"Mother." Xu Yourong shouted softly.

"Auntie." Xu Youshan and the three of them also saluted afterwards.

Pei Shi smiled and said, "Why is your face so ugly, what's wrong." ”

Xu Youshan and the four of them were silent, and finally, after Xu Mingcheng kicked Xu Yourong out, Xu Yourong replied awkwardly: "No... It's all right, mother. ”

There is nothing to do, but the other three also tried to squeeze out a smile, but it was a little too ugly...... Nothing more.

So Pei said: "Come on, don't laugh, it's like eating a bug." ”

“……”

"Sister Huan, sister-in-law, go back first."

Xu Mingcheng and Xu Mingwen got up obediently, and after glancing at Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan wordlessly, they saluted and left the Pei family. And after the two of them left, Pei Shi sighed and pulled Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan to sit down on the kang, "Is it because of Aunt Gu's eldest brother?" ”

As soon as Pei finished speaking, Xu Youshan and the others looked at her in surprise.

"Sure enough." Pei Shi looked at the two of them, "Rong'er, Shan'er, maybe I didn't do it well enough to make you so frightened, but from now on, don't do this, okay?" ”

Pei Shi said distressedly: "You are like this, it makes me feel that I am ......"

"Okay."

"Okay."

Before Pei's words were finished, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan scrambled to answer loudly. Pei Shi was stunned, but his eyes laughed, but the eyes that had always been bright and matchless were now red, and Xu Youshan and the two little ones felt guilty, but they didn't speak again, just gathered around Pei's side.

Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan have never felt that Pei is weak or incompetent, not at all. In their eyes, Pei's will always be a person who is perfect in one. But they are so careful to guard against all things that threaten the Pei family, just because they also feel sorry for her like that.

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Wutai Palace, located in the east of Guangming Palace, is the place where the Queen Mother lives, and it is also the most prominent palace pavilion in the whole palace except for Guangming Palace.

But today's Wutai Palace is obviously much more extravagant than usual.

First of all, on both sides of the Han River, which was dug around the Wutai Palace, rows of willows and hibiscus trees are hung with flowers folded from bright satin, and at first glance, you will think that the trees are really blooming. And along the Han River, there are patches of green grass full of tuberose flowers, and among the tuberoses, there are several pebbled paths.

Next to the path, at intervals, there is a white jade pillar about seven feet high, on which a glass palace lamp was originally hung, but today, it has been replaced by a golden phoenix pearl, the soft but too rare light, really shook everyone who passed by it, such as Xu Youshan.

Soon after that day, it was the Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn New Year's Banquet, and today's Jiangzuo Xu family and every powerful family in the Shendu are the same, not only everyone is preparing early, but also whether it is clothing or entourage, it is all checked and checked, not to mention the congratulatory gifts to be presented to the Queen Mother.

And finally, after everything was ready, and everyone in the second room also arrived under the leadership of the old lady Xu Luo and Mrs. Zheng, the carriage of the Xu family slowly drove towards the palace.

Today's carriage is the same as the one who went to Beiding Wangfu that day, Xu Youshan is still in the same car as Xu Yourong, and in the car at this time-

"Youshan, are you nervous?" Xu Yourong looked at Xu Youshan funny.

“…… Well. Xu Youshan replied a little embarrassed.

"Poof" Xu Yourong really smiled without giving face, but after a while, he said: "Don't be nervous, no matter where you go for a while, Mingcheng and I will be by your side, just don't get separated from us, you know?" ”

Xu Youshan was really a little nervous, but she didn't expect Xu Yourong to comfort her so bluntly, and after a pause in her heart, she replied heavily: "Hmm." ”

But the mood that had just settled down didn't last long, and when he stepped into the palace and got off the soft sedan next to Hanshui, there was nothing left that was scattered.

"Tut-tut, this year is too extravagant."

Xu Youshan and the four of them followed Pei and Lian through the cobblestone paths of the golden jewels, entered the Wutai Palace, and saw the entire Chaoyang Pavilion carved with Tongyou stone.

"Today's banquet is held in Chaoyang Pavilion, but in a while, we will first go to Shou'an Hall to greet the Queen Mother." Xu Yourong was whispering to Xu Youshan.

"Sister Shan, you don't have to be nervous, when you see the Queen Mother, you just need to follow Ming's wife, and you can do what Ming's sister-in-law does." Xu Mingcheng also said.

