Chapter 380 Jiang Ming Dan
Yun Fenghuang looked down at the round fan in his hand, and said softly: "Your Majesty said this, didn't the concubine already give you permission two days ago? As long as the concubine's niece walks smoothly, other things will be settled. How dare a concubine be so troublesome? After all, the six palaces are ultimately decided by the empress, isn't she?"
"...you just remember." The queen nodded, but her complexion did not improve. She turned her head to call a servant, bowed, gave a few words of advice, watched the servant leave in a hurry, and then sat back a little. Squinting her eyes slightly, she watched another picking girl tremblingly enter.
I don't know if it was because of something wrong with Gao's family that messed up his already stable mind, and the next few girls did not perform well.
Feeling the turbulent atmosphere of the undercurrent, the courtiers sat upright and dared not make mistakes.
This kind of performance aggravated the tension of the girls, and the celebration level of the whole banquet can be said to have plummeted.
Until Jiang Cainu's appearance.
When the girl came in at first, neither the empress nor the empress dowager took it seriously.
After all, with no background, after layers of selection - the beauty of the female pickers who enter the Xiuzhuo Palace is quite guaranteed.
And young, ten-year-old girls, one by one, the other is watery.
Everyone watched this for a while, and unless the newcomer was as stunning as Yi Xingen, it would be difficult for them to arouse much interest.
However, when the girl wearing a pea-green shirt and a primrose-yellow fairy skirt with a pea-green shirt and a primrose-yellow fairy skirt slowly entered the room, many waiters bowed and reminded their master, "This is that Jiang family."
Yun Fenghuang raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking about the news that the servants had inquired before, this Cai girl's boudoir name is Mingdan, she is sixteen years old, one year older than when she entered the palace.
Looking at the past at this moment, the girl in her 28th year is tall and tall, with distant mountain eyebrows and double phoenix eyes. Her skin is as delicate as sweet white porcelain, and there is a radiance unique to young girls in her whiteness. Her eyes are like lacquer spots, extremely agile. It looks very smart.
The talent she chose is also rare, but playing the harp.
This was a popular musical instrument in the previous dynasty, and many chapters of pearls and abass have been handed down.
However, they were quite ostracized in the Guo Dynasty, because the anecdotes of several unintended emperors in the previous dynasty had an affair with them, and the current dynasty certainly learned from them.
In addition, Dingding's Taizu and other emperors didn't like konghou very much, so it naturally declined.
This is the first time someone has chosen konghou in the banquets of the Kingdom so far.
In all fairness, Jiang Mingdan's level is just ordinary.
It's the kind of ordinaryness that comes out of the cold.
But she did hold her breath. Although Feng Yingzhuyu was in front of the Cai Nu before, and the empress took the lead in exerting pressure, she was so flustered that she performed abnormally... But the empress did not say who she was targeting in particular, she was targeting everyone Cai female.
As for Jiang Mingdan, he attracted almost everyone's attention as soon as he entered the door.
At this moment, the eyes from all directions gathered, and the pressure compared to other companions can be imagined!
But the girl persevered, as if she didn't notice it at all, she was concentrating on playing, her skills were not good, but she behaved calmly from beginning to end, and even the Empress Dowager said lazily: "This child is very talented. good."
Chunjia subconsciously went to look at Yunfenghuang, and saw that she was staring at Jiang Mingdan without blinking, but there was no expression on her face, showing no signs of happiness or anger.
In view of the previous knowledge of the relationship between the imperial concubine and Jiang Mingdan, the emperor felt that the imperial concubine was probably provoked by the Jiang family to recall the memories of when she first entered the palace.
He also subconsciously thought of the scene when Yun Fenghuang forced him to dance Limbo, the corner of his mouth slightly curled up.
The queen didn't know, so after seeing what the empress dowager said, although Chunjia didn't say anything, she looked happy. She expected that her impression of Jiang Mingdan would not be bad, so she was a little happy.
As long as the imperial concubine falls out of favor, then she will not be worried anymore, at least for the past two years, she will definitely be able to sleep peacefully.
"Didn't you say she was going to perform a dance before?" Yun Fenghuang looked at Jiang Mingdan, and suddenly remembered the scene of herself kneeling in front of Yuan Niangniang. This kind of omen was really bad. He asked the Qing people, "Why are you playing the harp again?"
"Returning to your mother's words, the servant girl asked someone to check." The Qing people were a little nervous, and said in a low voice, "It was indeed about dancing. It may be that Huang's dancing was performed first, and his performance was not bad. changed?"
Huang's dance is really good, but Jiang Mingdan's background, he can't compete with this poor family and good family, in fact, life is good, and his knowledge is not comparable to that of Jiang's companion, which is a common sense thing.
But Yun Fenghuang thinks that things are not that simple: "There shouldn't be many people after this Jiang family, right? Have you seen this one today? Except for the Huang family before, and the Jiang family today, there is no one who is not nervous today. The empress arranged this, and even sent Feng Shi to play in advance, probably to highlight these two. But she promised three concubines earlier, and she didn't mean to go back on it just now. What do people think? They must think that it is proper for Huang and Jiang to be concubines, but Rumen, relying solely on the support of the palace, is not worthy of the name!"
