Chapter 55: The Warbler Yanyan
Lingxi shouted not as a concubine, but as a slave. As soon as the words came out, Lingxi broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, she stood at the end, and although the voices of the concubines were weak, the volume together was not small, covering her weak voice.
Queen Zhu Wan'er is thirty years old this year, and since giving birth to the fifth princess, her figure has no longer been slender before pregnancy.
Empress Zhu's hands full of jewels and jade were raised forward, and she said in a gentle voice, "Sisters, sit down." ”
There was another round of ringing, and the concubines sat down.
Sitting in the first place on the right hand of Empress Zhu, the concubine who gave birth to the second prince Li Lingfeng, is also the cousin of Empress Zhu. Concubine Rou is very dissatisfied with being only a concubine, if there is no Queen Zhu, she is the queen, even if the queen is not her, she must be above the position of concubine. For the sake of balance in the harem, Emperor Yongan will never raise her again.
The second sitting on the lower right hand is Concubine Wen who gave birth to the third princess, and the third sitting is Concubine Cao, who has no heirs.
Sitting in the first place on the lower left hand is Concubine Ying, who gave birth to the second princess, the second hand on the left is the concubine who gave birth to the third prince, and the third hand on the left is the fourth princess Xin Jieyu.
Xin Jieyu has not been loved by Emperor Yong'an since she gave birth to the fourth princess, if it weren't for the face of the fourth princess, I am afraid that even Jieyu's position would not be given to her.
Behind Cao Concubine and Xin Jieyu, all Jieyu, beauties, talents, and Baolin sat according to their positions. Cai Nu lives in Chuxiu Palace, and there is no need to ask the queen for peace before she has a position.
Because Emperor Yong'an has only been on the throne for four years, there is no position above the rank of noble concubine in the Forbidden City. Only those who have died, Yu Liangzhuan, who gave birth to the emperor's eldest son Li Lingyun in the prince's mansion, was posthumously named Concubine Zhuang. As for giving birth to the second prince Li Lingshu in the prince's mansion, Chen Liangshu, who had already died, was never mentioned by Emperor Yong'an, and Li Lingshu, who died young, became a taboo in the harem. Except for the old people in the prince's mansion, I'm afraid no one knows that they once existed.
Feiduo, the big palace maid beside Queen Zhu, took the palace maids to replace the concubines with new tea, and then retreated.
The concubine was wearing a red skirt of the concubine, with her head tied towards the phoenix bun, a phoenix hairpin made of ruby as a phoenix eye on the left sideburns, and a hairpin on the right side of the hairpin with a dripping begonia. The corners of his mouth smiled, stretched out his slender jade hand to pick up the tea cup and took a bite, and after putting it down, he said to Queen Zhu affectionately, "It's still the fragrance of tea in my sister's palace, why can't I taste this taste in my sister's palace?" ”
Empress Zhu put down the tea she had eaten in her hand, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said to Concubine Rou, "This is the Jade Guanyin from Xingong this year, if you like it, let Feiduo wrap some for you." ”
Concubine Rou laughed coquettishly, "No wonder it's so fragrant, the big red robe in my sister's palace is still from last year." The sister was not welcome, and asked Feiduo to wrap some for her sister to take away. ”
"Sister Rou Concubine is greedy." Concubine Ying interjected, and then said to Queen Zhu, "The concubine does not follow, and the queen mother has rewarded Sister Rou, so she must also reward the concubine." ”
Concubine Rou snorted jokingly in the direction of Concubine Ying, "You know that when you talk about others, aren't you also so greedy?" ”
Empress Zhu hurriedly smiled, "Okay, okay, look at the two of you, as the head of the concubines, you don't know how to set an example for the concubines, and you are still teasing like a child every day, you are all the ones who are concubines." ”
Concubine Wen and Concubine Cao, who were sitting under Concubine Rou, covered their mouths and chuckled.
Although Concubine Xian and Xin Jieyu were also laughing, their faces were timid.
Lingxi sat quietly eating tea in the corner, watching this very familiar picture play out in front of him. Once upon a time, she stood beside the Empress Dowager of Xiaohe, looking at the concubines below or smiling, like flowers, hiding ugly hearts.
But now, she has become one of these concubines, and she is still the most inconspicuous one.
In the Weiyang Palace, except for the six concubines with higher positions in the front, the rest of the concubines did not speak, but just listened quietly to their laughter.
After drinking a cup of tea, Empress Zhu put down the teacup and raised her voice slightly in the direction of the end, "I heard that Qingcai and Yingcai are in good health?" ”
Qingcai and Lingxi both stood up, walked to the hall and blessed Queen Zhu on the phoenix throne.
Qingcai replied first, "I'm tired of the queen's mother, the concubine's body is already well." ”
Lingxi also replied, "If you go back to the queen's mother, the concubine's body is no longer in trouble." ”
The concubines in the palace covered their sleeves and sneered, and the disdain in their eyes was undisguised. Although Lingxi claimed to be a concubine, the expression and tone when he replied was still a minion.
Empress Zhu nodded again and again in the laughter of the concubines, and said with a smile, "Okay, it's good, only by raising your body can you continue to have an heir for the royal family." After a pause, he said, "Although it is spring now, the weather is still a little colder, you must wear more clothes, and you must not freeze again." ”
Qingcai replied, "The concubine must not forget the teachings of the queen. ”
Lingxi said, "Concubine Xie Empress Niang's care." ”
After letting Qingcai and Lingxi sit down, Empress Zhu leaned forward slightly and said, "It's not too early, the sisters also have a lot of troubles in their respective palaces, so let's go back to the palace." ”
The concubines stood up and said to Queen Zhu, "The concubines have retired." ”
Although the spirit rhino stood at the door of the Weiyang Palace, he could not go first. It wasn't until after all the people in the rank and above left the Weiyang Hall that she came out with lotus seeds. Out of the Weiyang Palace, he also walked slowly, slowly pressing at the end.
