Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 326 The Young Hero
On the first day Lu Tieshi arrived in the capital, everything was done properly, and he only waited for the Ministry of War to report to the emperor and the imperial edict was issued before he could return to Liaodong.Of course, most of the officials above the third rank will meet with the emperor, and Ning Wan, as a married woman, may also be summoned by the empress.

Therefore, although they have nothing to do now, they dare not leave the Luo family too far. They are afraid that the news from the Ministry of War will not be received in time, so they only live in the Luo family, and at most they will go around the Mishi alley.

Fortunately, it didn't take long, and the Ministry of War sent a message three days later, ordering Tieshi to meet His Majesty after the September [-]th court meeting, and Ning Wan also entered the palace to meet the empress on the same day.

Although it was their first time entering the palace, neither of them was too nervous.Brother Luo had already told them the things they should pay attention to when entering the palace, and told them that as long as they behaved according to the etiquette, the emperor and queen would not ask any more questions, it was just a formality.

Although it's a formality, but after all, it's a meeting, so you have to be very careful.They got up early the next day, Ning Wan washed up and put on the red long-sleeved clothes first, but she was not in a hurry to put on the scarf and jewelry, but helped Tie Shi put on the official uniform with her own hands, afraid that others might not make it right by herself.

Jinjian’s official uniform was prepared in Liaodong. Last night, he took it out, sprayed it with shochu, and ironed it with an iron. The tiger made him look more powerful and handsome, and Ning Wan liked him very much. Seeing that the servants were not there, she straightened her clothes and stood on tiptoe to smell her face, and said with a teasing smile: "The emperor will like you when he sees you. If you stay What can I do next when I become a son-in-law?"

Lu Tieshi just laughed, and took back the daughter-in-law who turned to leave, tasted her sweet lips, and pinched her face, "Only you think I'm so good, silly daughter-in-law! "

"I'm not stupid, I snatched him away first, even the princess can't do anything about it," Ning Wan grabbed his hand and pushed him away, shaking the golden embroidered cloud and peacock patterns on her body, and put it on carefully. Zhai Guan and Fang sat in front of the dressing table and powdered their eyebrows, then darkened their eyebrows with a black pen, painted red lipstick, and finally picked a red plum blossom and pasted it in the middle of the forehead, carefully making the golden stamen in the center of the plum blossom Nothing messed up, so he looked around in the mirror and asked Tie Shi, "Is this makeup okay?"

Ning Wan was originally beautiful, but after giving birth to two children, she has added a lot of beauty. Now that she puts on makeup and dresses up, she is really radiant. Lu Tieshi is so in love, but she also knows that at this time she can't do anything anymore, so she also laughs. He said: "If such a beauty enters the palace, all the concubines in the palace will be jealous!"

The two were chatting and laughing when Luo Bing and Mrs. Wei came over.It turned out that although Luo Bing had repeatedly confessed, he was still worried, and came back on special leave. After all, Mrs. Wei was the wife of a Beijing official, and she had also been in the palace, and she also came to guide her. "The clothes are very decent, and you are not scared and trembling. You are already much better than the people you met for the first time." He said and sent them to the car, and then said: "You must be cautious in your words and deeds in the palace, Your Majesty." The queen asks questions before she speaks, just answer truthfully."

The roads in the capital are spacious and flat, and the car runs very briskly on it, so Ning Wan put her hand in Tie Shi's, "Actually, I'm still a little scared. I was too embarrassed to show it in front of Mrs. Luo just now. I'm afraid she will make fun of me." I."

Tie Shi smiled and whispered in her ear: "I was a little apprehensive just now, but then I thought again, isn't the emperor a human being? What's so scary?"

Ning Wan also whispered: "Although he is the emperor, he doesn't even understand the affairs of his own family. The two sons are not fighting for family property. Even in the countryside, it is a joke. It really is nothing special."

"The family property of the royal family is different from that of other families. Those who win the throne will own the whole world, and those who lose the throne may lose their lives," Tie Shi said, "so if we only take the Qi family as an example, few A king can do well."

Ordinarily, royal affairs should not be discussed casually, but the husband and wife only whispered a few words in a low voice, and they are not afraid, after all, it cannot be spread.And because they said this quietly, they felt that the emperor was just a very ordinary person, and the uneasiness just now dissipated at some point.

Mishi Hutong was originally very close to the imperial palace, and Tie Shi and Ning Wan arrived in a car in a short time.The two had no choice but to separate. Tie Shi entered the Hanyuan Palace where the Chaohui was located, while Ning Wan was going to the Kunning Palace behind.

