Empress Cao heard the little eunuch from outside shouting that the empress dowager was coming, she was taken aback for a moment, and then her mind immediately turned, thinking that the empress dowager came to Zhengyang Palace at this juncture, fearing that it was for the election of the princess. matter. But the empress dowager doesn’t always ask about the harem? How did you give birth to this meeting is caring about it. For a while, she was uncertain, but she couldn't tolerate her thinking, and quickly got up and led a group of female families to the door to greet the elderly.
"The son-in-law visits the queen mother." Empress Cao lowered her head slightly and bowed to the Queen Mother Zhuang.
Queen Mother Zhuang smiled and said: "Get up, you don't have to be polite." She smiled and paused, then looked around and searched, and she saw Zhou Huaru, a girl who was standing next to Zhou's old lady. , Seeing that the eldest girl kept her head down this week, and the old lady next to Zhou also had some hesitation and embarrassment on her face, the Queen Mother smiled and nodded gently.
Thinking about it, the Queen's intention to choose Zhou's daughter as the princess was already obvious, but Zhou's family was reluctant to do so.
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhuang walked to the upright position and sat down with a smile, and then said to Empress Cao: "The Ai family heard that the queen chose the concubine for the prince in Zhengyang Palace. How can the queen be born with such important things? Said the Aijia? If it hadn't been for the Aijia to hear from the little eunuchs and ladies in the Yongshou Palace, the Queen's Zhengyang Palace had many young and beautiful ladies, and the Aijia didn't know."
Empress Cao stood aside, bending down slightly and said, "When you return to your mother, it is your son who is choosing the prince princess for Ting'er. However, your son is busy with such small things, so you don't have to disturb your old man anymore. Empress, you are here today, but do you have a wishful candidate in your heart?"
Queen Mother Zhuang smiled and said: "Sit down, you don't have to be so restrained, sit down and talk." But after seeing the ladies and their girls sitting in the same place again, the Queen Mother said, "These girls, since they can get into the right place. Yang Palace, all the queens must have liked them. However, there can only be one prince, and whoever gives up is reluctant. So, it is the problem that is pushed to the Aijia?"
Empress Cao said embarrassingly: "Mother, how dare the children, the children... The children just think these children are excellent. They look like Zhou Zheng, and all of them are knowledgeable, rational and dignified. I really don't know who to choose. However, Since the mother is behind, the son-chen thinks, help the son-chen look after the mother."
Queen Mother Zhuang smiled and asked: "Is the queen handing over the power to elect the prince and concubine to the Ai family? If so, the Ai family will have to take a test for them." After all, she didn't wait for Queen Cao to speak, she just said. Sitting upright, his loving eyes looked around, and his eyes lightly swept across every young and delicate face, and then nodded, "Sure enough, they are all good children, quiet and chaste, and the family is embarrassed at this time. ."
Empress Cao thought for a while, then looked in the direction of Zhou Huaru, smiled and said to Queen Mother Zhuang: "Mother, the son, the minister thinks..."
"Fine." Empress Dowager Zhuang waved to Empress Cao, smiling at her and said, "If this is not the case, you have seen these children with your own eyes. You, as the future mother-in-law, and Ai Jia, as the future grandmother-in-law, are you. I like it. However, since I chose the prince princess, I will live a married life with the prince in the future. It’s not enough for you to look at the Ai’s family. You have to look at the prince.” She paused for a while, and said again, “I want to come here. It was almost time for the next morning court. The queen sent a little eunuch to wait first, and waited until the prince went to the morning court before calling."
The noble ladies sitting underneath heard that His Royal Highness was coming soon, all of them buried their heads lower, and their cheeks couldn't help but flushed. Only Zhou Huaru, with no sense of shyness on his face, has the same expression as before, except that his eyebrows lightly frowned. The Queen Mother carefully looked at the expressions of these noble ladies. At this moment, who was willing to marry into the East Palace, and who was unwilling, she also understood the outline in her heart.
His Royal Highness thought the same as his own. Empress Cao heard that the queen mother was going to call the prince, so she laughed and told others to go.
Queen Mother Zhuang would look at people and scan them all the way. At this moment, she thought she had a candidate in her mind.
After touching a stick of incense, Prince Zhao Ting walked towards Zhengyang Palace in a scarlet python robe. Seeing the Queen Mother Zhuang sitting in the upper position, he hurriedly bent over to hold his fists, first greeted the Queen Mother Zhuang, and then greeted the Queen Cao. Seeing His Royal Highness, the noble ladies underneath, they thought they were going to give a great gift to the palace.
After meeting each other, Queen Mother Zhuang said: "Prince, you can sit down too, Ai Jia and your mother are choosing the prince concubine for you." After that, she sat upright again and continued to smile." The famous ladies sitting here are all carefully selected by your mother and queen. All of them are beautiful and dignified, and they are all worthy of you."