After greeting the queen that day, Gu Panfu and other low-ranking concubines were about to retreat, but were stopped by the queen.
"Dear sisters, the queen mother said that she has not seen you since you entered the palace. Today, let's go with me to pay homage to the queen mother." The queen stood up. She was almost three months pregnant and had some obvious pregnancy reactions.
I have been feeling very uncomfortable recently, and my face looks a little pale. Ziyu and Zilan carefully supported her, followed by several nuns and eunuchs and maids, and a huge group of people walked in front.
Gu Panfu thought about the youngest daughter of the Yuan family who had been mentioned in the palace recently, and thought that this meeting with the Queen Mother was not an easy one.
In Cining Palace, the new concubine who entered the palace paid a big courtesy to the Queen Mother, and was given a small squat, and she sat quietly in the back. The Queen Mother had an easy-going face, with a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. She looked well-maintained
That's good. But the Queen Mother is actually not very old, in her early fifties. In Gu Panfu's previous life, she was actually middle-aged, and here she is already old enough to take care of herself. After the Queen Mother gave them seats, she ignored them.
Instead, they kept holding the queen's hand and asking about the queen's physical condition in detail.
After talking for about a quarter of an hour, he started to ask about the eldest princess Xie Baozhu, and then asked about the eldest prince Yun Zhaorong. When he asked about the second prince, he asked the queen who made Zhao Mei's status too low, in fact, she was not qualified.
Even Zhao Meiren, who raised the emperor's heir by herself, felt a sense of embarrassment even though she was good at forbearing. Especially after seeing the sarcastic smile of the precious concubine, her eyes darkened even more.
The Empress Dowager would not even ask a question about the pregnant Song Yunv. Song Yunv's status was too low, not to mention that pregnancy was not a skill, but giving birth was. The Queen Mother's eyes wandered around, and finally settled on Gu Panfu.
: "Which one is from the Gu family?"
"The concubine is chosen to serve Mrs. Gu to see the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed and safe." Gu Panfu's intuition has always been very accurate. When she heard the Queen Mother's call to her, she sighed inwardly and stood up to salute.
The Queen Mother didn't scream for a long time, until Gu Panfu felt a slight soreness in her calves, and then she heard the Queen Mother say: "You are a concubine, and the Ai family does not agree with your selection, but..." She did not finish the rest of the words, and continued.
He said: "You seem to be well-behaved now. Get up. You are lucky to be able to serve the emperor."
Gu Panfu rolled her eyes when she heard this. She was not the only concubine in the palace. The emperor was still a concubine. The Queen Mother took advantage of her status as a concubine and disgusted her for being such a small servant. She was not afraid of lowering her status.
"Concubine, please remember the teachings of the Queen Mother." Since the Queen Mother is so vengeful, she will give her a showdown on the day of the election. She Gu Panfu is not a good person. She will repay kindness as well as revenge. She will remember this.
The Queen Mother called Yu Ronghua's name again, and Yu Ronghua said hello, and she said lightly, "I've met him before."
"Aunt, it's so lively, why don't you call me Shangqing Ge?" At this time, a girl walked in from outside the hall. The girl was wearing a red flower skirt, a water-red gold thread gown, and two peonies and rubies on her head.
The golden hairpin shone slightly under the sun. She walked quickly to the Queen Mother and leaned against her side. The red color made her look very noble, and her face was pink and beautiful.
The Queen Mother reversed her previous attitude and patted the back of the girl's hand with a loving smile: "You kid, you have no rules."
The girl playfully stuck out her tongue at the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother gave her a fake look, turned to the Queen and said, "This is Qingge, the niece of the Ai family. She is a bit naughty." She pulled Yuan Qingge over and said, "You are still not polite.
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"Yuan Qingge of Duke Dingguo's Palace pays homage to the Queen." For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Yuan Qingge. Her red dress was really Sima Zhao's favorite.
The queen didn't look angry, and her face looked natural and even had a smile. She asked Ziyu beside her to help Yuan Qingge, and took off a bracelet from her hand as a greeting gift.
Gu Panfu somewhat understood the queen's move. Anyone with a discerning eye could see Dingguo's purpose in sending her daughter to the palace. But Yuan Qingge didn't know what to do and dressed up like this to blatantly provoke the queen. Naturally, the queen didn't
What is the difference between the behavior of making a face for her, asking the confidant maids to help her up and then giving her something, and the queen's behavior for concubines like them? To put it bluntly, it is the process of a concubine giving gifts to her head wife. Gu Panfu watched the queen mother sit back
Next to them, Yuan Qingge was looking at them without a trace, but she probably hadn't reacted yet. Gu Panfu was a little funny, after all, the queen was more skilled. In this palace, as long as the queen didn't die, no one could get past her. She looked at Yuan Qing
The condescension in the singer's eyes betrayed her emotions, completely destroying her pretense of being pretty, cute, and lovable, and making her disgusting for no reason.
The Queen Mother's move was to pave the way for Yuan Qingge. Sure enough, the Queen Mother invited the emperor to have a meal at Cining Palace on the next day. Just when everyone in the harem thought that the imperial edict to canonize Yuan Qingge would come down the next day, Taichen Palace
But there was no movement. Everyone in the harem laughed sullenly, waiting to see Yuan Qingge's joke.
Within two days, the news came out that Yuan Qingge met the emperor by chance in the Imperial Garden. Unfortunately, this time he only spoke a few words to the emperor before going back.
When Gu Panfu listened to Lu Qi telling her a joke, she couldn't help but laugh out loud. The emperor was really bad. Gu Panfu's mind suddenly changed. With the Queen Mother in charge, Yuan Qingge's entry into the palace was only a matter of time.
