The style of the Queen Mother in Qing Dynasty is different

Although the little emperor is precocious, he still has a sensitive and fragile heart.Qiqige still had a lot of comforting words in her heart, but there was no need to say them now.

The little smelly straight man is not worthy of her consolation!

Qiqige: Xuanye!Just when you said that a college graduate has no culture, the mother-child relationship between us was broken!

Qiqige wanted to grab his bald head, but it was inconvenient for her to do it with the maids and eunuchs watching.

The impotent and furious Qiqige could only say harsh words in the end, "Stinky boy, just wait for me!"

This sentence is the same as Big Big Wolf's "I will come back", and its deterrent effect is almost equal to zero.

The heart-to-heart talk was nothing, and the time soon came to the day of the peach blossom feast.

The peach blossoms in the palace are blooming exceptionally well today. From a distance, they look like red clouds that are gentle and lingering.

The Empress Dowager walked in the front, Qiqige held her arm half a step behind, and Fuquan's Empress Dowager Ning was behind.

The emperor is going to marry a wife, and Fuquan, the elder brother, cannot be left behind.Today, Qiqige invited Concubine Ning to see a girl, and asked her to see if there was anyone she liked.

Walking behind Concubine Ning are the female relatives of the ministers, a Madam with one or two girls behind her.

Everyone knows the true purpose of the flower viewing banquet. The ministers have put in a lot of effort to make their girls stand out. It is said that the price of gold and cloth in the capital has risen crazily because of this.

The young and delicate girls are all dressed up beautifully. This year, scarlet and two-color gold fabrics are popular in Beijing. Most of the girls entering the palace today wear red.

Qiqige leaned close to the Empress Dowager's ear and smiled, "Look carefully later, the little girls are dressed like couplet window grilles, how festive they are!"

The Empress Dowager couldn't help laughing, "You are the only one who is narrow!"

While talking, the Empress Dowager and Qiqige turned on a cobblestone path, with peach blossoms planted on both sides of the path, and it is very good to enjoy the scenery from here.

Of course, although the scenery is good, the road is not easy to walk.The cobblestones are uneven, and the ladies wear the bottoms of flower pots on their feet.Not only must they walk steadily, but they must also have just the right smile on their faces.

Walking out of the peach blossom forest, there is an open space in front of it, where tables and chairs have been set up.The Empress Dowager took all the wives to sit down and talk, and let the girls play freely in the imperial garden.

The maids who stay in the imperial garden are carefully selected by Qiqige. They are both servants and eyeliners. All the girls' every move cannot escape their eyes.

In the imperial garden, the girls chatted together in groups of three or four, and it was only through them that one could see the current situation in the court.

Gathered in the middle are Sonny's granddaughter and the girls from the Zhenghuang Banner, those standing on the east side are the girls from the Bordered Yellow Banner headed by Aobai's daughter, and the girls from the Zhengbai Banner standing on the farthest side.There are also a few girls whose family backgrounds are not obvious, they dare not move around or stand in disorder, and they gather together like quails tremblingly.

Among the girls on the three banners, the Yellow Banner has a large number of people, and the White Banner is the weakest.In the Xianghuang Banner there are not only Oboi's daughter but also Ye Bilong's daughter, and in the Zhengbai Banner there is only Sukesaha's niece.

There is no girl of the right age in Sukesaha's family, and this girl is picked from the clan to make up the number.Suksaha thought that if this niece was brought into the harem, it would also be a help to him.

The imperial garden was not very big, and the girls didn't dare to use it as their own back garden to wander around. These groups wandered around and finally gathered in Qiqige's small vegetable garden.

They didn't want to get together at first, because this place is so strange.

A girl asked in a low voice, "Why is this place different from other places?"

The flowers and trees in other places in the Imperial Garden are pruned unevenly, which is very aesthetically pleasing, but here are all small seedlings, which look bare compared to the side.

The girls from the families of the four ministers were flocked to the front. Sukesaha's niece smiled and said, "It looks like a daffodil. I don't know much about it. I don't know if I can guess it correctly."

Oboi's daughter covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, "Narcissus grows in autumn and winter, and blooms in spring. This thing has just sprouted. How could it be a narcissus?"

Suksaha's niece blushed, Sony's granddaughter glanced at them, then lowered her eyebrows and said nothing.

