Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 37 Fish Eye Pearl
Murong Wei handed over the imperial decree to the old lady, who enshrined it.

"Wei'er, now the emperor has granted you the title of Lord of Huarong Township. Remember not to be arrogant and arrogant, but to be low-key and cautious. Remember the family tradition and family motto of my Murong clan. You must be more careful in your actions in the future. Don't think about whether you have won the title. practical things..."

The eldest lady began to lecture Murong Wei with "speaking earnestly and sincerely", and Murong Wei was very annoyed, what is being arrogant, when did she become arrogant and arrogant?
When she didn't give her eye drops, it seemed that she had to wait until the sun came out in the west.

Murong Wei had a respectful face, without any impatience, what would happen if she stood up for a while, she would not be caught by the lady's pigtails.

Her attitude made the Da Furen's training boring, and her mouth was dry after a long while, and she finally waved her hand: "Okay, you can go back."

Murong Wei smiled and said: "Mother is right, my daughter will definitely maintain her previous modesty and prudence, and she will never dare to ruin the reputation of the Murong family in the future, please rest assured, mother. With mother's teaching, how can a daughter make mistakes?"

The eldest lady squinted at her and snorted.

After finishing incense, the old lady saw that she was still there, and said, "Wei'er, come here, let me tell you, you have to enter the palace to thank you tomorrow."

That's right, the emperor granted you a title, so you have to go to the palace to thank you.

The old lady pulled her to talk about things to pay attention to in the future, and this time she talked in much more detail than the old lady.

For example, when you have an audience, you wear a crown, what kind of ceremony you perform, how you speak, and so on.

Although Murong Wei listened to some rules, although it was a big head, but in this era where rules are the most important, you can ignore everything, and you must learn the rules well.

In this way, at least others cannot find her fault.

When Murong Wei returned to Mo Garden, she felt as if she had fought a battle.

In fact, the last time she went to the palace, she felt that staying there was very restrictive.

Of course, you may not be able to feel it for the masters who live in it. For them, who are of lower status, they have to salute and greet someone when they see someone, which is really unbearable.

"Your maidservant greets the Xiangjun." Just after returning to Moyuan, a group of maidservants at the door shouted with a smile.

Murong Wei gave them a white look: "One by one, are they all here to ask for a reward?"

Dongfang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss has been appointed as the township monarch. This is a great joy, servants and servants, this is congratulations to Miss."

Dongfang couldn't help but rejoice that she didn't betray Murong Wei before.

Murong Wei just glanced at her. To someone like Dongfang, if she doesn't lose her power, she might still be loyal, if...

As long as there are enough interests, mutiny is not impossible.

"Okay, there are rewards for all of them today."

All the maids were beaming, of course they were happy, Murong Wei's status is different now, she is the highest among the young ladies.

The future will not be bad.

Holding the clothes, Lu'er followed behind into the house, and said with a smile, "Miss, you should change into this crown first and have a look."

This is Murong Wei's first set of crown uniform given by the imperial court, so she naturally wants to try it.

After Xiang Tao and Lu'er helped her change her clothes, Murong Wei looked at the mirror in front of the vanity mirror.

He wears a pearl and emerald sanzhai crown on his head, a red and red shirt on his body, a peacock beige embroidered with dark blue silk and gold, and a golden embroidered embroidered Wenxia pea.

"Tsk tsk, Miss is really majestic in this dress. Look, she looks like the daughter of those clans." Xiang Tao looked up, down, left, and right carefully, as if watching some rare animal.

Murong Wei was horrified by her look, and felt that this girl's eyes were full of golden light, as if she saw a lot of treasures.

Murong Wei tapped her on the head: "Looking at how promising you are, you only think about money. When you go out later, don't say you are my maid, I don't know you."

Xiangtao rubbed her head aggrievedly: "Miss, this servant is just thinking about how much salary Miss has."

That salary is not too much, but it is decent after all.

At any rate, she was receiving a salary for the first time in this world.

Murong Wei thought emotionally, this is really good, no need to work, someone will pay you.

In the future, she will also have the ability to be a rice bug.

Nothing could be better.

The warm and fragrant interior is covered with tuanlong knitted ruyi baoxiang flower carpets, the bookshelves against the wall are full of heavy books, and the rosewood desk is decorated with Ru kiln celadon-glazed brush seas, and crystal inlaid glass with ice cracks. Paperweight, red sandalwood pen stand, purple bamboo carving shepherd boy playing cow pen wash, enamel colored porcelain lampstand with jade hook and cloud pattern palace lantern.

