Chapter 54: The Queen and the Concubine

Shen Xuangui is the Taifu, and he is one of the six Shangzhu states of the Great Wei Dynasty, the husband is honored and the wife is noble, and Mrs. Su is the first batch to be introduced to the Weiyang Palace for an audience.

Wei Changying also let go of Wei Lingzi at this time, said goodbye to Zhibentang with a smile, and then tidied up her skirt, and followed Mrs. Su into the house with her sister-in-law.

Cautiously stepped over the knee-high temple threshold, because he didn't dare to raise his head, the corner of his eye only felt that the hall was full of gold...... When he arrived at the position of the salute, he saluted with Mrs. Su and asked the queen and other nobles for their safety.

Listening to Mrs. Su's greetings one by one, there are now queens, concubines, Miao Jieyu, Zhong Xiaoyi, and two princesses Linchuan and Qingxin in the palace. Wei Changying saluted while thinking: "It is said that this Queen Gu is very powerful, and she is really a vain person under her reputation." Now looking at Princess Linchuan's birthday, the Zhong family at the level of Xiaoyi has come out, but there are only so few people in the palace, and the saint has been on the throne for ten years, and it is the Huo family and others who have been abolished or died before they went, how can there be so many concubines in this palace? However, those who can attend this Changle Hall today, except for Zhong Xiaoyi, who was raised by the queen and the queen, are Miao Jieyu from Deng Guifei and Guifei's side. ”

I thought again, "Didn't you say that there are three unmarried princesses in the palace?" Why don't you see Princess Angie? It's not that you can't be favored, on an occasion like this today, not only the undesirable concubines have no share, but even Her Royal Highness the princess ......"

Before I finished thinking about it, I could already hear the first clear voice calling for no courtesy, and another 'woman' said softly with a smile: "Mrs. Su doesn't have to be polite. And he commanded that the right and left sides should be seated.

Mrs. Su was busy with a blessing: "Thank you for the grace of Queen Mother." Only then did Liu sit down on the seat below. Duanmu, Wei Changying and others stood behind her as 'servants'.

At this time, Wei Changying secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and before he could look around, he heard Queen Gu ask again: "The 'female' son wearing a green lotus shirt behind Mrs. Bengong is very eye-catching, isn't it the wife of Shen Qinwei, Wei?" ”

Wei Changying is wearing a blue lotus ground Sihe Ruyi Rui cloud pattern brocade shirt today, and when she heard the words, Mrs. Su has replied on her behalf: "Back to the queen's mother, it is the third daughter-in-law of the minister's 'wife', Wei's." He asked Wei Changying to go out to see the queen again.

Empress Gu smiled and saluted, ordered her to get up, and said, "Raise your head and let the palace take a look." ”

Wei Changying took a deep breath, raised her head generously, and glanced at Queen Gu - this queen who was born in the Gu family of Hongzhou, and was only in the middle and lower of the 'gate' in the middle of the world's famous 'door', should be forty years old, but because of proper maintenance, the 'color' of Wangzhi's face is still very white and tender, and it can be broken by blowing, and it is lined by the lights in the hall.

Empress Gu has been favored for many years, and once overthrew the abolished Qian family, who was remarried by the saint for her beauty, and even the saint's cousin Deng Guifei was not her opponent, and her appearance was not good.

The queen has a long face, eyebrows and phoenix eyes, eyes 'waves' like 'spring' water, bright teeth and fresh 'lips', sideburns like lacquer, dignified and beautiful like a 'jade' person, and her face can shine through the palace. Today, Xu is to show his attention to the princess of Linchuan, deliberately wearing a formal "flower" hairpin clothes, the twelve trees on the head of the "flower" hairpin are brilliant and dazzling, and the pearl that hangs down falls on the sideburns and ears, and the jewels are more and more set off the majesty of the queen and are inviolable.

…… In the end, she was just a minister's wife, Wei Changying didn't dare to look at it, and was looked at by Queen Gu's intoxicating eyes like "spring" water, and immediately lowered her gaze, only daring to see the queen's slender "jade" hand on her lap, and her fingertips were dyed with the "color" Zeming 'glamorous' "flower" juice, white as 'jade' and 'glamorous' as blood, and placed on the 'color' Zhai clothes, which was particularly conspicuous.

