The empress came in person. Although Empress Dowager Zhu was the empress dowager, she had no real power, so she still stood up to greet her.
I saw Queen Wang dressed in splendid scarlet clothes, as beautiful as peonies and peonies, indescribably gorgeous, followed by the eldest son Zhao Huan and Princess Rongfu behind her.
Empress Wang and her children saluted Empress Dowager Zhu with a very respectful and courteous attitude, quite like a mother caring for the world.
Empress Dowager Zhu didn't dare to support her, so she stepped forward to help her and said many polite words.
Empress Wang looked at Xiao Qi and sighed: "Unfortunately, I caught the cold a few days ago and was unable to attend the palace banquet to help Princess Yan wash away the wind and dust. Today I heard that Princess Yan entered the palace and came uninvited. I am really ashamed."
Xiao Qi followed Wang Yuyan. She had read a few medical books and knew some pharmacology. With her shallow medical skills, she could tell at a glance that Queen Wang was indeed ill. How could she dare to blame her at the moment? She hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Queen He is the master of the East Palace and needs to keep his body, so Xiao Qi should go and visit him."
While talking, he took the initiative to help the other person sit down.
"This must be the Crown Prince of Yan! He is indeed a talented person, and he is quite like his father."
Queen Wang glanced at Murong Chengze who was standing aside and couldn't help praising him.
Xiao Qi hurriedly asked Murong Chengze to come over and pay his respects. ?.?????.???
Empress Wang generously rewarded her with a jade pendant. The texture and carvings looked like a treasure in the palace.
After thanking Queen Wang for the reward, he introduced Prince Ding and Princess to Murong Chengze.
Murong Chengze couldn't help but feel happy that there were suddenly a few playmates of the same age around him, but when he thought of their identities as princes and princesses, he didn't dare to show too close, and with the addition of the eldest son of the emperor, He had a very pleasant conversation with Zhao Yupan and Zhao Fujin, but the smile on his face also faded a bit.
Prince Ding Zhao Huan assumed a condescending attitude as soon as he came up. He was quite contemptuous of Murong Chengze, the prince of the vassal. Especially when he thought of something, he looked at him with even more unkind eyes.
Murong Chengze was not a submissive person. After he noticed that Prince Ding despised him, he did not flatter him like ordinary children of princes and nobles. He just walked aside to mind his own business.
Zhao Yupan and Zhao Fujin were equally dissatisfied with this imperial brother, but because of their previous contact, they were very fond of this Prince Yan who was interesting in speaking and very knowledgeable, so when Murong Chengze walked away, they followed him together.
Although the second princess Zhao Jinnu is not as high-minded as King Ding, she is the elder brother of her own mother. Seeing that he is not welcomed by others, even though she wants to whisper with her two sisters, she still treats him as such. At my brother's side.
Seemingly seeing the situation here, Queen Wang sighed and left early, citing her health as an excuse.
After leaving Shengrui Palace, Queen Wang looked at the prince beside her and sighed for the second time: "What does King Ding think of Prince Yan?"
King Ding said: "He is just the crown prince of a vassal from a distant country. Why does the queen drag her body and bring her children and sister here to see him?"
The words were full of incomprehension and confusion, and there was even a trace of resentment in his heart.
Queen Wang's eyes were complicated and she said: "King Yan is the king of the Song Dynasty and the pillar of the country. Even if his son is not a talent to save the country, but the tiger father has no son, how can I allow you to look down upon him like this?"
"Well, as the eldest son of the emperor, you are bound to inherit the throne in the future. I may not have the chance to see that day again, but I still want to do my best to find someone who can guard the ancestral temple and lead Heli Mountain for you. Sir, do you really still don’t understand?”
King Ding said: "My mother's illness will definitely be cured. With you by my side, my child will not be afraid of anything."
He only knew that his mother was the empress of the Song Dynasty. Although she was seriously ill and her health was deteriorating, with the strength of the whole country, she might not be able to cure her. In the future, he would still need her to assist him behind his back to create a prosperous age of the Song Dynasty.
Seeing that her child was so innocent, some words that came to Queen Wang's lips could only be turned into deep sighs.
"Mother, you will be fine."
The second princess Zhao Jinnu on the side held the hand of Queen Wang and said with red eyes.
Queen Wang stared at her daughter for a long time, then smiled lightly and stopped talking.
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As Queen Wang left, the atmosphere in Shengrui Palace became much more harmonious. After all, the Queen had a distinguished status. Not only did the two empresses, the Imperial Concubine and the Concubine Shu, feel at a loss what to do, even the Empress Dowager Zhu felt a little uncomfortable.
It was rare to see such a lively scene, so the Empress Dowager Zhu left the two empresses in the Shengrui Palace to have a meal, and she and the three little ones also became happy.
Looking at their daughter playing with Murong Chengze, Concubine Zheng and Concubine Liu Shu had an inexplicable sparkle in their eyes, and they didn't know what they were thinking.
The most powerful person in the Song Dynasty today, apart from the official family, is the world-famous King Murong Fu of Yan. Although King Yan's vassal territory is not within the Song Dynasty, his reputation in the court has not diminished at all.
Not to mention that they were already acquainted with the Empress Dowager Zhu and her daughter. Even if they did not have this relationship, the two of them would still find ways to establish friendship with them. It just so happened that this time Princess Yan brought Prince Yan back to Beijing. If they could form a relationship, An in-law is a God-given match that no one else would envy.
What's more, this matter was tacitly approved by the officials. Before Princess Yan returned to Beijing, Huizong had secretly revealed some intentions to Concubine Zheng and Concubine Liu, otherwise they would not have dared to bring the princess to express their greetings to Empress Dowager Zhu.
Among the princesses, Zhao Yupan, Zhao Jinnu and Zhao Fujin were the most outstanding in appearance. The rest were either too young or inferior in appearance, so Huizong only revealed it to Concubine Zheng and Concubine Liu Shu, so that they might as well. When Princess Yan returned to the palace to visit, she took the two princesses to greet the Queen Mother.
As for the queen's side, Huizong did not mention it after careful consideration. Today, the queen made her own decision without official approval.
The queen's original intention was to get Prince Ding and Prince Yan to get acquainted with each other, but she didn't know that her son was arrogant and behaved unsatisfactorily, which was counterproductive, so she hurriedly took them away.
After staying in Shengrui Palace for a day, Xiao Qi took Murong Chengze out of the palace and returned to Prince Yan's Mansion before the sun set.
On the way, Murong Chengze stuck his head out of the window in a good mood and looked at the bustling downtown along the streets and the bustling crowds of people passing by with smiles on their faces.
Xiaoqi opened a corner of the curtain, and in a trance, she seemed to have returned to the scene when she went to Jinshui River to participate in the poetry meeting. She accidentally fell into the water on the painting boat and was rescued by Murong Fu. At that time, she had fallen deeply in love with him. The other party, now that times have changed, he finally got what he wanted and married the man of his dreams.
"Ze'er, let's go down and take a walk!"
Xiao Qi suddenly became interested and asked the groom to stop the car, and he led Murong Chengze down.
