Chapter 16: The Queen
Leaving from the emperor, Zhao Ruoyun returned to the imperial city as a royal lady for the first time, in addition to the emperor and the queen to visit. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The current empress, who is also the emperor's wife, was married in the second year after the emperor ascended the throne. At that time, Zhao Ruoyun had already gone to Saiwai. So, never seen. However, I have always heard of such an important person as the queen. The queen's surname is Lin, and her maiden name is Cai'er. As for the eldest granddaughter of today's Prime Minister Lin Mu, the Lin family is very educated, and has produced officials to the first and second rank in three consecutive dynasties. In Lin Mu's generation, it was considered to be at its peak, Lin Mu was a rare Qingming person in the last few years of the emperor, and later some courtiers who really didn't care about the corrupt style of other princes supported Rong Qi and Rong Qing back, and Lin Mu was also persuaded to stand on Rong Qi's side and became one of the main forces to help Rong Qi ascend the throne.
When Lin Caier had not yet ascended the throne, she met the emperor in the Lin Mansion in a hurry, and since then she has made a promise. I can't forget Rongqi every day. When the new emperor ascended the throne, everything was renewed, and it was naturally on the agenda as a major event after his establishment. Lin Caier has invited a teacher to teach carefully since she was a child, she is knowledgeable and reasonable, she knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the Lin family is a dignitary of the dynasty, and the age of the emperor is also matched, Lin Mu has cherished Cai'er since she was a child and did not want her to enter the palace, but Lin Caier was fascinated by the emperor's heart, and she was sick with thoughts. Lin Mu couldn't resist her granddaughter, she had to help her, with Qin Cai'er's good conditions, she naturally didn't have to make much effort to become the queen. These see that she and the emperor respect each other like guests, and she has a good story, and she has a son who is three years old this year. Although there are also backward concubines, they can't stop Queen Lin from being favored, let alone threaten her status. Queen Lin is not a mean person by nature, and she only thinks of the emperor in the palace. He is very lenient in other things, and he is very virtuous outside.
However, Queen Lin's mood has not been too good recently. At the beginning of the year, the emperor went out on patrol to check the spring ploughing situation, and brought back an orphan girl who had no father and no mother, and she was admitted to the harem day by day. Since Concubine Cheng entered the palace, the emperor's favor has continued, not to mention other concubines, even Queen Lin seems to be deserted here.
Zhao Ruoyun was led by someone and came to the queen's palace, passed the word, saw the ceremony, and after the ceremony was finished, the queen gave her a seat to speak. Zhao Ziyun saw this queen of the main palace for the first time, Queen Lin was two years older than her, and she was also well maintained, but compared to having been in charge of the harem for so many years, her bearing and demeanor were different from ordinary people, and she seemed mature and stable. Although it is not heavy in appearance, it is also beautiful and dignified. is really a natural queen of the middle palace, Zhao Ruoyun thought to herself.
For Zhao Ruoyun, Queen Lin's first impression also started from the past when she went to the Hu clan. Recently, I heard that she was coming back, and this kind of thing was even more unheard of, even if she was the queen of the middle palace and had a strong knowledge, she couldn't help but feel surprised. couldn't help but ask Lin Mu a few words about the reason. Although Lin Mu assisted Rong Qi to ascend to the top position, after all, he only stood in Rong Qi's camp later, and he didn't know much about the previous things. I only know that Zhao Ruoyun grew up with the two princes and wandered together together, and the relationship should be relatively close, but Erbi is just a subordinate who can set off any waves. He comforted his granddaughter and said that as long as she was treated politely and did not lose the queen's graceful demeanor, she didn't have to worry too much about it. Seeing each other at this time, Queen Lin looked at Zhao Ruoyun carefully, and felt that between her eyebrows, she was beautiful but not glamorous, although she couldn't talk about the country and the city, but she couldn't hide that she was a beautiful beauty. But seeing that Zhao Ruoyun was well-behaved, neither humble nor arrogant, although it was the first time to see her as a queen, there was no nervousness or curiosity in her heart, indifferent and elegant, and it made people feel that this relaxation was appropriate and not rude. This calm heart and bearing alone are by no means ordinary women. Queen Lin's curiosity about Zhao Ruoyun unconsciously increased a few points. I felt that she didn't have any fear or fear of her queen, and she was a little unhappy in her heart.
"The county lord is tired on the way home, can you rest well in the Xinfu Mansion last night?"
"Thanks to the queen's concern, the new mansion is readily available, and the rest is also very good."
"Now that he has returned, the county lord can go into the palace more often in his spare time. Most of the sisters in the palace are also companions to each other. ”
"Yes."
"My sister has been away for many years, and it is inevitable that she is not familiar with the rules of the palace, so tomorrow I will ask Mama Wu to go to the house to talk about it in detail for my sister for later use."
When the queen mother first saw her, she proposed to teach Zhao Ruoyun the rules and let her grandmother go to the house to hand it in, obviously because she was handing over the rules, but in fact she wanted to stand up in front of Zhao Ruoyun. Even though Zhao Ziyun has been outside for many years and is not familiar with harem battles, he still feels that this is not a good deed. However, this little bit of coercion and hostility is too weak and small compared to Zhao Ruoyun's previous experience. If someone has experienced it, what Zhao Ruoyun has experienced, he will feel that there is nothing that he can't bear and accept.
Zhao Ruoyun politely bowed and said, "Thank you for your advice." ”
Seeing that things were like this, Empress Lin basically followed her wishes, so she chatted a few more words and asked Zhao Ruoyun to go back. I secretly calculated in my heart that I should tell Mama Wu well. Mama Wu is the old lady in the palace, and the Lin family has always had old friends, Queen Qin has been serving left and right since she entered the palace, although she is not the head of the palace, but she is very transparent, thoughtful and loyal. There is no need for the queen to say more to understand the reason and lead the order.
After everyone retreated, Queen Lin did not feel relaxed, but quietly felt upset. She recently discovered that after entering the palace, all her thoughts were on the emperor, and the emperor came over from time to time, but she never found out that this harem was really quiet and lonely. She leaned on the couch and stroked her forehead, sighing slightly, the emperor hasn't been here for half a month. I haven't been thinking about it lately, but I've always been nervous, and my temper is not as good as before. Why do you have to rectify this Yunyang county lord today, she can't find a suitable reason herself, but judging from the background and origin of the county lord, she should have a lot to do with the emperor, but to what extent this is related, she still doesn't know, but just that, it already makes her very unhappy. It's the kind of unhappiness that is hard to suppress. There is already a concubine, who will be after that? She shook her head with a wry smile as she thought.
Zhao Ruoyun entered the palace early in the morning and returned to the county lord's mansion It was already past ten noon, Rong Qing was already waiting for her, thinking that she was in a hurry in the morning, and her lunch must not have been used, so she prepared a meal and waited for her to come back to eat together. The cadres in the county lord's mansion were originally reliable people from the place where he single-handedly screened, and they were not surprised or tired at all when they carried out his orders, and they only regarded Rong Qing as half the master of this mansion. Although Zhao Ruoyun only used some thin porridge in the morning, but after tossing for a long time, he was very tired and had no appetite, but when he saw Rong Qing waiting there, he couldn't help but worry that he was eating something hard, so he felt a little stagnate and nauseous, and he couldn't eat more. Rong Qing saw that her face was pale and she didn't have any energy, so she asked, "What, is there anything uncomfortable?" ”