After Xiao Concubine finished speaking, Concubine Shu's face darkened, and her eyes flashed sharply.
"Miss Xiao, that's not what I meant. You are so young and wear light colors just because you are delicate..."
Mrs. Lin opened her mouth to explain, and then choked up after speaking for a long time, and continued to speak, but the description became darker and darker.
Concubine Xiao had an innocent face, "I know Mrs. Lin's kind intentions, but Concubine Xiao is not worthy of being popular."
Mrs. Lin glared at Concubine Xiao, and looked at Concubine Shu anxiously, "Your Majesty, that's not what I mean by my wife. Don't misunderstand me, Your Majesty."
Concubine Shu's face is gloomy, Concubine Shu is still a concubine no matter how favored she is, it's not that the middle palace can't wear bright red, but now she is wearing pomegranate water red, like a big joke, always showing that she is a concubine.
Concubine Shu was suddenly extremely dissatisfied with this dress, after all these years, she was still a favorite concubine.
Concubine Shu glanced at Mrs. Lin, her face was a bit displeased, Mrs. Lin's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but stare at Concubine Xiao fiercely.
Concubine Shu pursed her lips, pretending not to understand the underlying meaning, "Miss Xiao looks good, she looks good in anything she wears, she is at the age of a flower bone, how can we compare, such a beautiful color is not afraid of being laughed at."
Concubine Shu solved the embarrassment with a simple sentence, and Mrs. Lin nodded repeatedly, "That's exactly what I mean. We are so old, how can we compare with a little girl who is 28 years old."
Concubine Shu glanced at Mrs. Lin without moving her expression. Mrs. Lin's body froze, she didn't dare to breathe, and it took a long time for her to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Mother, aunt!"
Not far away, Lin Xu came over, dressed in a bright royal blue dress today, dignified, elegant, noble and moving, walking towards this side gracefully.
Seeing Lin Xu, Concubine Shu's face softened a little, and she smiled, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and Xu'er seems to have grown a lot taller, and she was slim in a blink of an eye, and now she is a big girl."
Lin Xu lowered her head and smiled shyly, and followed Concubine Shu to make Concubine Shu happy.
Concubine Shu has a very close attitude towards Lin Xu. Because Concubine Shu has no daughter under her knees, she has a bit of doting on this niece.
The two of them talked as if no one was there, and the wives echoed and flattered them from time to time, but Mrs. Xiao standing aside seemed a bit abrupt and left out.
The corner of Concubine Shu's mouth curled up a little, and she pulled Lin Xu to give a lot of instructions, deliberately prolonging the time.
Mrs. Xiao also didn't care at all, her demeanor was indifferent.
After a while, a court lady came over and said to Mrs. Xiao.
"Old madam, the queen mother heard that the old madam is entering the palace this time, and specially invites the old madam to go over to catch up on the old days."
Mrs. Xiao nodded, "It's hard for the old queen mother to still miss me as an old woman."
Mrs. Xiao squinted at Concubine Shu, "The minister's wife is going to take a step first."
Concubine Shu's face was slightly embarrassed, "Why does the old lady bring Miss Xiao with her when she is talking, why should Miss Xiao chat with Xu'er?"
"That's unnecessary. Xiaojiu and Princess Qingle know each other very well. Princess Qingle is also in the Empress Dowager's Palace now. The two have played together since they were young. I'm also relieved."
Mrs. Xiao declined with a light smile, glanced at Concubine Xiao, "Let's go."
"Yes!" Xiao Yan smiled sweetly.
To put it bluntly, Mrs. Xiao just didn't trust Concubine Shu, and she didn't give Concubine Shu any face. Concubine Shu's face was flushed, and she clenched her fists tightly, watching Mrs. Xiao take Concubine Xiao away.
Mrs. Lin's face was also not good-looking, "Your Majesty, this old Mrs. Xiao is too disrespectful to Your Majesty."
Lin Xu bit her lip, and stared fiercely at Xiao Concubine's back, you'll see me soon!
Concubine Shu squinted at Mrs. Lin, "Mrs. Xiao is the mother of Prime Minister Right, and Prime Minister Right is always filial. Whoever disobeys Mrs. Xiao will have any good fruit to eat?"
Concubine Shu's tone concealed accusations, but Mrs. Lin didn't hear it. She still felt that the Xiao family was too presumptuous. After all, this was the inner courtyard of the imperial palace.