At this moment, the sound of the qin in the room is faint, and the quaint sound of the qin is clanging, like a mountain that is unattainable, and suddenly it is like the gurgling water.

When it is in a hurry, it is like the wind in the pine forest, and the night crane is singing in the cage, and when it is quiet, it is like Lin Tao bursting.

The man playing the piano had slender fingers, and he looked like he had been playing the piano all year round. He was a little callused, and the soft Taoist robe with dragon and cloud pattern, wide sleeves and collar was worn on him, which had a chic taste.

"Brother, why are you still in the mood to play the piano?" The fourth prince sat on the black sandalwood and gold-rimmed armchair, no matter how comfortable he was, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a hint of impatience on his face, he rolled his sleeves: " Don't you have any feelings?"

King Qi is still full of spring breeze, even at this moment he still has a smile on his face, as if the clouds are calm and the wind is light, while stroking the piano.

He stopped when he heard his brother's words, "Do you have any ideas?"

The fourth prince shook his head: "I'm the most impatient to think about these things. Could it be that the father thought that the second brother was injured, so he gave some comfort?"

King Qi picked the strings with his fingertips, and there was a clang.

"It means that."

"Hmph, that's right, but why did the imperial father confer the honor of the young lady of the Murong family as the country lord? I originally thought that the imperial father would give her a marriage directly."

"Her? Why did you seal her...Father is slapping me in the face, and by the way, warn me and those restless people."

King Qi had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Although he heard some rumors about King Luo's matter and made some conveniences, he did not participate.

Who knew it would be barbarians.

"What does she have to do with you, big brother? Do you know each other? Oh, she's your cousin, right?"

King Qi glanced at him, "Don't you understand the fourth brother? Apart from her, Wu Jing also received a reward. Those who saved the second brother were rewarded, but my mother was left out in the cold. The father is just knocking the mountain to shake the tiger. Now seal I appointed that woman as the township lord, and the relationship between her and the second child is somewhat unclear..."

The emperor's purpose is probably deeper.

The fourth prince shook his head: "Why doesn't the second brother want to marry the father?"

He still doesn't quite understand.

King Qi did not answer his question.

He knows better than others that the relationship between Murong Wei and King Luo is not simple.

If not, why would Murong Wei give that parrot to King Luo?
"Do you remember that parrot that could only tell jokes?"

The fourth prince was surprised and said: "Why did the elder brother mention it? Didn't Xiao Wu say that he wanted one at the time, and he didn't see it for so long. Later, when the second brother was injured, he seemed to have forgotten it."

"Maybe we'll see each other soon."

King Qi smiled amiably, and said something inexplicably, which made the fourth prince Xiao Mingyan confused.

King Qi looked at his younger brother and thought, the fourth brother is good, but there is no way to discuss anything with him.

It's a pity that although the third brother is smart, he doesn't care about this matter, he is very carefree.

The sixth brother and the others are still young, maybe they will see some ability in two years.

He is never in a hurry, everything is still early.

"However, the second brother can't blame you, the eldest brother, and the father is too unfair. Isn't that what the barbarians did?" The fourth prince asked.

"Father is just using this as a warning to those ministers who want to make a crown prince."

Although he didn't do it, he gave it convenience after all. Although he didn't know that those people were barbarians at the time, it made him a little passive. It would be bad if his father felt that he had colluded with foreigners.

Although he didn't do this matter, it's not surprising that his father sent him off.

After the fourth prince left, King Qi's advisers, Qing Ke, came to the study to discuss.

"Although what happened this time was unexpected, if it wasn't for that Miss Murong, I'm afraid that the Second Prince would never come back."

There were indeed many accidents in this matter, but it is true that if King Luo hadn't met Murong Wei, I am afraid he would not have survived that night.

But not necessarily, maybe he can persevere.

King Qi leaned on the Luohan couch and sipped tea. The fine Junshan silver needles stood up in the teacup with the pattern of turquoise sea water. He admired the shape of the tea and said with a smile: "Yes, my cousin really helped me. Hurry up and save my second brother, otherwise my father will definitely investigate and I will be rejected by then."

One of the counselors said: "My lord, don't you plan to do something? Didn't you say that you wanted to find out whether there was an affair between her and Luo Wang? If you can get her proof that you had a private meeting with Luo Wang Going to Huangjue Temple, the emperor will be very angry if he finds out."

