Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 36 An Imperial Decree

It was also the first time for Murong Wei to come to the palace here, she would be lying if she said she wasn't curious, when she got to the gate of the palace, there were already some people's cars parked there, all of them were wives who had handed the sign to enter the palace.

"Grandma, I'm still a little nervous."

The old lady took her hand: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, but even if you are afraid in your heart, you can't show it on your face."

Murong Wei responded, first helping the maid to step on the pedals to get out of the car, and then slowly helping the old lady down.

The old lady was wearing a dowager's crown dress, which was very heavy and even more generous. Murong Wei hurriedly handed a muff to the old lady, and she herself held a hand stove and stood by her side.

She murmured to herself, it seems that someday someone will have to make a glove or something, these muffs are single barreled, it is really inconvenient to use.

As soon as they got down, a servant from the palace came over, wearing a collar and narrow sleeves embroidered with small sunflowers on the chest and back, and asked respectfully: "This is Mrs. Murong? Those who are here are ordered to welcome you here."

"This is the concubine, this father-in-law has worked hard, please wait here."

The old lady spoke kindly, and the other housewives who were waiting to see each other looked at each other and talked a lot.

They naturally recognized Mrs. Murong, so of course they talked about the latest hot news.

"Look at the girl next to her, is she the third lady? I remember meeting her on Princess Jing's birthday."

"That must be true, but I don't know why the empress summoned her. Could it be that she really wants to choose a relative for King Luo?"

"It's also an advantage. It's good luck for a concubine to be a side concubine in the Luo Palace."

When Murong Wei looked at other people's eyes, whether they were jealous or probing or unkind, she just pretended not to see them.

The attendant smiled and welcomed the old lady and Murong Wei into the palace gate, and went to the Kunning Palace where the queen was to have an audience.

Murong Wei was not good at looking around on the way, so she could only glance at the appearance of the palace occasionally, but she saw numerous towers and palaces, verandahs and verandahs, and the palace people walked through it, all of them behaved with restraint, looking at it had a kind of heavenly atmosphere, Unlimited majesty.

After entering Kunning Palace, the servant went in first to report, and after a while, Qiong Fang who saw yesterday came over with a smile: "Old Madam Murong, Miss Murong, Your Majesty invites you to see me."

Murong Wei cautiously followed behind the old lady and walked forward in an orderly manner. When the old lady stopped and knelt down to salute, Murong Wei quickly followed and knelt down.

"The concubine pays homage to the empress, the empress is safe."

"My daughter pays homage to the empress, and the empress is safe."

"Stay flat." A gentle and majestic female voice came.

Only then did Murong Wei help the old lady get up, the corner of her eyes glanced at the empress empress in a big gown and a pair of phoenix and dragon crowns in front of her, she was a middle-aged woman, her features were not very beautiful, but she looked graceful.

"Sit down, old lady."

"Thank you for the seat." The old lady sat aside under the guidance of the female officer, but even though she sat, she only sat for a third of it.

Murong Wei felt that it would be better not to sit comfortably.

She stood respectfully aside, her eyes turned to stare at the smooth gold bricks.

The queen smiled and looked at Murong Wei a few times: "This time I summoned my wife and Ling granddaughter here, and I just heard about Miss Murong's deeds. I was very curious. Now look, she is actually a little girl. Unexpectedly, she is a little girl at such a young age. Courage."

The old lady hurriedly got up to answer, and Murong Wei also got up.

The old lady said with trepidation: "This granddaughter is young, but she is not sensible, but she has caused some gossip to His Royal Highness Luo, and I am deeply terrified."

The queen waved her hand, and her attitude was very friendly: "Madam, there is no need to be like this. The emperor and this palace should also thank your granddaughter. If she hadn't saved the second prince, the emperor and this palace would be so sad now."

The old lady hurriedly said a few words of modesty, and Murong Wei followed behind her without saying a word, she tried her best to be a transparent and invisible person.

The queen's attitude was very kind, and she waved: "Come here and let me have a look."

Murong Wei glanced at the old lady, the old lady nodded, and then Murong Wei walked up to the queen respectfully, and was about to kneel down, but was helped up by the queen: "There is no need to be polite."

The queen looked at her carefully, and said with a smile: "What a beauty, she looks really good."

