Chapter 243 The old imperial sister-in-law and the new imperial aunt
Song Qinghuan and Xiao Ci entered the palace and went all the way to Cining Palace.
Xiao Ci was walking very fast in front, so she had to jog to keep up.
It was not very cold in early autumn, and she was covered in a thin layer of sweat all the way to Cining Palace.
There were palace people waiting outside the main hall. When they saw the two of them, they rushed forward and saluted: "I have met Prince Rui, and I have met Princess Rui."
Song Qinghuan always came to Cining Palace in the past. The palace attendant saluted, smiled at her, and said again: "Congratulations, Princess Rui."
Song Qinghuan nodded towards her and deserved to say, "Thank you."
The palace attendants came into the palace to announce the news, and the couple waited outside the palace, but no one came to announce the news.
Faced with such a situation, Song Qinghuan was already prepared. He stood half a step behind Xiao Ci, lowered his eyebrows and frowned, neither speaking nor looking around.
It wasn't until I felt my legs and feet were getting a little sore that someone from the palace came out and said softly: "Prince Rui, Princess Rui, and the Queen Mother, let the two of you enter the palace."
Empress Dowager Jiang was sitting upright, holding a string of beeswax Buddhist beads in her hand. When she saw the two people entering the palace, she waved with a smile: "Come on, come on, let's take a look at the Aijia."
When the two of them came closer, he laughed again: "Oh, this young man is different. He looks good no matter how he wears these bright red clothes."
After saying that, he looked at Xiao Ci and asked, "This new daughter-in-law has come in. Are you going to make things difficult for me?"
Xiao Ci saluted Empress Dowager Jiang with a smile on her face and said: "What did the Empress say? This Miss Song is as beautiful as a flower. How can my son be willing to embarrass her?"
Empress Dowager Jiang gave him an angry look and complained: "You said you didn't embarrass me, but now you are married, and you call me Miss Song."
Xiao Ci raised his eyes and glanced at Song Qinghuan, then smiled again: "The mother is right, it was a slip of the tongue."
After saying that, he said to Song Qinghuan: "Why don't you pay your respects to the queen mother quickly?"
Song Qinghuan immediately stepped forward, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and then called out: "My daughter-in-law has seen my mother."
After she knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, Empress Dowager Jiang narrowed her eyes and smiled, and asked the palace maid to help her up. She pulled her and said kindly: "We are all one family, there is no need to be so polite in the future.
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After being offered a seat, he seemed to remember something again and raised his eyes to ask Xiao Ci: "I heard that you were the one who carried Qing Huan into the prince's palace yesterday in thirty-six?"
As soon as Empress Dowager Jiang mentioned that Thirty-Six was carrying the sedan, Song Qinghuan stood up and knelt down in panic, as if she had made some big mistake.
Xiao Ci sat firmly and said with a smile on his face, neither humble nor arrogant: "Miss Song, oh, no, my wife is a girl from the Song family, and she has the love and affection of her mother. My son uses thirty-six to carry the sedan, for the sake of the whole royal family."
The same face as the Song family."
He added: "In previous years, the emperor used a sedan chair with thirty-six carriages to carry his wife into the house. My son, this is not considered a violation of the rules."
Song Qinghuan kneeled down in front of Empress Dowager Jiang and did not dare to get up before she could speak.
I scolded Xiao Ci for a while in my heart, and the pride aroused by the thirty-six carriages yesterday also completely dissipated.
Empress Dowager Jiang leaned her elbows on the desk, smiling and saying nothing. After a while, she changed her posture again and said with a smile: "My dear wife, get up quickly, what are you doing?"
"The Ai family didn't say anything wrong with you." She raised her hand, and Grandma Gong who was standing aside immediately stepped forward to help Song Qinghuan up.
She said: "There was a precedent for thirty-six carrying a large sedan chair in the past, and it was indeed within the rules. The Ai family had just not seen each other for many years, so I just asked so eloquently, my ninth daughter-in-law, there is no need to panic."
He laughed again: "You are the savior of the Ai family. Even if you exceed the rules, you still deserve it. You are a blessed person. Unlike the Ai family, when you enter the palace, you are just a soft green cloth sedan."
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Song Qinghuan asked Nanny Gong to help him stand up. Hearing this, he knelt down and lowered his eyebrows, as if he had made a huge mistake.
Xiao Ci raised the corner of his lips and didn't even look at Song Qinghuan. He just took a sip from the tea bowl.
Empress Dowager Jiang saw the different expressions on the two people's faces and remained silent for a while before asking Aunt Gong to help them up.
Song Qinghuan thanked him respectfully and then sat halfway down the chair.
Queen Mother Jiang closed her eyes and rolled the beeswax beads in her hands.
The maid prepared the futon and served tea to the palace attendants.
Song Qinghuan and Xiao Ci offered tea respectfully, and then Empress Dowager Jiang handed over another box.
Before the two of them could express their gratitude, a chuckle came from outside the hall.
"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that I met the Nine Emperors Uncle..." Xiao Wei's inappropriate voice came. He rolled his eyes on Song Qinghuan and said sarcastically: "I also met the Nine Emperors Aunt.
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Xiao Wei strode forward and asked Empress Dowager Jiang to press her hand. Then he walked to Xiao Ci and Song Qinghuan and called out in a serious voice: "Uncle Nine Emperors, Aunt Nine Emperors."
Song Qinghuan lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes. He responded with a weak voice and called out, "King of Yi."
Xiao Ci also showed a hint of sarcasm. He glanced at Xiao Wei and Song Qinghuan without saying anything.
The fourth prince Xiao Yang, who was following him, clicked his tongue as soon as he entered the palace, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Hey, second emperor brother, this imperial aunt is very familiar with her."
Then he answered to himself: "Oh, I remembered, isn't this the princess in front of the second emperor brother?"
Then he smiled again: "No, you can't call me like that now. You have to call me Aunt Huang, Aunt Nine Emperors."
He playfully looked at Song Qinghuan, Xiao Ci and Xiao Wei several times, and then went to Empress Dowager Jiang to say hello.
"Grandma Huang, my grandson is late today. Please apologize to Grandma Huang."
Queen Mother Jiang seemed not to hear those embarrassing words at all, and only asked Xiao Yang with a smile: "It's not too late, it's not too late."
Then he asked him: "Can you use breakfast? If it doesn't work, Aijia will ask someone to prepare some for you."
Xiao Yang said with a smile: "Thank you grandma for your concern. My grandson has used it."
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the three people and said with a smile: "Grandma Imperial, will this second brother also have to call the new Aunt Imperial in the future?"
"However, this is quite messy. My former princess suddenly became my aunt, which is not very interesting."
"Say less." After all that needed to be said, Empress Dowager Jiang said angrily, "You can't say these words again in the future."
"Your Uncle Nine Emperors and Aunt Nine Emperors are a match made in heaven. Everything in the past is over and there is nothing to mention."
Xiao Yang chuckled and responded quickly: "Grandma Huang is right."
He raised his eyebrows at Xiao Wei again: "Second brother, don't worry about it in the future. After all, you have a big backup. If it gets spread, it won't be a joke."
Then he looked at Xiao Ci: "Uncle Nine Emperors, my nephew speaks straightforwardly. If you have any offense, please don't worry about it."
Xiao Ci's face turned livid and he remained silent for a while. After a while, he took a deep breath and raised his hands to Empress Dowager Jiang: "Mother, my son has thought that he hasn't seen the emperor's brother for many days, so he just needs to enter the palace today to meet him.
