After dinner, Xie Liangying was stopped by her grandmother.

"There is someone in the White Sun Palace today, and everyone will go into the palace together to see Niangniang. You may not have visited your mother for a long time, so tomorrow you should dress brightly, and don't be too showy. ”

Xie Liangying lowered her head and said yes.

On the second day, Xie Liangying came to the Xie family's grandmother early. The grandmother of the Xie family raised her eyes and saw that she was wearing a white begonia dark pattern jacket on her upper body, and a silver and red falling flower flowing water pattern woven gold skirt Lan Ma face skirt, and a pair of fish pond lotus toe shoes under her feet. There is only a jade-inlaid gold bracelet on his hand, an eight-treasure gold collar around his neck, a pair of gourd-shaped pearl gold pendants on his ears, and a set of sapphire gold heads on his head.

Yan led Xie Liangyun, who had a much better face, over, and when he saw his eldest daughter's dress, he also felt good in his heart.

The ladies of the Xie family got into the car that had been prepared a long time ago and went all the way to the palace. When they arrived at the palace gate, everyone got out of the car and walked in. The only exception is the grandmother of the Xie family, who has a destiny with her, and remembering her advanced age, the queen allowed her to sit on the shoulder. The ladies followed behind the Xie family's grandmother's shoulders, bowed their heads slightly, and walked without squinting, looking dignified.

In the Ganning Palace, the queen sat at the top, and there were already a few official ladies who had arrived one step earlier than the Xie family.

The queen is not young anymore, and when she was still the crown prince, she entered the palace to serve. She was just a prince Liangdi, but later because the mother of the crown princess Jiang clan was accused of rebellion, which affected the Jiang family, and was expelled from the palace and demoted to a concubine. The queen's mother took advantage of the situation, said that the first emperor was moved, and the queen was put in the position of the crown princess.

Xie Liangying followed the Xie family to salute at the signal of the female official, and when she got up, she glanced at the queen, and said in her heart that the years were indeed unforgiving. Even the queen, who was still charming a few years ago, now has wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and looks a few years older. I heard that recently, the emperor has received a few new beauties sent by the country, and they have not come to Ganning Palace for many days. The queen's face was dull, but she still had to pretend to be generous in front of people, but the drooping corners of her mouth revealed her mood in the end, and it also made her look strict and aging a lot.

The queen glanced at Xie Liangying, and didn't look at her sister for half a minute. After chatting a few words with a few of the commandees, she said, "The young ladies we are talking about here must not like to listen, let them go to the garden." ”

The ladies thanked themselves and went to the Imperial Garden under the guidance of the female officer.

Xie Liangying didn't come to the palace much, and he was not familiar with other ladies who often entered the palace. After Xie Liangqing got married, she had no one to talk to in the Xie family. I simply went to the fish pond to feed the fish.

The female official who was serving Xie Liangying heard the footsteps behind her when Xie Liangying was concentrating on feeding the fish, she turned her head to look, and saw that it was the chief manager who was following the emperor. She bowed and silently retreated behind the shade of the flowers.

The chief steward retreated from the people around him, led the way in front, and brought the emperor behind Xie Liangying.

The emperor stood behind Xie Liangying, looking at her back, with some nostalgia in his eyes.

Xie Liangying sprinkled the last bit of fish food in her hand into the pool, patted the powder on her hand, and turned around to see the emperor who was smiling at him. She knew the emperor, and she could meet her unexpectedly every time she entered the palace. She saluted the Emperor and smiled brightly at him.

The Emperor beckoned to her, "Come here." It's been a long time since you've been in the palace, what are you busy with? ”

Xie Liangying took a step behind the emperor, followed behind the emperor, and said, "The family gave me a shop to practice my hands." I've been busy with that all day. After doing these things, I know that it is not easy for ordinary people. ”

The Emperor tilted his head slightly and looked at her with his spare eyes, "That's good, you have compassion, you're a good girl." His hand was behind his back, clenched and then released, "I heard that Yunyang Hou proposed to you?" ”

Xie Liangying blushed slightly, "I usually get along well with others, but he hasn't mentioned it to me at all." I was shocked when I heard my grandfather say it, and he thought he was coaxing me to play. ”

The emperor stopped, raised his head to look at the willow color by the pond in the distance, and only spoke for a while, his voice was a little choked, "You have also grown up, and it is time to get married." On the other hand, I am a person who has lived for the rest of my life, half of whom has been cut into the ground. ”

Xie Liangying felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this, pouted slightly, and retorted: "Long live Your Majesty, where can you say such things." ”

The emperor smiled "hehe", "Where is the real long live emperor." I'm satisfied that I've lived to this age. He turned his head to look at Xie Liangying, "When Ah Ying gets married, I will send a big congratulatory gift." ”

Xie Liangying smiled and narrowed her eyes, "Then you have to give me the best things, Your Majesty sits in the world, and how many good things are in Your Majesty's Palace." I don't ask for more, just a little leakage from between my fingers, and that's enough. ”

"Good, good." The emperor responded.

The chief steward saw the female official in the shade of the flowers peeking out of her skirt and disappearing, and he walked back from the front and bowed before the emperor.

The emperor's eyes were a little gloomy, and he said to Xie Liangying: "The scholar is here, I have to go back to the imperial study." Ah Hotaru, you can walk around by yourself for a while, and then come back to the palace next time. ”

Xie Liangying sent the emperor away, and after a while, he heard the laughter of the young ladies fluttering butterflies.

