Early in the morning of the 19th of the month, Zhou Xuan asked Xiaoxiang to comb his shoulder-length black hair into a common bun, put on a hood, trim his beard neatly with scissors, and then neatly dressed, looked left and right at the image in the Xuan mirror, and said: "Zhou Gongzi, you are a lot more handsome today, how can you be handsome all the time!" ”

made a little fragrance laugh "Gege", the little girl knew that this aunt from Australia sometimes had some strange words coming out of his mouth, such as the word "handsome", which means handsome.

Xiaoxiang asked: "Uncle, His Majesty the Emperor summoned you very casually, why do you have to dress up like this when you meet the queen?" ”

This little girl hit the nail on the head when she spoke, Zhou Xuan had no choice but to say: "This is our Australian custom, and we have to pay more attention to some etiquette when we meet female elders - I don't know how the Tang Kingdom is, or I'll be casually sloppy." ”

Xiao Xiang hurriedly said: "It's the same, this Tang country and Australia are the same, who wants to see a sloppy person, let alone the queen's mother." ”

Zhou Xuan went to visit Lin Hanyun again, but he didn't expect Lin Hanyun to refuse to see him today, and told him to go quickly.

Fairy Jingyi was quite uncomfortable, and said softly: "Hanyun, she's fine, Brother Xuan, if you have something, please take care of yourself." ”

Zhou Xuandao: "I still have a chess battle today, I will be fine tomorrow, then I will invite Sister Daoyun and Sister Hanyun to visit Qinhuai to enjoy the lanterns, I have been in Beijing for several days, and I have not had time to play with you, so I feel guilty." ”

Fairy Jingyi said: "It's okay, the female Tao has always been quiet, but it just implies——"

Lin Hanyun has slept with her sister for the past few days, and shouted in the inner room: "I'm not going." Not going anywhere. ”

Zhou Xuan smiled slightly and said: "Ten miles of Qinhuai, the two sides of the strait, the sheng song is advocating, boiling, that lively, I am lingering, there are only three days left in this Lantern Festival, if you don't go, you can only wait for next year." ”

The inner room was silent.

Zhou Xuan said: "It's okay. I'll pick you up tomorrow afternoon. "Towards Fairy Jingyi, give a small wave. I didn't have to wait long to get back to the front room. The chief of the East Palace and the janissary Yu Hou and dozens of people came to welcome Zhou Xuan, and the carriage and horses galloped straight to the forbidden city.

It was a little rainy that day, and when I got out of the car, the two attendants held two big umbrellas, and the prince Li Jian was under the umbrella on the right, smiling and waiting.

Zhou Xuan has also thrown away the bamboo cane now. If you don't pretend to be good, if you have a good physique, can't you recover quickly from your leg injury? Anyway, King Jing had gone to Chengdu, and no one was looking for fault, so he brought the largest and best Xuanjing that the Abu Liuli Workshop had made so far, seven inches wide and one foot two long, inlaid on a rosewood shelf, and held by an attendant. and Li Jian went straight into the harem from Yuanheng Gate. Xiao Zhou Hou met Zhou Xuan in the Calyx Xianghui Building on the side of the Lin De Palace.

The calyx is warm like spring in the building, and the palace maid is dressed in light gauze and silk, and the posture is gorgeous. Each has a ministry, in an orderly manner, the little Zhou Hou Niang on the Dan sits on the pearl embroidered phoenix chair, the palace bun is towering, wearing twenty dragon and phoenix flower hairpin crowns, tall figure, wearing a collar and a large-sleeved flower brocade robe, and two small palace maids with white jade belts next to her are holding gold spit bowls and scarves.

Zhou Xuan knelt down to worship under the instructions of the chamberlain five zhang away, Emperor Li He didn't worship, but after worshipping this Xiao Zhou first, he was far away, and he couldn't see Xiao Zhou's appearance clearly, and he didn't dare to look more, I don't know what the most lifeless beauty queen in history has become?

"Zhou Xuan, I heard that you are an Australian from the South China Sea, but your ancestral home is in the Tang Kingdom, right?"

Xiao Zhou spoke, her voice was mellow and fluent, very pleasant, and the twenty-eight girl did not have such a beautiful voice.

Zhou Xuan's heart moved: "Xiao Zhou's surname is Zhou, and my buddy is also surnamed Zhou, isn't it a bit close, recognize a relative." Said respectfully: "The ancestors of the grass people are from Shinshu, but the distant ancestors moved from Runan. ”

The Zhou clan of Runan is a wang family, for example, the surname Cui must be called Boling, the surname Zheng must be called Yang, and the ancestral home of the surname Zhou is Runan.

Xiao Zhou Hou said happily: "This palace is also the Zhou clan of Runan, I really didn't expect that my descendants of the Zhou clan would be able to open up territory thousands of miles overseas and claim the king for hundreds of years, it is really not easy, left and right, show Zhou Aiqing." ”

Because of the surname of the same clan, he is called Aiqing last week, which is a step further than the emperor's Zhou Qing, and the results are gratifying.