It was inevitable. But it would only work out once and for all, and it would be exhausted again and again. She didn't mind adding fuel to the fire, as a return gift from the Queen Mother for showing off her power.
She waved her hand for Lu Qi to come closer and gave a few instructions in a low voice.
Lu Qi's work efficiency was very fast. Within half a day, rumors began to spread in the palace that some young ladies from the Yuan family were unmarried but lived in the palace, and there were also some rumors that they didn't know how to avoid the emperor when they met him, and even went up to talk to him. Duke Dingguo's Mansion
The purpose was to tear off the faces of the Queen Mother and Yuan Qingge who were in the palace, throw them to the ground and stomp on them.
When the Queen Mother heard about it, she was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. She punished several gossiping palace maids before suppressing the rumor. However, Yuan Qingge would not appear in front of everyone again in a short time, and she had to wait for something to happen.
Let it calm down for a while and then think of a solution.
Naturally, Xie Xiao also heard about this incident, and while laughing, he felt that this incident could not be such a coincidence, as if it was the handiwork of the women in his harem. He asked Mingzhong to investigate, and Mingzhong's investigation result was that this was really the case.
Coincidence, just gossip among the palace people.
In November, the first light snow fell in Beijing. After half a month, Yuan Qingge reappeared in everyone's sight. This time she sent snacks directly to Taichen Palace in the name of the Queen Mother. The emperor probably felt that it was too much.
Third, Yuan Qingge came out of Taichen Palace in the afternoon. After a while, the imperial decree arrived. Yuan Qingge was conferred as a third-rank official and granted residence in the main hall of Roufu Palace.
According to the rules, the emperor stayed in the main hall of Roufu Palace that night, but Gu Panfu did not see the newly minted Yuan Chongrong again when he paid his respects in the early morning. She did not come and took a leave of absence from the queen.
Yuan Chongrong stayed in bed for three consecutive days, which meant that the emperor had saved the face of Duke Dingguo. From that day on, the emperor was busy for several days, and when he entered the harem again, he had not summoned her again. And everyone finally saw her.
When they arrived at Yuan Chongrong, everyone had arrived, and it was too late for her to come in on the heels of the Queen.
Yuan Qingge became a little different, more delicate and pretty than before, with a just right smile on her face. But she was a little arrogant in her actions. She curtly saluted the queen, sat down in her seat, and spoke in a loud voice.
She said softly to Precious Concubine: "Sister Precious Concubine, I heard that you are not in good health. Recently I happened to get some supplements, so why don't I send them to you to replenish your health."
The precious concubine was so vomited by the screams from her younger sister. Seeing the sarcasm in Yuan Chongrong's smile, she was so angry that she immediately coughed. The people around the palace quickly brought tea and stroked their backs. The precious concubine had served the emperor for so many years, except for the queen.
No one had ever given her such embarrassment. Yuan Qingge was just a yellow-haired girl who had just entered the palace, and he insulted her because of her high position. The precious concubine's face was cold and her tone was hard: "I don't need to worry about Empress Yuan Chongrong, the emperor has already
I gave my concubine a lot of things, I’m afraid I won’t be able to use them all in a while.”
Yuan Chongrong stopped answering and paused for a long while, then turned to the queen and said: "Queen, my concubine also heard something. I didn't want to talk about it at first, but after thinking about it, I still feel uneasy and unhappy.
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The queen glared at her and said nothing.
"Oh," Yuan Chongrong looked for a step for himself. "I heard that the day before yesterday, my sister Gu Xuan invited the emperor to enjoy the snow. This was an elegant thing. But the weather was so cold and it was snowing heavily, so my sister didn't care.
You must also take care of the emperor's dragon body."
Gu Panfu looked at her in surprise, she was only the ninth concubine, and began to point out the country anxiously.
Yuan Chongrong frowned slightly when he saw her looking at him like this: "Why are you looking at me like this?"
"Concubine, I behaved inappropriately. Just looking at Empress Yuan Chongrong, I felt as if I had met my mother who was in charge of the boudoir." After Gu Panfu finished speaking, she seemed to realize, "Oh, what a sin."
As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent at first, and then muffled laughter rang out.
Yuan Chongrong naturally understood, and his face darkened: "Gu Xuanshi, you are so presumptuous."
Gu Panfu still sat motionless, the expression on her face became lighter, and she no longer looked like she was talking and laughing just now: "I don't know why I made Empress Yuan Chongrong unhappy, but I am enjoying the snow with the emperor.
It was the concubine who dared to invite me because she saw that the emperor was in a good mood. The concubine has no skills and can only make the emperor happy in small things. If Empress Yuan Chongrong said that the concubine did not care about the emperor's health, the concubine would not recognize it."
Gu Panfu almost rolled her eyes at Yuan Chongrong's face, but she couldn't help it. The queen, the wife, didn't care what she was doing with the emperor. It was Yuan Chongrong's turn to talk. Does she understand the taste?
Yuan Chongrong didn't even think about Gu Panfu and directly attacked her. She opened her mouth to scold her. The queen put down the tea cup gently: "Yuan Chongrong is so majestic. It seems that he has learned the palace rules in vain. Why not go back and copy them a few times?"
Palace rules, just calm down and calm down."
Yuan Chongrong turned his head sharply and looked at the queen. His face was uncertain, with blue and red turns. He took several breaths back and forth before calming down: "I have overstepped my bounds. Please forgive me, the queen."
The queen glanced at Yuan Chongrong lightly, "Let's go." She held Ziyu's hand and left.