wedding dress

Chapter 4
Xiaodong met his father, Wang An, at dinner.

Mrs. Hu put her on the ground, Xiaodong looked good, and curtseyed to her father according to what Mrs. Hu taught her: "I have met my father."

"Yeah. Xiaodong is here."

Wang An's tone was gentle and soft, like the faint sound of a qin in a summer night, Xiaodong was speechless, even if he didn't look at people, the voice was beautiful enough.

An Wang's hand was gently placed on her head, Xiaodong was a little nervous and dared not move.

"Xiaodong has grown up too..." He sighed softly, as if the wind passed through the bamboo shoots: "I still remember when you were just born, you were a little big, and you could hold it with one hand..."

Xiaodong raised his head unconsciously.

There was an indelible worry on the brows of Prince An, as if the ice and snow on the mountain were crystal clear and cold.Such snow, even in midsummer, will not melt.

Even when he smiled, the melancholy was too strong to dissolve.

Wang An glanced at her quietly: "You look like your mother."

Is it?The mirror here is not clear enough, Xiaodong doesn't know what he looks like, the little face in the mirror looks like a big round apple.However, if it looks like a mother-in-law, it shouldn't be ugly.

King An didn't speak any more, Xiaodong leaned against his knee, looking from the belt around his waist to the hem of his clothes.

A plain suit with black borders—is he mourning for his mother?

Not long after, Zhao Lu also came, he was very polite in front of King An, after bowing, he nodded to Xiaodong: "Sister is here too."

Xiaodong bowed his knees towards him in a similar manner, and called out "Brother".It caused Zhao Lumei to relax, and it seemed that he was in a much better mood than when he came in just now.

Zhao Lu sat on King An's left, and Xiaodong sat on his right.

There was no one else, and the charming Mrs. Ming did not appear.

The food in the palace is not full of delicacies from mountains and seas, but what is placed in front of Xiaodong is egg custard and white porridge.After saluting, Mrs. Hu sat down on a low stool beside her, took a spoon and fed Xiaodong.

The porridge looks ordinary, but it tastes great in the mouth. The rice is rich in aroma, thick and soft.The egg custard is very fresh and slightly salty.

Wang An also pointed to a dish of tofu and said, "She can eat this too."

Xiaodong noticed that the table was full of vegetarian dishes.

After dinner, King An asked a few words, and ordered: "Xiaodong just came back to the palace, I'm afraid I'm not used to it, you have to worry about it."

Mrs. Hu hurriedly replied: "Yes."

King An paused for a moment, then said: "I'll make preparations in the next two days. The Empress Dowager wants to meet Xiaodong."

Hu hurriedly agreed.

Queen Mother...

What does the queen look like?

Xiaodong has been thinking about this problem since he lay under the quilt.

After Mrs. Hu settled her down, she put down the curtain and walked away gently with the lamp in her hand.

There are still people in the room, and through the screen, there are maids sleeping there on duty.

Hu's voice talking to her could be faintly heard.

Xiaodong pricked up his ears, listening to their chatter.

Adults always think that children don't understand anything, so they always reveal something inadvertently when they speak.

"Today Mrs. Ming sent someone to send four sets of clothes. They don't look like they were made in a hurry. I'm afraid they have been prepared a long time ago..."

Hu asked, "Who sent it?"

"The green water beside Mrs. Ming..."

Their voices are thinner, and Xiaodong can only listen to a single word if he listens carefully.Drowsy, Xiaodong listened to Hu's words again: "...the princess will enter the palace in two years, I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of it by myself, so you should be more careful, and there must be no omissions, after all, the palace Nowhere else."

"Yes."

Entering the palace...

Xiaodong felt a little uneasy.

But she also comforted herself in her heart, she has been fine until now, and she didn't show too many flaws.Try to talk as little as possible and you should be fine.

It's just that the day of entering the palace came so soon, and Xiaodong felt that it was too late for him to prepare mentally.

Early that morning Xiaodong was dug out of the quilt by Mrs. Hu and the maids, much earlier than usual.The servant girl brought the new clothes, and Xiaodong sleepily let others manipulate her, layer after layer of clothes on her upper body, feeling like a rag doll.

Mrs. Hu hugged her and went out. From a distance, she could see that Zhao Lu's courtyard was also brightly lit, and Mrs. Qi, Zhao Lu's wet nurse, followed Zhao Lu out of the courtyard.Zhao Lu was wearing plain robes and a silver crown, looking from a distance like an exquisite and expensive doll.

Xiaodong knew that she must look like this too, only one size smaller than him.

"My sister and I are going into the palace together. We have to pay our respects to the Queen Mother first. It is disrespectful to go late."

Xiaodong nodded, his little face just came out of the house, let the cold wind prick it, it was so red, so cute that people want to take a bite.

Xiaodong looked around, but did not see Prince An.

Zhao Lu bent down and said softly, "Are you looking for your father? Father is going to court, and he has already left."

So the prince is going to court too?
Xiaodong thought that the prince was just like in the novels on TV, who was in charge of being suave, suave, eating, waiting to die, bullying male bullies and plotting to usurp the throne...

Hu carried her into the car, but Zhao Lu refused to get into the other car, and raised his head: "I want to sit with my sister."

His wet nurse Qi Shi is not as gentle and soft as Hu Shi, her expression is a bit indifferent, and she also said one sentence: "If you go to other places, it's okay for the son to ride with the princess, but don't be careless when entering the palace."

Zhao Lu was stunned by her words, like a young seedling beaten by Shuang, obediently followed Qi and got into the car in front.

In a daze, Xiaodong listened to Mrs. Hu say that the wet nurses of the prince and the princess were all picked and picked and picked, and finally the prince nodded.The Qi family and the Hu family are solemn and upright, and the other is gentle and peaceful. It is really just right to serve the prince and the princess respectively.

The car staggered forward, and there was a very small and exquisite octagonal lamp hanging in the corner, the inside of the car was dimly and warmly illuminated, Xiaodong wanted to see the street outside.Don't say that Mrs. Hu won't let her lift the curtain, even if it is opened, it will be dark outside, and nothing can be seen.

The winter morning came late, and when they got off the car at the gate of the palace, it was just beginning to get dark in the east. Before Xiaodong could feel the cool breeze, she had already been wrapped tightly in a cloak by Mrs. Hu and carried into the gate of the palace.

The palace lanterns were still on, and a little bit of light in the distance lined up, illuminating the long and silent palace road.The air was filled with the smell of sweeping moisture and a little dust.

Mrs. Hu walked forward with her in her arms, passing through countless gates, Xiaodong thought to herself, it seems that being a wet nurse is not only a technical job, but also a physical labor.If Mrs. Hu was a little weaker, it would be enough for her to drink a pot for such a long walk with her in her arms.

After entering a side hall, Mrs. Hu whispered to her: "Princess, please pay your respects to the Empress Dowager Shengde first, and then salute to the Empress Dowager Shengci."

Did the two empress dowagers originally live in the first palace?

But after entering, Xiaodong immediately couldn't think of those messy thoughts.

There were too many people in the room, when Xiaodong entered the door, the threshold was almost higher than her, and it was Mrs. Hu who carried her in and put her down after entering the door.With Xiaodong's height, he could only see a piece of embroidered skirts, all kinds of colors, all kinds of embroidered patterns, all over the sky, full of dangdang, like the gorgeous glow of the sky in the evening of summer.

There are also scents, all kinds of scents, strong and light, it is winter, but here it is warm and fragrant, as if it is spring, and many flowers bloom together.

(End of this chapter)