Chapter 166
After the Queen Mother's words were finished, Min Wei felt the corners of her mouth twitch slightly, and couldn't help but complain secretly in her heart: What should I do, could it be that you look too unexpected, so I was stunned, but Min Wei only dared to think so in her heart, but she understood that if such a thing was spoken, I am afraid that she should be worried about whether she could get out of this Cining Palace safely today.
"It's no wonder that Sister Wei'er can be fascinated, when the concubine first entered the palace with her grandmother to see her mother, she also stayed like Sister Wei'er for a long time." Probably because she felt that the Queen Mother's question was really difficult for Min Wei to answer, Mei Ruxue, who had been sitting beside the Queen Mother and did not speak, suddenly turned her head sideways and said with a light smile to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother glanced at Mei Ruxue, and then seemed to recall the scene at that time according to Mei Ruxue's words, the expression on her face couldn't help but smile a little, and she didn't pursue Mei Ruxue's sudden answer, but nodded to the three Mo people next and said, "Okay, you can sit down, just feel free." After speaking, he turned his head to Mrs. Mei, who had been sitting in an inconspicuous corner, and said, "When Ruxue said this, the mourning family really remembered what happened at that time. β
After listening to the Queen Mother's words, Mrs. Mei immediately stood up and said with a smile on her face: "The Queen Mother has a good memory. Min Wei followed the guidance of the palace maid, although she still wanted to look at the Queen Mother twice, but after thinking about what happened before, she couldn't help but look at it again, but after hearing the words of the Queen Mother and Mrs. Mei, Min Wei sat on the small stool and was still thinking about when the Queen Mother was talking about it.
"I think the queen is really holding up that little girl, how can she compare with the queen mother back then, presumably this little girl was frightened because she had never seen such a scene." The corners of Min Wei's mouth twitched, as if she had been very low-key since she came to the capital, except for one Du Qing, I really don't remember who else she had offended, and this voice was obviously not Du Qing, Min Wei thought like this, and couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound.
It seems to be a woman who speaks. Dressed very luxuriously, she looks like she is in her early thirties, and Min Wei looks at her sitting very far forward, and she has never seen her among the officials before. I couldn't help but secretly think in my heart, it couldn't be the royal relative, but as soon as the thought flashed, Min Wei felt that this idea was too far-fetched, and she didn't remember that she had offended any royal relative. can make people hold on to themselves in such an occasion.
"Okay, Ruxue, it's almost time, it's time to go to the Qianqing Palace." When Min Wei was still thinking about whether she would be dug out because of this lady's words and be the focus again, the queen mother, who was sitting on the upper seat and talking to Mrs. Mei, suddenly stopped her original words, stood up with the palace maid's hand, and said to Mei Ruxue casually while getting up.
Min Wei was stunned when she heard this, she had just sat down, and looking at this posture, she should be leaving again. Now Min Wei has no interest in the identity of the woman at all, but hopes that the Queen Mother can sit for a while, because after she got up, Mei Ruxue and the ladies and ladies who were originally sitting stood up one after another, but this time Min Wei's thoughts did not seem to reach the Queen Mother's heart, the Queen Mother did not sit down, but just let go of the hand holding the palace maid, and put a new hand on Mei Ruxue's body and walked out.
Everyone followed the footsteps of the Queen Mother and Mei Ruxue to the outside of the palace, and Min Wei could only resign herself to continue to follow behind, but when she arrived at the gate of the palace. The people in front of them all stopped, and Min Wei was still wondering what was going on, when she heard a loud bow from outside the palace, which seemed to be the congratulatory voices of the family members who were waiting outside before.
"The Queen Mother is a thousand years old, a thousand years old. Concubines (courtiers) and others wish the Queen Mother a blessing such as the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan. Min Wei thought in her heart that if she hadn't been called in, then I'm afraid she would have to kneel outside with everyone to say these words now, Min Wei couldn't help but feel a little happy when she thought about it.
"Let's all be flat." Min Wei couldn't see the Queen Mother's movements, nor could she see the situation outside, and the Queen Mother's voice still didn't fluctuate much. So Min Wei can only imagine in her mind what kind of scene it is like outside.
