Part 1: Intertwined Time and Space Chapter 4: Trip to Li Country
Chapter 290 Harem (1)
Prime Minister Qin advised: "Your Majesty, think twice. This matter is related to the foundation of the country and cannot be decided hastily."
Yue Qing said angrily: "Okay, Master Yue, Mr. Xue, let's go. If we stay here any longer, I will be pissed to death."
The head of the Yue family stood up: "That's fine, His Majesty Emperor Li. Since the matter has not yet been decided, we will leave first and wait until you have discussed it before making a decision."
Li Huang said: "Master Yue, I am also in trouble with some things. The ancestral etiquette cannot be abolished."
The head of the Yue family said: "Of course Yue Chi understands that our villa also has its own etiquette. Emperor Li doesn't have to worry. We will come back after the discussion is settled."
Everyone in the villa stood up.
A civil servant of His Highness said: "What are you doing, Master Yue? There is a banquet specially held for you all in the palace today. You just left like this, didn't you mean to embarrass the emperor?"
The head of the Yue family turned to them, "Since you are inviting us to the banquet, you should behave as a master should and show Li Guo's sincerity."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to Yueqing, "Miss, let's go."
Yue Qing stood up. Everyone protected her as she walked down the platform.
Manager An was anxious. Seeing that Emperor Li didn't mean to stop him at all, he said, "Well, Your Majesty, how can this be good? The Queen Mother is still waiting."
Li Huang smiled, glanced at Qin Xiang and others, and gave him a calm gesture.
At this moment, someone outside the palace sang loudly: "The Queen Mother's decree has arrived..."
An old eunuch came in with two other eunuchs and stopped not far in front of Yue Qing and others.
Yue Chi stopped and looked at him.
The old eunuch smiled kindly at them, then walked past them towards Li Huang. The other two eunuchs were left bending down and standing respectfully in front of them.
I heard the old eunuch walk to the high platform in the palace and stand: "Let me tell you, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has an edict."
Li Huang straightened up: "Xuan."
The old eunuch turned to face the ministers, straightened his body, held his head high and spoke sharply. "The Queen Mother orally."
All the ministers knelt down and saluted: "Holy Queen Mother, please listen to the Queen Mother's decree."
The three princes also stood up and bowed respectfully.
"The Queen Mother's oral instructions were passed down. The Ai family heard that Princess Shun'an had been in the palace for a long time. Why hasn't she arrived at the harem yet? The Ai family missed the princess very much, so they asked the princess and her brother to go to see her as soon as possible. In addition, the Ai family heard that there was a Jiao. The commander was extremely brave and brought this person to the palace to see him, and the ministers were not allowed to stop him. The Ai family did not care about the affairs of the previous dynasty, and the ministers had no control over the affairs of the harem. The Ai family and the queen were in charge, and all the infamy was reserved for the Ai family. I will bear it with all my strength. I admire this."
Emperor Li hurriedly said: "I sincerely follow the decree of my mother, Queen Yi. My dear friends, do you have any objections?"
No one spoke.
Emperor Li snorted: "Prime Minister Qin, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, since the Queen Mother has a decree, please ask the commander of the imperial army to accompany you." Qin Xiang said.
"Huh, it should have been like this a long time ago. Since everyone has no objections, let's all retreat. Prime Minister Qin and King Bowei can stay."
The ministers bowed and saluted for a while, then retreated one after another.
The old eunuch beside the Queen Mother came to Yue Qing and said: "This must be Princess Shun'an. Oh, it makes the Queen Mother want to die. She waits here and there in the palace and no one comes. When someone inquires, Only then did I realize that the ministers were actually stopped in Fei Luan Hall. To put it bluntly, the ministers of this country are just in charge of the emperor's affairs. There are empress dowagers and empresses in the harem, so it is their turn to do so. Yeah. No, let the slaves come and invite someone quickly."
Yue Qing looked at him without speaking.
The eunuch said: "Look, what are you doing here? The Queen Mother is still waiting. Princess Shun'an, how about we go there now?"
Yue Qing glanced at Mo Xue, who asked, "Miss, do you want to go there?"
Yue Qing sighed in her heart, "I'm here now. I have to go there sooner or later anyway."
Mo Xue smiled and said: "In that case, let Qi Jiao and Chang Yuxiao accompany you."
Yue Qing nodded.
Mo Xue asked Yue Chi: "What does the Yue family think?"
