Then, at the end of Lu Jinxi's line of sight, a scene that she had been imagining in her mind for a long time finally appeared—
The exquisitely crafted beauty suddenly looked down.
If it was said that it was spring breeze and autumn moon just a moment ago, now it has become a storm! The eyebrows drooped slightly, the corners of the mouth were pressed slightly, and the deep pupils were narrowed a little, and the whole person felt completely different.
In this way, Wei Yi was full of pressure.
However, others couldn't detect it, and because of such oppression, they were all released to Lu Jinxi.
Lu Jinxi had never seen Wei Yi like this before.
Wei Yi had never seen such Lu Jinxi before.
In her eyes, where is this still the soft persimmon who only shed tears after being bullied by her sister Wei Xian in the General's Mansion after just a few words at the party
At that moment, Wei Yi even felt that she saw sharp fangs in that smile, and she was calm and aloof!
Take it easy, mockery!
It was as if such a faint glance had seen through her, and then looked down at her with a victorious attitude.
what.
Incredible!
Who could have imagined today
At that time, she was tied as the second of the three beauties in Beijing. Although she was the virtuous concubine Wei Yi, who was always favored in the palace, she first married the illustrious general Xue Kuang, and later remarried as a widow. Gu Juefei, a high school scholar who most of the women in the capital could not imagine!
Lu Jinxi…
I haven't seen each other for three and a half years, and it looks like a different person.
In addition to this seemingly incomprehensible gentleness, where can I see the slightest cowardice and tenderness of the poor little ones
Across the small half of the void in the Rouyi Hall, Wei Yi's eyes collided with hers, and a strong hostility arose between them.
Just an obvious, a hidden.
All these turbulent undercurrents only erupted in a moment, and flowed in a silent silence, unknown to the public.
The queen sitting in the first place didn't even notice it at all.
She is already a little old, and her maintenance is obviously not as good as that of Wei Yi. The powder is a little thick, but her skin color is still not as good as that of Wei Yi next to her.
Not to mention the facial features that were originally not very delicate.
The person and Wei Yi are sitting very close together, which is a bright contrast.
Who is in a good mood
Anyway, the Queen's mood is not at all, not to mention that she can see Wei Yi's slightly bulging belly more clearly than others.
Although there is only so much now, and it is not even visible at all, but when she knows the news, every time she looks at Wei Yi, she always feels that the front of her stomach is bulging.
As if a little doll could fall out of it at any moment.
In the Queen's eyes, this is simply the greatest crisis she has faced since she ascended the throne, and sadly, there is nothing she can do about it.
"Please don't be polite, ladies and take your seats first." She didn't look at Wei Yi, who was glowing beside her, but kept her composure on the surface, saying what she should say, "Today is New Year's Eve, and the emperor summoned everyone. Entering the palace is for the joy of the ruler and the ministers, so you should not be too strict."
The crowd took their seats.
The seating arrangement is based on the seating arrangement of the previous dynasty.
Of course, Lu Jinxi's seat was only under Mrs. Dong, Mrs. Xunxian, Mrs. Wei, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Tang, and the other countesses sat opposite.
In the past three and a half years, the circle of noble ladies has also changed somewhat.
Two years ago, Mrs. Dingguo, who was disgusting with a broken mouth, fell off the steps with one foot and died. The old lady of the British mansion next door was also sick in bed and could not come, so today it is Mrs. Sun, the prince's wife. ; Mrs. Kang Ping Hou's position was at the very back, and she sat tremblingly by herself.
Lu Jinxi noticed these changes at a glance, and felt a little sigh in his heart, only that these three and a half years of fleeting years passed through his fingers like a white horse, and it became like this in the blink of an eye.
The biggest change, of course, is the foreign woman.
In the past few years, led by Gu Juefei, a large number of new faces in the court have been replaced, and the original batch of old officials have been replaced, and the court has been changed once.
Of course, the wives also followed suit.
In addition to Lu Jinxi, the most eye-catching and eye-catching, there was another person at the palace banquet who attracted attention.
Lu Jinxi noticed it as soon as he was seated.
is a beauty.
She was wearing a second-grade official costume, which itself was considered luxurious, but she had a cold and chilly feeling sitting there.
The thin eyebrows are like willow leaves, but there is a stroke of eyebrows and peaks; the almond eyes, Qiong nose and red lips, the most delicate facial features, but looking forward to it is like a mountain moon.
No pretense at all.
The person was sitting there, and a pair of light blue earrings were hung on the earlobes, like a tree of cold plums, blooming in the snow.
At first glance, it doesn't make people feel that Wei Yi's graceful and dazzling bright, nor does it make people feel that Lu Jinxi's natural beauty is neither charming nor charming.
She is cold, even arrogant.
