Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

Chapter 50 Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet
"Your concubine is troubled."

"Serving the empress is the duty of a concubine."

"It's rare for you to have this kind of heart. Prepare well. At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, I will help you to be favored."

"The concubine is going to sing "Oulu Wangji"."

"This track is not good."

"Then "Flowing Water" and "Autumn Wind Ci"?"

"These are not good. If you want to gain the emperor's favor, you have to lower your figure. I remember that you will dance around your waist and encourage you. When the time comes, when the actors finish singing, you go up and dance."

"Concubine..."

The noble concubine was so aggrieved that she almost cried, the empress forced her to share the stage with the actor, this move was more uncomfortable than beating her twenty sticks.

"Why, you don't want to?"

"The concubine is willing."

"Go down and prepare well, I'm tired."

The noble concubine walked out of the gate of Qiwu Palace and shook the handkerchief forcefully.

As the old saying goes, actors are ruthless and bitches are ruthless.

Actors belong to the lower ranks, and ladies from famous families grow up in back houses.

If you sing well in the opera, you will be given some gold and silver; if you don't sing well, you will be rewarded with some fruits and snacks.

The actors followed the troupe to travel north and south, eating and sleeping in the open. Many of them could not even speak Mandarin, but only spoke dialects.

The virtuous concubine was sitting next to the Eight Immortals table, with a bottle of camellias in full bloom in her hand. She took out the flowers and pulled off the leaves one by one, and then tore off the petals, and then stepped on it viciously.

"Damn, really hateful, you actually make fun of me as an actor, just wait and see, when I give birth to the prince, I must stand up."

The virtuous concubine vented her anger at the flowers, drank another bowl of tea, took out a tambourine and tied it around her waist, and danced with it.

The banquet hadn't started yet, and after the seats were arranged, the noble concubine arrived first, and she ordered the palace people to set up the tables and chairs, and serve tea, pastries, and appetizers one after another.

Gu Yinwei and Gu Yingxia came hand in hand, Zhao Qiansun and Li played four cards and warmly waved to Gu Yinwei's sisters.

"Second sister, when did you become so familiar with them?"

"Whoever gets close to the emperor, they will get acquainted with him."

"That's right. You can sit in a corner, and I'll sit here."

Gu Yingxia sat down and started cracking melon seeds, crunching.

"I'll give you some too, crunchy and fragrant."

"Eat less, beware of getting angry."

"If you can't eat, you will get angry."

Gu Yingxia didn't eat the dishes and snacks at the banquet, but kept eating melon seeds.

After peeling a handful of melon seeds, Ah Qing placed them in front of her, persuading her earnestly.

"Master, when the banquet starts later, you should eat less melon seeds."

"I know."

She said that she knew, but her mouth kept on chattering, and the concubine rubbed her cheeks. Gu Shurong was so good at eating, she would definitely grow cheeks in a few years.

Concubine Rou's eyes were black and blue, Shuanglu bent over to lift the skirt for Concubine Rou, Concubine Rou put on a layer of light makeup, and the noble concubine secretly observed her makeup and outfit.

It's so risky, so risky, there is no color collision.

Just as Concubine Rou sat down, Concubine Yi also came.

Concubine Yi's maid, Wen Qin, was dressed in a purple dress, which made her a bit cold.

Not long after, Concubine Jin arrived at the scene. She was wearing a goose-yellow skirt, a scaring bird bun, and a pair of sky-blue bracelets on her wrists.

The noble concubine made up her mind to show off today, and her attention has been on the dress and attire of the concubines.

Gu Yinwei sat quietly, and glanced at the face of the noble concubine. Today, her nose is slightly collapsed, and her facial features are not three-dimensional, so she needs to cover up her shortcomings through pretending.

Today her makeup is perfect, but unfortunately she shouldn't be wearing blue, the only person in the entire harem who can wear blue to give off a sense of immortality is Concubine Zhen.

The virtuous concubine was on good terms with Concubine Zhen before, but now Concubine Zhen is in trouble, but she is busy dressing up to invite favors, Concubine Zhen will definitely not let her do what she wants.

Sure enough, Concubine Zhen also wore blue.

Concubine Rou lowered her head and took a sip of her wine, her eyes were cold.

