Abandoned Wife and Marry Only: Daughter of Houmen

Chapter 212

When Hui'an and his party walked in, a roll call eunuch shouted.

"The Queen Mother is here!"

There was a pause in the palace. The Empress Dowager had been out of sight for many years to avoid suspicion because she was not the birth mother of Emperor Xiankang. She had been in poor health over the years, and she hadn’t attended any palace banquets for three or four years. It is not a big deal to only hold a family banquet in the harem. Even so, the empress dowager Wen's reputation in Dahui still remains undiminished.

So everyone couldn't help being stunned when they heard the words, and then they got up, kneeling respectfully and saluted, and Empress Cui had brought all the concubines down from the high platform of jade pillars to welcome them up.

Hui'an followed Princess Jingmin one step behind the Queen Mother and entered the hall. The Queen Mother smiled and allowed everyone to stand up, and looked at the gorgeous women in the first hall, but no one dared to look at her as she passed her eyes, and they all bowed their heads. At present, the atmosphere of celebration just now has been reduced a bit, the queen mother couldn't help sighing, and said to Princess Jingmin.

"Look, when we old ones come, they feel uncomfortable, so it's better for us old sisters to stay in the old woman's Chengning Palace, so as not to be an eyesore."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, the queen hastily helped the queen mother's hand, and said: "Look at what the queen mother said, your old man can move, so that they can look at the beauty of the phoenix, and it will be an honor to talk about it with your children and grandchildren in the future." Woolen cloth."

"Yes, Empress Dowager, seeing your strong body, the courtiers and wives are happy, and they are all holding back their laughter. It's just because of the majesty of the Tian family, they dare not be presumptuous." Mrs. Lu Guogong also answered at the right time.

As soon as she took the lead, all the wives answered the words one after another, and the hall was very lively for a while. The queen mother nodded and said: "In that case, don't be cautious. Today is a happy day. Don't mourn my family just because my old lady is defeated. Seeing you are happy, this is the heart that is happy, let’s all return to our seats.”

Because of the noble status of Princess Jingmin, her seat was also set above the high stage. After Empress Cui helped the queen mother up the palace steps, Hui An saw the maid coming, and hurriedly let go of Princess Jingmin's hand, drooping her eyes. With a smile, he walked to the seat in Fengyang Hou Mansion under the guidance of the little maid.

It's just that most of the old princes who came in with the queen mother just now, Hui'an, Wen Jingxin, and Wen Jingyu, three little girls mixed among them were still eye-catching, so everyone couldn't help but look at them a few more times, even at this moment Hui'an still You can feel the fiery stares from all directions.

While walking, she heard whispers coming from nowhere.

"Which family is the lady next to Princess Jingmin just now?"

"It's Miss Shen from Fengyang Hou's Mansion. She was summoned by the Queen Mother just now. She looks dignified and generous, unlike the rumors. I heard that she was even worse in the piano competition between Taixue and Guozijian not long ago. He won against the concubine of the Gu family."

"I've also heard about this. There have been a lot of rumors about this Miss Shen recently, but I didn't expect the Queen Mother to treat Fengyanghoufu so courteously."

"I heard that Fengyang girl Hou was raised at the Empress Dowager's knees when she was young. The Empress Dowager is a kind and caring person. It is not difficult to understand if she cares more. This Miss Shen is blessed."

Those voices were getting smaller and smaller, but Hui'an didn't really care about them. He kept his eyes on the corner of his mouth, and with a smile on his lips, he walked calmly. After a while, Hui'an glanced at her and didn't pay any attention to her.

On the jade steps, the empress was smiling at the empress dowager and Princess Jingmin and said, "These poems are all good. The concubines are only proficient in writing and ink, but they can't judge whether they are good or bad, so they passed on these poems. Let everyone read the same comments, and in the end, this song (Winter Love) by Princess Mingxia of Weiqinhou's Mansion won the first place."

The maid presented the poems written by the ladies in the imperial garden just now, the queen mother and Princess Jingmin looked at them carefully for a while, then nodded with a smile, and ordered the maid to pass them on to Mrs. Dingguo and others.

The Empress Dowager pinched the paper (Winter Love) and looked at Jiang Hongyu below, saying: "This poem is very well written, with excellent meaning and rhyme, beautiful and refined."

Jiang Hongyu hurriedly got up and blessed Fuli, her cheeks flushed.She is dressed in a very delicate and charming way today. She wears a slanted long skirt embroidered with pomegranates and pomegranate flowers. A pair of Shuangxi Shuangruyi red gold swings are inserted, and the ruby ​​tassels are constantly swinging with the movement, which is bright and noble.

Today, the empress hosted a banquet for all the wives. Jiang Hongyu is the future Concubine Ping. It is not surprising that the empress kissed her poem as the top prize, so everyone looked at it with obvious expressions.

Hui'an looked around and saw beside Jiang Hongyu a graceful and dignified woman dressed in golden Luofei curved silk embroidered gown, apricot yellow brown skirt embroidered with magpies returning to their nests, and six-winged gold phoenix hairpin on her head. In his 30s, he looks very young, but his eyebrows and eyes are eighty percent similar to Du Meike.

Hui'an guessed that this woman must be Du Meike's sister Du Meiqing, so she couldn't help but look at her twice, maybe her gaze was too focused, and Madam Wei Qinhou suddenly turned her head and glanced this way, bumping into Hui'an. Huian couldn't help squinting his eyes, it was just an ordinary look, but it made Hui'an feel a chill for no reason.

Hui'an hurriedly looked away, but thought in her heart, if they are really sisters, the same look makes people shudder.

But the Empress Dowager said again: "This kid Duanning has lost his temper. Although the poems he wrote are a bit reserved, they are still clear and easy to understand, not bad."

After the Empress Dowager said, Princess Duanning, who was snuggling next to Empress Cui, said coquettishly, "The Empress Dowager is biased, and the poems written by other people are very good. When it comes to Duanning, it will be very good, and she will not follow her."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and the queen mother praised Gu Yuxin, Xie Yunzhi and several other young ladies one after another, and then handed the poem manuscript to Eunuch Yang, who was beside her, and said.

"Yang Shun'er, please send the poems written by these young ladies to the front, so that the emperor and other ministers can also take a look. Our women's talents are no worse than men's."

Eunuch Yang hurriedly took the manuscript with both hands, bowed down the steps and walked quickly to the Chaoyun Palace ahead, the young lady who had been selected for the poem couldn't help showing her shyness when she saw this. And the grandmothers and mothers were beaming with joy.

Ever since they knew they were going to appreciate peonies, many young ladies had already made preparations, so there were quite a few young ladies who presented poems in the imperial garden just now, and some of them had some good poems with excellent words and good artistic conception.

(End of this chapter)