Yue Chi said: "Since Miss wants to go, let's go there."
The old eunuch said with a smile on his face, "Princess, let's go there now?
Yue Qing nodded.
"Okay." With that said, he went over to say goodbye to Emperor Li.
Emperor Li nodded and asked the fourth prince to come and accompany him.
"Fourth child, you go there with the princess, and remember to look at the Buddha many times. Don't make any mistakes."
"Yes, Father."
"Yes." Then he said to Yue Chi and others: "Master Yue, Yu Qing just takes people to the harem to meet the Queen Mother. We still have a lot to talk about."
Yue Chi smiled and said: "That's fine, miss, you go ahead. We will wait for you at Fei Luan Hall."
Yue Qing nodded.
The old eunuch said: "Now that it's all said and done, then Princess, come with me quickly!"
Cai'er took Yue Qing's hand from Yue Chi.
The old eunuch made a gesture of invitation and led a group of people out of Feiluan Hall.
Outside Fei Luan Hall, a man was standing at the door. When he saw them coming out, he stood there and said: "The princess, the fourth prince, and Eunuch Hou, I have been ordered to escort them all the way."
The fourth prince nodded and introduced to Yue Qing: "Sister Yuqing, this is Zhang Hong, the commander of the Forbidden Army. He has outstanding martial arts skills. He used to be a martial artist, but later he surrendered to the court. Before he surrendered, he was a very famous figure in the martial arts world."
Zhang Hong said: "I don't dare. I don't dare to claim to be outstanding in front of Mr. Yuxiao."
"Commander Zhang, there is no need to be humble." San Yu shouted.
Zhang Hong smiled and said, "Please."
The old eunuch also asked someone to carry the soft chair, and the group walked along the wide palace road to the Fushou Palace of the Empress Dowager.
Mo Xue was right. The harem was indeed different from the front palace. Here, the flowers were fragrant, the birds were singing, the colors were bright, and various plants were distributed throughout the palace, especially the flowers. The palaces along the way were all magnificent. Yue Qing was dazzled by what she saw, her eyes never fixed all the way.
Fushou Palace is also very grand, but it is inferior compared to Qingyue Pavilion.
Yue Qing stood in front of the Fushou Palace. The old eunuch said: "Princess, the Queen Mother has said that there is no need to report, and I will let the old slave take you in directly."
"Okay." Yue Qing said, and followed the old eunuch into the Fushou Palace. As he walked, he looked at the decorations everywhere in the palace.
Passing through the wide courtyard, you are facing a building with a hall. There is still a very large courtyard after passing there. There are many palace ladies standing in the courtyard, and the furnishings in the courtyard are more gorgeous than outside.
Yue Qing could see a group of women standing or sitting in the courtyard at a glance. Just talking and laughing.
Seeing them come in, they gradually stopped laughing and looked this way.
A kind old lady is at the center of them. She is sitting on a soft chair and looking at what is in front of her.
The woman in royal attire sitting next to her said, "Queen Mother, look quickly, here we come."
The old lady turned back and looked here.
All the women also looked over, most of them with appraising eyes.
Yue Qing didn't show any shyness at all and looked around briefly. Finally his eyes fell on the old lady.
Eunuch Hou stepped forward and said: "Old ancestor, this servant has brought the princess here."
The old lady nodded, waved to Yue Qing and said, "Quick, come here, let the Ai family take a good look."
The woman sitting next to her stood up.
Yueqing thought for a moment and stepped forward.
"Grandma, are you the Queen Mother?"
When the women around her heard what she said, many of them covered their mouths with handkerchiefs.
The old lady nodded and said lovingly: "Yes, grandma, I am the Queen Mother."
"Oh, hello, Madam." Yue Qing said and bowed slightly.
The Queen Mother was satisfied: "Well, okay, sit over here and let me take a good look."
Yue Qing generously sat in another seat.
The Queen Mother looked up and down a few times and nodded: "Not bad, really good."
The fourth prince stepped forward and said, "Grandma Huang, what's good? Don't just look at sister Yuqing. My grandson has been standing here for such a long time."
The Queen Mother lectured: "It's just you. If you stand for a while longer, you will have something to say. I have seen you a long time ago."
The fourth prince smiled and stepped forward and saluted: "My grandson, please pay your respects to Grandma Huang."
The Queen Mother said: "Well, get up."
The fourth prince stood up and saluted the woman who was sitting just now: "My son, please give my regards to the queen."
