Chapter 135: Face to face
Speaking of which, for such a long time, if Liu Xiaorou didn't come to Ye Yufu, Ye Yufu would want to take the initiative to find her.
For Liu Xiaorou, she didn't like it but felt guilty, maybe if nothing else, her current position should have been Liu Xiaorou's.
The splendid hall is burned with the fragrant pear blossom incense, and the furnishings in the house are extravagant and rich, and any one of them is worth a thousand gold antiques. All this also shows the favor that Concubine Liu Xian has received.
Although Ye Yugui doesn't love Liu Xiaorou and doesn't treat her very well, she doesn't fall behind anything that can be rewarded, at least in the eyes of outsiders, she is also extremely favored.
But the real situation, only Liu Xiaorou knows in her heart that Ye Yugui has only come to see her three or five times since she ascended the throne, and these three or five times have not exceeded an hour.
Now the concubines in the harem, although there are only Ye Yufu, the queen, and herself, the virtuous concubine, but with time, the harem will definitely include newcomers.
At that time, Ye Yufu will at least have the support of the queen's identity, but what is left of herself.
Since Ye Yugui ascended the throne, most of the courtiers reused by the former emperor were not reused by Ye Yugui, and now the only people who can speak in the court are the young Lord Wenxiwen, and General Yu Xu, and Prime Minister Cao Xu.
And the Liu family was gradually not reused, and the Liu family had a thin heir in the line of Liu Shang, with only one son and one daughter. This Liu Xiaorou entered the palace as an imperial concubine, but her only son Liu Xiaorui has been missing for a long time and cannot be contacted at all.
The world says that although Liu Shang is famous, he is still folded on top of his heirs.
Just as Liu Xiaorou was frowning and reprimanding Liu Xiaorui in her heart, the palace people outside the house came to report: "Niangniang, the queen is here." I'm waiting outside the door right now. ”
"Let the queen in."
When Ye Yufu arrived at the main hall of the Splendid Palace, what she saw was Liu Xiaorou standing in place, and when she saw her coming, she knelt down and saluted respectfully, which was far from the arrogant and domineering appearance before.
When she knelt down, the glass beads on the top of Liu Xiaorou's head swayed, shaking Ye Yufu's eyes hurt.
"Get up." Ye Yufu helped Liu Xiaorou up, and she didn't know how to speak for a while.
Liu Xiaorou opened her mouth first, smiling like a flower: "The concubine still guessed what to do if the queen didn't want to come." ”
Although it has only been a few months since she entered the palace, Liu Xiaorou has become accustomed to life in the palace and life in the harem, and every move is what a concubine should look like.
treats Ye Yufu, who has a higher status, and her behavior is very polite, not like before.
Ye Yufu faintly felt that Liu Xiaorou had changed and become more able to hide herself, which might be a good thing for Liu Xiaorou herself, but it was not a good thing for her.
Gong Dou This kind of thing, although it has happened to her countless times, but it is extremely far away from her, Song Wei has always handled this kind of thing very well, and not even the slightest information will be discovered by Ye Yufu.
So until she was a teenager, Ye Yufu thought that all the mothers in this palace were as kind and generous as her mother. Until I accidentally discovered that the mother concubine had disposed of a concubine who deliberately competed for favor and framed others. Only then did she realize that although she was in this palace, she knew too little about it.
Ye Duanli and Song Wei both protected her very well, and it was precisely because of this that she suddenly became unsuitable for the life of the palace now. Because even though they are all in the same place, the people they come into contact with and the things that happen around them are different from before.
In the past, she could be coquettish to her father, queen and mother, but now she is the woman with the highest position in the harem and the most noble woman in the entire Dasheng Dynasty, which also means that she must hide all her vulnerabilities.
Because if a person in a high position easily reveals his flaws, there will be countless people who want to replace you in the future.
Ye Yugui has only been on the throne for half a year now, and she left the palace a few months ago, so she also gave her a lot of time to breathe.
There is one thing that she has never dared to think about or want to think, but the people around her have begun to remind her again and again.
That is, it is time for the harem of this great victory to be enriched, how can the harem of the king of a country only have two women.
When Liu Xiaorou appeared, Ye Yufu almost couldn't bear it, she couldn't think of it at all, and she couldn't think that there would be dozens or even hundreds of situations in the future.
Maybe it's because the conditions of life since she was a child are too superior, and she also has a lot of arrogance in her heart, and I remember that she once said that she hopes to be able to be a couple for the rest of her life. But now she is far from this wish, and will be further and further away in the future.
But she has been very selfish and has become the only woman who is qualified to stand next to Ye Yugui, and she can no longer let Ye Yugui be abused by people in the world.
This harem has always had a great relationship with the previous dynasty, and one is prosperous and one is lost. Officials of the previous dynasty gained power, or in order to gain power, they would send their daughters and sisters to the palace.
And when the concubine is favored, she will also pull her mother's family. This has been the case for hundreds of years.
For example, at that time, Ye Yugui married Liu Xiaorou, so that it was not the mother's family behind Liu Xiaorou.
