Chapter 35 The Concubines of Peace
The next day, the dawn broke. Banxia pulled a few locks of her hair into a bun, prepared a beautiful palace dress for her, and today she was going to say goodbye to the Queen Mother.
In the Zhaoren Palace, the clouds are made of sandalwood beams, the murals inlaid with gold leaf are dazzling and brilliant, and there are many red giant pillars in the hall, and each pillar is swirling with lifelike golden phoenixes. The spontaneous sense of solemnity made her very nervous. On the main hall sat a woman over forty years old, but still graceful and luxurious.
Luo Qingyun was worried about Lu Yuan, so she went out early, she saluted very decently, and retreated to the most marginal position, Luo Qingrong stood beside her, and glanced at her coldly. The Queen Mother remembered Luo Qingyun, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and an elusive smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. I saw a woman, who had not arrived but was fragrant, and she came with a charming smile on her face. As soon as she entered the inner hall, she glanced at the concubines very arrogantly, walked straight to the queen mother, and bowed.
"The Queen Mother is blessed." The woman raised her eyes, and there was a touch of spring in her eyes.
She was followed by Sun Yingxue, who looked cowardly, and when she saw that Concubine Ying had asked for peace, she also hurriedly saluted. The Queen Mother glanced at her and said with a smile: "Sit down!" Concubine Ying naturally sat in the first position on the left hand side of the Queen Mother, and Concubine Ying sat beside her.
Sun Yingxue retreated to Luo Qingyun's side and smiled low at her. There was also a woman who was selected with them, she was slender and fair-skinned, although she was only the daughter of a seven-rank supervisor, the queen mother felt that she was very temperamental, so she stayed.
And Han Xiling and Ruan Xiangjun have been named nobles when they first entered the palace, and today, they are qualified to sit. And beside them, there was a nobleman sitting. Her eyebrows and eyes are light, her temperament has always been cold, except for greeting her every day, she doesn't even step through the temple door on weekdays. In the general election three years ago, there were only three show girls selected, and she was the most beautiful, Concubine Ying naturally didn't like it, but she didn't expect that this woman didn't compete for favor, and she didn't pay attention to miscellaneous things every day, but occasionally planted flowers in the palace, so Concubine Ying didn't target her.
It stands to reason that in the past three years, Jiang Ruolin is also a concubine, but because of this temperament, she is still a little nobleman, and this point was sealed on the first day of entering the palace.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the Queen Mother glanced down at them, her eyelashes moved slightly, and she seemed to be calm and waveless, but her tone was quite indifferent: "Today, the mourning family wants to ask you, who knows where the emperor spent the night last night?" ”
Concubine Ying's fingers curled slightly, not daring to reply. As far as she knew, the emperor was in the Qianqing Palace last night, and he did not go to the residence of any concubines, nor did he sleep with Zhaoxiu's maids.
Seeing that they didn't dare to speak, the Queen Mother smiled coldly: "This show girl who entered the palace is all the emperor's personal purpose, why did he still have to be alone in the Qianqing Palace last night?" ”
The corners of the Queen Mother's mouth were hooked, and the smile on her face was ice: "There are so many women in the harem, none of them can tie the emperor's heart?" The emperor has no heirs now, what is the use of asking you women? ”
Luo Qingyun saw that the Queen Mother was suddenly angry, and hurriedly bowed his head, not daring to raise his head.
Bedchamber? She didn't seem to have thought about it yet.
Concubine Ying raised her eyes and glanced coldly at each newcomer opposite, with a tumbling mind hidden in her eyes, but she couldn't hide Sen Sen's bloodthirsty intentions. These six women, except for the big mouth Luo Qingrong, all of them are outstanding, she smiled coldly, and her face was full of cold frost.
