Yu Ruoxu had not rested in the house for two days, and the Queen Mother sent someone to send an edict, saying that Miss Xuanyu had entered the palace to speak. Although I was surprised why the Queen Mother was in such a hurry to let her enter the palace, in front of the palace people, she didn't ask much, so she had to quickly change her clothes and go out.

The sedan chair entered the Dongxuan Gate all the way, and the vermilion wall was lined with golden glazed tiles, outlining the majesty of the heavenly family through the sedan curtain. Yu Ruoxu was led by a housekeeper and entered the main hall of Shouning Palace.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, the Queen Mother leaned leisurely on the main seat, talking with each other, while two thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls sat on the left hand side, but they were all dressed in luxurious palace clothes, combing the women's hair buns, like little dolls wearing adult clothes.

Yu Ruoxu knew it in her heart, but she didn't make a noise on her face, but followed the housekeeper to the queen mother step by step, and saluted, "The people's daughter pays a visit to the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother smiled, "Hurry up." Miss Yu has been busy sorting out her chores these days, which must have been hard work. ”

Yu Ruoxu shook her head lightly, "Empress Dowager Xie is compassionate." The daughter and her father wanted to settle down in the capital, and everything should be cleaned up carefully. ”

The Queen Mother let out an "oh", a hint of inquiry flashed in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, and then smiled and pointed to the two little women in palace clothes sitting on the left side, "These two children are Liang Jieyu and Song Guiren, who usually like to go to the mourning house to play around, and they can be regarded as adding a little vitality to this Shouning Palace." ”

The little woman who was closer to the Queen Mother suddenly snorted and said, "Queen Mother, our sisters are all trying to make you happy, why did it become a joke?" ”

The Queen Mother looked helpless, "Okay, you are all good children." ”

Yu Ruoxu hurriedly saluted, "Yu Ruoxu, the folk girl, meet the two mothers." ”

The little woman who had just been angry with the Queen Mother was a new Song nobleman, who was not yet thirteen years old this year, but she was a standard beauty embryo. Although it hasn't fully grown yet, the beautiful cherry lips are unforgettable. The other one who has not spoken is the niece of the Queen Mother, Liang Yu, the second lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Liang Hongyi's family, but she is only fourteen years old, but she has been in the palace for two years.

Compared with the charming and moving Song Guiren, Liang Jieyu's posture is slightly inferior by two points, but her delicate face is white and deceitful, and there is not even a trace of blood.

Such a sick complexion...... Yu Ruoxu looked a little frightened.

"Sister Yu, please get up quickly." Liang Jieyu spoke, her gentle voice was a little lacking in confidence, "The queen mother often mentions Sister Yu in front of us, this palace thinks, how can a person with a blue heart and a good quality be liked by the queen mother like this, and I finally saw it today." ”

Yu Ruoxu pursed her lips, "The mother praised it falsely, and it is a blessing for the people to be able to win the favor of the queen mother." ”

Song Guiren on the side smiled coquettishly, "My sister is really good-natured, I have to learn more from my sister in the future, lest the queen mother always say that I am naughty!" ”

The Queen Mother smiled at Song Guiren on the side, "Listen, it's obvious that you want to see the girl of the Yu family, and you want to even put the fault on the mourning family, isn't this naughty?" ”

Song Guiren's elongated voice was indescribably soft and moving, "Queen Mother......"

At this time, Liang Jieyu, who was silent on the side, spoke, "I heard that Miss Yu once studied at Langzhong Hechuan Academy and entered Mr. Yue Chengxiang's door?" ”

Okay, what do you do when you ask about this?

Yu Ruoxu was a little puzzled, frowned, but still replied respectfully, "Speaking of which, it is thanks to my father, my father and Mr. used to be old friends, and Mr. reluctantly accepted the stupid apprentice of the people's daughter." ”

Liang Jieyu smiled, "Miss Yu is too modest. Bengong also read books for a few years before entering the palace, but they are all female commandments, female histories, etc., and Bengong really envies Miss Yu. ”

Yu Ruoxu couldn't figure out how many layers of meaning Liang Jieyu's words were, so she could only follow her and answer, "Jieyu Niangniang is killing a people's girl." The folk girl likes to read some wild history miscellaneous records, all of which are not on the stage, and they were always criticized by Mr. for being improper. ”

may have said too many words at once, Yu Ruoxu noticed that Liang Jieyu's face was even whiter, and she was even a little gasping in her breathing, and her cheekbones were also a little abnormal scarlet.

This Liang Jieyu ...... I'm afraid I'm sick.

After chatting with the Queen Mother for a few more words, a palace maid suddenly opened the curtain and came in, and said something in the Queen Mother's ear, and the Queen Mother's expression suddenly became solemn, as if something important had happened.

