The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 40 Concubine Shu’s arrogant and soft words

The index finger pointed at Liuli was slender and soft, with no joints visible, but it had a cold feeling like ice and snow. The nails were carefully manicured and dyed a gorgeous rose red. The first thought that came to Liuli's mind was: "Must have been dyed with impatiens juice many times..."

The woman in purple blouse sitting on the shoulder chair looked equally stunning. She did not sit upright like ordinary people, but leaned against a table, with a jade hairpin loosely held on her head. Bun, a slightly angular oval face, probably because the skin is extra fair, and the long dark eyebrows and eyelashes are particularly bright and bright that people dare not look at. At this moment, those dark eyes are following the corners of the eyes. Glancing at Liuli, his expression was not only full of ridicule, but also had a vicious pleasure like a cat catching a mouse.

This expression, which had appeared countless times on Mrs. Cao's face, instantly made Liuli wake up from her surprise. Her thoughts quickly changed, and she lowered her eyes and bowed solemnly, "What Your Highness, Concubine Shu, said is that my wife came in." Gong was originally here to serve Zhaoyi.”

“It turns out that my ears are hard to use...” The sarcasm on Xiao Shufei’s face became even more intense, “Is it possible that I need to find someone to teach this slave how to hear me clearly?”

Liuli's heart sank, and she suddenly understood what Cuimo meant when he said, "We all need to be more careful." It seemed that Concubine Xiao Shu was not only mean and wanton in her words, but also used to making things difficult for her servants, so as to slap her master in the face! From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Mrs. Wu moving, as if she wanted to take a step forward. She hurriedly bowed again, then raised her head and said respectfully: "Please forgive me, Your Highness, Concubine Shu. People are stupid, and they just misunderstood. Could it be that Your Highness, Concubine Shu, meant that?" You mean, my wife came in to serve the Queen and His Majesty on behalf of Zhaoyi?"

"Queen?" Concubine Xiao Shu chuckled for a while, then looked sideways at Liuli and said, "Can your wife be able to serve the queen?"

Liuli smiled slightly and said, "The queen is the mother of the world and rules the six palaces. Zhaoyi is now pregnant with the descendant of a dragon. My wife serves Zhaoyi well, so naturally she shares the queen's worries."

Concubine Xiao Shu's smile faded a little, and there was a hint of surprise in her expression, "I didn't realize it, but she turned out to be a smart person. In your opinion, how should your wife serve the Holy Lord?"

Liuli's face became more respectful, "The so-called world is not the land of the king, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers. As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, my wife should obey the teachings of the Holy Sage and obey the arrangements of the Holy Sage. Only then can we be considered as a minister. "

Concubine Xiao Shu covered her mouth and laughed, "According to your point of view, you are also a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, so you must serve the Holy Emperor as wholeheartedly as your wife, right?" When it came to the word "dedication", she softened The soft voice was extremely long, and he first glanced at Mrs. Wu from the corner of his eyes, and then fell on Liuli.

Liuli cursed secretly in her heart. She had no interest in climbing into Gaozong's bed, so she had to shake her head and said, "Your Highness, please be clear. Although the daughter of the people is also a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, there is a difference between high and low, so I dare not compare with the madam."

Concubine Xiao Shu raised her body slightly, looked at Liuli carefully up and down, and suddenly showed a strong look of disgust on her face, "Wise words! When did I say that your wife was here to serve the Holy Emperor? How dare you misinterpret me? I mean, how brave!”

Liuli couldn't help but be a little shocked. It turned out that Xiao Shufei actually had a calendar face, and she could read things at will. When she thought about it, she felt that she had been very cautious in every word she just said. She was not very panicked in her heart, but there was a look of surprise on her face. It means, "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu, the common girl is stupid and does not understand the meaning of Concubine Shu, so she asked Your Highness, but why did she ever say that my wife would come to serve the Holy Lord? What the common daughter said was just that as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, she should I’m just following His Majesty’s orders! But I don’t know what I said just now that offended His Highness. Please tell me.”

Concubine Xiao Shu sneered and said, "Do you mean to say that I have wronged you? Bold slave, who will teach her the rules!" Among the maids beside her, a middle-aged woman with a stern face walked out immediately.

Liuli's heart was shaken, and she suddenly understood that no matter how careful she was today, even if she didn't say anything wrong, it would be useless. The master in front of her was not unreasonable at all! Seeing the knife-like gaze of the palace maid, she couldn't help but take a step back, but then she heard the **** named Liu Kang suddenly laugh and say, "Wait a minute!"

Concubine Xiao Shu glanced at Liu Kang coldly and said, "The slaves have really become bolder today. Will one or two of them come forward to seek a lesson?"

Liu Kang bowed and saluted, raised his head and said with a smile, "Your Highness, Concubine Shu, I blame the younger one for not telling you that this Concubine Kudi is not a palace maid, but a painter hired by Zhaoyi. Because she is good at flowers and birds, she was specially called into the palace to paint Zhaoyi's paintings." Your Majesty is also aware of this matter."

Concubine Xiao Shu looked at Liuli, and her expression became a little uncertain. No wonder this woman was called a "people's girl". If she were a palace maid or a servant of the Wu family, she would be beaten today. Even if it was unreasonable, no one would blame her for teaching a child a lesson. What did the little slave say? It just happened to humiliate this despicable Wu Shunniang! But if she is the painter hired by Wu Meiniang, things will be different. If His Majesty really knows this person, and he wants to teach her a lesson, there must be a justifiable reason. Otherwise, His Majesty will get angry again if he knows about it. It was so easy to recover from the anger... He was just a painter, how could he look like this? I'm afraid that coming to Huaping to make clothes is a fake, just like Wu Shunniang, that **** used it to win over the emperor!

