Chapter 135: Entering the Palace, Greetings
Redressed in front of the palace gate, Shuheng exhaled deeply, and walked forward with a weight, Liu Yang smiled and handed her an arm with eight white teeth. The family members in the palace are also familiar with Shuheng, and they don't dare to know everyone's temper, but they also have a glimpse of the confident and perfunctory past.
Concubine Yuan didn't say it, it was her own family, and she had been spoiled like a treasure since she was a child. Although the queen mother is a little clumsy, she is kind-hearted. Concubine Li, it is estimated that menopausal syndrome is a bit strict, and the Queen Mother's control and suspicion are incorrigible. The princess has always been silent, and Concubine Zhang is not very friendly, but it doesn't matter, my principle has always been to repay grievances and grievances. When the court saw the parents, they naturally had to go to the Queen Mother's Yong'an Palace first. At this time, all the concubines and daughters-in-law of her old man have to go to ask for peace. Shuheng happens to see everyone.
Helping Liu Yang to walk slowly to the gate of Yong'an Palace, Shuheng looked up at the height of the sun, the time should be just right. She withdrew her hand and stood there with Liu Yang in an orderly manner. Immediately, a little eunuch rushed over to pick it up, the two looked at each other and smiled, and Shuheng consciously took a step back and followed Liu Yang's side.
She didn't give a face at this step, if she waited for a long time to say that the Queen Mother was not well, it would be fun.
This hall is wide and deep, because it is too quiet and cold, and now it is the middle of winter, even if the earth dragon is lit, there is a cold air from the corner of the wall. People from all walks of life really arrived, the Queen Mother sat upright, the Queen was on the left, and Concubine Li was on the right. Hearing that the eunuch had arrived, they all looked at the gate. The bride, the royal daughter-in-law who had just joined the company, had a delicate and shy appearance, good and tame. Concubine Li looked at her, and thought of Gong Mo's trembling reply, and couldn't connect the image of that arrogant scoundrel with the flower-like woman in front of her. Looking at King Qin's handsome and handsome people, and looking at the princess's charm and beauty, she was a little troubled for a while, and her mouth was twisted to the side.
The queen mother was originally a bit of a farmer's clumsiness, and when she looked at her son, she naturally knew that he was satisfied, and she was extremely satisfied with this little lady. Look at Shuheng again, she knows that she is Concubine Yuan's niece, the daughter of Dingguo, and the only daughter, I heard that she has a good upbringing, a good personality, and a good heart. Hey, what's not to be satisfied with? My son is better than anything else. However, as a newly appointed mother-in-law, the queen has to be picky like a routine task: the ass is warped enough, but the body is not plump? Hey, I'm still a little thinner, you look at that waist, it's pinched, you still have to feed it fat, so it's good to give birth.
Since the appearance of Shu Heng, Concubine Yuan stopped her gaze on her, Heng'er is still as beautiful as ever, hey? No, although it was bright and moving in the past, now there is always a charm and coquettishness between the eyebrows, and that unique style only belongs to women who have done good things. Mrs. said that she specially asked His Royal Highness the King of Qin to tolerate it and wait for the little girl to reach adulthood. But judging from this posture, it is obvious that the transformation from a girl to a young woman has been completed, right?
Concubine Yuan was suddenly dumbfounded, her eyes swept away, and she scraped Liu Yang's face like a dagger. Liu Yang naturally noticed it, he originally thought that you are my mother-in-law, why did you come to my bed? But then I realized that this was Shuheng's aunt, and her attitude was better. He smiled very kindly and subtly, sorry, sorry, I couldn't help it. Concubine Yuan suddenly held her breath: Madam, you are really still too naΓ―ve, how can a man trust this kind of thing? Hey, the emperor should have been stopped at the beginning, and he should have at least let Shuheng and Lu make another big salute.
The Queen Mother was wrapped in a blue-gray eight-group flowering satin long jacket, embroidered with golden phoenix peony dark flowers. She wears a crown on her head and holds a wishful hand like a god. The two futons were placed on the ground, and Liu Yang and Shuheng both knelt down and kowtowed to God very regularly. "I wish the Queen Mother a thousand blessings and a long life."