Ye Bilong's daughter stood up and said with a smile, "Look over there."

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed, and there was a small wooden sign with the words "Qin Se and Harmony" written on it.

Ye Bilong's daughter laughed and said: "It is said that the first emperor gave the queen mother a small vegetable garden, and the name of the vegetable garden is Qinse Heming. The tomatoes and melon seeds we eat now are grown by the queen mother in the small vegetable garden. I think...here What you plant is not flowers, but vegetables!"

Everyone suddenly realized that vegetables were grown here.

"Whose Gege are you from? This is an old matter in the inner court, it's hard for you to know."

Hearing the voice, everyone turned around quickly.I saw a girl in a purple dress with a golden butterfly and a flower flag looking at them with a smile.Beside her stood a girl wearing a primrose-colored gold and silver thread embroidered camellia flower flag dress.

The maid standing beside reminded: "This is the Second Princess and Princess Naren."

The girls hurriedly squatted down to salute.

Naren smiled and said, "All of you are free!"

Na Ren looked at Ye Bilong's daughter, "Whose family are you?"

"Slave Niu Hulu, my father..."

Na Ren interrupted her with a smile and raised her hand, "Needless to say, I already know who you are. Mr. Ye Bilong's Gege is indeed very knowledgeable, you know all about the old affairs of the inner court."

I dare not admit this, as if Ye Bilong was spying on the inner court.

Niu Hulu quickly explained: "I live outside the palace, how can I know the old affairs of the inner court? It is only because I like to eat tomatoes, and my father told me the origin of tomatoes, that I know that there is a vegetable field in the palace. The qin and the cymbals are in harmony. The Empress Dowager found that the merits of the tomato spread everywhere. Everyone has heard the story of the tomato, but the little sisters are reserved and refuse to say it easily. The slave is reckless and makes the princesses laugh."

Na Ren smiled and nodded, Ye Bilong's daughter can really speak.A few words not only explained clearly that he did not spy on the inner court, but also made amends for the little girls present, and inadvertently praised the Queen Mother.

Na Ren stepped forward, and the others stepped back to make way for her.

Na Ren pointed to Miao Miao on the ground and said, "These are garlic, the purple-skinned garlic specially found by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not some narcissus."

Sukesaha's niece blushed a little, and the second princess stepped forward and pulled Na Ren's sleeve.

"Emperor Niang should be waiting urgently, let's go!"

The two princesses left holding hands, and everyone squatted down to salute and send the princess off, secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

Naren and the second princess came to Qiqige, saluted the Empress Dowager and Concubine Ning first, and ordered the wives to stand up and salute the princesses.

After seeing the ceremony, everyone took their seats again. Naren and the second princess sat next to Qiqige, one on the left and one on the right.

Na Ren hugged Qiqige's arm, leaning against her and muttering.

"Auntie, we just saw those little girls, and they said the garlic you grow is narcissus."

The corners of Qiqige's mouth turned up, and she almost laughed out loud.

The second princess smiled and said: "They are all ladies of the family, how can they recognize this?"

Na Ren was not convinced, "I'm still a princess! I recognize them all, so why don't they recognize them?"

The second princess said nonchalantly, "What are you doing more than this? Compete with others later in writing poems and lyrics!"

Na Ren immediately fell silent. It's best to pretend not to hear at a time like this.

The empress dowager sat and talked with the wives, looking elegant and glamorous. To put it bluntly, it was a group of women gossiping.

The Empress Dowager asked kindly: I remember that your husband (father) is Lord XX. He took up the official position of XX when he was Emperor Taizong. He made meritorious service for Emperor Taizong and was injured. How is he doing now?

The lifewife hurriedly expressed her loyalty: Thank you, the Empress Dowager, for still remembering that the slave's husband (father) was indeed injured in such and such a year, and he should be loyal to Emperor Taizong. Now life is better, and the old injury is not a big problem.

After asking the wife's husband and father, you have to ask her children.How old are the children?Are you married yet?Have you had a baby yet?

It is really hard for the Empress Dowager to remember these complicated interpersonal relationships at such an age.Qiqige is luckier, she just needs to be a stupid queen mother who doesn't understand anything.

After all these gossips are over, it's almost time for lunch.

