Chapter 169: The Lord of Anping County
Emperor Xuan also took the empress's hand to show his relief.
Queen Wang was secretly excited in her heart, the emperor had not looked at her like this for a long time, and she had not held her hand like this for many years. She was so excited that she almost burst into tears, but fortunately she controlled it in time.
But when Xuan Guifei and Chen Guifei saw Emperor Xuan like this, they felt secretly uncomfortable in their hearts, and couldn't help but secretly cast hostile eyes at Liu Mengyan.
I never thought that the daughter of a small five-grade official would have such a great ability, so that the emperor and the queen, a couple who had been deserted for a long time, would rekindle and make them remember their old love.
Emperor Xuan looked at Liu Mengyan with great satisfaction and said, "Indeed, these two acacia trees were originally planted by me and the Empress when they were young. Your words reminded me a lot of my youth. But I think that very few people know about this matter, depending on your age, you were only the age of the horn at that time, how did you know about this matter? ”
Faced with Emperor Xuan's question, Liu Mengyan did not panic at all, "This is also what the courtiers heard from their grandmother when they were young, and the courtiers don't know anything else, but they have a good memory, so they wrote it down." ”
Empress Wang looked at her with great appreciation, and said in Emperor Xuan's ear: "The grandmother of the fourth lady of the Liu family was originally Mrs. Zhu of the Zhu family in the Dingguo Mansion. ”
Emperor Xuan suddenly realized after hearing this.
When Emperor Xuan heard the queen's words, he remembered his youngest sister, Princess Fuming, who was Liu Mengyan's cousin, and suddenly felt a little more cordial in his heart.
"Okay, it is a blessing for Liufu to have a daughter like you with a seven-trick and exquisite heart." Emperor Xuan praised Liu Mengyan without hesitation.
But it attracted a lot of jealous eyes.
Liu Mengyan didn't show how happy she was, she just replied with a faint smile, "More praise from the emperor, the emperor has won the award, and the courtiers are fortunate to see the husband and wife trees planted by the emperor and the queen themselves, which is the blessing of the courtiers." Don't dare to be praised by the emperor. ”
Her polite and flattering words made Emperor Xuan extremely comfortable to hear, and her face was happy, "Today's most beautiful flower is Liu Mengyan, the fourth lady of Liufu!" ”
Liu Mengyan immediately knelt down and thanked her, "Emperor Xie praised." ”
Queen Wang smiled very happily, and hurriedly said: "You deserve this painting." ”
"Empress Xie." Liu Mengyan only got up slowly after speaking.
"Your Majesty, what should I be rewarded?" Queen Wang liked this fourth lady of Liufu Liu Mengyan very much, and she helped me a lot by mistake, so that the emperor remembered the past with her. So I always felt that the reward I had prepared before was too light, so I threw this question to Emperor Xuan.
When Emperor Xuan heard this, he also thought about it, Liu Mengyan was originally the niece of the Dingguo Mansion, and she was also the niece of his younger sister, so she could be regarded as his niece. What's more, this woman is smart and understands the major affairs of the country, so she wants to be rewarded!
Liu Mengyan stepped forward to obey the order. Emperor Xuan suddenly became serious.
Liu Mengyan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "The courtiers obey orders." ”
"Liu Mengyan, the fourth lady of Liufu, is smart, virtuous, virtuous, and has both moral character, so she was given the title, Anping, and was named the county lord of Anping." Emperor Xuan said directly.
As soon as his words fell, the audience was in an uproar, and they were all stunned, they didn't expect that the emperor would make Liu Mengyan the county lord of Anping.
Especially Liu Ruomei, she thought that she would be in the limelight this time, but she didn't expect to be preempted by this person, so she became even more jealous of Liu Mengyan.
The title of this county lord can only be enjoyed by women in the royal family, but this Liu Mengyan is just the third room of the Liu family, the daughter of a five-grade petty official, how could she be named the county lord all of a sudden? It's incredible. What's more, the emperor rewarded him like this, and it is clear that he values Liu Mengyan very much.
Not only the women present were stunned, but even several princes looked at Liu Mengyan in surprise, they didn't expect her to get such a big reward with just one painting, this is not an ordinary woman!
Liu Mengyan was also a little surprised, she just wanted to get the favor of the emperor and the queen, but she didn't expect to get such a big reward. Although she didn't want to cause such a big uproar, she couldn't afford to hesitate now, so she hurriedly stepped forward, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”
The fifth prince Tuoba Yeze on the side looked at Liu Mengyan accepting the reward without changing her face, and remembered what she said in the imperial garden just now, what was an accident, what was lost, all of them were lying to him. The way he looked at Liu Mengyan was even more complicated.
Although Tuoba Zeyan's face was calm, the hand tightly held under the sleeve trembled slightly. He was afraid that in the next second, he would hear Queen Wang begging the emperor for a decree and promising Liu Mengyan to Tuoba Yeze as a side concubine.
Fortunately, he was nervous for a long time, and it wasn't until Liu Mengyan returned to his seat and sat down that his hand loosened a little, picked up a cup of tea on the table, and took a sip suddenly.
The Spring Festival party was over, and the women went out with the inner attendant to enter the fairy gate, but they grabbed Liu Mengyan.
"Miss Liu Si, the queen mother asks Miss Liu Si to stay for a while, the queen mother will hold a night banquet in Qionghua Hall tonight, and invite the county lord of Anping to participate."
