Chapter 52: Entering the Middle Palace
Gan Tang has always adhered to the current etiquette in this matter, that is, even Lu Xun wanted to take her if she had nothing to do, she didn't allow it, maybe it was the training she received to be a bride during this time, or it could be that what she experienced today was too shocking, and she felt Lu Xun's strong sense of maintenance, so she got carried away.
"You really make me reluctant to see each other for a moment." Lu Xun's heartfelt pleasure covered up his depression when he heard Gan Tang's words to Wu Niangzi.
Lu Xun now just wants to pack Gantang in his pocket and take it home, and ignore the world from now on.
Gan Tang's heart fluttered as if it was about to jump out of his throat, "The days ahead are still very long, it's unlucky to meet before marriage, you ...... Bear with me. β
At that time, people were influenced by Taoism and Buddhism, and they were somewhat superstitious, although Lu Xun did not feel that if he did not follow them, he would not be able to grow old with Gantang, but he did not dare to gamble with the future of himself and Gantang.
But now the two like-minded people can't imagine that the second meeting will be tomorrow.
At first, he thought it was a small night, and he didn't make trouble in the imperial capital, and when he saw Lu Xun and Jin Jiye who were in a stalemate, and Wu Qingyun, who was still unconscious, he was also surprised and speechless for a long time.
The next day, he filed a lawsuit with the imperial history.
In the afternoon, Gan Tang was greeted 'cordially' by Xuanjin into the queen's Jiaofang Palace.
When the director of the patrol department saw Lu Xun and Jin Jiye stalemate, Gan Tang had already gone home, but she left all her government soldiers to Lu Xun, and it was not until the government soldiers came back that she knew that the director of the patrol department had bumped into the scene of the medical house.
She is now telling her grandmother, aunt, and cousin about the unsuccessful plan last night.
My grandmother felt sorry when she heard it, she had planned so meticulously and seamlessly, but she still didn't ask anything.
Moreover, I am afraid that Aunt Gan will slow down, and she will know that this is a game made by Gan Tang.
This failure will inevitably make Aunt Gan defensive, and it will not be easy for Gan Tang to find evidence after that.
"Tang'er, don't go to Gan's house in the future, if you really can't find a clue now, you will be busy with the matter of leaving the pavilion first." Grandmother commanded in a deep voice.
My grandmother was afraid that if Aunt Gan knew that it was a game done by Gan Tang, Gan Tang would be persecuted by Uncle Gan and Aunt Gan if she was alone in the Gan family.
"Yes, grandmother." Gan Tang nodded yes.
Although the marriage of the two families of Ganlu has only reached Najib, on the day of the wedding, the two adults have also had a tacit understanding, and it will be about this time next year.
For a bride, this year, embroidering wedding dresses is enough for Gantang to be busy.
Since there is no eyebrow for the second uncle Gan to collude with the bandits, Gan Tang will concentrate on doing this matter well, in short, the heavens are clear, if a person does something wrong, there will always be a day when he shows his feet.
Besides, Gantang still has a way to go, and in mid-February, the Qian family in Tan County sent a message that they were willing to give Gantang a list of bandits they knew near Tan County.
With that list of bandits, she will ask her grandfather's family and the Yanguo Mansion for help at that time, and she will definitely be able to find out the bandits who murdered her parents and brother back then.
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Day 2.
Gan Tang had just raised his head from the pile of embroidery and was about to take a rest, when Mama Li suddenly ran over and said to Gan Tang, "Girl, the old lady asked the slaves to dress up and change your clothes for you, and enter the palace to meet the queen." β
Gan Tang is inexplicable, this year's New Year, His Majesty the Emperor invited a banquet to the ministers, and the queen mother feasted the families of the ministers.
The people of the Xichuan Bian family, if they are not in the imperial capital, it is fine, but as long as they are in the imperial capital, they will definitely be invited, so Gan Tang also entered the palace with his grandmother on the day of the banquet, but on that day, the queen treated them like other women.
His Majesty the Emperor, after the banquet, specially summoned his grandmother to the Zhengde Hall where he lived, and talked to his grandmother for about two quarters of an hour.
"Mama Li, my grandmother said why she wanted to enter the palace."
"I don't know yet, but I saw that the palace commander who passed the word had a bad face." Mama Li looked serious.
It stands to reason that it is a great honor for the courtier's family to be summoned by the royal family, but the king is like a tiger, and the queen also has the power of life and death.
And often, the palace orders around these nobles are their faces.
The nobles are happy, they are happy, the nobles are angry, they are angry.
The palace order who came to summon had a bad face, and the queen's mother was in a bad mood, so Gan Tang was admitted to the palace, which was not good!
Gan Tang was freshening up and changing clothes, while carefully pondering what the queen called her for.
Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration and remembered what happened in the hospital yesterday.
Gan Tang's highly nervous mood was slightly relieved, she did not exceed the norm in yesterday's incident, even if the queen was not angry that she did not give Jin Jiye face, and did not let him take Wu Qingyun away smoothly, there was no reason to punish her for a foreign man.
If the queen dares to punish Gan Tang in a big way, it will hurt Gan Tang's reputation, if Gan Tang comes home to make a fuss and seek death, the queen herself will be colluded with her relatives by Yu Shishen, and she will not be able to sleep well.
