The beauty's voice was soft and gentle, and it seemed a bit abrupt to talk about Wu Jieyu and the queen's clothes.
After seeing everyone sit down after the ceremony, Li Sixu looked up and saw this beauty. However, she always had a good memory and remembered that Concubine Xian mentioned to her during the Lotus Appreciation Banquet that this beauty's surname was Guo.
Not long after she entered the palace, she was a seventh-rank imperial concubine. Because her brother Guo Xuji was serving as censor in the court, she was promoted from imperial concubine to talented scholar soon after accepting the favor.
His father always treated meritorious ministers favorably. Guo Cairen's brother was highly valued by his father, which is why she was promoted so quickly.
"Concubine, did you say the wrong thing?"
Being watched by everyone, Guo Caicai suddenly realized what he had said.
She was so shocked that she fell to her knees: "I said it unintentionally. I hope the Queen will not punish me. I just saw that the clothes of the Queen looked familiar, so I said something indiscriminately."
"Not only does Sister Guo think she looks familiar, I also think Wu Jieyu's clothes look familiar!"
Yang Guibi, who had never interfered with the disputes in the palace, suddenly looked at Liu Jieyu: "Although the Liu family is an aristocratic family, I heard that Liu Jieyu's sister was clever by nature, and she figured out the craftsmanship of engraved plate printing. "
"Sister Liu is well versed in cloth, but does she know the origin of Wu Jieyu's clothes?"
Just wait until New Year's Eve, after the Lantern Festival, Princess Yongmu will leave the palace for a kiss!
Liu Jieyu didn't want to cause trouble, but Yang Guifei mentioned her by name. Besides, she and Mu'er had always been favored by the empress, so they couldn't do nothing.
Risking the risk of offending her beloved concubine, Liu Jieyu spoke with difficulty: "The dress Wu Jieyu is wearing today is extremely bright. When she walks around, the pattern of birds on the skirt will change with the flow of light and shadow. I thought it was a fairy tale." bird skirt."
"Sister Liu has really wronged me!"
As soon as Liu Jieyu finished speaking, all the concubines in the palace looked towards her and gathered together to whisper.
On Wu Jieyu's delicate face, her beautiful eyes were covered with a layer of mist. She knelt down and explained softly: "Returning to the Queen, this concubine's dress is made of single-silk Biluo Shu brocade. , the clothes are indeed patterned with hundreds of birds, but they are not the bird skirts that Sister Liu mentioned."
The queen looked at Wu Jieyu who was kneeling in the center of the hall with tears in her eyes. She hated her coy look. She always acted like she was neither fighting nor grabbing, but she was always playing tricks behind her back.
The last Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was a mess. She knew that at today's New Year's Eve banquet, she, the queen, was going to attend in the attire of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix. She deliberately wore a bird's dress that outshone all the flowers, but she didn't know it. What's on your mind.
Wu Jieyu made such quibbles. As the queen of the Sixth Palace, it was difficult for her to express her position, so Concubine Xian spoke up.
"A single-silk jade cage dress, with strands of gold as flowers and birds, as thin as silk hair. The birds are no bigger than millet. The eyes, nose, mouth and armor are all in shape. Only those with good eyesight can see them."
Concubine Xian said in a sharp voice: "And the dress you are wearing, with the flashing bird pattern flowing with the luster, is indeed the rumored bird dress as Liu Jieyu said."
"How many rare birds need to be hunted to make a feather skirt from hundreds of birds? It is precisely because this kind of extravagance is so cruel that the empress would speak in front of the emperor not long after he ascended the throne."
"Wu Jieyu grew up in the palace. She knows that the emperor destroyed many cherished utensils in order to curb this trend, right?"
Concubine Xian said aggressively: "The emperor and the empress have curbed the extravagant trend, but Wu Jieyu wore a bird skirt to show off at today's palace banquet, blatantly defying the holy will, knowing full well that she did not know her intentions?"
Concubine Xian's words were stern and well-founded. After learning the mystery behind Bainiao Skirt, all the concubines in the palace immediately whispered to each other and pointed at Wu Jieyu who was kneeling on the ground.
"Wu Jieyu shows off in a hundred-bird skirt. This is blatant disobedience to the holy will!"
"More than just disobeying the holy will, she doesn't take the Queen seriously. Knowing that the Queen will wear a formal dress of hundreds of birds to the phoenix at the palace banquet today, she deliberately wore a hundred birds skirt to show off."
"The Queen wears the robe of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, and she also wears the skirt of hundreds of birds. This is Sima Zhao's heart!"
"You are really scheming, you must be doing it on purpose!"
"..."
Facing the accusations from all the concubines in the palace, Wu Jieyu could not defend herself, and big tears dripped down her beautiful face.
"I really didn't mean to offend the Queen. This concubine's clothes are really made of pure blue Shu brocade."
Wu Jieyu weakly prostrated on the ground: "If the queen doesn't believe me, you can ask the emperor. This hundred-bird single-silk green Shu brocade is a tribute to the land of Shu..."
After all, Wu Jieyu was the one who was at the heart of the emperor.
Because of her, he and the emperor were estranged several times, but it was only because of Xiao Shi's cleverness that he averted the danger.
But this Wu Jieyu is becoming more and more public!
Knowing that she was going to wear a robe of hundreds of birds to the phoenix at the palace banquet today on New Year's Eve, she actually wore a hundred-birds skirt to the banquet. Was this because she was impatient and wanted to replace it?
What's even more disgusting is that she looks so coquettish, but at this moment, she actually uses the emperor to suppress her.
"That's enough. Now that things have come to this, you still use the Emperor to pressure me? As the head of the Sixth Palace, I still don't believe that I can touch you!"
The queen was furious: "Since you insist that the bird skirt you are wearing is the single-silk blue brocade tribute from Shu that was rewarded by the emperor, then kneel down in front of Hanyuan Hall and wait. The emperor will come to Hanyuan Hall after discussing things with King Ning. I can testify for you that what I am wearing is indeed a single silk blue brocade."
"Queen, concubine..."
The queen did not give Wu Jieyu a chance to defend herself, and winked at Eunuch Gui who was standing aside.
Eunuch Gui walked to Wu Jieyu and said with a respectful expression: "Please, please, Jieyu, please don't embarrass our family!"
Wu Jieyu knew that it was useless to say anything, so she had no choice but to walk out of Hanyuan Hall with a dejected expression under the watch of Eunuch Gui.
Xu Cairen happily approached Li Sixu and muttered in her ear: "The emperor has finally curbed the extravagance in the government and the public. Wu Jieyu still dares to wear a bird skirt and show off. She deserves it!"
"She still disrespects the Queen. The Queen wears a robe of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, and she also wears a skirt of hundreds of birds. How can she be so evil?"
"Everyone shouts and beats the rat crossing the street, it's so happy!"
Although Wu Jieyu's status was not high, she had always been favored by His Majesty. She was shamelessly punished by the Queen, and all the concubines in the palace seemed to be as excited as Xu Cairen.
There were whispers in the hall for a while, and it was a little more lively than before.
Wu Jieyu ended up being yelled at by everyone, but Li Sixu felt something was wrong for some reason. She seemed to be about to catch a glimmer of inspiration, but her eyes were covered with an invisible fog.
Until the frightened Yu Jieyu came to her senses and asked innocently: "It's so scary! Sisi, why did that bird deliberately make the queen and sister Xianfei angry?"
Like an enlightenment, she finally caught the elusive aura.
Li Sixu looked at her mother in surprise...
