peasant girl wedding

Chapter 201 The Queen Mother
No wonder the Empress Dowager dislikes Princess Yun.

Such a beautiful woman, there is no man in the world who can resist her.

"Are you the emperor's personal lord?"

The woman's voice is like a yellow warbler out of the valley.

Tong Zhi'er restrained her mind, and responded respectfully: "It's a little girl."

"sit down."

"Thank you, Princess, for giving me your seat."

Tong Zhi'er stood up straight and sat down on a small stool.

"The tofu made by your family is very good. It is white and tender, and it melts in the mouth. It is really a merit for the people all over the world."

"Concubine Yun is absurdly praised. The little girl is ashamed. It is the emperor who serves the people of the world. With the blessing of the emperor, the little girl and her family are able to make such tofu."

Princess Yun smiled.

"Unexpectedly, Mr. Tong Xiang came from the countryside, but his conversation is so unusual."

Tong Zhi'er also smiled.

"Princess, I have already thought about the embroidered support you gave me last time." Mrs. Qin said at the side.

"Oh? Tell me quickly..."

The two started chatting, Tong Zhier's mind was full of how to meet the Queen Mother, after sitting for a while, Tong Zhier found the opportunity, stood up, and said apologetically: "Princess Yun, my little girl has a severe stomachache, please invite Princess Yun Forgive me."

Concubine Yun looked at Tong Zhi'er in surprise, and suddenly smiled, "You go."

"Thank you, Princess Yun."

Tong Zhi'er walked out of the hall and asked a nearby maid: "Miss, where is the toilet?"

"Oh, you just go straight along this road."

Tong Zhi'er thanked her, walked a few steps forward, stopped suddenly, walked back the same way, and said shyly: "My lady, I'm really sorry, I don't know the way, I don't know you ..."

The maid smiled, "I'll take you there."

"It's work."

Tong Zhi'er followed behind the maid, and the two walked forward together.

"This girl, don't know how to address her?"

The court lady grinned, and the small canine teeth appeared, which was cute with a bit of childlike fun.

"My name is Pearl."

"Oh, it's the same name as my sister."

"Miss's younger sister is also named Pearl?"

The court lady Zhu'er said with a strange expression on her face.

Tong Zhi'er nodded, and continued: "According to the calculation, she is almost the same age as you. Speaking of it, this is really a kind of fate..."

The two talked for a while, and when they reached the toilet, Tong Zhi'er's address for the court lady had changed to the intimate "Pearl".

"Pearl, wait here for a moment."

Tong Zhi'er blushed and said.

"Sister, you go, I will wait here." The court lady Zhu'er smiled, waited for her to enter the toilet, then turned around and took a few steps outside, then stood still.

The ancients didn't seem to pay much attention to the latrines, even if it was a magnificent royal family, the latrines still stink.

Tong Zhi'er pinched her nose, quietly counting the time in her heart.

"I'm all right, Pearl, and thank you for waiting for me."

"Sister, let's go back."

The court lady Zhu'er raised her head and smiled at her.

"Pearl, I really envy you. You are a servant in the palace, and you can see such wonderful scenery every day. The Imperial Garden, Library Pavilion, Bibo Lake... I've heard of many places in the folks. Isn't it so beautiful, like a fairyland? generally?"

"Sister, you envy me, but I envy you. Although the palace is good, it is not free... I often go to the imperial garden, and it is indeed beautiful. As for the library and Bibo Lake, these places are not me as a court lady I can go."

Tong Zhi'er nodded, and continued: "Speaking of which, I was able to be named a country lord by the emperor, thanks to the queen mother and her old man. Now that I have entered the palace, I really want to kowtow to her old man. Even if I see If there are no people, just kowtow outside the hall of her old man's house, and I am satisfied."

Zhu'er looked at her extremely regretful face, thinking that Princess Yun and Mrs. Qin would have to talk for a long time every now and then, she would not be needed, so she said: "Sister, let me take you to the Palace of Compassion."

Tong Zhi'er was very excited, and looked at the palace maid Zhu'er in surprise.

"Pearl, may I?"

The court lady Zhu'er nodded with a smile on her face, "Okay, I'll go talk to the other sisters, sister, please wait for me."

"Ah."

How much the empress dowager doesn't want to see Princess Yun, Tong Zhi'er found the answer from her legs that were about to go numb.

The Palace of Compassion and Anqing Palace, where Princess Yun lives, are almost on a diagonal line.

The court lady Zhu'er led her through the imperial garden, through a long corridor, and finally arrived at the main entrance of the Compassionate Palace.

"Sister, this is the Compassion Palace."

