"Mother!"

The eldest princess of Jinyang's answer was beyond the expectations of everyone present, Fu Hui and Zhao Jinyan both showed surprised looks on their faces, while Xia Yuelang stood up directly, shouting towards the eldest princess of Jinyang with a disapproving face.

The eldest princess of Jinyang didn't seem to hear the objection in Xia Yuelang's tone at all, but just looked at Fu Yuan and Zhao Jinyan, and didn't speak, with a faint smile on her face.

And her reaction made everyone present a little unsure of her thoughts.

Mo said that Fu Hui and Xia Yuelang, who still knew a little about the eldest princess of Jinyang, and Zhao Jinyan, did not expect the eldest princess of Jinyang to be so easy to speak, after all, in Zhao Jinyan's mind, the person who originally thought that he might oppose this matter the most was the eldest princess of Jinyang, and even when he came, he had thought many times about the possible reaction of the eldest princess of Jinyang, without exception, of course, they were all opposed.

And Zhao Jinyan also took great pains to think of a lot of countermeasures, but he didn't expect that the eldest princess of Jinyang would simply agree.

It was too unexpected, Zhao Jinyan didn't have time to be surprised, he still had some doubts in his heart, and he was even thinking about the intention of the eldest princess of Jinyang's answer, guessing what kind of medicine was being sold in the other party's gourd.

Everyone's reaction naturally fell into the eyes of the eldest princess of Jinyang, she still had a silent chuckle on her face, looked at the juniors, slowly drank the tea in the cup in her hand, and then said in a light tone: "Why do you have this expression?" ”

"Mother, I don't agree, why are you so easy to agree......"

"Shut up!"

The eldest princess of Jinyang interrupted, her voice was not harsh, but the resoluteness in her tone made Xia Yuelang stunned for a while.

He clearly remembered that not long ago, the eldest princess of Jinyang obviously wanted him to create more obstacles between Zhao Jinyan and Fu Yuan, Xia Yuelang also heard it in his ears, and thought it was true, and he was preparing for it, but the eldest princess of Jinyang was so deflated in the rear.

Xia Yuelang's mind was straightforward, and what he thought in his heart was also very straightforward in his face, the eldest princess of Jinyang looked at Xia Yuelang, and slowly spoke: "This matter is a major event in your sister's life in the future, and it is naturally up to her to make her own decisions." ”

After that, the eldest princess of Jinyang's eyes fell on Fu Yuan's body, and only raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Why do you have this expression, don't you want to?" ”

The eldest princess of Jinyang's democratic style today really frightened Furui, after all, in the past, the eldest princess of Jinyang's arbitrary practice has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Fu Hui hadn't recovered from her shock at this time, her mind was still a little muddy, and when she heard the eldest princess of Jinyang ask like this, she had an inexplicable look on her face, and she was slow, but she still nodded.

"Sister ......"

Xia Yuelang shouted dissatisfiedly, but at this moment, Xia Yuelang's reaction was obviously ignored by everyone on the scene.

Zhao Jinyan looked at Fu Yuan's reaction, and involuntarily showed a gentle smile on his face, but Zhao Jinyan didn't dare to let go lightly, just looked at the eldest princess of Jinyang, and was about to say thank you, but saw that the gaze of the eldest princess of Jinyang fell on him again.

Zhao Jinyan couldn't help but straighten his body, and was about to make a good statement, but he heard the eldest princess of Jinyang say slowly: "It's said that it's a big girl, Fu Hui is a stupid girl, since all my heart is enveloped by you, I, a mother, naturally have nothing to say." It's just that Fleur is my daughter, and I will marry in the future, so I naturally love her and don't want her to be wronged......"

"Auntie, rest assured, Jin Yan will definitely not let Fu Hui suffer a trace of grievances in the future."

Zhao Jinyan hurriedly spoke up.

And the eldest princess of Jinyang is of course not so easy to be pleased, she just nodded when she heard the words, and she was very absent-minded, and she said slowly: "Originally, the palace wanted to prevent Fu Yuan from entering the palace, and find an ordinary child of a family to marry, but I didn't have a little heart, but at least I can help in it......"

