According to the rules of the palace, on the first day of the New Year, the royal family and their relatives need to enter the palace to meet the queen, and the women of the third rank or above must also enter the palace to meet the queen mother.

Before dawn, the women of the decree packed up their own decorations and waited outside the palace gate. When the palace door opened, they stood outside the Jiaofang Hall one by one according to the order of grades.

Many of the ladies are old, and it is really not easy to enter the palace in the cold winter to toss such a trip. Empress Gu was sympathetic to everyone, and specially ordered the female officials to lead the female dependents into the side hall to wait.

There are several charcoal basins burning in the side hall, and exquisite tea and snacks are prepared, and all the women who are ordered to sit in the warm side hall are gossiping while drinking tea, and the words are naturally full of gratitude to Queen Gu.

"In previous years, when I entered the palace, I had to stand for half a day, and after I went back, my back pain was not relieved for many days. Mrs. Fu, the wife of Fu Ge, said with a smile: "This year, sitting in the warm side hall and waiting, there is also hot tea and snacks, but it is much more comfortable." ”

Mrs. Cui immediately answered with a smile: "That's right." The queen mother is kind-hearted, and it is a blessing for us. ”

There were two of them in the lead, and the rest of the female dependents also praised one after another.

Mrs. Tai sat in it, her eyes full of smiles.

The Wu family and the Fang clan all accompanied Mrs. Tai into the palace this year, and the seats in the side hall were limited, and Mrs. Tai occupied a seat, and their two daughters-in-law stood on Mrs. Tai's side.

However, no one will underestimate the ladies of the Dingbei Hou Mansion.

Queen Gu is as famous as the sky, and everyone is either in awe or convinced. The ladies of the Dingbei Hou Mansion also followed suit, and everyone continued to greet them.

Mrs. Luo took the initiative to laugh first: "Mrs. Tai may not have seen Niangniang for a long time!"

Since Yao Ruozhu married into the Luo family, the Gu Luo family has become in-laws and moved closely. The grievances and grievances of the past have long since disappeared.

Mrs. Tai replied with a smile: "Niangniang is filial piety in the palace and has not been able to return to Ningning. I'm getting old, and it's inconvenient for me to walk around the palace. It's been nearly two years since I've seen my mother. ”

The tone was full of wistfulness.

Although the two grandparents have never broken off contact, they have never had time to see each other. It's really a big pity.

Mrs. Tai was a little unwell a few years ago, and she still insisted on entering the palace to meet her, just thinking of taking this opportunity to meet Gu Wanning.

As she was talking, the female official in the Jiaofang Hall entered the side hall with a smile. This female official is about twenty-four or five years old, with beautiful looks and dignified manners.

"The queen has a will, please ask Mrs. Tai to meet first. Linlang stepped forward and saluted Mrs. Tai respectfully.

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As expected, Empress Gu was the first to summon Mrs. Tai to meet her.

Even Mrs. Fu was not dissatisfied, and urged with a smile: "Mrs. Tai should not get up quickly and go to see Niangniang." ”

Mrs. Tai settled down, and got up and walked out of the side hall with the support of her two daughters-in-law.

Linlang led the way in front and led Mrs. Wu Fang into the main hall.

Empress Dowager Min sat on the top, Gu Guanning sat on the right side of Empress Dowager Min, and the concubines and concubines in the palace sat on both sides according to their grades. As soon as Mrs. Tai entered the hall, everyone's eyes suddenly looked over.

Mrs. Tai has been experienced for a long time, and she is not panicked or timid at all, she stepped forward calmly, and saluted the Empress Dowager Min first: "The old Yao, I have seen the Empress Dowager." ”

Give Gu Guanning a salute again: "I've seen the queen." ”

There are many rules in the palace, Gu Wanning accepted this gift with her temperament, and her eyes couldn't wait to fall on Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai is now full of silver hair, wrinkled face, and her old appearance is revealed. The complexion is not bad.

