Chapter 57: The Mystery of Life (1)
Although it is a family banquet, although the royal family banquet is not as good as the state banquet, it is not much worse, especially the good day when the second dragon raises its head in February, and the Gongshulou has been built, and now it has begun to open some of the bookhouses to borrow books, and even some Confucian students have begun to prepare to build some schools next to the book. This move greatly increased the emperor's reputation, so the Taishi was also among the invitees, which can be regarded as the uncle of the country.
The room is full of light and brilliant lighting. The palace people who came and went entered the main hall in an orderly manner with this plate of delicacies. Sitting on the main seat in the main hall is the son of the present who is young and not angry and arrogant.
In the main hall, a group of graceful dancers are twisting the snake-like bewitching body with twelve points of milk, they are smiling like flowers, hoping to be lucky to get the emperor's blue eyes in this dance. Even if you can't get the emperor's blue eyes, which prince can look at his own situation better.
But looking at the murderous knife eyes of those ladies and concubines, they trembled a little, and then withdrew the heart that was about to move. The good student with a desireless and colorless face danced.
Sitting next to the emperor was the Empress Dowager Yan, who sat on the left. This is also a rare scene in recent years. Many family banquets are not often attended, and they have always been in poor health. Now that I think about it, it is probably because the emperor did not think of sitting side by side with the queen mother at that time, for fear of causing a reputation for the emperor.
Now that there is such a scene, presumably the emperor is really rewarding the master for building the library.
However, Taishi was as low-key as ever, sitting in a corner that could not be seen on the left. After all, there are not many high-ranking officials who can participate in this kind of royal family, and they are close to him and can talk to him.
He was at ease, drinking fine wine and tasting pastries. And Zhaoqi, who is raised in Shoukang Palace, will naturally look at this Taishi very highly, and invite himself to sit next to the Taishi, and ask a sentence or two from time to time, which is also a lot of benefits.
Those who are located in the front row of the family banquet are all arranged according to the position of concubines. There is no queen in the middle palace, headed by Ning Guifei, who is the first in the left row. Further down are Concubine Shun and Concubine Die, both of whom have adult princes, ranked according to the age of the prince, and then there are concubines and two twin princesses, Xigong and Nangong. Below the concubine position are the concubines, all of whom are concubines who have been on the table, or who have the emperor's blue eyes, or who have children, or who have the power of their mother's family to get on the table.
After learning the news that Concubine Die had entered Fuyang Palace with Princess Zhaoyu, Xiaoluo and Yuliu neatly wore a night dress, and she wanted to visit Yaoyun Palace at night tonight.
Yaoyun Palace is not large, and it was built according to the regulations of concubines. Although it is not big, it is very different from the scene. Although it was night, it was brightly lit, and every palace person standing guard at the door stood straight one by one, playing with a twelve-point spirit. Compared to the starlight of Shoukang Palace, it is really a world of difference. I think it's usually that Concubine Die is in charge of things, and no one dares to cheat and play tricks.
Yuliu led the way in front, Xiaoluo soon arrived at the door of the dark room, and there was a plaque on the courtyard door "Yanqu Building", which felt very strange when I saw the name, and I didn't know what kind of place it was. According to the subtleties written in the three books, he quickly turned around twice with brute force on a stone standing next to him, and the courtyard door soon opened, and there was indeed a different scene inside.
It is said to be a dark room, but in fact it is more like a boudoir, and it may not be accurate to say that it is a boudoir. But Xiaoluo is young and doesn't know enough after all. Yuliu knew this, and when she saw the situation in this room, she blushed.
The fragrance of the room is very good, bursts of fragrance, it seems that there are people living in this room from time to time, otherwise what is the purpose of lighting incense? The jade belt between the beds is striped, and the warm color is crimson, which makes people confused. Xiaoluo shook his head, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that Yuliu's expression was wrong, and he was busy pushing Yuliu.
"What's going on? What is this place? ”
Where does Yuliu know what kind of place this is, but she only knows what this place is for, why is there such a secret room hidden in Concubine Die's palace? I didn't see anything when I looked around, and the two of them were afraid that they would be found after a long time, so they retreated.
According to Yuliu's last memory, there should be a dark room, but this black light turned around and got lost unexpectedly.
It's amazing, it's a dangerous thing to do. Yuliu was already so anxious that she cried silently. Xiaoluo took a big breath, and his heart was already thinking about a coping plan.
The main reason is that the places where the two of them go are blind and blind, so it's strange if they don't get lost? The only way to do this is to go to the bright place first, although it is possible to be discovered, but in the end it is better than sitting here and waiting for death.
The two of them walked cautiously towards the bright place in front of them, and they only listened to a plop without paying attention, and before Xiaoluo could reach out, his hands had already been clamped by the other party. Looking back like a whirlwind, it was already dark in front of me.
When Xiaoluo woke up, it was actually the place that made her a little confused just now, and it was not surprising that it was the amorous Butterfly Concubine who was sitting on the bed.
