The thirtieth day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve.

For Rong Zheng, who is not at home for the first time, it is still a little uncomfortable.

Because he had to prepare to enter the palace from time to time, and he didn't know when he would be able to return at night, Mu Xuan specially asked the maid to let Rong Zheng rest for a while.

Mu Xuan practiced his sword, and when he looked up, he saw King Yu coming. He hurriedly put away his sword and stepped forward to gossip with his father.

"Do you have to do this every morning?"

"Yes, I've been used to it since I was eleven years old."

King Yu nodded. I saw that my son was in good shape and refreshed. Xindao really sent him to the temple at the beginning, otherwise he would not have lived to be twenty-four years old if he was kept at home.

Mu Xuan is the most diligent of the three sons. It was quite surprising.

"It seems that Master Yuankong is very strict with you. At first, I was worried about you saying that you were going to the northwest, but now it seems that there is nothing to worry about. It's good to go out and hone in on it. Is it set when to leave? ”

"I'll have to finish the Festival of Lights at the earliest."

It's only half a month.

King Yu did not speak, but only gently patted his son on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement.

There will be no further communication between the father and son, and King Yu turned around to leave the back garden. hadn't gone far, but Mu Xuan suddenly stopped him: "Father, how did my mother and concubine leave back then?" ”

King Yu froze at his feet, didn't turn his head, and said lightly: "Why do you still ask after so many years, you didn't remember anything at that time, didn't your sister talk to you?" If you really don't understand, ask the concubine to go. ”

Ask the concubine, what can you ask. Mu Xuan didn't want to know anything from his father, so he had to ask people to inquire about this matter again.

Mu Xuan was about to go back with his sword in his hand, and when he passed by a hall, he suddenly saw Mu Jing, the son of the world, standing under the wall and pulling and pulling with a maid.

Mu Jing was talking to the maid, but before he could get started, he saw Mu Xuan coming, so he had to throw it away. The maid ran away with a look of shame.

"Big brother is really early." Mu Jing stepped forward and took the initiative to say hello, and when he saw the sword in Mu Xuan's hand, he was a little scared.

Mu Xuan and this half-brother didn't have much to say, and they were about to leave. Mu Jing was entangled, and said with a smile: "I see that the eldest brother is lonely in the room, why don't I send you two stunning girls another day, and it will be more lively for you to be in the room." ”

Mu Xuan said coldly: "Don't bother with it." ”

Mu Jing felt that his eldest brother had always been one-sided. It's not interesting at all, and I don't know the joy of life.

When Mu Xuan returned to the courtyard here, he changed his clothes and looked through the curtain, but saw that Rong Zheng had already gotten up. The maid was helping her comb her hair. Mu Xuan hesitated slightly before walking in.

"Why don't you sleep more?"

Rong Zheng turned around and said, "When I think of something today, I can't sleep anymore." ”

Mu Xuan glanced at the rouge boxes and jewelry boxes on the dressing table. There are a lot of dazzling eyes, and I think it looks good, but I can't name it. He didn't go anywhere else, but found a place to sit down and drink tea leisurely.

Because of the grand occasion to be attended today, Ruyi pulled a high bun for Rong Zheng and wore a flower crown. Wait until it's time to go out and change into auspicious clothes.

After Rong Zheng finished dressing up, Mu Xuan went to the front yard with her.

King Yu and his wife sat on the top and waited until they entered the door. King Yu nodded to them. Immediately set the meal.

The rules of being a daughter-in-law are to serve and eat, and Rong Zheng also took the initiative to take on this responsibility, and worked with the maid to help mediate the tables and chairs, put the dishes and chopsticks, and pass the dishes. King Yu said that there were not many people, and it was too deserted to sit separately, so he ordered a large round table to be placed.

Wait until the meal is almost served, and then take the table. When everyone was seated, Mu Xuan secretly pulled a Rong Zheng and motioned for her to sit down too. There are maids in serving.

King Yu looked around, but Dushizi didn't come, and snorted: "What's the reason for his delay in coming for the New Year?" Isn't this time coming? ”

The princess got up hurriedly and said, "The princess got up early in the morning. Maybe I'm stumbling over something. ”

"What serious can he do......" When King Yu said this, he inadvertently glanced at Mu Xuan. As soon as the two sons were compared, King Yu suddenly felt that the eldest son was much more pleasing to the eye. Well, appearance is secondary, even the strength of diligence is also admirable. Maybe this kid will be able to mix up something with his own abilities in the future. Thinking like this, his dislike for Mu Xuan suddenly decreased by several points.

Although Mu Xuan knew the situation. But at the moment, he chose to remain silent. Later, when he found out that the maid Mu Jing was flirting with was the maidservant next to the princess, he pretended not to know.

