Chapter Seventy-Six: A Glimpse
On February 15, after a few snowfalls, the sky in the capital was clear, and spring was gradually coming.
Chen Bainiang's carriage stopped at the second gate, and the two servants hurriedly greeted her.
"Eighteen Niang, hurry up, Madame wants to enter the palace and wants you to accompany her." They said.
Entering the palace?
Mrs. Chen was named Mrs. Guo after the year, although her rank and status are not low, but in the end she is not a relative of the emperor, except for the big festival and worship, the palace is not free to go.
"How did you get into the palace?" Chen Bainiang was surprised, but the action of getting out of the car sped up.
The two servant women looked a little strange, but they didn't dare to say more.
Over there, Mrs. Chen had already come over and had already changed into her life uniform, and Chen Shibanniang hurriedly greeted her.
Sister-in-law is pregnant and fountain, and now it is difficult to raise children, five out of ten can give birth smoothly, and two out of five will die, so the family is careful, and the guests are accompanied by their daughters.
Mrs. Chen glanced at her daughter and saw that she was still wearing the long-sleeved straight robe that Cheng Jianniang did that New Year's Day, so she nodded.
"I don't have to change my clothes." She said.
Chen Bainiang responded and followed her mother into the car and went out.
"What the hell is going on?" Getting into the car, she asked.
Mrs. Chen smiled.
"Concubine Xian is pregnant." She whispered.
It is not uncommon for the concubines in the palace to be pregnant, but it is a happy event, after all, the emperor's heirs are known to be difficult, and now they are sick for a while, which makes the people in the court panic, and it is good, and it is rumored that the concubine is pregnant, which is really a happy thing.
"So, is it to congratulate the women?" Chen Banniang asked puzzled.
It's completely impossible, and it's not the queen who gives birth.
The smile on Madame Chen's face was as strange as that of the two servants.
"Concubine Xian's diet is uncomfortable. Suddenly I want to eat yellow finches. The imperial meal in the palace was done. The result was not happy, so the Queen Mother simply asked me to take the cook to make it myself. She said.
Chen Banniang's face also became a little weird, and she wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
"Concubine Xian Niangniang is really a deep pet." She pursed her lips and smiled.
This kind of thing is naturally agreed by the emperor, but as the Son of Heaven, he can't personally send his courtiers to send cooks, otherwise he will not be discussed by the imperial historians.
"Why did you come back so early today?" Mrs. Chen asked what she thought of.
When Chen Bainiang came back that day, she told her father and mother that she wanted to study with Cheng Niangzi.
Cheng Jianniang likes to listen to people read, and Chen Shao and his wife are both knowledgeable, so they automatically think that Chen Shibanniang is accompanying them in the past. By the way, read to Cheng Jianniang.
Naturally, the husband and wife agreed.
"She has been like that since she was a child, she must have no brothers and sisters close to her in Beijing, it's rare that she is willing to be close to you, so you can go." Mrs. Chen admonished.
Chen Banniang did not explain the misunderstanding of her parents, and responded vaguely.
"Mrs. Cheng went out today, and left a message for me to go again tomorrow." Chen Banniang said.
"Where can she go?" Mrs. Chen asked curiously.
Chen Banniang shook her head, Mrs. Chen didn't ask anymore, and the car had already driven into the palace.
In order to have a safe pregnancy, Concubine Xian was taken to live in the palace of the Queen Mother, and heard the news. The Queen Mother got up from her seat, and the young man who was kneeling down got up first.
"Wei Lang. Go back first. The Queen Mother said, shouting with a smile.
Juvenile salute.
"Also, don't mention the matter of leaving the palace again." The queen mother said, "You mourn for your father, your father is also a member of our Fang family's royal family, where did you come to avoid it, live in the palace with peace of mind, and wait for the eldest prince to leave the palace together next year." ”
After that, he looked at the palace people around him.
"Whoever dares to discuss the matter of the king of Jin'an County leaving the palace again, he will be beaten." She said with an eyebrow raised.
The palace people responded one after another, and the young man also saluted again and retreated.
