Chapter 5 First Encounter with Zhou Shili
Gonggong Lu saw that Meng Xilan had paid attention to Zhou Youchen, and hurriedly ordered the eunuchs to take him back to Changqing Palace.
"It's a little thing, I don't want to alarm the girl, girl, please."
Meng Xilan didn't say much, and obediently returned to the sedan chair.
Through the corner of the curtain, she looked out again.
Zhou Youchen staggered along, and at the same time turned his head to look at her, his brown eyes flickered slightly, and his expression was complicated, which was not the look that a crazy child would have.
After a momentary gaze, Meng Xilan felt that this was not a simple coincidence, God would enlighten her again......
Zhou Youchen, she has to remember this person well.
After a short interlude, the sedan chair went all the way to Cining Palace.
Meng Xilan stood quietly outside the palace gate waiting for the report.
Gonggong Lu walked in slowly, and after a while, he bowed over and replied: "The Queen Mother has a will, please invite the girl to go in and talk, and the entourage will wait for the entourage, stay in the courtyard for the time being, and then make arrangements later." ”
When Zhu Lu heard this, she raised her eyes and looked at Meng Xilan, feeling a little uneasy in her heart.
They are not qualified to go in.
Meng Xilan stood in place, lowered her head and straightened her clothes, and stroked the broken hair on her sideburns, looking a little nervous.
Actually, she was deliberately rubbing.
Counting the hours, this should be the moment...... Almost there......
Sure enough, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "King Wenjun has arrived in ......"
It's him!
Meng Xilan's breath sank, and painful memories instantly flooded into her mind, and they flew by like lightning, coming and going in a hurry, making her heart tremble.
"The slave greets the prince, the prince is auspicious." With the greetings of brushing, the outside of Cining Palace instantly fell to its knees, leaving Meng Xilan alone without moving.
Zhu Lu saw it in her eyes, was anxious in her heart, and knelt on the ground and pulled the corner of her skirt.
Strange, why did the young lady suddenly be stunned.
Just now, Zhou Shili saw the sedan chair from a distance, and thought it was the official wife of which family, but he didn't expect that it was a fair girl who walked down.
She didn't turn around, and he couldn't see the face.
However, just looking at the back is enough to make people reverie.
"Get up."
Meng Xilan took a deep breath, deliberately half-lowered her eyes, Ying Ying turned around and saluted, and said, "The folk girl greets the prince, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”
Her voice was soft, with a hint of shyness that was just right, very pleasant.
When Zhou Shili saw her, his eyes were slightly condensed, and a smile appeared on his face: "Whose jade is this?" Get up. ”
Looking at her dress, she should be an official woman, but Zhang Sheng's face has never been seen before.
The little eunuch replied carefully: "Back to the prince, Meng Xilan, the eldest daughter of Lord Meng, the head of the household, Miss Meng." From now on, Miss Meng will stay in the palace and wait for Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”
"I see." Zhou Shili heard a little about this matter, and looked at her carefully, raised his eyebrows slightly, and remembered something: "Oh, you are Meng Xiran's sister?" ”
Meng Xilan raised her head slightly, pretended to be a little surprised and looked at him, and nodded lightly, "Back to the prince's words, the folk girl is exactly." ”
Zhou Shili still smiled: "Your brother is Xiran, you are Xilan......" paused and asked, "Which "Lan" character do you use?" ”
"The evening of the morning and the evening, the Lan of the mountains."
"Yuran...... The birds on the horizon return to thought, and the mountains outside the gate are full of sunset. What a word! Zhou Shili's thin lips opened lightly, and he said with Yaxing.
Meng Xilan smiled, and a sharp light flashed in her eyes.
The same place, the same encounter, the same conversation......
Zhou Shili, Zhou Shili, this evil fate in my previous life ruined all of me, in this life, I want to make your life worse than death! You wait for me!
Gonggong Lu glanced at the two of them, and pursed his lips thoughtfully.
Zhou Shili is the emperor's cousin, the second son of Prince Cheng, because he was born two days later than his eldest brother Zhou Shiquan, he lost the position of the son, and could only be demoted to the title of county king. And this incident has always been the most hated in his heart.
There is a stove in the house, and there is a faint smell of sandalwood.
The Queen Mother was high up, watching Zhou Shili and Meng Xilan walk in one after another, and unconsciously raised her eyebrows slightly.
