Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 161

The Fengming Palace where the empress lives is the most magnificent palace in the harem except the emperor's Qiankun Palace.

The floor of the main hall is paved with white jade, the pillars on both sides are covered with gold, and the various decorations are even more dazzling.

In front of the main hall is a square of hundreds of square meters.

There are nineteen more steps.

The carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and when entering the palace, Eunuch Li asked Su Yue to bring mint, but blocked all her maids from outside the palace gate.

There was no one to help her. Cai Ji was wearing Madam Hou's high-grade dress, and the jewelry on her head weighed several catties. She was so tired that she walked all the way to the front of the hall.

Seeing the hall finally lifted his spirits, thinking that he could finally see the queen and have a place to rest.

But he was blocked from the hall by the servant at the door.

The servant first bowed respectfully and sent Su Yue in, then turned around and blocked Cai Ji: "Who are you? How dare you trespass into Fengming Hall!"

Cai Ji was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "My concubine is Mrs. Ningyuanhou, and she is Miss Su's mother. She accompanied Miss Su to meet the empress."

The servant looked her up and down, and said: "Today, the Empress only announced the entry of the Moon Lord into the palace, but she didn't hear about Mrs. Ningyuan Hou. Just wait, let's go and ask."

Cai Ji could only wait outside.

After standing there for a full quarter of an hour, the servant came out and said, "The Empress is not free now, she is waiting outside Su Cai's palace."

Waiting outside the hall means that you stand outside and the queen inside does not make a sound, so you cannot move, sit, or walk.

After Cai Ji stood there for another half an hour, the sky turned overcast, and snowflakes fluttered down one after another.

The concubines who came to pay their respects in the hall came out one after another, and looked curiously at Cai Ji who was standing under the hall.

But with just one glance, they talked and smiled and left.

There are many Marquises in the Song Kingdom, and naturally there are also many Marquises. However, there are not many Marquises with real power. This one standing outside waiting, presumably is just a false Marquis.

The snow fell more and more, and Cai Ji's clothes were not snowproof, and they were soaked in a short time, sticking wet and cold to her body, and the jewelry on her head gave her a headache, and her feet were sore from standing for a long time. That It's really hard to suffer.

But as soon as he took a step, he was coldly glanced over by the servants and guards next to him, so he could only continue to stand still.

When Cai Ji was blocked outside the main hall and his body was about to freeze, Su Yue had already taken the path from the back of Fengming Palace to Empress Dowager Liu.

Sitting in the warm side hall, make tea for Empress Liu.

Empress Dowager Liu leaned on the leading pillow, looked at Su Yue who was dressed in plain clothes and moved like flowing water, and listened to Eunuch He talking about Cai Ji's attire in a low voice.

Unknowingly sneered and said: "Although she has passed the hot filial piety, she is a heir who married in from Quan, and now Su Jingtian's official document of Chengjue has not been released, but she has put on Madam Hou's spectrum."

After laughing, he said: "You go to the emperor and ask the emperor to take a few speech officials to pretend to pass by the queen and go in and have a seat. Let those speech officials go and have a look. She is Cai Xiang's good cousin."

The costumes of Gaoming are different according to the rank. Mrs. Hou is ordered from the first rank, and the color of the clothes is purple.

The imperial palace is where the imperial power resides, what it wants is celebration and nobility, and it is most taboo to enter the palace wearing filial piety. Therefore, unless there is an important matter, the harem women will not be summoned to enter the palace.

Otherwise, how do you let people wear clothes?

But this Cai Ji entered the palace with no edict, not even a seal of edict, and came in wearing such a dress with filial piety on his body.

This is counting on the queen to be easy to talk, and wanting to come to an established fact.

One is to tell the outside world that she is loved by the empress, otherwise how could she be summoned together with Su Yue?The second is that the Empress has already acknowledged her imperial order.

