Chapter 2: The Queen
Under the guidance of the inner supervisor, Su Ruhua entered the palace gate, went around the wall, and walked through the corridor, only to see the real Changle Palace.
Eight palace maids outside the hall stood in two, seeing her coming, the palace maids on both sides raised their hands and unveiled the light veil that shielded the wind at the palace door for her, and the inner eunuch stood outside the hall and spoke loudly again.
Su Ruhua didn't have time to think about it, and stepped into the hall.
The fragrance in the Changle Hall was slow at the moment, and a hairpin ring whispered, Su Ruhui quickly glanced at the main seat of the hall, and saw a woman wearing a crimson phoenix robe sitting on the seat, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, thinking that it could not be the queen mother. And since the queen is sitting on the main seat, then that is to say, the queen mother is no longer here.
She knelt down in accordance with the rules of Mama's teaching: "Su Ruhui, the daughter of Wudehou and the auxiliary general Su Wanhai, knock to see the queen's mother, the queen's mother is blessed and healthy!" ”
The whispering in the hall was silent for a while, Su Ruhui knew that this was the people around her who were looking at herself intently, her posture was upright, her voice was crisp and sweet, and after a while, a gentle female voice came from the hall: "What a delicate girl, get up, come forward to take a look at the palace." ”
Su Ruhui thanked him and stepped forward according to his words, so that he dared to see Queen Zhou's appearance clearly.
Queen Zhou, the son of small characters, takes the meaning of "the son is home, and it is appropriate for his family". The face is like a full moon, the texture is delicate and snow-white, the eyes are horizontal, the nose and cherry lips are Yao, the eyebrows are attached to the diamond-shaped flower yellow, a green silk is pulled into a flying bun style, and a phoenix with beads is inserted in the hair, and a string of beads in the mouth of the phoenix is shaking and falling, adding a lot of style. The earrings are pure gold cloves, which is in line with what Hongluan said.
The outer robe worn by the queen has noticed that it is a crimson phoenix robe, which is embedded with gold thread when weaving, and with a slight movement, it will shine, and the phoenix pattern is tattooed with a dark needle. Inside is a simple white skirt, with a gold belt inlaid with treasure at the waist, and the armor on the fingers is bright, but under the skirt, a pair of red phoenix shoes are exposed, and a pair of night pearls are sewn on it.
This outfit not only shows the queen's bearing and does not lose her dignity, but it also takes care of the only princess in the palace who has just died, and it does not look too festive.
The queen took a closer look, as the inner supervisor in charge of the selection said, Zhou Zhizi likes dignified and delicate girls very much, and Su Ruhua's face made her a little happy, so she took her hand and asked some questions casually.
Mrs. An has long warned her daughter that the queen mother and the queen are happy, not to mention that if you want to become the future wife of the prince, it is definitely not something that you can do with shyness and timidity. In addition, the Su family is a general, although Su Ruhui has never learned the art of killing the enemy with fists and feet, his courage is not small.
Hearing the words and answers, he spoke clearly and his voice was sweet, so that everyone in the hall nodded slightly.
The queen seemed to be very happy, and took off a jasper ring from her wrist casually, and said with a smile: "Wu Dehou is very good at teaching his daughter, at a young age, but his bearing has the demeanor of everyone. ”
Su Ruhui did not shirk, and generously accepted the thanks, which made the smile on the corner of the queen's mouth deepen a little.
After receiving the reward, Su Ruhui retreated to the side hall to rest a little under the guidance of the palace maid. To her surprise, there were already two girls of the same age drinking tea in the side hall.
The two girls sat on both sides of the table on the left and right, as if they were facing each other, and when they saw Su Ruhua coming, they both glanced back, and the girl on the right turned her head first, as if she disdained to greet Su Ruhua.
The girl on the left looked at Su Ruhui for a moment, but she didn't say anything.
Su Ruhui was not angry, and after the palace maid who led her in withdrew, she walked straight to the bottom of the two, picked a chair and sat down, and was about to reach for the teapot, but heard the girl on the left suddenly shout: "Mouse!" ”
Su Ruhua was stunned, and before she could move, the girl on the right immediately jumped up, almost tripped over a chair, and exclaimed, "Where is it?!" ”
Su Ruhui quickly looked around the side hall, but saw that the surrounding cleaning was spotless, the items were neat, how could there be the shadow of a mouse? She looked curiously at the girl on her left, but saw that the girl rolled her eyes and smiled out loud.
The girl on the right and Su Ruhui knew that they had fallen for her, Su Ruhui just pouted, but the girl on the right couldn't help but be angry, and put her tea cup on the table, and said coquettishly: "Song Caisu!" What do you mean! ”
"Hey, you can't blame me, I didn't mean to scare you, it's your own cowardice." The girl on the left saw her angry, but she was not afraid, but showed a hint of banter, holding the tea cup and saying leisurely.
It's not to scare the girl on the right, it's naturally to scare Su Ruhua.
Su Ruhui snorted in her heart, it seems to be the nature of girls to be afraid of mice, but Su Ruhui was born in Jiangmen, and since she was a child, her father taught her three brothers the key points of the battlefield, and the most important thing is to stay in danger. Besides, when the girl on the left called out the mouse, she had doubts in her heart, Changle Hall was the main hall of Weiyang Palace where the queen lived, and there were rats where the queen lived.
The girl on the right didn't want to just give up, and said angrily: "I met at the gate of the palace when I came just now, and you made fun of me and said that I had a rouge flower, so I ran back to the sedan chair to find my grandmother to borrow a mirror to see clearly before daring to come in, and you took the opportunity to grab the first audience!" Song Caisu, you are so vicious! ”
The girl named Song Caisu grimaced at her and grinned: "I casually said that you also believe it, Sister Zhang, you are too easy to deceive!" ”
"You!" Zhang Huan's tongue is obviously far inferior to Song Caisu's, and his face is flushed when he lands, and when he slaps the table, he is about to have a seizure.
