Legend of Concubine’s Daughter Minglan Chapter 172: Queen dowager, queen, concubine, uncle and family (1)
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In the morning of the next day, Minglan asked someone to take out a rosewood incense case from the warehouse, scrub it and dry it, and put it in the hall to dry. The texture is delicate and smooth, the wood color is shiny, and the color is faintly dark. Purple luster, the end is good things with age.
"It's sincere enough to use this kind of merchandise to answer the order." Minglan stroked the wood, secretly admiring.
Gu Tingye wears a vermilion unicorn embroidered gown, sits upright on the front of the room, with affectionate eyebrows and a smile at the corners of his mouth. He speaks profoundly: "Madam is sincere. How can a husband know."
Ming Lan's face turned red. Last night, this guy took credit for this and asked Ming Lan to express his gratitude to him with practical actions. As a legal worker with clear rewards and punishments, Ming Lan used the strength of feeding milk. He… rubbing his sour lower back, Ming Lan was depressed, and finally this guy remembered to enter the palace the next day, and he was somewhat defensive.
At about the beginning of the hour, the **** palace guard came with an umbrella and sounded the gong to announce the decree. Gu Tingye took Minglan out without a hassle, opened the Chaohui Hall, and set up the incense case to kneel down to receive the decree. The eunuch’s surname was Xia. He was about 20 years old, with straight eyebrows and a kind smile, as if he knew Gu Tingye, and he didn't get too verbose, so he started to declare.
The imperial decree is similar to the news broadcast, and the format has not changed for a long time. First, it expresses the emperor’s grace, then praises Minglan’s “quiet and gentle, gentle and virtuous, obedient and respectful”, and finally declares the emperor as the second grade lady , Over.
Ming Lan took the letter of imperial edict on the scroll of Jinluan lion-patterned rhino horn in both hands, and another tray of pearl crown and hazel, bowed his head respectfully to thank Tianen. After she got up, Gu Tingye asked Ming Lan to change her clothes quickly. I asked the **** Xia to enter the hall for tea, and the **** humbly declined and entered the room.
"It turned out to be you." As soon as he entered the room, Gu Tingye changed his solemn expression, sat down with the Xia eunuch, and smiled: "I heard that you were going to the Shangshan Supervisor to buy carrots and cabbage. Are you running?"
The **** Xia actually opened his eyes and sighed: "Oh...Which one of the fat guys will get us, let's run errands first; it's the second master's prosperity these days."
Gu Tingye glared at him and said with a smirk: "The foreign minister is not good at making friends with the eunuch, so I won't keep you. Now the palace is under strict security, you have to be careful." I took out something and stuffed it into the hands of the **** Xia, "I know you are good, I have prepared it for you. I wanted to give it to you when I entered the palace today."
The **** Xia faded his hippie smile, and said with a stern face: "The second master is a real person, and the little one knows it."
After the two said a few words, Gu Tingye personally sent the people out. When he turned around and returned to the house, he saw that Minglan was already dressed. The outer dress of the formal wear is draped with a deep blue woven golden cloud and phoenix, a gold pendant with a phoenix pattern hanging from the bottom, a jade leather belt is wrapped around the waist, a strong and reliable bun is worn on the head, and a beaded and emerald flower temple is worn. Luan's phoenix crown shook his head for a moment.
Gu Tingye didn’t ride a horse on this day. He sat in a spacious troika sedan with Minglan. There was a bunk in it and a small coffee table. The couple sat upright across the coffee table—in order not to make it. Disorderly appearance.
Gu Tingye steadily stretched the horns of Wu Lingsha from his head: "After entering the palace, you must go to Cining Palace to see the Queen Mother."
"...Who do you see?" Minglan held the heavy crown on his head, her eyes flashing mischievously.
Gu Tingye's mouth showed an insignificant bend: "See you together."
Ming Lan was holding a beaded crown, looking up at the top of the carriage in a daze, the noise of the market came from outside the carriage wall, and many shops seemed to be screaming to open, "...Why should we have two queen mothers? "She asked without knowing it.
"I thought you wouldn't ask?" Gu Tingye stretched out his arms to pull Minglan's head back, and helped her to straighten the bead crown. She only saw her applying thin powder, dignified and elegant makeup, which covered half of her. Although she was still beautiful, she looked very gentle and courteous. This was the second time he saw her smeared and powdered. The first time was when Jie Xipa—he understood Ming Lan's meaning.
Ming Lan watched him staring at herself in a daze, and patted his hand lightly: "You mean it."
Gu Tingye smiled: "Speaking of the Queen Mother Shengde is also bad luck. It is said that the eve of the Four Kings' rebellion, the first emperor had planned to make the Three Princes the Crown Prince and the Concubine De Concubine as the Queen. It was only a day away. , Everything was in the water. The first emperor felt sorry for her, so he registered her as the imperial concubine, and before the sickbed, told the emperor to take care of the concubine De concubine. , The two houses stand side by side, and the emperor will have it."
Ming Lan stayed for a while, and then said: "The emperor is really filial."
Gu Tingye stared at Minglan with a faint smile: "The look on your face doesn't say that."
Ming Lan squinted her eyes, put her in a deep posture, and slowly shook her head: "It's better to match the hat and head."
Gu Tingye twisted a hand of Minglan's small hand, his eyes brightened suddenly, and the corners of his mouth were smiling--since ancient times, the so-called queen mother was either the emperor's aunt or birth mother, but the concubine De consort did not lean on either side.
"However," Gu Tingye said again, "The Empress Dowager Shengde has held the seal of the phoenix for many years, and the foundation of her is not comparable to others."