Zhou Xuan didn't sit down, but bowed down again, kowtowed to Xiao Zhouhou, and then raised his face, with tears in his eyes, and his voice was choked: "The grass people were lonely and exiled to the Tang Kingdom, I wanted to go back to Xinzhou to recognize my ancestors, but I thought that this was all hundreds of years ago, when my ancestors went to sea with their clans, leaving very few side branches, these hundreds of years of wars are still frequent, the world is in ruins, I am afraid that the Zhou family in Xinzhou has already withered away, and going back will only increase sadness, and the hometown is timid, I have not gone to Xinzhou for a long time, but I didn't expect to see the queen mother in the Tang Palace today, It's actually my Ruyang Zhou clan, the grass people are really surprised, just like seeing my aunt and mother who have been absent for a long time, I can't help but lose my mind, and ask my mother to forgive the grass people for the crime of being rude. ”

Xiao Zhou let out a soft "ah", obviously moved by Zhou Xuan's sensational words, and said: "Zhou Aiqing's life experience is really pitiful, my Runan Zhou clan has indeed been less prosperous than before since the Han and Tang Dynasties. ”

Li Jian knelt down at this time and said, "Queen Mother, my son has an important matter to report to the Queen Mother. ”

Xiao Zhouhou asked, "What's the matter with the emperor?" ”

Li Jian said: "Erchen and Zhou Xuan in Jiangzhou hit it off at first sight, a mountaineering in distress, it was Zhou Xuan who sacrificed his life to save him, Erchen felt his affection, and he has become a brother, please forgive the queen mother for the crime of not telling Erchen." ”

Xiao Zhouhou said with a smile: "The emperor is really messing around, you are the prince of a country, how can you be a brother with someone!" ”

Li Jian saw that the queen mother was not stunned, and immediately said: "Since the son saw Zhou Xuan, he felt amiable for no reason, but it turned out to be the queen mother's family, thousands of years ago they were of the same blood, it is no wonder, although the son and Zhou Xuan are not brothers, but they are like brothers, since the queen mother thinks that the son should not worship him, it is better for the queen mother to recognize Zhou Xuan as a nephew, so that the son can also be a cousin, and the love and righteousness can also be both, please ask the queen mother for permission." ”

Xiao Zhouhou groaned and didn't answer, looking at Zhou Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, and saw that he was a high-spirited person, with cheerful eyebrows, without any obscene and ugly attitude, and his ancestors were still the royal family of Australia, and saying it would not damage her Zhou's face, the most important thing is. The queen mother doesn't have a nephew yet, and it seems good for someone to call her aunt, so she immediately smiled and said: "Zhou Aiqing, this palace wants to recognize you as a nephew, are you willing?" ”

Zhou Xuan was overjoyed, and said in his heart: "Do you still need to ask!" Hurriedly whimpered: "Zhou Xuan is lonely and miserable, today he finally has Zhou's relatives, it really seems to be a dream." Auntie on top. Please accept the nephew

Xiao Zhou accepted it calmly. Seeing Zhou Xuan's happy tears, his heart was also quite moved, this is his mother's nephew, Wen Yan said: "Nephew Xuan, you don't have to think much about the past, since you are in the Tang Kingdom, there is an aunt." It must make you happy. ”

Li Jian's face was full of joy, he came over to help Zhou Xuan up, and shouted: "Cousin-"

Zhou Xuan was called "cousin" by Li Jian's sincere heart, Cousin Lu An still has a shadow in his heart, and now he has become someone else's cousin, is it retribution?

Zhou Xuan's nephew should also be the end, Jiangzhou Lin recognized him as a nephew and arrived in Jinling. The queen recognized him as a nephew. There won't be a more honorable nephew than the queen's nephew, right? Unless Heaven is the nephew of the Queen Mother.

Xiao Zhou confessed his relatives, Fengyan Dayue, and said: "It's a family." There is no need to be so formal, set up a side hall, and the palace and Xuan nephew have a good conversation, well, lunch is also used in the palace. ”

The palace maid and the chamberlain led Xiao Zhou to go first, Zhou Xuan and Li Jian followed behind, Zhou Xuan peeked at the back of the newly recognized aunt, who was about one meter six or five tall, and the wide waist and large sleeves of the flower brocade robe could not hide her slender and graceful, although the aunt was old, this figure could be maintained so well!

When the side hall sat down, Zhou Xuan finally got closer to see the appearance of Xiao Zhouhou, and was taken aback, is this Brother Jian's mother? Biological? How does it look like Brother Jian's sister? That's right, it's that Princess Qingle-

Xiao Zhouhou saw Zhou Xuan's distraction, and asked with a smile: "Nephew Xuan, why are you stunned?" I knew in my heart that Zhou Xuan was shocked by her youth and beauty.

