The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 99. Queen Mother Yide

The Yuping Hall has long been filled with ladies and ladies, almost all of them are the relatives of high-ranking officials and nobles, and there are many nobles in the palace to take care of them. At this moment, it is an elegant and quiet greeting, which neither seems too formal nor does it. Too presumptuous.

On the high seat, the queen was in the middle, and the four concubines smiled and sat on the bottom one by one. At this moment, she also looked at the lady underneath with a smile, and occasionally greeted a few words, and she looked very kind.

The little eunuch who was waiting for the order sang loudly: “Mrs. Shangshufu is here–”

Everyone’s eyes swept toward the door.

Jiang Quan, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, has been in the limelight recently in Beijing, not because of anything else, but because the young master Jiang, who returned to Beijing, is now the fastest and youngest lieutenant in the Dajin dynasty. What’s more, once I returned to Beijing, he made many meritorious services. I heard people say that his majesty liked him. If he wants to come to the future, he should have a smooth official road and a bright future. When you are a wife, you will hear a word or two from your master on weekdays. There are many young ladies present at the age of marriage, and some thinking about it want to get married with the Jiang family. Right now, I heard people say that Jiang Shangshu’s family members have arrived, and they naturally cast their eyes on them.

Xia Yan and the others really thought they were looking at her, and they couldn’t help straightening their backs. The smiles on their faces were gentle and dignified, and they walked safely all the way.

Everyone watched silently, Xia Yan and Jiang Susu both looked gentle and graceful, Jiang Li was flying but slightly frivolous, Jiang Danjiao was timid and not a big scene, but Jiang Ruan, who was walking behind Xia Yan, was taking steps not hurriedly. With a smile on his lips, his smile is bright and beautiful, and his every move reveals the noble style of the palace.

After seeing this, everyone remembered again, Xia Yan is not Jiang Xinzhi’s mother-in-law, but Jiang Ruan and Jiang Xinzhi are real brothers and sisters. If Jiang Xinzhi gets promoted in the future, Jiang Ruan will follow the trend and rise again. Look at Jiang Ruan. Properly advance and retreat, even in the big scenes of entering and leaving the palace banquet, there is no tension at all, nowhere is it like a character raised on a mountain village. Some wives also followed other thoughts in their hearts, just wanting whether the eldest lady of the Jiang family should go back to her home early.

Several people from Xia Yan stepped forward to bow to the Queen’s nobles. The Queen was not confused in her years and did not appear to be very old when she was properly maintained. She was in a high position all the year round but did not have the aura of superiority. Xu Shi was not favored, only the respect of the emperor and the son of the prince. At first glance, it looked like an ordinary official woman. She smiled and made Xia Yan and the others stand up, with a very honest and kind expression.

The concubine Xian was a little younger, and looked charming and innocent. It is no wonder that the fourth prince, Xuan Lang, was born with an unqualified son like Xuan Lang. Concubine De was old, sitting dignified and virtuous, and she was worthy of the word “Virtue”. The five prince Xuanhua’s comments in the court were also very safe, loyal, filial and courageous, at least as a virtuous person.

Concubine Shu is beautiful and coquettish. If Concubine Chen is a misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, Concubine Shu is a bright color on the exotic grassland. She is also very self-willed and aggressive, and Princess Heyi, who was born, inherited her beauty and her temperament, and is also self-willed and domineering.

While sitting next to the queen, it was Chen Guifei who looked the softest and most beautiful. If you say that the queen and the other concubines, as well as the manners of some nobles in the palace, this one is like an ordinary Jiangnan girl, without a trace of carving, sitting here is incompatible with the palace, as if this area They were all brought into the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiang Ruan smiled and worshipped, but his heart seemed to be stuck at that moment. The people here are all old acquaintances from the previous life, but she is too humble to see these concubines from time to time. However, Chen Guifei is an exception.

Not only would she not laugh at her like other imperial concubines, belittle her, but often call her to talk in the Palace of Dreams. Concubine Chen Gui has a gentle temperament and is Xuanli’s biological mother. In her previous life, Jiang Ruan regarded her as a close friend and sister. They are trusted relatives in the cold palace.

