Chapter 34: Entering the Palace
After breakfast, Su Ningxue was picked up by someone sent from the palace.
Now that the Lanxiu Kingdom is eyeing the enemy, there have been repeated accidents at the border pass, and the emperor has to discuss political affairs with the courtiers after the emperor, so he decided to summon Su Ningxue in the Qinzheng Palace.
Stepping into this city again, her heart has slipped through all kinds of feelings.
She also used to go all the way up the gray stone road, enjoying the worship of the courtiers; She also single-handedly led countless generals all the way to the Jinluan Palace, and put the golden imperial crown in Yun Yihong's hand; She kicked the shuttlecock in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and quarreled with the minister in the Qinzheng Palace.
Everything seems to have happened yesterday, but she is no longer the same as yesterday.
"The emperor said that you returned to Su Mansion for the first time, and it was the first time you entered the palace, I am afraid that you are afraid of life, but now the palace looks at you indifferently."
Su Ningxue stared at the three words 'Qinzheng Palace', her thoughts gradually drifted away, and suddenly a sound came from beside her, she was startled, turned around, and hurriedly bent down to salute.
"Courtierβ"
"Hey, get up, this palace is specially here to accompany you on the orders of the emperor today, if you are so restrained, this palace should not come." Concubine Lan said, reaching out to take Su Ningxue up.
The little eunuch standing on the side saw that it was Concubine Lan who came, saluted silently, and then pushed the door of the Qinzheng Hall open, "The emperor said, please wait in the inner hall of the concubine." β
"Hmm." Concubine Lan Guifei should get down, pull Su Ningxue together, and step into the main hall. The furnishings in the hall are not much different from those in Su Ningxue's memory, it is still a dragon case with countless twists and turns, and the golden wide dragon chair behind it. Below the two sides of the dragon chair, there is an incense tripod on each side.
Concubine Lan Guifei took Su Ningxue to the side hall, and after a while, a palace maid walked in and reminded: "Niangniang, the emperor is here." β
"Oh?" Lan Guifei looked happy, pulled Su Ningxue to get up, and walked back to the main hall slowly.
"Hahaha, Lan'er found an interesting person for me? I heard it had arrived. β
People come before they make a sound. The emperor appeared at the door in a dragon robe, and Su Ningxue only glanced at it hurriedly, and then bent down to salute with Concubine Lan.
"Concubineβ"
"No courtesy, and there are no outsiders, what are you doing with such rules." Yun Folded Hu pulled Lan Guifei up, and his eyes fell on Su Ningxue, "This is the person you found for me?" β
"The concubines don't dare to ask for credit, this is obviously what Lord Shen is looking for for the emperor."
"Hahaha." Yun Zhuhu's laughter was very hearty, and he led Concubine Lan into the hall and sat down, and he spoke again: "Raise your head and show me." β
"Yes." Su Ningxue nodded her head, then slowly raised her head, her eyes met the cloud fold hoof, not showing half fear, and there was only calm in her eyes, quiet as water, quiet as dust.
"Not bad, not bad. That's good! The cloud folded hoofed laughed again.
Su Ningxue lowered her head, not knowing what the white cloud folded hoofed meant, so she could only wait silently.
"I heard Shen Zhiyou say that you still care about the world at a young age? Looking at your outfit today, you are really worthy of Lan Guifei's praise for your diligence and thrift. β
Because it was to enter the palace to face the saint, Su Lao Taijun and Su Jin meant to attend in full costume, Su Ningxue thought about it again and again, and chose a slightly decent but not extravagant dress.
There is a reward for the concubine first, and then there is a war imminent, there is no need for her to dress up, and it is not happy to run to the emperor at this time.
"If you go back to the emperor, the courtiers will enter the palace this time, and their clothes will be carefully selected."
"Oh? Pick it out and dress like this? β
Su Ningxue smiled and explained: "As far as the emperor is concerned, inconspicuous clothes, in the hearts of courtiers, are worth ten thousand taels. My mother once said that clothes are not gorgeous and dazzling, not extravagant, but who to meet when wearing them. No matter how good the clothes are, if no one looks at them if they wear them, it is a waste. β
"Hahaha, I have heard that Youjia is both virtuous and talented, and now it sounds like an extraordinary insight." Yun Zhuhu smiled, and suddenly his face changed: "But if I must cure you for a great crime of disrespect?" β
Concubine Lan's hands tightened unconsciously, the emperor is trying to suppress General Su?
Su Ningxue's smile stiffened, and she said helplessly: "Then the emperor will punish him." β
"You're not afraid?"
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm not afraid, the emperor won't change it if he wants to punish him. The courtiers have only one request, hoping that the emperor will agree. β
"You say."
Su Ningxue lowered her head, glanced at her clothes, raised her head cheekily, and said, "Please ask the emperor to punish no matter how he punishes, allow the courtiers to go back and change their clothes first, this dress is really the courtier's favorite and best-looking." β
"Poof" Lan Guifei couldn't hold back, and then Yun Zhuhu also laughed, "Interesting, interesting!" Lan'er, Shen Zhiyou really found a pistachio for me! Hahaha"
The eunuchs and palace maids standing in the hall sweated a little, thinking that the emperor was going to be angry again.
Yun Zhuhu raised his hand and ordered: "Go and pass on Su Jianwu, let him quickly take his baby bump away, otherwise, I am afraid that I will be reluctant to return it to him if I laugh a few more times." After the words fell, Concubine Lan Guifei instructed her palace maid to go back to the palace to get a few pieces of jewelry and give them to Su Ningxue.
Su Ningxue was overjoyed, holding the reward as if she had seen real money, her second shop, it's okay!
