Secret agent crossing: Overbearing prince's favorite concubine

Chapter 292 A Ridiculous Story

After Shangguan Zilin was grounded, she waited impatiently for Shangguan Wen Xue to come to rescue her, but the news that was sent out was like a mud cow falling into the sea, and there was no news.

Shangguan Wenxue stayed in Qixia Pavilion every day, and she just sighed and couldn't do anything else.

Amidst the unsatisfactory situation of the Shangguan sisters, the state banquet is coming soon.

Mo Qingli never cared about the calendar of the Liukong Kingdom before. In her opinion, the laws of this country are completely different from her own common sense. She does not accept the old and simple concepts of the ancients at all. Yi Tianxia, ​​she must follow these calendars as best as possible, which is simply a disaster for Mo Qingli.

It was about three o'clock in the morning, Mo Qingli was woken up, and then a bunch of people came up to take her to bathe, change clothes, dress up, and toss from the dark until dawn.During this period, Mo Qingli fell asleep three times, and was woken up by the hibiscus, worrying about combing her hair crookedly.

When everyone finally finished the work, she put on a fiery red gown with patterns embroidered with gold thread on top of her already prosperous and heavy phoenix robe.

"This is going to overwhelm me." With a bitter face, Mo Qingli walked out with Mu Jin's support. She couldn't eat yet, and she had to go to the Taimiao to worship her ancestors first.

At this time, Jun Shecang was already waiting at the entrance of the Zhonggong Palace. According to the custom, he had to wait for Mo Qingli to come out, and then took her hand and walked to the Taimiao together.

It was dark and cold, but red lanterns hung high in the palace, and yellow ribbons fluttered in the wind. Such a scene was very sacred and solemn in Jun Shecang's memory, and he was also looking forward to Mo Qingli's appearance .

Mo Qingli was helped out of the middle palace step by step, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Jun She Cang who was also shining golden. The corners of her mouth twitched, it seemed that his burden was no lighter than her own.

"Let's go." Jun Shecang raised his hand and held her hand and said.

Mo Qingli nodded, the people around her stood back and stood on both sides, and the guards stood on both sides. In the middle, he was the only one standing side by side with her, holding hands, walking through the long corridor to the most noble and sacred place in Liukong Kingdom. Taimiao.

There was a priest praying the sacrificial oration there, what Mo Qingli and Jun Shecang had to do was to repeat it when the priest read it, which felt very similar to the oaths on modern weddings, so it was easy to deal with.

But after taking the oath, it is time to perform the sacrificial dance.

There are a lot of people preparing for the sacrificial dance. The history of Liukong Kingdom is presented in the form of dance. It takes a long time to prepare just like watching an opera. Mo Qingli stood there almost wanting to cry. This cold winter In the twelfth lunar month, she wants to watch singing and dancing here for such a long time.

Mu Jin held the hand warmer to Mo Qingli's palm, and handed over the pouch containing the snacks. Mo Qingli saw that she was so well prepared, that she was completely ready for a long-term war of resistance.

Mo Qingli, who was standing in the front, didn't dare to move anything, because standing behind her were all civil and military officials and married wives who entered the palace. She spent the whole morning watching these people dance, and Mo Qingli felt like she had to stand on her legs. Abandoned.

At noon, she thought that she could finally have a meal, but she didn't expect that everyone would sit on the ground outside the Taimiao, and the Taimiao sent out specially made sacrificial ice.

The so-called sacrificial ice, in Mo Qingli's opinion, is wild vegetable dough, which tastes bitter and bland. Although she is not picky about food, Mo Qingli is really not satisfied with this cold and hard dough. Luckily, Mu Jin's snacks are supporting her, otherwise Mo Qingli would have wanted to run away.

The sacrificial activities lasted until night, and Mo Qingli was top-heavy and almost collapsed, but she couldn't rest now because the state banquet was about to come. Ladies and gentlemen.

Among the wives and young ladies who were going to have a banquet, Mo Qingli saw many old faces.

Mrs. Zhao from Yongcheng came and was talking to Zhang Yuyan, the only daughter of General Zhang Chu.

Zhang Yuyan sat upright on the seat, wearing a red plum dress with a white background, which was neither ostentatious nor unassuming. She wore bright red coral pendants on her ears, and a white fox scarf around her neckline, which looked very noble and grand.

She should be seventeen or eighteen years old this year. Women in ancient times usually married early, and this age seems a bit late.It was also because of her grandmother's death that Zhang Yuyan insisted on keeping a filial piety for her grandmother, and stayed behind closed doors with her father, so she delayed the good time and has not yet married.

There are also rumors that General Zhang kept this daughter because he wanted her to be the queen. After all, the government is now stable, and Jun Shecang has defeated Luo Zishang and inherited the great rule. At that time, Zhang Yuyan was promoted to the position of queen, and the Zhang family could use this opportunity to overwhelm the Shangguan family and become one of the best big feet in the Liukong Kingdom.

But these are all speculations at the moment, and I don’t know what Zhang Chu’s plan is, but seeing Zhang Chu’s unfavorable posture everywhere, Mo Qingli thinks that this theory is still possible.

