Chapter 697 Hairpin Peony Flower
Xiao Fuyuan was summoned into Yuqing Palace by the Queen Mother again.
Gong Hong, who came to announce the decree, said that the peony of Yuqing Palace was in full bloom, and invited Zhen and Mrs. Bai to enter the palace to enjoy the flowers.
In fact, it was the Queen Mother who missed Xiao Fuyuan and wanted her to enter the palace to speak.
Xie Chuntao was busy housekeeping, Tian Maimiao was busy opening a shop, and Eugene Gui was still in the stage of being fined for soles, so Zhen and Mrs. Bai decided to only take Xiao Fuyuan and Cuicui into the palace.
Cuicui hasn't passed the door yet, and she doesn't belong to the Bai family's daughters, but the Queen Mother specially said that Cuicui and Princess Yun'an are very compatible, and Princess Yun'an is also there, so let Cuicui enter the palace and be with Princess Yun'an.
As soon as Zhen and the others left, Xiao Li, the duchess of Zhenguo on the back foot, came to the door with her henchman.
But I missed it.
Xiao Li was in a trance for a while, and he couldn't guess Zhen's thoughts.
"My mother was summoned to the palace by the Queen Mother to enjoy the flowers. Madame, come back another day. Xie Chuntao was quite indifferent to Xiao Li.
There is no way, the Zhenguo Mansion is an enemy-like existence for the Bai family, and even if he doesn't take revenge, he doesn't want to make friends.
Therefore, it is impossible to greet the people in the town and the government with a smile at all.
Xiao Li looked at Xie Chuntao carefully.
This eldest daughter-in-law of the Bai family looks honest and amiable, and she is neither humble nor arrogant to her.
Xiao Li's heart rose with a good feeling.
"When my aunt and grandmother come back from the palace, I'll come again."
Xiao Li got back into the carriage and turned back.
Yesterday, his son Zhen Ruocheng said that he went to Hanlin Academy to look for Bai Panmei, but he didn't find it, and he felt sorry for a while, and left him a post to invite him to meet.
Xiao Li sighed in his heart, his son was different from his father, he was the most sincere and pure-hearted, and he knew that his aunt who was living abroad was happy when she returned to Beijing.
He probably couldn't have imagined that his aunt was in a foreign land back then, all thanks to his grandmother and father.
Xiao Li's heart was conflicted, if his son knew the truth, he would not know how much he would be destroyed.
She is in such a contradiction, and she is afraid that her son will be affected by the investigation of the past affairs.
So selfishly, she Zhenguo Mansion and the Bai family can turn the conflict into a jade silk, even if she can't, she hopes to make up for the Zhen family as much as possible.
"Grandma."
Xiao Fuyuan got off the sedan chair at the gate of Yuqing Palace, and ran all the way from the door to the main hall with the corner of his skirt.
"Oh, little girl, slow down." The Queen Mother was cutting flowers, and when she heard the voice, she put down the scissors, as if she was happy.
"Grandma, how are you?" Xiao Fuyuan ran to the Queen Mother, knelt on her knees and looked up at the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother has a good complexion, and it seems that the candy she gave the Queen Mother has worked.
"Okay, okay." The Queen Mother hugged Xiao Fuyuan on her lap, rubbed her hair, and said with a smile, "Xiao Yuanbao is okay these days." ”
Xiao Fuyuan snapped his fingers and said, "Okay, I went to eat a lot of snacks on the street, and I also went to see the lanterns, the capital is really fun." ”
Listening to Xiao Fuyuan's crisp and soft voice, the Queen Mother's heart was about to melt.
Then Zhen, Mrs. Bai and Cuicui also walked in, and after saluting the Queen Mother, they sat aside and talked to the Queen Mother.
"Xiao Yuanbao, you sit on the Queen Mother, be careful of tired Queen Mother." Old Lady Bai said.
The Queen Mother said: "Not tired, not tired." I love this kid. ”
So the Queen Mother asked Mama Chang to arrange a small kitchen for Xiao Fuyuan to eat.
The food was already ready, and Mama Chang brought it up with a smile.
