"The people's daughter Lu Xiyu visited the Queen Mother."

"Get up."

The Empress Dowager stood up straight, looked at Lu Xiyu in a daze, and the surprise in her eyes lingered for a long time, until it was replaced by a faint coldness.

"Well, she is worthy of being the daughter of Lu Xi of the Hanlin Academy, her appearance is outstanding, I heard that you are not inferior to Qi Ming in terms of talent, and you are still half of Qi Ming's husband."

"At the beginning, the Empress Dowager Montenegro was in love, and the folk girls were rough in poetry and books, just to read with them. His knowledge is beyond the reach of a woman. ”

"Him?" There was displeasure behind the queen, and the chair made a muffled sound when she sat down.

"The people's daughter is speechless, it is His Royal Highness the King of Yue, His Royal Highness the King of Yue has been taught by the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother for a long time, and his knowledge is different from others, so don't say half a gentleman, that is, a gentleman for half an hour, and the people can't afford it."

The empress dowager's tone softened slightly, and her gaze swept to a young girl in the hall. Zhu Qiming followed the queen mother's gaze and saw that there was a woman in the hall who was not dressed as a palace maid, who seemed to be slightly younger than Lu Xiyu, wearing a pink skirt, with a pair of big eyes, but the rouge on her face, the lipstick on her lips, and the gorgeous headdress on her hair bun were too eye-catching, and her makeup did not match her age, hiding her natural temperament.

The girl stepped forward to give Zhu Qiming a blessing ceremony, but there was no word on her lips.

"Qi Ming, she is the second daughter of the Zhou family in Nancheng, named Zhou Xiaodie." The Empress Dowager glanced at Lu Xiyu lightly, and when her gaze returned to Zhou Xiaodie's face, she immediately softened, "Qi Ming, like you, she cultivates both literature and martial arts. ”

Nancheng Zhou's house? Haven't heard of it! Zhu Qiming tasted the empress dowager's semantics, and at first thought that the Zhou family was a well-known family in the capital, but as soon as he saw Zhou Xiaodie's dress, he categorically denied the initial judgment. However, why did the Queen Mother call the "Nancheng Zhou Family"?

In confusion, Zhu Qiming looked Zhou Xiaodie up and down again, saw that she occasionally stirred her eyelids, glanced at him lightly, and immediately turned her gaze back to the square inch under her feet.

It's vulgar to wear heavy makeup at such a young age! Zhu Qiming couldn't help but pout.

The Empress Dowager seemed to notice that Zhu Qiming's expression was different, and said with a smile: "Qi Ming, today is the first day of the fifth month, Daughter's Day, and every household is a little girl." It's a pity that it happened to be a rainy day, and it was inconvenient for the mourning family to go out of the palace, otherwise, the mourning family wanted to see the grand occasion of the Daughter's Day again, and countless little girls dressed up in colorful clothes gathered at the Temple of Heaven to cool off the summer and avoid disasters, and it was lively for five consecutive days, thinking about it can evoke the childhood memories of the mourning family. Don't look away, it's because today is Daughter's Day that Die'er is dressed up differently than before. ”

Modern people have researched the traditional Chinese Daughter's Festival, calling the "Shangsi Festival" on the third day of the third month of March, or the "Dragon Boat Festival" on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, or the "Qiqiao Festival" on the seventh day of the seventh month of July as the Daughter's Festival, which is quite absurd. There are detailed records in the historical books of the Ming Dynasty, which is really named after the "Daughter's Day" intuitively, and only takes the single group of girls as the main body, and the festival that holds grand celebrations is the traditional Chinese Daughter's Day, which is the first day of May to the fifth day of May every year, and it is the Daughter's Day for five consecutive days. Modern people might as well remember one day, that is, the first day of the fifth month is the Daughter's Day.

Interestingly, the day of the Kamitsu Festival is the traditional Japanese Hina Festival, which evolved from traditional Chinese customs.

