Chapter 31: The Great Seal
Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi talked to Mu Beiyi, presumably to ask him to reuse Concubine Mi. The Queen Mother lost her cousin and granddaughter, and now there is no one to use. The little beauty sent by Concubine Qi Shu is getting grace, and the limelight is too strong. So the Queen Mother can only count on Concubine Mi, in order to ensure that she is in power, she has no choice but to make this decision and take out the majesty of the Queen Mother to ask for the title of Concubine Mi. Pillow Chunchai, or please be named a concubine, or even an imperial concubine.
It's a pity that Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi doesn't know who broke her cousin.
Mu Beiyi was probably a little annoyed that the Queen Mother was too deeply involved in power, and it was not good to disobey openly, so he retreated half a step and only promoted Concubine Mi to Concubine Mi De. On the grounds that the New Year is approaching the Great Seal Six Palaces, he raised Jiang as Yajieyu. It was about Mu Beiyi who remembered Yajieyu Jiang's several years of service and diligence, and her gentleness and humility. Although Jieyu is only from the third grade, she is the master who can speak. Yajieyu is good at playing round games to avoid disputes, and she can also adjust the sharpness of Concubine Mi in the future.
Concubine Mi...... Today's Concubine Mi De, although she is one of the four concubines from the first grade, but Concubine De is half a head worse than Concubine Zhi, and Concubine Mi De still has to bow her head and sing when she sees Concubine Qi. Naturally, Mu Beiyi deliberately maneuvered.
As for the jade nobles Meng Shi, Zhen Wanyi, Xue Chuling, and Xi Concubine Liu Anran, they were all deliberately promoted to balance the six palaces by sharing the limelight of Concubine Mi.
Naturally, Pillow Spring also has to be named a five-grade concubine. It's just that she doesn't have a title and doesn't jump levels, and compared with the previous ones, she is not so conspicuous.
It was snowing heavily on the twenty-ninth day, and Concubine Mi De held a canonization ceremony in Kunhe Palace, which was dedicated to great gifts. She wears a silver and red twelve silk embroidered golden plum skirts, the cuffs of her coat and the collar are all slick white mink, and the whole person is carefully decorated, as bright as a peach and plum, and she is still the first beauty of the six palaces of the imperial city.
After Feng Tang finished singing the holy message, Concubine Mi De kowtowed three times and got up to answer the order. Immediately, according to the rules of the ancestors, he saluted the most honorable Concubine Qi.
"Sister doesn't have to be formal, get up quickly." Concubine Qi Shufei wore a solemn and calm dark green cloak, and her head was decorated with eight jade heads, which was very quiet and graceful. Although he was about to get up, he didn't move.
Concubine Mi De got up and sat down, and she had to be bowed down.
Standing below is Yajieyu Jiang, headed by Zhen Wanyi and Lian Wanyi. The second row is Xi Concubine Liu Anran, An Concubine Zhuchun and the newly promoted jade nobleman Meng. The last row is a few talented people.
Outside the hall, there are a few palace maids who serve the last class to change their clothes, because of their low status, they are not allowed to enter the palace, and they are not qualified to invite An to the banquet on weekdays, so they can only kowtow to Concubine Mi De from afar outside the door. Peeking in the afterglow of the pillow spring, I don't recognize either.
Concubine Mi De was saluted on the seat, and gently pressed the black green under her eyes with a handkerchief embroidered with silk and gold. The young and beautiful new favorites under the seat will come soon...... How can she sleep in peace. Newcomers come more than they go. cleaned up a concubine Mo clan, and another Zhen Wanyi Xue clan.
Does she have the slightest desire for the queen's throne? No, it's crazy.
Today's Concubine Mi De was unintentionally mean, and after a few words of admonition, she dispersed.
Pillow Chun and Liu Anran went out of Kunhe Palace together, and the snow was falling outside, making people shrink their hands from the cold. When I looked up, I could see only the gray sky and the snow falling, like a dome of sketches.
Liu Anran had a title, and his honor naturally went further, and immediately someone from the palace stepped forward to play an umbrella. She said, "It's cold today, so I won't invite my sister to talk to me." You've always been lazy in winter, so go back and stay in the nest so you don't catch a cold. ”
"Sister Liu still remembers." Pillow Chun told her to be embarrassed, nodded and sent her away.
When I was young, I didn't like winter the most. In the winter of Lejing, the snow falls and the lake freezes, and it is not fun anywhere. Liu Anran likes to go out to play in the snow in winter, and often comes to call for pillow spring, but she can't be called. At that time, the eldest brother was still studying in the house, and the second brother was also greedy for play, so he came to trouble this lazy little sister. A few people deliberately threw snowballs outside the yard, and Pillow Spring sat by the window and peeked at the stove. It was really itchy to see it, and when he was finally willing to come out, the eldest brother took a few people to walk on the street.
