Chapter 99

Yuping hall is already full of ladies and ladies. Almost all of them are the relatives of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and there are many dignitaries in the palace to take care of them. At the moment, they are all elegant and quiet greetings. They are neither too formal nor too presumptuous.

On the high seat, the queen was in the middle, and the four concubines sat down in turn. At the moment, I also looked at the lady with a smile, occasionally exchanged greetings, and looked very kind.

The little eunuch waiting for the order sang in a high voice: "lady shangshufu is here -"

everyone's eyes looked at the door together.

Jiang Quan, the Minister of the Ministry of war, has been in the limelight in Beijing recently. It's not because of anything else. It's just because the young master Jiang, who Fang returned to Beijing, is now the fastest and youngest deputy general in the Dajin Dynasty. Besides, he has done many meritorious deeds as soon as he returned to Beijing. I heard that his majesty liked him very much. I think that in the future, he should be one of the people with smooth official roads and a bright future. As ladies, you will hear one or two words from your master. Many of the young ladies present are old enough to be married. Some of them want to get married with the Jiang family. Now people say that Jiang Shangshu's family has arrived, so naturally they will look at him.

Xia Yan really thought that her husband was looking at her, and she could not help straightening her back. Her smile was gentle and dignified, and she walked very safely.

They all watched in silence. Xia Yan and Jiang Su Su were both gentle and elegant. Jiang Li was a little flighty, but Jiang Dan was delicate and timid. On the contrary, Jiang Ruan, who was walking behind Xia Yan, walked slowly, with a smile on his lips. His smile was bright and charming, and his every move showed the noble demeanor of a palace talent.

At this point, people remembered that Xia Yan was not Jiang Xinzhi's mother, but Jiang Ruan and Jiang Xinzhi were real brothers and sisters. If Jiang Xinzhi was promoted and made a fortune in the future, Jiang Ruan would rise with the tide. If Jiang Ruan's advance and retreat were appropriate, there would be no tension in the grand scene of going to the Palace Banquet. It was not like the character raised by the elder of Chuang Tzu in Shanye. Some of the ladies also began to think about other things. They just wanted to decide whether or not to return the young lady of the Jiang family to her home early.

Xia Yan several people came forward to salute the empress. The empress is not confused and well maintained, but she doesn't look very old. She is in a high position all the year round, but she doesn't have the air of being superior. Maybe she is not favored. Only the respect of the emperor and the son of the crown prince look like an ordinary official woman. She makes Xia Yan stand up with a smile, and they look very kind.

Xianfei was a little younger, and she was charming and innocent. No wonder she gave birth to a son like xuanlang, the fourth prince. Princess De is an old lady. She is dignified and virtuous. She is worthy of the word "Virtue". Xuanhua, the fifth prince, is also very stable in the court. She is loyal, filial and brave. At least she is a virtuous person.

Shufei is beautiful and charming. If we say that Chen Guifei is the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, Shufei is a bright color on the exotic grassland. She is also very headstrong and shrewd, born and Yi Princess inherited her beauty, also inherited her temperament, the same headstrong domineering.

And sitting beside the queen, the most tender and beautiful one is Princess Chen. If the empress and the other concubines have the elegant demeanor of some noble people in the Imperial Palace, this one is just like an ordinary girl in the south of the Yangtze River. She has no sense of carving. Sitting here is out of place with the Imperial Palace, as if she had brought this area into the misty rain of the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiang Ruan went down with a smile, but his heart seemed to stay in that moment. All the people here are old acquaintances of the last life, but she is too humble to see these concubines from time to time. However, Princess Chen is an exception.

She would not laugh at her and belittle her like other imperial concubines. Instead, she often called her to the dream hall to talk. Chen Guifei is gentle and she is Xuanli's biological mother. In her last life, Jiang Ruan regarded her as her best friend and sister. They are trusted relatives in the cold palace.

However, what this princess Chen did behind her back made her feel like a joke in the end. She is like a venomous beauty snake, gentle hidden fatal trap. She and Xuanli are both a kind of people, thoroughly cool thin, unreservedly use, and then abandon and kill.

Looking at Xia Yan, concubine Chen suddenly said, "you are Miss Jiang. Come forward and let us have a look."

The empress was stunned and looked at Jiang Ruan thoughtfully. Jiang Li reluctantly looked at Jiang Ruan, eyes hard to hide jealousy, Jiang Dan lowered his head, dare not lift his eyes. Jiang Su Su's face was stiff, as if he could not believe it. Jiang Ruan slowly raised his head. At the moment of raising his head, he put away the smile on his lips. As soon as he raised his head, he had a slightly cold face.

Chen Guifei looked at her carefully. She didn't seem to see her unhappy face. She said with a smile, "if you are a beautiful child."

