The Queen Mother took the tea, her eyes jumped over Chang Lehou's body, and looked at the courtyard outside.

Those well-carved daughters' families are still waiting in the yard to talk, competing for beauty, full of glory, looking all bejeweled, a dazzling purple and red. In particular, the Lian family dressed Ling Xi and Ling Luo with ulterior motives, but Chang Lingyan's smoky violet yarn was more elegant, as bright as a peony in the mist.

A few Houfu girls lightly brought fragrant tea, put it on the white marble carved table in the courtyard, and held it to the uncles and ladies. The ladies were full of apprehension, thirsty in their mouths, and after receiving the tea, they thanked the beautiful people behind them.

The woman wore a moon-white skirt and a smoky blue gauze blouse, standing in the shade of the mottled trees in the autumn sun, and bowed to several smiling noblewomen, and when she raised her head, she smiled between her eyebrows. The eyebrows, the tails of the eyes, and the slight smile on the corners of the lips are just like her bearing, as if it is such an autumn scene, flowing down from the silver plate like water and moonlight, making people look at the past, and the tips of the heart seem to be like a fresh breeze, rippling, and all impetuousness disappears with that cool smoke.

Chang Lehou still knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move, and the Empress Dowager squinted slightly.

"Who is the girl who brought people tea in the courtyard? That demeanor and dress don't look like an ordinary maid. ”

Chang Lehou shifted his knees, turned his head with great effort, and immediately understood what the Empress Dowager was referring to.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, that is the only daughter under Zhirou's knees, nicknamed Yuehua."

"Zhirou's daughter is so out of the court. It's already over, right? ”

Chang Lehou replied in a regular manner: "The Chinese New Year is the double nine years. ”

"Double nine? It's all so big, and you haven't promised to marry anyone yet? ”

Chang Lehou said: "At first, she wanted to keep filial piety for three years, and her aunt valued her the most, and she was never willing to let go. ”

The Empress Dowager sneered mercilessly: "Reluctant? Lian Shi is afraid that he thinks it is easy to use, right? She is still mean to her daughter in the house, and this girl can still thrive under her hands, and it seems that she has a delicate and clear temperament. ”

Changle Hou only responded, and protected his wife: "Lianxin regards her as his own, and the people in the mansion are not slack on her, Yuehua is half of the Hou Mansion's family, and she is a steward." ”

Facing the nephew who was half blinded by Lian's lard, the Empress Dowager didn't want to argue, raised her hand and said: "Get up quickly, kneel on the ground and don't let the juniors see the joke." ”

Chang Lehou Xie En stood up, lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to say more.

The Empress Dowager put down the teacup she was holding in her hand, glanced out the door, muttered for a moment, and said unhurriedly to Mama Lin: "Call that girl in." ”

Chang Lehou couldn't help but raise his head when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Does the Empress Dowager mean to ......?"

"Intentionally planting flowers does not bloom, and unintentionally planting willows and willows into shade."

"This, this child is not from our Chang family."

"She has both parents dead and has no one to rely on, if she wants to gain a firm foothold in the palace, who else can she rely on our Chang family? Aren't the second, third, and fifth masters outside all her own uncle? ”

Chang Lehou was speechless when he refuted his words.

Mama Lin stepped over the threshold quickly, and her oily and slippery bun saw the autumn sun, dazzlingly bright.

Chang Lingxi, the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion in the courtyard, grabbed Chu Yuehua's hand affectionately, pulled her to the secluded dripping eaves, and whispered in her ear.

“...... I deliberately put my hand forward, and Ling Yan stepped on it proudly, and without stumbling on it, the face of the Empress Dowager sank on the spot. ”

Chu Yuehua shook Chang Lingxi's hand, looked at it again and again, and said with distress: "Aren't you asking for hardship, in order to make a mistake in one breath?" ”

Chang Lingxi's snow-white teeth bit her lower lip tightly, and her face was full of resentment: "Su Rili has been bullied by her a lot, and she has always been scolded by you for protecting me, and you have swallowed your anger for so long. Do you think, if she really gains power and is arrogant, can she have a little bit of good with our sisters? ”

Chu Yuehua shook her head helplessly: "Aren't you afraid of provoking the eldest lady's grudge and delaying your future?" ”

Chang Lingxi listened to her persuasion, and was a little sentimental for no reason: "I never had the luxury of entering the palace, and I have a round and flattened cotton temperament, and I will be tormented when I go to life." If we talk about the future, the lessons of the future, can the black-hearted Lian family tolerate us a little bit? Even if she welcomes her everywhere like Ling Luo, she may not be proud in the future. ”

