Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 37
After the sound fell, all the beautiful girls were stunned. They didn't expect that the queen was not as weak and incompetent as the world said. Her ability may have exceeded the range estimated by many people.

After Yun Qing said these words, the few beautiful women who were proud and arrogant just now and did not take the Queen seriously, also behaved peacefully, well-behaved and pleasant.

At this moment, the shock in Yunya's heart can only be described as accident.

She didn't expect that the third sister, who had always been bullied by herself, would turn out to be so fierce after only a few months of seeing each other, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

No wonder sister Ruowan told me not to underestimate her, as expected, the current her has become strange to her.

"Okay, it's getting late, and it's time for the emperor to come down now. Chang Xi, you go to Longgan Palace, and invite the emperor to come to Chuxiu Palace after lunch, and say that everything in the palace is ready, just wait for the emperor Choose a beautiful girl to enter the palace!" Giving instructions to another young eunuch who was waiting in front of the palace, Yun Qing picked up the three poem scrolls she had just selected, and said with a smile: "Let's continue the selection next! Xiao Yuran, Bai Zi Xian, Yunya! The three of you come here, and you don't need to participate in the Xiaguan assessment anymore."

Yun Qing smiled slightly, and said: "Everyone may say that I am partial to others, so I will read the poems of the three of them. If anyone thinks that the poems are better than theirs, they can ask everyone to select them. I will never show favoritism. .”

Saying that, Yun Qing glanced at Yun Ya indifferently, and asked with a smile: "Yun Ya, if you are willing to enter the palace, then you can stand beside the two of them. If you don't want to, I will force you. Send someone else, and you can also step down by yourself!"

Everyone's eyes fell on Yun Ya's face, which made her feel uncomfortable all over. She gritted her teeth resentfully, and stood beside Bai Zixian unwillingly.

Everyone looked at her from surprise to disdain. It seems that the queen is not partial to her!She is lucky to have an elder sister like the Empress. If it were someone else, she would have been kicked out of the ranks of the show girls by now.

Yun Qing nodded in satisfaction. Seeing that all the beautiful women were waiting for him to read, he picked up Xiao Yuran's volume and read: "Yesterday I felt uncomfortable with the wind and Xiao, and I was infatuated with red makeup and plain feathers. When I suddenly looked up today, The peony has already bloomed late! This is the title poem written by the beautiful girl Xiao Yuran! The poem has neat rhymes and clear metaphors, and this palace appreciates it very much!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at the glamorous Xiao Yuran, secretly envious of her beauty and outstanding talent, and could not help but turn their previous disdain for her nobility into envy.

"Thank you for your compliment!" Xiao Yuran bowed and blessed, with a conceited joy evident in his expression.

With a smile on her face, Yun Qing raised her hand to avoid courtesy, then smiled and glanced at Bai Zixian next to her, and continued to read: "Bai Zixian looks at the head and recalls the fleeting years, and holds the hand of the son forever. The thread in the hands of Xian's wife and wife, only envy Mandarin ducks do not envy immortals. The beautiful girl Bai Zixian's poems are neatly contrasted, with beautiful artistic conception and elegant words. The whole poem is full of yearning for beautiful love, which makes people admire!"

"Thank you for your compliment." Bai Zixian bowed down. Although her dress was light, she still had a quiet beauty.The soft voice made Yun Qing smile at her again, and then nodded to make her calm down.

Come to think of it, this is also a woman who has a beautiful yearning for love, but she doesn't know if she understands the man who holds his hand, but he is the most incapable of giving her such a beautiful man!

With a sigh in his heart, Yun Qing finally picked up Yun Ya's poem, and continued to read: "Clouds are like thin catkins forming a shade, sitting in a leisurely pavilion to calm your heart. The beauty and snowy moon are like dreams, and you only hope for the king's grace. This poem is in harmony with Bai Zixian's poem has similar tunes but the same effect, but the metaphor is slightly different, but the overall poetic mood is very beautiful, so I decided to let the three of you be directly selected, I wonder if you have any objections?"

