Chapter 171: Choosing a Concubine for the Palace Banquet
The gorgeous palace, the high Danque, sparkling in the sun is not only golden, but also the royal dignity.
There are a lot of people coming to the Queen Mother's Cining Palace today, but this will all be scattered in the garden of the Queen Mother's Cining Palace, the main palace in the palace in the Cining Palace, second only to the main palace of the emperor and the queen.
Many young ladies from young families who are not very old are dressed up very beautifully, all of them are shy, and their steps are elegant, although they are said to enjoy the scenery, but they are extremely attentive between their actions, and they are more like being appreciated!
But in fact, it is indeed being rewarded, although it is not explicitly stated, but the ladies who entered the palace all know that this time I am afraid that it will be the main concubines and side concubines of those princes, so their faces are slightly red.
Just now, some of them have seen King Yue and King Zhou, the two princes look handsome and extraordinary, thinking that as long as they can marry them, not only is it expected to be prosperous, but it may even become the most noble status among the women in the future, thinking of this place makes them excited, and they become more and more shy.
Everyone knew the purpose of coming today, but they pretended not to know anything, for fear that those princes would not look down on them.
"Grandmother, I don't like it!" Chu Liuchen raised his eyes casually, leaned back, and said weakly, there was a snow-white long-haired civet cat on his knees, a pair of blue cat eyes looked particularly attractive, and there seemed to be a slit in the middle, revealing a mysterious beauty, which would also lie lazily, and the whole cat body was nested in his arms.
"There are so many young ladies of the family, they are the most noble in Beijing, why don't you like it?" The Queen Mother, who was over sixty years old, sat beside him, touched her grandson's forehead, and smiled kindly.
The two of them are in a tall hall in the Cining Palace, and the balcony outside is hung with a curtain, which can not only block the wind, but also let the sun shine through, and it does not affect the line of sight, which is a good place for observation.
This hall is not much higher than the ground, and it is clear to see that the delicate ladies of the family below are not only shaped, but also clearly seen, and the queen mother has just seen several young ladies with excellent appearance, and she feels very satisfied!
"Imperial grandmother, my body...... Who else would want to marry. Chu Liuchen smiled bitterly, a pair of handsome eyes opened, like the eyes reflected in the stars, with a harmless illness, just one glance made the queen mother's heart soften, and he couldn't wait to hold all the good in front of him, this child is a miserable life.
"What nonsense, the grandson of the mourning family, who is a golden and precious person, how can no one marry, not only someone must marry, but also marry the best, if anyone looks down on you, the mourning family will let people dispose of her!" The Queen Mother deliberately said with a tiger face.
"Imperial grandmother, marrying in is also a widow, don't embarrass those young ladies of the family." Chu Liuchen lowered his head, his expression looked gloomy, his thin and bloodless lips were bent, and his smile was bitter and reluctant.
"What is this called, who said it, the good grandson of the mourning family should live a long life!" The Queen Mother was really angry this time, her brows furrowed tightly, and she said coldly.
"Imperial grandmother, do you believe this?" Chu Liuchen tried hard to laugh, handsome as a beautiful young man who came out of the picture scroll with a kind of obscure weakness, but he always involuntarily aroused the pity of others, especially the starry sky in those eyes, pure without a trace of impurities!
"Chen'er, don't think so, grandmother and your uncle will definitely cure you, and they will never let such a thing happen!" Although this sounded very weak, the Queen Mother still tried her best to reassure her grandson, and the sadness in her heart surged up like a tide.
The current emperor is her son, and the former emperor is also her own son!
Chu Liuchen didn't say anything this time, his hand gently touched the white cat on his lap, and he didn't say anything for a while: "Imperial grandmother, they didn't come for me!" ”
His expression was very peaceful, as if he was talking about someone else's business, and his long fan-like eyelashes fell quietly, and when he meditated, he was like a painting, a portrait without expression.
The Queen Mother was very sad, her eyes fell on the young ladies of the family outside, and they all looked very pleasing to the eye, which would look unpleasant, she would not forget that Chu Liuchen was still a little interested before, and she also deliberately looked at a few, but since Chu Liuyue and Chu Liuzhou walked over, his expression has dimmed, and he can't lift any energy, revealing a sense of malaise.
When Chu Liuyue and Chu Liuzhou walked by, those women who looked dignified and elegant, one by one smiling like flowers, and there were not a few women who secretly looked at the two of them with the handkerchief in their hands, and their eyes were even more entangled in the two of them, eager to make the two of them stop.
Those very good ones will even deliberately make some accidents, attracting the attention of Chu Liuyue and Chu Liuzhou, it is really rude, such a woman also wants to enter the royal family?
"None of these will work, next time the imperial grandmother will pick a good one for you!" Although the Queen Mother's face was not very good-looking, she was quite soft towards Chu Liuchen.
"Imperial grandmother, I don't want them, I want to have another cat, the same as this one!" Chu Liuchen's hand caressed the cat in his hand, and said softly.
"But there's only one cat!" The Queen Mother said softly.
