Chapter 56: The Princess's First Birthday
"Although Princess Jing Tian is not the queen's own mother, she has always been raised in the name of the mother, and now she is celebrating her first birthday, which should have been a big event, but if something like this happened in Beijing today, the mother would be the master to do a small thing in the palace.
Your mother is the sister of the queen mother, and you and the princess are also cousins, this time the queen mother invited us to come forward, your mother means, take you and the purple girl together, what do you see? β
The old lady's tone was very gentle, and she could understand that it was for Li Ningshuang to show her goodwill!
Duanmuqing couldn't help sneering in her heart, Li Ningshuang finally learned to be a little obedient, knowing that she still had to please the old lady in the Yongding Marquis's Mansion, and it was not in vain that she sent a hand-copied Buddhist scripture to Rongxi Hall in two or three days, and now with this reason, the matter of house arrest is naturally over.
Looking at Duanmu Zi again, the smile on her face was very stiff, as if if she was not careful, that smiling face would shatter and fall off her face.
Seeing Duanmuqing sitting there without saying a word, and without making a statement, the old lady and Li Ningshuang glanced at each other, Li Ningshuang understood, took the tea on the table, and sent it to her.
"Miss, I know that I was too eager last time, and almost discredited Miss, I have thought a lot in Wenhuaxuan, and I have always wanted to apologize to you, and now my mother is here, in front of everyone in this room, I am here to accompany you seriously, and I hope that Miss Miss, there are a lot, forgive me for this."
As he spoke, he was about to kneel.
Duanmu Qing's heart is getting colder and colder, and when it comes to this, can she still agree?
If she is allowed to kneel, she will not want to mix in Tianjing in the future.
"Madame, what are you doing?" Quickly holding up Li Ningshuang's hand, the smile on Duanmu Qing's face was like a warm spring breeze, "How could I ever say that I wouldn't forgive Madame?" Besides, I always thought that my wife was worried about my safety, and I was in a hurry to go wrong, but in fact, I never complained in my heart.
It's just that Madame did something wrong, even if I don't say anything, even if my grandmother and father understand, they have to express it, so as not to let outsiders think that there is no rule in our house, let alone let outsiders think that Madame did it on purpose.
If you really kneel down today, how will you make me atone? Not only does it seem that I have always misunderstood Mrs.'s original intention, and I am calculating, but it also makes people feel that I am a junior who does not know how to be polite, and I actually let my wife kneel in the room of one of my juniors, just afraid that if it spreads, my spine will be broken. β
One bite without blaming, one bite at a rule, after a long period of words, Li Ningshuang stood there on his knees with Duanmu Qingxu's support, his face was embarrassed.
The old lady's face was also a little ugly, and she looked at Li Ningshuang slightly, "It's good that you know you're wrong, why bother kneeling, even if you want to apologize, you have to pay attention to a method and regulations, and where have you learned the rules." β
When Li Ningshuang heard this, her face was even more blue and white for a while, and she stood up with the momentum and said with a sneer: "It's me who is in a hurry and has made a mistake in the rules." β
Duanmuqing didn't pay attention to her, but walked up to the old lady with a smile, and asked with a little coquettish taste, "Then grandmother can go with us, if grandmother doesn't mention it next to me, I'm afraid I'm going to make a fool of myself." β
Although he didn't give Li Ningshuang a lot of face, Duanmuqing's words could be regarded as a step down, and the previous page was in the past.
Li Ningshuang is also her niece no matter what she says, and her relationship with her sister is not fake, if she can act a little bit in the future, she can still live a good life in the house.
Thinking of this, the old lady also showed a sincere smile on her face, patted Duanmu Qing's hand and said, "You monkey, when did you ask me to mention something?" Don't bother me, it's rare to be quiet these days, just go to you young people. β
Until a few people walked out of the Dancing Ink Pavilion, Duanmu Zi never said a word, but he smiled very seriously.
Seeing that the person was walking away, Duanmu Qing lowered his expression, "Can the matter be done?" β
As if he had appeared out of nowhere, Mo Forget flashed out of the inner room, "It's done." β
Princess Jing Tian's first birthday ceremony was really as the queen said, and there were very few people coming.
Counting it up, it is actually the queen's mother's family, the Mansion of the Duke of Qi, the Marquis of Yongding, the Marquis of Wen'an, and the rest are just a few palace concubines, and some princes and princesses who have a face in front of the emperor.
Jing Tian, who is just one year old, looks very pleasing, carved with powder, and the dough is general.
It's just that in the end, it's because of the extraordinary times, and everyone knows that the emperor is the most troubled time at this time, so the smile looks a little reluctant.
