After the new widow, I became a tyrant's tender outer chamber

Chapter 240 The Righteous Daughter
The Shangyuan is approaching, and the Ministry of Rituals has begun to get busy. The new emperor is also making preparations for the sacrificial offerings, and he is too busy to touch the ground.Every year at this time, the palace must prepare cattle and sheep sacrificial vessels, offering sacrifices to heaven and gods.

The Ministry of Rites naturally pays more attention to the sudden natural disaster this year, and wishes to pray for the people to have a good weather.

But no matter how important the matter of the previous dynasty was, after layers of palace walls were cut down, and it fell into the harem, it was just a random ear.
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In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager was leaning on the couch, with one hand resting on the pillow.

This season is still a bit chilly, and the Empress Dowager is extremely afraid of the cold, so she is still using a hand stove right now.On the one hand, the new mother held a small copper fire chopstick, fiddled with the charcoal fire in the hand stove, and then handed it back to the Queen Mother.

She glanced at it, hooked her hand and took it, "Why hasn't he come yet?"

The nanny lowered her hands, heard the words, and hurriedly asked tentatively, "Maidservant, go and have a look?"

A look of impatience appeared on her brows, "Look what, you don't need to go to this kind of thing, just send someone else." Ever since the nanny who had been with her was sent out of the palace, she Look at this newcomer is not pleasing to the eye.

It's fine if you don't talk, but when you talk, it always makes her feel depressed.

Mammy nodded and left, just as she was walking out the door, she happened to meet someone who was waiting for her.She was overjoyed and hurriedly led people in.

The maidservant who came was dressed in a new palace attire, she shrank timidly and waited for the mother to invite her twice before entering the room.As he walked away, he asked quietly, "Why is the empress dowager looking for slaves? The young master still needs someone to take care of her, and she can't do without people."

The little master she was talking about was Li Shi, the crazy beauty that the palace people said.

This morning she was going to fetch water from the well, she didn't want someone who claimed to be close to the Queen Mother to come suddenly, saying that the Queen Mother wanted to see her.She had no choice but to put down her work first, put on the brand new clothes brought by the visitor, and hurried here.

Nanny tilted her head slightly, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, girl, it's a great thing. As for Li Meiren, a newcomer has gone to take care of her."

What does this mean?Can't she stay by Xiaozhu's side anymore?
Huaping wanted to ask, but the soft curtain had already been lifted, because he suppressed all doubts and anxiety back to the bottom of his heart.

On the Arhat's bed, an old woman with a dignified expression was reclining.She allowed Huaping to salute, and she didn't want her to lie flat, and asked casually, "What's your name?"

"Back to your mother, this servant Huaping." Huaping didn't dare to have any objections, but obediently knelt down and secretly speculated about the Queen Mother's intentions.The empress dowager's face was cold, which really made her panic, and now there was thin thin sweat on her forehead.

"Come." The queen mother beckoned to her.

She got up, moved her numb legs secretly, and walked closer, not daring to raise her head.

The queen mother handed her a fruit.She was startled, and looked at the queen mother, "This..."

"From now on, would the Ai family recognize you as a foster daughter?" The queen mother pushed her hand, motioning her to eat, her tone softened a bit, "Your name is not good, ordinary girls don't get it like that."

Before she could say a word, Huaping fell to her knees with a thump, saying repeatedly, "I dare not."

The queen mother said softly, "Why don't you dare." She gave a glance to the nurse who was standing beside her, and the nurse stepped forward to support the painting screen.

"Sister Qi is not around, and Xue'er is gone, leaving Ai's family alone."

She sighed for a long time, although this move had another purpose, but this loneliness could not be faked, she lowered her eyebrows, her hair was full of silver threads, the wind blew in through the window, and could not move the dimples on her face .

"If you still care about Ai's family, just treat it as being with Ai's family. Anyway, it won't be you for a few years."

Speaking of this, Huaping couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to accept.

The Empress Dowager put away her gloomy look, and smiled with satisfaction, "From now on, you will temporarily live in the Compassionate Ning Palace. As for the name - take the word 'Hua' and use the Ai family's surname, okay?"

White painting.

For Huaping, it was indeed a great gift for her to be awarded this name.If it wasn't for the truth, being the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager would be beyond the imagination of a maid like them.

She was seized by joy for a moment, and she couldn't thank her enough, and the restraint just now disappeared a bit.

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, and said to the nanny beside her, "He is a sensible child." Only when he is obedient enough can he handle it.

Mammy agreed, "That's right, there's nothing wrong with being so loyal to protect the Lord."

Afterwards, the Empress Dowager took a sip of Jinkou and rewarded many white paintings of pearl hairpins and jade hairpins that had only been seen in Li Meiren's make-up dowry before.The pearls and jades shone brightly in the daytime, very eye-catching.

Bai Hua stared at the light, her heart moved slightly, and she couldn't move her eyes for a moment.
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At this moment in the Temple of Heaven, the palace people had already set up sacrificial ritual vessels, and all the officials stood by, everything was ready.

Jiang Huaiyang was tall and tall, standing at the bottom of the steps, but he didn't seem to move.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming soon." Wen Zhi reminded in a low voice.

He only responded lightly, still waiting for something.He is not a believer in God, but it is necessary to do such a thing to appease the hearts of the people, but to achieve other goals, it is just a matter of smooth sailing.

The sky was a bit gray, with raindrops floating and falling on people's skin, with an unbearable chill.The ministers below secretly rolled up their sleeves.

Some of them winked at the Minister of Rites and asked him to remind him again.

Minister of Rites glared at the man, but still hesitated to step forward, and whispered a few words to Jiang Huaiyang.

"Concubine Jin hasn't arrived yet?" He asked.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites pursed his lips, "Your Majesty, don't wait. Although Concubine Jin is very popular now, it is not in compliance with the regulations for women to participate." tongue.

Jiang Huaiyang glanced lightly, the light in his eyes was like a deep winter pool, extremely cold, "What about women?" Could his needlework be better than them?When it comes to reading and holding a sword, there are all the best among women.

There was still something that the Minister of Rites didn't understand, he sighed secretly, and stepped aside with his hands down.

The rain is still pattering, and the surrounding rocky paths are covered with a layer of darkness, only the new buds are wet and look like emeralds, beautiful and lovely.

Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, it was inevitable that some ministers became anxious, and there were rustling commotions underneath.

Suddenly, the rain stopped, and the sky suddenly appeared. The golden light broke through the clouds and scattered, and the surrounding area of ​​the Temple of Heaven became brighter.When the ministers were amazed, a sedan chair greeted the light.

A woman in white dress with a hairpin made of glass and pearls swayed up and down, the light reflected her skirt as light as a cloud, with every step, the skirt fluttered slightly.

Her eyes were pale, and she lowered her eyes slightly, as if she was staring at the ministers.Arriving in the coming season, her whole body seemed to have a layer of gold edging, so beautiful and charming, she was not like anything in the world.

All the ministers and courtiers turned their faces to look at it, some were stunned as if frozen in place, and some believed in God panicked and worshiped.

(End of this chapter)