The female official bowed to Xie Liangying and said, "Miss Xie, Niangniang sent someone to call you back to Ganning Palace." ”

Xie Liangying happily agreed, and the queen asked them to go back, which meant that the Xie family was going home.

Sure enough, soon after the ladies returned, the queen said that she was tired and asked the officials and relatives to leave the palace.

On the second day, the chief steward came to Xiefu. However, today he was wearing a casual dress, so he stopped Xie Shenzhi when he was about to salute, "Our family is here to give Xiaoyou a gift today." ”

Xie Shen didn't know why, and when he saw the chief steward waving his hand behind him, a little eunuch who was also dressed in civilian clothes led a high-quality horse and walked over.

The general manager: "The fifth lady of the Xie family is quite close to me, this horse was sent by the barbarian country a few days ago, and His Majesty gave it to me when he was happy." I'll keep it useless, so I'll give it to my friends. In a few days, the Yixing Department of Northern Xinjiang will come over, and their folk customs have always been fierce, and they proposed to His Majesty the idea of letting the women of the two countries compete in equestrianism, and His Majesty has agreed. Xie Shenzhi can ask Miss Five to practice more, and we can look forward to Miss Five's heroic appearance at that time. ”

Xie Shenzhi hesitated a little, "I'm afraid my clumsy granddaughter can't afford such a big gift, father-in-law, look ......"

The chief manager slightly suppressed the smile on his face and said softly: "This is also the meaning of His Majesty." ”

Xie Shenzhi accepted it.

After the move, the chief manager smiled and took the little eunuch beside him out of Xie's house. He got into the carriage and told the coachman to go to the tribute court.

The carriage walked slowly down the street, and the chief steward took out a folded piece of paper from his bosom. After unfolding, I saw that it was written on the top, "Honorable guest Li Shi Rong Gongzi, the painting that was previously ordered is already in the shop." Please bring this card to pick up the paintings."

Li Rongnai was the name of the chief manager before entering the palace, and after entering the palace, he changed Li Qian because he collided with the queen's name.

This paper was secretly stuffed to Li Qian by Xie Liangying when he entered the palace yesterday and separated from the emperor. In fact, where did Li Qian order things in Xie Liangying's shop, it was just Xie Liangying's filial piety to him.

Li Qian's family was depressed, and he entered the palace as a eunuch in desperation. Although he was illiterate at first, he was not assigned to the emperor, who was still the crown prince at the time, and was allowed to attend classes with him. Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Li Qian also fell in love with calligraphy and painting. It's just that as a close friend in front of the emperor, he usually can't accept courtesy, and even if he likes it, he has to pretend not to care. I don't know where Xie Liangying inquired about the news, but she prepared this gift for herself.

After a while, Li Qian arrived at the shop, and he knew the shopkeeper with Zhou. After a few words of greeting each other, Shopkeeper Zhou handed over the calligraphy and paintings that Xie Liangying had told him in advance. Li Qian didn't leave immediately after receiving the things, but chatted with Wei Yang, who was settling accounts at the counter. It wasn't until the little eunuch reminded him that he was about to fall at the palace gate that he reluctantly turned around.

The Xie family had dinner in the evening, and Xie Shenzhi asked someone to lead the horse out, and said to Xie Liangying: "Your Majesty gives it, you should practice hard." At that time, the contest between the two countries will not be a shame on the face. ”

Xie Liangying looked at the horse and sighed infinitely in his heart. In his previous life, it was this horse that caused Yan to break his arm. I don't know if the old things will happen again.

Xie Liangyun is knowledgeable, and when he saw the horse, he was envious. The men of the Xie family were also a little jealous, but this was named by the emperor to Xie Liangying, and they didn't want to rob it, so they just asked Xie Liangying to take care of the horse.

Xie Liangyun rolled his eyes and said, "My sister wants to learn horsemanship, I'm afraid that the Zhuangzi in the family is not suitable." ”

The grandmother of the Xie family thought in her heart, it was indeed so. The Xie family started late, and the family background is also thin, which is not as good as the accumulation of the people next to them over the years. But the emperor has already opened his mouth and asked Xie Liangying to compete in the equestrian competition, if he didn't ask her to learn, it would be inappropriate.

Xie Liangting glanced at Xie Liangyun and smiled brightly, "I heard that Yunyang Hou's Zhuangzi occupies an extremely wide area, anyway, the fifth sister has already been engaged to him, so it doesn't hurt to go to him." ”

Xie Liangying raised her eyebrows, this was not the case in her previous life. At that time, she and Xue Jian were not married, and finally borrowed the Zhuangzi of the Yan family.

Xie Liangyun said: "This is good. She begged Xie Liangying, "Sister, take me there." I'm going to practice too. ”

The lobby brother Xie Mingquan came to sex at this time, and said, "Why don't I go with you too." Where can Yunyang Hou be able to watch you alone. I have a lot of experience with equestrianism, and I can teach my sisters when I can. ”

And so the matter was decided.

Xue Jian listened to their plan and naturally agreed. This is something that makes Xie Liangying show off, how can he not agree. Overnight, he asked someone to go to Zhuangzi to clean up, and personally carefully selected a few subordinates with excellent equestrian skills, ready to be the equestrian master of the Xie family's daughters when the time comes.

The night before going to Zhuangzi, Xie Liangyun went to his mother with a pillow under the pretext that he wanted to sleep with Yan. Xie Lezhi wanted to be close to his wife, but when he was stirred by his daughter, he went to the study with tears and laughter.