Liu Mengyan was slightly surprised, she didn't know what the queen wanted to say to herself, but she didn't dare to ask this chamberlain more, so she had to respond.
As the waiter came to the Fish Pavilion, "Please wait a moment, Miss Liu." ”
"I'm tired." Liu Mengyan replied lightly. The waiter shook his head, and then went out, leaving Liu Mengyan alone in the Guanyu Pavilion, waiting for the queen's summons.
Inside the Qionghua Palace.
The fifth prince came to the queen to say goodbye, and saw that the queen was taking the phoenix crown, so he just stood behind him and did not speak.
The queen took off the heavy phoenix crown and sighed as relieved, only then did she see Tuoba Yeze from the bronze mirror, "Why is Ze'er here?" I didn't say a word. ”
Tuoba Yeze shook his head, stepped forward and chose a step shake for the queen, handed it to the grandmother who was dressing up for the queen on the side, and then said: "Queen Mother, the son came here this time to ask for something, I hope the queen mother can fulfill the son minister." ”
Although the queen is not his biological mother, she also raised him from a young age.
The queen nodded, thinking that Tuoba Yeze was nothing serious, so she just said lightly: "You can tell me and listen to it." ”
As soon as her words fell, Tuoba Yeze suddenly knelt down, "Queen Mother, Erchen wants to accept Liu Mengyan, the fourth lady of the Liu family, as a concubine!" Seek the fulfillment of the queen mother. ”
The queen was taken aback and almost didn't hold the hosta in her hand. Although she has a good impression of this Liu Mengyanpo, and she is happy if she can get closer to her in the future, but ......
"Are you going to take her as a concubine?" She turned around and looked at Tuoba Yeze very solemnly and asked.
But Tuoba Yeze shook his head, "No, it's Concubine Zheng!" ”
The queen was shocked, "Nonsense! Can anyone sit in this concubine's position? What's more, she is just the daughter of a fifth-grade petty official, and even Liu Ruoyu, the daughter of the second room of the Liu Mansion, can only barely be a side concubine. If you choose Liu Mengyan, you might as well choose this Liu Ruoyu. Anyway, she has a father of the left capital Yushi and the crown prince. ”
She said directly: This Liu Mengyan is smart and smart, but unfortunately she will not be reincarnated, and she will be reincarnated in the belly of this third room. If it's in the second room, you can find a side concubine.
But Tuoba Yeze disagreed with her words, "Queen Mother, this Liu Mengyan is not so simple, you forget, there is the entire Dingguo Mansion behind her, and the power of this Dingguo Mansion cannot be underestimated in the court." What's more, her father named her the county lord of Anping, and this status is not low. ”
The queen thought he was dizzy, "That being said, what can this powerless title do?" If this is the case, Liu Ruoyu who is not as good as the mansion is not as powerful as the Xiao family. ”
Originally, she had no intention of earning this Xiao family, because this Xuan Guifei and Chen Guifei both fell in love with the concubines of the Xiao family. But it wasn't Liu Mengyan's turn, although she liked it, she wasn't as dizzy as Tuoba Yeze.
Suddenly, Tuoba Yeze kowtowed his head fiercely, slamming the floor, then straightened up, and said very firmly: "Queen Mother, I fell in love with Liu Mengyan at first sight, and I can't tolerate others anymore in my heart." Please make it perfect. ”
Seeing that he was resolute, the queen did not give him a damn for a moment, and hurriedly helped him up, "This matter still needs to be discussed with your father." ”
In the Changle Palace, Tuoba Zeyan sent his mother Qi Zhaoyi back, but he had no intention of leaving.
Qi Zhaoyi saw that Tuoba Ze was about to speak and stopped, so he knew that he must have something on his mind, so he asked, "I see that you are a little absent-minded, what's wrong?" ”
Tuoba Zeyan looked up at Qi Zhaoyi, and then suddenly said very seriously: "Mother, my son wants to marry the four girls of Liufu!" ”
He said it decisively, which startled Qi Zhaoyi, "Do you want to marry the fourth girl of Liufu?" ”
He had never mentioned this matter in his hands-free before, so why did he suddenly mention it today? Could it be ...... Just now on the top of the main hall, the person Tuoba Zeyan said was the four girls of the Liufu?
"You want to marry her as a side concubine?" She couldn't help but ask.
Tuoba Zeyan shook his head, "No, it's the concubine, the child wants to marry her as the concubine." ”
He said in a very resolute tone.
"When did you start admiring the county lord of Anping?" Qi Zhaoyi said, "But if you don't do it, you have to fight with them?" ”
"Mother, Lin'er has admired her since she was very early." Tuoba Ze said, "Erchen likes her. ”
Qi Zhaoyi showed embarrassment, "If I had gone to ask your father for advice before, no one would have argued with you, and your father would have responded to it for the sake of my face, but now ......"
"Now that she has been crowned the county lord, and she has won the favor of the queen's mother, this has won the emperor's affection, I am afraid that someone will rob you." Qi Zhaoyi said worriedly.
Tuoba Zeyan thought about it for a while, too, but he didn't expect Liu Mengyan to win the favor of the emperor and queen with just one painting, and now this Tuoba Yeze is eyeing her again, if it is one step later, this Liu Mengyan is afraid that she will become someone else's person. No, he couldn't let that happen!