85_85563 came to the noon gate, Xia Qingyun helped Mrs. Zhenguo get out of the car, Chunxiu took the waist card and went to the door to check, Qingmei looked up curiously.

The noon gate with heavy eaves and yellow tiles is tall and majestic, showing the majesty of the royal family. There are two pavilions at each door, with bells and drums inside. Under the gatehouse, in the middle is a three-zhang wide doorway, a heavy vermilion lacquer door, and the golden door nails are shining. The guards in bright armor did not squint, and stood solemnly on both sides with halberds in their hands.

On each side of the main entrance, there are two smaller openings. The Zhu door on the left side is closed, and there is a narrow slit on the right side after Chunxiu enters.

Not long after, Chunxiu led two green tweed soft sedan chairs out of the doorway, Xia Qingyun and Mrs. Zhenguo sat in the sedan chair and came to the northeast of the palace, bypassing the back garden, which is the Cining Palace where the Queen Mother lives.

After getting off the sedan chair, Xia Qingyun followed behind Mrs. Zhenguo. The Queen Mother has always liked simplicity, so the layout of Cining Palace is not luxurious, because today is New Year's Day, and the palace lights are hung everywhere, which looks joyful.

Above the high hall, the queen mother sat on the main seat in regular clothes, next to the queen, and a group of concubines such as Shuguifei and Qingguifei sat at the bottom.

The eldest princess, the third princess, the fourth princess and other juniors opened another table, and a rich fruit bowl was displayed on the table.

"The concubine took the little girl to meet the queen mother and queen."

"No courtesy." The Queen Mother looked behind Mrs. Zhenguo with a smile, stretched out her hand and said, "This is the righteous daughter you recognize?" Come over and let the mourners take a closer look. ”

Mrs. Zhenguo bowed slightly to Xia Qingyun, Xia Qingyun hurriedly took a few steps forward, gently held the hand of the Queen Mother, and looked up to see that the Queen Mother was not as rich as she imagined, but her eyebrows were kind, and she was looking at her with a smile.

"He looks so handsome. It's really like when you were young, you complained that people said, not a family, not a family! ”

"Empress Dowager Xie compliments." Xia Qingyun replied softly, and the palace maids on both sides came over and took off her cloak for her.

The Queen Mother smiled: "Don't be cramped, your canonization ceremony will be in a few days." The mourners want to see you sooner. Only then did you get your mother and daughter to come. Let your mother accompany me, and you will sit next to the fourth princess. ”

Xia Qingyun thanked him and glanced at everyone. Walking towards his seat, he heard a voice behind him say lukewarmly: "This dress looks familiar, Mrs. Zhenguo, but you wore it at the first birthday ceremony of the county lord of Anping a few years ago?" ”

She followed the prestige. A beautiful woman sitting diagonally opposite, shaking her head full of pearls. His expression was very arrogant, and he squinted at himself with a smile.

"Qing Guifei has a good memory, because the little girl's dress is not ready, so she turned out one of my old clothes." Mrs. Zhenguo replied with a smile.

"It doesn't have to be a day now. On the first day of the new year, you let her wear old clothes, which is not a good sign. Concubine Qing said with sarcasm. Pick up a piece of dried apricots from the fruit bowl and bite into your mouth.

Xia Qingyun heard what Mrs. Zhenguo said. Qing Guifei was married when the emperor had not yet ascended the throne, when the emperor's wife passed away due to illness, she was full of thought that she would definitely be supported as the queen, how did she expect that the emperor had just ascended the throne, but the third aunt who entered the door later than her was corrected and named the queen.

The third aunt is good friends with the deceased main house, and Mrs. Zhenguo is the personal maid of the main house, and Concubine Qing can't fight the queen, so she is jealous and resentful, and seizes an opportunity to suppress Mrs. Zhenguo.

"Concubine Qing, since you know that today is a festival, in front of your ancestors, you will say less about what you don't have." The queen glanced at her, picked up the teacup and blew on the foam, and took a sip.

