Step on a branch

Chapter 55 Attitude
Outside the gate of the West Palace, Qin Luan got off the carriage and was led into the Palace of Mercy and Ning by the nanny.

The empress dowager sat cross-legged on the Luohan bed, smiling kindly: "Come here, let Aijia take a good look."

Qin Luan stepped forward, bowed to him, raised his head, and faced the Empress Dowager.

"It's really beautiful." The Empress Dowager supported her, "At first glance, the Ai family thought they saw Ah Jin."

Qin Luan showed surprise and asked, "Have you seen my mother?"

"Not only have I seen it, but I am very familiar with it," the Empress Dowager laughed, pulled Qin Luan to sit down beside her, held her hand, and said, "The girls around Pingyang are familiar to the Ai family. After so many years Now, the children of the little girl back then have all grown up."

As if recalling the past, the Empress Dowager's eyebrows showed infinite nostalgia.

Qin Luan obediently sat beside her, listening to the empress dowager tell some stories about the old year.

There are quite a few old nuns in the Compassionate Ning Palace, all of whom have been serving for decades, they hold their own sense of propriety, and they will accompany the Empress Dowager in reminiscing about what you say and what I say.

Qin Luan listened very carefully and observed very carefully.

Like the empress dowager looking at her.

She is also looking at the first empress dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Yan's Runming is nearly sixty years old, with many white hairs on her temples, and age marks on her face, her eyes are still piercing.

She looks very kind, and people can't help but get close to her.

Qin Luan was fully prepared against her.

Because of Lin Fan.

That year, it was the empress dowager who first became suspicious of Lin Fan's life experience.

Maybe it was her preconceived idea, and after listening to Lin Fan's narration, she naturally sided with Lin Fan.

But Qin Luan also believed in his intuition.

The few words grandfather said about Lin Fan's life experience made Qin Luan feel that the empress dowager and the emperor did not make sense in this matter.

"Hey," the empress dowager sighed, "Aijia is really old, and I can't stop talking about it when I think about it. Are you bored?"

"It's very interesting," Qin Luan smiled slightly, "I don't know much about my mother, so I think it's very kind to hear you talk about her past."

"Yes," the empress dowager suddenly said, "You were only two or three years old when Ah Jin left, poor child."

Qin Luan pretended to be sad and lowered his eyes.

"The Ai family asked you to come here today," the empress dowager shook her head again and again, sighing, "The Ai family is not at ease. It's a good marriage, and it ended up like this. Qi'er is really messing around!"

Qin Luan said: "It's because I have no fate with the Second Highness."

"The Ai family really wants you to be their granddaughter-in-law," the empress dowager said slowly, "Yuan'er is in poor health and sick, and the Ai family wants him to marry, because they are afraid of delaying the girl's family.

Originally, Qi'er and you are the most suitable age, but he is fine, Aijia gets angry when he mentions it!
It's true that Cheng'er is younger than you!
Aijia because of this..."

As she spoke, the Empress Dowager coughed twice as if her throat was uncomfortable.

Nanny Xia and the Empress Dowager brought tea cups, and said to Qin Luan: "Your Majesty hasn't had a good rest in the past few days, it makes His Highness angry."

The Empress Dowager raised her eyelids and looked at Nanny Xia lightly.

Grandma Xia hurriedly shut her mouth and backed away.

Qin Luan's heart is clear.

The nuns of the Compassionate Ning Palace don't know what to say and what not to say.

This time and again, it was all told to her by Tete.

"Your health is important," Qin Luan said after a pause, "Master said that everything, no matter how big or small, is all about cultivation. I think this accident must also be my cultivation."

There was a flash of light in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, so fast that she couldn't catch it at all, and then she laughed again: "Tell Aijia about your business, what do you do in the audience?"

Qin Luan agreed, and said without haste.

The Empress Dowager asked a few questions from time to time.

When the sun turned to the west, the Empress Dowager was done talking.

"The Ai family likes to talk to you," the Empress Dowager said after patting Qin Luan's hand, "The Ai family likes children very much.

In the early years when the dynasty was not established, there were not so many rules. Pingyang, Wending and Ajin could chatter around Aijia for a long time.

Later, Aijia became a queen, empress dowager, and there was no little girl in the palace who could relax and talk to Aijia.

Even the granddaughters of the Ai family were trembling for fear of saying the wrong thing, let alone the other children who were called into the palace.

You are different, it is good to be able to sit still and be free.

In the future, come whenever you want, come and accompany Aijia more often. "

Qin Luan smiled and said: "You don't dislike me growing up outside Beijing, I only know how to observe and chant scriptures, and it's fine if I don't understand the elegance of Beijing."

The Empress Dowager frowned.

How could a girl say such things by herself?

It must be Zhao Qi who speaks freely.

"The Ai family told you, don't worry about their men's affairs!" The empress dowager snorted, "The men's ideas are too big, after thinking about it, ten cows can't hold it back.

In the past, the Ai family was also angry with the emperor, and what they said to the Ai family was positive and negative.

This time I saw him so angry because of Qi'er, I was sorry for my family, hum, I was a little gloating.

Now you know what it's like to raise a son!

You come to the Compassionate Ning Palace to accompany Ai's family, it is our business, don't care about the emperor, and don't care about Qi'er. "

Qin Luan saluted and followed Madam Xia out of the Palace of Compassion.

The winter night came quickly, and the palace people were busy lighting the oil lamps on both sides of the corridor.

Seeing Madam Xia passing by, they all greeted her, and several of them looked at Qin Luan curiously.

There is news from the palace, and everyone knows that the Palace of Compassion and Peace has summoned Miss Qin.

It turns out that Miss Qin looks like this.

Qin Luan walked out of the palace gate, turned around and looked at the palace city that was gradually getting dark.

When the empress dowager summoned her, they talked about family affairs, said they liked her, and expressed her attitude.

His Highness the Second Highness hurt the face of the Marquis of Yongning, the Emperor was probably still annoyed by his grandfather pretending to be unconscious, and it was not suitable for a king of a country to speak soft words to his courtiers, so the Empress Dowager came forward to express the importance she attached to the Qin family.

Because, Da Zhou cannot do without the Marquis of Yongning.

The lost land has not been recovered, and the frontier has not been determined.

Marching and fighting requires a brave and resourceful younger generation, as well as experienced veterans.

The imperial court also needs Marquis Yongning to go into battle.

There was movement of a carriage behind him.

Qin Luan looked back, then stepped aside to make way.

The carriage stopped beside her, the curtain was raised, and the woman in the carriage was staring at her.

The girl was bright and beautiful, with a smile on her red lips.

Although Qin Luan had never met her, he could guess her identity.

The only one who could ride in and out of the palace on his own carriage was the most beloved daughter of the late emperor, Princess Pingyang.

Qin Luan reported his family name and saluted.

"A Jin's daughter?" The eldest princess raised her phoenix eyes, "You are so pretty, just as good-looking as Ah Jin."

The curtain is lowered.

The carriage drove into the palace gate, along the long corridor, going further and further away.

In the car, Princess Pingyang closed her eyes and muttered softly, "She's a good girl at first glance, so she can't take advantage of Zhao Qi."

　See you guys tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)