Back then, Guo Wenying entered the palace with Feng Jingting to meet the emperor, and spent a night learning the rules, although the kneeling movements of men and women are different, but everything else is similar. Among the three people, she learned the fastest, but Guo Xiuzhi did seven or eight times in one action, which was not up to standard.

Mrs. Wu looked at this niece who was in a certain way and behaved in a chic manner, and couldn't help but secretly praise, it was worthy of being from the Qinggui Lu family, if it was handed over to Mrs. Fu for upbringing, eighty percent would be wasted. She doesn't like Fu Ying's hypocrisy the most, and she doesn't even like Guo Xiuzhi much.

I was going to enter the palace tomorrow, and it was too late to cut new clothes at this time, so Mrs. Wu helped the three of them choose the most suitable one. There is no need to dress up to meet the Queen Mother, it is advisable to be simple and generous, dignified and steady.

The clothes were all picked by her own hands, and Fu Ying couldn't intervene, seeing that she was impartial, she didn't say much, but secretly added a few pieces of jewelry to Guo Xiuzhi in private.

After learning the rules of the day, I got up early the next morning and began to comb my hair and change clothes, although the hair of the red comb was good-looking, but it was not on the table, and the house specially invited a few grandmothers who could comb their hair from the outside, and they were dressed up by serving a few ladies and ladies.

As soon as the three of them came out, they were all flower-like ages, and they were graceful and good-looking, Mrs. Wu nodded frequently, and said to Fu Ying with a smile: "With the appearance of our Guo family's daughter, it is really more than enough to choose a mother, but unfortunately only Wen Ying is the right age." ”

Fu Ying laughed falsely, the expression on her face was quite unnatural, not to mention how much she regretted not marrying Guo Wenying this morning, and she had to be summoned by the Queen Mother at this time, but the creation of this stinky girl is coming?

The carriages and horses outside had already been prepared, everything was ready, and the five carriages went out of the door and went straight to the palace.

This is not the first time Guo Wenying has entered the palace, and she doesn't feel very nervous, so she just walks slowly according to the rules. When they crossed the Jinshui Bridge, they saw two huge red doors in the distance, surrounded by gold edges and engraved with large and eye-catching characters. The architecture of this sprawling palace complex, with its golden glazed tiles shining brightly in the sun. Under the clear blue sky, the golden glazed tile heavy eaves of the imperial city looks particularly brilliant.

Foreign women have to hand over signs when they enter the palace, and they can only walk in front of the Donghua Gate when they enter the palace from the Donghua Gate, which is generally enough level, or there is a special purpose to enter by sedan chair, but obviously the Guo family does not have this privilege.

Today's guard of Donghua Gate is the right guard of the government army, Guo Wenying's eyes are sharp, and he actually saw a few soldiers of the original Northwest Army, and Zhang Qiang was also among them.

I heard that at that time, Feng Jingting attacked the Forbidden City, and many people died in that battle, and the last surviving officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army, some stayed in the Twelve Guards, directly under the emperor's army, and some took the pension and returned home.

It seemed that there were quite a few people left in the Twelve Guards of the Northwest Army, and she could recognize two or three at a casual glance. It's just that her identity is different now, and it's not easy to recognize her face to face, so she only lowered her head and didn't dare to look at them, but Zhang Qiang recognized her at a glance. However, he has always been old and serious, although he showed surprise at this moment, he did not say anything loudly, only saluted her respectfully, and then several other guards from the Northwest Army also saluted her respectfully.

Guo Wenying only bowed her head slightly, which was regarded as a return gift, but she was secretly embarrassed in her heart, she was just a girl now, how could she be worthy of their courtesy?

These guards guarding the palace gate are all of high grade, and they all think highly of themselves on weekdays, who would be idle and have nothing to do to salute a woman? And that is clearly the etiquette of subordinates to meet Shangguan. Mrs. Wu was talking to the guards with a sign, and when she looked back, she couldn't help but be startled, and she thought that she had seen it wrong. The heart said, what's the matter? Could it be that even the guards knew that the daughter of their Guo family was going to enter the palace, so they deliberately stammered?

It can't be said that it will take a while for the new show girls to come to the draft, and even if they are selected, they will have to be courteous and sealed, so it makes no sense that they will be stammered at this time?

She felt strange in her heart, and couldn't help but look back at Guo Wenying a few more times, and saw her walking calmly, as if she hadn't seen those guards.

After entering the Donghua Gate, there were eunuchs leading them forward, and the Queen Mother lived in Renshou Palace, which was far away from here, and it took a long distance to arrive.

They walked through the corridor and suddenly saw a team of palace ladies and fathers-in-law in front of them walking this way, led by Xu Mao, the chief administrator of the inner court.

Seeing them from afar, Xu Mao actually greeted them and greeted them with a bright smile, "Yo, isn't this the Duchess of Dingguo?

Mrs. Wu was stunned, she had been in the palace several times, and she had never seen the chief manager take the initiative to greet her, and she was frightened for a while, but she didn't know how to respond. Turning her head to look at Fu Ying, Fu Ying was also a little stupid, she seemed to be in her own mansion, as soon as she entered the palace, she looked like a puppeteer with a string, and she was not as flexible as Mrs. Wu's brain.

Mrs. Wu reacted quickly, and said with a smile: "I've seen the chief manager, what are you busy with?"

Xu Mao said: "It's not the emperor who asked him to clean up the palace and say that he will live for the show girls in the draft, I heard that there are also people in the Guo family this time." He said and walked back along the crowd, and when he saw Guo Wenying hiding behind, a pair of small eyes suddenly narrowed, "Yo, that's the eldest lady in the house, she is really blessed to look good." ”

Guo Wenying couldn't help but roll her eyes, he made a pun, does she have any luck related to her appearance?

I knew in my heart that Xu Mao probably wanted to pretend that he didn't know her, but you just pretended, and if you didn't see it when your eyes were closed, why bother greeting them again?

Xu Mao looked at her with a smile, and didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, he smiled at the Duchess of Dingguo again: "The miscellaneous family came out of the Queen Mother just now, and the Queen Mother is in a good mood at this time, so go and meet it." ”

Mrs. Wu hurriedly thanked her, and became more and more suspicious in her heart, the chief manager was obviously showing goodwill. But the Guo family has tended to decline since the first emperor, and it has not been liked by the emperor much, when did it become so important?

Since the Queen Mother ordered them to enter the palace, she was a little puzzled, what did the Queen Mother do when she saw them? Now that she sees Xu Mao like this, she feels that there must be something inside.

With a stomach full of questions, he followed the father-in-law who followed him into Renshou Palace.

Renshou Palace is the palace where the queen mother lived in the past dynasties, there is a sense of simplicity and heaviness, here is not only wide, but also very gorgeous, it can really be described as carved beams and paintings, golden and brilliant. The four corners of the temple were raised high, as graceful as four swallows with wings ready to fly.

After entering Renshou Palace, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but whisper a few words to them. Several people responded, and then walked inside with bated breath, and there were many palace ladies and eunuchs standing on both sides of the way, all of them with low eyebrows and ears, and their faces were full of seriousness.