Qian just said this casually, but she didn't expect Yuan Quanquan to answer like this in front of the concubine, she was choked all of a sudden, and she didn't know what to reply for a while, her face was red and white, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "...... That was not what I meant. ”

Yuan Circle didn't care what she meant, his eyes moved away from her, he turned around Lu Qingyuan's body, and finally settled on the tassel that fell from his carriage.

Qian felt very faceless for a moment, and wanted to say a few more words to explain, but seeing that Yuan Quanquan didn't want to listen to her long-winded impatient look, his face was even more ugly, but because of the presence of the concubine, she couldn't have a seizure, so she had to grit her teeth and endure this breath.

Wait for the birthday banquet to start in a while, and see how this little cheap hoof is still shy!

Yuan Quanquan and the concubine didn't want to talk to the mother and daughter any longer, so they said a few words casually, and then turned around and went into the palace gate.

Because the hour was still early, the birthday banquet would not start until the time of Shen, so the concubine first led the Yuan Circle to Ning'an Palace to meet the queen.

Today's Ning'an Palace is really lively. Regardless of the wives of the courtiers who came outside the palace to celebrate the queen's birthday and the daughters who came with their mothers, the concubines in the harem alone occupied half of the house.

It can be described as a red flying green dance, with a curtain in a garment, and the ladies of the palace and the daughters of the mansions are blooming with their flowers, and the group is competing for beauty.

"Concubine Liu has arrived—Princess Ming has arrived—" The little eunuch guarding the door prolonged the announcement, and Yuan Quanquan helped the concubine to cross the threshold and enter the main hall of Ning'an Palace.

On the main seat in the center of the palace, Queen Lu Wan was dressed in a phoenix robe and a golden phoenix crown, sitting extremely luxuriously, accepting everyone's congratulations and compliments.

The arrival of the concubine and the princess made the palace quiet, and everyone turned their heads to look at the door and saw the woman who had been personally asked to marry by His Royal Highness the king.

The ladies in the palace, except for the queen and Concubine Qing, the rest have never seen the Yuan Circle, but her name and some of her deeds, everyone has more or less heard of it, and they can't help but have a lot of curiosity about this soaring Xiangfu concubine, and they all want to take the opportunity of the queen's birthday to see the true face, and see what kind of woman will attract King Ming to ask the emperor for marriage in person.

At this time, the Yuan Circle that followed the concubine into the door, as soon as he entered the hall, he felt the scrutiny from all directions.

Slightly unaccustomed, Yuan Quanquan's eyes swept around the hall, and when he saw Concubine Qing, his eyes lit up, and he smiled at the other party and nodded slightly. Concubine Qing also saw her, and returned her chin with a gentle smile.

The queen happened to see the interaction between the two of them into her eyes, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and then she looked at the concubine and Yuan Quanquan who were slowly approaching.

In terms of seniority, the concubine is the elder of the queen, so she doesn't need to salute. Yuan Quanquan is a junior, although she is unwilling to be the boss in her heart, she has to bend her knees towards the queen.

"Qingyang has seen the queen's mother, the queen's mother Jin'an."

Although the queen doesn't want to see the Yuan Circle, but today is her birthday, and she is in a good mood, so she shook off the unhappiness in Fang Cai's heart, and said with a smile: "Get up." ”

Yuan Quanquan got up, sat down on the vacant seat on the left side with the concubine, and as soon as he sat down, he heard someone talking on the other side: "I heard that Princess Ming was not known to outsiders before marrying into the Ming Palace, and it was because she was not good looking, so she never left the boudoir." When I saw it today, the rumors were wrong. ”

The one who spoke was a woman wearing a light purple palace skirt, and the Yuan Quanquan didn't know what position she was holding, but looking at the position she was sitting in, the Yuan Quanquan guessed that the other party's status should not be low.

She guessed right, the woman in purple who spoke was the highest-ranking concubine among the concubines, except for the queen and Concubine Qing. In addition to Concubine Qing, the emperor's favorite is also this Concubine Lan.

Hearing this, Yuan Quanquan raised her head and looked at the other party, but she didn't know what to reply to—she didn't know what to reply, so she heard this Concubine Lan speak again, and then said: "I see, Princess Ming has a beautiful appearance and a temperament like Lan, but she is not inferior to Miss Lu." ”

Miss Lu, there are only three people with the surname Lu present, needless to say, the queen is already past the age of the eldest lady. The metaverse circle is the party, and naturally it is not.

So......

As soon as Concubine Lan finished saying this, everyone's eyes looked in one direction.

The Qian family, Lu Qingyuan and the concubine of the Yuan circle came in front and back, and when Concubine Lan just finished speaking, the Qian mother and daughter entered the hall, and as soon as they appeared, they attracted all the attention of those present.

Lu Qingyuan didn't know why, and thought that he was dressed up particularly well today, and as soon as he came in, he attracted everyone's attention, and he couldn't help but show a smug smile on his lips, and his eyes were a little provocative and proud when he looked at the Yuan Circle.

Yuan Quanquan sneered in his heart, retracted his gaze, and stared at a few plates of pastries on the small table next to him.

Compared with the two, the food is more attractive to her.

"Qing Kite greets the queen, the queen is blessed!" Walking to the front of the hall, Lu Qingyuan folded her hands sideways and bowed to the queen Yingying on the seat, but she was curling and elegant.

Compared with Fang Cai's attitude towards the Yuan Circle, the queen's eyes and expression when she saw Lu Qingyuan were not a standard at all.