Su Ruhui saw that the situation was not good, so she had to come forward to play a round: "Two sisters, but the daughter of Shangshu Ling Song Ying and Wei Yuanbo Zhang Ziyi?" ”
"yes, who are you? There are a total of five people in this pilgrimage, looking at your appearance, it shouldn't be the granddaughter of Master Huo, the rest are Su Ruhai and Zhou Zhinan, who is your father? The grinning Song Caisu suddenly turned around and asked casually.
Su Ruhui said in his heart, it turns out that the sound insulation of this side hall is so good, just now the inner supervisor announced loudly, but these two people didn't hear it: "My name is Su Ruhui." ”
"Oh, it's Su Ruhai's daughter." Song Caisu said, her eyes swept around, and she smiled for a while, "Sister Zhang, just now you said that I was not beautiful, but now there is a more beautiful one than you, alas, it is estimated that except for the granddaughter of Master Huo, she is the best-looking." ”
Zhang Yan was already drinking tea silently, and when he heard this, he immediately looked at Su Ruhui with unkind eyes.
Su Ruhui secretly scolded this Song Caisu in her heart, but she had to speak out, lest Zhang Yi be stupid and take herself as an opponent: "Is the granddaughter of Master Huo you said very good-looking?" ”
"I saw Huo Qinglian during the Lantern Festival last year, and he looked much better than you." Zhang Jun immediately glanced at her.
Su Ruhui was glad that she was full of sourness when she mentioned Huo Qinglian, and she no longer seemed to hate herself alone, but Song Caisu said again: "Huo Qinglian is two years older than us, I heard that she entered the palace mainly to accompany the queen mother for a few years, and then see if she will serve the emperor instead of her aunt." ”
Zhang Yi looked at Su Ruhua's gaze, full of hostility again.
If Huo Qinglian's goal is to be the imperial concubine, then he is obviously no longer the enemy of Zhang Xuan, who wants to be the future imperial concubine or even the queen. In addition to Huo Qinglian, among the three girls present now, the most outstanding is undoubtedly Su Ruhua.
In fact, this is not Su Ruhui's really the most beautiful, entering the palace to accompany the queen mother and the queen, the five girls are all carefully selected, and they are all from everyone, so naturally they are not far behind.
Among them, Song Caisu has a round face, big eyes, extremely long eyelashes, eyebrows like green feathers, lips like dyed vermilion, and white cheeks that are red in the red.
And Zhang Huan's goose egg face, a pair of red phoenix eyes, the corners of the eyes fly obliquely into the sideburns, wearing a lilac dress, she has shown charm at a young age, and in terms of beauty, she is on par with Su Ruhua.
The three girls have their own merits, and it is difficult to distinguish between the top and the bottom in terms of appearance alone. It's just that Su Ru Huisheng is dignified and dignified, and she sits in the middle of the three, and at a glance, it seems that she is respected, which makes the other two girls unconvinced.
Song Caisu is obviously a clever and articulate girl, she sees that Su Ruhua is not pleasing to the eye, she does not come forward officially, and in a few words, Zhang Yiji, who was instigated in person, hated Su Ruhui.
For this, Su Ruhui could only lament in her heart. Before coming, the Su family had already investigated the companions who entered the palace together this time, Song Caisu was born in the Song family, and he was also one of the gate valves, and Song Ying and Su Wanhai had political disagreements, and they did a lot of things to attack each other. Song Caisu's family history has just met the queen, and immediately began to continue the struggle between the two fathers.
As for Zhang Yuan, her background is more prominent than Song Caisu, and it can be seen from her surname alone that she is the grandniece and nephew of the Queen Mother. Although the Zhang family is a family, most of the two generations are mediocre, which is one of the reasons why the Queen Mother did not reward her mother's family when she was in power, after all, the government will eventually be returned to the present, with the wisdom of the Queen Mother, even if Adou who can't support him is on the throne for a while, he will inevitably step down in disgrace.
Therefore, the Zhang family originally only had two people who won the title, namely Jingguo Gong and Mu Ningbo.
However, Zhang's side branch has a capable one, that is, Zhang Ziyi, a young man in the army, starting from the chief, step by step from the second grade of the Zhenguo general, and he also has a rescue credit - in a spring hunt, when chasing the prey, was pounced on by a colorful tiger, at that time it was a BMW that was one in a million, and the surrounding guards failed to keep up for a while, when it was critical, it was Zhang Ziyi who was in danger, and sent an arrow far away, not to mention the crack of the tiger's forehead, and the arrow also took the tiger out of a few steps.
Today praised his archery skills on the spot, "Nai Zhi Ji also", because of the queen mother's virtue, and Zhang is the only one who can shoot, coupled with the skill of saving the driver, Jin Shang is extremely favored to Zhang Ziyi, this selection, the first person to go to the inner prison is Wei Yuanbofu.
As for the two who have not yet arrived, one Huo Qinglian, the granddaughter of Taishi Huo De, and the niece of the Huo family, one of the four concubines, the name of beauty has not yet arrived, and the name of beauty has already arrived. The last one is Zhou Zhinan's daughter, but she is the queen's niece.
Su Ruhui took a sip of tea and waited boredly, she didn't know that these five people, how many were raised by the queen mother's side, and a few were raised under the queen's knees, and they needed to wait for everyone to be clear.
The sound insulation of this side hall is really good, and after the three of them drank tea silently for a long time, the door opened, and the palace maid brought in another person.