Chapter 100: Doomed
Early in the morning, the steward of the concierge came to Lanxiang Pavilion to report, saying that the palace sent his father-in-law to pick up the fourth lady into the palace, and the eldest lady Meng Qiuhe also sent a personal maid to take care of Shui Lianyue's makeup, and now she is the head of the Shui family, so she naturally has to take care of these things.
Before leaving, the fourth lady pulled Shui Lianyue and kept telling her the precautions after entering the palace, although she entered the palace twice, but she was not summoned alone, so she must pay special attention to grooming and etiquette, otherwise, if she is not careful, a gaffe can also be convicted.
Farewell to the fourth lady, Shui Lianyue entered the carriage with the support of the red tassel, with the shaking, the carriage slowly drove on the street, the palace car on the hexagonal top is not common, only the palace nobles can enjoy it, the pedestrians on the road saw the palace car passing by, they all gave way and did not dare to stop it.
In the spacious palace car, the windows are hung inside and outside the peach-colored light yarn, which can only be hung by princesses and county lords who have not yet left the court, and in the center of the carriage is placed a mahogany inlaid gold four-ling corner table, and there is a soft quilt for people to lean on the side of the table.
Shui Lianyue just looked at it, then leaned on the side of the lying place to close her eyes and recuperate, tossing all night, until dawn she couldn't settle down to sleep, and was called up and tossed for a long time in the morning, at this moment only felt a burst of tiredness hit.
"Miss, would you like some water? Would you like a snack? I looked at the plate of delicate pastries, and I only felt that my stomach was already rumbling", Hongying looked at the pastries on the table in surprise and said, because the palace did not give permission to the letter, suddenly sent someone to come, and there was no chance to eat breakfast.
Shui Lianyue slowly opened her eyes, looked at the plate of pastries, shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat, you can eat it."
"Ah, is that appropriate"? Hongying tugged at the corners of her mouth and said with embarrassment.
"What's wrong with that? It's just you and me here, there is still a distance from the gate of the palace, if you really don't dare to eat it, then watch it all the way", Shui Lianyue smiled teasingly, turned around and changed her posture, and continued to close her eyes and recuperate.
Red Ying smiled playfully, revealing a row of bright teeth, and her slender little hand reached out to the plate of pastries, "Then, Red Ying is welcome", after speaking, a piece of cheese crisp was already in his mouth.
Without waiting for Shui Lianyue to regain his spirits, the little eunuch outside knocked on the car door and said, "Miss, it's here."
"So fast"? Shui Lianyue suddenly opened her phoenix eyes, sat up, and looked out through the gap in the car window, if she estimated correctly, she would at least have to wait for a while to reach Nangong Gate.
The little eunuch outside the car door was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to flatter: "Back to Miss, this time the concubine Niangniang summoned you and sent a palace car, so she came to the North Palace Gate, which is faster than the South Palace Gate."
Shui Lianyue nodded, suppressed the doubts in her heart, tidied up her dress and got out of the carriage, looked up at the North Palace Gate, and only felt that it was slightly more gorgeous than the South Palace Gate that she went to before, and even the palace wall was rarely seen weeds, and the guards guarding the door were neatly stationed, which was much more powerful than the guards at the South Gate.
The guards of the Beigong Gate glanced at the waist card of the little eunuch, and then let them go, and when Shui Lianyue passed by them, more than a dozen pairs of eyes suddenly widened, they had been on duty at the Beigong Gate for many years, and they had never seen the official lady of any family with such a look, and then thought about it, and indeed had never seen it, and immediately called the little eunuch who led the way.
"I don't know which family's official daughter this one next to Grandpa Ling is, why haven't I seen it?" The guards led by him stepped forward in two steps, and while talking to the little eunuch, a pair of eyes looked at Shui Lianyue fiercely, his eyes were greedy, and his face was not afraid at all.
