Chapter 254: The First Confrontation at the Table

While the second concubine was speaking, someone from outside stretched his voice, and it was said that the empress had arrived in the presence of the empress dowager Feng.

The two empress dowagers were not present today as usual because they claimed to be sick.

At this moment, it was Chun Jia and Gu Zhen who accompanied the Empress Dowager into the arena.

According to the tacit agreement, the emperor should support the empress dowager to show filial piety and closeness, but since the empress dowager joined forces with the regent, even if they have torn faces with Chunjia in private, now they are not pretending to be harmonious with their grandparents in public The meaning is that each goes its own way.

After the three came in, they were worshiped by the crowd and sat at the head. The Empress Dowager ordered them to be excused. Chunjia said a few words with several important officials, exchanged greetings with the envoy of Weihe, and then began to arrange the banquet.

The empress dowager has been expressionless since she came in, and she didn't even look at Chunjia, but she treated Gu Zhen, probably because Gu Zhen is a concubine who has been in the palace for these years, so it is still a bit of face, Gu Zhen When he turned his head to talk to her with a smile, he occasionally replied.

In this situation, the seats in the harem are relatively dull, because they are afraid of offending this person, and they will have a public attack at that time, so they will feel ashamed.

On the contrary, the ministers and envoys were far away, and it was still in full swing.

Yun Fenghuang chatted with Concubine De and Concubine Rui for a while, then looked down, and saw that Princess Rou Kun was no longer in the seat, and it was time to prepare for the dance.

Sure enough, the Secretary of the Jiaofang presented a piece of music and dance that implied prosperity and peace, and some people in the envoys below stood up and complimented the singing and dancing standards of the country fluently, and then it was logical that their princess also intended to serve the country The emperor and the empress dowager performed dances to add to the fun.

Of course, it is necessary to praise Princess Roukun's noble status and superb dancing skills, and Chun Jia also echoed a few words to save face.

After talking like this for a while, the venue below was changed and turned into an exotic stage. Princess Roukun wore Weihe's fine attire, covered her face with tulle, with golden bells hanging from her wrists and ankles, and stepped out from behind the screen with every movement and sound. .

Wei He was already good at singing and dancing, so Princess Roukun dared to perform in public, so she naturally had confidence.

Moreover, the dance of Hu dance is generally cheerful and fast, unlike Zhongtu which is slow and melodious, but it can drive the atmosphere even more.

At this moment, the skirt of the princess twirled sharply, and the bells all over her body vibrated accordingly, attracting the attention of the audience in an instant.

Even Yun Fenghuang, who doesn't like her very much, couldn't help but stop drinking for a while and stare at her... Just in time to see Princess Roukun looking at Chunjia on the throne, the young emperor is also fully crowned today At this moment, she is slightly raising her hand, gathering a few strings of tiaras, so that she can appreciate Princess Roukun's dancing posture.

In this way, the face of the sky is also displayed. Under the bright lights, the already handsome emperor is more and more majestic and majestic.

Before Princess Roukun came, she had heard that the emperor of the Central Plains was young, with both talents and looks, but she was married to a foreign country and could not be the wife.

Just now Chunjia and Gu Zhen came in with the Empress Dowager, but was blocked by the crown, even if she was among the crowd and peeked quietly, she couldn't see clearly the emperor's appearance.

Seeing it at this moment, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the dancers performed more diligently.

He didn't notice that other than the queen, all the concubines looked at her with unkind eyes.

After the dance, no one spoke in the hall for a moment, until Chunjia lightly clapped her hands and said hello, the praises began to flow one after another, and the banquet was full of excitement like the tide.

Princess Roukun panted slightly, and walked off the stage, but did not go to the back to change clothes, but took a glass of wine from the seat, and walked down to Dan Chi in a graceful manner, expressing that she wanted to toast Chunjia.

This move is not in line with the etiquette of the Central Plains, but it is more tolerant towards foreign countries. Chunjia was talking to Gu Zhen in a low voice, but when Yan Yin reminded her, she turned her head, smiled, and ordered her to go up.