However, what Chen Guifei did behind her back made her feel like a joke in the end. She is like a venomous beauty snake, with a deadly trap hidden in her tenderness. She and Xuanli are both a kind of people, completely indifferent, use them without reservation, and then abandon them and kill them.

Concubine Chen looked at Xia Yan and suddenly said, “You are Miss Jiang, come forward and let the palace take a look.”

The queen was startled and glanced at Jiang Ruan thoughtfully. Jiang Li looked at Jiang Ruan unwillingly, jealousy in his eyes, Jiang Dan lowered his head and dared not raise his eyes. Jiang Susu’s complexion became stiff, as if he couldn’t believe it. Jiang Ruan slowly raised his head, and at the moment he raised his head, he put away the smile on the corner of his lips, and when he raised his head, it was a slightly cold face.

Concubine Chen Gui looked at her carefully, didn’t seem to see her unhappy expression, smiled and said, “It’s really a beautiful child.”

Seeing this scene, all the ladies around started talking in low voices. Dong Ying’er, who was sitting next to her, was a little uneasy, remembering that her mother had said that Concubine Chen Gui had the intention to choose a concubine for the eighth prince, and she couldn’t help but sweat for Jiang Ruan.

Jiang Ruan said indifferently: “Thank you Niang Niang for her absurd praise, Niang Niang is ashamed to not be.”

There is no warmth in her words, not even basic respect, only a touch of resistance. This attitude of resistance was heard in the ears of Concubine Chen, and it was a gentle pause. For a moment, she smiled more and more cordially: “I don’t know Mrs. Jiang, does the eldest have a marriage?”

Xia Yan’s body became stiff, and an unknown fire suddenly appeared in his heart. Jiang Ruan, Jiang Ruan again! Who is the imperial concubine Chen? The emperor’s most beloved woman in the palace, the first sentence of Jiang’s daughter to ask about is Jiang Ruan, not Jiang Susu. Could these people in Chengdu be blind? Jiang Ruansheng’s fox-meizi face is not a peaceful master at first glance.

However, even though she thought about it in her heart, she didn’t show a single trace on her face. Still humbly replied: “If you return to Niang Niang, Ruan Niang has an eleventh party this year, and she has never allowed anyone else.”

“Ah, that’s good.” The smile on Chen Guifei’s beautiful face was even more sincere. The white and smooth face seemed to be covered with a faint smoke, and the mood was unexpectedly unpredictable. She said astonishingly: “Such a lovely child, I can’t just marry casually. My palace looks at Ms. Jiang very much, and I really want to personally marry her.”

This was too explicit, and the ladies around couldn’t help showing complicated expressions of surprise and clarity. Concubine Xian looked at Jiang Ruan with great interest, Concubine Dee remained silent, and the Queen smiled still, but Concubine Shu couldn’t help but speak, “Sister Chen said where did this match? It depends on the marriage. The young lady likes it herself. Is it possible that Sister Chen is also older and loves to do what these ice talents do?”

Concubine Shu and Concubine Chen have never dealt with each other. Concubine Shu can’t bear the appearance of Concubine Chen’s low-profile appearance. Of course, more importantly, she is jealous that Concubine Chen has such a stunning and talented son as Xuanli. And it was a daughter who crawled out of her belly, which meant that no matter how spoiled she was, she would never have a son as a prince. Although the five princes were also very loud, but Concubine De was not favored, and even considered very low-key. Compared with Concubine Chen, the concubine Shu hated most. When Concubine Chen said something, Concubine Shu would choke a few words.

Chen Guifei listened to the words of Concubine Shu, but was not angry, but looked at Jiang Ruan with a smile and said nothing. The facial features that she was born with were soft, and she looked at someone smiling so tenderly, she didn’t know it, only if she really liked Jiang Ruan, and she couldn’t put it down.

Jiang Ruan’s eyes were low, and he did not look at each other with Chen Guifei. Outsiders looked at her shy, but no one knew that the hatred in her heart was raging at the moment. In just a few quarters of an hour, it was like a master’s trick. The lady present could not see anything. Only Jiang Ruan knew what she was thinking. No matter how gentle Chen Guifei’s eyes were, she was clearly a poisonous snake that had taken a fancy to her prey.

