Chapter 186 Spiring

This time, Shaohua no longer dared to run around. He grabbed the purse Su Jin had found for her and followed her closely. However, she was not the only one who was nervous. Su Jin pretended to be calm and was more frightened than Shaohua. After all, she was ordered by the Empress Dowager to go to Shaohua. If there is any mistake, her head will not be safe. Besides, Hongfang would never forgive her, so she deliberately slowed down and looked at Shaohua from time to time to ensure that she would not disappear again.

It was not until she saw the guard in front of the Empress Dowager's bedroom that Su Jin's heart calmed down a little and whispered, "Mrs Li, the Empress Dowager's bedroom has arrived." Seeing that Shaohua opened his mouth to speak, he quickly reminded, "If the Empress Dowager asks, you will say that the road is dark at night and you are walking slowly. Don't mention what happened just now. I can't go in with you. I'll wait for you in the yard.

Shaohua's originally calm heart was hung up and down by Su Jin's words. After watching Su Jin talk to another maid of honor, he quietly retreated aside. The maid dressed like a little master gently reminded her to tidy up her clothes and not to be rude in front of the Empress Dowager.

"But Li Wuniang is here?" The voice of the Empress Dowager He was the same as before, which sounded lazy and calm.

"If you go back to your mother's words, it's Mrs. Li." A woman who looked like a stewman's aunt took a few steps forward and saw Shaohua following the maid and turned to reply to the Empress Dowager He. Empress Dowager He, who changed into a dress and dressed in a embroidered golden jujube red warm robe, looked very kind. Seeing Shao Hualian move gently and restrained with courtesy, she had a faint smile on her face, which made Shaohua sit in front of her.

Shaohua was a little flattered. It seemed that she was going to talk to her for a long time, but she was not familiar with the empress dowager. What can she say?

Empress Dowager He waved to her and motioned her to sit down first. "Don't be formal, I'm just talking to you." Empress Dowager He is nearly 50 years old, and her figure is still so charming, at most she has a little trouble in the corners of her eyes.

Seeing that he could not refuse, Shaohua was not as good as obeying, so he had to sit down obediently. Thank you for your sitting.

The maid who led her into the door came to take the cloak for her, and immediately another person served hot tea. Shaohua nod his head, carefully took the tea cup, took a sip, and handed it back to the maid of honor. Her behavior was light and polite, and she was not in a hurry, which made Empress Dowager He smile and nodded repeatedly.

Empress Dowager He looked at Shaohua's little face and began to turn red because of warmth, and said with a smile, "The last time I saw you, you were still a little girl, and this time you turned into a big girl."

Shaohua was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, she was so low-key and implicit that she was remembered by the Empress Dowager He until now. So he replied tremblingly and flattered him. Empress Dowager Lao was thinking about it, but the Empress still looked the same as before, which added more charm.

This sentence immediately made the Empress Dowager He smile happily, as if many of them had never been so happy. "Hahaha, it seems that you don't know what you look like, and you are saving." She took Shaohua's hand affectionately, looked like holding her daughter, and asked with concern, "Is your sister married?"

Shaohua did not dare to be presumptuous and dealt with it carefully word by word. His face was pretentious and calm, and his heart was already scared like a drum fight. Back to the mother's words, the third sister promised to give the Erlang of Princess Yinghua's family the year before last, and held a big fat boy in the same year.

Empress Dowager He nodded, sighed, and asked again, "Yinghua is really a blessed person. He married this daughter-in-law, and I heard that her family has not come out yet. What about the other one? You also have a sister, right?

Shaohua replied calmly, "Yes, it's just that Qi Niang broke her leg before and now she is recovering at home."

Empress Dowager He frowned and said worriedly, "How can she be so careless? I'll ask Dr. Zhang to have a look later."

Shaohua did not dare to agree at this time and immediately got up half bowed and looked frightened. How dare you bother the Empress Dowager to worry? Qi Niang's injury has already healed, but she is unbearable to walk. She is afraid of bumping into the nobles in the palace, so she dares not let her in. The more approachable the Empress Dowager is, the more uneasy she is. It doesn't look like the Empress Dowager should have summoned a court lady to meet for the second time.

When Empress Dowager He saw that she was so nervous, she was not reluctant. Well, let her take good care of it. She is not young. It's better not to fall ill.

