While speaking, the car had stopped, and there was a Nei Sibin to guide in, and when he arrived at Suzhangmen, the female official said: "The hour is still early, Your Majesty has not yet gone down to the court, and the ladies will go to Guanju Palace to sit with the queen?"

Lian and the others were overjoyed when they heard this.

Since Emperor Jinglu ascended the throne, Guanju Palace has become a forbidden place, and the Lian family, who can usually hand over signs to the palace at any time, has long lost its privileges, and can ask his daughter what is going on, and the family can rest assured.

Lu Shi had already led Pindi and a few other palace maids, waiting in front of the palace gate with umbrellas.

They all wore standard banquet clothes today, looking solemn and solemn, very imposing of the people around the queen of the middle palace.

Lu's is a big red woven gold yarn through-shoulder peacock makeup cross-collar right narrow sleeve short jacket, indigo blue double-layer cotton apron underneath, the skirt is embroidered with two circles of unicorn zhi grass pattern, which is a level higher than the color of the women's uniform, and the pindi is a dark green through-shoulder persimmon pattern jacket of the regular service grade, a beige auspicious cloud zhi grass pattern apron, and the bottom of the head reveals pointed embroidered shoes.

After saluting the Lian clan and the others, Mrs. Lu personally took Lian's hand and guided her inside.

Lian couldn't wait to ask, "Niangniang, ...... Always good?"

It is naturally difficult to say what kind of person Lu is, but what kind of person Lu Shi is, he only smiled calmly: "Niangniang is fine." ”

Lien shut up.

There was a heavy snowfall last night, and the branches of the pear trees in the Guanju Palace were covered with white snow. Although the snow is a little smaller at this time, it is blowing one after another, and there is no intention of stopping.

Ling makeup had already been cleaned up early in the morning, and she went to the small Buddha hall in the morning to throw incense on the paper for Concubine Ji Yi, thinking of the original sisters, she couldn't help but shed a few tears.

In the warm pavilion, there is only the sound of the Western clock clattering and walking, the phoenix crown is lined up on the red sandalwood long case under the root of the north wall, and Ling Xiang is only wearing a jacket made in the East Palace, half leaning on the kang under the south window, holding a scroll of words in his hand, and reading it line by line.

When Lian entered, he saw that his daughter's usual peach heart face had been sharpened, and the fat powder on her face was not applied, and she felt a pain in her heart.

Ling Xiang had already sat up, stretched out his hand affectionately, and said, "Mother and aunt are not formal, sit on the couch." ”

After being trained by the grandmother in the palace, the Chen family and the Zhang family no longer forgot the palace rules just because they were elders, and performed a three-way salute in a decent manner, and then sat down with the Lian family.

Ling Xiang watched his family gradually change, and seemed to have adapted to the life of the upper class in Beijing, feeling and uncomfortable at the same time, he couldn't express this state of mind, so he only chose a sentence that didn't hurt and asked, "My grandfather and grandmother have always been in good health?"

Lian replied: "It's all good, it's just that I always miss my mother." ”

Pindi, Shi Xiao and others served tea with their own hands.

Everyone took a sip, and Zhang's heart was finally straightforward, and he couldn't help but persuade: "Niangniang, don't suffer yourself, if you don't stick to it today, just come out and walk around more, the rules are the rules...... At such an age. ”

What does the little aunt want to say, Ling Xiang understands it, she just laments for herself that the marriage is not going well, and in the end she sees a good marriage, but she doesn't want to become a "widow" again.

Is it really a widow?

Rong Xijue has not heard from her for a long time, and she has begun to be sad and suspicious, especially when it snows so heavily in a row, and I heard that the suburbs of the East China Sea, which have not been frozen for a hundred years, are frozen......

