The King's Concubine_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(20)

A familiar feeling of heat rose from his body, but the King of Jin had long been accustomed to it, and just frowned and ignored it.

The return of the King of Jin made everyone in the backyard of the palace move.

In fact, the King of Jin can be regarded as a pure and unlucky person. There are not many women in his backyard. For so many years, there are only the King of Jin, the Concubine Hu, and the two wives awarded by Emperor Hongjing when he left the capital, and a concubine named Feng.

Before the Concubine Hu, the backyard of the King of Jin had always been very peaceful. There were many wars at the border, and as a vassal king who protected a place, the King of Jin naturally had the heavy responsibility of resisting foreign invasions, so he led troops outside all year round and rarely came back throughout the year.

The main master was gone, so what was there to fight about? Everyone naturally closed the door and lived their own lives. But since the King of Jin brought back Concubine Hu, and Concubine Hu gave birth to the little princess, it was like opening a certain trick, and there were many undercurrents in the backyard that was like a pool of stagnant water.

When the Prince of Jin returned home, he had to meet the Princess of Jin according to the rules.

This had nothing to do with whether they liked it or not, it was just a face that they should give each other in their positions. So early in the morning, the Prince of Jin arrived at Siyi Courtyard.

The arrival of the Prince of Jin made the entire Siyi Courtyard busy, and the servants had visible joy on their faces. When Concubine Hu, Madam Tao and Madam Li came to pay their respects, they could clearly feel the unusual atmosphere here.

Madam Tao and Madam Li showed admiration, but Concubine Hu sneered disdainfully.

After being notified and entering the hall, they could see the Prince of Jin sitting in the first seat, and Concubine Feng standing beside him to curry favor.

The Prince of Jin wore a deep blue brocade robe, with complicated patterns embroidered with silver thread on the lapels and cuffs. His black hair was all gathered on the top of his head, and he was buckled with a three-finger-wide sapphire and red gold crown, which made his face look like a crown of jade, handsome and unparalleled, like a god.

The concubine Feng standing beside him was wearing a red summer jacket with a carved silk pattern and a pomegranate skirt with twelve pieces. She had her hair done in a bun and wore a gold thread and a double-breasted step-shake with rubies and a double-breasted step-shake. She was more beautiful than flowers and beyond measure.

The key point was that her clothes were very fitted, with narrow sleeves and waist. Her chest was trembling and she felt like it was about to fall off.

Bitch!

Concubine Hu clenched her fist under her sleeve.

This concubine Feng was someone that the Princess of Jin mentioned last year when Concubine Hu was pregnant. She said that there were too few people around the King of Jin and the backyard was too cold, and she was suspected of dereliction of duty as a princess. In fact, the Princess of Jin knew that Madam Li and Madam Tao were just decorations, and she deliberately set up a gun to suppress Concubine Hu's momentum.

Concubine Feng lived up to the responsibilities given to her by the Princess of Jin. When it came to inviting favors, even Concubine Hu was willing to admit defeat and blushed for her. Whenever the Prince of Jin was in the mansion, he would do anything and stare at Concubine Hu like a fighting cock, and often went against her.

A large part of Concubine Hu's hatred for the Princess of Jin was due to Concubine Feng, but unfortunately Concubine Feng relied on the power of the Princess of Jin, and Concubine Hu could not do anything to her for the time being.

Look at it now, Concubine Hu and the other two had to be notified before entering, while Concubine Feng had been waiting by the side of the Prince of Jin.

The closer you are to the water, the sooner you can get the moon. Who knows if this bitch will take advantage of the absence of people and use some foxy means to seduce His Highness.

Concubine Hu felt that the Princess of Jin was a princess and a brothel owner. She had never seen a princess who stuffed people around her man as unscrupulously as she did. She deliberately made room early in the morning for Concubine Feng, the little bitch, to flirt with her, and she was not afraid of being disgusted.

Madam Tao and Madam Li looked resentful and bowed down.

The King of Jin raised his hand slightly, his eyes were cold and looked unfocused.

After paying her respects, Concubine Hu leaned against the King of Jin and was about to say something when Concubine Jin came out.

The appearance of Concubine Jin changed the atmosphere in the hall. Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Li, who had been secretly looking at the King of Jin, immediately restrained themselves. Even Concubine Hu, who was going to complain first, stopped.

It felt like a mouse seeing a cat.

In fact, it was true. When a concubine met the main wife, it was like a mouse seeing a cat.

Of course, there were also bold mice, such as Concubine Hu.

She was very perfunctory in her greetings to Concubine Jin.

The hall was very quiet. The maids in green vests filed in one after another and set breakfast on the eight-immortal table in the west room.

The King of Jin and Concubine Jin moved and sat down at the table.

Concubine Hu was standing aside. When the King of Jin pointed to a seat below, Concubine Hu smiled triumphantly and sat down on the chair.

This smile was naturally to show that she was favored, and it was also for the King of Jin’s wife and Concubine Feng to see. Unfortunately, the King of Jin’s wife didn’t even flirt with her. Concubine Feng gritted her teeth secretly, wishing she could rush up and pull her down.

