[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

On the day when the eldest son of the emperor had three banquets, Yanyu still followed the rules and entered the palace early, and first went to the Queen Mother's palace to pay her respects.

It was a surprise to meet Princess Xinning in the Empress Dowager's Palace. Now her title is Princess Rongqing, she is His Majesty's direct aunt, and she is a great hero who helped His Majesty ascend the throne as emperor; it's just that Princess Rongqing doesn't like crowds. She usually stays behind closed doors in her palace, and only brings Xue Bing, the child left by her elder sister, Princess Heqing, by her side to raise.

"Is this the second cousin's bride?" The moment Yanyu stepped into the Empress Dowager's Palace, Princess Rongqing's gaze stayed on her, as if she had the intention of probing.

Princess Rongqing is only in her twenties after all, but her eyes are always cold, as if everything has long been frozen.

"My wife pays homage to the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess." Yan Yu kowtowed.

The Empress Dowager gave her a seat, and then said with a smile, "It's Ah Ran's bride, Lin Qing's eldest daughter."

Princess Rongqing thought about it and asked again: "I heard from Luoer that the two girls from the Lin family are also under Mr. Chengjiang?"

Yanyu responded: "Report to the Eldest Princess, the minister's wife is fortunate, and my younger sister was taught by Mr."

The icy wind in the hall is blowing, and the cooling fan is slowly taking in the wind. Yanyu still feels dripping with sweat. She can really feel the strong oppression in front of the superior; even if the tone of Princess Rongqing is melodious and clear, if there is a breeze blowing .

Eldest Princess Rongqing, wearing Koudan's gorgeous armor, caressed the sheepskin ice bag, Ruozan smiled: "I remember that the second daughter of Mrs. Lin's family is also the prospective daughter-in-law of Sister Qingdu." She turned her head and said to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother smiled : "Ling Chun's unmarried daughter-in-law is indeed the second daughter of the Lin family."

Because it was still early, the queen mother asked the female official to take Yanyu to Fengyi Palace to meet the queen, and Yanyu kowtowed to the queen mother with a sigh of relief.

"Princess, please come here with me." The female officer led Yanyu around under the veranda covered by the sun.

Suddenly, I saw two women in lake blue round robes approaching, both with their hair tied up and crowns dressed as men.The face of the woman in front is solemn, upright and dignified, with a bit of an official attitude; while the face of the woman following her is beautiful, clear and moist, she only puts on a little powder to keep her face from being plain, and she is the same as the woman in front. An unsmiling attitude.

Not seen for several years, Baochai became more and more calm when she came and went, shed her daughter's cowardice and looked more like a palace lady walking out of a painting.

Ning Siji saw the female officer in the Empress Dowager's palace bringing a married woman, and hurriedly backed away; Baochai also recognized Yanyu, and there was a bit of surprise in his eyes, and he followed Ning Siji politely. Ji waited at the side together, and continued past after the female officer and Yanyu had left.

Yanyu asked the female official in a gentle voice: "Is that the female official of the Department of History? It looks like a foreign minister!"

The female official smiled and said, "Princess, those are Ning Siji and Xue Zhangji from the Department of Historical Records."

"I know. After all, Xue Zhangji is related to my mother's family." Yan Yu said after hearing what she said.

Hearing what Yanyu said, the female official thought that she wanted to ask about Xue Zhangji, so she said: "Xue Zhangji is very valued by Ning Siji, and I have heard that Ning Siji intends to let Xue Zhangji take over after she returns. Department of Historical Records. Xue Zhangji has done such a thing at a young age, and the future must be immeasurable."

Yanyu felt that what she said was also interesting.

Most of those who enter the palace as female officials are looking for a prospect of prosperity. If they can be appreciated by the nobles in the palace, and they can give them a good marriage on the day they return to the palace, they are still the honor of the clan like Mrs. Jiang; If she is selected as a beauty like Yuan Chun, it will be a great joy to make her family happy on the day when she becomes a concubine.

However, the female officials of the History Department are different from other female officials. They usually keep company with historical books and ancient books.

Baochai has been in the palace for more than three years, so she can ask for an order to leave the palace to marry; but if she succeeds Ning Siji as the female official said, I am afraid that she will have to spend countless three years in the Department of History and Records before she can be like Ning Si I returned to Li Palace with such honor.

The female official who has been honored for three years will still have a marriage decree from the palace when she leaves the pavilion. If Ning Siji spends most of her life in the palace before going out of the palace to take care of her, the palace will bestow fertile land, hundreds of acres of gold and silver, and attendants. , so that female officials can enjoy their old age in peace.In the Li family in Jinling, there was an old aunt who used to be a courtesan in the palace. It can be said that the scenery is infinite.

When Baochai came to be elected as a female official, she accidentally became a female official in charge, and what she wanted was nothing more than an honorary return.

Yanyu didn't think about Baochai for the time being, and just followed the female official to Fengyi Palace.

Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Li and the two grandmas all went to the palace to meet the queen; the two aunts of the Xu family, Yu Chen, the princess of Xining, and Yu Yan, the wife of the scholar Zhuang of the Hanlin Academy, also came to the palace.His Majesty felt sorry for the Queen's long separation from her parents and sisters, so she kindly allowed the female family members of the Xu family to enter the palace to meet the Queen when the eldest son was baptized.

When they came outside Fengyi Palace, the female official asked the palace servants of Fengyi Palace, Yanyu and the female official waited outside the palace, and soon saw the palace servants beside the queen come out; Qiu Zhi, one of the big maids she served.

