Chapter 19: The Storm (8)
Just as I was walking through the imperial garden in a trance, a group of eunuchs and palace maids surrounded a graceful middle-aged lady approached.
"Bold minion, how dare you not worship when you see the queen!" The leading eunuch couldn't help but scold me when he saw that I was still walking forward with my head buried.
I was suddenly shocked in my heart, and only then did I realize that I was still in the palace, and the necessary etiquette still had to be observed.
"The grass people deserve to die for their crimes, and I hope the queen will forgive them. When he reacted, he quickly knelt on the side of the road and pleaded guilty.
After a while, a voice slowly sounded above my head: "Degui, look at you, what kind of scare other girls into." I don't know, I thought the main palace was a man-eating tiger. "The voice is unhurried, gentle and soothing.
It seemed that the queen was not angry with me, and I could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, only to see a pair of exquisite silk shoes that stood out among the monotonous cloth shoes. Just as it was about to disappear from my sight, it suddenly stopped.
"The little girl is new, and I don't seem to have seen you before. ”
"Back to the queen's mother, the little girl entered the palace with His Royal Highness the King of Hanzhong..."
"Could it be that Miss Feng?" suddenly fluctuated a little more in the queen's gentle tone.
"Yes... It's the little girl. I gritted my teeth, but still admitted my identity, and thought to myself, it was Wang Ruoxi in the morning, the emperor who entered the palace, and now the queen, so let them all make fun of it.
Surprisingly, I was greeted not by the expected cynicism, but by a pair of gentle arms to my feet.
I looked up in confusion, the face in front of me was destined not to be easily erased in my memory, the fair skin was as delicate and tight as a girl, and the passage of time did not take away the elegance of her youth in the slightest, but made her add a bit of mature charm.
"Tsk, the girl is really a beautiful woman, no wonder His Royal Highness the King of Hanzhong fell in love with you at first sight. Originally, I felt a little embarrassed under her gaze, and when I heard her praise me like this, my face turned even redder like a peach, and I shirked it repeatedly: "The queen has won the award." ”
"What about the King of Hanzhong, why haven't I been with you?" The queen looked around and didn't find Zhi Ze, and asked very strangely.
"He... He is talking to the emperor in Dongning Pavilion..."As soon as I mentioned Zhize, my brows furrowed slightly, but this subtle reaction did not escape her eyes.
"What, doesn't the emperor agree?" is really worthy of the brilliant Empress Xiao, and today I can be regarded as having learned her ability to do things like a god.
"Hmm... The emperor may... Maybe you don't like me..."I couldn't help but choke up a little when I thought of the insult I had just received.
The queen sighed slightly, handed her handkerchief to me, and comforted me softly: "The emperor has been in a bad mood recently and is often angry, you don't have to worry too much, wait a minute, there should be a turnaround." ”
"The little girl thanked the queen for her concern. "The queen's soft voice surged into my heart like a warm current, I really didn't expect that this queen mother was so approachable, and not like the rumors outside, my heart was hot, full of gratitude to her, and the resistance to him in my heart had long disappeared without a trace.
"Xiaoxiao, let's go, let's go back!" As he was talking, Zhi Ze had come out of the Dongning Pavilion at some point, walked forward angrily, shook my hand suddenly, and couldn't help but say that he wanted to take me away, and he didn't need to ask to know that the emperor still didn't agree to him in the end.
"Since the emperor does not agree to this, then what are the plans of His Royal Highness the King of Hanzhong?" Seeing that Zhize did not take himself in his eyes at all, Empress Xiao did not show any irritation.
"Thank you for the queen mother's concern, Zhize has his own way, the queen mother should do her part and don't meddle in her own affairs. Zhi Ze's blunt tone revealed the sharp contradiction between the two, and I looked at Queen Xiao behind me with some concern, she actually had a smile on the corner of her mouth!
"It's a pity that Your Highness may not be able to use many methods, right?"
"What do you mean by this? Zhi Ze was ignorant, and asked the queen to say it directly. Zhi Ze glanced at the queen behind him out of the corner of his eye, but still didn't look back.
"Xiaoxiao, this girl Bengong likes it very much, and Bengong doesn't want her to be hurt, so..."
"So what?" Zhi Ze turned around abruptly, looking at the woman in front of him who was incompatible with him, his eyes were full of anticipation.
"So," the queen looked at me and said slowly, "this palace wants to help her." ”