Madam Hou

Chapter 72

The weather had been fine for several days, but in the middle of the night, it suddenly began to snow.When I woke up in the morning, I opened the window and saw that it was already white outside.

Yinniang was wearing a big red satin gown with a feather satin and a cloak of feather satin over it.Following Lin Fengqi, who was wearing dark red auspicious cloud pattern arrow sleeves and a squirrel cloak, got into the carriage together.

The carriage rolled out slowly on the snow and drove towards the palace.Then, within two sticks of incense, the carriage arrived outside the palace gate.A servant surnamed Feng in the Queen's Palace had been waiting outside the palace gate for a long time. When she saw Lin Fengqi and Yin Niang getting off the carriage, she hurriedly came over and saluted with a smile: "My lord, Mrs. Shizi, you are here, your empress is welcome!" I've been thinking about you for a long time."

Lin Fengqi married Yinniang, and the queen put on makeup for Yinniang. After getting married at this time, he should go to Fengyi Palace to thank the queen.Lin Fengqi clasped his fists to waiter Feng Nei and said, "Eunuch Lao has been waiting here for a long time." Yin Niang also bowed her knees and gave a blessing.

Feng Neishi smiled and said: "What do you say, the son, this is the duty of the slaves." Although he said so, he did not evade the courtesy to Lin Fengqi and Yinniang.The two of them exchanged a few words of politeness, then Feng Neishi followed the dust of the Buddha, bent down and made a gesture of invitation, and said to Lin Fengqi and Yin Niang: "My lord, Mrs. Shizi, please come with the servants!"

The inner palace has a vast area, and countless palaces and gardens have been built in it. The palace road has nine bends and eighteen bends, just like a maze.The number of times Yin Niang entered the palace can be counted on the fingers of the fingers, if someone hadn't brought her this time, she would have been completely lost.Yin Niang and Lin Fengqi followed Feng Neishi, passed several palace gates along the official road, and made a few detours before arriving at Fengyi Palace where the queen was.

The queen in the hall is receiving the wives, including the queen's mother, Mrs. Ying, Mrs. Kang Guogong's son, Mrs. Xiao Yang, Mrs. Weibeihou, Princess Shouyang, and others.

At this time, Ying Shi was sitting under the empress, glanced at the little prince who was being held by the nanny, and said something to the empress, which caused the empress to bend her lips into a smile, that smile was so gentle that it almost overflowed.

Mrs. Ying has not been out and about for a long time, because Mr. Kang is ill, Mrs. Ying and Mrs. Kang's son stayed in the mansion to attend to the illness.Kang Guogong is 76 this year, and his life is rare since ancient times. Coupled with the shock of the death of Young Master Jiang, Kang Guogong's physical condition has been deteriorating this year. in bed.The queen and Kang Guogong's grandfather and grandson are deeply in love, and they sent several imperial physicians to the Duke's mansion to treat the Duke, but they all shook their heads, saying that the Duke might not survive this year.

At this time, the queen and Ying saw Lin Fengqi and Yinniang coming in, and they stopped talking. After Lin Fengqi and Yinniang had bowed and worshiped, the queen called out and asked the maid to lift up her seat.

Yinniang raised her eyes to look at the baby in the nurse's hand, the red swaddle wrapped him tightly, Yinniang couldn't see his face, the hall was warm and quiet, occasionally heard the little prince in the swaddle "ahhh ", as if playing with someone.

Yinniang couldn't help but wanted to stand on her tiptoes and look forward, but the queen seemed to have discovered something first, and said to the nanny first: "Hold the little prince to Mrs. Yongning Hou Shizi to have a look."

The nanny bowed her knees and said yes, then carried the little prince to Yinniang, lifted a corner of the swaddle, and saw the little prince lying inside looking around with his eyes open, his round eyes were full of curiosity about the world , The smooth and delicate face makes people want to pinch it gently when they look at it.

Yin Niang just glanced at it twice, but the nanny had already covered her with swaddling clothes, carried the little prince back and stood aside.The queen waved to the nanny and said: "Take the emperor back to the Nuan Pavilion and take good care of him. Don't let him be cold or hungry. Be careful with the charcoal fire in the room so that he doesn't get smoked."

The nanny bowed her knees and said yes, and then went back to the Nuan Pavilion accompanied by several young maids.Yin Niang sighed, not without regrets in her heart.

Ying, who had been sitting next to him, waved to Yinniang and motioned for Yinniang to come over: "Yinniang, I haven't seen you for a long time, hurry up and come over to Auntie."

Yinniang looked up at Lin Fengqi, saw him nodding slightly to her, then Yinniang smiled and stepped forward, sat next to Ying Shi, and called Ying Shi sweetly a few times.Mrs. Ying took Yinniang's hand, looked her over, and then saw Lin Fengqi who had been staring at Yinniang, jokingly said: "It really is a newlywed, the son is reluctant to look away for a while."

Yinniang looked up at her husband, seeing that he was looking at her all the time, she couldn't help but blushed and lowered her head, half coquettishly half coquettishly said: "Auntie loves to tease Yinniang more and more."

Lin Fengqi felt a little embarrassed when he was told the truth, and moved his eyes away uncomfortably.The little Yang who was next to her saw her, and couldn't help but said: "Sister, please don't make fun of others, the newlyweds are thin-skinned."

Seeing Princess Shouyang, she also smiled and said, "It's also Mrs. Yongning Hou Shizi who has a good look. Even if I see you, I would be reluctant to look away, let alone Shizi."

