On the second day, Mrs. Hu entered the palace early in the morning. As soon as she entered the palace gate, she went straight to Shoukang Palace.
Not long after the queen mother got up, she got the transmission, and immediately ordered someone to invite Mrs. Hu in. After Mrs. Hu entered the palace gate, she saw a worried face on her face. After Mrs. Hu saluted, the queen mother said, "What happened? Why did you come so early today?"
Mrs. Hu then said, "Empress Dowager, my wife and Lord Hou were very happy to get your decree the night before yesterday. After getting your words yesterday, Lord Hou and my wife are even more convinced of this marriage. I heard you said that you want to marry before the new year." Then the marriage between Guan'er and His Royal Highness was decided, and the courtier's wife was impatient for a while, after leaving the palace yesterday, she went to the Huayan Temple outside the city to ask for a signature."
"To tell you the truth, my wife quite believes in this way. Yu'er and his wife also asked for the marriage. The marriage between Guan'er and His Highness Shizi has not yet started, and naturally it has not come to the time when the horoscope is in harmony. Therefore, the people The woman didn't dare to do anything else, so she just asked for an autograph, but who knows, the minister's wife actually asked for an autograph."
As he spoke, Hu took out a piece of paper to unscramble the letter from his sleeve, "Please look over it, Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager was not surprised when she heard that Mrs. Hu went to ask for a lottery. Most of the elders asked for a sign to sign for common children's marriages. However, Mrs. Hu didn't know about Yan Chi's lottery, and Prince Rui's residence hadn't let the official media come to her, so naturally she couldn't sign a lottery. , so it is normal for her to ask for a lottery, but why did she ask for a lottery
Although the Queen Mother doesn't believe in these things, she still wants to ask for auspiciousness in everything. When she heard that it was signed, the Queen Mother quickly took it over, opened the paper and saw a few lines of poems written on the top, saying, "Because of fame Virtue is unlucky, and I am afraid that auspiciousness will change badly; the autumn wind does not know where to go, and the shadow of green pines is hazy with hatred." Seeing these few words, the Queen Mother's heart jumped.
There is an explanation under this signature, and the queen mother glanced at it, and her heart sank more and more.
Just by looking at the signature, it can be seen that this signature means that Yan Chi and Qin Wan's marriage will change from an auspicious event to an unlucky one, and now she has just issued a decree, how could this be so
Qin Wan and Yan will fall in love sooner or later, if they are not allowed to get married, will they still have to be separated
The Empress Dowager's complexion darkened, and Hu said, "Chen Rong told Lord Hou about this matter, and Lord Hou was also a little worried. Chen Rong wanted to tell Guan'er, but he was afraid that she would be intimidated. After thinking about it, Chen Rong still came to see you." See the empress dowager."
The queen mother sighed, "When I went down yesterday, Princess Taichang also entered the palace. Aijia told her about this marriage, and she was very satisfied. Now you suddenly asked for such an autograph, which is true."
The queen mother grabbed the signature and said, "Only you and Lord Hou know this signature?"
Mrs. Hu nodded, and the Empress Dowager said with deep eyes for a moment, "The Ai family's decree has been issued, and there is absolutely no reason to change it easily. You should keep this matter in your heart first, and you don't need to let her know about Guan'er. The Ai family has to think about it again." think."
Mrs. Hu quickly agreed, not daring to disturb the Queen Mother, and quickly withdrew.
After leaving the Shoukang Palace, Mrs. Hu thought about it and went to the East Palace. When she arrived at the East Palace, Qin Chaoyu was slightly surprised to learn that Mrs. Hu had entered the palace again. Although Mrs. Hu had the right to visit Qin Chaoyu in the palace, it was not good. Enter the palace every day.
Qin Chaoyu wanted to ask Mrs. Hu, but Mrs. Hu wanted to keep it a secret. However, Qin Chaoyu was so astute that he could tell at a glance that Mrs. Hu was hiding something in his heart, so he couldn't help but asked Mrs. Hu, "Mother, what are you doing?" Entering the palace? Is there anything else you can’t tell your daughter? If you have worries, tell your daughter, and she can relieve your worries.”
It is true that the Hu family would not hide anything from Qin Chaoyu, but this matter...
"Mother, if you are like this, my daughter will not be safe in the palace. If you don't tell me, I'm going to ask my elder brother."
Hu didn't want Qin Chaoyu to make matters worse, so he had to ask Qin Chaoyu to back off the left and right, and then said in a low voice, "You don't know, His Royal Highness told your father that something might happen to Prince Rui's residence, and Qin Wan's marriage is over. No."
Qin Chaoyu's expression changed slightly, "Is something going to happen to Prince Rui's residence?"
Hu sighed, "Don't let His Highness know that I told you. If His Highness didn't tell you, you should pretend that you didn't know. His Highness and your father didn't make it very clear, but they just said that Qin Wan can't marry Yan Chi. , and said unpredictable words in an inexplicable manner, your father guessed that it is very likely that the Northwest Army Food Case was implicated in Prince Rui's residence."
