"What are you doing looking at Jiu Yatou?" The Queen Mother said angrily, "Jiu Yatou's marriage is not for you to decide arbitrarily. The three older sisters in her family have not left the cabinet yet, so it's her turn."
Qin Wan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, Yan Huai smiled and said, "The queen mother is so nervous, I never said that I would promise her to Yan Li, although Yan Li has not been in good shape all day, but I want to find her a Lively girls can also live with him at that time, lest his temper become more restrained and presumptuous."
The Empress Dowager listened, and looked at Yan Huai with kindness.
Back then, Prince Gong's rebellion made the Empress Dowager heartbroken. Seeing her two closest sons turn against each other and one of them died in battle made her turn pale. At that time, it was Yan Huai who was rescued. Then went to Half-Life.
The corners of the Empress Dowager's lips were slightly curved, and her eyes swept over the scar on Yan Huai's left temple. Twenty years have passed, and the scars from that year are now faint, but ordinary people will still think of the old things when they see Yanli's mother and child The most rare thing is Yan Huai. He treated Yanli's mother and son kindly. Now that he said this, he really planned for Yanli. He might not give Yanli a high position, but he hoped that Yanli would be happy. It couldn't be better up.
"You and I want to go together. Yanli's temperament can't be restrained or forced. It's best to find someone he really likes. No matter how bad it is, he has to find someone who can play with her. His mother, you know it if you want to come. Be quiet, if you find a Jiu Yatou to go back, wouldn't it mean that you have an extra master who eats fast and recites Buddha?"
The queen mother said in a low voice, and turned her eyes to glance at Qin Wan. Although Qin Wan was watching a play, Qin Wan was very relaxed, but she was still sitting there with Shi Shiran's calm and elegant, quite Zen-like.
Yan Huai smiled, "Exactly, you have to plan for Yanli's marriage. As for the nine daughters of the Qin family, I understand what you mean, Queen Mother, and naturally follow your plan, but Yanchi is a bit difficult. "
The queen mother sighed when she heard the words, "I don't know when his father will come back. How is the war in the west?"
A thin light flashed in Yan Huai's eyes, "The war is not serious, I also know that the queen mother misses Prince Rui, why not let Prince Rui come back in summer? Every summer when the water and grass are plentiful in Rongdi's side, we should Will not take the initiative to provoke."
The Empress Dowager raised her lips, nodded first, but then said, "I think so, but national affairs are the most important thing, you can see for yourself, Prince Rui hasn't come back for almost seven or eight years, when he came back last time, there was no Xiao Jiu." Well, he is a majestic prince, and it is really too hard to stay in the west all the time."
"Don't worry, mother, I understand."
Having said that, the Empress Dowager glanced at Yan Chi, "Speaking of which, Yan Chi is..."
Yan Huai said "hmm", "What did the mother say about Yan Chi?"
The Empress Dowager's eyes darkened, but she didn't explain, she just said, "Yan Chi, let's see fate."
Yan Huai was noncommittal. Today's highlight is Yan Che and Yan Qi. If these two are settled first, then the court disputes involved can also be seen. He is the emperor of the Great Zhou, so what he sees and thinks is different. .
The mother and son talked for a while, and the stage was even more lively. After watching three major plays in a row, the Queen Mother had just had enough of her addiction. At this moment, it was not too early, and it was time to have a banquet.
Everyone moved away from Tianyintai, and then returned to Chaolu Palace.
The wives and ladies were discussing today's show, and naturally some people were discussing about Cheng Wang and Feng Chenbi. Some acquaintances even joked that Feng Chenbi was going to become a princess. He and Feng Lingsu gritted their teeth with hatred. It was a long time since they watched the theater today, but who knew how uncomfortable it was for them to sit for more than half an hour in these three plays. Qin Wan and Wei Guo were listed on the roster. The lady from the public house, Peng Huajing, and Miss Wu from the Household Minister's family, but now, King Cheng and Feng Chenbi are getting mixed up. When the roster is handed over to the emperor and queen mother, what will they think of him as king? !
