When Huaxi entered the house, the person who came to report the news had already finished replying, and the maid led it down to receive the reward.

Huaxi asked anxiously: "Auntie, I heard that the fourth sister was born." When will it be? I heard the old mothers say that women have to pass the ghost gate when they give birth, and I don't know what happened to the fourth sister? ”

"Last night, it was a boy." Although Mu Xiangqing was happy, his eyes were even more worried, "I heard that it was dangerous at that time, and the child bleed heavily after he came out. Later, the bleeding stopped, and although his life was saved, he was weak and had to be raised for a year or two before he recovered. Princess Luodong took the child to the concubine's house and raised ......"

That's not a good thing. It's easy to say if Princess Luodong raises it, but if it is raised by the concubine, the fourth sister is in better health, and it will be much more difficult to get the child back.

"The fourth sister's affairs are not in a hurry, and she always has to take care of herself first."

Huaxi didn't know what to say, but Mu Xiangqing was worried but couldn't, this kind of affairs in the palace was not something they could manage.

"Well, having said that, it's just that Yunyi has suffered such a big crime, and I don't know when I will recover. I'll go to the palace in two days, hey" Mu Xiangqing sighed, "What are you looking for me?" ”

Huaxi said that she promised to take Yunlin and Yunning to the palace for a banquet, "I came to ask my aunt to send a letter over there." ”

Mu Xiangqing thought for a while and said, "Since you have promised, take them with you." Compared to now, it is not as good as before, when you enter the palace, you must be separated from them, I will send someone to watch the two of them when the time comes, and you don't have to worry about the rest. ”

"Thank you, auntie."

Huaxi saw that Mu Xiangqing had no energy, so she chatted casually and got up to leave.

In December, it snowed twice in a row. The snow on the streets has been cleared to both sides, and the carriage lanes have been left open for traffic.

Huaxi sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at the scenery outside the car with interest. The snow stopped, long skates formed under the eaves, and the children picked up the rocks and laughed and played ice skating.

"Girl, it's cold, it's freezing carefully." Cui Ming said on the side.

"Oh" Huaxi sighed, watching the white mist dissipate, and the sound of children laughing in her ears gradually faded away, and she answered softly. It wasn't until there were few houses on both sides of the street, and only bare trees covered with snow were left on the side of the wide avenue, that Huaxi lowered the curtain of his hand.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the guards accompanying King Xin came to ask Huaxi to get off the bus.

This is the side gate to welcome guests into the palace, and there are already palace attendants waiting in line in front of the door.

The gate with gilt copper nails is particularly bright in color against the high gray palace wall. Standing at the gate of the palace, the sense of depression under the solemn majesty made Huaxi a little uncomfortable.

King Shin said softly, "Don't worry...... You and Mrs. Weiyuan Marquis are it. ”

Hua Xi nodded lightly, separated from Susukino Shin, and followed Mu Xiangqing to the other two waiters into the sedan chair. Yun Lin and Yun Ning also got out of the car behind, walking in a proper manner, not daring to come out of the atmosphere, bowing their heads and following closely behind.

Mu Xiangqing took the three of Huaxi into the inner palace in a sedan chair and got off the sedan chair, and a female official greeted him and asked Mu Xiangqing and others to go to the Queen Mother's palace to meet them.

The four of them walked for two quarters of an hour and faintly saw the vermilion palace wall with glazed tiles, and after walking about a hundred paces, they saw a pitch-black ebony gate, and a gilded plaque on a blue background with the word "Changchun" hanging on the top.

Huaxi lowered her eyebrows and followed Mu Xiangqing into the palace gate.

After entering the hall, the house was full of fragrant wind, smiling and softly, and I knew that there were many people in this hall.

Mu Xiangqing and Huaxi came in, and the laughter gradually stopped. Mu Xiangqing led the three of Huaxi to kneel and greet the Queen Mother.

"Get up, feel free today, don't be polite." The Queen Mother smiled and told Mu Xiangqing to get up, and her eyes stopped on the three Huaxi people behind her, "Which one is the daughter of King Xin?" ”

Mu Xiangqing smiled and took Huaxi's hand and motioned for her to take a step forward, "Huaxi, hurry up and salute the Queen Mother." ”

Huaxi stepped forward from behind Mu Xiangqing, I don't know if she was too nervous, or she adapted to the atmosphere here, she was not as nervous as she was when she entered the palace just now, and smiled and blessed the Queen Mother, "Huaxi meets the Queen Mother, and wishes the Queen Mother a long life, health and eternal youth." ”

Huaxi raised her head slightly, so that the Queen Mother could see clearly.

She wore a coral red embroidered white plum silk jacket on her upper body, a silver fox trim on her neckline, and a twelve-piece moon-white Hunan skirt on her lower body. Hibiscus face, autumn eyes, and facial features soften the characteristics of the Dahua people and Xiyue people, which are soft and charming, and their complexions are pretty. With a smile on his face, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and he does not see the color of nervousness, but he really has a bit of Baimei's pride.

