Chapter Seventy-One: The Old Concubines (I)

"The emperor told me to invite Concubine Tong to go to Changyin Pavilion to accompany the Queen Mother to listen to the play."

Wei Zhu's voice was clear and bright, and Xiao Tong Guifei's face was annoyed and embarrassed, but then she became awe-inspiring, and raised her voice: "Su Guifei, have you heard the emperor's dictation?" ”

Su Lian was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Hear clearly!" ”

Concubine Tong snorted slightly, and then fiddled with her gorgeous armor made of red gold, with a lofty posture: "Since you heard it clearly, then don't get out of the way quickly, this palace wants to go to Changyin Pavilion to serve the Queen Mother!" Otherwise, if you mistake the emperor's dictation, you can't afford it! ”

Su Lian was stunned, although she didn't often live in the palace, she also remembered that Changyin Pavilion should be in the east, right? Changyin Pavilion is near Ningshou Palace, and Ningshou Palace is located in the east of the East Six Palaces. The layout of the Forbidden City...... By and large, she wasn't mistaken.

Sure enough, Wei Zhu smiled again and said, "Concubine Tong is confused!" The nearest road to Changyin Pavilion is behind you! You should turn around, go east, and then south! Hehe, please hurry up, don't toss those troubles! ”

Concubine Tong was still imposing: "Wei Zhu, open your dog's eyes wide and take a good look at the back of the palace!" ”

The word "dog eyes" made Wei Zhu feel secretly hateful, but he was still a smiling and good old man's face, Wei Zhu looked sideways, and couldn't help but be taken aback: "Yo, when did the little master of Cheng Concubine be behind Concubine Tong?" ”

Concubine Tong smiled proudly, raised her lips proudly, and said, "It's not difficult to turn around in this palace, but Wei Zhu - where do you want Concubine Cheng to retreat?!" ”

Wei Zhu smiled: "Concubine Cheng just came out of her palace, why don't you ask her to go back to her palace temporarily, or retreat to the corner of the wall!" ”

"Wei Zhu! You are presumptuous!! Xiao Tong Jiashi immediately showed an angry face, "You are a minion, and you dare to ask the concubine master to retreat to the corner?!" Who gave you the guts! ”

Wei Zhu looked unafraid. is still the same smiling face: "The slave is the slave of the emperor, and the courage is naturally given by the emperor." ”

"Youβ€”presumptuous!" Xiao Tong Jiashi immediately became angry.

How could Concubine Tong not understand the meaning of Xuan Ye's oracle? is to tell her to turn around and go to Changyin Pavilion! But in this way, it is tantamount to making way for the Ussuriss! With her usual pride and self-control, how can she be willing?!

In fact, Xuan Ye also knew that if he directly ordered Xiao Tong Jiashi to make way for Su Lai, it would be a little unruly, so he compromised and asked Xiao Tong Jiashi to go to Changyin Pavilion, which could be regarded as saving her a little face. It's a pity that Xiao Tong Jia's family doesn't want a little face, but also 100% face!

Wei Zhu's words were finished. The meaning was very clear, but Xiao Tong Guifei hesitated. If she does not retreat, she will disobey the emperor, and as a harem concubine, if she goes against the holy will, she will inevitably have a hard time in the future; But if she retreats, the majesty she has built up in the harem will be gone! In the future, the four concubines don't know how to talk and laugh at her behind their backs!

When Concubine Tong was undecided, Wei Zhu smiled and pointed behind her and said, "Look, the little master of the concubine is probably impatient to wait and has already returned to Jingyang Palace!" ”

Concubine Tong was so angry that she gritted her teeth. This concubine, who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, actually retreats like this? Useless waste!!

Concubine Cheng took the initiative to come up by herself, after all, she and Su Lian were a little unhappy. Therefore, I really hoped that Concubine Tong would lose face to her, but Concubine Cheng saw that things were not good, so she withdrew.

Xiao Tong Guifei gritted her teeth and gurgled, and said hatefully: "Turn around!" Go to Changyin Pavilion!! ”

Watching Xiao Tong Jia's turn around and leave, Su Lian couldn't help but secretly think that for thousands of years, she must have been the first to ask the concubine to give way in the identity of promise!

Wei Zhu stepped forward with a flattering face and said, "Niangniang." Are you going to the Imperial Garden? Or go back to the temple of nourishing the heart? ”

Su Lian yawned and looked sleepy: "It's been half an afternoon today." I'm tired, forget it. Let's go back to the Temple of Nourishing the Heart! ”

Wei Zhu hurriedly said "Huh", and said with a smile: "The emperor is also worried about you!" ”

When he returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Su Lian casually took off the cloak on his body to protect against the cold, took the white jade milk tea offered by Sixi, and drank it hotly in a small sip: "Sure enough, I expected it, as soon as I go out, there will definitely be trouble!" ”

Xuan Ye was sitting cross-legged on the day couch, holding a volume of books on the testaments of the ancestors and ancestors in his hand, and said in a light tone: "What are you afraid of, didn't I protect you?" ”

Su Lian pursed her lips and smiled, "I originally thought that Concubine Tong was softer than her sister, but now I know that they are all proud of their temperament!" ”

Xuan Ye closed the book, gently stroked it on the red sandalwood kang table, and said, "I knew earlier, I wouldn't have officially canonized her!" As he spoke, he looked a little regretful.