"Something happened to the court, and the mourning family can't talk to you today." The Queen Mother was helped up by the palace maid, walked in front of Yu Ruoxu and paused, "The mourning family is very happy today, but it's a pity...... Let's disperse, and invite Miss Yu into the palace another day to talk to the old woman of the mourning family. ”

Yu Ruoxu made a look of sincere fear, "It is a great honor for the people to be able to talk to the Queen Mother." ”

And also...... Next time.

This entry into the palace may become a commonplace thing in the future.

Yu Ruoxu sent the Queen Mother out of the palace, and then followed Liang Jieyu and Song Guiren out of Shouning Palace, preparing to return home.

It has passed the unitary hour, and although the summer day is long, it is also twilight, and the shadow of the setting sun pulls the shadows of everyone.

When she walked to the Moon Gate, Yu Ruoxu turned around and saluted, "Say goodbye to the people's daughter, thank you for your love today." ”

Liang Jieyu nodded, looked at her deeply, didn't say anything, and got into her sedan chair and left.

It was Song Guiren who smiled sweetly at her, "When I saw Sister Yu today, this palace felt very fateful." ”

Before Yu Ruoxu could reply, she heard Song Guiren's seemingly unintentional sentence, "Sister Yu is so good-looking and talented, if she is the queen's mother, she will wake up with a smile in her dreams." ”

Yu Ruoxu's face turned pale suddenly, obviously a girl who was not yet thirteen years old, and she smiled and spoke in a childish childish voice, but it made people feel a chill rising from the soles of their feet.

"Sister Yu, don't be nervous, this palace is joking." Song Guiren smiled "fluttering", as if admiring her wolf bèi, "It's getting late, Sister Yu be careful on the road." After saying that, he jumped up and down step by step, and disappeared into the long vermilion corridor.

This deep palace is full of weirdness, and the vermilion palace wall seems to be a touch of blood with no end in sight under the reflection of the setting sun.

Yu Ruoxu suppressed the overturning of the river and the sea in her heart, stabilized her mind, and followed the palace maid on the side to the palace gate. As if she remembered something, she suddenly asked, "Auntie, why haven't you seen a little eunuch in this palace?" ”

Even those who had just lifted Liang Jieyu and Song Guiren were all rough mothers-in-law.

The palace maid who led the way explained, "Since the first emperor cut off Zhao Eunuch's power, in order to prevent the eunuchs from gaining power again, he has reduced the number of eunuchs in the palace by a large amount. ”

Yu Ruoxu knew that the bloody storm of strangling eunuchs eighteen years ago almost made the entire court hurt.

Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years. The first emperor and the empress dowager finally extinguished Zhao Biao's party with great effort, and naturally hated the eunuchs to the bone marrow and could not tolerate the slightest.

However, the biggest beneficiary of that bloody slaughter was not the imperial court, but ...... Liang family.

"Miss Yu, please come here." There was a voice from the palace maid guiding the way, Yu Ruoxu hurriedly retracted her mind, only to hear the palace maid who led the way, "Miss Yu's carriage is over there, and according to the regulations, the slave maid has to go back and talk back to the queen mother." ”

Yu Ruoxu stuffed a silver ingot into the hand of the palace maid who led the way, "Aunt Xie." ”

Xiu'er, who had been waiting in the carriage, saw Yu Ruoxu coming from afar, so she hurriedly greeted her, "Miss, you are finally back, the slave is still worried......"

The last time I casually said "hostage", it scared this little girl a lot.

Yu Ruoxu smiled, "I'm fine, I just chatted with the ladies for a while." ”

Xiu'er saw that Yu Ruoxu's face was tired, and she didn't dare to say anything, but just lifted the curtain of the carriage, "Miss, let's go back." ”

Yu Ruoxu nodded, and there was the sound of a carriage clattering in her ears, but Song Guiren's coquettish smile lingered in her mind.

If my sister becomes the queen's mother, I will wake up with a smile in my dream.

With less than a month to go before the next draft, who can guarantee that there won't be any other variables?

And the thirteen-year-old little emperor...... Yu Ruoxu remembered that when he entered Beijing, in front of the hundred officials and the queen mother, the little emperor's disdainful cold snort.

is still a baby face, but there is no innocence at all, but it is full of coolness.

However, Song Guiren's words, as well as the Queen Mother's overt and secret meaning, could not be more obvious.

The Queen Mother just wanted to win over the Langzhong Yu family, or rather, the Liang family wanted to win over the Yu family and Hechuan Academy.