At the beginning of the hour, everyone was ready to go out. Rong Zheng sat in a small sedan chair alone, and the candidates for entering the palace were decided, so he only brought one perilla.

Outside the Shenwu Gate, the sedan chair was dropped, and the attendant led him all the way to Shoukang Palace.

The second time I came to Shoukang Palace, Rong Zheng couldn't hold back his surprise, didn't the Queen Mother live in Cining Palace, why did this Queen Mother live in Shoukang Palace. The queen mother is the mother-in-law of the emperor today, but she is not the biological mother, even so, the emperor has always been known for her filial piety.

This time, Rong Zheng walked with the princess, they first went to Shoukang Palace to kowtow to the Queen Mother, and the formal dinner did not start until Youzheng.

The Queen Mother changed into a jujube-colored gown with golden honeysuckle patterns, and her expression was a little tired, but she still tried her best to be happy between her eyebrows and eyes. When she saw King Yu, she felt cordial and asked him a lot of words.

King Yu behaved moderately, and the Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction: "It's rare to bring Brother Xuan this year." He's so big, he's afraid that he won't recognize him if he's wrong. ”

King Yu said with a smile: "The last time he came to the palace was when he was four years old, and it has been twenty years in a blink of an eye. How did the Queen Mother recognize. ”

The Queen Mother nodded lovingly and said, "Yes, when his mother held him, he was as delicate as a porcelain doll." She looked so pretty, I thought she was a girl. ”

The princess listened in front of her, and said in her heart why did the queen mother keep saying that Mu Xuan, her son was the authentic son, and she didn't even mention it.

After a few words of the past, it was rumored that the queen was coming.

Everyone in the house, except for the Queen Mother, got up.

A short time later, a tall and plump lady entered. When walking, there is a slight wind, and the eyes do not squint, and naturally come with a nobility that cannot be ignored.

The queen asked the queen mother to say goodbye.

The Queen Mother bowed her head slightly and said to her: "You are here!" ”

The queen said respectfully: "The concubine has come to invite the queen mother to move to the imperial garden." ”

"Oh, it's so cold today, let's go back later. What about the emperor? ”

The queen said: "The emperor left the crown prince and King Wu to talk in the Qianqing Palace. ”

Rong Zheng heard the name of King Wu and raised two points of spirit.

The people of the Yu Palace's palace visited the queen again. The queen was not very interested in this clan, and accepted the gift. The princess said again, "Happy New Year!" ”

The queen followed suit and said, "Nafu, Nafu." "I ordered someone to reward the purse of the palace system.

The lotus is just four pairs of golden buns, and there is nothing new about it. But the reputation sounds good, and it is rewarded in the palace. Even a piece of soil is expensive.

While talking here, it was rumored that Princess Wu had come to greet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother had to regain her spirits to deal with it.

Rong Zheng's eyes kept staring at the door, and after passing through the layers of information, he finally saw a figure.

Princess Wu came slowly surrounded by the ladies. Respectfully salute the Queen Mother and the Queen.

The Queen Mother nodded and said with a smile: "I heard that you entered Beijing until the evening of the twenty-eighth. ”

Princess Wu hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother is well-informed, and she left two days late this year, and there was a delay on the road. I finally didn't get down to business. Otherwise, I am afraid that I will have to celebrate the New Year on the road, and I can only come to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday after entering Beijing. ”

Rong Zheng looked closely, this Princess Wu was in her twenties. They are the third sons of the current emperor. It was originally produced by Song Guifei. King Mulian of Wu was crowned prince as soon as he was ten years old. married a wife at the age of fifteen, and she was the princess of Wu. At the age of sixteen, he divided the fief, and because he was in Zhejiang, he was crowned King Wu.

Rong Zheng said in his heart, this Princess Wu is so young, she will finally sit in the position of the queen, who could have predicted. It's really changing too quickly.

Rong Zheng is just an inconspicuous small character, not noticeable at all.

Then several princesses returned to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, and Shoukang Palace was very lively for a while. When the time comes, everyone will go to the Imperial Garden.

Rong Zheng is the first time to come to the Imperial Garden. In winter, the leaves of the trees withered, and the palace people tied flowers on the branches with ayara. It looks like it's still lively.

The Queen Mother took a shoulder, and everyone gathered around to the Moon Pavilion. The emperor has not yet come, not only set up a stage, but also set up a long shed and set up seats.

Although the branch of King Yu is already a side branch, it is not as good as the branch of King Wu, but because of its close relationship with the Queen Mother, he still sat on a table not far from the Queen Mother.

Accompanying the Queen Mother at the table was the eldest princess Ning Yu, who was the youngest daughter of the Queen Mother. He is nineteen years old this year, and he is very happy with the Queen Mother.