"Your Majesty, I am ashamed of myself!" All the beautiful women echoed in unison, but Yun Ya snorted secretly, dissatisfied with Yun Qing's putting her poem at the end.

However, after passing by just now, she didn't dare to speak provocatively again, but kept a stern face and kept silent.

Seeing that the show girls agreed with his choice, Yun Qing nodded in satisfaction, and said again: "Okay, I will start to ask the next question now. Is this the next question? If you can get it and answer it well, I will directly recommend it to the emperor, if you can’t answer it, you will be in the same place as the previous question!"

"Please tell me clearly!" After the previous question, all the show girls thought that the queen would also use poems and songs as questions, so they were already prepared in their hearts.

But who would have thought that when the empress opened her mouth, everyone was dumbfounded. They never expected that the empress would test them on this...

Yun Qing cleared his throat, and said slowly: "You are all the daughters of important ministers and merchants in the court, as well as the daughters of kings from various places. Even if they are born poorer, they are all from a scholarly family and an innocent family. I think , you must be mostly young ladies who don't know the sufferings of the world, and you may not know the so-called sufferings of people's livelihood! Therefore, I would like to ask, how do you feel about the current plague disaster in the southeast?" Yun Qing said calmly Looking at the crowd, he just smiled indifferently at their surprised expressions.

As soon as she finished asking, Yun Ya, who had always been unhappy, finally seized the opportunity, took the lead, took a step forward, bowed slightly to Yun Qing, and asked back: "Your Majesty is a little puzzled by what you said to Yun Ya, please explain to me, since ancient times, Why doesn't the harem interfere in politics?"

As soon as this question was asked, some beautiful women who also had doubts in their hearts couldn't help but raised their heads, hoping to hear how the queen would answer.

What the queen asked at this time was the plague disaster that the courtiers were troubled by nowadays. This matter should be considered by the courtiers and the emperor. How to let them, women who are waiting for the draft, participate?
If the emperor knows, won't it affect everyone?

"The theory of intervening in politics means that empresses and concubines are not allowed to participate in the important affairs of the court and cannot affect the emperor's judgment!" Yun Qing looked at Yun Ya calmly, and continued: "Although the so-called people's livelihood belongs to the government, it is also sentient beings. The big plan that should be concerned about. We are all the citizens of Tianque Kingdom, only the people's livelihood is safe and peaceful, and then the country will be stable; The people of the Tianque Kingdom, the stability of the Tianque Kingdom is also a matter of common concern to us! So what we want to discuss today is only a personal opinion, has nothing to do with the government, has nothing to do with the harem! It is only closely related to our patriotism! "

With a heartbeat, Bai Zixian couldn't help but look deeper at Yun Qing.

I thought to myself, how could such a woman not be appreciated by the emperor, with such captivating charm both in terms of talent, appearance and heart?

In her opinion, compared to Fangcai Concubine Hua, the queen is more calm and calm.At least after what she said just now, she can be sure that a queen is more suitable to be a queen than Concubine Hua!
Perhaps, in the heart of the emperor, she is not as insignificant as outsiders imagined!

"Your servant believes that all the people in the world should be concerned about as the people of the world. The southeast plague is now tormenting many of our poor people. Many people are facing the panic of their relatives being infected, and many people are directly facing the disease. And the pain of death. Now the people in the disaster area must be eager for someone to lend a helping hand to help them out of the predicament and give them a yearning for life."

Thinking about it, Bai Zixian couldn't help but speak first, and when all the beautiful girls were deep in thought, he suggested: "So, although our strength is meager, but the girls believe that the emperor can come up with a perfect solution by pooling everyone's strengths and brainstorming. method, and successfully save the people from the sea of ​​suffering.”

"The courtiers thought that the empress was thinking far away, worrying about the worries of the king and the suffering of the people. Now that the plague is spreading, although it is only in the southeast area, if it continues to spread, the plague will not only be in the southeast, but will be farther and farther away. Guang. So the court lady has a little foolish opinion..."

Xiao Yuran, who had been silent all this time, also participated in a timely manner, and made some good suggestions, which made Yun Qing smile with satisfaction, and praised: "Okay, although the three of you have been directly selected, you can still discuss this topic as you like." Participate! The so-called brainstorming is the reason! I hope everyone will speak up and express all your opinions. If there are outstanding ones, I will directly select them again."

