On the bustling street, an inconspicuous sedan was parked at the corner of the street. A door opened in the courtyard facing the street. A woman wearing a gauze hat walked in, and the door was closed again.
"Miss Sima." Qi Lian who was sitting in the pavilion stood up and bowed to Sima Xiang who was outside the pavilion, "It's your courtesy."
Sima Xiang looked at the man coldly, took off the gauze cap and let Baomei wait outside, then walked to the stone table in the pavilion. : "Adults are very elegant."
"A good guest is coming, so I can only be elegant here," Qi Lian poured a cup of tea and put his hands in front of Sima Xiang.
Sima Xiang took the teacup and glanced down, but there was no entrance, but put it back on the table: "Master Qilian has invited you several times, I don't know what is important?"
"I've heard of Miss Sima's name for a long time, and I yearn for it, so I invited Sima Xiang a few times." Qi Lian invited Sima Xiang to sit down. After she sat down, he lifted up his robe and sat down, "Miss Sima can make an appointment today. , I am overjoyed in my heart.”
"As expected of someone who can be prime minister at such a young age," Sima Xiang sneered, and then said with a sullen face, "Ming people don't speak secretly, if there is anything wrong with Qilian, just say it directly."
If Qi Lian hadn't mentioned her mother's death in the letter, she wouldn't have ventured out today.
"When did Miss Sima lose her temper so much?" Qi Lian took a slow sip from the teacup and said with a smile, "However, if you invite the girl here today, there is indeed something important to discuss."
Sima Xiang raised his eyelids, but did not speak.
Seeing her reaction, Qi Lian didn't take it seriously, and said bluntly: "I heard that Miss Sima is expected to enter the palace, but it's a pity that the Gu family interfered and ruined the good thing for the girl?"
This kind of scene made Sima Xiang very funny, and the corners of his lips sneered: "Master Qilian is very good at talking."
"To say nice things to beautiful women is called respect," Qi Lian smiled, with a hint of teasing in Taohua's eyes, "If Miss Sima is not so beautiful, you don't have to think about how to speak."
Sima Xiang sneered, not taking Qi Lian's words to heart. How beautiful she is, there is no need to compliment the man with ulterior motives in front of her.
"The queen's beauty in the palace is not as beautiful as the girl's by five points. It's a pity that the little emperor doesn't know his tastes or appreciate beautiful women. I feel injustice for the girl," Qi Lian sighed, "In terms of family background, appearance, and talent, she does not Nothing compares to you."
"Master Qilian is well-informed, and you should know that the Empress is a person with profound blessings that Master Izumo personally praised." Sima Xiang's face was calm, and his mood was not affected by Qilian's superficial provocation. "Gu Shi. A woman is the queen, it is destiny."
"Destiny?" Qi Lian sneered, "Will someone like Miss Sima believe this?"
Sima Xiang chuckled lightly, and her beautiful eyes flowed: "Believe it or not, what can you do?"
"As expected of a girl from the Sima family," Qi Lian said with a high five, "I wonder if the girl from the Sima family has ever thought about getting rid of her current life?"
Hearing this, Sima Xiang looked up at him and remained silent.
She is living in the uncle's house now. She seems to be the same as when her cousin didn't leave the cabinet, but she can feel that the aunt doesn't like her very much, but so what? She just wants to rely on the big room to raise her own Just an identity.
Today's life is more difficult than...
"I don't quite understand what Mr. Qilian said," Sima Xiang stood up and looked down at Qilian, "It's getting late, little girl, I'm leaving."
After speaking, without waiting for Qi Lian's reaction, he turned around and left.
Qi Lian watched her leave with a smile, until she could no longer be seen, then a servant stood up and said, "Sir, this young lady of the Sima family seems to have no intention of cooperating with us."
"No," Qi Lian said with a smile, raising the teacup to the corner of his lips, "she is an ambitious woman, with a hard heart and hot hands. Even if such a woman is moved by something, she will not show it immediately. come out."