The palace of Qin'an has been set up, and the Empress Dowager invites everyone to enter.

The seats had already been arranged, and everyone sat down one by one, and the exquisite dishes were served on the table like flowing water.

The menu was set by Qiqige, she knew how embarrassing the dishes on the table were.The girls present didn't even frown, they held the spoons to drink the soup, and the pendants on their ears didn't shake, which shows how stable they are.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, everyone was almost done eating. The Empress Dowager ordered people to remove the remnants of the table and serve fruit refreshments.

The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "Sitting like this is boring, what should I do to pass the time?"

Everyone entered the palace to compete for the queen's throne, and they were worried that they would not have the opportunity to show off their girls' talents!After hearing what the empress dowager said, they all stood up and offered advice.

Some wanted to play the piano, some proposed to paint, and some suggested to write poems and calligraphy, and they talked very lively.

The Empress Dowager did not discourage everyone's enthusiasm, she ordered people to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstones and various musical instruments, anyone who wanted to perform could do so.

All those who had some talent went up to perform. Among them, the girls from the four major ministers' families performed the best. They were all graceful, without stage fright, and obviously well-educated.

Soni's granddaughter played the piano, Ye Bilong's daughter wrote a picture, Aobai's daughter wrote a poem, and Suksaha's niece painted a picture of plum blossoms.

After watching everyone's performance, the empress dowager praised him repeatedly, and even if the performance was not good, the empress dowager would still praise her for being happy.

After the empress dowager finished her compliments, she asked Qiqige: "What do you think?"

Qiqige sat up straight, she knew that it was time for her to perform.

She half-closed her eyes and looked at everyone, and everyone present felt her heart tightening.

This empress dowager is the grand-niece of the empress dowager and the emperor's aunt. The emperor respects this aunt very much. Her words will affect the decision of the empress dowager and the emperor to a certain extent.

The empress dowager has always been expressionless today, and she didn't say a word when chatting. I don't know what she is thinking.

Qiqige sneered and said, "Except for the girls from the four assistant ministers' families, are the rest just playing around? It's fine to play with the things that are playing around at home. It would be embarrassing to take them out."

Qiqige's words were so mean that several thin-skinned little girls immediately shed tears.

How could their mother or grandmother cry in front of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager when their foreheads were sweating?

All the wives winked and made small gestures, asking the children in the family to wipe away their tears quickly.

After scolding the little girl, Qiqige found fault with her ignorance of garlic in the garden.

Pointing to the picture of wintersweet drawn by Suke Saha's niece, she said, "Hey, the plum blossom painting is very good! Why don't you draw a picture of the narcissus in the vegetable garden? The garden is for nothing?"

The little girl's face flushed, she lowered her head and endured it again and again, and finally couldn't hold back the teardrops that fell down and hit the ground.Her face was hot, and she felt that everyone around her was watching her jokes.

After scolding and crying again, Qiqige continued her efforts.

She pointed to Sonny's granddaughter and said, "You play the piano well, unlike yourself, who is silent like a mute."

Sonny's granddaughter flushed with embarrassment, Qiqige turned her head and scolded Oboi's daughter again, "What kind of poem are you writing! Why can't I understand a single word? Bai Juyi wanted to write an easy-to-understand poem. Poetry, go to read poetry in front of the old lady, revise word by word, why can't you learn from others?"

When Aobai's daughter heard this, her ears were almost smoldering. If she had Bai Juyi's ability, why would she still enter the palace!

After scolding, only Ye Bilong's daughter was left, and everyone looked at her together.

Qiqige smiled at her and said: "Your handwriting is good, and the handwriting written at a young age is already very strong."

Ye Bilong's daughter secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but fortunately, she was not scolded.

But she was too happy, Qiqige said immediately afterward: "Don't be secretly happy, I can't read, I don't know how to appreciate, what I said just now is to lie to you."

Ye Bilong's daughter's face froze, she pursed her lips and forced a smile, "The Empress Dowager taught me the lesson."

Everyone felt that the Empress Dowager's words were too much. A group of twelve or thirteen girls, it is already very good to be able to do this. Even if she doesn't like these girls, there is no need to scold them!

The Empress Dowager waited for Qiqige to finish offending everyone before she said slowly, "You talk too much."

Qiqige apologized not very sincerely, "I know I was wrong."

