Chapter 47: The most talented woman? Dream on
As the wives and daughters of officials gathered together, the usually deserted imperial garden was now filled with young ladies and maids. From afar, they were dressed in red and green, with their hair covered with pearls and jade. Even from a distance, one could smell the mixed fragrance of rouge and powder on the women's bodies.
Su Yue was not very conspicuous where she was standing, but her blond hair made it easy to find her.
Chen Wanwan walked to Su Yue's side and asked in a voice that both of them could hear: "Why are you helping me?"
Su Yue smiled. Why? Maybe it was because her character of daring to love and hate was very similar to herself in her previous life, or maybe it was because she also liked to wear red clothes in her previous life.
"I like you." Su Yue opened her red lips and said four big words, which surprised Chen Wanwan.
"Hmph, a young girl like you speaks in an mature way." Chen Wanwan pretended to be angry and glared at Su Yue. Both of them saw smiles in each other's eyes.
When Su Xin saw the intimate interaction between Su Yue and Chen Wanwan, she tried her best to hide her anger. If Su Yue got Chen Wanwan's support, it would be very disadvantageous to her.
"The Queen has arrived~" A very familiar voice came from afar.
Su Yue subconsciously looked at the person who was shouting. That back and that very distinctive feminine voice, who else could it be but Xiaoduo, the eunuch beside the queen.
I saw a lady surrounded by palace maids, wearing a bright red robe with five phoenixes embroidered in gold, and a phoenix crown with gold thread on her head. Two gorgeous peonies were inserted diagonally beside her, and the branches and leaves were wrapped in gold and green. The queen looked majestic and extremely luxurious and eye-catching.
The Queen's phoenix eyes swept across the ladies, her gaze paused for a moment at Su Yue, and then glanced away unnoticeably.
She knew the second young lady of Prime Minister Su's mansion. What happened in the Golden Palace some time ago shocked the harem. This yellow-haired girl was not good-looking, but she was quite courageous. However, what the harem needed most was a bold and brainless woman.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen. May the Queen live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years." All the beautiful girls bowed their heads to pay their respects. The Queen's majesty was so overwhelming that no one dared to look up easily.
"Everyone, stand up." The queen's voice was clear and pleasant to hear.
"Thank you, Her Majesty." Everyone stood up. A few brave ladies quietly raised their heads in the crowd and looked at the queen stealthily.
Next, the emperor's other two favorite concubines, Concubine Yu and Concubine Hui, also arrived.
Su Yue quietly looked at the three queens and concubines in front of her who were dressed luxuriously, and muttered to herself in her heart.
Although the emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, the harem is now divided into three parts. The usually very favored Concubine Yu and Concubine Hui check and balance each other, while the empress holds the phoenix seal and her relationship with the emperor is not very good.
The emperor had many concubines, but he only had five children, three boys and two girls. There were many pregnancies in the harem every year, but very few were lucky enough to give birth to a baby safely.
How could Su Yue, who was the queen in her previous life, not know the twists and turns?
Although the queen has a noble status, she has no legitimate son and only one daughter, the eldest princess Anping. However, Princess Anping has already married, so the queen has basically no competitiveness in the harem except for the phoenix seal.
However, the queen is the queen after all. She secretly promoted Concubine Yu and Concubine Hui, letting them fight each other while she remained firmly in the throne of the empress.
The second prince Shangguan Nanfeng is the son of Concubine Hui. Among the three women of noble status, only Concubine Hui has a smile on her face. Looking at them, she seems approachable and easy to get along with.
However, only Su Yue knew that the barking dog that bites does not bite. Among the three, Concubine Hui was the most vicious. In the previous life, after Shangguan Nanfeng ascended the throne, Concubine Hui naturally became the empress dowager.
She actually turned the Jade Concubine, whom she usually didn't get along with, into a human pig, which shows how vicious she was.
As a daughter-in-law, she was naturally despised, insulted and bullied by Concubine Hui, but at that time she only wanted to be with Shangguan Nanfeng for the rest of her life.
She felt that it was her duty to take good care of his mother, so she had seen some of Concubine Hui's methods.
Concubine Yu has a son and a daughter. The fifth prince, Shangguan Yunxuan, is only five years old now. He is constantly taking medicine. In her previous life, Su Yue heard from the imperial physician that the fifth prince's foundation was damaged in the womb, and he is now relying on medicine to survive.
As for how the foundation was damaged, it is quite intriguing. Although Concubine Yu does not look like a good person, how many good people can reach their position in this palace?
As for Concubine Yu's other daughter, Princess Fuping, Su Yue narrowed her eyes when she thought of her previous life.
Princess Fuping had a very tainted mind. Although she hid it very well, Su Yue still found out about her biggest secret in her previous life: she actually liked the third half prince Shangguan Nanxing!
It was also Fuping who bullied Shangguan Nanxing the most when they were young. Maybe it was because she was a little girl that she bullied others desperately just to attract their attention.
This secret love made Fuping's heart gradually twisted, and all the maids and servants who tried to get close to Shangguan Nanxing were eliminated by her without anyone knowing.
In the previous life, Princess Fuping was extremely unkind to Su Xin and repeatedly made trouble for Su Xin. And now, Su Yue met Fu Ping's cold gaze next to Yu Fei, and understood everything.
In this life, the emperor wanted to grant her a marriage with Shangguan Nanxing, so naturally, Princess Fuping's anger was transferred to herself.
The poetry gathering was specially held by the Queen for the wives of all officials, who were all unmarried girls. Of course, the princes could not attend, as this was the rule.
Now, in this huge imperial garden, besides these women, there are only a few eunuchs.
"Well, now that everyone is here, let's begin the poetry gathering." The queen gave an order, and the girls found their seats and sat down. The queen was the queen after all, and the seats were arranged according to the status of legitimate and illegitimate children, surrounding the stage in the middle.
At this time, the sound of stringed instruments was pleasant to the ears, and several dancers were dancing gracefully in the middle, twisting their graceful waists to the sound of stringed instruments.
Coincidentally, Chen Wanwan and Su Yue sat together.
Below them, Su Xin was trying hard to suppress her unhappiness, and the bone china teacup in her hand was almost crushed by her.
Why? She and Su Yue both came in the same carriage, which was the so-called distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, but she was sitting in this remote corner!
She tried to suppress her jealousy and keep smiling. Even though her position was so remote, she always wanted to be perfect.
Humph, a concubine's daughter? Today she would let all the legitimate daughters present here see how she, a daughter of a concubine, could stand out and take the top spot!
Su Yue noticed the change in her eyes from jealousy to resentment and now the fighting spirit.
In this life, does she still want to be the most talented woman? It was like a dream. In Su Yue's hand, she tightly held the medicine that Butler Su had brought her when she went out just now.
Hidden under her long eyelashes, a hint of calculation flashed across her clear eyes, so fast that even Chen Wanwan, who was sitting next to her, didn't notice it.
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