"Yu Ning, come up, you are going to Xuanwu Gate too, right?" Mingruo had already heard Princess Ningping's words and opened the car door herself.
Princess Ninh Binh also wore a plain palace dress today, with a black felt cloak with silver trim outside, and a silver phoenix hairpin on her head. She looked like she was going to attend the winter ceremony.
"That's right." Princess Ningping slid onto the car without anyone's help, "Brother Nine Emperors, Sister-in-law Nine Emperors."
"Sit down quickly, is it cold?" Ming Ruo asked Princess Ningping to sit down.
"I'm wearing more clothes and I'm not cold at all."
Aunt Dong also got into the car, arranged the wontons, and brought dishes and spoons.
"Yu Ning, do you want to try the wontons? I'll serve you a bowl." Mingruo filled a small bowl first and handed it to Si Haochen.
"No, no, no." Princess Ningping waved her hand, "I just finished eating and saw the guards coming to buy wontons, so I followed them. Sister-in-law of the Nine Emperors, eat them quickly, they won't taste good if they get cold."
"Okay." Mingruo asked Aunt Dong to pour a cup of hot tea for Princess Ningping, and then started to eat wontons.
Princess Ningping carefully looked at this magnificent carriage. This was an exclusive car given to the Nine Emperor Brothers by the emperor's uncle. It looked unparalleled.
"By the way, did you come out alone?" Mingruo felt that Princess Ningping was wild. Every time she saw her, she always came alone.
"I was with my mother and concubine, but when I saw the wonton stall, I became very hungry, so I asked my brother to take me to eat wontons." Princess Ningping said with excitement, and suddenly slapped her head, "Oh, my brother is still at the wonton stall.
Wait for me next to you!"
Mingruo rubbed his forehead and asked Xunyi to tell Prince Hong that Princess Ningping had gone with them.
Soon Xunyi came back, and Si Tianhong came on horseback.#@$&
"Tianhong has met Brother Nine Emperors and Sister-in-law Nine Emperors." Si Tianhong saluted on his horse.
"No courtesy." Si Haochen responded.
"Brother, you are here." Princess Ningping greeted Prince Hong through the glass window.
"Thank you for remembering me as a brother." Prince Hong felt bitter. He originally said that he would come back after greeting his brother and sister-in-law, but this was gone forever.
"Haha." Princess Ningping smiled very stupidly.%&(&
The carriage is getting closer and closer to Xuanwu Gate, and there are more and more carriage servants in each mansion. It actually feels like a bustling traffic.
For a mansion with a relatively low title, the carriage would stop at the entrance of the palace. Si Haochen's carriage could go directly into the palace, but there was no need to walk outside.
After getting off the carriage, the palace ladies and eunuchs came to guide the way. The male guests and the emperor attended the ceremony on the south side of the altar, and the female guests and the queen attended the ceremony on the north side.
"Go ahead, I'll pick you up after the ceremony." Si Haochen helped Ming Ruo straighten his cloak.
"Brother Jiuhuang, don't worry, I will stay with Sister-in-law Jiuhuang, and my mother and concubine are also here." Princess Ningping put her arm on Mingruo.
"Yes." Si Haochen nodded and watched Mingruo follow the palace maid away before taking Prince Hong to the South Palace.
Before the ceremony started, everyone was waiting in the hall. Although there were many smoke cages placed, because the hall was too large and the doors and windows were not tight, the temperature inside and outside the hall was not much different.
"Where are you going to fool around again?" Princess Duanze is a middle-aged beautiful woman. She looks quite majestic, but her eyebrows are very soft, and she does not look like she is difficult to get along with.
"Concubine, I came here with the Nine Emperors Sisters, so I didn't mess around." Princess Ningping immediately turned into a well-behaved little daughter when she saw her mother.
Princess Duanze took Mingruo's hand and said, "Yuning was spoiled by me and caused trouble to Qinghuang."
"Princess, you're welcome. Yu Ning is very good. Thanks to her being here, it wasn't boring." Ming Ruo replied with a smile.
"As long as I don't bother you, let's sit here for a while." Princess Duanze took Mingruo to sit down, and the two chatted about insignificant gossip.
Since Princess Duanze and Mingruo were of very high seniority, there was an endless stream of people coming to pay their respects. Princess Duanze, who was of good character, introduced a few words to Mingruo, and the atmosphere was quite warm.
Until the eighth princess came over wearing a veil, everyone around her felt that her temperament and appearance were weird, so they became a little distracted.
She bowed politely first, and then asked casually: "I wonder if Auntie Huang still likes the gift Mingyu gave to her?"
"I like it very much and wear it all the time." Ming Ruo smiled with her eyebrows creasing, "Princess Ping is interested."
"Wear it?" The eighth princess frowned. What she gave was a balm that would disfigure her face if she stopped using it. Could it be that this idiot didn't put it on his face and just put a perfume ball in it? "What I gave is, wipe it on
It’s a good ointment for your face.”
"Princess Ping, you must have remembered it wrong." Ming Ruo lifted up her sleeves and wrapped several circles of crystal clear tourmaline beads around her snow-white wrists. They were not only bright in color but also transparent, and they were worth a lot at first glance. "What you gave me is
There’s a string of tourmaline beads.”
"Ah!" The eighth princess was shocked. Isn't this the prayer beads she gave to the Queen Mother? How could it be in Xiaojiu's hands? She put the prayer beads and balm into the brocade box by herself, and the two boxes used were completely different.
There is absolutely no mistake. Before the eighth princess could figure out what the problem was, she thought of an even more terrifying thing - if the two gifts were mixed up, the Queen Mother would receive balm...
"The Queen has arrived." came the high-pitched voice of the eunuch, and the originally noisy hall fell silent instantly.
Everyone bowed to the queen one after another. The queen raised her hand, and the eunuch next to her said again: "No courtesy ~ flat body ~"
There were sounds of bells and drums outside, and a group of ladies and ladies stood in order according to their rank and entered the altar under the leadership of the queen.
Amidst the sound of drum music, a large section of blessings was recited. If it hadn't been a bit cold outside, Mingruo thought she would have fallen asleep listening to it. About half an hour later, with a clear and clear sound of bells, the incense ceremony began.
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The female officer lit the incense and handed it to Mingruo. Mingruo followed the example of Princess Duanze next to her and bowed three times before handing it to the female officer, who then inserted the incense into the incense burner.
After all the ladies and gentlemen had offered incense, the winter greetings were completed. Everyone respectfully sent the queen off and slowly headed towards the Qianqiu Hall where the fasting banquet was held.
Qianqiu Palace is closer to Xuanhe Gate, and it is quite a long way to walk there from Xuanwu Gate.
When the Queen left, she arranged a soft sedan for Prince Duanze and Princess Duanze. Princess Ningping was still debating whether to invite the Nine Emperors Sister-in-law to join them, when she saw the Nine Emperors Brothers' companions arriving.
"Brother Nine Emperors has come to pick up Sister-in-law Nine Emperors." Princess Ningping made a face at Mingruo.
"You are the only one who talks a lot." Princess Duanze patted the back of Princess Ninh Binh's hand.
"Concubine, it hurts." Princess Ningping rubbed the back of her hand.
"See you later." As a modern person, Mingruo would naturally not be teased by Princess Ningping.
"Yeah." Princess Ningping nodded repeatedly.
When Mingruo walked to the carriage, Si Haochen stretched out his hand to lead her up: "Is it cold?"