Concubine Yi placed a qin table in front of her, and on the table was a guqin, she turned the tuning peg to tune, Wenqin held a clean cotton cloth in her hand, and brushed across the Longchi and Phoenix marshes.

Concubine Jin looked at the stage, and the actors on the stage, wearing big painted faces, came to the stage one after another.

Gu Yingxia stopped knocking melon seeds, and secretly glanced at Concubine Zhen.

The virtuous concubine did not want to conflict with Concubine Zhen, and would hide from her whenever she saw her.

Concubine Zhen called out: "Stop."

The virtuous concubine froze in place as if using a fixing spell all over her body.

"Your Majesty, who allows you to wear the blue dress?"

There are many unwritten rules in the palace, for example, you can't apply gardenia hair oil when you see Concubine Rou, you can't wear dragonfly hairpins when you see Empress Dowager, and you can't wear lake blue clothes when you see Concubine Zhen.

"The concubine knows the mistake, and the concubine will change it immediately."

The noble concubine was very frightened, the queen clearly said that Concubine Zhen would not attend the banquet, why did she come, not only came, but also clashed with her.

The queen supported Xia Chan's hand and sat firmly on the back seat that belonged to her. The noble concubine's eyes were filled with bleakness. The queen lied that Concubine Zhen would not be present, and encouraged her to wear this suit, so that she could be with Zhen. The concubine had a dispute.

"My dear concubine, why is there no place for me in the banquet?"

"The concubine is negligent, so I will make it up for the empress."

"Can an oversight be enough?"

Concubine Zhen was proud, her eyes fell on her dress, "Little fish, I want to drink jujube juice."

Xiao Yu picked up a cup of jujube juice nearby, Concubine Zhen took it, and poured it on the dress of the noble concubine.

"You are also worthy of wearing a curvy skirt, asking for trouble."

The noble concubine's dress was stained with water, she was ashamed and angry, covered her face and ran away, the noble concubine ran fast, without looking at the road, and knocked down a palace lady, she raised her hand and slapped the palace lady's face .

Gu Yinwei sighed deeply, the strong bully the weak, and the weak bully the weaker.

Concubine Yi sent an invitation to Concubine Zhen, "Concubine Zhen, there is an empty seat here in this palace, come and sit."

Concubine Zhen gouged out a hard look at the noble concubine.

"Master, let's sit at the table." Xiao Yu supported her and sat beside Concubine Yi.

The wine gourd in Concubine Rou's hand was already empty, she lay down on the table and dozed off.

Concubine Jin's heart was pounding, lest Concubine Zhen's anger would burn on her.

After a while, the emperor arrived, and the queen mother also took a seat.

The people on the stage got busy one after another, some played the erhu, some beat the gongs, some played the drums, and some wore flowered clothes, babbling and singing ditties.

The eunuch presented a booklet to the queen mother, and the queen mother clicked on "Baidi City Rescue Mother" and "Looking for Relatives".

These two plays feature a word of filial piety.

After the emperor listened to the opera script ordered by the empress dowager, he immediately lost interest in watching the opera.

The Empress Dowager held the wine glass, and a full moon was reflected in the glass, "The moon is full but people are not full. Emperor, you are on the throne. One person celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival, and hundreds of people will make arrangements for you."

"I have pity on your third brother, who is alone in a foreign land as a stranger."

"It's all my son's fault."

"Since you know your mistake, why don't you send troops to bring Qian Sheng back."

Xun He frowned, the Empress Dowager was really disappointed, which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted.

"The son-in-law is not a wise king, and he has the expectations of his mother."

"Emperor, you blame Aijia."

"Since my son was born, I have been inferior to my third brother in everything. My father left a will at the beginning, and every word stated that my third brother would inherit the throne, and my mother helped me ascend the throne against all opinions. I am so grateful. Why should I complain? .”

The emperor said gratitude, but there was no trace of gratitude in his eyes.

"You are simply unfilial."

A play was sung on the stage, a group of people were chirping, one of them made a gesture of digging a hole, and another woman was crying bitterly while holding her swaddling baby.

The general idea is that the old mother of this family was seriously ill, and the family lacked food and clothing. The man insisted on digging a hole and burying the youngest son alive.

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