Queen's scheming

Chapter 27 Mid-Autumn Banquet ([-])

Shen Qingyi sat beside the Empress Dowager safely, serving dishes for the Empress Dowager, "Empress Dowager, although the sound of the piano is melodious and lingers around the beam for three days. But you can't just listen to the sound of the piano without eating. what?"

Li Tianyou also picked up a dish with chopsticks and put it in the empress dowager's small dish with azure glaze, and said with a smile, "Empress mother, this dish is a new tribute from the middle of Sichuan, you should try it."

The Empress Dowager glanced at the two emperors and empress, with a smile on her face, and she ate the food they had eaten with a smile.My original decision was correct. Although Shen Qingyi did not meet the requirements of the mother of a country in some places, she was the love of Li Tianyou's life after all. Making her the empress would save a lot of resentment from the harem, and that was enough.Besides, Shen Qingyi's changes after the miscarriage are enough to be qualified for the position of queen.

After the noble concubine Duanjing finished playing the qin, the palace servants carefully put away the nanmu guqin inlaid with emerald bamboo knots, returned to the table and toasted the Queen Mother.

"Yurou's piano skills are getting better and better." The queen mother praised.

Shen Qingyi smiled with pretty eyes, and said angrily, "That's right, the noble concubine Duanjing didn't see it, the Empress Dowager listened to the sound of your piano, and she didn't eat meat for three days, even the dishes that the emperor specially ordered to pay tribute from all over the world were no longer used."

The noble concubine Duanjing blessed her body, and replied with a smile, "It's not that the concubine's piano skills have improved, but that the empress dowager appreciates the pure sound of this piano."

Seeing the lively atmosphere at the banquet, Shen Qingwan took the opportunity to toast and said, "The imperial concubine is being modest, her piano sound is ethereal and far away, which is really hard for ordinary people to reach. But if it wasn't for the reward from the queen mother, the concubine might not have the chance to hear such a beautiful piano sound. Concubine The concubine is stupid, she prepared a dance, and the Empress Dowager, the emperor and all the sisters smiled."

Shen Qingyi smiled indifferently. Shen Qingwan was not as good-looking as she was since she was a child, so Shen Ye focused on cultivating her temperament and devoted herself to dancing.Originally, Shen Qingwan had a plump figure. In order to dance beautifully, she went on a diet all year round, and now she is soft and boneless. In terms of dancing skills, no one in the capital can match her, but in terms of the quality of her face and skin, because of dieting , the skin is dry and dull, and the complexion is sallow, and the complexion can only be maintained by rouge and water powder.

In the hall, the candles are extinguished, the moonlight melts, white mandala and snow-colored narcissus petals are flying all over the sky, like snow, and the fragrance of wintersweet is faint.

The noble concubine Duanjing took a breath, and said softly, "It's only August, how can there be the fragrance of wintersweet?"

Shen Qingyi lowered her eyebrows and smiled slightly, and made a toast to the noble concubine Duanjing. She sipped lightly on her vermilion lips. The aroma of the wine was mellow, and her smile deepened.

The imperial concubine Duanjing shook her head slightly, she was dignified and dignified, she did not use the regular items in the palace, and all the spices used were made outside the palace, which shows that she has a close relationship with the outside of the palace.When Shen Ronghua entered the palace, he didn't bring his maidservant with him, so it must have been sent into the palace from outside the palace.Mi Yurou raised her head, and saw that the emperor Li Tianyou's face was a little unhappy, and she thought that the Duke of Fengguo loved the so-called legitimate daughter from his stepmother too much.After entering the palace, she becomes the emperor's concubine, the girl who is married, the water that is thrown out, the daughter of an ordinary family is still going to marry and follow her husband, it is a bit out of bounds for the Duke of Fengguo.

Shen Qingwan didn't know that she lost her heart just because of blinding spices, she was still ready to dance astonishingly with joy.

