Chapter 472: The Old Man
Many years ago, the crown prince was deposed, and the princess lived alone in Fengqi Palace, and after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, Fengqi Palace became the queen mother's bedroom.
Li Xiangling was very familiar with Fengqi Palace, and before he entered the hall, he said loudly: "Sister, I brought you fresh bayberry, try it." ”
As soon as the words fell, Gong E stepped forward to greet her, and said happily: "Niang Niang is looking forward to Mrs. in the morning, Madame go in quickly." ”
The palace is full of luxury, but the furnishings in the Fengqi Palace are mainly simple and generous, and there are only two palace ladies in the palace to serve, at first glance it does not look like the residence of the queen mother, but more like a women's boudoir.
"There are juniors, and you are still so babbling, you really haven't grown at all."
The Queen Mother walked out of the inner hall with the help of Gong E.
I haven't seen her for more than ten years, she has aged a little, but she is well maintained, and she is still in her luxury, and she has more majesty as the lord of the harem than back then.
Li Xiangling stepped forward and grabbed the queen mother's arm, and said affectionately: "Yan'er is not an outsider, I came to see Sister A, so I don't have to pretend." ”
The Queen Mother smiled helplessly and raised her eyes to look at Hua Rong.
Hua Rong knelt down and saluted: "Courtier Wei Yan, meet the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother Gui'an." ”
"Come here."
Hua Rong stepped forward, and the Queen Mother stared at her carefully for a while and praised: "The appearance is indeed good, and the manners are also good, no wonder so many people like it." ”
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, Gong E presented a phoenix hairpin.
Hua Rong did not refuse, and received Feng Hai, a generous thanks.
The Queen Mother smiled even more, asked about Hua Rong's age and life in Yizhou, and learned that Wei Yan was born in the year Hua Rong died, the Queen Mother shook her head and muttered: "It's such a coincidence." ”
When the Queen Mother was still the crown princess, Hua Rong had only met her a few times, and she didn't have much contact, but when she heard what she meant, she still remembered herself.
After chatting for a while, the Queen Mother said that the weather was good, and took Li Xiangling and Hua Rong to the pavilion in the Imperial Garden to sit down and drink tea and enjoy the flowers.
After drinking a cup of tea, Li Xiangling cut to the chase and begged the Queen Mother to marry Hua Rong and Zhou Jinchao, so that the rumors could be self-defeating.
Although she doted on Li Xiangling very much, she didn't agree immediately, looked at Hua Rong and asked: "The mourning family heard that this Su Gongzi and you are childhood sweethearts, and the relationship between the two families has always been very good, why haven't you made a marriage contract?" ”
The two families have the same family background, and they live next to each other, and it is normal to make a marriage contract, which is why so many people believe what the people of the Su family say.
Hua Rong did not hide it, and said truthfully: "Back to the Queen Mother, the courtiers have been in poor health since childhood, suffer from sleepwalking, and often babble and say things that others can't understand. ”
Li Xiangling nodded, and couldn't wait to say: "This is true, the third uncle's family letter has long mentioned Yan'er's illness, and the husband also sent some famous doctors to help Yan'er diagnose and treat, these can be found." ”
The queen mother asked Hua Rong, she glanced at Li Xiangling reproachfully, signaled her not to steal the words, and asked: "Old man Wei and the old lady are still alive, why didn't you inform them about your marriage with the son of the Zhou family earlier?" ”
"Soon after my mother set a baby for me and him, Zhou Gongzi committed dementia, and my mother was afraid that my grandfather and grandmother would blame her for being too impulsive, so I kept it a secret and didn't say, if Zhou Gongzi was not cured by a famous doctor, my mother should have withdrawn from this marriage with the infamy of treachery."
The Wei family is rich, beautiful and beautiful, if it weren't for sleepwalking and a marriage contract, I'm afraid that they would be married now.
The Queen Mother nodded, generally still believing Hua Rong's words, Li Xiangling was anxious, and couldn't help but interject again, the Queen Mother preemptively said: "The mourning family heard that Zhou Xiaolangjun is indeed a good seedling with both civil and military skills, but the cause of Su Gongzi's death has not been clarified, and now is not the best time to give a decree to give marriage, so it is better to wait until everything is clear." ”
The Queen Mother did not completely refuse, but felt that the timing was not right.
Li Xiangling wanted to say something more, but Hua Rong stopped her and thanked her sincerely.
This year is the third year of the new emperor's succession, the undercurrent in the court is surging, the new emperor will face many crises, and the queen mother must also be cautious in the harem.
I was not disappointed that I didn't get the wedding flowers, I was as calm and calm as when I came, the Queen Mother liked her very much, and sent someone to the Internal Affairs Office to allocate a lot of rewards to the Wei family.
This can be regarded as supporting Huarong in disguise.
After lunch, the Queen Mother was tired, Hua Rong and Li Xiangling retreated, and when they passed by Chengde Gate, they saw a team of palace ladies coming slowly from a distance.
Closer and seeing the face of the Gong E standing at the end, Hua Rong couldn't help but stop.
It was an extremely gorgeous and dazzling face, even if she was wearing the most ordinary palace clothes, and the powder was not applied, it was also very beautiful.
Hua Rong quickly found the identity of the face from the memories that she had awakened not long ago.
She is Mu Ke, the princess of Yuexi!
Before the Yuexi envoys left Beijing, she was given to the crown prince as a side concubine, and she fell into the water and died not long after.
At that time, the crown prince had been deposed, and the two did not have a round house, so it was impossible to leave an heir, how could anyone look like her?
Hua Rong was shocked, but that Gong'e saluted her and Li Xiangling as usual, and then prepared to leave.
"Wait!"
Hua Rong stopped Gong E and asked suspiciously, "What's your name?" ”
Gong E recognized Li Xiangling, thought that she had fallen into the eyes of nobles, and replied happily: "Slave Suyin, I have seen the girl." ”
Suyin's Zhaoling dialect is very good, and he has no accent at all, like a native of Hanjing.
Li Xiangling looked at Suyin and then at Hua Rong, and asked what happened with his eyes.
The rules in the palace are strict, and the palace ladies have to go through strict selection.
Hua Rong retracted her gaze, shook her head and said, "It's okay, I just feel that she is so beautiful." ”
"Really? I don't think so. ”
Li Xiangling didn't care, and pulled Hua Rong away.
After getting into the carriage, Li Xiangling poked Huarong's head and said, "What kind of eyes do you have, that Gong'e's appearance is clearly from Yuexi, where can you see it?" ”
"How can there be Yuexi people in the palace?"
Hua Rong was surprised, Li Xiangling shrugged his shoulders and said: "Back then, after Yuexi signed the surrender letter, he sent a group of beauties, and we couldn't raise them in vain, so we let them enter the palace, but in order to prevent them from doing fine work, they could only do chores in the Huanyi Bureau." ”
"Then why are they walking around the palace today?"
"Yuexi has been returned to Shun for three years, and the imperial court is ready to send another group of civil officials to popularize the law and farming methods.
Li Xiangling has not seen Mu Ke a few times, and after more than ten years, he has long lost his impression of Mu Ke, and he doesn't feel anything.
Hua Rong was very uneasy.
In the previous life, she was not only tortured to death by Gu poison, but also lost her mind by Gu worm control for a time, and now in retrospect, there are many places in the Yuexi royal family that are weird.
Will there be any connection between her memories of her two lives, Jiang Yunfei's resurrection of the corpse, and this palace lady who resembles Mu Ke?