Venomous snake, she has a way to deal with it.

Concubine Chen’s “great love” to Jiang Ruan made Xia Yan feel extremely depressed, and her next answer was somewhat perfunctory, but she still showed some reluctance in the end. If it’s the usual thing, but when Master Huijue said about the lone star of Tiansha, everyone had doubts about her pretending to be virtuous and generosity. At this moment, everyone is even more sure of her actions, Shang Shu The wife is actually a sweetheart, otherwise Chen Guifei asked Jiang Ruan specially, why she didn’t look very happy, even a little unhappy.

Concubine Chen asked a few more words, and the queen beckoned Jiang Ruan to retreat. Jiang Ruan just sat down in the seat with Xia Yan, Dong Ying’er got up and walked to sit next to Jiang Ruan, and whispered: “I was really worried about you just now, are you okay.” After that, she said with some admiration: “Sister Ruan. You are so bold. I just saw you talking to your concubine and empress, and you didn’t feel a bit nervous.

Jiang Ruan smiled: “There is nothing terrible, I did nothing, and I won’t be punished.”

Dong Ying’er hesitated and said: “But… the imperial concubine seems to like you very much, does she want to point you to the Eighth Highness.” Realizing that this is a bit overstepped, Dong Ying’er glanced at Jiang Ruan nervously and saw that Jiang Ruan looked uneasy. After the change, he relaxed a little and said, “The imperial concubine is rarely so caring about people. Today, you have been talking for a while. Sister Ruan, don’t blame me for being so careless. After thinking about it the same way, if that’s the case, what should you do?”

“Which is it?” Jiang Ruan asked, “No.” Her tone was not as gentle as usual, with a faint chill, Dong Ying’er’s heart jumped. Only when Jiang Ruan was angry and did not want to marry the eighth prince, he said so, hurriedly: “You don’t have to worry too much, I guessed it randomly. Maybe the concubine just likes you purely, you are still so young now , It’s really not in a hurry.”

This comfort was too pale and weak, and Dong Ying’er felt guilty herself. It’s just that Jiang Ruan didn’t show any special emotions from beginning to end, as if watching other people’s affairs with cold eyes.

After a while, seeing that the time was almost up, the queen got up and asked all the ladies and ladies to go to the main hall to start the palace banquet.

In the main hall, the emperor and the men’s family seats were already in place. Just after the flood, the treasury became a little nervous due to the disaster relief. The banquet was simple and not extravagant, which was very different from the gorgeous ostentation of the past. The dishes and cakes on the banquet are very simple.

The female family members sat down on the female family banquet. The emperor and the queen sat on high seats. Next to them was the current queen mother, Queen Mother Yide.

In her sixtieth year, the empress dowager Yide has white spots on her temples. The turquoise gold wire inlaid jade auspicious cloud pattern clasp is luxurious and luxurious. Even from the face of the Empress Dowager Yide now, one can vaguely see the original style. At the time, the Queen Mother Yi De was known as the first beauty of the Dajin Dynasty. Her facial features are slightly heroic. When she was young, she had two sons and a daughter with the first emperor. When the eight kings seized the prodigy, she rehabilitated the king of chaos. The princess and the pro-other country, with the help of a big brocade, supported the new emperor to ascend the throne. It can be said that without the Queen Mother Yide, there would be no Dajin Dynasty and no emperor today. The Queen Mother Yide is a vigorous and resolute person, even a little cold.

She faintly looked at the people below, the ruby armor on her fingers exuding a compelling luster. When she saw one of the women in the banquet, the Queen Mother Yide suddenly shook, she couldn’t help but straightened up and looked at that person.

It was a young girl who still seemed immature, because sitting in the lower table could not see her face clearly, only the black top of her hair could be seen. He is combing a simple single snail bun with a gorgeous rose in the top. A peach-pink dress is simple and warm, which is especially fresh and pretty among the well-dressed ladies.

Being too far apart, the girl suddenly seemed to feel the gaze of the Queen Mother Yide, and suddenly raised her head. When she saw the eyes of the Queen Mother Yide, she didn’t panic. After the slight surprise, she returned to the Queen Mother Yide with a smile, which was clean and clear, and there was a calm and sensible smile that did not fit her age.

