After being struck by lightning and being in the world of women

After Zhong Ruhuang put down her chopsticks and stood up, Xiao Ziran walked over, straightened her clothes, and brushed the non-existent dust off her sleeves.

Zhong Ruhuang waited for him to stand up, then reached out, held his hand, and pulled him out of the house.

"Let's go. The Queen Mother has already left the court. It's a good time to go to Xuanzheng Hall to pay respects."

Xiao Ziran felt a little embarrassed when Zhong Ruhuang held her hand, but he did not refuse in a pretentious manner and followed her out obediently.

When we got out, Fan Yu was already waiting with two sedan chairs.

The rules in the palace seem cruel, but they can be soft at times.

For example, the husband of a newly-married princess was favored by the emperor for the first time and was frail, so he was allowed to ride in a sedan chair when he paid his first respects and offered tea.

One is light yellow and the other is light red.

Zhong Ruhuang was still benefited by Xiao Ziran, as she was able to ride in a sedan chair when she paid her respects.

After she turned five, she was not allowed to ride in a sedan chair and had to rely on her two legs to go anywhere in the palace.

"Let's go."

Zhong Ruhuang was the first to sit in the light yellow sedan.

Xiao Ziran sat in the light pink sedan chair at the back, and the secretary followed beside the sedan chair.

"Get up the sedan."

At Fan Yu's command, the sedan chair was lifted up smoothly.

After leaving the Princess' Residence, the group went to Emperor Showa's Xuanzhengden first.

In the Xuanzheng Hall, Emperor Showa was handling government affairs.

Hou Songlin walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty, the Fifth Princess and her husband are here to greet you and offer you tea."

Emperor Showa put down the red pen in his hand and nodded.

"Let them in."

To be honest, Emperor Showa regretted giving Zhong Ruhuang such a lowly husband as the emperor's daughter.

But she is the emperor and cannot go back on her word, otherwise where is her dignity?

The door of Xuanzheng Hall opened.

Zhong Ruhuang walked in first, and Xiao Ziran followed one step behind her and walked in carefully.

Twenty steps away from Emperor Showa, Zhong Ruhuang knelt down.

When Xiao Ziran saw her kneeling down, he also knelt down quickly.

"Your Highness pays respect to the Queen Mother."

"The female minister pays respect to the Queen Mother."

After getting married, Xiao Ziran had to follow the same address as Zhong Ruhuang, but the word "husband" was added after the title of female minister to distinguish her from the men in the harem.

As soon as the two of them walked in, Emperor Showa raised his head, looked at Zhong Ruhuang, who was stunningly dressed in red, and put the Queen Mother on Xiao Ziran's body.

The last time they did that in bed, Emperor Showa didn't even look at Xiao Ziran, so he didn't know what he looked like.

This time, she looked carefully.

Too gorgeous, not dignified at all, looks like a vixen.

Just the first glance made Emperor Showa frown, and she regretted her hasty decision again.

I knew earlier...

Forget it, the matter is done now.

"Get up."

Zhong Ruhuang stood up.

Xiao Ziran then stood up.

Hou Songlin brought a cup of tea on a tray and handed it to Xiao Ziran.

Xiao Ziran took a deep breath and knelt down again.

"Female minister husband Xiao offers tea to the Queen Mother."

Hou Songlin took the cup of tea again and placed it in front of Emperor Showa.

Emperor Showa picked up the tea and took a sip.

"Get up. I hope you can be a good wife and educate your daughters, give birth to a daughter for the fifth son, and manage the household diligently and thriftily."

After Emperor Zhaohe finished speaking, Hou Songlin handed the rewards that he had prepared long ago to Xiao Ziran, including a pair of snow-white jade ruyi, a pair of red jade crowns, a pair of jade pendants engraved with phoenix patterns, a dozen rings, a book on men's virtues, and a book on men's rings.

Xiao Ziran accepted these rewards respectfully.

"Go, serve tea to your father Jin."

The reward given by Emperor Showa was fair and decent, far less generous than what the eldest princess and her husband gave when they offered tea.

Zhong Ruhuang took Xiao Ziran out of the Xuan Zheng Hall, knowing that Emperor Zhaohe was not very happy with Xiao Ziran.

This marriage was originally arranged by her, but in the end she was not satisfied.

As expected, emperors are all capricious.

Fan Yu and Shishu were waiting outside the Xuanzheng Hall.

When the secretary saw Xiao Ziran coming out, he took the reward from his hand and held it in his hand.

"Let's go to Liyuan Palace."

The wife and husband got into the sedan chair again and were carried by the eunuchs to the Liyuan Palace where the imperial wife Xiao Jin lived.

As the imperial husband, Xiao Jinshi did not have the right to ask the men in the harem to pay him respects every day, even though he had the imperial husband's jade seal.