It's better to see than to hear, and today I finally saw the deity.
"Xianyu is a person from Shoukang Palace, I finally saw it." The voice is very loud but a little long.
"Butterfly Lady." Xiao Luo asked suspiciously.
"Why, you don't kowtow when you see me." With a beautiful face, she spit out word by word like a lotus flower with a tongue.
"What is this place?" Xiaoluo is dizzy and his head is very swollen.
Concubine Die glanced at her disdainfully, got up slowly, and said with a smile on her face,
"What place? This is the place of you Central Plains people. ”
Yes, Concubine Die, she is from Xiliang.
"Knowing that I am the princess of Xiliang Kingdom and still coming here, are you looking for death!" An inexplicable roar sounded,
"What exactly do you want?"
"I want to know why you're killing me?" Xiaoluo is not afraid of her, and now that it has fallen into her hands, it is clear that even if she dies, she will die.
"I didn't want to kill you." Concubine Die thought for a moment,
"You mean the time of the Three Princes, it was because you didn't do enough to make the Three Princes' Mansion chickens and dogs jump." Concubine Butterfly said hatefully,
"Just because of that time, I was reprimanded by the emperor once."
This is something I don't know. Xiao Luo continued nonchalantly,
"You were the one who let Wyeth contact me first."
"Wyeth is not a good worker."
"Yes, I'm late, I'm still one step behind them." Concubine Butterfly's voice fell.
It was inexplicable to hear Xiaoluo, but her head was swollen and painful, and she couldn't stand it a little. She pleaded very sincerely,
"Butterfly Niangniang, can you change places?"
Concubine Die looked around here, and then looked at Xiaoluo, whose face was already red, and walked out with her tightly in her arms.
As if she was afraid of being discovered, Concubine Die did not swagger out in her palace, but carefully avoided everyone, and turned left and right to a quiet courtyard.
Looking at Concubine Die's figure, she had also practiced her family before, and she didn't know how to escape if she fell into her hands tonight. And her strength is very tight, holding herself tightly and not letting go.
"This place used to be lived by Zhaoye, so you can stay here tonight." Concubine Butterfly didn't care about throwing her away.
It seems that the person who came out was much more sober, and there was no swelling pain just now. At this moment, she was much clearer, and asked,
"You didn't arrange it, why did the third prince kill me!"
"You want to know?" Butterfly asked as she approached her eyes and widened her eyes.
"Because of Wyeth!" Xiaoluo asked incredulously.
"Strange, isn't it? This palace gave birth to such an uncompetitive child. Concubine Butterfly said faintly.
Xiaoluo is not a parent, and she has not grown up with her parents since she was a child, where can she experience the mood of Concubine Die. I just listened to her tone and didn't say it very well, so I carefully continued to ask,
"Then what was your intention in asking Wyeth to pick me up in the first place?"
Like a warrior who has been rekindled to fight, Concubine Die straightened up and put away her lost eyes,
"I said, I'm a step late, I originally wanted to bring you to my side in the palace."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want you to be taken advantage of!"
"Taken advantage of?" Xiaoluo really didn't understand what she said.
"Whoever is nice to you now, she is taking advantage of you."
Xiaoluo thought in her heart: She was talking about her mother.
"That slut Yan Hui used all his connections to trap you, I will avenge this revenge sooner or later." Concubine Butterfly slapped the table hatefully.
"Mother? What the three princes did last time, but my mother saved me! Xiaoluo corrected.
"No, it's not that she saved you, it's you who saved yourself, it's Murong who taught you a lifetime of good kung fu to save you!" Concubine Die said angrily.
"Murong, who is Murong?" Xiaoluo looked surprised,
"Isn't my master the true master?"
"Yes, Shanzhen has always used this name, and even the apprentice she has taught all her life doesn't even know her name." Concubine Butterfly said with a sad smile.
Xiaoluo was said to blush a little, he did not know the name of the master, after all, the master never said it, and she didn't know that she was still a person with two names at that time.
She asked cautiously: "Niangniang knows my master, so do you know why she wants to go back to Xiliang?" Will she ever come back? ”
"I don't know! Your master has a very strange temperament, I asked her to take you away at the beginning, but she just refused. ”
This is also where Xiaoluo is very confused, why didn't the master take her away?
"Why? Does the master have something else to do when he returns to Xiliang? ”
"What else can I do, guard your mother's grave." Concubine Die was angry for a while, and said quickly.
"Do you know who my mother is?"
Time stopped at this moment, no matter what, Concubine Butterfly knew that she couldn't keep this secret, anyway, she would know sooner or later. The words that come out of my own mouth are a little closer to the truth.
Xiao Luo watched her stand up slowly, and finally someone was willing to tell me about her background.
It's just that Xiaoluo didn't think that it was the Butterfly Concubine Niangniang who she had always thought was a mortal enemy before.