Chapter 46: Meeting the Queen Mother
The Baifu Hall is still lush with vegetation and solemn appearance, which is not much different from five years ago.
When the palace people guarding the door saw that Murong Zhao and the others had arrived, they all knelt down and saluted.
Hui Silk waited outside the Baifu Hall early in the morning, and saw the people who came, but Yang Qiqi was the only one who was born in the face, and asked with a smile: "Girl, but you filled in the poem of the Queen Mother?" ”
Aunt Hui Silk is the most amiable person, and in the past, she took care of Yang Qiqi in the Baifu Palace. Yang Qiqi was quite grateful in his heart, and responded with a very obedient smile. Hui Silk looked at her and was also very kind, and immediately led her into the Hundred Blessing Palace.
Yang Qiqi stepped into the main hall with the silk, but saw the queen mother and the emperor sitting on the main seat of the main hall, and the queen, Li Guifei, Zhuo Shufei, Yuan Defei and others sat on both sides.
When Concubine Li Guifei saw these many people entering the door, she couldn't help but cover her lips and smile: "Why are you here!" It's been a lively day! ”
The queen mother's eyes were still a little red, and she teased Concubine Li Guifei expressionlessly: "The mourning family has not been summoned, and the emperor and you are all here!" ”
Concubine Zhuo Shu smiled: "The concubines also want to see who wrote the poems that moved you!" If the concubine remembers correctly, that plaque has been hanging for more than ten years in Leyouyuan! ”
Hui Silk led Yang Qiqi to the front, and saluted the Queen Mother: "Miss Yang has arrived." ”
Yang Qiqi fell to the ground when he heard the sound, and greeted the emperor, the queen mother and others with good etiquette. The other people who entered the palace together also knelt on their knees and saluted.
Queen Gu asked in surprise, "Is that this little girl?" ”
"Probably not! So many writers didn't get the approval of the Queen Mother, so they let this little girl come from behind? Li Guifei's face was also full of disbelief.
Yang Qiqi lowered his head slightly, hearing everyone's surprise, he still knelt quietly. Seeing it in her eyes, the Queen Mother couldn't help nodding secretly, and hurriedly said, "Get up." Move the stool and place it next to the mourning family, and the mourning family should talk to her nearby. ”
Seeing that the Queen Mother had a gentle expression, Yang Qiqi was flattered, and the trace of worry in Fang Cai's heart naturally dissipated.
The palace people got the order, and immediately moved the small chair and put it next to the queen mother. Yang Qiqi got up, approached, and sat down very decently. Murong Zhao and the others were also given seats.
"What's your name? How old are you this year? The Queen Mother spoke gently.
Yang Qiqi lowered her eyelashes slightly, and she didn't look directly at the Queen Mother who knew the rules, "The maid's surname is Yang, and her name is Qiqi." He was born in the second year of Yonghui and is thirteen years old this year. ”
The Queen Mother snorted lightly and said, "Rong and Ke are your little words." Yang Qiqi said yes, and then heard the Queen Mother hum thoughtfully, and said slowly: "It won't be from "Mrs. Xiang", right?" ”
Yang Qiqi nodded and replied respectfully: "It is Qu Lingjun's "Mrs. Xiang", and you can't get ...... suddenly" Who knew that Yang Qiqi had just said two words, but he heard the Queen Mother's voice echo and chant out, "Talk about leisurely and tolerant." Yang Qiqi was a little cramped to accept his voice, and in the second half of the sentence, only the deep voice of the Queen Mother was left in the entire hall.
The emperor was quite surprised: "I never knew that the queen mother also liked Qu Lingjun's poems, and she could recite them. ”
The Queen Mother shook her head, "The mourning family only remembers those sentences or two." She smiled, turned her head and asked Yang Qiqi, "Is it right to mourn the family?" ”
Yang Qiqi nodded again and again: "It's exactly this sentence, the Queen Mother is very knowledgeable!" ”
The Queen Mother laughed, and looked at Yang Qiqi with a smile that didn't turn around, and asked: "You filled in the second half of the poem very well, but you are a little girl, how can you have such feelings?" ”
Yang Qiqi showed just the right amount of sadness, and said: "Qiqi heard His Royal Highness the Thirteenth mention that the first half of the poem was written by you in your early years of ascending to the Ping Pavilion, and said that the remaining second half has been left in your heart. Qiqi boldly speculated, and he also wrote these things because of his own feelings. ”
The Queen Mother smiled disapprerovingly: "How old are you, what can you feel about?" ”
"Qiqi has been by the master's side since he was a child, I don't know who his parents are, every New Year's Day, when I see that my brothers have a home, I often feel lonely and lonely in my heart. Later, I traveled around with my master and saw a broader world, and I felt sad that I was just an orphan girl in the ethereal world, a caged bird and a frog at the bottom of the well. I can't help but feel sad that the years are rushing, and I don't know if I can return to my parents one day. Standing in Leyouyuan, I saw the tourists gathering happily and scattered, so I wrote these. Yang Qiqi smiled very humbly and said: "Perhaps, Qiqi is now at the age of 'worrying about giving new words'." ”
The Queen Mother looked at Yang Qiqi with a smile and asked, "Then you mean that the mourning family is old?" ”
When Murong Xi heard this, he hurriedly interjected: "That's what it means!" Xuan hair change, that is to say, Imperial Grandmother, your hair is gray! She's bold! ”
Yang Qiqi was not afraid at all, and replied unhurriedly: "Even if people are not old, their hearts are vicissitudes." ”
The Queen Mother's face gradually sank, and her expression changed, and Zhuo Yuqing and the others who saw it were terrified. Everyone knows that the Queen Mother is over half a hundred years old, which is not old? But who in the world dares to tell the truth?