Just when Yu Ruoxu was upset, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Xiu'er, who was leaning against the wall of the carriage, sat up straight all of a sudden, "Uncle Zhang, why did you park?" ”

Zhang Bo pulled the reins, "Miss, it's the Praetorian Guards at the gate of the palace who are changing guards, we have to wait a little before we can get out." ”

It's June weather, and in the evening, the heat is bubbling out as if it had been stored in the ground for a day. Yu Ruoxu was sweating in the carriage, thinking that it would take some time for the Praetorian Guards to change their guards, so she simply got out of the carriage and stood in the shade to breathe.

"Miss, there's another carriage over there." Xiu'er exclaimed, "What a magnificent carriage." ”

Yu Ruoxu raised his eyes, only to see a two-horse carriage slowly coming from the other side of the road, the whole body is fine pineapple wood, the delicate curtains are embroidered with complicated patterns, and the eaves are hung with jade bells. Compared with the simple carriage of the Yu family, there is a style of a hairpin family.

It was a change of guard, so the carriage was also forced to stop at the gate of the palace. A young man opened the car door, and a young man in court clothes stepped out of the car.

It happened to be not far away, Yu Ruoxu and the son glanced at each other, then stepped forward and saluted, "The people's daughter Yu Ruoxu has seen the son." ”

The son of the Marquis of Dingyuan, Liang Hongyi's son-in-law, Liang Jin.

Liang Jin looked at Yu Ruoxu, raised his sword eyebrows, and hurriedly bowed, "I've seen Miss Yu." I don't know how Miss Yu recognized this son? “

Liang Jin once saw Yu Ruoxu from a distance behind his father Dingyuan Hou on the day when the Yu family's father and daughter entered Beijing, but he dared to guarantee that Yu Ruoxu did not see him that day.

So how did she recognize him?

Yu Ruoxu smiled, "The jade bell of the carriage is engraved with the word 'Ding', which must be the carriage on the Marquis of Dingyuan's mansion." And the official uniform on the prince is the style of the fourth grade, and it is said that only one of the mansions of the Marquis of Liang is a four-grade Shangshulang...... And the maidens had the courage to salute the prince. ”

Liang Jin's eyes showed a look of approval, "Miss Yu is really good eyesight, and I admire this son." “

Yu Ruoxu raised her eyebrows, "The folk girl doesn't dare." “

This Dingyuan Marquis Shizi doesn't seem to be a gentleman's son, he looks only weak at his age, but he is full of books, and he looks like a breeze and moon, which is very different from the temperament of Dingyuan Hou's general.

But this look looks a little familiar...... Suddenly, a miserable white face crossed her mind, and Yu Ruo suddenly remembered that this Liang Jin should be the elder brother of Liang Jieyu in the palace.

"I don't know why Miss Yu entered the palace today?" After a brief silence, Liang Jin asked.

Yu Ruoxu thought for a while, "Today is the Queen Mother who summons the people into the palace to talk and ask about some trivial matters in the house." After speaking, he paused again, and opened his mouth thoughtfully, "The folk girl is also fortunate to meet Liang Jieyu and Song Guiren today. ”

Hearing his sister's name, Liang Jin couldn't help but ask, "Oh? How are those two mothers doing? ”

Yu Ruoxu glanced up at him, saw that there was a look of concern on his face that couldn't be hidden, and sighed, "The two mothers are well-dressed and well-fed, and they are loved by the Queen Mother, which is naturally good." ”

"But ......," she lowered her voice, "is Jieyu Niangniang a little afraid of the heat?" “

Liang Jin frowned, "How do you say this?" ”

Yu Ruoxu said softly, "It's nothing, it's just that the folk girl saw that Niangniang's face was a little pale, thinking that it might be because this year's summer was extra prosperous than in previous years......

Liang Jin thought for a while, "Niangniang has a delicate jade body since she was a child, and this year is hotter than in previous years, maybe she has some heat." After that, he smiled at Yu Ruoxu again, "Miss Yu is bothered." ”

Yu Ruoxu couldn't help but sigh, it was really from the Liang family, the extremely black eyes were almost the same as the Queen Mother, but the eyes in front of her had not been completely contaminated with ice and snow, and the gentle expression with a smile on her face was almost integrated with the warm twilight, but there was a faint alienation at the corner of her eyes, like a cloud that could not be grasped in the sky.

"Miss, the change of guard at the palace gate is over, let's go home." Xiu'er on the side reminded in a low voice.

Yu Ruoxu nodded and saluted Liang Jin, "It's getting late, don't let the folk girl pass by." ”

Liang Jin hurriedly returned the salute, "Miss Yu go slowly." “

Yu Ruoxu got into the carriage with Xiu'er's support and left the palace step by step, but she noticed that the carriage of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion had been parked at the palace gate and did not leave.