544. in the first place
The imperial city looks very sluggish in the autumn wind, the gray and red palace walls, the long palace roads are paved with floor tiles soaked in tung oil, inch by inch in front of the eyes, until they are submerged in another palace wall.
Chanyi is not the first time to walk on the palace road, but her mood at the moment is a little irritable, she is thinking, how to deal with the Queen Mother when she sees it for a while, is it difficult to say it directly? But this is a little too obvious, as if she is excusing her, the Queen Mother has experienced the previous change of power, where can she not see the reason for her trip.
It's just that apart from saying it directly, she doesn't have a good way for the time being.
She frowned, and asked the palace person who led the way in front of her softly, "Princess Fengyi is back?"
The palace people shook their heads: "I didn't hear Gonggong Li mention it, Xu hasn't come back yet, is the princess going to Her Royal Highness Princess Fengyi?"
Chanyi said: "Originally, I came to look for her, since she is not here, let's go to Ci'an Palace to say hello to the Queen Mother." β
The palace man smiled and nodded, his steps gentle.
Chanyi lowered her head and thought, since Feng Yi had already succeeded, why didn't she come back quickly, but stayed outside, did she have anything else to do?
Chanyi felt a burst of boredom for no reason, this feeling of restlessness, she hadn't experienced it for a long time, it seemed that after Chu Shaoyuan came back, she hadn't been as anxious as before.
But Chu Shaoyuan is now far away in Fujian, and he doesn't know if the affairs in Fujian are tricky, why haven't he come back after walking for nearly half a month?
Chanyi thought all the way, and followed the palace road all the way to Ci'an Palace.
She stood in the outer hall very dignifiedly, watching the palace people go in to make a statement, and couldn't help frowning again, speaking of which is still a point of eating, how can she not feel the sound of eating inside?
She was hesitating, and the palace people came out and said, "The Queen Mother invites the princess to come in." β
Chanyi hurriedly gathered her mind and walked into the inner hall without delay.
When she saw the people in the inner hall, she couldn't help but be a little surprised, she sang a blessing in her mouth, and asked the Queen Mother to say goodbye: "The Queen Mother is blessed and healthy!" Then she turned to the old lady sitting on the Luohan bed next to the Queen Mother, and said with a smile, "Aunt and grandmother, you are also here, it's really good, I wonder if my aunt's grandfather's condition is better?"
Yes, it was Mrs. Zhu in the inner sanctum.
The expression on Mrs. Zhu's face was a little unhappy, although she looked at Chanyi Ren with a loving look, but she could easily detect that her emotions were not stable before, otherwise the Queen Mother would not have looked at her and frowned.
Chanyi's brain turned fast, how long did it take for Mrs. Zhu to get to the palace at such a fast speed, maybe she also explained the matter to the Queen Mother, otherwise how could the Queen Mother still pull Mrs. Zhu to talk at the point of eating, and since Chu Shaoyuan married her, the Queen Mother was reluctant to see her as a granddaughter-in-law, this time she still had a headache, I don't know how to see the Queen Mother, I didn't expect that in such a short time, the Queen Mother actually summoned her.
If there is nothing inside here, she doesn't believe it.
But she couldn't show half of it, looking at Mrs. Zhu, there was a look of worry in her eyes that couldn't be hidden.
She thought of the Zhu family in the previous life, it seemed that Mrs. Zhu had lived until she was eighty years old before dying, and Mrs. Zhu accompanied Mrs. Zhu in Lishan Academy, and never left a step, the old lady Zhu in the previous life was very low-key, and she rarely even had a birthday, so she didn't know much about it, so when she heard that Mrs. Zhu had encountered such a thing, she just sighed and didn't really go to her heart.
Mrs. Zhu looked at her clear eyes, the light in her eyes was very transparent, and she couldn't help nodding and said: "It's already better, your aunt's body and bones are not very good over the years, and when you encounter such a thing on the road, all the symptoms that have been backlogged have come out, and the whole person has lost weight several times. β
Chan Yi had a soothing smile on her face, "That's good, my aunt and grandfather have a great life, and they will definitely live longer in the future, and my aunt and grandmother must also take good care of their bodies, otherwise if Cousin Xuan and Cousin Bi are promoted to other provinces, won't they have to worry every day." β
There was a hint of surprise in Mrs. Zhu's eyes, she didn't expect Chanyi to suddenly say such a sentence, even if her brother was going to be promoted in the future, she would not be too far away from Yunfu, even if she was far away, the future of those two brothers must be very good, the important thing is that she wanted the two brothers to move their positions in the Hanlin Courtyard to do very vaguely, I didn't expect to be seen by such a child.
Old Mrs. Zhu had a thousand thoughts in her heart, but her face was still that kind look, her expression did not move, her tone became softer and softer, and she said with a sneer: "What a stupid child, the academicians of the Hanlin Academy have to participate in the evaluation every year, how can they be released so easily?"
Chanyi's heart jumped, Mrs. Zhu's words were simply to remind the Empress Dowager Zhu how hard Zhu was in the Hanlin Academy, so as to imply that if she survived the past few years, she might not be promoted.
Sure enough, after the Empress Dowager Zhu said this, a thoughtful look appeared on her face.
Chanyi couldn't help but sigh in her heart, but don't be guessed right by her, Zhu Xuan has only entered the Hanlin Academy now, and she will move her nest in less than half a year, I'm afraid that this is the result that Mrs. Zhu wants to ask the Queen Mother.
