Chapter 38
As daylight gradually rose, the room in the courtyard on the east side of Huiyong Palace was already busy.
Mrs. Ming rushed into the palace on the fourth watch day and came to the Ming Dye room.
Ming Ran sat at the dressing table in a red Yunluo brocade palace dress, looking at the shadowy face in the brass mirror, and couldn't help but be a little bored.
Mrs. Ming and Fuyue stood behind her and combed her hair.
"Mother, aren't you going to kiss after the marriage?"
Mrs. Ming pursed her lips and smiled, "Of course." ”
"Dye Er doesn't want to kiss." She stared at Mrs. Ming from the mirror with a serious expression.
Mrs. Ming's hand stopped and looked at her in the mirror, "Dye Er is not allowed to say stupid things." ”
Ming Ran just wanted to test Mrs. Ming's attitude, but he didn't want to be rejected. Now that she knows that she can't be with Xiao Yichen, then she definitely doesn't want to marry someone else.
Looks like something else is going on.
"At today's palace banquet, the families of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty have entered the palace, not only to celebrate your ceremony, but also to select concubines for the emperor."
"The emperor wants to choose a concubine today?"
"Hmm." Madame Ming nodded with a smile, a subtle trace of worry on her face.
Ming Ran turned his head, looked at Mrs. Ming and said, "Mother, what the eldest princess said......
Mrs. Ming glanced out of the room vigilantly, "Don't worry, now the emperor still has to take care of your grandfather's face, I don't think he will force it." ”
Mingran breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and continued to look at the brass mirror.
"Did Dye Er go to see Shen Changhuan yesterday?" Mrs. Ming picked up a tassel hairpin and inserted it into the side of her bun, then looked into the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.
After grooming, the moon lifted up the bright dye.
"Mother, it's all because Dye Er was so angry yesterday." She lowered her head, feeling a little remorseful for her impulsiveness yesterday.
Mrs. Ming smiled and took her hand, "Mother knows that you are sad when you heard about Yunhe yesterday, and I don't think Dye Er is at fault in this matter." ”
Ming Ran raised his head suddenly, "Mother's ......"
Shen Changhuan is the Shen family, and the Shen family is also quite powerful in the court, and if she really hurt Shen Changhuan yesterday, the Shen family will definitely hold on to this matter. Besides, Shen Changhuan didn't hurt her, nor did he do anything overstepping, so yesterday, after all, she was too impulsive.
Going to Shen Changhuan with such fanfare hurt the dignity of the Shen family.
Mrs. Ming pulled her out of the house, walked side by side with her, and said as she walked: "Dye'er doesn't need to blame herself, my mother just wants to tell you that even if you really hurt Shen Changhuan yesterday, no one dares to touch you at all." ”
"Mother's ......" Ming stained her eyes red.
"Silly boy, the reason why your grandfather insisted that the emperor take the position of Shen Changhuan's county lord is to tell everyone that although the concubine of my Hou Mansion is not a golden branch and jade leaf, she can't be bullied, and there is not only the Hou Mansion behind you, but also the Rongguo Mansion."
Ming Ran was speechless with emotion.
"Alright, let's go."
The courtyard of Huiyong Palace is full of delicate and touching young women, and their colorful clothes are dazzling.
Qingli's beautiful voice spoke eloquently in the courtyard, chaotic and noisy.
Mrs. Ming took Ming Ran to the main hall, and the mother and daughter walked through the lively crowd gracefully with light steps.
Many officials who knew Mrs. Ming and Ming Ran saluted and smiled flatteringly.
The young woman looked at the cloud brocade palace dress that Ming Ran wore and showed admiration.
The palace dress was made of peacock brocade paid tribute by foreign countries, and the silk threads bordered on it were all gold threads used by the royal family.
Mingran walked through the crowd, the daylight shining all around her, her body shining as if it were full of light.
Walking into the main hall, the Queen Mother sat directly above and looked at Ming Ran with a smile.
Ming Ran stepped forward in small steps, knelt on the ground and saluted, "Ming Ran see the Queen Mother." ”
The Queen Mother nodded with a chuckle, got up and picked up the hairpin on Aunt Zhu's tray, which was a gilded nine-tailed tassel.
The Queen Mother walked to Mingran with a step, gently inserted it in her hair, and then reached out to help her up.
"This is a gift from your mother when the mourning family was in the past, and today the mourning family will give it to you, and it should be a gift from the mourning family to you."
"Thank you, aunt."
Ming Ran gently helped the Queen Mother to step up.
A rush of footsteps sounded outside the hall, and Li Shihai bowed and walked into the main hall.
He bowed to the Queen Mother, looked around the hall, and said in a sharp voice: "The holy decree has arrived, and the decree is received." ”
Ming Ran glanced at the Queen Mother, saw the Queen Mother nodding, and took a few steps forward, except for the Queen Mother, everyone in the hall followed Ming Ran and knelt on the ground.
It turned out that this was a gift, a seal that was dyed as the holy decree of the lord of Fenghua.
This sudden holy decree made Mingran a little uneasy, as if she was hit on the head, which made her a little relieved.
The county lord of Fenghua not only sealed the county lord, but also gave her a title, and the title was titled, but there was a phoenix character in the title.
At the beginning, An Lanwei and Shen Changhuan's positions as county lords were all titled by name, and they were not given titles.
"Lord Fenghua, don't you accept the order?" Li Shihai reminded in a low voice.
Mingran hesitated, staring at the glowing ground, her eyes slightly cold, and her hands slowly raised.
Li Shihai smiled and put the holy decree in her hand.
Ming Ran took it, leaned over and thanked: "Ming Ran thanks the emperor for his holy grace." ”
After a while, an endless stream of congratulatory voices sounded beside him.
Ming Ran was in a trance, and kept sitting in the chair in a daze.
Xiao Yiqian: What does this mean? A holy decree pushed her to the highest status official woman in the capital, although everyone knew that she was noble, but no matter how noble, she was only a concubine of the Hou Mansion, but now, she has become the most noble woman in the real world.
"Dye?" Mrs. Ming shouted softly.
Ming Ran pulled back his thoughts, "Mother." ”
Mrs. Ming pulled her to the cabinet and walked a few steps to the cabinet, and said softly: "Don't worry about it, it's just a gift." ”
"Is it really just a gift?"
Mrs. Ming glanced back behind her and nodded.
In fact, Mrs. Ming was not sure about the meaning of this holy decree, because this Fenghua title made her suspicious.
After all, as we all know, Feng is the queen.
At this time, the emperor gave the phoenix title to Ming Ran, and everyone must have understood his intentions.
Then the courtiers who follow him, once they understand his intentions, will follow his wishes and push Ming Ran to the forefront of the choice of the latter position.
Even if the old ministers of the court know that Rong Guogong made an oath back then, there will always be someone who is more willing to fulfill the emperor.
This country belongs to the Xiao family after all. What's more, Ming Ran is not the real descendant of the Mu family, she is just from the Mu family.
Since the emperor has expressed his attitude, in order to make him the queen as soon as possible, there will be courtiers behind him.
Mrs. Ming took Mingran's hand and patted her twice, smiling and comforting her.
Ming Ran smiled bitterly back.
Now that the matter is over, she can only go with the flow, with Xiao Yiqian's temperament now revealed, she should still care about the attitude of the Queen Mother.
If the Queen Mother disagrees, presumably Xiao Yiqian will not insist on going her own way.