Mrs. Zhao is Zhang Chu's niece, so she naturally wants to have a good relationship with Zhang Yuyan. However, although Zhang Yuyan talked to Mrs. Zhao, she still showed a bit of indifference. It seems that she doesn't want to talk too much.

Mrs. Qin from Jiacheng also came. They are all the magistrates' wives, with orders of the fourth grade. Mrs. Qin put in all her strength this time to bring Qin Hongling here for no other reason than to find a good husband for Qin Hongling in the capital.

Moreover, Qin Hongling was obsessed with Jun Shecang after being in Jiacheng for a while. When Mrs. Qin came to the capital to find Jun Shecang, she also wanted to make Qin Hongling fall in love with someone else when she couldn't find him.

When entering the palace, Mrs. Qin was still very excited, because all the civil and military officials of the previous dynasty were there, as were all the concubines and concubines in the harem, but she made a good effort to win the relationship.

Seeing Mrs. Qin busy dealing with people around, Mo Qingli bent her lips and smiled, and when Chutang reminded the beginning of the previous court, Mo Qingli took the speech script that had been prepared by others, and talked about her eloquently. The ancient Chinese that I don't understand very well is probably the scene of the night banquet, and then I told everyone to sit down and start the banquet.

The standard of the state banquet is quite high. All the women try their best to dress themselves up and stand out at the state banquet, but no matter how they dress up, they can't overwhelm Mo Qingli. Things are the best, even if other people have good things, they dare not break the rules and use them indiscriminately.

Yun Yixue under Mo Qingli is also gorgeous. She is wearing a water-blue palace gown inlaid with silver. The neckline is decorated with fine mink fur, which makes her skin white and tender like snow. The long tassel hangs between the eyebrows. After all, Yun Yixue is Jun Shecang's concubine, and also enjoys the status of noble concubine, and even the niece of the first empress dowager. Her status is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

In this state banquet, apart from Mo Qingli and Yun Yixue, Zhang Yuyan was the one who catered to everyone else, and this limelight seemed to overwhelm Yun Yixue. After all, Zhang Yuyan was the only daughter of the town general Zhang Chu. The power lies, and everyone regards Zhang Yuyan as the next queen candidate.

"Is it necessary to make these people's fawning faces so obvious?" Mu Jin muttered dissatisfiedly while serving tea.

Looking at the singing and dancing in front of her, Mo Qingli couldn't help but smiled and said, "This year's dance is really good, Concubine Yun has a heart." Yun Yixue was also dissatisfied with Zhang Yuyan's current limelight, and immediately showed kindness to Mo Qingli , "Your Majesty praises it, it is their blessing to be liked by your Majesty."

"It's really a blessing in the harem for the imperial concubine to work so hard to manage the state banquet." Someone said with a smile.

Yun Yixue said seriously: "This is not in accordance with the rules, the empress is the blessing of the harem, and it is also the empress' trust that the concubine can handle all this."

When Zhang Yuyan heard the words, she curled her lips and smiled. It seems that Concubine Yun Gui is very good at playing tricks, but her eyes and ears have told the situation in the harem. Yun Yixue married into the palace earlier than Mo Qingli After being sealed by Mo Qingli, she was very dissatisfied with her concubine concubine, so she resorted to all kinds of means, but Mo Qingli and Jun Shecang knocked the mountain a little bit, and she knew how to restrain herself, but now she wants to act deliberately. It's really interesting to be so close to Empress Mo.

"Miss Zhang, did you think of something interesting?" Mo Qingli said when she saw Zhang Yuyan chuckling with her cup.

Facing Mo Qingli's question, Zhang Yuyan only slightly hooked the corners of her lips, "It's really interesting, the minister just saw this pleasant state banquet and thought of something interesting, but the interesting thing is that the minister It's just a female solo, I'm afraid it won't make so much sense when I say it."

"You mean, if you say it, we can disturb your interest?" Yun Yixue said lightly.

Zhang Yuyan shook her head with a smile and said, "No, I don't dare to mean that."

"Why is that?" Yun Yixue said, "We are women in deep palaces, and we don't see much of the outside world. Miss Zhang has a lot of experience outside, so don't laugh at our short-sightedness."

Zhang Yuyan frowned slightly, why this Concubine Yun seemed to be biting her, she said patiently: "Your Majesty is worrying too much, there is no such thing at all, since your Majesty wants to know, then the servant girl will tell."

Everyone else stopped, waiting for Zhang Yuyan to speak.

Zhang Yuyan opened her mouth and said: "I just saw that the Empress and the Imperial Concubine are so harmonious and have become a model of the harem, and I can't help but think of when I followed my father to go out of the frontier. In the city of the frontier, a family suddenly broke out. The reason for the trouble is that the lady bought a hairpin that looks good, and the concubine also wanted to buy it. The lady felt that she would lose face by buying it for the concubine, so she firmly disagreed. I can't pull the man, so I turned to compliment the eldest lady, and the eldest lady was very happy to be complimented by the concubine, so she gave the hairpin directly to the concubine."

(End of this chapter)