The woman said: "Okay, get up quickly."
The fourth prince straightened up, bowed slightly to the women, and said, "Greetings to all the ladies."
Without waiting for anyone to speak, he straightened up.
The Queen Mother lectured: "Skin monkey, get aside quickly, don't stand here. It will affect my conversation with your sister Yuqing."
The fourth prince sighed and stood aside.
The Queen Mother said to Eunuch Hou: "Everyone, please stop standing. Shunxi, go and bring out more chairs so that everyone can sit down. Ah."
Eunuch Hou took the order, and after a while, he moved the chairs and arranged them on both sides.
The Queen Mother said: "Everyone, please sit down, ah, don't stand."
The women sat down on the chairs. The woman who was sitting there also sat down in her original position.
Eunuch Hou also prepared chairs for Chang Yuxiao and four other men.
It's a pity that none of the four people were seated.
The Queen Mother turned to Yue Qing and said, "My child, your name is Yu Qing?"
Yue Qing nodded: "Yes, Grandma the Queen Mother, my name is Yuqing, Chang Yuqing."
The Queen Mother nodded.
"Well, good boy, it's great that grandma will call you Yuqing from now on."
"Okay." Yue Qing smiled.
The Queen Mother continued: "Well, there are many women in this palace. The Ai family heard that you were used to being pampered in the villa since you were a child and could not walk long distances, so they asked the masters of each palace to come here to save you from picking up another palace. Run."
Yue Qing nodded.
The Queen Mother pointed to the woman sitting next to her and said: "This is the queen. Sitting below are the concubines from each palace. That is Concubine Qin, that is Concubine He Shu, and the two sides here are Concubine Tian De and Concubine Yu Xian. Concubine, I won’t introduce the rest of the Ai family to you one by one, you will know them gradually in the future.”
Yue Qing looked at the five women she introduced and nodded.
"Well, you are such a well-behaved child. The Ai family liked you as soon as they saw you."
Yue Qing smiled.
The Queen said: "Yes, Queen Mother, I also like her. What a charming girl."
Next, Concubine Yu Xian said: "I have long heard that the beautiful scenery in the villa is very nurturing. Now that I see the beauty of the princess, it seems that this rumor is not bad."
The Queen Mother nodded, "Speaking of the villa, I heard that there is a Jiao Commander who is very capable. Who is he? Yu Qing, please introduce it to us."
Yue Qing looked at Qi Jiao: "Grandma, he is Commander Jiao, his name is Qi Jiao, and he is responsible for protecting me. Standing next to him is my brother, Chang Yuxiao. And the other four sisters are my maids. "
"Oh, I heard from the Ai family that in Fei Luan Hall, Prime Minister Qin and others stopped you because of this Commander Jiao."
Yue Qing nodded hurriedly: "Yeah, it's so bad. He always scolds me. Even more annoying than the deacon who came with me."
"Who, what is a deacon?"
"He's just a businessman. He came out with me from the villa. He will be in Feiluan Hall now. He is also always asking questions. He can't do this, shouldn't do that, and has a lot of demands. I thought he was the most rigid. Damn, I didn’t expect that this Prime Minister Qin was more powerful than him, and he even laughed at my mother.”
The Queen smiled and said: "Look at this child, there is no one in the world who is not angry. Why, Yuqing has never been angry in the villa?"
"No, the elders have said that no one can be angry with me, otherwise they will be severely punished."
The queen asked: "Who is this elder?"
Cai'er frowned slightly.
Yue Qing thought for a while and said: "Well, well, they are just a few old men, the Queen Mother, as old as you."
Eunuch Hou coughed.
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Really, Yuqing, you are the first person to say that I am old. These people around me never dare to say this."
Yue Qing said: "Oldness is old. Grandma, although you are old, your body will be fine if you continue to dance for several decades."
The Queen Mother laughed loudly: "Look, this child is so good at talking."
Concubine He Shu agreed: "Yes, it's like having honey on your mouth."
Concubine Qin said: "Ancestor, Yuqing is a child who can talk. She can make you laugh with just a few words. Among us, none of us can have this ability. No wonder you have been clamoring to see her."
The Queen Mother laughed again.
Concubine Qin continued: "Yu Qing, you just said your surname is Chang, why don't you have the same surname as King Yongjing, and your brother doesn't have the same surname as King Yongjing. It's really curious."
