Blessed wife descends from heaven

Chapter 253

"It is not a trivial matter to enter the palace for a banquet. It is a common practice for officials within the third rank to bring their wives and daughters to attend. No matter how foolish Marquis Wenchang is, he will not shut up his wife during the New Year's Eve." Lord Lin shook his head, thinking After thinking about it, he continued, "You can handle this matter yourself. I will go to the residence of His Highness the Fifth Prince later. If you come back late, you should just rest on your own."

Because there were rumors before that the emperor intended to betroth the daughter of the Lin family to the fifth prince, which excited the Lin family for a long time, but no one mentioned it afterward.Now when His Highness the Crown Prince went to Mobei, the Fifth Prince even managed to win over a large number of officials in the court with lightning speed, and even tightly grasped the money bag of the Ministry of Households, which was in charge of the treasury of the Great Zhou.

Later, he also saw with his own eyes that General Xiong, the General of the Fuguo who had fallen out with Zhang Mandun, the Duke of the Protectorate, secretly had a relationship with the Fifth Prince, and he might have surrendered long ago.Right now, he is going to His Highness the Crown Prince, fearing that he will not be reused because of the existence of Zhang Mandun.But if he goes under the command of the fifth prince, he may still be valued. After all, even if he is an inconspicuous Taichang Temple minister, there is still a father-in-law behind him who has a Yushitai censor in his Yue family.Just relying on the weight of a Yushitai, it is estimated that the Fifth Prince would not dare to underestimate him.

On the [-]th day of the new year, the Ministry of Rites sent people to bring brocade clothes and clothes, and specially sent a piece of jewelry Zhuchai ordered by imperial order, saying that a palace banquet will be held at the time of You.It's just because the ordered wife wants to meet the empress empress and the empress dowager Qiansui, so she has to enter the palace at Shenshi.

After making it clear, the people from the Ministry of Rites bowed and bowed to say goodbye.The rest of Xiang Tea began to dress up Lin Baozhu, and the group of people were busy until almost the time of application before stopping.It's also fortunate that there is a nanny in the mansion now, and occasionally when Lin Baozhu is too busy, she will let the nanny feed Sheng Rui, so it's not a big deal.

When everything was ready, she checked the New Year's gift for the nobleman that she personally prepared, and then she felt relieved.Because there was a rumor in the palace that she was asked to bring her son there, saying that there had been no happy events in the palace for a long time, and the Empress Dowager really liked children, she only thought it was to amuse the Queen Mother.

For this, she was unable to refuse, so she could only tell Madam Liu and Xiangming Chunxi to dress Sheng Rui neatly, and then wrap them in a bright red cloak to avoid the cold.Fortunately, Nanny Liu is an experienced person, and she had served in the palace before, so Lin Baozhu was relieved a lot.

When Shen Shi arrived, Zhang Mandun also rushed back from the Ministry of War, changed his dress and took his wife and son out.Duke Huguo also had sedan chairs, but this time Lin Baozhu was going to enter the palace with all the married wives, so the sedan chairs and carriages he usually took were replaced by the six-carrying sedan chairs regulated by Mrs. Gao Ming.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Lin Baozhu pulled the big girl to tease the little boy in her arms. Seeing the little guy flopping about and turning over and about to fall down, she brought him back with a smile, and continued Poking his son's little arms and little ass made him writhe.

Sheng Jin has been raised very well, and his small body is not only chubby but also very strong. It's only been three months, but he has been able to stand up on his own long ago.And he can scratch things, but his hands are not accurate, and he often catches empty, but he is not angry when he catches empty, he just giggles.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the sedan chair stopped steadily at Donghua Gate.At this time, there were long-awaited wives from various families waiting outside the door, and there were maids and mothers who waited on them, and they all respected and did not dare to make any moves.

Originally, Lin Baozhu didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but she didn't think that when she just got off the sedan chair, she was holding her son in her arms and bowed her head to talk to her daughter.I saw a few noble ladies standing on the side looking at her, sneering and mocking with noses not noses and eyes not eyes: "Who was I at that time, it turned out to be Mrs. Hu Guogong." The tone was weird , It's very unpleasant to hear.

Lin Baozhu looked up, but she was an old woman who had never had any dealings with her before. She seemed to be well dressed, but for some reason she would speak out to make things difficult for her.She remained calm and looked at the few people around the old woman, just in time to meet the proud eyes of the mother and daughter of the Lin family who were next to the old woman.

Thinking that she is outside the palace gate, and she is in the limelight now, how many people are watching, so she ignores it.Unexpectedly, she didn't want to cause trouble, but she couldn't stand the old woman's reluctance.