Mrs. Zhenguo didn't mind Concubine Qing's words, and said with a smile: "Concubine Qing is used to laughing. I heard that the Queen Mother had a toothache a few days ago, and it was difficult to eat, but now she is better? ”

"The doctor prescribed Qingfeng San, but the swelling has subsided, but it still hurts a lot." The queen replied with a smile, pointed to the fruit bowl in front of her, and said: "The ancestor has suffered these days, and all hard things can't be eaten. ”

"Alas, when people are old, this disease will come to the door, and they can't hide from it." The Queen Mother smiled and pointed to her face, "Look, it's only better today, I couldn't speak a few days ago." ”

The Queen Mother grabbed a handful of dried fruits, called the county lord of Anping, who was sitting next to the eldest princess, stuffed the dried fruits into her hands, and said lovingly: "Come, eat more for the old ancestor." ”

The third princess here also took a stack of dried fruits, and pushed it in front of Xia Qingyun across the fourth princess, with a smile in her phoenix eyes, "I heard that you are from the south, have you seen these candied fruits?" ”

The fourth princess also echoed: "Eat more, these ordinary people don't have food." ”

Xia Qingyun's brows moved slightly, and she was about to answer, but she heard the eldest princess at the head of the table sneer: "Old Ancestor rewards Anping fruits to eat, what are you doing with it?" The Zhenguo Mansion is not an ordinary family, so there is nothing to eat. Besides, she came from the south, where there are fresh fruits all year round, and like us, we can only nibble on these dry fruits in winter! ”

When the third princess heard this, she rolled her eyes with the eldest princess behind her back and said, "I forgot, you are not a peasant girl now, you have become the righteous daughter of the prince of Zhenguo, no, no, you are the lord of Taiping!" ”

When the fourth princess beside her heard this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled, the golden step on her head trembled, she exchanged a look with the third princess, turned her head to Xia Qingyun and said, "The eldest sister is well-informed, but we don't open our eyes." However, even if it is produced in the south, it may not be eaten in the south. ”

Xia Qingyun smiled faintly, picked up the tea cup and moistened his throat. The third princess and the fourth princess were born to Concubine Qing, and their mothers hated Mrs. Zhenguo, and it was not strange for them to speak disrespectfully to themselves, so there was no need to care.

"Is this tea good?" The fourth princess asked again.

There was no need to drink it, just smelling the aroma emanating from the teacup, Xia Qingyun knew that this was the best white silver needle she made in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion.

Zhengbo once told her that all the best Baihao silver needles of Huangfu Firm were sent into the palace as tribute, and she tasted the tea made by herself, but she was asked if it was delicious, which made her a little ridiculous, so she had to nod her head gently.

The two princesses smiled even more happily, and the third princess glanced at the eldest princess proudly, and said, "I'll just say, although the tea is grown in the south, not everyone can drink it, even if it is not available in the Zhenguo Mansion!" The name of this tea is the best Baihao silver needle, and it is said that outside, only one tael of silver can be bought for one tael! Look at the color of this tea soup."

The third princess talked about the tea ceremony complacently, and Qingmei, who was standing behind Xia Qingyun, almost burst out happy. Guan Gong plays a big knife in front of him, joke! Preaching the tea ceremony in front of Sister Qingyun, she is really good at picking people!

The eldest princess over there was impatient to hear this, glared at Xia Qingyun from afar, interrupted the third princess in a cold voice, and said, "You don't say a few words, and you don't ask, what is her name!" ”

The third princess pouted unhappily, "I'll teach her how to taste tea and what to do with her name!" ”

The eldest princess glanced at her with disdain, and raised her chin at Xia Qingyun, "You said it yourself, could it be that you wait for others to make a fool of yourself and sit there and watch the jokes?" ”

The third princess and the fourth princess were stunned, listening to the meaning of the eldest princess's words, did they mean that they were ugly? (To be continued).