Empress dowager, the queen sighed

It is true that the youngest girl Pei Yao married into the Pei family.

Since it was true, the Queen Mother didn't question it too much, and didn't take this matter to heart.

Pei Yao, who returned to Jiaofang Palace, was tortured by these concubines. The court lady brought back by the emperor that day was made a beautiful woman, and was arranged by the queen mother in the palace of the noble concubine.

The imperial concubine couldn't rub the sand in her eyes, and she found new ways to torment Li Mei every day. After three or five days, Li Mei came to complain.

Pei Yao knows how to recite scriptures, but she doesn't know how to deal with conflicts between women. After much deliberation, in order to appease Li Mei, she raised her status, from beauty to Rong Hua.

Unexpectedly, the imperial concubine tortured Li Ronghua even more severely.

Pei Yao stayed in the Jiaofang Hall and read the scriptures twice. With a cruel heart and a gritted teeth, she promoted Li Ronghua to Zhaohua's position, and was promoted four levels in a row.

The imperial concubine fell ill.

Pei Yao was so scared that she went to the Queen Mother to confess, "Queen Mother, I didn't know that the imperial concubine was so weak."

The queen mother did not speak, and took the queen to the garden.

The harem of the Han Dynasty is luxurious and exquisite. There are dozens of gardens alone, with different scenery. The empress dowager led the empress to visit the peony garden.It is said to be a peony garden, but there is not a single peony.

Pei Yao wondered, "Why is there no peony?"

"It was chopped off by Emperor Ai's queen." The queen mother explained.

Pei Yao was surprised: "Why did you cut it?"

"The peony is the king of flowers, and it competes with Emperor Ai's queen for beauty."

"So it was cut off?"

The Empress Dowager nodded, Pei Yao was so surprised that she pressed her pink tongue against her teeth, she almost dared not speak, the palace is full of strange people, and they will not let any good flowers go.

She looked at the Queen Mother's side face, "She asked to be chopped, so you agreed?"

"She is the master of the harem and has the power of the six palaces. The Ai family cannot interfere." The Queen Mother explained.

Pei Yao heard the implication, she is also the lord of the harem and enjoys the right to manage the six palaces, it is her job to promote the concubine, even the queen mother can't say anything.

She realized that the Queen Mother brought her to the Peony Garden for obvious reasons, her little face flushed with blood, her lips curled to reveal her white teeth, "I'm going to let the imperial concubine understand some truths."

The little queen came in fear and returned happily.

The queen mother stared at her pretty back, what was she happy about?

Pei Yao heaved a sigh of relief, and when she returned to Jiaofang Hall, someone took the phoenix seal and wrote the decree by herself, directly changing the noble concubine into Shen Zhaohua, and sitting on an equal footing with Li Zhaohua.

The two of them were facing each other with the tip of the needle, and they were evenly matched, so they wouldn't bother her anymore.

As soon as Yi's decree came out, sure enough, everyone settled down.

After a few days of peace, it was the Queen Mother's birthday.The Empress Dowager didn't like excitement, so she didn't hold a banquet, but there was no shortage of gifts that should be received.

Pei Yao was impolite, couldn't hold her hand, she thought about it, and went to dress the Queen Mother herself and serve her personally, it always seemed that she was very sincere.As a daughter-in-law, it is not uncommon for her to serve her personally.

Ruoxiang felt that something was wrong, "You seem petty like this."

Pei Yao said confidently: "Think about what kind of good things the Queen Mother has never seen before. She won't look at anything I hold. If this is the case, I might as well go and serve it myself."

On the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday, Pei Yao woke up early and arrived at Changle Palace before dawn.

Gong'e who was serving the Empress Dowager also just got up, seeing the little empress leading a large group of people coming in the gray sky, she was so frightened that she immediately went to greet her.

"Why are you here? The Empress Dowager hasn't got up yet. Are you going to the side hall and so on?"

