Chapter 22: The Audience with the Holy Face 1

In front of the right corner of the Vermilion Bird Gate, Leng Qing waved goodbye to Lin Zhiwu and followed the small yellow door into the palace through the right corner door of the Vermilion Bird Gate. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After entering the palace gate, Leng Qing followed the little yellow gate honestly and quietly all the way, never looking at it and asking questions.

After walking through the magnificent and large Jianzu group for about half an hour, and after encountering an unknown number of patrolling armor soldiers, the small yellow gate that walked in front of Leng Qing and led the way finally stopped.

Leng Qing, who had been paying close attention to the little yellow door's every move, naturally stopped in time, and then Leng Qing secretly raised her eyes to see that the red plaque with three golden characters "Imperial Study" was taken into Leng Qing's eyes.

Moving his gaze down slightly, Leng Qing saw that outside the closed palace door of the imperial study, there was a soldier wearing reflective armor, wearing a steel helmet, iron boots, and a long knife on his waist on the left and right sides of the palace door. The two armorers were also staring ahead with their eyes wide open, and they stood straight, motionless as loose, and energetic enough to infect others.

In front of the closed temple door, there stood a eunuch wearing a eunuch hat, wearing a dark blue eunuch suit, clasping his hands in front of him, holding a handle in the crook of his left arm, bowing his back slightly, mottled sideburns on both sides, a white face and beardless, and a relatively old eunuch with his age and skin.

Leng Qing estimated that the eunuch standing in front of the door of the imperial study hall must be at least fifty years old, his face looked quite kind, not tall but not short, but his body was slightly fat, especially the face, which was very fleshy, and a pair of natural smiling eyebrows and eyes, which looked like a Maitreya Buddha.

Just when Leng Qing peeked at the surroundings of the imperial study, the small yellow door that had led the way for Leng Qing had already stepped on the several layers of white jade stone steps in front of the door of the imperial study, and walked to the "Maitreya Buddha" version of the old eunuch standing in front of the closed door of the imperial study, and said to the old eunuch with a smile: "Father-in-law Fu, this girl is Leng Xin, the daughter of the Leng family, who was called into the palace to face the saint. ”

At that time, Zhang Xuanfu, the old eunuch of the "Maitreya Buddha" version known as "Fu Gonggong", first squinted at Leng Qing who was standing under His Royal Highness, and then nodded and said with a smile: "Well, the Sprinkle family will enter the palace to report, and wait outside the hall first." ”

Although Zhang Xuanfu's face and body look a little old, his voice is not very old, and it is just a little thinner than a normal man's voice. In addition, Xu is Zhang Xuanfu did not deliberately pinch his throat when he spoke, so Zhang Xuanfu's voice sounded quite pleasant.

And before Zhang Xuanfu's words fell, the little yellow door who led Leng Qing smiled and responded: "Yes." ”

So, Leng Qing could only stand silently in place, watching Zhang Xuanfu, who was smiling like Maitreya Buddha with his eyebrows and eyes, turn around and gently push open the closed door of the imperial study, and after stepping into the hall, he gently closed the door of the palace......

At that time, after Zhang Xuanfu entered the imperial study, he entered the inner hall of the imperial study with unhurried and slow steps.

Stopping on the colorful carpet woven with a hundred flowers in the center of the lavishly arranged inner hall, Zhang Xuanfu bowed his back, looked at the carpet under his feet with his eyebrows lowered, but said in a respectful voice to the man wearing a crown of heaven and wearing a robe sitting on the throne in the palace: "Your Majesty, Leng Xin, the daughter of the Leng family, has arrived, and she is waiting outside the palace." ”

As Zhang Xuanfu finished his speech, there was a faint sound of turning the pages on the throne, and then, a somewhat old male voice sounded without being salty: "Announce it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. With such a gentle voice and a respectful response, Zhang Xuanfu maintained a bowed posture and slowly retreated towards the outer hall of the imperial study.

When he was in the inner hall of the imperial study, Zhang Xuanfu kept walking backwards, and it was not until he retreated to the outer hall of the imperial study that Zhang Xuanfu turned around and walked towards the outside of the imperial study.

After walking to the closed door of the imperial study, opening the door of the palace, and stepping out of the threshold, Zhang Xuanfu sang loudly: "Xuan-Leng Xin, the daughter of the Leng family, enters the hall!!"

So, Leng Qing, who was standing under the several layers of white jade steps outside the imperial study, stepped on the white jade steps in front of her, and walked towards the imperial study at the top of the white jade steps step by step.

