My heart hurts when I mention the abolition

Chen Yizhen looked at the girl from the Xia family, and saw that she had bright eyes and white teeth, and a pair of almond eyes rippling, as if there was spring in her eyes, with a shimmering posture. From the appearance alone, she was somewhat similar to Xia Conglong.

She lost her mind...

Madam Zheng stepped forward suddenly, leaned close to her ear, and explained in an inaudible manner: "This is the fourth daughter of the Xia family's concubine. Although she is a concubine, she is very popular with Master Xia. Zhixia Conglong is almost there."

Chen Yizhen was stunned, no wonder Mrs. Xia used to enter the palace to greet her, she had never seen her bring this Miss Xia with her.

The girl from the Xia family glanced and saw Chen Yizhen. She paused suddenly and fell silent for a while. She smiled slightly, took a step forward, and said in a humble voice: "My daughter heard that the empress's calligraphy is excellent, and she admires her very much. Now stand down." Come out and ask, I don’t know if I have the honor to ask the empress to give a poem to my servant.”

Chen Yizhen raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at the girl from the Xia family quietly. She didn't expect that she would suddenly turn the conversation to her. Besides, if she remembered correctly, the original owner grew up so smoothly, and there was never rumors about her in the house. The praise of excellent calligraphy, so where did she come from "very admired", but her uncle's calligraphy is really good.

Has her current situation reached the point where any concubine from an aristocratic family can push her nose and bully her?

Chen Yizhen pursed his lips into a slit, and stared at her with a half-smile, not intending to answer her.

However, the empress dowager frowned slightly, thinking of the handwriting she handed in, the scrawled handwriting on it, can her idiot temperament be called excellent in calligraphy?

She didn't know what to think of, her expression suddenly slowed down, she paused, and said: "What's so difficult about this, the queen must not be stingy with giving calligraphy."

Chen Yizhen turned his head and stared at the empress dowager silently.

It seems that this pair of aunts and nephews of the Xia family really don't intend to make things easier for themselves.

She smiled, no longer evading, and turned to ask the Empress Dowager, "In front of the ancestors, how dare the concubines play tricks, but if the ancestors don't dislike it, the concubines will have no choice but to go up and make a fool of themselves."

The empress dowager laughed, as if she hadn't heard the confrontation inside, she waved her hands and said excitedly: "It's okay, but the Ai family doesn't know that you still have the title of talented woman. You can do whatever you want, and the Ai family will sit in charge for you."

Chen Yizhen had no choice but to go forward to make a fool of himself.

Most of her calligraphy is from the habits of the previous life. Of course, there are still some traces of the original owner. It is presumably because she passed through this body and unknowingly retained some of the original owner's habits, but no matter what, she only retained a little bit. Trace, even if the original owner's calligraphy is really excellent, she will not be able to benefit from it. Therefore, her calligraphy is actually very ordinary.

But, so what, she stepped forward calmly and wrote a poem in a smooth manner——

Flowers do not bloom together with hundreds of flowers, and independent hedges are not exhausted.

I would rather die by holding the incense stick, and never blow it down in the north wind.

Looking at the neat but not strong handwriting on the top, he nodded in satisfaction.

She wanted to see, even if she wrote a few words, who would dare to laugh at her in front of her face.

The empress dowager stepped forward, looked down and saw the barely visible hand, but without any strong character, immediately curled her lips, just about to laugh——

"Well, that's right. The empress's font is upright and neat, with flowing clouds and flowing water. It can be seen that the solemnity is hidden in it, which is just in line with the style of an empress."

The smile on the corner of the Empress Dowager's mouth froze.

She looked back at the empress dowager who was full of nonsense in disbelief.

Shuangshu and Shuanglu couldn't bear it, looked at each other, covered their lips, and smiled silently.

Even Chen Yizhen was embarrassing and blushed in embarrassment. Although she knew that the Empress Dowager always favored her, she didn't open her eyes and talk nonsense.

Not only these few people, the empress dowager's call ended, all the noble ladies were also taken aback, they covered their mouths quietly, faced each other, and their eyes flew into each other's eyes.

Xia Conglin originally wanted to stand up and mock her in secret, and by the way, to set off her extraordinary talent, but when the Empress Dowager said this, she froze in place, smiled embarrassingly, hesitated to speak rashly.

"My courtier also thinks so. Looking at this poem is catchy, its artistic conception is very commensurate with the painting. Calligraphy is also like a dragon and a snake. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a master's work."

The words fell, the whole place was silent.

Chen Yizhen looked over dumbfounded, wanting to see who was speaking so brazenly and nonsense.

Even the Empress Dowager, who was trying to rescue her, twitched her eyes and turned to see who was blind.

——It's Xia Conglong.

