The one hundred and fifty-ninth round
The carriage of the Linchuan Palace, naturally, entered the gate of the outer palace unimpeded, and only stopped in front of the Yuqing gate of the inner palace.
Cai Wei waited for Qin Fei to get out of the carriage first, and then slowly walked out of the carriage, and was about to step out of the carriage, when suddenly her waist tightened, and she was hugged directly from the car by a pair of big hands.
She didn't hold back, and let out a very slight exclamation, but it still attracted several eyes to look at her side together.
And in the midst of these several glances, almost subconsciously, as soon as she raised her eyes, she met a pair of eyes like black jade.
It's him!
However, the pair of black jade eyes that had gazed at her tenderly did not stay on her for a moment, and immediately looked away, but the two eyes beside him, one left and one right, kept staring at him.
Qin Fei finally let go of her waist, but took advantage of the situation to clasp her hand in his hand, pulled her towards the door, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, third brother, you also came to the palace to give thanks?" ”
Qin Min coughed lightly twice and nodded, "It's not early, let's go first and say hello to the Queen Mother!" ”
Qin Fei swept around and asked, "Why didn't you see Concubine Yingchuan?" ”
"Mother, in order to take care of me, she has been overworked for several days, infected with wind and cold, and is sick in bed, and she can't come today."
Qin Fei's eyebrows jumped, and he said with a regretful expression: "I knew that my mother-in-law would not come, so I should have brought my mother with me." The third brother and three sisters-in-law, please go into the hall! ”
Because Emperor Lin De was in the court at this time, they naturally went to the Empress Dowager Sun's palace to ask the Empress Dowager for thanks.
I didn't want a few of them to go in and take a look, but I saw a costumed beauty sitting next to Empress Dowager Sun, who was very close to her.
Although Cai Wei didn't recognize this woman, she saw that she was dressed in gorgeous clothes and wore a nine-tailed phoenix crown, which was a phoenix crown grade that only the queen's mother could wear, but her age was too young, not like the age of Queen Zhang, who worshipped Buddha in Huangjue Temple all the year round, and had not returned to the palace for seven or eight years.
Cai Wei thought about it for a while, and knew that this girl should be the most famous of the nieces and granddaughters of the Empress Dowager Sun, and she was also the imperial concubine who had been infinitely favored in Emperor Linde's harem in the past few years - Sun Xuemei.
This imperial concubine can be called a legend in the harem of Emperor Lin De, it is rumored that Emperor Lin De has always been not very fond of the women of the Sun family, but he has a soft spot for Sun Xuemei, the first beauty in the capital. not only made her the first concubine of the four concubines as soon as she entered the palace, but even specially created the name of "imperial concubine" for her, with the same position as the deputy queen. If it weren't for the fact that the Seventh Prince born to this imperial concubine was a fool, I was afraid that no matter how much some courtiers tried to keep Empress Zhang's throne, it would be useless.
Looking at the special color next to Empress Dowager Sun's seat, Cai Wei suddenly understood why Emperor Lin De had a soft spot for this Sun Xuemei, because this was really a different beauty. It is as beautiful as the name, not only has a beautiful face as pure and moving as snow, but also has a different style that is soft and charming, and it is difficult to take her eyes off her firmly.
But at this time, on the top of this hall, except for her who glanced at the imperial concubine a few more times, almost everyone's eyes were quietly looking at Qin Fei. Cai Wei was curious, so she quietly looked away and secretly looked at Qin Fei who was standing beside her.
Qin Fei didn't expect that after so many years, he would suddenly see this soft and charming woman again, and his heart was not happy, seeing that Cai Wei actually looked at him, thinking that even she knew about this ridiculous thing he had done in the past, his heart was suddenly annoyed, and his hands were tight, but his face was not obvious at all, and he was still smiling.
Cai Wei only felt a pain in her hand, and she was pinched by him, knowing that he was angry, she hurriedly turned her eyes away, not daring to look at his face again.
"Minister Qin Fei visited the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine Niangniang, may the Empress Dowager be young and young, and the Imperial Concubine Niangniang's beautiful face will stay forever!" Qin Fei threw away the hand of the mother, took a step forward, bowed and saluted: "Thank you to the Queen Mother for the grace of marriage, may the mother enjoy the blessings of the immortals, peace and joy forever!" ”
Seeing that there was only one Zhou Caiwei by his side, Empress Dowager Sun said with displeasure: "Why, you only brought one princess into the palace, Cuiqiao's illness is not cured?" The last time your mother entered the palace, she said that she was a little strangely ill, and she had to ask a royal doctor to show her, what was the strange disease, or was there something else strange in it? ”
Empress Dowager Sun said, and glared at Cai Wei, as if Jin Cuiqiao's strange illness was caused by her actions.
"Aunt Dowager, didn't my mother tell you that day that Cousin Cuiqiao had some strange disease? I'm afraid that I will frighten you when I say it, even I didn't expect that day she made a few small dishes with her own hands and said that she wanted to drink with me, but she spit out two red and black centipedes after a few glasses of wine, still alive and moving! ”
"She originally wanted to enter the palace to ask the Queen Mother for peace, but I stopped her, I was afraid that if she spit out a few centipedes in the Ciqing Hall of her aunt, she crawled around and frightened the Queen Mother's aunt, how could it be good?"
As he spoke, he was also gesturing with both hands to the appearance of the worms wriggling, which frightened the Empress Dowager Sun and hurriedly turned her face away, and scolded: "Don't talk about it!" But how could this man vomit and spit worms in a good way? ”
Qin Fei shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not a doctor, how do I know." If my aunt really wants to see her, I will order someone to take her into the palace. When the time comes, I see her spit out centipedes, and my aunt will believe that I am not lying. ”
Empress Dowager Sun hated him the most like a scoundrel who was angry and couldn't pay for his life, not because she was worried that Emperor Lin De would come over in a while, but she really hated to pick up the teacup on the table and smash it on his head.