The Queen Mother sighed with a little joy and sighed easily, holding the arm of the old palace man beside her.
"Let's just say that this child is a lucky star, and he just came back, His Majesty is fine, Concubine Xian is also pregnant, and someone dares to let him leave the palace and go to the fief." She snorted and said, "What do those people who say not know what is going on in this palace?" Let Concubine Hui's family make the palace more stable. ”
The palace people responded yes.
The Queen Mother described it as relaxed.
"Then the Chen family's yellow finches are really delicious? Hongu also tastes it. ”
They laughed and went out to the apse.
The king of Jin'an, who stepped out of the front door of the hall, stopped, looked at the side door with a slightly surprised expression, and the two palace maids led the two women in.
The dress of the maid in front is very conspicuous, and the girl walking beside the maid is ...... It turned out to be very conspicuous.
Although it was just a back, it was the second time he had seen that dress, he had grown so big.
The first time I saw it was by the campfire, the wolves wailed all around, the night wind blew the girl's cloak, and the plain black dress was particularly conspicuous in the firelight.
"The king of the county?" The palace asked in a low voice.
The king of Jin'an retracted his eyes and stried.
"Who is it? Is Concubine Xian's family? He asked with a smile.
"No, it's the family of Chen Shao and Chen Xianggong of the Ministry of Officials." The palace people also laughed.
Looking at the smile of this young county king, it was hearty and bright, and the chill of the precipitous was eliminated a lot.
"Oh, the Chen family." King Jin'an nodded with a smile, looked back again, and raised his eyebrows inadvertently.
So fateful, huh? I met it again.
Walking in the wild and dressing casually, it is really strange to enter the palace and see that the nobles are also wearing such a plain color.
The King of Jin'an smiled slightly.
Bamboo tubes were thrown into the lit bonfire, and the crackling sound came and went, and the children jumped around with their ears covered, and the onlookers rushed forward to laugh at the men standing in front of the door.
If you are too far away, you can't hear it, and after these people all pour into the restaurant, you can't see any movements.
Only the flagpole is blown by the spring breeze in February, and the three big characters of Taipingju roll with the wind, and they can be seen clearly from a few feet away.
"Lady, aren't we going over?" The maid turned her head to look at Cheng Jianniang, who was standing on the side, and asked, with a little joy, "The lady's shop has opened." ”
"Here, and there, it's not all the same." Cheng Jianniang said.
The maid smiled and did not speak, but looked down at the dead grass on the ground, and couldn't help but sigh.
"It's sprouted." She said, with a little joy, "Look, lady. ”
Cheng Jianniang looked down, and the hood covered half of her face.
"Hmm." "Spring is coming," she said. ”
The bustle in front of the door of Taipingju dispersed, except for the neighbors who first heard the bustle coming, no one else entered again, and the cars and horses on the road continued, but either they hurried and did not squint, or they looked over and continued to move forward.
"Half celery." Cheng Jiaoniang shouted suddenly.
The maidservant, who was still looking at the grass around her, hurriedly stood up and responded.
"Go and see, has your old lady come back?" Cheng Jianniang said.
The maidservant was shocked.
When she first arrived at this lady, she felt that this lady was eccentric and unpredictable, and then over time, through the observation of words, although this lady is basically colorless, but fortunately, every time she guesses the words, she also thinks that she knows a rough idea of her thoughts, but after entering Beijing, she is more and more in tune with this lady's words, but her mind is becoming more and more incomprehensible.
For example, when the lady first said that she would not be cured, who would have thought that it was for the current treatment, for example, the lady asked the Lang Jun to buy this restaurant, whether it was for herself, or for the Lang Jun, or for the cook, or, in order to fulfill the kindness of that Han Langjun?
She said this now, and what will be fulfilled in the future?
It's never easy to talk less, but the maid thinks it's really wrong, and the less words you have, the less simple it is.
For a long time, the lady has never mentioned anyone, and has been walking steadily by herself, and at this time she suddenly mentioned the old lady, could it be that she encountered something that she couldn't solve?
What is it?
The maidservant was a little nervous, and a little panicked.
"Yes." She bowed her head and said yes. (To be continued......)