imperial concubine

Chapter 153

Hearing the Queen's question to herself, Su Wan, who had been secretly watching the show, stood up helplessly.Although I really don't want to get involved in the struggle between the queen and concubine Shu, the queen obviously doesn't think so.

Su Wan got up and said softly with lowered eyebrows: "Report to the Empress, Su Wan is here." The light blue sleeved dress made Su Wan look as if she had just stepped out of a painting, and the silver phoenix carved long hairpin on her head was shining in the sun. Shining brightly.

The queen looked at Su Wan and smiled, and then said: "Wan'er, you have recently entered the palace, are you used to living in the palace? If you are not used to it, just say it is with me. I will definitely solve it for you."

Su Wan is now very close to Concubine Shu's side, but fortunately, she didn't completely lean towards Concubine Shu's side.If I can take advantage of this opportunity of the fourth prince's meritorious service to win Su Wan over, maybe I can win Su Wan over.

Hearing the queen's question, Su Wan replied with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness, empress. The palace is well-equipped with all kinds of equipment, and the servants are also obedient, but there is nothing unaccustomed to it."

He has already grasped the hearts of all the people in Yiliang Palace in his own hands, and even let Zhuru get through the manpower in the palace to deliver news to him.As long as Zhuru's side is [-]%, there is no big difference whether he is in the deep palace or in the small courtyard.

Concubine Shu on the side looked at Su Wan and said with a smile: "That's good. If there is something you're not used to, just come to me. The Empress is in charge of the Six Palaces, so don't bother her with trivial matters."

Concubine Shu could tell that the queen was taking the opportunity to show favor to Su Wan and wanted to win her over.Moreover, yesterday the empress sent someone to Yiliang Palace to announce the reward, and everyone in the palace already knew about it.Presumably the hairpin that Su Wan brought today was rewarded by the queen yesterday.

Looking at Concubine Shu's eyes on her own head, Su Wan knew that she was looking at the hairpin given to her by the queen, "Su Wan knows. If there is something to do in the future, I will definitely go to Zhanqing Palace, and then I will visit the empress. Don't think Su Wan is annoying."

Today, I wear the hairpin and bracelet that the queen rewarded me, and I have already shown to the queen that I accept your reward; but my words are biased towards Concubine Shu, so that Concubine Shu can know that I am not on the queen's side.Only in this way can you profit from it.

Concubine Shu understood what Su Wan meant, and said with a smile: "Why would you be bothered? Speaking carefully, you and I are still relatives, so we should walk around more to avoid becoming unfamiliar."

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, Su Wan was a little puzzled.Are you related to Concubine Shu?But I have nothing to do with Concubine Shu, and my parents can't get close to Concubine Shu, why did she suddenly say such a sentence today?
Seeing Su Wan's puzzled look, Concubine Shu smiled and asked, "How is my sister doing in the Marquis of Weiwu's mansion? Since I entered the palace, I haven't seen my sister for many years."

Su Wan thought carefully, the eldest lady in the mighty Marquis's mansion has no relationship with Concubine Shu, the second lady has never seen her say that she is related to Concubine Shu, and the third lady is from a small clan, let alone has nothing to do with Concubine Shu.Wait, the second wife seems to be named Yuan too, right?
Although it was just a flash of inspiration, Su Wan was almost sure that Concubine Shu's relative was the Second Lady Yuan in the mansion!Thinking of this, Su Wan said to Concubine Shu: "It turns out that the empress and the second aunt are sisters. Wan'er was ignorant before, so please forgive me."

I really didn't expect that the straightforward second lady in the mighty Hou's mansion is actually sisters with Concubine Shu!However, seeing that the second wife has not mentioned Concubine Shu for so many years, it seems that the two are only famous and have never met.

Seeing Su Wan thinking about it, Concubine Shu nodded with a smile on her face and said, "Exactly. I haven't seen each other for so many years, I wonder how my sister is doing in the mighty Marquis Mansion?"

Now that the two have become relatives, their relationship has become much closer without knowing it.In the future, Concubine Shu can even use this elder sister as an excuse to often call Su Wan to her Zhanqing Palace to talk about "family affairs".

Su Wan nodded and said: "Second Aunt is living very well in the mansion. It's just that every time I talk about my mother, there is always a slight sadness in her eyes, and I think I miss my mother very much."

Although the second lady herself didn't know when she missed Concubine Shu, but when Su Wan wanted to use her, she turned Yuan into a person who missed her sister without caring.

Concubine Shu saw that Su Wan was so smart, she sighed and said: "I miss my sister very much too. Unfortunately, although I miss her, I can't see her."

Once the Hou Men entered the deep sea, let alone the deep palace?With Concubine Shu's status, it is extremely difficult to leave the palace.Presumably this is also one of the prices for power in the harem!
Seeing that the two chatted more and more happily, the queen on the side quickly said: "Okay, I will talk about the gossip later. I have invited everyone to watch the play today. I have a happy event to say. Su Wan."

The reason why the concubines of the harem were called together to watch the play today was because of the challenge of Liang Chujie, and this credit was done by the fourth prince.So before the show started, letting Su Wan show up in front of the concubines in the harem was something the queen had already arranged.

Seeing Su Wan get up, the empress smiled and said: "Sisters, today we are watching a play in the Liang Pavilion because His Majesty won the first battle of the Liang army, and the person who made the first contribution is the Fourth Prince. So we are here today to celebrate the first victory of His Majesty's army against Liang, and secondly to congratulate the Fourth Prince on his victory in the first battle at the border."

Judging from the queen's words, it seems that the queen is deliberately suppressing the credit of the four princes, and she keeps talking about what her majesty is doing.But Su Wan could see that the reason why the queen was like this was because she was trying to show her favor to him.

