99. Ninety-nine, sarcasm
When it came to the matter of Furao's tailoring, the Empress Dowager naturally did not unintentionally mention it in front of Zhao Jinyan, and not only intentionally, but also with a lot of thought.
So after Zhao Jinyan took the initiative to make a request, the Empress Dowager didn't sell Guan Zi to hang her appetite, and without saying a word, she pushed the boat to respond, and then looked at Fu Hui and smiled, only to smile and blush.
As one of the parties involved, Zhao Jinyan is obviously much calmer, and I don't know if it is because of his thick skin or the lack of expression on his face, at least the empress dowager's ridicule has no effect on him.
provoked Fu Rui to be ashamed and annoyed, and glared at Zhao Jinyan fiercely.
However, the next step was until the ceremony, and Fu Hui also entered the palace once, although the Empress Dowager deliberately wanted to sell Zhao Jinyan a good one, but the purpose was naturally not just that, at least the Empress Dowager still discussed a lot of things with Fu Hui and the ceremony, and also set a lot of things.
Of course, since this ceremony is going to be a big one, there are naturally many things to arrange, and it is not enough to just discuss it for a while.
The Empress Dowager originally planned to let Furao enter the palace a few more times in the future, and sell some more to Zhao Jinyan, but who knows, after entering the palace this time, she will let people invite Furao next, but the eldest princess of Jinyang did not let Furao enter the palace, but personally entered the palace to discuss with the Empress Dowager.
Zhao Jinyan was naturally disappointed in her heart, and the Empress Dowager also felt that the eldest princess of Jinyang was too ungrateful to give herself face as a mother, but the eldest princess of Jinyang was unmoved, and when she asked, she was just a serious statement that Fu Hui is now learning etiquette at home for the etiquette.
This excuse sounds perfunctory, but Zhao Jinyan and the Empress Dowager can't find a reason to refute it. The only thing that made Zhao Jinyan a little comforted was that although the eldest princess of Jinyang didn't want to see him, and even deliberately prevented him from meeting Fu Yuan three times and twice, she didn't object to his future plans, and even took the initiative to take a look at the Qifeng Palace that was being renovated, and also put forward a lot of opinions. Although the attitude of the eldest princess of Jinyang is the same as the nose is not the nose, and the eyes are not eyes, but Zhao Jinyan was very happy, and personally wrote down the requirements of the eldest princess of Jinyang and instructed the following carefully, and he personally sent the eldest princess of Jinyang to the gate of the palace, and waited until the carriage went far away before returning to the palace.
The eldest princess of Jinyang sat in the carriage, and Qingyu, who entered the palace with her, lowered the curtain of the carriage, and smiled softly at the eldest princess of Jinyang: "Princess, the emperor is really attentive to you, and he will leave at this time." ”
When the eldest princess of Jinyang heard this, she didn't speak, but she smiled slightly on her face, obviously very useful for Zhao Jinyan's hospitality. Of course, she was more satisfied with Zhao Jinyan, but he was so attentive today for the sake of Fuyuan.
However, no matter how attentive Zhao Jinyan is during this period of time, the eldest princess of Jinyang will not really take it to heart, what she sees and plans is still a long-term one.
Since it has been decided to put Furao's ceremony in the palace, it is naturally impossible for the eldest princess of Jinyang to keep Furao in the eldest princess's mansion.
Fleur also looked at the days of the ceremony, so she stayed at home obediently these days, of course, learning the rules was just by the way, and every day was no different from the past.
And the day before the ceremony, the eldest princess of Jinyang directly took Fu Hui and simply packed up and lived in the palace together.
Because the ceremony was to be held early in the morning, it was said that she had already been greeted by the matter of living in the palace, so she was not surprised, but she always thought that living in the palace should be in the palace of the Queen Mother, but she did not expect that the residence they were arranged for this time turned out to be another palace.