After about a few minutes, the people in front of Min Wei started to walk again, and after Min Wei walked out of the palace, he saw the officials and dependents standing on both sides of the road, and those officials and relatives saw the three of Mo's eyes, and the look in their eyes suddenly became a little different, but this change was only instantaneous, and then they took a step and inserted themselves into the Mo family and the people in front of them, and the Mo family also seemed to understand the rules and stopped.
It wasn't until the people on both sides were almost gone that Mo Shi walked again, and Min Wei didn't ask, anyway, the reason couldn't escape those ancient etiquette and the like, and there was no difference between asking and not asking, so Min Wei just followed Mo Shi and walked forward.
Min Wei felt that she was completely lost in this palace, if she just followed others, she would probably be fascinated by this palace hundreds of times, after all, no matter where she went, it was the same buildings, similar flowers and plants, and similar palace walls, fortunately, she was with everyone at this time, so Min Wei didn't mind that she was lost, but had a lot more leisure to think about the lady who was talking in the queen mother's palace before.
I always feel that the queen mother doesn't seem to like that lady, but even so, that lady can follow Mei Ruxue and others directly into the queen mother's palace, it shouldn't be an ordinary family member, is it a harem concubine, but it seems that the emperor is only getting married now, there is no harem concubine at all, or she is the concubine of the first emperor, Min Wei feels that this idea seems to be more reasonable, after all, no one should like her rival.
I don't think of the age of the lady I saw, and I think it's unlikely, and if it's really the concubine of the first emperor, how can she find trouble with a little maid's daughter, I've never seen it, Min Wei is very low-key in this capital, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible to offend the concubine of the harem, not to mention that it is still the first emperor's, Min Wei can't figure it out, and the thoughts in her head are even more chaotic.
"The sons (ministers, etc.) greet the queen mother (the queen mother), the mother is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." Min Wei was still a little stunned, and she heard a mountain of sounds in front of her, and the human wall that was standing in front of Min Wei disappeared at once, and everyone stood on both sides, but in an instant, Min Wei was also pulled aside by Mo Shi and bowed to stand, obviously Mo Shi also found that Min Wei was distracted, so he pulled Min Wei a hand.
"Get up." The voice of the Queen Mother sounded, and although Min Wei lowered her head, she couldn't help but want to look at it because there was no obstacle in front of her. Thinking like this in her heart, her body had already moved, but Min Wei still knew that she couldn't move too much, so she just turned the corners of her eyes slightly. Glance out into the crowd.
Although she has been in the capital for a year, Min Wei has not seen too many officials, even if she has some dealings with the official ladies in the capital, it seems that she rarely sees their parents and grandparents, and most of them only know what their fathers and grandparents are. As for the appearance, I can probably only see one or two from those young ladies, but even so, there are many people who know Min Wei's eyes.
There are several ancestors and grandchildren of the Qin family, Zhao Wenzhe's brothers and his uncles, as well as Zhang Shiyu's brother who I met before, Hu Yunyun's younger brother, plus the two imperial doctors who treated themselves and Mo's family, of course, Jiang Qinhan and Jiang Qinmian are also among them. Probably because the rank and official position are the same, so the two stood together, next to them seemed to be Mei Ruxue's uncle who was a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and standing farther away from the emperor was Gu Ziming, who had only married Jiang Minshu before.
The emperor looks really young, Min Wei remembers that he seems to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a dragon robe, and his face still has a luster that has not been eroded by the years, but his body and momentum do not want to be seventeen or eighteen years old at all, Min Wei only glanced at it, but inexplicably felt that this emperor was a little familiar. But in the next second, Min Wei found the reason for this familiarity.
Standing behind the emperor, the face of Zhou Moyan, who had a cynical face, seemed to overlap with the emperor's face, and Min Wei also noticed. The person standing on the other side of the emperor is King Ning, according to this position, Min Wei thinks that the few around the emperor are probably the so-called royal relatives, the two who seem to be the oldest. It should be the regent who stomped his feet and made the capital tremble three times - King Hui and King Jin.
