Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 62

While the Lingxuan attendant was spinning, the sound of the pipa suddenly became rapid.The two armies fought hand to hand, with swords and guns, short of breath, fighting to the death.The sound of horseshoes, clashes of knives and swords, and shouts were intertwined and ups and downs. The shocking scenes of war shocked the hearts of everyone present.

Excited, the emperor squeezed the wine cup with his right hand, almost spilling the wine in the cup.The queen glanced at him, and then looked at the bright moon-white woman sitting in the field, she really was hiding something.

This Shu family probably also has the intention of making Du's embarrassment. The unknown case back then made her blame Du Shi.The sickness of the fourth princess is inseparable from the premature birth.

Ning Shuyuan and the Shu family are very smart. They know that they will not be able to find out who is behind the scenes. They also know that they should not offend Jia Shunhua who has always been favored. .Therefore, seeing Du Shi who is more and more beautiful, I can't help but want to make her look ugly.

The queen tapped the wine cup in tune with the melody. If she guessed right, the forgotten yueqin was tampered with.That sister Du, who has always been bold but careful, probably also thought of this, so she gave up Yueqin and chose pipa.

Everyone in the palace knows that she is good at playing the qin, but her pipa is no worse than Yueqin, in fact pipa is more suitable for women to play.After all, Yueqin is a musical instrument played by men. It has more atmosphere but less delicateness. Pipa really makes up for this very well.

This Du Shi, who has always been impressive in his tunes, is still not tender and confiding after changing to a pipa. This tune is actually more chilling than Yueqin.

Speaking of which, Du Shi's music is really well chosen, and it also has the advantage of killing three birds with one stone.

One is to frighten Ning Shuyuan through the song, and warn her not to have any more crooked thoughts; Requote the emperor, pour out his unchanging mind.Do your part for the prosperity of the Empire.

Now it seems that these three eagles completely understood what she meant, but the most stupid one was more unlucky and was still struggling in the arena.

Most women can't play this piece, let alone dance to it.I'm afraid that only the sword dance can barely match the chill in this song.A dance that is too delicate will only make people feel that the dancer is incompetent.

Lingxuan waiter, really chose the wrong person, the provocation depends on the strength of the other party, is it so easy to overwhelm others?

The queen was so thoughtful, she listened to the music, and sorted out the matter clearly in an instant.She withdrew her gaze from looking at Mrs. Du, and turned to the soul-selected attendant who had tried her best but never gave up. Did she, a big-hearted cousin, think that she could regain her favor by forming an alliance with Ning Shuyuan?
He also didn't think about Ning Shuyuan's weight in the emperor's mind and her own strength.

Just as the queen was about to look away, she heard a "dang", and the music stopped abruptly.The person who was still spinning was startled by the sudden sound of the strings falling, and fell to the ground with a thud without paying attention.The queen held back her smile, and just about to scream, she heard Ten Niang's light voice.

"Is my sister okay? It's cold on the ground, get up quickly. My sister, I'm just doing a little favor for my sister. My sister is grateful, so I don't need to give my sister such a big gift." Shi Niang fell on her feet Bian Lingxuan said with concern, but there was obvious teasing in this concern.

The Lingxuan waiter was already exhausted because of the spinning just now, he could only clenched his fists tightly, unable to get up, and was about to speak out in a hurry, but was stopped by a teasing voice.

"You girl, you are used to making fun of people. It seems that Linger is ashamed of what she said. Linger, get up quickly." The emperor defined the reason for the blushing of the Lingxuan attendant, and asked Shi Niang, "How many surprises did the girl keep from me?"

"According to what the emperor said, the concubine is only so capable, and today she has shaken her arms to help sister Ling." Ten Niang put down her pipa, and bowed to the man sitting on the throne, "Shi Niang is making a fool of herself."

"Father, Concubine Jiamu is not ugly." The fourth princess on the side suddenly said, "Concubine Jia's song is nice."

"Yo, your concubine Jia's song, your mother and concubine are a little scared, isn't Xiao Si afraid?" The queen looked at Ning Shuyuan who had an unnatural expression, and teased the fourth princess.

"I'm not afraid, the horses are braying loudly, and there are people fighting with others with swords." The little princess said seriously to the queen, "My queen, my daughter wants to learn the pipa."

