck of the five girls to have this opportunity. It's just that the prince is getting married now, and I don't know how many women in Beijing have broken their hearts. ”
How did Luo Qing feel uncomfortable when he heard this, how he felt that something was wrong, he couldn't help but look up at the person, and saw that the person was wearing heavy makeup, wearing a red dress just like her, but because of his identity, he was wearing a little heavy clothes, and he was wearing gold jewelry instead of jade ornaments on his hands.
She was about to speak, intending to be humble, but the Empress Dowager opened her mouth first.
"Concubine Li, Prince Yi is your elder in the end, this is not what you should say."
Luo Qing really didn't expect that this person was Concubine Li, and she was indeed very beautiful, but her temperament matched her appearance.
The Empress Dowager gave Concubine Li's face in public, and Concubine Li's face immediately became not very good-looking, she moved her shoulders slightly, and her words were also a little sarcastic.
"The Empress Dowager laughed, where did the concubines dare to arrange the prince? It's just that the prince is famous, and how many women in the capital are secretly agreeing, where did you expect that a noble girl in the capital would not be as good as a wild girl who was left behind. ”
When Concubine Li said the last few words, her eyes were firmly fixed on Luo Qing, who was sitting at the end.
"Concubine Li!"
The queen stopped her sharply, but Concubine Keli didn't know how her mood was going wrong today, and she didn't give anyone face, so she was still talking regardless of it.
"This girl was born well, but there are many noble girls in Beijing, and there are many more beautiful than her, looking at the prince is really bad, so he looked for her, but he wronged the prince."
Luo Qing heard the name of Concubine Li when she was in Chuxiu Palace, saying that in this palace, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother and the Queen are not terrible, and the real scary is Concubine Li!
The people next to her at least know how to cover it up and make a virtuous and virtuous posture, but Concubine Li will not, she relies on the power of her mother's family to be arrogant and domineering, and she lives extremely domineering in the harem, but no one can do anything to her, and the punishment is not unpunished, but it is all insignificant.
In the words of others, a person who does not go with Concubine Li's eyes is a cane death, and the lives of people who died at the hands of Concubine Li are unknown.
But such a person is still smart, she once killed one of the emperor's favorite concubines, everyone knows that it was Li Guifei who did it, but no one can find evidence, even the emperor is angry and can't attack because of the power of the Dingguo Mansion, and he has to play with her.
As soon as Concubine Li's words came out, everyone present was silent, and all the concubines were silent and silent, but the Queen Mother, Queen Mother, Queen Mother and Luo Qing all frowned.
Before others could say anything, Luo Qing opened his mouth first, "Concubine Niangniang, let Luo Qing dare to say a word, the prince's eyes are not good, but the prince is blind and his heart is not blind." ”
She bowed her head slightly, but her posture was neither humble nor arrogant.
She couldn't tolerate others saying with such contempt that her brother had bad eyes.
Concubine Li didn't expect that one day a girl with no name and no score would dare to come and choke with herself, and immediately sneered, "What about claiming to be Luo Qing, the Luo family is like a generation, and even this is not listed?" ”
Luo Qing was about to speak again, but the Empress Dowager couldn't listen to it and started a fire.
"Concubine Li, you are really presumptuous!"
I saw that her chest was rising and falling violently, as if she was angry, panting heavily.
"Prince Yi has done his best for me, fought for many years, once he was careless, his eyes were not very good, how could he allow you to be insulted?"
Concubine Li opened her mouth, as if she was still planning to compete for a high and low, but the Queen Mother spoke at this time.
"Concubine Li, why don't you apologize quickly?"
The Queen Mother is Concubine Li's aunt, and she still has to listen to her words, not to mention that she has indeed said a little too much today.
She didn't say anything more, got up leisurely, and saluted the Queen Mother.
"I hope that the Empress Dowager will forgive her sins, but the concubines are neither big nor small, and they have said something unpleasant."
Luo Qing couldn't help but sarcastically in her heart, where is there a little apology in this tone and demeanor? It's really funny.
But sometimes all the palace wants is to whitewash the peace.
Concubine Li is no longer presumptuous, but she has already taken the initiative to admit her mistake, and she has given the steps, and the Queen Mother can't help her now, so she can only go down.
"Confiscate a month's worth of silver, and meditate on yourself."
This bit of silver is really nothing to Concubine Li, and it is not enough for her to reward the people below, she met with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother and left with the help of the palace maid.
Luo Qing finally knew why her brother didn't want her to enter the palace, and she came to ask herself before she should be the queen mother, the people in this palace are really not easy to get along with, and everyone has their own calculations.
The queen has always been gentle to people, and when she saw Luo Qing hanging her head, she was afraid that she would be too embarrassed, so she said comfortingly, "Ruqing, Concubine Li has such a temperament, there is no side meaning, you don't have to care." ”
The queen is kind, and Luo Qing also respects her, "Thank you for the care of Queen Xie, Luo...... Ruqing is very good, and the concubine is right, Ruqing has no ability, she has climbed the prince, and she is grateful to the prince for not giving up. ”
The queen looked at Luo Qing with some concern, she wanted to speak and stopped, but this was not a place to speak, and she could only say, "Don't be presumptuous." ”
A group of palace concubines and the queen mother said good morning, and the eldest princess who had not yet married in each palace came again.
The emperor is not very old, and there are only two children, a son and a daughter, who are babbling, and they can't come to ask for peace, and the eldest princesses who came to ask for peace are the emperor's sisters, two of whom are married, and the youngest is the queen mother's daughter, the eldest princess of Pingyang.
I don't know if the queen mother has no children, the son born to the first child died, and she gave birth to an eldest princess and her body was weak, but she stumbled and grew up.
When Luo Qing came out with a group of palace concubines, she happened to meet a few eldest princesses, but she adhered to the principle of not saying more and not looking more, and she gave up as Daliuer returned a salute with a few of them, and she never saw the eldest princess of Pingyang staring at her several times.
Luo Qing lived in Changle Palace, and when he left the main hall, he planned to say goodbye to the queen and go back to his house, but the queen said at this time, "Ruqing, follow the palace." ”
Luo Qing didn't know why, and was a little apprehensive, but she still nodded and followed the queen out.
She still learned the rules of the palace, and she always walked one step behind the queen when she walked with the queen, and when she saw that the queen didn't say anything or much, she quietly followed.
When she arrived at a quiet small garden, the queen waved away a group of palace maids, and then said softly, "Ruqing, you don't have to care about Concubine Li's words." ”
Luo Qing wondered in her heart, the queen called herself just to appease herself? But she didn't show it on her face, and took out the words that she had just said in the temple again.
The queen sighed, "You, it's okay, it's good that you don't care." Just ......"