Queen Gu didn't have so many scruples, so she looked at it for a while, and then smiled and said to the people left and right: "It is said that the Wei family is a beauty, and it is really a vain person under the fame, this child was born 'glamorous' and bright but not vulgar, just like a 'flower' on the branch, it is the 'daughter' of the Wei family." Even the people of the Wei family that this palace has seen can only be compared to the late Yuan Yuan's wife, Mrs. Wei. ”

Wei Changying was a little dumbfounded, and he secretly praised the queen with "no void under the fame", but he didn't expect the queen to return it to him immediately.

She was about to reply humbly, but she heard the person on the queen's left side smile faintly: "Isn't it? This 'flower' is the same, and the concubines are a little younger. ”

Wei Changying glanced at it quietly, but it was a noble 'woman' in a purple 'colored' palace dress, combing her Lingyun bun, and a melon seed face with no blood 'color' surrounded by beads, although the distance was far away, it could also be seen that even though this face was extremely well maintained, it was obviously older than Queen Gu...... It's just that there is a quiet and tough temperament between the eyebrows, like a 'jade' stone that has been played with for a long time, exuding a warm and subtle brilliance.

She faintly felt that the appearance of this noble 'woman' was a little similar to Deng Zongqi, and speculated that this was Deng Guifei?

At this time, Queen Gu's answer also confirmed her guess, and the queen smiled and said, "It's rare for Sister Deng to praise someone like this." He said to Wei Changying, "Then you can talk to the concubine in a while, so that the concubine can be more lively." ”

When the queen said "lively", a trace of 'gloom' passed through Concubine Deng's eyes - she is the cousin of the saint, and she is a concubine when she enters the palace, and she has given birth to a son of the six princes so far, but the six princes are gone...... and confiscated other princes and princesses, and has been alone since then...... Is it lively in front of you?

Queen Gu's words seemed to follow her, she praised Wei Changying, and the queen immediately asked Wei Changying to accompany her...... In fact, he took the opportunity to mock the emptiness of her knees......

Is it an old opponent, Deng Guifei's eyes flashed with a haze, and then said lightly: "That concubine is grateful to the queen's sister, don't hide it from my sister, the concubine is not blessed, she can't keep the emperor, and she has gradually felt lonely and lonely under her knees over the years." Usually if you want to say something, you can only say it to the parrot on the shelf! ”

Speaking of this, Concubine Deng Guifei changed her words and said, "It's just that the third young lady of the Shen family is a 'woman', and she can't stay in the palace every day to accompany the concubine." If the queen's sister is willing, why don't you let Linchuan go to the concubine's palace and accompany the concubine to live for a while? Anyway, the queen's sister has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Qingxin, not to mention, and there are a number of grandchildren and grandchildren, so I don't think the concubines will be allowed, right? ”

Queen Gu choked, and subconsciously glanced at a young 'girl' in Danyi on her right hand - this young 'girl' is expected to be Princess Linchuan, she is not born to Queen Gu, so she is not like the queen, her appearance is far inferior to the queen, her thick eyebrows and big eyes are full of 'essence', and her skin is white and delicate, but when it comes to beauty, 'color' is just mediocre.

At this moment, he is wearing a Dan' color' cormorant title 'flower' pattern 'handover' collar undergarment, tied with a moonflower skirt, a hanging hair on his head, and a 'flower' with a Luan bird step shake and peony beads 'flower', although he is dressed very carefully, he can only barely be called green 'spring' cute, and it is difficult to talk about beauty. Just as Shen Zangfeng 'exposed' in private, Princess Linchuan's 'temperament' is a little tricky, which will look at it, and the princess is quite arrogant between her eyebrows.

Seeing Concubine Deng mention herself, the princess's eyes drooped, and she said clearly: "Concubine Deng loves her son, and she wants her son to accompany her, that is the blessing of her son, how dare you not follow it?" After saying this, he seemed to have just remembered Queen Gu, so he turned his head to look at Queen Gu and asked coquettishly, "Queen Mother?" ”

She said so, can Queen Gu still stop her? The queen could only smile and said: "The concubine's body has never been very good, although I like you, but you can't make too much trouble with the concubine, just stay for a few days and come back, so as not to disturb the concubine too much." ”

The queen didn't want to give the concubine another chance to speak, so she said to Mrs. Su, who was at the head of the house: "This palace is going to borrow you, the daughter-in-law, to accompany Sister Deng today, are you willing to do it?" ”

Mrs. Su smiled reluctantly, of course Mrs. Su knew about the battle between the queen and the concubine, but she didn't want to make a fool of Wei Changying as soon as they came in today. These two, neither of them is easy to offend, and none of the Shen family wants to take refuge, now that Wei Changying is involved, how can Mrs. Su not worry?