The eldest princess of Jinyang's tone carried a hint of sighing, but there was something to say in this.

"Aunt rest assured, although Fleur marries into the palace in the future, it is no different from marrying into an ordinary family, Jin Yan will take good care of Fleur......" After thinking about it, Zhao Jinyan added, "Jin Yan doesn't dare to say big things in the future, but no matter what happens in the future, Fleur is the most important woman in Jin Yan's heart......"

"Mother......

Zhao Jinyan's words were not finished, but he was interrupted by Fu Yuan's voice, although Fu Yuan did not say anything, but the meaning of maintenance in his tone was also very obvious.

When the eldest princess of Jinyang looked at her, she also raised her head and looked at the eldest princess of Jinyang quietly, the eldest princess of Jinyang was helpless, in fact, today she had the intention of forcing Zhao Jinyan to make a promise, although she looked like she was taking advantage of the danger of others, but this promise was naturally made by Zhao Jinyan herself.

Zhao Jinyan didn't seem to be aware of her true intentions, and she didn't get to the point for a long time, but when she finally said it, Fu Hui began to feel sorry for others again, and interrupted loudly.

The eldest princess of Jinyang was a little angry with her daughter Fu Rui, but the eldest princess of Jinyang was a little helpless, Fu Rui was like that, she was obviously afraid that she would do too much, and she also wanted to protect her.

"Okay, okay, they all say that girls are outgoing, and you haven't married yet, so you'll start to defend your husband."

The eldest princess of Jinyang looked at Fleur's stupid daughter, but in her words, she was still talking for Fleur, openly scolding Fleur, but secretly she was also mentioning Zhao Jinyan, and every sentence was telling Zhao Jinyan not to live up to Fleur.

No matter how stupid Zhao Jinyan is, he actually has some aftertaste at this time, but he is not a person of rhetoric, and he does more than he says in his actions, if he just reminisces, he may go with the flow of his attitude, but at this moment, he is a little speechless.

The eldest princess of Jinyang looked at the pair below, and was really angry and helpless in her heart, but in the end she still felt that out of sight was pure, and only said to Zhao Jinyan: "Okay, okay, it's not too early, if the emperor doesn't plan to stay for lunch, go back!" ”

The eldest princess of Jinyang said this very politely, and she was also squeezing Zhao Jinyan with a sullen attitude, although Zhao Jinyan still wanted to please the eldest princess of Jinyang, but it was not suitable to stay here at this time, so he had to bow to the eldest princess of Jinyang and get up to leave.

As soon as Zhao Jinyan left, the room was completely quiet, and Xia Yuelang, who had been silent and wanted to find a chance to speak, couldn't hold back any longer, and only shouted at the eldest princess of Jinyang: "Mother, how can you agree to your sister's matter so casually, the emperor's temperament, how can he be worthy of being Furao's husband, and marrying into the palace, what kind of life Furao will live in the future, you don't know." ”

Hearing this, the eldest princess of Jinyang nodded, as if she agreed with Xia Yuelang's words.

And her expression made Xia Yuelang even more dissatisfied, and at the eldest princess of Jinyang, Xia Yuelang couldn't say anything heavier, so he had to complain to Furui: "Sister, how are you ...... Why are you so unlucky, there are so many wishful husbands all over the world, why did you find such a person. ”

"Brother......

Fu Yuan didn't know what to say at this time, so she had to look at Xia Yuelang coquettishly and signal him to stop talking.

Xia Yuelang looked at Fu Yuan's pleading appearance, moved his mouth, and felt a little unbearable, but at this time, the eldest princess of Jinyang suddenly said loudly: "You, as a brother, I am very pleased to be able to say these words today, but ...... Instead of complaining today, it is better to fight more in the future and make more efforts to support Fleur in the future. ”

"You are Fleur's brother, in the future, Fleur will enter the palace, if her mother's family is not angry, Fleur will stay in the palace to let the kid maintain it again, and her face is not good-looking, but if her mother's family is angry, the kid will not do anything to Fleur when he looks at the face of Fleur's mother's family. I don't count on your father's side, it's up to you! ”

After the eldest princess of Jinyang said these words, she didn't wait for Xia Yuelang to say anything, and directly sent Xia Yuelang away: "I'll talk to your sister in the house for a while, you go out first!" “

"Yes."

