That night, Yueyao practiced calligraphy in the study as usual.

Xiang Wei said: "Girl, on such a happy day today, just have a good night's rest." Even the grandfather has two days off every month, so it's not too much for you to rest for one night! ”

Yueyao didn't seem to hear Xiang Wei's words, and wrote intently.

Xiang Wei said helplessly: "Girl, if you want to enter the palace tomorrow, if you don't look good, it will not only be disrespectful to the Queen Mother, but you will have to let Mingzhu talk about you at that time!" ”

Yue Yao's hand paused and said, "Okay, I'll go to sleep after practicing for half an hour." ”

Half an hour later, Yue Yao lay on the bed after freshening up. Yueyao's schedule has been fixed, and it won't be enough for Yueyao to fall asleep in bed.

Yue Yao rummaged on the bed several times, and finally got angry and took the book from the bookshelf to read, lying on the bed and not being able to fall asleep was actually a crime.

Xiang Wei shook her head helplessly, "Gu Lan, girl, read it to him!" Save her from hurting her eyes. Xiang Wei doesn't interfere with Yueyao's practice of calligraphy at night, but she has to interfere when she reads at night. Yueyao can't read for more than two quarters of an hour at night, and if she does, she will ask Gu Lan or Gu You to read to Yueyao. Yueyao also knew that Xiang Wei did this for her good, but she didn't object.

Xiang Wei withdrew to see that Hao's mother and Drizzle were in the yard, and said with a smile: "Drizzle, you send your mother back to the house to sleep!" Girl, Gu Lan is here here. ”

Xiang Wei felt that Yueyao didn't have too much emotion about entering the palace, but everyone in Begonia Garden was like a chicken.

The sky was bright, and Yueyao got up and punched. The October day was already a little cold, and Yue Yao was halfway through her boxing, and she got up and took off a coat. After punching, after eating, go out at two o'clock. When she got into the carriage, Yueyao closed her eyes and recuperated. After a while, Yueyao was woken up by Xiang Wei.

Xiang Wei said helplessly: "Girl, you can fall asleep when you enter the palace, you are really amazing." Xiang Wei asked the maid to fetch water and refreshed Yueyao's makeup.

Soon arrived at the gate of the palace.

Yue Yao lifted the curtain and saw the high city wall, which was at least ten meters high. It was full of soldiers in armor.

Yueyao's carriage stopped at the gate of the palace. After passing through the vermilion palace gate, there was a soft sedan chair prepared for Yueyao inside.

Yueyao is not a timid person, it is rare to enter the palace once, so she has to watch it. Yueyao lifted the curtain and looked out carefully. The palace is built magnificently and majesticly, the red walls and yellow tiles, the carved beams of the paintings, the golden splendor, the palace towers, the height is scattered, the sentry posts are lined up along the way, the guard is strict, each hall has guards to guard the outside, and there are patrolling guards.

These guards looked at the father-in-law next to the soft sedan chair with the waist card of Cining Palace hanging on his waist, but they didn't come forward to inspect, and the road was relatively smooth.

The palace is divided into two parts: the "outer court" and the "inner court". The so-called inner court is actually a harem, which is the same as the backyard of a large family.

The soft sedan car walked for about three quarters of an hour, and finally put it down. After Yue Yao came out, she looked around, and there were high walls all around.

Yue Yao followed the eunuch for another two quarters of an hour, and finally arrived at a tall hall. Yue Yao looked up and saw three gilded characters on the palace, "Cining Palace." "The palace pavilions are all yellow glazed tiles on the top of the mountain, which looks rich and solemn.

At this time, a woman wearing a dark purple palace dress and about ten years old came over and said, "Miss Lian, please come here." ”

Yue Yao hurriedly made a thank-you gift, "I'm tired of my aunt." "Don't say that this aunt's dress is not ordinary, even the little maid Yueyao of Cining Palace doesn't dare to slack off.

Yue Yao entered Cining Palace, the palace was magnificent, and those palace maids and eunuchs all stood with their hands down, without making a sound, which shows how strict this rule is.

As soon as Yue Yao was a little nervous by this atmosphere, she saw Mingzhu walking out of it, and said with a smile: "I can be regarded as looking forward to you." Mingzhu begged the Queen Mother to let her go out several times, but unfortunately the Queen Mother was not allowed. It was not appropriate to let Yueyao enter the palace, but this time it was rare to find a good excuse to finally see Yueyao.

Yueyao hadn't seen Mingzhu for half a year, and she saw Mingzhu wearing a red palace dress, combing a flying bun, and wearing a phoenix hairpin on her bun, the largest pearl on the phoenix hairpin was the size of a dragon's eye, and she was beautiful and noble like a real princess. The eyebrows and eyes are smiling without speaking, and from this appearance, you know that Mingzhu is living well in the palace.