The Queen Mother's expression was not very clear, she only nodded slightly, and then an older palace maid came over with a tea tray covered with vermilion embroidered cloth. Shuheng knew that this was a tea ceremony. The futon is far away, and the queen mother sits high. There was still some distance in the middle, Shuheng deliberately made the number of rituals sufficient, so he simply didn't stand up, lowered his head and followed his eyes, walked a few steps on his knees, moved to the feet of the Queen Mother, held the teacup up, and raised it high above his head.
This posture is respectful and humble enough, fully showing the "unbearable fear" of the little person, and for a while, even Concubine Li, who was looking at her to find fault with her, couldn't speak.
The Queen Mother also closed her eyes and turned the Buddhist beads in her hand as if she didn't see it, and ignored it. Shuheng pursed his lips slightly, smiled at Coco, and said more and more respectfully: "The Queen Mother, please use tea." β
Liu Yang didn't hide his joy and anger, which seemed to follow his father, seeing Shuheng's posture, the Queen Mother's face was still cold, and thinking of her rejection of her own approval and hard assignment of etiquette to Shuheng, she felt a fire in her heart. His face immediately darkened. The queen noticed it and stomped her foot lightly, she was afraid that her son would make a fuss on the spot.
Although there is a saying that the son is the mother, the queen actually doesn't understand this son who is as willful as her husband. Back then, he didn't have to practice martial arts if he didn't read a good book, she couldn't control it, and then he didn't want to stay in the capital and had to go to the side, and she couldn't stop it. Later, she hunted around, wandered around, and mingled with the lower-level soldiers, the three sects, and the ninth rank, and she couldn't persuade her. Even if she cried and shouted: "Do you know that others are talking behind my back that my shepherd girl's seed does not look like a prince when she wears a yellow robe." Liu Yang also grinned, soothing on the surface, and turned around to still be the same - the queen was also tired, so she simply didn't care.
Now look at the book balance again, huh? The son obviously cares about her, do you want her daughter-in-law to help persuade her? Generally, when a man gets married, he will naturally take care of it, and it will be even better to have a few cubs. Isn't the emperor much more reliable now?
Concubine Yuan also looked at the Queen Mother a little apprehensively, not knowing what kind of dishes this mother-in-law was going to serve. Fortunately, Shuheng's voice landed, and the Queen Mother slowly opened her eyes, and slowly reached out to take it, her fingers gently rubbing the wall of the cup. If you don't dare to say it, please don't drink it? Shuheng always felt that this posture was a little familiar, and when he thought of it, he thought of the third princess, yes, this sloth princess must be used to seeing the queen mother like this, and she felt that it was very imposing and postureous, and her slowed down movements could give people invisible pressure. Hey, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's understandable that the Queen Mother is old and slow, if you have to learn like this, then you will become a tiger and not an anti-dog.
"Good. Not bad, not bad. The Queen Mother took a sip slightly, opened her mouth slowly, and then put the teacup on the side of the table, which was very dangerous, close to the edge of the table, and seemed to fall down if she was not careful. She chin slightly, and immediately a palace maid came over with a carved lacquered begonia fancy box. Shuheng knew that this was a greeting gift. Sure enough, as soon as it was opened, there was a necklace of precious stones, a thin silver thread strung with a night pearl the size of a baby's fist, surrounded by gold trim and inlaid with broken diamonds and precious jade. It should be worth some silver, Shuheng said secretly. This speculation comes not only from the necklace itself, but also from the-like expression on Concubine Li's face.
It's obviously going to be difficult for yourself, but I'm bleeding heavily to beg for my pocket. Flaunting your wealth? I didn't understand the queen mother's routine, so I thanked him and kowtowed respectfully. After this hurdle, others will be easy to say.
The queen mother naturally wouldn't be embarrassed for her, as soon as Shuheng knelt down to serve tea, she took a big sip and sent a pair of chubby white jade dolls out, and the smile on her round face never disappeared from beginning to end. Shuheng had a good impression of this woman, and his smile was much more sincere: "Say hello to the queen." β
The queen immediately picked her up: "Okay, good, what a good child." Hey, eat more, you're too thin. β
Shuheng immediately sighed slightly, touched his cheeks, and replied playfully: "Obey." β
The two mats on the ground had been removed, and the rest of the people didn't have to kneel. Shuheng walked in front of Concubine Yuan and blessed her: "Niangniang." β
Concubine Yuan grabbed her wrist and picked her up, pulled her in front of her, because there were many people, it was not good to ask too much, only looked at her slightly, but looked at King Qin again, and whispered: "Don't make trouble for Your Highness." β
Liu Yang knew what she meant, and immediately chuckled, and pulled Shuheng back to his side to stand: "It's not troublesome at all." β
Shameless! Concubine Yuan looked at her little niece and felt distressed. Poor Little Red Riding Hood, you're going to be eaten by the big bad wolf. No matter how smart she was, she couldn't have imagined that it was Little Red Riding Hood who took the initiative to seduce the big bad wolf.
