When the Queen Mother finished speaking, all the ladies and ladies outside the palace raised their brows slightly.
Although the Empress Dowager never called Qin Wan by name, there was only the word "Nine", and everyone knew who the Empress Dowager was calling. Now, who is the Empress Dowager's favorite besides the Nine Girls of Qin's Mansion who are known as Little Doctor Immortals
Sure enough, when the Queen Mother finished speaking, Qin Wan came out wearing a sky blue cloak embroidered with a picture of Lanshan Mountain and the Moon. Come, the black hair is like clouds, the eyebrows are like distant mountains, the skin is like white snow, and that pair of clear and clear eyes are more like a shallow stream of moonlight, spotless and imposing.
She walked slowly to the side of the Empress Dowager's sedan chair, and the green hills and distant moon above the cloak undulated with her lotus steps, as if they were alive, and she was more and more like a fairyland in the world, with a noble charm and awe-inspiring character.
Most of the people present had seen Qin Wan before, but the last time they saw it was at a banquet in the palace. Although Qin Wan also became the focus of everyone that day, he was discovered by everyone only halfway through the banquet. Today, before the Empress Dowager showed up, Qin Wan attracted all the attention. A few days later, seeing Qin Wan again, everyone’s amazement increased instead of diminishing. There are countless beauties in the world. , The third sight will be dull because of familiarity.
Qin Wan was different. Standing at the front, Zhao Shuhua looked at Qin Wan getting closer and closer with a thin smile on her face. Even she had a hint of admiration in her eyes. Speaking of beauties, Qin Chaoyu was a beauty, and Feng Chenbi was also a beauty. Even Peng Huajing from Duke Wei's family is not bad, but Qin Wan is the only one who is as beautiful as a fairy. Two points, Zhao Shuhua can't tell the truth, it seems to be unique to doctors, it is the tolerance and broadness that can hang the pot to help the world, and the compassion and kindness that can generate compassion for all things in the world.
Zhao Shuhua sighed softly in her heart, it's no wonder that such a person has won the Queen Mother's favor.
In the past few days, the name of Qin Wan's Little Doctor Immortal has been resounding in the capital. Have you ever met Qin Wan? You still have doubts in your heart. Wan walked up to the empress dowager's sedan chair, and Nanny Chen opened the curtain beside her, and the empress dowager supported Qin Wan's wrist before slowly getting out of the sedan chair.
"Meet the Empress Dowager—"
Everyone knelt down to salute, even the empress saluted. Qin Wan stood beside the empress dowager, raising her hand, half supporting her, half holding her hand, which showed her trust and love for her.
The queen mother raised her jaw, "Get up—"
Zhao Shuhua got up with everyone, and Qin Wan just saluted the queen.
Zhao Shuhua walked to the other side of the queen mother and helped her up, "The queen mother is in good health. Today I learned that your old man is coming. All the ladies are looking forward to it..."
Qin Wan and Zhao Shuhua supported the Queen Mother from left to right, and walked slowly towards the entrance of the hall.
Seeing this, everyone quickly moved out of the way.
The queen mother looked around, and she knew most of the ladies, but she was not familiar with the ladies. When she saw the familiar ones, she nodded and smiled as she walked, "This is a party for you young people. The Ai family is old. Come on, let's join in the fun, later you can play however you want, Ai's family will come out and walk around, just take it easy."
"Yes, my concubine understands what you mean. There is nothing to worry about today. You can just sit in the hall and enjoy the singing and dancing. When you get sleepy later, go to the garden to enjoy the plum blossoms in the snow. After a while, the concubine ordered someone to prepare it." The theater troupe is about to start singing, and your favorite plays are all in the playbook..."
The queen mother was very satisfied, "That's great, just Xiao Jiu and Jiu girl are here at Ai's house, you can go and do it yourself." The voice fell, and the queen mother was supported to sit down.
The Palace of Morning Dew is extremely large, and today the palace banquet is held in this palace, but it is not only for fun in the palace, just as the Empress Dowager took her seat, the sound of silk and bamboo rang out in the palace, and soon, a group of court ladies in colorful clothes came out one after another, Dance lightly in the palace, the wives and ladies sit on the seats, chat in twos and threes, or go to the garden together, all are very free and casual. The queen sits on the lower right seat of the empress dowager, and calls one or two ladies to come forward from time to time say.
The people who were pointed out were overjoyed, because this meant that they were very likely to become the wives of a certain prince.
