I was Idle and Cool Chapter 173: The Concubine

Then, at the end of Lu Jinxi's line of sight, a scene that she had imagined in her mind for a long time finally appeared——

The exquisitely crafted beauty suddenly looked down.

If it was a spring breeze and autumn moon just a moment ago, now it has become a storm! The eyebrows drooped slightly, the corners of the mouth were pressed slightly, and the deep pupils were narrowed a little, and the whole person felt completely different.

In this way, Wei Yi is full of pressure.

However, others could not detect it, because of such oppression, they were all released to Lu Jinxi.

Lu Jinxi had never seen Weiyi like this before.

Wei Yi had never seen such a Lu Jinxi before.

In her eyes, where is this still the soft persimmon who only shed tears after being bullied by her younger sister Wei Xian in the General's Mansion after a few words at a party in the past?

At that moment, Wei Yi even felt that she saw sharp fangs in that smile, and she was calm and aloof!

Calm, mockery!

As if such a faint glance had seen her through, and then looked down at her with a victorious attitude.

Ha.

Unbelievable!

Who could have imagined today?

At that time, she was ranked as the second of the three beauties in Beijing. Although she was Wei Yi, a virtuous concubine who was always favored in the palace, she first married the illustrious general Xue Kuang, and later married a widow. Gu Juefei, a high school scholar who remarried most of the women in the capital, Xiao Xiao had never imagined!

Lu Jinxi...

We haven't seen each other for three and a half years. It looks like a different person.

In addition to this seemingly incomparable gentleness, where can I see the little bit of cowardice and tenderness that was so pitiful back then?

Across the small half of the void in Rouyi Hall, Wei Yi's eyes collided with hers, and a strong hostility arose between them.

Just one obvious, one hidden.

All these turbulent undercurrents just broke out in a moment, and flowed in a silent silence, unknown to the public.

The queen sitting in the first place didn't even notice it.

She is already a little old, and she is obviously not as well maintained as Wei Yi, and the powder is a little thick, but her complexion is still not as good as Wei Yi next to her.

Not to mention the facial features that were originally not very delicate.

The person and Wei Yi are sitting very close together, which is a bright contrast.

Who is in a good mood?

Anyway, the queen was not in a good mood at all, not to mention that she could see Wei Yi's slightly bulging belly more clearly than others.

Although there is actually only a little bit now, and I can't even see it at all, but when she knows the news, every time she looks at Wei Yi, she always feels that the front of her stomach is bulging.

As if a little doll could fall out of it at any moment.

In the eyes of the Queen, this is simply the greatest crisis she has faced since taking the throne, and sadly there is nothing she can do about it.

"I also ask you ladies to be polite and take your seats first." She didn't look at Wei Yi, who was glowing beside her, but kept her calm on the surface, saying what she should say, "Today is New Year's Eve, Your Majesty The purpose of calling everyone into the palace is for the monarch and his ministers to have fun together, so you should not be too strict."

Everyone took their seats.

The seats are based on the previous seats.

Lu Jinxi's seat is of course only under Mrs. Dong's wife, Mrs. Xunxian, and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Tang, and sitting opposite the Countess of the Duke and Duchess,

Three and a half years later, the circle of noble ladies has also changed.

The disgusting and disgusting Mrs. Dingguo fell off the steps with one foot two years ago and died; Mrs. Sun; Mrs. Kangpinghou was at the very back, sitting alone and tremblingly.

Lu Jinxi noticed these changes at a glance, and felt a little sigh in her heart, only that the past three and a half years had passed between her fingers like a white horse, and it became like this in the blink of an eye.

The biggest change is, of course, the foreign woman.

In recent years, led by Gu Juefei, a large number of new faces in the imperial court have been replaced, replacing the original batch of old ministers, and a change of the imperial court has been carried out.

Of course, the wives also followed suit.

In addition to Lu Jinxi, the most eye-catching and eye-catching person, there was another person at the palace banquet who attracted attention.

Lu Jinxi noticed it as soon as he was seated.

She is a beauty.

She was wearing a second-grade official costume, which in itself was considered luxurious, but she had a cold and cold feeling sitting there.

The thin eyebrows are like willow leaves, but there is a brow peak drawn; almond eyes, Qiong nose and red lips, the most delicate facial features, but they look like the moon in the mountains.

No pretense.

Sitting there, a pair of light blue earrings were hung on the earlobes, like a tree of cold plums, blooming in the snow.

At first glance, it doesn't make people feel that Wei Yi's graceful and dazzling bright, nor does it make people feel that Lu Jinxi's natural beauty is neither charming nor charming.

She is cold, even arrogant.

It's like a faint fragrance in the snow, slightly cold.

