Chapter 40: Birthday Greetings
Mama Lin glanced at Yuehua with a smile, and her eyes had a deep meaning: "Don't worry, your old man, Rong Lu will go and continue, listen to your old man's orders, for a while, I'm afraid I won't be able to arrive." ”
The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, with a bit of sarcasm in her voice: "Then the mourning family can rest assured." ”
Yuehua was exquisite, and immediately understood what the Empress Dowager meant, and knelt down in front of her: "Yuehua thanked the Empress Dowager for being the master." ”
The Empress Dowager's face was full of smiles, petal by petal, like a blooming phoenix chrysanthemum.
"It's a good student to learn, this slap in the face, you don't have to compare anything with her, tell the reason for one, two, three, there is really no reason, let her take the initiative to come over."
"Miss Yuehua is really blessed, if you can get your old man's word and half a word, it will benefit you for a lifetime, let alone teach it so hand-in-hand? The Empress Dowager's words are all wise sayings. ”
When Yuehua was still carefully chewing on the meaning of the Empress Dowager's words, Mama Lin carefully smoothed out a little wrinkle at the Empress Dowager's neckline, and smiled and gaged.
Yuehua was flattered and respectful.
The Empress Dowager stood up, and Yuehua hurriedly stepped forward to help: "It's not early, listen, the Empress Dowager is here, let's go to the Fushou Palace to be lively, if anyone is late, let her kneel in front of Ci'an Palace." ”
Yuehua let out a shallow "um".
Mama Qin reprimanded the mourning family for a while, this Mrs. Hou is too rampant these days, and she doesn't even care about the birthday of the mourning family. If you don't press the point, you will inevitably use the name of Yuehua to do mischief and cause trouble in the future. ”
Mama Qin behind Yuehua understood and responded.
Layers of curtains were lifted, and Yuehua supported the Empress Dowager and slowly walked out of the hall.
Outside the door, there was a red-faced eunuch with white hair and white eyebrows, singing loudly, and immediately kneeling on the ground outside the hall, black pressed a piece, mixed with a dazzling array of colors, and the hall was full of splendor.
Everyone congratulated the birthday in unison, prostrate on the ground, and the momentum swept up like a wave.
It was the first time that Yuehua had stood on the steps, overlooking the crowd of beings kneeling at her feet, and it was the first time that she had experienced such a big battle.
She once secretly followed her father to the barracks and watched her father on the battlefield from a distance, but at that time, there was only surging pride and blood, and the passion of fighting side by side, and she never realized what kind of vanity and arrogance it was to be worshiped by many people.
Her hand holding the Empress Dowager trembled slightly, and she instantly felt a swelling feeling. That was after she tasted the heat and coldness of the world, her heart was ravaged and full of holes, stretching a little bit, no longer curled up aggrievedly, crying secretly.
Such subtle movements did not hide from the Empress Dowager, she patted Yuehua's hand, as if to comfort, or perhaps, at such a moment, she had also experienced it, was trampled underfoot, and then stood up unrelentingly, climbed to the highest place, and accepted the worship of those people.
"Let's be flat."
The Queen Mother was the first to stand up and approached the Queen Mother, Yuehua bowed down gracefully, and before her knees were dusty, she was helped up by the Queen Mother: "Whose girl is this, so otherworldly, at a glance, my heart is ironed." ”
"This is the daughter of Zhirou, the hard-working niece of the mourning family, who should have gone to your palace to kowtow when she entered the palace yesterday, but I am afraid that she will not teach the rules well, and there will be rudeness. Later, I still have to go to the Ruian Palace to bow down in a proper manner. ”
The Empress Dowager explained it perfectly. The ladies in the courtyard muttered in their hearts, although Yuehua had been hung out in the Changle Marquis Mansion over the years, and completely disappeared from the circle of nobles in the capital, but the Chu Mansion is a famous family, and now although it has declined, it still exists and is still prominent. What's more, some days ago, some of her deeds spread in the capital, and they also involved the emperor and Lord Zuo. Today, she appeared in the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Palace so coldly, waiting for the Empress Dowager closely, and appeared here publicly, I am afraid it is self-evident.
The Queen Mother knew about Yuehua's entry into the palace early on, even yesterday when she trespassed into the secluded realm of Lanling Empty Valley, which provoked the emperor's thunder and anger, she did not hide it from her ears and eyes, and when she saw those eyes today, she knew that she was a smart and clever lord, and that bearing was tranquil and elegant, no wonder, the Queen Mother actually gave up so many women in the Chang family, but she fell in love with her at a glance.