In this way, under the leadership of Bai Zixian, the topic that everyone had been suspicious of had successfully entered into a heated discussion, which also made Yun Qing feel good about her and silently remember this person.

The second selection was also successfully completed, and the disaster situation in the disaster area was only reflected in the worry and fear that the plague would spread to Tiancheng, which would make people feel overwhelmed. name.

In other words, five more people will be eliminated.

After working for a long time, Yun Qing was already tired, Xiao Taohong softly signaled to Yun Qing that it was time to rest, she nodded, and ordered everyone to disperse on their own, and the dean's mother would arrange lunch, and they would choose again when the emperor came later.

"Oh, does the queen mean that we don't need to be tested again? That would be great!"

"Yeah, there are five more people, why didn't they choose?"

"You're not happy if you passed. If you really lose the election, let's see if you don't cry!"

When Yun Qing walked to the gate of the palace with the help of Xiao Taohong and Bitao, whispers from inside the palace also whispered, which made her raise her eyebrows slightly, but left as if she had never heard of it.

"Congratulations to the sisters, the queen will directly recommend for the emperor later on, the sisters will be prosperous in the future." A little show girl flattered Xiao Yuran and others, only Bai Zixian thanked them lightly, and the others People are unmoved and ignored.

These people are Xiao Yuran, Yun Ya, Zhao Tayou, Yao Bingqian, and Nalan Mingyue.Compared with Bai Zixian, except for Xiao Yuran, these few are the daughters of high-ranking officials and ministers, so they know more about the queen's inside story than ordinary people.

They heard that the queen was put into the cold palace once by the emperor, and she almost fell into the water and died because of theft.

It was later discovered that it was just a misunderstanding, and the Queen Mother was the guarantor, so she was lucky enough to still sit on the Queen's seat.However, judging from the emperor's distrust of her, her so-called recommendation would not give them much hope at all.

What's more, with their talents, appearance and background, they all have absolute confidence to be selected by the emperor, so they think that they don't need to be recommended by others.

After hearing Xiao Xiunv's flattering words, these few people didn't speak, but others who knew a little bit started to whisper in low voices, talking about some hearsay rumors about the palace.

Among them, although a few people were interested in the Queen's taboo, they still followed the principle of being cautious in their words and deeds, and only listened and said nothing.

Then, when the beautiful girls were talking and walking towards the dining room, they saw Eunuch Ling appearing in front of the crowd with the teaching nun without a sound, which frightened the beautiful girls for a moment, and they hurriedly stopped talking .

"Ning Huaiwei, Xi Siling, Lin Cuiqiao, Xu Cailan, Qin Ximeng, Yan Eryan, the six of you have already been eliminated, please follow me!" Nanny Li, who was over [-] years old, looked expressionless and swept everyone away. , and then Lanhua pointed, and called out the names of the six show girls, announcing the news that they had been eliminated from the show girls.

The faces of those who were named were shocked, and they looked at each other at a loss. Someone asked unconvinced: "I don't know what mistake we made to make Mammy so angry. If we want to get rid of us, please ask Mammy?" express!"

"Yes, we have been successfully selected in the selection of the empress. Did the empress agree to do this?"

"What's going on, we didn't make a mistake?"

"It is a serious crime to criticize a country in private. The harem is the most taboo of gossip women. It is the empress's will that you be eliminated! Empress Shengming, order us to observe your actions in secret. If you find any private discussions, Those who slander will be cleared out of the palace! The empress said, the harem cannot tolerate any unhealthy atmosphere, and anyone who catches rumors will be punished! Those who make false rumors should be punished severely! Today, the empress Nianer and others are all first-time offenders, and only ordered a few people to be eliminated. If you are dissatisfied, you can directly talk to the empress!" Ling Ge stood there coldly, his voice was not loud, but everyone was stunned, and he was full of confidence just now under his straightforward statement The legs of the six show girls immediately went limp, and they didn't dare to speak out again.

