married daughter

Chapter 157 Warmth
She was in the palace, and she was wearing the padded clothes worn by low-class maids who did rough work. No matter how people looked at her, she was a court lady.Ruan Yunting stepped forward, saluted first, and then explained: "This father-in-law, I am..."

"Quickly, go and carry a flower pot and follow our house." The father-in-law interrupted her before Ruan Yunting could explain, and then walked forward quickly.

Ruan Yunting hurried to stop him, "Elder-in-law, I'm not a palace..."

"What are you talking about? Hurry up! If you delay the business, can you take care of it! Go quickly and move the flower pots and go with our house!"

Ruan Yunting opened her mouth, she really wanted to explain clearly, but the people in front of her were in a hurry, and the father-in-law looked very anxious, as if he was not in the mood to listen to her at all, and she shouldn't have come into the palace in the first place Yes, if someone finds out that she met Concubine Lu Gui, I'm afraid it will cause trouble.

One thing more is worse than one thing less, isn't it just moving flowerpots, and it's not like I haven't done hard work before. I sent this trip first, and I dealt with the errands. It's not too late to explain to this father-in-law.

Thinking of this, Ruan Yunting ran towards the direction he pointed, went to the greenhouse to get a pot of green chrysanthemums in full bloom, and quickly caught up with the team just now.

The snow on the blue brick road was not cleaned cleanly, and it was slippery when walking. What's more, as a court lady and eunuch, her status was low.And you can't walk slowly, you will fall behind the team.

After walking through the long palace road, they came to a wide open palace gate, and everyone went up the steps one by one.Ruan Yunting took her identity into consideration and didn't want to be too abrupt, so she didn't look up at the plaque on the palace gate, and didn't know where she was.

Pass through the main courtyard and turn right into a warm side hall.Inside, there were many maids and eunuchs busy with their men.Some clean, some place items and tables.

The eunuch in charge just now ordered them to wait here, and went inside to find someone by himself.

Ruan Yunting imitated the appearance of the maids and eunuchs around her, put down the flower pot and stood with her head bowed.But her bright and lively eyes were rolling around, and she couldn't help looking at the surrounding environment from the corner of her eyes. It was the first time she came to the main hall in the palace, and she was very curious.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps on the steps on the right.A eunuch's shrill voice proclaimed:
"The Queen Mother is here!"

Ruan Yunting's heart skipped a beat, and she knelt down to salute like everyone around her, with her forehead pressed to the ground.

"The Empress Dowager is a thousand years old."

"Forget it, get up and continue doing your own thing, Aijia just came over to have a look."

"Yes." Everyone stood up in response and started to go about their own business.

The Empress Dowager's voice is honest and kind, and she is slow.Make people sound close.However, no matter how close she is, she is also the most respected woman in the harem, and the winner who survived the battle in the harem.Ruan Yunting had goosebumps on her back, she never thought that she would meet the Queen Mother just after being arrested for "hard work".Her bowed body was even more bent, and her head was lowered, just waiting for the father-in-law in charge to come back quickly so that she could tell her where to put the flower pots, and then left quickly after going out.

Just now thinking this way, suddenly another eunuch screamed: "The emperor is here!"

Ruan Yunting's heart skipped a beat again, first Concubine Lu, the Empress Dowager, and then the Emperor, she forgot to read the almanac when she went out today.

Walking with the crowd to bow down and give a big ceremony, the emperor also ordered the servants to stand up and continue to be themselves.

Ruan Yunting's position was only three or two steps away from the steps where the queen mother was standing at the moment, and her back was facing them.The emperor and the queen mother may also be used to ignoring the words of the palace people in the palace.The first is that they may not understand it, and the second is that even if they understand it, few people really dare to talk about it behind their backs.

So she was very lucky to hear the conversation coming from behind.

"Queen, it's cold in winter, and you're just in better shape. Why did you come here in person?"

The gentle and worried tone turned into accusation: "The people around me don't know how to serve them!"

"The emperor calm down!" There were the voices of several servants begging for mercy, and there was the rustling sound of Yiwu rubbing against each other.

The queen mother's voice was full of helplessness, and she also loved her son: "What are you making such a fuss about? Ai's family wants to come out, and they can't stop them. Ai's family just wants to see how the layout is. See It was almost the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and Ai’s family thought, if Chu Jing had a spirit in the sky, if he could come back and see the flowers blooming all over the house, he would definitely be happy.” At the end, the Queen Mother’s voice stopped Meaning to choke.

"Mother." The emperor sighed and said, "Don't be sad, your body has finally improved a bit. Hey, after the eldest princess left, you have been sad every day and crying every night for 14 years. My brother is also uncomfortable."

"Don't mention that evil to me!" The Queen Mother's voice was cold and harsh.

On Ruan Yunting's side, the eunuch in charge has come back and ordered the people in front to place flower pots.Soon it will be her turn.

