Chapter 33 Entering the Palace for a Banquet

The twenty-ninth winter solstice of the twenty-fourth winter month of the Shengyuan Dynasty, counting nine cold days, the snow in winter, the jade and silver up and down Kyoto, this year's cold winter, has been the second snow since the beginning of winter.

She stopped on the steps of the gazebo in the backyard, dressed in fox velvet, different from last year's ordinary small face carved in pink and jade, but now her hair ornament is already a woman's appearance.

She looked at the frozen lake in front of her, and the snow on the lake had been piled up two inches in the morning, and the people in the house poured all the snow on the road into the lake to melt it all together for the next year.

His hands were wrapped in snow-gray fox velvet handwriting, and he had stopped here for a moment, his eyes were sad, his lips were pursed, his face and nose had been slightly red from the cold, and there were many servants behind him, none of them dared to open his mouth to break the long-standing calm.

She thought that she was still the carefree daughter of the Yuan Mansion at this time last year, and this year she is already a calculating princess, not only learning to judge the situation, but also to dodge open guns and arrows, if her grandfather and aunt knew that the flowers they held in the palm of their hands had been murdered so much, would they take her away?

From the hot summer to the harsh winter, she has been planning and calculating all these three months, maybe the banquet above Wen Zhao was just the beginning, but if it wasn't for that incident, how could the Chu family recognize her and be willing to be her backing, her plan for Wen Chu was just the beginning of her stepping into the whirlpool of the DPRK.

No! Maybe it was the day she built the study library? Maybe it was the day she found out that King Huai had something to do with the clouds? Maybe it was the day she returned to Kyoto? Maybe it's the day of the wedding...... Now she can't get out.

Now she not only knows that the officials who came to blow up and killed in the clouds are all Huaiwang party, but also understands that this big seal is not like the king Huaiwang on the surface, and there are even more people competing with the king in the dark.

Who is it? She doesn't know!

Under the operation of the Chu family, Ma Tan is now Shangshu Zuo Shilang, and he really has a pivotal official position, but Ma Baozhang's incident is a disadvantage to the Ma family, and the rumors are non-stop, maybe when he walks in front of the saint that day, he will have the ability to resist the rumors.

Wen Qi and Chu Che's wedding ceremony is scheduled for March next year, but Chu Xuan's is in May, and the old mansion prepares the wedding ceremony for the two of them early.

Other people's families are still full, Ma Baozhang is pregnant, Wen Zhao wants to raise her right, the Wen family does not agree, and has been pressing, this time they are in a hurry to marry Wen Zhao, but who is willing to marry Wen Zhao, knowing that Wen Zhao loves Ma Baozhang, why bother to suffer alive, Wen is a good girl who wants to ruin the family!

This year's champion Lang is another cold man, inherited Ma Tan's position of Dr. Guozijian, it seems that this position has become a springboard for poor students, Ma Tan has no power and no power to be Dr. Ma for seven years, and now with the help of Chu's help, he has moved, I don't know if this upstart has a better life.

At present, the saint has the meaning of promoting the cold door, Xu is the limelight of the clan is too strong, and he will be suppressed when he can't recognize his status, as the Ninth Five-Year Honor, he has always known how to check and balance, the clan has been comfortable for many years, and the descendants of the clan can't contribute anything to the court, only guarding the merits of the ancestors, and from time to time they have to cause some things and squeeze the people, and the court will naturally not raise these unearned sons and brothers in vain.

Zhengguo Gong is like this, relying on the glory of the uncle and the ancestors of the Hao family, he has repeatedly caused trouble, and the saints have seen it in their eyes, maybe when King Huai ascends the throne, the saints will dispose of the Hao family, and maybe they will not consider King Huai at all.

The Liu family is sparsely populated, and they have always lived behind closed doors, not to be argued about by the outside world, and there are also children and grandchildren who are idle officials, but they know how to conceal hidden traces, but unfortunately Qin Mian will not come back, if he comes back, he can fight for that son.

In other words, it has come to the end of the year, how can Qin Mian marry a wife and not come back for half a moment? The third son of the Wen family will come back at the end of the year, doesn't he know that there is still a family waiting for him in Beijing? Maybe it's the season for war!

Recently, she has the idea of expanding the student library and making a restaurant, and there are too many famous students, especially in June and July, which is the peak season for the exam, so she will simply start construction in the spring of next year, so as not to delay the business and expand the venue.

Pin Xianju cold winter wax moon also continue to make mistakes, the sea is frozen in winter, salvage is not easy, she will be the man's salary fifty percent, and it is a high price purchase, but the price of selling has not increased, now she can only earn some fur, she doesn't care about these, after the spring when the earth warms up everything returns to the original, it is still a good deal!

She stopped under the pavilion for a long time, and suddenly a maid passed on: "See Niangniang, someone is in the palace!" ”

If it weren't for this sound, she was afraid that she would have been out of her mind for a longer time, and walked towards the main house, Qiu Kang, who had passed the decree, had already waited, and when she saw her coming, she smiled and saluted: "The miscellaneous family sees Princess Qi Niangniang, there is an edict in the palace, and the Niangniang enters the palace to assist in the New Year's Banquet!" ”

"I'm tired of my father-in-law's heavy snowy days." She nodded calmly at Qiu Kang.