On the street, there are sour rock sugar gourds, colorful flower ropes, hot steamed buns, and wind chimes wrapped in white feathers. Every time he went back, the second brother had to buy a handful of fragrant plum blossoms and go back to the bottle for his mother, and in the family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, the hall was full of fragrance.
"Ann Concubine."
A soft voice pulled Pillow Chun's thoughts back: "I've seen Zhen Wanyi." ”
The woman in front of her has a beautiful temperament, and her eyes are like a lake, it is Xue Chuling. There was a pair of pear vortices at the corner of her mouth, very tender: "Concubine An entered the palace before me in March, but I can't compare to you in terms of qualifications, so you don't have to respect me." ”
"There is no difference between respect and inferiority, and it cannot be broken." Pillow Chun bowed, but I didn't know what she meant.
Xue Chuling must not be said to be a unique grace, this child saint is unprecedented. Now that Mu Beiyi has come to the Inner Palace, half of his time has been spent to see Xue Chuling, and the speed of promotion is beyond people's reach. However, Pillow Spring thinks that there are half-truths and half-truths in this pet. It is really Xue Chuling who is docile and talented, and he has indeed won the Sacred Heart. What is fake is that Mu Beiyi is now raising the Xue family, which is in disguise to balance the momentum of the Queen Mother's faction. In addition, Xue Chuling is a concubine, and she has to be short to her sister Qi Shufei for the rest of her life, even if she is favored, she does not dare to be pampered. Mu Beiyi is at ease and has no worries.
"It's snowing heavily today, and I used to pass by the garden when I went back to Zhaoyun Palace, and it was inevitable that the road would be slippery. Thinking about it, I took a few steps around the West Palace, I wonder if Concubine An can accompany me for a walk? ”
Pillow Chun thought to himself, you have to sit on the soft public opinion in a dignified manner, why bother walking around. But he said: "Naturally, I am overjoyed." ”
Xue Chu Lingli was shallow, and said with a smile: "Concubine An must have thought in her heart, I have to sit on the soft public opinion in my dignified manner, so why bother walking around." I just wanted to say a few words to Concubine An. ”
"......" Pillow Chun sneered, so she had to lead the way, "Zhen Wanyi is not a thing in the pool that everyone can see, why make fun of me." Please also ask Zhen Wanyi to teach you. ”
"Everyone said that Concubine An was weak and easy to bully, so that the unspeakable Duanmu talent stole the limelight." Xue Chuling raised her eyebrows lightly, and slowly moved forward with Pillow Spring, "I think it's true that Duanmu is cowardly and timid, and Concubine An is not like a bully." ”
Pillow Chun is blindly smooth and greasy: "The sisters in the palace are harmonious, how can there be anything deceitful." ”
Xue Chuling walked a few more steps, turned to a sparsely populated place and said, "If it is easy to bully, how can you become a concubine now." I listen to my sister...... Concubine Qi said that Concubine Mi De once sent the palace daughter next to Concubine An, but Concubine An was silent. ”
Oh, got it. Pillow Spring brushed the snowflakes on her shoulders, and Concubine Qi asked her to recruit her wings.
Yajieyu has never been involved in the party, and after three years of being a concubine, it is useless to win over. Even Yueyang has a prince, Liu Anran is self-respecting and noble, and Yugui is pregnant for the first time, which one is not easy to speak. There is only Pillow Spring, although it is a second chess, but it is also chess.
"Concubine Mi De is noble, and I think it's a collision." Pillow Spring only has the mind to play Tai Chi.
Xue Chuling saw that she didn't eat oil and salt, and thought about her sister's entrustment, and said: "I'm not a person to provoke, but I'm just unhappy for Concubine An, and I want to come-"
"I've never been a provocateur." Pillow Chun sighed lightly, "Zhen Wanyi has a beautiful complexion, her cheeks are moist, and she wants to be well." With Zhen Wanyi's current glory, the blessing of pregnancy is also coming. ”
Xue Chuling's face turned pale, he froze in place, and only then said, "That's right." She looked deeply at Pillow Spring, "You are very smart, and you are not a thing in the pool." He smiled bitterly, "I'm tired of walking, so I'd better pass on the soft opinion to go back from the garden." ”
With Xue Chuling now favored, it is very easy to get pregnant. But it's easy to get pregnant, but what about after giving birth? She is a graceful person, and she lives in the palace of her sister Qi Shufei, if she gives birth to a daughter, it is okay, if she gets a royal son...... Of course, Xue Chuling knew that Sister Yan was just using her as a tool to borrow pregnancy. But she didn't dare to think about it, and she didn't dare to guess the future. Is it to be taken away, or to die of old age in the cold, or to ...... Go to the mother and keep the child.
"The concubine retired." Pillow Chun was short and didn't look back at Xue Chuling.
Xue Chuling groaned for a long time.