Ordered wives are only allowed to bring one girl into the palace, Ning Wan chose Sheng'er, she spent the longest time with her, her character and behavior are excellent, and now Sheng'er is talking with the little eunuch who is leading the way with a smiling face, Unknowingly, he silently stuffed two small purses into the little eunuch's sleeves.

There is a pair of silver pouches in each purse, full of fineness, and very delicately beaten, which Luo Bing specially prepared for her to enter the palace.It is said that the eunuchs in the palace are the most greedy for money. If they don't manage well, they will come up with bad ideas to make things difficult for others.They didn't dare to go too far, but it was nothing to take people around the palace twice, anyway, the halls and halls in the palace looked very similar, and it was impossible to tell them apart.The noble ladies are very delicate, and they rarely walk on weekdays. When they arrive in the palace, they cannot take a car or a sedan chair. Makeup is also spent, a big loss of manners.

However, Ning Wan has caught up with the good solar terms. It is mid-autumn, which is the best time in the capital. It is neither cold nor hot. Ning Wan walked behind the little eunuch refreshed, and quietly asked Looking at Jing'er from both sides, he arrived at Kunning Palace in a short while, thinking that it would be better to save the two pairs of silver pegs, it's not a bad thing to walk around the palace a few more times, it's just for gaining insight.

Even so, it is definitely not possible to say that, so Ning Wan stood quietly in front of the palace and waited.

In the entire harem, the Kunning Palace in front of you should be the most magnificent. The hall facing south has nine corridors. I feel that the ten red and vermilion lacquer pillars stand majestically outside the hall.Before Ning Wan, there were a few married women waiting in front of the palace. It turns out that today is the day when Jiaofang enters Jin Dynasty, and new married women arrive one after another. Although these noble ladies are familiar with each other, they only nodded to each other. , They all stood with their heads bowed, and there was silence in front of the hall.

Suddenly there was a clear clapping sound, and a eunuch came out of the hall and said sharply: "Mrs. Xuan, enter the palace!" Everyone filed in according to their rank.In Anpingwei, the third-rank official is the biggest, but in front of Kunning Palace, Ning Wan's rank is low, and she only ranks in the middle and back position. She follows the ladies and climbs up the steps, and enters through the door from the middle. , and went through two main rooms to the warm pavilion in the east.

The eunuch who was in charge of etiquette had already led everyone to kneel and worship. After the ceremony was over, the empress gave the seat.Ning Wan sat in an inconspicuous place a little far away from the empress, but she felt very at ease. While listening to the ladies above, she quietly looked around the hall. It was really beautiful and rich!
The Kunning Palace is dominated by gold and red, with carved dragons and painted phoenixes everywhere. There are also golden dragons coiled on the pillars in the palace. Behind a pair of Ganoderma lucidum incense burners burning agarwood is the throne of the empress.The empress wears a gold crown, which is covered with peonies and wishful clouds adorned with pearls and gems. There are also six dragons and three phoenixes, each holding strings of jewels in their mouths. Behind the crown are six buns, separated left and right, like colorful Her phoenix tail, paired with a dress embroidered with golden dragon and phoenix patterns, is really full of pearls and magnificent.

Fortunately, Ning Wan got those treasures and played with them a lot in her spare time, so she was just taken aback when she saw this splendid and luxurious attire, and then she became calm again.With this normal heart, she discovered that the queen empress is actually just a middle-aged woman with a very ordinary appearance, about the same age as her mother, with a slightly fat body, fair skin, round face, and a kind expression, which is somewhat Like the proprietress who greets customers in the shop in Hutai County, she feels kind at first sight.

In fact, the queen empress is really very kind. She looks very familiar with several high-ranking wives. As soon as they meet, they talk about their children and grandchildren with a smile. The child is promising, but what the ladies are talking about is not finding a way out, earning a little money or being a scholar, as people at the Mayihutai Anping Department say, but being a few grades of officials and what they have done It's just a matter of errands.

Ning Wan didn't know the many names, and she didn't intend to intervene. Suddenly, the empress sighed to a woman who was about her age, "You don't like to worry about things. Now you have a flower party, it must be We are not too old to choose a concubine for the King of Dong'an County!" Then he smiled and looked at Ning Wan, "You are the wife of the newly appointed Anping Guard Commander, right? You are so young!"

In this room, Ning Wan's grade is indeed not high enough, but she is the youngest. The rest of the high-grade wives are at least middle-aged, and a few of them are already gray-haired and chicken-skinned, so she shows her youth even more.

