Before the palace banquet began, the queen mother and the queen were beckoning the families of various officials to have tea in the side hall of the Biwu Palace. This is the new emperor since the enthronement, the first time that the foreign women have entered the palace to worship, and they can receive the will to enter the palace, proving that their father-in-law or direct relatives are the ministers of His Majesty, who have won the favor of the saint in front of the emperor, and their relatives have been appreciated outside, and they can't drag them back inside, so the foreign women and the officials and their relatives are also full of energy, and they go to the queen mother and the queen's side, and each is smiling, rushing to get close to the queen mother.

This day, the queen mother wore a dark vermilion inlaid gold silk Wanfu standing collar raccoon hair dress, covered with a stone blue printed dark silver bamboo inscription armor, wearing a pine crane forehead on her head, since her own son ascended the throne, and the one in charge of the phoenix seal is the girl who has seen the big distress to the tip of her heart since she was a child, and the queen mother has always been a person who does not cherish power and has a high eye, so she ignored the affairs of the palace early, listened to small songs in her Shoukang Palace all day long, met her daughter-in-law and son, and chatted with the concubines next door. There is no husband who pampers other concubines and concubines and pretends to be generous and sad, and there is no torture of their old enemies in front of them, and the rest of the concubines are all good friends with themselves or people in the palace, and now they are complimenting themselves vigorously by their side, and now the queen mother looks younger than when the emperor was alive, and she is a woman of about forty, and she is well maintained, if it weren't for her eyes that have seen through the vicissitudes of the world, who looks at it and thinks that the queen mother is only in her early thirties, in the occasion of outsiders, You have to wear dark palace clothes to suppress the color.

The foreign women who surrounded the queen mother, for fear that the queen mother would ignore themselves, desperately praised the queen mother's ageless appearance and phoenix health, fortunately, most of the women who can enter the palace to worship are the eldest women who are in charge of feeding at home, although it is a compliment, it also makes people feel that the spring breeze is blowing, warm and lovely, there is no flattery, the queen mother also listened happily, and the face was not half of the expression.

After praising for a long time, seeing that the words of praise are about to get tired of talking, and they have to change the topic, a woman in a pear blossom green shirt smiled and opened her mouth in the silence: "The Queen Mother's forehead is really exquisite, look at this crane, delicate, pleasant, at first glance, it looks like it is about to spread its wings and fly into the blue sky, the person who embroidered this forehead, I am afraid that it took twelve points of thought, it is really ingenious!" ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she bent the corners of her mouth, she looked at the woman fixedly, it turned out to be Deng Quanfu's wife Mi, and the smile deepened, only to see the Queen Mother smiling and stroking her forehead, pulling Song Mier, who had been sitting and smiling, and smiled at Mi Shi: "You have this mouth, you can really speak!" If you continue to boast like this, the mourning family will be happy to accept it, but the daughter-in-law of the mourning family is terrible to be ashamed! ”

Song Mier, who was sitting quietly and complimenting the Queen Mother, was suddenly pushed out by the Queen Mother, so he smiled at everyone and didn't talk nonsense, just glanced at the Queen Mother, but he was full of children's attitude.

All of them were human spirits, knowing that this was a signal from the Queen Mother to everyone, their thoughts turned in their stomachs, and some of the women couldn't wait to open their mouths.

I saw that the wife of the Siqing of Dali Temple took the first step to speak: "The concubine was about to praise the queen mother's chic forehead, but she asked Sister Mi to take the lead, and she blamed the concubine's stupid mouth, and after thinking about it for a long time, she didn't come up with any good words to use to describe this stitch trick." ”

The Queen Mother also smiled: "You are a stupid person, and the mourning family will not dislike you very much," Speaking of this, the Queen Mother spoke, and then picked up the second half of the sentence with a flattered expression on the face of the Dali Temple Siqing Zhou: "At most, I dislike seven or eight points." ”

