The Job of an Imperial Concubine
Chapter 26
"Wow!" A teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
Too quietly stood up, "Ai Jia shakes his hands, get it done."
"Yes," Gong Ren knelt down busy.
The queen mother looked at the cracked teacup and turned into the inner room.
A few days later, the emperor has not turned the sign of the woman in the harem, and the empress did not intervene in this matter.Of course, the queen is still sitting still in Jingyang Palace, and the whole harem is strangely calm.
On a hot day, few people are interested in visiting some gardens, and Zhuang Luoru will not be so stupid as to go around at this time. People with good eyes can see that the empress dowager intends to intervene in the harem, but the queen pretends to be silly. The emperor was not too willing.
In the past two days, the little concubine who didn't have long eyes went to the queen mother to ask for scorn, and yesterday she was beaten by the queen to find the mistake. It seems that the queen is also a ruthless character.The emperor's actions, the emperor did not say anything, this meaning is even more obvious.
"Master, people from Kang'an Palace came to tell you that the Queen Mother invited you to go to Kang'an Palace to listen to the play in the afternoon." Yun Xi walked in and lowered his voice, "Slave-servants heard that many masters have been spread."
"Listen to the play?" Zhuang Luoyan raised his eyebrows. Where does the play on this stage look good under the stage? What purpose does the queen mother get out of these things?
"The queen mother invites me, how can I not go," Zhuangluo roared up, "I will go to bed for a while, and call me at lunch."
Hearing Zhu and Yunxi staring at each other, and seeing the appearance of the Master, I thought that there would be no major problems, so I retreated with peace of mind.
"Who else did the Queen Mother tell?" Princess Gui was lying on the beauty couch, and the two court ladies waited, even a little more lazy.
"Going back to the master, I heard that there are queens, princesses, concubines, princesses, Xu Zhaorong, Ye Shurong, Su Xiuyi, Zhao Chongyi, Yan Guipin, Jiang Xianpin, Lin Peng and Ye Ronghua," Lingsha replied.
"There are quite a few people," Shu Guifei smiled softly. "But the queen mother even invited Lin Peng?"
"I wanted to invite Ye Ronghua, who was demoted, and then invited Lin Ping to cover his eyes and ears," Lingsha replied.
"Who knows what it means," Princess Gui opened her eyes. "The left and right is a scene between her and the queen, and we will have fun watching the show."
After lunch, Zhuang Luoru packed himself up with dignity and integrity and sat on the walk to the Empress Dowager's Kang'an Palace. The hot day was very poisonous. She reached out to cover the sunlight on her forehead and squinted. Looking at the honour in front, if you read correctly, it is the emperor's holy car.
"Emperor, it seems that Zhao Chongyi is behind," Gao Dezhong whispered.
"Oh?" Feng Jin, who had a canopy and a sunshade, was not embarrassed by the sun. He glanced back and frowned, "Why is she doing this hot day?"
"I want to go to the Empress Dowager's Kang'an Palace," Gao Dezhong explained. "Today's empress dowager invites all masters to listen to the drama, presumably this is the moment."
"My mother is very happy," Feng Jin said in a plain tone, and looked at the sunshine outside the white flowers. "Since that is the case, I should wait to hear it after I finish dealing with it."
Zhuang Luoru looked at the emperor's ceremonial departure from the other direction, and knew that he was not going to Kang'an Palace, wiping his forehead with sweat and said: "Come on now, it would be bad if the queen mother was waiting for a long time."
At the Kang'an Palace, the Queen Ye sisters had arrived, Zhuang Luoyan sat for a while, and other concubines also arrived one after another.
Looking at the dramas presented by the eunuch, Zhuang Luoru pushed no point. First, she didn't love these, and second, she didn't know what the content of these scenes was. If she had any taboos, it was not beautiful.
As soon as the play opened, it was a lively and joyous scene. Zhuang Luoru watched the performers on stage and yawned with a handkerchief covering his mouth.
"People are old, just love to watch some lively," the Queen Mother smiled and said to the concubines, "Which play do you love, you will be alone, don't care about the sad family."
Everyone said yes, but no one really went to the drama that the Queen Mother did not like to watch.
After a few plays were over, there were a few other court jugglers. Their performances gave Zhuang Luoru a bit of interest, and the other concubines also looked in shock.
"It's just like this juggling. You look like this, in fact, your eyes were deceived," the Queen Mother laughed. "It can be seen that they are not only quick in hands and feet, but also acting, what does the Queen think?"
"The daughter-in-law is ignorant. The mother-in-law said that she felt like this," the empress said, exclaiming. "These performances are really thrilling and wonderful."
"The mourning family only said so, whether they were accurate or not, only they knew it," the queen mother pointed to the entertainers on the stage, told people to reward something for them, and instead sighed: "If there are more now The child is even more lively next to Aijia."
