Emperor's Lazy Queen

Chapter 14

"Miss!" Seeing that Du Xiaoyue's words were getting more and more outrageous, Hongsi quickly interrupted Du Xiaoyue, "Miss, if you talk nonsense, I will burn all the books while Miss is going to pay her respects to the Queen Mother!"

"Haha, it's okay, anyway, I've already finished reading those books." Du Xiaoyue shrugged nonchalantly, "As long as you're not afraid of being killed by the eyes of other maids in Zhaoyang Palace, go ahead!"

After entering the palace for more than half a month, Du Xiaoyue has successfully turned the maids in Zhaoyang Palace into lovers of Fengyue novels. Some court ladies can't read, so they just read books with pictures, and even eunuchs also read them!And Hongsi was the last person to be corrupted. When she saw the court ladies following Du Xiaoyue to read Fengyue novels, she sighed that Du Xiaoyue had spoiled a group of good court ladies, but one day she accidentally saw Du Xiaoyue 'accidentally' opening the When I was in the book on the table, driven by curiosity, I read a page, but couldn't help but read the second page, the third page, the fourth page...

"Miss, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has come and said that the things for Miss to go home to visit relatives have been arranged. If Miss is willing, she can go home to visit relatives tomorrow." Qingzhu came in with a basin, and the water in the basin was still running. Steaming.

"Oh!" Du Xiaoyue just responded lightly. From the third day after entering the palace, she asked Qingzhu to go to the House of Internal Affairs to ask her about going back to the Du Mansion to visit relatives. After half a month of delay, she finally responded. .Alas, this work efficiency is close to that of the tortoise family! "Have they left? If not, please invite them in for some tea!" Of course, if they do come in, it's not just as simple as drinking tea.

"The father-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs left after talking. This is the gift list prepared by the father-in-law for the lady to reward the Du family. Let the lady have a look. If there is something wrong, you can make it right." Qingzhu put down the basin, and then held He handed Du Xiaoyue a small booklet, and then bent down, about to take off Du Xiaoyue's shoes.

After taking the booklet, Du Xiaoyue didn't open it and put it on the couch beside her. Anyway, she didn't understand the etiquette of rewarding people, so it was useless to read it. "No need, I'll do it myself." Du Xiaoyue bent down, took off her shoes by herself, and at the same time said nothing idle, "Qingzhu, please run for a while and tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs that I will return to Du's Mansion tomorrow. By the way, Remember to wear thicker clothes when you go out, it’s very cold outside, I guess it’s spring and the temperature will warm up in a few days.”

"Yes!" Qingzhu led the order to go out.

"Miss is homesick?" Hongsi asked from the side.

"Yeah." Thinking about it, but it's not the Du family, but the Su family far away in the sky. "Hongsi, I'm going to stay one night before going back to the palace. You tell Qingzhu, if you want to go home tomorrow to see your family, it's okay to have a small gathering with your family. You just need to come back before I return to the palace the day after tomorrow. "Red silk and green bamboo are also from the capital, but their families are not in the city, but they are not far from the city.

"Thank you, Miss!" Hong Si bowed to Du Xiaoyue, full of emotion.Hongsi calculated in her heart, she hadn't seen her family for more than a month, and she really missed them a little!In a few days, it will be the New Year's Eve. I thought I would not be able to go home this year's New Year's Eve, but I didn't expect Du Xiaoyue to think carefully about herself.

After washing her feet, Du Xiaoyue lay down on the soft couch, wrapped her legs with a silk quilt, opened the booklet and looked at it: "By the way, I see that there are many things written on it, why don't you choose two Take it back to your family." Du Xiaoyue didn't look at the agate, goldware, incense sticks and other things written on the booklet, anyway, these things are useless to Du Xiaoyue now.

"Impossible, Miss!" Hongsi hurriedly shook her hands and head, "Those things were sent directly from the palace to the Du Mansion, and Hongsi and Qingzhu are just girls, taking these things is against the rules. People in the government asked, red silk and green bamboo may be in trouble."

"Well, that's right! How about this, I'll give each of you 100 taels of silver bills, and you can take them back to honor your family, don't refuse!" Du Xiaoyue thought for a while, anyway, she still has money in her hands now, and there is usually nothing to spend money on, so she took care of it The palace people don't need much, not to mention that there is still wages for being a queen, so this money should be enough. "You know where I keep my bank notes, go get them yourself." Du Xiaoyue completely regarded the red silk and green bamboo as housekeepers, even the daily expenses of Zhaoyang Palace were handed over to the red silk and green bamboo.

"Thank you, miss, for your reward!" 100 taels is not a small amount for red silk. In the palace, the monthly money of different levels of court ladies is different. I and Qingzhu, a close-knit court lady, have one or two a month. silver.

"Well, well, if you have something to do, go and do it." Du Xiaoyue yawned, and threw the booklet in her hand aside, "I'll sleep here for a while, and put out the candles when you leave. Don't worry if you have something to do." Find me! Call me again when you have dinner." After speaking, she fell on the couch, wrapped the quilt around her body, and closed her eyes to sleep.

