peasant young lady

Chapter 292 Broken Heart for History

Let her perform?Are you kidding, she won't go.

Uh, it doesn't seem like she can decide this.

Cheng Xia drooped her mouth, let herself be as natural as possible, then raised her head to look at the queen, "Madam, I'm a country woman, I'm just a country woman, I'd better stop embarrassing myself."

Empress Zhang stared at Cheng Xia for a few moments, then suddenly smiled, "If you were just a country woman, the concubine would not be full of praise for your guzheng that day."

Full of praise?Concubine Shao praised her?impossible!

Seeing Cheng Xia's disbelief, Empress Zhang shook her head helplessly, "Well, the concubine's original words were that she was angry at you for comparing everyone, and did not give her a step down, which made her lose face."

Cheng Xia groaned, she knew that playing the guzheng casually at that time would lead to the current result, and she would not play it even if she was killed.

She can perform in front of everyone, but she doesn't want to.In ancient times, men, especially many high-ranking men, appreciated singing and dancing performances as admiring women. They looked at people as if they were looking at their own playthings, which made people very uncomfortable.

"My lady," Cheng Xia said with a good attitude, "I'm already married, so I don't need such a limelight. On occasions like my mother's birthday banquet, there will definitely be many young talents and young ladies who are waiting to be married. This should be When they show off, I'll just watch from the side." Cheng Xia smiled flatteringly.

"No," Empress Zhang shook her head directly, "Your Majesty's reward is very generous, and I promise that it is something that everyone wants and dreams of. Your Majesty wants to have a good birthday for me, so I took out the best gift. , I don’t want the reward to fall into the hands of others, so you don’t want to disappoint me.”

Uh, Cheng Xia was a little moved by what Queen Zhang said, "My lady, I don't know what kind of reward it is?"

Empress Zhang smiled mysteriously, "You will know when you come out on top."

Cheng Xia grinned, and didn't say in advance how to motivate people to fight for it. The promise now is very good. If a few taels of silver are rewarded when the time comes, wouldn't it be a big loss?After all, when His Majesty offered a reward to Shao Chen, only 1000 taels of silver was offered, which is enough to show His Majesty's stinginess.

Empress Zhang didn't know what Cheng Xia was muttering, but she could see that she was absent-minded, so she warned again worriedly, "You must take it to heart, I assure you that the rewards this time will definitely be quite a lot. This palace will invite many people to participate, but they all have unique skills, you can't be perfunctory, you have to use your heart."

"Ma'am, I can't compare to others." Cheng Xia said with a smile.

"So I asked you to prepare carefully. You can't play the guzheng last time. You can find something else you are good at."

Why can't the empress listen to her? She really doesn't want to participate, and she doesn't want any unique rewards. I really want to thank her.

Just as she was talking, a palace lady came in from outside the door, and she whispered something in the queen's ear. Empress Zhang waved her hand to make the palace lady back away, and then shook her head helplessly, "The concubine is a little bewildered."

Concubine Shao?Cheng Xia knew she shouldn't ask, but she couldn't control it, "I don't know what happened?"

Empress Zhang asked the maids to put on new tea, and then said, "The concubine is getting angry at Renshou Palace at the moment, and many eunuchs and maids have been affected, and it is very noisy."

"Why?" Cheng Xia was a little puzzled, no matter how serious something happened, the concubine should maintain her original dignity and shouldn't be so angry.

Empress Zhang sighed, "It's not about King Xing."

Zhu Youzhu?Cheng Xia suddenly forgot one thing. She wanted to ask Shang Luo several times why Zhu Youzhao hadn't come back. According to the time Shang Luo said, Zhu Youzhao had been away for too long.

After drinking the new tea brought by the court lady, Queen Zhang said leisurely, "Your Majesty's younger brother, he always does whatever he thinks of, and never has any scruples. I heard that he found a book a while ago, and then Then he got lovesickness. At that time, Bengong wanted to visit him, but before Bengong was ready, he left the capital, saying he went to Fujian, but he disappeared as soon as he went, and there was no sign of returning. .”

"Concubine Shao got angry because of this?" Cheng Xia asked suspiciously.

"Not only that," Queen Zhang shook her head, "Earlier, the concubine did not know where she got the news that a portrait of a woman was drawn in King Xing's study. The concubine was very happy and felt that King Xing Finally, she has opened up about the relationship between men and women, she worked hard to see the face of the portrait, and then for some reason, she went to the former emperor to ask for a marriage for King Xing."

Empress Zhang said and glanced at Cheng Xia, "I don't know if you know, but before his death, the late emperor wanted to marry Jiang Wei, the daughter of the commander of the army and horses, Jiang Wei, to King Xing as his concubine."

Cheng Xia nodded, "I have."

"It is estimated that the woman painted by Xing Wang is somewhat similar to Jiang Wei. The concubine thought she understood her son's mind and wanted to facilitate this marriage. I never thought that after seeing Jiang Wei, King Xing made a big fuss. In a fit of anger, he drove Jiang Wei out. Later, His Majesty offered King Xing a marriage, but King Xing directly refused."

