Shen Huan, as a queen, wore a flower hairpin in a high bun, a nine-tailed emerald phoenix crown, on both sides a hairpin with orioles and feathers, a butterfly hairpin, and a coral hairpin. Sanshu wore a crimson water silk multicolored phoenix long skirt with wide sleeves, light A gold-plated moire coat, underneath a gold-threaded peony gauze skirt
Walking into the museum with Xichen, the palace lanterns on the four walls are woven like daylight, and there are fields of lotus leaves on the lake. There are sparkling waves in the gaps, and the faint sound of silk and bamboo orchestral music can be heard from the "clear stream gushing" not far away. Yu Manmiao
When everyone saw the emperor and empress coming, they all came out to greet them and knelt down to worship. When the two sat down, Xichen raised his hand to signal that everyone stood up.
This banquet was not for anything else but to welcome Xichao and Haidong Wangji. Apart from the concubines, there were no other people attending the banquet, so Xichao had no choice but not to attend the banquet. Therefore, this banquet became a welcoming ceremony for Haidong. It’s Wang Ji’s feast
As soon as Shen Huan sat down, her eyes moved, and she immediately saw the Queen of Haidong, Li Mingxiu, sitting on the lower right. Although she lowered her head and couldn't see her face clearly, she was wearing Haidong's clothes, but her skin color could still be seen. Like gelatin, hair like black ink
Shen Huan smiled lightly at Xichen and whispered: "This Haidong costume is really interesting."
When Xichen heard this, he also glanced at Li Mingxiu. There was no surprise in his eyes. He just glanced at Shen Huan and said with a smile: "It's indeed interesting."
After Shen Wen laughed, she sighed: "I'm just going to make her my concubine later. When she comes to pay her respects tomorrow, she can't wear such clothes anymore. As the saying goes, do as the Romans do when you're in the country!"
Xichen thought it made sense and nodded: "Haidong attaches great importance to etiquette. She must be aware of this. Even if she is not clear, you can just mention it from the side."
Shen Huan chuckled and said: "I'm afraid I will wrong the emperor's beauty."
Xichen just smiled on his face, but he reached behind his back and pinched Shen Huan's slender waist. Shen Huan was startled, but he didn't dare to move. Xichen leaned close to her ear and whispered: "My beauty What do you want me to do here?"
Shen Huan's expression changed slightly, and he bit his lower lip lightly. His hands wandered around his waist, trying to lift up his skirt... From the outside, it seemed that the emperor and empress were only talking about harmony, and they didn't know what they were discussing at this time.
Xichen smiled proudly and let her go. Shen Huan breathed a sigh of relief and did not forget to turn her head and glare at him. He had already faced everyone and said some high-sounding words.
Shen Huan was still frightened by the scene just now, and did not listen carefully to what he said. There was only one sentence: "Canonize Princess Haidong as the second-grade concubine..." When Shen Huan heard this sentence, she quickly glanced at the people below.
Li Mingxiu still lowered his head and was not moved at all. The other concubines had lower status than her, so it was normal to feel a little unhappy.
Shen Huan was secretly surprised. Could it be that this Li Mingxiu couldn't understand the language of the North? Why was he as motionless as a wooden sculpture?
After promulgating the decree, Xiao Shizi coughed slightly and said to Li Mingxiu: "Ming Fei, why don't you come out to express gratitude?"
Li Mingxiu looked like she had just woken up from a dream. She hurriedly bowed out of the queue, knelt down and prostrated: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor." Her etiquette was also different from that of the Northern Kingdom. Instead, she held her hands on her hands in a horizontal position, and her head was deeply buried in the ground.
Xichen frowned slightly, turned his head and said to Shen Huan: "Tomorrow, let someone teach her the rules. Once she has learned the rules, it won't be too late to canonize her."
Shen Huan smiled and said: "I find it very interesting, but the emperor has said it, and I will definitely obey it."
She looked carefully at Li Mingxiu's hands. They were white and delicate, with ten fingers as slender as green onions. They were a pair of beautiful hands. It was said that these hands could play any musical instrument, including the pipa, which Shen Huan had always been good at.