The white jade steps are not high, and the number of layers is not much, there are only nine layers, and it is only a few breaths of effort, Leng Qing went up to the top of the white jade steps, and stood in front of the half-opened palace door of the imperial study.

Because Zhang Xuanfu was standing in front of the half-opened door of the imperial study, after Leng Qing went up to the top of the white jade steps, he directly confronted Zhang Xuanfu, who was blocking the door of the imperial study hall like a door god.

It wasn't until Leng Qing and Zhang Xuanfu stood face to face in front of the palace door of the imperial study, Zhang Xuanfu said to Leng Qing with a smile: "Girl, originally according to the rules, the girl had to be searched before facing the saint, but the saint was in a good mood today, and he specially forgave the girl and did not follow this rule." But the Sprinkle family still has to remind the girl, if the girl has something that should not be brought, please ask the girl to take it out as soon as possible, so as to save the trouble at that time. ”

For Zhang Xuanfu's meaningful reminder, Leng Qing was not half unpleasant, and only replied with a slight smile: "Father-in-law is too worried, father-in-law looks at my outfit ......" At this point, Leng Qing, who was smiling lightly, raised his arms and raised them gently, just as there was a breeze, and the light and fluttering wide sleeves immediately swayed with the wind.

After lowering her arms, Leng Qing smiled and asked, "What else does my father-in-law think I shouldn't bring?"

To be honest, if it weren't for Lu Xueyue saying that the face saint must wear more solemnly, otherwise Leng Qing would really not want to wear this layer of wide sleeves. The wide-sleeved dress is too complicated, not to mention, when I walk, my steps are a little bigger, and the two wide-sleeved sleeves are filled by the wind and float up, although it looks very elegant, but in fact it is very cumbersome!

There is also Leng Qing's full head of red gold hairpin rings, more than ten hairpin rings are singled out to see, it seems that each hairpin ring is very small and exquisite, and it doesn't weigh much, but it really adds up, but it weighs three or four pounds!!

The three or four pounds of things on the top of the head are self-evident for the pressure on the neck, but for the sake of the dignified shape, Leng Qing must stretch her neck straight, especially when walking, you can't directly hang your head down (you can't lift it up if you hang down...... How painful this is really only for those who have experienced it themselves!!

This outfit alone has already made Leng Qing a little unbearable, how can Leng Qing still have the spirit to "bring something that shouldn't be bring"? ?

Okay, let's get back to business.

Although Leng Qing behaved frankly and uprightly, the smile on Zhang Xuanfu's face did not increase or decrease, and the tone of his speech was as gentle as before: "Don't mind when the girl arrives, the Sprinkle family is just doing things according to the rules, no matter whether the girl has anything that should not be brought, it should be reminded, and the Sprinkle family still has to be reminded." After all, the Sprinkle family is serving in front of the saint, and there is no room for error. ”

Zhang Xuanfu smiled lightly, Leng Qing's pink lips opened slightly, and he spit out lightly: "I understand." ”

smiled lightly on her face, but Leng Qing's heart kept shouting: Stop talking nonsense, take her into the temple to "meet the holy face"! Her neck is almost unbearable......

However, Zhang Xuanfu naturally couldn't hear Leng Qing's inner shout, and Zhang Xuanfu opened his mouth and said again: "There is one more thing ......"

As soon as Zhang Xuanfu said this, Leng Qing almost couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl on the spot......

And at that moment, Zhang Xuanfu's voice paused, and in the next moment, he could only hear Zhang Xuanfu smile so softly: "The Sprinkle family mentions a little girl, and when she arrives in front of the saint for a while, the girl can no longer open her mouth and close her mouth to call herself 'I'." According to the rules, the worst girl can also call herself a 'people's girl', otherwise it is disrespectful to the saint. ”

After hearing Zhang Xuanfu's words, Leng Qing roared in her heart, but also felt that it made sense, so Leng Qing nodded obediently and responded: "Okay, thank you father-in-law for reminding me, I'm ...... The folk girl wrote it down. ”

At that time, looking at Leng Qing with a teachable look, Zhang Xuanfu smiled extremely gently and amiably: "Okay, the girl will enter the palace with the Sprinkle family." With that, Zhang Xuanfu turned around and entered the half-open door behind him.

At this time, Leng Qing saw this, so she naturally raised her heels and went in.

Because she remembered Zhu Zimo's advice to her yesterday, no matter when and where she saw the emperor, she couldn't look at the emperor, so Leng Qing had been slightly hanging her eyes since she entered the palace door of the imperial study, and her star-like eyes were absolutely not looking at each other, just to ensure that she could see Zhang Xuanfu walking in front of her within her line of sight.

