Volume 1: Born of Revenge Chapter 193: The so-called Concubine Rong
"Rong Niangniang is the niece of the emperor's grandmother, and she is also the cousin of my father, my aunt." Shangguan Yunxin then said, "Rong Niangniang has always been arrogant, she originally didn't want to marry her father as a concubine, just because the imperial grandmother loved Rong Niangniang when she was a child, and for the expectations of the queen mother, Rong Niangniang finally married her father as a concubine. ”
"Is Concubine Rong a concubine as soon as she enters the palace?" Ning Zhixuan thought that the imperial concubine with a prominent family background was only in the concubine position when she first entered the palace, and Concubine Rong was actually ranked as the fourth concubine as soon as she entered the palace.
Shangguan Yunxin replied: "When Rong Niangniang was ranked as the fourth concubine, the current imperial concubine is still Xiao Guifei, who has not been in the palace for a long time, and she is below Rong Niangniang."
"What kind of noble family is Concubine Rong's mother's family?"
Shangguan Yunxin replied: "Rong Niangniang's father is just a vassal king with a foreign surname, and he has no real power in his hands, but it was the Rong family who became noble, and then the lintel was raised. ”
"Rong?" Ning Zhiwen knew for the first time that the queen mother's family was the Rong family, "Concubine Rong's Rong is the homonym of the Rong surname, but she took the word 'Rong' in addition, and took the surname as the title but took another homophonic word, it seems that the emperor really loves Concubine Rong." ”
"Rong Niangniang was raised in the palace of the imperial grandmother since she was a child, and she had a childhood friendship with her father, but Rong Niangniang was stubborn by nature, and later I don't know why she angered her father." Shangguan Yunxin couldn't help but feel a little heartache when he thought about Concubine Rong's fate, "Maybe it was Rong Niangniang's real person who annoyed his father, and his father even ignored the Queen Mother's obstruction and drove Rong Niangniang's relatives to the land of smoke and miasma in Longnan, and even sealed the palace where Rong Niangniang lived before her death." ”
"How did Concubine Rong die?" Ning Zhixuan asked with some curiosity, "Was it given by the emperor to commit suicide?" ”
Shangguan Yunxin shook his head and said: "Although my father punished Rong Niangniang's father and brother severely, he never embarrassed Rong Niangniang, I heard that Rong Niangniang died because of his relatives." Shangguan Yunxin said the rumors he heard to Ning Zhixin again, "After Rong Niangniang's death, my father posthumously named her the concubine of the Chunnian Emperor, and specially buried her in the concubine mausoleum closest to the emperor's mausoleum. ”
"Concubine Rong died of illness?" can provoke the emperor to be ruthless to the queen mother's mother, but he just tolerated Concubine Rong, and even added mourning after death, Ning Zhixuan now really feels that the most difficult thing in this world to guess is the emperor's heart.
"This is all I heard from scratch, and it is not complete, because Rong Niangniang's matter is a taboo in the palace, and no one dares to talk about it casually." In fact, Shangguan Yunxin didn't know much about how Concubine Rong died, but it was just some rumors from hearsay.
"Xin'er, Concubine Rong's incident should have happened before the queen mother entered the palace, right?" After hearing that Emperor Qi and Concubine Rong had such a grudge in the past, Ning Zhixuan couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the woman who was far away from the world and was now accompanied by the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, the queen mother of the dynasty, and the mother of Shangguan Hanyue.
"The queen mother is indeed the father who insisted on welcoming Rong Niangniang into the palace as a concubine when Rong Niangniang was abandoned into the cold palace."
"Concubine Rong has also been to the cold palace?" Ning Zhiwen really didn't expect that Concubine Rong, who was extremely grieved after her death, was relegated to the cold palace during her lifetime.
