The Queen Mother entered the city faster than anyone thought.

Xie Mulin thought that her entry into the city would be tomorrow, and the Yanwang Mansion also arranged it like this. The local officials and their families prepared all their great robes, and instructed their families to prepare supper in advance, intending to go to bed early, and thought that everyone should get up in the middle of the night and wait at the gate of the city, so that they would be ready to welcome the nobles into the city at dawn.

Unexpectedly, when the sun was about to set in the evening, news came that the Queen Mother was going to enter the city tonight.

Everyone was busy getting ready, changing official uniforms and dresses, preparing a full set of honor guards, and even the streets that had been cleaned twice during the day had to be sprinkled with water and cleaned again. Before it got dark, the street lights were lit. Groups of officials roamed the streets and alleys, reminding the people not to run indiscriminately on the streets at night, which disturbed the Queen Mother.

Wen hurriedly put on a full set of fateful clothes, and didn't care about the elderly and children at home, so he rushed to the area of Jishuitan Pier to wait. Before her, the governor's wife and the prefect's wife had already arrived first, and then the envoy's wife and several generals' wives also arrived on time. As soon as the people lined up the line, they saw a row of gorgeous boats slowly approaching from the other side of the river.

The boat stopped at the dock, and King Yan took his wife and daughter, followed by more than a dozen county kings, generals and wives from the side branch clans, and first saluted the largest and most gorgeous ship among them. The rows of officials in the back also knelt down.

But the Queen Mother did not go up to the deck to greet everyone's kneeling as everyone expected. Only one female official from Cining Palace appeared, conveyed the will of the Queen Mother, ordered everyone to be safe, and Xuanyan Wang's family went on the boat to see him.

No one questioned the Queen Mother's orders. People are mothers and sons, and mothers want to see their sons first, but don't want to see relatives and outsiders, what's so strange? Anyway, the weather is warm, there is still wind by the lake, it doesn't look hot, it's dark, there is no sun, everyone has to wait for a long time, and they can still endure it.

After a while, King Yan came out, but Princess Yan and Lord Yongping stayed in the cabin.

King Yan announced the queen mother's decree to everyone, saying that the queen mother was tired of traveling and traveling, and her body was slightly unwell, so she didn't see so many people. Let everyone go to their own homes, and when the Queen Mother settles down, they will be summoned in turn.

Among them, there are people who think they are well-informed, remembering that the rumor that the Queen Mother was sick on the way and lost the interest in visiting the mountains and rivers, so they ordered people to speed up the journey and arrive in Beiping in advance. Since the Queen Mother is already unwell, it is normal for people not to get off the boat to meet the clan and ministers at this time. The Queen Mother traveled so many miles to Beiping, and brought with her countless decrees from the emperor, which will be issued sooner or later, so what is there to worry about? However, the queen mother recovered from her illness earlier, which is serious, lest her old man go north and damage her body, the emperor is filial and will not get along with his own brothers, but it is possible to take them out of anger with these side branch clans, and the title at the end will fly again, wouldn't that make people vomit blood? !

None of the clans, ministers, and edicts who came to take over had any objections to the Queen Mother's will, and respectfully knelt down to see off the Queen Mother and her party.

King Yan returned to the boat, waved his hand, and someone sat on a small sampan to guide the fleet, so that the queen mother's fleet turned around on the lake, crossed the pond, and headed for Shichahai. The ship passed through Shichahai, which was the Taiye Pool, and then disembarked at the wharf near Zhonghai. That piece is the forbidden land of the imperial city set aside by Emperor Taizong during his lifetime, the Forbidden City and the Yan Wangfu are there, and there are no idle people. King Yan had already ordered people to prepare in that area, and as soon as the ship docked, all the nobles on the ship could be safely sent into the Forbidden City.

In the follow-up, Xie Pu and Wen's husband and wife did not participate. When they returned home, it had already been a watchday, and the couple was a little tired, and they just wanted to freshen up and rest early. Several children were waiting for news, but when they heard that the Queen Mother had exempted everyone from the worship ceremony and went straight to the Forbidden City, they didn't ask much, asked their parents for peace, advised them to rest early, and retreated.

But retreat and retreat, everyone's curiosity is still difficult to suppress.

Xie Huizhi asked his brothers and sisters: "Is the Queen Mother sick?" I've heard some wind, but isn't that a little wind chill? Why have you been sick for so many days and still haven't improved? Don't drag it too hard! It doesn't sound very lucky, there are two happy events in our family that we want the Queen Mother to nod! ”

Xie Yinghui gave him a blank look: "Nonsense! The eldest brother's happy event is that the eldest princess of Yongning and the horse are in charge, when did the queen mother interfere? ! As for the second sister, her marriage has already been decided, and there has been almost a year of hard work before and after, what did you hear the Queen Mother say? ! How could King Yan and the princess say that they would ask the Queen Mother to nod?! Hugh is here to touch our mold! ”

Xie Huizhi smiled wryly, and whispered: "I'm also worried about the queen mother's body, and I'm afraid that her old man won't be able to attend the wedding of the eldest brother and second sister." ”

Xie Mulin knew in his heart that the Queen Mother's illness was just a disguise, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother may not be really so sick, she wants to come to Beiping in a hurry, saying that it is to treat the disease and recuperate, but in fact, why is she not missing the Yan Wang family and is anxious to see them?" As for today, it's so late, it's getting dark, what are you rubbing on the dock? The Queen Mother must have been tired all the way to her old man's house, wouldn't it be good to go into the Forbidden City to rest earlier? When she has rested enough, when can't she summon these clans and ministers to make an order? ”

Everyone felt that her words were reasonable, and they all agreed with her.

Xie Xianzhi also sighed: "The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness King Yan have been separated for a long time, and it is rare to see each other once a year, it is really not easy......

Xie Jinzhi reminded him: "Big brother, if the Queen Mother summons you to see her, don't mention such words in front of her......"

Xie Xianzhi said with a smile: "Second brother, don't worry, I still understand these rules and etiquette." I also met the Queen Mother in the past, but I didn't say a few words. "The Queen Mother is actually not very enthusiastic about the children of the Cao family. Xie Xianzhi was still summoned as the grandson of the Cao family at that time, so naturally he couldn't be blue-eyed. However, he is now planning to marry the granddaughter of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will definitely summon him to go and carefully investigate before agreeing. He was a little nervous, but he didn't dare to expose it in front of his younger siblings, so he could only try to pretend to be calm.

Xie Hanzhi asked Xie Mulin in a low voice: "Second sister, my father and wife both said that they didn't see the second brother-in-law today, didn't he come back with him?" ”

Xie Mulin guessed that Zhu Rui was probably accompanying the fourth prince in the cabin, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he had to say: "Anyway, the other person is there." Didn't Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Yongning show her face today? The Queen Mother didn't show her face. ”

Xie Hanzhi suddenly said: "By the way, my father said, today I only saw the female official beside the Queen Mother to deliver the decree." ”

Xie Yingrong interjected softly beside her: "The Queen Mother is unwell, and I don't know how long she will stay in Beiping, and when will she return to the capital?" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at her.