The five princes were demoted to commoners, and the future was miserable, and Su Guifei was grounded because of this, and the emperor chased the Hua family, which calmed down the people's anger a little.

Yuan Jiaojiao's ceremony came as scheduled, and these things naturally did not affect the ceremony held in the palace, which was handled by the queen, and the Yuan family did not have to spend too much thought.

The grandmother who taught etiquette in the palace saw that Yuan Jiaojiao had no effort to learn, and even did it calmly and elegantly, and was very satisfied.

On the day of the ceremony, Ji Yanning followed the old lady into the palace early, this time the ceremony was not a big deal, although there were not many people invited, but almost all of them were the wives and daughters of the official eunuchs above the third grade, which shows the queen's importance to the Yuan family, as well as the recognition of Yuan Jiaojiao's current identity.

Ji Yanning entered the palace with the old lady, went to the Shouning Palace where the queen was located, and went to salute the queen first.

Twenty years have passed, this palace has not changed much, she often came to the palace in her last life, and the most familiar is the imperial hospital in the palace. Her maternal grandfather was the envoy of the long court and was in charge of the hospital, and her grandfather was the prince, and the queen mother at that time was also from the Ying family, so she didn't have to be a princess with less power.

Now walking on the flat road in this deep palace, Ji Yanning was in a trance in his heart.

She couldn't even believe that twenty years had passed since the Ying family's annihilation, her life and memories had been blank for twenty years, and Rong Ling and Su Ningxue had also been at ease for twenty years, and those pains and despair were deeply imprinted in her mind, as if they were still yesterday.

It's a pity that the world can't remember it anymore.

Walking to the front of Shouning Palace, Ji Yanning stood obediently behind the old lady, bowed her head, did not squint, but smelled a faint fragrance of flowers in her nose, this early spring is the time to bloom, although the weather has not warmed up, but there are already some flowers that can't wait to bloom.

Ji Yanning remembered that Sister Mei loved to play with flowers and plants.

"The old lady has arrived!"

With the screaming voice of a eunuch, Ji Yanning entered the side hall of Shouning Palace with the old lady.

"The courtiers greet the queen's mother. The old lady stepped forward and saluted.

The queen sat on the throne and said, "The old lady doesn't need to be polite, give me a seat." ”

"Thank you, Queen. ”

The eunuch brought a soft stool and placed it aside, the old lady sat down, and Ji Yanning followed behind her, like a maid with no sense of existence.

But her dress and clothes on her body look different from other maids, and she doesn't look like a subordinate between her gestures, the queen sits on the main seat above, and naturally sees it clearly, but she has been slightly lowering her eyebrows, very peaceful, but it makes the queen curious.

"Who is this girl next to the old lady?"

Seeing the queen's question, Ji Yanning stepped forward, blessed slightly, and replied: "The folk girl is a friend of Miss Yuan, from a merchant in Jiangzhou, and her surname is Yan Ning. Thanks to Miss Yuan, she invited the folk girls to participate in the ceremony. ”

"Ji Yanning?" When the queen heard the name, she frowned slightly, and began to look at the woman in front of her.

She is not unfamiliar with this name, she is the biological mother of the third prince, the three princes know something, she knows more or less, this Ji Yanning from Jiangzhou in front of her is the one who helped the third prince detoxify, a few days ago, the third prince also dragged her to ask the imperial doctor about this woman, but she couldn't ask why.

Now I look at the girl standing in front of me, but at the age of fourteen or fifteen, her body is a little thin, and she looks weak, but she didn't expect to have such ability.

When the old lady saw the queen looking at Ji Yanning, she thought that she felt that her status was humble, so she broke the siege on the side and said: "Miss Ji and Jiaojiao have similar interests, and they have a deep friendship when they are in Jiangzhou. ”

"I see. The queen listened to what the old lady said, smiled slightly, and said to Ji Yanning, "Raise your head." ”

Ji Yanning raised his head and met the queen's gaze.

The queen is wearing a yellow dress, wearing a nine phoenix golden hairpin, sitting on the right seat, compared to the gentle sister Mei in the impression, now she has a little vicissitudes, a woman who is almost forty years old, even if she is well maintained, but she is no longer the girl who smiled and smiled in the flower season.

The current queen's eyes are calm, although she still smiles gently, but there is a faint alienation in that gentleness, as long as she doesn't smile, she is the mother of a country who is serious.

Sister Mei's grandfather was a cabinet bachelor, twenty years ago was also the humerus of the court, and later she became the queen a few years later, in order to prevent her relatives from becoming strong, the people of the old mansion moved out of Chang'an and went to Qinzhou, and the power gradually weakened.

After Ji Yanning was reborn, he looked at the situation in the DPRK and China, and knew that Sister Mei married Rong Liang and even became the queen, she was extremely surprised in her heart, but it was also reasonable.