Concubine Shu on the side smiled and said: "My sister is right. The four princes fought at the border and made great achievements as soon as they arrived in Daijing City. Wan'er even managed the Yiliang Palace in an orderly manner. The two young couples can be called It complements each other."

Although the empress deliberately lifted the emperor out to press down the fourth prince, everyone knew that it had nothing to do with His Majesty to criticize Liang Chujie.And now that Su Wannai is a figure in the concubine Shu's lineage, the empress must have avoided the important ones because of this.

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, the queen also nodded and smiled and said: "Concubine Shu is very right. The fourth prince is a man of talent, both civil and military. Wan'er is as beautiful as a flower and has profound knowledge; the two are a pair of gods and wives made in heaven."

When the Empress and Concubine Shu rarely had the same opinion, when they heard the two keep praising Su Wan and the Fourth Prince as a match made in heaven, all the concubines in the room also echoed their voices, and the atmosphere in the room was joyous for a while.

Hearing the Queen talking to Concubine Shu, Su Wan bowed and said, "Thank you Empress Empress, Concubine Shu for your love. What Wan'er did was just what she should do, and she should not be praised by the two empresses."

Su Wan knew that now she had become a point of contention between the Queen and Concubine Shu.Not only because the fourth prince made military exploits at the border, but more importantly, it seemed that both of them realized that they were extremely important at the same time, so there was such a situation where the two joined hands.

The queen who was sitting on the right seat said with a smile: "What's wrong with that? Since the night banquet of Nobile Hairpin, Jingya has often mentioned you, saying that you are both talented and beautiful, and you are a rare talent."

Hearing what the queen said, Su Wan smiled coldly in her heart.Does Yun Jingya often mention herself?At that time, I hadn't entered the palace yet, and Yun Jingya even teamed up with Qi Ruobing several times to make things difficult for her. Why couldn't I see that she had any appreciation for him?
Yun Jingya next to the queen said with a smile: "That's right. When Jingya mentioned Wan'er to the queen mother, the mother didn't believe it at first. She said that there is no such outstanding woman in the world. I didn't know until the mother saw Wan'er. I really didn't lie to her."

Although Yun Jingya echoed the queen's words with a smile, Su Wan could tell that there was no joy in Yun Jingya's eyes!But it's true, Yun Jingya just said some superficial things, so it can't be taken as the truth.

Seeing Su Wan looking shy and standing with her head bowed, the Queen smiled and said: "Don't say it's Jingya, even if I was present that day, I must choose a talented woman like Wan'er as the candidate for the golden hairpin. Because, the limelight of others They were all suppressed by Wan'er!"

After finishing speaking, the queen burst into laughter, and concubine Shu also laughed a few times.Because although the queen's last sentence just now was clearly praising Su Wan, it was actually belittling Concubine Shu, because Concubine Shu's niece Yuan Yilan also appeared at the Nobile Night Banquet that night.

However, Concubine Shu's complexion did not change, but when she rolled her eyes, she thought of what she said to the queen, "Sister is right. It is said that since Wan'er became famous at the Nobile Night Banquet, she once made a poem with a glass of wine. Everyone talks about it!"

Just now the queen secretly satirized Concubine Shu's niece as inferior to Su Wan, and Concubine Shu was not to be outdone, and immediately brought out the fact that Yun Jingya had lost to Su Wan.Yun Jingya's loss that day was much uglier than Yuan Yilan's.

The queen nodded and said, "I've heard about this glass of wine turning into poetry before, but it's too bizarre, and I don't believe it." The queen turned to look at Su Wan with a smile and asked, "Wan'er, what did you do that day?" Is it true that a glass of wine becomes poetry?"

Su Wan knew that the empress asked herself if it was true that drinking wine into poetry was just trying to get a negative answer from here.If you really want to know the truth, the one who competed with you that day was Yun Jingya, if you ask her, will you know everything?
Thinking of this, Su Wan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't make fun of Wan'er. How can Wan'er have such a great talent? It's just that the folks spread the rumors, and finally spread them like this. It can't be true."

Although this remark offended Concubine Shu, yesterday the second concubine had already said that the queen was going to deal with her recently, and she asked the second concubine to help her just now, even if concubine Shu asked about it in the future, she would have an explanation.

Seeing Su Wan uttering the answer she wanted so obediently, the empress said before Concubine Shu: "So that's it. It's getting late, little Lizi, have everyone in the Jiqing class dressed up?"

The queen knew that Concubine Shu would not be convinced, so after finalizing Su Wan's answer, she immediately asked Eunuch Li if the people in the Jiqing class were ready.Once the play starts, Concubine Shu can only swallow the dumb loss.

Eunuch Li had been waiting at the side for a long time. Hearing the Queen's question at this time, he hurriedly said: "I want to report to the Empress, the members of the Jiqing Class are ready, and now they are waiting for your golden mouth."

Just now the Queen and Concubine Shu were fighting each other, so Eunuch Li naturally did not dare to take the initiative to step forward.Hearing the Queen's question at this moment, she quickly said that the people in the Jiqing class had already dressed and painted their faces, and they could start singing at any time.

The queen above the main seat glanced at Su Wan who was still standing and said with a smile, "Wan'er, sit down quickly!" Then she said to Eunuch Li: "Let's play! Concubine Shu couldn't wait just now."

Eunuch Li stepped back and went to inform the Jiqing class in the background.Then the music sounded on the stage, and a Daomadan wearing a red head and a seven-star forehead appeared on the stage. Su Wan looked at everyone present and thought, today's good show has finally begun.

On the stage, Mu Guiying sang, read, acted and played everything, which attracted all the concubines watching the opera.Just when Mu Guiying sang the most brilliantly, one of the concubines suddenly said, "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)