She turned her face away and apologized to everyone, "I'm getting used to being outspoken, don't take what I say to heart."

There were three points of sneer, three points of contempt, and four points of 'a bitch is hypocritical' on her face.No one dared to oppose the Empress Dowager, they said that the Empress Dowager had a straightforward temperament, so pure and unaffected.

The Empress Dowager found an excuse to drive Qiqige away, and then pulled everyone to say a lot of comforting words, and finally rewarded many things, and coaxed the crying little girls before letting them go home.

After the banquet was over, the Empress Dowager returned to the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Xuan Ye and Qi Qige played backgammon to pass the time while waiting for her to come back.

Today was just a small palace banquet, the Empress Dowager didn't need to wear a formal dress, but the clothes and jewelry on her body were much heavier than usual clothes.

Qiqige helped her to change clothes, and when she took off the hairpin ring and changed into homely clothes, the Empress Dowager let out a sigh of relief.

"Well, I'm old and useless. I don't have to go out to do farm work, and I don't have to go out to herd horses and sheep. I'm tired after sitting in this clothes for a day."

Qiqige persuaded with a smile: "How old are you? When we go out together, no one will praise us as sisters. Don't say you feel tired, I feel tired too! It's worse to go around in circles with those wives than to go to the fields to do farm work." It's hard work, it's exhausting!"

The two went out together, and Xuan Ye hurriedly greeted them.Although he pretended to be calm on the surface, Xuan Ye still had some boyish feelings. He really wanted to know what the future queen would look like.

He first turned the corner and asked, "Is the emperor's grandmother tired? Do the family members of the ministers know how to be courteous?"

The Empress Dowager laughed and said: "They are all polite, but it's your empress mother who scolded all the little girls present today."

Xuanye looked up at Qiqige, "No wonder Queen Mother refused to tell me what happened at the flower viewing banquet just now, so you cursed?"

Qiqige nodded confidently, "That's right! If I scold, I will scold. Do I still have to choose my life when I scold people?"

Aunt Su Ma interjected with a smile, "The Empress Dowager deliberately made such a fuss in order to test the character of the girls. This test really worked out, and the girl from Mr. Ye Bilong's family must be able to bear it Angry, I apologized and admitted my mistake after being scolded by the empress! He can bear it!"

Aunt Su Ma watched Xuan Ye grow up and the child was getting married, so she couldn't help but interject for a moment.

The Empress Dowager continued the words of Aunt Su Ma and said: "After all, she is a girl from the family of the four ministers. She is really well-bred. Su Ke Saha's niece is nothing more than Su Ke Saha's niece. Although she has some talents, she is a bit petty. The daughter of Oboi He and Sony's granddaughter are quite good, and Ye Bilong's daughter is good at speaking and can write well."

Qiqige also praised sincerely: "When they didn't enter the palace, I thought these princesses would be very arrogant and domineering if they were favored at home! Especially Oboi's daughter, I thought she would be a thorn in the head. I didn't expect this They are all obedient like little sheep, and I can't bear to scold them."

Aunt Su Ma smiled and said: "Everyone knows what they are doing when they enter the palace. How can they be as self-willed as they are at home? Besides, the boys have a bit of a bad temper. Those who want to marry into the palace should be more chaste and gentle." to make you happy.”

The Empress Dowager smiled at Xuan Ye: "I see! Both girls are very good! I don't know which one the emperor likes."

The liking of young people is very simple, as long as they are beautiful.Xuan Ye is not interested in the character that the empress dowager said. At present, Sony's granddaughter is the best choice. As long as she has no serious problems, she will be the queen.

Xuanye didn't want to hear the emperor's grandmother talk about her temperament, he only believed in Qiqige's vision now.

"Emperor Niang, who do you think is better? The little maids and eunuchs you picked out are all extremely beautiful, I believe in your vision."

Qiqige blinked, and she said wickedly: "Oh! From my point of view, none of these girls are good-looking. Big cake face, mung bean eyes, flat nose, protruding ears, oh, pity us Xuan Ye is gone, and can only marry an ugly wife. But it doesn't matter, you have a pockmarked face, don't dislike others!"

Xuanye's face puffed up with anger, Qiqige raised her eyebrows triumphantly.

Brat, let you say that I am uneducated, come on, hurt each other!