Chapter Forty-Eight: Concubine Honor Guard
On the day of the royal car's return to the palace, Su Youyi sat in the spacious carriage, and the gorgeous concubine honor guard followed behind the royal car, squeezing the honor guard of the eldest prince behind her.
There was only Shuya waiting in the car, and Su Youyi, who thought that she would faint from the heat this way, only found that there was no feeling of stuffiness at all when she was halfway through.
"Shuya, don't you think this carriage is very cool?"
Shuya said with great interest: "Yes, doesn't my aunt know? The emperor knew that his aunt was afraid of heat, so he ordered someone to add a layer of shelter to the roof of the carriage, and poured water into it to block most of the heat. ”
She curled her fingers and knocked on the wall of the car, "This wall is also double-layered, auntie, there is an ice box here." The slave maid boiled tea in it, and the aunt said if she was thirsty. ”
Su Youyi's eyes lit up when she saw the ice box, "There are still so many thoughts in this carriage, why didn't Lord Ji say it when he came that day?" ”
Shuya said: "It was Master Ji who sent a craftsman to tell the slave maid, otherwise the slave and maid would not know so clearly." The slave maid saw that Master Ji was handsome, but his attitude was faint, as if he didn't like to talk, and he probably wasn't a sycophant, right? ”
Su Youyi sneered lightly, "Even if you want to pat yourself on the back, you have to shoot it in front of the emperor, I am a noble person at best, he is the son of Li Ge Lao, why do you need to slap me on the back?" ”
Shuya said strangely: "Auntie doesn't seem to like this Lord Ji very much, did you know him before?" ”
Su Youyi's heart jumped, of course she didn't like Ji Yushen, a negative man Chen Shimei, who abandoned the chaff for the sake of glory and wealth, which eye could he see?
Although she and Ji Yushen were not yet married, there was a parental covenant between the two, and they said that they would get married when he was a high school jinshi, but who knew that he would marry someone else when he turned his face?
Hate is hate, she doesn't want her and Ji Yushen's past to be known, the other party is a hot person in the court, and the relationship with him in the car is not good for her.
Su Youyi said, "How can I know him?" I just think that Lord Ji is indifferent to people, but he seems to be extra affectionate to the eldest prince. I don't know if it's flattery, or if it has another purpose for the eldest prince? ”
Shuya immediately became energetic when she heard this, "Lord Ji is the son-in-law of Li Gelao, that is, the brother-in-law of the virtuous concubine in the palace, and that is the relative of the real second prince. My aunt is right, we almost suffered the loss of Concubine Xian and the second prince in the palace before, but we can't let Lord Ji get close to the eldest prince this time. ”
Shuya, a silly girl, has always believed in Su Youyi's words, and immediately followed her train of thought.
Su Youyi said with a smile: "Fortunately, the emperor in the palace is strictly guarded, and even the justifiable uncle of Weiyuan Marquis does not dare to come to see the eldest prince often, and Lord Ji does not dare to do anything about it." ”
Shuya nodded reassuringly, "Auntie...... Oh no, I'm going back to the palace, and the slave and maid should change their words to be nobles, so as not to be able to change for a while after entering the palace. Nobleman, the slave maid suddenly thought of something. ”
"What's the matter?"
"If you have time to think about the great prince, you might as well think about yourself. You were named a noble person when you went out of the palace, wouldn't the queen and the virtuous concubine be even more afraid of you? ”
In a word, it is a proverb.
Shuya's crow's beak worked too quickly, so fast that Su Youyi was unprepared.
"Nobleman, when you go to the Qianqing Gate in a while, there will be the queen mother and the concubines to welcome the royal car back to the palace, and the nobles must remember some rules."
Gao Qishou specially sent a little eunuch to remind Su Youyi, and she was waiting to return to Dongsi to rest, and she was immediately in good spirits.
No one told her that there would be a queen leading the concubines to welcome the royal car back to the palace.
She always thought that after the honor guard was carried into the palace gate, she only needed to sit in the carriage and pass in front of the courtiers who were kneeling on the ground, but she didn't expect that after passing the courtiers' pass, the queen and the concubines were the main event.
Su Youyi felt that her head hurt, and she couldn't think of any way to escape this catastrophe if she wanted to break her head.
Seeing that her face was not good-looking, Shuya was curious: "What's wrong with my aunt?" Didn't you say that there is pressure from the emperor, aren't you afraid of the queen and their mothers? ”
"I'm not afraid, but I'll just go over like this in front of everyone, isn't this hating myself?"
Su Youyi straightened up and pointed to the bottom of Shuya's buttocks, "Look at this luxurious carriage, this concubine's guard of honor, don't you hate the ladies of the harem when they see it?" ”
"Also, the emperor didn't bring a single concubine with him when he left the palace, and although everyone was unhappy, they had nothing to say. It's okay now, the emperor came back and brought one, if you just heard about it, and you can see it with your own eyes? ”
She gestured with her hand to the scene of meeting the concubines for a while, "Look, the queen and the concubines are standing here, and I am standing here behind the emperor's buttocks." Naturally, they don't dare to complain about the emperor, and when the time comes, won't all the white-eyed knives fly towards me? ”
She gestured with her hand to the knife and slashed at Shuya's neck, and Shuya shuddered.
"So what now?"
She lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, "The queen and the maid are in front of them, the slaves and maids see a patch of flowers, the ladies of the harem haven't seen the emperor for a long time, and they must be dressed up vigorously." ”
She looked at Su Youyi again, "Auntie is dressed too plainly, will she be compared to them if she wants to stand in one place?" ”
A woman's nature is to compete for beauty, Su Youyi has always felt that Shuya is very dull, but she didn't expect that even she was not exempt from vulgarity.
She looked at herself, "It's better to be simple, to be simple is to attract less hatred, and you should be more plain." ”
There was a small rhombic mirror on the low table, Su Youyi took it easily, took a picture on her head, and pulled off the few hairpin rings on her head after dividing it by two, leaving only a jasper threaded hairpin.
"Auntie, what is this doing?"
Shuya couldn't stop it, seeing that Su Youyi had pulled out her head bald, she was very aggrieved for her, "The aunt who was rewarded by the emperor only wore a few pieces of jewelry, and she said that she had not officially canonized it and refused to publicize it." Well, you've pulled out a few things! ”
Su Youyi looked in the mirror and confirmed that she was no different from an ordinary palace maid, so she was relieved.
"Save your life first, you can't wear a few heads of jewelry in the future, if you don't have a head, what do you want jewelry for?"
Su Youyi's words were concise and to the point, Shuya immediately understood, and her neck shrank back, "What my aunt said is so scary, the emperor named you a nobleman, how can you not save your life?" ”
Before he could explain, the carriage had come to a slow stop.
The palace people who followed the car were responsible for watching the situation outside, and Su Youyi only waited for the people outside to reach out and open the curtain, and she went out to greet the emperor and get off the car.
The hand outside quickly reached in, and the other hand opened the curtain, and Su Youyi quickly stepped out of the carriage before the curtain was completely opened.