The Queen Mother had no children and no daughters, and it was also created by the times when she was made the queen, and the age of the Queen Mother was actually only a few years older than the current Shengshang, and the Queen Mother was able to ascend the throne today.

The Queen Mother is a very shrewd person, and she will not care about everything after the emperor's position on the throne is secured. Just enjoy life. The emperor saw that the queen mother was so natural to repay the peach, and he was also very filial and respectful to the queen mother.

Mingzhu saw Yueyao smiling, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are still laughing, I was in a hurry at that time." When she heard that Yueyao was dismissed from her relatives in the palace, she was so anxious, but the Queen Mother didn't let her go out, only saying that this matter was not something that she should meddle in. is also in the palace, out of the palace is to need a waist card, if it is in the Jingning Marquis Mansion, I am afraid that the Marquis of Jingning will not be able to stop it.

Yueyao took Mingzhu's hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”

Mingzhu snorted coldly, "It's a shame that the Shen family still boasts of being a scholarly family, but I didn't expect it to be so shameless." Yueyao, it's okay to quit your family, we are not uncommon for such people. Yueyao, in the future, we will find another one that is a hundred times better than Shen Conghao. ”

Yue Yao smiled and said, "Where can I find this person who is a hundred times better?" ”

Mingzhu was asked.

Bai Yi said beside him: "Miss Yueyao has grown taller again, and she will soon be as tall as our girl." ”

Mingzhu looked Yueyao up and down when she heard this, and said very dissatisfiedly: "Why have you grown taller again?" If you continue to grow like this, you must be taller than me, what do you say the girl's parents are doing when they are so tall? ”

Yue Yao smiled: "It's good to be high!" "She's a head taller than she was in her last life. The most important thing is that she is now in very good health, and she has not suffered any illness except for two accidental infections of wind and cold in the past few years.

Mingzhu took Yueyao's hand and walked to the main hall. Yue Yao saw a person sitting on the top, she didn't dare to look closely, knelt on the ground and saluted, "Yue Yao asks the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and the Queen Mother is blessed with peace." ”

The Queen Mother looked at it without a trace, and said with a smile: "Get up!" "In the past few years, the Queen Mother has heard Mingzhu read Yueyao, but the Queen Mother has some concerns and thinks that Yueyao's influence on Mingzhu is too great, so she deliberately does not let Yueyao enter the palace. This time it was also because Mr. Yushan accepted Yueyao as a closed disciple, the Queen Mother was a little curious, and Mingzhu had been making trouble going out of the palace to find Yueyao during this time, so the Queen Mother simply announced Yueyao into the palace.

Yue Yao glanced at the Queen Mother when she stood up. The Queen Mother's eyes were gentle and springy. The skin is fine and smooth, and the maintenance is excellent, and I can't tell that I am in my fifties at all. Wearing a regular dress with purple sandalwood gold silk phoenix pattern, combing a simple round bun, and wearing only a red gold dotted green hairpin on his head.

Yue Yao sat on the Eight Immortals chair of rosewood, and soon a palace maid poured a glass of water, the teacup containing water was made of white jade, the teacup was very thin, and the light and shadow outside could be seen through the teacup.

Mingzhu sat directly on the kang of the golden silk nanmu where the Queen Mother was sitting, shook the Queen Mother's arm and said, "Auntie, I said that you promised to like it when you saw Yueyao, am I right?" ”

The Queen Mother pointed to Mingzhu's forehead and said, "You girl, it's really unruly." I'm talking to Miss Lian, what are you talking about? The words are reproachful, but the face is loving.

Mingzhu said happily: "Where is it? On weekdays, I am well-behaved, but Yueyao is my good sister, so I don't need so many rules. ”

Although the Queen Mother knew that Yue Yao had done a lot for Mingzhu, the people who came out of the palace were more suspicious. She did not deny that Yueyao was good to Mingzhu, but Yueyao's behavior had many overreaches, and the impact on Mingzhu was too great. Because of this, she doesn't like Yueyao's attitude. Of course, it's not annoying. Seeing Yueyao this time, although Yueyao's face was calm and not as calm as it should be at this age, her eyes were crystal clear, and being able to have such clear eyes showed that she was also a pure-minded child.

The Queen Mother felt that she should have thought too much, but she still climbed to such a high position after surviving in the deep palace, knowing that some people are good at superficial articles, the Queen Mother turned her mind and asked about Yueyao Buddhism with a smile. Some things can be disguised, but some things can't. Since she was honored as the Queen Mother, she didn't care about the harem or the affairs of the previous dynasty, in addition to enjoying life, she occasionally worshiped the Buddha and chanted the scriptures.

Yueyao's questions about the Queen Mother, her detailed explanation of what she knew, and her confession of not knowing that she was not good at learning.