Nowadays, there are many factions in the court, Gan Tang is not only the daughter of the Gan family, the granddaughter of the Bian family, but also the fiancΓ©e of the prince of the Yanguo Mansion.
Gan Tang was right, the queen didn't dare to punish her, but there was a toss of secret pokes and prods.
Gan Tang entered the palace with his grandmother this time, but since he entered the gate of the outer palace, an attendant came to tell them that he had to walk next.
Although my grandmother and Gan Tang rarely entered the palace because they had lived in Xichuan for many years, there was an example of a woman who didn't know that family had to enter the palace in a soft sedan chair.
After all, this is not a big deal, the grandmother did not make a sound, and led Gan Tang into the inner palace on foot.
When I entered the inner palace and went to the queen's residence, Jiaofang Palace, there were palace people who said that the queen had just woken up from a nap and was still grooming, so they were under the corridor, but in fact, they were waiting for the queen to make up under the sun.
After the queen mother combed her makeup, it was easy to announce that her grandmother and Gan Tang had entered the palace, and when she saluted, the queen mother was a demon again, she didn't let her grandmother and Gan Tang take a mat, so she let the two kneel straight on the hard floor to salute.
From the gate of the outer city palace to the gate of the inner city, Gan Tang and his grandmother walked for most of the hour, and then they were exposed to the sun under the corridor, and then they came in and knelt on the hard floor.
When entering the palace to see the nobles, without permission, the maids who entered the palace were not allowed to bring their maids into the palace, everything was served by the maids in the palace, and now those palace maids were as if they couldn't see it, only Gan Tang supported his grandmother alone.
My grandmother struggled to get up, but her legs and stomach trembled.
Gan Tang was distressed, seeing that there were also female dependents seated in the hall, and they were about the same age as himself, Gan Tang hurriedly begged the queen, "Queen Mother, the grandmother of the concubine is old and has a lot of physical strength, please give the grandmother of the concubine." β
"Bold, has the queen allowed you to speak?" The queen didn't speak, and the young woman who had been given the queen's seat shouted.
Gan Tang didn't recognize this person, but she was really angry, her grandmother had an edict, and although the young woman was dressed as a woman, she didn't wear a decree suit, which showed that she was an ordinary courtier's family, but now she didn't salute her grandmother, which was really arrogant.
Gan Tang was depressed and silent, just waiting for the queen to give him a seat.
The woman glared at Gan Tang fiercely again before she looked away.
After the queen lady in the right position was quiet and weird in the room, she finally spoke, "Move a stool for the old lady and the little lady Gan." β
Stool?
The woman is an official hat chair with soft bunks and soft pillows!
The queen is really too deceitful.
Gan Tang endured his anger and helped his grandmother to the low stool, but he didn't sit on it, but only stood behind his grandmother.
"Little lady Gan, you can sit down too."
Gan Tang saluted the queen, "Queen Mother, there is a rule in the concubine's family not to sit in the same row with the elders. That is, the concubine's grandmother is under the sister, and the concubine is even more afraid to sit, thank you for the seat. β
In fact, this rule is not only in Gantang's family, but also in all literati families and hairpins, even the royal family.
That is, the elders do not sit when they stand on the juniors, the elders sit, and the juniors do not sit on the same level as the elders, but take a slight half a step back, unless the elders specially order, the juniors can sit on the same level as the elders.
The woman wants to blow up her hair again, and she is not stupid, how can she not hear that Gan Tang is saying that the queen mother is snubbing Mrs. Bian and that she does not know the etiquette.
"Ake, come and greet the old lady." The queen's voice is ominous.
The woman got up sullenly and saluted her grandmother, and then she was not seated.
"Little lady Gan, this morning, Your Majesty Yu Shiyu, you and my cousin and nephew had some trouble in the hospital yesterday, what do you want to say?"
"Back to Niangniang, the concubine has nothing to say." Gan Tang has a humble attitude, but his tone is neither humble nor arrogant.
"Aunt cousin, yesterday it was Gan Niangzi who didn't handle things properly to make a big fuss, this Gan Niangzi actually secretly hid my Jin family's fugitive concubine, you have to deal with it impartially, Mo Yin Jiye is your cousin, you are afraid that some people will say that you are partial, so let Jiye be wronged."
Gan Tang now knows the identity of this woman, Jin Jiye's wife, the daughter of the Marquis of Qi, Qi Ke.
"Gan Niangzi, you are dumb, hurry up and admit this, otherwise you will look good." Qi Ke threatened.
Gan Tang still didn't answer, and only looked at the queen, "Queen Mother, can the concubine speak?" β
The queen choked, just Qi Ke scolded Gan Tang for being unruly, the queen didn't let her speak, she just spoke, and now she just obeys the rules, and looks at Qi Ke coldly like a shrew.
The queen couldn't help but look at Gan Tang twice, she had her own news channels, and knew that Gan Tang was a little lady who would not be sixteen until she turned sixteen in a few days, she was not very old, and she looked gentle and gentle like a little rabbit, but her temperament was surprisingly calm and indifferent, so she was a good one.
"Ake, don't speak." The queen was displeased, she thought that if she didn't fall out with the son in front of her, she would be very willing to put Gan Tang in front of her into the East Palace.