Thinking of this, Feng Lingsu couldn't wait to live, so she hurriedly ordered people to go to the Qin Tianjian, but she didn't expect that the Qin Tianjian would be guarded by the queen. The more she thought about it, the more certain Feng Lingsu was Everything is the fault of the queen and the prince. Now they are like ants roasted on the fire, running around in a hurry but there is nothing they can do!
Although Yan Che made Zhao Shuhua unhappy, it can be seen that Feng Lingsu was in a hurry and didn't want to watch the show. After all, she was in a better mood. Feng Chenbi's appearance disrupted Feng Lingsu's plan. Feng Lingsu would definitely send someone to revise the roster. Zhao Shuhua first sent people to change the roster of the East Palace, and then sent people to guard in the Qin Tianjian. How could Feng Lingsu have a chance? !
After returning to Chaolu Hall, the afternoon banquet was ready. Today, most of the female relatives were there, so there was no such a mingling of cups and cups as the male officials. The female relatives ate with the utmost elegance, and because they wanted to attract the attention of Yan Che and others, He was even more cautious, for fear that his etiquette would not be thoughtful, and his behavior would not be beautiful. In this way, this banquet, accompanied by dancing and music, was indeed a scene of joy and harmony. in the hall.
"Qin Tian inspector's divination is completed, please look at the empress dowager, the emperor, and the empress."
The three chairs were seated with Yan Huai in the middle, and the brochure was handed over to Yan Huai. Yan Huai first gave the roster of the Eastern Palace to Zhao Shuhua. , she just casually looked at the results of divination, and then calmly waited for the Queen Mother and Yan Huai to get angry.
You know, Qin Wan's name was written on the brochure Feng Lingsu sent!
Thinking of this, the smile on Zhao Shuhua's face became even clearer, and Feng Lingsu and King Cheng sat in their seats with gloomy expressions, obviously not enjoying the palace banquet at all.
Yan Huai was looking at Yanqi's roster with the queen mother, and after reading the whole roster, the queen mother smiled instead of anger, "Although Qi'er has acted a little more freely, but since your childhood sweethearts are interested in each other, then this It's settled."
After the words fell, Zhao Shuhua was taken aback for a moment, and Feng Lingsu and Cheng Wang slowly raised their heads on the other side.
Zhao Shuhua hurriedly said, "What the queen mother said is..."
The queen mother laughed, "Who else is there? Isn't it what we saw just now?"
As soon as these words fell, there was an expected murmur in the hall, Yu Shi was a little surprised, Feng Chenbi was blushing even sitting on the seat, the Queen Mother finished reading, and handed the list to Zhao Shuhua, Zhao Shuhua hurriedly opened the list to have a look , I saw Qin Wan's name on the booklet written with a golden pen, but when I turned to the last page where the concubine was the princess, it was Feng Chenbi's name!
Zhao Shuhua frowned fiercely, and suddenly understood in her heart.
Could it be that Feng Lingsu didn't want to involve Qin Wan at all? All the news she got was fake? In order to disturb their position? ! Thinking of Yan Che ordering someone to change the roster, Zhao Shuhua suddenly felt annoyed, what a Feng Lingsu, what a Yan Qi, if she hadn't gotten the news, the person who made a fool of herself today would be Yan Che, when Donggong and the Qin family would have a rift and become Doesn't the king benefit? !
Zhao Shuhua put down the booklet, and the smile on her face became more and more radiant.
Zhao Shuhua finished reading the brochure, and ordered someone to send it to Feng Lingsu, and said with a smile, "Congratulations to my sister, you are so close, and I want to come to the Duke and Mrs. Guo are very happy."
Feng Lingsu opened the booklet in a daze, and then her eyebrows jumped.
Feng Shenbi! Feng Chenbi's name was actually on the brochure! She didn't let someone write Feng Chenbi's name!
