Liu Zhi walked up to Concubine Deng cautiously and reported in a low voice: "The young master fell and injured his knee. The queen was very worried, so she went over to take a look. Now she is on her way back."
Wei Changying didn't know who the young master she was talking about, but Concubine Deng immediately snorted and said: "The people in the East Palace are really getting more and more ridiculous! How do they do this? Arlin is not even three years old now. Well, such a big child should be more considerate! He actually hurt his knee! Aren’t the wet nurses and maids all dead?”
After hearing what the imperial concubine said, Wei Changying realized that the so-called young master was the prince's youngest son. According to the system of the Wei Dynasty, the prince and his daughters, regardless of their legitimate concubines, were all granted the title of princess, and the legitimate sons were granted the title of county king. However, the concubine could only wait until the prince succeeded to the throne and was directly granted the title of king as a prince.
Of course, there are exceptions for concubines who are particularly favored... But the prince has not yet married. These children of concubines have not even met the crown prince. Regardless of whether they are favored or not, they are not likely to be promoted.
Without the title of Jin, even though he is the grandson of the emperor, he can only be called the son according to the popular title.
When Wei Changying heard that Queen Gu actually left her adopted daughter's birthday party for her grandson and rushed there, she couldn't help but feel lucky for Song Zaishui - no matter what happened to the other children of the prince, at least the grandson named Arlin by Concubine Deng was very considerate. The Queen likes it. The imperial concubine said that he was less than three years old, but even if the princess became pregnant just after marrying into the East Palace, and got a boy in one fell swoop, she would still be four years younger than him.
Who can tell clearly when the dispute between the heirs will arise in the future
Just thinking about it makes me bleed from my heart!
Now that she thought of Song Zaishui, Wei Changying felt that Liu Ruoyu was too pitiful... With this thought, she subconsciously looked around the hall, but was surprised to find that Liu Ruoyu was not there. She was suspicious: "Just now in the Qianqiu Pavilion, what are you looking at? Liu Ruoyu and Liu Ruoye were together, but it seemed that Liu Ruoyu disappeared when she left Qianqiu Pavilion. Why hasn't she come back yet? Isn't she afraid of offending Princess Linchuan or the Queen? "
While he was pondering, he heard Queen Gu's laughter coming from behind the screen, saying, "Why is the palace so quiet?"
Everyone was solemn when they heard the Queen's voice.
The queen, who had changed into another dress, stepped out with a smile, brushed her hair lightly, looked around, and said: "I still think that I have been away for too long, and you are so upset that you all left me and left the banquet!"
Concubine Deng was still supporting her Yi, leaning on the case, and lazily answered the words, "I just heard from Liu Zhi that Arlene had fallen and injured everyone, which shocked everyone! The people in the East Palace are so careless, and they don't know what happened. How are you taking care of Arlene?”
Empress Gu raised her sleeves and said to everyone who was standing up one after another to salute: "You don't have to be formal, just sit down." Then she replied to Concubine Deng, "It was Arin who was naughty, and the wet nurse coaxed him not to climb on the stool. He didn't listen. The fall wasn't serious this time, but I hope he can have a better memory so that he can remember that there are some things he can't do. If he does, he will inevitably get hurt. In the end, he will be the one who hurts. "
Concubine Deng said calmly: "What the queen sister said is right. However, I am worried that Arlin is still young and may not be able to understand the queen sister's good intentions. In the end, she will miss her sister's expectations."
Queen Gu's eyes flashed, and she said with a faint smile: "My dear concubine, please don't worry. Although there are always some people in this world who will never look back until they hit the south wall, and they will never look back even if they hit the south wall. But there are always more smart people. I think Arlene is very smart and will not let me down.”
"Sister Queen's wish is this." Concubine Deng slowly took a sip of lychee green and said, "Then I also hope that my sister will soon dream... huh?" Halfway through her words, Concubine Deng suddenly put down the wine cup and said a little unhappily, "Here What is a head?"
The palace servant who was waiting for her hurriedly lowered her body to take a look, and carefully replied: "My dear, it seems to be a hair."
"It's so dirty!" Concubine Deng pushed the wine cup away in disgust and spat, "How did you do it? Hurry up and change everything in this case for me!"
... After the empress and the concubine had a heated exchange of words, the palace was already very quiet. Now the imperial concubine sounded as if she wanted to wish the queen "dreams come true", but in the middle of her words, she changed the topic to the hair falling out of the wine cup. She could not help but curse or ridicule the queen that her wish was just a dream.
The married women all sat dignifiedly and remained silent.
Queen Gu's face turned a little livid and she glanced down. If she hadn't looked at her like this, Wei Changying would have almost forgotten that there were more than two concubines in this palace today. Before, Wei Changying was worried about being questioned by the imperial concubine. Observing the married women, they actually ignored the two new favorites in this palace who have attracted much discussion in recent years.
The one the queen looked at was a woman in dark-colored robes, with a pony topknot with only a gem-studded pomegranate flower hanging on it, and a string of small coral beads hanging down to her temples, lining her snow-like skin, adding to her beauty. A bit happy.
This woman has a beautiful face, her eyebrows are slightly frowned even when she smiles, as if she is always slightly sad, and has a kind of melancholy beauty, like the orchid grass weeping in the wind, although it is difficult to attract attention when silent, plain and light; But once people notice it, such melancholy and seemingly full of beauty can easily arouse people's desire to explore.
... This is Xiaoyi Zhong. Because her family was poor, she entered the palace as the daughter of a commoner in Qingzhou and served as a servant. Later, because Concubine Deng recommended Miao Jieyu, Queen Gu's status as the sole favorite for many years was shaken, and she had to recommend Zhong as a concubine to share Miao Jieyu's favor.
