Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 7 First Shock (Part [-])
Li Quan glanced back and hurriedly knelt down: "The slave Li Quan kowtowed to Concubine Tong, and she is auspicious!" Sitting on the shoulders was a bright and dazzling woman, wearing a big red silk banner dress and combing her hair. The gorgeous flag head and the long tassels on both sides hang down to her ears, making her even more graceful and luxurious!That's right, everything is missing in this palace, but the word 'beauty' is never missing!
Concubine Tong didn't even raise her eyes, she was still fiddling with the golden armor on her fingers leisurely.

Li Quan is an old man in the palace. Seeing that Concubine Tong didn't ask him to get up, he quickly apologized and said, "If you go back to your mother, these are the newly selected show girls, a total of 110...two people!" When it comes to the number of people , Li Quan hesitated a little, and finally told the truth, how could he not know the interests of this seemingly delicate Concubine Tong in front of him after many years in the palace, since she entered the palace, she has been favored all the time, and there are The third son of the emperor, although there is the queen on top, but the queen's temperament is gentle and honest, and she has no holy will, so she can't suppress her at all.

Only then did Concubine Tong raise her beautiful eyes in satisfaction, and waved Li Quan to get up. She helped the eunuch who was close to her to lower her shoulders, and walked in front of Xiu Nu who had been afraid to speak since just now.

Everyone lowered their brows and narrowed their eyes, not daring to look directly at them, only Rixi was still curiously looking at Concubine Tong, who was particularly eye-catching among a group of beautiful girls, and immediately attracted Concubine Tong's attention: "What's your name?"

"My name is Wuya Rixi." Rixi smiled sweetly, completely unaware that she had made a huge mistake.

When a show girl who has no status returns to the words of the master and empress in the palace, she must add a sentence "return to the empress's words" in front of it, otherwise it will be a crime of disrespect. This rule is as clear as Xiangyuan once said, but it is not good for Concubine Tong to be present Reminding Rixi face-to-face, my palms were sweating anxiously.

A look of displeasure flashed across Concubine Tong's face, so quickly no one saw it, she stopped Li Quan who wanted to reprimand her, and stretched out her armored fingers to gently stroke Rixi's face, Move gently and carefully, like a kind elder sister, "You look pretty good, how old is it?"

"Fifteen." Rixi didn't realize the danger was approaching.

Li Quan kept wiping the sweat dripping from his forehead, and scolded Rixi from head to toe in his heart. This beautiful girl is too bold, talking nonsense without knowing any rules.He had never seen Concubine Tong speak so tenderly to anyone other than the emperor, Amitabha... Buddha bless, don't drag the entire Zhongcui Palace because of her alone, he still wants to live for two more years!
Concubine Tong withdrew her hand and smiled sweetly, her voice became sweeter and softer: "It's good to be young, I was younger than you when I first entered the palace, and I'm old in a blink of an eye!"

"Niang Niang is bright and moving, I don't know how beautiful she is, so she is not old!" Ri Xi said with her head tilted.

Concubine Tong patted Rixi's hand affectionately, took off the jade wrench finger from her hand and gave it to her, Rixi hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is too precious, I can't accept it!" Treasures.

"This palace rewards you, so you accept it. I don't know why, the first time I saw you today, I felt that I hit it off with you very well. I hope I can see you again in a month!" After saying this, Concubine Tong left Rixi, who was full of emotion, and re-boarded the shoulder. Before leaving, she glanced at Qingru's position, with an inscrutable smile on her lips.

"Slave to send empress respectfully!" Seeing Concubine Tong leave, Li Quan breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what Concubine Tong's intentions were, at least the fire would not be able to burn him for a while.

Rixi happily showed the sisters her new jade ring finger, but Qingru couldn't be happy, and was worried in her heart. She didn't understand why Concubine Tong was so nice to a beautiful girl who had just entered the palace, but she would never be like It's as simple as she said.

