Chapter 37: Entering the Palace (3)
The Queen Mother sat in front of the hall, about forty or fifty years old; Wearing a blue-green Seocao cloud crane pattern placket, a stone blue back-patterned cross-collar silk skirt; He wears a gem-inlaid gold hairpin on his head, and has a soap on his forehead to draw gold cloud dragon dripping pearls to wipe his forehead, and a pair of gold silk earrings wearing eight beads are revealed under the black and pressed hair, and the beauty of his youth can be vaguely seen.
Seeing Empress Zhang and others coming in, the people who were laughing with the Queen Mother hurriedly came down and avoided aside. When Empress Zhang led everyone to salute the Queen Mother, she also stepped forward to salute Empress Zhang, Zheng Guifei and others.
Empress Zhang fixed her eyes and saw that Concubine Yu and her youngest daughter, Princess Meng Qing of Leyang. At this time, except for Concubine Yu and Princess Leyang, there was indeed no one else who was with the Queen Mother.
The eldest lady led Zhuang Minhua to greet Concubine Yu and Princess Leyang, Zhuang Minhua silently flipped through the information given to her by the eldest lady in her heart, Concubine Yu was the old man in the mansion of Emperor Zhaoyuan when he was the prince, older than Empress Zhang, and looked dignified and delicate.
She wore a crimson dark pattern gown, a dark green Luo skirt, only a mutton fat jade hosta on her head, and a jujube red Buddha string on the moire cuffs.
There are two princesses under her knees, the eldest princess Meng Yao, Princess of Qishan, who was born in her early years, has already been married; Meng Qing, the youngest princess of Leyang, got the blue eyes of the Queen Mother because she looked like the young daughter of the Queen Mother, and Concubine Yu began to walk around.
This Princess Leyang is only twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a pink silk gown, a moon-white gold silk gauze skirt, a gold crown with beads, a pair of round apricot eyes, a sweet smile, and two deep dimples on her face. She stood beside the Queen Mother and kept looking at Zhuang Minhua, the look in her eyes made it impossible to see what she was thinking.
The Queen Mother said a few words to the eldest lady, and heard that she brought the youngest girl with the word "Min" in the family today, so she summoned Zhuang Minhua forward and looked at it carefully, "This child is really well-born, just like the fairy in the play." The concubines below echoed for a while.
The Queen Mother asked again, "Can you allow someone?" There was a sudden silence in the hall, Zhuang Minhua did not have the same sense of shame as people of this era when they were asked about Heli, and replied frankly: "The courtiers are now returning home with Heli."
"That's my wife." The Queen Mother remembered that someone had mentioned this to her and made her forget. Now when I mention it on such an occasion, I am afraid that the little girl will not be able to save face. Let the personal grandmother Jiang Mama take a gourd pendant with gold silk inlaid with red sapphire and east pearls, and there is a finger-sized red agate on the top and bottom of the gourd, which is very delicate and beautiful. The Queen Mother wore it with a thin gold chain and personally wore it on Zhuang Minhua's neck to save her face.
Zhuang Minhua knelt down and thanked the reward.
The lively atmosphere in the hall was restored, Princess Leyang blinked, looked at everyone ignorantly, and said innocently: "Imperial grandmother, Sister Zhuang is so good-looking." I like Sister Zhuang, can I let Sister Zhuang live in the palace and play with me? ”
A trace of displeasure flashed in the eldest lady's eyes, and Concubine Yu smiled: "Tong Yan Wuji, how can you say that you can live in this palace." If you like your sister Zhuang, you can play with her when you leave the palace on weekdays. Miss Zhuang is really good-looking, but she looks a little familiar. He pondered.
Concubine Zheng said angrily: "Other ladies of the Zhuang family have also entered the palace, and there is always a little similarity between the sisters, what's so strange." This Zhuang Minhua was booked to be a side concubine for the third prince, and she really let Leyang enter the palace, in case she was favored by the emperor, where would she cry. The mother and daughter still didn't like her.
Concubine Yu also felt justified after listening to Zheng Guifei's words, but she always felt that there was something she had ignored.
However, the Queen Mother listened to Concubine Yu's words, and suddenly squinted her eyes and looked at Zhuang Minhua carefully, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Empress Zhang saw that the topic had changed several times, and the purpose of summoning Zhuang Minhua today had not been achieved, so she took the initiative to say: "The queen mother doesn't know, the recipe that the son gave you a few days ago was written by this Miss Zhuang herself."
