The Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: The Head of the Family

Chapter 112 When did the stepmother board the boat of Mrs. Ye and the Queen Mother?

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of the palace, and the Empress had already arranged for Xiangxiu, the head of Zhaohua Palace, to pick up everyone in Zhangfu.

The carriages of the wives of various officials have been parked at the gate of the palace one after another.

Zhang Dingzhi and Song Jinyue got out of the carriage one after the other, and they helped Mrs. Xie get out of the carriage.

Seeing Zhang's carriage, Xiangxiu stepped forward and greeted him with a ceremony, "Mrs. Zhang, Miss Zhang, and Miss Song."

Mrs. Xie gave Xiangxiu a hand, "Why did I ask you to come here specially. Is everything all right, Madam?"

"Mrs. Huizhang, the empress is doing well recently, because today is special, so I asked the servant girl to pick you up."

"Then trouble Xiangxiu to take care of it." Mrs. Xie thanked again, and then signaled her daughter and niece to follow behind, heading for the Empress's Zhaohua Hall.

Today, there are more people in the palace than in the past.

Song Jinyue and Cousin Zhi followed behind her aunt Xie, and they would run into acquaintances from time to time, so Xie wanted to stop and chat.

In the past, it took only one stick of incense to get to Zhaohua Hall, but today it took three sticks of incense.

When Xiangxiu led a group of people to the Zhaohua Palace, the queen had already waited for a long time, but fortunately, the wife came to see her from time to time, and the queen was not idle.

After seeing off Mrs. Zhao's wife in the Ministry of Officials, Mrs. Xie walked in.

"The minister's wife sees the empress."

"The courtiers see the empress."

"..."

Today is different from the past, Mrs. Xie also entered the palace in court clothes, entered the Zhaohua Hall, knelt down and saluted according to the palace rules.

Today, the empress wore a bright yellow court dress embroidered with dragons and phoenixes. She sat at the head of the throne, and according to the rules, received a big gift from Mrs. Xie and others. Helped him up.

"Sister-in-law. Sit down quickly." The queen looked at Mrs. Xie and called "Sister-in-law" affectionately.

Mrs. Xie smiled and sat down.

In Zhaohua Palace, there were six or seven maids serving, and Xiangxiu saw that the empress was afraid to talk to Mrs. Zhang, so she took all the maids out.

Zhang's maid and maid, Zhang Dingzhi's maid and Qiu Yun also retreated together.

Immediately, there were only four people left in the huge Zhaohua Hall.

The queen looked at Song Jinyue, and asked with some concern, "Yue'er, is your father's injury more serious?"

Song Jinyue shook her head, and replied: "Father broke his left leg, but the imperial doctor said that in the future, father's heirs will come, I'm afraid it will be..."

As a young lady who has not left the court, she has some twitches when she mentions her father's current injury.

But sooner or later, this matter will spread.

From the very beginning, she didn't think about keeping her aunt and grandmother's family a secret.

The Queen's expression froze. She had heard about the matter of the Duke's Mansion before. The Duke who had not taken a concubine for many years suddenly took a concubine. Why?
It's not for the purpose of not wanting the grand-uncle to adopt the disciple's heir!

Mrs. Xie only learned about this from Song Jinyue today, and coughed heavily in her heart.

"Yue'er..." the queen opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

The atmosphere in Zhaohua Hall was extremely heavy for a while.

"Auntie, don't worry, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, let's take a step and see." Song Jinyue comforted softly.

The queen nodded slightly.

After they talked for a while, the empress took them to meet the empress dowager herself.

Because the queen mother chanted sutras and Buddha all day long, only sandalwood was lit in the bedroom.

There are also lotus flowers outside the hall.

Even the doors of the windows and coffins are carved with lifelike lotus flowers.

After all the wives pay homage to the Empress Dowager and the Empress, they will be taken by Gong'e to the Huanyue Pavilion to listen to a play and have tea first. Luncheon and dinner are set up in the palace today, and the main banquet is in the evening.

At that time, all the officials brought their families and the empress together to pray for the empress dowager's birthday.

Before stepping into the Queen Mother's bedroom, I heard a burst of joking and laughing from inside.

Gong'e in the Empress Dowager's palace looked at the empress's searching gaze, and replied, "Go back to Empress Dowager, Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Song are inside to accompany Empress Dowager."

Song Jinyue followed behind her aunt Xie, and she couldn't help frowning slightly when she heard the maid talking about Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Song.

This Mrs. Song is naturally her stepmother, Mrs. Shen.

And this Mrs. Ye is the mother of Concubine Ye Gui.

But when did these two get together?Can you still laugh with the queen mother together?

The queen nodded slightly, and waited for Gong'e to pass the news, and then brought Mrs. Xie and the two nieces in to meet the empress dowager.

The sandalwood in the house is faintly inhaled, and the black lacquer multi-treasure shelves in the house are mostly decorated with jade Buddha carvings and various wooden fishes.

Even the veils in the hall are carefully embroidered with lotus patterns.

Most of the decorations in the house are in plain and elegant lotus style.

"The concubine pays her respects to the empress dowager."

"My wife, Mrs. Xie, pays her respects to the Empress Dowager."

"The courtier pays her respects to the Empress Dowager."

"..."

Song Jinyue knelt in the hall with her aunt, aunt Xie Shi and cousin Zhi, and bowed to the empress dowager who was sitting on the high seat.

"Get up." The queen mother's voice was a little hoarse, and everyone slowly got up.

The Empress Dowager also specially wore a bright yellow court dress today, and the string of twisted beads in her hand was spinning without stopping for a moment. The Empress Dowager raised her lips slightly, looking dignified and kind.

She lowered her head slightly, looked at Song Jinyue, and asked, "Is this girl Yue from the Song family? Come over to the Ai family and have a look."

Song Jinyue was slightly stunned, she could only raise her head, and walked towards the queen mother step by step.

When the Empress Dowager approached, Song Jinyue paused and bowed. The Empress Dowager looked her up and down, then raised her hand to hold her palm, her brows were slightly frowned.

The subtle expressions on the Empress Dowager fell into Song Jinyue's eyes.

From the corner of her eye, she glanced at her stepmother, Shen Shi, and Song Jinxi who was standing behind Shen Shi, seeing that they were watching a good show, her heart sank.

Did the mother and daughter dug a hole for themselves in front of the Queen Mother?
"This body is too delicate..." The Empress Dowager's tone was rather disgusting.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall became a little heavy.

Mrs. Ye picked up the teacup and sipped the tea by herself, she didn't come forward to answer the conversation, she squinted her eyes slightly, and glanced at Mrs. Shen.

"Yes." Song Jinyue still replied respectfully.

She couldn't help but think of her previous life, because the queen mother ate fast and recited Buddha behind closed doors all day, and rarely let the concubines in the palace come to pay her respects, so Song Jinyue didn't have much influence on the queen mother in her memory.

But the queen mother never showed too much intimacy or importance to anyone in the palace.

Even among the grandchildren, none of the princes could win the favor of the Queen Mother.

It was rumored in the capital that the Empress Dowager was indifferent and had little affection for her descendants.

Although His Majesty is the only heir of the Empress Dowager, after the first emperor confiscated the Du family of the Empress Dowager's mother, she was still the Empress Dowager at that time, and her status was not affected at all.

It is said that the Du family was accused of embezzling the state treasury.

And the evidence is solid, the Du family has no reason to justify, the imperial forest army surrounded the Du family, and copied out a full 100 million taels of silver in the Du mansion.

Since then, the Empress Dowager's natal family, Lord Du, who was then Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has been copied and beheaded.

(End of this chapter)