Donggong Zhangjiao

Just when the three princesses spoke the words of the competition, suddenly everyone heard the eunuch's loud singing and shouting from the door.

"Miss Ruipin is here!"

With this singing, everyone turned their eyes to the door, and after a short while, they saw a pink blue figure, holding the maid's hand with her belly out, and walked in slowly.

"My concubine has seen the Queen's concubine."

Rui Concubine was supported by the court lady, and gave a symbolic salute, which was quite perfunctory.

And Fang Yun had already observed that from the moment Ruipin entered the room, Empress Li's face had darkened.

Sure enough, at this moment, Empress Li followed up with a reprimand.

"Concubine Rui, you are pregnant and about to give birth. If you don't stay in your own residence, what are you going to do? This mountain road is difficult to walk, no more than in the palace. If you fall and knock and hurt the heir in your belly, how can you explain to the emperor? .”

"Thank you, Empress, for your concern. This concubine went out precisely because the imperial doctor said that this is the first child of my concubine, and I need to move around more, so I can give birth at that time."

Facing Empress Li's reprimand, Ruipin didn't panic at all, and replied slowly with a smile.

"The emperor loves his concubines, so he specially recruited the eunuchs with the best legs in this villa to carry soft sedan chairs for them. It's very safe, so you don't have to worry about it, your empress."

When she said this, Rui Concubine naturally had a hint of showing off, which only made Empress Li's embarrassing complexion darker.

But Ruipin didn't care about this, instead, she looked around and continued.

"Hey, your concubine is really lively here today. It seems that the concubine has come to the right place. I heard that the concubine has good tea here, and they are hosting a banquet. If the concubine comes here uninvited, the concubine will not be angry, right?"

"How could it be, come and give Ruipin a seat."

Although she was extremely reluctant in her heart, Empress Li still didn't chase her away.

Right now, Concubine Rui's concubine is in full bloom, and she is pregnant and about to give birth, so she can't be beat or scolded, if something happens to her belly, it happened to her, Empress Li can't bear it and walk around.

Everyone silently watched these two fight in the ring without making a sound.

But there are also brave ones, such as Fang Pei.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was unhappy, and thinking that she had been hated by Queen Li for a while before, and now that Queen Li's attitude towards her has improved, she had to take the opportunity to gain more affection, so she took the lead at this moment.

"Miss Ruipin is pregnant, so it is not suitable to drink tea. Today's banquet is a tea feast, and it is not suitable for Empress Ruipin to attend. It should be for the sake of the emperor's heir in her womb."

When her words sounded, Ruipin was still standing in the center of the hall and hadn't taken the seat yet. Looking at the prestige at this moment, her eyes swept over the area where Fang Pei was, and said coldly.

"Who is this talking to Bengong? There are no rules, and he doesn't know how to stand up first to greet him. How can Bengong not be regarded as an elder?"

Those present today are all the nephews and daughter-in-laws of Emperor Cheng Jing, and Rui Concubine is already the empress of the lord of the first palace, so of course her seniority is higher than this group of people.

When she said this, Fang Pei's face became a little stiff.

But at this moment, he could only bite the bullet and stand up, bowing in a proper manner.

"Greetings to Empress Ruipin."

"Are you the daughter of the Fang family?" Rui Bin looked her up and down, her tone seemed a little disbelieving.

Then he turned his head and looked at Fang Yun again, then smacked his lips lightly, turned around and took his seat without saying anything.

But such a move is easy to make people imagine, isn't it.

So Fang Pei's complexion turned red in an instant, and after sitting down, he gave Fang Yun who was opposite him a hard look.

Fang Yun didn't take her actions seriously at all, the moment his eyes met her, a sarcasm curled up on his lips.

This made Fang Pei explode even more.

But this is not her territory, she can behave wildly at will, and she has to bear with her anger.

Empress Li, who was sitting at the top, took this scene into her eyes, and she felt a little bit more disliked by Fang Pei in her heart, thinking that she was stupid.

But no matter how stupid she is, she is still her own daughter-in-law, and she is her own, so she has to blame others.

So at this moment, he made a gentle appearance and said to Ruipin.

"It's really not suitable for you to drink tea when you're pregnant. Although this child is a bit more straightforward, he's still showing filial piety. I ordered someone to prepare some cakes and milk that you can eat."

"Thank you, Empress, for your trouble." Concubine Rui changed her attitude towards Fang Pei just now, and nodded at Empress Li with a smile, "The concubine came here for fun. Although I can't drink tea, smelling the fragrance of tea will satisfy my hunger."

It looks like the two are very harmonious and close.

Fang Yun couldn't help sighing, the ladies in the palace are much better than them in acting.

And here the two women were acting, and the third princess on the side spoke again.

"Mother, the son-in-law just said to taste tea and guess the name. Now Rui's mother-in-law came and told her to watch us play. It's boring if we can't participate together. The son-in-law thought of a new way to have fun. The mother-in-law wants to listen to it." ?”

When she spoke, she had a smile on her face, completely harmless.

But Fang Yun's intuition told her that the three princesses were not simple, and she was afraid they were holding back some schemes.

Sure enough, after receiving Queen Li's permission, the third princess smiled and said.

"My son is thinking of all the sisters-in-law, mother-in-law and Rui mother-in-law, who are both talented and beautiful. Why don't we come and show off our talents, draw lots, and do whatever we catch, okay?"

"That's not bad." Empress Li nodded, and looked at Concubine Rui symbolically, "What does Concubine Rui think?"

"Both the empress and the princess think it's good, and the concubine naturally has no objection." Concubine Rui smiled.

Even if this is the rule, after all, Fang Yun and others are not qualified to express their opinions.

The third princess went to prepare the lottery in person.

After about a stick of incense, I came back.

"Queen Mother, the servants are already ready, how about starting from Queen Mother?" the third princess said with a smile.

Empress Li knew her daughter well, so she naturally had no objections.

Sure enough, the first one drawn for Empress Li was to compose a poem in the name of tea.

This is no problem for Empress Li, who is well-versed in poetry and books. The second one is Concubine Rui. The three princesses got a set of flower arrangements with the theme of Zen.

Ruipin also finished it easily.

In order of seniority and inferiority, the female family members of the Eastern Palace followed closely, and Concubine Yang was the first to bear the brunt.

And this time, when the three princesses read out the contents of the note, Concubine Yang got the chance to dance.

Immediately, Concubine Yang's complexion was not very good-looking, she smiled awkwardly, and said to Empress Li.

"Aunt Huang, let's see how this is done. Although I came from the general family and knew some martial arts, but this martial arts is not the same as that dance. This dance, I really don't know how to dance."

"It's not a coincidence, why don't you draw another one?"

As Queen Li said, she glanced at the third princess, obviously waiting for the third princess to make a move.

As expected, the third princess was also prepared, and immediately took up the conversation.

"I was negligent. I didn't prepare well. I didn't expect Concubine Yang to be good at it. But today is a rare gathering. No one in our family is allowed to miss it. We all have to show it off."

While talking, there was a thoughtful expression on his face, then he clapped his hands suddenly, and said with a smile.

"I often hear people say that martial arts practitioners can dance with swords, combining strength and softness, which is also extremely beautiful. I don't know if Concubine Yang can do that?"