Preview: Court Lady EP13 | 骊歌行 | iQiyi
Right. The imperial physician has confirmed that the Crown Princess is pregnant, so she won’t be able to lie with the Crown Prince for a while. It’s great timing to get him another wife now. Look at her calligraphy. It’s quite good, too. Right. This is the embroidery
That the Empress wants to give to Lu Yingying. Please have a look, Your Majesty. Take it back. I’m not gonna give her a peacock embroidery now. Embroider something else. Let’s say lilies and roses. I don’t get it. Lilies represent fertility while roses symbolize marriage. This girl is perfect in every respect.
Even her handwriting is very nice. Have a look. Right. I’ve met this Lady Lu when I was working at King Han’s mansion. She has sweet smiles and sparkling eyes. Now looking at her calligraphy “A pair of swallows fly by, with their wings low and high”, she reminds me of someone. Who is it?
Zhuang Jiang. This poem was written by her, the Princess of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. Such a beautiful and talented lady! The expression of sweet smiles and sparkling eyes was used to describe her originally. This Lu Yingying is beautiful and talented too. Indeed, she looks a bit like Zhuang Jiang.
However, there are no perfect things in the world. God endowed Zhuang with talent and beauty but forgot to give her one thing. What thing? Offspring. She married Duke of Way, but wasn’t able to bear children. So she raised the son of a concubine as her own. But in the end,
Even that child was killed. Beautiful women are often ill-fated, like Xi Shi and Zhuang Jiang. The more stunning they are, the less fortunate they are. I’ve spoken too much. I apologize for that, Your Majesty. You can leave now. Yes, Your Majesty. Zhuang Jiang was too pretty that the gods were jealous of her.
It caused unrest in Way and its people suffered. Guess it’s not necessarily a good thing to be so beautiful. Do not bring Lu’s portrait in the future when we select wives for the Crown Prince.