Chapter 25 Meet the Queen Mother
The air was full of pin drops, and it was very quiet, only the morning light shone quietly on everyone, and no one dared to speak.
When everyone fell into the puzzle and shock that they didn't react, the corners of Shang Kelan's mouth were faintly curled, as if she was smiling, but when she looked closely, it made people feel that her expression was calm and she couldn't find anything wrong.
In just a moment's effort, Shang Kelan, like the concubines behind her, looked at Concubine Hua's actions in shock and puzzlement.
The queen's face was so gloomy that she could drip water, but Concubine Hua was still immersed in the action of her feet on Concubine Chen just now and didn't come back to her senses.
It was the big palace maid wearing a goose yellow palace dress next to the queen mother who came back to her senses first, and when everyone didn't react, she stepped forward and angrily pointed at Concubine Hua and reprimanded: "Bold Concubine Hua, dare to be disrespectful to the queen's mother, and quickly remove her shoes from her skirt!" ”
Concubine Hua suddenly came back to her senses, she looked panicked, gritted her teeth, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "The concubine knows that she is wrong, the concubine is just an unintentional mistake, please let the queen mother calm her anger!" ”
After all, the queen mother has not been in the palace for a while, and she is dedicated to the Buddha, and before the palace concubine Chen came, the power of the harem was divided between Concubine Ning and Concubine Hua.
Now that the two palaces are dominant, Concubine Hua holds real power again, and she is reluctant to admit the queen's mistakes, but when she lowered her head, she still thought angrily: Where is this queen going? just walked with Concubine Chen's slut, and she made the wrong move!
The queen's mother family has been weak for a long time, and when Jin Yantang was still the son of the former emperor who was not taken seriously, she married him, but she didn't expect that Jin Yantang would seize power later, and the palace would accept concubines, even Xiao Guiren, who was punished before, and the strength of his mother family was stronger than the queen.
The queen looked at Concubine Hua who was kneeling in front of her, the gloomy color on her face gradually improved, and she smiled at Concubine Hua as if she had a good temper: "It's okay, let the people in the sect redo it at that time, why hurt the harmony between sisters for this little thing?" Sister Huafei, please get up. ”
Saying that, the queen said to the big palace maid who scolded Concubine Hua just now: "Taoxiang, you can't be so rude to Concubine Hua in the future, understand?" ”
Momoka suddenly said with a respectful expression: "Yes, Niangniang." With that, Momoka retreated to the queen's side, lowering her eyes and saying nothing.
Concubine Hua asked the palace maid to take with her today is Meizi, seeing this, Meizi hurriedly lowered her head and carefully helped Concubine Hua up.
Concubine Hua immediately glared at Shang Kelan fiercely.
Shang Kelan winked at her, and for a while, Concubine Hua was even more angry, she clenched her fist, and then let go.
Hmph, if it weren't for the fact that the queen mother was still here, she would have taught this slut a good lesson!
If Shang Kelan didn't dodge and was honestly trampled on by her, how could such an ugly thing happen?
At this time, if Shang Kelan knew what Concubine Hua was thinking, I am afraid she would be angry and laughed at her!
After the queen finished speaking to Taoxiang, Shang Kelan looked at the queen's palace dress with a look of regret, and sighed: "It's a pity that such a phoenix robe with exquisite workmanship, the concubine heard that the silk thread embroidered with colorful phoenixes is made of the silk of Tianshan colored silkworms, which is extremely precious!" ”
Hearing these words in Concubine Hua's ears, she immediately thought that Shang Kelan was provoking her, and even glared at her and said, "Isn't it the silk of the Tianshan Colored Silkworm?" I...... The concubine is not unable to take it, the concubine's hometown is in Yangzhou, Jiangnan, where there is the most complete trade place in the Great Zhou, and the concubine will buy it to her father and return it to the queen! ”
Shang Kelan suddenly lowered her eyes and stopped talking, but everyone didn't see it, and a smile flashed in her eyes.