He also asked her how old she was, what books she had read, how she was a needlewoman, and what she did, and how she rescued King Luo that day.

Murong Wei answered carefully, every time she had to go through it in her head, and then answered after checking that there were no questions.

In fact, she had already thought about what the queen would ask her yesterday, and now it is basically the same.

The queen praised: "When I was your age, I could only embroider at home. I don't want you to be so young, but you are very calm when you meet gangsters. This golden cicada escapes its shell, but it is very good to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Later, I treated the seriously injured one. The second prince is indeed extraordinary. I heard that you have a good literary name?"

"Your Majesty, I'm honored. The servant girl has only read a few books and knows a few words. She doesn't have any literary names, but she won't be blind."

Murong Wei was very surprised, the queen was so kind, and she didn't know what the purpose of today was?
Just as he was thinking, the maid from the other side came to report that His Royal Highness Luo Wang had come.

Murong Wei was startled, since the last farewell, it's almost Laba now, more than ten days have passed.

I don't know what's wrong with his injury, so I went to the palace to pay my respects to the queen.

The queen was a little surprised: "Isn't Ming Rui recovering from his injuries? Why did you come here to say hello? Invite him in quickly."

Murong Wei narrowed her eyes, her expression slightly dazed.

He should have received the letter, but he didn't reply to her.

From the looks of it, he should have given up.

It didn't surprise her that he couldn't accept the idea.

Although she was a little disappointed and regretful, she could still understand.

Everyone has been educated differently since childhood, so it's okay if he can't understand her.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Xiao Mingrui, dressed in a blue Baohe cloud-pattern dragon-budding crown uniform, entering the hall.

Murong Wei quickly followed the old lady to salute, Xiao Mingrui paused: "Get up."

Murong Wei looked up at him.

His complexion is much better than when he was injured before. It can be seen that he has recuperated well these days. Although his complexion is not rosy enough, he is still in good spirits. His eyes are still as deep and bright as before. He just glanced at her and then turned to meet the queen. .

Murong Wei felt sour in her heart, she turned her head away.

She obviously chose to give up on her own, so why feel uncomfortable now?

What's so strange about him ignoring her?
That's good too, lest we become bitter couples in the future, it's better to get together and break up.

She felt better.

"My son and minister visited his mother, and he has not come to pay his respects to his mother recently due to his injury, and he is really terrified in his heart."

The queen said with concern: "Get up quickly, you are still recovering from your injuries, why did you come into the palace, if your injuries are not healed, your father and I will be worried."

Xiao Mingrui smiled slightly: "My son practiced martial arts since he was a child, and stayed in Saibei for a while. Although he was seriously injured, he recovered fairly well. Since we are going to Laba, I will enter the palace to pay my respects to my father, queen, mother, concubine Hui, and concubine Hui. These days really worry the elders."

The queen said with concern: "Even so, don't take advantage of your youth to forget to recuperate. After you return home, you should continue to recuperate for a while according to the imperial doctor's orders. After all, the injury is not serious, so don't leave any root cause. Come on." , sit down."

Luo Wang declined a few words, and then sat down under the empress.

The queen looked at Murong Wei again: "You should recognize me, so I don't need to introduce you."

Xiao Mingrui's eyes turned to her and the old lady, his attitude was gentle and friendly, but alienated: "Naturally, I recognize that last time I talked with the old lady about Buddhism in Baoguo Temple, and the third lady saved my son's life. Thinking about waiting for the injury to heal, I will come to thank you, and I don’t want to meet Miss San here again.”

Murong Wei felt suffocated in her heart, and just faced him with a formulaic smile, "My lord was just joking, if it wasn't for Captain Wu who is next to my lord, how could my servant help me, I dare not accept my lord's thanks."

The court lady brought tea and snacks, Xiao Mingrui held the teacup, his eyes rested on the tea leaves in the cup, he suddenly smiled and said: "If it weren't for Miss's wit, the king would not have been able to wait for the next day's reinforcements, the queen, because of this matter, the king will not be able to wait for the next day's reinforcements. Miss, her reputation was damaged, and Erchen felt very uneasy. He was about to tell his mother that Miss Murong was implicated because of saving Erchen. It is to make my son feel uneasy."

The queen glanced at him and Murong Wei, her expression changed slightly, and she said: "You are right, the emperor has also mentioned this matter to this palace, I wonder if the old lady has any plans?"