Although Queen Gu chose the Zhong family, she must have taken a fancy to her humble background, lack of support from a wealthy family, and easy control. But being able to be selected as the queen's help is also closely related to Zhong's unique melancholy beauty.
Wei Changying subconsciously looked up at her - Mrs. Zhong had changed from a palace maid to a palace concubine, directly falling into Miao Jieyu's favor. But this Miao Jieyu had directly shaken the position of Empress Gu, who was considered to be unparalleled in elegance and skill.
Even though there are means and help from the imperial concubine, Miao Jieyu's own strength can be imagined... This Jieyu did not disappoint Wei Changying: Jieyu is about eighteen or nineteen years old, with black eyebrows and pink face, and beautiful appearance. , the eyes are like transverse waves. Queen Gu's spring-like eyes were so intoxicating that Wei Changying almost suspected that the queen had specially trained to have such a pair of spring-like eyes, but the way Miao Jieyu looked at her was different from that of Queen Gu.
Perhaps because of her age, Miao Jieyu appears to be more energetic and agile than the queen, especially when Jieyu smiles, her eyebrows twinkling, and her whole person is in high spirits - after all, the beauty of her youth is Glory, and the grace and tranquility after experiencing years, are not the same.
The Holy One is already over 60 years old. Since ancient times, who among those who say "Long Live" does not hope to live forever and remain youthful? Queen Gu's beauty is still the same, but Miao Jieyu, who is young and has the same intoxicating eyes as the Queen, makes the Holy Emperor feel more fresh and happy
It's no wonder that even with Zhong Xiaoyi as her favorite, not only did Miao Jieyu remain Jieyu, but the sixteenth and seventeenth princes she adopted also remained peaceful.
Wei Changying lowered his eyes and thought: "Queen Gu must hate the noble concubine very much." Regardless of whether Empress Gu was born with bright eyes and good eyesight, or she cultivated her pair of water-cut eyes with painstaking and perseverance, Concubine Deng Gui wanted to introduce new people, not just from the left to the right. Those who didn't choose chose the aspect that the Queen was best at and was proud of, and immediately compared her with the Queen...
The imperial concubine's hand was cruel enough.
She was distracted here, and when she listened again, Zhong Xiaoyi had already finished speaking half of her words, and said: "... This is what the Holy Father told me in front of my concubine last time."
Concubine Deng's face was very ugly, and when she was about to speak, Miao Jieyu over there was already smiling, her eyes swept over her like autumn water, and she said with a smile and annoyance: "Sister Zhong's words are so disturbing, today. This is the birthday of Her Majesty the Princess! Why do you insist on mentioning Sister Deng's body and bones? Isn't Sister Deng here well? I said a few words when I saw a hair falling out of the wine cup. According to Sister Zhong, I won’t be happy when I see the utensils that the servants give us to eat and drink, so I can’t say it anymore?”
Speaking of this, Miao Jieyu let out another ooh, and said apologetically to Queen Gu, "Queen, please don't be offended. I didn't mean to say anything bad about your people. I just wanted to pack things for Sister Deng." The palace servants are a little too careless. Today is the princess's birthday, so how can she be so careless? Thanks to Sister Deng's good temper, I may not be able to eat for a few days after changing the concubine... Oh, look. What are you talking about? In short, Sister Zhong, what you just said is too much. Although the Holy Father told you to take care of yourself in front of Sister Deng, isn't Sister Deng very good now? How unwise is it for you to remind me now?”
He then raised his sleeves to cover his mouth, smiled with his eyebrows crooked, and said, "Sister Zhong, you know that I don't know a few words, so I speak straightforwardly. The Holy One also praised me for this, so don't be surprised?" He smiled cutely at the queen and said, "Is that true, my dear?"
Her eyes were as charming as the Queen's, and her voice was sweet and refreshing. She was even more superior than Queen Gu. She chatted a lot like a lark, but her tone was innocent and interesting, without any ill intentions or evil intentions. mean…
Empress Gu glanced at her expressionlessly. Zhong Xiaoyi glanced at the empress's face from the corner of her eyes. Her heart skipped a beat. She bit her lower lip hard and said in a deep voice: "Sister Miao is wrong. I care about the imperial concubine. This comes from her heart." Sincerely! Even if Sister Miao thinks that the concubine is too talkative, the concubine will still say it for the sake of the noble concubine!"
He said solemnly to Concubine Deng, "Last time, the Holy Spirit said that the concubine is now older, and her body and bones are inevitably not as strong as when she was young. Please pay more attention to the concubine when getting along with the concubine, so as not to damage the concubine. The body doesn’t know it! I don’t dare to violate the sacred trust! The imperial concubine just got angry because there was a hair in the wine cup. In my opinion, it is best to leave the table first and ask the imperial doctor to diagnose!”
Wei Changying saw it very clearly. When Zhong Xiaoyi said, "The Holy One said that the Imperial Concubine is getting older now," Concubine Deng's face darkened. When she heard her say, "The bones in the body are inevitably not as good as when she was young," Concubine Deng already had it in her eyes. There was obvious anger, and then "the body was damaged without knowing it", Concubine Deng's breathing suddenly became rapid!
Seeing that the imperial concubine was about to burst into flames, Empress Gu curled her lips, while Deng Wanwan pulled her aunt's sleeve hard - it was the imperial concubine who had promoted her. Miao Jieyu shouted in surprise: "Sister Zhong! You!" This is too much! Here today, there is the Queen Mother and the old lady. Although they are both older according to my sister, who is not still radiant? How should the queen handle this?"
… This time it was Queen Gu’s turn to be embarrassed! (To be continued)