Reborn Concubine Queen

Chapter 272 The Phantom of the Palace (1)

Shi Yiqing privately thought that Emperor Ming Qian held a banquet in the palace to entertain the princes and dignitaries of the court, and everyone was just pushing cups and changing cups, getting acquainted with each other, and chatting about anecdotes about the court.But now that the word "family" is added to the decree, it will not only eat, drink and enjoy the moon, but also enjoy flowers and beauties.

A dance of the moon god descending to earth was carefully rehearsed in the palace, and the dancers were wearing cooler clothes than the other. If it wasn't for the north wind, Shi Yiqing couldn't help tugging at the cloak on her shoulders coldly. It is already spring.

The sound of the drums changed from light to passionate, and the dancers danced along with the drums. The white dress fluttered in front of everyone's eyes, reflecting the bright moonlight behind them, as if the moon god had descended into the mortal world.

Shi Yiqing was not in the mood to watch the show, and was about to eat the newly made sweet-scented osmanthus cake from the imperial dining room, when she heard a burst of exclamation from beside her, which attracted her to go subconsciously, and then she couldn't help being stunned.

The fluttering white dancer hooked her hands and bent over like flower petals, setting off the woman in the bright red dance dress in the middle. The woman was as light as a swallow, stepping on the "flower petals" in front of her to walk on the big drum, just like the ancient book said " Zhao Feiyan was doing a "palm dance" as if dancing in the wind in her glowing red dress, her gorgeous appearance was alluring, her graceful dancing posture was captivating, and everyone present couldn't help but exclaim.

Xing'er exclaimed with forgetfulness: "I'm afraid that Zhao Feiyan in the legend is nothing compared to him!"

Fortunately, Mrs. Shi was only focused on looking at the dancer, and never heard Xing'er's words.

Shi Yiqing took the teacup to cover up the sneer at the corner of his mouth.Li Chi, Li Chi, on the day Cao Guiren was most proud and brilliant, you took out this hole card, which shows that your trick was indeed vicious.

The sound of the drum gradually weakened, and the beauty stopped dancing, and stood in the wind, bowing gracefully, her voice was as clear and sweet as an oriole: "The daughter of the people has seen the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

Although Emperor Minggan was a benevolent emperor, he still loved beauty: "Raise your head. What's your name?"

"Report to the emperor, An Meiniang, the daughter of the people."

Concubine Yuan, who had been cold since the beginning of the banquet, smiled with satisfaction, stood up and bowed to the emperor, and said: "His Majesty, Meiniang is the cousin of my concubine's natal family. She grew up with her mother in the countryside since she was a child. I came to the palace to see my concubine a few days ago, and I saw that she was beautiful in description and her dancing posture was even more graceful, so I kept her here. I never thought that I hadn't seen her in the past few days, but she made such a big surprise for the emperor. I hope the emperor will not blame you."

Emperor Ming Qian was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "With such a beautiful lady dancing this song to cheer up the banquet, I would not blame my concubine. Get up quickly, your legs should hurt again."

Concubine Yuan stood up in response, turned to her seat with a smile, raised her eyebrows and looked down at Cao Guiren disdainfully, sweeping away the haze that was all over her face just now.

In the backyard of the imperial palace, there are more than a dozen empresses who have status, and the number of maidservants serving below reaches thousands. If they want to become famous, it is related to the emperor's favor and favor. Therefore, these concubines married into the harem for For myself, for the sake of my clansmen, I have to fight a fight, stepping on the heads of the people and going up step by step.

Shi Yiqing was too lazy to watch these intrigues, so he reported to Mrs. Shi, and led Mo Wu and Xing'er out of the main hall in the name of changing clothes. Go and have a look, when you are on the trail and you are about to go forward, you hear someone talking not far away.

"...I beg you, I don't want to stay here for a moment, can you take me away!"

"Yang'er, I'm afraid I can't do it now, you can wait a little longer, can you wait? I'm now..."

Shi Yiqing and Mo Wu looked at each other, and thought to themselves, I'm afraid we can't stay here any longer, we should leave as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Mo Wu supported Shi Yiqing, and was about to come and go quietly, when suddenly he heard Xing'er waiting on the path shouting: "Miss, sister Mo Wu, Da Furen sent a lark to look for you , Said to invite the lady back to the table!"

Shi Yiqing was startled, it was impossible to pull out and pretend not to see other people's privacy, but in desperation, he calmly shouted back: "Understood, I'll go back now."

The two people who were talking in the darkness fell silent. Shi Yiqing could feel the cold light coming out of the darkness, his scalp went numb, and he pretended nothing happened. He quickly left the path with Mo Wu and Xing'er, and went back to the seat up.

Fortunately, Mrs. Shi didn't have much to do, she just asked her to sit aside and talk with the princesses.But who of the Miss Princess here doesn't know that Miss Shi Jiajiu, who is full of rumors in the capital, would condescend to talk to Shi Yiqing when they claim to be innocent, and it would be good if they didn't laugh at her debauchery.

The noble lady didn't want to talk to Shi Yiqing, and Shi Yiqing didn't bother to socialize with these hypocrisy, just sat quietly and watched them talk, which was enough for Mrs. Shi's face.

The sky was getting gloomy, and Shi Yiqing, who hadn't slept last night, was getting more and more sleepy now. He covered the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief and yawned. Unconsciously, he saw the contemptuous gazes of the girls nearby, so he turned his face and smiled coolly. , don't bother with me anymore.