Yue Ling always smiled shyly. I don't know what she was thinking, but Shui Yin looked at the direction of Concubine Tong's departure with some envy. She didn't know when she could become a woman like Concubine Tong. Everyone respects her and fears her!

The four women had all kinds of thoughts, and they didn't notice the jealous and resentful eyes behind them at all!
After leaving Zhongcui Palace, the gentleness on Concubine Tong's face immediately disappeared without a trace, and a bit of coldness was added to her glamorous and charming face. She caressed the pointed armor, thinking about the matter just now, as long as she moved a little With force, that flowery face will wither like an autumn flower...

"Xiao Dezi, what do you think of that Wu Ya family just now?" Concubine Tong turned her head and asked the little eunuch walking beside Jianyu.

Xiao Dezi looked quite clever, and immediately replied after hearing the words: "Mother, I think that beautiful girl looks pretty good, but she doesn't seem to be very smart, and she doesn't know how to advance or retreat when she speaks. I really don't understand... I don't understand." Madam, you..."

Concubine Tong raised her carefully drawn thin eyebrows and said, "I don't understand why Bengong treats her so well, do you?"

"My mother's lesson!" Xiao Dezi hurriedly bowed.

Concubine Tong smiled, pulled the dangling tassels in front of her eyes and looked at them carefully, her eyes were full of smoke: "In the palace, if you want to control a smart person for your own use, you need to spend a lot of energy, and the risk is too great. She bites back, what will happen to the consequences? You have seen a lot in the palace for so many years.

"But it's much easier to control a stupid person. As long as you treat her a little better, she will treat you like a dog. It doesn't matter even if she betrays you in the future. Dealing with an unintelligent person is no worse than crushing a person to death." How much effort does an ant have to make, so why not do it?!
"Although I have been favored by the emperor and have a third elder brother under my knees, I still can't be careless. Concubine Jing sees me as a thorn in my side, and the queen mother is not on my side, and concubine Zhen..." Speaking of which, Her eyes narrowed, and a cold light flickered in her eyes. She still couldn't see through this woman, the concubine Zhen, but the more things she couldn't see through, the more dangerous she was!

Xiao Dezi suddenly realized: "It turns out that the empress wants to take Wu Ya's family for her own use, the empress appreciates it!"

Concubine Tong smiled slightly, and looked back at the way she came here: "Xiao Dezi, which of the beautiful girls do you think is the most likely to be selected?"

Xiao Dezi thought for a while and said: "The slave thinks it should be the girl in purple next to Wu Yashi." He was talking about Shuiyin.Concubine Tong didn't say anything, she smiled coldly, her eyes were serious, a slave is a slave, and she only has a little sharpness.

"Master, this servant heard something, but I don't know if I should say it or not?" Xiao Dezi stammered.

"Speak up if you have anything to say!" Concubine Tong said impatiently.

Xiao Dezi approached Concubine Tong and said softly: "Master, do you remember the suicide of Prince Xiang a few days ago? I heard that it was because the emperor fell in love with Prince Xiang's fiancée, and because of this, he had an argument with the queen mother. Once, the emperor personally ordered her to be included in the list of beautiful girls, and she will be named a concubine on the day of the palace selection!"

Concubine Tong frowned when she first heard the news, tapped the handrail with her finger for a while and said nothing, she didn't speak, Xiao Dezi didn't dare to speak, and followed quietly.

Here comes another Dong E family. It seems that she, Tong Jiaweining, and Dong E's entanglement can't be cleared up!
Concubine Tong suddenly remembered a fortune teller she had seen when she was a child. He once asserted that she would be extremely valuable in the future, and the Tong family would also be famous because of her!The only downside is that a woman who is as precious as her came into this world together, and one day, this person will appear with her horoscope of Tong Jiawei Ning, and one of them is doomed to fail!
Concubine Tong looked up at the blue sky. For some reason, standing in the Forbidden City looking at the sky, she always felt that the sky was very close to her, so close that she could grasp it as long as she stretched out her hand!

