Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Grace of the Red Face Goes First
The days of day and night reversal have kept me not sleeping well during this time. Since Concubine Hui demonstrated once, the atmosphere in the entire Fengzhi Palace has become gloomy and depressed. Mu Hibiscus hinted more than once that I went to submit to the emperor, but after this time, my original regrets were gone, and I just read books every day, secretly doing some gadgets to live, and I missed the unrestrained days in Zhengde Academy more and more. If I go on like this, the palace is definitely not a place for me to stay for a long time, now that Hao Xi has arrived in Jincheng safely, even if Ling Haoxuan is stupid and tyrannical, he will never anger the two elder brothers because I left, not to mention that the foundation of our Su family is still there, he has just ascended the throne and will never dare to cut off his arm, now I have no worries, just wait for an opportunity, and then flee from Shengtian......
The early morning twilight had not yet faded from the golden well, and I was awakened by the noise of the courtyard. I didn't move until it was calm outside again, and I didn't get up.
"!" The soft voice of hibiscus came from the door.
I gently agreed, and she pushed open the door and bowed her head beside me: "Niangniang, Gonggong Cao came to pass on the emperor's message, today's birthday of Concubine Hui, the emperor will hold a banquet in Yong'an Hall in the evening, and all the ladies of the palace will participate!" ”
I sighed faintly, and my heart was clear, he was just testing me! I nodded: "Hongu knows!" Let Cao Wenhuan return to the emperor, and the palace will definitely attend the dinner. I paused for a moment, and then ordered: "You pick two pieces of those jewelry that the Internal Affairs Office sent to her before, don't let people pick the reason of our Fengzhi Palace!" ”
Huaibi pouted beside him, and his eyes were flushed: "Miss, when have you ever suffered such a grievance!" If yes, if it is......"
I waved my hand to prevent her from continuing, and it was in vain to think about it again......
Under the service of hibiscus, I changed into a goose-yellow long dress, covered with a light gold transparent light gauze robe, the skirt was embroidered with elegant flowers with gold thread, and two rows of pearls were embedded in the placket, which was full of luxury.
Sitting in front of the dressing mirror, she combed a complicated Lingyun bun for me, put on a golden phoenix hairpin with silk inlaid treasure beads at the bun, and the temples brought butterfly love flowers and glass beads trembling branches and gold steps, and took a pair of gilt dotted emerald fan-shaped earrings.
Except for the wedding day, I have never worn so much jewelry, today, I have to be like this, this is the majesty of the queen, even if I don't want this position, but I don't allow others to covet and provoke again and again, I always have my dignity!
The banquet was set up in Yong'an Hall, it was the height of summer, and the garden was already full of flowers. When I arrived, Ling Haoxuan had already arrived, and before he was seated, the concubines stood under the willow shade flowers in twos and threes, holding Luo fans, half-covering their faces, and smiling.
Concubine Hui accompanied Ling Haoxuan with a smug smile. The peacock brocade dress embroidered with colorful silk threads on her body lined her face like a peach blossom, and she was proud of the spring breeze and gorgeous. She clinged tightly to Ling Haoxuan's arms, Ling Haoxuan's face was pale and stood silently.
I smiled coldly, my eyes wandered, and I saw a few familiar figures among those warblers and swallows, Concubine Lan stood in a peony bush, wearing a long skirt coupled with cloud brocade dragging the ground, covered with a gold and silver silk embroidered colorful cherry blossoms and underground palace veil, her hair was tied into a bun with the clouds, and a red sapphire hairpin inlaid with gold base silk was inserted obliquely, and the peach blossom was carefully pasted between her foreheads, which made her face look like spring, with cherry lips and phoenix eyes, and sideburns like clouds.
Standing next to her was Concubine Ying, who persuaded her in Fengzhi Palace that day, the light purple brocade dress was dotted with colorful butterflies, a bright hair was tied up with a moon-looking bun, a simple and simple hosta was held on the bun, and a few simple steps were placed at the bottom of the hairpin, she turned her back to me and talked happily with Concubine Lan. Only such a restrained and scheming woman can get along with Concubine Lan, I curled my lips slightly, even if I am attached to her, what's the use?! It's just a mud bodhisattva crossing the river! How much evil anger I suffered in vain!
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
Cao Wenhuan saw me first, he called softly, Ling Haoxuan's back suddenly stiffened, and then, his hand supported Concubine Hui's soft and slender waist, and slowly turned around.
I silently walked over and greeted him, his eyes glancing over me, but only waving his hand slightly. I sat down silently, and found that there was a chair on each side of the dragon chair today, he ignored me, but helped Concubine Hui to sit down, I noticed the strange atmosphere around me, and I wanted to laugh.
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Hui first glanced at me, then slightly opened her lips, and said in a sweet and greasy voice in his ear: "It is a great blessing for the emperor to celebrate the birthday of the concubine, and the concubine toasts the emperor with a cup to thank God." As she spoke, she stood up and bowed amorously, looking up at Ling Haoxuan with a pair of beautiful eyes, indescribably delicate and lovely.