One of the wives glanced at Concubine Shu's face, and said boldly, "Your Majesty, I heard from my master that the son of Prince Chen offended the right minister a few days ago and was severely tossed by the right minister. The right minister vented his anger, and personally ordered the son of the Chen prince to be beaten with dozens of sticks to vent his anger on the right minister, forcing the prince Chen to kowtow to the right minister to admit his mistake, and this matter is over."
After the lady finished speaking, Madam Lin's face turned pale in an instant.
"This... probably not."
The madam whispered again, "The empress dowager can invite Mrs. Xiao over to reminisce about the old days regardless of the past. She must be speaking softly, and she doesn't want to offend the right minister. I heard that the county magistrate Jinshu was not invited to the banquet today."
Mrs. Lin stopped talking completely now, and suddenly thought of the third prince who was suffering far away in Liangzhou, and couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.
County Lord Jinshu was originally the empress dowager's daughter, the eldest princess, and she was demoted to the county head, not all because of the gift of the right minister.
Now that the three legs stand in equal positions, the emperor and the empress dowager compete, and no one wants to offend the right minister. If the right minister turns against either party, the other party will undoubtedly die.
Over the years, what the Empress Dowager and the Emperor fear the most is not the military power in the hands of the right minister, but the methods of the right minister. Nothing can hide from the right minister's eyes.
At the beginning, the Right Prime Minister alone was able to overcome all opinions and assisted the weakest emperor to stay firmly in the country, and he helped the late emperor to eliminate disasters with iron and blood, so that no one dared to argue a word.
The former emperor once said that if the right minister was born in the royal family, no one would dare to fight against him, and it may not be impossible to rule the world. This shows that the right minister is clever.
Now that Prime Minister Right wants to support one person, the Emperor and the Queen Mother may not be able to stop him, so no matter how they fight for so many years, try not to involve Prime Minister Right and offend Prime Minister Right. Not worth it.
The Right Prime Minister is also a world-renowned dutiful son, and the matter is related to Mrs. Xiao, and the Right Prime Minister will never give up easily.
For so many years, whoever provokes the right minister, the right minister will not vent his anger face to face, but will make people feel bitter and unable to tell, and they will automatically and obediently subdue.
Just like this time, the son of the prince of Chen, repeatedly frustrated the son of the prince of Chen, forcing the son of the prince of Chen to grit his teeth and swallow in his stomach, and greeted him with a smile on his right face.
What kind of person is the prince Chen
In the past, he didn't recruit the right minister, and he was domineering and uncontrollable in Kyoto. Now he only got involved with the right minister for a few days, and when he saw the right minister, he would hide like a mouse seeing a cat.
And the third prince hasn't returned yet, Prime Minister Right couldn't help but not let the third prince go back to Beijing, the third prince was tortured miserably in Liangzhou.
Concubine Shu knew this best. Thinking of this, Concubine Shu clenched her fists tightly and almost gritted her silver teeth and glared at Mrs. Lin.
Mrs. Lin felt more than a chill down her spine, she was in pain and couldn't tell, "Madam, my wife didn't mean that, it was all a misunderstanding."
Concubine Shu snorted coldly, "Putting away those little thoughts, if this palace's important affairs are ruined, the Lin family will not be able to escape even if this palace is not well."
Mrs. Lin kept nodding her head, she was angry for a while, otherwise, even if she had three guts, she wouldn't offend Mrs. Xiao.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, my wife knows I'm wrong." Mrs. Lin assured her again and again, but she was full of resentment towards the Xiao family in her heart.
Concubine Shu hated the Xiao family much more than Mrs. Lin, her face was gloomy, and the good mood she got up early in the morning suddenly disappeared.
About an hour later, the banquet started, and even the queen mother came out to watch the excitement. Emperor Dongming sat at the top of the middle, Concubine Shu sat below the queen mother, and then there were Mrs. Lin and the protagonist Lin Xu. Your lords.
Concubine Xiao followed behind the old lady, bowed her head before Mrs. Lin, and opposite happened to be Zhao Zun, whom she hadn't seen for several days!
Xiao Yu lowered her head and tried not to glance at Zhao Zun, but she was always watching from the corner of her eyes.
Zhao Zun and the people beside him were talking about something, it seemed that they were still very busy, Xiao Concubine curled her lips.
At this time, a father-in-law shouted loudly, and the banquet began, and he read Qin Tianjian's praise of the two people's horoscopes matching again.
All the wives first praised Lin Xu and said some auspicious words. The two were a match made in heaven, and they would live together with hundreds of sons and grandchildren.
Lin Xu's face blushed, and she looked at the eldest prince not far away, her face full of shyness.