That Zhou is also an informed and knowledgeable person, hearing this, he immediately exaggerated an embarrassed expression, with her slightly innocent eight-character eyebrows, but it was really funny, even the Queen Mother, who deliberately made a straight face, couldn't hold back, took Song Mier's hand and smiled back and forth, looking at that Zhou: "You are really a good person!" Five hundred years ago, I was afraid that it was the same family as the monkey! ”

As soon as the Queen Mother's words came out, it caused a laugh again, mixed with the secret jealousy of other women, Song Mier sat on the high platform, taking in the expressions of the first group of people, his face was not obvious, but his heart felt that in just a few quarters of an hour, it was like watching a hundred family plays, and all living beings were clear. Different from the previous "being in this mountain, the clouds don't know where to go", which was sitting down and speculating on other people's expressions and words, now looking at these people, I have the mentality of seeing all the mountains at a glance, but I have mixed feelings in my heart, and I can't say whether I am happy or relieved or something else.

Song Mier's heart was turbulent, but in the eyes of others, it became unfathomable. The news received from the palace said that the current queen is a very young lady, in the past in the boudoir has never heard of her name, the first few sisters are known to be talented, it is her turn, but the name is unknown, I am afraid that I am not very good, I am afraid that I am not very good, I am elected to be the queen, but because there is a prime minister's father and the queen mother who is good friends, I am afraid that it is also a decoration in the palace, far less than the glamorous and beautiful concubine scenery of the queen mother's niece.

Later, I heard that she was very much loved by His Majesty, and most of the people present were there, but I felt that it was a means for His Majesty to take care of the prime minister's face, a young girl who was not enough, what to compare with other noble girls? Your Majesty is an upright young man, what can a young girl be satisfied with? Therefore, no one really took this queen very carefully. Seven or eight out of ten of the wives who came today have brought their daughters, nieces, granddaughters, granddaughters, and granddaughters who are sixteen or seventeen years old to be married, and the meaning of this is self-evident. If the queen is strong and the queen mother does not like it, you can also say that she is just bringing the girl in the family to see the world, open your eyes, and marry someone in the future, but if the emperor and queen are not harmonious, the queen is weak, and the queen mother is not waiting to be seen, if you can get the favor of the nobles and enter the palace, it is also a good calculation.

Just now, everyone only talked around the Queen Mother, and it was also a little bit of not giving face to the queen, since the Queen Mother entered the palace, the queen did not speak, so everyone did not pay attention to her. There are two or three little girls who thought they had looked at Song Mier without a trace, but they didn't see any tricks, and their attention was suddenly attracted by the words of the elders, and they thought about pleasing the queen mother, where could they care to see the little queen who had never taken it to heart.

But I never expected that the Queen Mother pushed the queen in front of everyone, and there was no lack of intimacy in her demeanor and tone, so everyone had to take a fresh look at the queen.

I saw that she was wearing a real red and gold double Xiao peony palace dress, covered with a pit shawl full of pearls and dark purple makeup satin fox, ruby Minghuang beaded forehead ornament, and a tired gold silk tiger's eye stone silk begonia swayed obliquely behind her head, because when she did not arrive at the Zheng'er Bajing Palace banquet, there were only these two pieces of jewelry on her head, and she combed a Luan phoenix bun obliquely, and the ruby forehead ornament was just embellished on Song Mier's forehead, with her cat-like clear peach blossom eyes, water drops Qiong nose, prismatic red lips, just at a glance, I felt like boundless spring, I forgot to see it, and I couldn't take my eyes off.

It is clearly winter, but everyone seems to have seen a picture of spring, who said that the little queen is vague and young, not to mention anything else, just this good look, it is better than seventy or eighty percent of the girls in the world, as long as it is not a stupid person, where is the emperor's favor!

