Chapter 20 The Empress Dowager of Zhou
Sure enough, on the second day, people came to Ji's mansion with gifts and prayer stickers, all to thank Miss Ji for saving their children. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info including the Zhao family, the Liu family, and even the Wang family also sent people.
Moyu is a female dependent, if the lady comes, Moyu still follows the Yuan family out to meet, if it is a male guest, then it is exempt.
On the thirteenth day after returning home, the palace came to the queen mother, and Ji Moyu, the eldest daughter of Xuan Jigang Yang, entered the palace to meet the queen mother tomorrow.
The gate of the Ji family was finally opened, and the Ji Mansion knelt down in a courtyard, and after the eunuch who delivered the decree finished reading the will, under the leadership of Ji Gangyang, the old man Ji, he knocked three times, received the holy decree, and then got up and rewarded the eunuch who announced the decree. The eunuch took the reward, naturally smiled, and said with an orchid finger: "The Queen Mother has already heard that Miss Ji is both talented and beautiful, and she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs, Miss Ji, you have to prepare well." ”
Mo Yu was dressed and said, "The folk girl understands, thank you father-in-law for mentioning it." ”
After the eunuch said "um", he turned around and went back to the palace with satisfaction. Ji Gangyang turned around and told Mo Yu, "Meet the Queen Mother, it's a big matter, you have to be careful to reply tomorrow, don't make a mistake." ”
Yuan also came over and said, "I will send a grandmother to your yard early tomorrow morning to make up for you." So tomorrow morning, you have to get up early, so as not to delay the time to enter the palace. ”
"Yes".
There are rules in the palace that there are clear restrictions on when foreign ministers can meet and how long they can stay. If you delay the hour, you will have no heaven.
Didn't you just go into the palace to see a future mother-in-law, making it so exciting, Mo Yu rolled her eyes in her heart.
The current emperor is not born to the queen mother, but the adopted son of the first emperor, and the emperor should call the queen mother an "aunt". It is said that his aunt was originally the concubine of Tang Zhuangzong, after the death of Zhuangzong, Tang Mingzong sent him home, encountered heavy rain on the way home, and stayed in the hotel for a few days, just happened to meet the first emperor passing by, the first emperor was not the emperor at that time, the two fell in love at first sight, and became husband and wife. The first emperor had no children, and saw that the emperor who was still a teenager at the time was cautious and honest, and his sex was calm, so he adopted his adopted son, and after the death of the first emperor, the current emperor ascended the throne as the emperor.
Although they are still relatives, they are not even flesh and blood!
On the second day, Mo Yu got up early, and when she finished washing, there was already a grandmother waiting. Moyu sat down, and the grandmother picked up the comb, and made a double cloud bun for her, with beaded flowers, inserted Zhu Hai, applied powder, and finally put on a water-green coat and silk silk, which was considered to be complete.
This pink vermilion hairpin, silk and satin are full of lady's style. It's a pity that I tossed for almost an hour, and I have to be careful when walking, I always feel that the bun on my head is not very firm, and it will fall off when I move, and I can't step too big, otherwise the bead pendant on my head will swing back and forth, and this skirt always feels too long and can't take a step. It seems that she still doesn't adapt to the rules of the inner courtyard of this deep house!
When he arrived at the side door, got into the carriage, and sat down carefully, Mo Yu was a little nervous. Because it was still early in the morning, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and it was so quiet that he could hear the birds chirping in the trees.
In front of the palace gate, the carriage can only stop outside the palace gate, and it can only be changed to walking, and the accompanying people can only bring intimate maids. Therefore, Moyu could only take Yunshang into the palace. When he came, he begged to come with him, Moyu was not unwilling, but this girl was too impetuous, and she was not as calm as Yunshang, so it would be okay if she changed to other occasions, but today she is meeting the Queen Mother, and she is not suitable.
The road was very long, and after walking for a long time, a thin layer of sweat soaked out of Moyu's back, and she kept wiping the sweat beads off her face with a handkerchief, she wondered, did all the makeup on her face be spent? Fortunately, it's only March, and it's not very hot. If it were a day in June or July, it would have been fine.
I don't know how long I walked, but the person leading the way in front finally stopped, and a little eunuch told Moyu that this was the Ciming Palace, the palace of the Queen Mother. She walked to the palace gate, looking at the crimson palace wall, on both sides of the high palace wall, there is no end in sight, on the Zhu door, there is a hot stamping plaque: Ciming Palace. This is the palace of the current Queen Mother.
A eunuch greeted him, Mo Yu saw that the leader was the eunuch who went to the Ji Mansion yesterday to announce the decree, and he could declare the decree on behalf of the Queen Mother.
The eunuch bent down and saluted, and the arc of the bending was too much than yesterday in the Ji Mansion. "Miss Ji is here, the Queen Mother nagged early in the morning, saying why you haven't arrived yet, and you have let the slaves come out to see it several times."
"Empress Dowager Xie is worried, Father-in-law Lao is running around for Moyu, but he really can't go, Moyu is late, so he will go to the Queen Mother to ask for guilt." Mo Yu didn't like these politenesses very much, but she had to say it.