Xiao Tong Jia's family is actually quite difficult, it took more than ten years to enter the palace to obtain the official canonization, and it was not easy to sit firmly on the throne of the concubine, so he was naturally full of confidence immediately. Today, he has lost face all of a sudden, but he is afraid that he will hate Su Lian for the rest of his life.

Su Lian smiled, and he didn't care about being hated: "I look at the appearance of Xiao Tong Guifei, it seems that she has just come out of the Zhongcui Palace." ”

Xuan Ye's eyebrows couldn't help but twist, "I gave her a canonization for the sake of her for so many years, but I didn't expect-" The second half of the sentence was not spoken, but Xuan Ye's dissatisfaction was already quite obvious.

Su Lian smiled: "She is a noble concubine, and now she has the highest rank among the concubines, seeing that everyone else has sons, and she has only one princess under her knees, how can she not be greedy?" "β€”β€”The Wang family is from a humble background, and it is undoubtedly difficult to be a concubine, not to mention that Xuan Ye has been back in the palace for more than ten days, and he has not looked at her, as if he has lost favor. Therefore, Concubine Tong put on a posture to come to Zhongcui Palace, one is to ask the concubine to retreat in spite of the difficulties, and obediently give up the custody of the eighteenth elder brother, and the other is to give face to the nobles of the king.

Xuan Ye snorted coldly and said angrily: "It's already an extra honor for me to ask her to raise Feng Keri, but she is so dissatisfied!" ”

Su Lian took a tangerine from Xuan Ye's pastel high-foot plate, peeled it and ate it, and muttered in his mouth: "The princess is going to marry sooner or later, where is the elder brother who has to rely on the long-term?" Although Xiao Tong Jia's family is much younger than the fourth concubine, it is no longer a suitable age for childbearing, presumably she herself understands that she can't give birth to children, so she naturally wants to beat other people's children.

Xuan Ye snorted heavily.

Su Curtain swallowed the tangerines in his mouth, and said with a smile: "I only knew today that you stuffed the Wang nobles into the Zhongcui Palace of the concubine!" She is still sitting in confinement, what is she doing in the palace? ”

Xuan Ye took a sip of tea lightly and returned to his calm state, "Concubine De is restless again." ”

"Huh?" Su Lian blinked, the concubine of the Wang family who originally lived in the side hall of Yonghe Palace, the fifteenth elder brother she gave birth to was still young by Xuan Ye as the fourteenth elder brother, and Concubine De couldn't take care of it, so she was raised by Concubine Rong. And the sixteenth elder brother is raised by Concubine De according to common practice. Today's eighteenth elder brother, if he also follows the rules, he will also have to be raised with Concubine De after the full moon.

But now Xuan Ye spoke directly and asked the Wang family to move to live in the Zhong Cui Palace with his concubine.

Su Lian said suspiciously: "Aren't you planning to hand over the eighteenth elder brother to Concubine Yi to raise?" ”

Xuan Ye hummed lightly and said, "It's a pity that he and his concubine are deficient after giving birth, and it is difficult to take care of Hezhuan, and Xiao Eighteen is born healthy...... It's more lively and noisy than Hezhun! He Zhun is the name of the eighteenth daughter of the emperor, and her full name is Hezhun Yierha, which means poppy flower, referred to as "Hezhun".

Listening to Xuan Ye's tone, if there is no loss in the body of the concubine, I am afraid that it is very likely that she will be raised.

In the end, the eighteenth elder brother is still in demand, if they know that this is Xuan Ye's last son, I am afraid that it will be more popular. The elder brother at this age has no chance to be in the big position in terms of age, and he will not pose a threat to the older brothers in front of him at all, but he can be a help for them to win the heir.

"Madam, don't you really want to raise Little Eighteen?" Xuan Ye looked serious.

Su Lian was a little impatient when he heard this, and immediately said, "I don't have the leisure to raise children for others!" ”

Xuan Ye couldn't help but feel a little depressed, the concubines were trying their best to raise children for him, how could Su Su be different from others.

The full moon ceremony of the eighteenth daughter of the emperor is pinched together with the full moon of the eighteenth elder brother, to put it bluntly, the daughter is not as good as the son, and the eighteenth daughter of the emperor can only hold a full moon banquet with her younger brother. Su Lian also attended the inner court banquet held in the Taiji Palace, and saw a familiar and unfamiliar face that he had not seen for many years - the "old" face.

Especially the old four concubines: Ronghui Yide, all of whom are over forty years old, especially the two concubines Ronghui are almost fifty years old. A woman in her forties and fifties is already an elderly woman in this era, so no matter how carefully her face is decorated and how much fat powder is smeared, she can't cover the marks left by the ruthless years after all.

Among the four concubines, the best-maintained Yifei Guo Luo Luo's ...... Today's appearance also surprised Su Lian.

Concubine Yi's smile was not as stretched as before, and she only sat in a position second only to Xiao Tong Guifei, with a dignified face, only smiling slightly. Because you smile too much - the wrinkles at the corners of your eyes will be a little deeper. (To be continued)

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