"Yes, don't worry, I'll watch you." Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng were in front of each other, and of course Xu Mingwen and Xu Youshan followed behind them, and then Xu Mingwen pulled Xu Youshan's nervous hand and comforted her.

"Whew......" Xu Youshan let out a long breath, "I'm fine, three sisters, but you, don't worry too much about me." ”

And under the bite of Xu Youshan's four people, they finally arrived at the Shou'an Palace, and the female officials in front of the door hurriedly saluted Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Zheng, and then went in to pass the word. After a while, someone came to announce that they had entered the temple to meet them.

Walking through the long white jade staircase, under the supreme power of looking down on all beings, Xu Youshan ascended the platform and saw the three ink characters on the huge plaque - Shou'an Palace.

It is said that the original name of Shou'an Palace was not called this, it was the same as this Wutai Palace, which was originally named after Empress Wu, but at that time, when Empress Wu passed away for many years, Emperor Xuan set up a new queen, that is, when the current Queen Mother, the Queen Mother wanted to change the name of Wutai Palace.

But it is still said that Emperor Xuan rejected the Queen Mother's request at that time, and even the Shou'an Palace was changed by the Queen Mother when Emperor Xuan went to the Immortal, Emperor Hui was newly established, and the world was not stable.

"See the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old." The relatives of the Xu family who entered the hall, under the leadership of Old Madam Qi and Old Madam Zheng, saluted to the person on the phoenix seat in the center.

"Phew"

And among them, after Xu Mingwen secretly vigorously pulled Xu Youshan, she didn't make a big mistake when she saw this person.

Pearl tourmaline, embedded in the south diamond sea crystal carved into the blue phoenix gold step, in the hall reflected the noble brilliance, the phoenix on the seat of the person smiled: "No need to be polite." ”

Needless to say, who this person is, the most noble woman in the world today - Empress Dowager Cheng'an.

"Empress Dowager Xie, Empress Dowager Yong'an."

Old Madam Qi and Old Madam Zheng were the first to get up, followed by Pei and Lian, and finally Xu Youshan.

"Sit down." The Queen Mother said first after they got up.

And Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Zheng thanked them again before they dared to take their seats. The rest of the people walked behind Mrs. Qi's chair and bowed their heads slightly, showing their humility.

"Is the old princess okay?" After a period of greetings, the Queen Mother asked about the old princess of Beiding.

The old princess of Beiding was sick in her early years because of her special status, and a tiring thing like today's can naturally be avoided, so the old princess did not enter the palace for a banquet today.

"If you go back to the Queen Mother, the old princess's body is fine, but she has been sleepy recently and has no energy." Mrs. Zheng replied.

"Older people are like this, and the mourning family has been the same recently." The Queen Mother said.

"Queen Mother, you are still in your prime, don't say that." Who dares to really follow her old man's words and say that she is old, Old Madam Qi and Old Madam Zheng hurriedly objected.

"Oh, you don't have to comfort me, the mourning family's own body, the mourning family doesn't know yet, it can't be compared with you granddaughters and girls of the same flower age, come and come, it's rare to see each other, come and let the mourning family see."

How did this topic come to them? Xu Youshan lowered her head and noticed that the old lady Qi was silent and didn't say anything, so she didn't dare to delay, and all of them stepped forward to salute.

"Get up quickly, don't be so polite, and raise your head to show the mourners." The Queen Mother smiled kindly and said, but Xu Youshan and the four of them would not be so stupid as to really think that she was kind and good at talking, so they could only raise their heads obediently, and their eyes were fixed on the Queen Mother's chin.

And when Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng raised their heads, and when the Queen Mother saw their faces clearly, she squinted her eyes slightly, and quickly bent her eyes and said: "Sure enough, they are all beautiful embryos, come and reward." ”

The female officials who had been standing beside them hurriedly walked over with four jade ruyi plates in their hands and placed the agate flat flower bracelets on them in front of them. This agate flat flower bracelet is not very expensive, but Xu Youshan still hesitated for a while, but after seeing Xu Yourong and the three of them take it easily, she also took it and followed them to thank the Queen Mother.

After that, fortunately, the Queen Mother never glanced at them again, and with Xu Youshan a little relieved, she finally walked out of the Shou'an Palace safely and walked towards Chaoyang Pavilion.

