Everyone was in an uproar, and Mrs. Dingyuan's eyes flickered, as if she was about to say something, but Song Guiren immediately smiled coquettishly, "It is rare for this palace to meet a young lady of a family who is as heroic and courageous as Miss Yu, I feel that I have a special eye, ladies and gentlemen, don't think that this palace favors one over the other!" "Where's the mother." I don't know whose lady smiled, "Who doesn't know, this nephrite paperweight is a treasure of Goryeo's tribute, and the same one can't be found in the whole world, so the emperor gave this single copy to Niangniang, and Niangniang has always carried ...... "Yes, yes, Miss Yu, this is a great honor." Another lady said.

Yu Ruoxu only felt a surge of hot blood rushing to her head, and the thick sandalwood on her right wrist lingered on the tip of her nose, but she was even more upset.

Nephrite paperweight ...... of Korea She sneered, the small one is estimated to weigh seven or eight pounds, and it is estimated that when she receives the gift, she will not have time to thank her, and her right hand will be broken directly.

Entering the Taimiao, according to the regulations, the girl is not allowed to follow, and she now has no one around to help, it seems that this "heavy" gift has a deep meaning.

The skirt of the palace maid appeared in front of her, she looked up, and saw the palace maid beside Song Guiren standing in front of her with a brocade box in both hands, through the thin summer dress, the palace maid's arm was stretched straight with full strength, "Miss Yu, quickly take the gift and thank you." “

"The people's daughter thanks the grace of the mother." She could barely control the anger surging in her heart, her eyes became sharper, and she couldn't wait to pick up the paperweight and smash it on Song Guiren's head, "Niangniang, aren't you for a refugee girl?" “

"Bold, how dare you talk to your mother like this?!" Mrs. Song on the side shouted angrily.

"Oh? This palace gave you a paperweight, which is also difficult for you? Is it a reward for you, then, to give you a board? Song Guiren raised his eyebrows.

"The maiden has an injury on her right shoulder and can't carry heavy objects, so she asks her mother to forgive her sins." Yu Ruoxu replied firmly.

"......" Song Guiren already showed anger on his face, and said with a strong face, "This palace will ask you again, will you accept this reward or not?" ”

"No." Yu Ruoxu's brain was hot, and before he could think about it carefully, he blurted out his angry words.

Everyone was stunned, but they didn't expect her to reject Song Guiren directly and decisively, without leaving any affection. Song Guiren was even more angry, his face flushed, and his chest rose and fell slightly, "Don't think that the queen mother likes you, you can be presumptuous in front of this palace!" ”

Yu Ruoxu didn't know why, she couldn't control the monstrous anger in her chest at all, and she was almost on the verge of going crazy. She clenched her fists tightly, her eyes reddened, and she bit her lower lip, but she didn't say a word.

"Is Miss Yu feeling unwell?" Mrs. Zhou, who was sitting on the side, suddenly spoke, with a worry on her face that could not be concealed, "I heard that Miss Yu has been sick for several days after being injured, and she is tired of traveling today, so I am afraid that she is a little tired." ”

The angry Yu Ruoxu in front of him and the Yu Ruoxu who lowered his eyebrows just now are like two people.

"If you're unwell, you can't contradict your mother!" A lady said. Many people echoed, "Yes, Niangniang is obviously well-intentioned, but she is so disrespectful......"

Seeing the way everyone was pointing and pointing, Yu Ruoxu regained a trace of reason, as if she had returned to the Yu family's mansion in Langzhong, and those sisters and concubines were also surrounding her like this, with a look of ridicule and ridicule on her face, forcing her to almost fall into madness.

"The emperor has arrived—" Before Song Guiren could attack, the little eunuch's shrill voice came from outside. Everyone hurriedly got up and tidied up their clothes, bowed their heads and prepared to take over.

Yu Ruoxu stood dryly in the center of the room, barely suppressing his anger, and bowed his head and frowned.

Counting up, this is the second time she has met the little emperor of the Xue family. The bright yellow hem of her garment, embroidered with dragon stripes, passed in front of her eyes, and the scent of incense diluted the sandalwood that lingered on the tip of her nose, and she stood motionless in the middle of the room with her head bowed.

"Ladies, get even." The little emperor spoke lightly, his voice was already slightly low as that of an adult man, "I just came to the apse to rest, you don't need to be too formal." “

"Your Majesty." Everyone got up, and Yu Ruoxu didn't know whether he should retreat or continue to stand here. was hesitating, only to hear the little emperor ask, "What's wrong with Concubine Ai?" Feeling puffy? “

As soon as her hands and feet were cold, she knew that this page was not so easy to turn over.