Looking at Liuli's face, the disgust in her heart couldn't help but become stronger. After a while, she said coldly, "You can't tell, but he is talented and beautiful! I was wrong! Anyway, why don't you come to me after a while? I’d like to draw a picture here, what do you think?”

Liuli had just breathed a sigh of relief. When she heard this, her heart became anxious again. She could only reply respectfully, "Thank you, Your Highness, Concubine Shu, for your appreciation. However, a common woman does not dare to make any arbitrary decisions in this matter. She must first report to Zhaoyi."

Concubine Xiao Shu sneered, "Why, coming to my palace will humiliate you."

Liuli hurriedly replied, "People's daughters don't dare. It's the first time for a people's daughter to enter the palace. She doesn't know the rules in the palace. She just responded to Zhaoyi's call first and should follow Zhaoyi's arrangements. After this incident, people's daughter is willing to serve Her Royal Highness Concubine Shu." " Concubine Xiao Shu's eyes became colder and colder, she nodded and said, "Forget it, I'll wait until you serve Zhaoyi!" After saying that, she didn't seem to bother to look at the crowd anymore. She leaned back lazily and waved again. With a wave of her hand, her father moved forward again, and the group of people gradually walked away.

Cuimo held her chest and let out a deep breath, whispering "Blessed by Bodhisattva".

Mrs. Wu sighed, "Liuli, why did you answer her?"

Liuli couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Madam, if Liuli doesn't respond, will today's matter be okay? I just ask Zhaoyi to ask Liuli to paint a few more paintings later, and it will take a year or two."

Mrs. Wu frowned and said, "What about one or two years later?"

Liu Li thought to herself, two years later, this aunt will enter the wine jar, can she still imitate Sadako and come out to cause trouble for me? He could only smile and say, "How can Her Royal Highness Concubine Shu still remember someone like Liuli after one or two years?"

Liu Kang also smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry, one or two years is not enough, only five or ten years. Isn't it easy for Zhaoyi to find something to tell Madam Kudi to do?"

Mrs. Wu sighed, but Yueniang raised her head and said, "Auntie, why is your highness so fierce every time?"

Mrs. Wu was startled and said hurriedly, "Don't talk nonsense!" She looked around a few times before pulling Yueniang onto the shoulder carriage. There were no accidents along the way, but Cui Mo whispered to Liuli with lingering fear. , "We are really lucky today! If it were me and Xiangyu, we would have been slapped at least ten times! That cold-faced palace maid just now was the cruelest, ten times could make us unable to see anyone for a month...while we were fighting back." It's hard to say that those words are scolding Sang and Huai. It's because of this that Zhaoyi doesn't let my wife leave Xianchi Palace."

Although Liuli already knew that Concubine Xiao Shu was not a good person, she couldn't help being surprised when she heard this, "Why is this Concubine Shu..."

Cui Mo's voice became even lower, "She would dare to hit even one of the Queen's people who was wrong in front of her, not to mention waiting for me! There are many people in Xianchi Palace who have suffered losses. I also heard that Concubine Shu met Zhaoyi also doesn’t have a good word to say. It turns out that before Zhaoyi was granted the title, she had no less..."

Liuli was a little dumbfounded, but then she thought about it, too! She originally thought that Gaozong only had one concubine, so Concubine Xiao Shu would become Wu Zetian's mortal enemy together with the Queen. But a few days ago, she found out that there were three concubines in Gaozong's harem: the noble concubine, the virtuous concubine, and the virtuous concubine. Of course, Concubine Xiao Shu was not even the one with the highest status, let alone those concubines, Jieyu, and beauties... However, probably no one else had ever bullied Wu Zetian like this, so only Concubine Shu ended up like that. Even twenty years later, Wu Zetian There is still lingering hatred for her daughter.

 Does this mean that poor people must be hateful?

Seeing that they were passing by the Shujing Palace where Concubine Shu came out just now, the group of people speeded up their pace and walked around a large lake surrounded by green willows before arriving at the Xianchi Palace.

I saw that this Xianchi Palace seemed slightly smaller than the Shujing Palace that I just passed by. It was surrounded by palace walls that were more than ten feet high. In the middle was a gate with extended cornices. As soon as the group approached, they quickly walked out of the gate. There were seven or eight palace maids. The leading palace maid came up to greet her and said with a smile, "Madam, you are here. Zhaoyi has already asked me twice."

The four eunuchs carrying the carriage lowered the eaves, and Mrs. Wu also smiled and went up to hold the maid's hand, "Yiyi, why are you waiting here?"

The two joked for a while, and then a group of people hugged Mrs. Wu and walked in, leaving Liuli and Cuimo Xiangyu behind. Liuli looked around carefully after entering the door. There are elegant pavilions, and in the middle is a palace built on a platform. It also has simple white walls and black tiles, and smooth double eaves. , there are corridors on the left and right leading to the two pavilions in the corner of the courtyard in front.

Walking to the corridor of the main hall, Liuli saw Cuimo and Xiangyu standing outside the door. He stopped and silently looked at the details of the hall. However, he saw that there were not many carvings and paintings on the doors, windows and beams, only a few cloud patterns. The decoration looked extremely simple and elegant. Just as she was looking at it, the palace maid named Yiyi came out with a smile and took her hand, "Why don't you go in, Mrs. Kudi? Zhaoyi is asking about you, and she blames us for being negligent." Guests!”

  p.s. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my dear verycooldog, my classmate Anymm, and book friends 110510145745147 and 110712173152880 for their pink tickets. Thank you to my dear classmate Le Youyang for the peace charm. Thank you all. Alan continued to beg for pink and beg for pink...

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