Chang Anqing

Chapter 187
Because the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty believed in Taoism, according to the ancestral etiquette system, the emperors and empresses would personally go to Yuqing Temple to offer incense in the new year, hoping that the new year will be prosperous and the people will enjoy happiness.In the past, this matter was naturally accompanied by Empress Yang, the head of the middle palace, but Empress Yang is still in recuperation, and the matter of praying for blessings has been replaced by the concubine Shu Shangguan who is in charge of the sixth palace.

On the day of departure, snowflakes fell again in Chang'an. In the icy world, Emperor Yuan Cheng, dressed up like this, took concubine Shu, princes and ministers in a luan car and headed towards Yuqing temple.

Sheng Jia is not around, so the harem is naturally much deserted, but all this does not matter to Yeting Palace. It is extremely difficult to have any great luck.

"Yesterday, the color screen, oh no, Miss Jiang came back to see her mother, you didn't see it, the clothes are really magnificent, but I saw you in just a few days, it looks like a different person from the past—"

At this moment, beside the cleaning pool, a washing lady in plain clothes and a thin jacket rubbed and washed the clothes in her hands, while enviously talking about what she had seen and heard.Another Gong'e who was dressed nearby heard this, and shook her head involuntarily, and looked at the people around her who were buried in washing, her eyes darkened, and she said with yearning and envy: "This is probably because the fate of the same person is different. Lady Jiang was originally good-looking, she looked like a fairy, and it was expected to be favored by His Majesty, for us, after all, we are destined to be slaves and servants."

"Hmph, it doesn't matter how good-looking you are, which noble lord in this palace doesn't look like a fairy, and you deserve to say—"

While they were talking, the two maids who were secretly feeling emotional saw a washing woman who was highly respected by her appearance approaching, and immediately sneered and said: "We are not worthy, and you may not be worthy either. Miss Jiang was born as an eunuch. , unlike some people who are born just like us, but whose eyes grow in the sky."

"you!"

After hearing this, Gong'e was stunned, and then she hooked her lips and said: "It doesn't matter if you are an official who has violated the national law. Besides, you are a female official, and you are not a noble lord. You are so flattering and flattering. Is it possible that you are still counting on generals?" The two of you are worthy to be her slaves and handmaids."

While talking, Gong'e raised her eyebrows and said: "Your servant, what is there to be ashamed of?"

As soon as he heard this, the two parties were about to quarrel, but Zhishan who came out saw it, and immediately scolded: "Presumptuous, have you finished your work? What's the point of making a scene!"

Seeing Zhishan with a sullen face came out, all the court ladies present lowered their heads timidly and did not dare to speak again. At this time, Mrs. Chen who was standing behind the corner, holding a basin of clothes, came out silently. Originally, she was holding this pot of clothes to dry, but when she heard others talking about her daughter's right and wrong, Chen, who had always been unwilling to argue with others, chose to stop where she was.

Seeing Mrs. Chen at this moment, Zhishan, who had a stern face, immediately changed his face, and walked up to him in a rare and friendly way, while reaching out to pick up the pot of clothes, he said enthusiastically: "Isn't it because of the wind and cold these few days, these things are not easy. You don’t need to do it, just tell a girl to—”

After all, without waiting for Chen's answer, Zhishan already signaled to the nearest Gong'e to take the clothes with his eyes.

"It is said that the empress is benevolent and tolerant, and Ye Ting Palace is really following the example. The manager's eyes are eager to curry favor with a lowly servant girl. Whether it is respectful or humble, this lord has opened his eyes."

Suddenly a sarcastic voice came from a distance. Hearing the harsh words, Zhishan's expression suddenly changed. After following the crowd, he saw a gorgeous face, gorgeous clothes, and holding his head high. He was different from the people from the Central Plains. They had never seen such exquisite facial features before. At this moment, with an aggressive arrogance, they stared at Chen who was beside Zhishan with a pair of eyes, almost unable to move their eyes away.

Although she didn't know the person who came, she had seen He Lianrong who was following behind her, so why didn't she know the identity of this master?

I saw Zhishan hastily hunched his back, stepped forward quickly, almost lowered into the dust with crossed hands and saluted: "Your maidservant kowtowed to Zhaoyi, Zhaoyi is always happy."

As soon as the voice fell, everyone present was shocked, and they all hurriedly put down their work and bowed in unison.

Looking at the trembling and silent crowd in front of her, Yue Zhaoyi only gave Zhishan a cold look, and then walked slowly towards Chen's direction.When she was in front of her, looking at the Chen family who was always respectfully saluting without any mistakes, Yue Zhaoyi sneered and glanced up from bottom to top, and said with no good intentions: "Are you Jiang Lihua's aunt?"

Hearing Yue Zhaoyi's words, Zhishan had figured out something, and immediately gestured to the far away eunuch with his eyes, and after a while, the eunuch comprehended and quietly ran out of the court.

Facing Yue Zhaoyi's menacing gaze, everyone lowered their heads in fear, even Gong'e, who had just been arguing, didn't dare to watch the commotion anymore, for fear of getting involved in it.

Because they all know that Yue Zhaoyi is a domineering master, not as generous as the middle palace, not as easy-going as Concubine Shu, if it falls into her hands, there will be nothing good to eat.

However, facing Yue Zhaoyi with creepy eyes, Chen still lowered his brows and lowered his eyes, his expression didn't change at all, he just replied respectfully as usual: "Return to Zhaoyi, slave."

