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Chapter 196 Entering the Palace (1)

Dong Yuan followed the head manager Lin Jiufu to the outer courtyard of the Sheng Mansion to receive the order.The eunuch who delivered the decree was the chief eunuch of the Queen's Empress Kunning Palace, reading it softly and arrogantly.

Empress Yi ordered Dong Yuan to enter the palace, but she did not say what was going on.Yi's decree is very simple, that is, Xuan Dongyuan enters the palace at the first quarter of noon today.

After Dong Yuan received the order, he went back to the inner courtyard and told Mrs. Sheng.

Mrs. Sheng didn't think about it, but was happy for Dong Yuan: "I'm afraid I miss my sisters at home." Then she complained about Dong Yuan, "You too, never go to see the empress, how can you be like this?"

Dong Yuan smiled helplessly.She is the princess of Roujia County bestowed by the emperor, so she can enter the palace.

Her cousin is the queen, and her own sister is the favorite concubine. If she is more tactful, she should also walk around with the nobles from time to time.Although the Sheng family doesn't need her to add these rich gimmicks.

But Dong Yuan never took the initiative to ask for an order to enter the palace.

"Mother, I'll go back and change my clothes, I'm going now." Dong Yuan said, but his voice was inexplicably weak.

Mrs. Sheng didn't notice that she was unusual, and urged her to go quickly, don't make the empress wait for a long time.

Dong Yuan said yes.

Coming out of Yuanyang Pavilion, the sky was covered with heavy snow, and a thick layer was accumulated on the road.A few poor maidservants and wives were sweeping snow on the path.It was just brushed off, and it was covered again in a moment.

Qiangwei held up an umbrella for Dong Yuan, and suddenly saw Dong Yuan's foot slipped and almost fell.Qiangwei quickly supported her, and said with concern: "Grandma, are you alright?"

Only then did she notice that Dong Yuan's face was pale.

Dong Yuan came back to his senses in a daze, said perfunctorily that it was all right, let Qiangwei and a little maid support her from side to side, and slowly returned to the Jingsheyuan.

She clenched her palms tightly, the palms were wet, and sweat was breaking out on her forehead.

Luo's mother, Ju Hong, Xun Fang, Bi Qiu and others were directing the rough envoys to sweep the snow, when they saw Dong Yuan coming back, several of them hurried up to greet her.

Dong Yuan's complexion was not good, except for Luo's mother and Ju Hong, the others were a few steps behind.

"What's wrong?" After entering the house, Mother Luo stepped forward to serve Dong Yuan, worried, "Sister Yuan, is something wrong?"

Asked Dong Yuan, but his eyes turned to Qiangwei.

Qiangwei shakes her head lightly, expressing that she is not good at answering for Dong Yuan.

Dong Yuan saw their small movements, and said with a light smile: "Nothing happened. The Empress announced me to enter the palace, quickly find the Princess' court clothes..."

Luo's mother's face changed slightly, she was worried and asked again: "What are you suddenly announcing you to enter the palace for? You look so ugly, are you okay?"

Dong Yuan didn't bother to explain anymore.

She was suddenly terrified.

Last year, she met the Empress Empress once.At that time, the queen empress was still an imperial concubine, dignified and beautiful, with no smile.Seeing Dong Yuan's appearance, the Empress Empress was wary of Dong Yuan's neglect.What happened that time made Dong Yuan understand that the queen empress doesn't like her cousin.

There are many sisters in their family, but the relationship is actually very weak.The empress is much older than Dong Yuan.Dong Yuan is still in her infancy, and she has already left the cabinet, so she has no friendship, almost like a stranger.

There was also the matter of Emperor Yuanchang mixed in, Dong Yuan couldn't help beating drums in his heart.

After entering the palace, it is up to her to decide whether she can come out safely.

Why did he suddenly announce her into the palace?