The beautiful face was full of murderous aura at the moment, she would never allow anyone to take away everything she had so hard to get, not even the so-called destiny!
This year's autumn rain seems to have come very early, the dark night sky silently fell a little raindrops, and soon intertwined into a rain curtain, and the earth is like a gentle mother, accepting these tears from the sky with her broad mind!
Qingru stretched her hand into the rain and felt the wetness in her palm, her brows and eyes suddenly curled up. She remembered that before, there was a young man from the Mongolian grassland who followed her tears and said, as long as she is willing, he is willing to accept it. He recalled all her tears until the two of them were gray-haired...

Maybe one day in the future, the man she likes will also bear her tears like him, not letting the tears fall to the ground, not letting the sadness spread until his hair turns gray...

At this moment, she forgot that he was the emperor, that this was the Forbidden City, that Dong E Xianglan...
The days passed day by day in the study of rules and etiquette, and Zhongcui Palace was peaceful. During this period, Ma Jiayiyun had made trouble for Rixi several times, but nothing was satisfactory.

In the blink of an eye, it was the mid-autumn night on August [-]th, all the show girls had learned all the rules and etiquette, and they were only waiting to participate in the palace election tomorrow, whether they would stay or be sent away would be decided soon.

The palace sent a plate of mooncakes to each of the show girls. Most of the show girls spent the Mid-Autumn Festival outside for the first time. It was inevitable that they were a little sad and homesick. Qing Ruan made an appointment with Shuiyin and Rixi and Yueling were together in the courtyard. Appreciate the moon.Yue Ling also specially made a flower palace to bring, and the picture on the lamp is Chang'e flying to the moon.

Thinking about tomorrow's election, Shui Yin lost all interest, looked at the bright moon hanging in the middle of the night sky and said, "Do you think we will be selected tomorrow?"

Qingru already knew from Ama that she was appointed by the queen mother, so she didn't worry about whether she would be elected or not.Yueling lowered his head and didn't speak, but Rixi bit the mooncake and said disapprovingly: "It doesn't matter whether you choose or not, the big deal is to go home, marrying a husband you like, isn't it better than staying in the harem and competing with countless women?" better?!"

Shui Yin shook his head and said helplessly: "Sister, you don't understand, it is a great honor for us to be selected by the emperor, and the family is eagerly expecting us to be selected by the emperor, so as to add luster, if we are sent home tomorrow , will be looked down upon.”

Rixi shrugged nonchalantly and continued to eat her mooncakes, but Yueling suddenly thought of something sad, sobbing softly, bloodstains were bitten on her bright red lips.

"Sister, why are you crying, just say what you're unhappy about?" Qingru comforted her with gentle words.

Yue Ling wiped the tears on his face and choked up: "It's nothing, but I feel a little sad. My mother was born as a dancer, and she married me, Ama, as a concubine. No one in the family looked down on her, and my aunt often bullied me. Mother, and I’m a daughter, so I don’t like Ama, this time I came to the capital with my mother’s money, she sold all the jewelry, if I can’t be selected this time, I really don’t know what to do Go face my mother!"

Qingru and the others always knew that Yueling's family background was the worst among them, but they didn't expect this to be the case. The past month of getting along has made them have a deep friendship.

Rixi reached out to hold Yueling's trembling hand: "Yueling, I believe in you, you will definitely be selected tomorrow, two sisters, do you think so?" She was asking Qingru and Shuiyin.

Looking at the two pairs of sincere eyes in front of her, Qing Ru felt a surge of warmth in her heart. She nodded vigorously: "Yes! As long as we sisters are of the same mind and support each other, we will definitely be able to gain a foothold in this harem!"

"Yes! Who said there is no friendship in the harem, we must always be good sisters!" Shui Yin's eyes flashed with a strange light, and his four hands were tightly clasped together.

That night, they chatted until very late before breaking up. When Rixi returned to the room, it was almost midnight. When she saw a bowl of bird's nest with rock sugar on the table, she thought it was from Qiurong. She happened to be hungry, so she served it. Woke up and ate half of it.

(End of this chapter)