Pei Yao hesitated for a moment, then waved her hands and said, "No, today is the Queen Mother's birthday, I will go and serve her personally."

Gong'e was stunned, not daring to refuse the queen, she bowed to lead her in, and said worriedly, "Have your nails ever been sharp?"

Pei Yao stretched out her hands, her white and tender fingers spread out, without long nails, the arc was very flat.

Only then did Gong'e feel relieved, she led the queen to talk in one side, and softly told her about the clothes the queen mother was going to wear today.

"The empress dowager is not going to court today for her birthday, so she wears simple clothes, which are ordinary clothes. Today this is a pair of breasts, with a skirt inside."

Pei Yao went to look at it, the front was embroidered with delicate bamboo leaves, the white clothes and green bamboos, they had the air of refined scholars.Looking at the skirt again, the skirt is relatively narrow, with many fine pleats, showing the waist.

After Gong'e finished speaking, she led the queen to the stage and explained the tiara that had been prepared.

The voice was not loud, but Pei Yao listened very carefully.She lowered her head and picked up the lip balm box with her slender fingers.The box was filled with lacquer and carved with some bamboos. She gently touched the bamboo leaves, and remembered the appearance of the Empress Dowager standing in the bamboo forest.

Want nothing.

In the eyes of others, the queen mother who is greedy for power does not love power. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would not have believed it.

The bead curtain trembled, the queen mother opened the bead curtain, the wind was blowing in the hall, and a few strands of hair fluttered from the queen's forehead.

"The queen is early."

The voice was cool and without warmth, which made Pei Yao tremble in fright. She turned her head to see that the Empress Dowager was wearing a white pajamas, and her soft black hair fell on her shoulders like a waterfall.

Her expression was cold, without warmth, but her imposing aura did not frighten Pei Yao, because she saw the pink bubble again.

Pei Yao smiled, clear and clean.

The queen mother raised her eyes, walked over, stood in front of the bronze mirror, and sat down.Seeing the Queen's slightly curved lips from the bronze mirror, the Queen has always been so cheerful.

When others saw her, they were too frightened to speak. Even the emperor was submissive, but the queen smiled so happily every time.

The queen waved her hand at Gong'e and rolled up her cuffs, "I will serve the queen mother to dress up."

She bent down and reached for the wooden comb on the dressing table through the Queen Mother's body.

She was so close that her breath was on the queen mother's neck, and the hot air was ironing, carrying the temperature of summer.

The little queen's body was warm, and even her breathing was hot. The queen mother felt a little uncomfortable, she turned sideways to avoid it, and as soon as she moved, the corner of her lips brushed the queen's side face.

The two stalemate.

Pei Yao also raised her eyes, the queen mother stood up and turned her back to her: "The Ai family washes your face first."

Pei Yao touched the side of her face that had been kissed by the Queen Mother, and suddenly felt a burst of warmth. She was stunned, and looked at herself in the bronze mirror, the bubble was still pink.

Look at the Queen Mother again, the same.

Gong'e brought in the washing water, Pei Yao went to wring out the handkerchief herself, and raised her hand to wipe the Queen Mother's face.The queen mother deliberately avoided, "Why did the queen think of serving Ai's family today?"

Pei Yao blinked, "Today is the Queen Mother's birthday."

The queen mother nodded, "The queen is here to give a congratulatory gift?"

The words were too direct, making it hard for Pei Yao to get off the table.Pei Yao thought she was thick-skinned, and told the Queen Mother frankly: "The Queen Mother is rich in all directions. I am afraid that I have seen all kinds of good things. I don't think giving gifts will make you happy. As a daughter-in-law, I will serve you in person, which is better than giving gifts. And to make you happy."

The queen mother glanced at her, took the veil from her hand, and remained silent.

Pei Yao was ignored, she didn't avoid it, but continued to say: "The Empress Dowager thinks it's not good for me to serve you?"

"Very good." The Empress Dowager said casually, threw the handkerchief back into the basin, sat down in front of the bronze mirror, and asked the Empress, "Have you served anyone at home?"

