The moment of passing through the fragrance

Within a few days, a decree came from the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and several ladies from famous families in Xuanjing City entered the palace to pay their respects, and Xi was among them.

The rare Marfa Shi Huashan hurried in with big strides, grabbed Shi Wenbing who hadn't had time to take off the top hat, and asked Dongguoer, "Why did the master of the empress dowager summon Xi Ze? What happened to her recently?" what happened?"

Standing beside her, Xi pouted in speechless protest. Except for the post to Nalan Mansion that day, An Sheng didn't go anywhere at home.

Shi Wenbing finally rescued his sleeve from his aunt's hand, straightened his court clothes, and replied respectfully for Dongguo'er: "Ama, our Xi Ze has always been very well-behaved. I'm afraid it will be a surprise to see you this time. The Empress Dowager wants to meet the grown-up young ladies from various prefectures, and next year there will be a big selection, and she must have an idea in mind."

It made sense, Shi Huashan stroked his half-white beard, and walked around the hall with his hands behind his back.Shi Wenbing stood with his hands down, not daring to make a sound. His son-in-law, Ama, is not very famous. For example, if he made great achievements in the Ping San Francisco, he can be rewarded for his merits only when he returns to Beijing. But at that juncture, because of greed for life and fear of death, he refused to move forward, which led to the balance of merit and demerit, and he lost his official status. If it wasn't for the fact that the son ignored his father's fault, he would really like to ask, your old man's previous credit for the heroic killing of the enemy How did it come about? ? ?For another example, he, Ama, was an internal minister who was not allowed to be a close friend of the emperor, but within a few days, he took off his title because of his vicious words and ridiculed the emperor's relatives many times. How cynical are you? Well, you have to pick someone with a higher rank to scold.

However, Shi Wenbing knows that although his Ama's search for the sun is unreliable, he is very sure to pay attention to major events. Right now, he is only worried about whether Xi Ze's visit to the palace to pay his respects and even Xi Ze's lifelong event is a good thing for his mother. event……

Obviously, yes.

"Little granddaughter, please remember that entering the palace this time is related to your whole life, you must not treat it like a joke." Shi Huashan walked around a few times, stopped in front of Xi Ze, and said earnestly.

Xi Ze nodded solemnly.Er Niang has already told her that if she loses the election this time, she will have to arrange a marriage. If the Empress Dowager likes and approves, the marriage will be easy. On the contrary, if the Empress Dowager frowns at her , I am afraid that no one from the right family in Beijing will marry her.

If she can't get married in this era, the family members have to send her to the temple as an aunt for the sake of appearance!

I don't want to be a nun!The stream is filled with tears flowing backwards into a river.

"Yeah." Seeing that Xi Ze is well-behaved, Shi Huashan nodded in satisfaction. In fact, he didn't want Xi Ze to serve in the palace. That place cannibalize people without spit out bones, and he doesn't want his granddaughter to suffer there. He is the first son of Prince Jian's family, his age is about the same as that of Xi Ze, and he is not the eldest son, so he doesn't need to be a noble. In the future, he can establish his own house and be able to live under the shade of the palace, so that he can live a chic and comfortable life.But he can't say that, the royal family hasn't picked anyone yet, so you can figure it out for yourself, do you want to lose your head?

After a while, Shi Huashan patted the table excitedly like a convulsion: "Fortunately, Kerkun married his daughter Irgenjueluo to the eldest brother, otherwise, I have been worried for a long time? Mingzhu has no brains, Hmph, whoever gets involved with him will seek death!"

The day to enter the palace to pay respects is coming in a blink of an eye.Xi entered the palace with several noble ladies.

Although there were many people in the Compassion Ning Palace, no one dared to speak out without authorization.

The Empress Dowager raised her eyes and looked at the young girls who were so beautiful, and said one by one: "Your Ama is Peng Chun, right? He has made meritorious service for the country recently. The emperor and I are very happy." "The little girls are pink and cute. , can you study?" The Empress Dowager has excellent eyesight, and the errands of Ama and Mafa in each prefecture are accurate.When we arrived at Xize, the Empress Dowager kindly took her tender little hand: "The last time I saw you was seven years ago, and your mother-in-law led you. It’s really good that Fengshui nourishes people.” The old lady has an excellent memory, and can imprint the exact details of everyone she’s met in her mind.

The girls in Beppu were a bit cautious in front of the Empress Dowager, but Xi Ze was also in awe, but she was an adult soul in her bones. She replied decently: "When I returned to Beijing, I suddenly fell ill. At that time, I was not able to come to greet the Empress Dowager and Master, and I was very panicked."

The Empress Dowager secretly agreed, she spoke very politely, and on such occasions she was not nervous or shivering, she was a courageous person.

When she arrived in front of the empress dowager, the first thing her old man asked every little girl was: "Can you speak Mongolian?"

After this, Xi Ze probably understood that the old lady guessed that her Chinese was not up to the standard, so she used Mongolian to greet her.