Gossip is less, and the conversation is to the point. Zhu Qiming heard the Queen Mother mention Daughter's Day, and when he looked at Zhou Xiaodie again, he still felt uncomfortable. You are a young girl, but you are dressed like a young girl, I am afraid that you have not yet been weaned on a psychological level! Martial arts? It's better to ride a wooden horse!

What is puzzling is that the queen mother calls her Die'er, obviously she is very familiar with the queen mother, could it be that she is really the daughter of a foreign woman's family?

He retreated to Lu Xiyu's side, smiled at Lu Xiyu, looked at Zhou Xiaodie and quipped: "When you chose your name, I was afraid that the family invited a scholar." Li Shangyin has an untitled poem with seven laws, which contains the poem "Zhuang Shengxiao dreams of butterflies, and the emperor hopes for the cuckoo in spring", and your name must be taken from the allusion of "Zhuang Zhou's dream butterfly". Why isn't it called Zhou Mengdie? Zhou Mengdie, Butterfly Dream Zhou, so it is more classic. It's a pity, the fallacy of one word, the meaning of the dictionary is lost! ”

Zhou Xiaodie looked up at Zhu Qiming in a daze, with grievances in her eyes, she opened her mouth to say something, but finally held back.

"It's good that you two can talk!" The Empress Dowager couldn't hear Zhu Qiming's sarcasm, and thought that he and Zhou Xiaodie hit it off at first sight, so she immediately looked happy and instructed Zhou Xiaodie: "You go down first and rest in the West Pavilion." Turning his head, he glanced at Lu Xiyu coldly, "You go back." ”

Lu Xiyu stepped forward to salute, turned around and walked out of Xianxi Palace, Zhu Qiming wanted to catch up with her and tell her a few words, let her wait for him in the courtyard, and at a glance saw the queen mother waving to him, so he had to retract one foot that had stepped out of the door and return to the queen mother.

Zhou Xiaodie and the palace maids have all retreated, and only Meizi is standing far away in the hall.

The Empress Dowager frowned, and the resentment on her face naturally revealed, "Qi Ming, the one who is close to ink is black, you must no longer associate with that unsuccessful King Yu, lest you be led astray by him!" ”

I think the Empress Dowager must have known that he had chased after him to comfort King Yu that day, but the Empress Dowager didn't seem to be very surprised by this, so Zhu Qiming's heart was relieved, and he bowed down and said, "Yes." ”

"The Hu family and the Wu family have always been humble and respectful, and they are also to blame for suffering some hardships this time! Qi Ming, the Empress Dowager may not be relieved that a group of old people in the palace will tell you to do something for them, you have to think carefully, don't let the mourning family down. ”

When Zhu Qiming heard this, his mind raced for a while. Quiet, as hidden under the nine earths; Moving, such as Ling above the nine heavens, the queen mother has been dormant for many years, and finally seized the favorable opportunity when all the lords in the palace put their minds on him, the king of Yue, and also seized the opportunity for key people to gather in the Qianqing Palace, and took advantage of the golden intersection formed by the two opportunities, and suddenly launched a thunderous blow, a blow of the stick, Concubine Wu and the king of Yu are only afraid that it will take many years to ease up, and the Jingci Immortal Master will inevitably have to spend his days in the miserable wind and rain in the future!

Concubine Wu has her own abacus, and the secret contest will continue, but it is a pity that Immortal Master Jing Ci has no scheming, and she is the real loser in this contest! The reason why things haven't gotten out of control is only because there is still the Empress Dowager in the palace. The Empress Dowager ignores everything, but she can always become a pinnacle at the last moment. Alas, the fate of the Jingci Immortal Master can only be pinned on the Empress Dowager!

Thinking about the gentle Princess Shunde, if he, the prince, wants to stand by and watch the many hardships that Jingci Immortal Master is about to face, Zhu Qiming may not be able to do it. It's just that these eyes in Xianxi Palace are so sharp that they can't allow him to miss half a point!

