Chapter 306: Entering the Palace
"Lord, the Queen Mother has explained, I only saw Miss Xue'er alone, but please rest assured, after the Queen Mother has seen it, she will definitely return Miss Xue'er to the prince completely, and please rest assured." The prince replied, as if he had already expected Yu Miyao's reaction, and with such words as a foreshadowing, Yu Miying was in a dilemma.
Hua Shangxue patted Yu Miyao's hand, "Don't worry, since the prince has said so, the queen mother and her old man will definitely not really embarrass me for such a little girl, I will go back." ”
Yu Mi nodded and finally did not stop Hua Shangxue from following the prince into the palace.
"Wait. I also went back to the palace to say hello to the Queen Mother. Shu Keyue suddenly spoke, saw Hua Shangxue looking at her and smiled, and hurriedly continued: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not worried about what will happen to you, I just miss the Queen Mother, besides, I'm just preventing you from saying bad things about me in front of the Queen Mother after you enter the palace, that's right, that's it." ”
replied insincerely, and even with Yu Mizhen, she couldn't help but look at her a little impressed.
Although Shu Keyue was a little nonsense, at least because of her actions just now, Yu Miyue's perception of Shu Keyue improved slightly.
Because of the arrival of the prince, Hua Shangxue wants to enter the palace.
The rules for entering the palace need to be followed, although the first thing in terms of clothing is not necessarily how graceful and luxurious, but at least it must be worthy of the identity that you are wearing.
Qi Taifu's goddaughter is also the daughter of a first-class master, so she naturally can't be too casual when she enters the palace, but she can't wait too long in terms of time. Changed into a set of decent head and face jewelry, the color of the blue and purple main tone of the long skirt, by Bai Fuzhong called two first-class maids to accompany him, and merged into the palace.
The carriage in the palace outside the White Mansion was already waiting, and Shu Keyue and Hua Shangxue were in the same carriage and slowly drove towards the palace.
The palace architectural style of the Lanling Kingdom is more delicate than that of the Qiongyue Kingdom, which should be related to the customs of the two countries.
There are many rules along the way, and you can enter through the corner gate of the palace. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's summons. The prince led the way into the palace, and I am afraid that I would not want to complete the steps of the audience for a while, but despite this, the carriage only stopped at a heavy palace and needed to get down and walk. Fortunately, there is a sedan chair driver and eunuch who specializes in carrying a small bamboo sedan chair and is already waiting to pick up people. For a while, I won't be able to reach the Yongshou Palace, where the Queen Mother is located. Despite this, it still started from the gate of the palace, and it took more than half an hour to reach the Yongshou Palace.
The entrance of Yongshou Palace. There are groups of palace maids, each of whom is a well-selected player, a palace maid with flexible feet, good looks and good temperament, and it is not much worse than some of the little masters in the palace.
Despite this, these palace ladies will not have undeserved thoughts because they are serving the queen mother, but they just sit diligently on their jobs, and when they reach the age of twenty-two, they will be released from the palace and promise to marry.
"The county lord is auspicious." The palace maids of Yongshou Palace are very familiar with Shu Keyue, knowing that this is the little county lord who is loved by the Queen Mother, and she is polite and polite, although she also noticed the flowers on the side, but she felt that her appearance was average, and her clothes were decent, and she brought two maids to follow, it should be a certain lady who entered the palace, but she did not give her a face, but nodded kindly and said hello.
Shu Keyue's residence in the palace is not in the Yongshou Palace, even if she goes to see the Queen Mother, it must be reported in advance, and naturally she will wait in the courtyard of the Yongshou Palace with the snow on the flowers.
"The first time you entered the palace to see the Queen Mother, were you nervous?" Shu Keyue asked in a low voice, her eyes rolling around dishonestly, looking like she couldn't calm down.
"So what? What if you don't? Hua Shangxue replied with a faint smile.
"What's the difference between what you said and what you didn't?" Shu Keyue said sullenly.
"Do you think that being nervous now can change the fact that you are about to meet the Queen Mother? Although the queen mother has a noble status, she is also a human being, just treat it with her heart, otherwise it is easy to make mistakes, and she will only tire herself at that time, so why bother? You're right? Hua Shangxue said with a chuckle, Shu Keyue's mouth couldn't help opening into an 'O' shape, obviously not expecting such an answer.
Although Shu Keyue doesn't know much about Hua Shangxue, she generally knows a little.
For example, she was born in a small mountain village in Song County, Sandeku, Pei County, Pingzhou, and her ancestors have been farming for generations, and she is a small farmer born and raised. I also met Yu Mi by chance when I was a child, and I formed an indissoluble bond.
When he was ten years old, he left Pingzhou, lived in Xijing City for a few years, met Xuanwang Yun Jinze, lived in Xuanwang's Mansion for some time, learned some etiquette, and later came to the capital with Yu Miyao, and somehow let Qi Taifu recognize his goddaughter.