Seeing the princess coming to him with a cup full of wine, Chunjia was about to pick up the golden cup in front of him, but Princess Roukun didn't drink it immediately, but exhaled and sang a little song. Most of the people in the hall did not understand Weihe language, Chunjia's eyes flashed, but she drank the golden cup in front of her with a smile, and said slowly: "I see, the princess is lively and lovely, and I like the princess very much."

Princess Roukun was quite pleasantly surprised: "Can the Son of Heaven understand our little song by Wei He?"

"...someone in the palace sang this kind of song in the early years." Chunjia smiled, "so I know a little bit about it."

Originally, the conversation was almost here, but Princess Roukun turned her head to look at Yun Fenghuang, and asked, "Is it sung by the concubine Xian? I heard that in the current harem, only the concubine Xian was born and bred in the north. That is near me." Wei He, you should also know our song."

Yun Fenghuang glanced at Chunjia, then looked at Princess Roukun, and said with a half-smile: "Princess guessed wrong, it's not Bengong. However, Bengong does know a few of the popular ditties in the North, another day Just sing it privately and listen to His Majesty."

Princess Roukun raised her eyebrows and said: "I heard a saying from the Central Plains that it is better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Why don't you sing it now so that Your Majesty..."

"Princess carefully drank too much." Chunjia suddenly cut off her words, and Yan Yin kept her smile unchanged, "Send the princess back to the table."

Princess Roukun twitched the corners of her lips, and wanted to say something, but Chunjia looked at her gently, she didn't say anything, stomped her feet, and retreated with the geese.

Then Chunjia looked at Yunfenghuang, and sighed with a smile: "This princess is young, why do you bother with her?"

"That's right, I'm getting old now." Yun Fenghuang gave him an angry look, "Should I give way to her in two days?"

"What did you say? I'm afraid you'll lose your interest." Chunjia leaned towards her slightly and coaxed, "By the way, why haven't you sung the little song you just said before? It wasn't Princess Roukun who mentioned it. Have you been hiding it all this time?"

Yun Fenghuang shook the wine cup in front of him, and said with a smile on his face: "It was the princess who brought it up and thought of it on the spur of the moment. Your Majesty also knows that the concubine was born in Beidi, who fought with Wei He in the early years. Therefore, the little tunes that are circulated in the village... Although I have not learned it seriously, I still know how to hum a few."

Chunjia sighed: "I knew it would not be easy for you to say this at this time. Fortunately, I persuaded people away."

I also want to know that the little song that Yun Fenghuang said is probably the kind that is not very friendly to Wei He.

Although Chunjia may not be sincerely close to Wei He, but now they took the initiative to repair it, and sent the princess as a concubine, they still have to show some dignity, and can't appear too mean.

"What's so simple about being a concubine?" Yun Fenghuang pouted and said, "You still say that Princess Roukun is young? From my perspective, it's just that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and I don't care about people like my concubine at all. ! She will come into the palace tomorrow, I am afraid that I will have to wait for her to show off!"

Chunjia smiled, and was about to speak, but the Empress Dowager over there was a little impatient, and said lightly: "Concubine Xian, how many things do you have to say to the emperor before and after, and now I am pulling the emperor to sit with you , do you want the queen to make room for you?"

"...I know my mistake." Yun Fenghuang had no choice but to bow his head to plead guilty, "Please punish the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager ignored her, and only said to Gu Zhen: "Since you are a queen now, you should look like a queen. If the people below you are out of touch, you should take care of it, otherwise the rules will be relaxed and something will go wrong, isn't it? Is it up to you to ask the crime? Besides, there are so many decorations in the palace, and you are like a wooden man who ignores it and hears it, so what do you want?"

Gu Zhen was quite depressed, thinking that the emperor talked with his concubine, can he control it?

He could only bow his head aggrieved and said: "What the imperial grandmother taught me is that it is the grandson's daughter-in-law's fault."