"Qi Ming respectfully obeys the teachings of the Queen Mother."

The queen mother's tone softened, and she gently pulled Zhu Qiming, "Come here, just sit next to the mourning family." After Zhu Qiming took his seat, his gaze seemed to remember something else, "If there is no famous spring for good tea, the taste is not much different from ordinary tea. ”

"Oh, it's all to blame Qi Ming for being careless! The queen mother, the old man brought several jars of Jiangnan spring water, as well as Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots picked before and after Gu Yu, and Qi Ming immediately ordered someone to send them to Xianxi Palace. ”

Over there, Meizi covered her mouth and smiled, and raised her neck proudly, "The slave maid has already said that His Royal Highness King Yue has the queen mother in his heart, and he must be entrusting people to Zhang Luo Quanshui, what does the queen mother think, this matter is still said by the slave maid, right?" ”

The queen mother gave Meizi a white look, and then sighed: "If there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom." Qi Ming, the mourning family doesn't want to be an unvirtuous queen mother who works hard and hurts money. ”

"The queen mother's words are serious, but it is just the work of the old people, how can she work hard and hurt the people? Besides, those things were given to Qi Ming by the deceased, Qi Ming didn't know the fun of tea, how could he waste them in vain? If outsiders have any gossip, it can only fall on Qi Ming's head, without damaging the reputation of the Queen Mother. ”

The Empress Dowager glanced at Zhu Qiming, smiled lightly, and put one hand on Zhu Qiming's arm, "Qi Ming, this child has been coming and going with the mourning family for almost half a year, she is very clever, her appearance and talent are not necessarily inferior to the Lu family, she is a person who practices martial arts, and she just accompanies you to practice literature and martial arts, what do you think?" ”

Appearance? Who in the world is as beautiful as Sister Xiyu? As for Zhou's talent, hehe, don't mention it! Zhu Qiming didn't want Lu Xiyu to surrender his identity to compare his talent with the Zhou family, he just wanted to talk about Zhou's martial arts, "Queen Mother, Qi Ming only practiced martial arts to go to the territory to kill the enemy in the coming days, not as good as the flower fist embroidered legs in Beijing." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "The emperor is going to get married next year, and he will be drafted after the autumn this year. The Empress Dowager stretched out her head and lowered her voice very low, "The emperor has seen the daughter of the Zhou family, and he likes it very much, her participation in the draft in Japan is just a formality, it is not difficult to be selected, look at the emperor's joy, the daughter of the Zhou family will definitely be crowned a concubine, as for whether she can go further, it depends on her own creation!" ”

Will the daughter of the Zhou family be canonized as a concubine? Is it even possible to go one step further and become a queen? Zhu Qiming was shocked, and immediately realized that the Queen Mother asked him to get along with Zhou Xiaodie, and his intentions were not simple!

Zhu Qiming is no longer an ignorant teenager, and he naturally has to think deeply about many things. The queen mother is conveying a clear message in and out of her words, once the daughter of the Zhou family becomes the emperor's favorite concubine or even the queen, the male of the Zhou family will sooner or later become a marquis and become a dignitary in Beijing.

Could it be that the Queen Mother wants to ······ Cut, you think too much! Zhu Qiming moved, a trace of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, and he quickly cleared the idea that he thought was ridiculous in his mind, and said puzzledly: "Queen Mother, what does this matter have to do with the second daughter of the Zhou family?" ”

The Queen Mother shook her head again and again, "It's really young and ignorant!" Needless to say, you can let Die'er be your companion. ”

Zhu Qiming got up, "Yes, Qi Ming will go to Qingning Palace and ask the Empress Dowager to take back her order and let Mr. Lu's daughter no longer enter the palace." ”

"Wait!" The Empress Dowager grabbed Zhu Qiming, hesitated for a moment, and said with great annoyance: "That's it, this matter is not urgent, it is better to slow down first." ”