How is this going…
Thinking about it this way, Feng Lingsu clenched her fists, it must be the queen. Besides the queen and the prince, who else has such great power, it's too presumptuous! Even the roster has been changed! This is clearly to prove that Feng Chenbi has an affair with Cheng Wang! She had been planning for a long time, but now the position of the concubine was stuffed with her own family, it was really a waste of money!
hateful! It's really hateful!
Zhao Shuhua hated Feng Lingsu in her heart, and Feng Lingsu hated Zhao Shuhua in her heart. On the other side, Qin Wan, who was sitting with Qin Chaoyu, slowly straightened her back. She knew that the prince and King Cheng had written her name, Originally, he was still waiting for the wave that would involve her, but unexpectedly, her name did not appear on the roster.
The undercurrent that might put her in danger subsided like this.
The sound of silk and bamboo in the hall, everyone had a smile on their faces, and even if they had their own plans, it had nothing to do with her. No one knew that there was a game set up for her today, and no one knew that her name appeared on the list On top of that, as she wished, she didn't want to get involved. It's best to be a bystander here and now.
Qin Wan raised her eyes and looked at Yan Chi over the singing and dancing crowd in the hall.
The four eyes met, and Yan Chi's eyes seemed to be comforted.
Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi for a moment, and when he lowered his eyes again, a deep sadness overflowed from the bottom of his heart.
At the beginning, my father knew that his family might be in trouble, and he was clearly prepared to escape, but he couldn't escape in the end. Now she seems to be caught by a big net, and she has taken that extremely wrong step, but in the end , There are many roads in front of her, and there is only one that she can walk.
It is too difficult to reject Yan Chi's suggestion, and it is even more difficult to go this way, but no matter how difficult it is, how can it compare to the injustice of his parents? The bottom of her eyes was replaced by Qingling's tenacity. Since she has no way out, she can only go forward!
"Ninth sister, what's wrong with you?"
Qin Chaoyu is smart, and quickly discovered what was wrong with Qin Wan.
Qin Wan shook his head, his face returned to normal, Qin Chaoyu glanced in Yan Che's direction, "Could it be that Ninth Sister is thinking about her own marriage..."
Qin Wan smiled wryly, "I'm afraid my marriage will be difficult."
Qin Chaoyu raised his jaw proudly, "What's the problem? Behind you stand the Hou Mansion, the Empress Dowager, and in the future, the East Palace. As long as the Empress Dowager speaks, how can there be fewer people who want to marry you?"
Qin Chaoyu's tone was unruly, but suddenly, her tone softened, "However, most women only marry once in this life. Since they only marry once, no matter what, they should marry the person they like..."
Qin Wan was startled when he heard that, "Yes, I should marry the person I like..."
"Okay, that's it!" Yan Huai's laughter came from above the main seat. The candidates for the queen and Feng Lingsu were all in his expectation, no matter their background, appearance or the results of Qin Tian's monitoring and calculation, there was no one. The most important problem is that the selection of candidates is based on preferences and trade-offs. Yan Huai glanced at Qin Chaoyu, "The candidates for the crown prince and king Cheng's concubine have been decided, and it will be announced to the world soon, and Qin Tian Monitor and hold a wedding ceremony on an auspicious day!"
With Yan Huai's words, the most important event of today's palace banquet was decided. Although there was no explicit mention of the candidate for the crown princess, everyone knew that the candidate for the crown princess must be Qin Chaoyu without a doubt!
Qin Wan had already paid attention to these flawlessly at this time, and soon, the palace banquet came to an end.
The choice of the main concubine has been decided, but the choice of the side concubine has not yet been decided, and these all have to wait for the imperial decree later, Qin Wan was going to leave the palace with Qin Chaoyu, but the queen mother kept Qin Wan for a while.
On the way back to Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager said slowly, "Your sister has settled down, do you have any thoughts about your marriage?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips pursed slightly, but she shook her head, "The three sisters are in front, I will follow the elders' orders."
The queen mother patted the back of Qin Wan's hand and smiled, "Then, if everyone comes to propose marriage, what about you?"
