Concubine's true colors

Chapter 308
When Xue Hou looked at the glazed bracelet, Xiao Jinxuan was actually quite calm, she had already seen everything in his eyes, and even the trace of satisfaction in the depths of the other's eyes was captured by her.

After all, when she came back from falling off the cliff, it was the first time she entered the palace to pay her respects, but the Gu worm was hidden in the jade ruyi that Queen Xue gave her.

So even if Xiao Jinyu personally delivered the glazed bracelet containing the gu liquid to her afterwards, in this matter, Empress Xue is definitely involved, and it must be the real mastermind behind it.

Originally, after Meng Mian recognized Lovesickness Gu, he helped her analyze and deduce, thinking that Empress Xue wanted to get rid of her quietly.

After all, the characteristics of lovesickness Gu are male and female Gu. After lodged in the human body, as long as one dies, the other will release deadly toxin, and then poison itself and the host to death.

So if Gu worms got into her body, Queen Xue would find a man at random and put the female Gu into the opponent's body, and as long as the opponent killed the man, then she would die quietly.

But the matter of falling off the cliff has already involved Empress Xue's mother and son, if she dies at this time, even if the lovesickness Gu is secret enough.

But if she died, she would show signs of poisoning. Even if she died in full view, people's first suspicion would definitely be Empress Xue's mother and son.

No matter what Xiao Jinxuan looked at, she didn't think Empress Xue would do this kind of thing that set fire to her.

However, she did not dare to take Meng Mian's analysis lightly, so the Gu was not wasted, so Xiao Jinxuan directly sent the Gu fluid bracelet, which was used by Xiao Jinyu, who obviously had malicious intentions.

In this way, no matter what Empress Xue does, Xiao Jinxuan can see the real intention of the other party as long as she pays attention to her sister-in-law.

And now that the Gu worms have lodged in Xiao Jinyu's body, no matter what vicious schemes Empress Xue's mother and son have, Xiao Jinxuan has already found a shield, and she will not be hurt in the slightest.

As for Xiao Jinxuan, until now, she still wears this glazed bracelet to the palace banquets, in fact, she deliberately shows it to Empress Xue and her son.

Only when she pretends to be the appearance of being infected by a gu, will the other party make the next move.

When the other party's fox's tail was exposed, that was the time for her Xiao Jinxuan to collect the net to hunt.

This game set up with Gu worms now seems to be proceeding according to what Empress Xue thought.

In fact, long before this situation was seen through, it became a situation controlled by Xiao Jinxuan who was hiding in the dark.And she has also changed from the original prey to the hunter who is now ready to collect the net.

However, Empress Xue didn't know that her own layout had been seen through.

So I saw that Xiao Jinxuan was not only wearing a glazed bracelet, but also had small red spots on the back of her hand that would be left by Gu insects after entering her body.

Based on these two points, she has already determined that Xiao Jinxuan has undoubtedly been poisoned.

Thinking that in Yunhai Palace, Xiao Jinxuan would become her son and serve as a loyal dog for the rest of her life as soon as the civil and military champion stepped forward to meet Emperor Ming, Empress Xue rarely showed a satisfied smile.

Then I saw that she not only helped Xiao Jinxuan up herself, but also turned her head slightly, with an undisguised reprimand, and said to Concubine Hui admonishingly:
"The empress is still here. Does Miss Jinxuan need to be reminded by Concubine Hui whether her dress is in violation of the rules? Your Majesty has already mentioned the matter of King Yongchang's recognition of his daughter to the empress. Therefore, Jinxuan, you will be considered me in the future." Members of the royal family, remember to come and walk around with the empress, you girl has a delicate and beautiful aura, and people like it when you look at it."

With Lovesickness Gu as restraint, unless Xiao Jinxuan doesn't want to survive, she can only let herself be manipulated and obey orders.

But forcing a person is far worse than winning people's hearts, making the other person willing to serve you, which is more handy.

Therefore, it has been determined that Xiao Jinxuan is about to become Empress Xue who is on her side, and now naturally wants to ease the relationship with the other party, so that they will get along much more harmoniously in the future.

After all, Xiao Jinxuan is connected to the commander's mansion behind her, and she is also resourceful, and it is very convenient for her to enter and leave the harem as a woman.

Xue Houfei put so much thought into plotting against her because she really wanted to take Xiao Jinxuan under her command for her own use.

Seeing the success of the scheme now, she doesn't care about a Concubine Hui at all, scolding the other party can leave Xiao Jinxuan with good thoughts, which is still very necessary in Xue Hou's opinion.

And Concubine Hui saw that Empress Xue, who gave her poisoned wine and asked her to kill Xiao Jinxuan, was talking and laughing with the other party, she was stunned immediately.

But Concubine Hui didn't dare to say a word if it was embarrassing. After all, Xiao Jinxuan was not only protected by Concubine Liang, but Empress Xue also acted like she was getting closer to her.

The two most noble people in the harem defended each other like this, Concubine Hui knew that if she wanted to live longer in this palace, she could only suppress her resentment and shut up obediently.

As for Xiao Jinxuan, at Zhou Xianyu's celebration banquet last time, she was still an unknown concubine of the Xiao family.

Because she doesn't have a rank status, she can only sit in the entire palace banquet, in the small place at the end, where no mountains or water leaks, maybe after a banquet, no one will notice her existence.

But looking at the current Xiao Jinxuan, not only was she held by Empress Xue herself, but she also walked to the precious position where the royal family members were seated.

And because of Concubine Liang's arrangement, she still sat with Xiangping this time, and Princess Qingxiang, the daughter of Concubine Hui, was even seated behind her.

