imperial concubine

Chapter 154 Life is like a play
In the silent Raoliang Pavilion, there was originally only Mu Guiying's clear and high-pitched voice on the stage, and all the concubines and concubines in the audience listened quietly, but at this moment, the sound came so suddenly that everyone couldn't help turning their heads to look at the applauding person.

Su Wan could see clearly that the applause just now was called out by the noble man, presumably because Mu Guiying on the stage sang well, and the noble man was too fascinated by the show, so he couldn't help shouting out.

It’s fine if you usually go to the theater. Recently, the empress has been pruning the harem, and today the empress is sitting in the main seat. The virtuous person is still the concubine Shu’s confidant.The concubines in the harem expressed their colors secretly, fearing that the virtuous nobleman would be dealt with by the empress again.

Unexpectedly, the empress looked at Mu Guiying on the stage with relish as if she had never heard of it.It wasn't until the end of the song that the Empress finally said, "Xiao Lizi, call out the Daoma Dan who sang Mu Guiying just now.

Eunuch Li should be.Just now the empress was fascinated by this actor and liked it very much.Let Eunuch Li call out at this time, I think it is to reward him well.

Not long after, Eunuch Li came out with Mu Guiying who had just taken off her scarf and her seven-star forehead.When the man saw all the concubines present, he immediately knelt down on the ground: "Little girl, please greet all the empresses."

The queen smiled and asked Dao Madan to stand up, and looked carefully, although the makeup made it hard to see her face, she could still see the appearance of this person, seeing her petite figure, she might have just passed Jiji's age.

Looking at Daomadan in front of her, the queen asked with a smile: "I see that you have extraordinary singing skills, and you can also draw out the applause in this deep palace, so I want to meet you. But I don't want to be such a villain Son, how long have you been singing in the Jiqing class?"

Just now when the virtuous man applauded, the queen's expression did not change, and there was no reaction. At this time, when the queen mentioned it again, Su Wan smiled and thought that the virtuous man would be in trouble soon!
That Daomadan lowered his head and murmured, "Reporting to the Empress, my servant's name is Du Modie. He is 16 years old this year. He has been studying opera with his master Sun Hangong since he was seven years old. It was not until last year that he officially became a teacher."

Su Wan on the side nodded secretly when she heard it, no wonder the Daomadan sang so well just now, it turned out to be a famous actor.And judging by her appearance, it was her first time entering the palace, so she was holding back her strength to impress the queen.

Hearing Du Modie's answer, the queen said with a smile: "No wonder I saw that you lacked some charm in some places on the stage just now. It turns out that it's not long since you were born as a teacher. Thank you, little Lizi."

Eunuch Li nodded, and then took out two twelve-weight ingots from the tray on the wooden shelf behind him and stuffed them into Du Modie's hands.Du Modie hurriedly knelt down with the ingot in his hand to thank him.

Looking at Du Modie who was kneeling on the ground, Su Wan rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Look, ladies and gentlemen, this Mo Die looks like a person, can you see it?"

A virtuous person will definitely be punished by the empress after a while, so it's better to help concubine Shu to let out a sigh of relief first, so as to prevent concubine Shu from thinking that she has turned to the queen because of a little favor from the queen.

After Su Wan said this, everyone looked at Du Modie, and then looked at the faces of everyone present.Then the second concubine smiled and said: "I know, the eyebrows of Mo Die are six to seven points similar to the third concubine!"

When the second concubine said this, everyone's eyes immediately looked at the two of them, and they felt that they were very similar.The third prince's concubine blushed, she was angry but did not dare to express it.

The empress who was sitting on the main seat smiled slightly, waved Du Modie back, and then said: "This Du Modie's singing is really good, and there are even applause. But, patronizing applause, is it possible that even a woman can't sing?" Don't you care about women's words?"

The rules in the palace are very strict, everything is exquisite when walking, sitting and lying down, and all speech and behavior are exquisite.It is absolutely unacceptable in the palace to act inappropriately like the noble man's applause just now.As the queen said, what kind of concubine is she if she doesn't even care about the four virtues?
All the concubines in the room didn't dare to vent their anger, but Concubine Shu, who was sitting next to the queen, said with a smile, "Sister, why is she so angry? It's just a moment of involuntary emotion, so it's human nature to scream. Such trivial things are not worthy of my sister's anger."

The person who spoke just now is a noble man.Although Concubine Shu knew very well that it was wrong for Deguiren to applaud just now, but Deguiren is on her own side, if she doesn't speak out to defend her, it will appear that she is doing nothing.

The queen sneered and said to Concubine Shu: "A small matter? Concubine Shu, you probably forgot that I am rectifying the harem rules recently, right? Under such circumstances, you dare to go up against the wind, and you call it a trivial matter? "

After being purged by himself in the harem recently, it is indeed a lot of cleanliness.Unexpectedly, I have just relaxed these few days, and someone dares to do such a thing that ignores the four virtues in front of me. If I don't deal with it strictly, how can I continue to clean it up?

Concubine Shu was silent. After all, the fault of the noble man happened to be in the hands of the queen. The most terrible thing was that the noble man had indeed made a mistake. Even if Concubine Shu wanted to protect her, she would not be able to protect her. "I dare not."

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, the queen snorted coldly, her sharp eyes swept across the faces of everyone in the Liang Pavilion, and then paused for a moment on Su Wan's face, there seemed to be deep meaning in her eyes.Su Wan pretended not to understand, and lowered her head.