But today, not only Yan Che and Yan Qi had to be chosen as concubines, but all the children of the clan who were of the right age could be chosen by the queen. It's just that in comparison, the position of the crown prince and the main wife of King Cheng is extremely important.
"Queen, when will Che'er come?"
The Queen smiled and said, "Queen Mother, I will be here soon. Not only did Che'er come here today, the concubine also asked him to call many children from the aristocratic families, and Yan Chi and Yan Li also came together. They young people are here One place is more fun."
When he heard that Yan Chi was coming, Qin Wan's face remained calm, but his heart moved.
The queen's arrangement today seems to be to let the men and women of the aristocratic family in the capital see each other. Could it be that the queen also wants to arrange a marriage for Yan Chi
With this thought, Qin Wan frowned.
On this side, Ninth Highness Yan Sui held the chess pieces still, but looked at the snow outside. Seeing him so wryly, the Queen Mother smiled bitterly, "Forget it, forget it, it's not easy to detain him after leaving Shoukang Palace. Madam Su, take him out for a walk, be careful, bring him back before singing, so he won't catch a cold."
Yan Sui's eyes lit up, and Nanny Su carried him out.
The Empress Dowager took the main seat. She didn't want Qin Wan to leave her, so she let Qin Wan sit on the small seat next to her. Although it was a newly added seat, it was almost as close to Zhao Shuhua's position as Zhao Shuhua. Looking at Qin Wan for a moment, "I heard that Nine Girls caught a cold a few days ago, how are you doing now?"
Qin Wan hurriedly said, "Thank you, Ma'am, for your concern, it's already great."
Zhao Shuhua smiled with satisfaction, and said, "The Empress Dowager likes you. Today, you will take care of the Empress Dowager and His Highness the Ninth Highness on my behalf. The Empress Dowager is weak, and His Highness Ninth Highness is young. Thank you for your hard work."
Having said that, Qin Wan glanced at Zhao Shuhua, his eyes met, and there seemed to be deep meaning in Zhao Shuhua's eyes.
Qin Chaoyu had mentioned Feng Lingsu and King Cheng's plan, and this glance naturally contained Zhao Shuhua's special advice. Qin Wan understood in his heart, and was indeed worried about the Queen Mother's health, so he nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Madam, Qin Wan will definitely take care of the Empress Dowager. .”
The queen mother laughed, "I need you to take care of it, you can just accompany Ai's family to listen to the opera later."
Qin Wan responded again, and just as he was speaking, there was a bit of uproar outside the palace gate.
"Empress, empress imperial concubine is here..."
Zhao Shuhua had a deep smile on her face, and raised her eyes to look at the door. Sure enough, Feng Lingsu followed a few concubines in the palace and walked over. Feng Lingsu also liked light colors, so that she could look younger. He hired Ting to come, and saluted the queen mother and empress in a tactful voice, and Qin Wan also got up to salute.
"Why is my sister here now?"
Zhao Shuhua smiled and asked Feng Lingsu to take a seat, Feng Lingsu said with a smile, "I was going to come early, but His Majesty didn't eat properly in the morning, and I wanted to eat the lotus seed soup made by my sister, so my sister hurried Made a copy and sent it to Chongzheng Palace, which delayed some time."
The smile on Zhao Shuhua's face did not stagnate, "Your Majesty still likes my sister's craftsmanship after all these years. I still remember that when my sister first entered the mansion, she won His Majesty's favor by making soup with her own hands. After so many years, Your Majesty My sister and I have always been inseparable."
Zhao Shuhua's tone was tactful and sincere, but the smile on Feng Lingsu's face couldn't be held back.
Everyone knows that although Prince Luo respected and trusted his concubine Zhao Shuhua very much, Feng Lingsu, who entered the mansion later, was the most beloved woman of Prince Luo. With two beauties, there is Zhao Shuhua on the outside who can be the mother of the world, and Feng Lingsu's red sleeves are on the inside to add fragrance. For so many years, Zhao Shuhua has been in charge of Fengyin, and Feng Lingsu has been favored. It has always been a good story. Everyone only thinks that Yanhuai is watching I fell in love with Feng Lingsu's tenderness and affection, but I didn't expect that Feng Lingsu used some tricks to win Yan Huai's heart.
Feng Lingsu only wanted to hear that Yan Huai really fell in love with her, but Zhao Shuhua seemed to say that she won Yan Huai's heart by virtue of her cooking skills, which inevitably lacked some romance of love, and also came to fruition, although it was a past event But seeing the slight change in the expression of everyone in the audience, Feng Lingsu couldn't help sneering in his heart.