King Qi's expression was calm, and he glanced at the counselor: "Do you think she will admit it? Isn't the reason why Father released her because he wanted to see what our brothers are going to do next?"

"I don't think it's difficult." One of the counselors with sparkling eyes and stroking his beard was Gao Shiqi, King Qi's most important reliance: "Looking at King Luo's attitude, he doesn't intend to marry her. Why doesn't the prince ask for her?"

King Qi's eyes moved and he laughed.

"This plan is very clever."

Murong Wei got up early in the morning, had breakfast, dressed up, and then changed into the crown clothes of Lord Huarong, the girl in front of her became noble and elegant in an instant, her cheeks were more fragrant than snow, her eyes were bright and charming, her charm was beautiful, her ears Wearing pearls in the middle, emerald bracelets in the wrists, and brocade cloud shoes on the feet, the movements are like willows swinging in the wind, with a slender waist and a fragrant breeze.

While Xiangyu and Dongfang were arranging her clothes, Qiufang came in with a cloisonne vase in cloisonné enamel, her face full of joy, "Miss, this is a gift from the lady."

Murong Wei glanced at her, "Mother rewarded you? Did she say anything?"

"The eldest lady said that the young lady is now the village lord, and her status is different, so she needs to put a few more decent things in the house."

Murong Wei sneered, "Then I really have to thank my mother. Ask Xiangtao to pick up a few things that the Queen Mother rewarded and put them on the antique shelf."

Qiufang put down the vase in embarrassment, how could the things given by the eldest lady be as honorable as the queen's reward?
However, she changed her attitude very quickly, and said with a smile: "That's right, the things that the empress rewards are the best. The young lady doesn't know, but now the young lady has been conferred the title of the township monarch. Where there are few people, the porcelain has been changed again."

Dongfang asked curiously, "Why did you change the porcelain? Is there anything special about it?"

Qiu Fang covered her mouth and laughed, "It's broken!"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment before they understood what she meant.

There are quite a few people who dare to throw things because of their popularity. Isn't it necessary to change the porcelain?
Xiangyu curled her lips: "It's useless to be jealous, the title of miss is given by the emperor. Let them earn it themselves?"

"That's right, miss, you don't know. When I went to the kitchen this morning, those people were all trying to fawn on me. They were all flattering and depressing."

Murong Wei didn't show anything special, she just smiled and said, "Stop chatting, I have to go to my grandmother's now."

It's just that the old lady is old after all, it's so cold that it's easy for her to go to the palace, so she still has to let the lady take her there.

Xiangtao ran in in a hurry and almost bumped into Xiangyu, Murong Wei shouted: "Look at you, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

Xiang Tao said with a smile: "Isn't the servant rushing to go out with the young lady, this time the servant is also a bit majestic."

"You, just pretend to be a tiger!"

Everyone laughed for a while, and Murong Wei told Lu'er to stay at home, and went to the old lady to say hello.

The eldest lady is also there, and she is also wearing a court dress of a second-rank married woman today. When she saw Murong Wei's dress, she smiled: "Mother, look, our sister Wei looks so beautiful in this dress!"

The old lady smiled all over her face: "Yes, it is indeed very good."

Murong Wei paid her respects first, and then thanked the eldest lady: "Thank you mother for giving me the vase, my daughter has carefully stored it up, and displayed the things that the empress gave me."

Da Furen's eyes flickered: "It is really necessary to confess."

The eldest lady is angry. Her own daughter, Murong Lan, is also the eldest daughter, and she has not been appointed by a noble title until now. On the contrary, Murong Wei, a lowly concubine, actually got the title of Huarong Township Lord. Why? Don't get angry?
Yesterday, Murong Lan turned pale with anger and complained to her.

Of course she felt unbalanced, and she didn't know what the emperor thought, why did she become a country lord?
Didn't that just save King Luo?

It's not that he saved the emperor.

The old lady nodded: "You take Wei'er to thank you today, don't lose your manners, the emperor won't see us before the court, so pass the sign to the empress to see us."

The eldest lady nodded: "My daughter-in-law understands."

The eldest lady took Murong Wei in a car with the guards of honor fully opened, and arrived at the gate of the palace, handed over the sign, and after waiting for about a stick of incense, the palace staff arranged for someone to lead them to Kunning Palace.

The eldest lady said to Murong Wei as she walked: "When you get to your empress, you must not lose your manners."

"Yes, a daughter must remember her mother's teachings."

