Chapter 641 Queen and Empress Dowager

The carriage was properly prepared at the gate of the mansion early in the morning, and Zi'an ordered people to tie up Madam Liang, and they went into the palace together.

In Yanxi Palace, the newly appointed Empress Dowager also got up early.

Yesterday she got the news that the princess regent was back.

After so many days of playing, she finally got to start, and she was very much looking forward to it.

The people in the palace get busy early in the morning. The empress dowager has a habit of taking a bath early in the morning. She must use flower petals for the bath. You have to use the Angelica dahurica powder from Accor Pavilion, which is expensive.

When I was a concubine in the past, the harem had reduced expenses, and her various expenses were reduced. Now that I am the empress dowager, she and Hu Huanling should be in charge of the harem, so the cost is more luxurious than before. a bit.

Besides, Hu Huanling's natal family has a lot of silver, and these days they often pay her tribute. Because of this, although she is satisfied with Hu Huanling, she still looks down on her in her bones.

Rurong, the maid in charge of Yanxi Palace, was holding a rhinoceros steak comb that Qingguo paid tribute to, and slowly combed the empress dowager's hair, looking at the people in the bronze mirror who were over sixty years old. A lot of money was donated to her, and she spent it all on maintenance, so she looked like she was only in her early fifties.

It's just that I can't smile. If I smile, the crow's feet at the corners of my eyes are particularly obvious.

"The empress dowager really gets better and better the more you look at it." Rurong has served her for more than ten years, and knows that she loves to hear compliments on her appearance the most.

The Empress Dowager stretched out her hand to press the corners of her eyes, and sighed: "After all, the years are urging people. When Aijia was young, the people who came to ask for marriage broke through the threshold of the Marquis Mansion. Aijia still remembers that the first emperor saw him at first sight. Aijia, the surprise in his eyes, if it wasn't for those fox charms later on... Forget it, forget it, it's all over."

The resentment that rose in her eyes sank slowly, and she looked at herself in the mirror triumphantly. Queen Mother Sun was far worse than her.

After a pause, she said: "Aijia heard that the princess regent is a beauty made of water. I don't know if she is inferior to Aijia when she was young?"

"Of course it's not as good as the Empress Dowager." The maid serving in the palace walked over with a smile on her face, holding a court dress of the Empress Dowager in her hand.

The empress dowager said indifferently: "It's also because Lao Qi is ignorant. He married a daughter-in-law, but he didn't even show it to the Ai family. After all, it is actually the empress dowager who doesn't understand etiquette. If everything is more considerate, the concubine of the whole palace will not Tell her to meet in person? Anyway, she is also the late emperor's concubine, and if she stepped over the bed, his seventh son can't call her concubine mother?"

Huan Yan said: "Empress Dowager, don't be angry. I didn't kowtow to you before, so I can't make it up for you today? It's still the empress dowager's etiquette. Besides, Liang Nanny is a person who handles affairs properly. If she goes out, the princess will also eat her." It’s not good, let her be disgraced first, and enter the palace today to pay her respects, and she has to put her tail between her legs, so you can make her suffer a lot in front of all the concubines and princesses.”

The empress dowager said slowly: "Aijia didn't mean to embarrass her, it's just that she is the regent princess. If there is no courtesy, wouldn't the atmosphere of the Great Zhou be broken by her? Aijia used to be the old lady of the prime minister's house. Knowing that she is not that kind of person, Xia Zian is going too far."

"It makes me upset just looking at it," Huanyan twitched her mouth, "The people in Beijing still say she is good, don't they? The emperor was seriously ill at that time, and she had the support of the prince. It is not easy to achieve a good name What is the matter? The maidservant also lacks knowledge, and she didn’t know that being a daughter or a granddaughter poisoned her family in this way for the sake of wealth and wealth. I heard that her concubine Mrs. Linglong and concubine Xia Wan’er were also beaten to death by her.”

Rurong Wan put her hair in a bun, held it steady with the bun-pressing hairpin, twirled her hair with skillful hands, and steadily moved the bun down a bit, saying: "I heard that there are unfilial sons and grandchildren, I have never heard of the elders of a family bullying one person, but anyone with a brain knows what is going on, but those common people believe her completely, and don't think about it, who made the trouble when they regretted their marriage in the street scandal."

The Empress Dowager hummed, "The Empress Dowager Sun didn't deal with her that day, but the Ai family couldn't tolerate her being so presumptuous. Today she enters the palace to pay her respects. If her attitude is arrogant, you will act according to the face of the Ai family."

"Yes, I know." The two replied.

She was dressed in a yellow court dress, exquisitely embroidered every inch to show her nobility, and the excellent rouge powder was applied to her face, which covered the aging and gave off a girlish luster.

"The fragrance lotion sent by Concubine Zhao is pretty good. After a few days at home, I feel that my whole face is glowing." The empress dowager touched her face, very satisfied.

"Indeed, Concubine Zhao is also a caring person." Huan Yan said.

"Could you not care? She is from the Empress Dowager Sun's natal family in the past. Although she was expelled from the house, if she wants to win the favor of our Empress Dowager, she must work hard." Rurong arranged the skirt carefully, After tidying up the collar and the big red coral string hanging around his neck, he smiled with satisfaction.

As for the Queen's Jingning Palace, it is really a courtier and an emperor. In the past, Empress Liang was considered a person of taste. Now that Hu Huanling lives in it, the whole house is resplendent and resplendent.

The Hu family is famous for its gold and rice, so, bearing the brunt of it, the layout of the main hall and sleeping hall has taken on a new look, indescribably luxurious and magnificent.

The pear wood furniture was replaced with mahogany furniture wrapped in gold leaf, and even the large four-fold white jade screen was trimmed with gold. It was really... a dazzling decoration.

Hu Huanling was two years older than Hu Huanxi, and in Jiji's year, many famous men came to propose marriage, but when Hu Huanling's father was born, he said that she would have great achievements in the future, and the highest would be the mother of the world. A rare commodity to live in, and finally, she became a queen.

"I heard that the Princess Regent also entered the palace today to pay her respects. Madam, you may be able to see this person." Hong Chang, the maid in charge of the Jingning Palace, dressed her neatly and said with a smile.

"Well, I really want to meet her. I heard Huanxi said that she is a top-notch person in the past." Hu Huanling covered the smile on the corner of her mouth and said softly.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if you are top-notch or not, but I heard that she is also a powerful character." Hong Chang said.

"It doesn't matter how powerful you are, I and her are sisters-in-law, so we should love each other."

"Your Majesty is so kind."

Hu Huanling raised her eyebrows slightly, "Let's go, go to Yanxi Palace first, we can't tell the Empress Dowager to wait for me."

In the Yanxi Palace, a group of elegant ladies came early and waited in front of the palace.

The palace lanterns hadn't been completely extinguished, and the light of the morning sun was only a smudge of blue-gray on the horizon. Gradually, the white belly of the fish was revealed, and then the golden light leaped to the horizon.

"The empress is here!" Following the message from the Jingning Palace eunuch, all the noble ladies in front of the palace came forward to salute.