The Legend of Imperial Concubine Rong

Often accompanied by the phoenix side of poetry, the rise of the phoenix palace poetry Chun;

The Queen heard of his poems and was shocked by his talents.

Time passed by slowly like this. As a palace maid, there was nothing else she could do other than serve her master every day. Since Rong'er had been taught very well since he was a child, her father had taught her many poems and books, so the empress liked her very much.

That morning, the empress had returned from greeting the empress dowager and was chatting with Rong'er about a poem. The empress smiled and said, "The other poems that I've read are still so-so, but this poem is really far from good."

"The empress is too modest. The empress is someone who's familiar with hundreds of books, so how can she only know how to read and not know how to chant?" Rong'er respectfully replied.

"I won't. You and I often talk about other people's poems. Today, I also want to hear Rong'er recite a poem." The queen laughed.

"Empress, Rong'er doesn't know much either. How could he dare to make a fool of himself?" Rong'er said with a smile.

"Don't be modest. I will think, hmm, how about we use 'Spring' as the topic? It's spring now, is it not hard? " said the Empress.

"The question of spring is not that difficult. There are many poems in this world that are focused on spring. If the empress wants to hear them, Rong'er can recite them. I dare not make a fool of myself in front of the empress." Rong'er replied with a smile.

"Rong'er, don't be modest. You can sing a song." The queen laughed.

Seeing that the empress had already given her orders, Rong'er couldn't delay any further. He then said softly, "This servant will be making a fool of myself. If I can't sing well, empress, don't laugh at Rong'er."

"Rong'er, feel free to say anything." The empress smiled.

Rong'er looked out of the window, pondered for a while and slowly chanted:

If the Dao Tree was stronger than others, how could it know that the grass was weak and had no power?

Rong'er finished reciting a poem and looked towards the empress. The empress looked at Rong'er, who was about to speak, and shouted, "The emperor has arrived." The Queen stood up to greet him.

Xuan Ye went into the palace to pay his respects before saying, "Just now, I went to pay my respects to my royal grandmother. My royal grandmother said that the empress's health was slightly unwell, so I came over to take a look."

The empress smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It's just that I've caught a slight chill. It's been a few days, but it's almost done."

"Oh, I seem to have heard you reciting a poem while I was at the door." As soon as Xuan Ye entered the room, he heard a faint sound as if he was reciting a poem.

"It was chenqie and the palace maid who were playing around with each other." The empress replied with a smile.

Xuan Ye smiled and said, "Speak again and let me hear it. Recently, I have been reciting poems with a few ministers of the Hong Kong Academy. I'm very interested in this. Who was it that sang it just now?" Other than Rong'er, there were three other palace maids in the palace.

The empress looked at Rong'er with a smile and said, "Rong'er, recite your poem once more."

Rong'er looked awkwardly at the empress, wanting to recite a poem in front of the emperor. Was this appropriate? Xuan Ye followed the direction of the empress's voice and saw a beautiful palace maid. He found her familiar, and suddenly remembered that she was the palace maid from that day who had fallen for the pot. He laughed and said, "So it was the palace maid who had fallen for the pot. Haha, come, recite it for me again."

Rong'er's face reddened, and she softly said, "Rong'er's reputation is not good, so I hope that Your Majesty won't take offense to it." Rong'er then softly recited the poem once more.

As soon as Rong'er's poem was finished, Xuan Ye couldn't help but be surprised. This poem, regardless of whether the poem was correct or not, just from the meaning in the poem itself, was astonishing. A palace maid actually had this kind of thought. Xuan Ye thought that most girls would express their feelings when they recited a poem, but this poem expressed a "will". It was truly rare. Xuan Ye looked at Rong'er and asked with a smile, "Are you competing with Little Grass?"

Rong'er was shocked, and hurriedly replied, "Rong'er doesn't dare, Rong'er only dared to say that the power of the little grass that Ama had taught him when he was young was very strong. It could pierce through the soil, and told Rong'er that as long as a person has perseverance, no matter how weak they are, they will have a chance of success. The empress had just asked Rong'er to pray for spring, and Rong'er saw the trees outside the window.

Xuan Ye looked at her and nodded. "I can see that you're not that old. For a girl your age to be able to recite such a poem is already quite good." He then smiled and said, "Very few parents would educate their daughter like this. Do you think we would let her have sagacity? It's strange that you, Ama, are here. "

"The Emperor doesn't know that Ama has only one daughter, Rong'er, and no son, so there is a lot of confusion about the things that Rong'er teaches her, except that the daughter of the family also teaches the things that boys learn."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Xuan Ye nodded and then looked at the empress, smiling. "Ah, empress, you have talent in this palace."

The empress smiled and said, "Chenqie only coincidentally discovered that Rong'er has a certain level of understanding towards poetry, so she accompanied him to relieve her boredom."

"Haha, very good, the empress won't get bored like this. With this kind of hobby, I support the empress. Recently, I've been discussing Chinese poetry with a few Chinese officials. It's quite interesting." Xuan Ye rose to his feet and said, "I've come to see the empress's body. I'm relieved to see that it's much cleaner now. I have things to do, so I'll be leaving first. Take care, empress."

"This concubine thanks Your Majesty for your concern and respectfully send you off, Your Majesty." The Queen returned the greeting.

When the empress saw the emperor leave the room, she smiled at Rong'er and said, "Your Majesty should be very satisfied with Rong'er's poem."

"This... Empress, Rong'er was just randomly mumbling. How could he have known that the emperor would suddenly appear? " Rong'er smiled bitterly as he replied.

"It's fine. I see that the emperor is quite satisfied." The Queen replied with a smile.

It had been a long time since she had last seen the emperor, but how could she have imagined that they would meet again in such a situation? Because of the queen's affinity with her, the lyrics she had recited just now had also come casually, she knew that the queen wouldn't punish her either way, but how could she have expected the emperor to come? Her heart tightened as she didn't know if her points had been increased or decreased from the last time she had been frightened, but she could only bitterly smile in her heart and say that since the heavens' will was so arranged, she could only feel helpless.