Xiao Fuyuan picked up a piece of walnut crisp, handed it to the Queen Mother, and said, "Grandma, you and Xiao Yuanbao can eat together." ”
The Queen Mother smiled and took a bite of Xiao Fuyuan's hand, and said, "In the end, Xiao Yuanbao has filial piety, and this walnut crisp is more fragrant than usual." ”
Xiao Fuyuan saw that the Queen Mother had eaten walnut cake, smiled and bent his eyes, picked up the rose cake and hazelnut cake and handed it to Mrs. Bai and Zhen, and then picked up the hibiscus cake and handed it to Mama Chang.
The crowd unanimously praised Xiao Fuyuan for his filial piety.
Mama Chang watched Xiao Fuyuan come back to work, and the queen mother was happy, and she was excited.
"Queen Mother, look at your two days." Old Lady Bai said with a smile.
"The Queen Mother has seen the eldest lady and the township lord since she saw it, and she is happy in her heart, and the food is fragrant these days."
Mama Chang thought that the day after the last meeting, the Queen Mother ate three bowls of rice at a time, and the frightened palace thought that the Queen Mother was going to accumulate food.
In the end, it turned out to be a false alarm.
I have to say that the Queen Mother has an excellent appetite in the past two days.
When Xiao Fuyuan heard Mama Chang say this, he knew that the candy he gave to the Queen Mother had played a role, and he was very happy.
"It's good to eat." Mrs. Bai said, "Eat well to be healthy." The Queen Mother cares about the world, and her burden is much bigger than ours, so if I want to say that I don't care about the big things, I have to eat three bowls of rice before I can suppress it. ”
"Grandma is right, you can't delay eating anything. Only by eating can we be in good health, and only when we are in good health can we face things better. Xiao Fuyuan clenched his fists and said.
The Queen Mother smiled when she heard this.
"Okay, just listen to Xiao Yuanbao, and you have to eat well in the future." The Queen Mother hugged Xiao Fuyuan tightly.
"I heard that Yaoyao was invited by Xiao Yuanbao to be a guest at home?" The Queen Mother asked Xiao Fuyuan with a smile.
Xiao Fuyuan nodded.
The Queen Mother had already learned that Princess Yun'an and the Bai family got along very well, and she came to the palace to talk to her in the past two days, and the whole person had the liveliness of a girl from dress to complexion.
The Queen Mother was happy when she looked at it.
Just as he was talking about Princess Yun'an, he saw Princess Yun'an leading the palace people into the hall with newly picked peony flowers.
It turned out that Princess Yun'an came early in the morning and took the palace people to the garden to pick flowers for the Queen Mother.
"Sister Yaoyao." Xiao Fuyuan shouted at Princess Yun'an with a smile.
"Sister Yuanbao is here." Princess Yun'an was very happy to see Xiao Fuyuan.
When I saw Zhen and Mrs. Bai, my heart fluctuated.
She knew that the Queen Mother had specially called Zhen and Mrs. Bai into the palace to discuss the marriage between her and the fourth child of the Bai family.
Zhen and Mrs. Bai wanted to give a gift to Princess Yun'an, but they were stopped by the Queen Mother.
"You guys should take Yaoyao as a junior." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
Princess Yun'an's face turned red, and she pulled Cuicui to speak.
The palace people put the flowers on the table, and Mama Chang stepped forward to give the queen mother hairpins.
"This one." Xiao Fuyuan picked up the largest and reddest peony flower.
"I'm old, and I can't hold back this color." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
"Grandma is still very young, and grandma can hold down any color." Xiao Fuyuan put a large red peony hairpin on the sideburns of the Queen Mother.
"The townsman is right, the queen mother, look at how good your complexion is on this red peony lining." Mama Chang joked on the side.
The Queen Mother took a picture of the bronze mirror and expressed her satisfaction.
"In-laws, you also have hairpins." The Queen Mother said to Old Lady Bai.
The old lady Bai didn't twist it, picked up a pink hairpin in her ear, and said: "We farmers are farming in the countryside, and we can't wear pink every day for fear of getting dirty." But I loved pink when I was young, and pink is pretty, and now I borrow the queen mother's hairpin, and I am also pretty. ”
As soon as the old lady Bai's witty words came out, everyone in the palace laughed.
"Yaoyao, you and the young girl Cuicui are chatting here in a weird panic, you can take Cuicui to the garden for a spin." The Queen Mother said to Princess Yun'an.
Princess Yun'an said how could it be, and pulled Cuicui to stand up.
She knew that the Queen Mother was going to tell Zhen and Mrs. Bai about her relationship with the fourth child.
She needed to steer clear. (End of chapter)