She was in a hurry, you must know that if the Queen Mother wants to do something, there is absolutely no room for maneuver.
As soon as this thought turned in her mind, the next moment she saw Empress Dowager Zhu looking straight at her, with a very respectful face: "The third daughter-in-law came just in time, and the mourning family planned to let someone pass you into the palace just now." β
Chanyi raised her head and pretended not to know and asked, "I don't know what happened to the Queen Mother's mother calling her granddaughter-in-law?"
The Queen Mother glanced at Mrs. Zhu, frowned, and said, "Didn't you go to Dingguohou's house for a banquet today?" Why did you get angry with Feng Yi in the same nostril, not only did you not help Feng Yi cover up, but also caused Feng Yi to lose her honor in front of the people, how did you become a sister-in-law?"
Chanyi was dumbfounded, she had always thought that Empress Dowager Zhu was a kind old man, even if she was a little displeased with her because of the Zhu family, but at least she would not embarrass her in the face, but she didn't expect that she would be like others, without asking a word, she had already been convicted, and even used such a lesson tone, as if this matter was not someone else's relationship, and she was all to blame.
"Queen Mother, ...... you" She had a surprised look on her face, her eyes rolled for a long time, as if she was looking for words, and finally seemed to be unable to find a suitable one, she collapsed her shoulders, and her tone was a little depressed, "I originally wanted to cover it up for Feng Yi, but I didn't expect you to know it so quickly." β
"Hmph," Empress Dowager Zhu's eyes turned with contempt, and she looked at Chanyi coldly, "The good things you have done!
As soon as Chanyi raised her head, she saw the coolness in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhu, the Empress Dowager was so deliberately accusing her, just because she was afraid that the emperor would disagree with Zhu Xuan's errand, right?
She sneered in her heart, made a puzzled look on her face, and looked at Empress Dowager Zhu in surprise with her eyes open.
"Why does this matter still have anything to do with the cousin of the Zhu family? Although Feng Yi pretended to use my name to play the Marquis of Dingguo, she was just dragging the Marquis of Dingguo with a few sisters to talk, how can this still have to do with the reputation of the cousin of the Zhu family?"
Chanyi knew that this matter would not be so simple, she thought about it on the way, and she must not let the Queen Mother know that the Marquis of Dingguo and Princess Fengyi were alone, fortunately, she still had Wang Yue and Zhang Ruixin in her hands, she was not afraid that these two people would tell the truth, after all, no one could afford to anger Long Wei.
Empress Dowager Zhu and Mrs. Zhu were surprised when they heard this, especially Mrs. Zhu, which was completely different from what she knew, she frowned and said: "Although what you did in this matter is indeed a little inappropriate, it is all your own family, and Brother Zhu will not blame you." β
Mrs. Zhu looked unconvinced, and wanted to pull the matter back, and she was not allowed to deviate from the slightest deviation in the result.
Chanyi hurriedly said: " Aunt and grandmother, what I said is true, you didn't know it at the time, but I was here, I was sending Sister Lin back to the room, halfway through the walk, I heard people say that the Marquis of Dingguo was called away by me, where can I still sit, I went to find the Duchess of Dingguo, after the pavilion where I sat before, I saw the Marquis of Dingguo and Sister Fengyi, as well as Sister Yue of the Wang family, Miss Chang of the Zhang Shilang family talking together, this is what I saw with my own eyes, at that time the Marquis of Dingguo had an anxious look on his face, saw me and asked me what I was looking for him, but I didn't look for him at all, I was confused here, and I saw Sister Fengyi giggling over thereβ¦β¦β
The truths that Chanyi said were obviously completely different from the truths that Mrs. Zhu said.
Empress Dowager Zhu didn't know who to believe for a while, her voice couldn't help but harden, and she said to Chanyi: "Don't think that you can pick up your mistakes by making up such words!"
Chan Yi had an aggrieved look on her face, "If the Queen Mother doesn't believe me, it would be better to pass Wang Yue and Zhang Ruixin into the palace to ask clearly." β
Where would Empress Dowager Zhu do such a thing, this matter was not a good thing in the first place, and she went to pass on people to come in with great fanfare, isn't she telling the people of the world that Princess Fengyi's virtue is wrong?
Mrs. Zhu's eyes swept over Chanyi, this opportunity must not be missed, otherwise Brother Zhu'er's career will have to take a lot of twists and turns.
She said lightly: "I think there is another inside story in this matter, it is better to wait for Princess Fengyi to come back, and the Queen Mother will send her to ask, maybe she can ask something." β
Chanyi's heart was cold, she only felt that the old lady Zhu in front of her was very unfamiliar, as if she had completely changed into a person.
Didn't they all say that the Zhu family had always been a family of Confucianism, and that the family style had always been upright? Why did they want to hold on to such a thing and refuse to let it go? Or did they think that Princess Fengyi had the best virtue in order to strive for the greatest interests of the Zhu family?
Although she doesn't necessarily like the Zhu family in the previous life, how did the Zhu family become like this in this life?
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ps:I just fell asleep in the middle of the code.,Lying next to the desk.,When I woke up, my whole arm was numb_(:Π·γβ )_
In addition, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, happy Mid-Autumn Festival, all mushrooms, remember to eat moon cakes with your family!