First Class Concubine

Chapter 326
The length of time is inversely proportional to a person's happiness index.Qijing only felt that it seemed that they moved into the garden yesterday, but today was the Chinese New Year.Months passed in the blink of an eye.

The Dragon and Phoenix Palace has not been built, so their New Year is still spent in the garden.

The royal family celebrates the new year, so naturally there is a palace banquet.A palace banquet, for a big man, is a state banquet.But for many people, this is also the only chance for the empress of the Han Dynasty to appear in front of everyone every year.

That's right, the only one.

To say that today's big man, the most legendary person is not the powerful and wise emperor, nor the leader of the Dragon Wing Battalion, nor is it the youngest king with the greatest military exploits.Neither is Ruyu Junzi, who has the title of King Yan, who has the title of jade-faced doctor, nor is it King Chu, the head of the martial arts academy who has trained countless generals.

But this one, who came from the countryside and was a concubine's daughter, caught the emperor's heart, monopolized the harem, and made the emperor swear to the world that she was the only empress in this life.

It is said that she is beautiful.The number one beauty in martial arts, the number one beauty in the south of the Yangtze River, the number one beauty in the world... All kinds of beauties are nothing in front of the empress.The queen's skin is made of ice, her skin is made of jade, her eyes are not as bright as the moon, and her pearls are not as white as her teeth.The rouge was less moist than her lips, and Qingdai couldn't describe the delicacy of her eyebrows and eyes.

It is said that she is wiser than the prime minister, braver than the general, more compassionate than the Buddha, and lucky.Back then in Xiliang City, it was because of her mediation that she bought food and grass for Jinshang, so that the soldiers could be fed and the emperor won many battles.It is she who manages the property for the emperor, feeds the people, and makes the emperor have no worries.Even more because of her, auspiciousness descended from heaven.When the big man came to Beijing, the dragon came for her.

It is said that...

And such a great empress, she never sees people easily.Very few people know what she really looks like.Especially those new women who have never seen the queen.

She is different from ordinary nobles in that she doesn't like to be noisy.Except for some necessary palace banquets, she never attended any banquets.There are many stories about her outside, but very few.It is impossible for people to explore her emotions...mysterious, which adds another layer of color to her legend.

Therefore, many people are waiting, waiting for this annual palace banquet.Not for anything else, just to meet the legendary empress.

Qijing herself had no idea what people outside thought of her.

She was just a little depressed, "Why are there more and more people attending the palace banquet every year?"

Le Chen knew it, but he never wanted to tell her this: "This is an opportunity, for each of them. Naturally, they sharpened their heads and wanted to come." After talking about it, he still smiled: "After so many years, They all follow the standards you set before. Few people met the standards before, but now there are more and more.”

Qijing still didn't pay much attention to the palace banquet.Otherwise, the standard will not remain unchanged for several years. These are all the people below, according to her past standards.She just glanced at it and let them post it.

"It's still enthusiastic enough." Although she set the standard, she didn't require these people to come.However, she also knew that she was presumptuous.Who dares not to give face to the post posted by the dignified empress?

"It's freezing cold, and there are still children of a few years old."

"Those people who followed from Xiliang City just got married these few years, aren't their children just young?"

Qijing shook his head and stopped paying attention to these things.

"Hey, the fifth brother and sister are here." Qi Jing raised his eyebrows, "Where is the fifth brother?" Turning his head, he happened to see Le Gu.Just came in from the door, his face was very smelly.

Le Tai followed behind him with a face full of irony and laughter, and also walked in.

"what happened?"

"I don't know who's young lady seems to have taken a fancy to Fifth Brother, but she made a foolish trick and wanted to entangle her. Fifth Brother is annoyed by being entangled, and his face becomes ugly." Le Tai laughed, leaning against the little brother at the same time On the railing beside the building.Just looking at the gate of the garden.Naturally, I also saw the carriage of Chu Wangfu, "Fifth brother, fifth sister-in-law is here."

Le Gu sat down next to Le Chen angrily, picked up the teacup on the table, and poured a cup of tea into his mouth: "Sister-in-law Si, you have to pick and choose who will attend the palace banquet, it's really annoying that everyone comes here."

"Let's talk about it next time." Qi Jing didn't want to bother, and to be honest, there are many benefits.Especially before the palace banquet, let these people play in the garden.It is simply the various states of life, like a dream and a play, lively and tight.

Le Gu was speechless, but he couldn't say anything more.

The carriage of Prince Chu's mansion stopped, Princess Chu got out of the carriage, someone went up to greet her, and led her to the palace where the banquet was prepared.

Qi Jing glanced at the three men, and was speechless for a while, "Go where you should go. I'll ask someone to bring the fifth sibling over later. There are only two of them, and they are close anyway."

Le Chen was a little dissatisfied, but when he thought of Le Tai and Le Gu being here, he couldn't do anything.He simply got up: "It's cold outside, so don't go out. I'll pick you up when the banquet is about to start."