The old lady saw the situation just now, and said at this moment: "The Queen and Your Highness are overwhelmed. The concubine's granddaughter can help the prince a little. It is the duty of the courtier. The master and I feel honored." To be prepared, to be able to serve the emperor, it is a matter of being loyal to the emperor. As for being implicated by the prince, it is not possible. If the child hadn't met His Highness that day, he would have been destroyed if he met those thieves. Therefore, the concubine still I want to thank the prince. She is an innocent girl who is still young, don't worry, although there are people talking about it, it is only temporary."

The smile in the queen's eyes deepened: "The old lady really understands justice, don't worry, the emperor and this palace will not treat this child badly."

Murong Wei looked at King Luo, the white jade wrench in his hand was turning slightly in his hand, his eyes were only on the queen, he was sitting upright, and he didn't look at her.

They are each other, now they are really like the most familiar strangers.

Forget each other in pairs, completely forgetting.

The cruelest thing is this kind of forgetting.

With pain in her heart, she lowered her eyes and stopped talking.

At this time, the concubines in the palace came to pay their respects to the queen, and the old lady saw that she had a lot of time to sit, so she hurriedly got up and prepared to say goodbye.

The queen sent them out.

Xiao Mingrui also got up to say goodbye.

The two left Kunning Palace one after the other, silently.

When he walked to the front of the garden, there was a royal bridge in front of him, Xiao Mingrui stopped suddenly, Murong Wei paused, and looked at him.

Seeing that they seemed to have something to say, the old lady didn't stop, she walked forward and crossed the bridge.

"Murong Wei... I've read the letter, and now I can only tell you that I can't guarantee that you can do it, and I don't want to lie to you." At this moment, his expression was not as friendly as when he was with the queen, but it was alienated. But there is a deep regret and complexity.

Murong Wei laughed, "It's okay, at least you didn't lie to me. In fact, I already knew that you are a person who does great things, and I shouldn't be too demanding on you."

"It's really not possible, is it?" He still felt an uncontrollable soreness in his heart. Although he knew that he had to face such a choice, how could he let it go so easily?
She shook her head and said earnestly, "That's fine."

After finishing speaking, she leaned forward and said, "My daughter is going ahead."

She took two steps forward, and suddenly heard his low and slightly depressed voice: "I have a hard heart, and I can't turn it around... just let it be."

Murong Wei felt a pain in her heart, and she tried her best to hold back the tears.

Why did you say such things to her?
My heart is a stone, and this feeling will never change...

Neither can be together, it is better to forget each other.

She looked back at him, and saw him standing among the plum trees, his slender body a little bleak in the cold wind.

The wind whipped up her hair, and she looked back and smiled at him, like flowers and trees piled up with snow, brilliantly beautiful, with a kind of free and easy: "It's better to forget each other than to forget each other, Your Highness, goodbye."

After all, she turned and left decisively.

This time, she didn't look back.

Pieces of plum blossoms fell, and Xiao Mingrui stretched out his hand to take a petal, feeling a sudden heartache.

A deep loss hit his heart like a sea tide, making him numb.

Murong Wei, you are really chic.

She was so resolute and resolute that it made him very uncomfortable.

Now that he has chosen, he shouldn't regret it anymore.

Regret it, he doesn't know.

He will remember her and bury her in his heart forever.

My heart is rocky, never just a joke.

Murong Wei caught up with the old lady, "Grandmother, you are walking so fast, even my granddaughter can't catch up."

The old lady looked at her, shook her head and sighed: "Go home."

She didn't ask, and didn't want to know.

Since the queen said to give an explanation, let them do as they please, anyway, judging by King Luo's attitude, it doesn't seem like marriage anymore.

Murong Wei didn't say anything else, and went home in a carriage in front of the palace gate.

Murong Wei kept talking and laughing at Yan Yan, and when she returned to Mo Garden, she was still the same.

Seeing her smiling all the time, Lu'er wondered if there was something good going on.

But if you look closely, you feel that the lady is not happy.

"Get out my violin. I'm in the mood to play the violin."

Xiangtao said with a smile: "Did the empress reward the young lady again?"

Murong Wei rolled her eyes: "You girl, you've gotten into money."

