Chapter 123: New Love Provokes Old Love
Gao Gonggong was a little overwhelmed by King Chen's gaze, and immediately calmed down: "Lord, you entered the palace alone, didn't the princess accompany you?" ”
"No, the princess needs to take care of business, and she will enter the palace on time tomorrow morning to give the queen mother incense and kneel on the scriptures." King Chen said lightly.
Gao Gonggong has been observing King Chen's expression, seeing that his face is not a word, thinking that he should not scare himself, maybe King Chen just happened to kneel for the Empress Dowager in Yonghua Palace.
In fact, what he should have thought of was that tomorrow would be the Empress Dowager's birthday, and someone would come to light candles and kneel tonight, so it can be seen that the emperor and the empress did not make any moves, so he went to Yonghua Palace, a place that is usually sparsely populated.
When King Chen returned to Yonghua Palace, the county lord of Xiyue was still asleep, and seeing the smile on the corner of her mouth, it seemed that she was dreaming some kind of sweet dream.
In the early morning of the next day, the princes and nobles, and the ministers of civil and military affairs entered the palace one after another and knelt for the empress dowager. Everyone did things according to the usual practice, but the emperor did not appear for a long time, and he was often said by the imperial historians to be greedy for beauty and waste the government.
Chu Lixue knelt behind King Chen, looked at the scriptures in her hand, and slowly transcribed them, thinking that only women would talk about other people's bed sheets in their boredom, but I didn't expect that even the ministers in this court would know so much about royal affairs.
"Lord Han, I heard that the emperor has a new concubine, and he spoils him like something, and he has left all the ladies of the six palaces aside."
"Master Su, you've heard about it too. Isn't it? It is said that this woman is the illegitimate daughter of the Bai family outside, and the country is beautiful and fragrant, and the emperor did not go to court for a few days for her, and stayed in the Guanju Palace all day. ”
Hearing this, Chu Lixue covered her lips and smiled lightly, and said in her heart, Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, my fair lady, the gentleman is good, and I don't know where this emperor's new favorite is sacred, and he can collect three thousand favors in one, and even the king will not be early from now on? From ancient times to the present, this king has been greedy for beauty and has abandoned countless courts, and finally ended up with the fate of a ruined country.
"Hey, I heard, this woman's appearance is still ......" Lord Su lowered his voice and said something in Lord Han's ear, Chu Lixue didn't know martial arts, so naturally he couldn't hear it, but these words, no more, no less, fell into the ears of Canxue and King Chen.
"Princess, they said that the emperor's new concubine looks very similar to you, and she has just entered the palace for more than ten days, and she has firmly tied the emperor." Rean Xue whispered to Chu Lixue everything she heard, in fact, those words were very unbearable, and what she told Chu Lixue was also something that Rean Xue could have modified.
King Chen's martial arts are profound, so he naturally doesn't need others to convey it, the anger in his heart slowly gasses, his hands are clenched tightly, and his bones are gurgling, so that Shangguan Tianyu on the side can hear it very clearly.
"Yihan, don't be impulsive." Shangguan Tianyu held King Chen's hand and said softly.
King Chen tried to suppress the anger in his heart, and secretly thought in his heart, I am afraid that these words were also deliberately said by someone through the mouths of the two adults of Su and Han, the emperor likes Princess Chen, whether it is the previous Princess Chen or the current Princess Chen, he likes it, if he likes the past Princess Chen, because of Princess Chen's appearance and her ability to make money, then I like the current Princess Chen In addition to the above two points, I am afraid that she is still coveting the power of the eldest princess and the Duke of Dingguo behind her.
"Princess, do you want the slave to teach these two guys a good lesson, just now they spoke so loudly that everyone knows it, and now they are deliberately lowering their voices, isn't it infinitely reverie?"
"A lesson is to be taught, but it's not now, if you do it now, the other party will definitely think that we did it, find another reason, and lead the fire to others." Chu Lixue said softly. After finishing the words, he carefully copied the scriptures with a brush, and the beautiful hairpin flower in his hand was also very eye-catching among many people.
I think she was caught by her father to practice calligraphy since she was a child, from the initial disgust, to the later liking, and even once super infatuated with Wang Xizhi, but as a woman, she likes Mrs. Wei's hairpin flower Xiaokai even more, she is delicate and very suitable for women.
At this moment, a strong smell of fat powder wafted in, "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Princess Chen is the first beauty in the Northern Chen Kingdom, and the concubine heard that the concubine's appearance is somewhat similar to Princess Chen, I don't know if it's true or not." The woman snorted. Chu Lixue, who listened to it, felt disgusted in her heart, and for a while, Chu Lixue also wanted to see what kind of woman this new favorite was.
Suddenly, the emperor came to Chu Lixue's side with his new favorite in his arms, "Ai Concubine, you see this is Princess Chen, the princess has a noble status, she is the eldest princess and the righteous daughter of the Duke of Dingguo, and she is also a business genius, most of the shops in Cloud City are all properties under Princess Chen's name." There was a sour taste in the Emperor's words.