Of course, this was just a thought.

Madam Tao, Madam Li, and Concubine Feng were serving the meal on the side.

The three of them rolled up their sleeves lightly and used long-handled silver chopsticks to serve the King of Jin and Concubine Jin. It was obvious that the meal was cooked. Every time the King of Jin came back from outside, this would happen, and everyone was used to it.

Compared with Madam Tao and Madam Li’s modest manners, Concubine Feng’s serving of the meal was more interesting, with her eyes flying around and her eyes rolling. Her delicate and cute look was particularly attractive. Anyway, in front of Concubine Hu, the swollen breasts of this bitch were just about to touch the King of Jin’s arm.

"Your Highness, please try this. The princess specially ordered someone to prepare it for you." Not to mention the sound, it was so loud that it made one's bones go soft.

Prince Jin was fine, still as cold as a mountain. Concubine Hu was so angry that she gnashed her teeth and couldn't eat.

After the meal, when Prince Jin moved to the hall to drink tea, the drama began.

Princess Jin mentioned the matter of placing two wet nurses in the small courtyard in a light tone. In her mouth, these two wet nurses were naturally carefully selected by her.

Her words were concise, and Prince Jin seemed to be listening, but also seemed not to be listening.

Although Concubine Hu didn't speak, her face was full of grievances, as if she had a lot of bitterness to complain but hesitated to speak.

Prince Jin didn't express any of his own opinions, and Princess Jin stopped talking at the right time. Concubine Hu gave a coquettish look to the blind man, feeling very aggrieved.

Madam Tao and Madam Li watched the drama silently on the side, and didn't dare to interfere at all.

It's a big show, but it's actually quite boring, because the competition and wit between them are all in their words and deeds, and even in their makeup and dressing, they are fighting in a way that is almost silent.

For example, Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Li, who have long been out of favor, dressed themselves up in the most beautiful way and appeared in front of King Jin, mostly hoping that King Jin would look at them more, and maybe come to see them at night. As for the Princess of Jin, the almost accusatory words just now are more of an invisible suppression, that is, warning Concubine Hu not to overstep her boundaries, and also highlighting her status as a princess.

As for Concubine Hu, she was not stupid enough to refute what the princess said in person.

She had tried before, but what she got in return was the cold eyes of King Jin. King Jin is a person who pays great attention to rules, and never gives face to Concubine Jin in public.

So Concubine Hu's demonstration and even grievance are just a statement, a small protest of being a junior against being the main wife. Even if she wanted Concubine Jin to die in her heart, she would not say it in front of King Jin.

On the contrary, the always jumpy concubine Feng rarely rushed forward to stir up trouble. After all, concubine Feng was not a fool and knew that too much is as bad as too little.

So the so-called drama was carried out in a relatively calm situation until the King of Jin put down the teacup and stood up.

"Let's all go."

With a voice of farewell to His Highness, the King of Jin stepped out of the gate of Siyi Courtyard.

The main character had left, so who would want to stay on the stage.

The Princess of Jin didn't even want to say a word, and let Zi Yan help her to go to the inner room.

Concubine Hu was ashamed and annoyed by her ignoring attitude. She clenched the handkerchief in her hand, snorted, and left with Tao Hong and other maids and servants.

Madam Tao and Madam Li left silently afterwards.

As for Concubine Feng, she went into the inner room and patted the legs of the Princess of Jin in a humble manner. She didn't say anything during the period, but her behavior was to show her loyalty and wanted the Princess not to give up on her.

How could the princess give up on her?

Guns are never too few.

Yucui slept until dawn and was still a little dazed when she woke up.

She thought of the little princess, Su Nanny, and how no one seemed to wake her up last night.

Why did she sleep so deeply? She was obviously very alert before.

She subconsciously jumped up from the chaise longue, and just as she stood up, she saw Yuyan standing not far away and smiling at her.

Yucui felt a little embarrassed for some reason and got off the chaise longue.

Yuyan said, "Awake? Nanny Mu said you were tired and didn't want to wake you up."

"Where's Nanny Su? How's the little princess?"

"Nanny Su, she went back to her room to rest. The little princess is fine and slept all night. Nanny Su said she ate at night and Nanny Qian is taking her to feed her now."

Yucui sighed lightly and said with some complexity, "Nanny Su is the same. Why didn't she wake me up?"

"Isn't it good to let you sleep comfortably?" Yuyan teased her with a smile.

Yucui blushed and laughed with her for a few words, then sighed, "I didn't realize that Nanny Su is an honest person." She remembered what Yao Niang said yesterday, and her considerate behavior of not waking her up.

Yuyan smiled, "Who knows whether she is honest or not, we just have to watch."

"That's right."

Chapter 17

After staying up all night, Yao Niang went to bed after returning to her room.

It felt like she hadn't slept for long when she was woken up by a knock on the door.

The knock on the door was urgent, and Yao Niang got up in a daze to open the door. Before she reached the door, she suddenly reacted, hurriedly put on her coat, and casually tied her long hair that was scattered on her shoulders into a bun behind her head before opening the door.