hsntnovel Chapter 229 The Lady Is Too Heartless (23)
Chapter 229 The Lady Is Too Heartless (23)
Chapter 229 The Lady Is Too Heartless (23)
The Qiwu Palace is very lively, busy inside and out.As soon as Wan Guifei walked in, she frowned and asked, "It's just a birthday, why bother?"
At this time, an old woman came over and saluted Concubine Wan Gui respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is what the Empress Dowager meant. The Empress Dowager knows that you don't like this, but today is your birthday and the palace should be more festive. Otherwise, how could it be a birthday celebration? The Empress Dowager misses her mother very much, so being so careful is not a blessing in any palace?"
Concubine Wan Gui just replied calmly: "Mommy, go back and tell the Queen Mother, the concubine knows her kindness, but the concubine is not feeling well these days and is very quiet, so let them retreat."
The old nanny showed a look of embarrassment, she really didn't understand that this was a grace that other empresses in the palace couldn't ask for, why did Concubine Wan Gui not appreciate it at all?If she went to reject the Queen Mother, wouldn't it embarrass the Queen Mother?However, Concubine Wan Gui in this palace does her own way, ordinary concubines often please the Queen Mother, but Concubine Wan Gui lives in the palace for a long time and rarely comes out to see guests.well!These are the master's affairs, so it's her turn to worry about it as an old slave?
Qian'er at the side saw the back of the old mother shaking her head, and said to Concubine Wan Gui with a worried face: "Your Majesty, it seems bad for you to reject the Queen Mother's kindness like this. There are very few people walking around in our Qiwu Palace. If you don't Let people know that there is a Wan Guifei, it is estimated that the palace has forgotten the existence of the empress."
Concubine Wan Gui replied indifferently: "So what? I am the only one in the Wan family now. Your Majesty can keep me in the palace just to ask for a place to live. What else can I ask for?"
"Your Majesty, how can you think like this?" Qian'er wanted to continue persuading Concubine Wan Gui, but unfortunately the other party ignored her good intentions at all, it was really helpless.Even if there is a noble status in this palace, if there is no favor from His Majesty and the Queen Mother, all of this will be empty, especially these slaves, the master is not favored, they are also bullied, and they are concubines and slaves of the position It's too much to bully them too.But the empress does not know.well!How should this be done?
The news that Concubine Wan Gui had just returned to the queen mother immediately reached the queen's ears.
"Your Majesty, this Concubine Wan Gui really doesn't know how to flatter her." The mother on the side complained.
The queen opened her mouth and took a bite of the lotus cake, swallowed it slowly, and then said: "Since your Majesty registered, you have rarely visited the harem in person, and most of your sisters live alone in the palace, so it is inevitable that you will be lonely. Your Majesty is also twenty-five years old. If it is according to the age of the late emperor There is already an eldest prince, but now there is no one in the harem who has given birth to an heir for the Yue Kingdom, why is the queen mother in a hurry? The Wan family has done so much for His Majesty, but in the end they did not end well. The huge Wan family army only left Concubine Wan Gui An orphan girl, the queen mother is ashamed of the Wan family. In name, she is helping Concubine Wan Gui to celebrate her birthday, but in fact she wants to flatter her. It is also a reminder to His Majesty that what the Wan family has done for him, do not let these meritorious ministers be disrespected. Heart."
"But Madam Wan Guifei's matter was suggested by you." Mammy was very puzzled.
The queen did not answer the other party's words.How could she fail to guess what the Queen Mother was thinking?Even if His Majesty didn't care about the harem these years because of the throne, but now the country is stable, and His Majesty is not too young, it's time to stabilize the hearts of the people for the heirs of Jiangshan Sheji.Everyone can see His Majesty's strange concern for Lan Qingqing in the past few years. Although she is a righteous sister, the degree of concern is far more than that of his concubine. Even she, the queen, cannot arouse his sympathy.
But she is the mother of a nation!She can't beg for mercy from him like other concubines, and she doesn't even have the right to show weakness.
The Queen Mother thinks that she is too compliant and won't be favored by His Majesty, but after all, she is not Lan Qingqing who can ignore everything. She is the daughter of the Zhao family, the glory of the Zhao family, how can she act like imitating others?Her pride will never allow her to bow to anything.
