The Job of an Imperial Concubine
47 The Emperor's Tenderness
The next day, Zhuang Luolu took a walk to the Queen's Palace and asked for safety. Just at the entrance of the Queen's Palace, several concubines of lower ranks came together.When several people saw Zhuangluo Rouge, they stepped forward and asked for peace, with a two-pointer attitude than in the past.
"Several sisters don't have to be polite, they are all sisters." Zhuang Luoyan stepped down and stretched out his hand to help, making people unable to see a bit of arrogance, but no one on the scene would believe that Zhao Chongyi really had this So kind.
"Sister Zhao Chongyi loves her sisters, and sisters can't forget what their duty is," the woman standing at the front said obediently.
Zhuang Luoyan glanced at the woman, who was not very young. Although she was a bit beautiful, she was not really conspicuous in this harem.She was a bit pleased with this remark, and also with a little inexplicable meaning.
"Have seen Zhao Chongyi."
The voice on her side made Zhuang Luoyan understand why the man in front of him said this. She raised her lips slightly, and her voice seemed more gentle than usual: "Ma Cairen."
Ma Cairen glanced at the court lady she gave Zhuangluo Roan to her. She bowed her head unwillingly. When she looked down, she seemed to see the sarcasm in the eyes of other women around her, which made her more embarrassed. The woman let herself down from Jieyu to a talented person, she had to bear it all.
"Okay, it's not too early, our sisters will go in to please the queen's mother," Zhuang Luoyan was not stupid enough to give Ma Jieyu a face at the gate of the queen's palace. She wanted the emperor to think that she was simple, not Make the emperor think she is wayward stupid.Whoever makes the men in this world have a common problem, neither wants women to be too clever to grasp, nor wants women to be too stupid to take a shot.
Let the women around pass by with sarcasm, Ma Cairen stood on the spot, letting the morning cold wind hurt her cheeks.
Princess Shu’s time to arrive at the Queen’s Palace was not too early or late. When she supported the court lady’s men and women, the light from the corners of her eyes swept the Ma Cairen who was standing in the corner. Entering the gate while staying, even Ma Cairen's request was treated as if he had not seen it.
Entering the main hall, she specially glanced at Zhao Chongyi sitting on the third seat on the first right. After asking the queen to settle down, she sat down on the first seat on the left and smiled and said, "Today the sisters have come Very early."
Everyone who was present did not know about the impeachment of Zhao Cuiyi's mother by the elder brother of Sui Guifei. Now, the frivolous attitude of Sui Guifei has obviously not put Zhao Chongyi in her eyes.
Zhuang Luoyan pretended not to know the people around him. He lowered his eyelids only when nothing happened. After all... the woman in the harem is not a political person.
"As today is getting colder and colder, the sisters are still getting up early to please the palace, and hard work sisters," the queen said softly at this time, "He Yu, come with hot tea."
Concubine Shu sneered in her heart. The queen wanted to see the excitement, but also to see if she would like to act in this play. What is a good thing, the real millennium fox is the one sitting on top.
The tea served by the court ladies is the new tea in the province. The low-ranking concubine can't even get the tea leaves. The queen uses it to treat guests, and I don't know whether it is ulterior motives or true generosity.
"The tea here in Niangniang is really fragrant." Xianfei took a sip of the tea, full of praise.
Zhuang Luoru blew the tea foam blowing on the water, watching the tea stalks sink and float in the water, and bent the corner of his mouth. The imperial concubine had always been in the same vein as the queen. This flattery can be said to be true, although the tea is precious , But it is not uncommon, is it possible that the concubine's palace has not achieved anything?
"You always love tea, let Minger let Heyu send you some, so that you don't miss the palace here all the time." The queen did not conceal her closeness to the princess in front of the concubines, but just turned around and turned. Zhuang Luolu.
"The palace heard that Ma Cairen had struck Zhao Chongyi yesterday, and she had already stopped her in the temple for half a year. Your temperament has always been generous, and you don't have to lose your status with someone like her." The queen gently with a handkerchief Wiping the corners of his mouth, he smiled again: "Although all of you are sisters, some rules are unavoidable. The following behaviors that are arrogant and arrogant are taboos in the harem. Ma Cairen's behavior yesterday was absolutely undesirable. It should also be remembered."
Pride and arrogance?
Where does the Ma Cairen come from?
All the concubines were like mirrors. Where did the queen say Ma Cairen?Although I thought so in my heart, it was repeatedly said in the crowd that no one went to look at the white-faced Ma Cairen in the corner.
Zhuang Luoru expressed his sigh for the Queen’s behavior of citing hatred to her. The words in the words clearly said that they were Ma Cairen, but they had the meaning of accusing her of pampering and arrogance. As for reminding everyone not to commit the following crimes, but It is the benevolent who sees the benevolent who sees the wisdom. Anyway, the queen is the master of the harem. No one but the emperor and the queen mother is above her.
The Queen Mother has rarely appeared in the harem since the last thunderstorm incident, so she has waived everyone's favor as usual, so when she came out of the queen's palace, the necessary work for the day was over.
"Sister Zhao Chongyi was wronged yesterday." Princess Gui Gui held the hand of the court girl and smiled lightly, "There is a hundred-year-old ginseng in this palace. Wait for someone to send you qi and blood."
"Xie Guifei princess pity, there is emperor and queen empress love, concubine does not feel wronged." Zhuang Luo roared knee Xie En, sneered in his heart, this century-old ginseng is afraid to eat more and get angry.
"It's good to have the emperor's favor," Shou Guifei sighed softly, and took a step. "Some flowers are like fireworks in the night. They are gorgeous when they bloom, but they are silent when they are withered. Sister Zhao Chongyi "Is it right?" After finishing speaking, gently raised her hand, stepped up steadily, and closed her eyes not to look at the pile of kneeling women behind him.
