Chapter 20 She is the concubine of the General's Mansion
The outer hall of Jing'an Palace is full of flowers, and the first to arrive is naturally in a good position in front, everyone is looking for their own place to sit according to the name brand, Ling Zhiqiao is the last to arrive, of course the position is the last, she quickly sat down quietly.
Xiao Qinxue was in the C position, facing His Royal Highness the Prince, she had no intention of paying attention to whether Ling Zhiqiao came, or not, she was complacent in her heart, she grabbed such a good position today, and she would definitely be favored by the prince.
The ladies have all arrived, the musicians in the palace began to play, Ding Dong didn't know what instrument was striking, the music stopped, and the female official spoke: "The ladies report to their homes and salute the queen and the prince in turn." ”
The first thing Ling Zhiqiao heard was Xiao Qinxue's voice: Xiao Qinxue, the courtier's general's mansion, meet the queen's mother, and meet His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
In the luan tent on the high platform, the queen mother looked at Xiao Qinxue with interest, and said to the prince: "The mourning family likes this quite much, how does Your Highness feel about it?" ”
"Isn't this the one who didn't marry Twilight Yunhan before? Is this a change of mind? Twilight didn't even glance at Xiao Qinxue, instead he stared at a woman with strange hair in the far left of the last row, intentionally or unintentionally.
She was the last to arrive, not only was she not in a hurry, but she looked at her with a comfortable demeanor, looking east and west, which made Mu Yunfei curious.
It's just that she is too far away from the position of the luan tent in front of her, Mu Yunfei can only vaguely see her appearance, but he can see the bun very clearly, and her clothes are also very special, everyone else is wearing a color, nothing more than a pure color series of Qingdai, Ya Purple, Goose Yellow, Yan Bai, and so on.
The girl's clothes were obviously purple when she first came in, but when she sat down, she looked blue and white, and gradually appeared blue again in the direction of the light.
The queen mother saw that the prince didn't care much about Xiao Qinxue, and she didn't delve into it, after all, she still had to choose the crown princess in the end, and asked His Royal Highness the prince to come just for show.
At the beginning, the Lu family was asked to steal the talisman, that is, after the promise was successful, let her daughter become the crown princess, this Lu family also gave up for his daughter, or a concubine of the general's mansion, she could only marry a concubine like the Hou Mansion, or be a concubine, but I didn't expect to kill Xiao Mengzhi halfway, which was a good thing.
The emperor canonized Du Yunhan as the crown prince, but she was not afraid, she had been planning for many years and finally got what she wanted, and she was just short of a talisman, and the Lu family still had to give some benefits, that is, she could give her a message, and she could still be a scapegoat when it was critical.
As for her daughter Xiao Qinxue, even if she is chosen as the crown princess, she is not an ant in the palm of her hand, she can be chosen or abolished.
It's just that it didn't kill Twilight Yunhan now, but it gave the queen a little headache, she turned her head slightly, and a masked man hidden behind her stepped forward.
"You'll have to take a closer look in a moment, isn't it the person you met?"
"Yes." The masked man's voice was hoarse, as if he had a hundred mouthfuls of phlegm in his throat, and then he hid behind the tent, revealing only a pair of eyes to scan each of the noblewomen whose names were reported.
Ling Zhiqiao made a rough estimate from the back to the front, there were about forty or fifty people, she touched her stomach, she didn't even eat when she got up late, and if she continued to introduce it like this, it was estimated that she didn't even eat lunch.
Last night's roast duck shochu had already been digested, and Ling Zhiqiao's eyes were staring at the few pastries on the small table in front of her. Beside each lady was a table resembling a small coffee table, on which were placed a few pieces of pastry and a glass of water.
Ling Zhiqiao stared at the pastries in a daze, and didn't report anyone's name at all, the more she stared at the pastries, as if they were saying, "Come eat me, come eat me!" She shook her head, settled down, ate as soon as she ate, and if she didn't eat again, she was about to hallucinate, she secretly took two from the plate, but how to put them in her mouth?
After being still for a while, she moved her kneeling knees slightly, hid her figure behind the noble girl who was standing in front of her, and quickly stuffed two pieces of pastry into her mouth, chewing hard, she wanted to get the glass of water, but she didn't think that the woman in front of her was so fast, and she had already finished sitting down.
The little eunuch who had been following her saw her operation, and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and said in a very small voice behind him: "Girl, it's coming to you soon!" ”
Of course, Ling Zhiqiao knew that she tried her best to soften the pastries in her mouth that had not been chewed with saliva, her face was flushed, and she saw that the water in front of her could not be drunk, and there were still two people left to her.
She pretended to put her hands on her chest to straighten the front of her coat, and quickly pounded her chest vigorously, but she barely swallowed a mouthful.
I thought it wasn't her turn so soon, so I went to eat the pastry, but now it's okay, what should I do? What to do?
When the female officer shouted the last one, Ling Zhiqiao finally had an idea, stretched out her hands before she got up, then folded them in front of her forehead, knelt on the table, pouted her mouth on the mouth of the water glass, took a mouthful of water and swallowed it vigorously, then got up and saluted again: "Ling Zhiqiao, the courtier, the general's mansion, meet the queen mother, meet His Royal Highness the prince." ”
Ling Zhiqiao's movements were smooth, and there was no flaw at all, and there was some ingenuity.