Shangguan Yunxin recalled all kinds of rumors about Concubine Rong in his mind and said: "It seems that one day Rong Niangniang was disrespectful to her father, and her father was angry and relegated her to the cold palace. ”
"Have you seen Concubine Rong, is she ......" Ning Zhiwen almost asked if Concubine Rong was similar to the queen mother, and then felt that it was inappropriate, so she changed her mouth and sealed, "Is Concubine Rong beautiful?" ”
Shangguan Yunxin replied after thinking for a while: "At that time, I was still young, but I also knew the difference between beauty and ugliness, but when it comes to stunning appearance, Rong Niangniang's appearance is still slightly inferior to today's concubine. ”
Ning Zhiwen knew that Concubine Li was favored only by virtue of her glamorous complexion, and the imperial concubine was now over forty years old, but she was not a stunning beauty in Yeyan, she was just better than her bearing, thinking of this, Ning Zhiwen was really a little curious about the appearance of the queen's mother, but just looking at Shangguan Hanyue's handsome face, she knew that the queen must also be a beauty in the city, and maybe the stunning appearance of Fu Meiren was not much better.
"Sister Ning, if you are curious about the queen's mother, you can go and ask Brother Yue." Shangguan Yunxin saw that Ning Zhiwen had mentioned the queen many times, so he suggested that she could ask Shangguan Hanyue.
"I'm just asking." Ning Zhiyun vaguely wanted to shift the topic to the past, "I will go back to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow, and you must be careful in the palace." ”
"Sister Ning, are you going back to Zuo Xiang's Mansion so soon?" Shangguan Yunxin was reluctant to let Ning Zhixin leave, so he proposed, "Why don't I go and ask the imperial grandmother to let you stay in the palace for a little longer." ”
"Next month is An Guogong's birthday, and we will meet again in the Guogong Mansion soon." Ning Zhixuan comforted Shangguan Yunxin and said, "There is still Su Xin in the palace. Besides, Mingsa will also enter the palace to teach you kung fu. ”
Shangguan Yunxin heard Ning Zhixin say this, so he gave up thinking about leaving her in the palace, and then changed the topic and said, "That day, I heard that the imperial concubine rewarded Ning Banghua with a snow smoke silk worth a thousand gold. ”
"You're well-informed." Ning Zhixuan joked to Shangguan Yunxin, "The princess of the dignified Zhou, is it possible that she will be jealous of the daughter of her subordinates?" ”
"How could I be jealous of her!" Shangguan Yunxin pouted as he said and said, "I'm just angry, you must know that Xue Yan Aya is Yannan's tribute, and a horse is worth no less than 100 gold, just because she is also worthy of wearing such good materials." ”
"She is the future Prince Heng and princess, and there is an imperial concubine to support her, and now she is in the limelight, let's just ignore her."
"Sister Ning can bear it, I can't bear it." Shangguan Yunxin said that a touch of cunning flashed in his eyes, and he glanced at Pa Yun, who immediately walked out, and after a while, he walked in with a gold lacquer tray.
Shangguan Yunxin hurriedly took the golden lacquer tray from Pa Yun's hand, and then held it in front of Ning Zhiyun, and said with a little pride: "Sister Ning, this is a cicada wing cloud brocade, although it is not as rare as Snow Smoke Aya, but it is also extremely precious. As he spoke, he put the tray on the table again, and then picked up Yun Jin and gestured on Ning Zhixuan, "Sister Ning will wear this dress to Anguo Mansion next month to celebrate her birthday, even if she can't overshadow Ning Banghua's limelight, she can also share half of her limelight." ”
After listening to Shangguan Yunxin's words, Ning Zhixin was moved and helpless in her heart, moved by Shangguan Yunxin's grievances for her so much, and even helped her prepare a cicada wing Yunjin worth 100 gold, but helplessly she and the Bai clan are blood feuds, so her mind is not at all above Ning Banghua's fierce fight.
"Pa Yun, immediately order to go down and ask the embroidery institute to make two clothes according to Sister Ning's size."