It coincided with another person in the memory of the Queen Mother Yide.

It was so easy for her to resist the urge to go down and hold the girl. After the girl laughed, she talked to the girls around her, seeming not to notice this at all. The Queen Mother Yi De was sitting upright in her seat slightly lost.

While Jiang Ruan and Dong Ying’er were talking, the corners of their lips twitched involuntarily. Yu Guang saw the Queen Mother Yide sitting motionless in her seat, and could still feel her gaze following her.

Jiang Ruan took a sip of the tea cup in front of him, and saw that the initial goal was achieved. You must know that for this simple purpose, a simple movement, she also practiced in front of the mirror dozens of times overnight.

The men’s banquet had already been rewarded. Seeing Jiang Xinzhi’s eyes smiling, it should be a very rich reward. Jiang Quan’s face was not so good. The male and female relatives were sitting separately. Gu Yi hadn’t seen Jiang Ruan for a long time since the last time. At this moment, seeing Jiang Ruan sitting in the female relatives’ seat, the longer the days, the more mobilized, and her eyes were very warm.

A gentle smile appeared on Xuanli’s lips, which seemed to be no different from the past. But his left hand rubbed unconsciously, which he often did when he was upset. Obviously, what happened to the Prime Minister’s Mansion was that he tried his best to look calm and calm, but he still couldn’t hide the gloom in his heart.

Xiao Shao sits next to Guan Lianghan. Today, he is dressed in a black brocade robes, with a golden unicorn embroidered on the neckline of his clothes. His temperament is more and more cold, and his appearance is handsome and innocent. he.

Not long afterwards, another beautiful girl came from outside the field. This girl was about 14 or fifteen years old. She was wearing a plume-blue ball-and-white brocade dress with a golden heart-collar collar and straight collar. Covered with colorful flowers and plants pattern tulle ten kinds of brocade. She is already a very gorgeous costume, but this costume does not look mixed on her, but has a gorgeous beauty. Her facial features are profound and exotic, and she walked up to smile and said, “Father.”

“Heyi, why are you here now?” the emperor blamed, but his tone was very intimate. Princess Heyi won the emperor’s favor.

“My son is picking up clothes and dazzling, so I can’t shame my father.” Princess Heyi blinked at the emperor. The emperor laughed. She glanced at the male family seat. When she saw Xiao Shao, her heart jumped. However, Luo Hua deliberately flowed ruthlessly. Xiao Shao never looked at her, and there was a trace of loss in Princess Heyi’s eyes.

Dong Ying’er touched Jiang Ruan’s arm: “Sister Ruan, you said that Princess Heyi likes Prince Xiao, isn’t it true?” Dong Ying’er has always loved listening to these gossips. Now that there are ready-made materials, I won’t let it go.

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly. The obsession with Xiao Shao in his previous life and Princess Yi is no longer a secret, almost to the point where everyone in the Dajin Dynasty knows it. Princess Heyi also vowed not to marry Xiao Shao for the rest of his life, and even wanted Concubine Shu to persuade the emperor to grant a marriage, but the emperor chose Xiao Shao among his beloved Princess Heyi and Xiao Shao, and first asked Xiao Shao what he meant. . Xiao Shao was deserted and refused. After hearing the news of Xiao Shao’s refusal, Princess Yi and Princess Yi searched for life every day, and even went to Jinying Prince’s Mansion in person to find an explanation, but the other party was stubborn and unmoved. At the end of the previous life, Princess Heyi never had any results with Xiao Shao.

Jiang Ruan’s eyes were drooping, and the experience with Princess Yi was embarrassing, but that did not include her. Just because the Lord Heyi was in the palace in the last life, she was a troublemaker. Princess Heyi is a narrow-minded person, and he also has sex and jealousy. When Jiang Ruan entered the palace, she was the best-looking of a group of beautiful women. She was born to be charming and unparalleled, but Princess Heyi was gorgeous, and she didn’t want anyone to steal her limelight. I often find some people to trouble her. Even once slandered the maidservant in her courtyard for stealing things, and killed all the second-class maids in her courtyard. That scene has appeared countless times in Jiang Ruanmeng, and it always shocked her extremely.

