On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the day when the civil and military officials of the Great Qi Dynasty and the foreign women enter the palace to congratulate.

Lu Qingrong had already gotten up at the beginning of the year, and finished changing and freshening up under the service of Luzhu and the two mothers.

There are rules for everything that should be dressed when entering the palace, but she doesn't need to worry too much.

Lu Qingrong, who was wearing a red silk coat, dark blue silk and gold embroidered Yunxia Zhai Wenzi, and a red gold bead crown, looked at the dazzling pearl and gold leaf on the hair crown in the mirror, and only felt that whether it was a few beads on it, or the emerald mouth circle, or countless Jinbao flowers, all of them made her feel heavy and abnormal.

When he got out of the Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion and just got into the carriage to the palace, Lu Qingrong's neck was already a little unbearable.

Looking at Jiang Xuan, who was dressed in a dark blue official mansion and wearing a crown of golden cicada hair, he was both neat and free, Lu Qingrong only thought that it would be good if he was a man.

At this time, Jiang Xuan also noticed Lu Qingrong's abnormality, and in less than a stick of incense when she went out, she had already helped the crown on her head I don't know how many times.

"Heavy?" Jiang Xuan himself felt that this was a knowingly question.

"Hmm." Lu Qingrong originally wanted to nod, but as soon as she lowered her head, she felt the center of gravity of her hair crown shift, which frightened her and quickly sat up straight again.

Naturally, the hair crown would not fall, and Lu Qingrong only felt that his hair was tightened.

Jiang Xuan couldn't hold back a smile, stared at her head carefully, and asked with concern, "Why don't you take this thing off first and put it back on when you get to the palace?" ”

"Forget it, this was put on by Mother Ye and Luzhu for a long time. Fortunately, Rongen Street is close to the palace. Lu Qingrong said, and helped the hair crown again, "Hengzhi will wear it for most of the day today, and it will not be at this time and a half." ”

Thinking of Mrs. Wu in the carriage in front of her, because her grade was higher than herself, whether it was Zhu Zhai or Tianhua on her head, she was a little more squeamish.

But there is one more squeamish person today.

Qiu Jinting actually said that she was pregnant and did not go to the palace to congratulate her on the grounds that she was pregnant.

It is said that if it is someone else who marries Jiang Ke, then he is not qualified to enter the palace anyway. But Qiu Jinting is different, she also has the title of county lord.

Qiu Jinting, who has always been willing to show off on such occasions, is probably more or less affected by Tang Shan's incident this time.

Lu Qingrong remembered the situation at the family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Last night, everyone gathered in Jingchun Hall, and even Jingyuanhou was helped out by the two aunts and sat around with everyone for half an hour.

At that time, there was no one who was happiest than Mrs. Wu, who had a smile on her face from beginning to end, and her state of contentment was overflowing.

Compared with it, Jiang Ke and Qiu Jinting's appearance is more obvious.

Jiang Ke didn't see much change, and his gestures were the same as before, still a gentle and elegant scholar.

But Qiu Jinting's gentleness and shyness when he was newly married was completely gone, and he was replaced with a look that couldn't tell whether he was reserved or alienated......

Lu Qingrong was thinking about it to himself, and suddenly felt Jiang Xuan beside him move.

I saw him stretch out his arms and hold Lu Qingrong's face in his hands: "Is it a little easier?" ”

Is this reducing the weight on your neck?

Lu Qingrong suddenly felt funny, and then waved his hand and pushed him away: "Don't touch me, be careful of the powder on your face......

In the morning, Cao's mother repeatedly applied several layers of powder to her face, saying that this was the only way to show respect for the royal family. Lu Qingrong also entered the palace, and understood that what Cao's mother said was true, so he let her fiddle with it.

It's just that after grooming, I don't know if it's a mental effect, but whenever she speaks, she can clearly feel the thick layer of powder on her face.

Jiang Xuan has been walking in the palace since he was a child, and he is used to seeing this kind of makeup, so he didn't say much at this time, just smiled and withdrew his hand, but he thought uncontrollably in his heart, Lu Qingrong still looks better without makeup......

It was indeed very close to the palace, and it wasn't long before their carriage stopped in front of the palace gate.

Different from the last flower-viewing banquet, this time when entering the palace to congratulate, the civil and military officials and the foreign women were strictly separated.

As soon as Lu Qingrong entered the palace gate, he separated from Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan was going to go to the court with the ministers to congratulate, and the subsequent banquet would also have to stay there.

She had to follow behind Mrs. Wu, and under the leadership of the palace maid, she traveled all the way to the harem and arrived at the Fengning Hall in the current Queen Mother's Palace.

Last time at the flower banquet, Mrs. Wu said that she was sick and did not come, and this was the first time Lu Qingrong had seen her in the palace.

As soon as she entered the palace gate, Mrs. Wu seemed to be a different person, with a calm and respectful demeanor, and when greeting the palace maid, she was calm and silent when she walked in the palace.

Until he entered the gate of Fengning Palace, Lu Qingrong looked at the Mrs. Wu in front of him and was still a little uncomfortable.

In the main hall, not all foreign women can enter, only the noble family with a title can have this treatment.

They came neither early nor late.

Although the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother have not yet come, among the people gathered in the main hall, they have already seen a few familiar faces. Mrs. Wudinghou, Mrs. Chengping, and my aunt, General Zhenbei's wife, all arrived one step ahead of them.