Qin Wan looked at the Empress Dowager, and saw that the Empress Dowager's eyes were full of love, as if she knew her difficulties before she said this to her. Qin Wan lowered her eyes and felt a little sour in her heart, "It's really that time, if Qin Wan has something in mind People, may I ask the queen mother to give Qin Wan a favor?"
The queen mother just laughed when she heard the words, "I thought you didn't talk about it, so it's just right. When that day comes, I will let you get your wish. You saved my life before. The emperor will give you a reward. You But I don't want to, but now, I will give you a promise, nothing else, I will never let you be wronged about your marriage."
Qin Wan's feet paused slightly, and her heart, which had been depressed for a long time, finally brightened up. She immediately knelt down to thank her. I also feel that you are too thoughtful, and always feel that there is something hidden in your heart, girl, you are young, this is not a good thing, a serious heart will hurt."
Qin Wan lost her parents a long time ago, and it must be difficult to live under the fence. Because of this, she didn't know how many grievances were hidden in her heart. The queen mother felt sorry for Qin Wan, "People only have such a life, gains and losses are fate, let's say Yan Li, he Although he is the son of Prince Gong, you have been back to Beijing for a long time, and you already know his life experience. His father died in battle, but His Majesty led people to suppress the rebellion. In other words, his identity should be a sinner , or, it is not surprising that he has a heart of hatred for His Majesty today, but you see him, he lives a simple life, although he is a little presumptuous, but I look at him very well. Talking to him, come to think of it, I just like his uninhibited appearance, but you are too self-conscious, I will not force you to change your face, but in the future, if you have someone you like, don’t dare to be careless own marriage."
The empress dowager spoke slowly, and she said so much at once. Qin Wan was moved when he heard it, "Don't worry, empress dowager, I understand, it's not the time yet. When that day comes, I will definitely speak to empress dowager."
The queen mother smiled reassuringly, "That's right, life is only for so many years, you must not leave any regrets, otherwise when you get old, you will have to sigh..."
When Qin Wan was told by the queen mother, her heart became brighter, and she talked with the queen mother for a while before leaving the palace. After leaving the palace gate, Qin Wan sat in the carriage and was stunned for a while, but called the carriage to Qin's residence in Tongqian Lane. go.
When the carriage drove into the market, Qin Wan saw that it was especially lively today. Although it was already afternoon and the snow had not stopped, the market was crowded with people, and there were fireworks from time to time. Qin Wan lifted the curtain to see, Bai Ying Then he said sideways, "Miss, today is the Lantern Festival, and everyone is coming out to watch the Lantern Festival."
Qin Wan suddenly remembered, yes, there is a lantern festival during the Lantern Festival.
Thinking of this, Qin Wan couldn't help but think of Yan Chi, just now she was taken away by the queen mother, she didn't know where Yan Chi went, today Yan Chi must be unhappy in her heart, she just doesn't know where she went.
Thinking in this way, the carriage drove towards the Qin residence, and soon, the carriage stopped in front of the Qin residence.
Qin Wan and Bai Ying got out of the carriage, Bai Ying stepped forward to call for the door, and just knocked twice, the courtyard door opened, Qin Wan was slightly surprised, did not expect Han Bo to open the door so quickly, inside the door Han Bo and Er Bao came to welcome them, and the two faced each other All are happy.
Since it was a holiday, Qin Wan hurriedly asked Bai Ying to give a tip. Han Bo smiled and took the money, and hurriedly said, "Miss, go into the house quickly..."
Qin Wan only thought that Han Bo was afraid that she would catch a cold, but when she walked to the door, she saw that the door was closed. She subconsciously felt that something was wrong. On the other side, Han Bo smiled and said, "There is a guest who has been waiting for you for a long time."
Qin Wan's breath stopped, guest? ! The only ones who know this place are…
Qin Wan hurriedly pushed the door open, and as soon as the door opened, Yan Chi stood in the room in a black robe, waiting for a long time.
The four eyes met, looking at Yan Chi's dark eyes with a smile, Qin Wan's heart suddenly became sour.