This Concubine Hua is really arrogant, and she dares to speak out in front of the queen's mother, if this word reaches the emperor's ears, I don't know what the emperor will think?
It's so much fun!
Suddenly, Shang Kelan felt that it was quite interesting to fight with this Hua Concubine Palace.
The queen's eyes flashed, and the peach fragrance on the side raised her eyes to look at her, with an inquiry in her eyes; The queen also glanced at her and motioned for her not to act rashly.
Just as Concubine Hua blocked Shang Kelan with words, the queen mother smiled and said: "It's just a piece of clothing, why bother Concubine Hua's sister to work so hard?" Okay, the palace will go back to change clothes first, and then go to the queen mother and her old man to plead guilty. ”
As she spoke, she looked at Concubine Chen again and said, "Sister Concubine Chen, since you are the imperial concubine, you will temporarily lead the sisters to Cining Palace on behalf of the palace to ask the queen mother for peace!" ”
Shang Kelan lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head, and bowed on her knees: "The concubine obeys." ”
The queen nodded, and sent another palace maid to Cining Palace to tell the queen mother about it, and then returned to Kunning Palace with peach fragrance.
As soon as the queen left, everyone was headed by Concubine Chen.
Although Concubine Hua is not used to Concubine Chen, she will not disobey the queen's words when she has just offended the queen.
Along the way, even though Concubine Hua hated Concubine Chen, she didn't make another move.
At three o'clock, in the Cining Palace.
The people of Cining Palace had already received the news from the palace maid sent by the queen, so although Concubine Chen led all the concubines to greet the Queen Mother, the palace maids of Cining Palace let Concubine Chen and others enter the hall smoothly.
In the main hall, the aroma of ambergris is calm, this incense is just a little bit every year, but the emperor is still close to the queen mother, which shows that the queen mother is in the palace.
Everyone didn't dare to be disrespectful, and after coming to the main hall, they bowed down and stood up, knelt down and saluted the majestic Queen Mother on the main throne and said: "The concubines and others ask the Queen Mother to say goodbye, the Queen Mother is Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”
The Queen Mother, dressed in a crow-blue embroidered crane palace dress, sat on the main seat, she took a sip of the fragrant tea in the celadon teacup, and then put down the teacup lightly and said: "Well, except for Concubine Chen, the rest of the people should go and sit." ”
The Empress Dowager rarely returns to the palace, and only when she is reunited during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese New Year's Eve, will she return to the palace from the ancient temple to meet the emperor.
And she has a very important position in the palace, but the concubines know very little about the queen mother, so they are cautious and respectful, and they dare not go beyond the slightest.
When Shang Kelan heard this, she folded her hands in front of her forehead, knelt down and said, "Obey the instructions of the Queen Mother!" ”
As soon as her voice fell, she really knelt quietly on the ground, neither asking mistakes nor making a sound, looking well-behaved and docile.
The Queen Mother paused, looking at Shang Kelan's eyes narrowed slightly, and a sharp light flashed in her cloudy old eyes.
She was waiting for Shang Kelan to ask her why, but she didn't expect that this Shang Kelan was actually a docile and obedient person, and without saying a word, she knelt in front of her in front of so many concubines, not saving herself any face.
You must know that she is the daughter of the left minister, and her every move represents her own tutor, and now she kneels like this, but she really loses the face of the left minister in front of the concubines!
Could it be that this Shang Kelan is really so big that she doesn't care about the reputation of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion?
In just a moment, many thoughts flashed through the Queen Mother's mind, and the eyes that looked at Shang Kelan became even more meaningless.
The queen mother didn't speak, and the concubines didn't dare to speak, and the atmosphere in the huge Cining Palace was extremely solemn.
Just when everyone thought that Shang Kelan was going to kneel for a long time, they saw the Queen Mother staring at her condescendingly and said, "Concubine Chen, you murdered Concubine Ning's dragon heir, can you be guilty?" ”