concubines

Chapter 287
The theater troupe entered the palace today, and the din could be heard in Qingquan Palace, the gongs and drums kept ringing, and it was very lively.

There were few people in the palace, and it was the first time it was so lively.Everyone in Qingquan Palace is happy except for Miaoli.

Originally there was an opera troupe in the palace, but the emperor basically didn't stay in the harem, and Miao Li didn't listen to opera, and she didn't dare to listen to the people below.So since the first emperor fell ill, the palace really hasn't sung for a long time.

Xiaohong came over with a piece of clothes, "Ma'am, it's snowing outside today, Ma'am, wear more."

Miao Li gathered up her clothes and said, "If you wear too much, you will feel like you are being hooped. It's very uncomfortable. The room is quite warm, so you don't need to wear too much."

After such a long time, she finally got used to the charcoal fire, and adding more basins of water made it less dry.

"But it's cold outside, so we should wear more clothes." Seeing what she meant, Xiaohong asked, "Isn't your mother going out to the theater?"

Miao Li shook her head and said, "It doesn't mean much, if you don't want to go, forget it."

"But..." This is the theater troupe specially invited by the emperor for you, the palace is full, even the emperor will go there.Xiaohong swallowed the words again, knowing that such persuasion would definitely be useless.He just hugged his clothes and sat down on the side, with his head down and pretending to be sullen.

Stopped talking halfway, seemed to be angry, Miao Li half stood up and asked: "What's wrong?"

Xiaohong lowered her head and muttered, "But the empress can't go if she doesn't go to the servant girl, and then she won't be able to see He Yuan."

Miao Li was a little bit dumbfounded, she and He Yuan had a good relationship, but they got together less often, Xiao Hong was with him every day, and He Yuan was with Zhou Shuxuan, and sometimes they went out to do errands, so they didn't meet often.

Miao Li smiled and said: "Then you go back and stay behind your Lord He every day, be a cute little lady, and see you anytime."

"No, this servant will follow your mother." Xiaohong leaned on her shoulder, "Your Majesty, let's go to the theater. He Yuan is back today and will leave in a few days. I will be able to see him today, after today I can’t even see it when I go back.”

Miao Li stays in the house without going out every day, and even a good person will get bored, and Xiao Hong is afraid that mushrooms will grow on her body.

Miao Li pushed her head and said: "It's the same if you go by yourself, Yuxiu Palace is so close, can't it be that you still can't find the way?"

"No, someone will definitely ask your mother if you go there? The slaves can't answer. Besides, if the master doesn't go, the slaves will have no rules when they go up, and let others say behind our backs that our Qingquan Palace is not good."

Miao Li didn't care at all, "Let them talk if you want to talk."

"It's not okay, the empress is not going out. But if we want to go out, people will scold us. If the empress can't hear you, I definitely don't care." Xiaohong kept shaking her hand and said coquettishly: "Go to the empress. Well, the maidservant and He Yuan have finally seen this side, the empress should take pity on me."

Miao Li was so noisy that she had no choice but to compromise, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you."

Xiaohong clapped her hands happily, success!Miao Li had to be persuaded like this.

Xiaohong seemed to be very afraid that she would be freezing, and felt that the clothes were too thin, so she changed into a thick cotton coat and wrapped her in a thick cloak before letting her go out.

Miao Li was also very helpless when they put her clothes on. She didn't feel very cold, but they felt that she was very cold.From time to time, she was worried about whether she would suffer from heat stroke in winter, and it would be too embarrassing to speak out.

When they arrived at Yuxiu Palace, everyone who was supposed to come had arrived and sat down in turn.Everyone got up and saluted her, Miao Li let them get up and sat down on the side of the dragon chair.

She doesn't like this seat very much, but there is really no place for her to sit here, she can't sit at the end.

Not long after, Zhou Shuxuan came over, and as soon as he came, the show officially started.First ordered "A Dream in the Garden" and then asked Miao Li to order it after singing.Miaoli didn't have any plays she wanted to hear, and she didn't want to listen to them for long, so she didn't order any.

Zhou Shuxuan saw that she was still calm and unhappy, and asked, "Is this troupe not good?"

Miao Li didn't answer him, just shook her head.

Zhou Shuxuan said again: "What's the matter? They know a lot, you can order whatever you want to hear. If you want to listen to a play, you should enjoy yourself."

Miaoli ignored him and just stared at the stage, the Xiaosheng who played Liu Mengmei was very handsome.Zhou Shuxuan followed her gaze, seeing her staring at other men like this, but didn't want to say a word to him, he was inevitably a little angry, so he stopped the trick.

Just about to enter the plot, it just stopped. Everyone didn't know what was going on, and they all looked up.

Zhou Shuxuan ordered again with a cold face, "You are not allowed to sing Xiaosheng's drama."

Miao Li thinks he is unreasonable, the palace is full of women, what he likes to watch is Xiaosheng's drama, besides, what he is watching is the characters, not the actors.Then he waved to the eunuch who was holding the play list, "Come here, Ben Gong orders a play."