The Queen Mother cleared her throat and continued: "Tonight, let Han Guiren sleep with you!" ”
Han Xiling raised her eyes in horror and looked at the Queen Mother in a daze. Seeing her like this, the Queen Mother was displeased: "Why aren't you grateful?" ”
Han Xiling came back to her senses and said, "Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager!" ”
Everyone in the palace seemed to have reacted at this time, and it turned out that the queen mother could also intervene in the decision of serving the emperor's bed. Concubine Ying's eyes were red, and she glared at Han Xiling through gritted teeth. The Queen Mother glanced at her, as if to warn. Concubine Ying looked down and lowered her head.
Ruan Xiangjun's face is also very ugly, among the show girls who entered the palace, the queen mother is the most optimistic is Han Xiling, she boasts that the Ruan family woman is noble, but the queen mother gave her the opportunity to sleep for the first night, she naturally couldn't swallow this breath, and she was very displeased.
Jiang Ruolin, a person with very few emotions, couldn't help but raise her eyes and forget to glance at Han Xiling at this moment.
The queen mother's grace is undisguised, and this Han Xiling will definitely become a thorn in the side of the harem concubines.
Leaving the Zhaoren Palace, the maid beside Concubine Ying carefully supported her, and asked with a little worry: "Niangniang, do you still go for a walk in the imperial garden?" ”
"Where are you going?" Concubine Ying couldn't hide her anger and reprimanded: "How can you be in this mood! Back to the palace! ”
"No!" The maid was cowardly and buried her head very low.
Luo Qingyun followed behind Concubine Ying, but she had no intention of bumping into this scene, and she couldn't help but be shocked. Sun Yingxue sighed, cried and said, "Can you understand my situation now?" ”
She nodded sneeringly, but saw Sun Yingxue crying heavily: "Qingyun, I don't dare to go out of the dormitory door at all, Concubine Ying said that she doesn't like me dangling in front of her eyes, as long as she comes out, she doesn't want to see me, so I can only avoid her." ”
Luo Qingyun was quite distressed and said, "Then if you're okay, go to me!" ”
Sun Yingxue suddenly came back to her senses and pursed her lips: "By the way, I haven't asked you yet!" How are you staying with that concubine? ”
"Oh, it's fine. It's just that Ya Concubine Niangniang lost her little prince and was a little withdrawn, and she also said that I don't need to go to ask for peace again, so we almost can't see each other! ”
"Then why didn't she come to greet the Queen Mother today!" Sun Yingxue was surprised and said softly: "Is she crazy?" ”
"It's not." Luo Qingyun said in a low tone: "Because she lost the little prince, the queen mother and the emperor pardoned her!" ”
"Oh!" She thought about it for a long time, and her mind jumped out: "You said, Han Xiling is going to sleep tonight, when will it be our turn?" ”
"Bedchamber?" Luo Qingyun paused: "Do you want to go?" ”
"Of course!" Sun Yingxue's apricot eyes were slightly deep: "If you don't sleep, you can't be favored, look at today, we don't even have a place to sit!" ”
Luo Qingyun glanced at her, but she didn't want to fight about those things. She was already happy that she was able to escape from Luofu and the Shen family, and she was accompanied by Song Zixun, and now, she just wanted to live quietly in that inconspicuous Xiahui Palace.
was born as a concubine, and the environment since she was a child made her cowardly and inferior. Little Luo can't compete with her, how can she have the ambition to compete for favor in the palace.
"Qingyun, I have nothing to do, let's go, go to the Xiahui Hall where you live and take a look!" Sun Yingxue pulled her arm: "It's just right, we can still take a bath together!" ”
"Huh?"
Seeing that the two of them were talking happily, Luo stared at her back coldly, and after a long time, she turned her head sideways and said to the maid beside her: "From today on, you will keep an eye on her every move for me!" ”
"No!"
Luo Qingrong's dark eyes rolled obscurely. This is the palace, although her family background is inconspicuous, but she has the rich financial resources of the Shen family to support her. If you want to charge her with a crime, it is not easy to put her to death.