The eunuch stepped out of the way and made a gesture of please. Mo Yu nodded slightly, and let Yun Sheng help him go inside. After going up two steps, Mo Yu and his party entered the Ciming Hall under the leadership of the eunuch. Entering the hall, Mo Yu stopped, lowered his head, and heard the eunuch say, "Queen Mother, Miss Ji is here." ”
Mo Yu folded his hands in front of him, knelt down, kowtowed, and performed a court salute. "People's daughter Ji Moyu, meet the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is blessed and healthy."
After speaking, he heard a majestic voice overhead. "Get up!"
Mo Yu lowered her head and got up.
"Raise your head and let the mourners see."
Yiyan raised his head and looked at the Queen Mother at eye level. The Queen Mother is very well maintained, and a person in her fifties looks like a middle-aged woman in her forties, with her hair in a bun around her head and a phoenix crown shining in the center.
"Demure like a delicate flower shining on the water, acting like a weak willow supporting the wind. What a gentle woman. The Queen Mother praised.
"Thank you for the praise of the Queen Mother, the people's daughter should not be like this."
This poem praises the beauty of the woman, like a green willow, standing on the shore, the breeze blows, bringing bursts of fragrance, so pleasing to the eye. Mo Yu was very disgusted, and when she came to the palace early in the morning, she had to take the poems and be bored.
The Queen Mother beckoned, "The mourning family is telling the truth." Come, sit down next to the mourner's house. Xiao Anzi, go, get some osmanthus cake. ”
Mo Yu was dressed, answered "yes", and sat down next to the Queen Mother. The eunuch who was replaced by Xiao Anzi bowed down and retreated, and Mo Yu knew that the eunuch who went to announce the decree yesterday was called Xiao Anzi. When you're older, you're still called Xiao Anzi?
"I heard Mrs. Ji say that her eldest daughter is smart, gentle and lovely, and when I see it today, I feel even better than she said. I heard that two days ago, you saved the young lady of the Zhao family and the son of the Liu family in the house, but you are really a heroine! ”
Yes? Does this have anything to do with heroines? "It's just because Moyu was the only one who knew water at that time, it was just a gesture."
"You saved two lives by yourself, and that's not a big credit. How old are you? ”
The people in this palace are very bored, I'm afraid I already know this information! I still ask, but since the Queen Mother asked, she also had to answer. "If you go back to the Queen Mother, it will be nineteen in another month."
"I heard your mother say that you were sick in the early years, so you could only be sent back to your hometown to recuperate, which delayed your family affairs, but this is better, otherwise, you will not be able to be the daughter-in-law of the mourning family."
Mo Yu pretended to bow her head in harm, most women in this era got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and they could only delay until seventeen at the latest, she was nineteen, and she was indeed late.
Seeing that Moyu was shy, the Queen Mother said with a smile: "This room is a little stuffy, are you willing to accompany the mourning family to the back garden for a walk." ”
Just now I said that I wanted to eat osmanthus cake, and now I said that I want to go out for a walk, and the women in this palace are really emotional. She hadn't eaten breakfast this morning until now, and she hadn't been allowed to drink a sip of water, saying that she would go to the toilet after drinking water, and the palace would not arrange this for foreign ministers.
But the Queen Mother invited, how dare she refuse, so she helped the Queen Mother to the back garden, but Yunshang was not from the palace, so she could only stay in the palace.
The back garden of Ciming Hall is actually similar to the back garden in Jifu, but it is a small bridge and flowing water, strange stones and flowers, there is nothing to appreciate, she still thinks that the natural scenery on Wuyan Mountain is better. The scenery here is artificially planned, where to put a stone, where to put potted flowers, everything is too deliberate.
"What do you think of the back garden of the mourning family?"
Mo Yu followed behind the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother wants Mo Yu to tell the truth." ”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was a little surprised, and in front of her, she dared to tell lies. "That's nature."
"The Queen Mother, the folk girl has lived in Shizhou's hometown since she was a child, and all she sees are continuous mountains, there are wild grasses on the mountains, all year round are verdant and verdant, all kinds of flowers, blooming all over the mountains, there are bees, butterflies, and birds. In the spring, the farmers are busy sowing, and in the fall, they reap happily. When it comes to the Spring Festival, every family gathers together to talk about this year's harvest and what things have been added to the family this year, and the family is happy. ”
The Queen Mother smiled all over her face, but pretended to be annoyed and said: "You girl, the mourning family is asking you how the back garden of the mourning family is, where did you go to the mourning family?" ”
Mo Yu hurriedly pleaded for the guilt and continued: "The folk girls used to see wild flowers and wild grasses, and today I see that in this garden, there are peonies, moon seasons, as well as peonies and orchids, which are all things that the folk girls have not seen before, as well as rockeries and arch stones, which really opened the eyes of the folk girls." ”
It's a human being, and they all like to praise it, just like she just said a bunch of things that are not there, but she is telling the Queen Mother that her son's wealth is vast, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the family is harmonious, which is the scene that every ruler is most willing to see.
