417 Concubines
"Princess, everyone is here." Ti Ying said.
"Hmm." Lu Ruoqing nodded lightly and motioned to come in.
In the backlight, two young women came in front of the door, followed by four palace maids.
Lu Ruoqing asked, "Which one is Mrs. Cui?" ”
"Concubine Cui, please say hello to the princess." A woman in a light purple dress stepped forward and curtsied.
Lu Ruoqing took a closer look.
Mrs. Cui is petite, with delicate facial features, and looks like a small jasper.
"Where is Ling Zun?" Lu Ruoqing asked again.
"The princess is polite." Mrs. Cui was very humble and replied: "The concubine's father served as a classic in the Hanlin Academy, and he was only a humble official, so he didn't dare to say that he was high. ”
The classics of the Hanlin Academy, the eight products, on the official rank, is indeed a slight official position.
However, if you want to join the core of the cabinet, you must follow the path of the Hanlin Academy.
---- can be described as the most noble.
At the beginning, his brother Lu Mubai won the champion and was sealed from the Hanlin Academy of Liupin, which was originally a good way to take the career path.
Can ...... now
The emperor forcibly let his brother be a Yongning concubine, and his career was broken.
Lu Ruoqing glanced at her brother and flashed regret.
She asked again, "Is the other Mrs. Fan?" ”
A woman in an apricot-colored dress stepped forward and blessed her, "Concubine Fan, please say hello to the princess." ”
Lu Ruoqing raised her eyebrows, "Where does Mrs. Fan's house come from?" ”
didn't ask Mrs. Fan's father's official position, because when he looked at the other party, his aura was not like he was born in a scholarly family, and he was a little less elegant.
Sure enough, a smile appeared on Mrs. Fan's round face.
"The concubine's parents died early, and she grew up with her uncle and aunt, and her uncle's family opened a tailor shop on West Nine Street, so the concubine can only do some needlework."
Lu Ruoqing chuckled in her heart.
Mrs. Helan deliberately picked Mrs. Fan from such a background, her parents died early and she had no knowledge at home, so she wanted her to relax her vigilance.
If it weren't for Xiao Hao's own letter, if she guessed, she really wouldn't have guessed that this honest-looking Mrs. Fan would be Mrs. Helan.
Hehe, kind of interesting.
As for the palace maids, Lu Ruoqing didn't have much interest in studying them.
She said: "The two ladies can't be left without someone to serve, this will let you pick an eye, one or two girls." ”
Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Fan glanced at each other, both of them a little surprised.
The four palace maids also looked at each other.
"What's wrong? All of them were pestled like wooden stakes. Lu Ruoqing said unhappily.
"Princess." Mrs. Cui replied: "These four girls are all from the palace, how can the concubines afford to use them?" Let's stay and serve His Royal Highness and the princess. ”
Lu Ruoqing sneered in her heart.
Of course, she knew that the emperor's intention was to let the four palace maids be the bed warmers.
However, she was not happy!
Therefore, the palace maids were assigned to Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Fan, and they were pressed by half of the masters, saving the palace maids from thinking about climbing the bed all day long.
Lu Ruoqing was not in the mood to talk to the palace maid.
I didn't bother to ask, so I pointed directly to the two people on the left, "In the future, you will be called Huichun and Jianqiu, and serve Mrs. Cui." ”
Then he pointed to the two on the right, "Your names are Jindee and Yindie, and you serve Mrs. Fan." ”
I couldn't help but say that I directly assigned people.
Finally, he added, "If you don't want to, you will go to the palace immediately." ”
The four palace maids came out of the palace and arrived at the Zhenbei Palace, where did they dare to return to the palace?
If it is returned, it will definitely not be able to live.
One of them was a little clever and came out first, "The slave and maid cut the autumn, and they all listen to the princess's arrangement." ”
Someone started, and the other three hurriedly followed.
"Let's all go back first." Lu Ruoqing finished reading the people and the name, so she was not interested in chatting anymore.
"The concubine is retired."
"The slave and maid are gone."
The two ladies and the four palace ladies saluted in unison and withdrew.
Gu sighed lightly: "All of them are flowery, and their eyebrows and eyes are not the master of peace, so they are disturbed when they look at it." ”
Lu Qing sneered and sneered: "They are all carefully selected by the masters, of course they are not fuel-efficient lamps, and I will have to practice hard in the future." ”
Lu Mubai frowned, "Even if the palace maids are limited, the two ladies and the side concubines who have not yet entered the door are the ones who need to be guarded against." ”
Gu was a little worried, "That Mrs. Cui was born in a scholarly family, has an elegant appearance, and has a good conversation, but I'm afraid she is not a good child." ”
"Not necessarily." Lu Ruoqing shook her head and chuckled: "Concubine Su Shufei's brain is limited, and most of the people she picked out are about the same level as her, and they just look shrewd." ”
"Are you worried about Mrs. Fan?" Gu asked.
"I have to guard against it." Lu Ruoqing hooked the corners of her mouth and smiled deeply.
She said: "After all, Mrs. Fan was picked out by Mrs. Helan, if she didn't have some vicious means and no indiscriminate skills, Mrs. Helan would definitely not look down on her." ”
"In this ......, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, how will you live in the future." Gu Shi was really worried.
"Mother, don't worry."
Lu Ruoqing persuaded and comforted: "No matter how capable they are, they are also concubines, I am the rightful hostess in the palace, and I don't have to be afraid of a group of concubines." ”
"What about the side concubine? What kind of Qiao Ying is that? But Princess Yongning's cousin. ”
"This ...... is indeed more difficult to do." Lu Ruoqing sighed lightly.