Yuan Xian shouted anxiously: "Grandmother, Qiqi doesn't mean that!" You're not old! Xuanfa is a metaphor, and the sun and moon are passing away! Antithesis! ”
Concubine Yuan Defei saw Yuan Xian's reckless interjection, and said with a calm face: "The Queen Mother hasn't spoken yet, what are you talking about!" ”
Several children were quite nervous, but Murong Zhao looked at Yang Qiqi's expression with a wandering expression, not worried about what would happen next.
The hall was extremely silent for a while, and suddenly heard the queen mother snorting and laughing. She laughed so heartily that she burst into tears.
The Queen Mother's face changed, so that everyone in the hall couldn't help but look at each other.
"My wife has lived for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen such a little girl with such vicissitudes!" When the Queen Mother said that, she wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Such a little girl is actually my confidant!" ”
Yang Qiqi lowered his eyelashes, with a look of pampering and not being surprised. The Queen Mother is crying and laughing, which is a gaffe that she has never had.
Emperor Yonghui looked incredulous, and said: "My son and imperial sister haven't been praised by you for so many years, how did this little girl become your confidant when she wrote half a poem?" ”
The Queen Mother glanced at Emperor Yonghui and said, "Although you are the children of the mourning family, you may not understand the mourning family. Jiujiang is quite intimate, and Tong'an is only left with endless troubles! ”
As soon as Princess Tong'an heard this, she called coquettishly: "Queen Mother! ”
The Queen Mother looked at Yang Qiqi, shook her head again and again, and said: "What an amazing little girl, it can be seen that she is really a famous teacher and a high apprentice!" Tong'an, she is a year younger than you, but I don't know how much smarter than you! ”
The eldest princess of Tong'an glared at Yang Qiqi with dissatisfaction, "If the queen mother really dislikes her sons, then let her sons go to Ulsan and worship Mr. Qingping as a master!" When the time comes, he will also follow the play of this unborn Confucian Tiannan Haibei, and his sons will naturally become smart! ”
The Queen Mother smiled: "Even if the mourning family lets you go, can you really endure that hardship?" Do you think wandering around is the same thing as going to the palace? ”
Emperor Yonghui also couldn't help but say: "If you are asked to study on weekdays, you will shout and have a headache, and you can practice writing and practicing calligraphy, which can almost cost you half a life!" ”
"Besides, if you want to apprentice, you really don't have enough to worship Mr. Qingping as a master. Look, Miss Yang alone can be your master! ”
When Tong An heard this, he was dumbfounded, "Queen Mother, is it possible that you still let a junior be my master?" ”
Yang Qiqi couldn't help but think in his heart, this is bad, Princess Tong'an hated herself completely.
The Queen Mother looked at the emperor thoughtfully and said, "There is a national eunuch in the imperial court, and there is a Hongwen Pavilion in the inner court. But these are only places for boys. Although a woman is not talented, she is virtuous. Most of the women who don't know poetry and books have no talent or virtue, so some ancients said that women have long hair and short knowledge. If you can be as knowledgeable and insightful as Miss Yang, then the women in the world will be generous and decent. At the end of the day, it's not that there is less reading! The mourning family feels that women should also go to school and study seriously. Like Miss Yang, she is insightful, knowledgeable, and open-minded. ”
When Concubine Zhuo Shufei heard this, she nodded in agreement, and said: "There is poetry and books in the belly, and women read more, which always has more advantages than disadvantages!" ”
Yang Qiqi was a little uneasy when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother, you have praised it falsely, and Qiqi is just like this in his life." Princess Tong'an and the daughters of each family have their own benefits, and many places are also incomparable with Qiqi. ”
Empress Gu has always looked forward to the queen mother, and when she heard that the queen mother intended to build a women's school, of course she wanted to have fun, so she said: "The concubine also likes Miss Yang very much." In particular, the comparison between the caged bird and the sea in Europe is particularly moving, and the concubines also yearn for it. Who said that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented! Someone like Miss Yang, who has both ability and political integrity, is a model for our Dayan women. First of all, we royal girls should be like this! ”
Although Yang Qiqi did not object to Queen Gu's words, she felt that she had suddenly been set up as a model, which was too eye-catching, which really made her feel like a man on her back, and she was in a cold sweat. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's excited and genuinely appreciative face at the moment, Yang Qiqi would really feel that the Queen Mother was deliberately embarrassing her.
Emperor Yonghui stroked his palms and smiled: "Most courtiers and families will invite their daughters to the west. But it's just a matter of reading and reading "Women's Rules" and "Women's Rings". If you really open a women's school, it is also good to let the daughters of these noble families study. When I went back, I asked people to draw up a plan, set up a room next to the Hongwen Pavilion to be a female student, and then invite some famous female gentlemen, the queen mother thinks it's good? ”
The Queen Mother nodded again and again, and said: "The mourning family feels that it is no better, and the female gentleman who came back should also have a serious reputation, I will look at it according to the official rank of the national eunuch!" How many official residences are the eunuchs of Guozijian? ”
Emperor Yonghui said: "It is six products." ”
The Queen Mother smiled and pointed at Yang Qiqi and said, "Emperor, the mourning family has named Miss Yang to be a six-grade girl, do you think it is appropriate?" ”
Emperor Yonghui knew that the Queen Mother was a whim, and he was the most filial, not to mention that Yang Qiqi was famous, but he had no ability, and he was happy to make the Queen Mother so happy.
Yang Qiqi was shocked and worried, but she clearly felt that the Queen Mother's sudden interest was not because she was so simple.
It's more like a trap, or a long-planned exploit, and it's so unusual!