The empress didn't just see her when she wanted to.

The servant first led them to sit in the side hall, "The empresses of the palaces are paying their respects to the empresses, and the madam and the lord are waiting here for a while."

"Thank you, Eunuch."

The Da Furen's demeanor is decent, after all, this is the palace, no matter how much she hates Murong Wei in her heart, on the surface she will not be rude and make people laugh.

This side hall was also very warm, silver frost charcoal was burned, and the huge gilt phoenix smoker cage was burning with warm incense. Murong Wei looked at the furnishings in the hall, and after a while, the servant came over.

"The queen invites you two to have an audience."

The eldest lady hurriedly led Murong Wei down to the main hall to meet the queen under the guidance of the servants.

The queen was still the same as the last time I saw her. After the big ceremony, the eldest lady tactfully expressed her gratitude to the emperor's mighty grace. The queen smiled and said: "This palace has discussed this matter with the emperor, and I feel that the merits of Ling Qianjin should be worth it." This is a reward. Mrs. Murong also knows that His Majesty has always been very clear about rewards and punishments, as long as one is loyal to the Emperor, His Majesty will never treat him badly."

Murong Wei was taken aback when she heard that, what the queen said really meant something, she didn't know what she was trying to insinuate.

The eldest lady hastily said: "The Murong family has always been loyal to His Majesty, and this matter is actually the duty of a concubine and husband. The concubine's daughter is only doing a little favor, so how can she deserve such kind treatment from the emperor? From now on, she will be even more loyal to the emperor..."

"Madam is too modest. The emperor also knows that Murong's family is upright. The compliment given to Ling Qianjin is also a compliment to your family. Alright, ma'am, get up."

Only then did the eldest lady get up and stand beside her.

Murong Wei sighed secretly, in this feudal society, the imperial power is supreme, and other people are not human.

No wonder everyone wants to fight for that position, who wants to bow down, who doesn't want to be condescending and superior to others?
The queen didn't say much, and then sent them away.

The eldest lady and Murong Wei walked out of the Kunning Palace, the eldest lady was thoughtful, she didn't know what she was thinking.

Murong Wei was also silent and did not speak.

At this time, a man wearing a stone blue crane cloak came over, with a smile on his face and black hair wearing a protection crown, who is it if he is not King Qi?

The eldest lady hurriedly bowed her head to salute, Murong Wei had never seen King Qi before, at first glance, she just felt that this person made people feel like a spring breeze, a gentle tree facing the wind, a modest gentleman as gentle as jade.

It turns out that this is the eldest son of the emperor, King Qi?
"The concubine pays homage to His Royal Highness King Qi."

"Excuse me, why should my aunt be polite to me? This is my cousin, I haven't congratulated you for being named the Lord of Huarong Township. It seems that this is the first time I have met my cousin, but it turns out that my cousin is also an extraordinary person. My cousin, won't my cousin blame me for not knowing pearls, right?" He smiled, his voice was mellow and gentle, which made people subconsciously relax their defenses.

"Your Highness dare not dare, Your Highness is too polite. Your Highness is a nobleman, how dare your Highness blame His Highness? Besides, your Highness is just a fish eye, how dare you pretend to be a pearl?"

King Qi laughed loudly, "Cousin is really a wonderful person."

Murong Wei was wondering why King Qi was so close, but King Qi smiled and said to the eldest lady beside him: "Uncle Yongning's birthday is coming soon, right?"

The eldest lady nodded: "Uncle's birthday is coming soon, and the concubine will also go to pay respects at that time."

"Oh? Is my cousin going too? It seems that Mr. Murong's daughters are not convenient to go out now."

But no, the other sisters are waiting to be married, and the youngest is the youngest, so she is the most suitable to go out.

Da Furen's eyes flashed: "She has just been granted the title of Huarong Township Lord by the Emperor's grace, and she is going out to meet all the ladies and ladies."

King Qi was about to speak, when a handsome man came from a distance from the other side, followed by eunuchs, saw King Qi from a long distance, the man walked over with a smile: "Is the elder brother also here to pay respects to the queen mother? "

Murong Wei saw that the man was wearing an autumn-colored golden thread coiled dragon collar and a straight embroidered collar, and a silver-gray velvet cape with plum blossoms intertwined with gold threads. Bookish.

The eldest lady hurriedly paid her respects again: "My concubine greets His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

Murong Wei also saluted with her, thinking, so this is the third prince who was named the king of Chu. I heard that he is very talented in writing and doesn't like to fight. He just loves the mountains and rivers. It's a bit of a celebrity demeanor.

