Cen Xijin was very lucky that his eyes were not short-sighted.
The only regret is that it would be nice if she was farsighted.
Your Majesty sits so far away, so far away.
Sighing and looking away, Cen Xijin lowered his head again and listened to Yun Xiang's scolding.
"You two are really becoming more and more courageous! Don't think carefully before doing anything. This is the Weiyang Palace. Is it a place where you can come?" Now the Queen's situation is already difficult. These people The little girl in the East Palace keeps causing trouble every now and then, as if she is afraid that she will not harm her master.
Die'er has always thought highly of herself. This time she was scolded by Yun Xiang in front of Cen Xijin. She was obviously not convinced, so she contradicted her in a low voice: "If it weren't for that Wang Xiang, I could come..."
Yunxiang glared at her and cursed in a low voice: "You're talking back to me! You blind little hoof doesn't even know what other people's status is, so what's your status?! Just stay here, if you offend the noble man, , but watch your skin carefully!"
In the past, she had thought that although Die'er was a bit mean-spirited and had a short temper, she was still loyal, straightforward, lively and smart, and she was also a smart and capable girl when it came to work.
After today's commotion, Yunxiang realized the merits of that calm and steady person.
"It's all you!" Die'er gritted his teeth and looked at Cen Xijin. It was all this girl's fault. If she hadn't made Lao Shizi's snow-skin mooncakes on a whim, she wouldn't have asked Baba to take credit.
As a result, there was no merit, but it caused a lot of commotion.
However, she didn't even talk to the prince...
Cen Xijin didn't care about such angry looks. Although she looked like she was bowing her head and admitting her mistake, all her thoughts were focused on the palace banquet.
The moon tonight is very honorable to Emperor Zhengxing.
As soon as it got dark and the palace people had not lit up the various lanterns they had prepared, the moon emerged from the thin indigo clouds, looking big and round, hanging in the sky like a jade plate.
Reflected in the clear and sweet wine in the cups, it is even more unique.
As Yun Xiang said, all the respectable people are here.
But in Cen Xijin's imagination, the seventy-two concubines in the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards were pitifully few.
In addition to the queen sitting on the phoenix throne, there was Concubine Sun who came with a pair of children. Concubine Xia De did not come with the eldest princess. I think the princess was taken to the Queen Mother's Palace. Concubine Wanqi Xian Her appearance was extremely enchanting, but the talented man followed her footsteps cautiously, as if he was the same as when she was a palace maid, humbly holding the hem of her skirt for her, with a smile on her face.
However, Concubine Sun was not as beautiful as Cen Xijin originally thought.
Cen Xijin guessed that His Majesty even ignored the two stunning beauties of noble birth, the Queen and the Imperial Concubine, but favored a humble magistrate's daughter and promised her the high position of a noble concubine - it is conceivable that this Concubine Sun What a stunning beauty.
But that one...
If Concubine Sun hadn't led the princess and held the prince in her arms, sitting gracefully and calmly on the concubine's seat, Cen Xijin would never have thought that she was the concubine today.
Concubine Sun was considered a beauty, but in a harem filled with beauties, she was definitely not a standout.
She is very beautiful, very gentle, very comfortable, very simple, very ordinary, like the most ordinary mother in the world, holding her child and nodding slightly, and she doesn't look dazzling at all.
In terms of brilliance and beauty, she is naturally not as good as the empress. In terms of the fragrance and quality of books, she is even less comparable to Concubine De. In terms of enchantment and beauty... Cen Xijin glanced at Concubine Xian from a distance. She can be considered a charming person. Bar.
Even those with lower status, such as Ye Zhaoyi, Mei Xiuyuan, Jiang Chongrong, Sun Jieyu, and several unknown beauties, all have better looks than her.
I don’t know what His Majesty likes about her.
Cen Xijin murmured quietly and obediently, but felt a little relieved when he thought about it. In fact, it is not difficult to fall in love with a city, but it is difficult to fall in love with someone.
However, Emperor Zhengxing's harem really didn't have many people.
From the *oss queen to the beauties and stragglers, there were only about ten people in total.
It is said that Qin Shihuang’s harem numbered tens of thousands?
Old Tang books record that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had tens of thousands of people in his harem...
During the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, on average, one in every thousand people was a woman of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
Even Hong Xiuquan had eighty-eight concubines - this is still an incomplete statistics.
Therefore, Cen Xijin, who is familiar with these histories, really feels that this Emperor Zhengxing is not too fancy.
However, she overlooked one point. If strictly counted, all the women in the harem should be the women of Emperor Zhengxing, including the female officials in the Six Shang and Twenty-four Divisions, as well as all the maids including her and Wang Xiang. .
In fact, if the emperor really wanted it, no woman in the world would be able to escape. Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers - thinking about it this way, this statement can also be used as an argument in the emperor's romantic history.
So what did Emperor Zhengxing look like?
The answer in Cen Xijin's heart is: human appearance.
There is no viciousness and ugliness like "bees are accurate, long eyes, noisy birds, noisy jackals", nor will they encounter the embarrassment of "throwing fruit into carts" or "watching and killing guards". People dressed in civilian clothes are walking around the streets and alleys. As a common people, there is no need to pretend or cover up, because this is just an ordinary person.
In fact, he and Sun Guifei are really the same kind of people. They have average looks and don't stand out, but their thoughts turn over and over again, without revealing anything, deep and profound.
After regaining consciousness, Cen Xijin realized that Yunxiang was still scolding: "... Just stay here for me and don't wander around! If you get into trouble again, I won't be able to protect you!" What she said It's the truth. If she were in the Lama Temple and the Qiang Palace, she might still be able to show off her skills as a dancer, but now she is on someone else's territory.
After saying that, she took away the food box filled with snowskin mooncakes in Die'er's hand and returned to the banquet without looking back.
Die'er sighed faintly: "I don't know if Your Highness has tasted the mooncakes."
Hearing this, Cen Xijin looked at her unexpectedly and saw that she looked downcast and looked a little pitiful.
Die'er has always been used to publicity, but such resentment is rare.
It's just such a rare opportunity that Cen Xijin doesn't want to waste it on a little palace maid. She also wants to take a good look at the emperor and generals.
Only two of the three brothers from the Gu family came, the eldest son Shiheng and the second son Shiwei.
Gu Shiheng is the oldest, but he still looks very elegant, with a small beard and a scholarly demeanor. If he were dressed like a feather fan and silk scarf, he might look like Wolong. In fact, he is also a talented person.
The weirdo Gu Shiwei doesn't have anything to do with the word "talent" at all. Instead, he looks like a prodigal knight who has wandered around the world. He is sitting there pouring himself a drink, but he looks a little more bleak than others. In such a magnificent place as Weiyang Palace, he seemed aloof and out of place.
When the moon was high in the sky, the Queen Mother also came.
