All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 166 A Couple Made in Heaven
Mrs. Zhou's face was even more difficult, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. I don't know what stimulated Dalang these few days. He stays in the yamen every day and hasn't returned to the mansion for a long time. It's hard to see him. Hearing what Erlang said, it seems that he is still I'm sulking with that girl Shen."

There was a look of surprise on the queen's face, but then, she smiled and shook her head.

"It was he who came to this palace to propose a marriage before, and he was the one who refused to get married later on. I didn't expect that it was him who ran to get angry with others now. It's no wonder that Miss Shen can't see him with such a capricious temperament. on him."

Mrs. Zhou smiled slightly, "The matter about Xue'e..."

"Okay, I know, you go back and tell your mother, if there is a chance, I will mention it to the emperor for Xue'e." The queen replied.

Mrs. Zhou immediately beamed and flattered her a lot, so she resigned and left.

After she left, Aunt Liu, who was in charge of the empress, stepped forward and asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty never meddles in the emperor's affairs. Is your Majesty going to break this precedent this time?"

"It's just to make mother feel at ease. I never ask about the emperor's affairs, so how can I really go to the emperor to talk about these things." The queen bowed her head and continued to embroider her screen.

Aunt Liu thought about it and asked: "Yesterday, when Eunuch Zhu came to pass on the emperor's words, it is better to ask my majesty Zhang Luo to meet those girls... My majesty went to the queen mother to ask, what does the old man mean?"

"If the empress dowager also wants to marry the county master Bingqing to His Highness, the empress dowager can settle the matter of the old lady, so why not do it?"

"What you said is also reasonable." The queen pondered for a while, put down the needle and thread in her hand, and stood up, "Change into clothes and drive to Shoukang Palace."

*
The Empress took Aunt Liu to Shoukang Palace, where the Empress Dowager was lying on the soft couch by the window.

Directly opposite her, the maidservants of Shoukang Palace lined up, with seven or eight pictures of beauties spread out in their hands.

"This is the little girl from the Xu family? Isn't she in the northwest? How can a portrait be sent into the palace?" The queen mother asked dissatisfied.

Mother Gui smiled and said, "I heard from Zhu Lianxi that the emperor specially asked the Xu family to send this person to Beijing. He also said that in two days, Miss Xu will go to Beijing with her elder brother. Zhu Lianxi meant that this Among the girls from several families, the emperor likes this one the most, and even invited Qin Tianjian to calculate the horoscope."

"Oh, what's the use of his liking? It depends on whether Liu Lang can catch his eye." The Queen Mother curled her lips, "I remember that this girl liked to dance knives and sticks when she was young, and she has a wild temper."

"My temperament when I was young may change when I grow up." Mother Gui smiled, and pointed to a portrait next to her, "This is the daughter of the Yiyang Hou family, and she looks the most outstanding among these girls. She also has the most docile temperament, and the emperor specially asked Zhu Lianxi to inquire about it, saying that he is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he is also good at dancing."

The queen mother said "huh": "When did you see that Liulang was interested in silk and bamboo singing and dancing? This girl is too delicate at first sight. If she is timid, she will faint from fright when she sees Liulang. No OK."

"The queen mother is picking a concubine for Liu Lang?" The queen walked to the soft couch with a smile, and greeted the queen mother.

"It was sent by Zhu Lianxi, saying that the emperor picked these girls and asked Aijia to look at the details for Liulang." The queen mother said, with a look of disgust: "The boy came to the Aijia Palace early in the morning to pay his respects. He saw these portraits. Here at Ai's house, he turned his head and left, it can be seen that he doesn't like any of them."

The queen covered her lips and smiled, "If Liu Lang was a good talker, he wouldn't have married a spiritual position back then. No matter which girl married in the future, she would have to be the stepwife. Liu Lang's future concubine, I don't know if he will A grudge is born."

After she mentioned this, the queen mother remembered this matter, her expression was slightly condensed, "You are talking about such a reason, when the time comes, Aijia should prepare some gifts, so that the girl can't feel uncomfortable."

When the queen heard this, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Queen Mother, this is... Is someone in mind?

Before she had time to think about it, she saw the Empress Dowager pointing to those portraits, "Come and see these girls selected by the emperor, and judge them to see which one is suitable for Liu Lang."

The queen responded with a smile, and looked at the portraits according to her words.

"These girls... are so good..." The queen showed embarrassment, "It's just that my concubine feels..."

"You don't think it's okay, do you?" The queen mother sat up straight, looking at her with bright eyes.

The empress confirmed the guess in her heart, and asked in contemplation: "Could it be that...the empress mother already has a better candidate in mind?"

"That's natural."

The queen mother smiled: "I know that your vision is the same as Aijia's. Speaking of which, you are very familiar with the candidate in Aijia's heart. Aijia thinks that there is no one more suitable for Liu Lang than her, and she is suitable for any place. The two stand together It’s just a good match, there’s almost nothing wrong with it.”

When the queen heard this, her eyebrows moved slightly.

She is the closest to the Queen Mother, none other than... her niece Xue'e.

The queen mother really likes Xue'e.

The queen and Aunt Liu quickly looked at each other, and Aunt Liu smiled and nodded.

It seems that it is the same as her guess.

The queen also smiled happily, "Indeed, no one is more suitable than the two of them, they are a match made in heaven."

"That's right!" The Empress Dowager got the approval from the queen, and she was more happy in her heart, "The Ai family knows that you have the same vision as the Ai family."

"It's just..." The queen's face showed a bit of embarrassment: "The emperor also ordered his concubine to arrange a special opportunity for Liu Lang to look at the girls in this portrait. Although we have candidates now, the emperor Did not choose that girl... If the emperor asks, what should I do?"

The queen mother glanced at those portraits, and snorted: "He has spent so much effort to single out these girls, if he doesn't go through the motions according to his wishes, I am afraid that he will embarrass that girl in the future, so just do as he wants , let him see with his own eyes, Liu Lang is not interested in these girls at all, let him give up."

"It's still the queen mother who thinks carefully, and the concubine will arrange it now." The queen asked with a smile: "Why don't you hold an autumn banquet, what do you think?"

"No, no." The Queen Mother waved her hand, "It's the Cold Clothes Festival soon, so why don't you go to the imperial mausoleum to worship your ancestors, so that even those with filial piety can come to participate. Doesn't the emperor want Lingxi girl to replace Liulang?" Eliminate evil spirits, go to worship the ancestors, I am not afraid that Liu Lang will not come."

The empress had heard from Zhu Lianxi that the emperor asked Shen Lingxi to perform the ritual for Chu Yan, and she didn't feel anything unusual when she heard the empress dowager mention Shen Lingxi's name this time.

"Then according to your wishes, go to the Imperial Mausoleum for a sacrificial ceremony on the first day of October."

The queen responded with a smile and prepared to go.

*
Shen Lingxi made up her mind from that day, when she met Chu Yan again, she would deal with the matter of "marriage" with the attitude of "discussing business" with him.

But to her surprise, for several days in a row, even if she was ordered by the emperor to visit him to "perform" for him, she never saw him.

It wasn't until September 28th that Shen Lingxi followed the Queen Mother to the Imperial Mausoleum, and finally met him again...

(End of this chapter)