The emperor is naturally a human spirit, and he takes everyone's expressions in his eyes, and naturally thinks of the Lantern Festival riots, and he is also very troubled in his heart, but in the end, it is his daughter's first birthday, and the queen's relatives are present, so he has to smile.
Concubine Tong didn't seem to have rested well, the look on her face was a little tired, and her eyes were also green.
Since the fourth prince was sent to Dongli to be a proton, the emperor has always felt guilty about her, and many times shows an extraordinary favor.
The women of the harem have long been boiled into human spirits by this palace, although Concubine Tong's grace is different, but after all, there is no child under her knees, and a woman who has no son to rely on is just a cloud of smoke in the harem.
The emperor had long noticed her exhaustion, so he said in front of the empress: "Yanjie go back to the palace to rest!" The people who came today are all from their own families, so they don't have to hold on if they are uncomfortable. β
When the queen heard this, she followed the virtuous and said: "Sister Guifei has come to observe the ceremony, but this time it is indeed as Your Majesty said, they are all members of their own family, and there is really no need to keep it. β
Concubine Tong nodded and retired, and did not excuse herself.
It can be seen that with the departure of Concubine Tong, the emperor is even more lacking in interest, and it is easy to be caught by the princess, and the luncheon begins, but the second prince has not yet come.
After admitting it all morning, the emperor who had been waiting at the table finally couldn't help but be angry, and smashed the chopsticks in his hand in public, "What is so important, so many people are waiting for him, how has the queen taught him all these years?" β
When the queen heard this, she immediately left the table and knelt down to plead guilty, but she didn't dare to say a word, only hung her head.
Seeing that the mother of the country had already knelt down, everyone knelt down one after another, but with different attitudes.
In this way, the emperor's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he almost couldn't help but brush his sleeves away.
It's just that in the end, thinking of the identity of the queen, he held back his anger, "What are you doing, get up, we won't wait for him, when he comes back, let him go to the imperial study to see me." β
The queen didn't get up, she thought about it and seemed to decide: "Your Majesty, in fact, the second prince hasn't come back until now because of the Lantern Festival riots, he said to the concubine yesterday that he seems to have some eyebrows, but he can't be sure yet, let the concubine not make a noise, he will go to see it in person today." β
"Oh? What eyebrows? Why didn't you make your own decision without consulting me? Although it was still a blaming word, there was obvious excitement in his tone.
As if he had a heart in his heart, Zhao Yuxing walked in with the tail of the emperor's words, "Father, good news, the son has found the culprit of the Lantern Festival riots." β
After saying this, he walked to the center of the hall and knelt down to salute.
Where did the emperor still have the heart to listen to this, he simply got up and walked in front of him, and personally helped his son, "What the hell is going on, you can explain it clearly." β
The other princes looked at each other, but they really didn't know why Zhao Yuxing was silent and suddenly made such a big contribution.
"Back to my father, my sons also inadvertently discovered that the thugs killed during the Japanese Festival have a common characteristic, although they are of different genders, different dresses, and different ages, but in addition to wearing fluorescent masks, there is another characteristic in their outfits."
"What is it?" Zhao Yuxuan, who was on the side, couldn't help it, and asked the emperor one step ahead.
Although it was rude, the emperor no longer cared, and he himself was very concerned.
"The sons found that there was a pattern hidden in their clothes, shoes, or even ornamentsβa white flame."
After Zhao Yuxing finished speaking, he looked straight at the emperor.
The emperor's brows tightened when he heard this, as if he was trying to recall something.
"White Flame Sect!" But it was Concubine Shu who thought about it, "I heard my father say that this White Flame Sect is specifically against the imperial court, but wasn't it already wiped out twenty years ago?" β
The emperor obviously remembered suddenly, his eyes were full of shock, "Okay, you show me that pattern!" β
"Yes!" Zhao Yuxing instructed someone to bring up the depicted rice paper, and said, "Erchen only learned the details of this White Flame Sect after reading the past materials. β
This picture is very large, but also very clear, the palace people slowly unfolded it, it is a flame shape, except for the outermost circle is yellow, the middle is light yellow, the rest is all white, it looks a little weird.
The Emperor's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and his fists tugged tightly at his sleeves, obviously very angry, "What about their bandits? β
"Back to my father," a trace of annoyance flashed on Zhao Yuxing's face, "This group of bandits is very cunning, and the people brought by the retainers are not enough to resist, and in the end many escaped, but they caught one of the important minds, and there are some bandits. β
Nodding, the Emperor was obviously very satisfied with this, at least at this time he already had a goal, and he would no longer be as clueless as before, "Okay, I will interrogate them myself." β
"Ahh This pattern slave has ever seen! Just after the emperor's words, in the hall that seemed a little quiet, a female voice suddenly remembered.