Shaohua didn't dare to answer too much, for fear that the more he said it, the more wrong it would be. He only answered, "Yes."

There is no curfew outside the palace tonight, and there are people everywhere. In comparison, the palace looks lonely and lonely. If it hadn't been for the Empress Dowager's decree to enter the palace to accompany the princess to guard the year, I'm afraid that the palace would be more lonely. Suddenly, Shaohua also understood a little why the Empress Dowager ordered them to enter the palace. On New Year's Eve, if it was too deserted, she would not think about what the New Year should look like at all.

The corners of his eyes were slanting at the Empress Dowager He, and Shaohua couldn't help but have a lot of sympathy in his heart.

However, the Empress Dowager He was not conscious at all and changed the topic: "I remember that you are one year younger than Rouwan. After this night, you will be 16 tomorrow." Inexplicably, when he reached his age, Shaohua's whole body was excited, and even his hair was alert. The Empress Dowager He said softly and slowly, "The 28 cardamom is in its good years. Li Wuniang's great achievements have been widely spread in Beijing for a long time, and even in the palace, it is inevitable to hear some news. I heard that you still caught up with Kaizhi.

Seeing that Empress Dowager He mentioned Yan Kaizhi's name, Shaohua's face was charming. Fortunately, there was a hot tea cover just now, otherwise this straightforward shyness would be revealed. She replied in a delicate voice, "Empress dowager, that's all in the past."

Empress Dowager He smiled and didn't think so. "Ha ha, there's nothing wrong with it. I think Mrs. Yingyu was married by herself at the beginning, but it's a pity..." The smile suddenly stopped, replaced by a long sigh, together with the cold night, which made Shaohua shudder. Kaizhi's whereabouts are unknown now, and you are not young. Erlang mentioned you and Kaizhi to me at the beginning, but it's a pity that I didn't rest assured at the beginning. Now it seems that this is good, so as not to delay your life.

Shaohua restrained his expression and replied firmly, "I'm willing to wait. As long as he comes back, I'm willing to wait for as long as he comes back."

Empress Dowager He was a little surprised: "Do you know when he will come back?"

Shaohua shook his head honestly, "I don't know."

Empress Dowager He smiled and said, "Then why do you say such a thing? The girl Huaichun is always poetry. You will know in a few years that those young and frivolous infatuation are just impulses, and women always want to teach their husbands and children. Don't talk too much. Sooner or later, you will regret it. Seeing that she was eager to defend, she shook her head and then said, "I heard that Hongfang was also infatuated with you. At the beginning, he was married by the previous emperor, but he didn't expect that she was a thin beauty. Although she was nominally a concubine, she still passed the door after all. If you marry, the Three Kings will never lose you.

Shaohua said, it really involved Hongfang, but he didn't expect that he didn't know how to buy the maids around the Empress Dowager, and even the Empress Dowager. Suddenly, the good impression he had just reached out to save him was immediately squandered.

Shaohua got up, gave a deep gift to the Empress Dowager He, and then answered steadily: "The woman is grateful for her kindness, but please forgive her for not agreeing to this matter under any circumstances. To tell you the truth, Kai and I have vowed a long time ago, and my family also knows about this. I only wait for him in this life. Thanks to the wrong love of the prince, the people's daughter really can't afford it. Please complete it.

It seemed that she didn't expect Shaohua to refuse. Empress Dowager He put away her pleasant face, sank her expression, and suddenly became extremely majestic. Her sneer made Shaohua a little shocked, "I didn't expect that Li Ge's granddaughter was also like a grass-roots village woman. How can she prove it without a matchmaking?"

Shaohua swallowed and calmed his heart. After calming down, he opened his words word by word: "Heaven and earth are media, and Bai Xue is the proof. When I went to my ancestors' house with my family that day, I unfortunately met a thief. If it hadn't been for Kaizhi's rescue, I would not have been able to enter the palace to say good regards to my mother. It's reasonable to be a match. It's not too much to be a cow and a horse. Why is it difficult for him to come back?

Empress Dowager He shouted angrily, "Humph, you are so bold!"

Shaohua was shocked and immediately knelt down and almost buried his head in his body. The people are presumptuous, please forgive the empress dowager!"

