wedding dress

Chapter 5 The Queen Mother
Xiaodong and Zhao Lu bowed down on the cushion in the middle.

She wore layers of clothes, like a round hydrangea.Although she remembers all the movements that Mr. Hu taught her, and she is confident that she can do it well——

But she forgot that there is a word in the world called accident.

She knelt down smoothly, but when she bowed down, her body suddenly lost her balance and rolled to one side like a ball.

Scattered laughter came from where the women were sitting.

Zhao Lu quickly turned his head to look at her with concern, and reached out to help her.

Xiaodong's face was slightly red, she supported Zhao Lu's hand to stabilize her body, and knelt down again.

Someone above cleared his throat, so the sporadic laughter disappeared, and the hall returned to loneliness.

Xiaodong bowed down again, this time she was very serious, and thought she was kneeling firmly.However, heavy clothing materials, soft cushions, fleshy hands and feet, all kinds of objective factors superimposed-this time before her head touched the cushions, the world was spinning again before her eyes, and she turned to one side again. He knocked over Zhao Lu who was kneeling beside him.The chubby Xiaodong swayed from side to side like an indomitable tumbler, but couldn't finish the ceremony.

The person sitting on top couldn't help laughing this time: "Hurry up and help her up, don't pray. It's hard for such a small child."

Someone picked Xiaodong up and helped her stand still.

Wearing such thick clothes, it is difficult to walk.Xiaodong turned her head to look at the maid who picked her up, she was wearing a blue satin jacket and a pink skirt, she didn't look bulky, but slim and graceful, with a slender waist.

"Come on, come here and let the Ai family take a look."

Why does the queen mother call herself Aijia?Do you mourn because your husband died?
Xiaodong was thinking wildly in his mind, and moved forward with small steps.The thick clothes and skirt made her walk unchanged, and she almost twisted and twisted to get in front of the empress dowager's seat.

A well-maintained, white hand rested on her shoulder.

Xiaodong finally got a clear look at the Empress Dowager.

The queen mother is not the rich or shrewd old lady she thought.In fact, she has nothing to do with Laozi at all.He has good facial features, a beautiful face, and a gentle and amiable smile. As Zhao Lu and Hu Shi have said, he is a person with an excellent temper.

"Your name is Xiaodong, isn't it?"

Xiaodong nodded.

"Good boy..." She looked at Xiaodong's appearance, touched her head, turned to the other person and said, "Sister Yao, look, this child looks like her mother? I still remember Qingyuan's The eyes are also born like this."

Another voice sounded: "My sister is right."

The voice was as cold as a mountain spring, and it was indescribably beautiful.Xiaodong couldn't help turning her head to look, Zhao Lu hurriedly took her hand, and said in a low voice, "That's the Empress Dowager Shengci."

Xiaodong only took one look——

Empress Dowager Shengci is definitely a beauty.

Maybe the word "beauty" is the least rare in the imperial palace. This may be the area with the largest number of beauties in the world, the best quality, and the highest density.However, even if the Empress Dowager Shengci is among a group of beauties with their own characteristics and charms, she can still grab everyone's attention immediately.Her skin is as fine and white as jade, and her eyes are as clear as autumn water.The eyebrows and eyes seem to have been carefully drawn by Danqing's skilled hands, without any imperfections.

If there is really a shortcoming, it is her Shen Yun temperament.But in her eyes, there was a clear sense of coldness and refusal from people thousands of miles away.

Just like a rare flower born on a high place, it is precious, lonely, and willing to open and fall.

Xiaodong was sure of one thing the moment he saw her.

This Holy Empress Dowager must be King An's biological mother.

Without a mother with such a peerless beauty, how could such a handsome son come from?

Well, that means that the Empress Dowager Shengci is her grandmother?

Xiaodong was stunned.

Grandma... Cough, the Shengci Empress Dowager in front of her looks so young and beautiful, she doesn't even have a son, who would have known that she is already a grandmother, with a grandson as big as Zhao Lu.

Xiaodong was young and it was her first time entering the palace, so no one stood up to criticize her lack of etiquette right now.Zhao Lu still respectfully greeted the Empress Dowager Shengci again.

The Empress Dowager Shengci only nodded, and asked calmly, "Where's your father?"

Zhao Lu replied respectfully: "Father has gone to court, and asked my sister and I to come and pay respects to the two queen mothers."

The Empress Dowager Shengde hugged Xiaodong and said in a low voice, "Oh, this poor child..."

Her eye circles turned red, and she picked up the handkerchief to wipe away her tears.The atmosphere in the room suddenly became gloomy, and the joy just now seemed to have condensed and weighed heavily on people's shoulders.

Someone nearby persuaded: "Sister Xiaodong, there are two empress dowagers and many elders watching and protecting her? Empress dowager, please don't be sad, not to mention the people in front of you, even those who have already gone will feel uneasy."

The person who spoke was wearing a pair-breasted skirt with cane feathers and satin, and a hibiscus crown with gold silk and pearls on his head.

This kind of dress is also unique in this room, and her noble status is self-evident.Sure enough, the people around Empress Dowager Shengde also persuaded: "What the Empress Dowager said is very true, so don't be sad, Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Shengde nodded: "What you said is true, but I think of that girl Qingyuan, who is much better than you all, but her fate is unlucky, her health has been bad... Now let go, leaving the child behind so young ..."

Xiaodong stood there in a daze without making a sound, Zhao Lu's eye circles were also red, he held Xiaodong's hand, and kept silent.

"Don't be sad, Queen Mother. Look at you, you have scared the two children again."

The Empress Dowager Shengde took Xiaodong over: "Well, look at this child, it's the first time I've seen him when he's grown up." She took a piece of snack and handed it to Xiaodong, and Xiaodong took it—why do these people always like to hand her a piece of cake? dessert?Can you give me something else?After bouncing all the way in the carriage and being smothered by the smell all over the house, she couldn't eat any of it.

Someone behind him suddenly said: "This is Sister Xiaodong?"

Xiaodong turned her head, and a little girl looked at her with a smile.She was beautiful and lovely, she was eight or nine years old, she combed her dolls, and wore light pink clothes. It was foreseeable that she would be a beautiful woman again in a few years.

Xiaodong is almost immune to beauty.

Zhao Lu next to her told her: "This is the sixth princess."

The sixth princess raised her hand to interrupt him: "Stop making such vain rituals, just call me elder sister six. Hehe, I've been waiting for a long time, and finally someone will call me elder sister, so I don't have to be the youngest anymore. "

Empress Dowager Shengde smiled and beckoned her to come over, holding Xiaodong in one arm and embracing her in the other: "Why did you come here first? Where are your sisters?"

"They have no shortage of younger sisters, so of course there is no need to come in a hurry. I have to come and see first. I will also have younger sisters in the future. This is a great joy."

A woman next to her said: "Princess Six has been looking forward to having a younger sister for so many years, but she is looking forward to it - but the princess doesn't live in the palace, so Princess Six's wish to be a sister may not come true."

The Sixth Princess pursed her lips slightly, and shook the Empress Dowager Shengde's hand coquettishly: "Empress Dowager, let little sister Xiaodong stay and be my companion."

(End of this chapter)