"It is my younger sister's duty to take care of His Majesty. My older sister used to have a lot of affairs. Naturally, only my younger sister can do these small things. My younger sister has been with His Majesty for so many years, just like a couple in an ordinary family. These small things really don't hinder anything."
Feng Lingsu said to himself, with a soft and tender look on his face, but the words were a bit showy. If the emperor's family can really love each other like ordinary couples, it should be a beautiful thing that women all over the world envy. And she is not a queen, if she is just a concubine in an ordinary family, she dares to call herself "husband and wife", which is really disrespectful to Zhao Shuhua.
However, Zhao Shuhua was not angry because of this, not only that, she sincerely praised the friendship between Yan Huai and Feng Lingsu for so many years. He was very familiar with it, so he talked about the song with Qin Wan. Seeing this, Feng Lingsu looked at Qin Wan more. , the smile was slightly deep at the moment.
After a while, the palace servants came to report, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Cheng Wang are here..."
Zhao Shuhua looked at the wives and ladies in the hall, who looked up, and then looked at the queen mother. After all, the queen mother really loves these grandchildren, she couldn't help laughing, "Let them in."
After finishing speaking, I saw several figures in clothes at the entrance of the hall, and more than a dozen young men walked in together.
Qin Wan jumped over the many figures and saw Yan Chi, who was the tallest and most conspicuous among the crowd.
At the same time, Yan Chi also looked over.
The four eyes met, a bright light flashed in Yan Chi's eyes, Qin Wan's heart twitched slightly, and Qin Wan didn't dare to look more under the watchful eyes of the crowd, and quickly lowered his eyes.
"Greetings to the emperor's grandmother, to the queen mother—"
"Greetings to the emperor's grandmother, and the queen's empress—"
Everyone saluted together, apart from Yan Che and Yan Qi, Yan Chi and Yan Li were also among them, after them, Chen Zhaowen, the son of the Marquis of Wu'an, Zhao Jing, the son of the Great General of Fuguo, and Qin Yan were all on the list. There were five or six other people. Qin Wan didn't know their identities, but he knew that they were all the children of the prince's family in Beijing.
The big gift, the queen mother looked at a few people with a smile, nodded and said, "Okay, well, the new year will be counted as soon as today is over, there are many people today, you have your own ways to play, so go and play, don't be here Detain."
Yan Li stepped forward with a smile, "Grandson wants to accompany you to the theater later, why do you drive grandson away as soon as you come?"
Although the Empress Dowager loves all the princes very much, only Her Majesty and Prince Gong are descended from her. Therefore, Yan Li can be regarded as the grandson of the Empress Dowager's direct relatives. Because of this, the Empress Dowager loves Yan Li very much. The same is true for Yan Li's status It was because of Prince Gong's treason that year that he did not become a criminal minister. Although he did not know whether he would be able to inherit the throne of Prince Gong in the future, at least on the surface, everyone still respected him as His Royal Highness.
Yan Li walked up to the queen mother on her own, and the queen mother took his hand and said, "It's fine if you can obediently accompany me to listen to the opera, you can talk very well with just one mouth, and every time you don't hear half of it, you want to run away ?”
Yan Li hurriedly apologized, "This time, my grandson swears that he will not run away. The imperial grandmother has been ill for so long, but now she is recovering. Naturally, the grandson must be with the imperial grandmother..."
The Queen Mother smiled, and looked at Qin Wan who had stood up beside her, "It's all thanks to Jiu Yatou..."
As he spoke, he looked at Yan Che and the others who were standing on the ground, "You guys, don't bully Jiu Yatou in the future, Jiu Yatou is my lucky star, if you let me know who bullied her, I won't be as good as you. "
These words are talking about Feng Zhang's previous incident. Yu Shi and Feng Chenbi, who were quite close to each other, trembled when they heard this. The hairpin was also replaced with a blue sparrow, and the hairpin that Feng Lingsu rewarded him was absolutely daring not to wear it.
The corners of Yan Qi's lips curled slightly when he heard this, and he said enthusiastically, "Don't worry, Grandmother Jiu, it's too late for us to protect Nine Girls' current status, so how could we bully her? Last time I saw Nine Girls at your place I also enjoyed plum blossoms with her, and we had a great conversation, didn't we, Miss Nine?"