"let's start!"
Following Emperor Dongming's order, the banquet officially began.
The entrance song was a dance. Eight women in green clothes came in, with long sleeves on both sides, fluttering and waving in the air, overlapping each other, twisting their waists.
Dozens of white and blue silk ribbons fluttered out, and the hall seemed to be filled with white waves. Suddenly, a young girl leapt into the air and flew over the silk ribbons. Her slender feet were light and her clothes fluttered like a fairy Lingbo.
There was applause and exclamation in the imperial garden, and I was afraid that I might miss something in the blink of an eye.
The woman is dressed in fluttering white clothes, and only a hosta is inserted obliquely in her black hair. She is dressed in white clothes and has black hair. The woman is like a fairy who has come down from a fairyland, her beauty is beyond human.
The woman's face was truly amazing, with a peach blossom dotted on her forehead, many petals fluttered from her sleeves while waving, and immediately the air was filled with fragrance.
Her figure is also dancing faster and faster, her jade-like hands are lingering gracefully, her skirt is fluttering, she steps on the white silk and jumps and dances, beautiful and magnificent.
A peach blossom fell in front of her eyes, Xiao Yu took it with her hand and put it on the tip of her nose to sniff gently, the corners of her mouth curled up, like a peony blooming in an instant, graceful and luxurious, the beauty is intoxicating.
With a figure not far away, Zhao Zun's gaze was always on Xiao Concubine, and he never raised his eyes.
As soon as Zhen Yan lowered her head and saw that everyone's eyes were focused on her, a trace of pride flashed in her eyes, and when she turned around, she saw that person staring at one spot without blinking, following her gaze, it was Xiao Concubine!
Zhen Yan's eyes dimmed, and a trace of unknown emotion flashed, suddenly her foot slipped, her body crooked like a butterfly breaking its wings.
Everyone's hearts were on the verge of raising their hearts when they saw it, but fortunately Zhen Yan grabbed a white silk at the most critical moment, so that they didn't fall badly.
After the dance was over, the music stopped, and Zhen Yan blamed herself, "My daughter deserves to die, I beg the emperor and the empress dowager to forgive me."
"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Sister Yan was fine in person, but she stumbled because she was stunned by a horse and injured her foot when she passed by Lord Zhao's residence a few days ago."
Lin Xu stood up straight away and shifted the responsibility to Lord Zhao Hou.
Zhen Yan shook her head, "It's because the courtier's daughter is not good at dancing, and it has nothing to do with Lord Hou."
"Sister Yan!" Lin Xu stomped her feet.
Zhao Houye pursed his lips without explaining a word, as if all this had nothing to do with him, his eyes were as calm as a lake.
Just now Zhen Yan's dance was absolutely stunning, but unfortunately something went wrong at the last moment, everyone came back to their senses, looked at Zhen Yan kneeling on the ground pale, and then at Zhao Zun, who had nothing to do with them, and cursed secretly One sentence does not know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade!
Emperor Dongming smiled, "The dance just now was really intoxicating. Miss Zhen's dancing skills are extraordinary. As the saying goes, the moon overflows, and it's not necessarily a bad thing to have a flaw. If there is a chance, I can do it again !"
Emperor Dongming directly skipped Lord Zhao Hou, and made people reward Zhen Yan again.
Zhen Yanwan's frightened face softened a little, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Emperor Dongming waved his hand, and Zhen Yan stepped back and changed into a change of clothes.
Mrs. Lin tugged Lin Xu, Lin Xu was embarrassed, only knew that Concubine Shu glanced at her, Lin Xu's scalp was tense, and when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Concubine with a slight smile on his mouth, pretending not to see Lin Xu Lady's wink.
"Your Majesty, just now, sister Yan's dance was flawed. The servants didn't seem to have enjoyed it to the fullest. The servants heard that Miss Xiao is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Her best thing is dancing skills. Although she is not as good as sister Yan, she can still let everyone Feast your eyes." As Lin Xu said, he glanced at Concubine Xiao, "Isn't it, Miss Xiao?"
"Xu'er!" Mrs. Lin was stunned for a moment, Lin Xu didn't go to see Mrs. Lin, she just wanted to make Miss Xiao look ugly.
Concubine Shu smiled, "This proposal is very good, I wonder if Miss Xiao is willing to come forward and perform a dance?"
Concubine Shu also wanted to see Concubine Xiao make a fool of herself, so she couldn't help but chime in.
