Chapter 84: The Queen
There was a grandmother who gave the silver to take it, Su Miao and his party walked smoothly this way, and they didn't meet anyone, Su Miao breathed a sigh of relief, at least this first step into the palace was over.
Xu is grandmother brought a shortcut, the three of them walked about a stick of incense time arrived, along the way the grandmother said appropriate flattering words, Su Miao also responded from time to time, the atmosphere between the two is also harmonious, this grandmother's attitude towards Su Miao is much better.
Gradually, the three words "Fengluan Palace" became clearer and clearer in Su Miao's sight when she accidentally raised her head, and before she reached the door, the mama who led the way stopped, "Miss Su, the slave maid is sent here, Miss Su will take your maid forward, and there will be a mama in front of you to lead you in." β
Mama lowered her head and said this to Su Miao with a smile, Su Miao secretly raised her eyebrows, and didn't send it here, could it be that this is not the person next to the queen's mother? Although she was puzzled in her heart, she still responded thoughtfully: "I'm tired of Mama today." β
"Don't bother, don't bother, Miss Su will go in first, the old slave will retire. He took a few steps back, then turned and left.
Su Miao didn't continue to stare at the grandmother, walked a few steps forward, and saw that the other grandmother who had just said came to greet her, seeing Su Miao, her face was much colder than the one just now, Su Miao didn't care, when she arrived at the queen's place, she couldn't reach out and hand over the purse anymore, and Su Miao felt in her heart that this grandmother's attitude towards her was normal.
stopped the mixed thoughts in his heart, stood and smiled at the visitor: "Hello, Mama, I am Miss Su Miao from Su Mansion, and I came to meet Niangniang today at the invitation of the queen's mother." β
The grandmother really didn't say a word, and when she saw Su Miao, she turned around and walked in.
Su Miao was a little helpless, but the expression on her face was still a standard smile, and she walked behind her grandmother step by step, and she also thought about the countermeasures to the queen in her heart.
Su Miao was led to the side hall, and Mama retreated, and then a delicate-looking palace maid bent down to Su Miao's side with a tray holding a teacup, stretched out her hand and took out the teacup on the plate, and put it on the low table where Su Miao was sitting on a stool, and said: "Miss Su, the palace ladies are asking the queen to say goodbye, Miss Su is troublesome to sit for a while, and someone will come to lead the lady to see the queen later." β
The palace maid who served the tea did not squint, staring at the floor the whole time, Su Miao wanted to nod for fear that people would not be able to see it, with a shallow smile in her voice, she replied to the palace maid, "Hmm." β
After Su Miao's reply, the palace maid retreated with the tray of tea in both hands.
The rules in the palace can be regarded as Su Miao's insight, this move is strictly trained, and thinking of the two girls around her, such a comparison, even if the tea in her hand is worth a thousand gold, Su Miao is still a good life outside the palace.
took a sip of the tea in her hand, and the queen mother ordered it, how dare she not give face, and she didn't taste it.
Lowered her gaze and didn't dare to glance at it, she didn't need to raise her eyes to see how magnificent the decoration of this Fengluan Hall was, adhering to the principle of not being curious, sitting in the side hall and waiting for the queen to summon the whole process, Su Miao only stared at the toe that leaked out.
Fortunately, the imaginary difficulty did not come, and when she heard a restrained conversation, Su Miao guessed that the invitations of the palace ladies were over, and sure enough, it didn't take long for someone to spread the word that the queen was going to see her.
Seeing the pretending concubine, the queen looked impatient, took a sip of the freshly brewed tea in front of her, and put it on the table with gravity.
"These women come to the palace all day long to add to the blockage. β
Qingshuang saw that the queen was in a bad mood, so she didn't dwell on this topic too much, and said: "Niangniang, the eldest lady of Su Mansion is already waiting outside." β
Hearing Qingshuang's words, the queen sat up straight, and asked about Su Miao's performance in the side hall with interest, and Qingshuang told the queen everything she heard word for word.
The queen, who was still angry just now, was full of amusement on her face, "Is it true?"
Qingshuang nodded: "Hui Niangniang, yes." β
"It's really up, I climbed up to the Nine Princes, and I still haven't been interested in and looked at the things of my Fengluan Palace, which is really not to be underestimated. Okay, this palace wants to see what kind of strange person this eldest lady of the Su family is! β
took a sip of tea casually and waited for Su Miao to come in.
Su Miao obviously felt that the main hall she would enter was more luxurious than the side hall just now, and she still followed behind the palace maid who led the way, and when she saw the palace maid in front of her stop, Su Miao quickly raised her head and glanced at the position of the person who was dressed gracefully and luxuriously on the seat, and then knelt down, "The folk girl has seen the queen mother, please say hello to the queen mother, mother Jin'an!"
