The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 133 The Difficult Mother and Child Meeting in the Palace
The carriages in the palace enter through the Shenwu Gate, and they can no longer go in when they reach the Ganzhi Gate. Xiaozong sympathized with the concubines in the deep palace who could not see their relatives for a long time, so he allowed the first and 15th days of each month to go to the palace. The queen's hall was placed in a unified way, and they were allowed to meet with their mothers and sisters.This is not to say that the wish of asking for an audience can be fulfilled, it depends on the queen's face.If any empress offends the queen this month, not only will she not be able to see her, but the whole family may also be affected and neglected.

When it was the coldest year ago, Concubine Zhou's natal family relied on their daughter's favor, so they became domineering. On the day when they were going to enter the palace to meet Concubine Zhou, the people in the Royal Palace beat Concubine Zhou His mother severely reprimanded her. It is said that Concubine Zhou Guifei fell ill that night.

Fast-forward half a year passed, and there was a faint report from the palace that the empress's health was deteriorating, as hard as it could be.

On that day, the Zhou family was reprimanded at Qianzhimen. On such a cold day, Concubine Zhou's mother knelt at Qianzhimen for two full hours.

Xiuyan supported Lu Shi, and looked at the surrounding environment calmly.The carriage of Ouyang's family in front also stopped earlier, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old red-shirted girl jumped out of it, her big eyes were dark and shining like stars, and her face was full of tears. Well-behaved spirit.

The girl snorted coldly at Xiuyan from a distance, then turned around to help the person inside the curtain.

I saw a white jade-like slender hand lift the curtain, and a girl came out after bending down. The girl was wearing a veil-like pink dress, as if she was in the mist of the mist, she looked about sixteen or seventeen years old , except for a head of black hair, there is no extra decoration on the whole body, but the face is beautiful and unconventional, but there is a layer of blood missing between the skin, which looks abnormally pale.

Xiuyan could see clearly that this girl was the stunning girl who had just glimpsed in Fengwei Hutong.

The girl in red hurriedly pointed in the direction of Xiuyan, and said something to the girl in pink.The latter blushed all over his face, and knocked off the hand of the girl in red, but still couldn't help looking at Xiuyan.

Lu Shi was displeased, "You are so rude." Lu stood forward, trying to block her daughter.Unexpectedly, when the red shirt girl saw this, she covered her mouth and laughed all over her face, causing Lu Shi to jump in anger.

Xing Xiuyan hurriedly asked her mother: "Mom, why should you get angry with this kind of villain, let's not fall for her tricks."

Lu shi suppressed her anger, and hummed heavily.

The two girls in the distance saw that the Xing family was so boring, so they disappointedly went to help the old lady of the Ouyang family who came down last. down.

Because the distance was not too far, Xiuyan could clearly hear the red-shirted girl looking for the little bamboo sedan chair that the young eunuch wanted to take.Xiao Huangmen, who was ordered to pick up the two of them, couldn't help sneering: "Miss Ouyang, don't say such frivolous words, where do you think this is? This is Ganzhimen! Even Mrs. Dingguo came to see her, and she had to walk in. . Unless it is the empress's order, who would dare to carry the sedan chair here?"

Xiuyan's heart moved, she hurriedly took out a small pouch from her cuff, and secretly stuffed it to the palace maid closest to her: "If you dare to ask this elder sister, I don't know if you have to go from Ganzhimen to the Queen's Hall How far?"

The palace servants looked at the pregnant Lu Shi, and said kindly: "In the past, when the wives of the families wanted to enter the palace to ask for an audience, they would wait here at Ganzhi Gate. When will the empress announce, and when will the guards here let them go?" But Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Ouyang are both distinguished guests invited by the empress, so it takes too much time to spend here. After entering the Qianzhi Gate and walking in the north direction, you can see the Queen's Hall."

Xiuyan breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the Empress is the main palace, and the place where she lives is closest to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, which is the highest pavilion in the harem, otherwise, if she walks in with one pair of feet, she won't be able to finish it in half a day.

Xiuyan took the opportunity to ask this eloquent palace man a lot of questions. Seeing that the girl from the Xing family asked simple questions, the palace man answered them patiently and did not touch the secrets of the palace.Not long after, the little father-in-law, the foreign deacon of the Queen's Palace, came out.

"Two ladies, the empress announces that the two families will enter the palace to meet you."

The palace servants serving the Xing family did not dare to delay, they hurriedly stopped chatting and led Lu Shi and Xiuyan to Ganzhi Gate.

This Ganzhi Gate is the first gate leading to the inner courtyard of the deep palace. It has always been guarded by heavy soldiers. Just now, Xiuyan and the others stood outside the gate, separated by the red wall and blue tiles. They had no idea what was going on inside. The servants entered the gate, and suddenly saw Zhengde walking back and forth anxiously with his hands behind his back.A young eunuch with bright eyes beside him saw Lu Shi, and happily pointed it out to Zhengde.

"Ma'am!" Zhengde came running like a cheerful puppy, instinctively wanting to call "Mom", but Lu Shi's terrified eyes forced him to go back, and he could only reluctantly call her Madam.

Lu Shi's eyes were reddened immediately, and he struggled to hold his son's hand.

The royal family changed Zhengde's name a long time ago, and now there is only one fifth prince Li Hong, how can there be that clever young son Zhengde of the Xing family?

