When the carriage entered the palace gate, a guard came up to interrogate him, but Gu Rujiu did not get off the carriage, but rode the carriage all the way in.
The wheels rolled on the stone pavement, making a grunting sound. Gu Rujiu lifted a corner of the curtain, and only saw the guards beside the carriage and the high red wall.
Putting down the curtain, she touched the back of her hand, making the expression on her face a little more comfortable.
The imperial palace of the Feng Dynasty was not small. As he walked all the way, even through the curtain, Gu Rujiu could hear the footsteps of the Imperial Guard and the sound of weapons and armor colliding.
This atmosphere made her realize what it means to be a strict palace, and it also gave her a higher level of understanding of power.
The carriage traveled in the palace for about two incense sticks, when she heard the sound of high-fives coming from the front, and the carriage stopped.
The two maids who took Gu Rujiu into the palace did not expect to meet Yu Nian here. They should have avoided it, but this is a long alley that cannot be avoided, so they can only stop to one side to show respect for the emperor .
Although the emperor has no real power, no matter what, the other party is also an emperor. Even if they are the faceable maids in front of the empress dowager, in front of the emperor, they are just palace attendants.
The mammy who was standing by the carriage walked to the carriage window and whispered, "Miss Gu, the imperial carriage is here."
As soon as Gu Rujiu heard it, she knew that this nanny was reminding herself to welcome him, so she opened the curtain and walked down with her hand.
"Bai Xian, what happened?" Jin Yang noticed that the speed of the chariot had slowed down, he coughed lowly, and then reached out and raised the curtain that covered his vision, and saw a county-level regulation stop not far in front of him. Beside the palace road, a little girl wearing a long water-blue dress and a crescent-colored shawl got out of the car. Because the other party was slightly farther away, and the other party lowered his head slightly, he could only see the other party's black top of hair. .
When his chariot was approaching, he couldn't help but glance at the little girl, the daisy bun hanging on his cheek made her skin soft and fair, as if he could squeeze out water, even the hair between the hair. The plain silver hairpins look extraordinarily good-looking.
Seeing this little girl's petite appearance, Jin Yang forcibly endured the itch in his throat, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and suppressed the desire to cough.
He seemed to think that if he coughed like that, he might frighten the little girl.
When Yuchan left the carriage, he couldn't help but glance at the little girl who was standing with her head down. The cold wind blew the corners of her clothes and her shawl, so he couldn't help but say, "It's cold in early spring, the girl doesn't need to be too much. Li, go back to the car."
After he said this, he saw the little girl move slightly, and he saw her fair and small chin, moist lips, and slightly pink cheeks.
She looks like a pretty healthy girl, which is fine.
Jin Yang's pale face showed a bit of a smile, and he slowly lowered the curtain.
Hearing the voice of Yu Nian leaving, Gu Rujiu raised her head and looked in the direction of Yu Nian.
Mammy helped her into the carriage, and after the curtain of the carriage was lowered, she could only think about what kind of person the new emperor was. A child under the age of thirteen actually knows how to care about others, but he doesn't know if it is superficial benevolence or whether it is for others to see.
The carriage moved forward for another two incense sticks, and then stopped at a distance from Kangquan Palace.
Kangquan Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager Zhou, so other female relatives will not take the car directly to the gate of the palace to show their respect to the Empress Dowager. Gu Rujiu noticed that there were more palace servants coming and going here than outside, and they were more careful in their words and deeds. There will be no such thing as the so-called palace servant standing on the sidelines and watching her, a minister and daughter, but anyone who encounters him face-to-face, either bows back to show respect, or avoids it, and there is absolutely no one who does not know how to advance or retreat. .
Kangquan Palace is the place where the empress dowagers of the Feng Dynasty lived, so it is characterized by calmness and elegance. This is the first time that Gu Rujiu has stepped into this place. Although the maids and palace maids who led the way are all smiling, they still can't hide the specialness of this place.
In her imagination, Empress Dowager Zhou is a very imposing figure even if she is not a very beautiful woman. How could she know that when she saw the other party for the first time, she overthrew her original opinion.
"Girl Jiujiu is here?" Empress Dowager Zhou originally sat upright on the chair, and when she saw Gu Rujiu come in, a smile appeared on her face. When she saw Gu Rujiu's eyebrows clearly, her attitude became even more enthusiastic. Before Gu Rujiu finished the ceremony, she smiled and sat down with her hand, "My family doesn't need to be too polite, just call my aunt in private."
Gu Rujiu noticed that the Empress Dowager Zhou was always staring at her face, and she was suspicious, but she called out sweetly, "Auntie." As for relatives, she should be called the Empress Dowager's cousin, not aunt, but this kind of When, who would go out of their way to correct this
"Okay," Empress Dowager Zhou asked the maid to serve tea and fruit snacks, still holding Gu Rujiu with one hand, "When you were full moon, I was not in good health, and I didn't have a chance to go out to see you, but I didn't expect to see you in a blink of an eye. You are so old."
Gu Rujiu heard from her mother that two days before she was born, Queen Mother Zhou's little princess died and only lived a few months longer than the little prince. After serving for one or two years, the Queen Mother Zhou was not in good health, and since then she has not even had much contact with her family.
