After crossing, I was dragged by the bamboo horse and became a queen

Chapter 372

When Empress Chen entered the door, she first brought Chen Baolin to bow to the empress dowager. The manners were not bad, but her attitude seemed a little arrogant for no reason.The empress dowager waved her hands at the queen's aunt and nephew without raising her eyelids to show her disrespect, and there was a hint of contempt in her movements, as if she didn't take the aunt and nephew seriously at all.

However, this psychological contest has just begun, and someone on the side can't help it.

Wei Cairen, who was full of anger, looked Chen Baolin up and down, and suddenly sneered: "Oh, maybe the concubine has little knowledge. I don't know that a Baolin can wear a red inner skirt these days. Concubine I thought I saw some young daughter-in-law who just got married!"

As soon as Wei Cairen said that, all the concubines present turned their heads to look at Chen Baolin, and they found that under her light pink gauze skirt, a bright red petticoat was exposed.

In fact, the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have strict regulations on women's clothing levels, so ladies from aristocratic backgrounds all dressed up in the most luxurious way, and it is not a new thing for the daughters of aristocratic families to wear double phoenix hairpins when they go out. Wearing a beaded and crested flower hairpin, no one will take it seriously.

Because she has always been casual, no one will easily think that a slightly more ostentatious dress is an offense and arrogance to high-ranking people.

But this is only normal.After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty was still a patriarchal society with strict hierarchy. No matter how tolerant it was to women's dress, there were some rules that must be followed.

For example, the five-phoenix Chaoyang hairpin on Shangguan Jing's head can only be worn by princes and concubines, and Empress Chen's nine-phoenix hair crown is a unique accessory for empresses.

For another example, in the harem, the status of concubines below nine concubines is very low, and they are not allowed to wear bright red clothes, but concubines above nine concubines are allowed.

The problem with Miss Chen Jiu was that she never thought in her life that one day she would become a lowly concubine in the harem.She used to be a proud concubine of the Xiangfu, and her aunt was the queen of the middle palace. Her status is guaranteed, and no one will argue with her about this kind of matter.

It is a pity that today is different from the past. Chen Baolin, who has been grounded for most of the day after entering the palace, does not have a particularly clear position on her identity. In terms of mentality, her self-identification is still Miss Xiangfu, the queen's niece, Instead of the emperor's Baolin.

In fact, she has always looked down on those concubines with low background and low grade, such as Wei Cairen and Zhou Baolin.

Especially for Zhou Baolin, who is now pregnant, being sealed together with his maidservant is like an insult to Miss Chen Jiu.Even now, she still treats Zhou Baolin as a servant who is not worthy of the stage. Psychologically, she feels that Zhou Baolin is not qualified to be compared with herself.

Therefore, on this day, Wei Cairen pointed out in public that Chen Baolin was wearing a red dress that she shouldn't be wearing. She was actually not panicked at all. calm.

That attitude seemed to say: just wear it, what can you do to me?
Empress Chen's attitude was exactly the same as that of her niece, she snorted at Wei Cairen, as if she didn't bother to talk to this stupid woman at all.

Seeing that Wei Cairen's jump was about to be ignored, Lu Zhaoyi who was present coughed lightly at the right time. She looked kind and said, "It must be Chen Baolin's clothes before entering the palace, and I wear them occasionally. , it’s not a big deal, so there’s no need to worry about it. No one has two red inner skirts for a noble daughter of an aristocratic family.”

It seemed that she was speaking for Chen Baolin, but in fact, Lu Zhaoyi was calmly bringing the topic back to Chen Baolin, so that Wei Cairen would have the opportunity to continue to make use of the topic.

"Your Majesty is right." Wei Cairen, who was used by many people as a gunman, nodded, not feeling wrong at all: "Aristocratic daughter, no one doesn't have two red inner skirts. Naturally, the concubines also wore them when they were at home. Yes. But if you enter the palace, you have to abide by the rules in the palace. How dare a concubine of status and status wear a red dress so blatantly. Does she still pay attention to women who are above nine concubines?"

"Wei Cairen," before Chen Baolin could speak, Empress Chen turned around and looked contemptuously at Wei Cairen, who was baring his teeth and claws: "I would like to ask you, but in front of me, you yelled so loudly. Call, do you still pay attention to this palace?"

"The concubine naturally respects the empress very much." Wei Cairen immediately replied: "So the concubine never dared to presume in front of the empress, and today I saw someone disrespectful, so I spoke up. But the empress is the empress, so it is natural for the palace The rules and regulations are clear, and the concubine wants to punish the concubine for yelling and breaking the rules, and the concubine will never dare to tell the difference. It's just the empress, in front of the empress dowager, the concubine wants to ask one more question, Chen Baolin wrote the big red inside Skirts are trespassing, will you punish them or not?"

"That's right!" Concubine Lin Gui was waiting for such an opportunity: "As the lord of the Sixth Palace, it is a good thing for the empress to have strict laws and regulations. We have no objection to whoever you want to punish. But a bowl of water must be level, right?"

"This palace is the empress," Empress Chen sneered at Concubine Lin Gui, with a sense of oppression from a high-ranking person: "How to manage the six palaces, you still need a concubine to dictate?"

"Queen," the empress dowager, who is as stable as Mount Tai, was really calm, and only now did she speak slowly: "The concubines feel that you are not fair enough, and it is common to ask more questions. You can explain it well. That's all, why do you avoid answering, but you are so aggressive."

"Returning to the Queen Mother," Empress Chen replied with a smile: "The concubines are all the emperor's women. They serve people with sex. They hope to dress up beautifully and win the emperor's heart. The ministers here understand, so since the sons and daughters manage the six Gong, for more than [-] years, has never been very harsh on concubines in this respect, just treat them equally, so today's ministers are not harsh on Chen Baolin. Besides, the emperor's heirs are not abundant, right now there is only the crown prince. I also hope that the concubines in the six palaces are all beautiful, so that the emperor will come to the harem more. From my point of view, it is common for concubines to occasionally have inappropriate expenses for food and clothing, and there is no need to investigate everything carefully. These trivial matters have to be punished one by one, so Wei Cairen..."

Empress Chen turned around and stared at Wei Cairen: "Wei Cairen sent someone to the Shangshi Bureau at midnight last night, insisting on asking for twenty dishes and sixteen-flavored dim sum for breakfast. I want to ask Wei Cairen, it's for you Do you have the guts to make such a request? The Empress Dowager’s breakfast is only ten dishes, eight-flavored dim sum, but you have doubled your status as a talented person. Are you worthy of such a breakfast?"

　---Here is the dividing line of small things--
　　Whether it's Empress Chen grabbing Wei Cairen's luxurious breakfast, or Wei Cairen grabbing Chen Baolin's red dress, it's actually a trivial matter that can be turned a blind eye to, and no one will pay attention to these endless calculations in daily life.

　　But when it comes to flirting, any little excuse works, right?Little braids, don't be afraid of being small.

　　Thanks to Perak, Yun Qingqing, and Tuantuan for their daily dried fish! 1
　　
　
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