"Fortunately, she didn't become the queen, otherwise, wouldn't Emperor Dafeng have such a woman as his helper, wouldn't it be of no use to me, Gao Luo?" The servant said with emotion, "This will also give you a helper, my lord."
Qi Lian turned the cup in his hand and ignored the servant's words.
It's just that Feng Chao's current queen...
He frowned, and he didn't seem to see anything special. He only said that he had a good personality and was a kind person. Because he was very fond of the queen mother, he was named the queen.
At the palace banquet that day, the queen didn't show anything special, only when Posenger wanted to marry her daughter to her mother's brother, she became a little angry. However, these noble families in the Feng Dynasty have always been like this, and it is normal for the queen to be angry.
"Maybe this emperor likes this innocent little girl," Qi Lian put down his teacup and laughed sarcastically, "It's just that there are many women like this in the world. How long can the so-called love between emperors and empresses last?"
"Where have you been today?" Mrs Zheng looked at Sima Xiang who came back from outside, looked at her from head to toe, then pointed to the chair next to her and said, "Sit down first, I have something to tell you. ."
"Yes," Sima Xiang bowed his eyebrows and bowed to the Zheng family, then sat down on the chair.
"Today the Qian family came to ask for marriage for his eldest son, but I didn't agree immediately," Zheng shi hesitated for a moment, "Although the Qian family is only a second-class family of the last generation, but the family is upright, with few staff, and the eldest son is a motivated person. , you can think about it."
What the Zheng family didn't explicitly say is that with Sima Xiang's current situation, it can only be a matter of whether it is high or low, and someone like the Qian family is indeed quite good.
Sima Xiang was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to recall who the eldest son of the Qian family was. This person has an ordinary appearance, and is very inconspicuous among the sons of aristocratic families in the capital.
Although she was reluctant in her heart, she didn't dare to show half of it on her face, she just said, "Thank you auntie for worrying and working hard for me, I will think about it."
"Yeah." Mrs Zheng nodded, her eyes fell on her shoes, she was a little dissatisfied when she saw that it was covered with a little dirt, but she didn't plan to ask more, "You are tired from walking outside today, go back to the yard to rest. Bar."
Sima Xiang's face was slightly stiff, and she got up and bowed her knees to Mrs. Zheng: "Yes, Auntie."
After Sima Xiang left, Zheng's brows furrowed. Although this niece had always behaved very calmly, she always had a vague sense of unease in her heart.
"Madam, Miss and Uncle are here." A servant came to report.
When Zheng Shi heard the words, he immediately smiled, but said in his mouth, "I just came back to visit a few days ago. Why are you here again? I'm not afraid of others gossiping."
"That's because the young lady and the uncle are filial," her dowry aunt smiled. "If the young lady and the uncle heard this, wouldn't it be uncomfortable?"
Zheng Shi was coaxed even happier by the dowry mama, and hurriedly ordered the servants to greet the young lady and uncle.
Not far from Sima Xiang walking out of the main courtyard, she heard laughter and laughter coming from the main courtyard. Looking back, she happened to see Sima Ling and a young man coming together with a very intimate gesture.
"Girl?" Baomei whispered, "It's Miss Tang and Uncle who came back to visit."
"Since that's the case, I should also go to meet him." Sima Xiang straightened his clothes, squeezed danger on his face, turned around and walked back to the main courtyard.
Sima Ling stayed at her parents' house for most of the day before she reluctantly boarded the carriage back to her husband's house. Seeing her like this, Shen Qinghe whispered, "Linger doesn't have to be like this, I'll take you home to visit after the next rest."
"Thank you husband." Sima Ling smiled with red eyes, leaning on his shoulder and said, "I made you embarrassed."
"As your husband, I should make you happy." Shen Qinghe gently hugged her shoulders, and said silently for a moment, "Although a gentleman shouldn't be right and wrong, it's just that the matter involves you and the Yue family, so I have to do it. Bad guy once."