Before she could say anything, Guo Xianchen, who was guarding outside, walked in and replied: "Niangniang, Concubine De is here to invite, saying that all the princesses and princesses have gathered in Yining Palace, so let you also go over to drink tea and talk." ”

Ling Xiang didn't mean to get up, but said lightly: "Please." ”

The ring was clanging, and Concubine De immediately moved the lotus step and walked in.

How dare Lian and the others hold on, and the three of them slept down to salute Concubine De.

Concubine De waited for them to bow, and then she helped them and said with a smile: "Where can I afford the gift of the queen's mother!"

Ling Xiang raised her body slightly to indicate that she would give up her seat.

Seeing that she didn't really stand up, Concubine De snorted coldly in her heart, "I really think of myself as a queen!" sat down in the position given up by Lian Shi and others on the opposite side of the couch, but said with a smile: "I have to wait until Your Majesty goes to court, the hour is still early, and several concubines also said that they have not seen Empress Roujia for a long time, and Emperor Kangci and the concubine specially ordered the concubine to invite, and Empress Roujia is not strange and reckless." ”

Of course, these false courtesies and polite Ling makeup will, Concubine De's smile is like a flower, and she is indeed not annoying, but how can she love herself so much on her face? Knowing that it is fake, Ling Makeup has no mood to socialize, and she said straightforwardly: "The prince is crowned with Wenhua Palace, the princess and the Wende Palace, not close to Shanglin, it is snowing heavily, so I won't toss back and forth, I haven't seen Mrs. Wei Guotai for a long time, the mother and daughter have some private things to say, and I hope that Concubine De will explain a thing or two to me in front of a few concubines." ”

After speaking, she bowed her head and drank tea.

The smile on Concubine De Zhang Xuan's face froze instantly.

She is the granddaughter of the Duke of Tang Guo, the son of her father, the son of the Duke of Tang Guo, Zhang Xiangyan, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, her mother Yongxing Hou's sister, and the nephew of Empress Ruizhenlou, Lou Shi, what a good background? When she was a girl at home, the elder brothers and sisters, who did not look down on her? Zhang Xuan also praised herself for her good demeanor and good popularity, and the nobles who did not care about that kind of face? She can be said to be familiar with this.

But the Queen Roujia in front of her clearly doesn't care about anything, and a casual sentence can make her angry.

The mother and daughter have private things to say, isn't this just to drive people away?

Think carefully about the so-called queen, what is her background! Once she marries and remarries, she can be regarded by Emperor Fenghe as the high incense that her ancestors have burned for eight lifetimes, but her fortune should end here, who is she relying on now?

Thinking of her possible reliance, Concubine De's face darkened even more.

What's wrong with a man's vision! A truly virtuous and virtuous lady can't see it, and he has to like such an unworthy woman!

After all, Zhang Xuan is also a noble girl with a temperament, and she can't pretend to be virtuous anymore, so she directly turned cold, dusted off her clothes and stood up, and spun around and said, "The concubine is one step ahead." ”

Lian Shi looked at her tall back, and the oppressive momentum did not fade slightly until she was out of sight. She couldn't help but panic, looked at her daughter anxiously and said: "When I entered the palace all the way, I wanted to persuade Niangniang, this time is different from the past, this Concubine De must be the person you want to save a little face!"

The mother's face was yellow, and she still looked a little haggard under the dress.

Ling Xiang couldn't bear it for a moment, and squeezed out a smile to comfort: "Mother, don't worry, I can save it." ”

Where did Lian's have no choice but to get this daughter, he just babbled a few more words, and he was afraid of her emotions, so he stopped.

The three of them sat down again, and later Chen said some trivial things to pass the time.

In the past, Ling Makeup didn't care much about this, but at this time, when I heard Chen say that Lu Weixiu and Lian Juan left the capital with their children and returned to their hometown in Lin'an, they suddenly felt funny.

Seeing this, Zhang said: "It's really ridiculous, how can there be eggs under the nest? Niangniang is good, we are all good, Niangniang is not good, what is it worth to hide to the ends of the earth?" (To be continued.) )