Chapter 98 Entering the palace to celebrate the birthday three
In the warm pavilion in the outer room, the queen was dressed in a bright red palace dress, sitting on a soft couch. I knelt down and kowtowed in salute. She stood up quickly and helped me up personally. Although her words were reproachful, they were full of doting:
"You kid, you would rather run around in the house than come to the palace to visit me often. Unfortunately, I still think about you day and night."
"Jinyue didn't run away like crazy, Aunt Rong can testify." I pouted and acted coquettishly. The Queen tapped my forehead with her finger, pulled me to sit on the large soft couch, looked up at Aunt Rong with a smile.
, pointed to the chair next to her, Aunt Rong took her seat generously, with a smile on her face, and replied: "This child has grown up overnight and can no longer climb the wall. He is still clamoring to learn martial arts.
I have hired a teacher to teach you, but I don’t know if I can learn how to do it.”
After hearing this, the queen's face suddenly changed. She was no longer as cheerful as before, and said to Aunt Rong in a serious tone: "Girls should learn some music, chess, calligraphy and painting, how can they be decent at dancing with swords and sticks? You don't want to be old either.
She is doting on her, but she cannot do whatever she wants. She must be ruthless and take control of her, otherwise no noble family will dare to want her in the future."
"Alas..." Aunt Rong sighed and said faintly: "That's the truth, but the Cheng family has been loyal for generations, and the Cheng family's marksmanship is famous in the four countries. Many enemy soldiers died under their guns. If they get to Jinyue, they will die.
It’s really a pity that she lost her roots... So when I heard about her idea, not only did I not stop her, but I asked someone to invite General Cheng’s former lieutenants.”
"That's true. After all, she comes from a family of military commanders. It wouldn't make sense if she didn't know any martial arts. It would be better if she came from a boy's family. The Cheng family wouldn't have no heirs." The queen frowned and thought for a while.
He nodded in agreement and said with regret: "Both General Cheng and his wife died in battle, and the Cheng family's marksmanship has never been passed on to outsiders. There is no other person in the world who knows it. I'm afraid it will be lost..."
Aunt Rong smiled and said confidently: "You don't have to worry about this. General Cheng has always done things carefully and cautiously. He told me a lot of trivial matters before leaving for the expedition, but he did not mention this one. He must have made a complete plan and it is inconvenient.
Tell outsiders."
"No wonder Jin Yue took the initiative to practice martial arts. It turned out to be General Cheng's order." The queen glanced at me clearly. The maids brought fruit snacks. She pushed them in front of me one by one, and then turned to tell Zhi Lan.
: "It's the Queen Mother's birthday. None of the princes have gone to the study today. You go to the East Palace to call the prince and ask him to play with Jinyue."
"Brother Prince, maybe you have homework to do, so don't work. He's coming here. It's good for me to listen to you here." I weighed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus candy, put it in my mouth and took a bite. The taste was a bit too sweet.
, but it’s hard to put it back, so I have to bite the bullet and eat it.
The queen, who is at the center of the harem, could tell my likes and dislikes at a glance. She handed the cup to my hand, poured the plate of snacks into the spittoon beside her, and poured another plate of salty pancakes.
He pushed it in front of me, looked at me sideways, and said: "We are a bunch of old ladies. What we say is very boring. If you listen to it later, you will fall asleep. We have set up a stage in the imperial garden and invited the Dechun class."
Xiao Xiang'er is here to sing in the hall, and there are many other strange scenes. Ask Brother An Ming to take you around."
After hearing what she said, I couldn't refuse anymore, so I nodded and ate two or three more pancakes. Then I heard the eunuch's loud voice announcing: "His Royal Highness has arrived. Beijing is waiting for the Crown Prince to arrive."