The palace is already very large, and there are many palaces, that is, when the emperor was alive, the palace was not filled when the concubines were not few, not to mention that now when Zhao Jinyan's harem is empty, it is very easy to vacate a suitable palace, but Fu Hui still feels a little strange, after all, in previous years, she has not lived in the palace with the eldest princess of Jinyang, and has always lived with the queen mother.
And when Fu Rui saw Xia Guogong at the gate of the arranged palace, she was surprised and a little understood.
Although her father is the son-in-law of the Empress Dowager, after all, he is a male dependent, so it is naturally not easy to be arranged to live in the harem, and it is actually the most suitable to arrange a residence for their family.
However, Fleur didn't expect that the Xia Kingdom Guild would appear and come to participate in her ceremony.
Although Furao knew that her parents should have been present at the ceremony, but over the years, especially some things that have happened in recent times, Furao has not had any hope in her heart at all, because there is no hope, so she will not subconsciously think about Xia Guogong.
In the ceremony, the father who is still alive will not participate, which is indeed a big flaw, but Fleur is easy to satisfy, at least there are few women in the world who will be as grand and grand as her, if she is not satisfied, it is greed.
It's just that if she doesn't think about it, it doesn't mean that she really doesn't look forward to it, at least there is joy in her heart at this moment.
She didn't know if Xia Guogong's appearance had something to do with Zhao Jinyan and the eldest princess of Jinyang, but what was there to study in detail, at least someone appeared.
Fu Rui stood behind the eldest princess of Jinyang, looked at Xia Guogong and was stunned for a while, before she came back to her senses, stepped forward to Xia Guogong, and called out in her mouth: "Father." ”
When Xia Guogong appeared with the eldest princess of Jinyang, his eyes were actually a little complicated, and when he saw Fu Hui coming up to say goodbye, he didn't say anything, just nodded.
Today, he is obviously very different from the past, no longer as drunk as in the past, and even dressed up very neatly.
Fu Hui also called Xia Guogong after paying attention, and began to look at Xia Guogong's appearance today, not as exaggerated as usual, gorgeously dressed, even a little plain, only wearing a dark purple robe, and only a piece of white jade tied around her waist, her hair was neatly tied up by a white jade crown, and Fleur's eyes also showed a slight hint of surprise, she had never seen Xia Guogong dressed like this, at least since she was sensible, Xia Guogong had always been a gentleman in Beijing, and she only thought that her father was like that, but today, she suddenly found that such Xia Guogong was standing beside Wen Jinghui and Yang Ming, as if he would not fall behind......
Fu Rui thought about it, and couldn't help but look at the eldest princess of Jinyang, at this moment, the eyes of the eldest princess of Jinyang were also looking at Xia Guogong, different from Fu Yuan's simple surprised gaze, the gaze of the eldest princess of Jinyang at this time was much more complicated.
She looked at Xia Guogong for a while, and then she put away the inscrutable look in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth changed to a mocking arc.
In fact, the appearance of Xia Guogong has indeed caused a lot of memories of the eldest princess of Jinyang, and this appearance is also similar to the appearance and dress of the eldest princess of Jinyang when she first married him. But it's just about the same, and it can't be the same after all.
So many years have passed, the children have grown so big, she and Xia Guogong are old, especially Xia Guogong, who has been addicted to wine all these years, whether it is appearance or figure, he has already judged him as he was at the beginning.
Obviously it is the most intimate family, but at this time it was unexpectedly silent and embarrassed, Furao looked at her parents, and sighed silently in her heart, although she didn't know what to say to Xia Guogong at this time, and even the embarrassment that came from silence made her think of a lot of not very good memories, but it was not the same thing.
She thought about it, but reluctantly smiled and said openly to Xia Guo: "Dad, have you been here for a long time, my mother and I have just come back from my grandmother's palace." ”
Xia Guogong withdrew his gaze on the eldest princess of Jinyang, glanced at Fu Yuan, and smiled, but he didn't say anything to disturb the scenery.
