There’s a Dragon Girl in the Desolate Sea: 711|The sixtieth dragon scale (four)

Sixty dragon scales (four)

Linglong's birthday is coming soon. She was born in late spring and April, which is the season when the cold is gone, and the cold is slightly cold, but all things grow.

This is her sixteenth birthday and her first birthday after becoming an empress. Emperor Chengwu valued it very much. He personally handled the affairs with Eunuch Mao, the great **** who was in charge of the internal affairs department, and worked together with the introspection. It must be done to the satisfaction of the empress .

How can I do my own birthday banquet? The official family also felt that she was different from the people they had met before. She said that she was close without saying anything. When Concubine Lu was in charge of introspection, she firmly held the power in her own hands and acted like others. , for fear of being decentralised. But Linglong got the phoenix seal, and she took all the eyeliners of Concubine Lu Gui.

But she did this, and there was no trouble in her introspection. On the contrary, she was more orderly and disciplined than when Lu Guifei was there.

The official family once asked curiously, Linglong replied, she is here to be a master, not a servant. The master naturally wants to enjoy it easily. If she puts everything on herself every day, why would she want to enter the palace? Isn't it bad to be her daughter at home?

The official family, who had to review a lot of memorials every day, got up earlier than chickens and went to bed a little later than dogs, who was unhappy was silent.

On the Queen's birthday, the official family had a feast for hundreds of officials, and the female family members were entertained by the Queen's concubine in the inner hall, which naturally also included the Guan Shi and the second girl Pei Baozhu of the Xiangfu.

Baozhu Pei came to gloat. She had long wanted to see how the old emperor, who was 20 years older than her, had a large number of children and even had grandchildren who became grandfathers, after the elder sister who was full of bad water. It must be washed with tears every day, right? Must be tossing and turning every night can not sleep? That stunning face might be too old and haggard to look at!

Thinking of the past elder sister's oppression of herself and her mother at home, Pei Baozhu felt a dark feeling in her heart. What's the use of other means, the prime minister's mansion is still up to her father. She doesn't want to enter the palace to be the empress of her sons and daughters, so the eldest sister has to be her substitute? How about letting her be Mr. Smile's granddaughter? If you have the heart of your father, you can live well!

If it wasn't for fear of hurting him, Pei Baozhu really wanted to tell the truth to the official family. The one he married was not a phoenix girl at all, but an impostor pheasant!

With this excitement, Pei Baozhu smiled from beginning to end, and even took the initiative to greet Linglong. People who don't know think they are sisters, only she knows, she can't wait to see the joke!

She is the Queen's sister, and everyone else has to give her face. Pei Baozhu sees those noble girls with eyes above the top lowering their eyebrows in front of him, and she is very helpful. She never understands what they are noble. In the past She also felt that all human beings were created equal, but after living in the prime minister's residence for many years, Pei Baozhu had to admit that she had completely fallen into this hateful class enjoyment. A good background meant that she could be above others. She had forgotten how ordinary she used to be.

As the female relatives bowed down and bowed together, the eunuch's unique sharp voice sounded: "Everyone is flat-"

Pei Baozhu raised her head and quickly glanced at the main hall, but she was too far away to see clearly. Relying on the fact that she is the Queen's sister, no matter what their relationship is, she is a family inside. On the surface, it is impossible for the Queen to embarrass herself, so she took the initiative to step forward: "Sister, long time no see, how are you?"

Only when I stepped forward, I saw the eldest sister who made my teeth itch with hatred in the old days.

In the past, when she was in the palace, she was so beautiful that she didn't face the sky. Now, on her birthday, she is dressed in the imperial uniform of the queen, and the corners of her eyes and brows are full of luxury and arrogance. This powerful palace attire can't be suppressed in the slightest. The radiance on her face is actually unbelievable to look at! Especially Linglong's face is ruddy, and at first glance, it is very good to live in the palace. Pei Baozhu cursed fiercely in her heart, not knowing what she was proud of! But relying on a face to serve people with color! Who doesn't know that the official family is so beautiful, until the official family is tired of her, let's see how arrogant she is!

