Stepmother's Adoption Letter

Chapter 95 The Theft (1)
The foreign wives briefly ate the pilgrimage, and the formal audience also began.

The royal concubine's tent is outside the palace gate, close to the north and west, and the princess's tent is on the south and east.The foreign wives are in the east-west south.Dressed in the queen's suit, she walked out of the closed door slowly.During the guard of honor, the palace people began to play music.The music didn't stop until she was seated.

At this time, Si Bin came to guide the wives from outside to enter the inner way from the east gate. They were divided into two groups and stood in the east and west.

Yuan Lu secretly glanced at the emperor through many people, only seeing a figure surrounded by a bright yellow guard of honor from a distance.

After they all stood still, the imperial concubine and other concubines came slowly from the east gate.After everyone arrived, they started to play music again. The wives and concubines bowed to the emperor's place four times together. After the music stopped, everyone knelt down together again. On this festival, I would like to congratulate Her Royal Highness the Queen."

After the speeches were finished, everyone bowed down.Some palace people play music again, and everyone will worship four times.

After the noble concubine walked down the east steps, Si Bin led the princesses in through the east gate, and the princesses stood according to their elders and younger ones.

Yuan Lu and other wives were brought to the middle path in front of the hall.Among these foreign wives, the most prestigious Mrs. Qi Guogong was the head of the team. Mrs. Qi Guogong led them into the hall from the west gate, and they were led by Nei Zan to the seat of worship in the hall. Everyone knelt down together.

Mrs. Qi Guogong delivered a speech and said: "Qi Guogong's wife Qiu Li and others congratulate you."

After the congratulations, Mrs. Qi Guogong took the wives out and stood in their original positions.

Soon, Si Yan came out from the middle door and stood on the east side of the terrace to announce the decree.The wives have to kneel down again.

Si Yan announced the decree: "The celebration of Duan Duan is shared with my wife and others."

After Si Yan withdrew, the queen came out, and the palace servants played music, and the music stopped only when they knew she had entered the Neihe Gate.

This is the only way to get out.

Not to mention the old lady, even Yuan Lu herself, after going through such a set of procedures, sweated a lot inside her clothes.

Moreover, it was mid-winter at this time, and the sky was freezing cold. When I sweated and was blown by the wind, my body began to shiver involuntarily.

She didn't even bother to look at the emperor's concubine at all, she just wanted to go back to the carriage and sit down.

The old lady and Mrs. Qi Guogong were also very tired. Although they were still together when they went back, they couldn't speak.

The group of people had just bypassed a small gate, and two court ladies were already waiting there.When one of them saw Yuan Lu and the others, he came forward and saluted: "The concubine ordered the servants to wait here. The empress prepared a hand stove for the two old matriarchs and Mrs. Cheng Guogong."

The maid offered three hand stoves, which warmed her hands, but suppressed the chill quite a bit.

Mrs. Qi Guogong said to the old lady with a smile: "I have been honored by you." Someone said to the court lady: "Thank you for the old lady, the princess."

The maid gave another salute.

The three of them continued to walk forward, and Yuan Lu saw that the two maids were still standing there without moving.Presumably, her eldest sister had prepared a hand stove for Mrs. Chen, and she was waiting to give it to her.

A group of people finally walked out of the palace gate, and the carriages of Ming Fu's gate gathered together, and the maids and mothers rushed to help them when they saw them coming out.

After the old lady said goodbye to Mrs. Qi, they were escorted away.

Only then did Yuan Lu dare to relax, and was supported by Qing Jiang and Lu Shui into the carriage.

After getting into the carriage, the two each drank a cup of hot tea.The old lady was so tired that she had already closed her eyes and fell asleep on the cushion.

Yuan Lu felt cold all over her body, and after sweating, her underwear stuck to her back.

The old lady lifted her eyelids and glanced at her. Seeing that her face was as pale as paper, she called the servant girl to come in and help her remove the pearl crown on her head.

(End of this chapter)