The last words of the eldest princess of Jinyang made Xia Yuelang ponder for a while, he suddenly quieted down, bowed to the eldest princess of Jinyang, but retreated quietly.

And after waiting for Xia Yuelang to leave, Fu Rui couldn't help but say: "Actually, it's already good for my brother to do this, and my mother doesn't have to force my brother like this." ”

"The son born by himself, how can he not know his temperament, your brother, although he is filial to me and loves you, but he is not a peaceful character in the end, of course, I don't expect him to do something. But if he can beat from time to time, he is not afraid that he will be able to quietly not cause trouble for the sake of our mother. ”

After the eldest princess of Jinyang said this, she also sighed lightly, in fact, it was not that she was partial, the temperament of the two children under her knees, she had already known it all these years, but Fan Xia Yuelang had some ability and could be more competitive, in fact, the eldest princess of Jinyang was not willing to let Fu Hui enter the palace.

In the palace, even Zhao Jinyan said it well, but the eldest princess of Jinyang was unwilling to let her very simple daughter, who had been raised by her, go in and be contaminated with those things, and let her brother protect her, and her life was naturally more leisurely than in the palace.

But...... Xia Yuelang's ability is limited, and she can't protect Fu and Yue Lang for a lifetime, two children, one of them should always grow up and be able to rely on each other.

"Mother knows that you promised Zhao Jinyan, a big factor is because of the family, but Fu Hui ...... My mother is useless anymore, and I don't want you to sacrifice your whole life to contribute to the family. ”

The eldest princess of Jinyang sighed lightly, her eyes unabashedly revealed distress and worry at this moment, and she whispered to Furui, "If you think about it carefully, if you don't really want to do it from the bottom of your heart, my mother will help you refuse this matter." ”

"Niang ......" Fu Rui heard this, her heart was a little moved, and there was also a little inexplicable love, she looked at the eldest princess of Jinyang for a while, her heart was actually in deep thought, slowly torturing her heart, maybe the starting point of this matter at the beginning, she did mean it for the family, but after that, it really made her willing to agree so quickly, Fu Rui also had to admit that Zhao Jinyan's intentions accounted for a large factor.

"Mother, not only for the sake of the family, but also for myself."

Fu Hui smiled slightly and said to the eldest princess of Jinyang, "I have thought about it, sooner or later I will marry one day, rather than marrying a man I don't know well, it is better to marry my cousin...... What's more, I can feel that my cousin is really good to me, and he is also a very good person. ”

At least, when Fu Rui felt that she might marry Zhao Jinyan in the future, although she was confused about the future, she didn't feel afraid.

"Think about it yourself!"

When the eldest princess of Jinyang heard this, her heart still didn't let go, but she didn't say anything else, her eyes only revealed some melancholy. Her own marriage is a failure, and she is also a person who only has the experience of failure when it comes to marriage, so she naturally doesn't want to point fingers at Furui's marriage.

Perhaps, thinking too much and calculating too much is not a good thing, but it is better to live a better life with a simple one like Fleur.

Fu Hui saluted the eldest princess of Jinyang and retired from her room, she slowly walked back to her room, just returned to the room, and one of the things she did was sit in a chair in a daze.

Although she had been prepared for today's qiē, it happened too quickly, and she couldn't come back to her senses at this time, so she promised Zhao Jinyan and entrusted the rest of her life like this......

After Zhao Jinyan returned to the palace, he had just changed his clothes, and the eunuchs close to him had just come up to ask about lunch, but the little eunuch outside the door came up to say: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager sent someone over, saying that if the emperor has nothing important, please ask the emperor to accompany the Empress Dowager for lunch." ”

When Zhao Jinyan heard this, he didn't think much about it and nodded.

"Okay, you go and spread the word, and I'll be over later."