Although Sheng Xiuyi is the prince's young teacher, he doesn't have much real power.The Sheng family has retreated from the top of power, Dong Yuan really doesn't understand the reason why the Empress suddenly announced her into the palace.

Is it really for the sake of Xu Xu's sisterhood?

Or Emperor Yuanchang...

Dong Yuan is locked in the inner house all day long, but she often goes to Qiangwei to inquire about news.She knew that Emperor Yuanchang had been using good medicine to save his life since he was injured by an arrow, and his health was getting worse day by day.

Thinking of these, my heart can no longer be calmed down like a mess.He hinted over and over again that there was nothing wrong with him, but found it was useless, Dong Yuan's lips were as pale as paper.

Thinking of the imperial palace, a chill ran down her back.

Ju Hong found the princess' court clothes and came out, and several maidservants helped Dong Yuan change.Then Ju Hong and Qiang Wei helped Dong Yuan comb her hair and put on makeup.

Dong Yuan still frowned slightly, with a lot of preoccupations.

Qiangwei and Juhong wanted to comfort her, but they didn't know what to say, they waited silently by the side.Dong Yuan thought about it, his eyes were empty.

After dressing up, she looked at herself in the mirror, the rouge and gouache had covered Dong Yuan's paleness.Under the heavy makeup, the woman in the mirror is graceful and charming, with a beautiful face.

Dong Yuan didn't even think of resenting himself for having such a face, but went to see Brother Cheng first.

Brother Cheng fell asleep, Dong Yuan stood beside his bed for a moment.Seeing her son's increasingly fair face and pouting mouth, she was very pleasing, her heart seemed to be hit by something, and she felt a dull pain.

Luo's mother followed behind, pulled Dong Yuan's sleeve, pretended to be nonchalant and smiled: "The empress summoned, you are still dawdling here with Brother Cheng? Go, come back and see enough? You can't see enough every day, I've never seen you hurt a child like this."

This is to tell Dong Yuan that nothing will happen.

Dong Yuan understood Luo's mother's painstaking efforts, and finally raised her face with a sincere smile: "It's still early, it's too late. How can there be a mother who doesn't love her son? I just can't get enough of Brother Cheng."

All the servants in the house laughed.

Dong Yuan turned around, glanced at the people in the room, and said: "Ju Hong stay with me, Qiang Wei stays."

Both Qiangwei and Juhong were slightly surprised.

"If the Empress leaves me to talk and comes back later, don't worry about it." Dong Yuan glanced at the confused Qiangwei and added.

Qiangwei suddenly understood: Grandma was afraid that the son would be worried and didn't know what happened, so she asked herself to stay and explain to the son.The house was full of maids and women, Qiangwei spoke frankly and often followed Dong Yuan.Sheng Xiuyi believed her words even more.

Grandma doesn't want her family to worry.

Qiangwei was even more worried: Is there really something wrong?Looking at brother Cheng again, and leaving yourself to pass on the message to the eldest son, it's all a bit unlucky.She looked at Dong Yuan with worried eyes, which happened to meet Dong Yuan's gaze.

Dong Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he had recovered a little calm.Touching Qiangwei's worried eyes, she immediately settled down and smiled.

Qiangwei's heart seemed to relax a little.

Mother Luo helped Dong Yuan put on the squirrel silk cloak with her own hands, and helped her put on clogs, telling her to go quickly.

Coming out of the Jingshe Courtyard, a rough envoy carried the soft sedan chair and waited for Dong Yuan.

At the entrance of the Sheng Mansion, there was a carriage with canopy folded feathers and tassels prepared long ago.After stopping for a while, there was a thin layer of snow on the top of the carriage.The bright red fringed tassels are wetted by the snow, making them more gorgeous.

Ju Hong helped Dong Yuan get into the carriage, followed by herself, and handed Dong Yuan a Pan Chi copper hand stove.He then asked Dong Yuan if it was cold.