As he spoke, he began to kowtow, the rules in this palace really made Su Miao uncomfortable.
Seeing Su Miao kneeling below, the queen had a smile of unknown meaning on the corner of her mouth, and then covered the lid of the teacup in her hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, get up, the palace has been waiting to see Miss Su for a few days, how is it, the body is almost better!"
Su Miao got up slowly, when the queen summoned her a few days ago, Su Miao wanted to delay entering the palace for two days, so she asked the old lady to find a reason to go back to the palace people, and she used the words that she was sick. But the people in the palace, who doesn't speak in a twist and turn, I'm afraid that the queen wants to mention that she fell into the water some time ago.
Su Miao stood at the bottom, her words were mellow, and she was not half nervous: "Back to Niangniang's words, the people's daughter's body is no longer hindered, thank you Niangniang for your concern." β
Su Miao's reply was exchanged for a long "um~" from the people in the seat.
Su Miao didn't dare to speak more, "Give me a seat!"
"Thank you, mother. Su Miao half-squatted and performed the blessing ceremony, waiting for the palace maid to move the low stool up, and carefully made one-third of the stool.
Seeing Su Miao's behavior, she couldn't find a trace of fault, the queen smiled and praised, there was something really in this tone that only she knew about it: "The rules of Su Mansion must be excellent, and Miss Su's every move can't find a trace of fault." β
Su Miao began to determine that the queen was really suspicious of her during her back and forth with the queen.
Xie Niangniang praised. β
Su Miao didn't panic, she would take whatever the queen thrown.
"By the way, a few days ago, I heard that Su Mansion held a birthday banquet for Miss Su, let me think about it, Miss Su is fourteen years old. The queen's tone was lazy, making people feel that there was no aggression, but the alertness in Su Miao's heart suddenly increased.
"What Niangniang said is that a few days ago, the girl had just passed her fourteenth birthday. β
"Then next year, it's going to be time, and Miss Su can also get married. β
After speaking, the queen looked at Su Miao with a smile, Su Miao raised her eyes and just met the cold look, suppressed the surprise in her heart, I hope it was not what she thought, Su Miao's hands were clenched tighter, in Su Miao's view, Su Mansion is a family of military generals, whether it is his own clan or the side line, there is no man who is in the court, and no matter which generation of emperors, they all hope that the military power is really in their own hands, and the princes dare not have too much contact with the generals before inheriting the throneγ
But the empress's two princes are both ambitious, and they will not have the courage to propose marriage to the Su Mansion until they succeed in seizing the throne.
Su Miao's thinking was just an instant, and someone broke the stalemate between her and the queen,
"Niangniang, Concubine Qi has come to greet you. β
The palace maid came to pass the word, and finally removed the gaze that was glued to Su Miao's body, and the queen still responded with a smile: "Come in." β
Su Miao got up when she heard this, a concubine came in, and it was not appropriate for her to sit in Yu Li, seeing Concubine Qi walking in dignifiedly, her eyes swept over her without a trace.
Concubine Qi stepped forward to ask the queen mother for peace, and the queen asked in a mocking tone: "My sister is like this every day, it is better to listen to the words of the palace and go to ask the emperor for a favor, so as not to come to ask for peace." β
Concubine Qi didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in the queen's words, took a fan to cover her face, and returned with a smile: "Niangniang said that it was a joke, it is necessary for the concubine to ask the concubine to ask the mother, if the concubine goes to intercede with the emperor and sets this precedent, all the palace ladies will learn in the future, how bad the mother's face is!"
The queen felt that the corners of her eyes kept twitching, this Concubine Qi always couldn't get along with herself, her heart was like a mirror, she knew how uncomfortable it was for her to look at those concubines with a smirk, she also came to stab her, but someone just gave birth to a prince, and the scenery was infinite in front of the emperor, what could she say, add to her own blockage every day!
Seeing the queen's face faintly blue, Concubine Qi was indescribably happy in her heart, and pretended to be embarrassed to do half a salute: "Oh, Niangniang is really sorry, I fed Hong'er today so late, alas, the child is the most naughty at this age, and the mother raised the prince and the third prince must be able to understand the suffering of the concubine." β
The corners of Su Miao's mouth twitched when she watched from the side, the queen is really not good, look at what a little concubine looks like, and it is really difficult to pretend to be generous on the surface.
I don't know if this Concubine Qi is really stupid, when the prince has already decided, she still adds to the block in front of the queen, does she not want to live?
Taking advantage of the fact that the queen's attention was all on Concubine Qi's body, Su Miao squinted her eyes and carefully observed the Concubine Qi not far away, and the more she looked, the more familiar she felt.
After thinking about it for a while, the impression in my mind became clearer and clearer,
Finally remembered.