Tong Zhi'er grabbed her hand and pulled out the two hairpins on her head, "Zhu'er, thank you. I don't have anything on me, and these two hairpins are not worth much. let's go."

"Sister, no need, I'm the one who wants to bring you to the Compassionate Ning Palace, I can't take your hairpin."

"Pearl, when you may be useful in the palace, take it."

Tong Zhi'er insisted, but the court lady Zhu'er did not refuse again.

Tong Zhi'er walked slowly outside the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Two young eunuchs stopped her, "Stop, who are you? This is the Palace of Compassion and Ning, you can't intrude."

"You two father-in-laws, I am the emperor's entrusted country lord. If I have something to see the queen mother, I would like to ask the two father-in-laws to pass it on to you."

Tong Zhi'er handed the earrings and bracelets to one of them.

The two father-in-laws were confused, and they didn't take such a small profit seriously.

They were working in the palace, and all they saw were good things, but what Tong Zhi'er took out could not catch their eyes.

"Go, go, you can see the phoenix body of the Empress Dowager and her old man? Not to mention the Lord of the Township, even the Princess, without the order of the Empress Dowager, you can't just enter the Palace of Compassion."

"You two father-in-laws...you should be accommodating."

"Let's go," the two were very impatient, "If you don't go, the Imperial Forest Army will come to invite you."

Tong Zhi'er bit her lower lip stubbornly, looked up at the Compassionate Ning Palace which was close at hand, feeling very anxious.

what to do?what to do?She couldn't see the emperor at all, and finally came to the harem, and the queen mother was in the Compassionate Palace in front of her, if she couldn't see her, what would father and the others do?
"For lunch, the Empress Dowager wants to have a tofu feast...Huh? Is it you?"

The woman's voice reached Tong Zhi'er's ears, Tong Zhi'er looked over, but a woman she didn't know was looking at her.

The woman was well dressed, Tong Zhi'er's eyes lit up, and she ran over holding her skirt.

"Girl, I have something important to see the Empress Dowager. This matter has something to do with the King of Shu."

The woman's eyes sank, "Tong girl, follow me."

Tong Zhi'er nodded and followed the woman inside.

To Tong Zhi'er, the time spent standing at the door waiting for the Queen Mother to summon him seemed like years.

"Miss Tong, the Empress Dowager is here to invite you."

"Thank you girl."

Tong Zhi'er entered the hall, a soft cushion had already been laid on the ground.

"Little girl Tong Zhi'er, pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

"You just said that you have something important to report to Ai's family."

The woman's voice was a little dignified.

Tong Zhi'er looked up, met the Empress Dowager's eyes, and nodded heavily: "Yes, Empress Dowager, seven days ago, the army of the King of Shu pretended to be the imperial army and recruited troops in Qingzhou. The recruits were all like my father and the others. villagers."

"Is this true?"

The empress dowager at the head was very surprised.

Tong Zhi'er was also very surprised. It has been seven days, and the capital has not received any news?Is the court's intelligence capability too weak?Or is the king of Shu too powerful?
For Tong Zhi'er, no matter which one, it is not what she wants to care about.

All she cares about is the safety of Tong Zhixin and others.

"Minnv guarantees with her own life that this matter is absolutely true."

The queen mother stood up abruptly, "Come here, Ai's family is going to the imperial study to meet the emperor."

Tong Zhi'er knelt down on the ground, watched as the Queen Mother was supported by the woman who led her in before, and left in a hurry.

The speed of the two was so fast that Tong Zhi'er only had time to grab the last corner of the woman's clothes.

In the imperial study room, the current emperor is reviewing the memorial.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here."

The imperial eunuch came in to report.

The memorial was placed on the table with a "snap", the emperor stood up, and after walking a few steps, the queen mother entered the imperial study.

"You all step back."

"Yes, the Empress Dowager."

The imperial eunuch, the woman, and other eunuchs and maids in the imperial study left quickly.

"Mother, why are you here?"

The emperor walked over and helped the queen mother to sit down.

"Your Majesty, what have you been busy with recently, has something big happened?"

The Queen Mother said hurriedly.

The emperor was startled, "What's the big deal?"

The queen mother was even more angry, "You, your mind is on that woman, and you don't care about the affairs of the court."

That woman is Princess Yun.

Hearing this, the emperor frowned.

"Empress mother, sons and servants have taken good care of the government."

"If you really manage the government well, why don't you know that the king of Shu is pretending to be a teacher of the court and recruiting troops in Qingzhou?"

"what?"

The emperor's eyes widened.

The look of surprise was exactly the same as that of the Queen Mother.