There were not many people in the North who knew how to play the pipa. This was because the late ruler of the South loved the pipa and was still playing the pipa when the country was overthrown. Emperor Shizong called it the "sound of the country's subjugation." Fortunately, the late emperor stopped being demanding after he succeeded to the throne, but the people of the north were therefore There was no one who learned the pipa, but Shen Huan liked the crisp sound of the big and small beads falling on the jade plate, so after all kinds of pleading, Prime Minister Shen agreed to hire someone to teach it.
But Haidong is not so demanding. Since this Wang Ji is good at singing and dancing, she is naturally not inferior to others in terms of musical instruments.
Shen Huan thought that someday, she would be able to perform in unison to show her superiority.
After the banquet was over, Xichen and Shen Huan went back to "Crane and Deer in Spring" together. Xiao Shizi came to ask for instructions: "Concubine Ming has recently entered the palace. I wonder if the emperor is going to be lucky?"
Before Xichen could react, Shen Huan chuckled and said: "There is a new beauty here, how can the emperor let her sleep alone? Of course he has to comfort her." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a pain on the back of his neck. Qing Qing's waist tightened, and he was hugged across the waist. Before he could exclaim, Xichen gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "I didn't know that you are becoming more sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued now!"
Xiao Shizi hurriedly bowed his head and retreated, then dismissed everyone and closed the doors and windows.
Xichen carried Shen Huan back to the inner room and threw her on the couch. The couch was covered with thin bamboo mats, and there was a slight chill. Shen Huan was hurt by the impact, and the hairpin on her head was shaky, and she was angry. He got up and said: "Why are you so crazy?"
Xichen ignored her, threw her down, kissed her hard, and said: "Don't you always say that I am a lunatic? You don't know why I am crazy! I will deal with you right now. Come on, let’s see how you still dare to be so eloquent.” After saying that, he blocked her mouth, sucked the soft tongue of Lilac and started to linger.
Shen Huan felt her heart tremble, and she felt a numbness all over her body that she had never experienced before. His kiss became more and more passionate, and she couldn't help but reach out and hook her arms around his neck, trying to get closer to him. Xichen was satisfied with her performance. , caressing her while taking off her clothes and hairpin. Before all the clothes on their bodies were removed, their bodies had already joined together, and they entered slowly, breathing softly, and slowly blended into one.
The emperor and the empress spent the night together, speechless
It is only said that on the second day, Shen Huan got up, washed up, and had breakfast. Before the food was taken away, she heard reports from outside that Yao Ronghua, Li Ronghua, and Duan Concubine were coming.
Shen Wen dressed up a little, sat down in the main hall, looked at the three of them and said, "Why did you three come so early today?"
Li Ronghua curled her lips and said with a forced smile: "Didn't I get promoted to the second-grade imperial concubine last night? I thought she would come to the queen to say hello today, so I took a chance and came over to join in the fun."
She always spoke like this. Shen Huan did not just make any theory, but deliberately smiled and said: "What? She was with you last night, what else do you want to see?"
Li Ronghua said: "It was dark yesterday. Although there were palace lanterns, the Ming Concubine was very precious. She just didn't want to raise her head to look at us. How could we see her true face? I thought she would come to pay homage to the Queen today. , you can’t be so disrespectful to the queen? So, I came to see you.”
Yao Ronghua said with a smile: "I am ignorant and have never seen foreign women. I am also curious, so I came here to see you. Please don't blame the Queen."
Shen Huan smiled at her and said: "Don't talk about you, I am also very curious about this woman who is rumored to be very beautiful. I believe she will be here soon. You just sit down and wait."
After finishing speaking, the three of them sat down one after another, chatting about how hot it was today, and waiting for Ming Fei Li Ronghua to look towards the door from time to time.
After talking for a long time, I heard someone outside saying: "Haidong Princess Li Mingxiu, newly named second-grade Mingfei, came here to pay homage to the Queen."