Taking advantage of their jokes, Yin Niang pretended to be shy and coquettish a few times, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became lively.But after a while, Manager Li who was beside the emperor suddenly came over, and after saluting the empress, he said to the empress: "The emperor heard that the prince of Yongning Hou accompanied his wife into the palace, and he would like to invite the prince to meet you in the imperial study. "

The queen said: "Then son, go quickly. The emperor asked you to go because there is something urgent. Don't delay. Come and pick up your daughter-in-law when you come back."

Lin Fengqi cupped his hands and said yes, then whispered to Yinniang, "Wait for me to come back", and after seeing Yinniang nodding, he went out with Manager Li.After Lin Fengqi left, the empress cared a few words about Yinniang's newlywed life, and then said to Yinniang: "It's rare for you to enter the palace once, and your sister is not coming out because of confinement, so I'll send you to see her. "

Yin Niang thanked her in a low voice, and then followed the maid who led the way out of Fengyi Palace and headed towards Lanhe Palace.

In Lanhe Palace, Yanniang was sitting on the bed covered with a thick quilt, looking at the floor below, where the little maid was holding the little princess' hand and learning to walk.The little princess will be one year old in a few days. She is just at the age of learning to walk and talk. After the little man supported the hand of the maid to stand on the ground, she waved away the hand of the maid and stretched out her own foot. I went for a few steps, but in the end I walked too fast, staggered and fell to the ground.There was a thick carpet on the ground, and it didn't hurt to fall on the ground. The little princess didn't cry, but looked up at her mother with some doubts, as if she didn't understand why she fell.When Yan Niang saw this, she covered her mouth and giggled, and said to her daughter: "Let you be brave, look, you fell!" It seemed that she was very happy to see her daughter fall.

When Yin Niang entered Lanhe Palace, she saw such a scene.

Yanniang looked up and saw Yinniang, she waved her hand to let Yinniang come over, and said: "Yinniang, come quickly!"

A court lady used to help the little princess to get up, but this time the little princess was unwilling to get up, she pushed away the hand of the maid, raised her head and looked at Yinniang suspiciously, as if recalling who this person was, Does she know.Yinniang still saw the little princess once when she was very young, and the little princess naturally had no memory at that time, even Yinniang herself felt strange looking at the little princess.

It is said that the son is like the mother, the daughter is like the father, the little prince looks like Yanniang, but the little princess looks more like the emperor.The little princess's appearance is not pretty, but fortunately, her eyes are very similar to Yanniang's. When she looks at people with her eyes open, the hearts of those who are looked at will melt.

The little maid helped the little princess up again, hugged her and put her in front of Yanniang's bed. Yanniang picked her up and put her on her lap.Yinniang walked over and sat on the square chair beside the bed. Yanniang pointed to Yinniang and said to the little princess, "Do you know who this is? Tell you, you have to remember."

The little princess stared at Yinniang, motionless.

Yin Niang took out a longevity lock from her sleeve, hung it around the little princess's neck, then touched her head, and said, "Your Highness, please be safe and happy!"

Yanniang hugged her daughter and said to her: "Come on, Fuqing, thank you little aunt!" But the little princess ignored her, lowered her head and picked up the longevity lock on her chest, playing with it on her own.

Yanniang sighed, raised her head and complained to her younger sister: "I'm already one year old, and I still can't call someone, and I don't know if there is something wrong with my body. I went to the imperial doctor to see it, but I can't see why. , but I am so worried."

Yinniang said: "You are too impatient. There are too many children who can only speak after one year old. How can we expect everyone to be like you, who can start talking at the age of eight months." Yinniang's three sisters learned to speak. It's all early, especially Yanniang, who can already open her mouth to say "Niangniang" and "Daddy" at eight months.

Yan Niang said: "Although you say this, how can you understand the heart of being a mother now, and you are always worried. Let's not talk about this, you just came from Fengyi Palace, who else is in the palace?"

"Yes, Mrs. Kang Guogong, Mrs. Weibeihou, and Princess Shouyang are all here. The empress has someone carry the little prince out for the two wives and princesses to see."

Yinniang thought that Yanniang would want to hear about the little prince, but looking at it now, she felt that she lacked interest and didn't care much about the little prince, so she changed the topic and asked her, "Where is your son, can you accompany me?" Did you come into the palace together?"

Seeing that Yanniang was not very willing to talk about the little prince, Yinniang followed her words and changed the topic, and replied, "I'm here, but I was called to the imperial study by the emperor on the way."

Yanniang nodded, and then asked about Yinniang's new life.Even if it is not good, in order to avoid the worry of her sister who is already in dire straits in the palace, Yin Niang will only report good news but not bad news, let alone these few days are really good.Yin Niang didn't complain, she even smiled when she answered the question.

People can lie, but the eyes can't deceive people. It seems that they are really good, so there is such a look of spring breeze.Yanniang felt relieved, and asked Mrs. Chen and the others again, and Yanniang had chosen her choice.

The two sisters talked for a while, and Yanniang raised Yinniang's question about the Yongning Hou Mansion, then seeing the dark bags under Yinniang's eyes, she couldn't help saying: "From now on, you should be more restrained in the house, I will I know that you and Shizi have a good relationship, but you are still young and your body is not yet full-grown, so you hang around day and night, do you want your body?"

Yin Niang lowered her head, and said with a guilty conscience: "Understood."

Yanniang then gave some instructions to Yinniang, such as telling her not to get pregnant too early, not to be too accommodating to the eldest son in sexual matters, and so on.After the two sisters finished speaking, Yanniang looked at the sky outside and felt that it was getting late, thinking that the prince would soon come out of the imperial study, so she sent someone to send Yinniang back to Fengyi Palace.

(End of this chapter)