Seeing that the queen didn't seem to feel that everyone was scrutinizing, she half-lowered her eyes, looked at the queen mother with a smile calmly, and the admiration in her eyes was very deep, and the queen mother also held the queen's hand with one hand and did not let go, and after laughing at the Zhou family for a while, the other hand pushed a plate of Dingsheng cake in front of her in front of the queen, her tone was gentle, and her smile deepened: "You child, sit here for a long time, and don't speak, just listen to our old women and jokes, but it's boring?" ”

Everyone looked at the queen again, covered her lips and smiled lightly, and opened her mouth with crooked eyebrows: "How can it, Erchen is listening to it!" is thinking about Mrs. Xuexue Zhou, and she can often make her mother happy. ”

The queen opened her mouth, her voice was soft and glutinous, the color was smart and cunning, and everyone felt that this was indeed a girl's house that was not fully opened, but if she wanted to say that she was a young girl, it was not like it, she was sitting there so much, her face was beautiful and dignified, but she could hold up this face, and she showed a little childlike attitude between her words and actions, and she was delicate and smart, and now it is like this, if it is another year or two, I don't know how the queen will grow up, and many people with daughters and nieces have quietly retreated. There is also a girl who is not convinced, and she almost wants to compete with the queen who is younger than herself, it can be seen that the queen's eyes are circulating, and her eyes are floating over her body as if she were nothing, and she suddenly deflated for some reason.

He also said that the Queen Mother listened to Song Mier's answer, glanced at Song Mier, and stuffed a piece of tea into Song Mier's mouth: "Look at this mouth, I'm afraid I smeared honey before coming!" If you want to mourn the family, you don't have to learn anything, just stand in front of the mourning family, and the mourning family will be happy, who doesn't know that you are a happy person! ”

"Not really! Mi, who provoked the conversation, also opened his mouth with a smile, with a look of envy: "Niangniang's pure filial piety is a model for us women in the calendar!" I still wonder how the Queen Mother looks younger than when the concubine left Beijing to kowtow five or six years ago, but now I can finally find the reason. After that, he glanced at the forehead on the queen mother's head, and regarded the forehead as a treasure.

Mi Shi just returned to the capital, her husband is now the chief soldier of the Gyeonggi Guard, is the new emperor after the throne transferred back from the border back of the emperor's cronies, five or six years ago left Beijing, it was in the Queen Mother and Shen Zhan who was still the prince to promote the barracks to boil qualifications, but also as early as ten years ago stood in the Queen Mother's team, support Shen Zhan's ascension to the throne of loyal ministers. Therefore, although this Mi has not been in Beijing for many years, the dress is obviously incompatible with the ladies and sisters in the list, and many years of military life have also made her develop a little bit of pride and straightforwardness of the border soldiers, and she is not like the women in Beijing who have to go around and around when she says a word, but her weight in the heart of the Queen Mother has only increased, so there are some things that only she can say.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother listened to Mi's words, not only was she not annoyed, but she smiled deeper, she glanced at Mi, and said to the queen: "Look, it's another person who ate honey before entering the palace, but the mourning family wants Mrs. Hang to ask Hang Daren to ask if the price of honey in the capital has been reduced, and we are afraid that we have eaten a full jar of honey one by two!" ”

Mrs. Yi is the wife of Hang Zhiheng, the eldest daughter has already been married, and there are three daughters and two daughters under her knees, the third daughter is exactly sixteen years old, and there are two concubines. But Mrs. Hang is with her today is the daughter she has loved since childhood, but at the age of twelve or thirteen, Mrs. Hang has never had the idea of sending her to the palace, but I heard that the queen is young, and with a daughter of the same age, Xu is better able to get close to the queen, and also expressed her determination by the way: Our family has no idea of letting her daughter enter the palace, and the queen can rest assured.

The people on the side didn't understand Mrs. Hang's approach, and Song Mier didn't know, but she knew that her mother, the Queen Mother, must have understood. Otherwise, how could Mrs. Hang be singled out to show her favor.

