Mrs. Zhenguo stopped what she was doing, took a small hand stove, sat opposite Xia Qingyun, touched her hand, felt slightly cold, then stuffed the hand stove into her arms, and took another one for herself.

"The decree has been given, how can it be changed at night? Being the county lord is not as troublesome as you think, you see the eldest princess's daughter Anping county lord, who is six years old, doesn't she also do a good job? ”

Xia Qingyun sighed helplessly, people are relatives of the emperor and a child, so naturally no one will be embarrassed. But she is different, when she becomes the county lord, her actions will be somewhat restricted, and she can speak and act with all her thoughts.

"I think that being a county lord brings more benefits than troubles." Mrs. Zhenguo saw that she was silent, and said: "I heard your mother say, in the past, in Beixi, you were hated by people, and you were almost burned alive, but now the entire Dongchuan Town is yours, who would dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head?" ”

"Besides, your teahouse, although there are only two now, do you know if it will bloom everywhere in the future? The prison disaster in Yuzhou shows that only money has no power, and you will be excluded and bullied by people as usual, if Bowen doesn't arrive in time that time, you will inevitably suffer from flesh and skin, even if you have a treasure pavilion to hide, after all, you can't show people openly. ”

Mrs. Zhenguo spoke softly and said unhurriedly: "Power is like a heavy sword, pressing heavily on your body, but once you master the trick of using it, you can lift it lightly." If nothing else, at least you can protect your family and friends, and the people in your fiefdom can live a happy and stable life because of you. ”

"Perhaps, you're right, you don't want to. Take things as they come. Xia Qingyun fiddled with a delicate palace flower and diverted the topic, "Mother, tell me about the Queen Mother, the Queen and those concubines, what are their temperaments and personalities, and what are their preferences?" ”

She doesn't fight unprepared battles, in case she has a foreign appearance, she will lose her people, and it will not be good to discredit the face of the Zhenguo couple and his wife.

I thought it would be more than ten days before I entered the palace, but I didn't expect it to be two days later. That is, the day before New Year's Day. The Queen Mother suddenly summoned Mrs. Zhenguo to take Xia Qingyun to meet her.

This is a bad thing for Mrs. Zhenguo.

The day of the audience is New Year's Day, the Queen Mother is old, and she loves to let everyone wear a festive and lively festival in the festival, and she is auspicious. Although Xia Qingyun's clothes were newly made after arriving in the river. But the fabrics and colors are too elegant. Not moon white. It is light cyan, which is not suitable for wearing into the palace on this day.

The winter clothes prepared for the New Year have not yet been made, and they can't be rushed out after only two days.

Mrs. Zhenguo sent people to run a few ready-to-wear shops. The number of high-end ready-to-wear is not much, and it is approaching the end of the year, so it has long been sold out, and the next person returns empty-handed.

The mother complained to herself: "It's all my fault, I didn't prepare a few fresh clothes for Qingyun early." ”

Qingyun has his own preferences, and he can't spend enough money in his hand, so he can pick what he likes to buy, and he didn't have Zhang Luo this year, how could he expect the Queen Mother to suddenly make such a show.

The two mothers sat in the hall worried, and the maid Chunxiu suddenly thought of an idea, rummaged through the cabinets in the warehouse, and found two sets of ninety percent new brocade cotton clothes and a long cloak embroidered with plum blossoms on a red background, a circle of snow-white fox fur inlaid on the collar and placket, and a long cloak of high-quality lambskin.

"Madam, these two cotton clothes were made five years ago, during the first birthday celebration of the county lord of Anping, and they were only worn two or three times, and they were too bright in color and kept pressed to the bottom of the box. I see that Miss Qingyun's size is about the same as you used to be, why don't you let Miss try it? ”

The clothes are very well preserved, except for some camphor smells that have been stored for a long time, which are almost new.

Niang and Mrs. Zhenguo coincidentally chose a cotton jacket with water-red soft satin sprinkled with peony flowers, and a pleated long skirt of the same color tribute satin, so that Chunxiu and the two maids could be stretched and roasted hot next to the fire cage, afraid of being soft, so they called Xia Qingyun to try it on.

Xia Qingyun was neatly dressed, turned out from behind the screen, looked down at the red of his body, and said with a smile: "This is too glamorous, I can't wear it." ”

"Oops!" Chunxiu slapped her face and shouted softly: "It looks really similar!" It is the same as when Madame was young. ”

The mother looked up and down, and smiled crookedly: "No, I am a little taller than Miss when I was young, but the more I look at it, the more I look like it." ”

"Just wear it." Mrs. Zhenguo clapped the board, instructed Chunxiu and the others to iron it carefully after a while, and then smoked some white sandalwood to remove the smell of camphor, thought about it, and asked Chunxiu to find a white fox hat and wind collar, and clean it up together.

On New Year's Day, as soon as it was dawn, Qingmei and the others woke up Xia Qingyun and went into the treasure pavilion to bathe and change clothes.

The long hair was pulled into a simple and generous double spiral cloud bun, and two palace flowers decorated with small red pompoms were pinned to the bun, thin grease powder, eyebrows were lightly traced, and the lips were dotted with pale red rose rouge.

"I haven't eaten breakfast yet, this rouge should be eaten in a while."

Qingmei clicked on it, and Xia Qingyun dodged with a smile, she was really not used to dressing up so grandly.

"Look at the effect! I'll help you apply it later. Qingmei smiled and put it over her shoulder, pointed to the mirror and said, "Look for yourself, it's much more beautiful than you usually are!" ”

A delicate girl's face is reflected in the mirror, Xia Qingyun's facial features are already exquisite, and with a little makeup, she looks more and more light and delicate, like a fairy walking out of a painting.

Wearing the brocade cotton clothes picked by the two mothers, Qingmei took a five-color palace polyester with auspicious clouds and long ears and tied it tightly around her waist, her slender waist looked like a ruler, and she stepped on a pair of rabbit fur deerskin boots, and then put on a cloak with a white fox fur collar, which was lovely and pitiful.

Dressed up and stopped, when they came to the front hall, the couple and his mother were talking around the dinner table, and the eyes of several people were all attracted by her, and their eyes were full of amazement and joy.

Even Si Hongrui, who has always been deep and moody, stroked his beard and nodded with a smile.

Xia Qingyun lowered his head a little shyly, "Isn't it too bright?" Or I'll change to that light goose yellow one."

"Looks good!" The mother smiled, "It's not that I'm boasting, I'm afraid I can't find a few more beautiful than you in the palace." ”

"Your mother is right! When the Queen Mother sees you, she will definitely like it. Mrs. Zhenguo smiled and beckoned her to come over, took a closer look, and asked with a smile: "Didn't the emperor reward two sets of head noodles, why didn't he wear them?" ”

"Miss thinks that the red gold is too cheesy, and the jade is old-fashioned, so it's good to say this." Qingmei said on the side.

"That's right. Chunxiu, go to my dresser and get those pearl stud earrings. ”

Not long after, Chunxiu came back with a small brocade box, took out a pair of small and chic pearl studs, and put them on for Xia Qingyun.

On the pink earlobes, the luster of pearls reflected Xia Qingyun's snowy skin, which added a bit of unearthly beauty to her.

After breakfast, Mrs. Zhenguo took the maid Chunxiu, and Xia Qingyun took Qingmei and drove towards the palace in a carriage. (To be continued......)