However, because of the large number of people present, the queen was not good at acting too obviously, so she only smiled and said, "Qing Kite is here", and let people give them a seat.

Lu Qingyuan happened to be sitting opposite Concubine Lan, she didn't hear much of what Concubine Lan said just now, she only vaguely heard that she seemed to be mentioning herself, so she took it for granted that the other party was praising her, and raised her lips and smiled at the other party.

Concubine Lan tugged at the corners of her mouth with a cold expression, and her attitude was really not friendly.

The two sisters of the Lu family were both present, and Concubine Lan's words aroused everyone's curiosity again, and they all looked at the two sisters quietly, their eyes glancing back and forth on Yuan Quanquan and Lu Qingyuan.

It doesn't matter if the Yuan Circle is circled, let them see it, and she automatically ignored the provocative look thrown by Lu Qingyuan as if she didn't see it.

"In my opinion, Princess Ming and Miss Lu have their own merits and have their own beauty and law." An unknown concubine who was sitting on the same side as the Yuan Circle continued Concubine Lan's words, and the smile on her face froze suddenly when she came into contact with the queen's slightly cold eyes, and then she was silent and lowered her head.

There are 3,000 harems, headed by the queen, and the concubines compete for favor, and the means are full of conspiracies, and they are divided into several factions.

is the same as the queen, only the queen is the head of the horse, and she can't get the emperor's favor, so it is also a way out to please the queen to ensure that she has a worry-free life in the harem; On the other hand, led by Concubine Qing, they are all some kind-hearted women - at least on the surface, although they don't fight with the queen openly, they don't have any contact in private.

And Concubine Lan is not touched on either side.

She looked at the queen unpleasantly, and at the same time she was jealous of Concubine Qing, relying on the emperor's favor, when talking to the queen, she was inevitably yin and yang, and she was sarcastic and unhappy to find each other. And Concubine Qing has always been gentle and kind, and Concubine Lan's provocative and mean words are useless to her.

Lu Qingyuan is the queen's niece, and she especially loves this niece, and the entire harem knows it. Concubine Lan just praised the beauty of the Yuan Circle, which was not inferior to Lu Qingyuan or even more beautiful than her, and she was not sincerely praising the Yuan Circle, but she just wanted to respond to the queen.

And the concubine who replied was a nobleman who was good friends with Concubine Qing, who had seen the Yuan Circle once in Concubine Qing's palace before, and when she spoke out at this time, she played the role of a peacemaker.

Although the Yuan Circle is not deep in the palace, she is clear about the battle between these women.

Haven't you ever eaten pork, haven't you ever seen a pig run? How to say that she is also a person who has watched N multi-palace fighting dramas.

By their verbal swords, the party in the Yuan Circle was not affected at all, and regarded herself as an outsider watching the play, who should not refute and sat quietly as her beautiful woman.

"Miss Lu is the number one beauty in our capital, and her appearance is superior, I'm afraid there are few people in the capital who can match it!"

"My sister also said that it is rare, so it means that there are still some."

The two parties didn't say a word, but these irrelevant people were happy with what you said and I said.

The queen didn't speak, and the corners of her mouth kept picking up slightly, and she couldn't tell if she was sneering or something else. And Concubine Liu has never spoken since she entered the door, watching this group of people talk about her daughter-in-law and use it as a tool and means for them to fight, she snorted coldly in her heart.

A group of clowns who jumped off the beam, when she was cleaning up others in the palace, these people didn't know where they were!

"Yang Er is the princess personally chosen by Xiu'er, naturally the best, as for who is more beautiful than Miss Lu, this conclusion is in the hearts of the people, in the eyes of the mourning family and Xiu'er, of course, Yang Er is the best-looking. Besides, just looking at the appearance is superficial in the end, and the goodness of character is the real beauty, what do you think? ”

When the concubine spoke, the speed was not slow, the tone was neither light nor heavy, and there was no accent in the light, but everyone still had palpitations when they heard it.

The implication of these words is obviously that Lu Qingyuan has a false appearance, what is the use of just being beautiful, the heart is not true, good and beautiful, and it is useless, and the prince of Ming let her, the first beauty in the capital, not marry, but married a concubine.

None of the people present were stupid, they all understood the words of the concubine, and many people sneered at the moment, looking at Lu Qingyuan's eyes as if they were watching a joke.

Lu Qingyuan was so angry that her face was red and white, but she said that her person was Concubine Liu, a person she could never afford to offend, and even the queen had to give three points to her, so she naturally didn't dare to make a mistake, so she had to hold back a fire and endure the ridicule of the people around her.

Qian also felt ashamed, but she also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Lu Qingyuan is the queen's favorite niece, she was ridiculed in front of so many people, and suddenly her face was dull, and her face was difficult to look at.

"What the concubine said is that how long can a woman with a pair of skins be gorgeous, and a woman with talent and temperament can attract men, capture men's hearts, and be invincible." His eyes glanced at the Yuan Circle consciously or unconsciously, and the smile on his lips was cold.

Oh, this little born to a has never taught her anything since she was a child, she is just a vulgar girl who doesn't understand anything. But Kite is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and wants to compare with Kite Er, what does she compare?

The queen thought like this, and Lu Qingyuan also had the same idea in her heart.

She is the daughter of the prime minister with excellent appearance, talent and learning, the first beauty in the capital who is glamorous, and the queen's favorite niece. And Lu Qingyang, she is just a concubine, it is pure luck to be able to marry into the Ming Palace, wait, no man will like a vulgar woman, and when the freshness of the Ming prince to her is over, she will wait to be the next cousin!