Zhuang Luoyan stood up and leaned on Zhu Zhu's hand, looking at the direction of Princess Gui's departure, looking at the magnificent ceremony of the imperial concubine, and slightly lowered her eyelids.
Listening to Zhu worriedly looked at his master, but saw a smile in the corner of her mouth, and her heart was inexplicably cold.
In the cold season, only the dry lotus is left in the lotus pond. Zhuang Luoyan stands next to the lotus pond, looking at the stubble in the water, rejecting the cloak that Yun Xicheng came up, sitting down on the stone bench beside, pointing Water Surface Road: "This lotus pond is pretty in summer, but it is not so in winter."
Yun Xi smiled and said, "Master, although this lotus can't be opened all year round, it is really beautiful year after year. The slave girl Minger asked people to clean up the stubble, and it will be opened next year. Pretty."
"Also, although the flower is beautiful when it is in full bloom, it is not a delicate flower. It is better not to be too delicate." Zhuang Luoyan sighed in his heart. I am afraid that the delicate flower has not bloomed for a season in this palace. Maybe.
"Concubine has seen Zhao Chongyi."
Zhuang Luoru heard that someone asked him to please her, and when she looked back, she was a somewhat familiar woman. She looked older than herself, and she didn’t look like a high-ranking concubine. Her heart was a little strange. What is the purpose?
"Kongcai people don't have to be more polite," Yun Xiji would observe, and she and Tingzhu were the proud people next to Zhao Chongyi, so reaching out to help Kongcai people showed Zhuang Luoyan's courtesy to her.
Yun Xi opened this mouth, and Zhuang Luoru remembered who the Confucius was. The third prince was gone that night, and the Confucius was struggling for most of the night, and he didn't see the third prince's last glance. Three hours of kneeling was punished. She remembered that when she left that night, the eye of this Kongcai person was terrifyingly silent, but at the moment she couldn't see the madness of the night, and she seemed extremely comfortable.
"Xie Zhaochongyi." Kong Cairen looked at it for more than twenty years, and he was still in his right age in later generations. Even now, it is only about the age of Princess Gui, but Zhuang Luoru looked at it in her eyes. Can't see half of the vitality, wooden and pale.
Kong Cairen stood up and said, "The concubine thought that this pool would be dry, and no one would come. I never wanted to disturb Zhaochong Yiyaxing."
"Even if it is dry lotus, it will have its unique beauty. Kong Cairen is an elegant person, but I have spared your interest." Zhuang Luoyan didn't care about the smile, gestured to Kong Cairen on another stone bench Sit down.
Kong Cairen sat down on the cushioned stone bench and glanced across the face of this gentle smile Zhao Chongyi. This is also a legend in the harem that was turned over by salted fish. It was originally rejected by the emperor and forgotten by the empress. Thinking but regaining pride, even Yan Guibin, who is in the limelight, is not as good.She heard that Zhao Chongyikong was beautiful, but she lost her holy favor because of arrogance. Now it seems that the rumor is not true.
"Zhao Chongyi knows that the dry lotus is also beautiful, and the concubine thought that Zhao Chongyi was also an elegant person," Kong Cairen's eyes circulated, falling on the dry leaves on the water. "The concubine is a vulgar, but the concubine's sister likes coldness What, my concubine can only take a few looks for her."
Zhuang Luoru never thought Kong Cairen suddenly mentioned her sister, and she was slightly surprised: "Your sisters have a good relationship."
Kong Cairen smiled and said, "The concubine and her sister and their mother are compatriots. When the emperor was a prince, he was sent to the house by his father. The mother was born in a humble and concubine room. The emperor pityed the concubine and sisters. In order to enter the tomb of the clan..." She paused, she seemed to think of something, and smiled bitterly, "The concubine lost her wits, and said this in front of Zhao Chongyi."
Zhuang Luoru thought of the emperor's indifference to Kong Cairen that night. He understood the meaning of Kong Cairen's bitter smile and smiled: "It's okay, the sisters say something of their own style, and there is no loss of grace."
The woman in front of her smiled dignifiedly, and with some unexplainable beauty, Kong Cairen trembles. With such a gesture, it is no wonder that he has regained the sacred pet, and he wants to speak, and hears not far away Three applause.
Holy drive?!
Kong Cairen was shocked and got up and knelt down properly, not even raising his head. As the footsteps got closer and closer, she saw a pair of bright yellow shoes parked not far from her left.
"What's the matter with Tian Han Ai Fei here, what should I do if I get cold?" The emperor's voice was very gentle, so soft that it was a little unreal. Even when she first entered the house to accept the emperor's favor, she never heard of the emperor. Speak to her in this tone.
"Where is the concubine so delicate, can the emperor treat the concubine as the untouchable flower?"
"Ai Fei has a delicate flower posture, but no delicate flower posture. I am very pleased."
It turned out that the emperor also had such easy-going, concubines who dared to talk to the emperor in this way, and there were a few others. Is this Zhao Chongyi really ignorant or forgets his duty with the holy pet?
"Since you like lotuses, I have a jade carving lotus there, so that Gao Dezhong can take it to Xihe Palace, so you don't sit silly in front of the dry lotus in the cold days." Feng Jin reached out and held a pair of catkins in front of him, the cool temperature He frowned, but he didn't let go. He turned to look at the Kong Cairen who bowed to the side, and his tone was plain, "You retreat, I have Zhao Chongyi waiting here enough."
"The concubine retreated." Kong Cairen bowed his head and walked back to a rockery. Through the gap of the rockery, she saw that the emperor above was pulled by Zhao Chongyi's sleeve. The tassel on the crown of the emperor rocked because of this movement. .