"Oh!" The Queen Mother's eyes lit up, she became interested, looked at Zhuang Minhua and asked, "But that's the case?"
Zhuang Minhua said: "That's right, those recipes are just developed by the courtiers in their daily leisure and combined with ancient books. If the Queen Mother likes it, the courtiers still have a few dim sum recipes here, and they are willing to dedicate it to the Queen Mother. As he spoke, he took out a folded piece of paper from his sleeve and presented it. Here, she doesn't plan to do it herself, a place like the palace, the identity of the queen mother; In case there is a mistake, she loses her own life, and it may also harm the dealer to recover.
The Queen Mother was overjoyed, "Good, good, good!" Mama Jiang, who was standing beside the Queen Mother, took the prescription and handed it to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother took it in her hand and looked at it, so she called the palace maid Liu Er to send the recipe to the small kitchen, so that the imperial chefs could try it out as soon as possible. When I am older, I have no hobby for others, but I am better to eat this bite; The queen has filial piety, and the queen mother glanced at the queen with satisfaction.
It's over, the queen mother asked Zhuang Minhua what reward she wanted, Zhuang Minhua smiled and said: "Where do the courtiers need any rewards, the courtiers see the queen mother and are as kind as the grandmother they see, and they should be filial to their elders." What's more, the queen mother rewarded the courtiers with such a valuable pendant, and the courtiers would not be satisfied. ”
The Queen Mother smiled: "One yard to one yard."
Knowing that the Queen Mother was satisfied, Empress Zhang was willing to ask Zhuang Minhua for some benefits when her goal was achieved, and said with a smile: "It's better to reward some new tribute satin and make a few beautiful clothes for the little girl to wear." In addition, I also have a set of freshly beaten ruby heads, which are bright in color, just right for the little girl, and make an addition to the queen mother. ”
The Queen Mother said: "Make, Queen, you choose some brightly colored fabrics suitable for the little girl and give them to Miss Zhuang." I still remember that yesterday Ouchi Jin offered some silk flowers, which looked good, you choose a box for Miss Zhuang to take back and give it to someone to play. I'll add another set of pearl heads, and you will send them to the dealer together. ”
Empress Zhang responded with a smile.
Zhuang Minhua knelt down again to thank him, he knelt more times this day than in his previous life, but he received a lot of rewards.
Concubine Zheng Guifei also came up to laugh with the Queen Mother. "Ouch! I knew that the dim sum recipe could exchange so many rewards for the Queen Mother, so I also went to find seven or eight pieces to present to the Queen Mother. ”
"You're shallow-eyed." The Queen Mother pointed at her and smiled, "Can the queen still miss your tribute satin and silk flowers?" ”
Zheng Guifei deliberately said: "I will rarely reward the Queen Mother!"
A group of palace concubines surrounded the Queen Mother and laughed, and Princess Leyang came up to talk to Zhuang Minhua and said, "My sister is really beautiful!" The emperor's grandmother said that you are as beautiful as the fairy in the play, but my sister can sing? ”
Concubine Yu heard it on the side, and interjected with a sneer: "You little monkey, naughty." Shut up and make a compensatory deal with Miss Zhuang. "Treating the noble girl of other families as a play, but it is extremely humiliating, what is going on in Leyang?
Princess Leyang twisted her body, pouted and walked in front of Zhuang Minhua, and said coquettishly: "Okay! Okay! Leyang listened to his mother's words, and didn't make compensation to Sister Zhuang! Sister Zhuang is not strange. But Sister Zhuang, don't you really know how to sing? If you can sing, then sing two lines to your grandmother, and you will be happy with her. Is it good? ”
Zhuang Minhua hung his jade neck, his long eyelashes blinked, and his cherry lips opened slightly, "Princess Xie Leyang praised." Courtiers don't know how to sing, but they listen to the opera occasionally. I've listened to a lot, and a few of the lyrics are extremely exciting. I wonder if the princess has ever heard of it? ”
"What play?" Princess Leyang asked.
"Peony Pavilion: Persuading Farmers; The Legend of the Golden Sable: Northern Fraud Madness; Hairpin Chuan Ji: scolding; Rotten Keshan: Crazy Dreams;; Kite mistake: Shocking ugliness. "It's just that she reads the repertoire very lightly, and which fold is meaningful.
Listening to Princess Leyang's ears, it became, "I advise you not to pretend to be crazy and stupid and scold, and have crazy dreams!" You're just too ugly. ”
"You...... Licentious. Leyang was furious, "Don't kneel down and slap my mouth yet." ”
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