"Where is the concubine angry?" Song Guiren changed his usual voice again, as sweet as a ripe peach, "The emperor should not wronged his concubines." “

"I can hear it clearly from the outside." The little emperor's eyes fell on Yu Ruoxu's body, "Who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to contradict my concubine?" “

"Your Majesty......" Song Guiren still wanted to say something, Mrs. Song on the side stood up and blessed the little emperor, "Your Majesty, please forgive the concubine for the crime of offense, but this Miss Yu is favored by the emperor by relying on Lord Yu, and she is deeply liked by the queen mother, so she doesn't take Niangniang in her eyes, and asks the emperor to preside over justice for Niangniang!" “

Yu Ruoxu's anger that she couldn't easily suppress "soared" and surged up again, this Mrs. Song, is she going to drag her father into the water!

"Oh?" The little emperor's eyes were deep and he looked at Song Guiren, "What's going on?" “

Song Guiren's nose was sour, his eyes were red, and his voice was full of grievances, "The concubine is looking at Miss Yu, and she wants to be close to her heart, thinking that Miss Yu is literate and hyphenated, and thinking that the emperor rewarded the concubine with a Goryeo nephrite paperweight to Miss Yu before, but ...... But Miss Yu actually said in front of so many ladies that the concubine was embarrassed by her and refused to accept this reward......"

"The people are guilty." Yu Ruoxu knelt down and kowtowed deeply, "But the people's daughter has been seriously injured in the right shoulder and can't take a heavy object, if she accepts this reward, but throws the paperweight directly on the ground, it is even more disrespectful, and please ask the emperor and Niangniang to be clear." “

"Serious injury to the right shoulder?" The little emperor stretched out his voice, and his eyes were full of sarcasm, "It's my clumsiness." Unexpectedly, Miss Yu seemed to act as usual, but she couldn't even hold a small paperweight. “

Yu Ruoxu was poked in the sore spot, and her heart seemed to have been torn open, and she was so sad that she couldn't help herself, "If the emperor thinks like this, the people have nothing to say." “

Everyone gasped, it was enough to offend Song Guiren before, and dare to be so tough in front of the emperor?

The little emperor's eyes narrowed, and he was about to say something, when Mrs. Dingyuan, who was silent on the side, suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, Miss Yu was injured this time to save the dog, and the Hou Ye and the concubine are really grateful. ”

Yu Ruoxu was stunned, but she didn't expect the Lin family to help her out of the siege.

"Really?" The little emperor paused and snorted coldly, "It seems that Miss Yu's face is not small." ”

"The women don't dare." She hurriedly bowed her head.

"Okay, who is it to show in such a gesture of being wronged?" The little emperor looked at her with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and the coldness in his words was even stronger, "It's just the daughter of a second-grade master, or a waste with a crippled right hand, and you dare to contradict me and nobles?" “

Yu Ruoxu seemed to be settled, kneeling straight on the ground, unable to say a word of begging for mercy.

"Kneel out and kneel, don't dangle in front of me." When the little emperor saw that she was not soaked in oil and salt, he couldn't help but get angry, "Aunt Liu, take her to the outside to kneel, and she is not allowed to get up without my will." “

"Yes." Aunt Liu, who was standing behind the emperor, stepped forward, grabbed Yu Ruoxu, and dragged her outside.

The sneering, sympathetic, and sarcastic gaze wounded her like arrows. Her reason told herself that she should bow down and be small in front of the emperor to escape, but just now, her reason almost collapsed, if it weren't for the little bit of self-control left, she probably couldn't help but get up and slap Song Guiren and the emperor.

It was quiet outside, only the little eunuch in Tsing Yi who had just sent a message to Yu Zhongjun was guarding the door. Yu Ruoxu knelt in the corner of the wall, her upper body stretched straight. A breeze blew, and the slightest coolness made her sober up a little, and she couldn't help but look up at the little eunuch.

Unexpectedly, the eyes of the two collided in the air.

The little eunuch immediately withdrew his gaze, and looked silent again. Yu Ruoxu was stunned for a moment, the little eunuch had beautiful eyebrows and a fair face, but there seemed to be too many unspeakable things in his eyes.

The two of them stood and knelt for a long time.

Yu Ruoxu's knees had begun to tingle, she covered her stiff fingers with her wide sleeves, and reached out to rub them, but she caught a glimpse of the little eunuch staring at her intently, his eyes were deep, but not like a surveillance look. She was puzzled in her heart, and was thinking about how to speak, when she heard a neutral voice coming, "The Queen Mother has arrived-Liang Jieyu has arrived-"

Liang Jieyu has always been with the Queen Mother?

