Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 111
When Emperor Xiaowen said he wanted to leave, naturally no one dared to stay.Except for Shen Yuning and Empress Zhou, several princes, concubines and princesses followed the rules and drove back to the court with Emperor Xiaowen, leaving only a bunch of wives looking at each other in blank dismay.

The wives who can stand here are all good people. Although they don't dare to talk too much on the face, they can't help but sigh in their hearts.Emperor Xiaowen has always done a good job in filial piety, and even the most strict and old-fashioned censor can't find fault, but now he leaves the queen mother and leaves first. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the mother and son are at odds.

Queen Mother Pei was lost in thought as she watched Emperor Xiaowen's hurried away figure. Her usually strong face showed a rare hint of fatigue. It wasn't until a cold wind blew outside the courtyard that she coughed into her handkerchief and then turned around.

Empress Zhou was demure and decent, she always knew what to say and what not to say, otherwise Emperor Xiaowen wouldn't have specially asked her to stay with Empress Dowager Pei.Seeing this situation, she just sighed silently in her heart, refilled a cup of tea and handed it to Empress Dowager Pei: "Queen Mother, you already have a cough, if you catch a cold again, your Majesty may not be able to sleep well. "

Queen Mother Pei closed her eyes, rubbed her brows, and waved her hand: "Queen, you have worked hard all day, go down and rest."

She waved back a group of wives: "There are many things today, if you want to offer a longevity lamp, this is the right time, and it is inconvenient for the Ai family to detain you. This little girl stayed to talk to the Ai family. Others Everyone back down."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's eyes followed the direction of the Empress Dowager Pei's finger, and finally all fell on Huo Qi.

It was a little girl carved in jade.

The little girl has a tender face, but the temperament around her is unreasonably stable, showing a rare sense of Zen in this quaint Buddhist temple.If you don't look for her, I'm afraid no one will notice that there is such a silent person standing here.But once you notice her, it's hard to take your eyes off her.

Complicated expressions appeared in the eyes of all the ladies.

In the past few years, Empress Dowager Pei devoted herself to the Buddha and ignored secular affairs. She rarely summoned her concubines and ministers' family members. It was extremely honorable for a concubine to say a few words in front of the Empress Dowager.This pilgrimage to Baotan Temple is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get close to the Empress Dowager, and many people tried their best to please the Empress Dowager Pei.

But who would have thought that it was a little girl who got face?
Jiang also frowned subconsciously.She used to think that Huo Qi was more gentle than virtuous. Although she couldn't fault her etiquette and rules, the Huo family had raised her to have too much character.After all, how can a woman from an aristocratic family always go to the paddock to race horses?
Yuan Xianzhi is satisfied with Huo Qi, but she always feels that Huo Qi is not perfect.But now that Huo Qi is getting older, his actions seem to be more appropriate, and now he is even favored by the Queen Mother Pei.Thinking of the fact that the two families could no longer be in-laws, she felt as if the duck in her mouth was flying away.

Even Queen Zhou fell into a momentary astonishment.But after thinking about it, she understood that just now in the hall, it seemed that this little girl stepped forward to rescue the Queen Mother Pei.Jade Guanyin collapsed, and those who were at fault have already been dealt with. At this time, it is natural to reward meritorious deeds.

Wang didn't expect this to happen, but she didn't show too much surprise after all, she just pinched Huo Qi's palm to remind her to speak carefully, and then retreated out with the others.

In the blink of an eye, apart from Empress Dowager Pei and Aunt Lu beside her, only Huo Qi was left in the meditation room.

Huo Qi immediately took two steps forward, fell on the ground and saluted respectfully: "My daughter, Huo Qi, has met the Queen Mother, all blessings to the Queen Mother."

There was a faint smile on Mrs. Pei's back, but the smile didn't reach her eyes: "So it's a girl from the Huo family. How old are you?"

Huo Qi lowered his mind and said, "As far as the Queen Mother is concerned, I will be sixteen in June this year."

Queen Mother Pei nodded, and her eyes signaled Aunt Lu beside her to help Huo Qi up, and then she took a closer look at the girl's face.

Although the Empress Dowager Pei seldom summoned her wives for questioning these years, she knew everything about the wives and daughters of the court ministers and the origins of the major families.Just now when she saw that the little girl was standing beside Wang Shi and Huo Xian, she knew that she was from Duke Ning's mansion, but Huo Ruhai only got one prostitute daughter, so it must be Huo Qi.

