Hearing these discussions, Xie Zhao just smiled, as if he had nothing to do with Xu Qian, he sat quietly and said nothing.

In his opinion, Xu Qian is a small person after all, even if he is famous and famous now, but for a family like the Xie family, which has operated for hundreds of years of contacts and heritage, it is still too far behind.

If it is in Hangzhou, it is fine, but now in Beijing, it is completely different, Hangzhou is only the ancestral home of the Xie family, but Jingshi is the nest of the Xie family, when it comes here, the Xie family is the home field, Xu Qian wants to compete with himself for favor, it is not easy.

Xie Zhao is now arranged, naturally full of confidence, after a while, a eunuch hurriedly came over, stood in the middle of the building, and raised his voice: "The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Cishou and the Empress Dowager An Xian have arrived!" ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but cheer up and stood up one after another, Xie Zhao was overjoyed, he was afraid that Xu Qian would come in time, if he arrived before the queen mother, his father's deliberate arrangement would be in vain, and now that the queen mother of the two palaces has arrived, Xu Qian has not yet been seen, and this crime of negligence alone is indispensable.

At this time, there were many honor guards to take the lead, followed by the female officials coming in, and then the attendant eunuchs of the two palaces, and finally the queen mother of the two palaces stepped into the building with the support of the eunuchs, with the phoenix crown and auspicious clothes.

The scholars didn't dare to look directly, so they fell to the ground and said together: "Niangniang Sheng'an." ”

The queen mother of the two palaces walked into the phoenix couch in the building, sat down on the left and right, and then put down the curtain, and the entire Baoxiang Pavilion was divided into two by this curtain, sitting on the left side, since it was the Empress Dowager Zhang of Zhaosheng Cishou, she looked older, but she was also well-maintained, and her complexion was fair. At this time, sitting dignified and down, giving people a kind of bodhisattva-like solemnity, making people respectful, but not too close.

The Queen Mother on the right is more coquettish. In terms of demeanor, it is not as good as the Empress Dowager Zhang, but under the backdrop of this phoenix crown, it also has its own majesty.

The two queen mothers looked at each other with a smile, not like the rumors outside. Then I heard the voice of the Empress Dowager Zhang: "Get up, you are the pride of the sky, and you are also the pillars of my future literary songs, and the ground is cold." The body hair and skin are subject to parents such as you, remember to cherish them. ”

Everyone seemed to hear the sound of Miao Man, and every word made them feel all over. So they all stood up.

The Queen Mother smiled. Said: "Yes, what Zhang Niangniang said is right, don't be restrained, please enter the palace to summon you, it is not only the emperor's idea, but also the thoughts of the mourning family and Zhang Niangniang, as the saying goes." There are talents in the country, and the mourning family and Zhang Niangniang have heard that Zhejiang is the place where the literary style is at its peak, and there are many people and inkmen like stars, so they want to see and see, why, are all the people here? ”

Compared with the Empress Dowager Zhang, although this Queen Mother also has prestige and speaks beautifully, it always makes people feel that something is missing.

But who would dare to care about this? The queen mother deliberately asked, in fact, she didn't have the intention, she just blurted out for a while, not that she thought that people would come unevenly, after all, the palace was summoned, and there had never been a matter of negligence among the ministers, that is, the cabinet boss, and a message in the palace was summoned, and the big things had to be put aside for the time being, not to mention these scholars who only had fame for the time being.

The building was silent at first, obviously everyone was a little nervous, and they didn't know how to answer, Xie Zhao saw this, and took the opportunity to say: "Yu Niangniang, Zhejiang Xie Yuan Xu Qian has not arrived yet, but I don't know what is delayed." ”

When this sentence came out, the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Empress Dowager were instantly stunned.

It was not surprising that they were not stunned, for this kind of thing had never been done before, and they had never heard of it, and anyone dared to be late even on such an occasion.

Empress Dowager Zhang's eyebrows furrowed, revealing a little displeasure. However, her temperament has always been dignified, although she is displeased, but it is only a moment's work.

It's just that the Queen Mother is different, the Queen Mother is the most sensitive, after all, he was promoted from the Queen Mother to the Queen Mother, and like Jiajing, he is suspicious, thinking that others look down on her, or they don't take her as the Queen Mother in their eyes. This is like a nouveau riche, always impulsive and irritable, this does not mean that they are bad in nature and born with a lack of self-cultivation, but because they lack recognition, and people's status has risen sharply, they will inevitably be weak-hearted, and they have to reflect their superiority.

