If there is any difference between today and the past, it is that Ye Ronghua, who has been ill for several days, came to greet the Queen. The Queen's face was still the same, and it seemed that there was nothing special about the appearance of the Queen Mother who had finished paying tribute to the Buddha.
Zhuang Luoyan looked at Ye Ronghua with an interesting look, Ye Shurong, who was a small child, had not appeared, but Ye Ronghua, who had been demoted as a younger sister, appeared. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, who of the two sisters had the most heart
"Ye Shurong is here!"
Following this announcement, everyone in the house focused their attention on the door, but Zhuang Luoyan focused on Ye Ronghua. Because she found that after the eunuch reported, Ye Ronghua's expression was a little strange, not happy, but rather ironic.
In terms of appearance, Ye Ronghua is indeed better than Ye Shurong, and he looks more lively than Ye Shurong. If he were a man, he would dote on Ye Ronghua a little more. Although Ye Ronghua sometimes acted arrogantly in the harem, he also knew a degree, why did he look so strange today
Could it be that she hates Ye Shurong now that her status is higher than hers, but it is also a bit far-fetched.
Ye Shurong didn't show up for a long time because of the miscarriage. Although she has recovered a lot now, she still looks haggard than before.
"The concubine has seen the queen," Ye Shurong stepped aside after bowing to the queen in a proper manner. When her eyes swept across Ye Ronghua, she quickly took it back.
The queen smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but Da'an?" After speaking, she called Heyu again, "Show Ye Shurong a seat, just... next to Ye Ronghua, I think your sisters haven't spent a good time together for some time."
Zhuang Luoyan looked at the gentle queen. She was worthy of being the queen. Even the Ye sisters knew whether they were together. No wonder there were so many favored women in the harem, and none of them dared to be mad in front of her. .
"Thank you for the empress's concern, the concubine is all right," Ye Shurong's expression was a little stiff, she wondered if she was thinking of the missed child or something else.
Ye Ronghua glanced indifferently at Ye Shurong who was sitting beside him, leaned slightly, and said with a low laugh, "Sis after so many days, she should feel safe after thinking about it."
Ye Shurong smiled lightly when she heard the words, with some helpless tolerance: "Sister, but is it that she complains that she hasn't visited you these days?"
Hearing this, Ye Ronghua raised her head and looked at Ye Shurong, as if she wanted to see through all the emotions hidden under her smile, but suddenly she smiled like a flower and said, "Our sisters are deeply in love, my sister is unwell, how can my sister feel resentment? My sister has grown up all these years, how can she be as ignorant as that ignorant child."
Concubine Shu Gui was holding the tea cup and looked at the Ye family sisters in love. When she turned to look at the others, most of the other concubines and concubines drank tea as if nothing had happened, but they looked at the Ye family sisters with their eyes. On the other hand, Zhao Chong, who was young, sat down and drank tea in a proper manner, not knowing whether he was really not interested in the Ye sisters or was pretending.
Last year, there was some trouble in the Ye family. The Queen Mother used the reason of worshiping Buddha to stay out of the harem for nearly a year, and the emperor only punished the Ye family's idea a little. At the beginning of this month, the Ye family did two high-profile things. , The Queen Mother ended the ceremony of the Buddha, and I really don't know if it was a coincidence or something else.
I don't know what the virtuous Queen's concubine thought in her heart. She held up the teacup and covered the corner of her mouth with a smile. Concubine Shu Gui blew the tea leaves on the water. It was just one good show after another. The family is dominant in the harem.
"Since everyone is here, everyone will go with Ben Gong to greet the empress dowager and her old man." The queen held He Yu's hand and stood up steadily.
Zhuang Luoyan followed the crowd to the Queen Mother's Kang'an Palace in a chariot. The Queen's chariot was carried by twelve powerful eunuchs, looking very dignified. The concubines and above are all carried by eight powerful eunuchs, there are only four for the third-rank and above, and there are only two powerful eunuchs for the fifth-rank and above.
Kang'an Palace is located in the southeast and is quite far from the Emperor's Qianzheng Palace. Looking at the relationship between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager last night, Zhuang Luoyan couldn't really see how deeply the two were in love with each other, but he acted like Emperor Chengxuan. Style, I'm afraid I can't tolerate the empress meddling in the political harem.
"fall!"
Following the eunuch's long announcement, all the steps fell steadily. Zhuang Luoyan handed over to Tingzhu, got up and looked at Kang'an Palace. The residences of the previous empress dowagers are indeed a bit heavier than the palaces of other concubines.
After entering the Kang'an Palace, Zhuang Luoyan hadn't seen the appearance of the queen mother, so she followed the other concubines and bowed. Because the queen mother was exempted from asking for peace for a long time, the concubines and concubines bowed down this time.
"Get up, Ai's family doesn't pay much attention to these pompous manners." The queen mother smiled and asked the concubines to stand up, and gave seats to the concubines of some identities. Anyone who saw the expression on their face would praise them kindly. However, for Zhuang Luoyan, a woman who looked to be in her early forties put on a kind expression, which was really uncomfortable and false.