"My wife, Mrs. Lu, pays homage to His Highness the fifth prince." Mrs. Lu was holding her daughter's hand and was about to bow down. Zhengde hurriedly raised his hand to help them up. There were still small crystal drops of water hanging in his eye sockets, but he never dared to drop them. down.

The people from Ouyang's family also saw Zhengde and rushed over.

The old lady Ouyang staggered and was about to hug Zhengde: "Your Highness, Your Highness! I am your great-grandmother!"

A wave of disgust surged in Zhengde's heart, and he dodged away, leaving the old lady Ouyang in a hurry.

"Hey, why are you treating your elders like this!" The red shirt girl held the old lady Ouyang's arm, and stared at Zhengde with displeasure.

Zhengde is wearing a prince's suit today, with dragons crossing the river embroidered on his body, auspicious clouds under his robe, and a crown of pearls and jade on his head. He speaks his own prestige, this is the style that a prince should have.

Upon hearing this, Zhengde looked coldly at the girl in red: "Where did you come from, a wild girl, dare to act presumptuously in Ganzhimen!"

The little eunuch who came to pass the message from the Queen's Palace hurriedly stood up to smooth things over: "The fifth prince is still waiting! Look, if you don't go in here, I'm afraid it will be too late."

The guards guarding the Ganzhi Gate heard it clearly, and all lowered their heads in anxiety, not daring to look at the fifth prince's face.

Xiuyan's heart sank to the bottom. Although she guessed that Zhengde's life in the palace would not be as easy as imagined, she never expected that even a little eunuch would dare to threaten him.This may be just the tip of the iceberg, and there are many things she hasn't seen.

Zhengde felt something in his heart, and hurriedly gave his eldest sister a comforting smile.Zhengde, who is a little over six years old, has already cultivated a heart that is more determined than his peers after going through all these right and wrong.When he was just sensible, his elder sister taught in his ear: when the heavens will send a great mission to the people, they must first work hard.Now it's just the empress uniting with those people to make things difficult for him. Zhengde always warns himself, just bear with it, and when he has the ability to fight back in the future, he will repay him thousands of times.

"Ma'am, I beg the Supreme Emperor to give you a small chariot, please sit on it quickly." Zhengde waved his hand, and two young eunuchs under the wall hurriedly brought over a small bamboo sedan chair without a roof.

The girl in red shirt stood up angrily, and was about to block the sedan chair with her hands.The old lady Ouyang and the girl in pink were so frightened that they quickly grabbed the girl in the red shirt: "You are crazy, what kind of place is this? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have brought you out to embarrass myself."

The girl in the red shirt stomped her foot: "Sister, why are you talking like that? Who am I standing for? Isn't it my grandmother? Our family is the blood relative to the fifth prince. Why should a cake seller from the Xing family steal our family's honor? You If you don’t say help me, that’s all, why stop me!”

If it weren't for the wrong place at this moment, the girl in pink would have slapped her sister on the face to wake her up.It's fine to talk about this kind of thing at home, whoever speaks humanely to outsiders like her is a fool.The fifth prince made it clear that he didn't want to get close to Ouyang's family, and it was too late for them to try their best to get closer to the fifth prince. Now it's good, and they offended him completely with just a few words.

Everyone in the Ouyang family looked at Mrs. Xing who was sitting in a small sedan chair and escorted by the Fifth Prince himself, and followed them with a feeling of displeasure.Every time the old lady Ouyang took a step, there would be bursts of sharp pain in her waist. It stands to reason that at this age, she should have entrusted such important tasks to her daughters-in-law.It's a pity that the eldest daughter-in-law is stubborn, when Yuhe's girl disappeared, she followed her on the road of no return in grief.The second daughter-in-law is useless, and the third is not her own, so after much deliberation, the old lady Ouyang can only fight in person.

When she looked at the two granddaughters who were serving her on the left and the other on the right, she felt relieved: now she can only hope that the two girls will be looked at by the empress.

Everyone followed the little eunuch through a long palace alley surrounded by red walls. Along the way, they could see high vermilion walls and bright yellow glazed tiles everywhere.After walking about a cup of tea, the little eunuch led everyone to stop in front of a palace gate.On the gold-plated plaque, there are three big characters of dragon, flying and phoenix dancing. This is the main palace where the queens of all dynasties lived.It seems that it is only a little bigger than the Provincial Courtyard that the Jia family spent a lot of money to build.

The queen sat on the phoenix chair, and looked at the three girls standing side by side with a smile on her face: "Old lady Ouyang, Mrs. Xing, I am really envious of your good fortune. The three girls are like water spirits, And it is said that they are all very filial and good children who are rare. Looking at their demeanor and their eyebrows, you can tell that they are blessed and long-lived. Are the three of them compatible with their in-laws?"

The old lady Ouyang spoke first: "Reporting to the empress, the two maids are still young, and my wife wants to keep them by my side for a while, and it will not be too late after a few years."

The queen nodded, and turned her gaze to Lu Shi.Lu said with a smile: "I would like to tell you, the youngest daughter of the minister's wife's family is old, and now she has seen several families."

The queen was obviously very interested, and asked repeatedly: "Which family are you looking at?"

"It's the young son of the former Shangshu Di of the Ministry of Punishment."

The queen's eyes flashed, and she nodded with a smile: "I also heard that your two families have a good relationship, so there is such a fate. The old Shangshu has dedicated himself and is the mainstay of the court. If it is not for getting old, how can your majesty and this palace be together?" I am willing to disarm him and return to the farmland! It’s just... how did I hear that the grandsons of the old Shangshu’s family are all married?”

(End of this chapter)