"Little brother, please greet big brother." King Chu and King Qi greeted them, and looked at them curiously: "This is?"

King Qi smiled and said, "Third brother, this is Mrs. Murong, and this is Lord Huarong."

The King of Chu's eyes lit up immediately, he looked at Murong Wei intently, clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "So this is the new Huarong Township Lord my father has appointed? This king has admired his name for a long time!"

"Don't say it's you, it's the first time I've seen her. I didn't expect her to be so calm and smart at such a young age. Even you and I might not be able to do better than her at that time. It's really a strict family tradition, so it's different If everything is extraordinary, the girls of the Murong family must be extraordinary."

King Qi's compliment made Da Furen feel better when she was originally depressed.

King Chu nodded: "That's right, Mr. Xiang is so extraordinary at such a young age, it's strange that the emperor wants to seal you."

Murong Wei was embarrassed by their praise, so she quickly declined: "My daughter is stupid, she just did a little thing, I never thought that Your Majesty would love you so much, and I have always been uneasy."

Just as he was talking, another acquaintance came over from the other side.

This time it was the Fifth Prince Xiao Mingchen, who was on his way to pay his respects to the Kunning Palace, and brought the eunuchs along the way, but failed to let him see Murong Wei.

"Fifth Brother, it's just a coincidence that you are here!" the King of Chu stopped him from a long distance away.

Wearing a moon white crane cloak and a sable warm hat, the fifth prince greeted the two elder brothers with a smile. When he saw Murong Wei, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he snorted: "Second elder brothers, let's pay our respects to the queen mother first. .”

"Alright."

Murong Wei's feet were numb a long time ago, the cold wind was blowing outside all the time, if it wasn't really hard to find an excuse to leave, she would have wanted to leave a long time ago.

As for the fifth prince's bad attitude, she also laughed it off.

It's not surprising that the fifth prince is dissatisfied with her because of King Luo's affairs.

Maybe in his opinion, King Luo has given her great dignity, but he doesn't know what to do, how can he make him happy.

After the princes left, the eldest lady returned to the palace gate and got into the carriage under the guidance of the servants.

Silver frost charcoal was burned in the carriage, but it was quite warm. The eldest lady was holding a cloisonné enamel rose purple hand stove, looking at Murong Wei with a slightly gloomy expression.

Murong Wei kept her eyes on her nose, her nose and her heart, and retracted her hands into the muff to keep warm.

It's a pity that the gloves that Aunt Yue helped make haven't been finished yet, otherwise she would have changed gloves.

The carriage was driving smoothly on the streets of the capital, and the eldest lady suddenly said: "Although the rumors in the capital have faded recently, you should be more cautious and don't go out casually in the future. If you hadn't insisted on going to the Huangjue Temple last time, It won't happen either."

Murong Wei said lightly: "What the mother said is true, the daughter will remember."

"In the future, you will also meet many noble people, and remember your identity. Don't forget that you are the daughter of the Murong family just because the emperor has made you a country lord. Always remember to be cautious in your words and deeds."

Remind her not to forget that she is a concubine?

Murong Wei still smiled: "Mother taught my daughter to always keep it in mind. By the way, the elder sister gave you a birthday gift. The embroidery screen is not bad. My daughter watched the peacock making thread before, it was very beautiful."

The eldest lady snorted, don't think that showing filial piety to herself will win her favor, even if she gave the thread to Murong Lan, so what, she didn't embroider the screen.

"It's because you have a heart, and the Yu Ruyi you gave is not bad."

"As long as mother likes it."

The mother and daughter talked indifferently, and with the sound of the carriage wheels, they returned to Murong Mansion.

"The day after tomorrow is Uncle Yongning's birthday, so why don't you accompany me to visit Uncle Yongning's mansion."

Murong Wei narrowed her eyes, "My daughter knows."

Why does the King of Qi insist on her going to Yongningbo Mansion with him?
Ordinarily he and Luo Wang should be enemies, but his attitude was very kind when she saved Luo Wang, I really don't know why.

It seems that she should really pay attention to it the day she went to Yongningbo Mansion.

"What, you said you want to marry the new Emperor Huarong Township?" In the study of Prince Jing's mansion, Prince Jing looked at Xiao Jinglan in front of him in surprise: "Why do you want to marry her?"

(End of this chapter)