Before Yuyan's words fell, she was attracted by the snow-white ribbon flying on the lake. I saw that a dark flat boat had sailed to the sky full of rainbow satin, and a woman in a thin white gauze shirt stood in the middle, holding a blooming red plum and Yun and dancing lightly. Her clothes are embroidered with silver thread plum blossoms, decorated with silver silk rice beads, and when she moves, there is an infinite shallow silver light flowing, as if the stars linger around her body. The lanterns on the painting boat reflect the lake surface transparently, and even the night sky is a little translucent, illuminating the woman's eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, looking forward to life, and a large piece of moonlight is like a waterfall, and the jade person's complexion is soft, such as infiltrating the stars and moonlight, gentle and sweet, and people can explore it at hand. There is also a green shirt behind him, which almost makes people think that they are in the realm of Penglai Immortal Island.

Concubine Wan exclaimed in a low voice: "Isn't this Concubine Ling?" ”

Yuyan looked at it for a moment, wrapped the silk around her hand, pouted and sneered: "Tonight is really boring, in addition to singing and dancing, even if the women in our palace are riveted to compete for favor, they have to know something else." It's like a kabuki, and I've depreciated my value, what's the fun. ”

Lu Yun glanced at Yuyan with a smile, and said slowly: "Concubine Jia, don't always talk about others. You have forgotten that when you first entered the diving mansion, what kind of long encouragement, flat encouragement, fan dance, sword dance, and can play the short flute and the Gayageum, one trick a day, the emperor spoils you very much. Now that you're used to talking, don't you allow others to learn a little bit of your example? ”

Yuyan sneered, "Then you have to be able to dance." I was born in the Li Dynasty, and I also learned the songs and dances of the Li Dynasty, and in the end I can still make the emperor like it fresh. But now Qing Gui and Ling Concubine are just Dong Shi Xiaofeng, what is there to see. ”

Lu Yun sighed, a little self-pitying: "Dong Shi Xiaofeng also depends on who is effective, like me and Jia Guifei are half-old, where can we compare to the younger sisters in their teens and twenties." ”

Yuyan smiled: "That's hard to say. Sometimes a woman's charm has to be a little older to come out. Don't you know that the half-old are still charming. My sister forgot, I was twenty-six years old when I gave birth to the fourth elder brother, Concubine Yu was twenty-six when she gave birth to the fifth elder brother, and Concubine Shu is now twenty-six in her first child. My sister gave birth to the third elder brother at the age of twenty-two, which is quite early. Our emperor, maybe he just thinks that the teenage girls are like tender melons and seedlings, and they don't serve them well. Just look at the Qing nobles, in the past, when I was a teenager, I was not favored by the emperor, but now I have a little eyebrows. So, sister, don't talk about people all day long, except for bothering yourself, it's really no good. ”

Ruyi said with a smile: "With the words of Concubine Jia, this palace is also much relieved." It turns out that the older you get, the more benefits are on the way. ”

Yuyan was still at ease there, only to see that the scenery on the lake changed, four boats were full of flowers, and the windows on the boat were opened, and they were connected to a picture of the four seasons of the West Lake. Yin Wanman danced between the ribbons, her clothes fluttering, like Ling Bo's slight steps, ups and downs. In the end, he turned around lightly and leaned on the last boat, with a delicate posture, and actually melted into the winter snow and cold plum picture of the West Lake.

On the high platform, applause erupted, and the voices of surprise were endless, and the singing and dancing music Ji left one by one in the admiration of everyone.