In front of so many years, Yan Qi insisted on describing the encounter that day as "appreciating plum blossoms". She clearly looked cold, and in his mouth, she was also "having a good time with each other". Qin Wan narrowed his eyes and stared closely at Yan Qi With those unkind eyes, in front of so many people, Yan Qi's words clearly meant to make others misunderstand, but if others misunderstood, what good would it do him
Thoughts flashed by, how could Qin Wan know that Yan Qi had other thoughts on her.
When Yan Qi's words were settled, there were already discussions around him. Yan Qi could not talk about the situation that day, but he insisted on saying it like this, as if he was implying something. Thinking of this, the ladies of the surrounding families looked at Qin Wan Qin Wan's eyes are different, Qin Wan was born as an orphan in the second wife of the Qin family, but now that she is favored by the Queen Mother, shouldn't she take advantage of the opportunity to find a good marriage
The situation changed, Feng Lingsu had a deep smile, but the Queen Mother frowned, and Zhao Shuhua showed surprise on the other side, as if she didn't expect Yan Qi and Qin Wan to have an intersection.
"His Royal Highness Cheng Wang can talk about the accidental encounter in Shoukang Palace that day? Qin Wan still remembers that day, His Royal Highness Cheng Wang reprimanded Qin Wan for talking about the affairs of the court. Therefore, I will reflect on it after I go back."
Qin Wan spoke unhurriedly. As soon as these words came out, everyone was slightly stunned again. "We had a good conversation" became "rebuke"? What does this mean? The queen mother was the first to turn her head to look at Qin Wan, "Jiu girl, what's going on?"
Qin Wan looked at Yan Qi amusedly for a moment, then lowered his head and explained, "Empress Dowager, do you still remember the last time Qin Wan entered the palace to see a doctor for you? When I walked to the gate of the palace, I knew that His Royal Highness Cheng Wang was inside, and Qin Wan was outside. After waiting for a while, Xiao Nu said that there were plum blossoms blooming in the side yard, so Qin Wan went to see it. While watching, he talked to his maidservant about a few recent incidents in the capital, but he didn't want His Royal Highness Cheng Wang to appear at any time. Standing not far behind us, he heard that His Royal Highness Cheng Wang had government affairs in his heart, and immediately reprimanded me, a girl, for daring to talk about the affairs of the court, for which Qin Wan was quite ashamed at the time."
After explaining, Qin Wan looked at Yan Qi again, "Don't worry, Your Highness Cheng Wang, Qin Wan has already introspected. In front of the Empress Dowager, His Highness Cheng Wang said it was right, so there is no need to cover it up for Qin Wan with lies."
Qin Wan's tone was cold and mocking, and when the words settled down, the expressions of the people around him changed several times. Zhao Shuhua smiled lightly, but Feng Lingsu couldn't laugh anymore... She squinted her eyes and gave Qin Wan a hard look. Clenching her fists tightly, Yan Qi's words were just a test, but now she could see clearly that Qin Wan had no intention of standing on their side.
Thinking of this, Feng Lingsu's eyes flashed a trace of poison when he lowered his eyes, so I don't blame her for being ruthless.
The scene was silent for a while, and Yan Li sneered, "Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother, did you actually offend Nine Girls because of your bad mood that day? That's why you said it so nicely because you were afraid that the emperor's grandmother would know about it?"
Speaking of Yan Li, he looked at the queen mother with a broken smile, "The imperial grandmother doesn't know, last time I asked Miss Jiu to play chess with me and she didn't want to play chess with me. I just heard what the fourth brother said, and I took it for the truth. I was dissatisfied, but it turned out that it was just the fourth brother talking and joking."
In a few words, whoever's words are true and who's words are false will see the truth, and with Yanli's gags to help, Yan Qi's complexion is already very ugly, the queen mother looked at Yan Qi with a half-smile, "It turns out That's it, Qi'er, when Jiu Yatou talked privately with her servants, even if she really talked about something, she didn't take it seriously. You are used to scolding people around you, but Jiu Yatou is not one of your followers. From now on, you can get A little courtesy."
The Empress Dowager doesn't care about palace affairs, so it is extremely serious to say so, Yan Qi quickly laughed dryly, "Yes, yes, my grandson followed the teachings of the imperial grandmother, in fact, that day my grandson didn't scold Miss Jiu, but just wanted to get along with Jiu." The girl said hello, but she couldn't do anything, just heard their discussion, so she preached a few words, it was my grandson's mistake..."
Yan Qi is the king of the prince, and he has always been arrogant and domineering, but what he said seemed to lower his stance for Qin Wan, and the discussion that had just subsided began again, what is King Cheng going to do
After hearing the words, the Queen Mother continued, "It's good to know what's wrong." After saying that, no matter what Yan Qi said, she only looked at Yan Che, "Che'er, what is your father doing?"
