Modern Couples' Life in Women's Society

Chapter 140
On the evening of December 16, 27th year of Xiao Yuan, Xiao Tong and his party arrived in Yandu. Prince Su also had Prince Su's Mansion in Yandu. Fangyuan.If there is any difference, Erythrina is more popular. Prince Su's mansion in Yandu is very clean and the servants are very respectful, but it lacks the taste of home.

Xiao Tong didn't have to worry about the trivial matters of life as usual. Everything was arranged for the birthday celebration, so Xiao Tong didn't feel any difference. Before going to bed at night, Xiao Tong couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It's really easy to go from frugality to extravagance. Now she is completely gone. The discomfort when she first woke up, if there is no birthday celebration around her, and it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, she will not be used to it.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the movement of Prince Su's Mansion has always been the focus of attention of all parties in Yandu. As soon as Xiao Tong entered the mansion, the interested people got the news. At that time, various invitations were sent to the palace.

According to the previous rules, the accompanying steward Xi first screened out the remaining ones, and finally picked out the remaining ones for Xiao Tong to choose and give her advice.

"Plum Appreciation Poetry Meeting? Are the plum blossoms blooming now? Why did you choose the day of the 29th? The Chinese New Year will be around the [-]th, right?" Xiao Tong followed Manager Xi's suggestion, opened the exquisite invitation, and wrote The words are also very good, but the content makes Xiao Tong a little unflattering. Besides, is the plum blossom really blooming?

"Miss Hui, the plum blossoms bloomed early this year, and indeed they did. Appreciating the plum blossoms is just a saying, but in fact, it is mainly a gathering of young people from various forces in the Yan Kingdom, to test each other's opinions and connect with each other. This kind of gathering is also beneficial to all forces. Marriage. And the choice of 29 is also because if many powerful families celebrate the New Year in Yandu, basically all of them who should come on this day will come." Manager Xi dutifully introduced, making no secrets.

"Blind date parties and influence gathering parties in disguise!" Xiao Tong thought that no matter in modern times or in this ancient time, it is the same, there are such things. "I'm already married, so there's no need to go, right?" She really doesn't like such social gatherings, and she has no interest in poetry or anything.

"Miss has a noble status, so I should go to such a poetry meeting, and it is also very important that this is the first time Miss shows up after getting married." Manager Xi knew that Xiao Tong had never liked such a poetry meeting, so he had no choice but to go. Persuade according to the old rules, "Miss is not good at composing poems, it's not a secret, miss, don't worry, if you don't want to write poetry, you can do it."

"Then I'll go!" Xiao Tong listened and thought for a while, but didn't say anything more, entertainment is inevitable at any time, not to mention her status. "Will mother really come to Yandu tomorrow?"

"Yes, every year the prince will go back to Yandu for the New Year, and this year is no exception." Manager Xi was relieved when he heard Xiao Tong say that he would participate in the poetry meeting.

"Then can I wait for my mother to come before I go to the palace to meet the Holy Majesty?" Xiao Tong didn't have much curiosity about the empress. In this era of imperial power, meeting the empress is a dangerous thing in a certain sense.

Of course, Xiao Tong can't act according to his own will, the queen still has to see her, but if she meets Prince Su together, she will feel much better.

"In previous years, I went to the palace to visit the Holy Majesty this afternoon, and the people who went there were not only young ladies." Steward Xi's expression remained unchanged, and Xiao Tong watched his flat voice for a while.

At this moment, Xiao Tong appeared at the gate of the palace at the same time as in previous years according to the practice that Guanshi Xi said.The carriage that Xiao Tong was riding in was not allowed to enter the palace, so he had to stop at the gate of the palace, and was replaced by a sedan chair specially used for the palace.

The Holy Majesty seemed to be kind to Xiao Tong, his niece, and pointed out a servant who was waiting at the gate of the palace to pick up Xiao Tong. Speaking of which, it must be explained that the servants in this palace are basically men, and there are no women. Except for the queen's daughter, the only women left in the palace were bodyguards.

The man who came to pick up Xiao Tong seemed to be over forty years old, and he was well maintained. Although he was a servant, he could tell from his expression that he was proud of himself in the palace.He knew Xiao Tong, and when he first saw Xiao Tong getting off the carriage wrapped in his body, he didn't react at all.It wasn't until Qingsheng asked the guards that when Prince Su's daughter entered the palace to meet the Holy Majesty, the guards all focused their attention on the man.

"Boss Ming", needless to say that Boss Ming is that man, when he found out that the man dressed in a slightly strange way was Xiao Tong, he didn't show any strangeness on his face, but respectfully invited Xiao Tong to get on the sedan chair.