The Qing people were startled, and their face became serious: "Your Majesty, this...?"
"First ask people to spread rumors, saying that the reason why Mrs. Gao failed to appear just now is because of Mrs. Huang." Yun Fenghuang played with the wine cup and said softly, "Also, Mrs. Jiang seems to be Her family background is innocent, but in fact she is inextricably linked with the Empress. The turmoil in the Xiuzhuo Palace earlier was only given by Mrs. Gu, who deliberately promoted her to the top position! Otherwise, with her background, it would be difficult for her to take a single step in front of the imperial court. The courage to come here, so generous? Moreover, how can an ordinary scholar's family raise her courage? Let her and Huang think that the other party is digging a hole for themselves. In short, let them fight each other, don't call Ru Nan is too much to be discussed."
The red calyx at the side hurriedly retreated quietly to give orders, and the Qing people reminded in a low voice: "Mother, Miss Nephew is still in front of the Empress Dowager, this... we haven't agreed anything with the Empress Dowager?"
"As for the Empress Dowager, I will go to the palace to greet her personally, and ask her what the old man wants to do?" Yun Fenghuang frowned and said, "But looking at it today, the Xie family and the Jiang family don't have any outstanding girls. Well, I agreed with Ru Nan before, unless she fails me, then it's her."
She couldn't help sighing secretly in her heart, talent is rare.
Not only the former dynasty, but also the harem.
To be honest, Yun Fenghuang was not very satisfied with Xie Runan's qualifications.
But the Xie family was severely injured, and the Jiang family was only a foreigner after all, and the girls who were taken out now were just like that.
As one of the tycoons recognized in the harem today, it’s fine if the queen didn’t allow this group of newcomers to become concubines directly. Now that she has promised, Yun Fenghuang will fight for one of her own no matter what, regardless of whether this own person can afford it or not. Concubine's duty. Otherwise, where will she face her favorite concubine?
There was nothing special about Jiang Mingdan's going in and out, except for the whispers in the hall, she seemed like an ordinary picker.
It's just that after she went down, everyone didn't bother to look at the talents behind... There were not many decent ones behind, and even when a female picker sang, because she was too nervous, there was a bit of sobbing in her voice.
So much so that the empress dowager and the empress frowned.
After all, such a festive season, this move is too unlucky.
Of course, Yun Fenghuang would not let go of this opportunity to apply eye drops, and at that time said empress not lightly or not: "Knowing that the empress is kind-hearted, I want to take advantage of the crowds today to give these girls a chance to show their faces. But the empress is about I was born in a high family, and I am used to being expensive, but I don’t know that girls from small families like me have always been raised in boudoirs, and I have never seen any decent scenes. Are you scared now? What if Normally, it’s okay to be scared, after all, whether it’s the empress dowager, your majesty or your empress, they are all extremely generous. But on a good day, seeing how trembling these people look like, there’s no need to dampen the interest in the banquet!”
"..." Gu Zhen gritted his teeth secretly, and said to himself that you just watched the play with great interest, why did you keep silent? At this moment, it will add insult to injury to Ben Gong!
The emperor favored the imperial concubine, and said: "In the future, this kind of thing should not be brought to the palace banquet."
The queen had no choice but to swallow her anger, and lowered her eyes to plead guilty: "It's my concubine who didn't think well, and only thought about the girls who have been training hard for many days, and they are in time for the golden autumn festival, which happens to be lively."
"I know." Chunjia understands the queen's petty thinking very well, but he doesn't really care too much about it. After all, these bridesmaids are insignificant in his mind. Even if the queen is not his favorite, she is the main palace anyway. How many of them haven't been formally registered yet? Can your concubines compare?
Just thinking that the imperial concubine seems to be still depressed these days, she couldn't help but put Yun Fenghuang on the sidelines, and said softly, "Just be more careful next time."
"...The concubine has memorized it." Gu Zhen took a deep breath, and turned her head away from the emperor or the imperial concubine.
Anyway, that's the end of the banquet.
Some of the courtiers in the middle were quite nervous, worried that there would be some uncontrollable disturbance at the table.
But the scene ended peacefully, and they seemed a little regretful.
"Perhaps in the past two years, there has never been a peaceful festival like this, so that it was rare that nothing happened, and we are not used to it." The ministers joked like this in private, although they knew that there might not be nothing wrong today, but they were The bullet was suppressed and did not make a fuss on the scene, but for foreign ministers like them, as long as they didn't make a fuss at the festival banquet, it had nothing to do with them.
But in the harem, the matter has only just begun.
After the banquet, the empress personally sent the empress dowager back to the Qingci Palace. Chunjia has always shown her filial piety and consideration in such trivial matters. Without a good reason, she will never give up the opportunity to be filial to her grandson.
Yun Fenghuang therefore took the opportunity to call Xie Runan to the Huanhua Hall to talk; "Have you had any contact with the Empress Dowager before? Why did the Empress Dowager call you here today?"
Xie Runan was clearly startled when he heard the words, and blurted out: "Could it be that the empress dowager treats her niece differently, because she was entrusted by her mother?"