Judging from the position where the two of them were standing, as well as the old Cheng dΓΉ on the faces of the two people, King Hui should be the one standing next to the emperor with King Ning, of course, this basis also comes from Zhou Moyan who was standing there, King Hui looked very thin, his face was slightly yellow, it seemed that his body was not very good, and his eyes were also gloomy, and King Jin and King Hui looked a little fat, his skin seemed to be better maintained, and his face was very ruddy.
There was also a man standing behind King Jin, Min Wei felt that this should be the prince of King Jin, he looked a little similar to King Jin, Min Wei remembered the news that she had asked people to inquire about, the prince of Jin seemed to be about the same age as the emperor, and the princess of this prince, Min Wei remembered what Jiang Minshu said once, was it the cousin of the Bai family or something, but even if she knew, Min Wei had never seen the princess of King Jin who was separated by several layers of relatives.
In addition to these people, Min Wei also saw a few people who were somewhat similar to them but not quite like them, probably all relatives, Min Wei's eyes couldn't help but glance in the direction of that group of people because of curiosity, who knows, when Min Wei glanced a few times, her eyes unexpectedly met Zhou Moyan's gaze, Min Wei wanted to look away, but found that Zhou Moyan seemed to be interested in Min Wei and curled the corners of her mouth.
Min Wei realized that Zhou Moyan's eyes were not matched with him by coincidence, but he found that he couldn't help but look at them curiously, so when his eyes glanced at him, he met his eyes for the first time, and sure enough, people from the royal family are very sensitive to these things, since Zhou Moyan found out, Min Wei felt that probably others also found out, and did not find their own trouble, it should be that they don't want to see this little girl like themselves.
Min Wei retracted her gaze looking around, listened intently to the Queen Mother and the emperor talking, and sighed a little in her heart, even if it was a mother and son, but because she was sitting in such a position, she could only follow the rules of this world, and it was not as good as the relaxed state between her and the Mo family.
Min Wei used to think that the Qianqing Palace should be a very solemn place, but she didn't expect that in this Southern Qin Dynasty, the Qianqing Palace was actually a canteen, but it seemed to be very sorry for the momentum of the palace, and Min Wei didn't know if the usual Qianqing Palace was like this, but Min Wei felt that this Qianqing Palace was probably a large banquet hall today.
When Min Wei entered the Qianqing Palace, most of the people had already found their positions, and stood respectfully in front of the position, Min Wei followed behind Mo, and also walked to a vacant seat, and when everyone was together, they heard the emperor's voice sound: "Today is the queen mother's birthday, I and the queen specially invited all the secretaries to enter the palace to celebrate the birthday of the queen mother, all the secretaries don't need to be too restrained, sit down." β
"Emperor Xie sits, Queen Xie, I wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan." After the emperor's words were finished, the people standing below did not sit down immediately, but knelt on the ground, saluted the three people on the seat, and then said in unison, of course, Min Wei was also caught in it, but Min Wei only moved her mouth and did not make a sound, because she didn't know what she was going to say.
After listening to what everyone said after kneeling down and saluting, Min Wei couldn't find the words to complain about the birthday words of the ancients, probably because this birthday message had the least chance of making mistakes, so whether it was the officials and relatives outside the Queen Mother's palace, or the officials kneeling in the Qianqing Palace, they all chose this birthday speech with minimal risk.
"Let's all be flat." The queen mother did not speak this time, and it was still the emperor who spoke before, and after his words, everyone who knelt down also got up, and the emperor and Mei Ruxue together, helped the queen mother to sit in the middle, the emperor sat on the chair next to the queen mother, Mei Ruxue's seat seemed to be slightly lower than the two, and sat on the chair on the other side of the queen mother.
And there seems to be no other seat for the head except for the three of them, Min Wei is still worried about who the lady who is looking for trouble for her before is, and when she sees the chair that there is not much at the head at this moment, she immediately forgets about what happened before, and her eyes search for the figure of the lady back and forth in the hall. (To be continued.) )