Chapter Twenty-Four: Isn't This Deceiving the Queen?
"Yuqin just said it." The queen had a good impression of Wang Yuqin, looking at Wang Yuqin like this, if she guessed correctly, she must have given her permission not to participate in today's painting.
"Back to the queen, since this idea was conceived by Yuqin, it is inconvenient for Yuqin to participate in this painting, and I ask the queen for permission." Wang Yuqin knew that the queen had guessed what she wanted to say, so she just waited for herself to say it, and it seemed that she had done the right thing in this matter.
After Sun Xiange heard what Wang Yuqin said, he immediately stood up and saluted: "Queen Mother, the painting of the courtiers is really unacceptable in front of the sisters, and the courtiers will not be ugly, and I hope that the queen will forgive her sins." ”
"Since the two of you have such a tacit understanding, it is a little unreasonable for this palace not to agree." The queen was very happy with Wang Yuqin and Sun Xiange's approach, and immediately agreed to it
"Mother, why don't Wang Yuqin and Sun Xiange participate, and ah, how many rows of Sun Xiange's paintings are famous among the nobles in the capital, why do you say this in front of the queen?" Shen Shulan, the daughter of Dali Siqing, didn't understand Wang Yuqin and Sun Xiange's practices, so she quietly asked her mother.
Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple hurriedly held her daughter's hand, pinched it lightly, and said softly: "Lan'er, don't talk too much." But when he saw his daughter's eyes that he didn't understand, he sighed softly, his daughter was spoiled by his own family and didn't understand the world, about the people in this palace who didn't understand Wang Yuqin and Sun Xiange's approach except for their own daughter, who was the Changping county lord of the Xiaoyao Palace, they could only be spoiled like this, Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple explained to her daughter: "They don't participate because the queen mother set them to be the main concubine and side concubine to the eldest prince, Wang Yuqin and Sun Xiange If they participate again, it can only make the queen mother hate, So they're not going to get involved, do you understand? ”
"Understood, Mother." Shen Shulan finally understood what Wang Yuqin and Sun Xiange were doing.
"Lan'er, mother asked you, do you want to marry the eldest prince as a side concubine or concubine?" Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple asked worriedly, her daughter is so simple, if she marries any prince, Lan'er's life will definitely be difficult, it is better to find a door slightly lower than her own, and she will be relieved if she is sincere to Lan'er.
"Mother, Lan'er doesn't want to marry the eldest prince, not only does she not want to marry the eldest prince, but any prince Lan'er doesn't want to marry." Shen Shulan shook her head lightly and said firmly.
When Mrs. Shen heard her daughter's words, she finally put her heart in her stomach, but Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple was a little curious about why her daughter's attitude was so firm, and then asked: "Lan'er, why don't you want to marry the prince?" ”
"Mother, Lan'er said that you are not allowed to scold Lan'er, okay? Don't tell your father, if you don't agree, Lan'er won't tell you. Shen Shulan was very weak-hearted, and she could only dare to say it after getting her mother's assurance first.
Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple heard that her daughter didn't want to marry the prince, so she was in a good mood, so she said casually: "I won't scold you, and I won't tell your father, Lan'er, you can rest assured." ”
"Mother, this is what you said, but you are not allowed to regret it." Shen Shulan confirmed to her mother again uneasily.
"I said it, when did you see your mother, I don't have to speak, let's talk quickly." Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple looked at her daughter dotingly and said.
Shen Shulan, who was assured by her mother, lowered her head and played with a handkerchief embroidered with a little daisy, and said a little twisted: "Mother, Lan'er will secretly read some books in her spare time, and some of them mention some things in the prince's backyard, which makes Lan'er dislike them very much, so Lan'er doesn't want to marry these princes, and if Lan'er wants to marry in the future, she will marry a man who is dedicated to Lan'er." ”
"Lan'er, you actually peeked at the notebook, it was just before, and you are not allowed to read it again in the future, do you know?" However, Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple is still glad that her daughter has read the book, otherwise her daughter, like other women, only wants to marry the prince, then she has to worry about death.
"I know the mother, and the daughter will not watch it in the future." Shen Shulan promised so, but in her heart, she thought that it would be better to hide it when she watched it in the future.
"Lan'er, I can tell you, don't think I don't know your intentions, I will often go to your house to check in the future, did you hear?" Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple debunked her daughter's careful thoughts in person.
"Got it, Mother." Shen Shulan said mischievously.
During the period when Mrs. Shen and Shen Shulan were talking in Dali Temple, the maids had already prepared the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones needed for painting and inscription poems.
"Back to the queen, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are ready." After the Yuan Nei servant made everything ready, he returned to the queen mother.
"Now that you're ready, all the ladies come up to paint, and let the palace see who has the best painting among the ladies in our capital, the first place, the palace will be rewarded, of course, who makes the best poems among the sons, the palace also has a reward." Although his son's main concubine and side concubine have been chosen, if they complete a few pairs at this banquet, they will definitely be grateful to themselves, and their heavenly blessing will also have a few more helps, so the queen will attach so much importance to this banquet.
Mrs. Shen of Dali Temple hurriedly said to her daughter: "Lan'er, if you don't want to marry a man you don't like, don't behave too well or too badly, just be decent." ”
"Mother, don't worry, Lan'er will definitely not let the queen mother and these ladies notice Lan'er." Shen Shulan would listen to her mother very much.