But she is very strange.The current emperor is Xingba, and his fourteenth brother is Prince Yu.The empress dowager is the emperor's biological mother. It stands to reason that the empress dowager should be somewhat grateful and fond of Prince Yu who has contributed to the country. Why did she mention the eldest princess named "Chu Jing".The queen mother is so stern?
Not allowing her to think, another intermittent voice came from behind her, the voice gradually faded away, presumably the empress dowager and the emperor walked and chatted, and left the original position.

"You are too fond of...the battle in the southern border...the Xu family...the imperial concubine...the balance...break..."

Immediately came the emperor's voice: "...Property...There is no master in the harem...Establish a crown prince..."

The voices of the two people gradually faded away, and the chief eunuch beside them had directed them to place flower pots. Even if Ruan Yunting stretched out her ears, she couldn't hear what the empress dowager and the emperor said later what.

She heard a lot of useless news, and she finally mentioned the Xu family, which was an important one, but she didn't hear a whole sentence.Ruan Yunting couldn't help feeling annoyed, but the few important words she remembered had already given her some information.

Today is really a coincidence, she really wants to thank Concubine Lu Gui.If it wasn't for her, how could she have heard such useful news?
Ruan Yunting carefully placed the green chrysanthemum in the designated position, then mixed into the crowd and left the side hall.

After leaving the door, the sky was already dark, and palace lanterns of various colors were hung everywhere in the palace, illuminating the frozen ground with a discernible light.Ruan Yunting walked out of the palace based on her memory. She was wearing a padded coat that low-level court ladies would only wear when doing hard work, but no one stopped her on the way, and she soon returned to the court.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to the dressing room, the door had already been locked.

Ruan Yunting sighed helplessly.It seems that the eunuch in charge thought she had already returned to the mansion, so he locked the door of the wing room. Today she can only go back to the mansion in the thick cotton jacket of a court lady.Although it doesn't look very beautiful, it is warm and light.

Walking out of the side door of the trial court, a lantern on the porch that was blown by the wind and flickering could not illuminate the entire alley leading to the main street.The Xu family's carriage was arranged by her on the other side of the main street, and she still had to walk some distance.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, he suddenly saw a tall and thin figure standing by the side of the road.The man was wearing a white cloak, which seemed to blend in with the pink White House wall in the snowy day. Under the half-darkness of the sky, such a man appeared in a narrow alley, and the shadow of that man was obscured by the dim light. The lantern was drawn very long, and before Ruan Yunting had time to think about it, her heart skipped a beat, she trembled, and blurted out, "Who!"

"It's me." Came a slightly hoarse voice.

Ruan Yunting stopped and looked at the man carefully, as if she wanted to retreat to the side door of the court at any moment.It wasn't until she saw the man's face clearly that she breathed a sigh of relief:
"Lan Zhou, hey, I'm really scared."

Jun Lanzhou walked slowly towards Ruan Yunting. She was wearing a pink thick padded jacket and trousers and a knee-length cotton skirt, wrapping her slender figure like a big wooden barrel straight up and down.Looking at her delicate face flushed red from the cold, and her wearing the padded clothes worn by servants in the palace.Jun Lanzhou couldn't bear it.

But even if he couldn't bear it, he wouldn't say it.Because she, like him, the last thing she needs is the sympathy of others.

"I'll come and see you." Jun Lanzhou said.

Ruan Yunting was stunned at first, thinking of what happened at Shui Qiuxin's house today, she smiled knowingly: "Lan Zhou, I won't go outside and talk nonsense about what happened today."

After hearing her words, Jun Lanzhou was also taken aback, immediately, he knew that she must have misunderstood him.He knew what she was like, and things that might endanger him, she would rather pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he never worried that she would publicize his secrets.He shook his head with a smile, but couldn't say anything.Could it be telling her that he was really just unhappy, and suddenly thought of her who had a similar background as him, so he came to see her.

Even if she told her, she wouldn't believe it.

Jun Lanzhou's reaction made Ruan Yunting confirm her thoughts even more. In fact, she was full of questions and didn't know how to say them.Pursing his lips for a while, staring at his cotton cloak with a snow-satin fur collar, he squeezed out a sentence: "Your cloak is nice, is it warm?"

Jun Lanzhou nodded, then seemed to "understand" what she meant, took off her cloak and stretched out her long arms, wrapping her inside.

The sudden warmth surrounded her, and the thick cloak wrapped Jun Lanzhou's body temperature around her body that didn't feel cold a moment ago. At this moment, she realized that it wasn't that she was not cold when she was working outside in the ice and snow, but that she was not cold. People give him warmth and let her compare.

There were some waves in Ruan Yunting's heart, and she looked at Jun Lanzhou's bright and peerless face under the moonlight with bright eyes.

She was only as tall as his chin.He was wearing a cloak that was just as long as his calves, and it was about to drag the ground when he was on her body.With fair and slender fingers, Jun Lanzhou dexterously helped her tie a bow on the neckband, and then smiled: "Is it much warmer?"

(End of this chapter)