For a moment, all the people in the room dared not speak out under the majestic gaze of the empress, and then the empress asked coldly, "Who applauded you just now? If you haven't stood up, do you still want me to invite you!"

Since the applause just now, Deguiren's heart has been hanging up and down in the air.I was so fascinated by watching the play just now, and Du Modie's singing skills are so good, I couldn't help but shouted out for a while, unexpectedly, but was caught by the queen.

Originally, all the sisters would applaud when they watched the theater in private. This was considered a tacit secret in the palace. After all, it was just a trivial matter, so no one cared about it.But I never thought that I was fascinated by watching today, but I forgot that the queen was sitting in front of me, I just thought I was watching the show with my sister, so I couldn't help but shout out.

Thinking of this, the noble man could only pluck up the courage to stand up and said: "I want to report to the empress, the concubine was too fascinated by watching the play just now, so I couldn't help crying out. I also hope that the concubine will be merciful, and the concubine will come back next time." Never dare to do it again.”

Although he said soft words in his mouth, the nobleman also knew in his heart that it would be impossible for the queen to spare him.After all, the queen had punished herself to contemplate her mistakes behind closed doors before, and if she caught her again today, she would definitely not let her off lightly.

Sure enough, the queen said sadly: "My lord, my palace only asked you to copy the "Internal Training" ten times a few days ago, and reflect behind closed doors for seven days. I never thought that you would make another mistake today. Could it be that the previous "Internal Training" Did someone else copy "Internal Training" for you?"

A few days ago, the empress punished her on the pretext that the nobleman was not strict in discipline, and thinking about it today, she will definitely not let it go.After all, the virtuous man is Concubine Shu's confidant. With such a good opportunity to attack Concubine Shu, Su Wan doesn't believe that the Queen will let it go.

The virtuous man standing with his hands down immediately said: "I dare not. The empress ordered my concubines to copy it by hand. How dare I disobey my mother's decree? The "Internal Training" written ten times is indeed a single word for my concubine. Copy it out word for word."

It's nothing to ask someone to copy things for you, as long as you don't get caught by the queen.If a virtuous person is caught by the queen on the spot like today's virtuous person, the end will definitely be extremely uncomfortable.

Hearing the virtuous man calling Qu, the queen snorted coldly and said, "I'm sorry you don't have that much courage! However, today's facts are too bad. If you are not dealt with, what is the use of the harem's laws? Pass on the decree of the palace, the decree The nobleman has misbehavior and demeanor, so the ceremonial supervisor will send someone to re-teach the virtuous person the etiquette, and the virtuous person will contemplate behind closed doors for a month, and not step out of Dankun Garden unless there is the order of the palace!"

The nobleman breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the queen's punishment. Although it took a long time to contemplate behind closed doors for a month, his majesty might not be able to come back after fighting at the border for more than a month, so he didn't have to worry about losing his holy family.

After the queen finished speaking, the eunuchs brought the noble man out of the Raoliang Pavilion.Looking at the remaining concubines in the room, the queen said coldly: "I have always been lenient since I was in charge of the Sixth Palace. The reason is that I feel that everyone is sisters in my heart. If anything happens, I just need to agree with me. It’s a mistake, because of the friendship between the sisters, I don’t care about it any more.”

The empress has been in charge of the Sixth Palace for a long time. Although she did not punish the concubines in the palace as she said before, the reason is not because she is lenient.It was because Concubine Shu and Concubine Lin were favored in front of the emperor, if someone had an accident, as long as Concubine Shu or Concubine Lin said a word in front of the emperor, the matter would be settled.That's why the queen didn't bother to study it.

I only heard the queen continue to say: "However, after a long time, this palace discovered that, in this way, the laws and regulations in the palace are just a formality, and everyone does not follow them. If one side admits a mistake, the other side commits a crime! The concubines of the harem are so reckless. You can't ignore it. That's why the decree was passed down to purge the palace. I never thought that even so, some people would not change their bad habits!"

Since the news of the military situation at the border, after His Majesty left the capital in person, the empress punished six nobles and two concubines in just a few days, making everyone in the harem feel at risk.Although the most favored Concubine Shu and Concubine Lin are safe for themselves, since His Majesty is not in Beijing, it is very difficult to reach out to help others.

Seeing that the concubines in the room didn't dare to speak, and only listened to the queen's reprimand, Su Wan also quickly lowered her head and looked at the queen sitting on the main seat out of the corner of her eye, only to see her continue to say: "Since you can't change yourself , then this palace will help you change it!"

Speaking of which, the Queen's gaze turned to Su Wan's face, and Su Wan quickly retracted her gaze.The way the queen looked at him just now was very meaningful, and it was worth pondering carefully.

The empress stopped talking, and after a long time, only a crisp voice rang out, "What the empress said is true. As a concubine, you should have such rules. It's just empress, today is a happy day, and there is no need for empress to get angry because of these trivial things , how about we continue watching the show?"

Su Wan looked up, and saw that the speaker was wearing a light white dark flower gown and a thin emerald blue brocade.A bead-inlaid tortoiseshell jade hairpin was inserted obliquely on top of her hair bun, and a red gold bracelet was worn on her wrist. She was extremely beautiful in life, but she was a nobleman from Liangzhu Garden.

As soon as Mrs. Ying finished speaking, only one person said calmly: "I'm a little tired, so I won't accompany my sisters to watch the show today. Elder sister, younger sister will leave first."

(End of this chapter)