We were like crabs walking sideways, and people dared to stop us until the queen mother, empress dowager and female officials came to us coldly.
I saw the ladies-in-waiting coming towards us with palace lanterns at a distance, and I wondered if I was that important. Why didn’t the Queen Mother stop people herself?
Soon the queen mother came to us. I wanted to salute from Bai Xihuang’s arms, but Bai Xihuang held me tightly and looked at the queen mother. I couldn’t let him hold me.
Many people don’t blame me for my mouth, but they politely said, "Empress Dowager, it’s lucky that you will hurt Feng’s body if you stay up so late."
The queen mother is dressed in a brand-new grass green embroidered with golden red peony and phoenix tail. The bottom of the big sleeve shirt is sprinkled with silver flowers and pleated skirts. The women in their early forties are still beautiful and affectionate.
Holy shit, this queen mother is so extravagant. She’s dressed again. She’s a widow, but she dresses like an Oscar red carpet every day and keeps changing clothes.
A powerful and beautiful empress dowager is indispensable. Whether it is Feng Taihou or Wu Zetian, their capital is quite famous. I wonder if I have a chance to see her handsome guest.
Everyone has a mind of divination. I’m really curious about ancient noodles.
"Hum, how can you rest in peace when your disobedient daughter-in-law is blocked?" The queen mother scolded and stared at me.
I’m unlucky to have an old hag like you as my mother-in-law
I caught a glimpse of the Queen Mother, and a beautifully crafted white crescent hairpin caught my eye.
I remembered the jade hairpin I saw in Fenglingtai in my grandfather’s secret room when I was a child. Their verve was very similar, and the workmanship and materials were similar. The one my grandfather hid was a round sunshine hairpin.
I once heard from some elders in my family that the double hairpin of Sun and Moon is the treasure of my ancestors, but the crescent hairpin disappeared decades ago.
I didn’t expect to fall into the palace after decades of tossing and turning
I am not particularly attached to Jiabao, and I will not take it back at the first sight, but I know that my grandfather, an old fox, has been tracking down this hairpin, which shows that he attaches great importance to it.
If I get this hairpin back and go back to the Wangs’ home in Langya, maybe this crescent hairpin will give me a lot of advantages and I will have to hold a strong bargaining chip to negotiate with the old fox.
I have to find a way to steal the crescent hairpin from the Queen Mother.
The queen mother’s complexion is really bad. It is a kind of anger after being provoked. She asked Bai Xihuang, "What are you doing, Emperor?"
Bai Xihuang is also a lazy attitude towards his elders, with arrogance that does not look at everyone.
"It’s late at night, and I can’t sleep without the queen. I personally pick up the queen and go back to bed. Are you interested in my boudoir music?"
My face is hot and my teeth itch. I stare at Bai Xihuang and want to shoot him away.
Bai Xihuang makes excuses to be so wild lest others know that he is dissolute. He is thick-skinned and I am not as thick-skinned as him.
I can see from his arms that the Queen Mother’s face is more gloomy when the palace lantern shines, and there is a hint of disdain and faint pride in her eyes.
The queen mother said slowly, "The newly-married Yaner Emperor is very affectionate to her, and it is difficult for her to linger on the bed. She can understand her family."
"Since I can understand my mother, I have to hurry back to the queen to give birth to royal offspring. The foundation of our country is unstable and some restless people have an idea."
Okay, this guy is really talking too much, and my face is burning.
However, this last sentence is full of irony for the Queen Mother.
The empress dowager’s eyes are fiercely colored, but she won’t spare me easily. "It’s disrespectful for the queen to steal the ancestral tribute in the Buddhist temple today and punish her for kneeling in the Buddhist temple for one night. I didn’t expect the emperor to be distressed."
"I’m sorry for my family. I also want to discipline the emperor. I don’t know the rules. The princess is in the harem. The emperor’s intervention is not to give me a face of mourning."
This old hag has a fair and strict attitude. She is the one who framed me.
This face-changing technique is practiced quite well.
Come on, Bai Xihuang, don’t give her noodles
Bai Xihuang really didn’t disappoint me. I heard him hypocritically saying, "Since it is a sacrifice, it means that it has been sacrificed and it should be discarded according to the rules."
"The queen is reluctant to waste food, but she will throw away her bag when she eats it. This advocates frugality. How precious is the mother’s mind? How can she punish the queen instead of rewarding her mother?"
Forget it, Bai Xihuang. This guy is better at sophistry than me.
I’m so hungry that I can be promoted to the height of my mother’s instrument by stealing a bag. It is estimated that there is a dead man lying here and he can tell me that he is alive.
Since Bai Xihuang gave me a step, I should follow the trend.
I pulled out a handkerchief to wipe my eyes without tears and echoed Bai Xihuang.
"Emperor Jian’s male and female servants are exactly what this means. You see how many people in the country are still living in dire straits. My heart is really aching. My male and female servants advocate harem frugality. It is the country of Jiangshan that I didn’t expect my mother to misunderstand my male and female servants with sincerity."