in the inn
Shen Ruolan was squatting in front of the kitchen stove in the backyard of the inn, cooking a pot of delicious crucian carp soup.
During this period of time, the family has been anxiously waiting for the news from the palace. Everyone is like a frightened bird, and the slightest disturbance can frighten them and make them panic.
Shen Ruolan saw that going on like this was not an option, so she comforted them every day, and even specially rented a stove in the inn to adjust the food in different ways, improve everyone's appetite, and prevent them from getting angry and getting sick.
Because of her good cooking skills, willingness to spend money on good food, and the blessing of spiritual spring water in the space, even if the family members are worried all day long, the diet has not decreased, and no one has fallen ill. Even the always timid mother is still doing well. Yes, this also made Shen Ruolan feel at ease.
For many days in a row, there was still no news from the palace, and everyone could not help secretly feeling lucky, perhaps, the big shots in the palace had forgotten about their tiny family.
With this hope, everyone's hearts will be a little calmer, and they will no longer be so nervous.
However, this fluke mentality did not last for a few days, and what should come still came.
When Shen Ruolan walked from the back kitchen to the front yard with a pot of crucian carp soup, Eunuch Xia just came in from the outside to announce her entry to the palace.
Seeing Eunuch Xia, the Shen family members immediately turned pale with fright, as if a disaster had struck, and everyone was so frightened that their faces turned ashen, as if they were facing a big enemy, so Shen Ruolan must be considered normal.
Seeing everyone frightened like this, Eunuch Xia hurriedly comforted and said: "Don't be afraid, everyone, there is nothing important, but our empress dowager wants to talk to Miss Shen, and she will send it back after she finishes talking."
Having said that, the Shen family is still very nervous, it's all right, what did the Queen Mother call Lan'er to do? They are not familiar with each other, will something happen
Shen Dejian quickly gave Eunuch Xia a bulging purse and entrusted him to take care of Shen Ruolan.
Mrs. Mu also took Shen Ruolan's hand, chanting, "Lan'er, you must be cautious in your words and deeds when you enter the palace, don't say a word you shouldn't say; don't even look at things you shouldn't look at." Look; don't worry about things you shouldn't care about; don't let go of things you shouldn't go there. It's better to be careful in everything, and don't want to offend others... "
Zhu'er and Ju'er also said, "Sister, we will go with you, although we can't enter the palace, but we can wait for you outside the palace, don't be afraid, our whole family is here..."
Shen Ruolan hugged her sister emotionally, feeling warm in her heart. She guessed that it was probably because Chunyuzhen had a showdown with the empress dowager, otherwise the empress dowager couldn't just summon herself, and he must be in the palace at this time, so she didn't have to be afraid. Anyway, with him around, he would definitely protect herself .
So, after tidying up briefly, she followed Eunuch Xia into the palace.
Shen Dejian and Mu family were worried, so they took Zhu'er Ju'er and hired a car, and followed her car all the way to the outside of the palace, watching Shen Ruolan enter the palace, they waited outside the palace.
After entering the palace, Eunuch Xia led Shen Ruolan, and walked up the same path as when she came in, but this time she didn't need to walk. After entering the palace gate, there were two sedan chairs waiting there, Eunuch Xia He and she took one each, and the bearers who carried the sedan chair also hurriedly carried them outside the Shouxian Palace as if they were flying.
After the sedan chair stopped, Shen Ruolan and Eunuch Xia got off the sedan chair. Eunuch Xia asked the eunuch who was on duty outside to go in and report. Be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't lose your manners in front of the emperor...
Shen Ruolan understood, no wonder eunuch Xia asked someone to go in to communicate, but she didn't go in. It turned out that the emperor and empress were all there, so there were many rules, otherwise he, the eunuch of Shouxian Palace, should be able to come in and out freely.
After waiting outside for a while, a fair-skinned little eunuch came out and said that the emperor had an order to let her in.
Shen Ruolan hurriedly arranged her clothes, followed the little eunuch into the gate of Shouxian Palace.
As soon as I walked into the yard, I saw a person lying on the steps at the entrance of the hall, a girl with a soft body, not very big, with blood all over her face, lying there miserable, I don't know if she was dead is live.
Seeing this scene, Shen Ruolan's heart froze suddenly, and she glanced at the girl sympathetically, but the girl's face was already stained with blood, and she couldn't tell her age clearly. Twelve or thirteen years old. In the previous life, he should have been a primary school student at this age. He just made a big mistake and was knocked unconscious and left here casually. It seems that this palace is really not a place for people to stay. For a child They are so merciless!
After Shen Ruolan sympathized with the little girl for a second, she quickly averted her eyes. Although she sympathized with her, her own future is still uncertain, so how can she meddle in other people's business? What's more, when she came here, my mother repeatedly told her not to care about things that shouldn't be done in the palace, and not to look at things that shouldn't be seen, so as not to cause trouble.
She quickly withdrew her thoughts and followed the fair little eunuch into the palace.
Shouxian Palace
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, Emperor Jian'an, Empress Chen, Chun Yuzheng, Princess Yurong, Chun Yuyin and others were all sitting there, and the atmosphere in the hall was a bit gloomy.