Because of these two words of the empress dowager, the empress and the high-ranking concubine did not make a sound.

The next banquet passed away in an orderly manner, and after the banquet was over, the empress sent the empress dowager back to the palace again, while the concubines went back separately.

Because of their young age, Xie Meng and Xie Kuo couldn't bear to sleep halfway in the arms of the palace servants. At this moment, Yun Fenghuang asked someone to carry them onto the walking chariot to avoid catching cold, and he asked Qingdu to carry a palace lantern. Walk slowly beside the chariot.

Firstly, Wenyao Palace is not far from the harem, and secondly, she drank a lot of wine just now, and she just walked away to let go of the alcohol.

A group of people were filing through the long and narrow corridor, but there was a sound of somewhat messy footsteps from behind, mixed with a man's voice.

Yun Fenghuang frowned slightly, stood still, turned his head to look, but saw several palace servants carrying lamps, escorting a master and a servant.

Seeing the concubine's ceremonial guard, she hurriedly bowed and saluted from a distance, and said: "I am disturbing your empress, the empress dowager regrets that the prince regent's son is drunk, and keeps him temporarily in the palace. Tomorrow, I will go to the Taimiao with your majesty... because the prince is drunk. That's why the servants boldly took a short cut and didn't want to offend the empress."

"It's okay." Yun Fenghuang glanced at Gong Xiangxiao, he was supported by Dou Su, he was staggering and unsteady, and he could smell the alcohol on his body before he approached, so she stepped aside a little , said lightly, "The son is indeed very drunk, you can send him to rest quickly."

When the pedestrians passed by, she glanced at Chen Jing, and Chen Jing hurriedly leaned over: "Your Majesty?"

"May I find out where the empress dowager arranges for the son to live?" Yun Fenghuang said, "This son is also strange, obviously the regent doesn't care about him, but the empress dowager will call him into the palace every now and then to talk. One might as well stay in the palace.”

Chen Jing didn't move when she heard the words, and said with a light smile: "I have heard about this matter. It seems that when His Majesty Emperor Xiaozong was there, because he had no children under his knees, he loved the regent's son very much and called him into the palace from time to time. He stayed overnight and was once raised as a prince. At that time, the Empress Dowager probably had no grandchildren, but she also loved the Prince Regent’s son very much. When the Prince Regent’s son was young, the late emperor and the empress dowager hugged him quite a lot... Even when the late emperor stayed The reason the Prince Regent discusses matters in the palace is that the son of the Prince Regent is young and cannot be separated from his biological father."

It is said that the regent was married and had a son at that time, and it was not easy to live in the harem according to the rules, but Xiaozong felt that it was not very convenient to live in the former dynasty, so he finally chose the island in the Taiye pool. Dai Yu’s, the prince probably lives there this time too. Counting this place, no one has mentioned it for many years, and I don’t know if it’s too late to clean it up now?”

Yun Fenghuang thought to himself, why is it too late? When I first entered the palace and was forced to jump into the lake to escape by that bastard Chunjia, this one was ordered to forbid me on the island.

I'm afraid that no matter whether he enters the palace or not, those places are always ready for his presence.

However, if she remembered correctly, Gong Xiangxiao had a residence in Miyagi, that is, when he was reading with Chunjia, he had a private courtyard in the previous dynasty. And Wenyao Palace is in the previous dynasty, if the Empress Dowager just feels sorry for this cheap grandson who drank too much and is afraid that he will make a fuss on the way back, and plans to keep someone in the palace for one night, it would be more convenient to send someone to the yard over there. What's the intention of taking them to the harem and rowing to the island at night?

It's never a whim.

Yun Fenghuang pondered for a while, then returned to Xuanqing Palace.

It was already very late at this time, and she didn't have the heart to say anything to the concubines, so she waved her hand and let them settle down by themselves.

He told someone to serve Xie Meng and Xie Kuo to sleep, and went to see his son and daughter in person, and then went back to the dormitory to rest.

