Chapter Twenty-Four: The Empress Conducts the State Banquet
"Hmm."
Qin Yun hummed lightly, at least she was more appetizing to her than the queen who supported her identity and sent someone to invite her concubine.
Chunliu led Qin Yun into the pavilion, and in an instant, all eyes were on him.
"Come, sit here."
The concubine waved the silk silk in her hand and asked Qin Yun to sit beside her.
Just now sitting in these two positions were Concubine De and Concubine Shu, the two palace concubines of the queen.
It is precisely because of subduing them that Sun Zhilan's back seat can sit as stable as it is now.
"Shangguan Meishu, this slut, what is your idea?"
As a queen, Sun Zhilan is not generous enough or smart enough, and all her thoughts are written on her face.
Even Qin Yun, who had just seen her for the first time, could easily guess her extremely angry mood from the twitching of her facial nerves at this moment.
"This royal family of the Royal Wind Country feels really unspeakable, and it has no background at all."
That's it, is it necessary for her to let Yangyang continue to stay here and learn from it?
Qin Yun was suspicious, and his eyes were looking at Huang Fulin, whose expression changed from calm to calm.
"This guy doesn't look like a dull ...... And what is his motivation? ”
She was distracted by other thoughts, when suddenly a silk silk silk waved in front of her.
"What is my sister thinking, so engrossed ......"
Seeing that her eyes had regained clarity, the noble concubine Shangguan Meishu withdrew her hand and put it on her lap.
"Where is my sister from? How old is this year? ”
"Twenty-three." She spoke so clearly that everyone's expressions stiffened.
"II...... Twenty-three? ”
Even the queen was stunned, twenty-three, what is the concept?
I had never seriously observed this woman before.
This will take a closer look, where there is the shadow of a pheasant on the angular sideburns of that face.
I thought that I was at most eighteen or nineteen and ten years old, but I thought that people were already over twenty and three.
"Such an old woman, why did the emperor want her to enter the palace?"
Qin Yun sat quietly after reporting his age, indifferently looking back and forth on him.
"It turned out to be Sister Dai'......"
The silk silk in the concubine's hand covered her mouth and chuckled, "Where's Sister Dai's tea?" Don't hurry up and serve it yet. ”
The cup of tea that belonged to Qin Yun came late, and it was gently swinging in front of her with a "da".
As soon as the palace man with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes left, Qin Yun picked up the teacup and drank it.
Anger quieted down.
"The tea is good."
Qin Yun said lightly, I don't know what she meant.
The concubine just said that the queen's tea was paid as a tribute last quarter, did she say that she wanted to curry favor with the queen in front of the concubine.
"Hehe......"
At this time, Sun Zhilan smiled and looked at the concubine provocatively: Why, she is not interested in wanting to stand on my side.
"Sister Daisa hasn't drunk anything good, has it......"
The corners of Shangguan Meishu's mouth turned cold, pointing out that she had never seen the world.
"If you have time to go to my Zhuzhu Pavilion, I will have someone prepare a good season Longjing for you to try."
"Okay."
For a woman who has no background behind the new palace, Qin Yun's actions show recklessness everywhere.
flattered the queen before, and now accepts the invitation of the concubine.
It's hard to guess what she wants to do, whether she still wants to be between the queen and the concubine or stay neutral.
Hehe, I think it's beautiful!
The other beauties secretly sneered in their hearts, laughing at Qin Yun's greed and lack of understanding.
The two forces of the queen and the concubine have been fighting openly and secretly in the harem for many years, except for the unbreakable skin on the bright face, it has long been like a dire situation, with her without me.
She did this for fear that she would offend both sides completely.
"The new Concubine Dai is an idiot who doesn't know how long she is!"
Everyone was thinking about Qin Yun like this.
"Click"
Huang Fulin took a sip of tea and put the tea cup back in its place, got up and said to the queen: "This king still has something to do, so go first." ”
"Congratulations to the prince."
The queen watched him leave, and the others got up to see Huang Fulin off.
Huang Fulin left, and Qin Yun remained.
"Ladies and gentlemen......" After Huang Fulin left, the queen began to speak;
"Yesterday, the emperor sent someone to inform the palace that on the fifteenth day of this month, the envoys of the Red Maple Kingdom came to ...... with a letter of surrender."
"There will be a palace banquet ......"
The queen paused, "Thanks to the emperor's trust, the palace banquet will be handed over to the palace for preparation, and the sisters may wish to discuss together how to prepare, so as to show the demeanor of my great country in the wind country." ”
Qin Yun glanced at the queen with her eyes: "Great country demeanor? ”
The preparation of the banquet at the level of a state banquet actually had to be handled by the queen of the mother of a country.
The subject is still the invader who has just been beaten away, and he runs back to deliver the surrender......
When this is said, anyone who listens to it will tell a joke and make a joke.
"Is this royal family of the Wind Country reckless or lacking in brains?"
Qin Yun didn't understand, except for the sneering on the concubine's face, everyone else said hello to the queen one after another, either sincerely or hypocritically.
"The emperor's favorite thing is really my sister......"
"My sister not only has to deal with all the things in the harem, but also mentions the emperor's worries, it's really hard for my sister......"
……
All kinds of horses, rainbow farts slapped on the queen's body.
The queen smiled and responded to them one by one, and it was obvious that it was very useful.
"Sister Guifei, in your opinion, what should be the best way to do it?"