"Yo, the emperor, you see that Princess Chen's words are really beautiful, if you let the concubines copy the scriptures, the concubines' words will not be on the table, if you burn it to the Queen Mother, it will make the Queen Mother scold the emperor in a dream."
Hmph, if you don't want to copy the scriptures, you don't have to copy them, so why bother looking for so many high-sounding reasons? This woman doesn't need to look at her face to know that she is a pretentious woman, just her appearance, Chu Lixue remembered that the two adults of Su and Han said that she was very similar to herself, thinking of this, Chu Lixue was also a little more curious.
Thinking of this, Chu Lixue got up and saluted and said, "The courtiers see the emperor and the mother." The demeanor was elegant and generous, so that the emperor couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it.
"Hehehe, the princess doesn't need to be so polite, in the final analysis, we are also a family, the emperor and the prince are brothers, and it is better to be close to each other." The woman chuckled. The voice was as good as a silver bell, so that Chu Lixue couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at the woman in front of her.
When she raised her eyes, Chu Lixue was also slightly stunned, she was really so similar to her own appearance, if she was pretended to be by this woman to do bad things, it was really a little inexplicable. It's not that Chu Lixue wants to think badly about the other party, it's just that Chu Lixue felt that she was not so simple at the first glance when she saw this woman.
"Your Majesty, what the concubines heard is really right, Princess Chen and the concubines really look alike, if you go out like this, you will definitely make you think that we are sisters, do you say, Your Majesty." The woman smiled coquettishly as if no one else had it.
Hearing this, Chu Lixue couldn't help frowning slightly, this woman is really scheming, these three or two sentences have pulled herself so close to her, it stands to reason that although she is the emperor's favorite concubine, in the final analysis, she is just a concubine, if you have to talk about the relationship between the family, the white queen and herself can be regarded as a concubine, but this favorite concubine did not take the queen on the side in her eyes at all, and the intimacy with her own side, isn't this a disaster to the east, so that the white queen and herself have a contradiction?
Sandpiper and clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, this woman is really a good calculation. But Chu Lixue naturally wouldn't let her get her wish, and then said with a smile: "If Niang Niang said so, it would really be a pain in Qinghe, and I don't know where the emperor got such a wonderful person." ”
"Hahaha, Concubine Ai, you should be very happy to get a compliment from Princess Chen." The emperor looked at the woman in his arms and said with a smile. Immediately, he looked at Chu Lixue and continued: "Princess Chen, this is the favorite concubine of Zhen Xinna, the Bai family, who lives in Guanju Palace and has a soft title. ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Concubine Rou Niangniang, the Book of Poetry has clouds, Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the River Island, My Fair Lady, Gentleman. I want to come to the emperor to let Concubine Rou live in Guanju Palace. ”
Since Concubine Rou knows how to provoke a war between her and the queen, then she will naturally lead this fire to her, a woman like her in the harem will definitely not be satisfied with just a concubine, thinking of this, Chu Lixue said thoughtfully: "Is Concubine Rou also surnamed Bai?" ”
"That's right, Concubine Rou can indeed be regarded as a member of the Bai family, but she is a concubine, and her mother is just a lowly singer, how can she compare with our Bai family." The queen said displeased.
Hearing this, Chu Lixue hooked her lips and smiled, very good, if you want to fight, you can fight to the death, just sit and wait to watch the show, I just don't know who will win at that time?
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Concubine Rou, today is the Queen Mother's birthday, the courtiers still have the scriptures here that have not been copied, if it is late, the prince will scold the courtiers, and the courtiers will copy the scriptures first." After speaking, Chu Lixue bowed slightly, and then sat on the futon and continued to copy the scriptures.
The emperor saw that Chu Lixue had sat down to copy the scriptures, hugged Concubine Rou and continued to walk a few steps, and came to his place, Concubine Rou grinded carefully, with a smile at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, this kind of scene made Queen Bai even more annoyed, originally the emperor would spend the night in her palace on the fifteenth day of every month, since this little cheap hoof entered the palace, she should have come to her palace on the fifteenth, but because she wanted to accompany Concubine Rou, she put her dignified queen aside, and let the other concubines in the palace become a laughing stock after tea and dinner, which made her embarrassed.
But Concubine Rou didn't seem to plan to let the queen go, and actually used her identity as a concubine to suppress her, the old woman of the queen mother usually thought that the queen was more, just because she was favored, and she was summoned to the Yanshou Palace to reprimand her a few times.
Thinking of this, Concubine Rou glanced at the queen mother sitting next to the emperor a few more times, looking at her snake-like handwriting, she couldn't help but chuckle, "Your Majesty, the concubine just saw Princess Chen's words, so juanxiu, it can be seen that the princess often practices calligraphy on weekdays, but the queen mother is afraid that she will practice calligraphy well in the future, otherwise such words will be burned to the queen mother, but it will give people a joke." ”
Hearing this, the emperor glanced at the scriptures on the queen's case, and couldn't help frowning slightly, this queen is really useless at all, not only is her appearance not the most outstanding, but even the matter of taking care of the harem is often flawed.