The next day, Xuanhui followed Concubine Xian to Cining Palace to ask for peace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Along the way, Xuanhui kept chattering: "The third brother sent someone to bring me a letter last night, saying that I will find a suitable horse for me to ride today, and we will go to the horse farm in Xiyuan tomorrow afternoon!" ”

Seeing that Concubine Xian frowned and was about to speak, Xuanhui immediately promised: "I will definitely not mess around, everything will be up to the third brother!" Be sure to return to the palace before the sun goes down! ”

Concubine Xian smiled and said, "You have to talk about it." ”

"That's nature!" Immediately, Xuanhui said coquettishly: "Mother, you instruct the Needlework Bureau to make me a few more sets of narrow-sleeved clothes for horseback riding!" I want a set of water red, round neck with hibiscus flowers through the cuffs, and a set of lilac embroidered hosta flowers, but also a round neck. ”

As soon as Concubine Xian said "yes", she clutched her abdomen and gasped.

Xuanhui was a little worried, and persuaded: "Mother, I'll help you go back to rest, let's go to the Queen Mother another day to say goodbye." You are like this now, when the Queen Mother sees you, I don't know what to say. ”

Concubine Xian shook her head, put her hand down, continued to walk forward, and said, "The Queen Mother has such a temper. Except for the eldest princess of Funing and the county lord of Wenjin, the others, even the queen, rarely saw the queen mother give a good face. Yesterday disturbed the interest of the Queen Mother, and today it is time to make amends. ”

After that, he turned his head to Xuanhui and admonished: "You have been a little lawless since you were a child, and you don't take these rules seriously. From now on, you have to pay attention. If you get married in the future, you will have a father-in-law and mother-in-law in the family, and maybe a mother-in-law, don't forget your duty to be a wife and a daughter-in-law just because you are a princess. ”

Xuan Huiqi said: "I'm only twelve years old, and it's not too late for you to nag like this when I'm fifteen." ”

Concubine Xian's eyes darkened, and she smiled reluctantly: "Although your birthday is in July, you have always counted the years as a year, how can it be like you counting month by month with your fingers!" Now that I'm thirteen years old, you know everything, but you have to be able to remember it in your heart. The eldest princess of Funing is a ready-made example, if she respected the parents of the colt a little at the beginning, where would the two of them get to this point today! ”

While talking, the mother and daughter came to Cining Palace.

The Queen Mother had just finished reciting the Buddhist scriptures, and the smell of sandalwood filled the room. She played with a string of Canaan wooden Buddha beads in her hand, leaning against the big kang near the window and closing her eyes to recuperate.

Gui Yue, the eldest palace maid of Cining Palace, quietly stepped forward and replied, and the Queen Mother slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing Concubine Xian and Xuanhui, the Queen Mother squeezed out a smile on her face and ordered: "Why don't you move the brocade stool over and let Concubine Xian sit!" That was a bit of a shock to me yesterday. I was happy and confused again, thinking that the palace was going to import Ding again! ”

Concubine Xian's face was very ugly, but she still knelt down respectfully and said, "It's worrying about the Queen Mother, it's all the concubines!" It also stirred up the interest of the Queen Mother's birthday, which really shouldn't be! ”

The Queen Mother snorted coldly twice and said, "You are a good person." If it weren't for those things in your mother's family, I would have loved you a little more. ”

After taking a sip of tea and slowly putting down the teacup, the Queen Mother spoke: "You get up." If you don't get up, you kneel with your children. No, people say that my wife doesn't know that I feel sorry for my granddaughter. ”

Xuanhui helped Concubine Xian get up.

At this time, a little palace maid brought in a delicate box, and when she opened it, she saw that there was a small pair of silver scissors and a file that was an inch long.

Concubine Xian knew at a glance that the Queen Mother was going to trim her nails, so she got up and took the square scarf prepared by the palace maid and put it on the Queen Mother's legs. Then he sat next to the Queen Mother, picked up the small silver scissors and began to carefully cut the nails of the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother's face looked a little better, and she muttered: "The sky is getting warmer and warmer, but these nails are more brittle than in winter!" I didn't know where I hit it yesterday, but when I cleaned my hands, I found that a piece of my little nail had been cut off! Just cut it for me, it's annoying to look at! ”

Concubine Xian was about to talk, and a little palace maid came in outside to reply: "Queen Mother, Mrs. Xiping Houfu has come to greet you." ”

The Queen Mother wondered: "Why is she here?" ”

Gui Yue smiled: "Queen Mother, have you forgotten?" A few days before your birthday, Mrs. Xiping handed over the sign. ”

The Queen Mother also laughed: "Oh, yes, a few days ago she handed over a sign saying that she wanted to come to see me." I said, there is a mess in the birthday palace, let her come today. Please let her in! ”

After a while, the palace maid opened the curtain and came in an old lady of the same age as the Queen Mother.