There is a banquet in the palace, and Yue Yin will naturally attend it. It is rare to see conscientious emperors in their free time, especially those concubines who are rare in a year, all of them have spent a lot of effort on themselves, and they are very grandly dressed .However, Concubine Wan Gui, who is the protagonist, is in plain clothes all the year round, and the originally lively scene seems to have nothing to do with her.
Yue Yin frowned and asked: "Concubine Wan Gui is your good day today, why are you dressed so plainly?"
"Your Majesty, the concubine is like this all year round. Although it is the concubine's birthday, the concubine doesn't want to be like this."
Sitting next to the queen mother and queen, they were very embarrassed after hearing her words.
Instead, Lan Qingqing said, "Concubine Wan Gui, how can you talk like this? This is everyone's kindness? We even prepared a gift for you."
Madam Wan frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "It was also my concubine's birthday that year, but my parents will not have time to celebrate my concubine in the future."
It was only then that Yue Yin remembered that the days back then were the same as today, but it was the days when General Wan and his family members were killed, and he couldn't help but feel a little heavy.So he said in a dull voice, "It's my negligence."
Although the queen mother felt ashamed, she was more dissatisfied with the inconsiderate queen, but she also had a grudge against Concubine Wan Gui for blatantly embarrassing the Tian family in front of everyone.
Without waiting for the queen mother to speak, the queen first pleaded guilty to her and Yue Yin.
"The queen is also very kind, and the concubine is not ignorant of praise, so the concubine came here." Seeing the queen's embarrassment, Wan Guifei said a few words to plead with the queen mother.
However, Yue Yin is not a person who likes to be silent, and Lan Qingqing who is beside him is even more eloquent, and knows the Queen Mother's preferences, so she can coax the Queen Mother to smile with a few words.
The other concubines and noble ladies presented jewelry, or calligraphy and paintings, but when it was Lan Qingqing's turn, she played a riddle first.Then an exciting dance danced in the hall, and the noisy gongs and drums rang in the ears, and gradually became louder and louder.
Suddenly it reached a climax, the sound stopped abruptly, and a melodious flute sound gradually approached. When someone came to see it, it was Xiao Niang in a scarlet skirt, with a beautiful face and beautiful posture, flowing mist and looking bright.
Then a white figure was pulled aside by the palace guards to hide the screen, and the slender jade fingers plucked on the strings, the voice was melodious, and when he raised his head, there was a flower on his forehead, and he smiled sweetly, giving off a bit of charm.
"Yun'er?" The queen mother did not expect Ye Yun'er, who is usually delicate and elegant, to have such a delicate attitude, which really surprised her.
The queen's face froze, and she said hesitantly: "The concubine Wan Gui's matter today was the negligence of the concubine. I originally wanted to make her happy by acting like this, but I didn't expect to bump into her family..."
Before I finished speaking, Lan Qingqing suddenly changed into a man's attire, and changed into a man's attire, very heroic.
Lan Qingqing motioned to Xiao Niang and Ye Yun'er, and the sound of the flute and qin was not mediocre, but a sonorous and powerful singing tune, and the owner of the voice was Lan Qingqing.Accompanied by her sword dance, which combines rigidity and softness, the woman's strength, arrogance and femininity are well displayed.
After the end of the song, everyone has not recovered.
Concubine Wan Gui was shocked when she heard the song sung by Lan Qingqing. She never knew that women could be so brave and fearless. Her heart, which was originally calm like water, suddenly seemed to be tightly grasped, and she couldn't help standing up Asked: "What kind of story are you singing?"
Lan Qingqing did not expect Concubine Wan Gui's comprehension to be so high, it seems that her goal is to get it.So she told the story of "Sun Shangxiang" that she sang concisely and clearly, but there are many colors and changes in it, which can be regarded as acceptable to everyone.The details don't really matter, do they?
"So that's how it is." Concubine Wan Gui thought that this Sun Shangxiang was so powerful, why couldn't she also be a daughter?What's more, she is also the blood of the Wan family.
(End of this chapter)