It stands to reason that this is the first time she sees a big man in the palace, she will be somewhat nervous, even if it is the daughter of other first-class ministers, she will be sincerely afraid, but why Hua Shangxue has never been like this, and she can be so calm, this makes her feel strange.
Even if she basically grew up in the palace since she was a child, she will show some nervousness about certain things, why can she be so calm?
Shu Keyue was full of incomprehension.
The prince soon came out.
"Miss Xue'er, the Queen Mother has invited you to enter alone, the county lord, the mother said, since you came back to ask for peace, then let you go to the Buddha Hall first to copy the Myoho-renge-kyo that you missed last time, and present it to the mother to show her sincerity."
Shu Keyue opened her mouth to say something, but the princess answered again.
"County Lord, if you go to transcribe it as soon as possible, I believe that you can copy the missing part within two hours, and then you will have dinner with your mother, otherwise you will miss the hour."
Shu Keyue frowned, stomped on her heels, and looked at Hua Shangxue.
"You can do it yourself, the main county is going to copy the scriptures quickly." As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the house at the other end of the Yongshou Palace, thinking that it should lead to the so-called Buddha Hall.
"Miss Cher, please." The prince saluted.
"There is Father-in-law."
Following behind the prince, Hua Shangxue did not walk quickly, went up the stairs, and entered the door of the dormitory, the empty front hall was spacious and bright, and extended to the depths of the dormitory through a heavy door.
With the arrival of the snow on the flowers, the closed doors were opened one after another, and the sight became more and more empty, but I saw the carved dragon and phoenix at the end, golden and brilliant, and almost all I could hear in my ears was the sound of my own footsteps, even the palace maids who opened the door had already practiced their footsteps to the point of falling silently.
At this time, the Queen Mother sat on the couch, dressed in graceful and luxurious clothes, with slightly half-knocked eyes, and took a sip of a cup of tea.
"The folk girl spends the snow to ask the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and the mother is Jin'an." Hua Shangxue took a few steps before entering the hall, Ying Ying bowed, put her head on the overlapping palms, and worshiped the most noble woman in the Lanling country.
The Queen Mother didn't say anything, just calmly sipped the tea, took a sip in her mouth, tasted it carefully, took another sip, and tasted it a little, until she put down the teacup in her hand, but it had already passed a cup of tea.
Despite this, the Queen Mother seemed to have forgotten the existence of Hua Shangxue, so she let her kneel on the ground, and did not say anything to let her get up.
Hua Shangxue knelt quietly, and never got up without permission, just knelt like that, kneeling with a respectful attitude.
The Queen Mother's deliberate snub was just to give her a dismissal, although I don't know if she was like this because of Shu Keyue, or if she didn't like her, and even for other reasons why she didn't know, at least she felt that this dismissal was deliberately given to her, not a whim.
No matter what the reason for the Queen Mother is, since she has done this, she will definitely not like her.
The Queen Mother sat on the couch, still silent, and didn't even glance at Hua Shangxue.
After drinking tea, he yawned, and immediately a palace maid waited, and asked the queen mother to lean on the soft collapse and take a nap.
At this moment, Hua Shangxue was still sitting in place, listening to the footsteps moving around, still kneeling motionless.
The hard floor remained motionless on his knees for a long time, and his legs were numb and painful.
At least half an hour, the Queen Mother still didn't mean to let her get up, she couldn't say that she was pretending to sleep not far from her, so she was asked to be found and hung here, but she didn't say anything.
This dismount is really ruthless.
However, what can be done, the situation is pressing, the other party is the queen mother, even the queen needs a respectful woman, even if she has the identity of the daughter of the princess, then she must wait in a proper manner, until the golden mouth of the family opens, let her get up, otherwise she can only kneel until she faints, and the personnel is unknown, and it is over.
She's recruiting someone to provoke someone, it's really a disaster.
If it weren't for the fact that the bones of the body were not good, and he had practiced martial arts, plus it would be kneeling, it would not be too uncomfortable, but it was uncomfortable to maintain the movement motionlessly, and the numbness of the blood in the legs was not smooth, but it could still be bearable.
An hour and a half later, almost three o'clock in the afternoon, the Queen Mother finally spoke.
"Get up." A fluttering sentence is like heaven.
"Xie Niangniang." Hua Shangxue answered, slowly got up, his knees tingled, his legs and stomach trembled, and he stood up suddenly, and there was a momentary black vision in front of him, and he quickly recovered.
I exhaled deeply, gently, but it was a lot more comfortable.
"You are the goddaughter Hua Shangxue recognized by Taifu Qi?" The Queen Mother asked lightly.
"Back to the mother, the folk girl is the flower on the snow."
"Hmm. Mrs. Qi is a pillar of the country, and the Qi family is also full of talents and knowledge, and can be recognized by Mrs. Qi as a goddaughter. (To be continued......)
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