Looking at the entire palace banquet with such a great honor, Xiao Jinxuan was probably the only favor. But not long after they were seated, Empress Xue and Concubine Liang arranged the Yunhai Palace more perfectly.

Emperor Ming brought a group of civil and military officials, relatives of the royal family, and foreign envoys who had just attended the ceremony together, and walked in in an orderly manner.

After Emperor Ming and the others, they were the family members of civil and military officials, and the female family members of the noble family who were invited to the back house.

Wait until everyone comes in one after another.Sitting on the stage, Xiao Jinxuan looked down very clearly.

So when Princess Cheng An came, she saw Zhu Xin following behind her, and Cheng An, who was the sister of Emperor Ming, naturally had a higher seat than Xiao Jinxuan and Xiangping.

However, when passing Xiao Jinxuan's seat, Cheng An still nodded and smiled at her kindly, and left Zhu Xin silently.

Then he took Aunt Biyun and sat opposite Concubine Liang in the position where Empress Xue was attacking.

On Xiao Jinxuan's and Xiangping's side, the royal family members were seated, the princes and princes such as Zhou Xianyu were sitting opposite, and the envoys from various countries were seated in their lower positions.

After everyone was seated, Emperor Ming, as today's protagonist and the king of a country, was naturally the first to stand up and make a speech.

Then came the three lords and six ministers, concubines in the harem, princes and princesses, and foreign envoys, taking turns to congratulate Emperor Ming on his birthday.

Some presented rare treasures, some sang and danced to show off their talents, and some envoys from small countries brought countless beautiful women to present to Emperor Ming. What they wanted was harmony between the two countries and no war.

Naturally, Xiao Jinxuan also prepared a birthday gift. Her gift was an inkstone with auspicious patterns, which was not considered outstanding, but it was also handy. It just suited her status and would not surpass others too much.

After all, giving birthday presents to the emperor is also very particular. Whatever your status, you have to give what kind of gift, not the most expensive and most valuable, it is considered the best.

Take this uncommon inkstone presented by Xiao Jinxuan as an example, it's not that she can't come up with better things, nor is it because she is stingy and flat-footed, using an ordinary thing to perfuse Emperor Ming.

First of all, because Xiao Jinxuan is a daughter of the Xiao family, her birthday gift must not be higher than that of Mrs. Xiao and her eldest aunt Zhao.

Even Xiao Jinwen and Xiao Jinyu, the two elder sisters, logically, her birthday gifts would never surpass them.

Moreover, at the state banquet, all the princes, generals, and concubines and princesses in the harem are higher than Xiao Jinxuan, so this birthday gift must not exceed theirs.

Otherwise, if she presents the birthday gift of a daughter of the Xiao family concubine at this state banquet, it will overwhelm the limelight of these people. At that time, Xiao Jinxuan will be very popular for a while, but she will be hated in private.

When Xiao Jinxuan was Princess Ling in her previous life, Ji Lingfeng invited someone to specially teach her the principles of gift giving, so that she could go out without losing the proper etiquette.

So today Xiao Jinxuan can give away, except for this inkstone, she must not take out any good things as birthday gifts.

Sometimes drifting with the tide, restrained and never grandstanding, this is a wise way to protect oneself.

And after this gift was over, Emperor Ming stood up again with a smile all over his face. He was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and he said with an even more majestic demeanor:
"My annual Hua's birthday is not far from the three-yearly golden autumn imperial examination. Therefore, every time this civil and military champion enters the palace and is conferred, it will be held together with this state banquet. This year's rule is no exception. , On top of such a celebration, to be awarded the No. [-] Scholar in civil and military affairs on the day of my birthday, and add talents for my great week, I am very comforted, I am very happy!"

Seeing Emperor Ming's joyful Long Yan, everyone naturally got up one after another and said auspicious words of praise.

And this time, Deng Chang, who was the chief executive of the imperial court, also personally led this year's civil and military champion, and walked in from outside the hall.

Once the champion of Jinke in each session has received grace in front of the palace, he will be a student of the emperor in the future.

So after Meng Mian and Ji Lingfeng entered the palace, they knelt down in unison to pay respects to Emperor Ming.

The two of them are rare heroes in the middle of nowhere, and now that the number one scholar is dressed in brocade robes, they are really dignified in appearance and extraordinary in appearance.

After the Emperor Ming asked the two to stand up, he pointed at Meng Mian first, and then said with approval:
"This year's essay papers, the top three are all approved by the emperor. Meng Mian, your father, Meng Hang, is a famous scholar of Confucianism. As his son, you really live up to my expectations. The article is not only written It is incisive and fluent, and the many laws of governing the country mentioned in it, as well as those citations from the scriptures, have made me feel that I have benefited a lot from reading it. Your father used to be the prince's teacher, and now you are serving in the court again, saying Say you have something I want to reward, but it doesn't matter."

A ten-year cold window is not easy at all, and the imperial examination held every three years is even more difficult when it takes the top spot among the national examinees.

Therefore, for every civil and military champion, Emperor Ming would always grant a grace to the other party when he announced in front of the palace, and this was also to show that he was thirsty for talents and respected the hearts of students.

After hearing Emperor Ming's words, Meng Mian, who had already stood up, knelt down again, then he glanced at Xiao Jinwen, and said without hesitation:

"My emperor is holy, although Meng Mian is the number one scholar in the Jinke, he shouldn't ask for any rewards, but I do have a heartless request, and I hope my emperor will fulfill it. I have always admired the commander-in-chief Xiao's family, Miss Jinwen If the Holy Majesty can bestow a marriage for the two of us, then Meng Mian will have no regrets in this life, and he will remember the Holy Majesty's perfecting grace."

(End of this chapter)