Chu Yuehua thinks about it, how can she comfort others if she is still a fish? sighed and said: "There are many people here, don't talk about these sad gossip, I will ask someone to take the ointment to dissolve blood stasis and rub it for you." ”

turned around to find his personal girl Xiangshen, and saw a strange mother walking straight towards the two of them under the expectant attention of everyone. She knew that it must be the person in front of the Empress Dowager, and she couldn't help but be secretly happy for Ling Xi, thinking that she must have been promoted by the Empress Dowager in time. Hurriedly flicked the corners of her sleeves, lowered her eyebrows and took a step back.

Mama Lin just saluted the two of them lightly, then raised her head and smiled at Chu Yuehua behind Ling Xi and said, "Miss Yuehuabiao, the Empress Dowager is invited." ”

Not only Yuehua, but also the people in the courtyard were all stunned, looking at each other, wondering why the Empress Dowager only announced her at such a critical juncture, what was her intention?

Yuehua glanced at Ling Xi, the surprise on her face was fleeting like the wind, she stabilized her mind, and returned a half-salute to Mama Lin: "Mama Lao is affected." ”

Mama Lin nodded with satisfaction, turned her head to lead the way, Yuehua was a little uneasy and brushed the scattered hair behind her ears, followed behind, hooked her head, and felt like a mang's back in an instant, many people pointed behind her, and looked her up and down with strange disdainful eyes.

The main hall was very stuffy, filled with a fragrance of peacock tea, she was in awe of timidity, did not dare to step forward, after entering the threshold, bowed her head and walked three steps, and knelt on the bright bluestone ground.

"Junior Yuehua has seen the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Wanfu Jin'an."

There was a faint tremor in his voice, as if plain white fingers had picked up the strings.

"Yuehua? But the 'moonlight' of 'moonlight is like a water cage of incense, and the golden iron shatters and shakes the door at the beginning of closing'? ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager, Yuehua is vulgar and doesn't know poetry, but I think it should be."

The corners of the Empress Dowager's lips were inadvertently playful: "Your mother is extremely talented, how can the daughter she raised not understand literature and ink?" ”

The sun on the eaves outside the door jumped in, casting a strange light and shadow on the ground. Chu Yuehua lowered her head, and countless tiny dusts flew tirelessly in front of her.

"Yuehua is blessed, and when he was young, he was stubborn, and he didn't listen to his mother's painstaking teachings."

"Pitiful," the Empress Dowager suddenly sighed with emotion, and took a handkerchief and touched the corner of her eyes: "It's the mourning family who has neglected you in the past three or five years and made you suffer." ”

Yuehua shook her head, and a purple dragon lying snow on her head floated down a clear chrysanthemum petal leisurely: "The Empress Dowager Lao remembers it, and her uncle and aunt take care of her very well." ”

The Empress Dowager gave her a look, and Mama Lin stepped forward to help Yuehua up, and stood in place with her head down and replied.

"The mourning family asked you, who gave you the hairpin on the purple dragon lying snow on your head?"

Yuehua didn't know why, and after a little hesitation, she said truthfully: "It was Mama Wei in front of Yuehua who cut it out, and she said that the Empress Dowager is here today, and the court is full of glory, and her head can't be too plain." ”

The Empress Dowager turned her head to look at Chang Lehou: "I'm afraid this Mama Wei is the old man in our house, right?" ”

Chang Le Hou bowed his head and said: "The Empress Dowager is wise, this Mama Wei is the son of the family in the house, and she is also the dowry maid of the fourth sister Zhirou. When you were still in the boudoir, Mama Wei's mother served you for two years, or you personally pointed it out to the porter Wei San. ”

The Empress Dowager and Mama Lin glanced at each other, and looked unexpected: "No wonder ......"

But he swallowed the second half of the sentence, and Ling Yuehua guessed the meaning for a long time.

The Empress Dowager beckoned to her: "Come to the mourning house." ”

Yuehua took a few steps forward and stood sideways.

She stretched out her hand to take off the gorse hairpin in her hair, put it on her fingertips, smiled with a smile on her face, and asked with a pleasant face: "This gorse hairpin is the supreme glory of our Chang'an women, a priceless treasure that we dream of, the mourning family wants to pass it on to you, do you want it?" ”