"Sure enough, he is uneducated. Have you ever heard the rumors in the capital? You really don't know what it means to be disrespectful to your aunt and sister. Looking at the old man, I'm afraid the child in your arms came from a wrong way, otherwise How could you live in that poor and remote country?" Seeing that Lin Baozhu didn't speak, the old woman thought she was speechless or panicked.Thinking of the humiliation suffered by his daughter and granddaughter, he really hated Lin Baozhu who was dressed in outstanding clothes in front of him.It was also because she was used to being complimented by old ladies and old ladies, she lost her sense of control for a while, and said sarcastically, "Who doesn't know that drinking a full moon in the capital is a proud thing, if you are not guilty, why bother to go to the countryside? "

Lin Baozhu couldn't imagine that the old lady's mouth was so vicious, and when she saw Mrs. Lin's self-satisfied appearance and the expressions of several noble ladies watching the show, she was really disgusted in her heart.Sure enough, no matter what time it was, she didn't like the days of intrigue and lip service.But since a person bullied her, if she didn't beat her back, that was not in her nature.

Immediately, she grabbed the big girl who was about to rush out, showed a gloomy and solemn expression like her own man, and said coldly: "Oh, there is no need to make people laugh. The Lin family is really cheeky, first recognize the relatives, recognize the relatives If it doesn’t work, I want to stuff my prostitute into my country’s mansion. I really think that anything that smells good can enter the gate of my country’s mansion? Now the old lady seems to be emotional, but she is also confused when she opens her mouth. Egg. You said those rumors, since the Lin family wants to admit it, shouldn't they first confess to the emperor for the crime of deceiving the emperor by resisting the decree, disrespecting the superior and concealing it?" Her eyes were condensed, and she glanced at the few people beside the old woman. Madam, the few people who were only watching took an unobvious step back, avoiding the distance from the Lin family.

But the wives of the rest of the royal clan showed deep thought on their faces, and looked at Lin Baozhu with a little more serious eyes.Originally, it was because of her background that they kept them at a respectful distance, but they didn't want Lin Baozhu to soar into the sky following the Duke Protector's victorious battles.

But even then, most people would think that she was just lucky, but in fact she should be a shameless person.It's just that at the moment, her demeanor and behavior don't look like a village woman in the mountains?

"Furthermore, in terms of status, I don't know what level the old lady is? Since you want to teach me that there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, then I would like to ask, do you know what level I am?" When she opened her mouth just now, Madam Liu had already Whispered to tell her the identity of the other party.And she saw that although the old lady was surrounded by people, she didn't have any orders around her. If she thought about it, she couldn't be called honorable.

Lin Baozhu usually doesn't like to watch people order food, especially when she opens her mouth to talk about respect and inferiority, but if people really offend her, she is not afraid.

"You..." the old woman's face turned pale by Lin Baozhu's words, she became angry, smashed the crutch in her hand, pointed at Lin Baozhu tremblingly, and said, "You are really eloquent."

Before I finished talking here, I saw a little eunuch running back from the side door in a hurry.After a while, the Donghua Gate opened slowly, and two rows of servants came out, while the deacons and eunuchs announced loudly, announcing that all the wives should enter the palace.

As if what happened just now had never happened, everyone stood up according to their ranks, followed by the maids and mothers, and then quietly followed the deacon and eunuch into the palace.As the solemn palace walls were left behind, the group finally arrived at the West Palace.

At this time, all the high-ranking concubines had already gathered in the Queen's Fengluan Palace, and with the wives entering, it was surrounded by greenery and flowers.The palace is naturally magnificent and resplendent, the palace of the mother of a country, lingering with incense powder and rich incense, it is very gorgeous.

Under the guidance of the two rows of maids, the group of people crossed their hands and lowered their heads slightly, walking step by step to the palace of Queen Fengluan. Because Lin Baozhu is the first-rank wife appointed by the emperor himself, and because of Zhang Mantun, she is in the same position. Only after several clan wives.As for Xia Xiaoyuan and the old lady of the Yue family, who had their faces smeared with thick powder, they could only lower their heads and line up almost at the end.

Lin Baozhu had never been in the palace before, and she was taught by Nanny Liu just to talk about it, at most it was to practice the palace etiquette.Naturally, he dared not be careless right now, he held his breath and calmed down, and knelt down to follow the ladies of the clan, following the steps, and respectfully paid their respects along with the shouts.

"The empress is a thousand years old, my wife, please be safe, and I wish you good health and a long life."

As everyone's greetings fell, the deacon and eunuch beside him began to shout loudly to bow down.

Lin Baozhu only raised her eyebrows at this moment, feeling that the three kneeling and nine knocking taught by Madam Liu was really true, she thought just now that she could be called just by saying hello.

After the ceremony was over, I could only hear the slightly majestic but gentle voice of the empress, "Get up and take your seats. It is the emperor's grace to enter the palace for the banquet."

After some endorsement-like lectures, everyone kowtowed and sat down again.If he was speaking in an official tone before, then after he sat down, he could see how close he was.The empress first chatted with the noble ladies of the clan one by one, and then looked up at the courtiers and wives below after talking for a while.

When his gaze fell on Lin Baozhu, he said with a smile on his face, "Madam Protector brought my brother into the palace?"

Lin Baozhu's smile remained the same, and she didn't seem panicked or flattered/shocked, but she said respectfully and politely: "Returning to the empress, the minister's wife brought the youngest son into the palace, and now he is letting his nannie Hold it and wait outside the hall."

(End of this chapter)