None of the old friends in this palace is kind to others.

But at this moment, the Queen Mother suddenly spoke indifferently: “Vice General Jiang, you said today, tomorrow is your sister’s birthday?”

In the previous conversation with the male relatives, the Queen Mother Yide did not evade, she had a very good relationship with the emperor, and she did not need to guard against it. It is thought-provoking to bring it up at this moment.

Jiang Ruan was startled slightly, but she had forgotten her birthday. After entering the palace in the previous life, except for Xuan Lihui who came to see her on her birthday, the others had no news. It’s just that the warmth is also false. Now after another life, Jiang Xinzhi mentioned her birthday in front of the emperor, which made her feel unsure.

“It’s exactly what the queen mother said.” Jiang Xinzhi said.

“Where is the eldest daughter of the Jiang family?” After all, the empress dowager Yide was a person who had gone through the war of chaotic kings, with a touch of majesty in her tone.

Jiang Ruan stood up and said softly: “The courtier Jiang Ruan sees the empress dowager.” After saying this, he will go on.

She acted well and courteously, and even contained an inexplicable piety. The rituals were clearly a gift for ordinary courtiers’ family members to meet the queen mother, but for some reason, she contained an inexplicable emotion in it, so solemn and not like a meeting ceremony. , On the contrary, there is a taste of farewell.

The Queen Mother Yide looked at her quietly, watched the white neck lowered, the rose swayed and swayed, and the peach-colored clothes were gorgeous and lively. Such a charming and charming young girl actually gave out a calm aura from all over her body. Very much like that person.

Her eyes were in a trance.

When the emperor saw the queen dowager in a trance, he coughed slightly, and the empress dowager Yide seemed to come back to his senses. Looking at Jiang Ruan, he said, “Flat yourself.”

“Thank you, Empress Dowager.” Jiang Ruan stood up. She tried her best to ignore the pressure from the emperor on the side, and only looked at the Queen Mother Yide with a smile. She was born very well, and she deliberately maintained the gentle smile on her lips, and she had the temperament of a princess even more than a princess.

The people around were red-eyed, and the Queen Mother Yi De was even harder to get close to others on weekdays. Why Jiang Ruan got her blue eyes, everyone was puzzled. Jiang Xinzhi looked at Jiang Ruan nervously. Although he mentioned Jiang Ruan, he didn’t expect the Empress Dowager Yide to suddenly speak out. The mind of the Tian family is so easy to guess. I couldn’t help but become nervous.

The faces of Jiang Susu and Xia Yan in the audience were a bit unpleasant. Today, it was Concubine Chen Gui and the Empress Dowager Yi De. Jiang Ruan’s limelight was really exhausted. At the same time, there was a doubt in their hearts. Let the Concubine Chen leave it alone. The Queen Mother Yi De values Jiang Ruan so much. Is it true that Jiang Ruan is really the prince concubine? Which prince, the eighth prince or the fifth prince? Or the four princes?

“The eldest daughter of the Jiang family, the Ai family promised Vice-General Jiang to meet your birthday wishes. If you have any wishes tomorrow, you can say it today, and the Ai family will satisfy you.” The Queen Mother Yi De said.

It was originally for the birthday wish, but before the emperor wanted to come to Jiang Xinzhi, he had said before the emperor, or exchanged his merits for Jiang Ruan’s birthday wish. Now what kind of shelter Jiang Ruan wants, can be said.

Xia Yan and Jiang Susu breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn’t just that she was a prince and concubine. Jiang Ruanzhen was a prince and concubine, and he would certainly not have any good expressions on Jiang’s mansion.

The smile on the corner of Chen Guifei’s lips was a bit wrong. If Jiang Ruan took advantage of the trend to propose which son he wanted to marry…

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, his tone a little lonely: “The empress dowager is open to her, and Ruan Niang asks for nothing, she just wants to go to Ningshui Valley with her mother to see the newly blooming peach blossoms.”

“However, this wish is impossible to come true.” She smiled miserably. The Queen Mother Yi De suddenly raised her head.