It is common for the palace to let the princess enter the palace to prepare for a banquet, in the past, it was prepared by the queen or Du Shufei, a few years ago Princess Huai assisted, this year it was Princess Huai who hosted her to assist, Du Shufei is now out of favor and out of power It is not her turn, Jianzhang Palace is also like a cold palace, the queen wants to cultivate her daughter-in-law, after all, it is an assistance, I don't know much about the link, she and Ning Ruoshui do not agree, so she simply went to do more and say less, if you can not interfere, you will not interfere.

Qiu Kang is a young eunuch in the Inner Servant Province, a slave who is attached to Panyan, and often does errands to deliver orders to ministers, and is familiar with many courtiers.

"Ouch! It is the honor of the miscellaneous family to pass the decree for the mother, Princess Huai has been in the palace for a few days, and please ask Princess Qi to leave quickly, the saint in the palace is still waiting! ”

"Got it! The palace will leave now, Siyu will see the reward! ”

After sending Qiu Kang away, she went back to her house to write a letter, and it was not easy to send out letters when she entered the palace, and she could not come back until the end of the New Year, explain the situation to Yongzhou, and send the New Year's gift in advance.

Everything was cleaned up, and there were people to serve her after entering the palace, so she only brought Siyu and Qian Guanguan, and sent Aunt An and the people in the house to go home for the New Year after the tenth day of the lunar month. Naturally, they couldn't bring guards with them when they entered the palace, and Su Hua and Fu Feng could only stay in the palace, and they were a little insecure without them by their side.

Before four o'clock, the winter day was slightly slanting, and after noon it snowed lightly, she put on a silver and white velvet fur and got into the carriage, and walked for half an hour to the Suzaku Gate.

Walked for nearly half an hour to the carved gold and jade Fengyi Palace to ask the queen for peace, she stood in the center of the hall, the queen sat on the main seat and looked at her with a smile, obviously thinner than before, Xu was sick for a reason, people in their fifties, if they lost their blood and blood it was difficult to make up for it.

On the side is Ning Ruoshui, who looks forward to the brilliance, she has such a beautiful difference, she can be proud, Yang Fei's brocade slim coat, rabbit fur collar and cuffs, the material is full of dense back-pattern hook edge treasure flower clusters embroidered with gold thread.

If you don't know Ning Ruoshui's personality, you must think that she is a good sister next door who is good to get along with, but unfortunately she is pretending to be in front of the queen.

"Sons see the queen mother!" Chu Yunjing hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

The queen obviously covered her original face with thick powder, and the dark blue under her eyes loomed, and her voice was much softer: "You are here!" We're all waiting for you, sit down! The queen casually pointed to the seat opposite Ning Ruoshui, and she sat down in a proper manner.

The golden silk nanmu official chair in the winter hall was cushioned with a thick brocade cotton cushion, and it was very comfortable to sit on, and she smelled the strong fragrance of phoenix pith in the Fengyi Palace, but she still vaguely asked about the taste of medicinal herbs.

It seems that the queen is very sick, and she is holding on to meet the guests, and Zhang Guifei said that the queen is sick, and it has been more than four months, why is the wind and cold not good? Looking at Ning Ruoshui's eyebrows, it is estimated that she doesn't know that the queen is sick, and the queen may not tell her son.

"On that day, the banquet invited hundreds of civil and military officials to gather in the Qilin Hall for dinner, you and the two of you must remember to help each other and arrange it personally, don't make some mistakes that damage the prestige of my country, the Ministry of Internal Service and the Liushang Bureau will be dispatched by the two of you, and the palace will send Mama Hui to assist you!" The queen's bitter entrustment.

Ning Ruoshui heard the word Hui Mama, her face changed instantly, remembering the previous incident in the Zhengguo Mansion, Ning Ruoshui did not participate less, Hui Mama had a very bad impression of her, if Hui Mama assisted her, I am afraid that it would be no advantage.

"Don't worry! With such a smart person as Mama Hui and her younger siblings, the concubine believes that there will be no mistakes, you can rest in Fengyi Palace, don't work hard. After only being stunned for a moment, Ning Ruoshui said with clever words.

Chu Yunjing's expression was slightly worried: "Queen Mother, take care!" ”

When the queen heard this, she looked at her with a sad gaze, and then sighed and nodded.

"Let's step back today, and the queen mother will go and rest!" She stood up and saluted.

Ning Ruoshui originally wanted to stay for a while, but Chu Yunjing had already opened his mouth, and the queen was about to stand up, so Ning Ruoshui could only follow out of Fengyi Palace.

After coming out, he changed to a different person, his face was unhappy, and he sneered: "Even if you come to assist this palace, you have to clarify your position, you shouldn't take care of it, you shouldn't do less, you don't know each other, this palace advises you to be more restrained...."

Chu Yunjing really didn't want to listen to these words that threatened her, so she raised her face and pouted at Ning Ruoshui, who was full of indifference, and cast a foolish look at her, "Oh~", turned around and left, regardless of Ning Ruoshui's dumbfounded eyes.

There are many palace people here, Ning Ruoshui is not good to curse loudly and vent, holding his breath and glancing at Chu Yunjing's back.

The palace people led Chu Yunjing to an independent palace on the left between the Shenlong Hall and the Fengyi Palace-Jiuhua Palace, which was the former palace of King Qi, which had not been inhabited for seven years, and now became her residence.

There are four palaces of the emperor's heir, the Yihua Hall behind the Jiuhua Palace, and the two palaces on the right rear side of the Shenlong Hall are for the princess to live.

King Huai used to live with the queen in Fengyi Palace, and now the six princes live in Yihua Palace, that is, the residence of the prince before entering the East Palace.