Chen Ying carefully observed Li's expression, and saw that her eyebrows were gloomy, and she seemed to be immersed in memories again, so she didn't dare to say any more, but what she thought in her heart was that Chen Shao was not only unhappy back then, but something went wrong, so he was kicked out of the prince's mansion.

If this is the case, then this experience is not glorious, so no one in the Guogong Mansion mentions it, and Li Shi's face is gloomy when he talks about it.

Thinking like this, Chen Ying suddenly figured out one more thing.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came very quickly today, almost arriving at the same time as the Empress Dowager Xiao's attack. Could it be that it is because of that short-lived teacher-student relationship that the prince will have more protection for the Chengguo Mansion.

It turns out that the beautiful man is not only good-looking, but also a long-term lover, and he really lives up to Chen Shao and his teacher.

Chen Ying added a point to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in her heart.

In the next few days, Shengjing City was shrouded in smoke and rain.

This rain is not as cool as in spring, but brings humidity and heat, and according to the weather in Shengjing, after this rain, summer will really come.

In this continuous drizzle, Chen Ying conducted etiquette training for several days.

Since Emperor Yuanjia said that there is a reward, it must be rewarded in person. And in order to keep Chen Ying from being rude when facing the saint, Xu's wife, who was unavoidable, served as Chen Ying's temporary etiquette teacher.

Seeing the emperor is not as good as seeing the queen mother, and every move needs to be paid special attention to. Fortunately, Chen Ying has practiced archery for many years, whether standing, sitting, or walking, he is calm and dignified, coupled with the five years of ancient life experience in his previous life, it is not difficult to complete Xu's requirements.

On April 12, the rain that had been falling for many days finally stopped, the sun began to appear, the world was steaming, and the dictation of Emperor Yuan Jia also spread to the Guogong Mansion with the rising temperature.

His Majesty Xuan Chen Ying immediately appeared.

Although he had been prepared for a long time, the word "immediately" still drove everyone in the Guogong Mansion into a hurry.

Fortunately, the whole set of clothes and jewelry was prepared early, and Chen Ying quickly put them on under the double supervision of Li and Xu.

The upper body is a goose yellow ground mud gold dot light gauze shirt, and the lower head is equipped with eight Hunan skirts with primrose patterns, and there is no embroidery on the top of the dress, only decorated with the pattern of the natural color of the material. Her hair was combed into a hanging bun, and she only wore a pair of gilded pearl hairpins, which were gorgeous but unassuming, which was just right for Chen Ying at the age of thirteen.

After hurriedly packing up, Chen Ying took Zhishi and Luo's mother, still escorted by Chen Li, to the imperial city by car.

Therefore, I want to go to the Xuande Hall to meet Emperor Yuanjia, so this time I went not to the Jinhua Gate last time, but the Chang Gate, that is, the main gate of the imperial city.

Of course, as a woman, Chen Ying is not qualified to enter and exit from the real main gate. There is another side door a hundred meters away from the gate, which is reserved for the entry and exit of the unemployed, and she enters the palace from there.

And Rao is like this, this is also a very rare thing, and only a few women have this honor since the establishment of the Great Chu Dynasty. The longevity of the holy family of the Guogong Mansion can be seen from this.

When Chen Ying arrived at the Xuande Palace, Emperor Yuanjia was still discussing with the ministers in the Taiji Palace, and He Shun'an was naturally with him, so the person who received Chen Ying was a eunuch named Sun Chaoli. Just looking at his royal blue palace clothes, Chen Ying knew that this was also a great eunuch at the level of the chief manager.

"Miss Chen San will go to the side hall to wait for a while, Your Majesty personally instructed the girl to wait a little longer." Sun Chaoli was very polite, and bowed very deeply when he spoke.

Chen Ying had already learned from Mrs. Xu that for a eunuch at the level of a chief like Sun Chaoli, an unemployed daughter like her did not even have the qualifications to give a reward, and there was no need to give a reward, just maintain a certain etiquette, and never behave lightly.

"There's the chief of Laosun." Chen Ying remembered Mrs. Xu's advice, and said in a harmonious voice, the corners of her mouth still in the position of her usual smile. As for what this smile meant in Sun Chaoli's eyes, she wouldn't think about it.

Sun Chaoli smiled very kindly and led her to the side hall.

The furniture furnishings in the side hall are very antique, the pottery case, the Hu bed, the low couch carved with the simple pattern, the staggered place is placed in a room, the green lacquer drum stool is mottled with lacquer, at a glance, you can know that it is an old thing that is old, but I am afraid that the value is also expensive.

Sun Chaoli invited Chen Ying to sit on the drum stool, and Fang bent down and said, "Girl, please sit down first." As he spoke, he turned around and made a gesture, and immediately a little palace maid rushed in, held a tea and fruit snack, and rested on the three-legged small high table next to him.

Chen Ying symbolically picked up the teacup and dipped her lips, then put it down again.

Sun Chaoli didn't leave, but retreated to the door and stood up, it didn't seem that he was going to talk to Chen Ying, he just stood quietly with his sleeves folded, and his standing posture was so regular that he didn't even shake his hair.

Chen Ying also sat silently, only looking around the furnishings in the room, so that his eyes could have a place to go, and secretly guessed the dynasty of these furnishings.

After sitting for about half a cup of tea, a little eunuch quietly walked outside, and he didn't speak, only nodded to Sun Chaoli, and Sun Chaoli immediately turned to Chen Ying and said respectfully: "Your Majesty is about to arrive, Miss Chen, please." ”

Chen Ying answered yes, and followed him to the main hall again.

The furnishings in the main hall are different from the side hall, the layout is more concise, in addition to the necessary furniture, it is also a multi-treasure pavilion can be called decoration, and the area of the temple is not particularly large.

Chen Ying glanced at the surrounding situation with the rest of his eyes, and heard the voice of the eunuch in the distance, Emperor Yuanjia finally came.

Chen Ying is now quite accustomed to this, and the next thing is to strictly follow the etiquette to meet and salute, and that set of procedures does not need to be detailed.

Emperor Yuan Jia seemed to be in a good mood, so he asked someone to give Chen Ying a seat, and specially ordered the seat to be moved to the front of the imperial case.

Chen Ying lowered her eyes and looked at the so-called seat, which was still a small gold lacquer pestle, and even the pattern on it was exactly the same as that of Changle Palace.

"Do you know why I called you here?" Chen Ying's body was just next to the golden pestle, and Emperor Yuan Jia's question followed.

Chen Ying sat down first, and Fang Chaoshang owed slightly: "The courtiers think, Your Majesty should reward the courtiers." ”

"You're such a sincere child." Emperor Yuan Jia laughed, and there was a little interest in his words: "Sure enough, it is the same as the rumors." ”

Presumably, Empress Dowager Xiao was chattering behind her back.

Chen Ying thought like this, bowed up again, and did not answer.

Yuan Jia sat down as soon as he lifted the dragon robe, rested one hand on the case, and asked rather casually: "Anyway, what do you want?" ”

Sure enough, as Grandpa Guo said, Emperor Yuanjia really asked Chen Ying to pick a reward by himself.

However, Chen Ying noticed that in this seemingly random sentence, there was a small trap buried.

What do you want?

That's a question.

Emperor Yuan Jia just asked Chen Ying a question, as for whether he should or should not after Chen Ying said the request, this is not a matter of certainty.