I can't rest for too long, and it's time to say hello.

Greetings on the first day of the first lunar month are more grand, and you have to get up earlier before you have time to dress up.

Yun Fenghuang hesitated for a while while dressing up, and finally called someone to call up the two nieces: "Give them a dress up, and we will go to say hello together later. After living in the palace for these days, it is the Chinese New Year, so I have to give it to you." Greetings from the Empress Dowager."

Although the empress dowager might lose face because of this, but without their words, it would appear that daughter Xie didn't understand the rules.

But when we actually arrived at the Qingci Palace, the empress dowager who came from a famous family was much more generous than the empress dowager yuan, she didn't care much about Xie Meng and Xie Kuo, so when Yun Fenghuang ordered the two nieces to kowtow to the hall, they faintly cried out , After asking the servant to reward something, it will be regarded as nothing.

There is no typing of half a word.

This is definitely not because of being more tolerant towards Yun Fenghuang for the sake of the Chinese New Year, it is nothing more than being too lazy to care about children.

Today, even though the emperor's heirs were still young, they were brought here. The Empress Dowager was not very interested in these unrelated great-grandchildren. Only the eldest prince, as Chunjia's eldest son, was asked to hug I went to look at it once, and said a few auspicious words in a lukewarm manner. There is also Princess Zhaoqing, the eldest daughter of the emperor is so cute, the empress dowager couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The other emperor's heirs, the empress dowager simply didn't step forward.

...The main reason is that these emperor's heirs have basically never been to Qingci Palace. Today, there are so many people crying, causing everyone to cry, one after another. The empress dowager felt dizzy when she heard the headache, so she looked back at Princess Zhaoqing After staring at her, she asked everyone to disperse: "The queen stay here for a while."

Gu Zhen bit the bullet and stayed, and kept praying in his heart that nothing embarrassing would happen.

When I was a concubine before, I went to Qingci Palace and Mianfu Palace to pay my respects. Ji's phoenix masters always had this attitude. They were indifferent or cold to their concubines, and only let the queen stay to discuss business with them.

At that time, it was not that Gu Zhen was not envious of this special treatment.

But now it's her turn to be treated like this, she doesn't want...

The empress dowager had no choice but to speak. She was not Yun Fenghuang, she couldn't do things that were obedient to others or even openly disobedient, so she could only ask with a forced smile after the concubines had left, "What orders does the imperial grandmother have?"

The Empress Dowager didn't bother her, and straight to the point mentioned Princess Minghui's marriage: "The common man Ji Sheng was discarded, and the jade plate was removed from the name. Since this is the case, it is inappropriate for Minghui to keep her filial piety according to the rules. Sorrow The meaning of the family is that it is good to decline as the father is still alive."

When Gu Zhen heard this, he thought it was all about it, he was secretly relieved, and hurriedly expressed his support.

And tactfully promise that no one will talk about the eldest princess's unfilial piety.

"So, she will be filial piety in a few months after the beginning of spring." As a result, the Empress Dowager followed, "Then marriage should also be considered. The Ai family heard that your brothers and nephews are very honest and tidy?"

Gu Zhen: "..."

If Concubine Xian were here, she might be able to give dozens of reasons for her refusal.

However, the former Mrs. Yaoning found that the queen was not so eloquent, she was dumbfounded for a while, and then she said bluntly: "The emperor's grandmother praises it, and the brothers and nephews in the granddaughter-in-law's family are not up to date."

"It's good not to live up to expectations." The Empress Dowager said indifferently, "Minghui's status is precious, and the son-in-law doesn't need to be too capable. Like you, the empress, you just need to live a down-to-earth life."

Gu Zhen bit the bullet and said: "The grandson-in-law dare not hide the truth from the imperial grandmother, the grandson-in-law's brothers and nephews are quite naughty..."

The Empress Dowager glanced at her, and suddenly said: "If Concubine Xian was here, instead of refusing like this, she would immediately agree to this matter, and even kneel down to thank the Ai family, do you believe it?"