It's just that Fengning Hall is unusual, everyone didn't greet each other too much, just nodded to each other, and then found a place to stand or sit.

As more and more people gathered in the Fengning Palace, the hall has always seemed orderly and quiet.

It wasn't until the crown princess arrived that everyone got up and lined up to pay homage together.

What Lu Qingrong didn't expect was that the crown princess didn't appear with Empress Dowager Wu.

When she first saw the flower viewing banquet, she vaguely felt that although the crown princess was also from the Wu family, she gave people a completely different feeling from Mrs. Wu and even the Empress Dowager Wu. At this time, it is not surprising to see her come alone.

Today, the crown princess is wearing a real red coat, a gold embroidered phoenix and a phoenix curtain, and a crown of nine feathers and four phoenixes.

However, when Lu Qingrong's eyes looked behind the crown princess, he was suddenly a little stunned.

I saw that the woman quickly stepped forward and stood beside the crown princess.

Dressed in a red coat, dark blue embroidered with gold and a veil, the hair crown on his head couldn't be seen for a while, but it was not difficult to find that they were all made of red gold and jade, and the golden light was shining, which seemed to be a few points heavier than the crown of the crown princess.

It was her third sister, Lu Manyu.

Lu Qingrong looked behind again, but did not see Xu Ying, who chose the prince's side concubine at the same time as her. It can be seen that the reason why she can attend today must be because she is pregnant.

After not seeing her for many days, the joy of the reunion was mostly covered by surprise, Lu Qingrong looked at the gold and red colors on her body, and suddenly began to have a headache. Not to mention whether the outfits on her head are out of control, the red clothes alone are no longer something that she can wear as a side concubine!

Although Lu Qingrong had been worried about this for a long time, seeing her standing in front of him at this time, he still felt more exaggerated than he imagined.

Lu Qingrong subconsciously looked around with his afterglow, and found that everyone around him had a familiar expression. Thinking about this kind of pampering and arrogance because of being pregnant, it is not uncommon in the palace.

Only Princess Jing Tang Yue, who had entered the palace in one step earlier, exchanged a slightly worried look with her at this moment.

Lu Qingrong could only smile bitterly.

However, if she thought that Lu Manyu's misdeeds had come to an end here, she would be very wrong.

At this time, the main seat in the middle of the Fengning Hall and the vacant seat on one side were reserved for the Queen Mother and the Empress. The crown princess consciously sat on the empty seat on the other side.

At this moment, Lu Manyu actually ordered the palace maid to move a golden silk nanmu circle chair and sat next to the crown princess with a swagger.

In this way, even the calm and tranquil crown princess felt that something was wrong, and suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

It happened that the Duchess of Yanguo stood up, faced the crown princess, and asked with concern: "I heard that His Royal Highness the crown prince was ill some time ago, and I am very worried, I don't know if it has been well now?" ”

Originally, it was a rhetoric to ease the atmosphere, but Lu Qingrong found that the crown princess's face seemed to become more nervous.

"There is Duchess Lao Yanguo who is worried that although His Royal Highness's body cannot be said to be completely healed, it has also improved a lot." The crown princess's tone was extremely polite.

The Duchess of Yanguo was just about to answer, but Lu Manyu next to her couldn't help but speak.

"My sister is inevitably too cautious!" Lu Manyu's voice was not loud, and her tone was very soft, "In my opinion, His Highness is almost as good as he is." Sister Xu didn't know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had an excellent appetite this morning, and he used two bowls of fragrant rice porridge! ”

The implied meaning of Lu Manyu's words, no one present could not hear it.

The scene instantly became awkward again.

The Duchess of Yanguo fell into silence, but Mrs. Chengping Hou picked up: "That's good!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in good health, which is a blessing for my people. ”

As soon as the words fell, someone continued to echo them.

It seems that Lu Manyu, the pregnant princess's concubine, still gives some people a glimmer of hope......

At this moment, Lu Qingrong's thoughts had already drifted away, and her eyes glanced at Lu Manyu's still flat lower abdomen from time to time, and she had already begun to think about what to say when she found someone to bring a letter to her mother.

is not only for Lu Manyu, but also for the Lu family, you can't watch her continue to be so ridiculous.

The beginning of the day has passed, and after about another cup of tea, the Queen Mother finally arrived at the Fengning Palace. Behind her were the queen mother and Princess Chengyang.

Unlike Princess Chengyang, who followed closely behind the Queen Mother, the Queen seemed to have come in with the Queen Mother by chance.

Everyone in the room hurriedly bowed and said goodbye.

The Queen Mother sat on the main seat in the center, and the Queen and Princess Chengyang sat on one side.

As soon as she sat down, the Queen Mother said to Mrs. Wu: "But I haven't seen Lan Ying for a few days!" ”

Mrs. Wu hurriedly flattered, and kept saying auspicious words to congratulate the New Year.

Lu Qingrong was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this "Lan Ying" should be Mrs. Wu's maiden name. I didn't expect Empress Dowager Wu to be able to call her so familiarly in front of everyone.

Suddenly, I thought of Qiulan, the wedding maid I brought, and no one from Jiang Xuan and Cao's mother had mentioned anything to her about avoiding it.

Lu Qingrong secretly wondered if he wanted to change Qiulan's name when he went back......

Just as she was distracted, Empress Dowager Wu's eyes had already moved away from Mrs. Wu's body and looked towards Lu Qingrong. R1152