"The emperor has arrived, and Concubine Mei has arrived. ”

Outside the hall, there was a loud singing from the inner servant, and Emperor Xuanhua, who was wearing bright yellow civilian clothes, carried the charming Concubine Mei into the hall.

The queen and everyone hurriedly got up and saluted, Emperor Xuanhua helped the queen to sit on the upper seat together, and Queen Chen saw that the emperor was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Why did Your Majesty come over?"

Emperor Xuanhua said with a smile: "I happened to meet Concubine Mei in the imperial garden after handling official business, and I came to sit in the queen's palace together." ”

"Who is this?" asked Emperor Xuanhua.

Today, the queen summoned Xiahou Shuang, and Emperor Xuanhua came to see her.

Empress Chen beckoned to Xiahou Shuang: "This is the eldest lady in Xiahou Mansion, and the concubine was specially summoned to talk today. ”

Seeing Xiahou Shuang kneeling down, Emperor Xuanhua nodded and said, "You get up." ”

Emperor Xuanhua saw Xiahou Shuangsheng's dignified and bright, and he already had a good impression of him in his heart, and he solved Concubine Ling's problem under the embarrassment of Concubine Ling that day, thinking of this Emperor Xuanhua came and asked with interest: "Concubine Ling, have you and Miss Xiahou already known each other?"

Concubine Ling smiled and said: "How can the concubine know Miss Xiahou, Miss Xiahou is the best among these young ladies, and the concubine has to have that opportunity even if she wants to get acquainted." ”

This is really unpleasant to hear, as if Xiahou Shuang is more noble than the mother of the harem, so that the concubine saw Concubine Mei sitting aside as if nothing happened, her heart was jealous and crazy, this Concubine Mei has directly separated the emperor's favor since she came, and His Majesty has not been to his room for more than half a month, and today he is still in and out with His Majesty, a foreign woman actually wants to occupy His Majesty's favor, it is really unbelievable.

Thinking of this, Concubine Ling smiled at Concubine Mei and said: "At the palace banquet that day, Concubine Mei's sister danced beautifully, who knew that the sound of a piano brought by Miss Xiahou was not too much, it was really unforgettable like two sisters." ”

Hearing this, the queen's face changed, and she lowered her face slightly and scolded: "Concubine Ling, don't talk nonsense, what twin sisters." ”

Concubine Ling compared Xiahou Shuang with a concubine in the emperor's harem, this heart can be punished, the queen knew that Concubine Ling must have misunderstood Xiahou Shuang's purpose today, presumably because she misunderstood that Xiahou Shuang was favored by His Majesty, and directly tempted.

"Concubine Ling, don't talk nonsense, Miss Xiahou is just the queen's guest today. Emperor Xuanhua's warning-like glance made the concubine's heart tremble, this was a mistake.

It turned out that His Majesty didn't mean anything here, and said with a smile: "It's the concubine who said the wrong thing, apologize to Miss Xiahou." ”

Xiahou Shuang dared to let a lady apologize to herself, and hurriedly got up to give a salute.

Concubine Mei, who was sitting on the side, has been silent since she entered the hall, everything in front of her seems to have nothing to do with her, Concubine Ling saw her like this, her heart was stupid, she was lifting a stone and hitting her own feet, and she sat on the side at the moment.

Emperor Xuanhua asked Xiahou Shuang, "Is the old lady in the mansion well?"

"Grandmother's body is not bad, and when she enters the palace, she also tells her courtiers to greet Your Majesty if she meets Your Majesty. Xiahou Shuang replied quietly, neither humble nor arrogant.

"That's good, I think that the old lady Hong was also a woman who didn't let her eyebrows, and accompanied the old marquis to the battlefield many times, and she was a model for women in this dynasty. Emperor Xuanhua seemed to think of something and fell into memory.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and then Emperor Xuanhua said: "It's just a pity that the old marquis unfortunately died on the battlefield, and it took a long time for the old lady Hong to recover again." You have to wait and respect the old lady a lot. ”

Xiahou Shuang was surprised that Emperor Xuanhua actually said such a thing, and said respectfully: "The courtiers obey the order." ”

"I don't know why the Lin family in your mansion was sent to another courtyard? I heard that he has passed away, but I don't know what kind of wrong thing he has committed?"

Lin died of illness not long after Xiahou Shuang returned from the courtyard, and heard that Mama Wang also died of hunger strike after Lin's death.

After Xiahou Shuang informed his father and grandmother of this incident, his grandmother and father were silent for a long time, no matter how evil the Lin family did, after all, they were also people who had lived together in the mansion for so long, and now when they heard the news of the sudden death, they still couldn't help but sigh.

The old lady immediately ordered the Lin family to be buried thickly, and after Mama Wang's accident, the old lady also asked her to be buried next to the Lin family's tomb, and the Lin family was like a fallen leaf, falling gently, ending her life from miserable to brilliant to desolate.

Now Emperor Xuanhua asked about the Lin family in public, Xiahou Shuang didn't know what he meant, thought for a while and replied: "My mother was punished by my father to go to the manor to recuperate because she didn't take good care of her grandmother at home. ”

If it is true that he was punished to another courtyard just because he did not take good care of the old lady in the mansion, this statement can't help but make people believe, not to mention that the Lin family is also the main mother of Xiahou Mansion, but after his death, he did not mourn secretly, this operation really makes people doubt the truth of this statement.

But whether it's true or not, depending on His Majesty's attitude, Emperor Xuanhua didn't seem to care when he heard it, nodded and stopped asking about it, because Concubine Ling was here again, and Emperor Xuanhua didn't want to ask about things related to the second child.

Emperor Xuanhua said to the second concubine: "The two concubines should step aside for the time being, and when I have time, I will go to your palace to visit the two concubines." ”

Concubine Mei got up and left after giving a salute, making Concubine Curious about what His Majesty left Xiahou Shuang alone, but now she has opened her mouth to let people retreat, so she has to leave in a huff.

After the others left, only Empress Chen and Fu Lin were left in the palace, and Emperor Xuanhua said directly: "Yesterday, the second prince came to the palace and asked me to give me a marriage, and the object of the marriage proposal is Miss Xiahou, I don't know what Miss Xiahou thinks about this matter?"

"Thanks to the prince, he can afford to look down on his courtiers, and the courtiers are terrified. ”

said that he was frightened, but he looked neither humble nor arrogant, standing there calmly, neither the joy of hearing about it nor the slightest flattery, either he already knew about it, or this Miss Xiahou really had a calm personality.

Emperor Xuanhua asked, "It seems that Miss Xiahou should have known about this for a long time?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood, the courtiers only heard about it today, but the marriage events are all determined by heaven, today the mother summoned the courtiers over, presumably there is already a plan to give marriage, since this is the case, the courtiers can only accept it calmly. ”

"Could it be that Miss Xiahou still doesn't look down on my son?" Emperor Xuanhua said with a smile when he heard this.

"The courtiers don't dare, it's just that they are just strangers to the prince and the prince are now talking about marriage, and they are uneasy for a while. ”

"I see that the second prince is very happy with you, but I don't know where Miss Xiahou is outstanding to make my emperor fall in love at first sight?" Emperor Xuanhua asked with interest.

The courtiers knew the color of the willows, and the courtiers who could enter the eyes of the prince were also surprised. Xiahou Shuang's words provoked Emperor Xuanhua to laugh.

"Yes, yes. Emperor Xuanhua nodded, neither humble nor arrogant, calm and gentle, thoughtful and exquisite, and worthy of the daughter-in-law of the royal family with this bearing.