"From the time she walked in until now, I was happiest when I saw it." Su Ningxue's smile was very innocent, the cloud fold was infected, her heart was not as irritable as a few days ago, she was a lot more cheerful, raised her hand, and gave Su Ningxue the tribute grapes that had just been sent from the side hall.
Su Ningxue's eyes seemed to shine brightly.
Su Jianwu stepped into the hall, and before he could salute, Yun Zhuhu said: "Take your daughter first, if she doesn't leave, I won't have anything to reward her here." I'm afraid she won't see the reward, and it's time for her to pull her face in a moment. β
"The minister has no way to teach, please forgive the emperor."
"You can't teach well, such an innocent and lovely child in your hands? Teach her to go into battle and kill the enemy. "Su Jianwu's temper is twisted, although he has the ability, but sometimes the emperor doesn't want to see him.
Su Ningxue never made a sound, but when she saw the emperor reproaching Su Jianwu, she was stunned and said boldly: "It's good to go into battle to kill the enemy, the courtiers also want to protect the family and the country, and protect the peace of the people in the world." β
"Presumptuous, don't talk nonsense in front of the emperor."
Su Jianwu glared, Su Ningxue glanced at her mouth, but the cloud fold above was very happy.
"It's rare for you to have a pure heart. It's better than those who take the court's money and only care about enjoying the peace and don't want to make a contribution. If you want to enter the palace in the future, ask Concubine Lan to pass on the post, and you can enter the palace at any time. β
"Your Majesty." Su Jianwu was shocked, Yun Zhuhu looked at him coldly, and Su Ningxue on the side had already happily responded: "The courtiers thank the emperor for his grace." β
The two stepped out of the Qinzheng Palace, Su Jianwu saw that she had been happy, and his heart was even more angry, and when he walked away, there was no one around, he couldn't help but say: "Do you know what kind of place the palace is?" The emperor allows you to enter the palace at any time, are you really a reward? β
"Isn't it?" With the conversation in the morning, Su Ningxue was no longer as secretive in the face of Su Jianwu as before, "Father thinks it's not, it's not, my daughter just thinks that everything is prepared, in case she can use it one day." β
Su Jianwu was stunned for a moment, and he felt more and more that he couldn't see through this daughter.
Her words and deeds are completely different from Youjia Shuning, as if she is not Youjia Shuning's daughter.
He was stunned, Su Ningxue had already passed him and continued to walk out. At that time, there were not many people at the gate of the palace, except for the guards standing guard, at a glance, it seemed as if this was an empty city.
When Su Ningxue was about to arrive at the door, suddenly someone on the other side passed by carrying a square sedan chair.
The top of the sedan chair is a golden treasure roof, surrounded by golden tassels, the sedan chair is surrounded by white yarn as a tent, and it is vaguely visible that there is a person lying on the side inside, he seems to be wearing white clothes, giving people a feeling that he is integrated with the sedan chair. The golden dragon at the bottom of the sedan circled and carved a circle.
Su Ningxue muttered: "Who is this, so high-profile." β
In the distance, Su Jianwu, who was hurrying up, passed by the sedan chair, bent down and saluted, Su Ningxue couldn't hear what Su Jianwu said from a distance, but when she saw the sedan chair stop for a moment, she must have known Su Jianwu by the people in the sedan chair.
"Father." When Su Jianwu came over, Su Ningxue opened her mouth and just wanted to ask, but Su Jianwu said angrily: "What are you staring at the sedan chair of the seventeenth prince?" Don't know how to salute? β
"Seventeen princes?"
Su Ningxue was stunned for a moment, and when she looked at the people standing behind her, she realized that it seemed that everyone had bent down to salute just now, and she had been standing there staring like a fool.
"Heh, hehe." Su Ningxue laughed dryly.
Fortunately, in the palace, Su Jianwu didn't care about her, sent her out of the palace gate, saw her leave, and Su Jianwu went back to the Qinzheng Palace alone to participate in the deliberations.
In the Qinzheng Palace, the news of the seventeenth prince's entry into the palace has reached the ears of the cloud pleated hoof, and the cloud pleated hoof's dragon face is happy, "Today is a good day, I just sent away an interesting one, and now the little seventeen is here again, hahaha." β
Lan Guifei accompanied her and smiled, and suddenly Yun Zhuhu turned her head, looked at her and said, "How about you say that girl will be married to Xiao Seventeen?" Doesn't he like to be funny? β
The movement of Lan Guifei's hand paused slightly, and then the smile on her face rose. "The emperor wants to send the military power in General Su's hands to the seventeenth master, right? You want to protect the Seventeenth Master. β
"Hahaha." was broken all of a sudden, and Yun Zhuhu did not get angry, but smiled and hugged Lan Guifei into his arms, "Nuoda's harem, you know me best." β
After Su Ningxue returned to Su Mansion, she first went to Su Lao Taijun to reply, and the grapes rewarded by Yun Folded Hu were transferred by her to Su Lao Taijun, and her granddaughter was filial, even if she didn't like it so much, there was light on her face, and there was light in Su Mansion.
Mrs. Su's face was good-looking, and she asked Su Jin to take good care of Su Ningxue in the future, and she asked almost the right questions, so she asked Su Ningxue to go back and rest first.
Back in Youshuyuan, Su Ningxue couldn't take care of resting, packed up a few inconspicuous pieces of jewelry, instructed the porter to prepare a carriage, and then arranged for Su Jin to go to Qifu Lane to inform Xuan Yibing and meet at Yongxing Teahouse.
Walking near Qingfeng Tower, I happened to see Su Zhe and Su Ningyu in the Water Pavilion.