Concubine Li on the side was still sitting proudly, looking at Shuheng and asking her to salute herself, but unexpectedly, after Shuheng was taken away by Liu Yang, she didn't move, and followed Liu Yang with a well-behaved and docile appearance, and she didn't mean to move at all, didn't she plan to salute the remaining concubines?
That's right, it just doesn't. There are so many palace concubines, Concubine Yuan is her aunt, and the queen is a real mother-in-law. These concubines can live on the surface. If it's a weak and incapable prince, it's just that, and you have to please these women to live. But now that Liu Yang is almost half of the heirs of the Ming Road, it is really not certain who will flatter whom.
Looking at how obedient the princess was, she was neither annoyed nor angry when she saw this situation, but smiled and said, "The concubine has no other good things." Just this bracelet, rouge Qin hibiscus jade, is very much set up by the little princess. β
Shuheng was naturally interested, and hurriedly said "I don't dare" in front of her, and the princess also stopped her, and said two words of blessing from Qin Se and Ming Mian's heirs. This princess is a good person, but it's a pity that her daughter is a little offended.
Sensing that the atmosphere was not quite right, Liu Yang immediately planned to take Shuheng away, and said with a smile: "My father specially told me to take Rongyi over to see him today, and now is not early, so the son will go first." β
Concubine Li frowned and immediately said, "What?" came early in the morning to invite An to tea, the Queen Mother did not speak, and the younger generation had to leave first. β
Liu Yang glanced at her lightly: "The king's fate is greater than the sky." β
Concubine Li raised her eyebrows: "The word filial piety is bigger than the sky!" β
Liu Yang was obviously a little impatient. He was not happy to wander among these women, and he was not good at this kind of confrontation in words, so he avoided if he could, and this was the reason why he opened the mansion early. He was so scared of the troubles.
Shuheng played a well-behaved role today, and he had a premonition that he would be pulled out of his mouth, and he was silent in line with the principle of saying less and making fewer mistakes. The atmosphere became tense. At this time, a shout broke the deadlock, "The emperor has arrived!" β
His arrival was quite abrupt, and according to the rules he should have discussed matters in the upper study. Liu Yang was obviously a little surprised, saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, could it be that the emperor's father was told by himself? Except for the Queen Mother, all the people in Yong'an Palace knelt down and threw themselves to the ground. Shuheng and Liu Yang are naturally no exception.
Concubine Li and the Queen Mother did not let go of the surprise on Liu Yang and Shuheng's faces, and the curvature of the corners of their mouths was a little subtle: What about the good monarch's life as the sky, what is the crime of falsely passing on the oracle?
"Alright, get up." The emperor walked with a majestic square face, but the smile in his eyes showed that he was in a good mood. "I'm here to see my daughter-in-law." Shuheng bowed his head very cooperatively, revealing a shy smile.
Everyone thanked them and stood up, and Concubine Li didn't dare to open her mouth, so she said, "Your Majesty, King Qin just said that you summoned them over, why did you come here in person?" β
The emperor was also a little confused, and the man who did not hide his feelings immediately turned his head to look at his son, only to find that this son was quietly glaring at him. The fallen leaves swept across my face, and my rebellion broke my heart. The emperor, who couldn't control his son since he couldn't beat him, rarely saw him still ask for himself, and was very cooperative at the moment: "Yes, but I don't have any big deals, so let's just talk together." Oh, King Qin Ah Heng, you go down first. β
The emperor has spoken, who can say anything? Even the queen mother must take into account the dignity of the king. Liu Yang and Shuheng naturally "grateful" thanks left.
The emperor, who had completed the task, was very satisfied. Why did he descend from the sky? It's not accidental, it's deliberate. Yuan Muyun told his sister that Shuheng's tea ceremony would be difficult today, and he specially asked him to save the scene. As a good teammate of Great Xia, it was his daughter-in-law who personally asked to marry who was rescued, and the emperor naturally took it seriously.