Therefore, a name popped up in Lu Jinxi's heart, even though she was the "Lu's" in the eyes of others, it was actually the first time she saw her——

Sun Xuedai.

Another of the three beauties in Beijing that year.

Lu Jinxi still remembers that she married Tang Ruijing far away.

At that time, Tang Ruijing was only from a poor family and had nothing, and Sun Xuedai was the direct daughter of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Who wouldn't say that she was "married"? And still so far.

But now Tang Ruijing has been transferred to Beijing for a year.

She often listened to Gu Juefei talking with his colleagues or disciples about the court situation in Xiaozhu, and she knew a little about this master Tang who came from a poor family.

He is an unselfish, judge-like figure.

I remember Gu Juefei once said: If there is no big trouble, this military minister will be able to enter the cabinet after the new year, and become an important minister in this dynasty.

So at this moment, Lu Jinxi couldn't help but take a few more glances at Sun Xuedai.

But I didn't expect the other party to notice.

She was drinking tea when she just turned her eyes towards Lu Jinxi. When she saw her, she was a little startled and seemed a little surprised, but then she curved her lips slightly, it was Politely nod to her.

It felt like a cold plum bursting open in the snow.

With just such a smile, Lu Jinxi suddenly had a good impression of her.

She and Lu are undoubtedly acquainted.

And no grudges.

On this palace banquet, there is no chance to speak, so I just sit like this all the way.

The New Year's Eve banquet was very festive in the Rouyi Hall.

After the queen said those scenes, she received a letter from the cloth seat from the front, so the palace people in the Rouyi Hall also put the exquisite dishes prepared in the imperial kitchen. came up.

The decree came from the front hall before everyone was seated.

The eunuch's shrill voice pierced through the splendid night in the palace. On this very special day, he read out a decree written by Xiao Che, Emperor Qing'an.

"The virtuous concubine Wei has a good appearance and has been with him for many years. She is an assistant to the six palaces, diligent and disciplined. She has meritorious deeds in the family, and her body is benevolent. , the title is 'Xian', I respect this!"

"Thank you, my concubine, long live my emperor."

Wei Yi didn't see the slightest surprise on her face, as if she had expected this, and she didn't even look at the suddenly pale queen next to her. She only took the hand of the palace servant and knelt down gracefully to give the order.

All the wives in the Rouyi Hall, including the queen, also knelt down and shouted "Long live".

The **** who passed the decree was full of joy and ingratiating. When he handed over the decree, he kept saying "Congratulations to Niangniang" and "Hexi Niangniang", but he didn't pay attention to the face of the queen next to him.

With a faint smile, Wei Yi took over the imperial edict.

With this decree, there are naturally rich rewards, but it is inconvenient to put them in the Rouyi Palace, and they have been moved to the palace where Wei Yi lives.

The front hall also gave royal wine down.

This one is available to everyone, euphemistically called "celebrating with the sky".

It was lively for a while before and after, but it was enough to save Wei Yi's face, and this group of talents withdrew from the Rouyi Hall.

Everyone looked at Wei Yi differently.

As soon as the words "continuing children" and "entitled imperial concubine" are uttered, who can not know what happened?

I'm pregnant!

This virtuous concubine has been in the palace for many years, but she is finally pregnant!

Beijing and China had their own guesses a while ago, and some rumors came out, but when they saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, it became another shock.

Throughout the years, the Emperor's children have been struggling.

He favored Wei Yi, and he seldom went to other concubines. Wei Yi's belly had not moved for a long time, and other concubines had less chance of getting pregnant, or if something happened accidentally, it is not impossible.

Now the Zhonggong has no children!

Although the queen is the lord of the six palaces, she can't match Wei Yi in terms of background and ability, not to mention that Wei Yi is pregnant now.

If this child can be a little prince in one fell swoop...

Everyone thought about it, and their minds floated.

In the next entire banquet, people with ideas all put their words on Wei Yi's body, each one "Xian Gui Concubine", for fear that the flattery would not be too tight and not obvious enough.

The queen who should have received the most attention has long been ignored by everyone.

This palace banquet completely became Wei Yi's home court when the imperial edict was issued.

Lu Jinxi didn't get along well with the ladies around her, and Gu Juefei had previously warned her to stay away from Weiyi in the palace, so she didn't come up to talk.

It's just that I can't stand the cheap talker, so I want to mention her.

This palace banquet can be said to be the reunion of the three beauties of the old Beijing and China. Wei Yi is the favorite concubine of the highest and she is just pregnant; Sun Xuedai married early and had two children, and her husband did not accept concubines. , be regarded as a family and beauty.

But Lu Jinxi is different.

Marrying Xue Kuang first, then Gu Juefei, there has been no news about her belly for more than three years, which inevitably caused rumors in Beijing that she was a lost flower and a willow, delaying Gu Juefei's children.