Chen Yizhen was even more surprised. After a long time, she blinked and came back to her senses. She guessed in her heart that maybe Xia Conglong was upset when she saw that Xia Conglin, who was in competition with her, was getting the limelight, so she used her face to make Xia Conglin's limelight?

But Xia Conglong looked sincere, and even took a few steps forward, grabbed a corner of the painting, turned his face to Xia Conglin, and said sincerely: "Fourth sister, my sister is very happy with this poem, I wonder if we can give up love?"

Xia Conglin came back to her senses, her face darkened immediately, especially when she heard that Xia Conglong was talking about inscribing a poem, and didn't mention the painting above, her face became even darker.

She smiled coldly, gritted her teeth slightly, and said, "My sister has something to ask, and I should let it go, but my sister said it before, this is the honor that my sister blushed to ask for from the empress, if my sister really wants it, why not ask for it yourself?" head."

Xia Conglong sighed, and said: "My sister is not as good at drawing as my sister."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Chen Yizhen, her eyes immediately rolled up, and she smiled flatteringly: "Madam, I really admire your calligraphy. I wonder if I can get some calligraphy practice calligraphy from you?"

Chen Yizhen turned his head away, feeling a little uncomfortable. Is Xia Conglong sincere or talking irony?

She grinned, "Of course I can, I will ask Shuangshu to send you to the mansion later."

Xia Conglong immediately bowed down and saluted cheerfully as if he had received a great honor, "Thank you, Madam, my servant will live up to Madam's respect."

Ladies and gentlemen: "...??"

They were all dazed, looking at this and then at that, only to see the same dazed confusion as themselves.

The Empress Dowager coughed and attracted everyone's attention, "Old Ancestor, let's have a banquet."

She asked the Empress Dowager for instructions.

The Empress Dowager said "Hmm", she came back to her senses, and got up first, "Let's go."

All the noble ladies immediately saluted respectfully together, and then followed the Empress Dowager to a waterside pavilion, where tables and banquets had already been set up, waiting for visitors to take their seats.

The Empress Dowager sits at the top, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress sit on both sides. The Empress is a little further behind than the Empress Dowager, and the rest of the noble ladies can only be arranged in two rows, each sitting at the lower end.

There are staggered toasts and banquets, and the banquets are full of jewels and dazzling.

Two or two noble ladies sat on a table, lowered their heads and chatted in a low voice, their faces flushed and their smiles blooming like flowers.

Yuan Ruru ate a mouthful of hibiscus cake without taste, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the person sitting above her, especially when she saw her magnificent, dignified and luxurious clothes, her gestures were oppressive, and she was calm and unhurried. Generally sour to the extreme.

Then he caught a glimpse of the desk in front of her, on which were exquisite and gorgeous meals, full of thirteen or fourteen dishes, and looked different from them.

At this moment, she seemed to have returned to the past. Chen Yizhen was still the high-ranking queen when the Chen family was in its heyday, and she was still the humble little girl who pretended to be shy and obedient in front of him. When she saw her, she only dared to obediently say hello and then stood aside.

She bit her lip and fell silent...

Seeing the Empress Dowager talking cordially to the girls sitting at the two tables at the front, He Yourong, the granddaughter of old Xiangguo, Lu Manmiao, the direct granddaughter of Princess Wen Yi, and others...

She stood up abruptly and walked straight up.

Everyone was taken aback, their eyes were drawn to her.

Chen Yizhen stared at her with a cup of tea in his hand, his eyes gradually turned cold.

With a smile on her face, Yuan Ruru walked forward unhurriedly, first bowed to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, then walked up to Chen Yizhen, and said to her generously: "I pay my respects to the empress, before the ministers come, sister-in-law Let the courtier give you a gift instead of her."

The Empress Dowager remembered that the Empress seemed to have a cousin who married into the Ningyuanhou Mansion. She thought that this pretty girl was from the Ningyuanhou Mansion, but she didn't take it seriously and looked away.

Chen Yizhen's expression was cold, facing her greetings, he remained silent for a long time before she nodded lightly.

Yuan Ruru smiled.

Although she came here to pay her respects, her ears kept paying close attention to the conversation between the Empress Dowager and Lu Manmiao over there.

She was downstairs before, at the last three or four tables, and there was a lot of noise. She couldn't hear what was said at all, and it didn't help if she wanted to interrupt. Standing here now, she can finally hear the content of the conversation here.

The Empress Dowager was talking about the weather in Changling with Lu Manmiao. The Eldest Princess lived in Changling with her son-in-law for a few years, and Lu Manmiao grew up in Changling.

Lu Manmiao replied with a smile: "It's not as prosperous or magnificent as this side, but it has the gentleness of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many willow trees over there. Every spring, the city and yards are covered with catkins. One piece, fluttering and unrestrained, but it is also a beautiful scenery."

