Chapter 498: Ceremony
Thousands of people gathered in the huge open space in front of the Yinghua Hall of the Imperial Palace, standing neatly according to their respective identities to participate in the post-sealing ceremony.
Yan Qingge, as a female dependent, is almost the highest status of the female dependant outside the palace of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, naturally in the leading position, in front of her is the white marble avenue embossed with dragon and phoenix patterns, wearing a dazzling red embroidered gold phoenix robe, wearing a head full of gems and pearls and phoenix crowns Yan Shuyu, is accompanied by twelve palace maids and twelve eunuchs, slowly walking towards the built high platform.
Because the emperor was seriously ill and couldn't get out of bed, there was no queen mother in the palace, and the one who stood on the high platform to give Yan Shuyu the queen's treasure book was Concubine Shui.
The age of Concubine Shui is there, although she tries to stretch her body, but because of old age and shrinkage, she looks like a dried date, crumbling and hanging on that platform.
Everything went very smoothly, no one made any trouble, under the auspices of the ceremonial officer, people should bow down, the mountain shouted auspicious and spoke together, the ceremony lasted for about three hours, and officially ended.
By the end of the ceremony, the crowd had dispersed. Because Yan Qingge was standing relatively far inside, he was not in a hurry to go out. Everyone is a person of status, and it is impossible to come on foot, and several streets and open spaces outside are blocked by horse-drawn carriages, and it is too crowded to go out now, so it is better to stay a little longer.
Ling Xiao came over with excitement on his face and said to Yan Qingge: "This post-ceremony ceremony is really solemn. β
Yan Qingge smiled faintly: "But Er'er." β
Before she was reborn, she also participated in Yan Shuyu's post-sealing ceremony, how can this time be compared with that one?
On that occasion, even the surrounding small countries and ministers from all over the country rushed over, gathering tens of thousands of people to participate, and the ceremony was held from early morning to late at night. It is said that just the phoenix crown and phoenix robe worn by Yan Shuyu took more than a year to carefully make.
And this time?
She opened an embroidery workshop, so she naturally recognized at a glance what the quality of the phoenix robe on Yan Shuyu's body looked very dazzling, and it took a month to rush to get out of the things, can there be a good one, even if an ordinary family marries a girl, it is not so hasty.
This made her more determined, Yan Shuyu was in a hurry after being sealed, and even she didn't expect it to be so fast, so she was unprepared.
Although she has not yet received a reply from Le Yi, Yan Qingge's heart is much more secure, and she feels that there is still hope for redemption for the things she is plotting.
There were many people here, Yan Qingge couldn't say much to Ling Xiao, and the two of them stood ready to wait for the crowd to be less dense before leaving.
At this time, a pair of palace maids came over, and when they arrived in front of Yan Qingge and Ling Xiao, they saluted obediently and said, "Princess Ning, the queen mother, please talk about it in Fengzao Palace." β
didn't expect Yan Shuyu to be named a concubine, and she was going to find her, Yan Qingge couldn't help but be stunned.
Ling Xiao looked at Yan Qingge, nodded and said, "Go quickly, don't ask the queen to wait in a hurry." But the anxiety in his eyes can't deceive.
Yan Shuyu and Yan Qingge are old grudges, and Ling Xiao is very afraid that Yan Shuyu will deal with Yan Qingge immediately as soon as she succeeds.
"I went." Yan Qingge shook Ling Xiao's wrist with relief and told her not to worry.
Her identity is there, as Princess Ning, it's not good to just go to see Yan Shuyu, how can Yan Shuyu block the world's mouths.
Moreover, according to Yan Shuyu's personality, she will not do anything now, she has already obtained what she wants most, and she will inevitably act cautiously for a while, and consolidate what she has in her hand before she begins to reveal her true form. It can even be said that Yan Shuyu at this time should be the best to deal with.
followed the two palace maids forward, and after a while, Yan Qingge arrived at Fengzao Palace.
Along the way, Yan Qingge didn't worry much about being put in small shoes by Yan Shuyu, she was extremely excited, and guessed in her heart whether Yuan Sheng was still raised in Fengzao Palace.
If she is, will she be able to see the child she has been thinking of?
The last time there was news of Yuan Sheng, it was Zhu Liubao, an old eunuch, who told her, that Yuan Sheng annoyed the prince because he saw Yan Xiuyu, and the prince confined Yan Xiuyu for three years.
The most important thing is that Yuan Sheng was raised in Fengzao Palace before, nominally raised under the queen's knees. A person with a character like Yan Shuyu will inevitably continue to inherit the former queen's "last wish" at the beginning and continue to raise Yuan Sheng in Fengzao Palace.
Because of this possibility, Yan Qingge's heart slowly became more and more excited, and he was not afraid of seeing Yan Shuyu at all.
Fengzao Palace looks no different from before, the tall plane tree is still there, and there are a few palace people and eunuchs standing in the courtyard, all of them are silent, although the house has been cleaned, but the cold energy that has accumulated for many years cannot be dispersed.
Yan Qingge thought that when she arrived at Fengzao Palace, she would be able to see Yan Shuyu immediately, but she didn't expect that she would lead someone to sit down in the side hall, because Yan Shuyu was now meeting with others.
In this room, there were already several women, among whom there were Yan Qingge's acquaintances, Ling Xiao's mother, and the right minister's wife, Qiao's family. The rest of them, Yan Qingge has also dealt with, and they are all the relatives of high-ranking and powerful people in the Great Zhou.
