Chapter 344: The Divine Decree

Luo Shi whimpered for a long time before he could not relinquish and said, "The master was there with me yesterday...... Semi-central quilt ...... Aunt Yan sent someone to call them away. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Mrs. Xu wanted to laugh when she heard this, halfway through! Things were even more interesting than she expected.

She looked at Luo with a sympathetic face, and gave her a caring combing of the broken hair in her ear, and said with a long sigh: "I feel sorry for you, such a terrible thing happened on the wedding night."

But don't take it too seriously, Aunt Yan's health has never been very good, and pregnancy is even more of a burden for her, and she has never had a child, so she will be extra concerned about the baby in her belly, which may be a little overblown. ”

She smiled and patted Luo's hand and said, "When you are pregnant, you may be even more nervous than Aunt Yan." ”

Roche barely held back his tears.

Mrs. Xu said: "Since Aunt Yan is sick, I have to go to see her, do you want to go?"

Luo didn't want to go at all, and she didn't care whether Aunt Yan was dead or alive.

But the lady asked her face, and she couldn't refuse, otherwise she would be too narrow-minded, so she nodded.

Mrs. Xu packed a basket of walnuts, almonds and other dried fruits and came to Zhuyixuan with Luo.

Yan Yimeng got up for breakfast.

Luo glanced at the Hu table, mushroom pork belly soup, braised pork knuckle, stir-fried cabbage, pickled bamboo shoots, as well as various pastries and milk, and couldn't control his black face at the moment.

She is a bride, but breakfast is just a big plate of pork dumplings stuffed with leeks and a plate of fried spring rolls, plus a bowl of egg custard, she was still happy at the time, breakfast is so good, now compared to Yan Yimeng's, it is like pig food!

Mrs. Xu was attentive and gently pulled her sleeve: "She is pregnant, what are you fighting with her?" ”

Only then did Roche hide the anger on his face.

Yan Yimeng saw a hint of surprise flashing in Luo's eyes: What is she doing here?

Mrs. Xu sat down, put the basket on the table, and said with a light smile: "I heard that my sister is not feeling well, I came to see my sister, these dried fruits are good for my sister to eat a few, which is very good for the child in her belly." ”

Yan Yimeng said thank you: "I had a stomachache last night, but then I got better, it's hard for my sister to remember, and she came to see me early in the morning when it was cold." ”

Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "Sister is polite, as long as my sister and the child in my belly are safe, I am willing to run 10,000 times a day, I am afraid that my sister will dislike it." ”

Yan Yimeng only smiled faintly and did not respond.

Luo Shi secretly glanced at Yan Yimeng dissatisfiedly: I don't know what the sky is high and the earth is thick, the master mother lifts her up like this, and she doesn't pay attention to it as if she has received a fate.

Mrs. Xu didn't mind, and talked to Yan Yimeng for a while, but when she saw that Luo was sitting on the side and didn't speak, she had to get up and leave with her.

Out of Zhuyixuan, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but ask Luo: "Why are you unhappy?"

After all, Luo was young, and he said bluntly: "Aunt Yan looks good, where does it look uncomfortable, it was clearly ...... last night" The second half of the sentence is, it is clearly a bad thing for me, but I am really ashamed to say it.

Mrs. Xu covered her mouth and smiled: "If it's really like what my sister said, but Tan'er is naughty behind her back." ”

Roche looked at her puzzled: "Madam, I don't understand. ”

Mrs. Xu said: "Tan'er is most disgusted with her father's three wives and four concubines, when you enter the door, she must be dissatisfied in her heart, and it is not good to accuse her father, so she will use you as cannon fodder!"

You see, she whispered to Sister Yan at the family banquet last night, she must have taught Sister Yan this ghost idea to make you stumble. ”

Ruo Tan is the little phoenix of Fangfu and the only daughter of Mrs. Xu, Luo is angry in his heart, but he can't have a seizure, and he has to laugh with Mrs. Xu, pretending to be generous, but unfortunately the smile is extremely stiff, Mrs. Xu saw it, and knew in her heart that the fish had been hooked, and couldn't help but show a hint of imperceptible smug laughter.

The twelfth day of the first lunar month is the 60th birthday of the old lady of Fangfu, so Fangfu invites relatives and friends to feast guests, and it is very lively.

Suddenly, a doorkeeper hurriedly broke in, and Fang Yonghua shouted: "Your guest is here, so abnormal, unseemly!"

The family Ding knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Master An of Weiyang Palace has come to give an edict. ”

The guests and hosts were so frightened that they were speechless, and they didn't know what the news was, and all the guests temporarily hidden.

Fang Yonghua was calm, ordered people to withdraw the banquet, stopped singing and dancing, and hurriedly ran to the middle gate.

Fang Yonghua and his servants knelt down to greet him.

But in a moment, the eunuch An Gonggong of Weiyang Palace came on horseback, and many eunuchs with beautiful faces followed him, royal majesty and grandeur.