"This girl, at such a young age, she can actually hear the artistic conception in the song. She is considered talented." The queen didn't want the fourth princess to be so spiritual at such a young age.

"Learning the tune, wait until Xiaosi grows up, and let your concubine mother teach you in person." The queen coaxed into those longing little eyes.

"Xiaosi wants to learn, I have grown up." The fourth princess looked around the audience and found Shiniang who quietly returned to her seat.
"Concubine Jiamu, can you play me a tune?"

Before Shi Niang could answer, the fourth princess burst into tears, "Concubine Mother, it hurts."

The emperor looked at Ning Shuyuan, Ning Shuyuan shook her armored hand, and let go of the little hand of the fourth princess. The emperor saw a circle of red marks on the fourth princess's hand with sharp eyes.

"Little Si, come to Emperor Father." The emperor hugged his daughter, took the toothpaste that Xiao Luzi handed over, and carefully applied the medicine on his daughter, "You
Concubine Jia has younger siblings to take care of, so she has no time to teach you how to play the piano. "

Seeing the disappointment on her daughter's face when she heard this while crying silently, His Majesty the Emperor said again, "Father, please ask a special master to teach you how to play the piano. I promise that it will not be worse than your good mother and concubine."

"Thank you Royal Father, my daughter will learn by heart." The little princess nodded sensiblely, "Then can I go to Concubine Jiamu to see my younger siblings?"

"Of course." The emperor said, "Your seventh younger sister is speaking, and Xiaosi went to see her. Maybe she will call you elder sister."

"Mother concubine?" The little princess looked at her mother and concubine. Ning Shuyuan smiled stiffly under the emperor's warning gaze, "A few days ago you were ill, and your younger siblings are young. It was the concubine who stopped you. Now that we are cured, we can go naturally."

"I just don't know if our mother and daughter going will cause trouble for sister Jia." Ning Shuyuan avoided the emperor's threatening gaze and stared at Mrs. Du, with a thousand reluctances in her heart. , Let the people in the palace watch the joke.

"It's my sister's honor to be able to come, and it's also our Yaohua Palace's honor. At that time, my sister will definitely open the front door to welcome her, so let's make an agreement?"

"Since you have made an appointment to visit, I am still waiting to see the performance of my younger sister. Xiao Si, do you want to see the unique skills of your other mothers and concubines?" The queen saw that Ning Shuyuan would not come to the stage, she opened her mouth to smooth things over, and transferred the emperor and The concubine's attention.

For the fourth princess's birthday banquet, her birth mother and concubine's face was not too good after all.And speaking of these things, they were all provoked by my cousin, if it really can't be over, the emperor is not blaming me?
"It's rare for the queen to be curious." The emperor smiled appreciatively at the queen. His cousin could turn the situation around and stabilize these women no matter what time it was.

"Alright, I haven't seen your concubines perform for a long time. Who will draw next?" The emperor asked Ning Shuyuan, and also took this opportunity to warn her again not to make any more fools.

"It's time for a concubine." Li Shi said, "The Emperor is so fascinated by Sister Jia that even the concubines dare not smoke."

"When did Siqin become so timid?" The emperor smiled, "After having a child, I see that your temper has become much milder."

"The emperor just said that sister Jia is used to making fun of people. Actually, in my opinion, it is not sister Jia who is the most capable of making fun of people." Li Shi smiled at Yan Yan, and turned to the queen, "Master, your words are the most convincing to all the sisters, what do you say?" Is what the concubine said right? The empress must know this person best."

"Sister Li didn't dare to say it herself, so she insisted on pushing me out." The queen looked at the emperor and smiled, "But what you said is right. Isn't it our emperor who can make fun of people the most? You all follow Your Majesty learned it, so I can't say anything even if I want to say about you."

"Queen Ganqing and Shuyi are waiting for me here." The emperor also laughed, "Then what should I do? Siqin, you have been teased by me, are you still smoking?"

"Drawing, you made fun of it anyway. If the lottery drawn is the concubine's skill, maybe she can be as charming as sister Jia, and you can just wait and see, Your Majesty."