Now that ten years have passed, Gu Rujiu looked at the gentle woman in front of her, and could not imagine how she spent the darkest time and became the most honorable woman in Feng Dynasty.
"Mother mentioned to me that the longevity lock I wore when I was a child was sent by you," Gu Rujiu said with a smile, "there are many other things that you sent me, but when I was young Young, I don't know how to thank you."
"How old are you, and you have never had the opportunity to enter the palace before, how can you thank me?" Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and pushed a stack of thousand layer cakes in front of Gu Rujiu, and said softly, "I heard your father mentioned that you like to eat thousands of cakes. Layer cake. This is what I asked the royal chef to make specially, you can taste whether it suits your appetite."
There is a stack of delicate desserts on the green lotus leaf plate. Although it is a thousand-layer cake, each is only the size of a thumb, which looks very cute.
She forked a piece of it with a silver skewer and put it in her mouth. It tasted no better than her own cook. Seeing the Queen Mother's smile, Gu Rujiu had a bit of anticipation. She swallowed her snack, took a sip of tea, and said, "I'm a little tired."
Sure enough, the Queen Mother was not displeased by her words, but nodded and said, "As expected, when it comes to the thousand-layer cake, it is your cook who does a good job. When I was a girl at home, I once went to your house. , I can't remember anything else, I just remember that the thousand-layer cake melted in the mouth, and the lips and teeth were fragrant."
"Is it really that delicious?" Gu Rujiu's eyes widened, her face full of curiosity and regret, "Unfortunately, it's the chef's apprentice who is making the pastry now, so I never had the chance to taste it."
When Queen Mother Zhou saw her eyes wide open, her heart was very itchy, and she had the urge to stretch out her hand to pinch her face, but she still remembered her identity in the end, so she didn't make any demeaning actions.
The two talked for a while, and the Queen Mother Zhou asked Gu Rujiu to write a picture for her to read. After reading it, she sighed: "Famous teachers are master students. Although you are young, your words already have the character of your father."
"Thank you aunt for your compliment." Gu Rujiu smiled so that her brows and eyes curved, revealing two small dimples. After Queen Mother Zhou saw it, the urge to pinch her face came back.
But no matter what, the Queen Mother Zhou was extremely happy. As early as after Gu Rujiu entered the door, she was very fond of this child, especially the small dimples on her eyebrows and cheeks, which made her feel a little soft-hearted when she looked at it.
Although she lives in the deep palace, she has seen a lot of little girls. Gu Rujiu is not the most beautiful, but she is the most well-behaved and lovable, just like the freshest peach, which makes people look at it from a distance. It felt very sweet.
It's a pity that Queen Mother Zhou liked Gu Rujiu again, and she didn't want the courtier's daughter to stay in the palace, so when Gu Rujiu left, she insisted on Gu Rujiu's hand and said, "The emperor is busy on weekdays, and there are no other children under my knees, if you When I’m free, I often come to the palace to see you, you are a child I like very much, and when I saw you today, I felt that you were like my own child.”
Hearing this, Gu Rujiu raised her head and smiled shyly at the Queen Mother Zhou, as if embarrassed. Finally, her eyes fell on the back of Queen Mother Zhou's hand. Although this hand was still fair, it was not as soft and smooth as that of a young woman.
When entering the palace this time, apart from the chance encounter with the young emperor Yuchao, Gu Rujiu sat with the Queen Mother's Kangquan Palace for a long time, and didn't see much of the others.
Until she got on the carriage back to the palace, she couldn't figure out what the Queen Mother's intention was. It is said that it is intentional to win over their family, but it is not very similar. Who would win the minister's family by summoning a ten-year-old girl alone, that is too unreliable.
But seeing the attitude of the Queen Mother Zhou, it doesn't seem like she is suspicious of the Gu family. If the queen mother is really dissatisfied with their family, she will not let her father be the emperor's teacher, and will use the horse-drawn carriage regulated by the county lord to take her out of the palace.
It can't be that the Queen Mother suddenly became curious about her cousin who had never met her, so she called her to take a look, turned her head and found that she was quite pleasing to the eye, so she treated her as a cute thing to tease
Thinking of the carriage full of things in the back, Gu Rujiu wiped her face irresponsibly, and who cares, leave such a complicated matter to her parents to give her a headache.
In fact, Gu Changling and his wife were a little puzzled when they saw the large car reward that Gu Rujiu brought back. Their daughter entered the palace and looted Kangquan Palace, but she brought back so many good things from the Queen Mother.
Isn't that Jin Cui Die Bu Yao one of the items offered by a small country, how could it appear in this pile of gifts
And that Xinghe glazed lantern, I heard that a certain noble concubine was very rare back then, but it was given to the Queen Mother Zhou by the late emperor, how could it appear here
"Daughter, what did you do to the queen mother after you entered the palace?" Gu Changling looked at Gu Rujiu with a suspicious face, as if she was watching a miracle.
Gu Rujiu: …
Is it her fault that the queen mother wants to stuff her with something