Chapter 168: Dedicating your life to the heart
On July 28th, the Empress Dowager's seventy-year-old birthday is celebrated.
The Xiangfei bamboo curtains were set up along the street, and the steaming water vapor wrapped in the smell of mutton soup spread across the street, and even the heart protection mirrors of the imperial guards patrolling the street were polished-
As soon as dawn broke out, the Duan Palace was busy.
In front of the dressing table, Xue Sui was surrounded by two girls to dress up. A tourmaline hairpin was pressed against the dark cloud-like hair. A pair of agate tassels fell gently, and even the bracelets on her wrist were shining with a faint light.
A pretty face reflecting the morning light flows with the water color, cool and eye-catching.
When Xue Yuechen saw her, she exclaimed sincerely.
"My sister looks so beautiful today. She is so glorious."
She is really no longer the bullied Bao Xue Liu.
"Sister is so beautiful. Which princess can compare with this graceful and dignified person? I just saw that the sparrows on the branches were all crazy."
Xue Sui smiled and said some compliments.
Xue Yuechen looked at the sky-blue dress on her body with satisfaction. The ginkgo leaf veins outlined by gold thread complemented the times, just like tailor-made for her, which made her very suitable for her.
"Let's go, don't delay it. You have to enter the palace earlier to avoid the depreciation."
When Xue Sui helped her get on the carriage, she saw Li Huan riding alone in front of her face, with a cold expression on her face and a thoughtful look.
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Could it be that Princess Ruihe returned to the capital that disturbed his mind and made him confused?
Not like it.
Xue Yue Chen noticed that her fingertips were cold and said softly, "Sister, but I'm not feeling well, but I'm still nervous because I'm going to enter the palace?"
Xue Sui walked with the boat and replied, "I have never participated in such a grand birthday ceremony, and I can't help feeling nervous..."
Xue Yuechen sighed secretly.
After all, the girl who is raised outside lacks some insight.
She comforted, "You just follow your sister. As long as you avoid Concubine Xiao and his daughter, you will not make any mistakes."
A big banquet was held in the palace today.
How can I avoid Concubine Xiao and his daughter?
Sure enough, as soon as I passed Anrenfang, I saw Princess Pingle’s chariot coming in a mighty way.
Princess Ruihe was walking with her.
Li Yuning's face was hidden behind the curtain, and the white jade hairpin reflected in the rising sun. It was as thin as the weeds that were desperately drilled out of the cracks between the bricks and stones of the palace walls, and it was indescribable weakness...
Pingle's skirt is lightly raised and her wide sleeves are flowing. Even though she has been in the princess's house for a long time and has suffered from stubborn illness, her eyebrows and eyes still cannot hide her arrogance. Her cold and arrogant aura is not at all restrained compared to the past.
She shook her chariot gently, and she took the embroidered scroll of the "Medical King Sutra" she snatched, looking at the carriage in the Duan Palace as if it were not present, with a sneer on the corner of her lips.
"The emperor's brother is so confused. He is so confused by the Xue girl."
Li Yuning coughed softly and snatched a handkerchief to persuade him.
"Sister, don't be angry, after all, it's the second brother's family."
"You deserve to be bullied in your life, a bad guy with no backbone!"
Princess Pingle said as she glanced at her clothes again, sneering in anger.
"The palace is the most unscrupulous. Today is my grandmother's birthday. How about you, dressed like a sick widow, who do you want to give me bad luck?"
Li Yuning's face turned pale in an instant.
Princess Pingle snorted coldly, raised her chin slightly, turned her head and told the sedan chairwoman to speed up, without even saying hello, her eyes were full of disdain and arrogance, and she left.
Princess Pingle is arrogant and unruly, like the deadly kissing beast on the eaves of the palace. Li Yuning was pitiful and did not say anything after being wronged. He silently bowed to the carriage of the Duan Prince's Mansion.
She looked at Li Huan riding a horse in front, and there seemed to be thousands of grievances hidden in her eyes.
"Second brother is so happy recently?"
Li Huan nodded slightly: "For the princess, everything is fine."
Li Yuning said again: "I came to the palace several times, but I couldn't see my second brother. I thought I was not doing well, which made my second brother annoyed."
"I've been plagued by official duties and neglected the princess. If you have any trouble in the future, I'll find your princess."
Li Huan's voice has always been warm, but today it sounds like a thin blade soaked in ice.
Li Yuning smiled sadly, "I originally wanted to come to find my sister-in-law to go to Ci'an Palace with me to kowtow to the Empress Dowager, but I didn't expect to meet me here."
She had adjusted her mood and looked as usual.
Li Huan nodded and said nothing more.
At this time, Xue Yuechen lifted the curtain and said with a gentle smile: "Good Princess, why not enter the palace together."
Li Yuning breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm worried that the road is boring. It's great to have a princess with you."
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In order to express his filial piety, Emperor Chongzhao specially ordered the creation of thirty-six lanterns in the Ci'an Palace, hanging everywhere in the palace.
When they arrived, there was already a beautiful scene in the palace walls, with copper bells dinging at the corners of the eaves, as if they were fairy music. The palace maid hurried through the corridor holding a gilded copper basin, and the silver bells sounded lightly from the drooping sleeves.
Xue Sui helped Xue Yue sink into the carriage.
Looking at the luxurious scene, I couldn't help but sigh.