Before Shen Ruolan came to the future, the emperor and Chun Yuzhen had a heated debate. The content of the debate was whether Chun Yuzhen should retire from the engagement and never remarry. However, he was determined to divorce An An. According to what the emperor said, he insisted on marrying Shen Ruolan, and there was a strong tendency not to marry her, which made His Majesty the emperor very dissatisfied.
Seeing that their brothers were arguing fiercely, the queen mother was afraid of hurting the friendship between them, so she hurriedly asked someone to bring Shen Ruolan here, which meant that everyone's eyes met and the matter was resolved.
After Shen Ruolan entered, she immediately saw Emperor Jian'an sitting next to the queen mother. He was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. The kind that is daunting at a glance.
The one next to him with the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin and the colorful brocade and golden silk phoenix gown is the queen empress. The etiquette of the mother of the country.
Shen Ruolan stepped forward gracefully, and politely bowed to all the nobles present.
"The daughter of the people, Shen Ruolan, is meeting with the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor—"
"Meet the empress dowager, the empress dowager is a thousand years old, a thousand years old—"
"Meet the empress..."
After some salutations and prayers, she was so tired that she was dizzy and had no choice. Who told her to be the humblest one
At this time, a majestic male voice was heard: "Are you Shen Ruolan?"
The emperor asked her directly without asking her to get up, so Shen Ruolan had no choice but to kneel on the ground humbly, being looked down upon and studied by everyone. This really hurt people's self-esteem. Class people are not qualified to expect dignity.
"Yes!" Shen Ruolan replied.
At this time, the voice came again: "Raise your head!"
Shen Ruolan had no choice but to raise her head and let everyone in the seat look at her wantonly.
Now she is very beautiful, and her beauty is comparable to An An's. In fact, her facial features are even more delicate than An An's, but her face is yellowish and her complexion is dark, so she doesn't look better than An An, but since there is After drinking Lingquan water, she drinks Lingquan water every day, cooks and bathes with Lingquan water. After a few months, her skin color has been greatly improved. Although she is not as fair and delicate as An An, she will be better than her sooner or later. It's just a matter of time, and now her hair has become black and dense, and she is washed with spiritual spring water. If things continue like this, she will replace An An and become the number one beauty in the Chu Kingdom in a short time. of.
After seeing her face clearly, Empress Chen twitched the corners of her mouth, forced a little smile, and said, "She really is a beauty, no wonder Seventh Brother likes it so much!"
This made it seem like Chunyuzhen liked Shen Ruolan because of her good looks, and invisibly gave Shen Ruolan a hat of being an Israeli servant and seductive to the Lord, which aroused the Queen Mother's dissatisfaction with her, so as to borrow the Queen Mother's hand Pack her purpose.
In fact, there was nothing wrong between Empress Chen and Shen Ruolan, and she didn't want to embarrass her at first, just because Shen Ruolan was good-looking and won Chunyu's favor, Empress Chen couldn't help feeling jealous towards her, jealous of her Young and beautiful, she is also jealous that she can get such a man's love.
Although she is a queen and in charge of the Phoenix seal, but because she is not beautiful enough, she only gets the respect of her husband, but not his love. The emperor treats her like an old friend for many years. The passion is gone, and every month on the first and fifteenth day of the month, I have to stay in her palace. Even if I rest in her palace, I just sleep and don't have sex with her. It has not been moistened by rain and dew for more than a year.
On the other hand, the other young and beautiful concubines in the palace are all moistened like peach blossoms. This one is pregnant, and the one who is favored by the emperor will not be able to get out of bed tomorrow. Every time she hears this, her heart feels like being stung by a bee. Yes, it was hot and painful, but on the surface he pretended to be gentle, magnanimous and indifferent, so as to win the emperor's respect and trust.
Although she deeply hates those goblins who seduced her husband, and she can't eat their flesh and skin, but she will never show it on the surface. She is a famous queen, and she will never show it. On the jealous side, it seems that she is jealous of Shen Ruolan now, and she is only making insinuations and insinuations, and does not dare to really attack her, so as not to get a bad reputation and offend Lao Qi!
When Chunyuzhen heard what Empress Chen said, he immediately understood the meaning. He glanced at Empress Chen and said in a neutral tone: "Sister-in-law, my brother likes her not because of her beauty, but because of her beauty." People who like her!"
The emperor sneered and said, "If you don't like her beauty, then you like her virtue?"
He wanted to say, how can there be any virtue in a woman who encourages you to disregard your grandmother's death, to abandon your fiancée in order to get in the position for yourself, and to bear the reputation of being dishonest
However, before he could say it, Chunyu Yu uttered a shocking sentence before him, "Not only virtue, but also everything?"
Hearing this, everyone in the room was shocked!
Lao Qi was completely subdued by this little peasant girl!
I like everything, this sentence is the greatest compliment and recognition from a man to a woman!
Before everyone came back to their senses, Chun Yuzhen said again: "Brother Huang, Lan'er has been detained for a long time, please wake her up."
