47 The Palace Turmoil
In the early years, others still asked with concern from time to time to help her find various cures for infertility, but there was no movement, and everyone didn't mention it in the past two years. It seems that mentioning it is a stab in her heart.
So now, An Yiru often feels that she is superfluous on such occasions.
Shen Yuexi sat next to the Queen Mother, looking at An Yiru's loneliness.
An Yiru once poisoned her, so she has always been wary of her, but now, she feels that An Yiru is a little pitiful.
Moreover, in that poisoning incident, Shen Yuexi did not hate An Yiru, and there was suddenly another woman next to her beloved man, and she could not accept it safely.
Thinking of this, Shen Yuexi remembered for no reason, when the king of Beihu gave the granddaughter of the protector of the country, Naren, to the clumsy, and his heart was like a knife now, he can't forget it. Therefore, Shen Yuexi understands An Yiru.
Suddenly, now she can't even breathe when she thinks of the name. I don't know if he is dying on the battlefield now? Or did he quell the civil strife in Beihu and return triumphantly and marry Naren?
Thinking of this, Shen Yuexi felt another pain in her heart.
"Yue Xi, your face doesn't seem to be very good, but what's uncomfortable, do you want the imperial doctor to take a look?" The Queen Mother on the side looked at Shen Yuexi's expression a little disoriented, and couldn't help but ask with some concern.
"The people's daughter is fine, so the Queen Mother is worried." Shen Yuexi hurriedly replied softly.
Now that all the relatives were present, and where there were many women, there were many words, and she tried to make herself less conspicuous and avoid provoking something that she shouldn't have.
"What else are you talking about, since you are with the Seventh Prince, you will be called a concubine in the future." The Queen Mother patted Shen Yuexi's hand with a smile.
"Yes, the concubine remembers." Shen Yuexi responded.
The Queen Mother and Shen Yuexi's enthusiasm, the people in the room naturally saw it, but they were also interested, seeing that the Queen Mother and Shen Yuexi's voices were very small, they must not want them to mix, so no one talked much.
When the auspicious time came, a father-in-law came in to spread the word and invited everyone to go to the altar of prayer.
All the harem ladies got up, lined up, followed the queen mother and queen according to their position, and walked in the direction of the altar.
Only Shen Yuexi was pulled by the Queen Mother's side.
Shen Yuexi has no grandmother since she was a child, so she helped the Queen Mother, and she felt a little close in her heart.
The emperor led the courtiers and the prince and grandson to the altar, and when he turned around, he saw the queen mother and her party, and the relatives were dressed in gorgeous clothes, which looked very good from a distance.
Then, everyone's eyes finally fell on Shen Yuexi, this woman has a good face, but she can accompany the Queen Mother, she must be a noble person, who is it?
Zhao Zheng and Zhao Guang didn't expect the Queen Mother to let Shen Yuexi walk beside her. The corners of Zhao Zheng's mouth showed a slight smile, he looked at Shen Yuexi, and felt that she had an inexplicable aura of love, no wonder the Queen Mother liked it.
Zhao Guang was also slightly stunned, secretly thinking that this Yue Xi really has a set, just when they met, the Queen Mother liked it so much, which is a rare thing.
When everyone was all together and each was in place, the prayer began to begin.
Although Shen Yuexi has never participated in the prayer ceremony, but this kind of prayer ceremony does not need to understand anything, there is a sacrificial master of ceremonies to read the sacrifice aloud, the emperor led everyone to worship, she just needs to kneel with everyone and get up.
Shen Yuexi knelt down and thought that this kind of prayer ceremony would be held every year, but when the people were still unwindy and rainy, she went all the way from the frontier to the capital, and she saw too much of the people's inability to feed the people's suffering, and she didn't know what the meaning of the emperor's worship was like this.
After the prayer was over, everyone went to a palace to enjoy the singing and dancing, and before the singing and dancing, lunch came.
Lunch is still boring, the emperor and the courtiers chatted, because it is a prayer ceremony, so it is mostly about state affairs, there are droughts in various parts of Southern Xia, there are floods, the victims are running around, there are many hidden dangers, the emperor asked the ministers to go back and issue the emperor's orders layer by layer, and provide relief and rectification in many ways to ensure that there is no obstacle to public order in various places.
The ladies ate in silence and had no one to speak.
Shen Yuexi also breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to gossip with the ladies and relatives, and she didn't want others to ask too much about her, she just wanted to finish this lunch and leave the palace early.
Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly called her name.
Hearing the word "yuexi", Shen Yuexi looked up at Zhao Guang.
Everyone also followed the emperor's gaze to Shen Yuexi, and the hall instantly fell silent.
Zhao Guang got up, slowly walked in front of Shen Yuexi, and then looked at the people seated in the hall, "Miss Yuexi, she is from Baishui Town, Jiangzhou, and the family of Baishui Town has lost everything, she survived alone, suffered a lot, and moved to the capital," Zhao Guang looked at Shen Yuexi, "Yuexi, you tell me what happened to you, and let these ministers of mine hear how much the people will suffer if they can't manage the water conservancy well." ”
Shen Yuexi's life experience made the people in the palace a little surprised, especially those female dependents, they looked at Shen Yuexi's charming appearance, and they were from the Seventh Prince's Mansion, and they thought it was a young lady from a family outside the capital, but they didn't expect their background to be so poor.
"Although you are in the government and the opposition, how can they not know about the suffering of the people, and why should they sprinkle a handful of salt on the wounds of the people's daughters." In the face of the emperor's proposal, Shen Yuexi did not want to play a miserable role to win sympathy, she bounced back the emperor's words in an indifferent tone.
Zhao Zheng watched from the sidelines, a little apologetic, it was all because of him that she had to attend such a boring ceremony, and she had to deal with all kinds of people she didn't like.
Although Shen Yuexi's words were calm, they threw a stone among the ministers, and this woman dared to refute the emperor's words, which really made them secretly gasp.
Zhao Guang had seen Shen Yuexi's sharpness, so he smiled, "Yue Xi is straightforward, not like an ordinary woman's twisted attitude, I appreciate it very much." ”
After saying this, Zhao Guang turned around and looked at the ministers again, "Do you think Yue Xi looks like a person?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zheng's heart shook, what did the emperor mean?
The ministers were also puzzled and looked at Shen Yuexi one after another.
Shen Yuexi lowered her eyes and stood calmly. Let the eyes of the full hall look at her face.
"This girl looks like Xiao Wang's sister." Suddenly, a flirtatious voice came from the crowd.