The ladies around began to whisper when they saw the scene. Sitting on the side, Dong Ying'er was a little uneasy. She thought of what her mother had said before that Princess Chen wanted to choose a concubine for the eighth prince. She could not help but sweat for Jiang Ruan.

Jiang Ruan light way: "thank you for your praise, Ruan Niang ashamed."

There was no warmth in her words, not even the basic respect, but a slight resistance. The gesture of resistance was a light meal in the ears of Princess Chen. For a moment, her smile became more and more cordial: "I don't know if Mrs. Jiang is married?"Xia Yan's body was stiff, and a nameless fire suddenly appeared in his heart. Jiang Ruan, it's Jiang Ruan again! Who is the imperial concubine Chen? The most favorite woman in the palace today is Jiang Ruan, not Jiang Susu. Are these people blind? Jiang ruansheng's foxy face is not the master of Ansheng.

However, even though she thought about it in her heart, she didn't show it at all. Still humbly replied: "back to Niang's words, Ruan Niang is eleven this year, and has never promised others."

"Ah, that's good." The smile on Chen Guifei's beautiful face is more sincere, and her white and smooth face seems to be covered with a light layer of smoke, but her emotion is beyond speculation. She said astonishingly: "such a lovely child can't be easily married. I really like Miss Jiang. I really want to marry her myself. "

This is too explicit, around the lady's face can't help showing surprised and clear complex expression. The virtuous imperial concubine looked at Jiang Ruan with great interest. The virtuous imperial concubine kept silent while the empress kept smiling. But the virtuous imperial concubine couldn't help but open her mouth and said, "elder sister Chen, what's the point? The marriage depends on the young lady's own liking. Is elder sister Chen old enough to do the same thing as ice cream

Shufei and Chen Guifei have never dealt with each other. Shufei can't stand Chen Guifei's appearance beyond the world of mortals. Of course, more importantly, she is jealous of Chen Guifei's amazing son Xuanli. And the one who crawls out of her stomach is a daughter, which means that no matter how much she is favored, she will not have a son as a prince. Although the five princes also have a high voice, but Princess De is not a pet, even very low-key, compared with the most annoying is Princess Chen. Whenever Chen Guifei said something, Shufei would choke on it.

Chen Guifei listened to Shufei's words, but she was not angry. She just looked at Jiang Ruan and said nothing. She was born with soft facial features. She looked at a person with such a gentle smile. I don't know. She only thought that she really loved Jiang Ruan and couldn't put it down.

Jiang Ruan's eyes were slightly low and did not look at Chen Guifei. Outsiders look at her is shy, but no one knows that her heart is full of hatred at the moment. Just a few quarters of an hour, just like a master, the lady who was present could not see anything. Only Jiang Ruan himself knew what she was thinking. Chen Guifei's eyes where is gentle, clear is to see the snake of prey.

Snake? She has a way to deal with it.

Xia Yan was very depressed because of Chen Guifei's "great love" for Jiang Ruan. Her next reply was perfunctory, but she was still reluctant. It's just as usual, but when master huijue said that she was a lonely star, people doubted her virtuous and generous attitude. At this moment, we are more sure that Mrs. Shangshu is also a sweetheart. Otherwise, Princess Chen would like to inquire about Jiang Ruan, why she didn't look happy or even unhappy.

Chen Guifei asked a few more words, and the queen beckoned Jiang Ruan to step down. Jiang Ruan Gang sat down with Xia Yan in his seat. Dong Ying'er got up, went to Jiang Ruan and sat down. He said in a low voice, "I'm really worried about you just now. Are you ok?" Then he said with admiration: "sister Ruan, you are so bold. I just saw that you were not nervous when talking with your concubine. If I had been changed, I would have been too scared to speak."

"It's nothing to be afraid of. I didn't do anything and I won't be punished," he said with a smile

Dong Ying'er hesitated and said, "but The lady seems to like you very much. Does she want to point you out to her eighth highness? " Aware of this, Dong Ying'er glanced anxiously at Jiang Ruan. Seeing that Jiang Ruan's expression had not changed, she was a little relieved and said, "your concubine seldom cares so much about people. Today, I've just asked you for a long time. Don't blame me for being so thoughtful. I'm afraid all the ladies here now have the same thoughts as me. If that's true, what should you do? ”

"what is it?" "No," he asked Her tone is not as mild as usual, with a faint chill. Dong Ying'er's heart jumps when she hears it. Only when Jiang Ruan was angry and didn't want to marry the eighth Prince did he say so. He said hastily, "you don't have to worry too much. I guess it all at random. Maybe the concubine just likes you. You are still so young now. It's really not urgent. "

This comfort is too weak, Dong Ying'er also feels guilty. But Jiang Ruan didn't show any special emotion from the beginning to the end, as if he was watching other people's affairs coldly.

