Chapter Ninety-Ninth: The Concubine Selection Banquet
Ximen Yourong looked at him with an unfriendly look, and then she realized that he really wanted to settle old scores with her.
However, how long has it been since then? Why is he still fussing over it now?
Although Ximen Yourong felt that he was making a fuss out of a molehill, since he was unhappy about it, she could only try to please him:
"How could I not care about His Majesty's life or death? It's just that I knew at that time that even if His Majesty drank Concubine You's deer antler soup, it would not harm your body. At most, it would be..."
"What's the most?" Someone squinted again
"Your Majesty knows what it is...!"
Ximen Yourong bit her lip, thinking about him hugging other women, now she felt a little unhappy.
Dongling Yuanyong saw that she was unhappy, but he was happy. He pretended to be enlightened and said:
"You're saying that in that situation, as long as I have sex with the woman, nothing will happen, right?"
"So nothing happened to Your Majesty afterwards?"
Ximen Yourong's somewhat lonely face lost his smile. Dongling Yuanyong frowned and suppressed a smile. He held her chin and smiled seductively:
"Your ice pear soup is much easier than having sex with a woman!"
Ximen Yourong was stunned: "Did you drink my ice pear soup...?"
"Drink it, so the discomfort I suppressed was not because I touched You Kouyi, but because your ice pear soup had an effect."
His words were meant to explain, but when Ximen Yourong heard them, they would not eliminate the troubles in her heart. She buried her head in his arms and begged:
"Your Majesty, I may need some time to convince myself to accept the fact that there will be other women possessing you. If I don't want to care about you occasionally, please understand me, because I can't ignore you yet and embrace other women.
Woman. But since I chose to stay and join hands with you, I know that sooner or later I will have to face concubines joining me one after another in the harem. I..."
Ximen Yourong was interrupted before he could finish his words, because Dongling Yuanyong suddenly hummed with joy, and finally he just burst into laughter.
Ximen sat upright and looked at him boredly. Did she say something funny? She obviously had a very serious and sad attitude.
After Dongling Yuanyong had laughed enough, he suddenly approached her lips and asked for a kiss, and then teased:
"Rong'er, you are starting to worry unfoundedly even though there are not one concubine after another in this harem. If women really come one after another, will you one day plan to throw away the queen's phoenix crown and leave me behind?
Run out of the palace and fly away by yourself?"
He joked in a relaxed and cheerful manner, but Ximen Yourong felt a little sad inside because his joke was not impossible for her!
Dongling Yuanyong's joy stopped for a moment, because her eyes did not look as relaxed as his.
Therefore, he stopped joking. He grabbed her hand and made a serious promise to her:
"I won't let you have the chance to think about leaving again!"
"Even I can't guarantee it myself, how can Your Majesty be sure?" Her eyes were wet because she was afraid of getting lost!
"Because I allow you to have your husband exclusively!"
Dongling Yuanyong confidently and charmingly leaned forward to press his lips to hers, coaxing out her fragrance as tenderly as water!
Ximen Yourong didn't actually understand the meaning of his words. She only knew that she forgot to explore after a while because she was already lost in his affectionate demands...!
The next day after returning to the palace, Ximen Yourong received a banquet from Concubine Yi as soon as he got up in the morning.
At first she thought it was just an ordinary banquet, but when Ximen Yourong came to the Imperial Garden, she realized that the banquet hosted by Concubine Yi was very meaningful.
Ximen Yourong looked at the people sitting on both sides, exactly six women.
All of them have beautiful faces and elegant manners. At first glance, they are all ladies chosen from ten thousand. At first glance, this banquet is really a hundred flowers blooming!
There was also an aristocratic lady whose identity was unknown, but she was arranged to sit in the seat closest to Concubine Yi.
Ximen Yourong thought that everyone invited by Concubine Yi to the banquet was here, but he didn't expect that one person came at the end, and that was You Kouyi.
When Concubine Yi saw everyone gathered, she smiled and said to Ximen Yourong and You Kouyi:
"Queen, I've been bored in the palace for a long time, and I wanted to have some fun at the last minute, so I brought the queen, the concubine, and these girls to accompany me to enjoy the flowers and chat. Wouldn't you mind?"
"Of course not, as long as the concubine is happy!"
Ximen Yourong responded calmly. She knew that Concubine Yi was a drunkard and had no intention of drinking.
Not long ago, Concubine Yi mentioned to her the matter of expanding Dongling Yuanyong's harem, and now a bunch of noble ladies appeared in front of her.
Concubine Yi was overtly and covertly reminding her that it was time to choose more concubines to enter the palace.
As a queen, one of her duties is to choose suitable concubines for her husband. This is a fact that she has to face.
Concubine Yi looked at the quiet and calm Ximen Yourong calmly, then looked at Youkoyi and said with concern:
"The imperial concubine's body is not completely healed yet. I shouldn't have forced you to come out for a hair dryer. However, the imperial doctor always told me that my uncomfortable body needs to move more to heal quickly, so I asked the imperial concubine to come and enjoy the flowers. Maybe you can
My body will be more flexible... But if you really feel uncomfortable and can't stand it any longer, you have to say it and don't force it."