Zhao Jinyan stood in place, looking at the figure of the little eunuch shrinking and walking out, but he didn't immediately let the eunuch pack up, but thought for a while, and said to the palace people beside him: "You go to open the treasury, I remember that there seems to be a white jade Guanyin statue of a local official entering the palace in the treasury, and you let people put it on and send it to the palace of the Empress Dowager." ”

"Yes."

The palace people bowed in response.

This white jade Guanyin statue gift, one step ahead of Zhao Jinyan, entered the palace of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager received the gift, and did not even let the palace people open it to see, the look on her face was a little more different.

The palace people lightly opened this priceless statue of white jade Guanyin, and the empress dowager just glanced at it, and then asked the people below to put it away: "Since it is a piece of filial piety of the emperor, you can put it in the small room and put it out." ”

"Yes."

The people close to the Queen Mother originally wanted to say a few flattering words to the Queen Mother to make the Queen Mother happy, but seeing that the Queen Mother was not very interested, and even a little excited, they didn't dare to say more, so they only retreated lightly holding the statue of Guanyin.

Unlike many older ladies, in fact, the Empress Dowager is not keen on worshipping the Buddha, which may have something to do with the habits she started when she was young, the Empress Dowager is not a person who is too afraid of ghosts and gods, and believes in this aspect, of course, if she is a person who believes in the arrangement of fate, it is impossible to get to this position now.

Although the Empress Dowager is now in vogue, she has set up a Buddhist hall in the palace, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she will also go to the Buddhist hall to inject incense, but there is no more.

In fact, most of the people in the palace also know the habit of the Empress Dowager, and it is impossible for Zhao Jinyan not to know.

And if Zhao Jinyan knows, he knows that this gift is actually not quite in line with the queen mother's mind, but the more this is the case, the more the queen mother can't help but want to ponder Zhao Jinyan's thoughts, the person who gave the gift is not to really please the person who receives the gift, it is obvious that he has ulterior motives, the queen mother has a wry smile on her face, after the child sits on the throne, her mind is more and more difficult to guess.

The Empress Dowager didn't really guess it, after all, the origin of this gift should have something to do with her robbing the road in the morning to invite Fu Hui into the palace.

But she is reluctant to speculate in this aspect, and is more unwilling to admit that she is now controlled by others.

At this time, the Empress Dowager is a little nostalgic for the time when the emperor was still alive, the first emperor is her son in the end, although he also has ambitions in terms of rights, but he is very filial to her, and he is also a little soft-hearted in the means of treating his relatives. Although the Empress Dowager felt that the character of the former emperor was not suitable for being an emperor, there was no doubt that the former emperor was a good son.

When Zhao Jinyan walked into the palace of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager was still sitting quietly on the couch thinking about things.

Seeing Zhao Jinyan's matter, she looked at Zhao Jinyan sluggishly for a while before she slowly spoke: "Why did the emperor think of giving gifts to the mourning family today?" ”

Zhao Jinyan sat down beside the Empress Dowager and spoke in a gentle tone: "I just suddenly thought that there was such a statue of Guanyin in the treasury, and I thought that the imperial grandmother should like it, so I asked people to send it over, so as not to keep it in the treasury to fall into ashes." ”

"The emperor is filial."

The Empress Dowager's words were insincere and very perfunctory, but Zhao Jinyan didn't seem to see it, just chuckled and was silent.

The two of them sat in the empty palace for a while, and the palace people brought tea to Zhao Jinyan, Zhao Jinyan picked up the tea cup, and for a while he took the lid of the cup and skimmed the tea foam, and then took a sip into his mouth.

From beginning to end, there has been silence in this hall.

Zhao Jinyan's every move, between his demeanor, remained natural, but the Empress Dowager was a little uncomfortable with this quiet, seeing that Zhao Jinyan was silent for a long time, she couldn't help coughing lightly, and asked: "The emperor just sent Fleur back!" ”

"Yes, I went to Aunt Jinyang's house."

Zhao Jinyan admitted frankly, and the smile on his face remained unchanged.

The Empress Dowager's smile faded, she nodded reluctantly, and asked again: "Fu Hui is playing well in the palace, have you seen your aunt, how is her health?" ”

"It's all good."