Xiao Lingzi smiled and bowed: "Third master, this is the person summoned by the concubine, and the fourth lady of the Shui family, too", Xiao Lingzi said this, looked at Shui Lianyue, thinking that Shui Lianyue had just given a bag of silver, and paused and said: "It is also the future Princess Yuwang."
As soon as these words came out, the guard who asked was obviously stiff, his face turned pale, and he said embarrassedly: "Even so, please ask Grandpa Ling to lead someone quickly, don't make the concubine wait for a long time."
After Shui Lianyue and his party gradually moved away, the guards at the Beigong Gate were a little panicked, Princess Yu, although this woman's reputation outside is not very good, but those who dare to interrogate King Yu, even if they have ten heads, they are not enough to cut off.
Nangong Yu stayed in the capital these years, although he has removed his armor and sent out the military power, he can still have the prestige of the past, it is said that when King Yu waved his army and barbarians, he only led a few hundred soldiers to outwit and conquer it, and when the enemy country was in turmoil on the frontier, it was even more with the momentum of a man who could not open the enemy, and captured three cities of the enemy country in a row, the momentum was like a rainbow, and after the return of the soldiers, it was rumored that when the king killed the enemy, he was brave and good at fighting, and a purple spear cut the head of the enemy general.
And the legend of King Yu has been circulating among the people, saying that it can not be finished for three days and three nights, the guards of the North Palace Gate are fortunate to have seen King Yu a few times, he is too angry, his joy and anger are invisible, anyone who sees it will be frightened, not to mention that they are nobodies, and now they have eaten the courage of the ambitious leopard, and dare to interrogate the future princess of King Yu, it is really tired.
Shui Lianyue followed Xiao Lingzi for a while and came to the outside of the Linhua Palace, and only then did Xiao Lingzi register before stepping into the palace.
Xu is because of the fact that she came in from the North Palace Gate, Shui Lianyue always has an uneasy feeling in her heart, even if Situ Wangui is the imperial concubine, I am afraid that she does not have such a big right, let a folk girl enter it from the North Palace Gate, I am afraid there is another article in it.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Lingzi led Shui Lianyue to the gate of Yong'an Palace, and after communicating with the eunuch guarding the door, he led Shui Lianyue in.
"My father-in-law is a celebrity next to the concubine"? Along the way, Shui Lianyue had already taken a look at Xiao Lingzi, he was dressed more luxuriously than other eunuchs, even the cuffs were embroidered with fine gold thread, and the black boots on the soles of his feet were made of official satin, and he acted properly and talked extraordinary, which was by no means comparable to ordinary eunuchs.
Xiao Lingzi looked back and smiled slightly, turned his head to look forward, and then lowered his head and whispered: "The slave is not talented, it is not the concubine who serves by the side of the concubine, but the emperor's companion eunuch."
Shui Lianyue was stunned, and suddenly understood, I'm afraid, this time it was not Situ Wan who summoned her, but Nangong Ling, thinking of this, a touch of fierceness faintly flashed between her phoenix eyes, and she also had a bottom in her heart, I was afraid that when she saw Nangong Ling this time, he would definitely give some instructions, and there were less than three days before the wedding, and she was afraid that she would not be able to escape.
"Oh, it turned out to be the emperor's companion, no wonder, Father-in-law Ling is treated differently from other fathers-in-law", Shui Lianyue smiled faintly after stabilizing her heart.
"Miss has excellent vision, Xiao Lingzi admires it tightly", Xiao Lingzi's eyebrows flickered a little, but he smiled respectfully.
After a sentence, Shui Lianyue didn't want to talk much, and she didn't want to enjoy the scenery of Yongning Palace, even the red tassel behind her was also well-behaved at this time, the palace was different from other places, and she valued the rules the most, she didn't want to make trouble for the young lady, so it was better to keep her mouth closed.
"Fourth Miss, it's here", after a while, Xiao Lingzi stopped and said respectfully towards Shui Lianyue.