Chapter 667: Chrysanthemum Banquet (3)
The chrysanthemums in the garden today are blooming beautifully, and the queen mother proposed to let the concubines and nobles make poems or paintings with the theme of chrysanthemums, and she deliberately took a gold and jade bracelet as a reward to see who could get the queen mother's reward.
You must know that the emperor has not favored the harem for several months, and now he suddenly began to favor Concubine Liu, and the other concubines began to activate their minds, and they all wanted to compete for performance in order to get the emperor's attention.
Emperor Jinghe was a little absent-minded, and the queen was with the queen mother, talking to the queen mother from time to time.
To say that in this harem, the queen mother and the queen are still the most intimate.
Emperor Jinghe remembered that when he was still the prince, the queen mother was dissatisfied with the queen in various ways, but preferred the gentle concubine. Since Ananda was born, the queen gave Ananda to the queen mother to raise, and the relationship between the queen mother and the queen gradually improved.
Now, the queen is very good to everyone, so good that she asks herself to spoil Concubine Liu.
As she wished, he stayed in Yuzhang Palace for two nights in a row, but she was so calm that she really didn't take him to heart at all.
The more Emperor Jinghe thought about it, the more angry he became, but when he saw her smiling at the Queen Mother, her eyebrows rose when she smiled, and this look was really good-looking.
Emperor Jinghe's heart itched, and he touched the jade wrench on his thumb.
The concubines were both making poems and paintings, and in the end they were appointed by the Queen Mother, and Concubine Liu was the first and won the reward of the Queen Mother.
"Concubine Liu has always been quite famous, and today she won the emperor's reward, it seems that the emperor is going to Yuzhang Palace again tonight." The queen said with a smile.
Concubine Liu lowered her head when she listened, and she didn't dare to speak.
All the concubines envy her for regaining favor, only she knows what is going on with the emperor's favor in Yuzhang Palace for the past two days?
Emperor Jinghe smiled angrily, "The queen is the head of the harem, today is the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, how can I not accompany the queen." I, tonight, I'm going to stay at Kunning Palace. ”
The queen looked at Emperor Jinghe, although she claimed to have been back in favor for a few months, the emperor had never stayed in Kunning Palace, and the queen did not allow him to stay in Kunning Palace.
He actually wanted to stay in Kunning Palace in front of the concubine.
Emperor Jinghe saw the flame in the queen's eyes and knew that he had angered her, and he was suddenly in a good mood.
"The emperor is right, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor naturally wants to accompany the queen well." The Queen Mother said and patted the Queen's hand.
The queen mother's meaning couldn't be more obvious, and finally the relationship between the emperor and the queen eased, but it can't be stiff anymore.
Jingping looked at Concubine Liu, Concubine Liu's head was buried low, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.
After she finished talking to her mother just now, she called Mama Gui to her side.
She was wondering, how could the imperial grandmother suddenly be dissatisfied with Zijiu's real power official position, someone must have chewed the root of her tongue in her ear. Sure enough, when I asked, I knew that it was Concubine Liu.
Concubine Liu has been very interested in the Queen Mother recently, the day before yesterday, Concubine Liu asked for peace, the Queen Mother couldn't help but say that Ananda was still not pregnant, Concubine Liu casually talked about Zijiu's promotion, and euphemistically said that Ning Zijiu had a very serious errand, did she have no time to accompany the princess?
The queen mother cares most about whether Ananda has a happy life after marriage, Concubine Liu pretended to mention it casually, and she naturally put it in her heart.
Presumably, today's grandmother's words must have been told to my father.
This Concubine Liu, who had just regained her favor, stretched out her hand to her Jingping.
"Queen Mother, if you talk about talent, Ananda thinks that no one can match you." Jingping Road.
The queen laughed, "Your mouth is like smeared with honey, do you want something?" ”
"Ananda is asking for something." Jingping said, "Ananda's study has recently lacked a pair of Mobao Danqing, knowing that the queen mother has been painting calligraphy recently, it is rare to appreciate chrysanthemums in the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and the queen mother might as well appreciate Ananda with a picture of autumn chrysanthemums and let Ananda hang it in the study!" ”
If it were an ordinary prince, even the crown prince would not let the queen paint on such an occasion.