Fang Yonghua and the others didn't even dare to raise their heads, and shouted: "Welcome to Father-in-law." ”

An Gonggong announced the holy decree: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Xuan Yong'an waited for Fang Yonghua's daughter Fang Ruochen to enter the palace on the fifteenth day of the first month to spend the Lantern Festival, Qin this." ”

Joy descended from the sky, Rao is Fang Yonghua has been in officialdom for a long time, but he couldn't react at this time, he only felt that his brain was confused, and he was stunned, until Grandpa An helped him up with a smile on his face, and he was still floating with his feet like a dream, as if he was stepping on the clouds.

The old lady and all the guests were all panicked in the inner courtyard, only to see that Steward Wu rushed in despite the fact that there were many female dependents in the inner courtyard, and said excitedly: "Congratulations to the old lady and madam, our young lady is about to enter the palace!"

Everyone looked at him in confusion, what does this mean by entering the palace? Is it to be a palace maid or canonized as a concubine? But Miss Tan has not yet reached the throne, could it be that she is the crown princess? For a while, everyone speculated.

The old lady was anxious and angry, and reprimanded: "You slave, the older you get, the more useless you are, and you can't even speak!"

Mrs. Xu was watching her face on the side, and seeing that Manager Wu was overly excited by joy, she hurriedly spoke for him: "Don't worry, old lady, let him take a breath and then say, it's not a bad thing." ”

Mr. Wu took a few deep breaths, finally calmed down a little, and repeated the holy decree.

When Mrs. Fang heard this, she was at ease, and she couldn't help but be full of joy again, and the guests were all envious in their hearts.

The Lantern Festival has always been a festival within the royal family, to put it bluntly, it is a royal family banquet, rarely invite relatives or officials to participate, let alone the family members of officials, and now it is not yet time to win this honor, it can be said that the emperor's grace is vast, blessing is like the East China Sea, everyone congratulates one after another, and the female dependents who come to participate in the birthday banquet are praised like the stars holding the moon, and they are unbearable.

Ruo Tan was ordered by the Holy Lord to go to the palace on the fifteenth day of the first month to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and the news quickly spread throughout the government and the opposition, and for a while, those important ministers and nobles were envious and jealous.

In Pingenhou's mansion, when Xu Yan heard the news, she was so angry that she scolded the maid in her house, and the crying in her courtyard shook the sky.

Mrs. Huang and Xu Kua rushed over, and Mrs. Huang couldn't help but reproach: "There are many guests at home during the Chinese New Year, you are beating and scolding the girl here, and those guests are heard, what is it like?"

Xu Yan dropped a teacup, turned around and sat on the couch, and said angrily: "Why can that Tan'er enter the palace for the Lantern Festival, my sister and I are relatives of the emperor but can't enter the palace, I don't accept it!"

Mrs. Huang and Xu Kua were dumbfounded when they heard this, and this news made them very depressed.

In the evening, Xu Kua went to Mrs. Huang's room, withdrew from everyone, and said to Mrs. Huang: "Mother, we have to take measures to not let Ruo Tan be in the limelight like this, otherwise, ...... The crown princess must be her! In order to become the crown princess, the daughter has never promised to marry anyone else until she is seventeen, and if she fails, won't she become the laughing stock of others?"

Mrs. Huang looked at her eldest daughter distressedly, if she wanted to be gentle and decent, knowledgeable and courteous, she would not lose to the Xu family, but the color was a little inferior, but she lost to her entirely, even if she was a royal prince, it was difficult to match her, how could it not make people unwilling.

She sighed and said, "Why is it not what my daughter said? Your father and I can't sleep because of this, but the holy decree is the emperor's, and we can't do anything about it." ”

Xu Kua said: "My daughter has a clever plan, not to be called Ruo Chen's standout." "Say that, and so on in Huang's ear.

Mrs. Huang praised her again and again, and said to Xu Chong, Xu Chong was pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect Qua'er to have such wisdom, if she really becomes the crown princess, she will definitely be able to control the entire deep palace." ”

Early the next morning, Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Xu took the opportunity to ask the lady of the deep palace to enter the palace to meet Queen Wang and Bo Zhaoyi, the two influential figures in the deep palace, and talked secretly for a while before leaving.

Old Madam Fang greeted with a smile: "The two in-laws are leaving." ”

Old Madam Xu also smiled and said: "The royal palace is strict, it is not as good as our ordinary family, how can we stay for a long time?" said and left.

Old Madam Fang looked up at the three big characters of Hanliang Palace, and wondered in her heart, Bo Zhaoyi lived in Hanliang Palace, and the Xu family had little contact with Bo Zhaoyi because of the prince, why did they come to see her today?

After returning from the palace, Mrs. Fang told the whole family the questions in her heart, and even Fang Yonghua couldn't guess why, but she always felt that the Xu family must be brewing something big.