Hearing this, Yue Zhaoyi suddenly smiled, with a strange light on her delicate face, and after glancing at Chen's faded and changed clothes, she immediately sneered and said, "Why, Jiang Lihua entered the Zichen Palace, I didn't say I'd entrust you with some decent clothes, but you're still dressed so poorly, with a humble look."

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen looked at Yue Zhaoyi's probing eyes, just buried her head lower, and said more humblely: "Xie Zhaoyi is sympathetic, the king's kindness is like the sea, Jiang's female official can be promoted, and she should be loyal to her duty in return." Shengen, as a servant of Ye Ting, you should dress according to the rank of the palace, and you dare not presume in the slightest."

Seeing that Mrs. Chen was from a humble background, but she behaved well and answered correctly, Yue Zhaoyi became more and more unhappy, she sneered and said: "There is a saying in the Central Plains that like a mother, like a daughter, It can be seen that Jiang Lihua is able to have today, thanks to you."

Hearing Yue Zhaoyi's half-smile, Chen's palms gradually turned cold, but he knelt down and kowtowed calmly and said: "Zhaoyi beats evil slaves, slaves don't dare."

Seeing the Chen family who was growing fearful in front of her, Yue Zhaoyi finally let out a sigh of relief, and saw her walking slowly towards the corridor, watching Helena arrange the soft couch that she brought with her, and just leisurely Sitting down, pressing the soft pillow lightly with his right elbow, he said: "I heard that your embroidery is comparable to the servant girl of the chief's house. I learned from Yong Siniang back then, and I happen to have here the pearls sent by His Majesty the day before yesterday, and I want to embellish them on my dance On the skirt, I will wear it when I perform dances for His Majesty in the future, I think it is hard for you to do this."

While speaking, He Lianrong came up holding a Dendrobium bead. Chen looked at the dazzling bead beside her from the corner of her eye, and said humbly after thinking: "The Nanzhu is precious, and it is a gift from the emperor. Why are slaves so humble? Dare to touch—"

"Oh?"

Before Chen could finish speaking, Yue Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows impatiently, her face gradually became gloomy and she said, "Whether you don't dare, or don't want to, don't want to serve the Lord, it seems that your mother and daughter are really serious. Keep your eyes on the sky, and you can only see His Majesty."

"I dare not, I beg Zhaoyi to forgive me!"

Seeing Mrs. Chen humbly burying her head on the ground to plead guilty, Yue Zhaoyi sneered, and said with a stern light in her eyes: "If you don't sew today, then you are taking it seriously, and whether you do it or not is up to you. "

Hearing Yue Zhaoyi's words, Chen knew that no matter how hard she tried, she would not be able to avoid it. Today's Yue Zhaoyi came for her and Lihua.

There is no benefit in refusing any further. Facing the aggressive Yue Zhaoyi at this moment, Mrs. Chen kowtowed after all: "Servant, obey the order."

Under Yue Zhaoyi's gesture, He Lianrong stood there aloft, looked down at Chen Shi who was kneeling in front of him, and said, "Get up and pick up Nanzhu."

Hearing the words, Chen made another salute to Yue Zhaoyi, stood up cautiously, stretched out his hands humbly, and was just going to meet him with lowered eyebrows, but he didn't expect that the eyes of He Lianrong in front of him changed, and he suddenly exerted force. , throwing out a bunch of Dendrobium pearls that he was holding, and accompanied by the depressing murmurs of the crowd, all the round and bright pearls fell into the laundry washing pool together with the utensils, making "plop, plop, plop" one after another. ——" The sound, this sound was like a piece of heavy stone falling on Chen's heart, making her feel uneasy.

"Presumptuous, how dare you be rude to the imperial gift!"

Hearing Helian Rongping's thunderous reprimand, Chen quickly knelt down and said: "I don't dare, I haven't taken it yet——"

"Arong is my man, what do you mean, the Lord is wronging you with the imperial bestowed Nanzhu?"

Seeing Yue Zhaoyi's gloomy reminder, Chen's hands tightened, but she heard Yue Zhaoyi turn to look at Zhishan, who had witnessed everything aside, and said, "You saw clearly just now, but you are talking about who is right?"

At this moment when Zhishan was called and questioned by name, her back immediately stiffened, and her face became unnatural. No matter whether it was the beloved concubine Yue Zhaoyi or the new favorite Jiang Lihua, she could not offend either of them. At this moment, she was astonished by Yue Zhaoyi's words It's like roasting on the fire, so I can only hesitate and procrastinate.

"It's a slave girl, it's a slave girl who missed for a while, please Zhaoyi come down—"

Knowing that the emperor is not in the palace today, Yue Zhaoyi wanted to take advantage of this to find trouble, but she couldn't avoid it anyway. Instead of committing the following disputes, which are not good for Lihua, it is better for her to bear it all. I only hope that Yue Zhao can be eliminated. Yi's anger.

"Forget it, I'm not a harsh person, I just throw this bead away, and you didn't mean it, so don't be so panic-"

Hearing Yue Zhaoyi's indifferent words, Chen knew that things were not that simple, and as expected, when she looked up, she saw Yue Zhaoyi who was sitting condescendingly smiling viciously, and only uttered a cold sentence: Come on.

"Just pick up the beads in the pool."

Hearing this sentence, everyone was shocked. In such a snowy and cold weather, their hands were numb and sore when washing clothes, how dare people jump into the ice water pool to pick up beads, wouldn't it be fatal?

Chen knew the viciousness behind Yue Zhaoyi's words, but Nanzhu was a gift from the emperor, if she didn't pick it up, she would lose her life for it.

But sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)