concubines are respected

Chapter 68
Lin Zhilan stepped out first, Suxian also stepped out of the queue helplessly, and knelt down obediently, "Xian'er pays respects to the imperial concubine and empress."

Concubine Yuan looked at the two charming women in the hall with a smile, and said softly, "Get up and talk."

Then he stared fixedly at the two of Suxian, and after a long time, he said comfortingly, "The two daughters of my cousin are indeed beautiful and lovely. If they are elected this time, I will finally have a family in the palace in the future." A sweet talker."

Lin Zhilan couldn't hold back her joy when she heard the words, she raised her eyes and said with a sweet smile, "If Lan'er is blessed to enter the palace, she will serve her with all her heart, and be filial to relieve her worries."

"Hehe, this kid can really talk." Concubine Yuan Gui gently covered her Yin lips and smiled softly, but her eyes kept looking up and down at the calm and steady Suxian, and after a while, she said to the two of them, "You two can talk?" Remember this palace?"

Concubine Yuan's question was extremely abrupt.Su Xian was slightly stunned, and raised her eyes hesitantly to meet Concubine Yuan's clear eyes. She didn't know how to answer for a while, so she had to search the depths of her memory repeatedly in her mind, but she really couldn't find when she and Concubine Yuan had an intersection. .But hearing what the concubine concubine meant, it seemed that she had seen her before, and if she said she didn't remember, wouldn't it be disrespectful.But if you say you remember it, you can't find a specific explanation.

At this time, Lin Zhilan was also clearly stumped by Concubine Yuan's words, she paused for a while, and immediately gave a deep blessing, and responded wittily, "The imperial concubine's phoenix is ​​so luxurious, although Lan'er has never seen her before." , but always thinking about the empress in my heart."

Concubine Yuan smiled lightly, she couldn't see any inappropriate emotions, presumably she didn't have any guidance for Lin Zhilan's answer.

Then he turned his eyes to Suxian, waiting for Suxian's response.

Although it was only in the blink of an eye, Suxian's mind was full of thoughts.Concubine Yuan made such a question and reacted to Lin Zhilan's ambiguous answer.Immediately, Suxian understood that the purpose of the imperial concubine's questioning was to see how the two of them could respond, so as to test their defenses.

Thinking of this, an innocent smile appeared on Suxian's face, and her starry eyes twinkled in response, "Xian'er remembers your mother."

Lin Zhilan heard the words, but a sneer flashed in her eyes, she thought to herself, this girl is talking nonsense.I am two years older than you and have never seen a noble concubine, but you claim to remember, let me see how you step down today.

Suxian's words made Concubine Yuan immediately interested, she turned around and smiled at the old matriarch, and said with a smile, "Oh? Tell me, Xianer, what do you remember about me?"

Suxian obediently looked directly at Concubine Yuan's phoenix eyes, and replied without any timidity on her face, "In the Kangzhou City Mansion, there is a portrait of the imperial concubine in colorful neon clothes hanging in the grandmother's room. Grandma pays tribute to the Buddha every day. The empress prayed for blessings, and Xian'er often went to the grandmother's room, looking up at the celestial figure of the imperial concubine and empress, so she naturally remembered it clearly."

This is true, there is indeed a portrait of Concubine Yuan when she was entrusted as a concubine hanging in the grandmother's room.It's just that the old lady prayed for the noble concubine in front of the Buddha every day, which was just fabricated by Suxian.

"Hehe, that's how it is." The flower branches of Concubine Yuan Gui's smile trembled wildly, and the golden steps of the red jade dripping pearls and phoenix heads in her bun swayed with her figure, and the bead rings collided with each other making a light and pleasant sound, "Xian'er If you are really smart and clever, no wonder your mother will look at you differently."

After finishing speaking, he turned sideways and said kindly to the old lady, "Auntie, you really have a heart to pray for my palace these years."

The old lady was ashamed, and immediately got up and bowed her waist and said, "Your Majesty has broken my old body. My Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold. How dare I call myself an aunt."