The Queen knew that the Queen Mother was deliberately unknowing herself. She had no children under her knees. She had been a Queen for many years. When she was a Prince, she was a husband and wife. Except for the premature princess, her belly did not move at all. It is indeed a big shortcoming. Although the queen’s heart is bleeding, she still has a smile on her face, "The first and second princes are still small. If they are older, they will be able to run and jump." Fanned, "When the weather cools down, if the Queen Mother misses the little prince, let them come to see her mother." The Queen Mother didn't embarrass her because the child fell off, so embarrassed that she could bear it.
Zhuang Luoru listened to the confrontation between the two, and praised the Queen’s style. If the average person was embarrassed to speak, the Queen could say that the Queen Mother missed the little prince. She heard that the two princes were fostering In the palace of the imperial concubine, one was fostered in the palace of the concubine of Ning, which was only fostered instead of registered. It can be seen that the emperor did not mean to increase the status of the two princes.
"Let them keep them well, half-old children, it's not good to bump," said the queen mother lukewarmly, and continued to watch the performances of the artists on the stage, obviously not wanting to continue talking with the queen.
In the feudal era, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law always seemed to be a big problem. Why do women embarrass women?Zhuang Luoyan secretly sighed and peeled a grape into his mouth. Although the grape was delicious, she peeled it off and got her hands dirty. She wiped her hands with a handkerchief and did not want to move.When she saw the fan, she poured a cup of tea for her again, and whispered, "Master, this tea quenches thirst."
"Zhao Chongyi's maidservant is intimate," Yan Guipian, who was sitting next to Zhuang Luoyan, looked at Tingzhu, seeming to remember something, "but it seems familiar to me."
"She is waiting by my side every day, and it is not surprising that Yan Guipeng has seen it." Zhuang Luoyan smiled, obviously not caring about Yan Guipeng's words.
"I remembered it. Wasn't this the little maid beside Yao Yao? I didn't know what was wrong and was taken away by Yao. Later, Yao gave birth to the little princess and went away. I never thought you were by Zhao Chongyi. "Yan Guibin raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhuang Luoyan. "Did Zhao Chongyi not know this?"
Zhuangluo roared with a smile, "There are also many men who are waiting around me, so why ask so many people, as long as they are doing their best to serve them, then it will be all right."
"Sister is really a simple person," Yan Guipin expected Zhuangluo roar to be hard on his lips, took a sip of tea with a smile, and turned to look at the trick.
Listening to bamboo, I did not expect Yan Guipin to remember this. She had been serving by Yao Pang in her early years. It was just that Yao Peng had bad temperament. She accidentally made a mistake and was taken away. It was not a big deal, but Yan Guibin said so, the meaning changed.
The master of the harem did not like to use the former master or the slave who fell out of favor. After all, she was not auspicious. She looked at her master a little bit white, and saw her look as usual, and let her down.
"The emperor is here!"
The emperor has not been to the harem for several days, but now the eunuch's voice makes the concubines look forward to each other, waiting for the emperor to look at himself and be favored by the holy.
"Today's play is quite lively," Feng Jin said after sitting down for a while, "I thought Ye Shurong's child had fallen, and I felt sad for a while. Today, I am relieved a lot."
As soon as these words came out, the smile on the Empress Dowager's face was almost stretched, but the words had to be continued. "The Ai Family looked at the harem for a long time. It was not good. The emperor loved the children. Let Ye Shurong regenerate one. Overwhelmed."
"The son is just sad. Now that the son is young, the mother doesn't have to worry too much," Feng Jin took a sip of tea, not too salty, said: "The mother can live a long life and Ankang is the biggest comfort of the son. The matter of the harem is the son's lack of filial piety."
The Queen Mother listened to this and grinned reluctantly. After watching the play for a while, she said she was exhausted. All the people in the room stood up and behaved naturally, but Zhuang Luoru saw that the Queen felt obviously relieved.
After walking around for a while, a little eunuch chased up and looked at someone like Gao Dezhong. Zhuang Luoru said, "What's wrong with this father-in-law?"
"Master Zhao, the emperor rewarded you with some heat-relieving tea, and Grand Duke sent the minions to you," the eunuch was very disciplined, holding a beautiful wooden box in his hand, and wanted the tea inside to be very expensive.
Zhuangluo roared Xie Yan, after the eunuch left, he stepped up again, rubbed the wooden box in his hand, and smelled a faint scent of tea when he opened it.
Gao Dezhong saw that Xiao Anzi was back and asked, "Tea was also delivered."
"Go back to the supervisor, it has been delivered, and Master Zhao let the minions thank you." The eunuch replied honestly.
"How could the master thank our slaves!" Gao Dezhong tapped a note on the eunuch's head, turned and walked to the house.
The little eunuch looked up and knew that the director was going to report to the emperor.