Chapter 221: Reluctant Invitation (1)
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xie Chengyu and the county lord of Qinghui arrived as scheduled, Zhou Hexi was stunned, she really thought that she was on the Dexuan floor the day before yesterday, the two just talked, but they didn't expect to come.
Xie Chengyu is okay, after all, the identity of the county lord of Qinghui is there, so when she heard that she was coming, Mrs. Sun immediately brought a group of children and grandchildren to the second gate to greet her. The county lord of Qinghui came in casual clothes, only bringing a maid from Shuning, Xie Chengyu was dressed in a riding costume, and he didn't bring a servant.
After greeting each other, the two of them held Zhou Hexi left and right, and the three of them talked and laughed with everyone together, as if they were no different from the granddaughters of this Hou Mansion, Mrs. Sun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this year's moon night is excellent.
At the same time, in the Imperial Palace, Emperor Yongchang was feasting on his ministers, including the delegation from Xiliang.
Who would have thought that the new king of Xiliang would send an envoy to send him a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, dozens of dance troupes and orchestras, the total value of which was three times that of previous years, such a beautiful thing, how could he not be happy!
This pleasure, even the fact that Xiliang is a woman is tolerated.
Women, they can't participate in politics, but after all, it's a matter of Xiliang closing the door, and it's hard for him, His Majesty the Heavenly Sage, to say.
Moreover, eating people with a soft mouth and short hands, he can't accept gifts from others while condemning King Xiliang for having no rules and choosing a woman to be the big look.
Looking at Babuzan again, except that she is a woman in appearance, her appearance is superior, and her every move is no different from that of those courtiers under him, and she really doesn't look like a woman. Emperor Yongchang thought, it has reached this point where people ignore gender, and there doesn't seem to be much difference between women and men, right?
Empress Xiao's face was like frost, and only when Emperor Yongchang or other concubines looked at her, the "ice and snow" melted.
She couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in the gourd of the Xiliang Mission, why did she bring her sister's daughter over for no reason? Come and see her aunt? Don't be funny, I haven't seen Xiliang's relatives come to see her in so many years, not to mention this niece who she has never heard of or seen since she was born.
In addition, she has quite a lot of opinions about the dozens of song and dance troupes brought by the Xiliang Mission, and there are dozens of women in each troupe, all of whom are bewitching goods, and if such a group of people are put in the palace, she will not dare to close her eyes when she sleeps.
Empress Dowager Li kept staring at the county lord of Nansheng in a daze, and when the singing and dancing music was thick, she suddenly beckoned: "Good boy, you are so beautiful, sit here in the mourning family, let the mourning family take a good look." ”
Empress Xiao hurriedly smiled.
The lord of Nansheng got up generously, walked to the side of the Empress Dowager Li and sat down, the Empress Dowager Li took her hand and looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "I don't know if you have noticed, this child looks like a person." ”
The county lord of Minghui had long seen who the county lord of Nansheng looked like, but he didn't want to mention it because of hatred. Others, such as Princess Changle, were in deep doubt.
In the end, it was the Seventh Prince Xiao Lidao: "According to the grandson's opinion, the county lord of Nansheng is somewhat similar to Miss Zhou of the Yi'an Hou Mansion. ”
When the words landed, his mother Concubine Li glanced at Xiao Li quickly, and involuntarily clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
"Haha! That's what the mourning family means. ”
Empress Xiao smiled and continued: "A family of sisters, blood is involved, and it is normal for them to look a little similar. ”
"The mourning family thinks that it is normal to look like Changle." Empress Dowager Li said as if she was joking, Empress Xiao's color changed slightly, and at this moment, the county lord of Nansheng, who was sweet and beautiful and had a charming smile, said to Empress Dowager Li: "Empress Dowager, Nansheng has a reluctant request, can you ask His Majesty the Heavenly Sage and the Empress Dowager to invite my cousin Hexi?" She is the only bloodline continuation of my new king Xiliang in this world, my king is very worried, and when he came, he repeatedly instructed that Nansheng must see her with his own eyes, and bring her voice and appearance back to Xiliang, in order to comfort the suffering of my Wang Sinu. ”