Mrs. Tai raised her head and glanced at Gu Wanning. The wise and peaceful eyes were overflowing with joy.

Gu Wanning's nose was sour, and her grandmother blurted out: "I haven't seen each other for two years, and my grandmother's complexion is still good, which is gratifying." ”

Mrs. Tai stared at Gu Wanning, the granddaughter of the beautiful and majestic Fengyi Sixth Palace, and her heart was also sour, but she smiled happily on her face: "Tuo Niang Hongfu, the old body has not had any worries in the past two years, and he is leisurely every day, and he has never had a serious illness, and his body is healthier than before." I think I hope to live to be 100 years old. ”

Living to be 100 years old was a joke between grandparents and grandchildren that day. At this time, Mrs. Tai mentioned it, Gu Wanning's heart was warm, and she couldn't help but purse her lips and laugh: "I also look forward to my grandmother's long life and longevity." ”

Empress Dowager Min also respected Mrs. Tai, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Tai is highly respected, has a noble character, and has a long life, which is also a matter of course." ”

Then he commanded: "Give the lady a seat." ”

Mrs. Tai thanked for the grace and took her seat.

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A bunch of female dependents were still waiting to be seen, Gu Wanning had no time to talk to Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Chong smiled apologetically. Then the order went down.

Soon, Mrs. Fu, Mrs. Cui, and Mrs. Luo entered the main hall one by one.

Wives are more expensive than husbands. The higher the husband's status in the court, the higher the order in which he enters the temple.

There are also some ladies who have a high rank, but it is a pity that their husbands are not angry, and the order of the audience will be lower. For example, Mrs. Cheng'en Gongmin sat in the side hall for a long time before she was summoned into the hall.

Of course, Duchess Chengen was not convinced.

Why was Mrs. Tai the first to enter the hall, but she was ranked fifth?

Mrs. Tai is the grandmother of Empress Gu, and she is also the sister-in-law of the Son of Heaven's maternal uncle, Empress Dowager Min!

Queen Gu arranged it like this, and she didn't take the Min family into account at all!

Duchess Chengen entered the Jiaofang Hall full of anger.

Gu Wanning's bright and sharp eyes looked over, as if he instantly understood the dissatisfaction in Duchess Chengen's heart, and said lightly: "Duchess Chengen's face is unhappy, I don't know if there is dissatisfaction in my heart?"

Empress Dowager Min frowned slightly.

Duchess Chengen's heart tightened, where did she dare to stretch her face, and hurriedly squeezed out a courteous smile: "Niangniang misunderstood." The courtier's wife was fortunate enough to enter the palace to meet her today, and she didn't know how happy she was and how she was dissatisfied. ”

Duke Chengen was idle in the palace for more than half a year before he was re-summoned to the court by the Son of Heaven. If you offend Gu Guanning again, I am afraid that I will be sent back to the house by the Son of Heaven again.

Gu Wanning tugged at the corners of his lips: "It turned out that the palace had misunderstood." ”

Duchess Chengen resisted the urge to wipe the beads of sweat from the corners of her forehead, and stepped forward to salute in a proper manner. Gu Guanning didn't say anything more to make things difficult, and ordered someone to give him a seat.

Everyone entered the temple one by one to meet them, and it took half a day's work.

The ladies who sat in the temple did not speak, but their eyes were not idle. From time to time, he glanced at Cui Junying, who was standing beside Queen Gu pouring tea and water, and looked meaningfully at Fu Yu and Min Fang who were sitting on the side.

Who can't see such an obvious signal?

Queen Gu is also virtuous and generous, and she has been idle for more than two years before she is willing to let the third concubine show up. Today, Cui Junying was specially asked to serve tea, obviously with the intention of promoting Cui's daughter.

Mrs. Fu sat upright, the smile in her eyes fading.

Mrs. Cui also sat upright, looking calm, and did not see any joy.