Fu Hui's original heart finally let go slightly, she looked at Xia Guogong and asked softly: "Does Dad also live in the palace today?" ”
Xia Guogong nodded, although he didn't say anything.
But Fu Hui couldn't help but smile on her face, probably because there were too few opportunities to communicate with her on Xia Guogong's fair day, and there were too few people who could communicate, so she felt a little flattered at this time, and she couldn't help but want to talk more to Xia Guogong.
"Great, I knew that my father would also enter the palace today, so I let my brother live in the palace together."
Fleur couldn't help but smile and said.
In fact, Xia Yuelang also wanted to follow up in the palace today, but at first, Fu Rui and the eldest princess of Jinyang thought that they would live in the palace of the Empress Dowager, but they did not let Xia Yuelang follow them into the palace, after all, Xia Yuelang was already half a young man at this time, and he should always know to avoid suspicion.
When Fu Rui said this, she didn't mean anything else, she just wanted to talk to Xia Guogong about some situations, explain the reason why Xia Yuelang was not there, and also express her pity, but she didn't expect that her words made the smile on Xia Guogong's face pause slightly.
Xia Guogong's eyes subconsciously looked at the eldest princess of Jinyang, but the eldest princess of Jinyang did not speak, nor did she look at Xia Guogong.
The love in Xia Guogong's eyes was a little complicated, and he slowly looked at Fleur, and when he saw the happy smile on Fleur's face, he sighed softly in his heart, he couldn't bear it, he didn't pick up the topic of Fleur, but said: "It's hot outside at this time, so don't stand outside." ”
His tone was a little stiff, and after saying this, he didn't look at the faces of Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang, and walked into the palace inside.
Fu Rui was slightly stunned for a moment, and didn't react to why Xia Guogong left suddenly, but thinking of Xia Guogong's words, Fu Rui's face couldn't help but undoubtedly deepen the smile, counting, in fact, this is the first time Xia Guogong has spoken in such a graceful tone.
But when Fu Hui dragged the eldest princess of Jinyang into the main hall, she found that Xia Guogong had already disappeared, she was a little disappointed, and her eyes couldn't help but look around for Xia Guogong, the eldest princess of Jinyang saw Fu Yuan's demeanor in her eyes, in fact, on weekdays, according to the temperament of the eldest princess of Jinyang, Fu Hui was her daughter, and she had already sneered at Fu Yuan.
But today, she just opened her mouth, and in the end, she deliberately diverted Fleur's attention, and just said: "What are you doing, why don't you take the maids to put your things together, rest early in the evening, and get up early tomorrow." ”
"Oh......"
When Fu Hui heard this, she was a little listless, but she didn't say anything, and obediently took the maids to the room she had arranged according to the instructions of the eldest princess of Jinyang.
After Fleur left, the eldest princess of Jinyang did not immediately move away, but just stood in place and kept looking at Fleur's back, until she couldn't see Fleur's figure, she retracted her gaze, she was also about to leave, but when she turned around, she saw Xia Guogong standing at the door.
The two glanced at each other, didn't stay too long before taking it back, and didn't say anything, as if they were strangers, the eldest princess of Jinyang just walked by Xia Guogong's side with her subordinates.
At first, Fu Yuan obediently listened to the words of the eldest princess of Jinyang, and did not look for Xia Guogong, in fact, because she thought that she should meet later for dinner.
And when she thought that the family could finally get together for dinner, Furao couldn't help but feel better, for more than ten years, she had never tried to eat together as a family, and even sat at a table with Xia Guogong, the father, to eat, and she even wanted the people around her to go to Xia Yuelang to enter the palace immediately...... However, this thought, when she thought of the hot scene every time Xia Yuelang and Xia Guogong met, she was suppressed.
She didn't want to spoil the atmosphere like that......
Let her be selfish, a little selfish......