However, although she knew that there was such a person as Huo Qi, she had a very vague impression of Huo Qi himself. In the past, she only heard about it from Emperor Xiaowen, saying that he wanted to be the concubine of the Hou family for the Yuan family.She originally only thought that Huo Qi was the daughter of a stereotyped family, but now she saw that this girl was dignified and prudent, and she was not afraid of danger just now in the hall, this kind of disposition is really rare.

"Why did you save Ai's family just now?" The Empress Dowager Pei asked with a smile, but her face was a little tentative, "Although the wealth and wealth are charming, for most people, saving their own lives is the most important thing."

This can be said to be a very sharp question. If a person makes a mistake, he is afraid that he will be beaten as an unscrupulous person who sacrificed his life for wealth and wealth.Huo Qi was stunned for a moment before saying: "When Yu Guanyin was about to fall, the Empress Dowager was not far in front of my servant, and my servant happened to be able to hold the Queen Mother."

After finishing speaking, Huo Qi couldn't help feeling guilty.Although saving Empress Dowager Pei was not all for the sake of glory and wealth, it was definitely not that simple.Apart from being able to completely remove Huo Xian from this matter, the most important thing is that the Empress Dowager Pei must not become a victim of this drama, which is not what she wants to see.

The Empress Dowager Pei saw that Huo Qi didn't say anything high-sounding, and she didn't deliberately try to be obedient, she just said that the environment she was in at that time happened to be able to save her, and she thought of Huo Qi even more in her heart.She has been sitting in the position of queen mother for so many years, and she has seen many hypocritical and glib people, but Huo Qi looks like a real child.

She laughed again: "You are an idiot. Speaking of which, the grandson of the Ai family has always been a temper who doesn't care about anyone, but today he is willing to rescue you, which is a miracle."

That is to say, Empress Dowager Pei also saw that Shen Yuning rescued her today.Huo Qi turned his mind a little bit and knew the intention of the Empress Dowager Pei. Most people might only interpret Shen Yuning's actions as a matter of urgency, but it is not so easy for a person with seven senses like the Empress Dowager Pei to hide it.

Huo Qi laughed at himself: "The empress dowager said just now that the minister's daughter saved you today, but why didn't you save the minister's daughter? His Highness the Seventh Prince is willing to help you today. If you don't let the minister's daughter become a rescuer, you will be on your own." The incompetence of life is naturally because His Highness has a heart of benevolence. In addition, the courtiers dare to guess, maybe it is because His Highness can't bear what the Empress Dowager can't bear."

The back and forth between Queen Mother Pei and Huo Qi made even Aunt Lu, who had served the Queen Mother for decades, sweat.Everyone in the palace said that His Highness the Seventh Highness did not have the Sacred Heart, but no matter how he did not have the Sacred Heart, he was raised by Queen Mother Pei single-handedly.Although the Queen Mother Pei did not pamper His Highness Seventh Prince on weekdays, she knew very well how much the Queen Mother valued His Highness.

The question Queen Mother Pei just asked was obviously to test whether Ning Guogong's daughter had a long-standing relationship with His Highness Seventh Prince.His Highness the Seventh Prince is not approachable, and the reason why he rescued people today is very unclear. But this Miss Huo is really a wonderful person. It was actually because His Highness the Seventh Prince couldn't bear the Queen Mother's sadness and saw the little girl who saved him. The fragrance disappeared and the jade died, so he went out of his way to save people.

It's wonderful.

The smile in Empress Dowager Pei's eyes deepened, she took off the bracelet on her wrist, and motioned for Aunt Lu to hand it over to Huo Qi: "You will make Ai's family happy. Meeting you today is also a fate, Ai Everyone knows that the Ningguo Mansion has always been full of good things, and the elders can't deny it, this bracelet, you can play with it."

Huo Qi took it with both hands, only then did he see clearly that it was a white jade bracelet with the pattern of the Eight Immortals. Judging by its fineness, it might be worth a thousand pieces of gold.Huo Qi originally wanted to decline, but it was obvious that the Empress Dowager Pei couldn't talk more about this matter, so she had to salute and accept it.

Huo Qi had just been lifted up, only to hear Empress Dowager Pei's voice rang again, with a bit of teasing in her serious tone: "Is it enough to listen to the corner outside?"

(End of this chapter)