"it is good."

The three big men left, and the maid came in.After a while, Princess Chu Xu Qingya was ushered in.After the two parties met the ceremony, they brought tea and snacks again, and the two chatted without saying a word.

Xu Qingya is always nervous when facing Qijing.Not to mention Qi Jing's identity, but Qi Jing's inherent aura, most people would not be able to relax in front of her.

Fortunately, Xu Qingya intended to flatter her, and the relationship between the two of them was not too cold.

After a while, Mrs. Fengcheng also came.With Ji's here, it's much easier.Ji Shi and Xu Qingya also chatted more enthusiastically...

More and more people came, and some people began to ask to see the empress.Xu Qingya took Ji's family to the banquet hall first.

Qijing had a choice to meet, she didn't have much relationship with these people.Le Chen also doesn't need her to do any diplomacy for him. These people come here to pay their respects, but they mostly ask for something.

For example, you want to seek a good marriage for your children.

At the end, Qijing thought about it and realized that there are quite a lot of people seeking marriage.After thinking about it, I realized that it was just like the old lady of the Su family who asked the concubine to be a matchmaker, this was also an excuse.

What's interesting is that the mother of the prime minister of the big man died.This lady, whose mother is dear to her son, said with a proud face: "My little daughter was raised spoiled since she was a child. She is talented and beautiful. It's just that she has a high spirit, and most people don't like it... But the former A few days ago, she was lucky enough to meet the King of Yan, which made her want to marry the king...Therefore, I am so shameless, I ask the empress to join her."

Qijing had heard seven or eight similar requests before this one.But this is the first one who named someone by name and said that he would not marry unless he was a king.

She went through the prime minister's information.The prime minister seemed to come from a landlord family, a scholar, a farmer, a businessman, and the second in the agricultural row. No one dared to say that there was something wrong with his background.However, this is the only one in this family for generations.

The others... are all eaten from the ground.

So this old lady was probably similar to old lady Su before.However, when Qijing met Mrs. Su, she had been an old lady for more than ten years.And this one, it has only been a few years since the founding of the Han Dynasty.It was the first time that Qijing saw the old lady.

"Is the old lady's little daughter here today?"

"Little girl in the future." The old lady's face changed slightly: "My son said, don't go out until my Yinger has learned the rules..."

After thinking about it, Qi Jing roughly understood: "I wrote down what the old lady said. But you should also be clear that King Yan is the prince, and the candidate for Princess Yan has to be nodded by King Yan himself. Although I am the queen , but you can't mess up the mandarin ducks."

"But, it doesn't mean that the empress and the emperor are the biggest officials. As long as you make an order, will King Yan have to obey it?"

The old lady spoke straight, and Qijing went straight back. "Old lady, King Yan is the younger brother of the emperor. But your youngest daughter is just the younger sister of a courtier... I and the emperor have to stand by my younger brother. So, it's not your daughter who decides whether this will happen or not." Forget it, King Yan has the final say."

Although the old lady didn't understand these things, she understood what she said.Moreover, before entering the palace, her son repeatedly told her about the existence of the queen and the emperor.That is an official who is a hundred times older than the county magistrate, and her son's official can be wiped out with a word.

So, she dared to speak out, but he refused, but she didn't dare to mess around anymore.Not to mention anything else, when Qi Jing sat here and raised her eyes, she didn't dare to have any thoughts.Otherwise, it would be impossible to speak so bluntly.No matter how she doesn't understand, she also knows that this is not the way to talk to noble people.

Seeing the opportunity, Si Qin came up and invited the old lady out.

As soon as the person left, Qijing leaned back in his chair.He let out a long breath, turned his head, and saw Xu Qingya leading Ji's family, chatting and laughing with those noble ladies in the hall.

I haven't seen her for a while, and my mother has adapted to everything now.Now she looks the same as the Madam Su she met for the first time.Noble and elegant, with a shallow smile, only smiling until the mouth does not reach the eyes...

"What's the matter?" Le Chen came in, saw her in a daze, staring at the banquet hall in a daze, and came over.He pulled the person into his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder.

"Just now, someone came to propose marriage to Artai." Qi Jing didn't hide it from him.

Le Chen was taken aback, "Who?"

"The right minister's mother is for her little daughter." After a pause, she said regretfully, "It's a pity that the little girl didn't come today. Artest once, and is planning to marry only the king."

Le Chen thought for a while, and was sure he had no impression of this so-called young daughter: "Go back and ask Artest."

"How about the right side?"

"You did a good job." Le Chen said very pertinently.For today's civil and military dynasties, their official positions are actually not as sacred as those of the previous dynasties.The prime minister is under one person?No, the prime minister just said that the work you have to do is extremely difficult, extremely complicated, and the burden is extremely heavy... The higher the official position, the more hard-working it is.

"Everything is based on Artest's wishes." Le Chen said.

(End of this chapter)