It's a bit embarrassing to see someone else pregnant right now.

Not to mention the malicious intent of the person who spoke.

It was Mrs. Kang Pinghou, who had a little bit of a holiday with Lu Jinxi in the past. She sat behind and smiled and said: "The noble concubine is really a great blessing, not to mention being favored by the emperor, and now she is even more beaded, really The officials and wives are so envious. After thinking about it, I am afraid that even if Mrs. Gu sees it, she will feel ashamed."

Challenging!

Although the dishes on the table were rich, Lu Jinxi rarely had any appetite. He only drank a little wine and moved a few chopsticks to steam the duck with eight treasures.

When she heard the words, her head suddenly fell on her, her eyelids twitched, and the chopsticks dropped gently, but the smile on her lips was lifted without any flaws, she gracefully lifted her eyes, and smiled lightly With a cry, he hypocritically complimented: "Mrs. Hou is just joking. Who doesn't know that I am a miserable person in the capital? In terms of luck, who can compare to your maiden except the noble concubine? Love, it must be a legend in the future."

Mrs. Kang Ping Hou's complexion changed instantly, extremely ugly!

She couldn't even believe what she heard just now, and she couldn't believe that the person who said this sarcasm just now was Lu Jinxi!

The chest heaved for a while, and he was so choked that he couldn't speak.

The hidden grudge between her and Lu Jinxi, although not publicly known in the capital, was discussed in private.

Who doesn't know that Xie Taoling, the young lady of Kangping Hou's mansion, was one of the most beautiful women in Beijing back then. Although she didn't say it clearly, it meant that Gu Juefei didn't marry.

For this reason, in the year when Gu Juefei returned to Beijing, he rejected the British government's proposal.

The stance at that time, no matter how you look at it, it should be almost certain, right?

But who would have thought that as soon as Gu Juefei turned his face, he directly married a widow and entered the door, or forced the marriage from the emperor!

It was a big slap on the face of the Kangping Houfu!

But so what? From the beginning to the end, it was their wishful thinking, and Gu Juefei didn't pay attention to it at all, and he may not even have heard of Xie Taoling's name.

As a result, the situation of Miss Xie in the Marquis of Kangping became embarrassing.

The matter of sneering and sneering at the British government's proposal to propose marriage was widely spread among the dignitaries in Beijing. In addition, Xie Taoling was already quite old, and after that, no marriage was negotiated.

This has dragged on for two years.

Seeing that it was about to be dragged into an old girl who couldn't get out of the cabinet, the Marquis of Kangping panicked and went around looking for people to match up, hoping to find a good marriage for their daughter.

At this juncture, there was a big scandal.

At the beginning of the spring, several noble sons from Beijing traveled to the lake and happened to meet a boat of the boudoir ladies, and they didn't know how to make trouble. Xie Taoling rolled into the lake with two men.

Everyone was in a hurry for a while before being rescued.

The two men, one is Wei Yi's younger brother, the second son of Wei Wei, whom Lu Jinxi met in Jinnixuan a few days ago, and the other is a poor scholar who sells characters, called Zhou Xuan.

Between men and women, this kind of thing happened, but it ruined the reputation.

The Marquis of Kangping certainly thinks that Wei Wei is better, at least he is tall, and wants to marry Xie Taoling, but Wei Wei has always been a ridiculous temperament, not to mention that his eyes are higher than the top and he doesn't look down on Xie Taoling at all.

On that day, the person from the Marquis of Kangping was scolded.

The son of the dandy, there is no door on his mouth, he said anything in a hurry, even called their Kangping Houfu shameless, and said that Xie Taoling just wanted to seduce him, so he was not fooled.

The Marquis of Kangping lost all face.

A good girl ruined her reputation like this, and finally married a poor scholar reluctantly, but she had to say something to the outside world, and she was happy that her father and brother were happy.

Pretty words are beautiful words. Others don't know what's going on here. Can Lu Jinxi not know?

Xie Xiangling, she did it on purpose.

Mrs. Kang Pinghou provoked something to stab her with Wei Yi's pregnancy. Although she didn't think it was anything, the maliciousness of the other party was so obvious.

So, does she need to show any face to the other party?

This face was not wanted by Mrs. Kang Pinghou herself!

Otherwise, when she talks to people with a smile, she has a Buddha heart and doesn't care about anyone?

It was just such a light-hearted sentence that it hit the painful foot of Mrs. Kang Pinghou in one fell swoop. It was so spicy that it made Lu Jinxi's coldness and majesty appear suddenly.

Wei Yi looked over almost immediately.

Lu Jinxi didn't look at anyone, just like a normal person, smiling politely, neither humble nor arrogant, frank.