Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 115 Thousand Autumn Festival (2)

Rixi blinked blinkingly: "I don't know, when I went to Chonghua Palace to look for sister Wan, she was not in the palace, so I had to come first by myself, why haven't they arrived yet?"

"Ask knowingly!" Concubine Ning said unhappily in the seat, her voice was very low, only Zhen Guizhen next to her heard it clearly, she didn't say anything, she still kept her elegant smile, like a blooming secluded flower. Lan, since she entered the palace, her smile has always been so quiet and elegant, and it has never been diminished by the passage of time.

After waiting for a while and seeing that they hadn't arrived yet, Concubine Jing couldn't wait any longer, and said towards the empty door: "I can't see that these two are quite arrogant. There are so many of us waiting for the two of them. I don't know who got used to it!" She seemed to be blaming Fulin under her words.

Concubine Ning followed suit and said, "That's right, I don't understand any rules, Empress, why don't we pass on the jugglers to perform first?" just saying.

The queen glanced at the western wall clock and said slowly: "It's still early, wait a little longer!"

Seeing what the queen said, the others were reluctant to say it again. After a while, two figures finally appeared at the door. Aren't they just Qing Ru and Shui Yin? Qing Ru was still holding a folded piece of brocade in her hands.

Seeing them appear, Rixi ran up happily, hugged Qingru's arms and said with a smile: "Sister, you are here, we have been waiting for you for a long time!" As she spoke, she suddenly thought that she should not say that, so she vomited The little pink tongue shrank behind Qingru's back.

Qing Ru turned her head and gave her a reassuring smile, then knelt down to the queen together with Shui Yin, and kowtowed: "The concubine wishes the empress a thousand years and a thousand years, and wishes her a happy life every year. Every year has today!"

Shui Yin also followed the etiquette and said: "Please forgive the empress, the two ministers and concubines are rushing to make embroidery for the empress, so they are late!"

"It doesn't matter, come when you come, get up, and give me your seat!" The queen smiled generously, it doesn't matter what gift you give, as long as people come, it's better if everyone is lively together.

"What kind of embroidery has to be obtained so late? Concubine Rong, open it quickly and let us open our eyes!" Concubine Ning said nonchalantly, waiting to see their jokes clearly in her heart. What's so amazing about the embroidery is that it is not embroidered with Shu brocade.

The queen also smiled and said: "Then open it and have a look!"

"Yes!" Shui Yin bowed her body to answer, and then she and Qing Ru held a corner of the brocade in each hand and slowly pulled it away. As the embroidery unfolded, a phoenix fluttering its wings among the clouds appeared in front of everyone. Yu Bixian, especially those phoenix eyes, are really vivid.

However, after the shock, the problem also appeared. After all, there are many rare things in the palace. Although the embroidery is exquisite, it is not unprecedented, and the single phoenix in the whole picture has no other embellishments, which is too monotonous. Not to mention Concubine Ning and the others, even the Queen couldn't help frowning slightly when she saw it.

Concubine Zhengui sat on her seat and said softly: "The embroidery of this piece of embroidery is really good, but it's too monotonous to embroider only this phoenix. I don't know what the name of this picture is?"

Concubine Ning glanced sideways and was about to speak, but Concubine Jing preempted her and said sarcastically, "I'll be late just to embroider something like this. It's really useless!" Leave room, so often when you drive others to a jeopardy, you also drive yourself to a jeopardy.

Qingru turned a deaf ear to Concubine Jing's words, and Ning smiled and answered Zhengui Concubine's question just now: "This picture is called 'Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix', and it was embroidered by the concubine and others to celebrate the Queen's birthday!"

"Hundred birds towards the phoenix?" Concubine Ning giggled as if she had heard some big joke, and then said with a look of disbelief: "Wan Concubine, you are not mistaken, just such a phoenix can be called a hundred birds towards the phoenix." Huang, I saw the Phoenix, but where are the birds, are they still flying?"

Not only Concubine Ning, but the other concubines also laughed, only Concubine Ke, after seeing Qingru's confident smile on the corner of her mouth, seemed to understand something, and waited quietly for the next thing.

The queen didn't want to see Qingru embarrassing herself in front of everyone, but this was clearly wrong, and she couldn't open her eyes and talk nonsense, so she had to be sloppy: "Looking at this phoenix, I embroider it very well, even if it's only This one can also be called a top-notch item, why do you need a hundred birds to decorate it, it's rare that Concubine Wan and Concubine Rong are so willing to prepare a congratulatory gift for this Palace!"

Shui Yin and Qing Ru looked at each other, and said with a faint smile: "Queen, don't worry, since the concubine and others said that this is a hundred birds facing the phoenix, there will naturally be a hundred birds, I wonder if the queen can ask someone to bring a basin of water? "

Not only the queen, but even Concubine Ning and the others were aroused by Shuiyin's words, and wanted to see where the birds she mentioned were there, so after the water was served, everyone stared at Shuiyin intently, only to see her Soak the whole piece of brocade in clear water, and take it out again after a while. With just a little effort, a miracle appeared, and I saw birds one after another appearing in the blank place, colorful, It was like drawing a painting out of thin air until the entire brocade was filled, and the original phoenix stood above all the other birds, looking down upon all others!
At this moment, all the people were stunned by this strange scene. Even Shugui thought that she was dazzled and rubbed her eyes several times. Only when she found that these birds did appear on the brocade did she believe it. After a while of heart racing, he came back to his senses.