The Queen Mother said coldly: "What a big shelf, can't you even invite the mourning family to move him?" Although there are pillars in Zhejiang, there are many such crazy births. ”

The scholars were a little frightened when they saw that the queen mother was angry, but Xie Zhao was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Maybe he really has something to delay, if the mother doesn't believe it, just ask him when he arrives." ”

He deliberately said this, but in fact, he understood the temper of the Queen Mother, you must know that people like the Queen Mother were originally angry because Xu Qian did not respect her, at this time, Xie Zhao was in a posture of defending Xu Qian, which naturally made the Queen Mother feel disgusted and rebellious, Wang

The Queen Mother didn't think much about it and said, "What is there to ask?" The big thing has nothing to do with the mourning family! ”

Between three words and two sentences, Xie Zhao has already gained the upper hand, and he deliberately provoked the queen mother to leave this sentence, that is, he hoped that when Xu Qian came, he would not be able to explain, and it had also aroused enough disgust from the queen mother of the two palaces, and Mo surnamed Xu said that he would stumble on him, and now the queen mother of the two palaces hated him deeply, and he was already unable to protect himself, and whether he would be expelled was two words.

Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't help but smile at this time: "Okay, okay, since someone is late, then I won't wait for him, this time I invite you to come, I am here to meet, feel free to say something about the length of the family, you must not be ashamed to laugh at us, although the mourning family and Wang Niangniang are the queen mother, but after all, they are women, with long hair and short knowledge, and they can't compare to you." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang's words made the Queen Mother wake up, the dignified Empress Dowager, she really shouldn't be entangled too much in this kind of thing, so she pursed her lips and chuckled: "Yes, the mourning family likes to listen to you young people tell you novel anecdotes, yes, which one is Xie Zhao?" Please come out and see it, the mourning family has heard for a long time that Gongzi Xie is dignified and decent, and he is a famous talent. ”

People summoned so many people into the palace, originally just wanted to see Xie Zhao, although Xie Zhao had entered the palace ten years ago, but at that time he was just a stinky boy who had not dried up, so the Empress Dowager Zhang didn't remember much, as for the Queen Mother who was far away in Anlu in the past, it was needless to say.

Hearing the Queen Mother's question, Xie Zhao hurriedly stood up and said, "Student Xie Zhao, I've seen Niangniang." ”

The eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Empress Dowager couldn't help but look at Xie Zhao.

They were originally full of expectations, after all, it was said that this Xie Gongzi was dashing and talented, so after entering this building, their eyes looked at those good-looking scholars, and secretly guessed in their hearts which handsome Xie Zhao was.

It's just that now the real Xie Zhao has stood up, but the queen mother of the two palaces can't help but be disappointed.

Not only is this guy mediocre, but he's also bald.

It must be known that in this era, men have their hair tied, so if they are bald, they will be particularly eye-catching, not like the short hair of later generations, which can find a way to cover it as much as possible.

Regardless of the rest, this baldness alone is enough to make the Empress Dowager Zhang and the Empress Dowager feel dissatisfied.

What they are thinking at this time, others may not know, but Xie Zhao saw the clue, he naturally knows his flaws, but he is not afraid, after all, there has already been news outside the world, he is the prepared horse, and the court officials are quite recognized of their origin and character, although they have flaws, as long as they are good, they will not let the queen mother of the two palaces break her word and get fat.

Thinking that the princess's marriage is related to the honor and disgrace of the family, Xie Zhao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "The student entered the palace this time, and specially gave gifts to the two queen mothers, and asked the two queen queens to smile." ”

"Oh?" Although Empress Dowager Zhang was disappointed, at this time she saw that Xie Zhao was polite, and her impression of Xie Zhao was still good, she did not expect that there would be gifts for calling these scholars into the palace, so she smiled and said: "The palace has not yet been rewarded, but you have come to give gifts, if this is spread, I don't know that I still think that the palace is extorting your goods, but the gift is not strange, you have a heart, so take a look." ”

The first half of the sentence was naturally just a joke, and the second half of the sentence was much softer, obviously thinking that Xie Zhao had a heart and appreciated it.

Even Empress Dowager Zhang, who was very disgusted with Xie Zhao's appearance, couldn't help but change her mind a little at this time, but she didn't say anything.

At this moment, there was a eunuch outside: "Zhejiang Xie Yuan Xu Qian asks to see." ”

Hearing that Xu Qian was coming, these scholars who were willing to be green leaves couldn't help but cheer up again, the literati are light, and the kid surnamed Xu is too bold, so many people can't help but have the intention of watching the excitement.

The corners of Xie Zhao's mouth couldn't help but pass a sneer, at this time he wished that Xu Qian would appear at this time, but he wanted to see how Xu Qian could get out of his shell.

The beautiful atmosphere in the Baoxiang Building has been broken since then, the Empress Dowager Zhang frowned slightly, looking a little displeased, don't come when you should come, you come when you shouldn't come, that is, the clay people have three points of fire, this surnamed Xu, is too ignorant of the rules.

Empress Dowager Zhang thought like this, not to mention the Empress Dowager, her heart and eyes may not be better than Empress Dowager Zhang, but she was most worried about the neglect of others, her face suddenly turned cold, and she said slowly: "Call in." ”

Not long after, Xu Qian entered the building.

Although what this guy did was a bit annoying, but when he came in, compared with Xie Zhao, it was really much more eye-catching, after all, one was ugly and the other was handsome, and the appearance of this thing was not important to men, but it was very important to women, at least this guy gave Empress Dowager Zhang and Queen Mother a little better impression at this time.