Fleur thought secretly in her heart, and kept urging the maids below to quickly put everything in place, and then ran to the main hall alone, waiting until dinner...... But Fu Hui didn't expect that Xia Guogong seemed to be deliberately avoiding her, and dinner was only sent to the house in the small kitchen, and she didn't come out to eat.
Fleur slowly poked the rice with chopsticks, and suddenly lost her appetite......
Is she still too optimistic?
Fu Yuan's dejected appearance naturally aroused the idea of the eldest princess of Jinyang, but the eldest princess of Jinyang did not point it out, but said slowly: "After dinner, don't run around, go back to the house earlier and follow the grandmother in the palace to learn etiquette, otherwise you will accidentally have an accident tomorrow, and it will be you who will cry." ”
"Oh......"
Fu Hui subconsciously responded, and when she reacted to what the eldest princess of Jinyang said, she became more and more disappointed in her heart, if she followed the grandmothers to learn the rules, it would naturally be impossible to run out to find Xia Guogong again, but the grandmothers in this palace are going to teach the rules, and tomorrow will be held soon, she can't shirk it if she wants to......
Fleur couldn't help but wonder if the eldest princess of Jinyang was doing it on purpose, but Mama would come to mention to her the point of tomorrow and the ceremony, and she said it at the beginning, and Fleur felt that she might be thinking too much.
After dinner, the sky was getting dark, Fu Hui returned to the house, and the eldest princess of Jinyang was sitting in the empty hall, looking a little tired, Qingyu commanded the palace people to remove the leftover dishes one by one, and slowly walked to the side of the eldest princess of Jinyang, handing over a bowl of freshly brewed tea.
The eldest princess of Jinyang did not take it, but just motioned for Qingyu to put it on the side of her hand. Then he said softly: "You go to see Fleur later, even if you are not happy, I also advise her to rest early, tomorrow is her big day after all." ”
"Princess ......"
Qingyu wanted to speak and stopped, in fact, she felt that now that they were all living in the same palace, why should the eldest princess of Jinyang be such a wicked person, she insisted on separating the father and daughter from each other, and just looked, Xia Guogong's appearance was rarely sober and normal, maybe Xia Guogong just figured it out.
"Okay, I know what you're going to say, it's not that this palace doesn't want to make Furao happy, it's just that tomorrow is her important day after all, and this palace doesn't dare to take this risk, not to mention, Xia Jue ......"
The eldest princess of Jinyang sneered, it is normal for Xia Jue to look at it today, but if he figured it out, the eldest princess of Jinyang didn't believe this nonsense at all, if she could figure it out, it has been more than ten years, she should have figured it out a long time ago, and she didn't have to wait until this time, I was afraid that Zhao Jinyan did something in it in order to please Fuyuan.
Qingyu listened to the words of the eldest princess of Jinyang, but she didn't want to upset the eldest princess of Jinyang, but said softly: "Although the princess can rest assured, the mood of the county lord will definitely be good today, and the slave maid just saw the palace people on the emperor's side go to the county lord's house." The slave and maid saw that the palace people were still knowledgeable, so they took it upon themselves and did not stop them......"
"You!"
When the eldest princess of Jinyang heard this, she didn't blame Qingyu for making a claim, but in fact, she was slightly relieved in her heart.
Zhao Jinyan has been here for a while, and the eldest princess of Jinyang is still relieved, and she sent people from the palace to see Fu Hui at this time, firstly, to avoid suspicion and not want her to be an eyesore, and secondly, she must have used her heart to please Fu Hui.
I have to say that Zhao Jinyan's thoughts at this time are indeed to let the eldest princess of Jinyang guess everything, it's not that he doesn't want to see Furui, but where is the eldest princess of Jinyang easy to mess with, if it is self-defeating, it is not that the attitude that has finally softened the eldest princess of Jinyang has been lost during this period of time.