Along the way, the sound of greetings from outside the sedan chair confirmed Xiao Tong's previous thoughts. Through the sedan chair curtain, Xiao Tong could see that the little boy following Manager Ming had been carefully supporting him, with a very respectful expression.Later, after walking a lot, Mr. Ming's face became sweaty, and the boy's head lowered.

Xiao Tong looked at it and sighed, now that Chief Ming is not only proud of being in the palace, but also more sure that his mother, Prince Su, is valued by her queen sister, otherwise, she would not have received such treatment.

Xiao Tong has no interest in everything about the imperial palace except the special architectural design, and she doesn't have much emotion. If Xiao Tong were to describe her impressions, she could only say that she was very big and magnificent. As for the part she was interested in Haven't watched it carefully so can't comment.

Xiao Tong was sent directly to the Shou'an Palace where the emperor's husband lived. The sedan chair stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and was guided by Chief Ming into the courtyard. Xiao Tong glanced at Qingsheng who had been walking along, pulled off his mask and smiled at her. .

"Your Majesty, the Emperor Taifu, Miss Xiao Tong has arrived." Manager Ming reported, Xiao Tong was waiting outside, taking off his cloak, hat and scarf by the way, the room was very warm.

"Let her in quickly!" A male voice could be vaguely heard, and then Xiao Tong was invited in.

As soon as he entered the room, no, no, once he entered the hall, even though Xiao Tong was mentally prepared, he was also surprised by the unexpected number of people inside, but Xiao Tong just lowered his head and earnestly saluted according to the rules taught before.

"Xiao Tong pays homage to the emperor's husband, pays homage to the sage, the emperor's husband." She said so, but she smiled bitterly in her heart. In the end, she still couldn't escape the matter of kneeling a living person. Fortunately, she was in a good mood.

"Get up quickly, come to Ben Gong, let Ben Gong take a good look at it." The male voice was still very kind at the moment, "Ben Gong is your grandpa, why are you still the emperor's wife?"

"Yes, what Grandpa Huang said is true." After thanking Xiao Tong, he got up and walked over, closing his eyes and not looking directly at her. Xiao Tong has practiced this movement for the longest time. The habit of looking directly at her at any time made him feel a little bit tired again. The waiter Yan who taught Xiao Tong etiquette was helpless.

"I haven't seen us Ah Tong for another year, let Ben Gong take a good look!" Xiao Tong just stopped when he was pulled over by a pair of warm hands, and there was a kind voice with a smile in his ears, it belonged to the emperor's wife.

"..." Xiao Tong smiled, and let the people present look at him calmly, without any discomfort.

"Yandu, who just arrived last night, should be tired today. Sit down!" The emperor sized up the familiar but suddenly unfamiliar Xiao Tong, thinking that her mother had said that the child had amnesia, so she didn't think much about it. He asked someone to set up a chair beside her, and asked Xiao Tong to sit down.

Well, because of the empress dowager, Xiao Tong didn't need to meet the queen's other husbands. Xiao Tong sat down obediently, because she knew that Xiao Tong was usually treated like this when he came to the palace. After sitting down, Xiao Tong officially raised his eyes. I can see people.

"Once Ah Tong from Sister Wang's family comes, Father is very happy, but this time is too infrequent, only once a year." Empress Xiao Ran is also looking at Xiao Tong, and her eyes are full of smiles when she looks at Xiao Tong.

The empress sits in the middle of the hall. In this era, the left is the most respected. The empress dowager sits on the left of the empress, and the empress husband sits on the right of the empress. The three of them sit higher than other places. Most prestigious position.

Down below are the positions of Huang Guijun, Guijun, Zhaoyi and others. The higher the front, the more noble the status is. Of course, Xiao Tong's seat is not in this category.She was seated at the back, so she could only see the person sitting across from her, while the person on her side could only see the profile.

In addition to the queen's husbands, some young people sat in the back one after another, some men and some women, they were the ones that Steward Xi said had entered the palace with her to meet her.Generally speaking, they are all relatives, and the worst ones are relatives, but if you really treat them as relatives, you are wrong!Sensing Xiao Tong's gaze, those who looked back nodded politely, some turned a blind eye, had different eyesight, some stared with puzzled eyebrows, some looked hostile, and of course there were also a lot of disdain.

Xiao Tong maintained a faint smile, observed calmly, and did not let go of the conversation.

"No, I want this palace to tell you that Ah Tong will live in Yandu from now on, so he will come to accompany his father more often." The imperial husband Zhao Shaohua took over the conversation with a happy and relaxed expression, as if chatting about family matters.

"A Tong, she doesn't like the etiquette in the palace. You let her live all the time, so you don't make her happy! It's okay, I only need her to come here once a year!" Blame, but there is no anger in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)