Like a faint fragrance in the snow, slightly cold.
So in Lu Jinxi's heart, a name suddenly popped up, even though she was the "Lu's" in the eyes of others, it was actually the first time she saw her—
Sun Xuedai.
Another of the three beauties in Beijing that year.
Lu Jinxi still remembered that she married Tang Ruijing far away.
At that time, Tang Ruijing was only from a poor family with nothing, and Sun Xuedai was the direct daughter of Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Who wouldn't say that she was "married"? And still so far.
But now Tang Ruijing has been transferred to Beijing for a year.
She often listened to Gu Juefei discussing the court situation with his colleagues or disciples in Xiaozhu, and she knew quite a bit about this master Tang who came from a poor family.
He is a man who is unselfish and judges like a god.
I remember Gu Juefei once said: If there is no big mess, this military minister will be able to enter the cabinet after the new year, and become an important minister in this dynasty.
So at this moment, Lu Jinxi couldn't help but look at Sun Xuedai a few more times.
But I didn't expect the other party to notice.
She was drinking tea when she just turned her eyes towards Lu Jinxi. When she saw her, she was a little startled and seemed a little surprised, but then she bent her lips slightly, politely looking at her. She nodded.
It felt like a cold plum bursting open in the snow.
With just such a smile, Lu Jinxi suddenly had a good impression of her.
She and the Lu family undoubtedly knew each other.
And no grudges.
It's just that on this palace banquet, there is no chance to speak, so I just sit like this all the way.
The New Year's Eve banquet was very festive in the Rouyi Hall.
After the queen said those scenes, she received a letter from the front office from the front, so the palace people in the Rouyi Hall also put up the exquisite dishes that had been prepared in the imperial kitchen.
Before everyone was seated, the imperial decree came from the front hall.
The eunuch's shrill voice passed through the glorious night in the palace, and on this very special day, he read out a decree written by Xiao Che, Emperor Qing'an.
"The virtuous concubine Wei has a good appearance and has been with him for many years. She is an assistant to the six palaces, diligent and disciplined. She has merit in her family, and her body is benevolent. 'Xian', please!"
"Chen and concubine, long live my emperor."
Wei Yi didn't see the slightest surprise on her face, as if she had expected this, and she didn't even look at the suddenly pale queen next to her, but only took the hand of the palace servant and knelt down gracefully to give the order.
All the wives in the Rouyi Hall, including the queen, all knelt down and shouted "Long live".
The eunuch who passed the decree was full of joy and flattery, and when he handed over the decree, he kept saying "Congratulations to Niangniang" and "Hexi Niangniang", but he didn't pay attention to the face of the queen next to him.
Wei Yi smiled lightly and took the imperial edict.
Following this decree, there are naturally rich rewards, but it is inconvenient to put them in the Rouyi Palace, and they have been moved to the palace where Wei Yi lives.
The front hall also gave royal wine down.
This one is available to everyone, euphemistically called "celebrating with the sky".
It was lively for a while before and after, but it was enough to save Wei Yi's face, and this group of talents withdrew from the Rouyi Hall.
Everyone's eyes on Wei Yi also changed.
As soon as the words "continuing children" and "confessed as a noble concubine" came out, who could not know what happened
pregnant!
This virtuous concubine has been in the palace for many years, and she is finally pregnant!
A while ago, Beijing and Zhong had their own guesses, and a little bit of wind came out, but when they saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, it became another shock.
The emperor's children have been tough all these years.
He favored Wei Yi, and he seldom went to other concubines. Wei Yi's belly had not moved for a long time, and other concubines had less chance of getting pregnant, or if something happened accidentally, it was not impossible.
Now Zhonggong has no children!
Although the queen is the lord of the six palaces, she can't match Wei Yi in terms of background and ability, not to mention that Wei Yi is pregnant now.
If this baby can be a little prince in one fell swoop...
Everyone just thought about it, and their minds floated.
During the next entire banquet, all those who had ideas put their heads together on Wei Yi, each one "virtuous concubine", for fear that the flattery would not be too tight and not obvious enough.
The queen who should have received the most attention has long been ignored by everyone.
This palace banquet, when the imperial decree of Jin Feng was issued, completely became the home court of Wei Yi.
Lu Jinxi didn't get along well with the ladies around him, and Gu Juefei had previously warned her to stay away from Weiyi in the palace, so she didn't come up to talk.
It's just that I can't stand the cheap mouth all the time, so I want to mention her.
This palace banquet can be said to be the reunion of the three beauties of the old Beijing. Wei Yi is the favorite concubine of the highest and she is just pregnant; Sun Xuedai married early and had two children, and her husband did not accept concubines. Son and beauty.
But Lu Jinxi was different.