The joy of Ruo Chen's imminent entry into the palace was diluted a lot, not to mention, but also cast a shadow.

The next day, news came from the palace that Queen Wang, who had always been in harmony with each other, and Bo Zhaoyi had the same rare opinion, and they all made a statement to the emperor: "Many daughters of important ministers who have contributed to the court are not invited, and they prefer to invite the young daughter of Fang Yonghua, who has not made any achievements in the imperial court, which may chill the hearts of those important ministers." ”

The emperor then issued another holy decree, and all the daughters of the ministers who were not out of the cabinet came to the palace to hi together on the day of the Lantern Festival.

After Fang Fu knew the purpose of the Xu family's entry into the palace last time, his heart was relieved.

Old Madam Fang said disdainfully: "That qua is not as good as my family's Tan'er actually playing yin, but the pearl jade is the pearl jade, how can it be compared to the rubble!"

Mrs. Xu was unhappy when she heard this, no matter what, Mrs. Fang was talking about her mother's family, so how could she save face!

Fang Yonghua didn't care: "It's not a good thing for those daughters of famous families to enter the palace, so that Chen'er won't be shot out of the head by everyone." ”

Since the Fang Mansion received the holy decree that symbolized great glory, the whole Hefu was overjoyed, even the minions guarding the door were full of red light, and those officials who had no rank wanted to enter the mansion to see Yong'an Hou, they also looked high, and they didn't take a straight look.

If she smiled secretly, now she is just going to play in the palace for a while, these minions are so high-flying, if one day she really cares about the world, won't these dogs and powerful minions wear sunglasses and knock on bamboo sticks to guard the door - all visitors are blind and there is no one in their eyes?!

This does not bode well.

Originally, he was making a big splash now, but the people in the house didn't know how to be low-key, and it was completely the rhythm of death!

So, at an appropriate opportunity, Ruo Tan euphemistically expressed his worries to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Xu, who saw that she was so worried at a young age, and loved her even more, and told her husband and the old lady what she said, and both of them praised Ruo Chen.

Fang Yonghua was pleased: "Our family may really be out of the phoenix." ”

Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "If you know how to advance and retreat so much, and you know how to hide clumsy, it is all taught by the old lady." ”

The old lady looked proud, but her mouth was humble again and again, pulled Ruochen to sit down beside her, and told her over and over again what etiquette to pay attention to when entering the palace, what details to pay attention to, and chattered, only Yan Yimeng was worried.

Finally arrived at the Lantern Festival, just after noon, Mrs. Xu ordered the most skillful maid in Fang's Mansion to dress up Ruochen.

She stood aside and sighed regretfully: "What a miscalculation, on the day I received the holy decree, I invited the most famous combing lady in Chang'an City to live in our house, but it was a day late, but the combing lady with some skills has been robbed by those kings and grandsons!"

The old lady smiled and said: "Who doesn't want to dress up dazzling and dazzling, so that the emperor, queen, and prince will notice themselves." ”

The maid who combed her hair for Ruochen bent her body and said, "Madame, don't worry, the slave maid will comb a delicate hairstyle for Miss." ”

Mrs. Xu nodded with satisfaction: "It's all up to you." ”

The combing maid took the grate and dipped it in elm shavings water to smooth Ruochen's hair, and the bundles were tightened, and several scalps were pulled down, and Ruotan's facial features shrank into a ball as if tortured.

finally combed a slanted and low cloud bun, and the combing maid inserted the gold and jade jewelry into her head.

Ruo Yan said: "If you wear so much, I'm afraid you won't even be able to walk later." ”

Old Madam Fang had been sitting crooked on the couch to watch her dress up, and when she heard her say this, she was a little uneasy: "Why is it still not the same?

Ruo Chen looked at Old Madam Fang from the bronze mirror, and said mischievously: "Old Ancestor, put your heart in your stomach, you are trained by your ancestor every day, and you are about to become a wooden person, how can you make a mistake?"

The old lady laughed angrily: "Poor mouth!"

Combed her hair in a bun, put on jewelry, and a group of maids and maids helped her change into gorgeous clothes, and she should have put them on, and it had been an hour and a half, Ruo Tan breathed a sigh of relief as if she had been amnestied: "It's finally good!"

Luo Che approached her and looked left and right: "Miss Tan has fine skin and tender meat, the wind outside is like a knife, I am afraid of cutting Miss's skin, I have a kind of paste here, and I can keep out the cold wind when I wipe it on my face." ”

Saying that, he took a box of paste from the little girl who had been standing aside, Ruo Tan was on the rise, he didn't think much about it, picked a little on his fingertips, smelled a sweet fragrance, and was about to wipe it on his face, when he shouted coquettishly outside the door: "Stop!"

Ruo Tan looked up and saw Butterfly Dance helping Yan Yimeng to roll in.

Roche's face changed suddenly.