The emperor's favorite useless concubine

Chapter 317 Extra Story: He Lanjue and Sichen 17
The queen mother is over fifty!But with proper maintenance, it looks no different from those concubines seen in the imperial garden, still beautiful and gorgeous.

The princess and Pei Lan greeted the queen mother.

Ever since Pei Lan came in, the Empress Dowager's gaze never left her cheek. To be honest, the Empress Dowager was a little disappointed. How could she have such an ordinary-looking daughter with the appearance of her adoptive father.

Thinking about the beauty of Yan'er from the Pei family, the emperor still doesn't love her, so how can she get the emperor's favor with her appearance, but it's better to have it than not, she also recognized it.

She originally wanted to ask how her adoptive father was, but after thinking about it, she still couldn't ask.

"Forget it, give me a seat."

The Empress Dowager took the fragrant tea handed over by Nanny Liu, took a sip, put down the cup, and glanced at Pei Lan again.

Pei Lan sat neatly on the round stool, like a lady who doesn't go out on weekdays.

"Mother's queen." Seeing her mother, the princess could not help but come up with grievances.

The queen mother has always been strict, but she dotes on her only daughter very much. Although, it would be nice if this daughter was a son, and there would be no such thing as today. It's God's will.

"Jiaoer, how are you doing these days, son-in-law..."

The queen mother suddenly shut up. Although the son-in-law is not good, he is Pei Lan's elder brother after all. It is not appropriate to say her elder brother in front of her younger sister. Besides, she still has to rely on her, although this dependence is too slim.

The princess glanced at Pei Lan and saw that she dealt with it calmly, so scared that the princess didn't dare to speak rashly.

"Lan'er, are you willing to enter the palace as the empress?"

The Empress Dowager spoke softly.

"It's up to the Queen Mother to decide."

Pei Lan lowered her head, a little bit shy.

"Okay, okay, okay, I will immediately notify the emperor to prepare for the wedding. Li He, inform the emperor, tell the emperor what I said, the wedding will be in ten days, and then notify the Ministry of Rites to prepare the gift list quickly."

Li He took the order, but stood still, lowered his voice and said: "Queen Mother, the Great Concubine is still at Xishan Temple?"

When the queen mother heard the concubine, she couldn't help showing anger on her face, but because of the presence of outsiders, she just snorted coldly: "Whether she is here, my son will marry a daughter of the Pei family as queen, go quickly, and measure it." The emperor doesn't dare to disobey my words, unless he, the emperor, really doesn't want it anymore."

Li He didn't dare to say anything anymore, and left with the two young eunuchs.

Although the queen mother and the princess are mother and daughter, the palace is different from the outside world, and the mother and daughter don't see each other often, so they don't talk much, and with Pei Lan around, it's hard for them to say anything.

However, Pei Lan just stood there steadily, her posture remained unchanged, and her shallow smile remained unchanged.

The empress dowager's phoenix eyes turned slightly to Pei Lan's face again, frowning slightly, she raised her eyes to look at Nanny Liu who was standing aside.

Nanny Liu smiled slightly, and brought a cup of high-quality cloud tea herself and walked slowly to Pei Lan: "Miss, please drink tea."

Pei Lan took it generously, lifted the lid of the cup, took a sip, and handed it to Nanny Liu again: "Thank you, Nanny."

Pei Lan raised her eyes and spread her smile. That smile was stretched and bright, unlike the women in this palace. Even when the women in this palace were smiling, they always hid something, but her smile spread out like flower petals, but Liu Mammy's piercing eyes clearly saw her smile, even though she was smiling at her, it still had too much taste of being in this world.

"Miss, Zhang is really beautiful, she is the prettiest lady I have ever seen." Nanny Liu said to the princess with a smile.

The princess pouted angrily.

"Thank you Nanny Liu." Pei Lan's attitude was so calm that it didn't even change.

Nanny Liu smiled and retreated to the Queen Mother's side.

There were hurried footsteps coming from outside, mixed with the eunuch's chorus, "The emperor is here."

As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, a cold voice came in from outside, ""Zhen, I heard that my future queen has entered the palace, so I came here specially to have a look. "

A handsome young man came in from the outside.Wearing a golden brocade robe with twelve chapters of arrow sleeves, his eyebrows are picturesque, but with a bit of coldness and gloom, he is obviously in an extremely bad mood.

"Son, please greet the queen mother." Although the emperor is old, but the word filial piety is overwhelming, and he has to obey the orders of the queen mother in everything.

"Emperor, get up quickly." The Empress Dowager rarely showed a smile on her face.

Pei Lan stood up calmly.The princess is the emperor's aunt in terms of seniority, so naturally she doesn't have to get up.Coupled with the passing of her beloved daughter Yan'er, she was full of opinions on the emperor.

"Auntie, you're here too." The emperor's eyes looked at the princess with a smile, but the eyes clearly and lightly moved from the princess to Pei Lan.

When the emperor saw himself, the future queen, he was slightly taken aback, and his eyes couldn't help but gloomy again.

This empress is too ugly, not to mention that she can't compare with Pei Yan and lazy noble concubines, even ordinary concubines.

"Your Majesty is auspicious." Pei Lan stood up generously and greeted the Emperor.

"No." Their Pei family really didn't have any women, and they dared to use such a thing to make him a queen.

"This future queen of mine is really lovely to look at." There was a slight smile on the corner of the emperor's lips, and he looked at Pei Lan without blinking.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliments, and my daughter is very grateful." Pei Lan's expression remained unchanged, and she remained respectful as usual.

This point made the queen mother secretly praise her, the girls of her Pei family really have the demeanor of a big family, even though they grew up outside, the temperament of a big family is not inferior to the ladies of your family at all.

Seeing that Pei Lan was so calm, the emperor found it interesting.Not those women who trembled when they saw him.That's right, I should have some self-knowledge, how could I meet such an ugly woman, who is still a woman from the Pei family.

"The empress dowager and the emperor must have something to talk about, so the courtiers and mother will leave first." Pei Lan glanced at the emperor secretly, the smile in his eyes couldn't be concealed, as if suddenly remembering something interesting, the corners of his lips were full of tears All brilliant.

The queen mother was also a little tired, so she waved her hand and said, "That's fine, I'm a little tired too, so go back!"

The empress dowager's eyes fell on Pei Lan intentionally or unintentionally. In her heart, she was really more disappointed than hopeful. Men are all lustful. Besides, there are so many beauties in the harem, and the lazy concubine is so glamorous. Seeing how the emperor treats her faintly The expression, I am afraid that Pei Lan will be left out by the emperor as soon as she enters the palace. She is afraid that she, the queen mother, will get blood on her hands again for the status of the Pei family.

Pei Lan and the princess withdrew.The emperor was usually at odds with the queen mother, and today he just wanted to see the rumored girl from the Pei family. Now that he had seen it, there was no need to stay any longer, so he found an excuse and quit.

"Mother Liu, go and find out if there are any symptoms in the harem that the concubine is harmful to Xi."

Nanny Liu didn't move, she lowered her voice and said, "Queen Mother, why don't you wait here."

"I don't know what evil I have done. There is nothing that makes me happy. This Pei Lan is really ugly. How can you make me not anxious."

(End of this chapter)