The Empress Dowager smiled, "Sounds very good. When the Ai family was a young girl, they used to pass by Changling with their father's office. But at that time, they were in a hurry and didn't go to the city. It's still a pity to think about it now."

Lu Manmiao hurriedly said with a smile: "Actually, there is nothing to see. Changling City is small, and there are only a few streets in total. You can sit all the way in a street with a carriage and cup of tea."

"My daughter came home with her mother to visit relatives, and she also passed by Changling. Changling is indeed a beautiful town, but it's too small and not as luxurious as the capital city."

Suddenly, a gentle female voice came from the side.

Lu Manmiao was stunned, turned her head, but saw the girl who had just rushed forward to greet the Empress Dowager was answering the Empress Dowager with a smile, her expression was respectful, well-behaved and modest.

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

The Empress Dowager's attention was drawn away, she let out an "oh", and took advantage of the opportunity to chat with her.

"Are you a little girl from the Ningyuan Hou Mansion?"

"Back to my ancestors, yes, the maid's name is Ruru."

"Your mother is from Changling?"

"Back to the old ancestors, the ancestor's house is in Fuyang City, not far from Changling."

"Oh." The Empress Dowager shook her head.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager chatted with Yuan Ruru one after another, Lu Manmiao bit her lips, unwilling to reconcile, she couldn't help interjecting, "This time when I entered the palace, grandma asked me to tell you that she will be ready in a few days." Come into the palace to greet you."

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager's attention was immediately drawn back, visible to the naked eye, she looked happy, and said with a smile at the corner of her mouth: "That's a good relationship. It's true that Aijia and your grandmother haven't seen each other for a long time."

She has a good relationship with Princess Wen Yi. Princess Wen Yi has a low-key, polite, intelligent and generous personality. She has a good relationship with the two emperors. The emperors also respect Princess Wen Yi very much.

Yuan Ruru was left out in the cold, especially when she saw that the Empress Dowager was closer to Lu Manmiao, she was anxious and interrupted again, "Speaking of..."

"Sister Ru!" A female voice suddenly sounded from the side.

Yuan Ruru froze and turned her head.

Chen Yizhen stared at her, his eyes were frosted, and there was a half-smile on the corner of his mouth, "This is the palace, not Ningyuan Hou's mansion. Before you came, your mother should have told you not to be like at home, where sister-in-law can interrupt and reprimand you at will. , in the palace, you should be restrained and talk less, and be aware of etiquette."

After the words fell, Yuan Ruru's face turned white instantly.

She stared at her in disbelief, she couldn't believe that she actually dared to reprimand her blatantly, it didn't save her face at all, and most importantly, she also mentioned in her words that she was disrespectful to her eldest sister...

Yuan Ruru looked at the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager in a panic, and as expected, they were stunned. Then, the Empress Dowager looked away calmly, but her expression quickly became distant and indifferent.

The empress dowager was more direct, she almost rolled her eyes at her directly, even so, she did not hide her disgust and disdain in her eyes, she was straightforward, and she hated those rude villains who turned around in their minds and disrespected their elders the most.

"Old ancestors, empress dowager, ministers..."

"Okay," the empress dowager waved her hand to let her back down, and even fanned the position in front of her, as if she felt that the air would not be good with her here.

"If the greetings are over, just step back, what does it look like to be stuck here."

Yuan Ruru's face turned even paler, her body was on the verge of falling, her eyes were moist, and she looked at the Empress Dowager with a sad expression, but the Empress Dowager lowered her head and said nothing, but this just showed her attitude.

Yuan Ruru closed her eyes, bit her lips tightly, and felt that her eyes darkened, her body swayed, and she almost fainted, but this was in front of a nobleman, and she knew she couldn't faint, otherwise the old ancestors and the empress dowager would treat her. The impression was even worse.

Opening her eyes, lowering her head, she said yes in a respectful voice, and she slowly backed away.

Returning to her seat in a daze, out of the corner of her eyes, she saw people whispering around her, and someone secretly pointed at her and laughed, whispering with her head while squinting at her.

Yuan Ruru clenched her fingers suddenly, she took a deep breath, bit her lips tightly, and sat down, but saw that the girl who was at the same table as she had just sat down immediately moved aside.

She took several deep breaths, and it took a long time before she calmed down the restlessness in her heart.

Suddenly, he turned his head and looked up.

Chen Yizhen was still sitting there, casually tasting the snacks on the table, occasionally raising his eyes to say a few words to the Empress Dowager, his eyes were crooked, and he smiled, looking at ease and glory.

Yuan Ruru suddenly thought of the conversation she had with her mother two days ago. At that time, they didn't pay much attention to this woman, and she even said boldly that she would replace her in the future.

However, today, she was sitting high on the top, but a single word from Feng Qingyun destroyed her hard-working expectations.

She lowered her head suddenly, not to let her ferocious and vicious eyes show up in front of others.