Chapter 142: Entering the palace for a meeting
In the hall, Qingqing was dressed in plain clothes, looking at the back garden of the hall by the window. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info palace maid walked into the hall, stepped forward and saluted: Niangniang, there is an adult visiting.
Qingqing was distracted and didn't hear clearly. When the palace maid saw that Niangniang didn't reply for a long time, and when she didn't know what to do, Qi Xuan, who was standing aside, said: Okay, you go down, I'll talk to Niangniang, you are waiting for the adult, let him wait, and Niangniang will go over immediately.
The palace maid bowed her head and replied: Yes.
The palace maid immediately retreated, and Qi Xuan took a few steps closer to Qingqing's side, and called softly: Niangniang.
Seeing that Qingqing still didn't move, she called out a little louder: Niangniang!
Qing Qing came back to her senses and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qi Xuan sighed and said: Niangniang knows how to be in a daze all day long, and she doesn't do anything serious. Now that someone is here, they are still so confused.
Qingqing smiled: With you, why should I worry about half a point?
Qi Xuan replied: Niang Niang always likes to say this, if you don't care about the affairs of the palace, how can there be any business for me. If my mother is sober for a day, I will be comfortable for a while.
Qingqing said: Okay, let's talk about something.
Qi Xuan replied: An adult came to the palace to see Niangniang. I asked the girl to go down and wait for the girl.
Qingqing asked: Who can you say?
Qi Xuandao: The palace people didn't say it, and they blamed me for not asking. If the mother doesn't want to see it, I'll go and see it first, and if it's okay, I'll send him away, so as not to disturb the mother's purity.
Qingqing said: No, since I'm here, I'll see you, it's not good to send it at will. Let's take a look.
Hearing this, Qi Xuan stepped forward to help Qingqing up, and the two walked towards the side hall.
Lu Shui was welcomed by the palace maid into the side hall and sat down, the tea and snacks were served one by one, and the palace maid only said: Your Excellency, please wait here, the mother will come in a while. After saying that, he retreated. The father-in-law who came with him was with him. After not waiting for a while, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching, Lu Shui looked up, and saw Qingqing's clothes flying, like a fairy coming down to the earth, and his heart was full of surprise, and his hands and feet were extremely hot.
Qingqing didn't know how others were, and when she entered the side hall and saw that people were Lu Shui, she was happy in her heart. For many days, it has been rare to see someone I know well, and I don't want to see him today, so I am happy. Qing Qing smiled and walked closer, sat down opposite, and asked, "How is Lord Lu lately?"
Lu Shui was unsettled, and when he came to his senses, he remembered that he had forgotten to salute, so he hurriedly got up and saluted, pretending to be calm and said: The minister is very good, I don't know how the mother has been doing since she was in the palace?
Qingqing said: Hurry up, my lord, I'm fine.
Lu Shui sat down, and Qing Qing saw that his face was not good, so she asked: Does the Lord have anything else to do with this time?
Lu Shui replied: There is indeed something.
Qingqing listened, nodded, and said, "My lord, please speak."
Lu Shuidao: The minister went down to the court today, passed through the Ren Mansion, and then entered the house to visit the two elders, Lord Ren and Mrs. Ren missed the mother very much, asked the minister Niangniang about the recent situation in the palace, the minister thought that the mother had not returned to her mother's house since the big marriage into the palace, and thought of the ancestral system, where the woman who got married, she would go back to her mother's house a few days after marriage, called 'back to the door'. Before the minister came to the Luanjiao Palace, he asked the emperor about this matter, and the emperor had agreed, and he thought that the holy decree should also be passed on to the Ren Mansion. And the minister came to Niangniang in person to inform her of the matter, so that Niangniang could prepare early.
Qingqing raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: Thank you, sir.
Lu Shui smiled: Niangniang doesn't have to be polite.
The father-in-law on the side also said: The queen is polite, what should I prepare for this time, and please tell the lady to make it clear that the palace gate is not waiting for anyone.
Lu Shui nodded and said, "That's what my father-in-law said."
After all, he is the father-in-law next to the emperor, and he can come to Luanjiao Hall and ask him to guide him, no matter how he says it, it is not good to give him a face, so Lu Shui has no choice but to accept it. Qingqing saw that Lu Shui's face was not good, and his words were not as free and easy as before, so she knew the reason, and then said: My father-in-law has worked hard all the way, please go and rest.
When the father-in-law heard this, he knew in his heart. Because he said with a smile: Niangniang has tormented the villain! The slave is here to serve the mother and the adult, how can he be comfortable and relaxed? The slave should go back to the Qianqing Palace to talk to the emperor first.
said that he bowed and withdrew.
Lu Shui took out a bag of things from his sleeve and put it on the table, and said: This is what Mrs. asked me to bring to my mother, ask me to bring words, and if you have anything to say, you will prepare it first, and you can bring it into the palace when you return to the palace.
