Between the groans, the sound of the jade pendant ring gradually sounded outside, crisp and loud, like a delicate young girl at a banquet pinching a small hammer and striking the sound of the chime, and the melody that came out made people think about it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Empress Yuan raised her eyes, and then saw the eldest princess of Zhaomao (mao) turn the lifelike embroidered white phoenix screen, and walked in dignifiedly, tall and plump figure with a silver-red collared skirt, covered with a tulle robe of the same color inlaid with gold Buddha lace, and a gold thread embroidered shawl of the same color between the arms, it is difficult to hide the charm between walking, the collared skirt is tight, and it sets off a white and charming scenery on the chest. It is impossible to see that such a delicate and colorful master is already forty-eight years old.

Except for the slight fine lines at the corners of her eyes, the years really don't seem to have passed on her.

On the side of the eldest princess Zhaomao is her only daughter, Xiao Ling, the lord of Pingling, and the eyebrows and eyes of the two are quite similar, but the eldest princess Zhaomao looks approachable, and although Xiao Ling is trying to be docile, he still can't hide the arrogance between his eyebrows.

Indeed, there is such a princess of the heavenly family who has been praised for half her life as a mother, and when she was first born, she was personally named Pingling by the first emperor, and she grew up in the favor of everyone since she was a child, where would there be no arrogance that is higher than everyone.

Empress Yuan retracted her gaze lightly, and then heard a voice that sounded extremely kindly.

"After walking this way, only the queen mother's autumn color is the best. ”

Empress Yuan smiled when she heard this, although she didn't get up, she politely raised her left hand and said, "Eldest princess, please take a seat." ”

Ruichun, the palace maid in charge on the side, stepped forward willingly when she saw this, and personally led the eldest princess Zhaomao to sit at the table next to Queen Yuan.

The eldest princess of Zhaomao didn't shirk much, she brushed her skirt and sat down dignifiedly, and then watched Xiao Ling come forward, rarely put down her consistently high chin, and bowed very gently.

"The Queen's Mother. ”

Empress Yuan smiled when she saw it, and then raised her hand and said: "Hurry up, it's rare to see it, Pingyi is tall again, and the beautiful ones are so beautiful that the palace doesn't dare to recognize it." ”

Girls always like to listen to nice words, and when Empress Yuan's words fell on Xiao Ling's heart, she inevitably blushed, and couldn't help but tilt her head, and the corners of her lips were a shy smile that could not be hidden.

Empress Yuan smiled in her eyes, and glanced at Ruichun sideways, and Ruichun immediately stepped forward to personally help Xiao Ling to sit on the left, which was at the hand of the eldest princess Zhaomao.

The eldest princess of Zhaomao smiled sideways, and asked the girl next to the county lord of Pingyi to accompany Pingyi to the East Palace to find Qiyang to play.

Empress Yuan knew the thoughts of the eldest princess Zhaomao, and did not talk to her, and the eldest princess Zhaomao naturally heard the deep meaning of Empress Yuan's words, and after the girl left, she didn't think much about it, but she smiled and leaned over slightly, quite closely: "It's inevitable to be lonely in the house every day, always thinking about coming to the palace for a walk, and only you and I are familiar with it, but you are different from me, I am a widow who has nothing to do, but you are busy with palace affairs, and I am not easy to disturb." ”

Empress Yuan still smiled at the corner of her lips when she heard this, but she didn't say anything, but the eldest princess Zhaomao smiled further: "But you and I have a relationship with the saint since childhood, and there is really no need for those false courtesies, even if it is rare to see, the love of that handkerchief will never fade-"

In the end, the eldest princess Zhaomao looked at Empress Yuan very kindly, and her well-maintained hand couldn't help but reach out and cover the sleeve of Empress Yuan's clothes on the kang table.

Empress Yuan's eyebrows swept lightly on her sleeves, and then she raised it again, and her smile was rarely closer, but her lips were a little lamenting the years.

"It's good to be laid-back, you still look like you're still the twenty-eight-year-old sister Ayang, and I-"

Empress Yuan raised her hand a little helplessly to probe the fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and her words were calm but did not hide her sighs: "Now that I am old, I get up early in the morning to comb my hair, and the palace maids secretly hide several gray hairs, I can count them clearly, it can be seen that there are many things to worry about, and it is the most urging to get old." ”

The eldest princess of Zhaomao is very rare in her appearance, and when she heard Queen Yuan say this, she was naturally happy in her heart, and when she saw that the conversation box was opened, her eyes naturally moved slightly, and then the corners of her lips curled slightly, and she said with envy: " If you want me to say, I have never envied others, only you, but I have to blush, I am still two years older than you, but now your children and grandchildren are around the knees, I am only one Pingyi, every time I see A Yi, I can't help but be proud of you, although the child is young, but it is steady and polite, can be alone, and now the courtiers outside say that the grandson is smart and intelligent, wise and learned, quite the style of the ancestor back then, if I were you, I don't know how much to worry about. ”

Queen Yuan smiled slightly at the corner of her lips when she heard this, she naturally knew that the eldest princess Zhaomao in front of her wanted her to lead the conversation to Pingyi, but she had never been a person who liked to be pulled by others.

