Seeing her four granddaughters leave, the old lady turned around and saw Xie's fingers pinching the handkerchief tightly, extremely nervous.

The old lady was a little strange, but after a little thought, she understood, and said softly: "You don't have to think too much, Yun Yan was born and died for the emperor, and our Du family has made countless contributions to Dayan, and the emperor will never embarrass the Du family and accept them as concubines." Furthermore, if you really want to accept a concubine, I am afraid that you will choose a woman from a good family to enter the palace on behalf of the emperor, and show the world in a clear text, and you will not come like this. ”

Xie Shi nodded and said, "I know, mother." ”

Of course, she was not worried that Du Ruo would be seen as a concubine, she was worried about Zhao Yu.

However, Du Yunyan said that he had a way, it should not be fake, she was determined and helped the old lady back to the room.

Speaking of Chang'an, in the previous dynasty was the capital, after the establishment of the Great Zhou, the capital was moved to Beiping, but the palace of Chang'an is still intact to stay here.

When the girls of the Du family arrived at the gate of the palace, they got down from the sedan chair one after another, and when they looked up, they saw the towering earthy yellow palace wall, towering into the clouds, which was very spectacular, but for some reason, it also made people feel a strong sense of oppression in their hearts, and they didn't want to go into it at all.

At least Du Ruo was like this, she hesitated at the door for a while and did not move, the palace people urged three and four, and she was also procrastinating.

Du Rong let go of Du Ying, walked back in three steps and two steps, grabbed her arm and said, "You, when this is home?" It's so slow, even if the mother likes you, it's not good for you to rely on this relationship to be sluggish, come with me quickly, save you from being reported for this look, and the mother doesn't like it. ”

It's good if you don't like it, you won't have a good impression of her in the future, Du Ruo sighed: "I'm really scared of here, you see, this wall is too high, and you can't escape." ”

Hearing her childish words, Du Rong smiled and said, "You don't live here, what are you going to escape?" What nonsense. ”

Du Ruo lowered his head, feeling sullen in his heart.

In the dream, she was betrayed by Zhao Yu, standing on the Fengqi Tower, and she didn't remember what she was thinking, but she remembered that the wall was very high, even if she stood on the highest floor of the building, she couldn't be flush with the wall.

I don't want to be this queen again.

She took a deep breath and said with a smile: "It's me talking nonsense, you hurry up and help the second sister, look at her as soon as the wind blows, she will fall, and she will come out." ”

Du Ying snorted: "You're joking with me again, you guys will pull me when you go to see the lotus later, don't be blown into the lotus pond." ”

Du Rong was busy: "Yes, yes, I grabbed you, I don't know what you think," her voice softened, "I have to come to the palace, the lotus flowers in our pond are also very beautiful." ”

Du Ying did not speak.

In the past few days, she has seen Du Rong clearly, she is really happy, because she can marry Zhang Fengyi, she seems to have never been so happy since she was born, what can she do? Although she didn't like such a brother-in-law, her grandmother and father agreed, and Du Rong didn't want to marry someone else.

She glanced up ahead, and far away, she could see the blue glazed tiles, shining with dazzling light. Laughing softly, she said, "You're right, it's just that I'd love to see the flowers elsewhere now." ”

Du Rong felt a little sad in her heart, because Du Ying was easy to get sick since she was a child, when she was playing outside, Du Ying was always at home, always taking medicine, and gradually grew up, she heard others say that Du Ying would not live long. She has a big temper, and I don't know how many girls she has quarreled with for this, and later, she doesn't go outside much.

However, Du Ying often urged her to go out, let her make more friends, and always persuaded her not to be so impulsive.

I don't know how long she can stay by her side, Du Rong held her hand tightly: "If you like it, I can often accompany you out." ”

Du Ying nodded.

The palace people led the way, and everyone slowly walked to the Ciyuan Palace, which is the residence of the queen, magnificent and wide, paved with white marble, but it is only a few years, not so new, before Zhao Jian moved into the palace, it was not renovated. In front of the hall, laurel trees are planted, lush and green, and the crisp laughter of several little girls can be heard outside the door.

Walking in, I saw the queen wearing a dark blue Luan Feng's wide-sleeved coat sitting on the phoenix chair, compared to that day in the Furong Garden, I don't know if it was because of the solemn palace, it looked much more majestic.

They hurriedly saluted.

Qin's eyes fell on Du Ruo, and saw that she was wearing a moon-white honeysuckle patterned undergarment, and the skirt below was lilac-colored, embroidered with white orchids, which was very elegant, not as complicated as usual, and looked unremarkable. But it's also strange, she likes this girl when she sees her, she always feels that no matter what she wears, it is very refreshing, and she talks sweetly and likablely, she thought at that time, it would be good if Du was her daughter-in-law.

Looking at it today, it is grown up again, and it has a bit of the charm of a big girl.