Why did the emperor choose Princess Yongning's cousin?
It's not because her brother wants to be Yongning's concubine, then she will become Princess Yongning's sister-in-law, so naturally it's not good to attack her sister-in-law's cousin.
One ring after another, biting to death.
Lu Ruoqing sneered: "That's it, don't worry if you have more debts, and don't bite if you have more lice." ”
If the emperor only had one side concubine last time, she might still have time to be jealous.
But now, a group of women with their own thoughts have come, all of them are in trouble, where does she still have time to be jealous?
Let's find a way to let this group of women fight first.
A cold light flashed in Lu Ruoqing's eyes.
.
It was getting dark, and Xiao Shaoxuan came to the inner courtyard to eat together.
He said: "I just got the news, my father is going to hold a celebration banquet in three days, and I will enter the palace together when the time comes." ”
Lu Ruoqing had been mentally prepared for this.
The victory of Mobei and the vitality of Tubo were greatly damaged, and the Central Plains Imperial Court must celebrate it in a big way.
She said, "It's just a formality." ”
The emperor was afraid that Xiao Shaoxuan would hold military power, and would not give him any substantive rewards, at most he would reward him with some gold, silver and jewelry, and just praise a few good words in front of the courtiers.
This celebration banquet is not interesting to eat.
It's better to eat comfortably at home.
"Let's go." Lu Ruoqing and Xiao Shaoxuan went to the dining room.
Gu Shi and Lu Mubai arrived early, got up and saluted, "Your Highness." ”
Xiao Shaoxuan waved his hand, "You're welcome." ”
Although he doesn't remember the past, he still respects his wife's mother and brother according to etiquette.
Lu Ruoqing beckoned: "Sit down, tonight is a reunion dinner." ”
Gu Shi thought that Xiao Shaoxuan had amnesia, and was a little uneasy.
She said politely: "Your Highness, we are going to stay in the palace for a few days, so I am disturbed." ”
Xiao Shaoxuan didn't care about the back house at all, waved his hand and said: "It's nothing to disturb, you can stay for a few days if you want, anyway, there are many rooms in the palace, and they are empty and empty." ”
Lu Ruoqing smiled lightly, "It won't be empty in the future, there will be more people." ”
Xiao Shaoxuan was stunned before he said, "You mean, those women that my father rewarded?" ”
"Well, we met in the afternoon."
"What's so good to see, it's not a nose, a mouth, and two eyes."
Xiao Shaoxuan is even less interested in that group of inexplicable women.
Lu Ruoqing smiled: "Your Highness, don't you want to meet?" ”
Xiao Shaoxuan said: "I saw it, but I was afraid that I couldn't help but kill them, and I was upset when I thought about it." ”
The girls came up one after another.
They are a young couple, and they have a conversation without a match.
Gu Shi looked at it, although his son-in-law had lost his memory, he was still not as good a woman as before, and he was a little relieved.
Lu Ruoqing pointed to a plate of side dishes, "Mother, try this sweet and sour pickled radish, sweet and sour, crispy, and very refreshing and pleasant to eat." ”
Gu smiled: "Okay, I'm eating." ”
Lu Ruoqing greeted again: "Your Highness, brother, you can taste the lotus leaf clip meat, which men love to eat." ”
A meal, warm and harmonious.
Gu and Lu Mubai had lived in the palace before, and returned to the original courtyard.
And Xiao Shaoxuan, on the contrary, doesn't remember the affairs of Zhenbei Wangfu.
Lu Ruoqing comforted him and said: "Anyway, this is your palace, you can do whatever you want, it doesn't matter if you can't remember it for a while." ”
Xiao Shaoxuan said: "It just feels strange, like being a guest in someone else's house." ”
Lu Ruoqing smiled, "Then you should be a guest at my house." ”
"Don't tell me, I really feel like that." Xiao Shaoxuan said seriously.
"Really?"
"Yes, there are you and your mother and your brother here, and I don't live in your house like I live."
"Pounce! Then you are a son-in-law. Lu Ruoqing said with a smile.
Xiao Shaoxuan smiled and shook his head, "Say whatever you want." ”
The two talked for a while, then washed and cleaned up, and the night gradually deepened.
The young couple went to bed together and blew out the candles.
There was silence in the bed tent.
Lu Ruoqing said softly: "Your Highness, can you agree to my request?" ”
"You say."
"You don't remember me now, you can't respond to my feelings."
"Huh?"
"It's just that the emperor has given so many concubines, Yan fat ring is thin, peach and willow green, I'm really a little worried, there will be one that happens to be what you like."
"Like a fart!" Xiao Shaoxuan said angrily: "I get annoyed when I see that group of women, all of them are other people's eyeliner, I just have a broken brain, and it is impossible to like them." ”
"What if?" Lu Ruoqing was still uneasy and unsure.
"No whatever, not ten thousand!"
"Then can Your Highness promise me three years."
"What three years?" Xiao Shaoxuan was puzzled, looked sideways at her and asked.
"Your Highness." Lu Ruoqing looked at him, as if there were bright stars twinkling in her bright eyes, "Give me three years to find a way to restore your memory, or make you like me." ”
“…………”
"If after three years, your memory still hasn't recovered and you haven't liked me, then I'll ......"
"Just what?"
"It's the death of this heart." Lu Ruoqing sighed softly.