The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 274

On the day agreed between Li Meiying and the abbot of Shangqingguan, Li Meiying took the abbot to the tomb of Queen Xueying to perform rituals as scheduled. After the ceremony was finished, Li Meiying asked Yunyu to send the abbot back to Shangqingguan , because of the special circumstances, the groundbreaking of Queen Xueying's cemetery can be done at any time, just make sure to do another ceremony before the groundbreaking.

In September, it was getting cooler in the morning and evening, because the Empress Dowager Wu was in mourning, and during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, no banquets were held in the palace.

King Jingxian's birthday is on the second day of September, and because Bo Ting ordered to celebrate King Jingxian's birthday, the situation is naturally different.However, at King Jingxian's insistence, the birthday banquet was not organized in a big way, and only officials and members of the royal family who had good relations with Beijing and China were invited.

As a member of the royal family, Prince Ming was naturally invited, along with Princess Guanzhen and Wei Mingzhu.Wei Mingzhu once suffered a loss at the hands of Li Sister-in-law, and she hated Li Sister-in-law extremely in her heart, but she didn't dare to provoke her any longer, and only stayed with the girls she was friendly with.

Princess Guanzhen didn't make good friends in Beijing. After Wei Mingzhu got acquainted with a few noble girls, she saw Li Sister-in-law from a distance, and smiled and whispered a few words to Wei Mingzhu. Wei Mingzhu knew that Guanzhen The princess came to the birthday banquet with a mission this time, and it was related to Prince Ming's plan, so she naturally wouldn't make trouble secretly, and after a few words of advice, she asked Princess Guanzhen to look for Li Sister-in-law.

Li Meizheng was about to go to greet Princess Jingxian, when a cordial and joyful voice came from behind: "Sister Xie, it's good to see you."

When Li Meizhen heard the sound, she turned her head and saw that it was Princess Guanzhen. Interest flashed in her eyes, but she said with no joy or anger on her face: "It turned out to be sister Guanzhen, why didn't you accompany Prince Ming?" around."

Princess Guanzhen took Li Meiying's hand affectionately and said: "Of course the prince has a good friend from a noble family, it's not appropriate for me to accompany him, why don't you talk to sister Xie about the old things in my hometown!"

After listening to Princess Guanzhen's words, displeasure flashed in Li Sister's eyes, and she said lightly, "I'm going to greet Princess Jingxian. You have been in Beijing for many days, and you must have never seen Princess Jingxian. Let's go together!"

Princess Guanzhen heard the words, and said happily and gratefully: "Sister Xie, thank you, you are so kind."

Concubine Jingxian was chatting with the better ladies. Seeing Li Sister-in-law approaching, the ladies got up and saluted one after another: "Greetings to Princess Yaohuang, best wishes to Princess."

Li Meiying said in a very dignified manner: "Madams, you don't need to be too polite, you can live without courtesy." Then she bowed her knees to Princess Jingxian and said, "Please be safe, Princess."

Princess Jingxian had a very good impression of Li Meiying, so she stretched out her hand to help Li Meiying with a smile and said, "My son, please forgive me." After speaking, she looked past Li Meiying and looked at Princess Guanzhen behind: "Hey, who is this young lady behind you!"

Li Meiying smiled, pulled Princess Guanzhen to her side and introduced: "This is Prince Ming Xinna's side concubine, Princess Guanzhen of the ancient country, and sister-in-law specially brought her here to greet the princess."

Princess Jingxian likes beautiful and dignified girls. Princess Guanzhen has the nobility and elegance of a royal woman, and she has a beautiful appearance. Princess Jingxian feels very fond of it. At this time, she saw Princess Guanzhen stepping forward to salute Said: "Guanzhen invites the concubine to be safe, and wishes the concubine a happy life and a healthy life."

Princess Jingxian liked Princess Guanzhen's standard of etiquette even more, she hurriedly reached out to support Princess Guanzhen and said, "Excuse me quickly, Prince Ming has a good eye, and married a side concubine who knows so much about things."

"Thank you, princess, for your appreciation." Princess Guanzhen did not feel complacent because of Princess Jingxian's praise, she acted without arrogance or arrogance, which made Princess Jingxian have a very good impression of her.

Li Meizhen saw everything in her eyes, but she smiled coldly. Although Concubine Le was favored, she spent a lot of time on educating her only daughter. Even if she was only a princess, she trained her like a Princess, what kind of words should be said on what occasion, and how to do it can win the favor of everyone. These concubines Le have worked hard to teach them, and now it can be seen that the results are good. At least the picky Princess Jingxian has a very good impression of Princess Guanzhen.

"Princess, I'm going to see Concubine Jiangning. I'm sorry for my sister-in-law's absence." With a decent smile on her face, Li Sister-in-law said inquiringly.

Princess Jingxian knew that Li Sister-in-law was very close to Prince Jiang Ning's family, and that she and Princess Jiang Ning were even more like mother and daughter, so she nodded her head and said, "Go!"

"Sister Guanzhen, just stay here and talk to the princess, I'll come as soon as I go." Seeing Princess Guanzhen gesturing to leave with a salute, Li Sister stopped her and gave her a step down.

Princess Guanzhen naturally wanted to stay by Princess Jingxian's side, and after listening to Li Sisterin's words, she obediently sat back by Princess Jingxian's side.

Princess Jingxian watched Li Meiying leave, and turned her head to see Princess Guanzhen, also looking worriedly at the direction of Li Meiying's departure, so she said kindly: "Wanzhen, what made you So worried!"

Princess Guanzhen withdrew her gaze, lowered her eyes in embarrassment and said, "Guanzhen is fine, but I feel sorry for Sister Xi."

When Princess Jingxian heard the words, her doubts became more intense, and she asked inexplicably: "How do you say that, my daughter is protected by so many people, she shouldn't have any embarrassment!"

"Sister Xi is loved by so many people, so naturally there is nothing to embarrass her, but she has a knot in her heart, and this knot is a big trouble." Princess Guanzhen glanced at the ladies chatting around, and deliberately Lower your voice.

When Princess Jingxian heard the words, her curiosity was immediately aroused: "What kind of knots does she have? If you know, then tell me. If I can help, I will definitely help her."

Sighing, Princess Guanzhen said, "It's about Queen Xueying. I heard that sister Xie invited a mage to the cemetery of Queen Xueying a few days ago. It seems that sister Xiong wants to marry Queen Xueying His remains were moved back to the ancient country to be buried with my uncle, but for some reason, after the ceremony was finished, there was no movement again, presumably without the consent of the emperor, Sister Xi did not dare to do the soil without authorization."

Princess Jingxian was silent for a while when she heard the words, then raised her head and held Princess Guanzhen's hand and said with a smile: "Silly boy, what's so embarrassing about this matter, let the prince go to discuss it with the emperor tomorrow. Let the emperor make a decree that Yung'er will return to the ancient country with the remains of Empress Xue Ying in a splendid manner."

The goal was achieved, Guanzhen was overjoyed, but she stood up and saluted with a look of surprise on her face: "Thank you, Wangfei, sister Guanzhen, thank you for your kindness."

Concubine Jingxian hurriedly helped Princess Guanzhen up, and said with a friendly smile: "Silly boy, what is there to thank for this. It is human nature for fallen leaves to return to their roots. Even if you don't mention it, the prince and I will know about it in the future, and we will help you. My son has fulfilled his wish, please don't do such a great gift."

(End of this chapter)