She quipped, "You are the last to arrive, and you must be affected by Ruoruo." She beckoned to Du Ruo, "Come here, I wanted to take a good look at you in Furong Garden that time, but I didn't expect to disappear in a blink of an eye, and I have to be by my side today." ”

called her nickname in public, which showed how intimate she was, but Du Ruo became more and more nervous, and he couldn't wait to lose himself.

As a last resort, she walked to Qin's side and said reluctantly: "Niangniang, you know that I am walking slowly, and you want me to accompany you, aren't you deliberately trying to make me make a fool of myself?" None of my sisters is better with me than I am. ”

Qin laughed: "You have to be slow to enjoy the flowers, you have to walk in a hurry, and you can't see clearly." Get up, it's boring to just sit, go outside. ”

When the girls heard that they were going to enjoy the flowers, they all responded happily, and their figures stood up one after another.

Qin's gaze swept over their faces, and he saw that they were all very young, and their teenage years were like flowers, pure and beautiful.

I think she was the same back then, she also had a beautiful dream, and later married Zhao Jian according to her parents' orders, and time became fast.

She gave birth to three sons for him, and she grew old.

But Zhao Jian has become the king of a country, full of spirit, unlike when he was just a hairy boy, he is becoming more and more heroic, and he has gathered heavy coercion on his body, sometimes when he wakes up in the morning and sees him put on a dragon robe, she will also have a moment of confusion, but this qiē has come true.

She became the queen.

The corners of Qin's mouth flashed with a touch of self-deprecation, because next, some officials began to send people to Zhao Jian, each one is better than the other, although he refused, but how long could he hold on? She rolled up her sleeves, the emperors of the past dynasties had never seen a couple, Zhao Jian was in his prime, and he had the identity of an emperor, he would never lack a woman to give him a hug.

She walked to the edge of the pool and stopped.

The breeze is light, and the eyes are full of blooming lotus flowers, pink, white, and pale yellow, just like these girls today, each with its own beauty.

She smiled: "In the past, I was very lonely to enjoy the flowers alone, but today with you, I really think these flowers are much more beautiful." She led them to the south, and there was a verandah by the pool, in which she could shade and enjoy the flowers.

"Emperor Wen Qi is really used to enjoyment, I heard that it cost tens of thousands of silver dollars to build this verandah, this jade pillar is cold jade, and the tiles on the top are sun-sheltering tiles, so this verandah is extremely cool." I don't know when Zhou Huizhao actually came over and spoke to Du Ruo softly, "Ruoruo, I didn't have time to say hello just now."

Qin Shi heard her voice and glanced back at her: "Miss Zhou is quite knowledgeable. ”

"Niangniang praised, the little girl also saw it unintentionally in the book." Zhou Huizhao lowered his head.

Qin smiled and walked forward again.

Du Ruo said softly: "As soon as we come to Niangniang, we will order to enjoy the flowers, otherwise I want to ask you if your illness is cured, but since you can come to the palace, you must be cured?" ”

"It was just the wind that day, and it wasn't a disease." Zhou Huizhao said, "Let's go on a boat to see the lotus flowers later?" ”

"Okay."

The girls whispered softly, and their skirts swayed, making the entire imperial garden come alive, and Qin stood in the verandah, looking at the lotus flowers in the pool, and his face was sunny and dark. I don't know what she was thinking, the palace people stood behind her uneasily, and they didn't dare to disturb.

After half a loud sound, I heard the Qin family say quietly: "It's time to add some people to this palace, you see, how lively it is like today." ”

The palace people were all taken aback and looked at each other.

Sitting in the verandah and watching for a while, there was a bold girl who went to take a boat to see the lotus, Qin was not displeased at all, she sat on the circle chair set up in the morning, and even smiled and asked them to pick fresh lotus flowers, they knew that Qin sincerely invited them to come to the palace to play, just like the parents said, Qin has no daughter, she is very fond of little girls.

They went to take the boat one after another, and there was laughter and laughter on the river for a while.

Today, Du Ying appeared in front of everyone, but also set off a lot of fluctuations, many girls are either curious, or bad intentions around to see her, Du Ying sat upright, always wide and witty response, but in a short time won the love of several girls, so he sat next to her and did not leave, for a while to play chess with her, for a while to listen to her play the piano, Du Rong was worried to death, for fear that Du Ying would not be able to stand it.

Therefore, Du Ruo and Zhou Huizhao are going to take a boat, where she has time to follow, she only asks them to be careful.

But Du Xiu followed: "I'll go with you." ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Huizhao had already sat down on the boat, Du Ruo glanced at it and said: "This kind of boat can only seat two people, each with a maid ring, why don't you find a girl from another family to go with you?" ”

Du Xiu raised her eyebrows and said, "You'd better go with me." ”

Du Ruo was stunned, feeling that she was unreasonable, did she want to drive Zhou Huizhao down? There must be a first come, first come, if she had promised Du Xiu earlier, then of course she could go with her, but in fact it was not, she held Yuzhu's hand and sat on the boat: "You wait for someone else to go." ”

The rough envoy on the boat picked up the pulp and swung the boat away, and Du Xiu stood on the verandah and shook the veil fiercely.