But who is Jingping, she acts wantonly, and she is favored by the queen mother and the emperor, and no one thinks it is inappropriate for her to say this.
"......" The queen looked at Jingping, just now the concubines showed their talents, but the queen did not participate, she just didn't want to compete with the concubines. Ananda, this girl, actually asked her to draw chrysanthemums, wouldn't she want to embarrass Concubine Liu.
"Since Ananda has something to ask for, the queen, you can reward her with a painting!" Jinghe Emperor's Road.
"The concubine had no choice but to sacrifice her ugliness." Queen's Road.
"There is a ready-made ink treasure here, Queen Mother, Ananda sharpens the ink for you." Quiet.
The queen glanced at Ananda and had no choice but to paint.
When enjoying the flowers just now, Ananda's favorite is the Qiongtai jade phoenix, and the queen painted the Qiongtai jade phoenix.
The Qiongtai jade phoenix in the painting is lifelike and delicate. She also inscribed an ancient poem next to her, and the new frost was light overnight, and the plantain was newly defeated. Cold-tolerant only east fence chrysanthemum, golden millet at the beginning of the dawn is clearer.
"The Queen's words are getting sharper and sharper." The Queen Mother said.
"Thank your mother for appreciating the paintings." Jingping said in a blessing voice, "Imperial grandmother, appreciate the chrysanthemum and make a painting today, can my queen mother's painting and calligraphy also be rewarded?" ”
"You girl! You're thinking the most. ”
The Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Liu without a trace, and saw that Concubine Liu's face was white and scary, but she was afraid that she already felt a little hot wearing the jade bracelet she gave herself.
"There is a pair of purple jade Buddhas in the palace of the mourning family, and the mourning family will give the queen a statue!" The Queen Mother said.
"Queen mother, that pair of purple jade Buddhas was rewarded by the first emperor to the queen mother, and they have been with the queen mother for decades, how can they reward the concubines, the concubines can't accept it." Queen's Road.
"It is precisely because of the pair of Jade Buddha honorable mourners that they want to reward you, you are recovering from a serious illness, and the Jade Buddha is protecting you to keep you safe. The mourning family will keep one, you will keep one, and the mourning family believes that the first emperor will also think that the mourning family is very good at doing this. The Queen Mother said.
When the queen mother heard what the queen mother said, she had no choice but to say, "The concubine comes first and the mother comes first." ”
"Mama Gui, you carefully send the Purple Jade Buddha to Kunning Palace in a while." The Queen Mother said to Mama Gui next to her.
"Yes, Queen Mother."
Concubine Liu only felt that her hands and feet were cold, and the Queen Mother was rewarding the Purple Jade Buddha of the Queen, undoubtedly telling the harem that in the eyes of the Emperor and the Queen Mother, no one could be more valuable than the Queen.
The chrysanthemum feast came to an end, and after lunch, Jingping took Ning Lan out of the palace.
The queen accompanied the queen mother and waited for her to take a nap before returning to her palace.
She returned to the palace with her front foot, and Emperor Jinghe came.
"Why is the emperor here at this time?" The queen asked.
"Can't I come?" Emperor Jinghe tied his hands behind him, his eyes were dark and scary, and his cheeks were red, and at the banquet just now, the emperor drank a lot of wine.
It's just that there is an extra crab on top of the banquet.
Emperor Jinghe is the most fond of crabs, and when he used to eat crabs every year, he could eat ten of them in one go. But the crab is very cold, so it is accompanied by rice wine.
Just now, he ate at least eight crabs, and a pot of rice wine also fell into his stomach.
Now, is this a drunken drink to go crazy with her?
"The palace is a little tired, I want to rest, the emperor should go back!" The queen said as she walked towards the inner sanctum.
"I'm tired too, I'm going to rest in Kunning Palace today." Emperor Jing He followed her in.