Seeing that Lingxi's face was a little bad, Lianrong held Lingxi's arm and whispered, "It's not worth it to be angry with others." ”
Lingxi chuckled lightly and crawled into Lianrong's ear and said, "No, I got up early today, and I'm still sleepy." ”
After hearing this, Lian Rong burst out laughing and said, "The slave maid thought that the talented person was heartfelt when she was in the queen's palace." ”
Lingxi shook his head, and the beads on his head trembled slightly. After Lian Rong helped her out of Weiyang Palace, she took a handkerchief and wiped the fine sweat on her forehead and said, "What is there to eat, if I also eat heart, then I will also eat heart, but I can't live." ”
"What can't you live?" Lan Meiren sat on the sedan chair, tilting her head to look at Lingxi and chuckling, "Isn't the illness cured?" On weekdays, I say this unlucky thing. ”
Because Lingxi walked slowly, there were no more concubines outside the Weiyang Palace. Concubine Xian was worried about Lingxi, so she waited for her outside the palace. Lan Meiren wanted to leave, but when she thought that the concubine of the lord of the first palace valued Lingxi so much, she also stayed.
Lingxi gave Lan Meiren a blessing and said, "I said a few jokes with Lian Rong, I don't want Lan Meiren to mishear." ”
Lan Meiren didn't get out of the sedan chair, but said with a smile, "It's okay if I heard it wrong, don't think about anything in your heart." If there is anything uncomfortable in my heart, I must talk to Sister Xian and me. ”
Lingxi bowed his head and said with a smile, "With the two sisters treating me so kindly, I don't have anything uncomfortable." ”
Concubine Xian listened to Lan Meiren and Lingxi talk a lot of nonsense, and finally said, "Let's go back to the palace and talk carefully, this is outside the palace of the queen mother, so that the palace people will inevitably say that we are rude." ”
Lan Meiren said to Lingxi, "Yingcai people should get on the sedan chair quickly." ”
Lan Meiren is younger than Lingxi, but her rank is higher than Lingxi, so she can't call her sister or sister, she can only call Lingxi's title.
Lingxi wanted to walk back slowly around the long road of the Imperial Garden, but when he saw the appearance of Concubine Xian and Lan Meiren, he knew that if he insisted on leaving, he was afraid that these two would also follow. So what's the fun? It's better to go back to Guangyang Palace.
So the three of them were carried back to Guangyang Palace in a squeaky chair. After getting off the sedan chair, Concubine Xian took Lingxi's hand, with a look of anticipation in her eyes, "Good sister accompany my sister to sit in the Deyang Palace, she has been stuffy in Yilan Pavilion all day long, even if she is not sick, she is still sick." ”
Lan Meiren covered her mouth and chuckled, and said, "Yingcai people will go over and sit down, it can be regarded as a revisit to the old place." ”
Concubine Xian's face was a little bad at the moment.
In the palace where he did not live, the emperor favored others, and that other person was still his personal palace maid.
Lingxi's face was the same, he took Concubine Xian's hand, his eyes were gone, and he smiled and said, "What Lan Meiren said is exact, no wonder I am personally with Sister Xian, and I want to have something to do with it." ”
The meaning of the words is that you Lan Meiren want to sleep on the main hall of the first palace, and you are not worthy of it.
Lan Meiren was agitated by Lingxi's words, and her apricot eyes glared. Seeing that Xian Concubine was not good at attacking, she only gritted her teeth and said to Xian Concubine, "Xian Concubine Niangniang, the concubine is a little unwell, so she will retire first." ”
Concubine Xian held Lingxi's hand tightly, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and said, "Sister Lan is not feeling well, this palace will not invite you to sit in the Deyang Palace, you can go back and rest." ”
After Lan Meiren took the maid away, Lingxi said to Xian Concubine, "On weekdays, you are so good-natured and let her bully you?" ”
Concubine Xian shook her head slightly, "I should not be able to hear." I'm a concubine, she's a beauty, where else can I be arrogant? It's nothing more than taking advantage of a few words in words. ” | ..
"You, you really wasted your authority as the lord of the first house." Lingxi led the concubine and walked slowly in the direction of the Deyang Palace, Xiang Er and Lian Rong followed behind them from a distance, "You have to be gracious to the people in your palace, otherwise they will despise you." ”
Concubine Xian laughed softly and said, "In this Guangyang Palace, except for you and me, she is her, and she is strict, as if our sisters are bullying her." ”
Lingxi's footsteps stopped, her beautiful eyes looked around, and when she saw that there was no one around, the two palace maids followed far away and said to Concubine Xian, "Sister Concubine Xian, in the future, you and I must not be so close to each other." You are the pearl of the Situ family, and I am just a lowly maid in the palace. If someone catches the handle, we will never recover! ”
Concubine Xian covered her mouth lightly, her eyes showed timidity, and she said weakly, "Sister will definitely not talk nonsense anymore." ”
Lingxi still wants to correct Xian Concubine again, just think about it. They are now like the concubines of Emperor Yong'an, and the shouts of sisters and sisters are correct in their titles. As for intimacy, as long as it's not too intimate in front of people, it's fine.
Concubine Xian shook Lingxi's hand lightly, and said a little coquettishly, "Good sister, don't be angry with sister, okay with my sister to see the third prince?" You haven't seen him since he was born. "I found out that the name of the chapter was my death and injury!!
Well, today's second watch, so far, smiling face~