In front of the gate of Zhaochun Palace, a large number of people had gathered at this time, excluding the female relatives and internal servants, Chu Nanzhi could see Taiwei Yin Sinian from afar.
Even the regent Lin Tingyan was not allowed to enter the inner palace without authorization, but this Taiwei Yin was able to enter the palace of the Empress Dowager to seek an audience, which shows that this person has an unusual position in his heart.
Seeing Chu Nanzhi and Princess Jinshu, Yin Sinian came up to greet him first, and said happily and anxiously: "Jinshu, Nanzhi, you two are here, go in quickly and persuade the old ancestor to let her use Let's have some meals."
"The imperial grandmother hasn't had breakfast yet?"
Lin Jinshu was surprised.
Thinking of Ji Rongheng who was still struggling with each other in Chengqian Palace, he curled his lips angrily: "Brother Rong Heng really has no eyesight, I don't know that Brother Huang is sick now, but he came here at this juncture to help The imperial brother and the ancestors are blocking."
Yin Sinian also sighed helplessly: "The most urgent thing is to persuade the old ancestor first, and don't let the old ancestor get angry again."
Paused, he looked at Chu Nanzhi and the quadruplets in front of her, and said: "Princess Yanjun has been waiting outside the courtyard for a whole noon, and the ancestors don't want to see anyone."
Lin Jinshu seemed to see something in his eyes. He lowered his eyebrows and looked at the group of nephews and nieces in front of him. He suddenly smiled knowingly, and waved to the servants behind Yin Sinian: "Hurry up and report to the ancestors that Princess Pingning and her children will enter the palace to have an audience."
The two servants left swiftly.
Not long after, the gate of Zhaochun Palace opened wide, and a white-haired old woman walked out slowly, surrounded by people.
Seeing so many strange figures, the quadruplets suddenly grabbed Chu Nanzhi's clothes in nervousness and fear, and stared blankly at the old man who came over.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the graceful and luxurious face, kind but majestic, knowing that the person coming was someone she had been thinking about for a long time, without waiting for the palace people to signal, she knelt down solemnly, and respectfully said: " The minister's wife, Prince Chu of Pingning, pays respects to the Empress Dowager, wishing the ancestors good luck."
Finding that the little treasures were still in a daze, she was so frightened that she hurriedly pulled the little treasures secretly, and the quadruplets knelt down after them in a daze.
"Get up, get up, no need to be polite."
Yin Enci hastily stepped forward to help Chu Nanzhi herself, squinting her eyes to look up and down her whole body, and confirmed kindly: "You are Nan Zhi girl?"
"It is the minister's wife."
Chu Nanzhi's hands were held tightly by her, she couldn't help feeling nervous, and even her breathing became a little short.
"Good, good, good."
Facing such a petite and thin woman, Yin Enci was indescribably excited.
She had no idea what kind of courage such a weak body possessed could pull her grandson and the whole family out of **** a few months ago.
"Follow me into the palace, Aijia, I have been looking forward to your coming. I have prepared a lot of food, but I don't know if it suits your appetite."
Yin Enci dragged Chu Nanzhi into the palace as he hobbled, causing everyone to watch with envy.
After walking a few steps, she suddenly stopped, looked back at the group of little ones following behind her, opened her eyes wide and counted carefully, and murmured: "Ruiwen, Ruixi, Ruichong, Ruijia. "
The quadruplets were dumbfounded when they heard it, Erbao Lin Ruixi bit her finger and asked in amazement: "Hey, grandma, how do you know our four names?"
"How did Aijia know your names?"
This sentence completely stopped Yin Enci.
She was feeling overwhelmed, suppressing the pain in her heart, and said with a grin: "This old bone of Aijia is dying, and only this little memory is left."
This scene made Chu Nanzhi very worried, and Lin Jinshu and Yin Sinian couldn't help turning their backs to secretly wipe away the tears overflowing from the corners of their eyes.
Afraid of being noticed by others, Yin Enci hurriedly explained with a smile: "Your father is from the brocade generation, so you should call the Ai family the emperor's grandmother, you can't call the Ai family grandma, you have to call the Ai family great-grandmother." .”
"great grandmother?"
Although Auntie had told me before coming here, the quadruplets still couldn't scream when they arrived.
Chu Nanzhi knew from the bottom of her heart that the little ones never liked the elders at home, but the Empress Dowager was no different than other elders, and she quickly signaled: "The words of the ancestors are the words of the mother, and you are not allowed to disobey."
Dabao Lin Ruiwen saw that his mother respected the white-haired old man so much, and he felt awe in his heart. He walked up to Yin Enci with his thin lips lightly, and said, "Great-grandmother, my aunt said that every day I will You have to eat on time to grow your body well, and it is not good for your great-grandmother to be hungry."
The rest of the little guys also called great-grandmother when they saw this.
The hot tears in Yin Enci's eyes almost burst out.
After experiencing countless storms and waves, she gritted her teeth and survived. Ever since the crown prince died unjustly in the East Palace, her husband even gave up on Jiangshan for that temptress. After one drop of tears, today a few half-grown little ones got their eyes reddened.
"The sky in Jingling City is no better than Jiangnan. It's only October and the weather is full of wind and sand. The wind outside the palace is too strong. Let's go to the palace to talk."
Yin Enci prevaricatedly brushed away the wet corners of his eyes, and tightly held the hands of Chu Nanzhi and Dabao Lin Ruiwen and walked towards the palace.
Fortunately, none of the people present were outsiders, and they did not show abnormal reactions to the ancestor's gaffe, and they all followed closely behind into Zhaochun Palace.
Entering the main hall, Yin Enci hurriedly asked the palace people to bring up the exquisite snacks and fruits, and led the mother and son to sit in front of him. He completely lost the majesty of the empress dowager, just like an ordinary elder One by one, they picked up the snacks and handed them to the little treasures, not forgetting to introduce them in detail:
"These are all the food that the northern kingdom paid tribute to the court. I'm afraid it's rare to see it in the south of the Yangtze River. The Ai family specially asked people to keep some. You can try it."
The second treasure, Lin Ruixi, held a long bunch of fresh, big and round grapes in her hands, looked at Chu Nanzhi in surprise, and said in a voiceless voice: "Aniang, look, these grapes are even bigger than the ones given to us by Brother Yunqing." It's pretty, shiny, like it's just been plucked from the tree."
Before Chu Nanzhi could answer, Yin Enci couldn't help looking at Erbao when he heard the name, and asked curiously, "Your brother Yunqing?"
Worried about this little guy talking nonsense, Chu Nanzhi hurriedly replied: "It's just a child from a merchant family that my wife and my humble husband knew in the village before. The fruit brought back by the merchant was given to several of them to eat."
"He is a pure and kind child. I don't think your family is poor. Such a family is rare these days."
Yin Enci was very touched when he heard that, his grandson was living in the countryside, and these years were very difficult, yet there are such rich and noble people willing to make friends with him.
She looked at Yin Sinian with burning eyes, and said in a gentle voice: "Sinian, you have to thank this family for the Ai family."
Looking at everyone in thought, she couldn't help frowning again: "Businessmen, what should I reward?"
Everyone dared to hold their breath, and did not dare to interrupt at will.
Yin Enci thought for a while, and finally blurted out: "Then make Chang Renhou."