Chapter 202: The Joy of the Pepper Room
When Huo Yunxuan arrived at Yongshou Palace, the Empress Dowager Dong was already preparing to eat. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info When the palace maid outside came in to report, the Empress Dowager Dong was also surprised.
The Empress Dowager Dong also heard a little about Huo Yunxuan's departure from Chuxiu Palace today, but she didn't expect Huo Yunxuan to come over to say hello to herself. After all, according to the rules, the palace concubine can come to the queen mother to say goodbye after she is favored. Huo Yunxuan was very popular with the Queen Mother of the West because of the old days, and now she has said the past with the Queen Mother of the West to ask for peace, I thought that Huo Yunxuan was a little girl in the end, and I didn't like that even if I wouldn't show it too obviously, there was no hard and fast rule like this now, and I had to come over to ask for peace for myself, and the Queen Mother Dong thought that Huo Yunxuan would not come.
Now, I underestimated her. It's strange that Xue Ruran will be like a great enemy to her.
Squinting her eyes, the Empress Dowager Dong picked up the teacup in her hand and took two sips of tea before she said lightly: "Please come in." ā
Qing Ying whispered softly, opened the curtain and went out to Huo Yunxuan and said, "Little master, please come in." ā
Huo Yunxuan nodded at this time and said with a smile: "I'm tired of Sister Qingying's two reports back and forth. ā
After that, he gave Zisu a look, and Shisu immediately understood, took out the purse that had already been prepared from his cuff and handed it to Qing Ying, and said with a smile: "The little master is rewarded, my sister buys candy to eat." ā
Qing Ying glanced at Shisu with a vague look in her eyes, only to feel that she was familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.
Qing Sakura arrived at the Empress Dowager when she sat on the throne of the queen, and she didn't have much impression of Shiso.
Qing Ying didn't have much impression of Shiso, but when the Empress Dowager Dong saw Shiso, her face suddenly turned white. Even the nerves are starting to tense.
She really didn't expect that Gu Shaoyuan would point to the perilla to use for Huo Yunxuan.
The Empress Dowager Dong made up her mind and didn't think about who Zisu had served, but after Huo Yunxuan asked for peace, she forced herself to gossip with Huo Yunxuan: "I just moved into Zhaoyang Palace, are you still used to it?" ā
Huo Yunxuan's rules have always made people unable to find the slightest mistake, and this answer is naturally watertight: "I am still used to worrying about the Queen Mother." ā
The Empress Dowager nodded lightly and asked, "I heard a few days ago that you were punished by your grandmother for fighting with others, but the injuries on your body are all healed?" ā
This sentence convicted Huo Yunxuan - she fought with others when she was in Chuxiu Palace, how can such a person who does not know the rules of etiquette be promoted in the future?
Huo Yunxuan sneered in her heart, lowered her eyes, a trace of coldness quickly flashed in her eyes, and when she looked up again, that coldness was gone, replaced by twenty doubts and incomprehension
"The concubine really doesn't understand the meaning of the Queen Mother's words, the concubine in Chuxiu Palace has never fought with anyone, it's just because she misunderstood the concubine because she raised her mother first, so she ate a meal."
Huo Yunxuan didn't say that she was plotted by the villain, nor did she say that Osmanthus was eccentric and deliberately embarrassed, but only said that it was because of a misunderstanding, even if Osmanthus is now in prison, Huo Yunxuan can still call her "Raise grandma first", such a kind of open-mindedness is indeed rare at her age.
The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows slightly, quietly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, before she said lightly: "The mourning family is going to eat, is the noble Wan willing to accompany the mourning family to eat together?" ā
Huo Yunxuan hurriedly got up and gave a blessing, and said with a panicked face: "Although the elders dare not resign, the queen mother loves the concubines and is willing to cherish the food, but the concubines dare not be pampered and arrogant." ā
Even if the palace concubine who has not served has such a title, it is just a name, and only after the real servant sleeps, can she be regarded as having her own place in the harem.
Before he had a firm foothold in the palace and his status was low, he naturally did not dare to dine with the Queen Mother and other noble people.
The Empress Dowager Dong was just trying to test Huo Yunxuan, but now that she sees that she acts and speaks without leakage, she is even more wary of her, but she really doesn't keep her anymore.
Huo Yunxuan withdrew from the Yongshou Palace, and the day gradually began to darken.
When passing by the Imperial Garden, Shisu smiled and said, "Is the little master going back to the palace or walking around the garden again?" ā
"It's getting late, so let's go back to the dormitory."
Zi Su whispered, and the two of them helped Huo Yunxuan back to Zhaoyang Palace.
But I didn't want to just walk to the road of Zhaoyang Palace, and I saw that the lights were bright, and there were two lanterns hanging on the door of Zhaoyang Palace, with the big red character Xi written on them, and even on the gate of Zhaoyang Palace, there were two Xi characters.