The crown prince Twilight Yunfei had already noticed her, so when she reported to her home, there was a smile on her face when she saw such a strange way of behaving.
The queen's mother heard Ling Zhiqiao's name, her heart throbbed, this is the concubine of the General's Mansion of unknown origin.
Behind the tent, the masked man, who had not moved at all, quietly clenched his fists very tightly.
And Xiao Qinxue, who was sitting in the C position, her willow eyebrows were slightly locked, and she could see the expression of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince clearly.
In the eyes of the little eunuch, Ling Zhiqiao is a god, and such a thrilling situation can be easily solved by her, this is a goddess.
Ling Zhiqiao's self-reported home has brought a chain reaction to the hearts of everyone who pays attention to her, but she doesn't know it yet!
Xiao Qinxue noticed the expression of His Royal Highness the Prince, and of course the Queen Mother, who was close at hand, also noticed it.
"What? Your Highness likes this one? ”
Twilight Yunfei had returned to his usual arrogant and cold demeanor and said, "Erchen didn't know that there were two people from the General's Mansion today? ”
The queen pretended not to see through him, and said to the female officer, "Let her come to the front and speak." ”
"Yes." The female official came to Ling Zhiqiao and said, "The queen mother, please speak in front of the girl." Ling Zhiqiao was reluctant, but she couldn't say no, and scolded herself in her heart for why she couldn't help but eat the pastries.
The female official led in front, and did not forget to tell Ling Zhiqiao with her head sideways: "Ask you what to answer, don't look directly at the queen mother and Her Royal Highness the Prince, understand." ”
"Thank you sister for reminding me, the courtier understands!" Ling Zhiqiao replied like this, causing the female official to look sideways at her again, this beautiful woman like a fairy is so sensible and able to speak, and she can't help but feel a little good.
The female officer brought Ling Zhiqiao to the front and middle position, and blocked Xiao Qinxue tightly, but Xiao Qinxue was as stunned as Lu when she saw her dress and skirt.
The breeze blew, Ling Zhiqiao's skirt fluttered with the wind, showing different colors, and the nobles below also saw it, and they all whispered about which shop produced such beautiful clothes.
"I heard that there is a concubine in the General's Mansion, and the palace specially gave more Taoist name plates, are you?"
"Back to the queen's words, exactly."
"Why is the surname Ling?" The queen asked suddenly.
Ling Zhiqiao sighed in her heart, how could she forget this stubble, my uncle's surname is Xiao, and I should be surnamed Xiao if I am a concubine! Isn't this revealing?
"The courtier's mother's surname is Ling, and she is General Xiao's outer room, and because of her mother's death, she came to recognize her relatives, so she didn't change her surname." Ling Zhiqiao could only make up nonsense.
On the contrary, Xiao Qinxue was a little confused when she heard it, didn't her father say that he was born to his aunt? Why did you become born in the outer room again, what the hell are you doing!
"Look up." The queen's tone was calm.
"The courtiers don't dare, the courtiers are sweating a little, and their faces are a little dirty, for fear of alarming the queen and His Royal Highness the Prince." Ling Zhiqiao didn't want to look up, she also promised her uncle that she would be low-key and low-key in the palace, not that she was confident in her appearance, but the queen mother was not a free master, she was still afraid that she would be exposed.
"Forgive your innocence, raise your head!" The queen insisted.
"The courtiers obey." Ling Zhiqiao saluted with a chirping, and the hands in front of her forehead seemed to have movements on her face, and the female officer urged beside her, not looking up quickly.
Ling Zhiqiao slowly raised her head and said with a slight smile: "Let the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince laugh." ”
The queen didn't laugh, the crown prince Du Yunfei and the eunuchs and palace maids in the Luan tent couldn't hold it back, and on the face of the concubine of the general's mansion standing below, a long black mark was rubbed out at the tip of an eyebrow, and some places on the face were white, and some places were red, and even the red paste on the lips was leaking out of the lips, like a flower-faced cat.
The ladies below didn't know what was going on, and they all looked ahead curiously and boldly.
"What are you laughing at?" The queen was slightly angry.
The crown prince Duyun flew back with a cold face, and his tone sounded very soft: "Today is the selection of the crown princess, how do you look like this, you can know that your makeup is spent, and Your Highness still thinks that you are here to sing." ”
This has to be replaced by the nobles below, at this time, it is estimated that they are already kneeling on the ground in fright and begging for mercy, but who is Ling Zhiqiao, she is a special forces soldier who is not afraid of anyone in her previous life, and she has never seen any scenes.
What she wanted was such an effect, she deliberately made the makeup just now, she looked at the prince and smiled lightly: "If you go back to Your Highness, the courtiers have worked very hard to dress themselves, but they are helpless and very nervous, so it will be like this." ”
When Xiao Qinxue heard that Ling Zhiqiao's makeup was spent, she was overjoyed in her heart.
The crown prince Du Yunfei met Ling Zhiqiao's gaze, this female hosta snail, hibiscus like face, willow like eyebrows, although it is makeup, but it does not affect the delicate spirit between the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, there is a quiet and light charm, but it is a hundred times better than those flowers and branches below.