Cheng Xia didn't expect this to happen again, "And then?"

Empress Zhang sighed, "Didn't King Xing go to Fujian now? I heard that he fell ill not long after he arrived in Jianning Mansion. He himself was not in good health when he was in the capital. The Jianning mansion didn't know what stimulated her, and she fell ill again. When the concubine heard this, she was a little anxious. A few days ago, she sent a fast horse to send Jiang Wei to the Jianning mansion, and asked her to take care of King Xing. It is also to cultivate feelings, and as a result," the queen chuckled, "this Jiang Wei was driven out again. The news from the Jianning Mansion is that Jiang Wei wanted to climb into King Xing's bed, which annoyed King Xing When the news spread to Renshou Palace, wouldn't the concubine feel that King Xing was slapping her in the face?"

Cheng Xia heard that Queen Zhang had heard about it from the left and the right, and suddenly felt that the royal family was really a difficult place to move forward.Concubine Shao just got the news, and the queen knew it here.As for what the concubine and Jiang Wei said, it must be private, but the queen knows every detail, including Zhu Youzhao's situation in the Jianning mansion, she also knows it like the back of her hand, it's really scary to think about it .

In the royal family, really don't expect any camaraderie at all.

But Cheng Xia was also muttering, judging by the current situation, Zhu Youzhao seemed to be against Jiang Wei, so how could they get married in the future? If they didn't get married, where would Emperor Jiajing come from?Hey, she was also worried about this history.

Walking out of Xuanwu Gate all the way from Kunning Palace, Cheng Xia looked up at Jingshan opposite Xuanwu Gate, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.Dust to dust, dust to dust, a tree with a crooked neck in front of me ended the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty and ruined the country of the Ming Dynasty. Doesn’t it make people feel emotional?

Taking the carriage all the way to Chaoyangmen Inner Street, Cheng Xia walked to the drunken red building in the middle, opened the door and entered, and saw that there was a lot of noise inside.

Cheng Xia frowned and looked at Shang Luo and Du Zhong who were drinking tea facing each other in the lobby on the first floor, and couldn't help asking, "Why are you here?"

"Why, you're not welcome?" Shang Luo asked with a smile.

"How dare you," Cheng Xia smiled, "This Eucommia, it looks like it's here for Miss Weiyun, but what are you here for?"

"Sister-in-law," Du Zhong immediately looked back from the second floor, "Don't keep teasing me, Wei Yun and I are really not what you think."

"Oh," Cheng Xia nodded clearly, "I'm not laughing at you, why are you being shy?" Then, without waiting for Du Zhong to speak again, he looked at Shang Luo and said, "What's the fuss on the second floor? What are you talking about?"

Cheng Xia looked towards the second floor, and saw several girls gathered in a room with an open door, laughing happily, and could vaguely hear Dahua's shy voice, Cheng Xia was even more curious, "Why can't my sister-in-law inside?"

Du Zhong glared at Cheng Xia angrily, "It's not your sister-in-law."

"I want you to take care of it." Cheng Xia stared back at him, and was about to go upstairs to have a look.

"Hey, don't worry," Shang Luo got up and called Cheng Xia, pointing upstairs, "The girl in the drunk red building said that Miss Yun was dressed too plainly, and there was no makeup on her face, but Miss Yun was so beautiful. She is very pretty, so I want to put on makeup on her, and change her clothes by the way, to see how amazing she is."

So, Cheng Xia instantly relaxed, sat on a stool beside him, took a cool look at Eucommia ulmoides who kept looking towards the second floor, rolled his eyes in disgust, and asked Shang Luo, "I have something I want to tell you. Tell me, I don't know what you want."

"Oh," Shang Luo smiled instantly, "Let's hear it."

"Exactly." Just as Cheng Xia said two words, she was interrupted by exclamations from upstairs, and she couldn't help covering her ears, these girls are so frizzy, they just can't calm down.

Hearing Eucommia's gasp, Cheng Xia couldn't help but look up towards the second floor, and saw a stunning girl coming down from the stairs on the second floor, her hair was neatly coiled up, her face was well-dressed with appropriate makeup, She was wearing a light purple dress, which was full of style.

Cheng Xia couldn't help shaking her head and laughing, she wanted to go shopping with Dahua to buy some clothes, but Dahua was one step ahead of her and changed them directly, and the changes were so exquisite.Cheng Xia had to admit that these girls were very good at makeup, and through their hands, Da Hua was completely reborn.

Cheng Xia rubbed her chin and thought, these cosmetics are still too rough, when she is free someday, she will take out her skin care product travel set and BB cream for Dahua to try, to ensure that the effect will be better.

Shang Luo looked at Cheng Xia's bright smile, stared blankly for a while, and then said, "What did you want to tell me just now?"

(End of this chapter)