"No." Pei Yao confessed, walked over, this time the queen mother handed her the comb directly.

She picked up the wooden comb, and slowly combed her long hair. The black hair like a waterfall of silk slipped through her palm. She held her breath and smelled the fragrance of the hair.

Pei Yao combed carefully, with fixed eyes and gentle movements, the queen mother looked at the 'stingy' queen from the bronze mirror.

The Empress Dowager's hair is very long, jet-black and shiny, and it slips down to the bottom as soon as the wooden comb is combed, making it soft and silky.

After combing it several times, the little queen asked the queen mother: "What kind of bun does the queen mother want?"

"You can comb whatever you know."

Pei Yao froze, she knew how to comb a nun's hair in a bun, her long hair was tied up and fixed with a wooden hairpin, it would definitely not work for the Queen Mother to do this.

The room was quiet and silent, no one was talking, Pei Yao's mind was in a mess, and suddenly thought of the hair bun in the scripture book, so cruelly, she combed the queen mother's hair exactly the same.

The queen mother didn't make a sound from the beginning to the end, just quietly watched the little queen finish combing her hair, and then picked out rouge for her.

After choosing the rouge, I asked her what kind of lipstick she likes.

The Empress Dowager was originally a cold person, her clothes and make-up were all in cool colors, but after Pei Yao made some modifications, her eyebrows, eyes, and mouth were all beautiful, and her blush was also Fenyan's peach blossom powder.

She frowned, but the queen said: "The empress dowager is so beautiful."

The queen mother said something in her heart: flatterer.

Obviously the clothes prepared today are not suitable, the queen mother wants to drive the person in front of her out, "The queen should go back to the palace if there is nothing to do, the Ai family is very happy with your heart."

Pei Yao didn't believe it, because she was happy that the empress dowager was not as cold as she is now, but she didn't stay any longer and left tactfully.

After the little empress led the people away, the empress dowager ordered Gong'e: "Get water and take a bath."

***

The Empress Dowager's birthday was very deserted, there was no palace banquet, but gifts from various palaces filled Changle Palace.

Pei Yao was very envious when she heard this, so she asked Ruoxiang: "Is this the same every time the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday?"

On her birthday, the master would take her down the mountain to eat a bowl of longevity noodles with meat, but there was no gift.

"The Empress Dowager doesn't like to be noisy, and she celebrates her birthday by herself. But think about it, she is in power and is more powerful than Your Majesty. How dare the courtiers not give gifts. Most of them gave gifts except you. Madam Li gave it to her." A screen is gone, I heard it is worth a thousand gold. Even Li Zhaohua, who has been promoted to the fourth level, gave you a night pearl the size of an egg."

Pei Yao had an epiphany, "Can I still make it in time?"

"Then, what do you give?"

Pei Yao fell into confusion for a moment, what could she give away?Li Zhaohua was favored, Ye Mingzhu was rewarded by His Majesty, Mrs. Li's family was powerful and could support her a lot, but she seemed to have neither.

Thinking of her natal family, Pei Yao's eyelashes twitched, she could break out of her own world without counting on Pei's family.

She stood up, "Let's go see the queen mother again."

"Empress, Your Majesty is looking for you to go to the Xuanshi Hall." The servants in the outer room came to report in a hurry.

"What are you doing?" Pei Yao didn't want to see the lustful emperor, and she felt uncomfortable when she thought of serving him in bed. She didn't even want to see the emperor, let alone go to bed with him.

The servant spoke through the door: "Your Majesty is having fun with Shen Zhaohua and others."

carpe diem?Pei Yao thought of the erotic scene outside the screen, and hurriedly shook her head, "The empress dowager invited me to come over. If I go late, the empress dowager will be unhappy."

"No, the Empress Dowager is also in Xuanshi Hall."

Pei Yao's facial features turned up in embarrassment, what the hell is this 'carpe diem'.

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