Chapter 425: The Queen's Choice of Concubine (Ask for subscription...)

"Empress, this is the daughter of Lord Liu, a cabinet scholar, Liu Ruyan. [Biqu Pavilion free reading.] Sixteen years old, waiting for the word boudoir. Seeing that the queen didn't say a word, he just looked at the beauty in the painting and said nothing. I introduced this beautiful and dignified daughter to the queen.

His introduction was bland and boring, did not touch the queen's heart, the only thing that is not lacking in the palace is beauty, the queen has seen too many beauties, this young lady is not outstanding except for beauty, she handed this painting to Xiao Xizi casually.

Father-in-law Xi took the painting, rolled up the painting, and accidentally found that the corner of the painting was rolled up, and there was a line of small words behind the painting, his eyes lit up, and he immediately handed the painting to the queen: "Queen, look at this painting, there is a poem written below." ”

The queen took the painting and looked at it, and sure enough, a neat line of beautiful small block letters was left behind the painting: Yun Xiang Clothes, Hua Xiang Rong.

"This young lady really has a heart." Grandpa Xi praised tentatively.

The queen's bright starlight eyes were faintly smiling, as if to encourage him to speak boldly, and the father-in-law was encouraged, and replied earnestly according to his own ideas: "Queen, the slave heard that Miss Liu is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is known as the first beauty in the capital. ”

The father-in-law paused, too lazy to guess who Miss Liu had a crush on? Quietly observing the changes in the queen's expression, seeing that the corners of the queen's lips rose slightly, maintaining an upturned arc, and did not interrupt his humble opinion, he took advantage of the courage given by the queen to pick a topic that the queen was interested in, and said lightly: "Miss Liu left this poem, is it implied: she is like that cloud, imagining the clothes of King Yu, like that flower imagining the beauty of King Yu." Hehe, the slave understands, King Yu is known as a beautiful man, full of talent, and dumps all beings. Miss Liu has a crush on King Yu and hints at her feelings through a poem. And the heart belongs. ”

The father-in-law's distorted interpretation of this poem, the queen was noncommittal, and did not point out his intention to deliberately please and praise Yu'er, she was only interested in another sentence in his words: Miss has a crush on King Yu.

The queen's eyes flashed with contemplation, remembering her past self, she was also a girl Huaichun, secretly in love with the emperor, and came to the palace with hope and love, but she was soon robbed of the girl's feelings by the battle of the harem, and became scheming, exhausted her scheming, got Yu'er, and got the phoenix crown, but in the end, she still lost the emperor's heart.

She couldn't help but say with emotion: "This young lady does have a heart, I am afraid that the flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is unintentional." She had worked in vain. ”

The queen carefully looked at this portrait of Miss Liu, and she deeply felt for Miss Liu's thoughts, but sighed: "What is destined must be there in the end, and what is not destined must be nothing, everything is determined by heaven and acted according to the will of heaven." ”

The queen handed the portrait to her father-in-law, who understood what the queen meant, and Miss Liu entered the ranks of the candidates, and he carefully rolled up the scroll, held it up with both hands, put it in the box, and stored the box in a lacquered cabinet and locked it.

When the princess came to the queen, the queen's thoughts were still on the painting, which did not disappear, and the painting aroused the queen's thoughts.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Concubine Jin took the queen's love, and the emperor was ruthless to her, but the emperor was the only man the queen cared about in this life, he was ruthless to her, but she was affectionate to him, and the queen sighed deeply: "Affectionate is always ruthlessly annoyed, and the ruthless scenery always makes people nostalgic." Where is the true love in the emperor's house. ”

The people of the entire harem know that the emperor rarely sets foot in the Yonghe Palace, and even if the emperor comes, it is only limited to etiquette in accordance with the rules of the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Chinese New Year's Eve must go to the queen's dormitory to eat and summon the queen to sleep.

In addition, the emperor generally stayed in other dormitories, reciting poems against them, drinking and painting.

The emperor and the queen are like a pair of old husbands and wives, the emperor is very respectful to the queen, but there is no personal relationship between men and women, and he rarely turns over the queen's brand and summons the queen to sleep.

And she misses the emperor in her heart, always hangs the emperor in her heart, and never forgets it. Helplessly, she pinned her hope and enthusiasm on King Yu's body, hoping that he would be happy, so after King Yu finished the weak crown ceremony, she secretly paid attention to help King Yu find a suitable young lady and was selected as Princess Yu.

After the death of the queen, the prince was also raised by her, and the prince was not much different from King Yu, and the matter of selecting the princess for the prince was also imminent. She took on the important task of choosing the crown princess and Princess Yu together.

The officials of the DPRK and China moved when they heard the wind, their sense of smell was very sensitive, and they smelled a political atmosphere, and they estimated that the queen's intention to hold a flower-viewing banquet must be related to the selection of concubines by the crown prince and the king of Yu, and they all asked for a way to tie up with the master of imperial painting and invite him to enter the palace to paint for his daughter. Sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the selection of concubines.

I looked at the one sent in by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the beauty paintings painted by the master painters, the queen felt a lot of emotion in her heart.

