Chapter 100: Entering the Palace
The sun is shining, and the occasional cicada is chirping.
The Duchess has not been in the palace to visit the queen for a long time.
When he heard Ning Shu's request, he thought he had heard a mistake.
The two walked slowly on the red-walled path, and the Duchess said with a smile: "The queen is also a kind-hearted person, and she will definitely like you when she sees you." But you're still careful, I should have taken you into the palace to meet the queen. β
Ning Shu had no intention of looking at the Wanzhong Gate in the magnificent red-walled palace, so she only walked beside the Duchess with her head bored, and responded with a smile: "The husband has mentioned the queen's doting on her husband many times, and he has not found a chance to meet the queen since he was married, and he has been fine recentlyββ"
"Yes, yes, I know, you don't always stay bored in the mansion, go back to Ning Mansion when you have nothing to do, and if you don't have anything to do, go into the palace to see the queen mother, and find more things to do for yourself."
Duchess Guo said with a knowing look.
After only a moment of greeting, the gate of Yikun Palace was about to be seen.
The palace maid Jinxiu greeted in front of the palace gate, "The queen mother also talked about the Duchess of the country two days ago, saying that if she married her daughter-in-law, she would forget our mother." β
Duchess Guo's thoughts have indeed been hanging on Xie Yunyan's marriage recently, but she doesn't believe that the queen really misses her.
"Splendid will make me happy."
The Duchess led Ning Shu and followed the guidance of Jinxiu into Yikun Palace.
The rich and majestic hall makes people feel solemn and solemn for no reason.
Walking into the hall, the queen of the phoenix crown and the silk curtain sat on the golden phoenix bench, staring at Ning Shu with a pair of sharp eyes.
"You are Ning Shu of the Ning family?"
The most troublesome thing for Ning Shu to come to Qi Country was the etiquette of Qi State.
She bowed respectfully, put her hands on her forehead, and bowed deeply: "The courtier Ning Shu has seen the queen's mother." β
The queen glanced at the Duchess on the side, and the Duchess looked at the sky with her nose and eyes, and got carried away.
"No courtesy."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Ning Shu behaved respectfully, but she was neither humble nor arrogant.
It shows the duty and nobility of the noble girl.
The queen looked at Ning Shu, and Ning Shu was also looking at her.
The queen's face is seven points similar to the Duchess of Guo, but the queen has a little more solemn gentleness, and the Duchess of Guo is a lively spirituality.
"It's really as rumored to be the color of the city."
"The queen is ridiculous."
The greetings between the two of you and me, hearing the Duchess on the side, were anxious, she raised her eyebrows coldly, and pretended to be angry:
"Sister, you are not allowed to bully Shu'er."
The queen couldn't hold back either, and suddenly smiled, "The office is to see what kind of woman can make Ember, the prodigal son, turn around and marry home." See you today, it's really good. You're a blessed one, too! β
The last sentence is obviously addressed to the Duchess of the Kingdom.
The atmosphere in the hall became intimate in the blink of an eye when the queen's sudden laughter sounded.
Ning Shu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The queen mother instructed Jinxiu to watch the seat, and she said with a smile: "This palace is teasing you, and you don't have to be restrained when you come to Yikun Palace in the future." β
The one hundred and eighty degree change before and after caught Ning Shu off guard, the queen still has the blood of the Su family in the end, and her temperament is more or less the hearty temperament of the Duchess of the Kingdom.
The Duchess of Guo was more familiar with the grass and trees of this Yikun Palace than the Guogong Mansion, she found a comfortable position to sit down, and said resentfully: "Sister, have you heard of the news of Ember?" β
Ning Shu sat obediently on the side, and after hearing the words of the Duchess of Guo, she also pricked up her ears and listened carefully.
The queen said calmly: "Nonsense, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, Ember is working for His Majesty, how can the palace know?" Besides, it's not the first time that Ember has been assigned by His Majesty, why haven't you adapted yet? β
"It's not that I'm not adaptable, it's-" The Duchess looked at Ning Shu, who had a calm look, and felt a faint pain in her heart, but she still endured what she wanted to say.
The queen can be in charge of the harem, and those bright and secret eyes can naturally be understood.
She directly picked out the pros and cons, and smiled at Ning Shu: "Don't mind Shu'er, Your Majesty's respect for Ember is well known, if it weren't for something that had to happen to him, Your Majesty wouldn't send people out during your wedding period." β
"The queen mother is serious, today with her mother into the palace, it is really just a simple visit to the queen mother, Shu'er has nothing else to think."
It turned out that the queen had misunderstood Cheng Ningshu and came to inquire about Xie Yunyan's news.
Ning Shu smiled bitterly in her heart.
"You are much more sensible than your mother-in-law." The more the queen looked at Ning Shu, the more she liked it, whether it was etiquette or bearing, she was very secure.
"It's just-" Ning Shu's brows frowned slightly, "Shu'er has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not." β
"Oh?" The queen and the duchess were stunned.
"This palace said, there is no need to be restrained in Yikun Palace, Shu'er wants to say something, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
Ning Shu thought hard all the way, and when she saw the queen's honorable face, she didn't think of how to say it.
"Queen Mother, actually, I am also entrusted by my husband."
"Ember's trust?" A hint of surprise flashed in the queen's eyes.
Ning Shu's eyes fluttered, but she still decided to push the matter on Xie Yunyan, she smiled shyly at the queen, "Yes, husband." The husband said that the third highness is still a year older than him, and there is no candidate for a concubine so far. β
Her tone was a little twisted, her fingers were still tugging at the skirt on her legs, and her expression was gloomy: "It's just that the queen mother also knows that I haven't been in Beijing for the past two years, and most of the school-age women who can speak a few considerate words in the past are also women, so I came to ask the queen mother for guilt today, and it is the dereliction of duty of the courtiers to fail to help." β
The queen and the duchess glanced at each other, and they both saw a smile in each other's eyes.
"Ember is worthy of being your own child? Shi has just gotten married, so he knows that he has come to count the Ji'er in the palace? β
The queen did not doubt Ning Shu's words.
What kind of black-bellied heart is hidden under Xie Yunyan's bright appearance, and she, who is an aunt, may know better than his mother.
The golden bachelor who has been lonely and widowed for many years finally got rid of the shackles of singleness and married a wife, so he couldn't wait to show her.
Where are you worrying about the marriage of the three princes? It's obviously a naked show-off.
The queen smiled, "The palace was originally in a hurry, and the two of you are not outsiders, so the palace will tell the truth." β
The third prince had a candidate for a concubine as early as two years ago, and the family was not prestigious enough at the moment, but the third prince confidently told the queen that the family would become the most strategic general in Qi in less than three years.
Most of the people in Kyoto are Wenchen, and the eyes of the four princes must be after these Wenchen.
The three princes chose military generals in a roundabout way, and the queen felt that this move was feasible, so she waited patiently with him.
The identity of the girl has not been disclosed for a long time, and one is that the girl will not be able to meet until the end of the year.
The second is that the family has not yet entered Kyoto at this time.
The timing was a little worse.
Ning Shu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, the third prince had already premeditated, and Miao Jiang's plan was half shattered.
The other half β
As long as she is not given the opportunity to fall in love with the three princes, the three princes will be saved.