"Mother, is this true?"

"Do you still remember the pro-appointed Lord Tongxiang?"

The emperor nodded, "Her family invented tofu, I remember."

"Mr. Tongxiang is from Qingzhou, and her father was taken away by the King of Shu."

boom.

The emperor beat the table vigorously.

"At the beginning, I thought of the brotherhood and spared the king of Shu, but he deceived me so much? Pretending to be a teacher of the imperial court to recruit soldiers, he wanted the people to kill each other! How cruel, how cruel!"

"Your Majesty, the King of Shu is coming in a menacing way, what are you going to do?"

The Empress Dowager looked him in the eyes.

The emperor was silent for a moment.

"Your Majesty, a thought of benevolence will eventually lead to a catastrophe. Because of the benevolence of your previous woman, the King of Shu has recharged his energy and stored up his energy, and now he is making a comeback. The Ai family knows that you are more benevolent and loving, and they don't want to kill each other. But your majesty, you Have you ever thought that because of your one thought of benevolence, more people were displaced and blood flowed like rivers. Wouldn’t the consequences of such a one thought of benevolence be more cruel? Going back to the mountain is no different from doing evil Ah, Your Majesty..."

The empress dowager's earnest words shocked the emperor.

He lowered his eyes and said with great gravity: "Queen Mother, I know what to do."

The queen mother patted him on the shoulder, turned around and left the imperial study.

.........

"The Empress Dowager..."

Seeing the Queen Mother and the woman come back, Tong Zhi'er said in surprise.

"Get up."

"Empress Dowager, please save my father and other innocent people." Tong Zhi'er kowtowed again and said in a hoarse voice.

"You get up first..."

The queen mother took a few steps closer and said again.

Tong Zhi'er stood up and looked at her with red eyes.

"Good boy, it's thanks to you for reporting. Don't worry, the Ai family has already told the emperor about it. It won't be long before the emperor will have a way to deal with it. As for your father and the others, it depends on God's will."

Tong Zhi'er's eye sockets were even more red.

The Queen Mother reached out and patted her on the back, and asked, "By the way, how did you know about this?"

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, it was my brother-in-law's servant who came to report it, and my mother and I found out about it."

"Your brother-in-law's servant?"

The Queen Mother frowned.

"Yes, my brother-in-law is from Xinglin Dong's family."

The queen mother squinted her eyes, then smiled at Tong Zhi'er: "Go out of the palace and wait for the news."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager."

"Su Yi, send Mr. Tongxiang out of the palace."

Tong Zhi'er said goodbye to the Queen Mother, and followed Su Yi to the outside.

"Miss Su Yi, thank you just now, you, have you met me before?" Tong Zhi'er asked in a low voice while walking.

Su Yi smiled, "The tofu I bought for the Queen Mother was at your parents' tofu stand. You look very similar to your parents."

Tong Zhi'er thanks again.

"Sister, are you alright?"

Seeing her coming out, the court lady Zhu'er ran over and said nervously.

Tong Zhi'er was a little surprised, but also a little moved, "You, you have been waiting for me here all this time?"

"Ah."

"Are you from Princess Yun's palace?"

Su Yi frowned.

The court lady Zhu'er suddenly trembled.

"Miss Su Yi, I entered the palace following Mrs. Qin."

Su Yi nodded, without saying anything, turned and went back to the Compassion Palace.

"It scared me to death... Aunt Su Yi is so scary..."

Tong Zhi'er patted her on the back, said with a smile: "Zhu'er, let's go back to Anqing Palace."

"The Empress Dowager."

Su Yi entered the inner hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and said respectfully.

"Xinglin Dong's family is really good...Su Yi, you have someone to look it up, Ai's family needs to know everything about Xinglin's Dong's family."

"Empress Dowager, you suspect..."

"There is no news from the imperial court, but this Xinglin Dong's family has it, and the Ai family has to be suspicious."

Su Yi cupped her hands and said: "Yes, Empress Dowager, this servant will go down and give orders."

"Go... wait."

Su Yi turned to look at her.

"Also send a few people to keep an eye on the Tong family."

"Yes."

In Anqing Palace, Mrs. Qin is already waiting at the gate.

"Ma'am, I've been waiting for a long time."

Mrs. Qin nodded and approached the hall.

"Princess, the flowers in the imperial garden are so beautiful. I have delayed most of the concubine's time, so don't bother me."

After Tong Zhi'er saluted Princess Yun, she followed Mrs. Qin into the carriage.

The gurgling carriage, the sound of the shafts, the journey here was extremely long, but it only took a while to go back.

(End of this chapter)