"Wang Concubine, Your Majesty invites you to come in." Qiu Zhi smiled and led Yan Yu into the hall.

The magnificent Fengyi Palace shows the dignity of the empress everywhere, and the palace people are all beaming. It is heard that the eldest son of the emperor was born, and His Majesty is very happy to reward the palace.

Yu Ming leaned on the soft bed and was teasing the little prince who was held in the arms of the nanny, and the female family members of the Xu family were sitting around Yu Ming.

"My wife pays homage to the empress." Yan Yu kowtowed outside the curtain, and Yu Ming raised his head and said softly: "The princess is here, get up! Give the princess a seat."

Yanyu thanked her; the palace man added an embroidery pier to her side, and she sat down there.

In the past, Yanyu had only met the first and fourth cousins ​​of the Xu family, so she didn't have time to take a closer look, but now she discovered that the faces of the Xu family's cousins ​​were actually somewhat similar.However, Yu Chen and Yu Yan are the children of the second master and the third master, and Yu Ming's only sibling is the long-dead third cousin Xu Yuqing, but after all, these are the past events that the Xu family doesn't want to talk about.

"Did the concubine just come from the mother's harem?" Yu Ming asked gently.

"Yes, my wife paid a visit to the Empress Dowager and Princess Rongqing." Yan Yuying said.

Yu Ming asked the nanny to carry the little prince over to Yanyu for a look, and Yanyu leaned over to look at the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, and said with a smile: "The little prince is full of heaven, you can tell it's a phoenix at a glance." Sons and grandchildren."

Yu Ming laughed lightly when he heard this, and asked the nanny to carry the little prince down, while talking to Mrs. Xu: "A few days ago, I met the princess."

Old lady Xu has gray hair all over her temples, but her smile is very happy, and she also talks to Yu Ming.

Yanyu observed Yu Ming secretly, and felt that her spirit was much better than before, and there was always a gentle smile on her brows and eyes.

When she inadvertently turned her eyes away, Yanyu suddenly noticed that the elder cousin of the Xu family seemed to be staring at her in a daze, and only moved away hastily when her eyes met hers.

Although for some reason, Yanyu felt a little uneasy.

Because the female members of the Xu family were all in the Queen's Palace, Yanyu was unable to speak to Yu Ming, and the female members of the Xu family got up to leave when the palace servants reported that the wives had entered the palace and went to the Empress Dowager's palace. .

"Sister Yan——" Yanyu fell behind, and she seemed to hear Yu Ming calling her in a low voice. Yanyu quickly turned her head and saw Qiuzhi who had led her in just stepped forward and said: "Princess, the empress told you to wait for the banquet." Later, I will go to Fengyi Palace."

Yanyu was taken aback for a moment, before responding: "Your Majesty, put it down, my wife understands."

The palace servants brought Yanyu to the east gate and came in with the wives, outside were already waiting for the wives; Yanyu stood next to Yu Chen, waiting for the time to go to the Empress Dowager's palace.

"This is the first time my cousin has asked her wife to see her after she got married, right?" Yu Chen's voice sounded beside her ears, and Yan Yu said, "Big cousin is just kidding."

Yu Chen smiled slightly: "I got married early, so my cousin was not even born at that time."

Yanyu didn't know Yu Chen's true intention of going around in circles, so she only answered carefully: "It is indeed so."

"It's a pity that we haven't had any contact for so many years. I'm afraid that we will be unfamiliar in the future. I don't know when my cousin will be free, so why not come to Xining Palace for a sit down?" Yu Chen seemed to mention this matter casually, a little bit Lonely meaning.

"Big cousin invites you so kindly, I'm naturally disrespectful." Yan Yu only smiled.

"When I go back, I will send a greeting card to my cousin." Yu Chen was very satisfied, and Yan Yu became more and more convinced that this might not be easy; but Yu Chen is already a deep-minded old fox, but he really can't guess her What is the purpose.

Yanyu was about to say more, when she saw that the palace gate had opened, and ordered the wives to go to the Empress Dowager's palace, and hurriedly followed.

About a cup of tea came outside the Empress Dowager's Palace, and ordered the wives to enter the Empress Dowager's Palace to bow down to the Empress Dowager, congratulating the eldest son of the Emperor Fuze Tianyou.

Because the queen was still in confinement, after congratulating the queen mother, she went to the Fengyi Palace to congratulate the queen, and finally went to Chengtian hall to watch the emperor's eldest son's three baptisms.

In the past, Yanyu didn't know that ordering her wife to pay homage was so cumbersome, after all this, she was dizzy, until she rested in Chengtian Palace and saw Shi Taijun and Jia Min again, she felt relieved.

Jia Min's gaze was also looking for Yanyu, and he smiled gratifiedly only when he saw her.

It was not easy for Yanyu to go to see her mother under the eyes of everyone, so she stood cautiously and silently looked at the wives and wives around her, she had already raised her vigilance.

I don't know why Jiang Qihou's wife, the Qi family, didn't come, and I don't know why.

Yanyu kept it in her heart, and she just waited to tell Mu Yun about it later.

"Cousin, who are you looking for?" Yu Chen seemed to notice that Yan Yu's eyes were wandering, and asked in a subdued voice.

"Eldest cousin, have you ever seen Mrs. Jiang Qihou?" Yan Yu asked her without hesitation.

Yu Chen smiled lightly: "I heard that Mrs. Jiang Qihou suddenly became seriously ill, and even Miss Qi San, who has already left the cabinet, went back to serve the sick."

Yanyu was skeptical, but she pretended to be emotional in front of Yu Chen: "So that's the case, that's really unfortunate!"