Huo Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, she was indeed startled by the scene in front of her, and stood in the aisle in a daze, not daring to go any further. Xingxiang touched Huo Yunxuan's arm, Huo Yunxuan came back to her senses, and her first reaction was that someone wanted to frame her to make Zhaoyang Palace look like this, and she walked a few steps quickly with a tense face holding Xingxiang Zisu's hand.
Who knows, he will go to the gate of Zhaoyang Palace, but he saw Diao Jinzhong with Zhishu and Song Dehai behind him, and a group of palace maids and inner eunuchs had already come out and knelt in two rows
"The slave (maid) congratulates the little master on winning the pepper room, this is a first-class honor."
The pepper room is a rule only for weddings in the palace. Except for the queens of previous dynasties, concubines and other concubines cannot be favored by this honor.
The moment she saw Diao Jinzhong, Huo Yunxuan was already a little dumbfounded, and now that she heard the words shouted from these people's mouths, her brain was even more blank, and she didn't know how to react.
Zi Su and Xiang Xiang reacted first, and the two of them knelt down in front of Huo Yunxuan, and shouted loudly: "Slave and maid congratulations to the little master on winning the pepper room." ā
Huo Yunxuan was so frightened by the two of them that she knelt and shouted, and she actually took a step back, almost stumbling and falling, but was caught steadily.
"What? But happy stupid? ā
Hearing the familiar voice in the past, Huo Yunxuan could be regarded as reacting, and when she hurriedly looked back, she saw Gu Shaoyuan's smiling eyes, shining in the night sky, and from his eyes, his shy crimson face was reflected, like the peach blossoms planted in Zhaoyang Palace.
"Your Majesty!"
Huo Yunxuan exclaimed, hurriedly broke free from Gu Shaoyuan's arms, and was about to give a blessing, but was directly picked up by Gu Shaoyuan, and laughed loudly: "Today is the wedding night between you and me, there is no need to be so formal." ā
After that, he hugged Huo Yunxuan and stepped into Zhaoyang Palace, and when he passed by a group of palace maids kneeling on the ground, he said loudly: "Let's get up, I don't have to come in to serve today." ā
Everyone hurriedly shouted in unison: "Slaves (maids) and others congratulate the emperor and the little master." ā
After that, Xiao Yingying got up and dispersed.
When Gu Shaoyuan carried Huo Yunxuan into the room, what caught his eye was the two thick and red red candles on the table that were thick and red, and then looked at the bright red curtain on the Luohan bed.
Gu Shaoyuan put Huo Yunxuan down, took her hand with a smile, and pulled it to the Luohan bed: "Lift the quilt and take a look, see what's inside." ā
Huo Yunxuan was puzzled, blushed and looked at Gu Shaoyuan, seeing Gu Shaoyuan's eyes shining and looking at him seriously, Huo Yunxuan's face seemed to be dripping blood, and when she opened her eyes and reached out, she lifted the fiery red quilt on the Luohan bed, but what came into her eyes was a bed full of red dates, peanuts, longan, and lotus seeds.
It means "early birth of a noble son".
"I heard that folk weddings have the custom of 'sprinkling beds', so I deliberately asked Diao Jinzhong to inquire about it, and then I knew the deep meaning."
After that, he surrounded Huo Yunxuan from behind and said in Huo Yunxuan's ear: "Xuan'er, I just want to blossom and bear fruit with you soon." ā
Huo Yunxuan's face turned red, she gently touched Gu Shaoyuan's chest with her elbow, and laughed in a low voice: "If the emperor is not serious, what will blossom and bear fruit, where will it be so fast." ā
Huo Yunxuan is thin-skinned and loves to blush, Gu Shaoyuan loves to see her shy appearance the most, stretched out his hand and pinched Huo Yunxuan's face with a smile, let go of Huo Yunxuan, and pulled Huo Yunxuan to the table, seeing that the gold plate was tied with red flowers, and there was a pot of wine and two wine glasses inside, Gu Shaoyuan smiled and picked up the wine jug and poured the wine into the two wine glasses, took it up, handed a glass to Huo Yunxuan, looked at Huo Yunxuan deeply, and said in a low voice: "After drinking this glass of wine with me, it will be a long time since then." ā
Huo Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, took the wine glass in Gu Shaoyuan's hand with a smile, crossed her arms with Gu Shaoyuan, brought the wine glass to her mouth, and drank the wine in the cup with her head up.
"Is the phrase 'drink a glass of wine and last forever' from the people?"
Gu Shaoyuan nodded, brushed Huo Yunxuan's hair that fell in front of his ear behind his hand with his hand, looked at Huo Yunxuan deeply, and nodded: "Not only these, but also these." ā
"And?"
Huo Yunxuan tilted her head curiously, looked at Gu Shaoyuan with a smile, her eyes were full of curiosity: "What other good things is the emperor hiding?" ā
Gu Shaoyuan nodded the tip of Huo Yunxuan's nose with a smile, and said with a smile: "I know that you are the most breathless." ā
After that, he picked up the scissors that had been prepared on the table and cut the air mischievously in front of Huo Yunxuan.
Huo Yunxuan looked at Gu Shaoyuan's movements suspiciously, a little puzzled.