But now that the queen asked, Mrs. Su could only say gently and obediently: "The two mothers can look up to the daughter-in-law of the minister's 'wife', that is the blessing of this child, how can the minister's 'wife' refuse?" ”

So Wei Changying was recruited to accompany Deng Guifei...... After a few more polite words with Mrs. Su, the queen signaled to the inner 'waiter' at the entrance of the 'door' and led the next group of people in......

Wei Changying thought that when she came to the concubine, the concubine would say something to herself, but the concubine just took her hand when she came to her and said lightly: "It's more pretty and delicious up close, what a good boy." "Just let her," first accompany the palace to meet people, and after a while, I will be free for a while, and I will talk to the palace. ”

Then he only cared about greeting and talking to the 'women' who came in to meet her, and ignored her no more.

Wei Changying was still holding her breath at first, ready to answer the concubine's inquiries at any time, and later saw the concubine's perfunctory scene, so she relaxed a little, and took advantage of the terrain on the left side of the queen to take advantage of Deng Guifei's attendance, and looked at the people in the Changle Hall condescendingly.

Mrs. Su's seat is already very high, but she is not the first among the foreign women. The few graceful and noble 'women' in the place closest to Danqi, judging by Zhai Yi's grade, should be the queen's level. I just don't know which queens they are...... Among the crowd of "servants" behind the queens, there are several young 'women' in fresh clothes and 'flowers', who should be county lords and county lords.

The following are Mrs. Su, the first Mrs. of the first product, and the six wives of the Shangzhu Kingdom are all the first products - but the former Situ Weihuan and the former Sikong Song Xinping have both returned to their hometowns, and they have never passed on the honor of the Shangzhu Kingdom to their children, and the current Taishi Duanmu Xing's wife, Mrs. Qian, has passed away. So with the addition of Mrs. Su, there are only three first-class ladies in the palace now. Mrs. Deng, the wife of Taibao Su Pingzhan, Wei Changying has seen it, and Mrs. Pei, the wife of another Taiwei Liu Siyuan, when the internal 'servant' was called to meet her, Wei Changying deliberately looked at it carefully...... The old lady is very old, and the granddaughters she brought into the palace are also long.

Wei Changying saw that Liu Ruo' 'Yu' and his sister Liu Ruoye, who were taken home two days ago, were both dressed up in strict clothes, and both followed behind a green-dressed noble 'woman'.

I also know that this green-dressed noble 'woman' must be the Zhang family who seduced her brother-in-law and became the 'daughter' of her sister-in-law after becoming a stepmother.

Because of this Zhang family's rumors, although many people in 'private' talked about her falling out with her brother-in-law before she left the cabinet, so as soon as Sister Chang died, her brother-in-law became her husband...... However, after so many years, the Zhang family has always sat firmly in the position of Liu Hai's wife, not only giving birth to Liu Hai's only son Liu Ruowo so far, but even supporting his son to squeeze out Liu Xixun and seize the position of the next lord.

Such a talent, Wei Changying should pay more attention to herself, peeked once, and suddenly Liu Ruoye's appearance was passed on from Nai's mother, and the two mothers and daughters were cast in a mold - if Liu Ruo's 'jade' is also like his mother, then there is also a gap in the appearance of the Zhang sisters, since Liu Hai is not right-minded, it is not surprising that he was seduced by his sister-in-law who is better than his wife......

Thinking of this, Wei Changying looked at Liu Ruo's 'jade' sympathetically - with such an opponent of the mother and daughter, this Miss Liu Shi is really miserable...... But seeing that Liu Ruo's 'jade' also noticed her gaze, she looked back and saw Wei Changying's 'waiter' standing beside the concubine, a little surprised, but then calmly bowed her head slightly to show hello.

Then, she turned her head, and the dedicated 'waiter' stood behind Zhang's with a calm face and a dignified demeanor.

Wei Changying was a little surprised: This Miss Liu Shi ...... Seems a little different?

She looked at the people below with great interest, and unexpectedly cast a gaze from the side, making Wei Changying subconsciously look over......