After a while, seeing that the time was almost up, the queen got up and asked all the ladies to go to the main hall to start the Palace Banquet.

In the main hall, the emperor and the men's family members had already taken their seats. Because the flood had just passed, the State Treasury became a little nervous because of the disaster relief. The banquet was simple and not extravagant, which was quite different from the past. The dishes and cakes at the banquet are very simple.

The women's families sat down on the women's seats. The emperor and the queen sat on the high seats. Next to them was the present empress dowager, empress Yide.

The Empress Dowager Yide is now in her prime of life, and her temples have become white. Turquoise gold wire inlaid with jade, auspicious cloud pattern buckle, magnificent atmosphere. Even from the face of empress Yide, you can see the original style. At the beginning, empress Yide was known as the first beauty in the great Jin Dynasty. When she was young, she had two sons and one daughter with the former Emperor. When the eight kings seized the throne, she vindicated the emperor and ascended to the throne of God. She sacrificed her eldest son, and even made her daughter Princess Yuanrong and other countries to support the new emperor to ascend the throne. It can be said that without empress dowager Yide, there would be no present-day Dajin Dynasty and no emperor. Empress Dowager Yide is a person who is vigorous and resolute, even a little cold.She lightly looked at the bottom of the crowd, the ruby armor on her fingers exuded a compelling luster. When she saw one of them, empress Yide was shocked. She could not help but sit up straight and look at the man.

It was a young girl, because she could not see her face clearly in the next seat, only the black top of her hair. She wore a simple single bun with a rose in a magnificent color on it. A peach pink dress is simple and warm, especially fresh and beautiful among all the well-dressed ladies.

Too far apart, the girl suddenly felt empress Yide's eyes and raised her head. When I saw empress Yide's eyes, I didn't panic. After a little surprise, she returned to empress Yide with a smile. The smile was clean and clear, and there was a kind of calm and sensible that didn't match her age.

It coincides with another person in the memory of empress Yide.

It was so easy for her to resist the impulse to go down and hold the girl. After laughing, the girl talked to the ladies around her, as if she didn't notice. The Empress Dowager Yide was sitting in her seat, slightly absent-minded.

Jiang Ruan and Dong Ying'er are talking, but the corners of their lips are involuntarily slightly crooked. Yu Guang sees empress dowager Yide sitting still, and can feel her eyes following her all the time.

Jiang Ruan took a sip of the tea cup in front of her and saw that her original goal was achieved. For this simple purpose, a simple action, she practiced dozens of times in the mirror.

It seems that he has already been granted a reward. Seeing Jiang Xinzhi's smiling eyes, it should be a very generous reward. Jiang Quan's face was not very good. Gu Yi hasn't seen Jiang Ruan for a long time since the last time. Now he sees Jiang Ruan sitting in the women's seat. The longer she lives, the more moving she is. Her eyes are very warm.

Xuanli's lips were full of a gentle smile, which seemed to be no different from the past. But his left hand was unconsciously rubbed, which he often did when he was upset. Obviously, the prime minister's house is that he is trying to appear calm, or can't hide the gloomy color in his heart.

Xiao Shao sits next to Guan Lianghan. Today, he is dressed in Huanhua brocade and black brocade. There are gold unicorns embroidered on the neckline of his clothes. He is more and more cold-blooded, handsome and unmarried. Many daughters in the wedding banquet secretly look at him.

Soon after, another beautiful girl came from outside. She was about 14 or 15 years old. She was dressed in a blue and round flower golden rooster heart collar, a straight neck brocade, a silver red dark pattern silk cut dress, and a colorful flower grass pattern tulle. It was a very gorgeous dress, but it didn't look mixed when she wore it, on the contrary, it had a kind of gorgeous beauty. Her facial features were deep and exotic. She came forward and said with a smile, "father."

"Heyi, why are you here now?" The emperor blamed the strange way, but his tone was very intimate. Princess Heyi was very popular with the emperor.

"My son's minister has made a fuss about his clothes. He can't disgrace his father." Princess Heyi winked at the emperor. The emperor burst out laughing. She glanced at Xiao Shao in the men's wedding banquet. When she saw Xiao Shao, her heart jumped. However, Luo Hua was merciless. Xiao Shao never looked at her, and a trace of loss flashed in her eyes.

Dong Ying'er touched Jiang Ruan's arm: "sister Ruan, is it true that Princess Heyi likes Prince Xiao Dong Ying'er has always been very fond of listening to these gossip. Now that we have ready-made materials, we will not let it go.