No matter how beautiful you are, there will be a day when you will get tired of it, right?

Linglong glanced at Pei Baozhu slowly, without even a smile on her face, she didn't give any face at all - what does Pei Xiang's face have to do with her?

Seeing that Linglong was actually ignoring herself, as if she didn't see it, she didn't even let herself get up, Pei Baozhu's face flushed, and being treated so embarrassingly in the crowd, others naturally knew that the Queen didn't want to see her, and her popularity Small things, big shame!

She also gritted her teeth and couldn't get angry, she didn't believe it, this eldest sister didn't cherish feathers, so she could treat herself so harshly! Let's see how the officials impeach her! See how the officials treat her!

In the end, Linglong really ignored her. After the female family members took their seats, Linglong seemed to think of something and said, "I heard that the case of Weizhou's annihilation that shocked the government and the opposition was solved a few days ago. Among them was the daughter of Dingyuan Houfu. I don't know if this girl is here?"

A girl dressed in green immediately stood up and saluted: "The minister's daughter is here, and only the minister's daughter dares not be greedy. The hero of this case is someone else."

"Oh?" Linglong looked very interested, "Who is it? In the hall today?"

The girl in green raised her head boldly: "Back to the empress, the case is solved. The biggest credit goes to a woman in the county government of Sanping County under Weizhou's rule."

"Women work for women?" Linglong wondered, "If I remember correctly, I have no precedent for women who work for women."

"That's right." The girl in green gave Linglong a respectful kowtow three times, "This woman is surnamed Ding, and she is a low-ranking member. No noble person can open his mouth or leave. Therefore, the minister and daughter are bold and want to be with the concubine. Pray for Ding Yuzuo's grace, allowing her to break away from her humble status and return to being a good citizen."

According to the laws of this dynasty, all the feudal ancestors were born in the lowly, and their status was not much higher than that of beggars, and because they dealt with corpses all the year round, almost everyone disliked everyone and avoided them, and their descendants were also forbidden to participate in scientific examinations. It is very humble.

Linglong tilted her head: "Why do you ask for this grace for her?"

"Back to the mother's words, Ding Yan is an honest, pure and kind person. Since she served as the Sanping County Commissioner, I don't know how many innocent dead people have been justice, and how many unjust, false and wrong cases have been uncovered. Admiration!"

This girl speaks straightforwardly and candidly, and it is easy to make people feel good. Linglong laughed: "If that's the case, it's okay to allow you. Are you willing to be this guarantor?"

As soon as the girl in green heard this, she had a door. She opened her eyes wide and said in surprise, "The minister is willing! The minister is willing!"

So Linglong immediately issued a decree, and the girl in green went to promulgate it, promising that Ding Zuozuo would break away from the lowly status and return to the body of a good citizen.

After that, the girl in green stayed by Linglong's side throughout the birthday banquet and told her many stories. Marquis Dingyuan's mansion is a family of military generals, and even the daughters born with them have been wielding knives and guns since childhood. Marquis Dingyuan is also a big stab, and never sticks to her daughter, so this girl in green runs around everywhere. That's why they met Ding Yuzuo. The two hit it off together. The Weizhou murdered the family. The two cooperated and solved the strange case together with the Weizhou government. Because the case was solved by two strange women, and the family was destroyed at that time. The case was very big, and the news spread quickly. Now even in the capital, there are teahouse storytellers who specifically talk about the two of them.

The Houfu girl named Lvqiao is not pretentious at all. She wears a complicated Luo skirt when she enters the palace today. She walks cautiously. She's very likable, she doesn't have any pretence at all, she doesn't have to be as cautious as her mother told her, look, she told her mother about the autopsy examination, and the mother didn't change her face!

It's not like the female officials on the side, but their faces have turned pale... Lu Qiao felt that if she continued to say it, several of them would have vomited at this birthday banquet.