Marrying Xue Kuang first, and then marrying Gu Juefei, there has been no news about her belly for more than three years, which inevitably caused rumors in Beijing that she was a lost flower and a willow, delaying Gu Juefei's children.
Right now, it's a little embarrassing to meet such a moment when someone else is pregnant.
Not to mention the fact that the person who spoke was malicious.
It was Mrs. Kang Pinghou, who used to have a vague holiday with Lu Jinxi in the past. She sat behind her and said, "Noble concubine is really a great blessing, not to mention being favored by the emperor, but now she has a beaded fetus, which really makes the minister's wife Waiting for the envy. After thinking about it, I am afraid that even if Mrs. Gu sees it, she will feel ashamed. "
Pick things up!
Although the dishes on the table were sumptuous, Lu Jinxi rarely had any appetite. He only drank a little wine and moved a few chopsticks to steam the duck with eight treasures.
Hearing the words, the head suddenly fell on her, her eyelids twitched, and the chopsticks were put down gently, but the smile on her lips was lifted without any flaws, she gracefully opened her eyes, and smiled lightly, hypocritical. He complimented: "Mrs. Hou is just joking. Who doesn't know that I am a miserable person in the capital? In terms of luck, who can be compared to the maid besides the noble concubine? It must be a legend passed down from generation to generation."
Madam Kang Ping Hou's complexion changed instantly, extremely ugly!
She couldn't even believe what she heard just now, and she couldn't believe it was Lu Jinxi who said this sarcasm just now!
The chest heaved up and down for a while, and he was so choked that he couldn't speak.
Although she and Lu Jinxi's hidden grudges were not made public in the capital, they were all discussed in private.
Who doesn't know that Xie Taoling, the young lady of Kangping Hou's mansion, who was one of the most beautiful women in Beijing back then, although she didn't say it clearly, it meant that Gu Juefei would not marry.
For this reason, in the year when Gu Juefei returned to Beijing, he rejected the proposal of the British government.
The posture at that time, no matter how you look at it, it should be almost certain, right
But who would have thought that as soon as Gu Juefei turned his face, he would marry a widow and enter the door, or force the marriage given by the emperor!
It was a big slap and fell on the face of Kangping Houfu!
But what? From the beginning to the end, it was their wishful thinking, and Gu Juefei didn't pay attention to it at all, and he may not even have heard of Xie Taoling's name.
As a result, the situation of Miss Xie in the Marquis of Kangping became embarrassing.
Back then, the matter of sneering and refusing to propose marriage by the British government was widely spread among the dignitaries in Beijing. In addition, Xie Taoling was already quite old, and after that, no marriage was negotiated.
It's been like this for two years.
Seeing that he was about to be dragged into an old girl who couldn't get out of the cabinet, the Marquis of Kangping panicked and went around looking for people to match up, hoping to find a good marriage for his daughter.
But at this juncture, there was a big scandal.
At the beginning of the spring, several noble sons in Beijing traveled to the lake and happened to meet a boat of the ladies in the boudoir.
Everyone was in a hurry for a while before being rescued.
These two men, one is Wei Yi's younger brother, the second son of Wei Wei, whom Lu Jinxi met in Jinnixuan a few days ago, and the other is a poor scholar who sells characters, called Zhou Xuan.
Between men and women, this kind of thing happened, but it ruined the reputation.
Of course, the House of Kangpinghou feels that Wei Wei is better, at least he is tall, and wants to marry Xie Taoling, but Wei Wei has always been a ridiculous character, not to mention that his eyes are higher than the top and he can't look down on Xie Taoling.
On that day, he actually scolded the people who came from the Marquis of Kangping mansion.
The dandy son, there is no door on his mouth, he said anything in a hurry, he even called their Kangping Houfu shameless, and said that Xie Taoling just wanted to seduce him, so he was not fooled.
The Marquis of Kangping lost all face.
A good girl ruined her reputation in this way, and finally reluctantly married a poor scholar, but she had to say something to the outside world, and she was happy that her father and brother were married.
Pretty words are pretty words, others don't know what's going on here, can Lu Jinxi not know
Xie Xiangling, she did it on purpose.
This Mrs. Kang Pinghou provoked something and stabbed her with Wei Yi's pregnancy. Although she didn't think it was anything, the maliciousness of the other party was so obvious.
So, does she need to show any face to the other party
This face was not wanted by Mrs. Kang Pinghou herself!
Otherwise, when she talks to people with a smile, she has a Buddha heart and doesn't care about anyone
Just such a light-hearted sentence stepped on Mrs. Kang Pinghou's painful foot, and it was so spicy that it made Lu Jinxi's coldness and majesty appear suddenly.
Wei Yi looked over almost immediately.
Lu Jinxi didn't look at anyone, just like a normal person, smiling politely, neither humble nor arrogant, candid.