Sima Ling's body froze, thinking that something had happened in the DPRK, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
Seeing this, Shen Qinghe smiled and reassured her: "Don't be nervous, it's just a small matter. It's... that cousin of yours makes people feel bad."
"You said Xiaoxiang?" Sima Ling said hesitantly, "What did she do?"
"No, it's just my intuition," Shen Qinghe laughed, "Forget it, you just think I'm talking nonsense." Although Sima Xiang is a rare beauty, the first time he saw her, it was not a surprise but a surprise. An indescribable conflict.
Maybe it's because he likes Linger's eyes more, so he doesn't consciously hate that kind of eyes.
Although he said so, Sima Ling took it to heart. She knows her husband's temperament, and she won't say anything about other people's faults easily. Since she opened this mouth, there must be something wrong.
Above the court hall, Jin Yang watched coldly as the civil servants below quarreled with each other, and when they were almost quarreling, Jin Yang said: "The two Qing families are all right, but the border soldiers protect the country's territory, if Convicted in just a few words, doesn't it make the soldiers feel chills?"
"Emperor Shengming!" One of the civil servants immediately bowed, while the other's face was a little unsightly.
"Right and wrong, I have to inquire first and then talk about it," Jin Yang said, playing with the sachet on his waist, neither serious nor serious, "If the world's major affairs are decided by the outcome of the quarrel, then I will be ruled by the law. Where is the calendar?"
"The ministers are afraid." The ministers in the upper court were not fools. Naturally, they could hear that the emperor was not very happy, so they all bowed and pleaded guilty.
Jin Yang was too lazy to watch them play, and said directly: "I have already summoned Wei Ting and Zhao Jin to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit, so you don't have to bother about this anymore."
The officials of the Sima family were a little stunned when they heard the words. This is a secret decree from the emperor. Otherwise, how many people would know about it
No, someone must know!
Sima Hongchao looked at the two around him, Zhang Zhonghan was surprised, and Li Guangji was also blank, scolding inwardly, with such good acting skills, why didn't he come on stage to be an actor
After going down to court, Jin Yang first went to the imperial study to deal with some of the memorials. Seeing that it was almost noon, he put down his imperial pen and got up and walked out.
"Your Majesty," Bai Xian came over holding an umbrella, "it's raining outside."
Looking up, the ground was soaked with rain. Although the rain was not big, it was dense. Jin Yang put his hands behind his back, "Let's go, go to Kangquan Palace."
"Yes."
Bai Xian held the umbrella carefully, and He Ming walked on the side, shielding Jin Yang from the wind and rain, daring not to let a trace of rain fall on Jin Yang.
When passing through the bamboo forest outside the Luanhe Palace, a woman's voice suddenly came. The voice was so small that it could only be heard that she seemed to be humming a tune.
The tone of the song is simple, yet very pleasant. Bai Xian followed Jin Yang out of the Chengwang Mansion, so I could tell it was a folk tune from Jinzhou.
When Jin Yang heard this tune, he stopped and said expressionlessly, "Come on, let's see who is singing in the woods."
"Yes." The two blue-clothed eunuchs walked quickly into the bamboo forest, and soon came out with a green-clothed palace maid.
"Your maidservant greets His Majesty, long live His Majesty." The palace maid lowered her head and gave Jin Yang a deep blessing. The drizzle fell on the top of her hair and wet her hair. Even the headband was a little listless, looking very pitiful. .
"Raise your head." Jin Yang said coldly.
The palace maid in green slowly raised her head and saw her willow-leaf eyebrows, almond eyes, and cherry lips. I felt pity for her.
"You just sang in the tune of Jinzhou?" Jin Yang's expression was still indifferent, it seemed that the pitiful appearance of the other party didn't move him.
"Yes, Your Majesty," the green-robed palace maid trembled even more, "the servants thought that there was no one in the forest, so they lost their way, and asked Your Majesty to forgive her sin." White and tender.
Bai Xian glanced at the palace maid expressionlessly, his eyelids shrugged.
"Where are you on duty?" Jin Yang's eyes were even more indifferent.