"Mother, what does the Queen Mother mean?" Pei Shi didn't believe that the Queen Mother's appearance was really exciting, so as soon as she came out of the Shou'an Palace, she helped Mrs. Qi to walk slowly and asked in a low voice.

"Don't say more, let's talk about the safety of the situation in front of you." Old Madam Qi's faint smile remained unchanged, but her voice said solemnly.

"Got it, Mother."

Here, Pei asked Mrs. Qi about the affairs in the Shou'an Palace worriedly, but over there, Xu Youshan and the four of them also chattered.

"What is this singing about?"

"I don't know."

"But I have never heard of the news that the Queen Mother has a friendship with Concubine De or Concubine Xian. …… She is not the biological mother of that person, after the foundation is stabilized, she is becoming more and more speechless in front of that person, and the two concubines of virtue and virtue are heavy, and they have been favored for many years, so they have long stopped taking her seriously, and in recent years, they have not even come to invite An, she shouldn't do anything for them. ”

"It's not certain, the things in the palace are the most treacherous, you should know best." The history book in Sheng Anxuan is not for nothing.

"What then?"

"The water comes to cover the earth, and the soldiers come to block it."

Looking at the two people in front of them, Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen glanced at each other, and they were also very helpless, who is the most helpless bully in the world? - Royal.

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Chaoyang Pavilion

The Queen Mother's Qianqiu New Year's Banquet is only for officials above the fifth grade and their wives with titles to enter the palace for the banquet, but even so, when Xu Youshan and his party arrived at Chaoyang Pavilion, it was already crowded with people, because the other ladies also received the same will as the Xu family, and brought all their children of the right age to the banquet.

This is clearly a bit of a drunkard's intention, not in wine!

"Auntie, Zijin."

As soon as Old Madam Qi and Old Madam Zheng appeared in Chaoyang Pavilion, many people came forward to say hello, and after one of them spoke up, the others automatically got out of the way.

"It turned out to be our princess of Beiding." Mrs. Qi and the two quipped.

The person who came was Rui's, and she whispered: "You two are not ashamed." ”

"Auntie."

"Auntie." Pei's and Lian's, as well as Xu Youshan, saluted Rui's.

"Alright, alright, hurry up." Rui Shi helped the Pei family up, and then said with a smile: "Today's battle is still big, don't use up your strength in these places." ”

"Yes, today's banquet is afraid that it will be a 'big feast'." Old Madam Zheng said in a low voice.

"Okay, no matter what the banquet is, let's find a place to sit down first." On the contrary, Old Madam Qi glanced around with a relaxed expression and said.

Such a crowded place is indeed not a place to talk, so everyone nodded, and then walked towards the corner, and the people who wanted to come forward to talk, looking at the atmosphere of the Xu family and the Beiding Palace, did not dare to come forward to disturb, and automatically walked to the other side, and among them, there is the wife of Qin Chu, Shangguan Zi, who is now trapped in the Bi Ruofeng incident.

"Isn't that Mrs. Qin?"

As soon as he sat down at the beaded mahogany table in the corner, Lian said to Pei.

When Pei Shi heard this, he followed Lian's gaze, and sure enough, he saw Shangguan Zi, "Don't worry about her." "Pei's and Lian's know a lot about the affairs between Wen Ruyi, Qin Chu, and Shangguan Zi, so their impression of Shangguan Zi is not very good.

"Yes, Yu Ning's girl said well, don't pay attention to her." At this time, Rui suddenly agreed.

"What's the matter, you really haven't had anything to do with the Qin family?" Old Madam Qi asked with a smile.

"Hmph, what else is there to deal with, since he has decided to throw himself into Bi Ruofeng and participate in the matter of seizing the heir, then he should expect what will happen to the palace with us Beiding." Rui sneered.

At that time, the two ancestors of the Xu family chose the right side, which made the Jiangzuo Xu family prosperous again. And later, Xu Luo and Xu Rong were also on the dragon throne because they supported Emperor Hui as orthodox, which made the Xu family icing on the cake, and the honor and, and then Xu Rong was favored by the old prince of Beiding, and was accepted as the fast son-in-law of Chenglong.

All of this is not something that can be said with a pie in the sky.

Therefore, in today's court, there are very few people who have not stood in line for the fierce battle for the heir, and Qin Chu is just one of them.