She was proud and thought to herself, the first time she saw Sister Ding's autopsy, the same was true. She vomited into the dark for several days and didn't recover, and it took a month for her to get used to it!

The topic of Lv Qiao came to an end. There were already singing and dancing in the hall. Linglong had no interest in these. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Pei Baozhu beside him, and asked curiously, "Why are you still here? I've forgotten you. Come on, come on, go back to your seat and sit down."

Don't be too humiliating for this kind of high-spirited charity!

But Pei Baozhu is really tired of kneeling. She is the empress, and she said that she forgot and didn't notice, so what could she do? Is it possible that you still want others to grieve you?

Looking at Lvqiao, a Houfu girl can sit so close to the Queen, but as the Queen's sister, she can only sit far away, and even her mother can't enter the palace... Thinking about Pei Baozhu, I feel Get angry! That Lvqiao was really in a nest with the eldest sister. They were talking about autopsy and autopsy. Pei Baozhu felt disgusted when she thought about it.

At the end of the birthday banquet, Lu Qiao reluctantly left, and before leaving, she asked, "Niangniang, can I enter the palace to talk to you in the future?"

Linglong smiled: "Of course."

In the evening in Jinfeng Palace, the official family hugged her soft body, kissed her pink cheeks, and asked if she was still happy today, Linglong replied: "I'm very happy, I met a lovable person. The little girl I like."

She is still a little girl herself, but when she speaks to others in such an old-fashioned tone, the official almost burst out laughing, "Oh? How likable?"

"The official family." Linglong thought for a while, then turned over, from lying in the official family's arms, to lying in his arms, with two small hands on his chest, her face resting on the small hands, Looking very young and cute. "Tell me more about what's going on outside. I'm always very bored by myself. Just... the case of Weizhou's annihilation, you haven't finished it last time."

She is in the harem all day long, and the only source of information about the previous dynasty is Emperor Chengwu. Don't look at the serious and serious appearance of the official family to the outside world, but in fact, they are very good at telling stories. Weizhou's murder case, he saw Linglong and was bored, so he put his arms around her and told her to listen to her at night. Naturally, he also talked about those two The strange woman who is now talked about by storytellers is Lvqiao, a girl from Houfu, and Ding Lan, a female writer from Sanping County.

It's just that in the official family, these two people have no names.

The official family gently squeezed her pink cheek: "Why do you like to hear such a **** story?"

Linglong Zuo thoughtful: "Well... I prefer to listen to Ding Yuzuo and Luqiao instead of listening to this **** story."

What showed in her eyes was yearning for the two of them. She is obviously a noble queen, but she is yearning for a crazy Houfu girl, and a lowly born duo. Emperor Chengwu couldn't tell what he felt. At this moment, he suddenly realized that the palace seemed to her like a huge golden cage. She lived in it, maybe not as happy as it seemed on the surface.

He thought about it a thousand times, but his face remained calm, holding his delicate little hands and playing: "Why do you want to listen to the two of them? Are you bored? I will ask Liyuan Jiaofang to arrange for you tomorrow. Would you like to watch some new plays?"

Linglong turned her head disinterestedly: "No."

Like a child.

Emperor Chengwu asked her softly: "Then what do you want? Tell me, I will find it for you, okay?"

The official family was completely unaware that they had become the kind of emperor that they most disdain to be.

Linglong shook her head and lay listlessly on his chest: "Forget it."

She was actually quite happy eating and sleeping in the harem, but not so happy. If you want to ask her why, she can't tell herself. She always feels that no matter how much she eats, she can't get enough. It seems that it's not what she wants, but what does she want? She doesn't know it herself. The women in the palace are all stupid, and they are not her opponents at all. It was the same when she was in the prime minister's mansion. Those people with deep scheming are terribly stupid in her opinion. She thinks it is good to be a queen in the palace. People can control her, she has power and power, and she can do whatever she wants.