Every time Ye Yufu looks in the mirror these days, she thinks about how long she can be so calm.
She was already older than Ye Yugui, and ten years later, Ye Yu returned to her prime, and she was already old.
Ye Yugui brought her boundless throbbing and stimulation, but it couldn't bring her a sense of security. Moreover, the remaining barrier in this palace has nothing but Ye Yugui's favor.
She doesn't want to be a woman in the harem who kills people in order to compete for favor.
Liu Xiaorou helped Ye Yufu sit down and asked, "The queen seems to have something on her mind?" ”
Ye Yufu shook her head: "This palace is thinking about what the concubine is looking for today's palace." ”
Liu Xiaorou smiled, and there was something incomprehensible in her smile.
"It's just that the emperor has been gone for a long time, and the concubines are really bored, so they want to find the queen to come and talk about it. After all, strictly speaking, the concubine and the queen are also rare acquaintances in this palace. ”
yes, acquaintance. The first time Ye Yufu saw Liu Xiaorou was in the plum garden, she held Ye Yugui's arm with an arrogant face, and her eyes were full of arrogance.
And the first time Liu Xiaorou saw Ye Yufu was in this plum garden, she stood far away, with a beautiful appearance and a calm expression, looking like she didn't eat the fireworks of the world.
But neither of them thought that there would be a day when they would face each other in this capacity.
There may be many differences between the two, but there is only one thing in common, that is, they also love the man who sits on the dragon chair, and it is precisely because of this only one thing in common that they have also become one of the harem women.
"There are no outsiders here, what Concubine Xian wants to say can be said directly, and the palace will not go back to tell the emperor."
Instead of Liu Xiaorou facing her with this false mask, Ye Yufu wanted her to show her true appearance.
Liu Xiaorou's eyes sank, and she had the appearance of being invincible before entering the palace.
Since Ye Yufu opened the skylight and said something bright, she didn't hide it, snorted coldly, and said sarcastically: "Can the queen still sit comfortably in this position now?" ”
Comfortable? If she talks about comfort, the most honorable position of women in the world is of course comfortable, if she says she is uncomfortable, the huge pressure on her head is really uncomfortable.
"In his position, what is there to say that he is comfortable or uncomfortable."
"The queen mother is still the same as before, looking virtuous and generous. Let the concubine, the virtuous concubine, really feel ashamed. ”
"How can you and I know the emperor's deep meaning, since you have been given the position of a virtuous concubine, you must have your own thoughts." Ye Yufu lowered her eyes and her voice was calm.
"The concubine thinks that the emperor has only one thought, that is, to make the woman he likes the queen, and ignore the rest." Speaking of which, Liu Xiaorou has never been able to sit and argue with Ye Yufu face-to-face like this.
In the past, she only thought that Ye Yufu was a sad and hateful woman, although Ye Yufu had the most noble background in the world and could marry the best concubine, but she blindly pestered her royal brother, and even wanted to rob her.
"If you are not satisfied with the position that this palace is doing now, you can go to the emperor to reason, and this palace will not stop it," Ye Yufu raised her eyes, with some coldness in her eyes, and said: "To be honest, this queen's position is not suitable for this palace, this palace likes to be quiet and has a calm temperament." But this palace knows that the position of this queen is not suitable for you, Concubine Xian. ”
When Liu Xiaorou heard this, her face darkened a little more, and she directly choked and said: "This position should have been mine!" It was you Ye Yufu Tian who shamelessly snatched it, why are you saying these words now. ”
Ye Yufu didn't care about Liu Xiaorou's faux pas, because this was Liu Xiaorou's original appearance, the past few months in the harem had just covered her with a false shell, and when she took off the shell, she was still the arrogant Miss Liufu.
"The words of this palace are not finished yet, you and I are actually not suitable for this position, but it is inevitable that there will be a woman who is really suitable for the position of the queen in the future, and at that time, what will you do if you are a virtuous concubine?"
"One woman like you is enough, if there is a second one, I'm afraid I won't have much place in this harem."
Liu Xiaorou felt that Ye Yufu's words were a little inexplicable, Ye Yugui's favor for Ye Yufu was seen by everyone in the palace, and she didn't think that someone else would replace her in the future.
Since Ye Yugui dared to risk the disapproval of the world to set up Ye Yufu as the queen, no matter who he met in the future, he should not threaten Ye Yufu's current position.
It's really a blessing in the midst of blessings, and I don't know how to be blessed
She "snorted" and said again: "Don't worry, the queen mother, if there is really a second woman like you in the future, it will definitely not be as impressive as you." After all, you are the eldest princess of the great victory. ”
Ye Yufu frowned, although she had always deliberately asked the people close to her to continue to call her a princess, but when the word eldest princess came out of Liu Xiaorou's mouth, it still made her in a trance for a while. It was as if a long, long time had passed.
In the Taiyou Palace, Yue Lin smiled and pointed to a screen behind him with a unicorn painted on it.
"Emperor Dasheng, I'm here today to let you see someone."
Ye Yugui looked at the screen quietly, and a vague outline was faintly revealed behind the screen.
The silhouette looks like a woman with a graceful figure.