Du Xiaoyue finally understood why men in the past liked to be the champion and return to their hometowns, and women liked to enter the palace and become concubines, so there is another family-senting banquet.Because that scene was really a glorious event for them and their family!The royal guards led the way, followed by a large group of eunuchs and maids, and Feng Yu surrounded the center like stars and the moon, walking slowly. There was no commoner on the street, and the doors and windows of every house were tightly closed.

"It's boring! Why are there so many rules!" Du Xiaoyue felt annoyed when she saw her bright yellow attire. , the whole person is surrounded by a bunch of yellow! "There are still shops on the street that are not open, so how can I go to the study to buy books! Fortunately, I plan to stay overnight before going back, and I can buy books early tomorrow morning." Su Xiaoyue closed her eyes, her eyes were not yellow, her heart was not disturbed, and then casually Swaying gently to the rhythm, I went to see Duke Zhou or Duke Zhuang.

"Mistress Qi, I have arrived at the main courtyard of the Du family, please get off the sedan chair!" The palace official lowered her head in front of Yi Fengruan, and half-kneeled to ask Du Xiaoyue to get off the sedan chair, but Du Xiaoyue in the sedan chair never responded.Before the female palace official asked Du Xiaoyue to get off the sedan chair, she saw that the current prime minister and his family were kneeling at the gate to meet Du Xiaoyue, but Du Xiaoyue hadn't got off the sedan chair after a long time, and Prime Minister Du had already raised his head to check.

The female palace official, who was sweating big and big, said loudly again: "My lady, I have arrived at the main courtyard of the Du family, please get off the sedan chair!"

"Ah!" The lazy voice came slowly, "It's already here? Why so fast? I think I just got into the sedan chair?"

Red Silk and Green Bamboo looked at each other, without thinking too much, they knew that Du Xiaoyue must have accidentally fallen asleep.But now, I can't say much, just wait for Feng Du Xiaoyue to slowly grow mushrooms.

Before getting off the sedan chair, Du Xiaoyue rubbed her eyes first, and then twisted her body. The sour feeling was really uncomfortable. When she returned to the palace, she had to bring a pillow and put it here. The space is also big enough, there is no problem for two people to lie down - when Du Xiaoyue took the first step, this was the only thought in her mind.

The maid opened the curtain, and at the same time another eunuch stepped forward, trying to reach out to support Du Xiaoyue. "No need, I will get off the sedan chair by myself." Before Du Xiaoyue could say "I", she thought of the red silk and green bamboo's repeated warnings, and finally changed her name.

The eunuch withdrew his hand, and Du Xiaoyue got off the sedan chair. The red silk and green bamboo immediately followed behind Du Xiaoyue, and at the same time, there was a loud and steady voice of greeting: "My minister Du Kangyong pays his respects to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old!"

Before Du Xiaoyue had time to say anything, Jiang Liangdi, Ding Yingwei, Du Xiaoyue's three elder brothers and two sister-in-laws also said the same thing.At this moment, Du Xiaoyue saw the third brother whom she had no chance to meet. Unfortunately, he lowered his head and couldn't see what he looked like. He only knew that his name was Du Zhengxuan; Du Yehan and Du Chuyang had met once, but Then their two wives only met today.

"Father, mother, aunt, brother, sister-in-law, you all get up!" Du Xiaoyue walked in front of them, bent over, and directly helped Jiang Liangdi up, Du Kangyong and others also stood up.Today's Jiang Liangdi is dressed up, and Jiang Liangdi's face is flushed after the painting. Du Xiaoyue is also very satisfied with seeing it, but when Du Xiaoyue supports her, her eye sockets start to turn red, causing Du Xiaoyue to speak quickly, "We Let's go inside and talk, it's too cold outside. Don't be restrained, it's the same as before, everyone talks and laughs, it's good." Hey, there's no way, Du Xiaoyue woke up because Jiang Liangdi was scared of crying On that day, I personally experienced what it means to burst into tears!
Du Xiaoyue's words came out of her mouth, and the palace servants naturally came to guide her into the main hall...

For the next hour, Du Xiaoyue deeply realized what self-indulgence is - because that scene was really more boring than listening to the gossip of the concubines in the palace. Very polite, basically keep a long story short, don’t say what you can’t say, then, a female official said, it’s time to reward things, after a lot of things are rewarded, and then chat for a few more, the female official said again , It's time to go back to the palace.

"Going back to the palace?" Du Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked the female officer in a leisurely manner, "It's been an hour since I came here, so I have to go back to the palace?"

"Back to the empress, according to the rules in the palace, this time the empress only has one hour to visit the relatives." The hair official replied respectfully, leaning on his body.

Du Xiaoyue sat on the soft seat right above her, with her hands folded, her right thumb lightly tapping her left hand.After a while, he said calmly, "I'm staying in Du's residence tonight, please, my lady officer, go back to the palace and tell the people in the palace."

(End of this chapter)