The Queen Mother Qian, who has always been at odds with the Queen, is sitting on the main seat, and the Queen is sitting on the side. In the two rows of seats below, the first one from the left is Princess Duanze, and the seat opposite her is empty. Princess Duanze
At the bottom is the Crown Princess, and across from the Crown Princess is Princess Heng. Further down are some of the female family members of the clan, various titles of county princesses, etc. Ming Ruo can't tell them clearly.
After everyone greeted them, Mingruo sat down opposite Princess Duanze, and the palace maid offered her tea.
Queen Mother Qian's eyes fell on Mingruo's palace clothes, and her eyes narrowed slightly: "Qinghuang's clothes...are not quite in line with the rules, are they?"
Princes and concubines can embroider peonies and bluebirds on their robes, but embroidering phoenix is obviously overstepping the mark.
"Ah?" Mingruo acted as if he didn't realize anything was wrong, "The clothes were given by my father, and he told me to wear them when attending the palace banquet... Is it possible that Eunuch Hai got the wrong clothes?" (
Ming Ruo put his hands on his hips and said: I don’t want to carry this pot, whoever is stubborn will go to the Supreme Emperor to argue with me!)
As soon as Mingruo said this, no one dared to talk to him. With the Emperor's violent temper, even if there was a mistake, whoever said it would be unlucky!
Queen Mother Qian did not dare to disturb Tai Sui, and looked at the Queen with deep meaning - the phoenix robe is already worn by someone else, do you still want me to stand up for you?
When the Queen saw Princess Yunqin wearing the 'Phoenix Robe', she was unhappy at first, but knowing that it was a reward from the Supreme Emperor, the little fire in her heart was instantly extinguished - she was celebrating the New Year and had eaten enough to hold herself up, so she went to touch the Supreme Emperor's bad luck.
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The queen's eyes narrowed slightly, and she began to give instructions to Aunt Qiu Yun on how to pay tribute to her ancestors.
Everyone in the imperial circle knows that the third prince's failure to seize the legitimate heir has angered the emperor. They are afraid that after the death of the Queen Mother, the entire Qian family will be destroyed. Grand Master Qian has been staying at home claiming to be ill recently, and does not dare to go to court in the morning.
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Seeing that the queen did not want to pursue the matter of the 'Phoenix Robe', several princesses of the clan changed the topic with great discernment and talked about the crown princess's belly. They all said that it looked like she was about to give birth to the emperor's eldest grandson.
Mingruo sat there, acting like a quiet beautiful woman. She was really bored, so she picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"There is a banquet at my house on the eighth day of the first lunar month. Qinghuang, please come over and play. Yu Ning has prepared lantern riddles, throwing pots, and other interesting things." Princess Duanze invited Mingruo to come over and be a guest.
"Okay." Mingruo thought that Princess Ningping was so frank and cute. On the day of the new year, her third aunt went to Prince Duanze's palace to make a big betrothal. The two families discussed it and set the wedding date in April. Princess Ningping was very happy.
She will soon marry into the Duke's palace and become real relatives.#@$&
In Qifeng Palace, there was peace and joy during the New Year, but Queen Mother Qian had no one to pay attention to her, and she seemed a little lonely.
Queen Mother Qian didn't plan to come today, but over there in the Leng Palace, the third prince was unconscious, and Concubine Qian was beaten half to death by a madman, and now she can't even get out of bed. The only one who can do it is the concubine, who looks crazy...
Although Queen Mother Qian arranged for someone to take care of them, if these three people continue like this, it will not be long before they die in the cold palace.
Emperor Danxu ordered that no one should approach the cold palace. Empress Dowager Qian wanted to take advantage of today's New Year's Eve to get Emperor Danxu to relent and allow her to send a doctor and two maids to serve him.
When the time came, the queen and the queen mother led the female relatives into the front hall to serve the tributes. Everyone first purified their hands and burned incense in the side hall, and then entered the main hall.%&(&
Mingruo secretly took a look at the portraits of ancestors enshrined above - soul painters, each painted with broad robes and long sleeves and faces like silver plates. They looked less like emperors and empresses, and more like fat dolls in New Year paintings.
All kinds of dried and fresh tributes were passed forward one by one by the person at the end of the queue. On one side, it was handed to the Queen through Mingruo's hands, and on the other side, it was handed to Queen Mother Qian by Princess Duanze. Each tribute was specific.
Regarding the location, the Queen and the Queen Mother were very skilled in business, and it took them half an hour to take care of all the tributes.
The queen and the queen mother led everyone to retreat to the side hall. Thirty-six monks and thirty-six Taoist priests entered the hall, crossed their legs and began to pray.
Mingruo was sitting in the side hall, holding a hot hand stove, listening to the monks in the main hall chanting sutras, feeling a little sleepy. Her eyes were slightly closed, and her expression seemed to be listening to the Dharma. But Aunt Dong and Zisu could tell
, the princess is taking a nap.
Mingruo discovered that he had been chanting this sutra for much longer than the Buddhist sutra. He opened his eyes and guessed that it was almost noon.
At the same time, a group of people who went to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices had successfully returned home.
This journey was so smooth that the Emperor was a little confused - his stupid son had been busy for a long time, so why didn't he dare to take action when the time came?
We could already see the Shili Pavilion outside the city in front of us. Suddenly, several large magpies suddenly flew out of the woods nearby, making a squawking sound.
Si Haochen took out the long soft sword coiled around his waist and whispered: "Here he comes."
A group of men in black sprang out from the forest and rushed towards the Emperor's carriage. The Emperor was also very ambitious, and not only did he not panic, he also drew his sword and looked eager to try.
An arrow shot out from the woods and hit the car curtain, but it made a "duh" sound.
The Supreme Emperor stroked his beard: "This iron nanmu door panel is really easy to use."
Then there were a few more "duh", "duh" and "duh" sounds, and the arrows hit the carriage, just like hitting a stone. The arrow clusters could not penetrate at all and fell to the ground one after another.
The arrows could not penetrate the carriage, and the secret guards led by Prince Yun were extremely powerful. The man in black felt that he had no way of making a move, so he threw a 'poison smoke bomb' at the carriage.
The 'poison smoke bomb' exploded in front of the horse, sending up yellow-green smoke and making the horse neigh in fright.
Jun Che also threw a 'smoke bomb' outside the carriage. The junior sister said that this 'smoke bomb' can dissolve all the poisons that can be found on the market.
The Supreme Emperor looked at the purple-red smoke spreading out in the shape of a lotus... This looked more poisonous than the 'poisonous smoke' created by the man in black, so he had to say weakly: "The Imperial Master is sure this throw
What went down is the antidote?"
"Of course it's okay." Jun Che pointed to the horse that had just knelt on the ground and now stood up completely.
"Okay." The Supreme Emperor felt that he had been alive for a long time, and it was the first time he had seen an antidote that looked like a 'poison'.
I can't help but have a little admiration for the pharmacist who refined this 'antidote'. He is definitely not an ordinary person who can come up with such a 'color combination'.
Linglong shook her little wings: I'm sorry, Wo is not a human in the first place. However, this is the color of our 'antidote' scale powder!
The Supreme Emperor held the sword and rushed out. He looked back at the two young and strong men, who were sitting firmly in the carriage: "Don't you go down and kill the enemy?"
"I changed this robe when I got up early. It would be bad if it gets stained with blood." His Highness Prince Yun's determination to dress up as a couple with the princess would not allow any situation to arise.