This cat was a foreign tribute, and there were two of them sent over at that time, because he liked it, and they were all sent to the Chenwang Mansion, but I didn't expect that one was not raised, and there was only such a one left, and it was not precious!
"Imperial Grandmother!" Chu Liuchen raised his eyes and looked at the Queen Mother.
"Okay, okay, it's all up to you, whatever!" Seeing his eyes, the Queen Mother immediately softened, thinking about asking if there was still the same cat over there.
"Imperial grandmother, then I'll go back first, when the imperial grandmother looked for me, I didn't take the medicine." Chu Liuchen seemed a little embarrassed and said a little shyly.
"This kid is so old, and he doesn't have a heart, since he can't look down on it, let's go back first, next time the imperial grandmother will choose a better family lady for you."
The Queen Mother said distressedly, this time she also felt that those girls outside were too frivolous, and she still wanted to pick a good one and order it to Chu Liuchen, so that people could take good care of him, but I didn't expect to see King Yue and King Zhou one by one, and they couldn't wait to post it, it was really annoying!
Her good grandson is so good, how can she let these women look down on her!
"Yes, Imperial Grandmother!" Chu Liuchen nodded, leaned back, and Xiao Xuanzi pushed him towards the staircase with understanding.
When he arrived at the staircase, Chu Liuchen walked down from the wheelchair by himself, walked down the stairs slowly, Xiao Xuanzi carried the wheelchair down, put it flat, and then sat down, and then let Xiao Xuanzi push it away from the side door.
Chu Liuchen walked very quietly, and did not let the ladies who were "appreciating the flowers" or waiting to be "rewarded" in the Cining Palace find out, and when he arrived at the side door of the Cining Palace, the corners of his eyes were picked, and the softness and harmlessness in his eyes receded, revealing a trace of coldness, "Where did she go to play?" ”
"When I went to the street, the servant asked, and the second lady seemed to want to set up a shop, but she didn't have much money left in hand for a while, so she wanted to use the newly mortgaged shop to borrow some silver from the bank."
Xiao Xuanzi knew who he was asking, and hurriedly replied.
"Let's go check it out!" Chu Liuchen's hand touched the white cat in his hand for a while, and said lightly.
"Yes, the minion will take the master to see it!" Xiao Xuanzi hurriedly replied.
Qin Wanru didn't know that her whereabouts had been targeted by Chu Liuchen, she would indeed be outside, it was the shop she had taken a fancy to before, and today was the day she had chosen.
Di Shi and Qin Yuru have been very peaceful recently, so that there is basically nothing to do in the mansion.
In the store, not only the shopkeeper Xu Gongzi is there, but Wen Xichi is also there, and Qin Wanru is here Dong Damiang is also standing on the side with everything that should be needed.
The two have been negotiated, and the next thing is to be a guarantee, Wen Xichi is also very helpless about Qin Wanru's inexplicable trust, he actually doesn't want to care about this kind of thing at all, but seeing Qin Wanru's little face with a little expectation, he can't help but soften.
It's just a girl who hasn't grown up yet!
However, he didn't look like he had grown up, but he made people feel that he was smart, which even Wen Xichi's friend Xu Gongzi praised in private, saying that this Miss Qin Er was a poisonous person, and she took a fancy to Wen Xichi at a glance, and it was indeed the best to let him be a guarantor.
Wen Xichi, who was born in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, is a well-known young man in Beijing, but it is said that he has a quiet heart, otherwise he will be able to enter the office early with his talents.
But I couldn't imagine that a person like him would be willing to promise a girl who had only met once as a guarantor, and Xu Gongzi was also deeply surprised by this.
Although he didn't think that Qin Wanru would deceive people, Wen Xichi's behavior still surprised him, after the store changed hands, he didn't plan to leave, just watched the excitement on the side, anyway, some of his ornaments, embroidered belts and other things have not been sold yet, and it is natural to sit here.
Wouldn't it be a talented and beautiful woman who has taken a fancy to it? But this ...... It's too small, isn't it?
The shopkeeper of the money village was invited, Qin Wanru signed it, pressed his handprint, and then pushed the case file in his hand to Wen Xichi, just now they have seen everything they have, and some things that they don't understand Qin Wanru also brought it up, maybe because she asked Wen Xichi a lot of questions in the previous life, it is very natural that this will raise questions!
Wen Xichi took it, his eyes fell on the case file, a small finger print on it, such a small point, his eyes couldn't help but rise, and a slight smile appeared, such a young child actually learned to press the handprint, it was really interesting, but with this shop as the bottom, no one was worried that she would suddenly escape, and she was still the daughter of Qin Huaiyong, the new Jiangzhou Ningyuan general in Beijing.
However, I heard that there seems to be something wrong with this daughter's background.
Thinking about this question in his head, he lightly pressed his finger on the ink on the side, then pressed the handprint on the paper as well, and then signed his name again.
Raising his head, he handed the case file to the shopkeeper of the money bank on the side.
"Third Prince Wen, what will I do with this money in a while?" The shopkeeper picked it up and looked at it, and said with a smile on his face, although it was Qin Wanru who borrowed the money, but the shopkeeper looked at Wen Xichi.