At this moment, there is a snow-white veil screen carved with red sandalwood and plum blossoms in the hall, and a red candle is placed behind the screen, and the shavings of wintersweet in the incense burner, curling light smoke, slowly rise.Behind the snow-white gauze screen, a beautiful figure floats, soft and boneless, with a graceful figure, the fragrance of wintersweet floats, the candlelight flickers on and off under the moonlight and the wind, graceful and graceful, and the jade shadow is dancing, beautiful and moving.The screen moves lightly, the beauty is covered with light gauze, wearing a light yellow embroidered plum snow forging pleated skirt, flowing rapidly, snow-white petals flutter down, a touch of light yellow dots in the snow-colored world, like wintersweet blooming in snow, as beautiful as Lingbo fairy.The veil was taken off, and Shen Qingwan was infinitely charming.

Shen Qingyi slightly bent Liu Yemei, looked at Li Tianyou and said, "Shen Ronghua's dancing posture is unrivaled, what does the emperor think?" Shen Qingyi took the lead in cheering, after all, she was her own sister, she didn't say a word, so it was inevitable that she would be called cold.

However, Li Tianyou understood what Shen Qingyi meant. When Shen Qingyi punished the people in Xuehua Pavilion that day, he mentioned to him that Shen Qingwan's entry into the palace was not Shen Qingyi's intention, but was proposed by Fengguo Gongfu. Because of her family's face, Yi had just had a miscarriage, and it was not easy to disobey Duke Feng, so she brought Shen Qingwan into the palace.

At this moment Shen Qingyi said this, on the surface she was praising Shen Qingwan, but in private she was holding Sipa's fingers tightly to show her dissatisfaction, these words were just testing her own mind.

Li Tianyou was in a good mood. Although he ignored Shen Qingyi according to Feng Jianzheng's words and did not go to Ningsu Palace for many days, his love for Shen Qingyi would not change. Compared with other dancers, they are better."

Concubine Xue Gui couldn't hold back for a moment, almost burst out laughing, and quickly covered her smile with her wide sleeves.The majestic imperial concubines, who are of the fourth rank of Ronghua, are actually compared with Gong Ling, it can be seen that Shen Qingwan has no place in the emperor's heart.But the picture is fresh for a few days, it's just a plaything.

Shen Qingwan's face was slightly green, in order to save her face in front of other concubines, she suppressed her anger, humbled herself, smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

Concubine Xue Gui glanced at Shen Qingwan with a hint of sarcasm, Shi Shiran saluted and stepped forward and said, "The concubine has also prepared calligraphy for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to reward." Concubine Xue Gui ignored Shen Qingyi and other concubines , only the queen mother and the emperor are mentioned.It's a joke, how can I be so petty to Shen Qingwan as the daughter of the Duke of Zhen's mansion, who is the head of the third-rank concubine, and dances for other low-rank concubines to see.

Li Tianyou nodded lightly, these days, apart from staying alone in Qiankun Palace, he was staying in Zhaoyang Palace where Concubine Xue Gui lived, Xuehua Pavilion could only last a day.Although he only loves Shen Qingyi with all his heart, as a man, he has to admit that Concubine Xue Gui's coldness and aloofness are very attractive. Conquering such a woman can well satisfy his self-esteem as a man.

Concubine Xuegui received the affirmative look from Li Tianyou, walked confidently to the nanmu square table, and rubbed the ink by herself. Her white hands slightly raised her orchid fingers. The inkstone was a delicate ancient ink, and when it was ground, it gave off a faint fragrance. It is worth a lot of money at first glance.

When Concubine Xuegui turned her bare hands, a beautiful small seal with plum blossoms appeared on the paper.Concubine Xue Gui looked at it for a while, then put away the brush and ink in satisfaction, spit out the fragrance of orchid lightly, dried the ink, flaunted a sweep around the hall, moved graceful lotus steps, and presented the masterpiece.

The Empress Dowager was full of smiles, but when she saw the plum blossom seal, her face suddenly changed...
(End of this chapter)