The queen mother is the eldest princess at the age of youth, and it doesn't mean much to accompany her lonely old woman, and she looks around. His eyes stayed on Rong Zheng's body for a while, and he instructed the grandmother beside him: "You go and call Brother Xuan's daughter-in-law over to me." ”

When Mama came to Rong Zheng's side to spread the word, Rong Zheng was taken aback and felt a little incredible.

Mama smiled and said, "Grandma, please, the Queen Mother is waiting." ”

The princess glanced at Rong Zheng and didn't speak, so Rong Zheng had to get up and go.

Rong Zheng came to the Queen Mother with some trepidation. Gave a salute to the Queen Mother, who nodded and said with a smile: "It's okay, don't be nervous." You sit next to you. ”

Youyi is the milk name of the eldest princess of Ningyu.

At that moment, someone from the palace immediately set up a seat for Rong Zheng next to the eldest princess.

Rong Zheng did as he was told.

Seeing that Rong Zheng looked a few years younger than her, the eldest princess Ning Yu talked to her cordially: "How old are you?" ”

Rong Zheng replied: "It will be in a few months." ”

"Ah, it's really early enough to get married before you have time."

Rong Zheng blushed slightly.

The eldest princess saw that she was a little embarrassed and hurriedly said, "I also got married at the age of thirteen, and I got married at the age of fourteen." When the princess laughed, there was a shallow pear vortex on her cheeks, which was very playful and lovely, and she asked, "How is Bao Yi doing?" ”

Rong Zheng didn't know who Bao Yi was referring to for a while, or if someone next to her mentioned that Bao Yi was the name of the county lord of Duanhui, she knew about it, and replied: "The county lord is generally fine, but he has been a little unsafe recently, and he feels that the boat and car are tiring, otherwise he will enter the palace." ”

The eldest princess said, "I haven't seen her for years, and I miss her." Go back and say hello for me. ”

Rong Zheng hurriedly agreed.

The queen mother heard the princess and Rong Zheng mention the county lord, turned her head and said: "I like the incense made by the county lord of your family very much, in the end she is ingenious." With this ability, I can eat by myself. ”

The eldest princess immediately teased: "Is it possible that the queen mother still wants to let the dignified county lord set up a stall?" ”

The Queen Mother said: "You will talk about it." ”

When the news of the return of the county lord of Duanhui first reached the palace, the queen mother was still very shocked, and later it was her Youyi who comforted her: "Baoyi must not have a good time in Fujian, so the prince was reluctant to take her back." But if life is still going on, it will definitely not be like this. ”

"It's a pain for that kid."

Duan Hui often followed into the palace before getting married, and he was very familiar with the Queen Mother. Although the eldest princess is a generation of county lords, she is a few years younger than the county lords of Duanhui. I used to play with the county lord, and the friendship between the first and second gradually deepened.

When it was time for Shen Zheng, the emperor's royal chariot came, and he rose to the throne.

The Queen Mother's seat is on the left, and the Crown Prince's seat is on the right. The queen's seat is next to the queen mother's seat. The emperor's position is naturally in the middle. Looking from the direction of Rong Zheng, you can clearly see the face of the sky.

The emperor's stature is medium, because it is only a reunion in the imperial family, and there are no foreign ministers, so he wears a banquet dress with a bright yellow embroidered dragon, and a black fox cloak on the outside, which is extraordinary.

After the emperor sat down, he looked around and knew in his heart. Wait until the chief eunuch comes up with the play book and asks the emperor to order the play.

The emperor glanced at it, then turned his head and said to the queen mother: "It's better to ask the queen mother to order first." ”

The queen mother did not refuse, and took the script from the eunuch's box, and the eldest princess hurriedly handed over her glasses. The Queen Mother watched it once, and circled an auspicious and lively drama with a red pen. The emperor ordered two, the queen ordered one, and the prince ordered one.

At the moment, the gong sounded and the play started, Rong Zheng watched the play for a while, and the eldest princess said a few words to her for a while. It didn't take much effort for her and the eldest princess to get acquainted.

By the time it was time for the official dinner, the night was already a little dark. There were a lot of lanterns hanging on the branches. Glass lamps are also set up on each table, and they are decorated as if it were daytime.

There are many rules for royal banquets, but it is difficult to eat enough to eat.

Rong Zheng thought of her eldest sister, and when she was unprepared, she looked for her eldest sister in the crowd, and she didn't find it in many places. I can't help but feel a little disappointed in my heart, although they are all in the palace, but they don't even have the opportunity to say "New Year's blessing"?

The eldest princess is a clever person, and when she saw Rong Zheng looking for someone, she asked her quietly, "What are you looking for?" ”

Rong Zheng had no choice but to say: "My sister entered the palace and wanted to see where she was, and it was good to say auspicious words to her." ”

The eldest princess smiled: "This is easy to do, you tell me which palace your sister is, and I will let people pass the word." ”

Rong Zheng hurriedly thanked him and reported his name. (To be continued.) )