Therefore, she only smiled and pushed Tai Chi and said: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, I can't manage it, and the emperor has to worry about it." ”

The silence gradually fell around, the eldest princess Zhaomao did not receive a reply, raised her eyes and saw that Queen Yuan was still smiling like that, not approving, nor opposing, her heart was hesitant, and gradually cooled down, but it did not show her face at all, but she smiled even more, but it was difficult to hide the deep meaning in the smile.

"That being said, what are we trying to do at this age, but it is no better than anything else for our children and grandchildren to start a family and start a business. ”

Hearing this, Queen Yuan safely held the teacup in her hand, lowered her chin slightly, and lightly covered the coldness in her eyes when she sipped the tea, even the eldest princess Zhaomao who was close in front of her did not notice it.

And the next moment, the eldest princess Zhaomao completely revealed her intentions this time.

"Since I was a child, I have liked Ah Yi, the child, from the time I went to the palace, we Pingyi only liked to play with Ah Yi and Qiyang, it can be seen that the children are small friendships, and people say that our heavenly family is ruthless-"

The eldest princess Zhaomao paused as if she was groaning, looked thoughtfully at the Yuan Queen in front of her, and then said with a smile: "But I think that it's not that a family doesn't enter a family, it's good for the children to be young, and now that the relationship is not light, even if the two eaves of the past are merged into a family, it is also familiar, this can go from the time when they were young to the white head, that kind of affection is really precious, I believe that Qiyang will also like our sister-in-law who is so close to Pingyi, Ah Tian, what do you say." ”

The room fell silent again, but Empress Yuan was not surprised at all, her tone was light and calm, but her words were decent.

"Pingyi is a good boy, but--Ah Yi also has to be called Pingyi's aunt. ”

As the words fell, the eldest princess Zhaomao smiled in her eyes, and said almost without thinking: "The children's affairs, let those false manners be restrained, what do you do, Empress Zhang, who was the Emperor of Xiaohui back then, has to be called the uncle of Emperor Xiaohui." (Note: Refers to Emperor Hui of the Western Han Dynasty and Empress Zhang.) ）

"Ah Tian. ”

The eldest princess Zhaomao had a thoughtful smile in her eyes, and her words were a little more intriguing and charming.

"The emperor has always praised you for being calm and capable, and being so obsessed with small sections should not be your style of acting. ”

The surroundings were silent, even Ruichun, the palace maid beside Empress Yuan, couldn't help but be a little careful, she understood very well that the Empress Yuan and the eldest princess Zhaomao in front of her seemed to be talking calmly, but there was gradually a bit of alienation and confrontation in those words. The confrontation between the two armies under the scorching sun, in the sound of drums, gradually came to the time of saber rattling, everything was like an arrow off the string, only the final sword collision.

"Uhhh

Empress Yuan chuckled suddenly, and suddenly in Ruichun, the eldest princess Zhaomao, who was originally under pressure, gradually leaned back, and the smile on the corner of her lips did not decrease at all, as if the faint low pressure just now was just an illusion, and the atmosphere eased again.

"Bang-"

Empress Yuan lightly put the teacup in her hand back on the kang table, smiled peacefully, and said with a sigh of time: "When people are old, they are always a little old-fashioned." Now even the palace affairs of the Sixth Palace, I have mostly handed over to Concubine Ning, and I am happy, as for Ah Yi, I am always separated by generations, if I really talk about it, the saint is much closer than me, the imperial grandmother, and I am not in charge of things now. ”

Speaking of which, no matter how euphemistic what Empress Yuan meant, she couldn't be clearer.

I can't control the affairs of my children and grandchildren, so as for the marriage, I just have to talk to the emperor about it. After all, whatever is in this world, it should be the Son of Heaven who can make the decision.

As everyone knows, Emperor Jianheng loves this grandson very much.

The eldest princess Zhaomao naturally knew it, but she felt that if she could talk about Queen Yuan first, she would have a better chance of winning.

But in front of her, Queen Yuan was playing Tai Chi, pushing things back to her smoothly and smoothly, and finally fell back to Emperor Jianheng.

Looking at the Empress Yuan in front of her, the eldest princess Zhaomao suppressed the coldness in her heart, and the smile on her face did not decrease at all, as if she did not hesitate at all because of refusal.

But there are already churning dark waves in my heart, which will beat at any time.