"Avoid, this servant is a member of the Food Bureau." The green-clothed palace maid raised her head timidly, her eyes fell on Jin Yang's waist, and then lowered quickly, the little woman was full of posture.
Jin Yang said indifferently, "You can't sing and dance easily for palace maids. Hasn't the eunuch in charge of the palace regulations and food bureau taught you?" After speaking, he stepped on the bluestone slab and left without looking back.
Bai Xian immediately followed with an umbrella raised, without even looking at the palace maid who continued to kneel on the ground.
He Ming looked down at the shivering palace maid kneeling on the ground, bent down and said with a smile: "We have seen a palace maid like you a lot in our family. If the sparrow wants to become a phoenix, it depends on whether the real dragon is willing? Since you like to kneel. , just kneel." After speaking, he sneered and chased in the direction the imperial driver left.
The palace maid in green knelt on the ground with a pale face, and none of the palace servants in the past dared to look at her.
Gu Rujiu was talking to Empress Dowager Zhou about the book she had read not long ago, when she saw Jin Yang come in, she stood up and greeted her: "Your Majesty, have you ever been caught in the rain?"
"Don't worry, Bai Xian and He Ming were always attentive when they served," Jin Yang took Gu Rujiu's hand to the Queen Mother Zhou and bowed to the Queen Mother, "The son is late, and the mother has been waiting for a long time."
"You are busy with government affairs, so you came late, what's the point?" Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and let the husband and wife sit down, "Our family doesn't have to pay attention to these, let's prepare for dinner."
"Yes." Jin Yang smiled at Gu Rujiu, and then said to the Queen Mother Zhou, "What delicious food did the Queen Mother prepare today?"
Empress Dowager Zhou laughed and scolded: "I can't starve you."
Gu Rujiu smiled and watched the exchange between mother and son, and was happy to watch the fun.
After lunch, Jin Yang left early because he was going to see officials from the Ministry of Households. Gu Rujiu sat at the Queen Mother's place for more than half an hour before getting up to say goodbye.
After Gu Rujiu left, Aunt Liu said, "The Empress Dowager, when the emperor came today, some palace maids had thoughts that they shouldn't have, and are still kneeling now."
"What's the emperor's reaction?" Zhou Tai asked blankly from behind.
"The emperor doesn't seem to be very happy," Aunt Liu thought for a while. "When the empress returns to the Zichen Palace, she will definitely meet the palace maid who is kneeling on the ground. How can this be good?"
"What's wrong, a palace maid with such thoughts, today is not the first, nor will it be the last, she will encounter this kind of thing sooner or later," Queen Mother Zhou said, "It's better for her to mourn for her family. Take care of yourself."
Jin Yang deliberately made this palace maid kneel at the intersection, isn't it also for this purpose
Gu Rujiu walked very slowly. She held an umbrella and walked on the bluestone road, feeling extra calm. Even when she saw a green-clothed court lady kneeling on the ground, her mood was not destroyed.
The palace maid in green knelt on the ground, her knees had already lost consciousness, she felt that her whole body was cold, and the rain falling on her seemed to penetrate her flesh, making her bones extremely cold.
She didn't know how long she had been kneeling. When a pair of pearl shoes embroidered with auspicious clouds appeared in front of her, she was stunned for a while before she could react.
Slowly raising her head, she saw the skirt embroidered with the phoenix pattern, and immediately did not dare to look up again: "This servant has seen the Empress." She hoped that the Empress would let her get up, even if she was allowed to stand up for a while.
To her disappointment, the Empress did not speak, and none of the palace attendants behind the Empress did not speak.
She began to be afraid again in her heart. Could it be that the Empress already knew about her intention to seduce the Emperor
Gu Rujiu really didn't know why this palace maid was kneeling here, and she was also kneeling at the intersection next to Luan and Gong. She looked at this palace maid quietly, although she couldn't see her appearance clearly, but with slender shoulders and slender waist and snow skin, it was obvious that she was a very rare beauty.
"Look up." She said lightly, and then saw a pale face of a small melon seed.