"Thank you for your concern, the concubine. Thanks to the concubine's kindness, I naturally can't dampen the concubine's interest. However, my body is indeed getting tired easily recently. I'm afraid I will have to stay behind closed doors for a while before I can get better."
You Kouyi's last words were actually meant for Ximen Yourong. She wanted to show that it was not that she wanted to ignore Ximen Yourong's order to shut herself up and reflect on her past, but that she did not dare to refuse Concubine Yi's invitation.
At the same time, she also hinted that she would continue to think about her mistakes behind closed doors and would not disobey Ximen Yourong's orders.
Ximen Yourong actually didn't mind that Concubine Yi invited You Kouyi here. Her punishment of You Kouyi was harmless. She didn't care if You Kouyi just stayed behind closed doors to think about her past. What's more, in this situation today, You Kouyi is here.
I don't know how happy I can be with her.
Concubine Yi naturally knew that You Kouyi's words were clever, but she smiled and said nothing. She then looked at the ladies sitting below, and then cheerfully opened the topic and said:
"Today, I don't know whether it's the charming spring scenery in the garden, or whether it's the sight of you young girls who are more dazzling than the flowers that makes me happy. My depressed mood suddenly became clear. This banquet was really not in vain.
"
"In this case, the concubine will have to do more troubles in the future. Anyway, we are willing to enter the palace to accompany the concubine to relieve her boredom, and at the same time admire the grandeur of the palace...right, sisters?"
The person who answered the conversation was the person sitting closest to Concubine Yi, that is, Dongling Yan, the much-loved second princess of Prince Rui's Mansion.
Even though she is only sixteen years old, her reputation among the ladies of the imperial city is one of the best.
Coupled with her pleasant temperament and being a relative of the emperor, her status and status are even more extraordinary.
As soon as she opened her mouth, the other ladies one after another echoed Dong Lingyan's words with beautiful words that suited the occasion, or it should be said that each of them wanted to please Concubine Yi more than the other.
Concubine Yi looked at Dong Lingyan and joked intentionally:
"Oh, they say people feel refreshed during happy events. Princess Yan looks like a little red among the greenery today. You are the most dazzling!"
"What you said is wrong, Princess. When it comes to appearance, let alone our Queen and the Imperial Concubine. Even if you compare, I can't compare with Sister Yao from Shangshu Mansion. When it comes to talent, I can only compare with you sisters."
, Sister Chu from the Grand General's Mansion is even better. Looking at the other sisters, each one has her own merits. If I didn't have the self-knowledge and accepted the concubine's exaggeration and took the lead, all the sisters would be dissatisfied privately."
"Princess Yan has always been sweet-mouthed and humble, but don't be humble today. The concubine is right. You are the best today. If you are not praised by the concubine, it will look like you are here to spite us.
Your older sisters!”
This time the person who answered the question was Chu Xuanji, the daughter of the General's Mansion, but she meant something in her joke.
"Sister Xuanji's words are totally pointless. I'm obviously just telling the truth, so how come I've become a thorn in my sister's side!"
Dong Lingyan pouted her cute mouth and protested a little. Among the noble girls invited by Princess Yi today, all of them happened to be one or two years older than her.
In terms of status, she is a member of the royal family, so she is naturally higher than them. However, Dong Lingyan has never been so particular about status differences, so she calls people who are older than her and familiar with them kindly.
Sister, this is why she is so popular with everyone!
Chu Xuanji was one of the people who had more contact with her and spoke more casually to each other. She continued to smile and said directly:
"Princess Yan has forgotten that you and my third brother were officially engaged three days ago. Soon you will marry into the General's Mansion and become a wife. With such a happy event covering your head, you are not just what the concubine said today.
Are people in high spirits during happy events?"
As soon as Chu Xuanji's words came out, everyone laughed out loud, which made Dong Lingyan feel a little annoyed and said:
"What we are talking about has nothing to do with my engagement. Sister Xuanji is deliberately teasing me!"
Perhaps because she is about to become a wife, no matter how generous and unrestrained Dong Lingyan's temperament is, she still feels a little shy when it comes to being a wife.
"Why is it irrelevant? The concubine is referring to you getting married, so you look much more dazzling than us sisters everywhere." The daughter of the Shang Shufu also joined in the joke.
"That's right, that's right..."
…
Everyone started joking in unison, Dong Lingyan raised her lips and said coquettishly:
"I hate it, you are all laughing at me!"
Concubine Yi saw them talking happily to each other, she also laughed, and then also "sarcastically" Dong Lingyan said:
"Princess Yan, don't blame your sisters for making fun of you. Look at them all, they are older than you, but your husband's family has not yet been settled. You are the youngest, but you are the first to find your husband's family. They just want to
It’s hard not to be jealous!”
"Sisters will not be jealous of me. Each of them is as beautiful as a flower, full of talents, and has a good family background. They are qualified to enter the palace, become concubines, and concubines. If not, please give them a wishful man each.
You are all married, so my sisters won’t be able to offend me anymore!”
The words Dong Lingyan blurted out may not have been malicious, but they played into Concubine Yi's hands. Her purpose of arranging this banquet was tacitly understood by everyone!