"I remember, Sister Li, you are good at dancing, Sister Chen is good at piano, and Sister Lu is good at Xiao. Why don't the three sisters cooperate with each other today to bring more blessings to the princess." The queen asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"The queen's idea is brilliant. The three concubines entered the palace together, and they haven't performed at the same time. Today, I can feast my eyes."

"Since that's the case, Concubine Rongchen and the two younger sisters will leave first and discuss the details."

"Sure." The emperor waved his hand, "Others continue to smoke."

The three of Li Shi went to change their clothes, and Ning Shuyuan took the box and came to Shu Chongyi and Lan Chongrong.The rest of the people waited to enjoy the delicious food and wine on the table while watching the excitement.

Shu Chongyi and Lan Chongrong won the prizes for writing poems and singing respectively.Shu Chongyi wrote a poem on the spot to celebrate the birthday of the four princesses, but Lan Chongrong, who can't sing, willingly accepted the punishment and drank three glasses of wine happily.The crowd applauded again, for her straightforwardness and capacity for alcohol.

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Shi Niang also smiled and held a lamp to watch the fun.On the contrary, Ruhua was careful and found the wound on her hand.

"Miss, your hand?" Ruhua asked urgently, what came into my eyes was the dark red line between the fingers of Shi Niang who was holding on to the wine cup, and the red line spread down the finger.The wound on the fingertips was still bleeding red.The red and navy blue ones are just the same, and it is easy to miss if you don't look carefully.

"It's okay, don't say anything." Shi Niang whispered, and at the same time changed the hand holding the lamp, covering it under her sleeve.The burning pain on the finger is still tolerable, and there is no need to make trouble for other people because of this matter.

For a while, she chose a good piece of music to ridicule Lingxuan, forgetting that she hadn't practiced pipa for many years.No matter how rusty the skills are, at the end of the finale, his fingers were strangled by the strings.

"Xiaoluzi, go." The emperor whispered, took out the small box he always carried from his sleeve, winked, and handed it to the person behind him.Xiaoluzi understood, immediately caught it steadily, and walked away from behind the emperor with the box.

While everyone was not paying attention, Eunuch Lu came to Shunhua's seat calmly, holding a small medicine box in his hand, held it up respectfully, and whispered to Jia Shunhua, "Your Majesty, the master gave it to you. The ointment can stop bleeding and remove stasis, and if you don’t play the piano for a long time, using it will relieve the pain the most.”

Ten Niang took the ointment and was about to get up to thank her, but Xiaoluzi stopped her. When she looked up, she saw the emperor, who was paying attention to her, waving his hand. The emperor mouthed the word "Good boy."

Ten Niang understood and nodded to express her understanding.After entering the painting, Shi Niang nodded, Fang reached out to take the small medicine box, gently lifted the lid, picked up a little ointment and spread it evenly on Shi Niang's hands.

The very cold ointment in hand made the wound hot all of a sudden, Shi Niang thought, it really is a good thing.So quickly played a hemostatic anti-inflammatory effect.

When the bleeding and inflammation were stopped, there was some pain, and Shi Niang patiently waited for the pain to pass.

"The emperor is so kind to Sister Jia." Xi Fangyi, who was not talkative on weekdays, said enviously, drawing everyone's attention back to Shi Niang.

Ten Niang calmly stretched out her other hand, and put the ointment into her hand.

"My sister said this, but I don't know how to deal with myself. What my sister said is not right. The emperor treats me very well, but dare to say that the emperor treats you badly to all the sisters?"

Everyone laughed and said, "Of course it's good."

In this way, Liu Shi's jealousy was highlighted.

Ten Niang half-closed her palms, held the small ointment box forward and sent it forward, and said, "Your Majesty, please take this ointment back, and I will make sister Liu jealous. I dare not accept your Majesty's things again, it's just a little bit." The ointment was arranged by Sister Liu in this way, if you want to reward me with something else, don’t you want my sister to soak in vinegar all day long?”

"Your Majesty is really right. Sister Liu is so jealous that even the slaves feel sour. By the way, didn't the emperor reward Sister Liu with a bottle of grapefruit dew last time? That's a rare thing to pay tribute to in the south." My sister has never heard of it before. Sister Liu's baby is like something, why didn't my sister say that the emperor is good to you?"

(End of this chapter)