Hidden golden branches

When the carriage approached, I saw that the driver was Pine Forest.

Ji Yuxian walked forward with a smile. A carriage was coming from Cuizhuxia. He turned around and was about to stretch out his arms to help Chen Rong down. "I'll come." Following Qingyue's voice, Cuizhu turned around and saw that it was Ji Yuxian, and hurriedly stepped aside to let him go. Passing aside: "His Royal Highness."

"Yes." Ji Yuxian nodded, stretched out his arms, and helped Chen Rong out of the carriage.

Seeing that it was Ji Yuxian, Chen Rong hurriedly handed the heater to Cuizhu, and his hands were held by Ji Yuxian. Chen Rong happily shook his arms and shouted: "Hey, Brother Ji!"

The little girl in front of her had a dazzling smile. Her white fox cloak made her skin even more bright and her hair was black. Ji Yuxian suddenly lost his mind.

Chen Rong raised his little head and asked with a smile: "Brother Ji, are you going to the palace?"

"Yes, the emperor has announced that I will go to the political affairs cabinet to discuss politics."

Ji Yuxian let go of Chen Rong's left hand, continued to hold her right hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to Minghua Palace."

No need to ask, Chen Rong must be going to Minghua Palace when entering the palace.

Although it snowed heavily the day before yesterday, the palace was still splendid and magnificent, with jade steps aglow and beautiful.

At a glance, in addition to the father-in-laws wearing blue robes, there are also palace maids wearing purple quilted collars. Occasionally, you can meet female officials wearing dark silver plum-style coats.

Ji Yuxian held Chen Rong's little hand and before they reached Minghua Palace, he saw Aunt Liu Ying coming towards them from a distance.

"Brother Ji, go and do your work. Aunt Liu Ying is here to pick me up." Chen Rong took out his little hand and said to Ji Yuxian.

The soft and silky feeling in the palm disappeared immediately, leaving only residual warmth.

Feeling a little disappointed, he heard the voice warn: "Okay, I will pick you up in an hour."

In fact, he said that he was going to pick her up, so he could only wait outside Minghua Palace, go in through the small yellow door, and announce that Chen Rong would come out of the palace to see her.

Chen Rong looked up at the sun in the sky. There were still two hours before sunset. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you."

In order to finish his business early and come to pick up Chen Rong earlier, Ji Yuxian turned around and walked towards the palace road that branched off to the left.

Chen Rong stopped and looked at Ji Yuxian who was gradually walking away. Ji Yuxian was wearing a crescent white cardigan robe with a silk girdle around his waist and a black fur cape. He was graceful and handsome.

In less than time for a cup of tea, Chen Rong followed Liu Ying to the Minghua Palace. The gatekeeper at the Xiaohuang Gate saw Chen Rong and bowed his hands in greeting: "Good morning, Lord County."

Chen Rong also nodded politely, "Yeah."

Liu Ying took the first step and stretched out her arms to lift the heavy cotton curtain with tapestry embroidered with phoenix pattern. The incense burner with golden mountain pattern inside the room burned a new incense made of night-blooming night jelly flowers and agarwood. This incense is more elegant than ambergris.

Especially in winter, earthworms are already burning in the house. Chen Wanru, who was afraid of the cold, asked someone to place several charcoal basins in the tall and spacious main hall.

Therefore, the fragrance should not be strong, but should be elegant and elegant so that people will not get tired of smelling it.

The imperial concubine, wearing a goose-yellow and gold-patterned Hangzhou silk uniform, leaned lazily on the lacquered nut Arhat couch, while the palace maid behind her was gently squeezing her shoulders.

"Your Majesty, please pay homage to the Imperial Concubine, Your Majesty Jin An." Chen Rong came in and saluted Chen Wanru. Then he raised his little head and smiled and said coquettishly to Chen Wanru, who straightened up and was about to blame her for being too polite: "The Imperial Concubine's aunt." , Rong'er misses you so much."

Since the last palace banquet for the crown prince, Chen Rong has not come to the palace to see the imperial concubine for nearly a month.