The empress dowager was not interested at first, but there is no one in the huge capital who can speak Mongolian fluently. Now one of them came across the sky, and she laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth: "Who taught you Mongolian? Very fluent."

Xi replied respectfully: "If you go back to the Queen Mother's master, the mother at home is from Mongolia, and she taught me a few words when I was young."

"That's because you are smart." The Empress Dowager happily found a lot of things to say to Xi Ze, until Xi Ze felt that it would be too overpowering, afraid of attracting attention, so she was able to get away with the excuse of changing clothes.

Before coming here, Mafa taught her about the tempers of the masters that she might see in the palace, but she didn't say that the empress dowager is so hospitable.

Coming out of changing clothes in the side hall not far away, Xi followed the maid who led the way for her as usual. I'm so happy. You go this way, this way is closer."

Xi Ze also replied with a smile.

This is the first time in this palace, but Xi didn't know the way, so she could only follow her through a door with hanging flowers, and saw a group of guards in bright yellow robes walking by with swords and arrows, Xi Ze's heart skipped a beat, After asking a few words, the maid only said that she was right in front of her eyes, and walked all the way, but Xi felt that something was wrong, her heart beat faster and faster, and she questioned repeatedly, but the maid said categorically, that she was here.

The red wall was towering all the way, while Xi looked at the surrounding scenery, and became more and more sure that she had been tricked by someone. Who is so courageous and capable to bribe the maid of the Compassionate Ning Palace?

She didn't know the way and dared not trespass into the Forbidden Palace, so she had to stop and said: "This way is wrong, I won't go."

The court lady also stopped, hugged her stomach suddenly, and moaned with a distorted face: "My servant has a stomachache, girl, please wait here, this servant will return as soon as he goes." After saying that, she turned and ran away, and after a while, no one was seen.Xi was dumbfounded, angry and anxious, what, what's going on!

In the forbidden garden of the imperial palace, one carelessness is a death sentence, Xi took a deep breath, looked around, and her heart became more solemn, regardless of what happened to the maid, she had to return to the Palace of Compassion and Ning immediately.

Surrounded by high forces, towering palaces, palace roads and narrow roads, the stream is composed, if you walk casually, you may get lost, why not wait here first, and meet some eunuchs and maids passing by, Ask for directions again.

After a while, a large group of people came from the end of the palace road ahead. From a distance, a young man in moon-white arrow sleeves was at the beginning, followed by more than a dozen young eunuchs.

Xi Xi hesitated, most of the men who could move around in the palace were the elder brothers of the emperor or the elder brothers of the prince's mansion, and the election was imminent, and getting involved with these people was not a good thing for her unwillingness to be selected.Xi thought, then turned sideways, lowered his head, just waiting for those people to approach, and Fu Yifu blurred past.

The footsteps got closer, and just as Xi Ze bent her knees, she heard a familiar clear voice hesitantly saying: "Is it you?" As soon as the voice fell, a pair of stone blue satin cloud boots stopped in front of her.

Xi was surprised, raised his head slightly and saw that it was the rude young man from Nalan's mansion that day.Seeing her face clearly, the young man smiled and said, "It really is you, I'm afraid I've made a mistake."

When meeting him in the palace, Xi didn't dare to be as courageous as last time. Looking at the eunuchs accompanying him, there were as many as sixteen. She guessed Yinfeng's identity in her heart. , probably the Crown Prince, Eldest Brother, and Third Elder Brother. If it wasn't for the Elder Brother, I don't know who is in the Prince's Mansion. Xi can't guess for sure, so he politely lowered his body and asked openly: " Dare I ask you?"

What a cautious girl, Yinfeng praised in his heart, subconsciously he didn't want his identity to scare her, and said casually: "I have nothing to do today, I just walked around at will, and I met you, which is also fate. You Why are you here?"

As soon as he said it, Xi Ze immediately remembered that she was still rushing back to the Palace of Compassion, and hurriedly said: "I was called into the palace by the master of the Empress Dowager to pay my respects. I am lost now and I don't know how to get back. Can you show me the way?" ?” She was explaining the reason for being here in an orderly manner at the beginning, but the last sentence carried a little bit of pleading, cautiously, for fear that he would not agree, Yinfeng glanced at her slightly sideways, and couldn't help but smile. , asked Yuan Mu behind him to come forward, and ordered: "You lead this girl to the Palace of Compassion."

Yuan Mu slapped a thousand with one hand: "Hey," then straightened up, and politely said to Xi: "Girl, please come here."

Xi didn't expect that he would help her without saying a word, and she couldn't help but feel guilty for facing him so coldly last time, and said again, "Thank you."

!Santou smiled indifferently: "Just take it as a thank you for taking care of my sister last time, so you don't have to worry about it. You go quickly." His appearance is very much like Queen Renxiao, with surprisingly delicate eyebrows and eyes, and a handsome smile No waves.Xi secretly marveled, couldn't help but glance at him again, and then left with Yuanmu.