The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 266 Seeing the Queen Mother

Escorting Jia Mu and others into the palace wall, Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and others only waited outside the inner palace.

Unexpectedly, Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of the Six Palaces, came out and announced the decree: "The Queen Mother Yi decree, announce that the second-class Zhenyuan General Jia Lian will come to Weiyang Palace to have an audience."

Hearing the Queen Mother summon, not to mention Jia Zhen and others, even Jia Lian himself was full of suspicion.

"Dare to ask Mr. Xia, why did the Queen Mother summon her?"

As the most honorable woman in the world, the Queen Mother suddenly summoned her, and anyone would be stunned.

Besides, Jia Lian has never even seen the queen's golden face, let alone the queen mother.

As one of the most powerful eunuchs in the palace, Xia Shouzhong naturally knew a lot of inside information, but he would not explain it to Jia Lian. He just smiled and said, "General Jia need not be nervous. Limited, when the time comes, don't forget to support and take care of your servants.

Let's go, the old slave will lead the way for General Jia. "

In this way, Jia Lian couldn't ask any more questions. Under the shocked and suspicious eyes of Jia Zhen and others, he followed Xia Shouzhong into the inner palace.

The layout of the harem is indeed quite different from that of the previous dynasty.

The buildings are compact and the palace walls are locked. Compared with the grandeur and openness of the previous dynasty, it looks much deserted and secluded.

I don't know how long I followed Xia Shouzhong and other servants. According to Jia Lian's speculation, it should have crossed the entire Six Palaces and came to a relatively open area.

Seeing Jia Lian staring blankly at the majestic palace wall in front of him, Xia Shouzhong explained with a smile: "In front is Chonghua Palace, where the old emperor and queen mother lived."

Jia Lian nodded, he knew this.

Who would have thought that the Forbidden City, representing the central imperial power, would have the same fate as Rongguo Mansion!
The garden on Rongguo Mansion East Road was once separated and became the Dongkuanyuan where Jia She lived alone, and the imperial palace, most of the rear of the East Road, was also separated and became the Chonghua Palace.

However, the people living in the Chonghua Palace are the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager and the concubines, and their status is naturally not the same as that of the Rongguo Mansion Dongkuayuan.

Rumor has it that any deacon eunuch from the Chonghua Palace, also known as the East Palace, would dare to flirt with the chief eunuch in the Sixth Palace, but the other party still dare not express...

At this time, Xia Shouzhong's pious and respectful appearance can be seen when he talked about the Chonghua Palace.

"Who is coming."

The palace road outside the Chonghua Palace, with three steps, one post and five steps, one post, is guarded by majestic imperial guards.

"At the order of the Empress Dowager, lead General Zhenyuan into the palace to have an audience."

In fact, as Xia Shouzhong, he usually does not need to be interrogated when entering and leaving the Chonghua Palace, but at this time he was accompanied by Jia Lian, and the guards who had been taught strict rules still interrogated him as usual before letting him go.

The Chonghua Palace is a huge palace group surrounded by a single high wall, which is also divided into the front palace and the back palace.

However, Xia Shouzhong and Jia Lian did not go through the main entrance, but passed through the side entrance to Weiyang Palace, so there was no need to pass through the main hall of Chonghua Palace, which is the sleeping hall of the Supreme Emperor.

Finally arrived at Weiyang Palace, the style of the buildings and courtyard layout here has taken on a new look. Compared with the other places, it is a little less oppressive and solemn, and a little more fresh and elegant.

Xia Shouzhong asked Jia Lian to go in to inform him later, and then another group of servants came out to lead Jia Lian to the main hall.

Jia Lian has been in the Hall of Mental Cultivation where Emperor Ningkang rested, so he has a little knowledge of the decoration style of the inner court. Compared with the Hall of Mental Cultivation, there is a little more fragrance here. There are many eunuchs, but there are fewer eunuchs.

When he came to the main hall, he couldn't see the scene clearly through the dense bead curtain, so Jia Lian didn't dare to look at it too much, and went to pay homage to the head of the inner hall: "My humble minister Jia Lian, kowtow to the empress dowager. "

Jia Lian's voice was broad and clear, and spread slowly in the quiet main hall of Weiyang Palace, so that no matter who could see Jia Lian or the maid who couldn't see Jia Lian, they all knew that the person who came was a young nobleman.

And listening to the voice, most of them are very handsome.

But those palace maids only dared to raise their heads and take a look quietly, and they didn't dare to make other movements, let alone make a sound.

So, after Jia Lian's voice of asking for peace, there was a brief silence.

After a while, Fang heard a flat and beautiful voice saying: "Let's get down."

"Thank you, thank you Queen Mother..."

The moment he heard the Queen Mother's voice, Jia Lian frowned involuntarily.

First of all, the empress dowager's voice sounds too young... Forget it, there are many older women with nice voices, but why does it sound so familiar?

Jia Lian, who was surprised in his heart, took advantage of the gap when he got up, and looked forward from under the bead curtain.

A pair of red embroidered boots are lightly exposed under the beautiful and expensive palace skirt, apart from which, there is no other scenery to be seen.

Going up the palace skirt, a woman with undulating and graceful figure, wearing a simple yet noble phoenix crown, is also sitting on a high place and looking at him.

Xu Shi caught a glimpse of his peeping eyes, and the woman's face darkened, Jia Lian was startled and stood up quickly.

But Jia Lian couldn't calm down in his heart after all.

Sure enough, his guess turned out to be true!

It turned out that it was really the woman I met that day in the Prince's Bieyuan, that mysterious and beautiful woman, and it was really the legendary queen mother!

Jia Lian felt a little unbelievable, because from the beginning to the end, he had never told him through any channel or anyone that the Queen Mother was a young woman.

There has only been one empress dowager in this dynasty for decades, and this empress dowager is so young! !
Jia Lian felt a little unacceptable for a while, after all, Emperor Ningkang is fifty, and his aunt is still so beautiful?
It's a little unscientific.

It seems that this woman should be 25... thirty... forty?
Well, he couldn't guess.

I didn't take a good look at it that day, maybe I was just confused by her first glance, thinking that she was Princess Zhaoyang, so I didn't take a closer look.Maybe it's because of better maintenance, the wrinkles on her face may have been covered up by her superb "magic-makeup".

Jia Lian, who has always been used to looking at these ancient people from a superior perspective, rarely encounters things that he can't understand, and it is inevitable that he is thinking about some things in his mind.

He stood there in a daze without moving or speaking, but the queen mother inside could see his demeanor in full view.

This kid must be slandering me in his heart...

The queen mother naturally remembered that Jia Lian recognized her as Zhaoyang at the first meeting that day.

Even if he later found out that Zhaoyang was someone else, I'm afraid he would only classify her as a member of the royal princess.

Now that he finds out that she is the queen mother, he must not be at peace, but he doesn't know what he is thinking about...

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager's deliberately tense face could not help showing a little smile, but she immediately restrained herself and continued to say in her usual voice: "Jia Lian, do you know why I called you here?"

"I don't know."

Jia Lian is a simple person, the queen mother is the queen mother, and the emperor is not serious, the old cow eats young grass.

Anyway, he didn't offend her that day, on the contrary, he sacrificed his life to save her. As long as the Queen Mother is not mentally abnormal, she shouldn't be harmful to him.

The best thing is to give some benefits!
(End of this chapter)