Lu'er came over with the piano box in her arms, Murong Wei took the piano and played it with a smile.

Murong Wei played and sang: The world of mortals is so ridiculous, infatuation is the most boring.

It's okay to be supercilious.

This life is not over, but there is nothing to disturb.

I just want to have a happy life in exchange.

Smile to people when you wake up, forget it all in your dreams.

Sigh it gets dark too early.

The next life is unpredictable, love and hate are wiped out.

I only want to be happy until I grow old when I drink wine as a song.

As she sang, she suddenly felt that her whole heart seemed to have become ethereal. If she could really be as refined and unrestrained as in the song, it would be great. She doesn't want someone to understand her pride, she just wants to be happy for half a lifetime.

As she sang, her heart no longer felt uncomfortable.

At the end of the song, she seemed a little at a loss.

This feeling can be treated as a recollection, but it was lost at the time.

Lu'er and Xiangtao looked at each other, why is there something wrong with the lyrics?

What does it mean that the world of mortals is so ridiculous, and infatuation is the most boring?

"Miss, this song is nice, but it's a bit sad." Xiang Tao said cautiously: "Miss, it's okay, this time the empress didn't reward you baby, she will definitely reward you next time, don't be sad."

Murong Wei was amused by her, and twisted her nose: "Your miss, I am not so narrow-minded."

She just felt it for a while.

Xiangtao blinked: "It turns out that Miss is not happy because she didn't reward something?"

"Why am I unhappy?" She went to the desk and continued to practice calligraphy.

Lu'er put away the piano.

Murong Wei thought of what happened today and shook her head.

Let it go, regardless of the rain and wind, I will stand still.

She can't decide what the emperor and empress think, but it doesn't look like a bad thing.

Otherwise, the empress would not have specially asked her to enter the palace.

The third day was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which was the Laba Festival. The palace gave Laba porridge, and the Murong family distributed more than usual.

The whole family gathered at the old lady's place and shared the porridge given by the palace.

To be honest, Murong Wei didn't think it was very delicious, but it was bestowed by the emperor, which represented the emperor's honor and favor. If you have to give it to the family of a public official, it may mean that you have fallen out of favor or some For other reasons, this is a warning.

Murong Wei was thinking about whether to go back and eat something again, the old lady asked someone to prepare the Laba porridge made at home, set up a banquet, and sat down according to senior and young.

"Third sister." Murong Xue took her hand and said mysteriously: "Third sister, are you playing some fun game with grandma?"

Murong Wei was stunned for a moment: "What game? Who told Fifth Sister?"

Murong Xue blinked: "I heard people say that you made a mask for your grandmother? Is that really so magical?"

Murong Wei laughed and said, "No, it's not that magical, but you don't need it as a child."

Murong Xue said with some embarrassment: "Actually, I want...to ask for it for my aunt."

Murong Wei suddenly realized, "That's it, it's okay, then I'll write a prescription later and you can take it back to Aunt Zhu, it's just that this stuff is good, but after all, it's mainly food supplements, this one is for external use."

Murong Xue nodded with a half understanding.

Murong Lan snorted, and said angrily, "You don't eat, you don't sleep, you don't talk."

Murong Wei ignored her and continued to eat.

The old lady sat at the same table with the old man, the master and the eldest lady. After eating, the children separated.

The eldest lady went back to deal with the matter. The old lady looked at the old lady and said: "The emperor did not give Laba porridge to Yongning uncle's mansion today, and suddenly ordered Shu's posthumous title to be Duanmin Huangguifei, and the deceased imperial concubine. Shi Shuxin is Duke Wenzheng Zhonglie, and Shu Xin's son is a Juren, and he is also the magistrate of Yuhang County. It seems that the emperor's intention is very obvious."

Master Murong nodded. Yongning Bo's mansion is the mother clan of the eldest prince Qi Wang, and the emperor conferred the title of Luo King's mother clan. This is obviously a warning to some people, and comforts the son who almost died.

No matter how much you fight, you can't kill Brother Shi.

The emperor was in the prime of life, so it was possible that he did not want to appoint a prince early, but the ministers were unwilling, saying that the establishment of a crown prince was a major national event, and how many times they had written letters to the emperor about this matter.

Recently, some people are ready to move, and now the emperor is clearly warning.