Mrs. Hang is also a good person, seeing the Queen Mother say this, she hurriedly brought her little daughter to her side, pretending to be frowning, "The concubine said why my family is shouting to eat sweets all day long, and the source is here!" The concubine is still unknown, and she is counted, it turns out that my mother is to make my mother happy, my mother, I blame you for my mother! After that, he also leaned up and pretended to kiss the little daughter's head, which made the surrounding ladies laugh. The little girl had not yet smoked a strip, and her complexion was white, like a snow ball, and she had not yet understood the meaning of the adults' words, and she blinked her big eyes like a fawn, and saw that everyone was staring at her, and her face was red shyly, and she did not know what to say, and she stood there helpless, but it was all the more pitiful. When the Queen Mother saw it, she took a small bag of cloud satin inlaid with gold thread from Yunxi who was standing on the side, which was bulging, looking heavy, the Queen Mother took it in her hand and beckoned to Mrs. Hang's youngest daughter, "Come on." ”

When Mrs. Hang saw it, she suppressed her excitement and gently pushed her daughter forward: "Don't go quickly." ”

The little daughter walked forward in a daze, and the Queen Mother grabbed one of her hands and stuffed the small bag into her hand: "Hide it quickly and go back to buy candy to eat, so that your mother will not see it." ”

The little daughter was still confused, but she understood this sentence, her eyes lit up, she happily took the bag with both hands, bowed generously to the Queen Mother and Song Mier, and thanked her loudly.

The Queen Mother waved her hand, "Don't thank the mourning family, this little bag was prepared by the queen's mother, and she specially bought sugar for you to eat, and the mourning family didn't have to worry about anything." It's just to take the queen's things to make a favor, little guy, thank you if you want to thank the queen. ”

The little daughter was stunned, but after a moment, she quickly got up and solemnly made a big salute in the direction of Song Mier, "Courtier, Queen Xie, give you sugar!" The courtiers must be like the queen's mother, a person who is filial to her mother! ”

The little daughter's face tightened, and she said something solemnly, amusing everyone again. The Queen Mother laughed so much that tears came out, and pointed at Mrs. Hang: "Your daughter is a good one, hurry up and raise it for more time, mourning the family, in less than two years, the threshold of Shangshu Mansion will be broken by the iceman!" You can buy some candy in two years, so that you don't want to give it in the future! ”

As soon as the Queen Mother's words came out, it was clear that the youngest daughter of the Hang family would have a reputation of pure kindness and filial piety, and later said that she was afraid that only others were waiting for the Hang family to choose, Mrs. Hang heard this, it was really like, the faint mouth was smeared with honey, and she ate the icy watermelon in July, and the frost day held the freshly roasted fragrant sweet potato in her hand, but how beautiful she really thought, and a major task of entering the palace today was also completed, and a stone fell to the ground in her heart, and her expression was much more relaxed. also immediately took the Queen Mother's words and continued to enliven the atmosphere in the palace.

Mrs. Hang was refreshed, and the other ladies were more or less apprehensive. To this day, who still can't see that the queen mother is determined to hold her queen's daughter-in-law in the palm of her hand, when will the queen not wear the forehead embroidered by herself, but today she wears it, this signal is not obvious enough? The words and words are inseparable from the queen, looking at it, it doesn't look like it is to maintain a decent pretence, the queen mother is a serious child and likes this daughter-in-law! It's no wonder that looking at the queen's appearance and this all-round style, if she is a daughter-in-law for herself, she is afraid that she will be twelve points satisfied, not to mention that the queen mother and the queen's mother have been close friends since the girl, and the queen mother has grown up, I am afraid that she has raised a daughter with herself! These ladies only began to be a little annoyed at this time, how could they forget that the queen mother is the companion of the eldest princess, almost grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she has never heard of her talent that is called normal, I am afraid that the talent has already been known to Her Majesty Xià The Queen Mother, and she just entered the palace to be the queen!

Thinking like this, many ladies unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat, how did they lose their minds, they didn't even find out the door, and in the first year of the Laba banquet, they hurriedly brought their daughters and granddaughters to be married to the palace, isn't this Sima Zhao's heart! Now it's good, maybe it will be remembered by the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.

What's more, the meaning of the Queen Mother's previous words, even the golden nude that the Queen Mother rewarded to the junior was prepared by the queen, and the Queen Mother was very happy. My daughter entered the palace at this juncture, I am afraid that she will stand on the opposite side of the queen and the queen mother on the bright side, and she will be able to please the palace in the future? !