Looking at Shaohua's straight figure coldly, for a long time, Empress Dowager He said sarcastically, "You have said yourself so benevolent and righteous. Wouldn't it be unreasonable if I forced you?"

Shaohua said respectfully, "People's women dare not."

She knew that this trip to the palace was not so easy. Nine times out of ten was to set up a bridge for Hongfang. If possible, she really wanted to learn from what Xu Ziang just said, directly pretending to be sick and coughing. She didn't believe that the princess was willing to let Hongfang marry a tuberculosis ghost. Unfortunately, she couldn't pretend, so she could only refuse clearly and was ready to be punished.

However, what Shaohua didn't expect was that the Empress Dowager He finally did not open her to blame her. Instead, she sighed faintly: "I didn't call you here today to deliberately embarrass you, but just want to make it clear to you that Kaizhi is afraid... something wrong." Seeing Shaohua's kneeling figure flashed slightly, her voice became more sad. She walked over and bent down to help her up. I understand that you are a good woman and want to arrange a good marriage for you, but I didn't expect you to be so sympathetic.

Shaohua didn't know whether what the Empress Dowager He said was true or false, but when she said that Yan Kaizhi was afraid of something unexpected, her heart beat and she suddenly felt dizzy. If she hadn't gritted her teeth and stood up, she was really afraid that she would faint.

The Empress Dowager walked back to sit down on the warm couch, hesitated, as if she had made a difficult decision, and slowly spit out a sentence: "Well, I confess to tell you that Dora is still ready to move. Not long after His Majesty ascended the throne, he still has no children. If Dora moves troops, I'm afraid it will be a fierce battle."

"What does the Empress mean?" Shaohua's eyes involuntarily widened and howled in his heart. Shouldn't he want to marry her to Hongyi?

Empress Dowager He ignored Shaohua and held her breath at this time and said slowly, "I see that you are a smart child and a person worth entrusting. I'll give you two choices, either marry Hongfang and be a stable concubine for a lifetime, or go to Doro to make peace and restrain King Doro's actions.

"This..." Somehow, suddenly Shaohua felt relieved that he didn't want her to enter the palace.

But it's not right. Why did you suddenly want her to kiss? She knew that in the past year, the territory of Doro was no better than the Qing Kingdom. She heard that the eldest prince of Doro had returned with troops and provoked wars with the tribe several times. She occasionally learned the news and sweated coldly for Lanzhi.

Empress Dowager He whispered, "You don't have to answer me immediately. Go back and think about it first. I will send someone to find you then."

Shaohua withdrew his mind, squeezed it, and asked laboriously, "Do you dare to ask the Empress, Kaizhi and Kaizhi really can't come back?"

Empress Dowager He replied sadly, "I don't want him to come back. My mother and I are cousins. I grew up together since I was a child. I have never treated him as an outsider." With that, she picked up the handkerchief, covered her face and tapped gently.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Shaohua felt that it was difficult to make an expression on his face. He took a deep breath and reluctantly said, "In this case, Shaohua pleaded for peace."

Empress Dowager He looked away in surprise, "Don't think about it."

Shaohua shook his head, "No, if I can't marry Kaizhi as a wife in this life, at least I can do my part for him for the court. It's just that my parents and grandfather, I'm afraid they don't agree. The Empress Dowager asked her to marry for no reason, but what if Li Ge and the others disagreed.

Empress Dowager He turned her eyes, pulled out a faint smile, and comforted her, "You don't have to worry about this. Anyway, I won't let you get married so soon. Since you have made up your mind, I won't advise you anymore. You go down first. You can talk to Rouwan. Since Lanzhi left, Rouwan doesn't like to talk to people very much.

"Yes, Madam." Shaohua was no longer in the mood to sit down, so he got up and said goodbye to the Empress Dowager He.

After seeing Shaohua's depressed and lonely back disappear from sight, the Empress Dowager He suddenly raised a proud smile, reached out and waved the woman standing quietly beside the screen, and said happily, "Go and tell your majesty that Li Wuniang volunteered to make peace."

The woman seemed to be infected by the mood of Empress Dowager He. She bowed and agreed. Suddenly, she smiled and frowned and asked, "But Madam, how can the royal palace reply?"

Empress Dowager He said lazily, "I can only tell the princess that I have tried my best. I didn't expect her to be such an affectionate woman. What a pity."