In order to disgust the noble concubine Shangguan Meishu, Sun Zhilan specially strengthened her tone, wanting to ask her opinion but showing off.
"No matter how beautiful you are and have the support of the prime minister's brother, the emperor only relies on the queen who is the master of the middle palace, hehe......"
"The queen laughed," the concubine got up, "Since the emperor has entrusted you with the arrangement, it is natural to fancy that you can handle it ......well."
Shangguan Mei soothed the beaded flowers on her head, "The responsibility is heavy, the queen has to work hard, so as not to misbehave...... Let the envoys laugh, and fall into the prestige of the country, and then the emperor will blame it, hehe......"
The queen has a few catties and two minds, and after being entangled with her in the harem, no one knows better than Shangguan Meishu.
is jealous and intolerant, even if it is an exaggeration to say that she has a chicken stomach.
My mother's family is not a solid family, and I can see any big scenes.
How grand can the banquet that comes out of her hands be.
I'm afraid that the emperor wants to take advantage of this opportunity to find a name to beat the queen.
Shangguan Meishu consciously saw it thoroughly, and she didn't want to wade into this troubled water, and she was affected by the waves in vain.
She reminded the queen that the volume was only heard by the queen and Qin Yun, who were separated from each other.
All the others saw was that after the queen asked the concubine, the concubine got up with an unkind face and stroked the beaded flowers on her head with her hand.
"I'm tired, so I'll go first."
Shangguan Meishu gave the queen a rare card and bowed back to her, "Sister Dai, come and sit in my Jiangzhu Pavilion when you have time." ”
After the prince and Huang Fulin left, less than half a cup of tea worked, the noble concubine Shangguan Meishu also left.
Now the gazebo is spacious.
"Congratulations to the Queen......"
Concubine De and Concubine Shu leaned over from their seats and sat on the seats that had been vacated after Huang Fu Lin and Shangguan Meishu left.
As soon as the buttocks were stable, he couldn't wait to congratulate the queen.
"Hehe......"
The queen's smile was a little stiff, she originally wanted to show off to the concubine, but what she said just before leaving woke herself up.
If she does not operate the envoy properly, won't she have to take all the responsibility?
The emperor, did he mean to beat her?
Sun Zhilan completely lost her previous desire to show off her power in front of the concubine, and became uneasy and uneasy, and she couldn't guess the emperor's thoughts.
The joyful voices of those backward beauties flocking over sounded like she was on pins and needles at this time, fidgeting.
"What do you want to do so much......"
In the crowd of Daohe, the cold girl penetrated the layers of sound waves and fell into Sun Zhilan's ears.
It's Daifei!
Sun Zhilan raised her head and saw Concubine Dai, who had been deliberately ignored by herself just now, sitting calmly in place
He still held the cup of tea brewed with a towel in his hand, and handed it to his lips to drink.
"That's all for today's cherry blossom viewing."
Sun Zhilan waved her hand to clear all the harem women who congratulated her, looking at them with an inexplicable expression.
The corners of his mouth eased, and he excused himself with a somewhat far-fetched excuse: "The palace is also a little tired, let's go down first." ”
The queen was tired, but she cleared them away.
The quick-witted person smelled a hint of unusualness, and didn't dare to linger longer, pulling a few people who were close to him in the past to leave quickly.
Some also saw that the new concubine Dai was still sitting in her original position before leaving, and some wanted to see her being reprimanded by the queen and moving slowly.
"Give it to me first!"
Sun Zhilan scolded, frightening the women who deliberately slowed down their movements like dogs, running fast with their tails between them.
"Queen Mother, she's still here."
All the outsiders left, and Mama Rong stood behind the queen in the pavilion.
Next to the queen's back, she reminded the queen in a dark voice that there was still an account that had not been settled with this woman just now.
"Mama, you go down too."
Sun Zhilan felt that the strength of her whole body had been drained, and her face was tired.
"Mother's ......"
Mama Rong was stunned for a moment, completely unexpectedly that the queen would not even let her stay.
"Mama, go on!"
Sun Zhilan was a little irritable, and the words of the concubine just now echoed in her ears.
If she doesn't manage this banquet well, what awaits her is not only the emperor's blame, but also the shame of the world, that she is difficult to take on a big responsibility, and it is not enough to honor the world.
"Mama, I'm so tired, you go down first."
Looking at the stunned face of the nurse who had watched her grow up, Sun Zhilan realized what she had just told her.
The tone softened a little, and the injury on Mama Rong's face refused to fade now.
"Mother, the old slave is outside......"
Before Mama Rong went down, her eyes were still admonishing Concubine Qin Yun, who was sitting motionless in place.
Seeing that he was indifferent, and the queen didn't give an order, she had to retreat behind the pavilion with all her heart.
"Concubine Dai, what do you mean by what you just said?"
There are only two people left, the queen and Qin Yun. Sun Zhilan finally couldn't sit still.
Leaned over to Qin Yun with his eyes staring at her, his voice could be lowered, but he could still feel her nervousness and excitement.
"Queen Mother, your tea, I feel good when I drink it."
Intersecting with her face was like a great enemy, Qin Yun's response was too indifferent.
Slowly putting down the teacup, Qin Yun was saying irrelevant words lightly.
"Daisie, what exactly do you want to do?"
Sun Zhilan's eyes narrowed, and her tone was a little unkind.
"Since I drank your tea, I won't care about your unkind attitude towards me just now."
Qin Yun and Sun Zhilan's identities seem to have been reversed.
"You're so daring!"