Zhao Jinyan replied with a thousand pounds, but when he finished saying this, he did not continue to ask and answer the mode, but said again: "Imperial grandmother, I see that my aunt is much better now, and the weather has been warm recently. ”

"Really...... Your aunt has been in poor health for a long time. I didn't dare to let her enter the palace and toss back and forth. ”

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she subconsciously wanted to frown, but the words on the scene were very beautiful.

These days, the Empress Dowager has not thought about wanting to let the eldest princess of Jinyang enter the palace, but the eldest princess of Jinyang is not easy to invite now, and the empress dowager herself is also weak-hearted, of course, she will not think of letting the eldest princess of Jinyang enter the palace to see her, after all, this daughter, ruthlessly, will definitely not even give her more face as a mother.

When Zhao Jinyan heard this, he didn't question it, but just followed the empress dowager's promise: "The imperial grandmother loves her aunt." However, my aunt's health is now very good, and it should be no obstacle to enter the palace. What's more, my aunt should often come to the palace in the future. ”

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she was stunned for a moment, but she quickly thought that it would be Zhao Jinyan's birthday in the near future, so she hurriedly said: "Yes, in a few days, it will be the emperor's longevity festival, and there will be a banquet in the palace at that time, and your aunt will naturally enter the palace." ”

"It's not just that."

Zhao Jinyan looked at the eyes of the Empress Dowager and said slowly, "After the Wanshou Festival, it will be Fuhui's birthday, and I have already obtained my aunt's consent to let Fuyuan's birthday be done in the palace." This year, it is a big event to hold the ceremony of Fleur, although it is held in the palace, but in previous years, Fleur's birthday was handled by my aunt, so although it is placed in the palace this year, there will be inconsiderate places in the palace, so I want my aunt to come to the palace to preside. ”

The Empress Dowager's eyes showed a rare hint of surprise, her face was a little embarrassed, and she was stunned for a while before she reluctantly smiled and said, "This ...... Is it appropriate? Did Jinyang really agree? ”

"Fu Rui agreed, and my aunt also agreed, so I went to Aunt Jinyang's palace and obtained Aunt Jinyang's consent."

Zhao Jinyan didn't seem to see the embarrassment on the empress dowager's face, and said softly with a smile on his face.

"...... like this"

The Empress Dowager did not mean to agree, she just dealt with it casually, and it was indeed embarrassing for her to let her say the words of consent at this time, although she had already prepared in her heart that the emperor would inevitably do something to herself and Fuyuan, but the Empress Dowager never expected that Zhao Jinyan would come directly to this step.

If Furui's ceremony is held in the palace, it will not be a clear order, and it will almost announce to the world that she is a sure queen. And in the morning, the Queen Mother still wanted to change this matter.

The Empress Dowager's vague attitude was certainly not what Zhao Jinyan hoped in his heart, but he didn't wait for the Empress Dowager to slowly accept this fact, and threw out a request that embarrassed the Empress Dowager's face.

"I've thought about it, Fleur's birthday is very similar to mine, and the location of this event can actually save some trouble, so it will be placed in the place where the longevity banquet is held. And the guest of honor at the birthday ceremony, I'm afraid no one can be more suitable than the imperial grandmother, so on that day, the imperial grandmother is willing to add a flute for Fleur. ”

“……”

The Empress Dowager didn't believe her ears, and after looking at Zhao Jinyan for a long time, she was sure that Zhao Jinyan was not joking with her, and her heart couldn't stop sinking.

But after all, the Empress Dowager is deep in the city, although this incident really stimulated her, and even disrupted her original whole plan, but she still quickly came back to her senses, and even quickly adjusted her feelings.

She chuckled and asked, "Is that what Jin Yang means?" ”

"My aunt hasn't had time to discuss this matter with me, but I believe that my aunt should think the same as me, and be the guest of honor for Fleur, and the person who will add to Fleur is probably no one more suitable than the imperial grandmother. So Jin Yanxian made a claim. ”

“……”

The Empress Dowager looked at the smile on Zhao Jinyan's face, and her heart seemed to be blocked by something.