"Hehe, Auntie is worrying too much. Today is just a family banquet, there is no distinction between monarch and minister, only blood and family relationship." Concubine Yuan seems to be in a very good mood, because Suxian's words lowered her dignity to the old lady, and her attitude was even more respectful .

The old lady responded nonchalantly with a smile, returned to the side seat and sat down, her peripheral vision softly swept towards Suxian.Suxian gave the old lady a cracked smile, her curled eyelashes fluttering like fluttering butterflies.

The eyes of the grandparent and the grandson were secretly transmitted, but others did not notice, but the face of the eldest lady collapsed, and she gave Lin Zhilan a slightly resentful look, secretly annoyed that she was not as good at pleasing people as Suxian.

Lin Zhilan stepped aside embarrassingly, her red lips were slightly pouted, and she stopped talking sullenly.

At this time, the next person came to report, and the meeting will start at the time.The old matriarch nodded, turned around and gestured to Yun Rong, who was waiting on the side.

Yun Rong retreated to the side of the gauze knowingly, raised her hand and clapped three times, and soon, several servants stepped forward to stir up layers of gauze, and on the top of the main hall, a huge lotus flower lamp was shining brightly, illuminating the entire hall Brightly lit.

The male guests waiting outside Shaman bowed to the imperial concubine and empress again, and just now, under the service of the servants, they sat in the hall after the side table that had been set up earlier, Suxian and others also took their seats silently.

The banquet officially started, during the banquet, there were staggering toasts, flattery and flattery, and what's more, Suxian and Zhilan, who were to be selected as princes and concubines, were used as an argument, praising the daughters of the Lin family as being rich in the heavenly family, His future schedule is limitless and so on.

Concubine Yuan Gui has been in the deep palace for many years, and she has long been used to such flattering words.Facing the compliments from the guests, he only responded with a nod and a smile, and whispered to the old lady from time to time, not caring about the words of praise from the people in the hall.

On the contrary, Lin Zhilan attached great importance to the matter of choosing a concubine. At this time, with the good words of others, she was in a good mood and forgot about the depressing incident just now.

But Suxian was very disgusted with such fake words, coupled with the noise of people during the banquet, she suddenly felt dizzy, so she couldn't help calling softly, "Swallow, follow me out to get some air."

While talking, he turned around to look, but he didn't see the figure of Yanzi, and then he remembered that when he entered the gauze man just now, the servants and servants were ordered by the old matriarch to retreat to the side hall.

Forget it, with no one by his side, he felt much more relaxed.Seeing everyone clinking glasses frequently, in the middle of the hall, there was even a dancer who had been arranged by the old lady to perform dances. No one paid attention to her, so she quietly left the table and walked out of the hall.

Stepping out of the main hall, Suxian took a deep breath of the fresh air, and suddenly felt a lot clearer in her mind.

"Second Miss, you are not in the hall to enjoy singing and dancing, why did you come out?" Outside the hall, Yanzi and a few maids were guarding by the side door. Seeing Suxian coming, Yanzi immediately stepped forward and asked with concern. The singing and dancing inside was enchanting, while Yanzi was talking, his eyes couldn't help but cast a sharp glance into the hall.

"It's too noisy inside, I'll walk around casually." Suxian said softly, walking along the stone steps to the open space outside the hall.

"My maidservant will accompany you." Yanzi hurriedly withdrew her eyes and followed Suxian after hearing that. After taking two steps, she turned her head and looked into the hall again, her eyes full of reluctance.

Suxian smiled, "Okay, I don't need to accompany you anymore. If you want to see, you can see enough. There are palace lanterns hanging everywhere in the mansion, shining like daytime. Maybe I'm afraid that I will get lost. Even if you force yourself Accompanied, thinking about it, I still think about the music of singing and dancing in the hall, ha ha."

Being told by Suxian, Yanzi scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Slave. Slave."