Although her position is not low, she is not qualified to sit in the front, so although she has the honor of being given a seat, she still sits in the lower front.
The queen mother looked at the room full of charming beauties, patted the queen's hand and said, "I haven't taken care of the harem for a few days, and there are actually a few more beauties."
The queen glanced at Zhuang Luoyan and other two low-ranking concubines who entered the palace this year, and replied in a proper manner: "The emperor is diligent in government, and the daughter-in-law thought that she should add some new talents to the palace, so she arranged for a few new people to enter the palace. palace."
"Well, you are a virtuous person. Aijia heard that your cousin has also entered the palace this year, and Aijia has never seen it. Let Aijia take a look."
In the last sentence, I praised the queen for her virtuousness. Next time I mentioned that the queen arranged her cousin to enter the palace. Is the queen mother praising the queen or embarrassing her? Zhuang Luoyan saw a pretty woman in a pink corset came out. She looked only seventeen or eighteen years old. If you look at it alone, she still looks quite beautiful, but in the harem of beautiful women, she is only 17 or 18 years old. It seems ordinary, no wonder she has been a Hui Ji since she entered the palace.
Sun Huiji greeted the Queen Mother, and after the Queen Mother rewarded her with a bracelet in a flat attitude, she did not follow up, but mentioned the Ye sisters.
"The emperor has few heirs, and now Ye Shurong has a small child, it really makes the Aijia sad," the queen mother looked at the queen, "Queen, you have been married to the emperor for many years, but you still have to comfort the emperor's family."
The queen still respectfully said yes, looking at this scene, Zhuang Luoyan felt that it was no longer easy to be the queen. Not only do I have to help the man take care of the concubine, but also the man and the concubine to have children. The concubine has fewer children, and she has to be reminded by her mother-in-law, intentionally or unintentionally, that the number of children is also the problem of Emperor Chengxuan himself. What is the consolation of the queen? use
"Daughter-in-law is incompetent." The queen should not step down, she just begged for guilt.
The Empress Dowager nodded understandingly, "You are indeed busy dealing with matters in the palace all day, and the Aijia also knows that you are a virtuous person, but there is no way to finish the affairs of the harem, and it is the right thing to care more about the emperor."
The queen hurriedly said yes, but still did not mention the affairs of the palace, as if she did not hear the meaning of the queen mother's words.
Looking at this scene, Zhuang Luoyan had to sigh with emotion, as expected of the Queen Mother, which sentence is not beautiful, and which sentence does not hide needles and thorns
"The Emperor is here!"
Well, the emperor is here, I'm afraid this show will be even more lively. Zhuang Luoyan stood up and saw Emperor Chengxuan walking in from outside, bowing his knees in a blessing.
"The queen mother is very lively here today," Feng Jin said to the queen mother after paying tribute to the queen mother, and sat down on the right hand side of the queen mother. , the mother will have a good life and will raise her."
"How can Aijia be so casual," the empress dowager said with a smile, "The emperor cares for Aijia, and Aijia is relieved."
"As long as the mother is healthy, the son will feel at ease," Feng Jin picked up the teacup on the golden nanmu carved small table and took a sip. "If the mother is lonely, you can ask Ye Shurong and Ye Ronghua to accompany you more."
The Empress Dowager nodded and said yes with a smile, but said with a little doubt: "What did you do wrong to pull your eyebrows, and you were sent down to Ronghua?"
The emperor put down the teacup lightly and not too seriously. "The queen mother bows to the Buddha, and she is naturally unclear about what happened in the harem. The son still has a memorial that has not been reviewed. The mother asks Ye Shurong to know why."
Zhuang Luoyan looked at the slightly stiff smile on the Empress Dowager's face, and buried her head without a trace, whether the emperor was a greeting or warning to the Empress Dowager, it's really a bit... I can't tell.
After the emperor said such a few words, the queen mother did not have the heart to be intimate with the queen performing mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and after a while, everyone was asked to withdraw, not even the Ye family sisters.
The emperor made it clear that when the queen mother was bored, he asked the sisters of the Ye family to accompany him. In fact, he told the queen mother that I know that you are all from the Ye family, and you should take care of everything you do. Although this method is a bit ruthless, it is still useful.
If the emperor is useless, the queen mother will not worry, but if the emperor is strong and the queen mother still does not worry, this is another drama.
Zhuang Luoyan sat on the chariot, and in front of her was Xu Zhaorong, who had never met her before. Xu Zhaorong looked at her as weak as a willow and could be blown away by a gust of wind. She really looked like a talented woman who was good at poetry.
He raised his head and glanced at the dazzling sun, this harem is really full of experts, there is not much means, it is really difficult to mix.
After sighing, I saw that Xu Zhaorong was softly trying to sweat the thin cheeks, and I felt pity that I couldn't tell.