Fortunately, Eunuch Li told the story when he came back that day, otherwise, with the Queen's temperament, he would really have summoned her together.

In that way, there will be a reason for Cai Ji to do anything to Su Yue in the future.

She was recognized by the empress, Su Yue's mother.

This Cai family really knows how to calculate.

Fortunately, as long as the emperor involved Su Yue, his IQ would go up.

Su Yue heard Empress Dowager Liu's order, her drooping face didn't change any expression, she just laughed secretly in her heart.

When meeting Empress Dowager Liu, Cai Ji's tricks were not enough.

The Empress Dowager Liu in her previous life was transparent, and with Liu Qi beside her, she could see some things deeper and farther.

It's a pity that the Liu family is just an imperial merchant. Although he was made an earl, Liu Qi has never been an official in the court in his previous life. Others dare not touch the Liu family, but the Liu family has no influence on the government.

After the death of Empress Dowager Liu, no one reminded the emperor, so that a few years later, the Beirong people went south.

In this life, from the current point of view, Empress Dowager Liu has stronger influence on the emperor than in her previous life. I hope that the court can maintain the current structure and Cai Xiang's family will not be the only one.

Therefore, it is a good thing that Empress Dowager Liu hates the Cai family.

Cai Ji stood in the snow for more than half an hour, feeling as if his whole body was frozen like a popsicle, when he saw a guard of honor walking up the palace road in front of the main hall.

The team stopped in front of the main hall, and a man in a golden dragon robe came down from the dragon chariot, leading a few people to chat and walk towards the main hall of Fengming Palace.

When they walked to the main hall, those officials were not allowed to enter the hall, so they stopped in front of the steps.

The emperor stopped before finishing his sentence.

Then he saw Cai Ji with a layer of snow on his shoulders.

Frowning lightly, the emperor asked, "Who is this?"

The servant quickly stepped forward and said: "This is the successor married by the eldest son of Marquis Ningyuan, Su Jingtian. The empress summoned Master Yue, and this one insisted on following. The empress didn't have time to see her, so she asked her to wait outside."

Although the imperial decree was issued, Su Jingtian is not a serious Marquis of Ningyuan if he does not leave the documents for one day. Outsiders can be called Marquis of Ningyuan, but the palace cannot be wrong.

The emperor frowned even deeper, glanced at Cai Ji, and said slowly: "Cai Bing told me that his cousin is a virtuous and virtuous cousin, how could she act like this? Don't you know that you are not allowed to enter the palace without an edict? Moreover, I remember that Su Jingtian has not yet become Marquis of Ningyuan, nor has he written a letter to ask for the imperial order for his step-wife, so what are you doing?"

After finishing speaking in a low voice, the emperor waved his sleeves, said in a disgusted voice that he didn't know what to say, and walked towards the main hall.

Several officials standing under the steps had different expressions.

People from the Cai family secretly scolded this cousin for causing trouble and bringing Cai Xiang down, while people from the non-Cai family laughed secretly in their hearts, and they had already begun to draft in their hearts how to write impeachment papers.

Not long after the emperor went in, Eunuch Ding came out and said to Cai Ji: "Mr. Su Cai, the empress ordained that Su Yue is my goddaughter. I want to see my goddaughter, but I don't have a successor." However, seeing that Mrs. Su Cai didn't understand anything when she first came to Beijing, I will not pursue it this time. I will ask Mrs. Cai to go back and reflect on it, and Mrs. Cai will discipline her more. If something like this happens again..."

Eunuch Ding snorted coldly, then paused, and said in a slower tone: "Ms. Su Cai, let's go."

Cai Ji's snow-white face was covered with blood, and he didn't dare to say more, and walked out step by step with his already stiff legs.

The wind and snow were getting stronger, and the uniform on her body was dyed white.

Those sneering voices also seemed to carry an ethereal meaning when they came to the ears.

It's just that Cai Ji didn't have any thoughts about the meaning of those words.

(End of this chapter)