She didn't want to pay attention to this annoying grandson anymore, so she turned her head and asked Qin Minlai, "Since Min'er can enter the palace to thank her, do you want to come to this illness and finally recover?" ”
Qin Min said indifferently: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the minister's illness, the mother knows, that is, Bian Que is reborn, and Hua Tuo's rebirth is also difficult to cure, but it is just a matter of prolonging the rest of the day." ”
Empress Dowager Sun was secretly happy in her heart, but she deliberately said with disgust on her face: "Look at what you are talking about, I just married you two princesses who are like flowers and jade, and I am looking forward to you spreading branches and leaves, so as to add some heirs to the royal family?" Why did you talk about it first? ”
She looked at Cui Qijun and Cao Yulian again and said: "Since you two are princesses, although the first important thing is to give birth to an heir for the prince, you also have to take care of Min'er's body, and you must not damage the prince's body just to get an heir as soon as possible." ”
"Also, since the two of you are married to Min'er together and serve a husband together, you are sisters, Cui's family, although you are the main concubine, Yulian is slightly shorter than you, and she is only a second concubine, but you are not allowed to bully her with the identity of the main room. As a woman, the most important thing is jealousy, you sisters can be harmonious with each other, and you must not make any trouble! ”
Then Cui Qijun heard that Empress Dowager Sun called them both princesses, and she was already dissatisfied, that Cao Yulian was just a second concubine, and Empress Dowager Sun deliberately called her a princess with herself, what does this mean, people who don't understand still think that King Yingchuan married two concubines at once?
At this time, I saw that the Empress Dowager Sun taught herself in front of so many people, and supported her niece and granddaughter, she was even more aggrieved, she was raised by her parents as a pearl in her hand since she was a child, and her father was the left minister of the government and the opposition, who dared to give her anger! Even when she came with her mother to greet the Empress Dowager Sun before, she was also kind to herself, but now she is the princess of Yingchuan, and she stepped on her face like this.
She couldn't help but glance at her husband, hoping that Qin Min could say a word for her, even if he didn't say anything, as long as he could look at himself and comfort himself with his eyes.
But she looked over expectantly, but Qin Min didn't even move her eyebrows, she still looked down at the flower tiles on the ground, without saying a word or looking at her.
Cui Qijun was disappointed, and her heart was even more aggrieved, and her eyes immediately turned red, if she didn't feel too embarrassed to cry in front of so many people, I was afraid that she would have cried a long time ago.
Cao Yulian looked at her eyes as red as rabbits, and suddenly became proud, although she married into the Yingchuan Mansion ten days early, but since Cui Qijun, the concubine, entered the door, she was suppressed everywhere, and her small means were not once pleased under the hands of the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she was extremely aggrieved.
It's a pity that when she finally thought about what to say, a shrill voice outside the hall sounded: "The Holy Lord has arrived!" ”
So in addition to the Empress Dowager Sun and Emperor Sun's concubine, the two princesses and the second concubine hurriedly retreated behind a screen to pay homage to Emperor Linde.
Emperor Lin De first cared about Qin Min's body, and then when he looked at Qin Fei, his face became stiff, "Fei'er, I know that you are used to fooling around, but now that you have become a family, you should also accept your wild nature, and stay in the palace for a lifetime." I actually ran away on the third day of the wedding, and I ordered people to look for you for more than 20 days, but I didn't find you back, if it wasn't for the reward I gave you to ask you to come in person to receive the order and thank you, I'm afraid that you will still be wandering around outside, right? ”
In front of his uncle, Qin Fei immediately restrained the look of the Empress Dowager Sun before, and hung his hands in front of him, looking like he was respectfully listening to the elders' words.
"Uncle Shengshang, don't be angry, my nephew knows that my uncle has given me a big wedding, and I didn't want to go hunting in the suburbs with Brother Yong, but if I don't hide out, my mother will force me to accompany her to Uncle Anyuan's Mansion to ask for your nephew's dowry. It doesn't matter whether Uncle Anyuan's mansion is greedy for my daughter-in-law's dowry or not, no matter how noble my status is, I am also a junior of others in that mansion, so it is not good to reason with the elders, so as not to be said that I am a bully. What's more, my dignified seven-foot man, like a woman, went to the door to ask for a dowry, which was too low. So my nephew had no choice but to make this decision, and the thirty-six plans were taken! ”
Emperor Lin De glared at him, "Don't kneel down and accept the order yet!" ”
The corners of Qin Fei's lips curled, knowing that the matter of him going out of Beijing without permission was revealed, so he hurriedly knelt down to receive the order to thank him for taking the land deed, but in a few words, Emperor Lin De was coaxed into being kind to him again.
Seeing that the men were talking lively, the imperial concubine got up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you and the two royal highnesses of the county are talking happily, but you pity my nephews and daughters-in-law, hiding behind the screen is boring and boring. Why don't the concubines take them to the Imperial Garden? I think this is the first time that Princess Linchuan has entered the palace, and she has never been to the imperial garden! ”
Emperor Lin De nodded and ordered: "Let the slaves and maids all be waiting, and don't neglect these nephews and daughters-in-law!" ”
Sun Xuemei led the three of them to the side door of the Ciqing Palace, and the palace people who accompanied them had already sent the cloaks worn by several mothers. Gan Tang unfolded the fox fur cloak in his hand, and was about to put it on Cai Wei, when he suddenly stretched out a pair of hands from the oblique thorn and pushed her aside.
"I'm afraid that the wind is a little strong in the imperial garden, so the princess should wear this king's cloak, it is warmer than yours, so as not to catch the cold!"