Gu Shaoyuan quickly grabbed the end of Huo Yunxuan's hair while Huo Yunxuan was not ready, and as soon as he cut it, he cut off a small strand of Huo Yunxuan's hair.
Huo Yunxuan exclaimed: "Your Majesty! ā
Gu Shaoyuan glanced at Huo Yunxuan with a smile, picked up a strand of his hair, and went down with a scissor.
"Your Majesty!"
Huo Yunxuan exclaimed, and hurriedly shook Gu Shaoyuan's wrist.
Gu Shaoyuan put it down with a smile, divided the hair of the two into two parts and tied them together, took out two small red square boxes from the cuffs, put one in each square box, and tied the two square boxes rigorously, one by himself into the sleeve, and the other solemnly handed over to Huo Yunxuan
"This is also a custom that I have heard from the people. It is said that this is the case for married couples in the folk. 'Married as husband and wife, love and affection are not doubtful'. ā
Huo Yunxuan didn't dare to take the box, but knelt down in fear: "The concubine is scared, but how can a mere noble person afford the emperor's sentence of 'marrying a couple'." ā
Huo Yunxuan has always understood the rules, she will be like this, Gu Shaoyuan thought of it a long time ago, so he didn't blame it, he just smiled and leaned over to help Huo Yunxuan up, stroked Huo Yunxuan's hair with a smile, looked at Huo Yunxuan affectionately, and said solemnly: "I said I can afford it, who dares to say a 'no' word?" ā
After that, he sighed again, glanced at Huo Yunxuan seriously, and said seriously: "Xuan'er, in my heart, you are the only wife I have. ā
Gu Shaoyuan said, in my heart.
It's "me" and not "me".
As the emperor, there is indeed a queen by his side, but by my side, my wife, and my pillow person, you are the only one.
Huo Yunxuan slowly unraveled the meaning of Gu Shaoyuan's words little by little, and her eyes were already red.
Gu Shaoyuan smiled and gently rubbed Huo Yunxuan's eyes with his thumb and fingertips, and laughed in a low voice: "What are you crying about, from now on, you will be my wife." ā
After that, he paused and said seriously
"I know that I have wronged you by letting you accompany me in such an identity now, and you can rest assured that in the future, I will definitely give you the most noble status in the world."
Huo Yunxuan sighed, sniffed and covered Gu Shaoyuan's mouth with her hand, looking at Gu Shaoyuan deeply for a long time, and a smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of her mouth.
"Husband, as long as the concubine can be by your side, she knows enough, and she doesn't ask for any noble or noble status."
Gu Shaoyuan was stunned, grabbed Huo Yunxuan's wrist, his eyes were serious but a little excited, a little nervous: "You just called, what?" ā
Huo Yunxuan thought that he was blaming himself for not accepting the rules, so he was busy kneeling down to apologize, and he was still muttering: "The concubine was stunned for a while......."
"I ask you, what did you just call me?"
Gu Shaoyuan hurriedly grabbed Huo Yunxuan, who was about to kneel, and interrupted her. Knowing that she had misunderstood what she meant, when she asked again, even her self-title was changed to "me".
Huo Yunxuan looked at Gu Shaoyuan in a daze, her face was slightly red, seeing that Gu Shaoyuan's eyes were bright, she didn't dare to look directly into Gu Shaoyuan's eyes, she hurriedly avoided Gu Shaoyuan's eyes, lowered her head and was embarrassed to speak again.
Gu Shaoyuan's eyes were full of smile and satisfaction, he reached out and picked up Huo Yunxuan's chin, looked at Huo Yunxuan with a bright smile, and asked in a low voice: "Let me ask you, what did you call me just now?" Would you like to call it again. ā
Huo Yunxuan lowered her head and blushed and whispered, "Husband." ā
Although the voice was small and a little hoarse because of shyness, even Huo Yunxuan felt that the voice was unexpectedly ugly.
As everyone knows, her voice is matched with those two words, and it sounds as good in Gu Shaoyuan's ears, just like a yellow bird in the night sky with a low voice, and her singing voice is graceful. But it deserves the title of "Wan".
The smile on Gu Shaoyuan's lips became bigger: "What are you talking about, be louder." ā
Huo Yunxuan was even more embarrassed, lowered her head and shouted again: "Husband." ā
Gu Shaoyuan laughed loudly: "Shout again, shout again." ā
As if infected by Gu Shaoyuan's loud laughter, Huo Yunxuan was not very shy, raised her head to look at Gu Shaoyuan, and also laughed loudly and shouted: "Husband! Husband! ā
Gu Shaoyuan laughed and kissed Huo Yunxuan on the cheek, and said loudly: "Call again." ā
Huo Yunxuan was amused by Gu Shaoyuan and giggled: "Husband! Husband! Husband! ā
Gu Shaoyuan smiled and picked up Huo Yunxuan and walked to the fiery Luohan bed, put her down with a smile, and pulled down the bright red curtain, but in the thick curtain, the voices of the two could still be heard
"Woo again."
"Husband! Husband! ā
So, a night of spring supper.