Yan Che hurriedly said, "Reporting to the emperor's grandmother, the emperor is still seeing the foreign ministers, and will come to accompany you to listen to the opera later."
The queen mother smiled, "Okay, go ahead and play, everyone is tall and big, so feel free to do what you do here, and the stage will sing later, but you are not allowed to run around."
As soon as the order came out, Yan Che glanced at Qin Wan, then turned around and walked out, the others retreated one by one, even Yan Li walked towards the outside, Zhao Shuhua smiled, "King Cheng is a little strange today. "
Zhao Shuhua didn't say anything strange about being king, Feng Lingsu smiled and didn't talk to her.
The queen mother asked Qin Wan to sit down, and patted the back of her hand to comfort her.
The music in the hall started again. Qin Wan sat on the seat, but felt a little uneasy in his heart. Turning his eyes, Qin Wan looked at the tea set in front of him. Qin Chaoyu said that today the target of the imperial concubine and King Cheng is the Queen Mother , but if it was the Queen Mother, why did King Cheng deliberately let others misunderstand that they had an intersection
"Empress Dowager, the tea is cold."
Qin Wan said lightly, and replaced the tea in the Queen Mother's cup with a new one. When changing the tea, Qin Wan sniffed the tea carefully, but found nothing wrong. The medicine that suppresses the prime minister came to cause the Empress Dowager's symptoms to change, but there was no abnormality in the tea soup.
Qin Wan frowned slightly, perhaps because she was too deep in thought, the queen mother sensed her uneasiness, "Jiu girl, what's wrong?"
Qin Wan hurriedly regained his senses and shook his head, "It's okay, the Empress Dowager is not allowed to drink herbal tea, and the cakes in the palace today, the Empress Dowager also has to avoid eloquence, sweet and greasy things are incompatible with medicine."
The queen mother laughed straight, "You really are, it's great to enjoy the music, why are you still thinking about my illness?"
Qin Wan lowered her eyes, "Of course I have to consider the Queen Mother's health."
The Queen Mother held her hand, "Don't worry, you'll be fine today."
These words were quite meaningful, Qin Wan was about to observe, but Zhao Shuhua looked outside and said, "Xiao Jiu has been out for a while, I don't know what happened."
Feng Lingsu glanced out casually, his eyes moved slightly, "No, what did His Highness the Ninth Prince do?"
"Xiao Jiu likes to watch the snow, so she was carried out by Madam Su."
Zhao Shuhua answered, Feng Lingsu sighed, "It's a bit cold outside."
After hearing this, the queen mother was also worried, so she looked at Nanny Chen beside her, "Go and have a look, let me come back earlier."
After hearing the words, Mother Chen took the order and hurried away. Seeing this, Feng Lingsu looked at the Queen Mother and then at Qin Wan, with a little anxiety in his eyes, but Zhao Shuhua on the other side raised his hand and waved at Qin Chaoyu.
Just now when Yan Che and the others left, most of the noble ladies in the room followed, except Qin Chaoyu and several other ladies from the noble family remained in the hall. Seeing Zhao Shuhua calling her, Qin Chaoyu immediately stepped forward, Zhao Shuhua said, "Chaoyu , I see that there is still a lack of bouquets in the palace, why don't you go and pick some plum blossoms?"
Feng Lingsu regained her comprehension when she heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Yes, today is probably the last time to enjoy the plum blossoms. After this snow, I don't know if there will be any snow. My sister wants to go to Zhemei to ride the snow!"
When the queen mother heard this, she looked at Qin Wan, "Jiu girl, why don't you go with your sister?"
Feng Lingsu listened and smiled, "That's right, Miss Nine has been sitting here, I'm afraid I'm bored."
Qin Wan wanted to say no, but Qin Chaoyu stepped forward and grabbed her, "Let's go, let's break some plum blossoms for the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager will let you go..."
As he said that, he tried hard with his hands, as if he must pull Qin Wan up.
Qin Wan had no choice but to stand up first, and the queen mother said kindly, "Go, go, and bring Xiao Jiu back together, I'm afraid he won't listen to what Su Momo and Chen Momo say..."
Having said that, Qin Wan had no choice but to agree, Qin Chaoyu looked at the queen for a moment, blessed himself, and led Qin Wan out of the main hall of Chaolu Palace. Seeing this, Feng Lingsu slightly raised the corners of his lips.