Song Menghua: At the beginning, ask to marry Sheng Minglan

He was relieved to see his mother's scowl again.

He calmly said, "Why do you still refuse to understand?"

"In your opinion, don't I know what is good and what is bad, what is good for me and what is bad for me?"

"I know you have good intentions, and I know that at least marrying them is not a bad thing."

"But mother."

"The only thing I always care about is whether I am willing or not."

"I don't want to now, what should I do?"

The carriage bumped from time to time.

Princess Pingning's anger is not balanced.

Reluctant to beat and say nothing, she simply ignored it.

"Never mind."

"Tell me, Rong's family, Yongwang's family, British government's family, and Lingguo's family's, how should I talk about each of them?"

"I can prevaricate today by not talking about marriage before high school."

"But what about after high school next year?"

"Can I say that my Qi family looks down on you and wants to marry a concubine from a fifth-rank official family?"

"They... how could they swallow this breath!"

Qi Heng looked at her seriously.

"Why can't they?"

"Besides, mother may not have to refuse them then."

"Just tell them, if they are willing to send their daughters to our government to be a concubine, I will not refuse."

Princess Pingning's eyes widened in shock.

"The daughter of their family is rich and expensive..."

"How can you say such a thing!"

"You...you simply..."

"Just what?"

"I don't know the heights of the sky and the earth? Or do I just know how to live or die?"

"What life and death, don't talk nonsense!"

……

It was noisy all the way, happy all the way.

The carriage passed through Xiaoyu Street, then passed Donghua Gate, and arrived at the inner city of the imperial city. Qi Heng and Princess Ning could only walk.

This is the power center and political center of Song Dynasty.

Everyone in the world wants to go in and out of this place, and every government order issued from here can easily affect everyone in the world.

A guard took over the sign of Duke Qi's mansion.

Soon, some servants came out of the palace and led them to the harem.

Princess Pingning got angry and walked forward.

Qi Heng strolled in the courtyard and followed behind.

He looked at the Great Song Palace with interest all the way.

There is style and majesty.

But as for grandeur... it's a little less.

There is one thing to say, the Song Dynasty Palace is basically the simplest palace in history.

It itself was rebuilt from the mansion of a Jiedu envoy in the late Tang Dynasty.

It was Zhu Wen, the later ashes-picking emperor. After he became emperor, he changed his mansion into a palace, which is still in use today.

after that.

Emperor Taizong felt that it was not spectacular enough, so he wanted to expand it.

But at that time, the palace was surrounded by residential buildings or restaurants and commercial areas, so after consulting the opinions of the people, no one agreed, and Emperor Taizong had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​expansion.

So far.

From this point, it can be seen that the first few emperors of Zhao Song Dynasty could not find fault at least in the matter of loving the people like their own sons.

……

Ciyuan Hall is the queen's residence.

Along the way, Qi Heng no longer expected to see such a gorgeous and elegant palace.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Ciyuan Hall, the scene in front of him still shocked him unceasingly.

Not too flashy.

On the contrary, it's too simple!

Just taking the Ciyuan Hall as an example, he almost felt that it was not as grand as his Qi residence!

There are rumors that the officials are extremely frugal, and the expenses of the harem are reduced again and again, but who would have thought that he would actually reduce it to such an extent!

For a co-lord of the world... Isn't this unbelievable?

in the hall.

The current Empress Cao personally greeted her.

She greeted Princess Pingning and said with a cordial smile: "Sister, but I haven't entered the palace for a while, and I look really good today."

Princess Pingning was terrified.

She was surprised.

In the past, the queen was approachable, but she was always polite, so why was she so close to her like today!

She knew that the official summoned today was mainly because of Yuan Ruo.

But looking at it now, Yuan Ruo's weight in the hearts of the officials may be even heavier than she thought.

This time she is really worth the price of mother and child.

She curtsied.

"Empress Ci'an."

"Compared to the past, the empress is more elegant than before, and she is also younger."

Empress Cao took a step forward and pulled Princess Pingning's wrist. She seemed to see Qi Heng behind her.

Her eyes lit up.

"Is this the Wenqu star who became famous overnight in Bianjing?"

"I haven't seen you for a few years. He really is a handsome young man."

Today's Qi Heng is still dressed in brocade and white robes, but without the gaudy goldenrod, he looks simple and elegant.

He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Yuan Ruo is ashamed and dare not take the award."

Seeing that this young man is neither humble nor overbearing, he is calm and composed.

Empress Cao nodded again and again.

She dragged Princess Pingning to sit down in the palace, and she was still feeling emotional as she walked.

"My sister really raised a good son."

"Game, talent, everything."

"To tell you the truth, before you came, the third brother in my family even boasted that we have made a child named Yuan Ruo out of our door Xungui. It's unimaginable."

The third brother in her mouth is Cao Jingxiu from the Cao family.

That is, the later Uncle Cao Guo.

After the two of them sorted out their priorities and sat down respectively, a new round of polite greetings began.

Qi Heng always stood behind his mother.

It's not that the queen doesn't grant a seat.

In the etiquette of the Song Dynasty, when the elders speak, they have neither the right to speak nor the right to sit down.

He could only stand and listen.

It is conceivable how boring it is for Qi Heng to listen to their courtesies and compliment each other.

And it was in the harem again, so it was not easy for him to look around, he could only suffer.

But never expected.

Maybe it was because he heard that he was coming, maybe he could think of his embarrassing situation.

At this time, the voice of Xiaohuangmen came from outside the hall.

"Report to the empress."

"The officials summoned Young Master Qi to the Hall of Qinzheng to have a talk."

Empress Cao was not surprised.

She looked at Qi Heng gently, and said with a smile, "Go."

Qi Heng cupped his hands and stepped back slowly.

Outside the door, the little yellow door led the way, and he followed him to the Palace of Qinzheng.

It was nothing at first.

But the further he walked, Qi Heng gradually became vigilant.