"The people's girl Meng Xilan visited the Queen Mother! I wish Niangniang the phoenix good health, Chitose Chitose Chitose! Meng Xilan took the lead in opening her mouth, respectfully kowtowed to the Queen Mother, and kowtowed three times.
Zhou Shili shook his body cold, and also made a deep gesture, and said: "Say hello to the Queen Mother, all blessings and auspiciousness." ”
"Get up." The Queen Mother turned the red coral Buddha beads in her hand and said with a smile.
Meng Xilan got up as she said, lowered her eyes, and stood obediently.
The Queen Mother carefully examined Meng Xilan in front of her, and was in a very good mood.
I haven't seen it for half a month, and I look more and more energetic.
From the first sight, she liked her, looking at the eyebrows and eyes, that demeanor, it was really exactly the same as Changle back then.
Meng Xilan didn't look up, and she knew that the Queen Mother was looking at herself, wondering what she was thinking.
"Is it going well on the way here?"
"Thanks to the blessing of the Queen Mother, everything is going well." Meng Xilan didn't mention that she met Zhou Youchen on the road.
The Queen Mother nodded: "Although there are many rules in the palace, here in the mourning family, you just have to relax and treat it as if you were in your own home." ”
Meng Xilan knew that these were all scenes, and she also responded: "Thank you for the Queen Mother's kindness, the people can have the honor to enter the palace and accompany Her Royal Highness the Princess, this is all the Queen Mother's reward, the people have nothing to repay, only to take care of Her Royal Highness the Princess with all her heart, and not let the Queen Mother down......"
Sure enough, he is sensible. Zhou Shili turned his eyes to see that she was still young, but she had already seen her demeanor for the first time, and she behaved in a proper manner, so pleasing to the eye, it was really his appetite.
The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, allowed them to sit down, and the palace maids also brought tea.
"Shili, don't you have to go to court today? Come and say hello at this hour? ”
Zhou Shili lowered his head and said lightly: "Hui Niangniang, the imperial brother did not go to the early court today. ”
When the Queen Mother heard this, her expression condensed slightly, and she was quite unhappy in her heart.
I didn't go to the morning court for three days in a row, which is really unusual!
However, she still smiled at Zhou Shili and said, "Since you don't have to go to court, go back to recuperate your spirit and do the right thing." ”
Zhou Shili got up and said respectfully: "Asking for filial piety to the mother is also the business of Weichen." ”
Hearing this, Meng Xilan sneered in her heart.
What filial piety? It's just his calculations.
The Empress Dowager is the third empress of the ancestor Emperor Shunren, not the emperor's biological mother.
Today's emperor has a weak temperament, and he has never taken Zhou Shili, a dispensable cousin, to heart. Therefore, Zhou Shili came up with the idea that instead of being an inconspicuous eventful brother, it is better to be a filial son wholeheartedly.
With the face he managed in front of the Queen Mother, he was able to make some connections in and out of the palace.
"Hehehe, Imperial Grandmother, Ning'er is here." With a clear laughter, a girl covered in red ran in from outside.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess......" The grandmother and palace maid who chased behind her looked frightened and sweaty.
The palace attendants did not show an expression of surprise, as if they had long been accustomed to her appearance.
Seeing this, Meng Xilan hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted, "The people's daughter sees Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”
Zhou Youning was slightly stunned when he saw that there was a living person, and directly untied the scarlet cloak on his body, threw it to the palace maid on the side, and took the lead in saying goodbye to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother smiled gently, beckoned her to come to her, and said angrily: "The road is slippery on a snowy day, and you are so reckless." ”
Zhou Youning leaned coquettishly on the Queen Mother, with a hint of interest in his dark eyes, and looked at Meng Xilan who was kneeling on the ground from top to bottom, and said with an "oh" voice: "Ancestor, this sister is so good-looking." ”
Meng Xilan knelt lightly and didn't answer, only listening to the Queen Mother continue: "That's the daughter of the Meng family, and she will be the one who will accompany you in this palace in the future." ”
Zhou Youning showed surprise on his face, and hurriedly got up to salute the Queen Mother: "Thank you for your grandmother, in this world, you love me the most." ”
The Queen Mother was reluctant to let her kneel, let her come to her, reached out and pinched her cheek and said, "Flamboyant tongue, your mouth is sweet." ”
Zhou Youning took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Meng Xilan: "You are Sister Meng, and with my sister as my companion in the future, I will not always be alone." ”
Meng Xilan held her hand with her hand, raised her eyes to look at Zhou Youning, and responded with a smile: "The people will take good care of Her Royal Highness the princess." ”