Sister Mei is also the best among the nobles, Rong Liang naturally will not miss her, she can only make Su Ningxue convinced by sitting in this back seat.

"It's a Peugeot. When the queen saw her face, she praised, "It's a sight to behold." ”

Ji Yanning replied modestly: "Niangniang praises. ”

"Since it's Jiaojiao's friend, let's go see her, this and the ceremony is about to begin, with you with her, it's not easy to be nervous. ”

As she spoke, the queen pointed to a palace maid and took her to see Yuan Jiaojiao.

Yuan Jiaojiao slept in the palace yesterday, after all, these matters had to be prepared early in the morning, and the queen let her rest in Shouning Palace.

After another hour, the ceremony will officially begin, Yuan Jiaojiao didn't have many scruples, but she was still a little nervous when it came to the end, and suddenly saw Ji Yanning coming, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"You're here!" Yuan Jiaojiao stepped forward and grabbed Ji Yanning's arm and asked her to sit beside her.

Yuan Jiaojiao is trying to change her clothes, it was designed by Ji Yanning herself last time, the bright red color looks very eye-catching, plus this style is simple and generous, it is just right to wear it on her body, not demonic, solemn and solemn, even the grandmother in the palace is amazed.

Ji Yanning looked at her like this and said with a smile: "What's the matter, are you nervous?"

Yuan Jiaojiao nodded, and whispered to Ji Yanning: "I don't dare to be too presumptuous, so I have been doing according to the rules you taught, although the queen mother is good to me, I still panic, I really want to end it as soon as possible and go back to have a good time." ”

"There's no hurry. Ji Yanning smiled in his eyes and said, "You can go back if you do a good job, this time it is to let everyone recognize your identity, you contact this Yuan Mansion and Murong Mansion, if you don't take this opportunity to take you out, others will still think that you will return to Murong Mansion sooner or later." ”

Speaking of Murong Mansion, Yuan Jiaojiao pouted and said, "Mrs. Murong and Murong Yixue will also come over today." ”

Ji Yanning said: "It's okay, as long as they don't make trouble, don't pay attention to it." ”

Since Yuan Jiaojiao is determined to draw a line with Murong Mansion, she still has this perseverance.

The combed grandmother asked Yuan Jiaojiao to step forward, put on a light makeup for her, combed her hair into a simple bun, and there was no headdress on her head, the overall look was clean and refined, even if she was not wearing white clothes, it could give people a sense of immaculateness.

With Ji Yanning there, Yuan Jiaojiao calmed down and reviewed the etiquette again, which allowed Ji Yanning to go to the back garden to sit with the other guests.

As the only elder of Yuan Jiaojiao, the old lady needs to be welcomed, and the queen, as the main guest, also has things to deal with.

However, even if he was alone, Ji Yanning would not have any sense of crampedness, but instead sat on the side and chatted with the palace maid who was waiting on the side.

But she hadn't sat down for long before someone gently patted her on the back.

Ji Yanning turned around and found that it was a girl in a light blue dress, who looked about seventeen years old, looking at her with a smile, and she couldn't remember who it was for a while.

"You're Ji Yanning, right?" the girl asked.

Ji Yanning stood up, saw her kind face, and nodded.

The girl said happily: "I knew it was you! Grandmother asked me to come and accompany you, I am from the Ringan County Lord's Mansion, Xingba, the youngest daughter in the family, named Zheng Yuan." I'm older than you, so if you don't mind, you can call me Sister Kite. ”

It turned out to be the eighth lady in the county lord's mansion, no wonder Ji Yanning felt a little familiar, maybe he had a relationship in the county lord's mansion before.

She was as good as a stream, and she walked among her peers, and said: "Sister Kite can call me Yan Ning." ”

Zheng Yuan smiled, and then sat down beside her.

"I heard that next month is your ceremony, and you invited your grandmother to be your guest?" Zheng Yuan said, "Grandmother has never liked these lively things, I didn't expect to be able to answer you, now I know that you have entered the palace, and I specially asked me to take care of you, grandmother really likes you." ”

Zheng Yuan said casually, but there was no hint of ridicule, but it was really like two friends who had known each other for a long time.

Ji Yanning thought for a while, and said, "Maybe it's because I'm good-looking, the county lord likes good-looking people." ”

When Zheng Yuan heard her words, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Look at your fine skin and tender meat, I didn't expect that you are such a cheeky person, how can anyone boast like this and not blush." ”

Ji Yanning said: "Because you are telling the truth, if you are not weak-hearted, you will not blush." ”

"Okay, yes, you're right. The corners of Zheng Yuan's eyes couldn't stop smiling.

Murong Yixue, who was not far away, watched Ji Yanning and Zheng Yuan chatting very well, and frowned slightly.

Sure enough, she was a lowly merchant girl, and she even climbed up to the eighth lady of the county lord's mansion.