Chapter 20 Meet the Empress Dowager

As she walked to the west wing room, she saw that Ji Shuidong was rummaging through the boxes and couldn't find satisfactory clothes, so she said, "Sister, it's better to wear your sister's. My sister brought a few more clothes."

"Huh? Sister, you're back. I don't know how the dessert is going.

"Gong Lu came to get it and came back in a hurry after giving it. Well, sister, see if this skirt is worthy of you. Yao Yulu took out a purple satin gauze skirt and asked.

"This skirt is so beautiful. My sister brought a lot of clothes to the palace this time, and each of them is very precious."

Yao Yulu smiled and said, "My sister laughed. No matter how beautiful we are, it's just to please the emperor. When I see the Empress Dowager tomorrow, I don't want to dress too enchantingly and charmingly, dignified and generously.

"What my sister said is, can this skirt really be lent to me?"

"Of course, why do we have to divide between you and me?" Yao Yulu stuffed the skirt in Ji Shuidong's hand, and she chose a dark green smoke silk skirt, which was very impressive.

The two were busy until they were close to bed. Yao Yulu had no dreams this night and slept very well.

Before the second day in the hall, before my aunt arrived, Yao Yulu first saw a woman who had never talked to each other standing there waiting. It must be Li Lingyun. This woman has a pair of phoenix eyes, two curved willow leaves hanging eyebrows, slender, pink face does not show spring power, Dan lips smelled before laughing, but her face is not beautiful but with age-inappropriate charm, wearing a light yellow dress with lantern sleeves, a unique beauty bun on her head with an emerald carved coralpin, very It is charming.

It can be seen that this woman's family background is also very good. When she saw that Yao Yulu was looking at her, she took the initiative to talk to Yao Yulu: "Is it must be Yao Xiunu?" As she spoke, her eyebrows were flowing and her eyes were flexible. She was really a special woman.

"You must be Li Xiunu?" Yao Yulu replied.

"It's the people's daughter. I've heard a lot about Yao Xiunu's name these days. Yao Xiunu is about the same age as me."

"Huh? Li Xiunu used to be the same age as me, but she looked a little mature.

Li Lingyun smiled. She looked at Ji Shuidong next to Yao Yulu and asked, "Is this Ji Xiunu? Ji Xiunu finally fell into trouble and did not complain much about the frame-up that day. Ling Yun was very impressed. Li Lingyun's words were not sarcastic at all and completely out of his heart.

Yao Yulu has a little more fondness for this woman. Although she has a good family background, she has neither climbed dragons nor tailiated Ji Shuidong's life like Wang Shuzhen. I'm afraid that such a pleasant attitude must be unpleasant.

At this time, Liu Feifei also came over: "My sister also congratulates Sister Yulu. She met the Empress Dowager with Ji Xiunu. The feng shui in this western wing is really good."

Liu Feifei's words were malicious. Yao Yulu remembered her move to fall into the well in the palace that day and frowned coldly: "It's not like feng shui. It's not like my sister's room. I left one, and I don't know what to do."

Liu Feifei listened to Yao Yulu's sty words and couldn't help but feel angry and replied, "Yao Xiunu should also take care of herself. Your backer in the palace ignores you. I don't know what to do?"

Yao Yulu knew that what she said was her sister Yao Yujiao, so she replied, "Whether you pay attention to her or not has nothing to do with your sister. No one to help her is much better than being an enemy."

At this moment, Song Jinzhi also came, and the five women stood in the front hall with their own minds and said nothing more.

At this time, Lv Panxiao came in and saw that all the people had come, so he said, "Five beautiful women, you need to be careful when you see the Empress Dowager later. You must know the importance of this visit, and I wish you all good luck."

Lv Panxiao saw that the atmosphere in the front hall was a little wrong, but she didn't say much. After all, the five most likely to climb up the branches this time were all here, and it was not surprising that some of them were secretly competing.

Tailin Hall is located in the northeast of the imperial city. It takes about half an hour to go from Taoyuan Hall. At this time, several sedan chairs stopped at the gate of Taoyuan Hall.

"This is specially sent by the Empress Dowager. The road is not close, and I'm afraid it willlei all the girls." Lv Panxiao first stood next to a sedan chair and said.

Five beautiful women, each in a sedan chair, embarked on the road of seeing the Empress Dowager like this. On the way, they were silent, and no one knew how this visit would change their fate.

At the gate of the Tailin Hall, I saw that the palace was even more luxurious, hundreds of times more beautiful than the queen's bedroom. The whole tile top was paved with gold glazed tiles, the pillars in front of the door were inlaid with white jade, and the ground was also covered with light green transparent jade. At this time, the built-in summons at the door: "Five women from Taoyuan Hall asked to see you."

With the response in the hall, the five people walked into the Tailin Hall together.

As soon as you enter the Tailin Hall, the hall is magnificent. The high glazed tiles rise straight into the sky. The hall is golden and brilliant. The ground is paved with milky white marble. The window eaves are carved with gold dragons and phoenixes. Several house pillars are also unique in style. The carved plate made of white jade dances and flying phoenixes under the golden dragon and phoenix chair in front of them sits. It's the Empress Dowager.

When everyone looked from afar, they only looked up slightly. They saw the Empress Dowager in front of them wearing a red embroidered satin palace robe, which was dotted with glazed silk thread. The tassel emerald beads at the feet of the robe fell to the ground softly, rubbing soundly. The red robe was embroidered with golden red peonies and phoenix dance pictures. The thin silver thread outlined exquisite outline, but it also showed the maintenance of the slenderness. The body, worn by Cloisonne, is inlaid with a few good chicken blood stones and carved into the shape of Manzhu Shahua. The face has some old marks, but it can be seen that it is well maintained. The eyes are slightly sharp, and the long body is hidden in the clothes without feeling bloated. One long hair is carved with coral. Luo Cui hairpin is tied into a loose moon-by-moon bun, with two red gold fiery hairpins on the left and right, hanging thin sheep fat white jade beads tassels, and a pair of white jade earrings hanging on the earlobe, which makes the neck more slender and more elegant. A pair of permeable green jade bracelets on the wrist make the appearance more dazzling. .