But with power in her hands, she doesn't know what she wants to do anymore.

The things that have been obtained are no longer precious.

She gritted her teeth with the official's pectoral muscles unconsciously, biting him so much that he shuddered.

Linglong got up late again the next day, and the concubines who were used to waiting for her to get up before greeting her sat in an orderly manner. Before Concubine Zhao and Concubine Xian were released, no one dared to provoke Linglong for a long time. Everyone started to obey the rules, but the Empress herself didn't obey the rules... But what other palace rules stipulated that when the concubines came, the Empress had to get up early? It is the rule for them to come to greet you, but the queen gets up early or late, the palace rules don't say it!

Women who have been in drought for nearly half a year, seeing the little queen's appearance as if the rain beats delicate flowers and sleeps late in the spring, their jealous eyes are green!

Linglong yawned, listening to the concubines. Yesterday, Linglong's birthday, she was naturally well-known about the daughter of Hou's palace, her green eyes and green eyes, but in the eyes of the concubines, the queen was simply not good-looking.

What good is a woman who is said to be crazy? Running outside all day is even rougher than a man, restless in the house, even nineteen years old and yet to marry someone, who dares to marry!

They can't step on the queen, can't they step on the green warp!

Concubine Lu took the lead in covering her face with an embroidered handkerchief. She smiled extremely hypocritically, and naturally shifted the topic to Lu Qiao, "...this is what this palace says, women should stay out of the gate without stepping out. Seeing the sky running outside, my heart is brimming with wildness! In my opinion, such a woman should be locked at home and asked to teach her a good life. Didn't you marry an enemy and go back? If you are close to this kind of woman, you will be dirty!"

Linglong said coolly, "You don't have two doors, but you don't see your husband or son."

Concubine Lu was hit with pain in an instant. She has been in the palace for 20 years, but she has no children and half daughters, but who dares to say such a thing to her? !

But she didn't dare to refute the person who said her.

"...boring." Linglong stood up and no longer wanted to pay attention to this group of women who knew how to talk sour words every day to grab men from each other. She wanted to go to the Imperial Garden for a stroll, but her footsteps suddenly stopped, and then slowly Slowly, she looked at a concubine named Mei, who was the last of the nine concubines. She was born to be beautiful and graceful like a misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River. It should be seven out of twenty this year. Although she was no longer a young girl, she gave birth to an official family. There are two sons and one daughter, but they do not appear to be leaking among the concubines who are competing for beauty and beauty.

But just such a concubine Mei, who had no such person, but under the suppression of Lu Guifei, she gave birth to two sons and one daughter for the official family, and they all grew up.

Even at the age of twenty-seven, she is still as shy and docile as a young girl, without showing any signs of old age.

Suddenly, a pair of embroidered shoes stopped in front of her, with a gorgeous skirt, as if she was the empress.

Linglong looked condescendingly at Concubine Mei for a long time, from the strands of her hair to the heels of her feet, and after a while, she suddenly said: "The weather is already warm, why is Concubine Mei still wearing so much? But Body cold and afraid of cold? If so, you need to take good care of yourself. Hold Yin, Li Shanggong of Xuanshang Medical Bureau, give Mei Concubine a good pulse."

As soon as Concubine Mei heard this, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down: "Empress Empress! Empress Empress forgive me..."

Linglong has no intention of going to the imperial garden at this moment. She has never paid attention to these concubines. In the past, she used to send Ann to the imperial garden at will. You won't notice what's wrong with Mei Concubine.

How about paste is the best protective color?

Naturally, this is what others think.

"What's wrong with you? Look at you, I'm in a cold sweat. Why, I'm so scary?"

Mei Concubine only felt cold sweat, as if her clothes were wet. She crawled on the ground with her head lowered and did not dare to lift her head up, so she could only wait for fate to wait for the queen. She has always been cautious and cautious, but today she is just thinking about taking a gamble, to see if the official family will come.