"The style of this imperial city is different. Look at the jade hairpin, it is particularly beautiful." Xue Yuechen glanced at Ruihe with a smile, and his arms froze slightly.
Na Rui and Princess lifted the curtain with their white fingers, chasing Li Huan who had just jumped off the horse, as if they had forgotten their existence.
Xue Yuechen whispered, "Princess, why don't you get off the car?"
All the chariots and horses outside the palace can only be parked outside Chengtian Gate.
Li Yuning came to his senses, held the white jade hairpin on his temples, smiled awkwardly, and said to him.
"The Empress Dowager wanted to keep me in the palace the day before yesterday. I thought about asking the princess to come with me, and then I left the palace. Now I think about it, I have let the Empress Dowager down."
In and out of the words, she has a more intimate relationship with the Queen Mother.
Xue Yuechen smiled faintly and said nothing.
In today's imperial city, all officials gathered, the emperor and his ministers feasted together to celebrate the Empress Dowager's seventy-year-old birthday. The men and women all had their seats. Li Huan bowed his fists, nodded to Xue Yuechen, and then walked away without looking at others.
Xue Sui looked at Li Huan's subtle expression quietly, frowned slightly, and saw the gorgeous chariot of the East Palace slowly coming. Li Zhao's face was hidden in the bright yellow curtain, and his body exuded a cold and majestic aura.
Xue Yuechen hurriedly bowed and bowed.
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"I've seen His Highness the Crown Prince..."
Ruihe also bent her knees.
Xue Sui was slowing down half a beat. By the time she saluted, Li Zhao's chariot had already passed by, leaving only a sliver of his back.
Everyone looked at each other...
Why did the Eastern Palace take a detour and come here?
At this time, Lai Fu walked over with a smile on his face and saluted everyone one by one.
"His prince said that the road was slippery after the rain, so he specially gave a chariot to send the female family members of the Duan Palace to the Ci'an Hall."
After saying that, he waved his hand, and slowly walked over with two steps and stopped in front of Xue Yuechen and Xue Sui.
Lai Fu made it clear that he was sent to the female family of the Duan Palace.
It sounds like the friendship between the prince and Duan, but it excludes Princess Rui and Princess.
Xue Yuechen looked at the concubine in surprise and smiled faintly, "Thank you for your kindness, Princess Ruihe, we are walking with Princess Rui. It's still early, so we can walk and talk."
Lai Fu nodded, no force.
Because he also felt that the master was acting very hard.
Li Yuning looked at the departure of the celery and suddenly chuckled, "Is this arrangement of the Crown Prince a different meaning?"
She was joking, but Xue Yuechen looked shaky when she heard it.
"The princess is careful, and some words are not allowed to be said randomly."
Li Yuning pursed his lips and said apologetically: "I said it casually, but I forgot the rumors in the palace I heard a few days ago... It was not intentionally offending Mrs. Ping'an, but just a little aggrieved for her."
I wonder if this is to regret Xue Sui’s grievances in her side room, or if she was framed by Pingle and spread rumors with Li Zhao?
Xue Sui chuckled, "The princess doesn't have to take it to heart. People in the world only think that golden cages are good, but how could the yellow orioles love willow branches?"
Xue Yuechen was happy when he heard this and glanced at Li Yuning, "The princess doesn't know anything. My sixth sister has always been casual and free, but she doesn't have that competitive spirit."
Li Yuning responded with a smile and said nothing more.
The three of them all the way to Ci'an Hall.
Many destiny women of grade have come.
Xue Sui saw Mrs. Cui and Fu in the crowd, and saluted each other. After a few greetings, a female official came to lead the way...
Xue Sui deliberately lags behind half a step.
The eyes of Wen Jia, who had just arrived, met in the air. The two looked at each other and nodded, then crossed the threshold.
The women inside and outside were seated in order according to their ranks, and the empress dowager was in the main position.
The queen and concubine are second.
The other women in the outside world sat in separate seats below.
The palace banquet officially began, and the queen led the wife of the inside and outside to solemnly bow to the empress dowager.
After the ceremony, each family offered a birthday gift, competing to show their intentions and ingenuity.
The peacock lantern reflects the birds paying homage to the phoenix. On the stage is the "Magu Offering Birthday" by His Highness the Virtuous King. Empress Dowager Chengqing was happy and smiled on her face. She watched every birthday gift carefully and praised it endlessly.
Just as I was singing to the lively place, a noise suddenly came from outside the hall.
Everyone looked in the sound.
Princess Pingle was wearing a crimson red and frowned skirt, and her steps were lightly sweeping across the threshold. Eight palace maids behind her entered one after another. The scene instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The embroidered scroll of "The Medicine King's Sutra" they held slowly unfolded. On the two-meter-long cloud silk, the handwriting was neat and graceful, with bright and eye-catching colors, exuding the power of solemnity and piety.
"Congratulations to my grandmother on her 70th birthday..."
Pingle held the scriptures with both hands and crossed the top of the top, and eight palace maids held the sides of the embroidered scroll and knelt upright under the empress dowager's seat.
"To pray for my grandmother's birthday, I will be happy and healthy, my granddaughter pierced my fingers and adjusted the color with blood. I will be able to achieve success in worshiping me in front of the Buddha for a hundred days..."
Li Zhao: When I read the title, I thought someone was coming to touch my heart?
Xue Sui: There will be one, wait.