The emperor stroked his palms and sighed: "It's just a dance, the most rare thing is the ingenuity, white clothes and red plums, gently leaning on it, it will be integrated into the painting." He smiled lightly, "Now the concubine has also benefited, and she is not a girl who only knows the fine powder of bird's nest back then, and even the white porcelain and sweet white glaze." ”

Ruyi knew what she meant when she heard this, and nodded at the moment: "I have been by the emperor's side for many years, and I have grown up naturally." At this moment, the concubine was dressed in white and snowy, and the red plum in her hand was gorgeous, and she really thought about it. ”

Yuyan snorted lightly: "Such a good intention, I'm afraid it is also the arrangement of the queen's mother." ”

Ruyi didn't bother to take care of it, so she only said indifferently: "If your mind is used to please the emperor, it's okay, if you blindly go to the sidelines, it's really a waste of thought." ”

Yuyan saw the emperor smiling and groaning, her eyes were only fixed on the boat looking for Yinwan's figure, and she didn't feel a little embarrassed.

There was infinite amazement and admiration in the emperor's eyes, and he raised his voice: "Concubine Ling, if you don't come out again, will you really turn into a red plum in the snow?" ”

Suddenly, Yin Wan came out of the picture of winter snow and cold plums, holding a bouquet of red plums in her hand, but she first served it in front of Ruyi, and smiled like a spring peach: "The concubine knows that the queen loves green plums, and she originally wanted to find some green plums to serve with the queen, but green plums are rare." Although it is a red plum, please also ask the queen to smile. ”

What Yi Ning Yan holds in her hand is the apricot plum abundant in the south of the Yangtze River, the flower head is very rich, the leaves weigh several layers, dense and colorful like red apricots, and the jade skin is like wine. Ruyi didn't reach out to pick it up for a while, but just smiled meaningfully: "I haven't seen my sister these days, so I'm busy with this." ”

Yan Wan's eyes fluttered: "What can the concubine understand, it's just to spend a little effort to make the emperor and the queen smile." ”

Ruyi saw that she was holding the red plum in her hand, and she was a little embarrassed, and she didn't want to expose these thoughts in front of others, so she bowed her head and motioned for Rong Pei to take it.

The emperor smiled and beckoned, motioning for her to sit down beside her: "Qing Guiren and Concubine Mei play the piano and sing songs, they do have a heart, but you can melt into the scenery and take advantage of the meaning of a little snow falling on the West Lake in March." ”

Yan Wan lowered her eyebrows and smiled: "The concubine once heard the queen mother read Zhang Dai's text, and longed for the beauty of the snow lake, although it can't be realistic, it has more artistic conception." ”

The emperor smiled and scratched the tip of her nose: "The word artistic conception is the best, and I like it the most." ”

Before the words dissipated, Xu An, the eunuch in charge of the respectful room, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to turn over the brand." ”

The emperor held on to Yinwan's hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to turn it over, it's Concubine Ling." ”

At this remark, everyone was shocked, but Xu An reacted quickly, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes." Congratulations to Concubine Ling. ”

The emperor and Yinwan were smiling, and their eyebrows were springing. Ruyi didn't know how to be interested, so she took the concubines to leave first.

Yuyan was very dissatisfied, and snorted softly at Lu Yun: "To put it mildly, we were all concubines who were given birth to a prince back then. Why did she become a concubine? ”

Lu Yun raised the silk and said, "What is there?" Didn't Concubine Shu become a concubine when she didn't give birth to a child? ”

Yuyan snorted lightly and said, "That's different! Concubine Shu was born in the Manchurian Banner nobles, and was personally recommended by the Queen Mother, and was favored by the emperor for many years. Concubine Ling is from the Five Banners of the Han Army, how can she compare with her? ”

Lu Yun was depressed and said: "What is not compared is the favor of others." The Queen Mother spent a lot of effort for Concubine Mei and Qing Guiren tonight, but it was the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind, and she cheapened Concubine Ling. ”

When these words fell on Ruyi's ears, they were even more unpleasant. She turned her face and commanded in a deep voice: "Concubine Jia, you have a position and qualifications in the palace, and some words are just said by people who are soft-spoken, if they come out of your mouth, it will be disrespectful." If it falls into the ears of the minions, knowing that the masters are also talking behind their backs, it will not be a unit. ”

Lu Yun knew that it was not good when she heard this, and hurriedly smiled: "Queen Mother, the fourth princess came out with the concubine for the first time, and I am afraid that she will worry about the concubine." The concubine went back first. ”