Jiang Ruan smiles a little. It's no secret that he and Princess Yi were infatuated with Xiao Shao in their previous life, almost to the point that everyone in the great Jin Dynasty knows. Princess Heyi had also vowed not to marry Xiao Shao all her life, and even wanted the lady to persuade the emperor to marry her. But the emperor chose Xiao Shao among his beloved Princess Heyi and Xiao Shao, and asked Xiao Shao what he meant first. Xiao Shao was cold and indifferent, so he refused. After hearing the news of Xiao Shao's refusal, Princess Yi and Xiao Shao look for life and death every day. They even go to Jinying's palace to find an explanation in person, but the other party is stubborn. At the end of the last life, Princess Heyi never had anything to do with Xiao Shao.

Jiang Ruan's eyes drooped, and the experience of Princess Yi was a pity, but it didn't include her. Just because she was in the palace with Princess Yi in the last life, she didn't stop her. Princess Heyi is narrow-minded and jealous. When Jiang Ruan entered the palace, she was the most beautiful of a group of beautiful girls. She was very charming, but Princess Heyi was gorgeous. She didn't want to be taken away from her. They often find some people to make trouble for her. Even once, she slandered her maid in the courtyard for stealing things and killed all the second-class maids in the palace. That scene appeared in Jiang Ruan's dream many times, which often frightened her to the extreme.

There are no old friends in this palace who are kind to others.

But just at this time, the Empress Dowager suddenly said, "deputy general Jiang, you said today that tomorrow is your sister's birthday?"

In the previous conversation with the male relatives, empress Yide didn't avoid it. She had a good relationship with the emperor, and she didn't need to guard against anything. Now, it's thought-provoking.

Jiang Ruan was a little shocked. She forgot her birthday. After the last life in the palace, except Xuan Lihui came to see her on her birthday, there was no news from other people. But the warmth is also false. Now, after another lifetime, Jiang Xinzhi even mentioned her birthday in front of the emperor, which made her not know what she felt."If you go back to the empress dowager, that's right." Jiang Xinzhi went out of his way.

"Where is the eldest daughter of the Jiang family?" Empress Yide, after all, was a man who had gone through the battle of the king of chaos, and her tone was slightly dignified.

Jiang Ruan stood up and said softly, "my daughter, Jiang Ruan, knocks at the Empress Dowager." Say goodbye to the general.

She was polite and modest, even with a kind of inexplicable piety. The ceremony was clearly the ceremony of ordinary courtiers' families meeting the empress dowager, but somehow it contained a kind of inexplicable emotion. It was solemn and incomparable. It was not like a meeting ceremony, but had a kind of farewell taste.

The Empress Dowager Yide looked at her quietly, looking at the white neck down, the rose step swaying and swaying, the peach colored clothes gorgeous and lively. Such a charming and moving girl, all over the body actually sent out a calm atmosphere. It's like that man.

Her eyes were in a trance.

When the emperor saw that the Empress Dowager was distracted, he coughed gently. It seemed that empress Yide had come back to herself. Looking at Jiang Ruan, he said, "flat out."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Jiang Ruan stood up. She tried to ignore the pressure from the emperor and only looked at empress Yide with a smile. She was born excellent, deliberately maintain lips gentle smile, even more than the princess has Princess temperament.

All the people around are red eyed. Empress Yide is hard-blooded and doesn't get close to people on weekdays. Why Jiang Ruan got her green eyes? People were puzzled. Jiang Xinzhi looked at Jiang Ruan nervously. Although he mentioned Jiang Ruan, he did not expect empress Yide to make a sudden noise. God, the family's mind is not so easy to guess. I can't help getting nervous.

Jiang Su Su and Xia Yan are not very good-looking. Today, first Chen Guifei, then empress dowager Yide, Jiang Ruan is really out of the limelight. At the same time, they have a doubt in their hearts. Chen Guifei is gone. The Empress Dowager Yide values Jiang Ruan so much. Does she really like Jiang Ruan as the crown princess? Which Prince, the eighth or the fifth? Or the fourth prince?

"The eldest daughter of the Jiang family, the sad family agrees to meet your wish on your birthday. If you have any wish tomorrow, you can say it today, and I will satisfy you. " Empress Dowager Yide said.

It was originally for the purpose of his birthday wish. I think Jiang Xinzhi mentioned it before the emperor, or exchanged his merits for Jiang Ruan's birthday wish. Now I can tell what kind of protection Jiang Ruan wanted.

Xia Yan and Jiang Susu are relieved that they don't like her as a princess. If Jiang Ruan Zhen becomes a princess, they will not have a good face for Jiang Fu.

The smile on her lips is not right. If Jiang Ruan takes advantage of the situation to propose which childe he wants to marry

Jiang Ruan smile, tone a little lonely: "Empress Dowager grace, Ruan Niang nothing, just willing to go to ningshui Valley to see the new peach blossom."

"But it's impossible." She gave a sad smile. Empress Yide suddenly raised her head.

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