Hu's voice was low and urgent, Qin Chaoyu naturally nodded when he heard it, and the mother and daughter said a few more words, Hu couldn't stay longer, so they went out of the palace gate, as soon as Hu left, Qin Chaoyu called Mo Yun came in and ordered, "Go and inquire, and see who His Highness has met in the past few days, and what's going on in the court."
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As soon as Mrs. Hu left, the Empress Dowager called Chen Nanny to come to her, and showed Chen Nanny the signature, and Chen Nanny's face changed slightly, "Mother, do you want to believe this signature?"
The queen mother narrowed her eyes, "Of course I won't stop Guan'er and Yan Chi from being together because of this, it's just... at this juncture, such a sudden signing is really disappointing and bad luck."
Nanny Chen was a little helpless when she heard the words, "Then what are you going to do?"
The queen mother hurriedly said, "You should go to the Qin Tianjian right now. I can't trust people outside. You go to the Qin Tianjian supervisor and ask him to calculate whether this marriage is good or bad."
Nanny Chen didn't dare to be careless, she knew that Qin Wan held a lot of weight in the Empress Dowager's heart, so she immediately went to Qin Tianjian.
When Nanny Chen left, the Empress Dowager was rather restless, and waited for more than an hour before Nanny Chen came back from the Qin Tianjian. Zhang signed the text, "Niang Niang, the signature has come out."
The Queen Mother sat up all at once, "How is it?"
Nanny Chen didn't speak, just walked up to the empress dowager and took out the signature. The empress dowager quickly took it and was holding it in her hand for a look. It turned out to be exactly the same as the signature sent by Mrs. Hu. If the signature just now just upset the Queen Mother, then this signature really made the Queen Mother anxious. Exactly the same!"
Chen Nanny said, "The servant was also shocked when she saw it. When the prisoner was signing the signature, he specially burned incense and listened to him muttering something, which wasted a lot of time. The servant originally thought that his signature It must be different from the one sent by Mrs. Hou Ye, but I don't want to... Madam, what should I do now?"
The Empress Dowager originally thought that Qin Tianjian might be able to give a different signature. If it was good, then that's what the Hu family asked for. Come
Hearing the same thing, if you ask too much, it won't work. No matter how good the signature is, with these two in front, the Queen Mother will always have something stuck in her heart.
"By the way, there are still horoscopes!" The Empress Dowager's eyes lit up quickly, "Hurry up, let Yan Chi and Guan'er enter the palace, and take their horoscopes to Qin Tianjian for a calculation. Now, just look at these horoscopes." Does it fit?"
After a while, a layer of sweat broke out on the queen mother's forehead.
Mother Chen didn't dare to delay, so she quickly sent someone to deliver the order.
When the people in the palace arrived at the Hou's Mansion, Yue Ning was talking to Qin Wan in the Hou's Mansion.
Yue Ning knew about the marriage offer yesterday, and the gift of marriage came suddenly, and then Princess Taichang was very happy, and when she entered the palace in the afternoon, although she also said a few words to Qin Wan, but in front of her elders, Today Yue Ning came to look for Qin Wan again.
Knowing that the Queen Mother had an invitation, Qin Wan and Yue Ning went to the palace together.
In the carriage, Yue Ning said, "To be honest, you and him have known each other for a long time. When the Queen Mother asked you, what did you think?"
The corners of Qin Wan's lips curved slightly, "What else can I think? The Empress Dowager gave it to me, I dare not give it to you, not to mention that I appreciate His Royal Highness very much."
Yue Ning looked Qin Wan up and down, and asked for a moment, "Could it be that you two had an affair before?"
Qin Wan rolled her eyes, "Of course not!"
Yue Ning snorted, "I think you are lying to me. With your temperament, if you don't want to, even if the Queen Mother proposes, you won't just agree. You must have been interested in Yan Chi for a long time! I Are you right?!"
Qin Wan blinked, "Why isn't he interested in me?"
Yue Ning stared, "Ah! It turns out that he treats you..." Clenching his fist, Yue Ning said angrily, "I knew he was a man with evil intentions. I saw it when I was in Jinzhou..."
Qin Wan was slightly surprised, "How do you say that?"
Yue Ning then told many details of how Yan Chi paid more attention to Qin Wan in Jinzhou. Qin Wan's ears were slightly red when he heard it, but his heart felt a bit rich. Seeing this, Yue Ning was even more sure of it. Qin Wan was also interested in Yan Chi, she grabbed Qin Wan, "Okay, it's great that you kept it from me! How many things I don't know?!"
Qin Wan couldn't be completely honest with Yue Ning, but she also told about Yunwu Mountain being rescued by Yan Chi. Later, Yan Chi escorted her all the way, and she was very grateful from the bottom of her heart. After that, she also had a lot of intersections when she arrived in the capital. It will be a matter of course.
Yue Ning only thought that Qin Wan and Yan Chi had mutual affection and did not reveal it, nor did they have any other affair, so she spared Qin Wan. After a while, the two entered the palace together. When they arrived in Shoukang Palace, Qin Wan was surprised It was discovered that Yan Chi was also in the main hall.