It was distressing, and it was shown without any scruples.
Emperor Jian'an saw that Chunyuzhen was really distressed, his face changed for a moment, and he said, "Get up and talk!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Shen Ruolan, who was kneeling on the ground, finally had a chance to get up, probably because she had been kneeling for too long, her legs were a little sore, when she got up, she couldn't stand firmly, she swayed a bit, and almost fell down.
However, before she fell down, Chunyu Huan strode forward, and quickly supported her.
"Lan'er, be careful!" He said with concern.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan on one side saw this scene, her face turned black with anger, this rebellious son, she didn't see him to help her when she got up, lying down and walking, and this vixen swayed a little, and he rushed over with a swipe. This little vixen thinks more important than herself
Thinking of this, she gave the little vixen who seduced her son a fierce look. If she hadn't seen her save his son's life, she would have reprimanded her for indiscretion by now.
Shen Ruolan saw that Chunyuzhen cared about her like no one else, fearing that all the nobles present would not understand her, she hastily withdrew her arm from his hand, and bowed slightly to him to express her gratitude, then turned around again, facing the filial piety. The Empress Dowager Duan and the Emperor had a respectful and upright attitude, and they couldn't make a mistake.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan saw that she was quite sensible and did not do anything inappropriate in public, her complexion improved a little, but she still had a sullen face and said majesticly: "Shen Ruolan, I heard that you saved King Zhan's life, just now mourning The Ai family has already discussed with the emperor. Although you are from a humble background and your parents' reputation and conduct are not good, but seeing that Lao Qi likes you and you have saved his life, the Ai family will make an exception and allow you to enter. Prince Zhan's Mansion, I will give you the status of a concubine. You should know that, based on your background, being a concubine in Prince Zhan's mansion is a great gift. If you can be a concubine, you will be able to reach the sky in one step. Now, just be your concubine, as long as you keep yourself safe, your benefits will be indispensable in the future... "
"Mother's Empress!" Chun Yuzhen frowned and said, "My son has already said that it is the Ming matchmaker who is marrying Lan'er, not accepting her as a concubine."
"Shut up!"
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan yelled angrily: "Marriage matters are all ordered by parents. How can you do whatever you want? Besides, even if you want to choose by yourself, you should choose someone with similar background. She is just a humble peasant girl. Letting her be your concubine is already an exception, what else do you want? Want to promote her as a princess? You should first open the royal genealogy and see which of the princesses of the Chu Kingdom is a farmer From a merchant? A peasant girl, who wants to marry into the royal family in a dignified manner, you really dare to think, you don’t care about your own face, don’t you even care about the face of the Ai family and the face of the emperor?"
As he said that, he glared at Shen Ruolan and said: "To be a man, you must be self-aware. With your background, it would be considered a compliment to let you be a concubine by Lao Qi's side. Now it is a blessing from God to let you be a concubine. You Know how to cherish blessings, don't think about things you shouldn't think about, and don't push Lao Qi to do things that violate his status. Otherwise, if Lao Qi is punished by the emperor because of you, or because you are accused by the world, I will be sorry I will definitely not tolerate you!"
Just look at the murderous look in her eyes to know what the phrase "duanduan won't tolerate you" means.
Shen Ruolan pursed her lips, and was about to speak, but Chun Yuxuan took the opportunity.
"Mother, you are wrong to blame Lan'er, she didn't push her son, it is the son who wants to give her the position of concubine, it has nothing to do with her, mother, don't blame her!"
"Since it's not what she meant, that's good, Aijia will ask her what she means now."
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan turned to Shen Ruolan, and said forcefully, "Tell Aijia honestly, are you satisfied with Aijia's arrangement for you to be Lao Qi's concubine?"
Shen Ruolan blessed her body, and said in a calm manner: "Returning to the Queen Mother's words, the daughters of the people are not satisfied!"
"presumptuous!"
Princess Yurong couldn't help but said angrily: "What are you? You dare to refute my mother. It's already cheap for you to be a concubine in Prince Zhan's mansion. How dare you expect the position of princess. You don't overestimate yourself, and you don't look at yourself in the mirror, is it worthy of your humble look?"
Shen Ruolan narrowed her eyes, glanced at Princess Yurong, and said calmly, "I am worthy!"
"Damn!" Seeing Shen Ruolan brazenly saying that she deserved it, Princess Yurong couldn't help being rude, "Where are you worthy? Aside from a passable vixen face, what else are you worthy of him?" ? Family background? Talent? Ability or wealth? I really don’t know how you say such shameless words, don’t you feel ashamed and flustered?”
Shen Ruolan stared into her eyes, and said calmly: "I have read the documents of the Chu State before, and it is recorded that the founding emperor of our Chu State was a blacksmith, and his family background is similar to mine. You're still right with Qiye!"
"As for talent and ability, I heard that there is a saying in our state of Chu called: 'Women without talent are virtue' ? If it’s fake, I can become a talented woman at any time. I can do everything, no matter how good I am. Although I dare not say how good I am, I guarantee that I can be better than you in everything. If you don’t believe me, Princess, We can compete a lot.”
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