Therefore, the men in the harem only needed to pay their respects to him on the first and fifteenth day of every month, and would not come to his palace unless there was something important.

Today is neither the first nor the fifteenth day of the month.

But the fifth princess got married yesterday, so today she must come to offer tea to the royal husband and the two other husbands.

So at this moment, all the men above the fourth rank in the harem have come.

From Xiao Jin, the first-rank imperial husband, to the fourth-rank imperial attendant, there are twenty-five men in total.

Basically, these positions are full.

When Xiao Jin left the palace, there was a scene of elegant ladies in fine clothes. The men were laughing and talking in elegant manners, but from time to time they would use words to mock their opponents.

In addition, the eldest princess and her princess-husbands also came.

Emperor Showa's father, Emperor Zhang, had passed away long ago, and there were no other elders in the harem, so Kogane had the highest position.

The eldest princess' husband and his family were in Liyuan Palace, waiting to meet their brother-in-law so that they could get to know each other.

The sedan chair soon arrived at the gate of Liyuan Palace.

Zhong Ruhuang got off the sedan chair and waited for Xiao Ziran to come to her side before she stepped into Liyuan Palace.

The young eunuch from Liyuan Palace had already informed Zhong Ruhuang that her husband and wife had arrived.

"Your Highness the Fifth Princess, the Fifth Princess' husband is here."

Zhong Ruhuang brought Xiao Ziran into the main hall of Liyuan Palace and immediately smelled all kinds of fragrances.

Although the men here don't put on makeup, they wear sachets to maintain their body odor. The scent of various flowers intertwined together is so fragrant that Zhong Ruhuang wants to sneeze.

Unfortunately, she didn't dare.

She was afraid that if she hit her, people would think she was disrespectful to Xiao Jin.

"This female minister pays respects to Father Jin."

Zhong Ruhuang bent down, bowed, and took a bow.

When paying respects to Emperor Showa, she needed to kneel down, but when paying respects to Lady Jin, she only needed to bow, she did not kneel down.

He is not the emperor's husband, so he doesn't have that much face.

Xiao Ziran lagged behind Zhong Ruhuang by half a step and knelt down respectfully.

"The female minister pays respects to Father Jin."

Xiao Jin sat at the top, with Sun Guifu, who had no daughter or child, on her left, and Zhao Guifu, who had an ordinary face, on her right.

Next to Zhao Guifu is Zhang Xianfu, opposite him is Liangfu, and then the others in turn.

The eldest princess' husband and his family sat on the embroidered stool at Xiao Jin's feet, but they were not qualified to sit on the chairs.

Xiao Jin glanced at Xiao Ziran nonchalantly and spoke in a gentle voice.

"Get up."

Zhong Ruhuang stood up straight, and Xiao Ziran stood up.

Pei Yu, Xiao Jin's personal palace servant, came over with three cups of tea.

Xiao Ziran picked up one of the cups, knelt down respectfully again, and handed the cup steadily to Xiao Jin.

"Serve tea to Father Jin."

Xiao Jin did not make things difficult for Xiao Ziluan. She took the tea, sipped it lightly, and put it down.

"Yes, this is the wedding gift I give you."

Pei Yu was holding a tray with a brocade box on it.

Xiao Ziran took it and handed it to the secretary.

"This is your grandfather. Go and serve him tea."

Xiao Jin took the initiative to speak.

After all, Zhong Ruhuang's going to Chaotian Pass was basically a foregone conclusion, but since there was no clear order yet, no one dared to say anything.

Xiao Ziran held the tea and offered it to Sun Guifu.

"Serve tea to Grandfather Sun."

Sun Guifu gave him a gift.

"This is your father, Mr. Zhao."

Xiao Ziran held the last cup of tea and offered it to Zhao Guifu.

Zhao Guifu also gave him a gift.

The tea ceremony is officially over.

"This is your eldest brother-in-law Zhou."

"Hello, brother-in-law."

"This is your second brother-in-law, Wu."

"Hello, second brother-in-law."

"This is your third brother-in-law Feng."

"Hello third brother-in-law."

"This is your fourth brother-in-law Chen."

"Hello, fourth brother-in-law."

Xiao Jin introduced all the people in his palace to Xiao Ziran.

He also received a lot of gifts.

After completing this circle, almost half an hour had passed.

After they had met everyone they needed to know, Xiao Jin let the young wife and husband leave.

"Okay, we know you are newlyweds, so we old hands won't bother you anymore. Go back now."

Zhong Ruhuang took Xiao Ziran out of Xiao Jin's Liyuan Palace and returned along the same route in a sedan chair.

In fact, Zhong Ruhuang had not forgotten that she had a concubine who was going to marry her today.