She is really beautiful, even seeing this woman, she couldn't help feeling pity and love in her heart.
Qiu Luo and Bao Lu behind Gu Rujiu had already sunk their faces. Except for Your Majesty, who would dare to let the palace maid kneel at the intersection outside Luan and the palace. As long as you think about it, you can know what kind of thoughts this palace maid had, which made His Majesty angry.
"What a beauty." Gu Rujiu naturally thought of what was going on. She reached out and raised the chin of the green-clothed palace maid, and the skin she touched was delicate and smooth, making it a stunner.
"Who sent you in?" Gu Rujiu looked at the palace maid with a smile, "Ben Gong is very interested in the people behind you."
"The maid is forgiven, the servant is the maid of the Shang Food Bureau. She was punished for colliding with the holy car. Please forgive me." The palace maid in green kowtowed to Gu Rujiu, and said pitifully, "The maid forgives the sin."
Wiping her fingers with a handkerchief, Gu Rujiu looked at the palace maid kowtow with cold eyes: "The whole harem knows that this palace has always been a good talker." She turned to Qiu Luo and said, "Qiu Luo, go and invite Eunuch Bai to come, This palace wants to know what just happened."
"Yes, Niangniang." Qiu Luo glanced at the palace maid in green before turning around.
In the imperial study, when Jin Yang heard Qiu Luo's request to see him, he put down the memorial in his hand and let her in.
"My maidservant pays homage to Your Majesty," Qiu Luo respectfully bowed to Jin Yang before explaining his intention.
After Jin Yang finished listening, he nodded and let Bai Xian follow Qiu Luo out.
After Bai Xian and Qiu Luo went out, Jin Yang showed a little smile on his face. Thinking that Jiu Jiu was jealous for himself, he felt that he was in a particularly good mood.
As for the palace maid in green, His Majesty Delong said that he didn't even remember the face of the other party, okay? It seems that only the pair of eyes with a three-pointed shape like Jiujiu is a little bright, and the others are lackluster.
"Eunuch Bai," Qiu Luo said with a half-smiling smile, "the maiden is already a little angry, wait for the next father-in-law, don't make any omissions, if the maiden punishes, you and I can't afford it."
"Don't worry, Miss Qiuluo, as long as the mother asks, our family will know everything and say everything." Bai Xian said, "Don't talk about the mother, even His Majesty is very dissatisfied with this palace maid."
The smile on Qiu Luo's face deepened a little: "Then there is Father Lao."
"Don't dare, don't dare, it is our family's duty to do things for Your Majesty and the Empress."
"Niangniang, Qiu Luo and Eunuch Bai are here." Baolu held an umbrella for Gu Rujiu, and when Qiu Luo came over, she reminded in a low voice.
Gu Rujiu didn't look back, but looking at the maid who was kneeling on the ground, she knew that she had been trained carefully, otherwise there would be such a figure and delicate skin.
No matter how beautiful a palace maid is, she won't have a pair of delicate and smooth hands, unless she doesn't do much work at all.
But a chaste maid does nothing, is that possible
"Bring people to Luanhe Palace, and this palace will ask questions slowly." When Bai Xian came over, Gu Rujiu said, "Call the eunuch in charge of Shangshi Bureau and the maid in charge."
"Yes." Bai Xian thought to himself, I was afraid that the empress was really angry this time.
The palace maid in green wanted to speak, but the two eunuchs covered her mouth and dragged her to Luanhe Palace like a sack.
Gu Rujiu slowly wiped the corners of his mouth and followed.
The inside of Luan He's palace was much warmer than the outside, but the palace maid in green felt that it was colder and more terrifying than the outside.
The Empress Mingming didn't do anything, didn't say anything, just walked quietly and drank tea, but she just felt that she was almost out of breath.
"There are two taboos in this palace," Gu Rujiu put down the teacup expressionlessly, "one is my family, and the other is my man."
The palace maid in green was terrified. The queen actually regarded the dignified emperor as her own? !
This is terrifying and absurd.