Chapter 5: Undercurrents
One month after the portrait is painted, the day of the palace election, during which the show girls can begin to participate in various family banquets or celebrations in the palace, so that in the future, the concubines will not make the royal dignity possible.
This is naturally a great joy for all the beautiful girls.
In this way, not only can you see the royal demeanor as soon as possible, but you can also meet the emperor earlier, maybe you don't have to wait for the palace selection, and you can become a serious little master.
And now is the best opportunity.
The Queen Mother has always liked to listen to the play, every fifteenth day of the new year, always go to the Changyin Pavilion to listen to two plays, now the show girl enters the palace, there are many rare people in the palace, and the Queen Mother loves to be lively, so she ordered Liang Zhonglu to go to Yunxiu Palace to post, and invite all the show girls to listen to the play in Changyin Pavilion on the first day of October.
When the show girls heard the news, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly went back to the room, took out their favorite dress, the golden hairpin, and kept wearing it, thinking about how to wear it, so that they could be decent and impressed in front of the Queen Mother.
When Nie Hongzhao heard the news, his face did not show any emotion, he just nodded and replied that he knew, then lowered his head again and turned the page of the book in his hand.
The Queen Mother invited a show girl?
That's right, too.
I'm afraid this is the first official draft since Murong Shu ascended the throne.
Although Murong Shu has been on the throne for six years, he has been busy with state affairs, internal and external troubles, and every case is not his own work, and when the first emperor reigned, the previous dynasty was already full of devastation, and what was left to Murong Shu was a mess.
It was not easy for Murong Shu to be this emperor.
This time, the show girl was born, either rich or noble, either after the minister, or from the family of merchants, and these two things are what Murong Shu needs most at present.
The Queen Mother naturally will not let go of this opportunity.
She has been with the Queen Mother's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for so many years, and she knows the Queen Mother's temperament too well.
If the queen is a falcon, then the queen mother must be a tiger.
She has been in the harem for so many years, from a small concubine to the queen mother, and she personally pushed her young son to the throne of God.
The concubines and princes who participated in the succession back then did not have a good death, how much credit did the queen mother have behind this? I am afraid that the blood in my hands is no less than that in Murong Shu's hands.
Nie Hongzhao didn't want to see the Queen Mother yet, she wasn't mentally prepared yet, she was afraid that with the shrewdness of the Queen Mother, she would soon see the strangeness of her cousin and niece, and she had to think of a way to hide from it.
Today is the twenty-seventh, and there are three days left on the first day of October, and the time is pressing, Nie Hongzhao not only has to do a good job of the embroidery dedicated to the queen, but also has to find a suitable reason not to attend the banquet.
Nie Hongzhao looked at the withered yellow pages in his hand, the book was a long time ago, the paper was yellowed and weak, and he had to be careful when turning it.
Nie Hongzhao flipped the same page back and forth, and suddenly a flash of inspiration already had an idea in his mind.
In the Weiyang Palace.
The queen lay on the chaise longue with her hands, after the autumn, her body has not been very good, plus the atmosphere moved a few days ago, and now she is dizzy, but it has not stopped for two days, and there is a matter of the Queen Mother of Yining Palace banqueting all the beautiful women.
Now that the emperor has been wary of her, if she hadn't used the hand of Tianxiang to get rid of Concubine Chen first, I am afraid that she will be even more sad in the future.
It's just that apart from Concubine Chen, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no other concubines in the future.
The Queen Mother has already intervened in the draft, she can't do it easily on the surface, she can only secretly win over a few lovely people, the Queen Mother thinks about it, she has already thought of it, and now it depends on who can strike first.
The Queen Mother wanted to choose a few high-ranking nobles to support the power of the previous dynasty, and she also wanted to choose a few high-ranking nobles to support the power of her harem.
This harem has been empty for too long, and it's time to bring in more people.
I heard that in a few days, a group of family members will be sent to the palace.
This is the queen mother's idea, she has no other way but to echo it, and the emperor has been seriously ill for a long time, and he can't care about the affairs of the harem at all.
She is the queen and deserves to share more.
"All the orders to go down?" The queen's eyes narrowed, and her voice seemed unusually tired and weak.
The young banyan kneeling beside her said: "Yu Niangniang, it has been arranged, on the first day of October, there will definitely be a good show." ”
The queen raised her eyebrows and smiled, "That's good, since the Queen Mother can't wait to meet the group of show girls in Yunxiu Palace, then let's let the Queen Mother meet well." ”
Yourong also smiled: "I'm afraid that this scene will be the most unforgettable that the Queen Mother has ever seen in her life." ”
"Hmph." The queen paused, opened her eyes and looked at Yourong: "I heard that the emperor will also go?" ”
Yourong lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and said: "Yes, the slave maid heard Xiao Anzi beside the emperor say that it was invited by the queen mother, saying that the emperor has just recovered from a serious illness, and he wants to come out and move around more, listen to the opera and relax his heart." ”
"Relieved?" The queen snorted coldly: "I'm afraid that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink." ”
"Yes." Yourong said: "The slave maid has sent someone to Yunxiu Palace to inquire clearly in the past few days, there are two show girls, who are distant relatives of the Queen Mother, and one of them is ......."
The queen raised her hand and motioned for Yourong not to continue, "I know, there is also a bold lord. ”
"It's just a mother, the slave really doesn't know, that time, isn't it a good chance to get off the phone?" Yourong was very puzzled, Nie Hongzhao was obviously able to kick her out of Daming Palace that time, why was she just punished to Yongxiang and detained for a few days, such a good opportunity, why did the queen deal with it so easily.
"You don't know." A hint of fierceness flashed in the queen's watery eyes, "Although she is a distant relative of the Queen Mother, her mother has always been at odds with the Queen Mother. ”
Yourong suddenly realized, immediately smiled, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Niang Niang is wise!" ”