"Haha, don't make excuses, go and see, don't guard me. I also want to be quiet and quiet, so don't bother me." In order to prevent Yanzi from feeling uneasy, Suxian patted Yanzi's shoulder, laughing again and again He walked towards the open area of ​​the backyard.

"My servant thanked the second lady." Yanzi no longer hesitated, blessed Suxian, returned to the side door of the hall, and continued admiring the outstanding dancing postures of the dancers with a group of little maids.

Suxian walked leisurely and slowly along the path, both sides of the path were full of ginkgo biloba, the breeze moved slightly, countless apricot leaves rubbed against each other and made a fine rustling sound, it was more pleasant than the singing and dancing music in the main hall in such a quiet night .

Passing through the apricot grove, a circular arch in front of you is illuminated by palace lanterns on both sides, shining like a full moon.Behind the arch is the backyard, and the backyard of my family is much wider than the backyard of my own.In the backyard, like many famous mansions, there is a clear pond for watching lotus and fish in leisure time.

Several palace lanterns are hung by the pond a few meters apart. Under the night sky, they are like pearls inlaid among them, which is really beautiful.

Attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of her, Suxian walked towards the pond step by step.

Under the bright lights at night, countless lotus leaves are floating on the surface of the pond, the air is filled with the fragrance of lotus leaves, the music from the direction of the main hall is far away, only the soft chirping of a few crickets, and the soft calling of night frogs Undulating in the ears.

With a deep smile on Suxian's face, she shook her head lightly, forgetting the unhappiness caused by the prince's choice of concubine, savoring the quiet and peaceful time under the night scene.

At this time, there was a faint sound of water not far away, Suxian pursed her lips and smiled, thinking to herself, maybe the fish in the pond were also infected by the night, dancing happily.

But this idea was quickly rejected by Suxian.Hearing carefully, the movement in the water became more and more chaotic, and the sound of the water was even mixed with the sound of moaning out of tune, no!With such a sound, it doesn't seem like a fish is jumping, but it seems like someone has fallen into the water.

Suxian's back tightened, and she quickly ran towards the sound of water.

Walking forward for nearly ten meters in one breath, Suxian saw a woman struggling in the water with her hands waving wildly under the light of the palace lantern.

Not good, if someone fell into the water, Suxian turned around and looked around, this place is deep in the backyard, there is no servant walking around, if she goes back and calls for help, this woman will drown and die.Human life is at stake, but no joke.

No matter who the woman in the water is, I can't just watch her die.While thinking, Suxian gritted her teeth and jumped into the pond with a plop.

It was only early summer at this time, and the water in the pool was still biting at night, Suxian was shocked when he entered the water, but fortunately, his water skills were not bad in his previous life, so there is no one around at this time, and he doesn't care about the beauty of his swimming posture.

Suxian quickly swam towards the woman, and when she got close to her eyes, she saw clearly that this person was not someone else, but Xueying, the maidservant next to Concubine Yuan.

Suxian couldn't help but wonder, how could Xueying come here and fall into the water when she wasn't serving her by her side at this time.Although he was suspicious, but seeing her eyes closed tightly, and she was only letting her hands and feet dance wildly, she must have choked on a lot of water.Saving people is the most important thing, Suxian didn't have time to think about it, she swam behind Xueying, put one arm around Xueying's neck, and paddled towards the shore with the other.

But Xueying was extremely uncooperative, and Suxian still struggled with all her strength to save her, her hands were still scratching Suxian's wrist vigorously, she couldn't tell whether it was on purpose or because she was frightened.

In pain, Suxian loosened the wrist around her neck, raised her hand and reached into her armpit, intending to pull her to swim again.Unexpectedly, Xueying's strength was astonishing, not only broke free from Suxian's restraint, but also turned around more violently, clasped her hands on Suxian's neck, and pressed down under the water with all her strength.

"You!" Suxian was terrified, she sank into the water as soon as she uttered a word, the fishy pool water choked her mouth and nose, and only a string of bubbles emerged from the water. .

(End of this chapter)