Leng Qing's feet followed Zhang Xuanfu's footsteps honestly - almost every time she took a step, Leng Qing stepped on the place where Zhang Xuanfu walked impartially......

After walking to the colorful carpet woven with a hundred flowers in the center of the inner hall of the imperial study, Zhang Xuanfu stopped, bowed down at the same time, and respectfully said to the man who was wearing a crown of heaven and wearing a robe sitting on the throne in the palace: "Your Majesty, Leng Xin, the daughter of the Leng family, bring it." ”

At this moment, when Zhang Xuanfu stopped, Leng Qing, who was following Zhang Xuanfu step by step, stopped at the same time. Listening to Zhang Xuanfu's words at this moment, Leng Qing immediately reacted that the most noble man in the Great Liang Country was sitting on the golden throne in front of her right now, yes, Leng Qing didn't raise her eyelids, and directly began to salute the throne in front of her.

Raise your arms, press your left hand with your right hand, palm inward, hand hidden in your sleeve, raise your hand to raise your forehead as if bowing, bow 90 degrees, and then get up, while your hand is raised again with the action of getting up. Then slowly kneel on the ground, bow down slowly, palms on the ground, forehead on the back of hands, hands in front of knees, head behind hands......

After bowing in such a formal manner, and kneeling on the colorful carpet woven with a hundred flowers at her feet, Leng Qing, who had her forehead on the back of her hand, said respectfully: "People's girl Leng Xin, meet the emperor!"

"You, is the daughter of the Leng family who let Prince Xiao enter the palace to ask for marriage, Leng Xin?" The response to Leng Qing was a male voice from the throne, not salty or light, with a bit of old age.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is the daughter of the people. A cold voice came out of Leng Qing's mouth, who was kneeling on the ground.

Because the emperor sitting on the throne didn't let Leng Qing calm down, for the sake of her own life, Leng Qing didn't dare to move, so she could only maintain a kneeling posture on the ground and respond to her words in a proper manner.

Regarding Leng Qing's answer, the emperor sitting on the throne did not say a word, but only commanded in a light voice: "Xuanfu, I have something to say to this cold girl, you go to the palace to guard, and no one is allowed to approach half a step." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. After receiving the order, Zhang Xuanfu, who was standing half a step in front of Leng Qing, responded respectfully without hesitation, and then maintained a bowed posture and slowly retreated towards the outer hall of the imperial study......

After Zhang Xuanfu stepped back, the emperor sitting on the throne did not speak again, so that the huge imperial study was so quiet that Zhang Xuanfu's footsteps could be heard walking towards the outside of the imperial study.

After a while, there was a faint sound of the door opening and closing in the outer hall of the imperial study. And in the inner hall of the imperial study, it was still quiet......

Except for the occasional sound of turning the pages in her ears, all Leng Qing could hear was the sound of her own breathing.

The emperor on the throne never opened his mouth to let Leng Qing "flat", but for the sake of her own life, even if Leng Qing felt that her legs had begun to go numb, Leng Qing did not dare to move for half a minute, and always maintained a posture of kneeling on the ground.

In this silence, time passed minute by minute......

Because kneeling on the ground was too boring, and because kneeling for too long, Leng Qing even counted the fluff on the colorful carpet woven with a hundred flowers under her nose......

Just as Leng Qing was boredly counting the colored fluff under her nose, on the throne, suddenly the male voice that was not salty or light with a little old came again: "Don't kneel, get up." ”

So, Leng Qing immediately came back to her senses, and at the same time thanked the emperor without hesitation: "Thank you, Emperor!" After speaking, Leng Qing slowly straightened her upper body, and at the same time, her hands raised her eyebrows with the action of getting up, and then raised her feet and stood up.

When she got up, Leng Qing always kept her hands together until she stood up straight, and Leng Qing put down her raised hands.

Because of Zhu Zimo's advice to her yesterday, after Leng Qing stood up, she still maintained a slightly drooping posture, and did not peek at the emperor sitting on the throne.

Leng Qing is not curious about what kind of person Liang Shengde and Liang Shengxiao's father is, but Leng Qing has always warned herself in her heart: If you want to listen to Zhu Zimo's advice, you must not be curious! The emperor or something, it is also two eyes, two ears, a nose, and a mouth, which is no different from ordinary people, but the emperor's identity makes him appear more noble than ordinary people.

For the sake of her own life, she must not be so curious as to raise her eyes to see!