She wears a five-Zhai phoenix crown, a black pearl-embellished forehead bandana, an agarwood-colored moire coat, and two cyan xia veils. As soon as she came in, she saluted the Queen Mother first, and when she saw Concubine Xian and Xuanhui on the side, she hurriedly came over to salute.

The Queen Mother gave Mrs. Tai a seat, and as soon as she sat down, she smiled and said: "Strange people often say that the Queen Mother is blessed and long-lived!" I came early in the morning and saw Concubine Xian here to give you a manicure, and the princess was also by her side, what a blessing! ”

The Queen Mother said: "You want someone to give you a manicure, but your family is afraid that your house will be squeezed up and down!" ”

Mrs. Tai laughed exaggeratedly: "The Queen Mother is so funny! He pretended to sigh and said: "If there is a virtuous person like Concubine Niangniang in my family, I will not worry!" ”

The Queen Mother frowned and asked, "The Marquis of Xiping hasn't decided on a family affair yet?" ”

Mrs. Tai said sadly: "Since beating him a few years ago, he was loyal to the imperial court in Huguang to quell the rebellion, and no one in the family can control him. After that, he felt that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "What you do is all serious, that is, you have an idea." His mother said he wouldn't listen, so how could I have the strength to clean him up! I look forward to marrying a spicy and refreshing granddaughter-in-law to come back, so that I can collect his heart. ”

The Queen Mother was a little impatient when she heard this, and was just about to speak, when she saw that Concubine Xian and Xuanhui's mother and daughter were still in the house, she said, "You guys go back today!" Our old sisters haven't seen each other for a while, and we talk about the ancient things together, I'm afraid you don't like to hear it! ”

Concubine Xian hurriedly said: "Since you have Mrs. Xiping Marquis to accompany you, the concubine will go back with the princess first." Come back the next day to say hello to the Queen Mother. ”

Back in Chengqian Palace, Xuanhui went to his palace to practice calligraphy.

Concubine Xian sat on the big kang near the window, pinching the button of the lid of the teacup with her fingers, and plucking the tea leaves in the teacup every now and then. Seeing this, Jingyun waved his hand to make the palace maids in the hall retreat. I sat under Concubine Xian's hand and beat her legs.

Concubine Xian came back to her senses, asked Jingyun to stop, and said, "You sit, let's think about it, what is the Queen Mother going to do today when she called Mrs. Xiping Marquis to come to the palace?" ”

Jingyun sat respectfully and said, "Mrs. Tai seems to want to tell Xiping Hou about family affairs through the Queen Mother. ”

Concubine Xian frowned and said: "Xiping Hou seems to be about the same age as King Yu, and he has no father since he was a child, so it is said that his temper is not very good...... But no matter how you say it, the Hou Ye is less than twenty years old, and he doesn't have to worry about finding it in the capital......"

"The slave maid looks at Mrs. Tai's demeanor, but I'm afraid I don't want to find a random one."

"Is it the idea of beating the palace? It's almost time for Hejing to start saying goodbye, but no one has mentioned it......" Concubine Xian said while thinking, "It won't be the idea of beating Xuanhui, the age is much worse." ”

Jingyun said: "If you want to marry the third princess, you should first ask Mrs. Changyi outside the palace to ask for a mouth." The slave maid privately thought that Mrs. Tai might mean to be the county lord of Wenjin. ”

Concubine Xian hesitated: "The Queen Mother may not be able to look down on his family, why did she let her enter the palace?" ”

Jingyun said: "At the birthday banquet of the Queen Mother, she called the prince of Chengguo and asked two questions. This Mrs. Xiping Marquis is the aunt and grandmother of the Chengguo Mansion. ”

Concubine Xian suddenly said, "Who is she from Chengguogong?" Pei Shizi's child is really good, it's a pity to marry the county lord of Wenjin......"

"Mrs. Tai is the sister-in-law of the old Chengguo Gong. Although the current Chengguo Gong is the heir, the two families are always close in terms of etiquette and law. Pei Shizi had to call Mrs. Tai aunt. ”

"The talent is good, he is from Jinling, the family population is simple, and the age is not too bad......" Concubine Xian smiled, almost shaking Jingyun's eyes. I'll have to give my sister-in-law a good plan. ”