Bai Yulan was puzzled, and said casually: "It's just that there is some cooperation in business." ”

Although in private, An Ling did recognize her as a sister, and on weekdays, there was still some contact in private, but there was still no need to say it well.

The queen didn't seem to care about Bai Yulan's statement, she chuckled lightly and said, "I heard that Madame has a good relationship with Gongzi An. ”

Bai Yulan smiled, but did not shirk it again.

The queen took a sip of tea, and in an instant, she spoke: "I haven't seen Mrs. for a long time, yes, I don't know, if I want to trouble Mrs. for something, will Mrs. be willing to help me." ”

Bai Yulan was a little suspicious in her heart, but she still said smoothly and said, "If you can help Niangniang, the courtiers will naturally be very happy." ”

What the queen wanted was her words, and said with a smile: "I want the lady to go and say a matchmaker for the prince and the girl of the Xu family, if you can move the little prince of Anling, it would be great to go and talk to the prince in person." ”

When Bai Yulan heard this, she felt a cold sneer in her heart, although she still respected the queen more, but she didn't want to do this kind of thing.

Although in ancient times, it has always been advocated for men to marry women, and it is all up to her parents to say that she is the matchmaker, but she doesn't want to get involved, besides, the last time she was at the gate of the capital, she saw An Ling and the Xu family girl, obviously, the Xu family girl is obviously happy with An Ling, and she doesn't want to break up a marriage.

After thinking about it for a long time, Bai Yulan still worded: "The courtiers and the little prince of Anling are not very familiar, so the courtiers may not be able to help the mother." ”

The queen was about to speak and persuade Bai Yulan to do such a thing, but unexpectedly, the prince actually came over from the other side, heard what the two said, interrupted the queen's words, and said: "Queen Mother, the son thinks that if Miss Xu is unwilling, the son is not willing to make things difficult for others, and the queen mother should not embarrass Mrs. Hou." ”

The queen obviously didn't listen to the prince's words, and directly ignored them, and said: "Who doesn't know, these two people are deliberately ruthless, and Anling has no affection for Miss Xu, not to mention, the queen mother wants to find a satisfactory girl for you, but you are not counting the queen mother." ”

Her voice was slightly raised, obviously a little angry.

The prince has always respected her as a queen mother, so today, the prince suddenly became angry, which made her quite dissatisfied.

What's more, Xu Yashi is the daughter of the prime minister, and the Chen family has now become a down-and-out trend, as the crown prince, how can there not be a strong backstage?

However, the prince still insisted on his own reasoning and said: "A gentleman should not be burdened by nepotism." ”

When the queen heard this, she was furious, got up, reprimanded the prince, and asked, "Wu'er has really grown up, concubine?" Even if it is your mother's house, she will not take care of it? ”

After that, the queen asked Zhen'er to leave with her, and before leaving, she said to Bai Yulan: "I hope Mrs. can think about it, if it happens, this palace will naturally treat Mrs. you with all kinds of preferential treatment." ”

Seeing the sudden quarrel between the mother and son, Bai Yulan felt a little helpless in her heart, who would have thought that the queen would blame her on the queen's party, and she would expect her to do such a thing.

"Mrs. Hou." The crown prince suddenly called, called Bai Yulan back to his senses, and said, "What the queen mother just said, Madame doesn't have to care, if Miss Xu has no intention of me, I will naturally not force it." ”

The prince was dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe, embroidered with five dragons, wearing a brocade crown, a red silk thread around his waist, and stepping on the same color flowing cloud pattern boots.

Bai Yulan saw that his face was gentle, and his guard dropped for a while, and said: "It's okay, since the courtiers have rejected the queen's mother, if Her Royal Highness also refuses, the courtiers will naturally not do what is difficult for a strong man." ”

The prince smiled gently and said, "If that's the case, then thank you Madame." ”

"The relationship between the lady and the queen mother seems to be excellent...... Madame is coming alone now, I don't know what about Jing'anhou? Could it be that he also went to pray for blessings? He said with a pleasantry.

The prince is seventeen or eighteen years old, a few years younger than Bai Yulan, but between his words and deeds, he looks a little old-fashioned.

"Your Highness is right, the husband and the hundred officials went to pray together." Bai Yulan said with a greeting.

The crown prince bowed his head, and when he was speechless for a while, he was about to leave, and in an instant, he saw Ye Mingting, who had already finished praying, slowly walking towards the two of them.

This high-ranking and powerful person, dressed in dark clothes, solemn and solemn, describes his demeanor, can't find the slightest fault, and is not close to the general.

Although the crown prince does not value nepotism, he still has the intention of building a good relationship with Jing'anhou, who has reached the peak of power and is difficult for even his father to overthrow.

"Jing'anhou, I didn't expect you to come over so soon, and the queen mother just left." The prince chuckled.

Ye Mingting still gave enough face, and said with his chin bowed: "I will let the master do it later, so naturally I will come to pick up my wife first, so as not to disturb His Highness." ”

The prince promised, exchanged a few more greetings, and then left.