Hua Xizi also saw the appearance of the Queen Mother clearly. The Queen Mother is now more than ten, dressed in a Ming and Huang palace dress embroidered with gold silk peonies, beaded and green hairpins are embellished between black hair and cloud temples, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and her facial features can be seen in her beautiful complexion when she was young, and her demeanor is graceful, and she looks like she is about fifty years old.

The Queen Mother looked at Huaxi and nodded: "Look at the little mouth is so sweet, the mourning family has an old bone, where can it compare to your flower-like daughters." ”

There are people next to her, and the Empress Dowager is well maintained.

The Queen Mother stopped everyone with a smile again: "Okay, okay...... Huaxi's child is annoying, I heard that you are outstanding in making incense, and you have a nickname of 'fragrant beauty', today it is really worthy of the name, it is rare to be born so well-behaved and clever, and the mourning family also likes to believe in the king's good fortune when they see it, and even the mourning family is a little envious. Come on, bring my pair of red bracelets to Huaxi. ”

"Thank you Queen Mother for the reward"

"The imperial grandmother is eccentric, Qiong Zhi asked you twice and didn't see you willing to give, why did you give it to Huaxi today." Outside the temple gate, the voice of the Qiongzhi people has arrived.

The Queen Mother smiled even more, "Why haven't you come in yet, how long are you going to hide?" ”

The eldest princess and Qiong Zhi walked into the hall, and everyone got up and saluted. The eldest princess and Qiong Zhi greeted the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother waved at Qiong Zhi, and Qiong Zhi walked up to the Queen Mother, pouting and pulling the sleeves of the Queen Mother's sleeve and coquettishly said, "What's the matter?" Is the imperial grandmother also ready to appreciate Qiongzhi and order some good things? ”

The Queen Mother was amused by Qiong Zhi's expression, "You little thing, you look at other people's things and your eyes are red." The last time you looked at the pair of jade bottles, this time you went back and got them. ”

Qiong Zhimei smiled, thanked the Queen Mother for the reward, and did not forget to squeeze her eyes towards Huaxi after speaking. The corners of Huaxi's lips rose again, this Qiongzhi would really take advantage of the fire to rob. However, it can be seen that the Queen Mother is very fond of her.

The queen and the three concubines with the highest taste in the palace all followed the queen mother to give Huaxi things. Huaxi thanked them one by one, and the Queen Mother asked the names of Mu Yunlin and Mu Yunning, bowed her head slightly, and ordered someone to give Huaxi and Mu Xiangqing a seat.

As soon as he sat down, Qiong Zhi came over, asked the palace maid to move a brocade stool to sit down beside Huaxi, glanced at Yun Lin and Yun Ning behind Mu Xiangqing, frowned slightly, and said to Huaxi Nunu, "Why are the two sisters here?" Mrs. Zhenyuan Marquis still hasn't sealed an edict yet, who brought them in? ”

Yun Lin and Yun Ning were rewarded by Huaxi in the future, and the Queen Mother would see the two of them, but she didn't expect the Lord of Duanning to intervene halfway, which made the Queen Mother forget about this stubble, and then Huaxi received a reward from the Queen Mother and others, and the two looked at the hot eyes, and only then did they hear the Queen Mother ask, and they thought that they could behave well, but they didn't expect to ask the name and it was okay. The two of them were depressed, and when they heard Duan Ning say this again, their faces became more and more ugly.

Qiong Zhi glanced at the two people with blue faces, hooked the corners of her lips, leaned in front of Huaxi, and whispered: "The banquet is in the evening, after lunch is over, don't go to enjoy the plum blossoms with those women, I'll take you to walk around the palace." It's a place where I grew up playing, and I know what's interesting when I close my eyes."

Hua Xi said "um" lightly, and Qiong Zhi went to talk elsewhere with a smile.

Yun Lin and Yun Ning sulked, but they didn't dare to attack because this hall was full of concubines, nobles, and noblewomen.

The Queen Mother said for a while and passed the meal, and the Queen Mother specially gave two dishes to Huaxi, which made Yun Lin and Yun Ning red-eyed.

After the meal, everyone accompanied the Queen Mother to the plum garden in the palace to enjoy the plum blossoms. Huaxi was dragged to the back by Qiongzhi, said to the female official who was waiting next to her, and took two palace maids to pull Huaxi away.

Yun Ning caught a glimpse of Hua Xi leaving, dragged Yun Lin to make a look, and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Mu Xiangqing.

"Well, when Huaxi and Duanning County Lord left, they must have gone to wander elsewhere, maybe they will meet any nobleman?"

Yun Ning looked at the front of the team, Yun Lin followed her line of sight, glanced at Jingfu and Jinghe County Lords who were walking in front, pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Jingfu County is mainly friendly, and the Queen Mother wants to give her face, so she is allowed to serve left and right...... They don't deal with Duanning, so it's better to send a message to the county lord of Jinghe, so as not to let us come forward. ”

Yun Ning nodded, "This method is proper." ”

Yun Lin whispered a few words to Yun Ning, Yun Ning nodded, took a few steps back to avoid Mu Xiangqing, and ran to the side of the team to find the palace maid who was waiting for Jing and the county lord. ()