Father-in-law Xi has been waiting for the queen by the queen's side, and he naturally had an epiphany about the queen's feelings, he took the queen's words and comforted: "Queen, the prince was raised by you, the prince is very filial to you, King Yu is your own child, every day into the palace to the queen to say goodbye, well-behaved and sensible, talented, everyone looks at the entire harem, the queen's status in the harem is as solid as a rock, and no one can shake the queen's status." ”

A layer of gloom gradually disappeared from the queen's face, a trace of warmth appeared on her face, the happy father-in-law was really pleasing, and then said a lot of beautiful good words: "The queen mother appreciates the queen, and gives the queen the responsibility of the flower banquet to the queen, and the slave is stupid and understands, this is the queen mother's trust in the queen, and the responsibility of choosing the concubine is handed over to the queen, and the prince and the king of Yu are married. Regaining the trust of the emperor, the queen's prestige is skyrocketing, shining brightly in the harem, unmatched. ”

"Hehehehe, Xiao Xizi saw the wedding of the prince and King Yu, and she couldn't stop talking." Father-in-law Xi seemed to see the day he was looking forward to, which day of the wedding was very grand, which shocked the people of the world, and everyone praised him.

The head of internal affairs sent the happy father-in-law into the Yonghe Palace, he really picked the right person, Xiao Xizi was neat, sleek, and well-behaved and very pleasing, he teased the depressed queen with his three-inch tongue, and his heart gradually became cheerful, and she showed a rare smile on her face.

The father-in-law took out a delicate box, took out a picture scroll from it, and put it in front of the queen, and the queen glanced at the father-in-law with a smile on her face: "What kind of treasure are you playing?" ”

The father-in-law grinned: "Queen, the slave cares about the queen." As long as the queen is happy, the slave is happy. ”

With a shake of his hand, the scroll slowly opened from top to bottom, revealing a beautiful head. Pull down slowly. Unveiled the true face of Lushan, the girl in the painting looks very sweet, with a smile and two dimples, revealing an innocent and romantic appearance, which is lovely.

The father-in-law was a little nervous in his heart, standing aside nervously, quietly looking at the queen's expression, seeing a ray of light flashing in the queen's eyes, and her face was even softer, he was happy in his heart: "There is a door to this matter." ”

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if this matter was done, he would be able to give an account to Lord Shangshu. I remembered the encounter with Lord Shangshu in my mind.

A few days ago, he went out of the palace on the order of Yi, and near noon, he walked into the palace from outside the palace, and met Lord Shangshu of the lower dynasty in front of the palace gate.

In normal times, some officials in the imperial court, when they saw the eunuchs in the palace on errands, showed some more or less contempt in their eyes, and secretly sneered and ridiculed them for not being real men, but eunuchs, which made their self-esteem suffer a double blow.

Therefore, the father-in-law in the palace relied on the support of the emperor and the queen, and did not look at some officials of the imperial court.

Unexpectedly, Lord Shangshu was different from other officials, and greeted him from afar with a smile on his face: "It's a coincidence to be happy with my father-in-law, it's better to meet by chance, look at my father-in-law's dust, it must be my father-in-law who has an errand and goes out of the palace to do things, right?" The father-in-law is admirable for the queen. ”

"The slave does things for the queen, that is the blessing that the slave has cultivated for eight lifetimes, and it is the slave's own thing. Lord Shangshu, working hard for state affairs, the slave really admires. "The old and sophisticated father-in-law Xi knew that Lord Shangshu must inquire about his return to the palace to do business, calculate the time for him to return to the palace, wait here, pretend to meet by chance, and go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

Father-in-law Xi was not in a hurry, and he was circling around, waiting for Lord Shangshu to spread out his hole cards and make his words clear.

Sure enough, without a few words of greeting, Lord Shangshu pulled him to a remote corner of the palace, slowly cut to the topic, and begged him in a low voice.

"Father-in-law, Weichen has a little daughter, fifteen years old, named Li Ruyan, an occasional opportunity I invited King Yu into the house to say, the little girl inadvertently saw the King of Yu, on the King of Yu heart never forget, it is said that the queen is ready to hold a flower banquet in the day of the Queen Mother's 60th birthday, everyone knows the intention of the flower banquet, everyone knows, Wei Chen special painter painted the portrait of the little girl, ask the father-in-law to help bring the portrait of the little girl into the palace, to the queen to see, in front of the queen a few words, please make do with the little girl and the good things of the King Yu, after the fact, I must thank my father-in-law. ”

A bag of gold bars was quietly stuffed to him, he resigned a few times with a smile on his face, he really couldn't get rid of it, so he took the gold bars, stuffed them into the sleeves of his robe, and his face was full of smiles: "Lord Shangshu, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are all known, there are only two heirs of the emperor, King Yu is the queen's personal, dignified, graceful, the daughter of the three grades or above belongs to the king of Yu, the competition is very fierce, the slave tries his best to help you play a round in front of the queen, invite your daughter to be present at the flower banquet, I will arrange it." As for the result? That's not something a minion can control. ”

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