"Sister, I heard that you are still short of one person. Do you want my sister to add another beautiful girl for my sister to make up a lucky number?" asked.

She had already inquired about Yun Qing's method of selecting talents, and she didn't take it seriously when she selected talents in that way.

All smart women, who don't know how to read their faces, how many people don't know how to play tricks and avoid mistakes, will they foolishly wait for her to test them?
"Sister, don't worry, I have already selected one of the eliminated girls. Hehe, speaking of it, it was my sister who was eliminated because she couldn't tell what kind of person would be suitable to be a queen. Bengong Seeing that she has a well-behaved personality, she doesn't seem to be someone who deliberately speaks ill of me, so I have already ordered someone to select her."

Yun Qing smiled slightly, her voice was calm, and she didn't look at He Ruowan, just looked at the young beautiful girl who was lowering her head slightly at this time, and smiled gently.

He Ruowan's eyes sharpened, and the sneer at the corner of her mouth became extremely obvious as she followed her gaze: "Oh, since my sister has already prepared, my sister won't worry about it. Just don't misunderstand me, my sister will never do anything wrong to my sister." It's just that they are talking nonsense, and my sister can't get rid of them all, so I can only give a warning and get rid of the very clumsy ones first."

"Hmph!" Bi Tao snorted coldly, she had never seen such a shameless woman who was so self-righteous.

"My sister doesn't need to explain. Bengong understands that my sister is trying to choose the best, and I am very pleased!" Yun Qing smiled lightly and didn't care, but the more she didn't care, the more uncomfortable He Ruowan felt.

"My sister understands, and my sister is relieved..."

"The emperor is here!" When He Ruowan was about to act again, she heard a long chanting from outside the hall, making all the beautiful girls in the hall straighten up immediately, bowed their heads in anticipation and panic, and waited quietly for the emperor to enter the hall.

"The slave (servant) has seen the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

The maids and eunuchs standing on both sides of the gate of the palace knelt down to salute, and all the beautiful ladies in the palace also knelt down together, paying homage to the young emperor who everyone was looking forward to.

Yun Qing and He Ruowan stood up together, and the two quietly looked at the handsome man who stepped into the hall, only to see that bright yellow figure quickly illuminated the eyes of the people in the hall like a ray of dazzling sunlight.

"The ministers and concubines meet the emperor, the emperor is auspicious!" Yun Qing and He Ruowan got together at the same time, and saw Xuanyuan Ze's figure approaching.

"The queen is free!" He raised his hand casually, Yun Qing only felt an invisible force make his half-blessed body straighten up, and then raised his head, and bumped into a pair of handsome and charming eyes.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En!" The eyes met, like lightning flashes, making people dazzled.

Yun Qing only felt that his eyes were so deep that she couldn't move her eyes away, as if there was a magnet-like gravitational force, which made her hesitate for a moment.

"Wan'er get back down!" Gazing deeply at the surprised woman, Xuanyuan Ze raised his eyebrows and turned to look at He Ruowan in front of him.

Silently watching her wearing a bright red skirt, his gaze froze for a moment, and then he lifted his sleeves, refusing her courtesy.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" He Ruowan was waiting for him to help herself up, but when she saw the silver boots in front of her move, Xuanyuan Ze's figure had already left in front of her.

Raising her head in amazement, she saw that the emperor had already sat upright on the throne, raised her handsome eyebrows, and said in a low voice to the people in the hall, "Excuse me! Let's all get flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty!" The voices were raised again, and then Yun Qing sat on Xuanyuanze's right side, and He Ruowan sat on his left side. There was no sound either.

"Queen, you sent someone to report to me that the matter of the draft has been properly arranged, but from my point of view, it seems that the queen has not done it well!" Just when some showgirls were about to faint due to the oppressive atmosphere of silence, they finally listened. A cold question came from the person in charge.

Immediately, everyone's opinion of the queen has changed from being unsure to being sure that she has fallen out of favor.

Otherwise, the emperor wouldn't have blamed her for her poor performance as soon as he came, let alone directly in front of the beautiful girls in their temple!

(End of this chapter)