I sneered in my heart, it turns out that he likes this tune!
"Get up." Ling Haoxuan's voice was as flat as ever, he helped her up, drank the wine in his hand, and said, "Since everything is here, let's have a banquet!" ”
Sheng song together, the dancer has danced, such as jade's plain hands gracefully lingering, skirts fluttering, a pair of eyes like smoke and water want to talk and rest, streamers flying, I can't take my eyes off the eyes, as if looking at the fog flowers, hazy and ethereal, flashing beautiful colors, but so far away.
For a moment, I seemed to have returned to a long time ago, and I was also in gorgeous clothes and beautiful clothes, at that time, Hao Qian was beside me, and the moment I stopped, he spoke in a chapter, and his eyes were soft.
I couldn't help but provoke the corners of my lips.
"Queen! How do you watch this dance? ”
I only need to glance at Ling Haoxuan's face, and I can see that under those eyes as deep as thousands of dark waves, there is clearly a majestic anger brewing. I guess the smile on my lips must have irritated him.
"Not bad!" I smiled lightly.
His face was even more ugly, he looked at me deeply, his fists were clenched tightly, blue and white, and after a while, he said coldly: "I remember that the queen was a shocking song, and she was glamorous!" Today's birthday of Concubine Hui, it is better for the queen to dance a song to celebrate! ”
The queen's dance for the concubine is simply contrary to common sense and ridiculous! He could make such a request so lightly in order to humiliate me, and I looked at him with disdain......
I distinctly heard gasps all around me. After all, one moment I was a radiant, dignified and noble queen, and the next moment I had become a dancer who cheered for the concubine, and I knew the disdain and schadenfreude in those eyes, and I could only stand here and let others judge.
I smiled coldly and looked at him: "The emperor forgives the sin, the queen dances for the concubine, which is not in line with the etiquette!" ”
He smiled mockingly and provocatively, and tilted his head slightly to look at me: "The queen still knows the truth of incompatibility with etiquette?" ”
I smiled faintly: "The concubine naturally knows!" ”
The four eyes met, and there was anger in his eyes, and I didn't dodge in the end, but met him. He squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, and the words were full of hatred: "What if I have to make you jump?" ”
"That's a corpse in front of you!" I raised my eyebrows at him, trying my best to restrain the anger in my heart!
In the exclamation of everyone, Ling Haoxuan overturned the golden silk nanmu table in front of him, and the exquisite meals on it were scattered all over the ground, and the delicacies in the golden plate and jade plate were in a mess, and all the concubines knelt on the ground in horror, looking at each other quietly.
He grabbed my arm, and I looked up at him, and anger leaked out of his dark eyes. I only felt that my arm was being pulled by him, but I gritted my teeth and didn't cry out in pain.
"Your Majesty!"
I heard Concubine Hui's delicate voice behind me, he frowned slightly, and after a long time, he chuckled, but that smile sounded particularly sad to me.
He finally let go of me and hugged Concubine Hui in his arms.
"Your Majesty, since the queen doesn't want to dance, forget it! The concubine has a small birthday, and she is not worthy of bothering the queen. Her voice was coquettish, soft as a boneless, snuggling beside Ling Haoxuan, her eyes were smug and provocative. She kept saying that she would help me out of the siege, but she only provoked Ling Haoxuan's anger even more.
Sure enough, Ling Haoxuan cast a cold and indifferent gaze at me: "Empress, do you know the consequences of disrespecting the will?" ”
I tried to calm my mood and put on a sad smile: "The concubine is willing to be punished!" ”
"Someone!" His tone was full of mockery and provocation, and his voice suddenly cooled down: "Bring the queen back to Fengzhi Palace, and from now on, cancel the right to play notes in the middle palace and the right to take charge of the harem, and Concubine Hui will exercise it on her behalf." The queen has been thinking about it behind closed doors for three months! You can't leave the palace without a will! ”
This kind of punishment is almost extreme for a queen. I never knew that his hatred for me was so deep, and I looked at this deep palace where I had lived since I was a child, and I only felt a chill piercing cold. I looked at him, at this man who loved me deeply, at the woman who was hostile to me in his arms, and finally smiled lightly and bowed slowly: "The concubine is grateful!" ”
I turned around slowly, my back was as straight as ever, I knew the majestic anger behind him, and I also knew that he was doing all this just to make me show weakness, and his eyes and hearts were full of flames of jealousy, which could not be extinguished or extinguished, and I could not do anything about this relationship......
The gate of Fengzhi Palace closed suddenly, and I smiled shallowly, looking at the panicked faces up and down the palace.
I was lying in the bath room, and the bath was a huge hibiscus pattern, which led to the hot spring water, and the water temperature was just right. I gently lifted the petals in the water and watched it drift with the flow, soaking quietly in it, very comfortable and relaxed, at this moment, I almost forgot all my troubles.