After reading it carefully, Miaoli pointed to the playlist and said, "The Empress Dowager Luo Maofeng is still facing the fold, the Peach Blossom Palace, the shadow of the candle congratulates the empress and scolds the palace. Come out."

The eunuch holding the playlist looked at Zhou Shuxuan with sweat on his face, and asked him what he meant, "Your Majesty..."

In these few plays, there are scenes of scolding the emperor, one is just a coincidence, and three of them together really want to swear.

Before Zhou Shuxuan could speak, Miao Li said, "What? The emperor doesn't let Xiaosheng operas be sung, and Hongsheng operas aren't allowed to sing old dramas? Didn't you say that you should have fun listening to the opera? The concubine wants to have a good time today."

Zhou Shuxuan glanced at her, waved his hand and said to the eunuch, "Just sing according to the concubine's wishes."

Miao Li originally didn't want to be like this in front of the newcomer, he was just looking for trouble.The first time she went out, Miao Li said that she was not feeling well and left before hearing that the Queen Mother was still in court.The scolding inside was not very happy, and the little dark king was forgiven after hitting the dragon robe.

She was also really sleepy, so she went back to sleep.When I woke up, it seemed that it was past lunch time, and I could hear the sound of gongs and drums at Yuxiu Palace.Rubbing his own face, he asked Mammy Xi, "Is it still singing over there?"

"Yes, but it's cold and everyone is leaving. The emperor is still there. He heard that the empress is sleeping, so he didn't come over for lunch."

Miao Li didn't want to bother him, let him listen if she liked to listen, and said to Madam Xi: "Let the small kitchen make more soup, it's cold, you should also drink some, to keep you warm."

It doesn't matter if she cares about them or not, Mammy Xi wants her to care about the emperor more.If it weren't for the play she ordered, the emperor wouldn't have listened to the swearing play for so long.

The last gong was struck, and Dezhao was made a virtuous king, and the play was over.

Zhou Shuxuan got up and went out, the drama is always the drama, if the emperor did something wrong and could be solved by the king, he is not like this now.The reality is much more complicated than the drama, and the emperor may do nothing.

The snow seemed to be a bit heavier than when he came. He had an umbrella covering his head when he went out. He didn't pay much attention to it, but he caught a glimpse of the woman's sleeve from the corner of his eye.

Turning his head to look at the face of the person holding the umbrella, he saw a simple and unpretentious round face with flushed cheeks, who was shy from the cold.Zhou Shuxuan only thought she was familiar, as if she was one of those six people, and he had no impression of anything else.

"The concubine is holding an umbrella for the emperor." Feng Meiren lowered her head and said in a low voice.

Zhou Shuxuan glanced at her again, Gao Fu didn't dare to raise his head and stood there, Zhou Shuxuan understood what was going on.Zhou Shuxuan looked at the front and said: "If you break your hand, tomorrow I will replace it with a slave with good hands and feet."

Gao Fu hurried forward to take the umbrella from Feng Meiren's hand, "Come here, slave."

He also just wants to create some opportunities for these beauties, what if they have feelings after coming and going?But the emperor seemed really disgusted with contacting other women.

Feng Meiren gave him the umbrella, smiled to comfort herself, and said, "I'm sorry, father-in-law." She stood next to Zhou Shuxuan for a while, and mustered up the courage to put her hand stove into Zhou Shuxuan's hand, "The emperor's hands are freezing It's red. The concubine will leave." After saluting, she ran away in panic.

Zhou Shuxuan didn't speak immediately, Gao Fu glanced at him secretly, and saw that there was not much expression on his face, so he held an umbrella and prepared to move forward.

Before he could take a step, Zhou Shuxuan casually handed the stove to the eunuch beside him.

Gao Fu said: "Your Majesty, it's so cold, so please hug me. It's also the beauty's kindness."

Zhou Shuxuan kept silent and walked forward quickly.

"emperor……"

Zhou Shuxuan quickened his pace again, his voice was colder than Xuefeng, and asked, "Can't you be a mute?"

One sentence after another made him upset.

Gao Fu swallowed his words back, he was really not good at this job.

Lin Yanchi had been cooking in the palace for a long time, and she wanted to accompany Zhou Shuxuan until the end, but it was too cold outside, and she was a little sick these days.

The palace maid came in from the outside and said, "The emperor is generous, let them leave as soon as they want. The people who came one after another almost left, only beauty Feng stayed until the end, and she even said a few words to the emperor."

"Feng Meiren?"

"Yes, her father seems to be a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, and she is the daughter of a concubine, and she doesn't look very good."

"Does she think that after entering the palace, she climbed a high branch, and what she did to be a so-called beauty is qualified to seduce the emperor?"

"This... the time is short, and the slaves can't see clearly. But I heard that Concubine Yi seems to like her very much, and even took her to Qingquan Palace once."

Miao Li met alone, that's a big deal, Lin Yanchi asked: "What kind of attitude does that person have?"

"I probably don't like it very much, because Concubine Yi didn't take her with her when she went again. By the way, she seems to be very interested in the affairs of the concubine and the emperor, and she asked people a few times in private."

Lin Yanchi smiled slightly and said, "Since you're interested, then tell her. Anyway, as time goes on, she should know about it."

(End of this chapter)