The Empress Dowager deliberately asked this sentence, not only because she wanted to delay time, but also because she didn't want to agree immediately, but also because she wanted to get back some face for herself, if Zhao Jinyan could say that this was also the meaning of the eldest princess of Jinyang, at least when she saw her daughter in the future, she would not feel disgraced, but Zhao Jinyan in order to please the eldest princess of Jinyang, in order to make face for her and Furui, he actually resisted with all his might, and cleared up the two of them, and only said that he came to invite her to be a guest today, which was completely his own intention.

The Empress Dowager has been flattered all her life, and she has always been put in a high position, but she didn't expect that she would have to do such a thing against her will.

What made her even more aggrieved was that in this matter, the emperor put his posture very low, and he was also forcing her to make it impossible for her to put on a high posture anymore, so she had to agree to this matter.

Zhao Jinyan didn't seem to see the embarrassment of the Empress Dowager at all, and urged with a gentle smile: "What does the imperial grandmother think?" I believe that Fleur and her aunt will be very happy to know that the imperial grandmother can agree to add a flute to Fluff at the ceremony. ”

The Empress Dowager sighed deeply in her heart, and between her eyebrows and eyes, she once again showed tiredness, and also revealed some old looks.

She took a deep breath, but for a moment, a smile appeared on her face, as if the person who had just been in such a difficult situation was not her at all.

"Look at what the emperor said, the mourning family is the grandmother of Furui, and this matter is self-deserved." After saying this, the Empress Dowager smiled again, "It's just that the mourning family has never been a guest of honor, but they don't have any experience, so I'm afraid that it will not be appropriate when the time comes." ”

"Although the imperial grandmother is relieved, if you don't understand, you can summon those ladies who are often guests in Beijing to enter the palace, and when the imperial grandfather was alive, he once praised the imperial grandmother's etiquette model, which is the most decent, a small one and a courtesy, I believe that the imperial grandmother will not make any mistakes."

After Zhao Jinyan said this, he didn't give the Empress Dowager any chance to say anything else, and said with a smile: "It's not early, I've been busy all morning, and I'm a little hungry in my stomach, so why don't you pass the meal!" ”

"Okay."

The smile on the face of the Empress Dowager was stiff as if it was a statue, but the words she said were very soft.

She waved her hand weakly at the palace people below, and looked at Zhao Jinyan, who was sitting beside her with a filial look, and her hand was unconsciously clenched into a fist.

In this life, even when she was just a concubine, she never bowed her head so stubbornly. Unexpectedly, she was forced to be like this by the juniors.

The palace is already particular about food and does not say anything, of course, if the relationship is closer, naturally it does not pay attention to this, but today's lunch is used quietly and quickly, Zhao Jinyan seems to have a taste After using it, he got up and retired without waiting for tea.

The Empress Dowager didn't hold back, she still had a smile on her face, and nodded at Zhao Jinyan.

But as soon as Zhao Jinyan walked out of the main hall, the Empress Dowager covered her chest and began to pant violently.

The palace people looked at the Empress Dowager like this, panicked, and when they were about to summon the imperial doctor, the Empress Dowager stretched out her hand to stop her: "No need, just relax your breath." ”

"The Empress Dowager ......"

The palace people said distressedly that they looked at the Empress Dowager, and they had been accompanying them in the hall, and naturally they knew that the Empress Dowager was so knotted, so they couldn't help but say loudly: "If the Empress Dowager is unwilling, why should she be so wronged ...... herself"

"What nonsense!" The Empress Dowager interrupted sharply, looked at the palace people with sharp eyes, and said word by word: "Fu Hui is the granddaughter of the mourning family, and the mourning family will add to her, how can she be unwilling, but she is very happy in her heart!" ”

After the Empress Dowager said this, she gritted her teeth fiercely and held back the pain in her heart.

Today, she has swallowed her anger and responded to this matter, so she can't wronged herself in vain, and she must maximize the benefits of this matter. If outsiders let the true thoughts in her heart reach the ears of the emperor, then the real gains outweigh the losses.