But don't say it, Zhao Jinyan himself feels uncomfortable, and he is afraid of colding Fu Yuan's heart, Zhao Jinyan can say that he has not bothered to please a woman since he was a child, but fortunately, during this period of time, he has practice makes perfect, and soon thought of an idea, selected a few budding lotus flowers and personally inserted a bottle of life palace people to send it.
I have to say that Zhao Jinyan, who is not good at pleasing women on weekdays, suddenly used this thought, which really surprised Fu Yuan, and swept away the depression in Fang Cai's heart, she originally thought that she would not sleep very well tonight, but in fact, smelling the faint fragrance of lotus, she quickly sank into her dream and slept until dawn.
Fleur went to bed early tonight and slept deeply, and when she was woken up by the maids the next day, she was in good spirits.
And this night, in the entire palace, I am afraid that she is the only one who sleeps so well.
The eldest princess of Jinyang and Xia Yuelang didn't need to say much, and the lights in the Empress Dowager's palace didn't go out until midnight.
And the Queen Mother was lying in bed, all night, a little tossing and turning, after tomorrow, many things will change dramatically, the Queen Mother has already been prepared, but what the Queen Mother said to her at night made her a little uncertain.
Since that day when she learned about Fu Hui and Zhao Jinyan, the Queen Mother has not been out of the palace for a long time, nor has she been to the Queen Mother's palace, and the Queen Mother naturally knows the Queen Mother's heart knot, but she doesn't care, but would rather the Queen Mother stay in her palace like this.
However, the Queen Mother came to her palace on the night before the Fleur and the ceremony.
"Should the queen mother really be willing to be a peaceful and stable queen mother and live a peaceful old age?"
When the Queen Mother saw the Queen Mother, she didn't say anything else, but only asked the Queen Mother directly.
I have to say that this sentence also directly poked into the heart of the Queen Mother, who has been with the Queen Mother for many years, and knows what the Queen Mother cares about the most, and also knows her bottom line.
She has been up and down in the sea of power in the palace for many years, and now she has sat in the supreme position of a woman, but she can't let go of the power in her hands.
However, any woman entering the palace is afraid that it will not be more likely to threaten the Queen Mother than Fu Rui entering the palace.
In the past, the Empress Dowager was happy to let Furao enter the palace, just because Furao was simple and easy to control, and she was close to her, and most importantly, at that time, Zhao Jinyan's attitude towards the eldest princess of Jinyang was not clear, even the Empress Dowager also thought that Zhao Jinyan was afraid of the eldest princess of Jinyang, and Zhao Jinyan did not fall in love with Furao at that time......
If Fleur really enters the palace, she can only cling to the Queen Mother tightly, the eldest princess of Jinyang has always loved Furao's daughter, just for Fleur to have a better life in the palace, and she will also lower her arrogant head and bow her head to her mother.
However, things soon took a turn for the better, and the empress dowager chose to push away her daughter and granddaughter in the matter of harmony, but she failed to succeed, and the emperor's attitude changed overnight...... The Empress Dowager reacted, and naturally tried her best to prevent Furao from entering the palace, but she fell into a passive situation again.
The Queen Mother's question, although the Queen Mother knew that the other party was not really worried about her, said that the Queen Mother was just out of her own selfishness and did not want the woman her son loved before his death to marry Zhao Jinyan, but it also made the Queen Mother feel deeply embarrassed.
She naturally didn't want to admit that she was old and couldn't do it, but this was the case, she could only be angry and let the palace people invite the queen mother away.
It's just that the people are gone, but the Queen Mother's heart has not been quiet.
Furao's and the ceremony, can be said to be the most grand of all the girls in Beijing in the past ten years, this and the ceremony is personally ordered by her to operate, many details are checked by her, how can not know, but the more she thinks about it, the more her heart is like a shelf on the fire.
She personally arranged this ceremony to build momentum for Furui, and then asked the emperor to marry someone into the palace in such a grand way, and seize her power step by step......
I have to say, this is really ironic!