Zhou Huizhao felt a little guilty: "Otherwise, I will give up my position to the fourth girl." ”

"Forget it, it's not that there are no other boats." Du Ruoyi is to be reasonable, and secondly, she has really hated Du Xiu recently, several times she wants to avoid Zhao Yu, Du Xiu will always cause trouble, and always likes to ask her about it, she remembers it in her heart. Now in the palace, who knows if it will be met again, if it does, Du Xiu is next to her, she must be Brother Yu Brother Yu's call, and lead him over.

She didn't want that.

Zhou Huizhao didn't mention it again, and asked the palace people to row the boat to the opposite side: "Let's pick more lotus pods, the lotus pods at this time are the most delicious!" ”

The lotus leaves in the pond are fluttering, the tip of the nose is a burst of light lotus fragrance, and now it is not able to pick the lotus canopy, it is lingering in this green leaf, on this aquatic grass, in so many lotus flowers, it is also extremely satisfying, Du Ruo closed his eyes, felt that the boat was driving in the water, it was indescribable interest.

"It's a pity that my pond is not as big as this, otherwise I would really like to play it every day." She laughed.

Zhou Huizhao said: "Hurry up and open your eyes, pick lotus flowers!" ”

She stood up first, and Du Ruo also stood up, I don't know who didn't balance it, the boat shook in the water for a while, and they were all afraid of falling down, so they were panicked, and they were in chaos for a while. Zhou Huizhao saw that Du wanted to fall into the water, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her: "Be careful, Ruoruo, don't fall to the right." ”

As a result, Du Ruo stood firm, but Zhou Huizhao fell into the pond with a "poof".

Du Ruo's face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly asked the palace people to save her, but the palace people went down but couldn't save her, and she couldn't walk because Zhou Huizhao was holding her tightly. Du Ruo had no choice, so he looked around, hoping to get anyone's help, but at a glance, he saw that there was no one on the nearby curved bridge, but at this time a young man was standing on it. He was dressed in a blue summer robe, wearing a jade crown on his head, and her long body stood tall, and she was full of excitement and closed her mouth tightly.

If Zhao Yu hears it, maybe he will come to the rescue, and Zhou Huizhao will suffer at that time.

She can't let the things of the previous life happen!

Du Ruo shouted softly: "You take off your belt, hurry up!" ”

The two maid rings hurriedly untied her, she also untied her own, the three were connected together, tied to her waist and Yuzhu said: "This pond doesn't look deep, you pull ......me when I go down" She jumped down, first covering Zhou Huizhao's mouth, "Sister Zhou, don't be afraid, we are not in the depths of the pond, on the side, if you can step on it, don't mess up." ”

Zhou Huizhao was almost covered by her, and he couldn't say a word, so he had to nod vigorously.

Du Ruo pulled her to the shore.

The two of them finally came to the end, and their bodies became mud figures, Du Ruo had no strength at all, and sat down on the ground, panting desperately.

She didn't seem to have done that much in her life.

No wonder her father always wants her to learn martial arts, it can be seen that when she comes to things, the bloodline of the Du family will still shine, and she is a little proud for a while, she saved Zhou Huizhao in the end.

The palace people hurriedly went to inform the Qin family.

Zhou Huizhao stood there, squeezing the muddy water on her skirt, Du Ruo smiled: "Sister Zhou, don't squeeze, Niangniang will definitely let us take a shower and change clothes before going back." She sighed, "It seems that picking lotus canopies is not a very safe thing. ”

Zhou Huizhao didn't know what to say, so he smiled and said, "Thank you just now, Ruoruo." ”

"It's okay, you're here to save me."

"Sisterhood is deep, it's really touching!" A clear voice suddenly came from the side, and when Du Ruo found out who it was, he was stunned.

That person turned out to be Ning Feng.

Is the national teacher actually in the palace today?

Ning Feng admired her face that was splashed with muddy water, so that her face could not be seen clearly, and said to her, "Miss Du San, please come with me." ”

"You?" Du Ruo didn't know why, so he hurriedly said, "I still have to ......"

"It's the mother's will." Ning Feng said, "Please." ”

He was wearing a white summer robe, wearing a jade crown, his face was handsome, and he was surrounded by a dusty atmosphere, but there seemed to be a trace of estrangement in this affinity, Zhou Huizhao was secretly surprised, and he didn't know that there was such a son in Dayan, who was he? The girls discussed such a young man, but they had never heard of it.

"This son, I don't know where you want to take Ruoruo?" Zhou Huizhao followed behind, "I'm with her, it's my fault for this matter, I don't know if Niangniang wants to blame ......"

Ning Feng didn't look back, and said lightly: "You stay, Niangniang will send someone over." ”

He led Du Ruo away.

Leave a line of mud footprints.