Only a young and promising hero like Tie Shi can make her become the order of the third rank at such a young age with his military exploits!Ning Wan had also noticed it a long time ago, and she felt a little proud in her heart. Even the little worries she had when she entered the palace were all lost to Java, so she quickly got up and took a step forward and said, "If you go back to your mother, the concubine is going It's the Lu Ning family from Anpingwei."

Perhaps these ladies have seen many beauties, and most of them were beauties when they were young, and now they can see some clues in their self-descriptions, so they didn't praise her appearance, but tried their best to say that she was young, "We all I'm old, I really envy young women! The same Fengguanxiapei, she looks very good-looking in it!"

Then someone said in admiration: "I heard that Commander Anpingwei is just a young hero!"

There are also some who are not very clear, "The newly sealed Anpingwei command history? Is it the one who beheaded Harlan?"

But more people have heard of Tieshi's reputation, "Exactly! If it weren't for this General Tieshi, Liaodong would have fallen into the hands of barbarians last year, and the capital would have been even more dangerous!"

After discussing for a while, the empress smiled and asked Ning Wan some trivial matters, such as who else is in the family, what does her mother's family do, and so on, just like usual.

Ning Wan answered one by one, "My mother-in-law passed away earlier, and my father-in-law was injured by an arrow while defending the city. The arrow sores have disappeared, and now I have a younger brother and a younger sister. As for my mother's family is not a military household, I used to live in the countryside. , and later moved to Hutai County to do some small business, and last year, he won the royal court for donating his family property to the soldiers defending the city."

The empress admired: "I also heard the emperor talk about Hutai County. In such a small town, there are brave generals who can fight to help defend the city, and civil servants who would rather die for the city. The people of Ming Dayi, the people of the city broke down their homes to help the army, and they used a small city to block the army of tens of thousands of barbarians for more than two months!"

Ning Wan had previously heard from the Wei family that she had to ask questions before answering, but it was obviously inappropriate at this time, so she hurried forward to thank her, "Our Hutai County has received the emperor's letter and the imperial decree of tax exemption for three years, the whole city cheered, I'm even happier than when I saw the barbarians retreat! Therefore, I always want to thank the emperor and empress on behalf of my father, my mother, and everyone in Hutai County!"

Just this year, Hutai County received the court's imperial edict, and at the same time, there was an imperial decree of tax exemption for three years. Everyone was really happy.Jingbiao is of course good, and now there is one hanging in the Dejufeng shop, no matter who enters the shop and sees it, they can't help being respectful, and the Ning family is also very decent; After all, this time Hutai was besieged by the barbarians for two months and suffered a great loss. Now that it has been exempted from taxes for three years, everyone can take a break and start their lives again.

As for saying that hearing the imperial decree was more joyful than seeing the barbarians retreat, Ning Wan was exaggerating.But shouldn't such things be exaggerated?For example, Hutai, now it is said that civil and military officials use their lives, and the common people are united in sincerity, but at the beginning, everyone first thought of saving their lives, so they desperately saved the city, and did not care about righteousness. Now it is said that Deserves to be a model of loyalty and filial piety, although it is good, it is also a bit exaggerated.

Just as Ning Wan expected, the empress was very happy to hear her words, so she praised again, "He is truly a loyal man in the city, so admirable!" She talked with Ning Wan about the situation that day with a smile.

Ning Wan only knew that after the suppression of the barbarians, County Magistrate Qian led Tieshi to the soldiers of Banpo Fort to help Hutai; Mrs. Yang wore her husband's armor to defend the city. She wrote down everything in detail in the booklet and reported it to the court, and the empress knew about it.

But after all, Ning Wan saw it with her own eyes, and she was articulate. She told those things vividly, and then stunned all the noble ladies in the palace. Having been out of the capital, even the inner house is rarely stepped out, so I love to hear the fresh things from Ning Wan's mouth.So after listening for a long time, he still asked: "Let's talk about other people's affairs."

Ning Wan also saw that they actually thought about the outside world, so she smiled and said: "All the admirable things about defending the city have been reported, so let me tell you an interesting thing, which also happened when the barbarians besieged the city." of."

"In our Hutai County, there is a rascal named Bu Jiu. He usually does everything from extorting merchants, opening casinos, and lending loan sharks. Everyone despises him. The government also wanted to punish him several times, but he was cunning and never It's hard to catch him, and he can't do anything about it for a while. And he is born to want money, so he has accumulated tens of thousands of wealth in the past ten years since he was a beggar."

Whether it's the empress or these noble ladies, it's really pitiful, they are so bored on weekdays, and after hearing these few sentences, they all look radiant, staring at Ning Wan intently, and ask in unison: " Then what happened?"

(End of this chapter)