After receiving the order, Pa Yun immediately took the tray and walked out, but stopped because he was stopped by Ning Zhiyun.
"Xin'er, I like this cicada wing cloud brocade very much." Ning Zhiyun said and looked at Shangguan Yunxin and said, "But now I have lost my identity as the pavilion master, and wearing such a precious cicada-winged Yunjin has crossed my identity." ”
"She would rather Banghua not necessarily have a noble identity." Shangguan Yunxin's move was just to breathe a sigh of relief for Ning Zhixuan and suppress Ning Banghua's arrogance.
"Xin'er's heart for me, I naturally understand." Ning Zhiwen thought about how to make Shangguan Yunxin more acceptable, so she said, "It's better to cut this cicada wing cloud brocade into two clothes, and you and I will each have one." ”
"Sister Ning wants me to wear this clothes made of cicada wing cloud brocade to Anguo Mansion next month?" Shangguan Yunxin has always disliked gold, silver and jade, and he has never paid attention to dressing up, so it is strange why Ning Zhixin would ask her to wear those gorgeous clothes of Lao Shizi.
"Although Ning Banghua has the snow smoke silk given by the imperial concubine, and has the noble status of Prince Heng's mansion in the future, but in the end it is not as noble as Xin'er." Ning Zhiyun then said, "If Xin'er can wear this cicada wing cloud brocade next month to make a new dress, it will be a top pressure on Ning Banghua from the identity, and who else will think that her snow smoke silk can compare to Xin'er's cicada wing cloud brocade?" ”
"What Sister Ning said is not unreasonable." Shangguan Yunxin is still a little girl, disgusted with Ning Banghua and wants to press her everywhere, so naturally she agreed, and at the birthday banquet of An Guogong next month, she will personally wear the gorgeous clothes woven by the cicada wings and cloud brocade, so as to give Ning Banghua a little color.
Shangguan Yunxin just looked at this matter from the perspective of whether he could find Ning Banghua unhappy, but Ning Zhixin looked at the overall situation and examined the pros and cons of the whole thing and acted on it.
If she really appeared in the Anguo Mansion next month wearing the clothes of the cicada-winged cloud brocade, her father of the left prime minister, who only had the honor and disgrace of the family in his eyes, would definitely annoy her for not knowing the depths, and the imperial concubine would definitely see her as arrogant and perverse as Ning Banghua, but Shangguan Yunxin was wearing the clothes woven by the cicada-winged cloud brocade It would be different, she was already a noble status, and if she wore it, it was just a competitive match for her daughter's family, which just happened to relax the imperial concubine's vigilance against Shangguan Yunxin.
Ning Zhiyun then said, "Xin'er, I have one more thing I want to ask you. ”
Shangguan Yunxin asked, "Sister Ning said it directly. ”
Ning Zhiyun said again: "I hope that at the birthday banquet of the Anguo Mansion in a few days, Xin'er will see the opportunity to fulfill the marriage of the fifth sister in front of the emperor." ”
"Your fifth sister has a sweetheart?" Shangguan Yunxin recalled Ning Wanran's appearance, and only felt that it was a well-behaved and quiet girl.
"The Yuan son of the Jingzhao Yin family once had a relationship with my fifth sister in Yunwu Mountain." Ning Zhixuan wanted to try her best to match her marriage with Yuan Qingxuan while Ning Wanran had not yet fallen into Shangguan Fengming.
"The son of the Yuan family of Jingzhao Mansion?" Shangguan Yunxin had no impression in his mind, but he also believed that the person Ning Zhixin valued should not be wrong.
"It's not a noble son with a prominent family." Ning Zhixuan replied, "But he is also a gentle son, a person with a gentle temperament, and my fifth sister with a gentle temperament is a good match." ”
Shangguan Yunxin replied: "If there is an opportunity at that time, I will definitely find a way to facilitate them." ”