For a while, Yan Qingge knew in his heart that Yan Shuyu had just taken the position, so he couldn't wait to win people's hearts.
Although she is familiar with Ling Xiao's mother and Qiao's family, there are palace maids and eunuchs waiting in the room, and there are many ears and eyes, so they can't talk nonsense at all, and the two sides can only nod to each other, smile, and don't say more.
Everyone knew Yan Shuyu's thoughts, but no one exposed them, everyone sat dryly, occasionally took a sip of tea, and waited for Yan Shuyu to summon her.
It was almost more than half an hour before it was the turn of the palace maid to invite Yan Qingge in.
Yan Shuyu sat in the main hall, she was still wearing the clothes she wore at today's post-sealing ceremony, she didn't change them, she had a smile like a painting on her face, and she sat on the hard phoenix chair.
That dress was embroidered with gold thread, and the phoenix crown weighed at least ten catties, Yan Shuyu was really tired and panicked when she wore it. But thinking that she was planning everywhere, even at the expense of killing her own mother, and she didn't know how many things she had done to lose her conscience, and finally picked up this leak, Yan Qingge felt that her behavior was normal.
Because, Yan Shuyu probably knew that her queen seat was not right, and she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to sit for long, so she thought about putting on more show!
"Meet the Queen!" Yan Qingge said respectfully and gave her a knee salute. When it comes to her status, unless it is a very formal occasion, when she usually sees the emperor and empress, she no longer needs to kneel and bow.
Yan Shuyu smiled at Yan Qingge: "Sister, hurry up, there are no outsiders here, and the two of us sisters are not more restrained." β
Yan Qingge listened to her intimate tone, and secretly mocked in her heart.
"Go down, my sister and I haven't seen each other for years, and we have a lot to say." Yan Shuyu waved her hand and asked all the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting around her to go out.
There are only two left in the room, Yan Qingge and Yan Shuyu, Yan Qingge is not afraid of Yan Shuyu at all, neither humble nor arrogant, sitting in the seat below, looking at the nose and nose and heart, and not looking at Yan Shuyu much.
Inside, a long sigh suddenly sounded.
Yan Qingge raised his head slightly, looked at Yan Shuyu, and saw that Yan Shuyu's eyes seemed to be resentful, looking at Yan Qingge with lingering eyes, and said, "Sister, do you hate your sister so much?" β
"Courtiers don't dare!" Yan Qingge replied to her.
"Sister, sister knows that she was competitive and did something wrong when she was a child, but I regret it now. Over the years, my sister has been in the deep palace, remembering that when she was a teenager, she often cried day and night, regretting that she shouldn't have been. Looking back now, the happiest days were in the Yan family when I was not married, under the knees of my parents, and beside my sister......"
Yan Shuyu said that she was very resentful, and even raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, just like she really liked those years.
Looking at her fake style, Yan Qingge only sneered in his stomach.
What is there to miss back then? Does Yan Shuyu miss Yan Qingge going against her and Aunt Hai everywhere, or is she nostalgic for being locked up and grounded at every turn when she fell for Yan Qingge's move? Or do you miss that Yan Qingge can go to Bailu Academy to study, she can only stay at home, and her stomach hurts with jealousy? Or is it nostalgic that Yan Qingge can live in the big house of Qingxingyuan, and she can only squeeze into a small room with a bunch of maids and sisters-in-law? Or is it simply that she misses the pleasure of killing her mother?
Anyway, Yan Qingge would not miss the time when she lived in the Yan family, even if she lived behind closed doors in Qingxingyuan, but when she thought that there were Yan Songnian, Aunt Hai and Yan Shuyu outside, she felt disgusted.
Yan Shuyu saw that Yan Qingge didn't speak, thinking that Yan Qingge agreed with her statement, and said more and more cheerfully, and whitewashed the few times she had dealt with Yan Qingge in the past, put on a mask of warmth and affection, and said over and over again.
Yan Qingge was just silent, she knew that Yan Shuyu came to her today just because she had taken a fancy to her identity as Princess Ning, and now in Yan Shuyu's heart, she was just a pawn that could be used, no different from the women outside who were waiting to be summoned by her.
Even she was not the first person Yan Shuyu summoned, so it can be seen that she is completely unimportant in Yan Shuyu's heart.
If she wasn't Princess Ning, but married an ordinary person, Yan Shuyu wouldn't look at her more than she would have - no, according to Yan Shuyu's character of retribution, she would wait for her free time and ask someone to kill this useless sister who had bullied her.
Yan Shuyu didn't know Yan Qingge's thoughts, at a very young age, she knew that this sister was a hard bone. Once when she was in the Yan family, she also wanted to get close to her and please her, but it was completely fruitless.
This sister-in-law's eyes are so poisonous that it seems that just by glancing at her, you can see that she is here with a purpose.
Many years have passed, and she is no longer the naΓ―ve little girl she used to be, but now it seems that her sister-in-law is much more powerful than before. If Yan Qingge hadn't gently raised the corner of his eyes and glanced at her later, she would have thought she had succeeded!
Yan Shuyu gritted her teeth with hatred! Facing Yan Qingge, she always has a feeling of returning to that dark girlhood memory.
But if Yan Qingge can be co-opted, it will be of great help to her shaky and unstable position. In the eyes of others, she is a queen, how honorable, but only she knows what is going on with the queen's position.
She doesn't want to die, she wants to live and enjoy all this hard-won everything!
It seems that she has to make some drastic information before she can make this sister of hers useful.
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(Tianjin)