Chapter 78 Entering the palace to meet the emperor
After returning from a visit to the Liu family, Tian Minyan sent another message to the Wuning Hou Mansion, visited the head of Hui'an County, and told her about her plan to open a Lao Fengxiang branch in Kyoto. After leaving the Hou Mansion, Tian Minyan received the news that the emperor summoned her
Enter the palace.
Sitting in the carriage, Tian Minyan was extremely nervous. She was the most powerful person in the world. Could there be something wrong with summoning her now?
She closed her eyes slightly, trying to soothe the uneasiness in her heart, and wrung her hands unconsciously, expressing her slight uneasiness.
"Girl, don't be nervous, the prince said he would wait for you in the palace." Seeing that she couldn't calm down, Ziyi said with a smile.
Tian Minyan opened her eyes, smiled at her, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes again.
The carriage stopped outside the palace gate. According to the rules, only one maid could be brought into the palace, so Tian Minyan only brought the purple dress with her.
"But Miss Tian?" A young eunuch came up to her and asked with narrowed eyes.
"Exactly."
"The emperor has ordered the Sa family to come and welcome the girl into the palace." the young eunuch said.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Tian Minyan crossed her hands in front of her abdomen, smiled slightly, and glanced at Ziyi.
Ziyi was also smart, so he stepped forward, took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and put it into the father-in-law's hand and said: "This is my girl's invitation to drink with my father-in-law."
The little eunuch squeezed the silver in his hand and found that it was two ounces heavy. Unexpectedly, this person from the country was quite generous, so he showed a smile and said, "Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time. Miss, please follow the Sa family into the palace."
After receiving the silver reward, his attitude was naturally more enthusiastic. Along the way, he introduced various palaces to Tian Minyan and made a few remarks from time to time. Tian Minyan was naturally grateful.
After walking for who knows how long, until her feet were sore, Tian Minyan saw the three-character name "Qianqing Palace" from a distance and let out a sigh of relief.
The father-in-law named Xia led him to the palace door and signaled Tian Minyan to wait a moment. He then stepped forward and said a few words to the father-in-law who was guarding the door of the palace. The father-in-law glanced at Tian Minyan, walked into the hall, and came out soon.
"Girl, the Sa family can only send you here. Remember, girl, you will make mistakes if you talk too much." Little Eunuch Xia reminded in a low voice.
Tian Minyan was very grateful and said, "Thank you so much, father-in-law for the suggestion." She winked at Ziyi again, and Ziyi naturally gave her another piece of silver.
Eunuch Xia said with a smile: "The Sa family will come to take the girl out of the palace in a while."
When meeting the emperor, only those who were summoned could go in. Ziyi could only wait outside the palace. Tian Minyan took a deep breath and stepped forward.
But I heard a high-pitched and long voice singing: "Miss Xuantian comes to the palace to have an audience."
The long announcement echoed three times and spread far away. Tian Minyan clenched her fists, pursed her lips, and then walked into the hall with her head lowered.
Follow the father-in-law who led the way into the palace, until the father-in-law stopped and said: "To report to the emperor, Miss Tian has been brought."
Tian Minyan quickly knelt down, pressed her forehead to the ground, and shouted: "Daughters of the common people see the emperor, long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."
She closed her eyes and pressed her forehead against the cold floor, not daring to open her eyes at all. No one answered her head, but she clearly felt an appraising gaze falling on her, and the pressure was so strong that it made her heart pound.
Trembling for it.
There was no cry or any sound. Tian Minyan knelt there for who knows how long before she heard the person above her say: "Raise your head and let me take a look."
Tian Minyan trembled slightly, took a long breath, slowly raised her head, straightened her waist, and saw the man sitting at the top.
Today, I am about fifty years old, with a beard, wearing a bright yellow costume embroidered with gold dragons, a golden crown on his head, and a slightly round face. He looks like a kind uncle next door, but his pair of dragon eyes are shining brightly, and he has endless shrewdness.
There is an air of nobility of a superior person from top to bottom, which makes people dare not look directly.
This is the emperor. Tian Minyan is a little excited. She has seen the most noble person in the world. How can she not be excited?
But even though she was excited, she didn't dare to move rashly, and lowered her eyelids after just one glance.
Emperor Rende also saw this young girl who had made many contributions to farming and food production. She was only about thirteen years old and had not yet grown. She was not a great beauty. At least the great gods in the court were more beautiful than her. However, she
She was bolder than the lady in the boudoir next to her. Although her body trembled slightly when he asked her to look up, she still dared to look at him when she raised her head.
Those eyes have wisdom beyond her years, excitement and admiration for herself. Is this the person Shi Qi values ?
She came from a low background and could only be considered pretty. If anyone could catch her eye, it was her pair of almond-shaped eyes, which were dark and shrewd and witty, and she also had that air of demeanor, which was surprising.
Emperor Rende remembered that he had deliberately kept silent just now to see how long she could hold on, but she remained motionless, much calmer than many of the daughters who had just met him for the first time.
"Are you the girl from the Qingpingtian family, the girl who presented the cotton planting method?" Emperor Rende said calmly.
"The emperor said that she is a daughter of the common people." Tian Minyan lowered her head and replied respectfully.
"I remember that you are just a little farm girl, but you know how to grow cotton, which is unheard of in the South, and you also have fish farming in the rice fields, and potatoes. I am very curious, how did you know?"
Tian Minyan was shocked, put her hands on the ground, lowered her head, and said: "Returning to the emperor, common women always like to read some strange books on unofficial history. I accidentally saw a record of it in a foreign chronicle, and then I remembered it."
"Oh?" Emperor Rende raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where is that book of foreign lands?"
"Back to the emperor, the girl accidentally fell into the river last year. The book fell into the river with the girl and disappeared." Tian Minyan pretended to be annoyed.
A strange light flashed in Emperor Rende's eyes and he said, "I seem to have heard that there are not many people in the Tian family who can read, but you, a girl, can read a lot."
Tian Minyan lowered her head and flashed her eyes. Fortunately, she had already prepared her words. Otherwise, she would really have had a fight. She said more respectfully: "To answer the question of the emperor, before last year, the only people in the family of common women were the uncle and the eldest cousin.
There is an old man in the family who can read. The daughter is not talented, so when her uncle teaches her elder cousin, the daughter just hides aside and studies, and often secretly reads his books, so..."
Emperor Rende did not expect that she would say this. Thinking about it carefully, the ancients always respected women as virtue without talent. People in the countryside were poor, and not everyone could read and write, especially women. She just learned it secretly, and
Not surprisingly.
"He is a smart man. Get up and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tian Minyan stood up slowly. After kneeling for a long time, her legs and feet were numb. She staggered when she got up. Fortunately, she exercised on weekdays, so she would not lose her etiquette in front of the palace.
However, the emperor's next words almost made her fall to her knees again.
"I see that Prince Xian seems to value your family very much, and he specifically asked me for credit."
The emperor's words made her heart thump, as if a stone had fallen heavily into her heart.