Zhou Xuan hurriedly retracted his gaze and said respectfully: "My nephew met His Majesty the Emperor with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince four days ago, and met Her Royal Highness Princess Qingle outside the Zichen Palace. ”

Xiao Zhouhou smiled and said to Li Jian: "Jian'er, look, not only your father said so, but even the nephew Xuan who met for the first time thought that Bengong and Huzhu were sisters. ”

Zhou Xuan added: "Not only sisters, but simply twin sisters. ”

Xiao Zhouhou finally couldn't keep his reserve, laughed out loud, and said: "Nephew Xuan is really good at laughing, this palace is thirty-nine years old, and Hu Zhu is only seventeen, so Hu Zhu will be unhappy." ”

Li Jian complimented: "The queen mother is the beauty of the country, the son saw the queen mother like this when he was a child, and the queen mother is still like this after ten or twenty years, didn't the queen mother eat the elixir of immortality?" ”

Under the double flattery of her son and nephew, Xiao Zhouhou laughed so much that the twenty-four dragon and phoenix hairpin crowns on her head shook endlessly, and said, "When did Jian'er become so flamboyant? ”

Zhou Xuan noticed that Xiao Zhouhou was a very cheerful queen, and between her words, she was more friendly, remembering that she liked strange clothes, then she should be a woman with a strong subjective personality, not the queen of the world who followed the rules and motherly manners in the traditional sense.

The chamberlain suddenly reported: "Princess Qingle has arrived." ”

Xiao Zhouhou laughed and said, "It's just in time, let Hu Zhu recognize his cousin." ”

Princess Qingle came lightly under the escort of the two palace maids, Zhou Xuan was shocked by the beauty of Princess Qingle last time, and he couldn't remember what Princess Qingle looked like afterwards, he only knew that she was extremely beautiful, but she was at a loss where the beauty was, this time she could watch it for a while, although it was still very shocking, but after all, she could stabilize her mind.

Princess Qingle is taller than her mother Xiao Zhouhou, and her eyebrows are almost the same as Xiao Zhouhou, all of them are eyebrows and beautiful eyes, sandalwood and bright teeth, so delicate that you can't find the slightest flaw, because the whole body is beautiful everywhere, but it is difficult to describe, Yang Xiaoqi is pure and beautiful, and the red luan of the Jingyi fairy is delicate, which can be described, but the beauty of Xiao Zhouhou and Princess Qingle can not be described.

In comparison, Xiao Zhouhou's eyebrows are more friendly and charming, while Princess Qingle is a little cold, and her eyes occasionally reveal a strange look, which is incomprehensible.

"Cousin?"

Princess Qingle was amazed, how could the man with the foot with the cane she saw a few days ago become her cousin?

In order to show that he was no, Zhou Xuan got up and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, Zhou Xuan is polite." ”

Princess Qingle replied lightly, obviously not taking this cousin seriously.

Zhou Xuan remembered the mirror he brought, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, my nephew has a mirror to offer." ”

The chamberlain had been holding the mirror for a long time, and he didn't dare to put it down, so he hurriedly and carefully handed it to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan held the mirror and said: "This mirror is not made of copper, but is refined from colorless glass, which is realistic and not out of shape." As he spoke, he presented the mirror.

Li Jian took it, walked to Xiao Zhouhou's side, and held it to let the queen mother take a selfie in the mirror.

Xiao Zhouhou sighed slightly and said, "Sure enough, it's a good mirror, Hu Zhu, you can take care of it." ”

So, Zhou Xuan saw the two most beautiful women in the Tang Kingdom looking in the mirror side by side with their faces together, and in an instant, he felt that the spring in the palace was warm and the flowers were blooming outside the palace, and life was really beautiful.

Xiao Zhou asked the palace maid to hang the seven paintings presented by Zhou Xuan on the jade screen, and asked them one by one who the people in the paintings were? learned that two were Zhou Xuan's wives, one was Zhou Xuan's little maid, and two were the two daughters of Fenghua Jiedu Lin.

Xiao Zhouhou asked Princess Qingle: "Huzhu, which of these dresses do you like the most?" ”

Princess Qingle did not hesitate to point to the Australian women's Taoist costume of Fairy Jingyi, and said: "Hu Zhu loves this set, the Australian Taoist costume is better than that of the Tang Kingdom, and I will wear it like this in the future." ”

Xiao Zhouhou glanced at Princess Qingle, sighed, and said, "This palace likes this." Refers to the painting of Qin Que wearing jeans, Qin Que's figure is similar to Xiao Zhouhou, this portrait highlights Qin Que's tight and round legs, and the posture also looks very tempting, Xiao Zhouhou of the mother in the world actually likes this one!

Zhou Xuan was ordered to enter the palace three days later to paint a portrait of Xiao Zhouhou and Princess Qingle, Xiao Zhouhou said: "The painting is too old to be Gu Zhong, so let Xuan's nephew make this Tang Palace painting to be edicted." ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly excused himself, he knew that he knew that he could paint women and clothes except for others, and he would not be able to paint the edict or treat Gao Xian, he only fought for the edict.