This is unprecedented. In the past, which month has she not entered the palace three or five times?
Chen Wanru swallowed the words of blame before she uttered them. She couldn't help but feel happy and funny when she heard this: "Since you miss your aunt, why don't you come to the palace to see her?"

Then he ordered Nanny Mo: "Go to the Clothing Bureau and bring the wedding dress over to Rong'er to try it on to see if it fits."

Aunt Mo saluted the imperial concubine with a smile and said, "Yes, this is it, old slave." After saying that, she turned around and left quickly with small steps.

When Chen Rong heard about the wedding dress, her face turned red, but she was still looking forward to it. After all, you only get married once. Who doesn’t want to marry beautifully in an exquisite wedding dress?

Aunt Liu Ying had already placed Chen Rong's favorite fruit cakes on the low nanmu table in the center of the lacquered nut Arhat couch without the imperial concubine's instructions.

In addition to the pastries that Chen Rong is familiar with, there are two other items that Chen Rong has never tasted before: Burnt Golden Flower Cake and Bai Ronghu Cake.

Less than half the time after injecting the incense, Grandma Mo came back excitedly with an embroiderer holding a large red lacquer box in her hand.

The embroiderer handed the big red lacquer box to a little palace maid, then she knelt down and saluted Chen Wanru: "My slave, I pay my respects to the imperial concubine. May your concubine be safe."

"Come on, are you Qiu Xiu Niang?" Chen Wanru asked the embroidery girl in her forties in front of her.

Qiu Xiu Niang stood up and replied respectfully: "As for the Imperial Concubine, I am a slave."

"I heard from Aunt Mo that your embroidery skills are the best in the Shangyi Bureau. Please open the box and let me take a look." Chen Wanru said warmly.

Chen Wanru didn't need to worry about her food, clothing, housing and transportation, so she didn't care about these people.

It was because of Chen Rong's wedding dress that I asked about it. Aunt Mo said that the wedding dresses of the eldest prince and the second prince were both made by Qiu Xiu Niang. Only then did she know that there was such a person with such superb embroidery skills.

"Yes."

Qiu Xiu Niang quietly raised her eyes and glanced at Chen Wanru, thinking: Everyone else is an imperial concubine, as beautiful as a flower, with a gentle and generous personality. When I saw it today, it turned out to be true.

Then she took the big red lacquer box from the hands of the little palace maid and placed it on the pineapple and dragon-patterned desk. She opened the box, carefully took out the colorful wedding dress in the box, shook it out and presented it to everyone.

"Ah, so beautiful!" Chen Rong's eyes lit up and she said in surprise.

"From the words of the Imperial Concubine and the Lord of Jiahe County, this wedding dress is made of Liao Ling that was a tribute from the Jin Dynasty." Qiu Xiu said.

When the smart Qiu Xiu Niang saw the beautiful little girl next to the imperial concubine, she knew that it must be the Lord of Jiahe County who was favored by the imperial concubine.

Furthermore, isn’t the wedding dress in your hand specially made for the Lord of Jiahe County?

Therefore, there is no doubt that the beautiful little girl in front of him is the head of Jiahe County.

How could Chen Wanru not know how precious the silk brocade is?
It is said that a damsel weaver can only weave one piece of silk brocade for a whole year.

One can imagine how precious this damask brocade is.

In addition, the embroidery threads are all made of valuable gold and silver threads.

When Chen Wanru ordered the Clothing Bureau to make Chen Rong's wedding dress, she didn't specify what material it would be made of.

Unexpectedly, the manager of the Clothing Bureau was quite discerning and used silk brocade to make Rong'er's wedding dress.

"Well, that's right, everyone in the Clothing Bureau is rewarded!" Chen Wanru was very satisfied and ordered happily.

Upon hearing this, Qiu Xiu Niang quickly knelt down to express her gratitude: "I thank you, the Imperial Concubine, for your reward!"

"Eh? Auntie Imperial Concubine, look, why are the eyes of this phoenix still empty?" Chen Rong was amazed and asked after discovering the problem.

Chen Wanru: A woman only gets married once, no matter what, she must prepare an exquisite wedding dress for her niece.

Chen Rong: The imperial concubine’s aunt treats Rong’er the best.