"It's so extraordinary!" The Queen Mother was surprised: "I only said that the door tiger girl is a dancing knife and gun, heroic, heroic and extraordinary, today I actually got rid of the fairy falling in the Yao Pond, and it is like a great blessing made of water!" ”
All the female relatives behind him also echoed and praised, and the Empress Dowager bent her eyebrows: "The mourning family only has this granddaughter, who has a pitiful background, and she is like a baby in her heart." ”
Yuehua just lowered her head shyly and didn't squint. Then with the Queen Mother, one left and one right, supporting the Queen Mother, the group followed behind, and went to the Fushou Palace.
The hall has already gathered hundreds of officials, laughter, full of festivity, a dazzling array of birthday gifts piled up, longevity peaches and all kinds of colorful steamed food are also unique.
Yuehua was in the limelight, supporting the Empress Dowager to sit on the chair of the master who painted gold and five blessings to offer longevity, and the hundred officials kowtowed to their families according to their ranks. She stood in front of the Empress Dowager, and together with Mama Lin, she rewarded the silver pine crane longevity bowl to the hundred officials, so that they could "steal their life" when they left the table.
The same congratulatory gifts are sent, nothing more than jewels, jade, colorful gems and other mascots, at first I still feel amazing, and then I see a lot, then there is no novelty, a little boring, even if it is precious, it is like rotten wood in the eyes.
Mo Guhan came late, he had already changed into court clothes, and wore a dark fish and dragon pattern civilian clothes, which looked a little less dull and cold than yesterday, more festive, tall and high-spirited, and extraordinary.
Behind him, one left and one right, followed by a little eunuch with round eyes and fine rice and white teeth, slightly older than yesterday's grandfather Hua, and Shao Ziqing.
Shao Ziqing wore a moon-white brocade robe, embroidered with silver thread Kunpeng fluttering wings, and the hem was thousands of miles away, which was the one that Yuehua discarded angrily that day!
Yuehua only felt that her brain was "buzzing", and she was suddenly chaotic, and the silver bowl in her hand trembled invisibly.
Shao Ziqing: What does this mean? How did this garment get into his hands, and why did he have to wear it in front of him at this time? Is it humiliating yourself? Or do you want to show yourself something?
He once had the cheekiness to beg him, hoping that he could show him a way to escape the Forbidden City, but he hesitated, hesitated, and was a little embarrassed. In front of the Hou Mansion that day, she gave him time to hesitate again, but he still had such an ambiguous attitude, unclear, unreasonable, and indecisive, as if he regarded her Chu Yuehua as a tasteless chicken rib.
So now, what does he mean by doing this? Is it so fun to play tricks on yourself?
Mo Guhan glanced at it coldly, and took in Yuehua's expression, he only thought that she was still apprehensive because of yesterday's anger, and smiled contemptuously in his heart, stepped forward, pulled off his clothes, and gave the Empress Dowager a few years of grace.
"The grandson kowtows to the imperial grandmother, wishing the imperial grandmother a blessed and prosperous life, the sun and the moon are prosperous, the pine crane is long, and the longevity is in harmony with the sky."
The Empress Dowager smiled from ear to ear, and her kind eyebrows and eyes rippled in the wind: "The emperor's filial piety is touchable, and the mourning family is very comforting." ”
Mama Lin stuffed the Nine Dragons Shou Bowl specially made for the emperor to Yuehua, and motioned for her to come forward and present it to Mo Guhan. Yuehua's heart was disorganized, and she couldn't help but feel timid, and she was stunned for a while.
"Yuehua, present the Nine Dragons Shou Bowl prepared by the mourning family for the emperor." The Empress Dowager reminded.
Yuehua raised his eyes and looked at Shao Ziqing again, he was full of smiles, but he didn't squint, and he seemed to ignore Yuehua.
Could it be that he is self-inflicted again?
Yuehua held the heavy golden bowl, took two steps forward, knelt on the ground, raised her hands above her head, and presented the golden bowl to Mo Guhan.
Mo Guhan only felt a cool aroma of ice chips, so he glanced at her, a pair of slender white hands held the golden Nine Dragon Bowl, and the ruby inlaid on the wall of the bowl reflected her fingertips like transparent white jade.
Ziqing said that she was good at female red, and that day Nanzhao Buzhuang only heard her talk eloquently, and today I saw her with a pair of slender hands, and I didn't know what kind of skillful hands Ruolan was when the needle and thread were flying?
Yuehua's skirt flowed on the ground, and under the light purple as smoke was the white moonlight, and the soft hair was scattered on the delicate shoulders, and the whole person looked out of the world.