Fengming Chen Palace

Chapter 132
When Zhang Zhaorong was far away, Su Qingning supported Nanny Chen's hand and walked towards Yanqing Palace.

"Sister Su, wait for me." Lu Xiurong's voice came from behind, Su Qingning stopped and turned to look.

Lv Xiurong took Rui'er and walked in from outside the Yanqing Palace. When they came close to Su Qingning, the two held hands and exchanged a few words affectionately.

"The one in front is Zhang Zhaorong, right?" As they walked forward together, Lu Xiurong saw Zhang Zhaorong in front and asked Su Qingning.

"Well, she went to Yanqing Palace with me." Nodding, Su Qingning responded.

"Huh? Then why did she walk ahead by herself?" Lu Xiurong was a little surprised, after thinking about it carefully, his face showed a clear expression, "Although Zhang Zhaorong is a third-rank Zhengzheng, he has never been very courageous."

"That's true. I saluted her, and she was very disturbed. I was afraid that she would be uncomfortable, so I asked her to go first." If it wasn't for Zhang Zhaorong, Su Qingning would have walked with her.

After all, they arrived at Yanqing Palace together, even if the relationship is not good, they still have to pretend.

"Why didn't you bring Jin'er here today?" Just now, Su Qingning wanted to ask, but after saying a few words, she forgot what she wanted to ask. Now that she was approaching the main hall, she remembered it again.

"She didn't want to come. Regardless of her young age, she has her own ideas. I thought about it, and singing is not interesting, so I didn't bring her here. You see, Zhang Zhaorong also came here by herself?"

Zhang Zhaorong is the biological mother of the eldest princess, and usually takes the eldest princess very seriously, and rarely lets the eldest princess leave her side, but today is different, she came by herself.

Hearing what Lu Xiurong said, Su Qingning looked forward, Zhang Zhaorong had already entered the palace, and there was indeed no Eldest Princess by her side.

The two walked into the main hall while talking. Logically speaking, the opera should go to Jiangyun Hall, where a stage is set up.

But once, the late emperor had a concubine who liked to go to Jiangyun Palace to listen to operas the most. Since the late emperor went there, after that concubine was buried, the Empress Dowager ordered someone to seal the Jiangyun Palace.

If you want to listen to an opera, you have to find another place.

The emperor thought about building a new stage in the palace, but the queen mother refused to allow it, so the theater could only be held in the palace.

Entering the hall, Su Qingning and Lu Xiurong sat together in their respective seats. There were not many concubines in the hall, and the lowest rank was a concubine of the fourth rank.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress hadn't come yet, and the concubines in the palace gathered together in twos and threes, chatting casually.

Lu Xiurong gave birth to the second princess, and she is more experienced. She has a good relationship with Su Qingning, so she taught her her own parenting experience.

In fact, she doesn't need to say these things, Su Qingning and the child will be very good, after all, with Chen Nai watching, and Zhong Taiyi asking for pulse every day, plus Su Qingning is the emperor's most important person, no matter where you look at it, it is better than before. It was better when Lu Xiurong was pregnant.

However, this is Lu Xiurong's kind intention, so Su Qingning will naturally not refuse, knowing more is always beneficial.

"The empress dowager is here! The empress is here!" Outside the hall, the palace people's chanting came, Su Qingning and Lu Xiurong stopped chatting and looked towards the entrance of the hall.

With the support of the Queen, the Empress Dowager entered the main hall of Yanqing Palace, and all the concubines saluted the Empress Dowager and the Empress together.

"Get up." After helping the queen mother to sit down, the queen's voice came, and all the concubines got up and took their seats together after thanking them.

Someone from the palace presented the opera excerpts, the queen reached out to take it, and handed it to the empress dowager, "Please ask the empress to order an opera."

Seeing the playbooks handed over by the Queen, the Queen Mother didn't stretch out her hand, she leaned back on the chair and said lightly, "Just listen to the few plays that the Ai family usually likes, and you don't need to read the playbooks."

The queen mother said so, the queen withdrew the hand that handed out the playbook, and there was no embarrassment on her face, "In that case, according to the queen mother, let's play "The Peony Pavilion" first, and then "Search for the Four Langs." "Mother", how about "The Drunken Concubine" at the end?"

"Well, let's do it this way." These few plays are all the queen mother's favorite, and she has already refuted the queen's face just now, and now in front of so many concubines, naturally there will be no second time.

Seeing that the Queen Mother responded, the Queen took the playbook in her hand and looked at the concubines in the palace, "Sisters, what do you want to hear?"

Hearing the Queen's question, all the concubines quickly got up to thank the Queen Mother. Today is to accompany the Queen Mother to listen to the play, no one would be so short-sighted and come out to steal the limelight from the Queen Mother.

No one ordered, the queen gave the playbook to the palace servants, and told the palace servants to get ready, the palace servants took the playbooks and retreated, and retreated outside the palace.

Another palace attendant brought various refreshments into the hall, and placed them in front of everyone. On Su Qingning's table, there was an extra plate of fruit than the others, which was specially ordered by the empress.

The palace people of Shanglefang have already made preparations, and a song "The Peony Pavilion" will be sung in Yanqing Palace.

The Empress Dowager leaned on the chair, listened to the play seriously, and looked quite satisfied.

Su Qingning was sitting in her seat. She was actually not interested in listening to operas. She couldn't quite understand the babbling.

But since we are here, we still have to listen to the opera with the queen mother and put on a show.

Fortunately, there was a lot of food on her table, and Nanny Chen checked it again, so although she felt bored, she was not too bored, after all, there was still something to eat.

After the Peony Pavilion was sung, the palace people went down to change their clothes, and the hall returned to silence. The Empress Dowager sat at the top and looked at Su Qingning.

Today is August [-]th. Su Qingning was diagnosed with pregnancy in May, and by this month, she was already four months pregnant.

Her belly was a little bigger than the average pregnant woman, and she looked like she was five months old. At this time, she was eating fruit and looked very relaxed.

Withdrawing her gaze, the Empress Dowager picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and the moment she put down the teacup, she turned her head and glanced at Nanny Qin.

Nanny Qin has been by her side for many years, so she naturally understood what she meant. She nodded to the queen mother, indicating that the queen mother can rest assured that everything is ready.

The palace people have already packed up, and the second song "Siro Visits His Mother" is going on in the palace.

The Empress Dowager's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair very regularly, and Nanny Qin stepped back quietly, not knowing what to do.

Su Qingning didn't notice all of this, she was still eating the fruit, and when it came to operas in the palace, she went in from one ear to the other and out from the other.

The rest of the people in the hall, some listened to the opera seriously, and some were just like Su Qingning, absent-minded.

Suddenly, a crisp sound interrupted the opera in the hall, and everyone turned their gazes to the place where the sound came from.

Su Qingning turned her head and looked behind her. A little palace maid was kneeling on the ground, her body trembling. On the ground beside her, a fruit plate was smashed, and the fruit was scattered all over the ground...

(End of this chapter)