And the Empress Dowager sat next to the queen. The queen sat on the left side, still graceful and touching.

Five beautiful women came forward to bless themselves one after another and bent their knees slightly and said, "The people's daughter knocked on the empress dowager, and the empress dowager is blessed."

"The people's daughter knocked on the queen, the queen Jin'an."

The high empress dowager brushed her hand slightly, and several beautiful women got up and waited for the empress dowager's advice.

"This show girl is beautiful." The empress dowager turned her head slightly and said to the queen beside her.

"What the Empress Dowager said." The queen replied with a smile.

"I heard that the daughter of Prime Minister Song and the daughter of General Yao are also among them. Why don't you come forward and have a look?" The Empress Dowager said.

Yao Yulu and Song Jinzhi listened and came forward to be slightly blessed.

The Empress Dowager gently opened the bead curtain in front of her and looked carefully, "It's two beauties. I saw Jinzhi when she was a child. I don't know if she still remembers it?"

Song Jinzhi nodded generously and said, "Jinzhi remembers that he went to the palace with his father several times when he was young and met the empress dowager several times in the imperial garden."

"Sure enough, you are smart and have such a good memory. At that time, you were still a child. At this moment, you were very generous and virtuous, and you all entered the palace to participate in the election.

"The Empress Dowager Xie praised, but the Empress Dowager's kindness and beauty left a deep impression on Jin Zhi."

The dialogue between Song Jinzhi and the empress dowager envied others, and the intimacy and familiarity in her tone was seen in everyone's eyes. It could be seen that the empress dowager liked her very much.

"I have never seen Yao Xiunu, but it seems that she was well hidden by General Yao. Such a beautiful woman in this house was sent to the palace at this moment."

Yao Yulu, who was hung aside, saw the empress dowager talking to her and hurriedly replied, "The empress dowager is flattered."

"However, this stunning beauty is not a good thing in the harem. Sometimes it is fascinating for the emperor to mess up the court, and it is not a good scene like your sister." The Empress Dowager's words turned around and her expression was a little sharp, which surprised Yao Yulu. It seemed that the Empress Dowager had a good relationship with the queen, but she looked down on her sister Yao Yujiao, so she said something like this to suppress them? Don't expect that the empress dowager's family has become a burden and makes the queen so unhappy, how can she please the emperor in the future?

But who would have thought that the Empress Dowager changed her tone and said, "But when the mourning family saw Yao Xiu's virtuous appearance, it will definitely not be like this. I don't know if the mourning family can trust you?"

The empress dowager is both soft and hard. It seems that she wants to provoke the relationship between Yao Yulu and Yao Yujiao, but the real meaning is not very clear. After all, she is only a cardamom year, how can she beat the old woman's mind.

"Yulu will follow the teachings of the Empress Dowager and will definitely pay attention to her behavior."

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager seemed to be very satisfied with Yao Yulu's attitude. In fact, she has always been a little dissatisfied with the Jade Concubine. The Jade Concubine and the Jin Concubine are domineering, but the Jade Concubine is even more lawless by relying on the power of the family. Although the emperor spoils her, if the Yao dominates the court, he can't make the emperor worry. In contrast, Song The Prime Minister has been safe all year round, and it would be a good thing for Song Jinzhi to win the emperor's joy.

"Which girl is Ji Shuidong?" The Empress Dowager asked.

"Ji Shuidong, a woman, taps the empress dowager." Ji Shuidong was a little flustered and hurriedly calmed up and said back.

"It turned out that this is Ji Xiunu. When I looked at the portrait, I felt that Ji Xiunu's face was very good and virtuous. Today, it was true at first sight. Did the queen meet them last time? When the Empress Dowager saw Ji Shuidong's low eyebrows, she liked it a little. She chose the most mediocre woman in her family to meet her, which was the reason in her heart.

"I haven't seen Ji Xiunu at the last summons. I don't know if there is any delay?" The queen had never seen Ji Shuidong, but she had heard that Concubine Jin made a scene in the Taoyuan Hall because of the vase. She did not point it out, but asked.

After listening to this, Ji Shuidong was both frightened and happy. She didn't expect that she was usually unknown. The queen of this competition never thought of it. She hurriedly replied, "Thank you for your praise. Last time, the people's daughter... I couldn't go because of some misunderstandings.

"Misunderstanding?" The Empress Dowager was a little surprised, "Queen, do you know?"

The queen was waiting for the empress dowager to ask. Seeing this opportunity, she immediately said, "Isn't it Concubine Jin... If the Empress Dowager doesn't know anything, it's okay not to mention it.

"Does it have anything to do with Concubine Jin again? The queen might as well say it clearly. The Empress Dowager has long been tired of Jinfei's incompetence. How could she fight with a beautiful woman this time?

"The vase given to Jinfei from the wedding a few days ago was broken. Jinfei suspected that it was broken by the beautiful girl in Taoyuan Hall. I'm afraid she caught Ji Xiunu by mistake." The queen said that she had always disliked the domineering appearance of this little concubine and deliberately stepped on it.

"So that's it. I'm afraid Ji Xiunu has been wronged."

"The women dare not, the Empress Dowager Xie cares." Ji Shuidong replied in a hurry. In her opinion, the Empress Dowager was not as terrible as she thought.