Li Shanggong arrived quickly. She first saluted Linglong, and then she took the pulse for Concubine Mei under Linglong's gesture. Her expressionless face showed a look of astonishment. After taking the pulse, she hesitated to report back to Linglong: "Niangniang, Concubine Mei is pregnant with a dragon seed. If the servants have been diagnosed well, it should have been half a year."

Half a year, she was probably conceived before Linglong entered the palace, but she has concealed it until now. I have to say that Mei Concubine is really capable.

She doesn't show much pretense in this child, and she is usually frail and wears bigger clothes, so no one notices!

Lu Guifei's eyes are green! She has been begging for years to be able to conceive, how could this concubine Mei's life be so good!

If it weren't for Linglong, she might have jumped up and tore off a piece of meat from Concubine Mei!

The concubines were all in an uproar.

After entering the palace, the queen has been favored for a long time, and no one else dared to argue with her, but Mei Concubine made a lot of money and made a lot of votes, and she was actually pregnant with a dragon seed... This...

Linglong didn't say a word, and others didn't dare to say it. At this time, the **** sang: "Holy-drive-to-"

The official family came in from the gate of the palace, and the eyes of the concubines suddenly lit up. He seemed calm, but Linglong saw the anxiety and worry flashing in his eyes. Obviously, this anxiety and worry was definitely not for her, nor for Concubine Lu.

It was the concubine Mei who was still kneeling.

Linglong said calmly, "Where did the official family come?"

Emperor Chengwu said: "I have finished reading the book today, thinking of you, I will come and have a look."

Delicate but silent.

Emperor Chengwu seemed to have no intention of saying, "What did Concubine Mei commit, actually kneeling on the ground?"

Others thought he didn't want to ask. After all, Concubine Mei was so inexistent in the past, and the official family never mentioned her, so no one asked. But as long as they think about it, they will understand that although no one cares about Concubine Mei, no one dares to deduct her food and clothing expenses, and she can safely give birth to children for the official family. Taking her as a thorn in her side, even seven out of 20 can maintain such an amorous attitude - even Concubine Lu is irritable because she has no children, not to mention other concubines who have fought to the death for favor.

Linglong played with her gold-wire armor, with a half-smiling smile: "How can you say it's a crime, it's a good thing, I haven't congratulated the official family yet, Concubine Mei is pregnant, and she really can't kneel. Get up."

Mei Concubine was terrified by her palace maid to help her stand up. She stood with her head down and didn't dare to say a word, which was very pitiful.

Emperor Cheng Wu glanced at her, then looked back quickly, walked over to Linglong and sat with her: "Didn't Zitong want to hear what Ding Hao did? Summon her to the capital, and also ask Zitong to meet her in person."

When Linglong heard it, oh, the official family has made a lot of money!

She was sure that Emperor Chengwu never thought of summoning Ding Lan to the capital. These words were only used to divert her attention temporarily, but I have to say, it was very useful, at least she was moved.

Sad, what are the officials afraid of? Concubine Mei has already given birth to two sons and a daughter. Is it possible that this one will be reborn, and the previous one will not be counted? What else can she do to Concubine Mei?

Or...someone hoped that she would show jealousy and harm Mei Concubine?

Don't think about it, it doesn't exist.

If there is love, there is jealousy. She has no love for the official family, so naturally she will not be jealous of his woman. What's more, Concubine Mei was not conceived after she entered the palace, and the official family is still used by her alone, and she can barely accept it.

"Okay." Linglong replied with a bright smile, "It's really touching that the official family is so attentive. However, according to the palace rules, concubines should report their pregnancy immediately, so as not to interfere with the emperor's heir, Concubine Mei. If she hides it without reporting it, she will be fined for three months, what do the officials think?"

This... grounding is actually a disguised protection. Not appearing in front of people is definitely a good thing for Concubine Mei, but... the official glanced at Linglong, and saw the innocent smile on her little face. There is no sadness, but my heart suddenly feels a little uncomfortable.