"If you like, you can bring some back when you get back."
Mo Yu was not polite, and said, "Thank you for the reward of the Empress Dowager." ”
The two walked forward together, and the Queen Mother said leisurely: "The mourning family has also seen the outside world, and the mountains are lush and green. When I was a child, I was very naughty, so I often hid from my family, secretly ran out, and when I came back at night, I was punished by my family to kneel in the ancestral hall, hungry and scared. But even so, the mourning family often ran out. ”
"I didn't expect the Queen Mother to have such an experience."
"Hehe, but now, people are also old, they don't have the same heart as they used to be, they have stayed in this deep palace for a long time, and they don't want to move anymore."
Hearing this, Mo Yu didn't forget to slap a sycophant. "The Queen Mother is a blessed person, and she will definitely live a long life."
The Queen Mother is not brainy, who doesn't like to listen to good words! Even after listening to it for most of her life, she still likes it. "You are also the same as them, saying some words that you can listen to, how long can the mourning family live in your heart knows better than anyone else, and when you enter the palace, you can often come to talk to the mourning family, you are open-minded, and you may be able to live longer."
"The people's daughter, but by the orders of the Queen Mother."
The two talked as they walked, and after walking some more distance, the group came to a pavilion. Mo Yu sat down with the Queen Mother, and a eunuch ran over and said, "The slave greets the Queen Mother." ”
"Get up!"
The little eunuch got up and glanced at Mo Yu. The Queen Mother continued to ask: "Little Mazi, but what did the emperor ask you to say?" ”
Xiao Mazi bowed down and said: "Yes, the emperor asked the servant to tell the Queen Mother that because of busy government affairs, he would not come to accompany the Queen Mother for lunch." ”
It turned out that the Queen Mother announced that she entered the palace today was this plan, she originally thought that the Queen Mother just wanted to see her, but she didn't think that she wanted to let her meet the emperor at lunch, maybe the emperor would leave her tonight, if she couldn't stay, she would meet first. didn't think about it, the emperor didn't buy the queen mother's account at all, it seems that the emperor didn't like her daughter-in-law very much.
The queen mother's face did not change, "State affairs are important, since the emperor is busy, you don't have to come over, you go back and persuade the emperor well, no matter how busy you are, you have to pay attention to rest." ”
The little eunuch replied "yes" and retired. The Queen Mother then said to Mo Yu: "It's okay, there will be a chance in the future, today, you can accompany the mourning family to eat!" ”
She didn't want to see any emperor, and naturally she didn't have a sense of loss as the queen mother thought, but she didn't have it in her heart, and her expression still had to be shown.
The queen mother didn't want to move, so she had lunch in the pavilion, and a little palace maid was waiting by her side to introduce the name of the dish. After the meal, wash your hands, rinse your mouth, and wait for tea, the lunch that lasts for an hour is over.
The Queen Mother put down the teacup and looked at Moyu with a smile. "Don't you think it's tedious?"
It's tedious, but you can't tell the truth. Seeing her silent appearance, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "In the future, you will get used to it." When the mourning family first entered the palace, they also felt troublesome, they had to be helped by others to eat vegetables, and others had to help you serve soup, this dish, this soup, this snack, no matter how delicious it was, you would never be able to eat the first bite. Gradually, the mourners got used to it, because this is your right as a master. ”
At first glance, this sounds like a complaint, but the more I listen to it, the more uncomfortable it becomes. It's not complaining, it's like showing off, or telling her that the power of heaven is supreme. No matter what kind of heart she has outside, when she enters the palace in the future, she has to abide by the rules of this palace, you can't stand when others let you sit, and you can't put down your chopsticks when others let you eat, this is the so-called right as a master, and they regard this right as the supreme glory.
Mo Yu stood up and saluted, and said in a green voice: "Thank you for the teachings of the Queen Mother." ”
The Queen Mother nodded slightly, she couldn't see joy in her eyes, she was a smart girl, and she could understand everything. "Get up! Don't do this big gift at every turn, in this palace, the most seen thing in the mourning family is to salute, not to miss you this time. I've just had a meal, why don't you play a tune for the mourners to listen to that and relieve boredom? ”
In this palace, you can listen to the song at any time, so why bother looking for her, the queen mother said this, but she just wanted to test her, whether she really has the ability. She didn't dare to disobey either, but today, she didn't want to play the piano. "The Queen Mother, in fact, the best thing for the people is to play the flute, I don't know if the Queen Mother is willing to listen to it."
The Queen Mother nodded and asked someone to fetch the flute. The flute is a jade flute, with a transparent white background, and it is a good flute. It's just not the same as hers, hers, a little shorter.
Mo Yu asked, "What song does the Queen Mother want to listen to?" ”
The Queen Mother looked at the scenery outside and said with a smile: "In the past, Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Ru fell in love with each other, and the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" has been left for eternity, may it be played?" ”
"Moyu obeys."
"Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" is Sima Xiangru's "Green Qi" and played, when the piano is the best, the Queen Mother is the music and rhythm everyone, it is impossible not to know, she is tempting, testing whether Moyu will change to the piano.