Seeing Yan Chi, Qin Wan's heart twitched. Yan Chi's demeanor was calm and calm. Except for the slight coldness in his phoenix eyes, he could not see the slightest bit of sadness and pain. This kind of him was almost the usual taciturn and reserved man. The noble son of Prince Rui, looking at him, who would have thought that he already knew the news of Prince Le Rui's accident? !
The Empress Dowager was naturally very happy to see Qin Wan and Yue Ning coming together. However, the matter of Qin Wan and Yan Chi's marriage was pressing in her heart, so she was not as happy as usual. After he left, the Queen Mother asked about Qin Wan's horoscope. Qin Wan knew that before getting married, she and Yan Chi hadn't started preparations for their marriage. Seeing that the Queen Mother wanted a horoscope, she was a little surprised.
Even so, Qin Wan gave it, and talked with the queen mother for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Qin Wan and Yue Ning bid farewell and left together.
Qin Wan had doubts in his heart, and Yan Chi also had doubts in his heart.
He is the eldest son of the royal family, and her wedding with Qin Wan was bestowed by the queen mother. The preparations for the wedding ceremony required the appearance of the Ministry of Rites and the Inner Palace. Now that the queen mother wants his character, it doesn't seem like she wants to start preparing for the marriage right now. look.
It is also impossible for the queen mother to go to the two of them to see if it is appropriate.
Yan Chi left the main hall, and Bai Feng was waiting outside. After walking a certain distance, Yan Chi ordered, "Look who the Queen Mother has met these two days, especially today."
Bai Feng nodded, and when Yan Chi walked out of the gate of Shoukang Palace, Bai Feng caught up behind him and said, "Yesterday Zhongyonghou and his wife brought the princess here, and in the afternoon, Princess Taichang brought Mrs. Anyanghou and Yongning princess I've been here, this morning, the Zhongyonghou mansion came alone, and no one else has been here."
Upon hearing this, Yan Chi frowned.
It is impossible for Princess Taichang to obstruct his affairs with Qin Wan. Princess Taichang and the Queen Mother are very discerning people. He and Qin Wan cannot escape their eyes.
"What did Madam Zhongyonghou do here this morning?"
Bai Feng said, "The maidservants outside don't know about it, but there is one thing that is very strange."
Yan Chi didn't speak, and Bai Feng continued, "As soon as Mrs. Zhongyonghou left, Nanny Chen went to the Qin Tianjian with a serious face, and she came back after an hour. Not long after you came back, the Empress Dowager asked you and the princess to enter the palace. gone."
Yan Chi's footsteps stopped, and his brows suddenly frowned. He slowly turned to look in the direction of the East Palace, "I want to know what exactly Mrs. Zhongyonghou gave to the Queen Mother, and also, about the matter of Mother Chen going to the Qin Tianjian. It also needs to be fine-tuned.”
Bai Feng's expression turned serious, and he nodded in response.
Yan Chi withdrew his gaze, the calm and calm demeanor in front of the Empress Dowager just now suddenly became cold and stern, he strode towards the palace gate, and not long after, Cheng Wang Yanqi and his party were greeted head-on.
King Cheng was accompanied by a young servant, who was reporting two notebooks in his hand.
"Meet King Cheng—"
Yan Chi cupped his hands to salute, Yan Qi looked Yan Chi up and down for a moment, "I haven't congratulated you yet, you have won such a beautiful woman as Princess Yongci."
The corners of Yan Chi's lips curved slightly, "Thank you, King Cheng. The imperial grandmother suddenly pointed out the marriage, and felt sorry for me for years of hard work in Shuoxi, and she didn't even want me to go to the northwest, so I couldn't share my worries for King Cheng."
Yan Qi's eyebrows twitched, "Old Qi, what do you mean by that..."
Yan Chi raised his lips, "Yang Shangshu asked me to go to Shuoxi to supervise the case of military rations yesterday afternoon. I had planned to go, but the emperor's grandmother wanted me to get married earlier, so she postponed this errand in front of the emperor. So, I won't be able to go."
Yan Qi's face suddenly became ugly, he was in charge of the Ministry of Industry in the court, but the Ministry of Households was not within his sphere of influence, but the people in front of him knew that Yang Han was his!
Even the crown prince might not know this!
Yan Qi stared at Yan Chi for a moment, then smiled, "Lao Qi looks bored in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but it turns out that he has done a lot of work in private. The Northwest Army Food case has been unclear. Yang Shangshu complained to me, and I recommended you to go there." , you are familiar with the Northwest, and you are well-known in the Shuoxi army, if you go, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."
Yan Chi smiled lightly, "It's a pity that I can't go, but I believe Yang Shangshu's troubles will be resolved soon."
Yan Qi raised his eyebrows questioningly, Yan Chi said, "I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince intends to summon Zhang Qide, the envoy of the Western Jiedu, to return to the capital. This person also knows the overall situation in the Northwest very well. Once he comes back, I believe he is the best candidate to calm the situation in the Northwest."
Yan Qi's eyes widened suddenly, Yan Chi cupped his hands again, and Shi Shiran walked past Yan Qi.