The walls of the compartment are made of thick felt, which prevents the cold wind from blowing in, and there are woolen carpets, so it is not cold.

Holding the copper stove in her hand, Dong Yuan couldn't feel the chill even more, she said truthfully, "I'm not cold."

Then, the carriage became quiet again, only the sound of the carriage shaft rolling.

"Grandma!" Ju Hong had been thinking for a while, and suddenly remembered something, and shouted out loud.

Dong Yuan was also thinking about something on his mind, but when she suddenly called out, he was taken aback.She was originally tense, so when she shouted unpreparedly, her heart would jump out of her mouth.

"What's wrong?" Dong Yuan calmed down and asked her, rubbing his chest.

"Is today the day when the empress descends?" Orange red eyes revealed surprise, and asked Dong Yuan.Although she didn't know what Dong Yuan was afraid of, she knew that Dong Yuan had never been able to figure out the purpose of the Empress's invitation to the palace, and she was frightened.

Ju Hong also served at Xue's house for a few days.

The first time she entered Xue's house, she worked as an errand in the courtyard of the First Lady Rong, and Mother Rong personally trained their new maidservant.It was also mid-to-late October at that time, I don't remember the exact date, but it was also a snowy day, and the eldest lady asked Mama Rong to give Liangdi a birthday present.

At that time, Ju Hong and another little girl were working as errands, responsible for taking care of the tea.The little girl broke the lid of a teacup carelessly, and Mother Rong punished Ju Hong and the little girl to kneel in the snow.

Ju Hong clearly remembered that it was snowing heavily all over the sky, and the cold came up from her knees, and the little girl was so frightened that she sobbed secretly.

Then the eldest lady came out and said to Rong's mother that today is Di Liang's birthday, so she can do good for Liang Di and forgive these little girls.She also urged Rong's mother to hurry up and send Liang Di's birthday gift to the Prince's Mansion.

The Xue Liangdi at that time was the Empress Empress of today.

If it was the Queen's birthday, it would make sense to invite the sisters in the family to go.Dong Yuan was also slightly taken aback when he heard this.

She didn't even know when the empress's birthday was.

When she arrived at Xue's house, the Empress had already become the Prince Liang Di.She hardly ever saw the cousin.

"Really?" Dong Yuan asked back.

Ju Hong also couldn't make up her mind, so she told the events of the year: "...the years are too long, I don't remember the exact day. But it was also like today, it was snowing heavily, I think it's almost the same..."

Dong Yuan thought about it carefully, and felt that it was reliable.Emperor Yuanchang was still ill, so naturally the empress would not hold a birthday banquet with great fanfare.But on the birthday, it is possible to invite the sisters in the family to reunite.

Her heart seemed to relax a little.

Without seeing the empress, everything could not be concluded, Dong Yuan sighed secretly again.For the palace, is she a bit of a shadow of a snake?

She has never lived there, but she judges that it is a place to eat people just based on the film and television works of later generations, isn't it a bit arbitrary?

For women in this era, no matter where they are, they are not free.

As the carriage moved forward slowly, Dong Yuan finally arrived at the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden Palace.

The servants and carriages of the Sheng Mansion were stopped outside the Donghua Gate, Dong Yuan handed over the name card, and took the carriage of the Forbidden Palace to go to the Kunning Palace of the Empress.

The carriage went around for a while, Dong Yuan sat quietly and did not dare to move.

When the carriage stopped, a female official stepped forward and helped Dong Yuan get off the carriage.

The snow is still falling, and the Danchi in front of Kunning Palace is covered with white snow, covering the blue-gray floor tiles.The ground was very wet and slippery, and even the heavy clogs were a bit unsteady.

Dong Yuan carefully supported the female officer's hand, and slowly walked into Kunning Palace.

At this moment, her flustered heart inexplicably calmed down.Whether it's the queen's birthday or other reasons, she has already entered the palace.

(End of this chapter)