At this time, in the lobby outside, there were already people who went to the altar one after another to present delicacies, chicken, beef and mutton, and enshrined jade silks, and set up the god card, and after the presentation was completed, there was the so-called master, knocking on the wooden fish in front of the lobby, doing the law.

I don't know what kind of custom this dynasty is, there are a large number of people, although the emperor and queen sit at the top, but they have already commanded some ministers and began to dance together?

Bai Yulan was silent in her heart, could it be that she was going too?

"Is this practice of dancing there with a long bell in hand, should everyone do it?" Bai Yulan whispered on the side.

"Not necessarily." Ye Mingting sat in his position and did not move, even if all the ministers were going, even the official position was as high as the six Shangshu, except for those who were a lot old, they also had to go to the dance of Zhangle, he still sat in his position motionless, and even, he was quite leisurely.

Ye Mingting picked up the orange presented by the little servant on the side with his right hand, peeled it clean, broke a petal and handed it to Bai Yulan's mouth, and Bai Yulan opened his mouth to eat it.

Tsk, it's even more delicious than the oranges that the queen ate before, very sweet, like navel oranges.

"It's sweeter than before, and there aren't that many fruits to eat in winter." Bai Yulan complained.

The key is that in this ancient period, those out-of-season fruits were impossible to have, and tropical fruits were far away, and it would take some time to transport them, and even if they were transported, they would not be fresh and delicious.

"Orange is orange in Huainan, and orange is orange in Huaibei, what you ate at the queen's place before is estimated to be orange." The man fed Bai Yulan another petal and sneered: "Isn't it that the queen herself thinks it's not sweet, so I'll hand it to you." ”

Bai Yulan didn't think much of his words, and ate to herself, and Ye Mingting fed her a lot more, until her cheeks bulged.

The man couldn't help but laugh on the side, leaned close to her ear, and said softly: "Madam, pay attention to your manners, you are also a lady." ”

Bai Yulan glared at him angrily, and while the ministers had already finished their sub-offerings, the emperor had already changed into a set of sacrificial robes, holding bells, and there was a drum and music around him, and they sounded in turn, and gradually mixed and mixed into a symphony.

The emperor danced with it, walking on behalf of the sacrifice, full of standard dance steps, and there was not the slightest mistake.

Although the emperor is always a little old, but this bright yellow, wide sacrificial dress is particularly good-looking, when traveling, like flowing water, ethereal like a fairy, the bell is crisp, but there is a sense of art.

Bai Yulan sat on the side and sighed: "I have to say that this sacrificial dance of the emperor has a unique flavor and is a little beautiful." ”

Ye Mingting sneered on the side and said, "It's just a sacrificial dance, Benhou's sacrificial dance is better than it." ”

He's not a reckless man who can only fight and can't do anything else.

Bai Yulan turned her head and glanced at him meaningfully, sighed twice, and said, "Then you haven't gone in to dance together?" There hasn't been such a large-scale festival in six years, so when did you dance the sacrificial dance? ”

Ye Mingting turned his head, pinched Bai Yulan's chin, raised his eyebrows, and said, "That's because Ben Hou disdains to dance in front of everyone and loses his identity." ”

"Madame, are you questioning your husband?" His eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone raised.

It's such an angry and threatening appearance, but it's still good-looking.

She was sure that Ye Mingting was sitting still, and it was like a statue carved from jade, and if she really danced, it would definitely attract a large group of wild bees and butterflies.

Bai Yulan hurriedly replied: "Of course not, how can I question you, if it is the person who is on the scene, it must be beautiful." ”

After the man was satisfied, he lowered her chin, turned it around again, and said: "The trip to the north of Xinjiang is not likely to go smoothly At the beginning, our army was defeated and there were many casualties, that is, as a general, I advanced and retreated with the soldiers, jumped into the formation, danced with the blessing, and prayed for the blessing of the soldiers. ”

When he said this, the emperor had already finished jumping, and Ye Mingting's mood was obviously wrong.

The field has changed from a sub-offering, to the final offering, the emperor worships, kneels to be blessed, honored, three bows, worships, after the withdrawal of food, send the emperor to God, these steps, the two do not have to participate, the whole process is at the head of the hundred officials, watching the emperor fiddle, until the sacrifice is sent to burn, and after playing the chapter of peace, this is the end after the hope, and then pray for a peaceful and prosperous article.

The ceremony was cumbersome and long, even if Bai Yulan had never participated, he could feel a little tired, and Ye Mingting, needless to say, had been exercising his special powers, so he didn't pay attention to this incident at all.

When the prayer is over, the ceremony is over.

On the way back, there was obviously one more person in the sedan chair, that is, the squire of the military department, and Liu Shao did not come because he was tired of this troublesome entertainment, that is, this major event.

The soldier sat on the side, trying to stay away from Bai Yulan a little, worried that the master might be jealous and might do something to him.

"The insiders in the palace have preliminarily determined that there is indeed a man next to the emperor, and even the secret guard in the emperor's hand, this person knows that he is the emperor's right-hand man, and this person is Chahawa who died at the beginning." The squire of the military department said with a serious expression: "Chahawa is not dead, on the contrary, he entered the Central Plains, but he is using the emperor's hand to oppose you. ”