Chapter 460 The pain of deceiving comes to an end 8
Xining picked up the last few grains of pulpy millet porridge and said: "The rest are not to my liking, so I sent them back."
Returning it is a waste, how can it be counted as thrift? Concubine De choked.
Concubine Xian glanced at it, took over with a smile, and dropped the topic: "My wife is new to Liangzhou, and it seems there is something not to her taste."
Xining finished eating at this time and put down the bowl: "It's pretty good, but there are some things I don't want to eat these two days."
The smile on Concubine Xian's face was a little frozen. Why didn't this aunt queen act according to common sense? In just a few words, we chatted to death. How can we continue happily?
A group of palace maids came forward to help the queen rinse her mouth, wipe her face and hands.
Linglong stepped forward to help touch up her makeup, and Concubine De took the opportunity to stand up: "Sorry to bother you, I will come over to say hello to you later."
"It'll be fine soon!" Xining's words were slurred because his lips were covered with rouge and he didn't dare to speak with his mouth wide open: "Watch the tea."
The queen refused to let her go, so the concubine had no choice but to sit down again.
I don't know if anyone else will come, but I still make tea in advance so that when the king or princess comes, there will be tea. So I quickly brewed two more cups, added some hot water to the second cup and served them.
Concubine De and Concubine Xian could only pick up the tea, drink it and wait.
Four more beauties came over, Xiao, Lin, He and Qian. Seeing that Concubine De and Concubine Xian had arrived, I greeted them first and then stood there waiting.
After Xining finished dressing up, she walked out with Linglong's support. Seeing two beauties who were either twenty-eight or ten, they saluted and glanced at her. Although they lowered their heads, there was still a smile in their eyes.
What else can I do to see her grow old?
In the previous plot, these six concubines did not come here and have never been seen before. This should be the time when the owner of the body asks Xue Pinggui to accompany her all day and all night, when the whole Zhaoyang courtyard is decorated with lights and colorful performances, and the drama goes on. When the king is here, no one will come to say hello, it will be like coming here to compete for favor.
Xi Ning offered a seat and asked to serve tea.
Now it was difficult for the palace maid who was serving the tea, so she had to take two more tea sets, pour half of the tea she had just brewed, add hot water, for fear that the tea would be too hot, and add more cold water, and then gave four cups of tea to her. Served it.
Six concubines are relatively many for an official family. In ancient times, taking a concubine was not as easy as imagined. Common people had to be over forty years old and had no children before they could apply to the government to take a concubine. As for officials taking concubines, the higher the official position, the more concubines they can take. Officials up to the prime minister level can take up to four concubines, and their parents and head wife must agree to take them in as well. Even though Wang Baochuan's father only had one concubine, he still gave birth to a concubine and was taken as a concubine. The concubine was fostered under the name of Wang Baochuan's mother.
Of course, there are rules for concubines, but maids who live in the same room or aunts who sleep with them are not included.
For a king, six concubines are too few.
I looked around at the six beautiful concubines and beauties, and I immediately understood. The Concubine De and the Concubine Xian were naturally born into a powerful family, but the four beauties had no backers and only had this title. The beauty is the fourth concubine, and there are nine concubines and nine concubines in the middle; behind the beauty, there are talented people, worldly wives, court ladies, and maidens, but all of them are given titles to beauties who are neither above nor below.
Xining said with a smile: "Looking at the beautiful scenery and dazzling beauty of each one, even I would be dazzled by it."
The four beauties only smiled and did not dare to answer. Anyway, there were still two concubines here, so how could it be their turn to speak as beauties three levels apart.
Concubine De smiled and said: "I always praise my empress for her kindness, virtue, and unswerving loyalty. Serving the king with sex will not last long. How can I, a vulgar and ordinary person, compare with your empress's virtues? It really makes me ashamed!" Concubine De is really good at talking. She is old and capable, but she is a yellow-faced woman. She talks about virtues and virtues, which makes people feel comfortable knowing that they are all lies.
Concubine Xian rolled her eyes and added: "When it comes to appearance, how can the concubines compare to Princess Dai Zan."
Just wait for her to sink her face and go to Dai Zan's scheming watch to talk to her?
Not being fooled, Xining still smiled and said: "It's true. There are really few people in the world who can compare with the princess. Even the most favored empresses in the Tang Palace will feel ashamed when they see the princess."
Among them, Qian Meiren pretended to be brave and said: "When we went to the Jinxiu Palace just now, the princess just got up. The cloud brocade dress was said to be a gift from the King of Tang Dynasty. The patterns on it were filled with colorful flowers, and gold and silver threads were added. It made me move my eyes. Don’t open it.” After saying this, everyone’s eyes turned to Xi Ning’s dress.
Although this dress is also made with fine workmanship and is embroidered with complicated patterns, it is still far behind compared to the Yun brocade. Yun brocade has always been exclusively supplied to the royal family of the Central Plains. A piece of cloth costs one hundred taels of silver and ten taels of gold. The gold and silver threads added are even more expensive and cannot be spread to the market.
Xining was still smiling, with no jealous expression at all, and said lightly: "Only Yunjin can be worthy of the princess." If I can't get it, you can't get it either? If it's not just a brocade dress, this old face won't be much prettier in it anyway, so go ahead and covet it.
After finishing speaking, she deliberately asked: "How many years have the six sisters been in the palace?"
So the six people answered one by one. The oldest one was Concubine De, who had been there for nearly ten years and entered the palace in the second year when Xue Pinggui became queen. He seems to be in his teens, but he is actually 26 years old. For others, it ranges from three to five years.
Xining asked again: "Are there any heirs?"
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet and seemed a little embarrassed. After a long time, Concubine De finally said slowly: "Fu Qian and I have no heirs." She had a beautiful face, pale and pale.
Xining shook his head slightly: "This is not okay. It is the responsibility of a concubine to spread branches and leaves for the king."
He also let out a long sigh: "I originally had a son, but the cold kilns were difficult and he died before he was three years old. I am crying for my life!" After speaking, he raised his sleeves and pretended to wipe the corners of his eyes.
Now all the six concubines burst into tears, most of them probably really shed tears. It's not that he pities the body owner, but he thinks of himself.
Dai Zan was overbearing and would definitely not let other women give birth to royal heirs to compete for her son's position. Presumably the common drink here is bizi soup, and the common spice is musk. Even if you get pregnant, you will lose it; even if you give birth, there are many ways to die.
Xining pretended to cry while secretly watching these women cry. Hehe, come on, who is afraid of whom? Didn't you just say that she is old? Now it hurts your heart, right?
He wiped the corners of his eyes again and advised with good intentions: "I am old now, and the sunflower water will be exhausted soon. But you are still in your youth, and there is a man and a woman. You will also have someone to rely on in the future."
These words made all of them feel sad. Who wouldn't want to, but who would dare! Not to mention the child's life, even if the adult's life is lost, what can we rely on?
Xining turned to smile and said: "When you have one, feel free to come over for a walk. As an old woman, I want to see the children when I get older. It's best for each of you to have three or five children to bring liveliness here. I like it too.”
"Yes, I sincerely abide by your Majesty's decree." The six of them stood up and saluted.
(End of chapter)