The Queen Mother nodded frequently, Yueyao didn't say whether she was proficient in Buddhism for the time being, but she was neither flattering nor flattering, and her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, for the Queen Mother, attitude was the most important thing.

Mingzhu saw that the Queen Mother asked for a long time, and hurriedly said: "Auntie, those profound Buddhism should be explained to you by the master of Zhaohua Temple!" Yueyao is actually half a bucket of water. ”

When the Queen Mother saw that the expression on Yueyao's face remained unchanged, she knew that she didn't take Mingzhu's words to heart. The Queen Mother poked Mingzhu's head and scolded with a smile: "If you want to talk to Yueyao alone, just say it directly, don't belittle Yueyao here." "From Miss Lian to Yueyao, it shows that the Queen Mother has agreed with Yueyao.

Mingzhu jumped up and said, "It's better to be an aunt." Mingzhu was about to leave the main hall with Yueyao and go to the small courtyard where she lived, when she heard the queen mother coming outside and waiting outside.

The Queen Mother was a little surprised, "Please come in." "The Queen Mother is a very open-minded person, she only asked the queen and all the concubines to come over on the fifteenth day of the first month to say goodbye, and she didn't have to come over at other times. The queen will not come over without permission on weekdays, but this time there should be something to do.

The queen looked like she was also thirty miles away, wearing a bright yellow palace dress embroidered with a phoenix, and she didn't wear much jewelry, only a few jade ornaments. Graceful and luxurious, dignified and elegant in words and deeds, and with a gentle smile on his face.

The queen asked the queen mother to say goodbye, and after sitting down, she asked the queen mother, "Queen mother, this is Yueyao!" "The queen only hears of her name, but doesn't know who she is.

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded.

The queen beckoned Yueyao to the front and said with a smile: "This child is like a person who walked down from the painting, and I don't know who will have this blessing to marry home in the future." ”

Yueyao is wearing a light rose red embroidered tender yellow folded branch magnolia dress today, combing a complicated bun, wearing a red gold and emerald hairpin, inserting a cloisonné enamel tassel and shaking, inserting a begonia bead flower on the sideburns, wearing a pair of pearl earrings on her ears, tall and even figure, delicate facial features, cherry lips with Dan like flowers, skin like condensation, and eyebrows like ink drawings.

Yue Yao was praised by the queen like this, and her face turned into an apple, "Queen Xie praised it." Being so praised by the mother of a country, Yueyao was still a little embarrassed.

The queen's intimate attitude towards Yueyao made Mingzhu a little strange.

The queen inserted a jasper hairpin on her head into Yueyao's bun, "This is what I brought from my mother's house that day, and it is quite worthy of you." ”

The queen smiled and said, "It's all a family, and you don't need to see outside." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the queen's faction and said with a smile: "Mingzhu, you take Yueyao down to talk!" "The queen must have done this for Zhou Xi's sake.

Mingzhu took Yueyao to give the queen a gift and went down. Then he led Yueyao to his small courtyard.

Yueyao built the courtyard and arranged it magnificently, smiled, the palace maid lifted the pearl curtain, and Yueyao followed Mingzhu into the house.

The first thing that caught Yue Yao's eye when she entered the room was the gold-rimmed rosewood Eight Immortals table, and then she turned her head to see that the things on the Duobao grid should be overwhelming. Indigo white background glazed plum vase, blue and white landscape figure phoenix tail zun, white jade relief magnolia flower ......

Mingzhu pulled Yueyao to sit on the soft couch of rosewood and asked, "Tell me what the regulations are for this retreat?" Mingzhu is now eager to know the detailed process of Yueyao's withdrawal, although it is said in the letter, but where is it clear in the letter.

Yue Yao said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you everything in the letter, now that the family affair has been withdrawn, the matter has passed, and there is nothing to say." ”

Mingzhu snorted coldly: "They will bully you for being so good, if it were me, I would definitely let them take off a layer of skin." At the beginning, the Ning family dared to play her as a monkey, but they were also retaliated back by Mingzhu. Of course, in fact, the person who really retaliated was Jingning Hou Luo Shao.

Luo Shao didn't have a seizure at that time, but when he was guarding filial piety, he fiercely fought back at the Ningguo Mansion. Ning Guogong's Mansion couldn't find an errand in the first place, but now even Ning Lixuan couldn't find a good errand. In addition, the industry of Ningguo Mansion has also been impacted, and now the people of Ningguo Mansion are quite sad.

Yue Yao smiled lightly, if you want to be arrogant, you must have the capital to be arrogant. Mingzhu is because of the support of the Queen Mother and the Marquis of Jingning, so she can do whatever she wants. But she didn't, all she could rely on was a little mercy from everyone. But mercy will run out one day, so she can only tolerate many things in the face, and her forbearance does not mean that she has been wronged.