Not only did Jiang Shu see it, but the daughters who sat in the row of seats in the west with her were all sitting facing east, and they all saw several people from far and near, all of whom showed excitement on their faces.

The ladies sitting in the row on the east side, seeing the reaction of the people opposite, followed their gaze with some curiosity, and saw that it was the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who were coming, and they also jumped up.

Soon after, a group of six people had already walked to the north to the south of the main seat, everyone in order to show respect, one after another got up to salute, and at the same time read in unison: "Courtiers welcome the Queen Mother, welcome His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness King Hui, His Royal Highness King Gui, Princess Shouning, and Lord Huaishu." ”

Of course, this does not include Zhu Changxun and Zhu Changhao, who sat at the top of the east row, the two just stood up, symbolically raised their hands towards the Queen Mother, and did not speak.

Empress Dowager Li smiled kindly, slowly waved her hand to everyone and said, "Everyone sit, it's not a major occasion, you don't have to be formal." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie." agreed again, and all the daughters sat down in place.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Xuanyu and Zhu Xuanrao also helped Empress Dowager Li to the front seat, helped her sit down in the middle of the three seats, and then the two sat next to her, one left and one right.

And Zhu Changluo, Zhu Changrun, and Zhu Changying took a few steps in, and sat down in the first few empty seats at the top of Jiang Shu's row.

Seeing that the three emperors and grandchildren were all seated, Empress Dowager Li glanced at the ladies present, saw that they were all good-looking and decently behaved, nodded with satisfaction, and said again: "The mourning family invites everyone to come over today, first, to provide a place for everyone, so that everyone can contact their feelings; The second is that the palace is too stuffy, and the mourning family wants to hear about the outside world; The third is ...... This third, the mourning family will talk about it later, who can tell the mourning family now, what has happened in the capital recently? ”

Empress Dowager Li's voice fell, all the daughters, look at me, I look at you, most of them showed a look of eagerness, but in order to remain reserved in front of the prince and the four princes, none of them were willing to speak first.

Zhu Xuanrao, who was sitting next to her, saw this situation, her eyes flashed, and she grabbed her arm sideways and said, "Imperial grandmother, you see that all the young ladies are embarrassed, so it's better to let Rao'er be the first to speak." ”

Empress Dowager Li tilted her head slightly, glanced at her lovingly, nodded with a light smile, and said, "Okay, then you can say it first." ”

"Yes," Zhu Xuanrao agreed obediently, her eyes coldly swept over Jiang Shu, who was sitting in the middle of the west row, and said crisply, "Imperial grandmother, do you know, a few days ago, a foreigner came to the capital, called Matteo Ricci, and he brought a rare thing to ensure that everyone has never seen or heard of it." ”

"Oh? What rarity? Empress Dowager Li asked with some curiosity.

Zhu Xuanrao squinted and looked around at the people present, seeing that their faces were also full of curiosity, knowing that the effect she wanted had been achieved, her eyes narrowed and said: "That thing is called a chiming clock, it is a tool for keeping time, it will play music every half an hour to tell the time, it is very exquisite, and it is much more accurate than our sundial and hourglass." ”

"Is there such a strange thing in this world? It's really unseen and unheard. Hearing her say this, Empress Dowager Li suddenly became interested, "I wonder where the self-striking bell is now?" ”