Concubine Xiao made enough preparations early in the morning, and looked up at Lin Xu and Concubine Shu, "Your Majesty, you are absurd, how can a courtier compare to Sister Lin's figure, Sister Lin has always been famous for her songs, and today Sister Lin is doing it again." Protagonist, since you want everyone to have fun, how about dancing for me?"
Just as Lin Xu was about to refuse, the Queen Mother said, "This is a good proposal. Only singing and dancing can be fun."
Lin Xu's face froze, and she looked at Xiao Concubine fiercely. Even the queen mother asked her how she could refuse, so she had to bite the bullet and agree.
The two retreated to get ready, but Lin Xu immediately grabbed Xiao Concubine's arm, "What's on your mind!"
Miss Xiao raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Thanks to Ms. Lin's appreciation of me, such a good opportunity to become famous, I will naturally reciprocate. This proposal was made by Ms. Lin. Isn't it too lonely for me to be alone?"
"You!" Lin Xu couldn't wait to tear off this small mouth. He glanced at it with a hint of amusement in his eyes, "Hmph! I want to see what tricks I can pull off!"
Xiao Concubine was going to dance temporarily, so she definitely didn't prepare any clothes, and she would regret it when she put them on!
Lin Xu just waited to see her make a fool of herself.
Xiao Concubine entered the room, but she put on the clothes she had prepared a long time ago, a fiery red long skirt, with a circle of tiny bells tied around her ankles, which jingled very pleasantly when she walked.
Xiao Concubine took the veil to cover half of her face, and quickly went out with her skirt.
In the imperial garden, the woman's clear and sweet singing sounded slowly.
Xiao Concubine held up her skirt and stepped forward. The moment Xiao Concubine stepped forward, Zhao Zun's eyes were completely darkened, and he almost couldn't help dragging the little woman back to wrap her up properly.
A pair of jade feet are as white as porcelain, stepping on the spotless red carpet and spinning, wearing foreign costumes, with small bells all over the body, and the whole banquet is full of tinkling sounds when the body twists.
The half-covered face makes one's heart itch, and one can't wait to find out, waving long sleeves, twisting the body, the whole figure is like being surrounded by a ball of fire, the red is dazzling.
Red is enchanting and gorgeous, this color is most suitable for Xiao Concubine.
Mrs. Lin's complexion was not much better. Just now she said that Concubine Xiao is not suitable for wearing red, but in a blink of an eye she saw Concubine Xiao wearing fiery red, it was like a slap in the face.
Zhao Zun stared at her without blinking, and saw many people looking at Xiao Concubine, Zhao Zun wished to gouge out all these people's eyeballs, and tightly held the wine cup.
Zhen Yan saw this scene clearly, Xiao Concubine's dancing was not brilliant, but why Zhao Zun could look at Xiao Concubine without blinking
Zhen Yan clenched her fists slightly, and soon she felt relieved, she firmly believed that it was absolutely impossible for Xiao Concubine and Zhao Zun to be together.
Lin Xu sang well at first, but then she felt irritated with tinkling in her ears. Unconsciously, she sang faster and faster, and her voice became louder and louder. Everyone in the heat frowned and even covered their ears.
Mrs. Lin realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly tugged Lin Xu. Lin Xu seemed to be unable to control himself, and kept shouting loudly with his eyes closed, piercing his heart.
The First Prince frowned tightly.
The corner of Xiao Concubine's mouth curved into a smile, and the next moment, Emperor Dong Ming slapped the table, "Shut up!"
Concubine Xiao stopped, and the sound of the bell gradually stopped, only then did Lin Xu come back to his senses, panting heavily, his throat was hoarse and uncomfortable, and looking at the faces of the ministers, Lin Xu was at a loss.
"Let's stop singing and dancing today!" Emperor Dong Ming couldn't help but rubbed his ears, and waved his hands at Xiao Concubine.
It was only then that Lin Xu remembered the scene just now, and seeing Xiao Concubine was no different, the maid whispered a few words in Lin Xu's ear again, Lin Xu's face completely darkened, Xiao Concubine must have been tricked, Lin Xu Losing his ugliness, he was about to stand up and ask Miss Xiao to settle the score.
"Xu'er!" Mrs. Lin pressed Lin Xu tightly with one hand, "Stop messing around, don't you think it's not enough to be ashamed, if you continue to make trouble, your empress will be angry!"
Hearing this, Lin Xu raised his eyes to look at Concubine Shu, seeing the coldness and warning in Concubine Shu's eyes, Lin Xu felt a chill go down his spine, and stopped talking.