Ruyi said gently: "It's okay." The third princess is married, and the fourth princess is the daughter of the emperor's heart, so you take care of it carefully. ”

Yuyan was angry all night, and she became more and more stupid. When she left, she still couldn't help it: "Queen Mother, if the wonderful concubine tonight is your arrangement, the concubine has nothing to say; If it weren't for your arrangement, she would be so clever, but she would have been too clever. Even if your hand is a five-finger mountain, you can't hold such a monkey! ”

Yuyan's words are like thorns, densely cone in her heart. Ruyi looked back and saw that the emperor and Yanwan behaved intimately, like a pair of close lovers, whispering and whispering, and the bright fireworks, singing and dancing were all blown behind her, only to become a prosperous embellishment behind the double shadows.

She chuckled a little wryly. The emperor was the most blessed person in this prosperous era and could do whatever he wanted, and what he liked, others just liked him, so why not? All she could do was be a bystander.

When she returned to the temple, Ruyi was a little sullen. Rong Pei opened the little palace maid who was waiting, and personally changed a homely crimson silk dark flower dragon pan peony pattern shirt for Ruyi, and took the jade wheel to gently rub the meridians on the back of her hand. "Queen Mother, tonight Concubine Jia's words are not to be heard, but there is a reason why the words are not listened to. It is said that the little master of Concubine Ling has always been close to Yikun Palace, if she wants to get more favor, the queen will not fail her. Why do you suddenly have such a self-assertive mind and not let us know? The slave maid thought that how deep Concubine Jia's mind was, we had encountered some numbers, but Concubine Ling's mind was not known! She thought about it, "But no matter how the little master of Concubine Ling is, after the dance, she still gave the red plum to the mother first, which shows that she still cares about the mother." If you have scruples, you are not afraid that she will be too out of line. ”

Ruyi closed her eyes and said slowly: "But if that scruple is on the surface, she is too good at being a person." ”

Ruyi was thoughtful, and was playing with a blue and white tea cup with a golden waist line, when she saw the little eunuch Rui Sui'er running in. Rui Sui'er originally traveled back and forth to the capital to deliver news from the palace for Hailan and Ruyi. When Ruyi saw him, she asked, "In such a hurry, but what happened in the palace?" Are Concubine Yu and Concubine Shu okay? ”

Rui Sui'er hurriedly said: "Back to the queen's mother, since the royal drive left Beijing, since February, the fifth elder brother has been intermittently cold and cough, and he has not been well. Concubine Yu was about to break down, so she had to ask if she could call Imperial Doctor Jiang back to Beijing to take care of her. ”

Ruyi was puzzled: "The emperor's holy car has always been taken care of by Imperial Doctor Qiluqi. This has always been not very good for Imperial Doctor Qi, and he should ask for daily care such as Ping'an Pulse, and he has entrusted it to Imperial Doctor Jiang, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do it for a while. She is still concerned in the end, "Does it matter if Fifth Elder Brother's illness matters?" ”

Rui Sui'er said: "It matters but it doesn't matter, it's just that this cold has not healed, and Concubine Yu is distressed in the end." And ......"

Ruyi's heart tightened: "What else?" ”

Rui Sui'er said: "There is also Concubine Shu's mother, who originally vomited badly, and when she vomited, she had a stomachache and couldn't eat, and she lost weight when she saw Tian'er, so the doctor adjusted the medicine, and her stomach didn't hurt." Now that I have a large stool and edema, my hands and feet are swollen and shiny, and I have to adjust the medicine for laxatives. After the little master became pregnant, the imperial doctor kept saying that the little master's kidney qi was weak, and his hair fell out badly these days, and he fell down one by one. Concubine Yu Niangniang was also worried, so she went to see the imperial doctor again, but there was nothing else except weak kidney qi. ”

"What about the kids? Is there anything wrong with the child? ”

Rui Sui'er hurriedly smiled and said, "Niang Niang, everything is fine." ”