Just when I was bored, I heard a voice interspersed: "What are you talking about, so hot?"

The talkative Mrs. Lin smiled modestly: "It's just an anecdote heard from others, it's nothing interesting."

"This is Miss Six of the family, right? Years ago, she was still a child, but now that she's grown up, she's becoming more and more sane."

The Zongjiao girl who combed her head curtain shyly smiled and said in a crisp voice, "Dieer has met Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhou."

Shi Yiqing was startled, and looked at the sixth miss of the Zhuang family who called himself Die'er, Zhuang Youdie, and saw that she was secretly looking at him with her eyes, and became more and more sure that she was the girl I ran into on the path just now.

She has no intention of prying into other people's privacy, and she has no intention of using it to blackmail anyone. If she rushes forward to say this at this moment, she will be suspected by Zhuang Yudie instead, and she will have to wait a while.

Halfway through the banquet, the eunuch beside the queen mother broke in, bowed and smiled politely: "I have seen all the ladies and ladies."

Mrs. Zhuang seems to be very familiar with this little eunuch: "So it's Eunuch Yin, but I haven't seen you for a long time. Is the Queen Mother okay?"

The little eunuch bowed with a smile and said: "Returning to Madam, the Empress Dowager is in good health, but she hasn't seen Madam for many days, and she misses her very much, and she always talks about Madam from time to time."

Mrs. Zhuang's face was very bright when she heard this, she pinched the handkerchief with a smile, and asked: "Since the queen mother is not feeling well, you are not around to wait on her, what are you doing here? Could it be that the queen mother has something to order? "

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Look at this servant's memory, he forgets everything when he sees Madam." After speaking, he looked around the room with his eyes, saw Shi Yiqing in a remote corner, and walked forward quickly , bowed and said, "The queen mother asked Yuan and the princess to go over and talk."

The expressions of everyone in the room changed, and they looked at Bei Ying who Shi Yiqing got up and left with complicated eyes.

Shi Yiqing could clearly feel the uncomfortable feeling like a glow on his back, and following Eunuch Yin out of the Nuan Pavilion, he walked to the Empress Dowager and bowed to salute: "I have met the Empress Dowager, all blessings to the Empress Dowager."

The empress dowager who was sitting upright looked at Shi Yiqing and smiled slightly: "Aijia heard from your aunt that you kept watch for your parents at Shi's family and never slept. What about it?"

Shi Yiqing smiled wryly in his heart, and thought to himself: Mrs. Shi is the most capable of clinging to the powerful. Now that the Queen Mother is concerned about this matter, she must show her face in front of the Queen Mother, so that all the concubines and wives in the capital will look at her highly.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's my aunt's praise. Xin Yi is powerless to do anything for the dead, and can only comfort himself in this way." Shi Yiqing made a gloomy look.

The queen mother saw the blackness in Shi Yiqing's eyes, nodded pitifully, patted the back of her hand, and said, "If you have such a heart, it is enough to comfort your mother who passed away. Forget it, today is the New Year, and Aijia shouldn't It made you feel sad."

A female official came forward to serve the Queen Mother to wash her hands, and her clumsy hands hurt the Queen Mother.Seeing that the queen mother frowned, Shi Yiqing was about to get angry, but the queen mother stopped her anger, waved the female official off, and ordered Shi Yiqing to come forward to serve her.

Shi Yiqing leaned forward, took the handkerchief from the female official's hand, carefully cleaned the Queen Mother's hands, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother has learned a lot about Buddhism recently, and she has become more and more like a Buddha."

The Queen Mother nodded Shi Yiqing's nose with a smile, and said, "You are the only one with sweet lips."

The moon was in the middle of the sky, everyone at the banquet was drunk, the Huairou envoy who came to the banquet smiled and stepped forward, holding the etiquette of Huairou, fisted his right hand in front of his chest, knelt on the ground on one knee, and said: "Daddy!" Your Majesty Yan, I, Huai Rou Da Khan, heard that your Majesty gave birth to a son, and I wished to congratulate him, and my special servants brought gifts here, in order to hope that the two countries will have a good relationship forever!"

Not to mention how many battles the ancestors fought with the emperor and Huairou, it means that in Emperor Qian's generation, the two countries have formally fought no less than three times. Every time Huairou was defeated, Huairou envoys came to the capital to try to exchange for meager gifts. Peace, every time Emperor Mingqian boasted of being a big country, he was willing to make friends with Huairou and jointly deal with the puppet Chu Dynasty.

It's just Huairou's wolfish ambitions. Every time he and Dayan have been friends for less than two years, he openly invaded the border of Dayan and tore up the peaceful coexistence established by the two countries. This made Emperor Mingqian very angry.

A few days ago, there was a heavy snowstorm on the grassland, which caused heavy losses to the Huairou tribe, not only killing tens of thousands of livestock, but also starving the people of Huairou to immeasurable deaths.Huairou Khan had no choice but to send Huairou envoys to the capital to ask Emperor Mingqian to reward him with gold and silver to help Huairou through the crisis.

The envoy Huairou has been in Beijing for many days. He has visited many ministers in the court and the central cabinet, but he returned because of obstacles everywhere. When he was in despair, he asked him to seize today, when Emperor Mingqian had a banquet for the courtiers to speak.

(End of this chapter)