Qingqing grabbed the package, opened it to look at it, and then raised her head and thanked: I'm tired of the adult. Then he asked: I don't know if my family is okay?
Lu Shui replied: Everything is fine. It's just that the second old man misses his mother too much.
Qingqing said: It's good to be able to go back this time.
After speaking, he retreated from the palace maids around him and sent him outside, leaving only Qixuan. Qingqing couldn't help but smile and said: Don't call me my mother anymore, when no one is there, call me 'Qingqing'.
Lu Shui listened to it and said with a smile: This is very good. The word 'adult' always sounds uncomfortable, you can call me 'Lu Shui'.
Qingqing said: I know your personality, so I let them retreat, so you and I don't have to be formal, and we are more comfortable.
Lu Shui nodded yes. The two chatted happily.
The courtiers were not allowed to stay in the harem for a long time, and after a while, Lu Shui got up to say goodbye.
Qi Xuan wanted to interject and ask a few words as early as the front, after all, there is a difference between high and low, and it is not the turn of the two masters to intervene when they are talking. At this time, Fang Cai approached and asked: Niangniang, when will you go home?
Qingqing replied: I don't know, it's probably just a few days.
Then he said, "Do you want to go back?"
Qi Xuan smiled and said: Niangniang wants to go back, so I naturally have to go back together. Besides, although this palace is good, it is not as good as the house. Qi Xuan wanted to go back.
Qingqing said: Okay, let's go home together. You should pack some things that are commonly used, and bring some items from the emperor so that you can bring them to the second elder.
Qi Xuan responded: Niangniang is thoughtful, I'll clean it up.
After finishing speaking, I went to the room to clean up.
Look at Ren Mansion again.
As soon as the eunuch who was ordered left, the second elder of the Ren family was busy. It is not easy for the mother to return to the door, the eunuch who passed the decree explained everything clearly, and told him a little bit, but he couldn't be lazy. Master Ren is steady, and he has written it down carefully in his heart. Mrs. Ren is the daughter of the official eunuch, and she knows a thing or two about the preparation before and after, so there will be no mistakes in thinking about it.
It is said that Mrs. Ren returned to Xifeng, but her mother's family has not seen her, even if she meets by chance, she will turn around and leave, ignoring it, Mrs. Ren is very sad about this. Fortunately, Qingqing married into the palace and became the queen, and the Ren Mansion benefited from it. At this time, it seems that Mrs. Ren's mother's house does not dare to embarrass Mrs. Ren.
It is not a trivial matter for the queen to return to the door, everything is thoughtful and foolproof. It took several days of preparation before it was ready. The eunuch replied, Lu Shui coordinated up and down, and only then did he return to the emperor when he was ready, and the mother was able to leave the palace.
to this day.
Qingqing was dressed in a phoenix crown and a rouge gouache on her face, just like when she got married. Out of the palace gate, there was an old lady to help, got on the sedan chair, and was carried all the way to the palace gate. There is a large top sedan chair carried by eight people at the palace gate, and Qi Xuan helped him to get on the sedan chair, put down the silk around him, beat the drum and start the sedan chair, and went out of the palace gate all the way. The market was overcrowded, and everyone had a lively time, and the scene was no worse than the day of the wedding.
At one time, he arrived at Renfu. Swing the house and drop off the sedan chair. The people of the upper and lower positions of the Ren Mansion greeted them in front of the door, and they did not dare to be ambiguous in their dress, and the big girl who could be on the side was also decent and polite. Seeing the sedan chair fall to the ground, Qi Xuan stepped forward to lift the silk curtain, lowered his body, and probed his hand into it. Qingqing stretched out a hand and put it on his hand, dressed carefully, and walked out slowly.
Before he walked out of the sedan chair, Master Ren and his wife knelt down, kowtowed and shouted: Welcome to the queen!
Qingqing walked a few steps forward, walked straight up the steps, stretched out her hand to help the second elder, and asked, "Father and mother, is everything okay?"
The second elder's eyebrows were touched, as if there were tears, and he only replied: It's all right! It's all right!
Seeing this, Qingqing couldn't help but redden, and just said: It's inconvenient outside, so let's go in and talk slowly.
The second elder nodded yes.
Qing Qing saw the servants kneeling on the ground behind the second elder, and said, "Everyone get up."
Everyone shouted in unison: Thank you, Queen Mother!
After everyone got up, Qingqing took the second elder and walked to the house. Everyone divided into two sides, and followed in turn, and Qi Xuan followed behind Yu Qingqing.
Go to the inner hall and sit down. The thin silk cloak that Qingqing was wearing was taken off and collected by Qi Xuan. In line with the etiquette, Qingqing was supposed to sit on the first seat in the front of the hall, but because she didn't want to, she sat on the lower side, and the second elder sat on the other side, face to face. There are palace people, pay attention to each other's etiquette, and it is inconvenient to say homely hot words, which seems restrained, so Qingqing took the opportunity to send those palace people who came out of the palace to serve to the attic.