"Recently, there have been no rumors outside. It seems that someone has resorted to tricks, and everyone has started talking about the marriage of the third daughter of the emperor, Princess Jinhua."

"Wei'er is going to be involved in this matter. The emperor has his own considerations. I'm afraid we will not be able to send Wei'er back to Qinghe's hometown." The old lady shook her head.

Unexpectedly, not long after the old lady and the others discussed it, the Laba Festival passed, and the emperor suddenly issued an imperial decree.

Murong Wei was embroidering in her room, when someone hurriedly called her, telling her to accept the imperial edict.

Murong Wei was taken aback.

She has never received an imperial decree in her life.

What is the decree, and how does the emperor plan to arrange her?
Now that Xiao Mingrui understands what she means, he probably won't propose to the emperor again.

But looking at this situation, it seems that something is wrong.

If not the gift of marriage, what would it be?

Murong Wei hurriedly changed into her best attire, she must be dignified and generous, and then hurried to the main room.

The old lady and the eldest lady were already waiting there, and Murong Wei saw a eunuch wearing a round-neck boa jacket, and it must be the emperor's servant, otherwise she couldn't wear this kind of clothes.

When Murong Wei arrived, the eunuch smiled and said: "Our family is ordered by the emperor to deliver the decree, and Murong Wei will accept it!"

Although it was Murong Wei who received the decree, who would not kneel before the decree?
Both the old lady and the eldest lady put on the uniforms of the dowager. The old lady chatted with the servant before. Although she knew it was a good thing, the servant did not reveal the content of the imperial decree.

"By God's blessing, the emperor's decree said: The three daughters of the Murong family are well-behaved, intelligent and graceful...specially conferred the title of Lord of Huarong Township..."

When the maid finished reading the imperial decree, Murong Wei felt as if a hundred thousand thunderbolts suddenly exploded in her mind, creating a commotion.

Country gentleman?

She was stunned for a long time. It was the first time in her life that she received an imperial decree. She did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would give her the title of Lord Huarong.

She was stunned for a moment, then was pushed by the old lady, and said hastily: "Your servant accepts the order, long live my emperor."

When she received the imperial decree, she still couldn't believe it.

What's the matter, the emperor?

Not to mention her, even the old lady and the eldest lady were shocked.

Although among the titles, the title of Xiangjun is the lowest, but it is also a title, and it has a salary.

The waiter smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations, Lord Huarong!"

As she spoke, she asked someone to bring the gold plate containing Xiang Jun's crown clothes, and uncovered the red cloth, and Murong Wei knelt down to take the crown clothes again.

After everything was done, the old lady asked her maid to drink tea and gave him some rare antiques, and she respectfully sent him away after a long time.

Murong Wei still couldn't believe it, she felt that all this was like a dream.

She actually has a title!
"Is the girl stupid? I'm afraid she is too happy." The old lady smiled and pushed her.

Only then did Murong Wei come to her senses, "Grandmother, this... how could the emperor confer on me as the Lord of Huarong Township?"

The old lady sighed: "Thunder, rain and dew, all belong to the king's grace, the emperor's grace is mighty."

"Yes, His Majesty has boundless kindness."

Murong Wei froze for a moment, thought about it, and suddenly understood again.

This matter...was it something Luo Wang said?
Otherwise, maybe according to the emperor's intention, she should be married to King Luo.

Murong Wei secretly sighed, although there may be other reasons, but the main one is Luo Wang's request.

This man really did a lot for her.

For her reputation, he did everything he could for her.

Now that she has the title of a country lord, she won't have any problems getting married in the future.

At least within the target range, she can still choose.

The eldest lady said with a fake smile: "Wei'er is really getting more and more upbeat. Of the girls of our Murong family's generation, you are indeed the most upstanding. You can be named the Lord of Huarong Township by the emperor, mother, do you want to do it?" To pay homage to the ancestors?"

The old lady nodded, "This matter is indeed to sue the ancestors, Wei'er, you give me the imperial decree, and I will worship it."

Murong Wei is funny, but the ancients think differently from her. She may not care about imperial power, and may not have any respect for the emperor from the bottom of her heart.Because the more people know, the more they can feel their own ignorance, the world is big, and people are small.

Because I know more about it, it feels like watching a play.

Although she may not be aware of it, sometimes others can spot the difference in her.

(End of this chapter)