"It's the Queen's Mother." All the ladies walked up to the table and stood in front of the table according to the rank of their husbands.
"Why didn't Changping go to painting?" The queen obviously wanted to embarrass Princess Xiaoyao and Ye Tingcheng.
"Back to the queen's mother, Changping is still young, how can he paint, usually in the palace the prince is also teaching Changping to paint, but Changping is unbearable every time he paints, just because of this, the prince often scolds Changping." Princess Xiaoyao knows the purpose of the queen, everyone knows the purpose of today's banquet, it is already wrong to let herself bring her own city to participate, and now she wants her baby daughter to go up to paint, is it to think that others think that their baby daughter is anxious to marry others? It's really Sima Zhao's heart.
"Princess Xiaoyao said with a smile, who in this capital doesn't know that King Xiaoyao treats Changping as a baby pimple, I heard that once Changping wants to eat jade celery shrimp dumplings, King Xiaoyao knows that Yang Imperial Chef makes Jade celery shrimp dumplings The emperor does the best, not to mention asking to see the emperor, let the emperor reward Yang Imperial Kitchen to Xiaoyao Palace. Princess Xiaoyao said that King Xiaoyao scolded Changping, and no one believed it. The queen said without giving up.
"If the queen doesn't believe it, just ask Changping to know." Princess Xiaoyao gave her daughter a look in her eyes.
"Queen Mother, my father really scolded Changping for painting, if it weren't for the mother concubine protecting Changping, my father would have wanted to fight Changping, and my father would have been fierce." Ye Tingcheng received the eyes of his mother, and immediately became as cute as a little white rabbit, as if the King of Joy had really done this, but the King of Joy was drinking tea at home, and such a big hat fell from the sky.
"That must be Princess Xiaoyao and King Xiaoyao are too strict with Changping, Changping is so smart, how can he not draw well, this palace wants to see Changping's paintings." The queen said unrelentingly.
"The queen mother may be disappointed, Changping really can't paint." Princess Yaoyao changed her previous gentleness and became cold.
"What Princess Xiaoyao said is not right, I have to let Changping try it." The queen saw that Princess Xiaoyao's face changed, why was she so comfortable.
"Mother, Changping heard that the paintings made by Sister Xian Ge are very famous in the capital, why did you tell the queen mother just now that she couldn't handle her paintings, isn't this deceiving the queen mother." Ye Chengcheng looked at his mother with a puzzled face and asked.
The queen's face changed, her face was very ugly, and she began to complain about Sun Qiange in her heart, what reason is not good, do you have to find this reason to really not lose face in front of Princess Yao, I thought that Sun Qiange was okay before, and I would have to reconsider it.
When Ye Chengcheng's words came out, Sun Xiange immediately looked at the queen, and after seeing the queen's face, he immediately stood up and saluted: "Queen Mother, it's all the fault of the Slender Song, the Slender Song injured her right hand when she practiced the piano yesterday, and the Slender Song was afraid that the Slender Song's hand would stain the queen's eyes, so she found this reason and asked the queen to forgive her sins." ”
"Have you seen it with a doctor?" The queen asked coldly.
"Thank you for the queen's concern, the courtiers have already applied medicine, and there is no big problem, but I can't play the piano and paint these days." Sun Xiange beat a drum in his heart, knowing that the queen didn't care about herself, but she could only say that.
"I'll let the Imperial Doctor show you, the girl's hands have to be careful." The queen didn't look at Sun Xiange anymore, looked at Wang Yuqin on the seat, felt a little more comfortable, and then said to Sun Xiange.
"Mother, it turned out that Sister Xiange's hand was injured, so why didn't you say it at first, if you want to say that the painting is not good, if Changping had Sister Xiange's painting well, she would have gone up to paint a long time ago." Ye Tingcheng is here to mend the knife to Sun Xiange, and the queen's face will be even more ugly.
"Changping, Miss Sun is estimated to be punished by the queen because she injured her hand and was afraid that the painting would not be good." Princess Xiaoyao explained softly to her daughter as if she didn't feel the solemn atmosphere.
"Changping can't paint, and the queen doesn't dislike it and wants to see Changping's paintings, how can she punish Sister Xian Ge for not painting well?" Ye Tingcheng couldn't help but want to fight back against the queen for a long time, so he didn't want to let the queen go when he seized the opportunity.
"That's right, what Changping said is that the queen mother will not punish Miss Sun, the queen mother is a person in the world, how can she punish Miss Sun for this little thing, don't worry about Changping." Princess Yao's words made the queen completely unable to get off the stage, and it made the queen look at Sun Xiange more and more unpleasantly.
Sun Xiange was about to cry, and begged Princess Xiaoyao and the county lord of Changping to stop talking, and the queen mother would be able to eat herself.
"Okay, get up, you can be considered excusable, Princess Xiaoyao and the county lord of Changping are speaking for you, thank you soon." The queen said with a sigh of breath.
"Thank you for the grace of the queen mother." Sun Xiange breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then walked in front of Princess Xiaoyao and Ye Qingcheng.
"Xian Ge has thanked Princess Xiaoyao and the county lord of Changping." Sun Xiange hated Princess Xiaoyao and Ye Tingcheng very much in his heart, if it weren't for Princess Xiaoyao and Ye Tingcheng, he wouldn't be like this, and now he has to thank them.