Chapter 39: The Choice of Dowry
Changing into a light blue dress, don't put on the white hairpin given to her by her boss Tu Shaoqi last month, and put on a pair of small silver earrings, the whole person looks elegant and exquisite.
Situ Youning looked forward to the company of Lumei, and went to the hall according to Situ Muling's instructions, from the beginning of the morning to the present, the light rain floating in the sky has never been heard, walking on the stone bridge in the backyard with an umbrella, you can clearly hear the frolicking of Situ Zifan and Situ Hanshu, if it was before, Situ Youning must have participated in their camp regardless of everything.
When she arrived at the hall, she saw Situ Muling sitting inside, Lumei didn't dare to step into the door, and stood at the door with her head down and waited for Situ Youning.
Situ Youning glared at Situ Muling, who was sipping tea, picked up the cup and poured a cup of tea to warm his hands.
"What's wrong with your hand?" Situ Muling just glanced at Situ Youning's hand casually.
"With such a vicious brother, why don't I do this?" There was still a lot of anger in her tone, in Situ Youning's opinion, if it weren't for the marriage, she would have to bow her head, otherwise she wouldn't have forgiven Situ Muling so easily.
"The Queen Mother wants to see you." Situ Muling didn't ask any more, and said lightly.
Situ Youning was so excited that he put down the quilt and looked at Situ Muling expectantly, "What is the Queen Mother looking for me?" Isn't it..." Under the gaze of Situ Muling, she turned her head awkwardly and did not say any more.
"You must pay attention to etiquette when speaking in front of the Queen Mother, don't make trouble for Situ Mansion when the time comes."
"Hmmm..." Situ Muning replied reluctantly.
"It's not early, go early and come back early, the carriage is waiting at the door."
When Situ Muling said this, his tone was as soft as the drizzle outside, which reminded Situ Youning of his nose, Situ Muling has a habit, every time she is in a good mood, she likes to scratch Situ Youning's nose and make fun of her, and it is at that time that Situ Youning can see the smile on this person's face, if he is in a bad mood, he will be as indifferent and ruthless to Situ Youning as he was a few days ago.
Can I understand that he is happy now? Is it for me or for himself? Thinking of this, Situ Youning began to worry about the reason why the Queen Mother let her enter the palace.
After Situ Youning left, Jimo Zixue walked out of the back hall, slowly stepped forward and gently hugged Situ Muling's neck from behind, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect everything to develop according to your plan." ”
"Hehe..." Situ Muling's indifferent expression showed a hint of a smile, and he watched with interest as the last drop of tea in the teapot in his hand fell into the teacup, and the sound of the drop just coincided with the sound of raindrops under the eaves.
"I just didn't expect you to make fun of your own sister."
"I still prefer my future brother-in-law to this own sister."
Jimo Zixue was stunned, and the smile on his face faded, "Is it because he is more useful?" ”
Feng Wen stood outside the door and heard what the two were saying clearly, she endured the pain in her legs, and quickly rushed to her room.
With a nervous mood, she stepped into the palace that left her painful memories again, Situ Youning kept her head down, not daring to look around like before, and the guards did not allow Lumei to come in, so she stayed in the carriage and waited for Situ Youning.
The palace maid who led the way for herself only cared about moving forward, and did not say a word to Situ Youning along the way, which deepened the tension and worry in her heart a lot, she had long heard that the women in the harem were all experienced and ruthless female 'strategists', but Situ Youning never thought that it would be so poisonous, a queen is like that, so would the queen mother be more ruthless than her?
With all kinds of suspicions, she finally came to the queen mother's bedroom, she still knows some etiquette in the palace, after saluting the queen mother, Situ Youning stood in place with his head down and didn't dare to squeak.
"Raise your head and let the mourners see." A middle-aged woman's voice came into Situ Youning's ears.
She slowly raised her head in some surprise, the voice of the Queen Mother was completely different from the voice she imagined in her head, her voice was full of love and tenderness.
"Hehe..." When she saw Situ Youning's appearance, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "You look really smart and beautiful, no wonder Xuan'er likes you so much." ”
"Thank you Queen Mother for the compliment." Regarding the Queen Mother's words, Situ Youning was not happy at all at this time.
"I asked you to come here today to discuss with you about your marriage with Xuan'er."
Marriage? Isn't it the decree of retraction? Wang Wenxuan, that bastard, really won't let go of this opportunity to clean himself up.
Thinking of this, Situ Youning's fists were already clenched, if she and Wang Wenxuan were standing in front of her at this time, she would definitely give him two punches immediately.
"The mourning family has prepared some dowries for you here, you can see if you like it or not." The Queen Mother said and asked the things to be taken out.
No way! I definitely don't want to marry that bastard Wang Wenxuan!
Situ Youning frowned and thought for a few seconds, then bit his lip and stretched out the hand he had hidden in his sleeve.
"What's wrong with your hand?" The Queen Mother's expression suddenly became worried.
Situ Youning hurriedly retracted his hand into his sleeve, "Back to the Queen Mother, this is caused by the fight between the people's daughter and others." ”
"Fight?!" The Queen Mother looked at Situ Youning with some incredulity.
Situ Youning just took this opportunity to 'belittle' herself, she continued, "Queen Mother, the folk girl has been used to playing with beggars on the street since she was a child, fighting, making clay figures, bullying other children, and doing a lot of bad things, and now I can't change it if I want to, and I couldn't help but go out to play yesterday." Speaking of this, Situ Youning raised his head and peeked at the Queen Mother's expression, and continued her plan with satisfaction.
"Hey, if only I hadn't been so naughty when I was a kid." She sighed with regret.
stopped Situ Youning's words, and the Queen Mother couldn't say a word in place for a while.
"The Empress Dowager has arrived!"
The high-pitched voice jumped the two people in the dormitory, and the Empress Dowager immediately walked down the steps and walked quickly to the door to greet the Empress Dowager Dou.
"The concubine asks the queen mother for peace."
Situ Youning couldn't help but glance at the Empress Dowager Dou, and her intuition told her that this Empress Dowager Dou was much more difficult to deal with than the Empress Dowager.
"You're all on the safe side." Empress Dowager Dou glanced at Situ Youning as she spoke, walked towards the steps, and sat on the seat of the Empress Dowager.
"I heard that you married this girl two days ago?"
Hearing Empress Dowager Dou's question, the Empress Dowager replied in a bit of a panic, "It's the concubine who is troublesome." ”
"Hehe... How so? The mourning family also thinks that this girl is a good match. ”
For the Empress Dowager Dou's decision to support her for the first time, the Empress Dowager was obviously a little surprised, so she had to smile and agree.
Match? From the moment Empress Dowager Dou saw that she was not surprised at all, Situ Youning knew that she should have known about this matter a long time ago, and now she is purely here to see the excitement.
"I heard that this Situ Youning is usually stubborn." Empress Dowager Dou said and glanced at Situ Youning, who was bowing her head.
Hearing this, Situ Youning seemed to see the dawn.
"But after marrying Wen Xuan, let Wen Xuan discipline and discipline well, and it will be fine." Empress Dowager Dou continued.
Situ Youning stood speechless for a while, she only knew that the Queen Mother was Wang Wenxuan's aunt, could it be that the Queen Mother Dou was also related to him? The idea that these two people tortured themselves after getting married actually coincided?
"The Empress Dowager of Qi, King Ji is asking to see you outside."
Although Empress Dowager Dou felt as strange as Situ Youning as to why Feng Yumo appeared here, she still couldn't wait to let people invite him in.