The queen left her seat and walked down the steps to Shuiyin's embroidered satin, and said with a face full of disbelief: "It's amazing, I have never seen such a thing before, please tell me quickly, how did you do it?" of?"

This time, even the concubine Zhengui, who has always been calm and quiet, showed curiosity, waiting for Shuiyin to tell the truth, and seeing the shocking effect she brought, Shuiyin showed a little complacent look, this period of time was not in vain Busy: "Actually, it's nothing. There is an embroidery technique passed down from ancestors in my concubine's family, which is Yinshui Embroidery!"

"Hidden Water Embroidery? I have never heard of it before, does anyone know about it?" the queen asked the people present, but everyone had never heard of it, so whether they liked it or not, they could only keep silent.

"Actually, this Yinshui embroidery is nothing to put it bluntly. For example, in this embroidery, the phoenix is ​​embroidered with ordinary thread, while the hundred birds are embroidered with thread that has been soaked in potion and turned white, because it is not the same color as the brocade. They are the same, so if you don’t look carefully, you won’t be able to find them. When these threads are soaked in water, they will lose the camouflage of the potion and reveal their original color!” Shui Yin explained, the queen who heard such a strange thing for the first time was like everyone else. The concubine nodded incessantly.

After Shuiyin finished speaking, Qingru added: "It was not long ago that I found out that Sister Yin's family has such a unique skill. But when it is placed in the water, all the birds will come out and come to the phoenix!" When she said this, she quickly glanced at Concubine Ning and the others, and only a smart person could hear the implication.

Sure enough, Concubine Ning's complexion changed, and she snorted softly, but what was rare was that she didn't make a sound. At this moment, there was a burst of applause outside, accompanied by praise: "Good! What a bird-killer!" Come out, come to Chaohuang, and even I have opened my eyes!"

Who in the world except Fulin dared to call himself "Zhen", all the concubines in the palace including the queen got up and walked to the middle to bow to Fulin who stepped into the door.

Unexpectedly, Fulin stretched out his hand to help the queen first: "Today is your birthday, so don't be too polite!" Although the tone was not gentle, it was still polite, which was unprecedented before, and attracted a lot of attention. All the concubines looked sideways, wondering what happened to the emperor today.

The queen was a little flattered and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love!"

Fulin nodded and withdrew his hand, and then asked the other people who were still saluting to stand up. He came to the unfolded embroidery with his hands behind his back, and kept nodding. He saw what happened just now outside the hall. magic. Turning around, she smiled at Shuiyin and said, "Concubine Rong, you really caught my eye today. I didn't expect such a wonderful thing to happen. Why didn't you show it to me earlier!" "

Shui Yin lowered her brows and smiled softly: "The emperor praised Liao, how can the humble skills of the ministers and concubines catch the emperor's eyes, not to mention if they knew in advance, then today's events would not be surprising."

Fulin was delighted to hear it: "I never expected Concubine Rong to be so good at talking, just like Wan Qing. No wonder she and you have always been so close!"

Qingru smiled knowingly when she heard it, and her eyes looking at Fulin became more and more gentle, but Rixi didn't follow her anymore, she ran to Fulin and raised her head and said in a very charming way: "Your Majesty, why did you forget me? Sister Yin, Sister Wan and the others are also very close!"

Fulin patted Rixi's cheek affectionately and said: "Yes, yes, you ghost, who would be willing to be bad with you!" Because of Fulin's words and attitude, Qingru and Shuiyin really stole the limelight .

After the sensation caused by this embroidery, the juggling team also arrived. Today's arrangement includes not only juggling, watching a play, but also singing, dancing and fireworks at night. The most surprising thing is Fulin, who is not like before He left immediately, but stayed until the evening.

After having dinner with the empress in Kunning Palace, there will be a song and dance performance next, and Yue Ling, who has never shown up, will perform on the stage. Qingru gently touched Shui Yin and said: "Sister, Yue Ling Have everything been arranged over there, there will be no problem, right?"

Shuiyin showed a smile that reassured her, without turning her head, she said: "Don't worry, everything has been arranged, everything will be fine, we will just wait here with peace of mind!"

However, the development of the matter made them anxious. They finally waited until Yue Ling's dance, but they didn't see her appear on stage. Just as they were puzzled, Mian Yi, who was sent out by her to inquire, came back and whispered in her ear: After a few words, Qingru's face turned pale immediately, Shuiyin looked at something wrong and asked what was the matter, only to find out that Yueling was tripped by a rope that was lying in front of him at some point before he came out. , sprained her foot, and was unable to perform dances on stage again. This opportunity that Qingru and Shuiyin bothered to arrange was in vain.

The disappointment of the two of them fell into Rixi's eyes without hesitation, and a trace of relief flashed quickly in her eyes, she continued to eat the pastry in her hand, chewing slowly, um, this taste is really good, just now Why didn't I find out!
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