Yu Ruoxu heard a rustling sound in the inner room, and not long after, the Queen Mother and Liang Jieyu walked slowly from the direction of the middle hall. Liang Jieyu's face is no longer as pale as when she first saw her, but she still looks a little weak. Seeing her kneeling at the door, she was surprised, "Why is Miss Yu kneeling here?" ”

"The folk girl meets the Queen Mother and meets Jieyu Niangniang." Yu Ruoxu saluted and said, "The people's daughter's words are disrespectful, and she contradicts the emperor and the nobles, and the emperor punishes the people's daughter to reflect here." ”

"Insulting?" The Queen Mother seemed to be used to seeing this kind of thing, but she didn't show too much surprise, "What's going on?" ”

"Greetings to the Queen Mother." The curtain was lifted, and the little emperor and Song Guiren came out of the inner room, followed by a group of ladies who asked for peace. Due to their young age, the little emperor and Song Guiren are not enough, so looking at it like this, they are a little shorter than the ladies behind, which looks a little funny.

"It's all excused." The Queen Mother said, "Miss Yu also got up first, what does it look like to kneel like this." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie." Yu Ruoxu staggered to his feet, and with a flower in front of him, he almost fell to the ground. At this time, someone behind her stretched out his hand and helped her, "Miss Yu is okay, right?" ”

"Thank you, ma'am." When she looked back, it turned out to be Mrs. Zhou who had spoken for her before.

"Is my sister okay in the palace? Bengong was worried just now, afraid that my sister wouldn't be able to catch up with this ceremony. Song Guiren looked at Liang Jieyu, who was standing beside the Queen Mother, and said with a happy face.

"That matter has already been dealt with by the palace, thinking that this rain ceremony is the most important thing in front of me, so I quickly followed." Liang Jieyu said lightly, as if she didn't plan to bother more on this matter, "I heard that Miss Yu offended the emperor and sister?" ”

"I don't know how important it is." The little emperor opened his mouth, "The auspicious time is coming, and my son thinks it is safer to set off to the front hall first." After that, he glanced at Yu Ruoxu again, and added, "After returning to the palace, the son should explain to the queen mother in detail." ”

"It's fine." The Queen Mother thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "Then let's go." ”

"Yes." Everyone followed behind the Queen Mother and walked to the front hall. Yu Ruoxu didn't have time to kick her breath, but heard the Queen Mother say lightly, "Since Miss Yu has offended the emperor, then continue to kneel here, and get up again after the ceremony is over." ”

Yu Ruoxu stiffened, only heard whispering voices around her, and couldn't help but speak, "Queen Mother......"

"What? I just offended the emperor with my disrespectful words, and now I want to offend the mourning family? The Queen Mother looked at her lightly, her eyes were deep, and the chill floating in it seemed to be wrapped in a trace of disgust, piercing her heart.

"The women don't dare." Yu Ruoxu lowered her eyes, stepped aside, and knelt straight on the ground in front of everyone.

"What are you still doing in a daze, do you want to kneel together?" The Queen Mother glanced at the inner wives behind her, and her tone was majestic. Everyone hurriedly responded and followed the Queen Mother out of the apse.

Liang Jieyu glanced back at her, her eyebrows furrowed, and there was a worried look in her eyes, and when Song Guiren walked past her, she said softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "This is the price of not being satisfied." ”

She was a little unsure, but she was no longer surprised by Song Guiren's sarcasm in the open and secret, and there was no fluctuation in her eyes, "The folk girl doesn't understand what Niangniang is talking about." ”

Song Guiren saw that she was pretending to be stupid, and he was angry for a while, snorted coldly and walked away.

The entire apse was empty, leaving her alone on her knees, so quiet that she could almost hear her own breathing. There seemed to be some chaos in front of her, and she couldn't help but be in a trance, and began to sketch the appearance of the rain ceremony in her mind, the officials of Taichang Temple should have set up an altar in the square, and the altar was full of bamboo branches, and the statue of the rain god was placed. The flying banners around must have been painted with dragon patterns with teeth and claws. After the official finished striking two drums and a gong, Zhou Yuanzhao, the secretary of Taichang Temple, dressed in a white robe of sacrificing to the sky, took out a willow branch stained with water from a huge net bottle, held it in both hands and handed it to the little emperor standing aside.

And the little emperor should have changed into a robe, slowly walked up to the altar, shook his hands, and the water droplets on the willow branches sprinkled on the dragon-patterned banner. Daddy should be like everyone else, kneeling down and shouting straight at the altar, and when the time comes, the entire temple will reverberate with a cry of prayer-

As if responding to her imagination, a faint voice also came from the apse, "The wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe!" “

She couldn't help but be a little funny, Guotai Min'an, how could it be so easy?