Ming Lan was nervous, and Gu Tingye patted her hand to comfort him: "Don't worry, you are not the only one who is entrusted with you. Today, there should be Mrs. Weibeihou and the wife of Zheng Xiao, the left deputy commander of the Yulin Army. "
Ming Lan held her face and said in surprise: "Is it because the emperor waited for you to grant his fate now?"-Second uncle has such a face in front of the emperor?
Gu Tingye patted her fat paws and gave her an angry look: "One of them is Mrs. Guo's uncle, and the other is a sister of the Queen. They were supposed to be sealed, but added a redundant you. !"
Ming Lan was shocked, rubbing her paws, and muttered: "Isn't it said that wives, husbands and mothers are expensive for children? Then, the queen's sister..." The deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army is not level enough.
Gu Tingye smiled and tugged her little hand and rubbed it: "The emperor is a good king, he has his own measure, and only named the Shen family as a third-class lady."
Ming Lan repeatedly praised the emperor Yingming, and suddenly thought: "Why don't you marry the Queen Shen's sister? Wouldn't they all become a family?" Once the words were finished, Ming Lan hurried like a little rabbit. Dodge.
Gu Tingye was not very angry, but secretly amused: "The emperor only returned to Beijing two years ago, and his roots in Beijing are not deep. Not to mention that Zheng Jun has been in charge of the Imperial Army for many years. It is also related to the three major battalions. Chongsuke, the two have never been involved in the reserve dispute, so they are going to get over it."
Minglan nodded, she fully understood.
The Queen Mother of Saint Ann has only one son, and the mother and son have been left in the cold for many years. Except for his wife’s family, there are not many credible people around the emperor. Gu Tingye was originally his own. If Gu Shen married, it would be a waste of resources. In the long run Look, it's not good for the emperor either. Going deeper, Gu Tingye's marriage to the daughter of an ordinary civil servant might be more in the emperor's interests.
The car rolls rolling, Minglan heard the noise outside, knowing that she had entered the outer imperial city, and drove for a while until reaching the gate of the inner city. The couple got out of the carriage and replaced the small sedan and sedan chair waiting there early. The horses, the husband and the wife each got on the sedan chair, and walked for a while, and they had to walk as soon as they reached Donghuamen, led by a group of servants.
Along the way, Ming Lan didn't dare to look up, and only followed Gu Tingye's head down slowly, vaguely aware of the vast and magnificent layout of the palace, with white marble as steps and gilded and painted pillars, tall and wide everywhere, with great momentum.
Entering a side hall, a middle-aged female officer dressed in stone cyan brocade painted obscure patterns came out and said with a smile: "Master Gu and Madam Gu, please come in, the queen mother is waiting."
Gu Tingye looked at Minglan sideways, and saw that she was extremely calm at the moment, without the slightest panic. He was calm, and the two followed the female officer walking slowly, bypassing the two palace corridors. Crossed the high threshold and entered the main hall.
The precious ambergris scent is burning in the copper smoker, and it spreads like a curl of green smoke, filling the house with a strange fragrance, and the smooth marble floor is about to reflect the shadows of people. Two people are sitting on the top. On the left side of the Queen Mother sits a lady in a bright yellow dress. She is about twenty-seven years old. She thinks she is a queen. There are screens on both sides. The perfume is faintly scented at the back. The skirt is about a group of female family members or imperial concubines.
Gu Tingye and Ming Lan first knelt down and kowtow, verbally say thank you, listening to a soft voice above: "Get up, you guys are late, the queen's sister-in-law and sisters are all early."
The queen turned her head and chuckled: "Mother, don't blame them. Who told him to live far away? There must be a decree sooner or later."
Ming Lan got up, looked up quickly, and saw that Shi Cai’s voice came from the right. The queen mother was beautiful and fair, with luxurious manners, and a gentle smile. The queen mother on the left was well maintained, but slightly more pronounced. Old attitude, slightly cramped behavior.
At the moment, Minglan basically understands which one of them is which.
The Queen Mother Shengde looked at Gu Tingye twice, and said with a smile: "It's not the same when you become a pro, you can be more friendly when you look at it."
The queen's face is not very glamorous, only a cheerful and bright expression between her eyebrows, and a deep dimple on one cheek, she smiled before saying: "The queen has good eyesight, and I also feel that Erlang is more peaceful. At that time, when the emperor was on the border of Shu, Erlang wore a big beard all year round. Looking at it from a distance, it was really fierce. Every time when he came, Hui Er was scared to come out. Both partial Zai Fu and Zai Shun liked it. He. Now I have a daughter-in-law, and I have to live a good life in the future, mother, don't you say so."
The Queen Mother Sheng'an on the side only laughed and hesitated twice, and didn't say much. The Queen Mother Shengde ignored Minglan, and only talked to Gu Tingye about the lesson of'ruling the country by the Qi family, loyal to the emperor and love the country'. Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi for a while; Minglan looked sideways and saw that Gu Tingye was very cooperative and did not show any impatience. She was also very grateful for the seventy thousand taels of silver and seven hectares newly given by the emperor, plus brocade. countless.
The Queen Mother Shengde is very talkative. The Queen occasionally helps to speak. Queen Mother Shengde and Minglan are in the audience position; while speaking, she talks about border trade issues. The Queen Mother Shengde mentioned the defense of her father and brother Funing Hou’s family at the border. Duty: "At the time Jianu came to commit the crime, the emperor was anxious to go to power, so he told my father and brother to retreat from the border. Now the border is peaceful, I wonder if the border trade can be restored?"