in2ebook Chapter 138 Princess Quan Luo
Chapter 138 Princess Quan Luo
Chapter 138 Princess Quan Qianluo
It was an antique wooden box that looked quite old, with almost half of the paint on the box peeling off.
Queen Mother Yu opened the box and took out a bracelet and a hairpin from it. She gave the bracelet to Ye Qingmei and the hairpin to Ye Wenyan. Then she said to Mu Qianqiu, "Qianqiu, I won't give them to you since the younger generation is here. These two things are not valuable, but they are brought from my mother's home before I entered the palace. They are considered as dowry."
As she spoke, she forgot to call herself "Ai Jia". "My family is not very wealthy, so this dowry box was saved by my mother when she was young and was given to me after I got married. The jewelry inside is a bit outdated, so you girls don't need to wear it, just keep it. If I get other good things in the future, I will definitely ask someone to send them to you."
Ye Qingmei was a little confused, not knowing whether she should accept the bracelet. But Ye Wenyan took the hairpin generously, then leaned over and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your kindness. Although it is an old item, it does not look outdated and has a kind of retro beauty."
Seeing her sister accept it, Ye Qingmei also accepted it. But she knew the rules better than Ye Wenyan, and knew that she had to kneel down to thank the Queen Mother for the reward.
So she was about to kneel down to Empress Dowager Yu, but Congwen held her up and said, "Young lady, please don't be so polite. The Empress Dowager doesn't treat you as outsiders. If you can visit her more often in the future, it will make her happier than kneeling many times."
Ye Qingmei had no choice but to stand there and thank him again and again.
Finally, they left Changxin Palace, and a little palace maid led the way to Fenghuang Yufei Palace. Empress Dowager Yu escorted them all the way to the palace gate, and before leaving, she politely nodded to Nanny Ji.
The little palace maid was very sensible. She just walked far ahead, keeping a distance that would allow the people behind to see which way to go but not be able to hear what they were saying.
Ye Qingmei was still confused. She didn't know whether to wear the bracelet in her hand or not, and she had no place to put it, so she could only struggle with it endlessly.
Queen Mother Yu's performance was a little too enthusiastic, but Ye Qingmei didn't understand, but Mu Shi understood it very well. She knew that all this was done for Ye Wenyan's sake, or in other words...
Mu's gaze went in one direction, which was the highest point of the imperial palace. There was a palace built on that mountain, which was the most supreme place on this continent.
In other words, Queen Dowager Yu was not considering Ye Wenyan's face, but the face of the palace.
She said to Ye Qingmei: "Don't worry about things you shouldn't worry about. Don't say we don't have that fate. Even if we do, I don't want you to get involved."
Ye Qingmei was stunned. After thinking for a while, she finally understood what her mother meant and couldn't help laughing.
"Mother, you mean the Queen Mother asked me if I have any plans for marriage, right? Don't worry, I don't have that much in mind. Besides, I have already promised her. Now I just need to wait until the mourning period is over so I can get married and live my life well."
Ye Wenyan listened to them talking and remembered that her elder sister was indeed engaged. Not only was her elder sister engaged, but her elder brother was also engaged.
However, it was delayed by the funeral of their grandfather and father, and neither of them was willing to get married within a hundred days, so the wedding had to be postponed for another three years.
But I haven't heard of any contact between him and the Ye Mansion these days. Normally, even if they haven't gotten married yet, they should be very close, right? I don't know if she thinks too much or if something went wrong. I wanted to ask, but then I thought about it. It's the New Year, and some things should wait.
At this time, the maid who was leading the way suddenly stopped, moved to the side, and knelt down to kowtow.
The three Mu family members also stopped walking, and saw a sedan chair being carried by palace servants. Sitting on the sedan chair was a woman in palace dress, who looked to be in her early thirties, with bright features, and her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to those of the Quan family. However, this palace dress was plain, very plain, even plainer than the plain clothes worn by the Ye family during the great mourning period. Except for the buttons and a pattern under the buttons, which were dark blue, the rest was white, as if she was in mourning.
Mu frowned slightly, though only for a moment, but Ye Wenyan still saw it. Ye Qingmei also sighed softly, then knelt down with her mother and said in unison: "Your Highness, your Highness, greets the Princess. May the Princess be safe and sound."
When Mu knelt down, she pulled Ye Wenyan, but Ye Wenyan was only interested in figuring out why the man was still in mourning during the New Year.
Although the late emperor was in mourning, the royal family had to focus on state affairs. Even though it was not appropriate to wear too bright clothes on New Year's Day, they did not have to wear only plain clothes. They still had to take the New Year's atmosphere into consideration.
While she was thinking this, she failed to kneel down in time, and by the time she reacted it was too late.
Then the eldest princess said, "The Ye family is really getting more and more successful. Now they have reached the point where they don't even kneel when they see me. Do they not take me seriously, or do they not take the Northern Qi royal family seriously?"
Ye Wenyan originally wanted to kneel. After all, she had no grudges with the eldest princess in the past or present. Since she had entered a village, she had to follow the customs. A servant had to kneel when meeting a member of the royal family. This was a rule that everyone followed. There was no need for her to care too much about such things.
But the problem is that she is a rebellious person. If it is good for you, me and everyone, then she is fine. But if she is like this eldest princess, who comes up to her and makes a fuss, then she really can't do this kneeling ceremony.
So he stood up straight, tilted his head slightly to look at the person sitting in the sedan chair, and after watching for a while, he saw something and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Since we are talking about the Northern Qi royal family, then the eldest princess should be the eldest princess of Northern Qi, but why doesn't the eldest princess of Northern Qi wear the Northern Qi palace dress? Who are you wearing this mourning dress for?"
After all, she had lived in the palace for half a month, and she would go down Yanhua Mountain to walk around on weekdays. Although she was mostly invisible, others could not see her, but she could see others.
She was very familiar with what the Northern Qi palace dress looked like, so she could tell at a glance that the eldest princess's dress was a little different.
This is not the style of the Northern Qi palace dress. The buttons of the Northern Qi palace dress all go down diagonally from the neckline to the armpits. But the buttons of the princess' dress go down vertically from the neckline, and after four buttons, they are connected to a disc-like pattern in the middle.
There are words on the pattern, but they are not the characters of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Instead, they look like an ancient totem with a distinct exotic feel.
"If the princess is not in mourning for the late emperor, then she has no right to associate herself with the Northern Qi royal family. You can say that I only look down on you, but I still respect the Northern Qi royal family very much."
When she said this, the Changxin Palace maid who was in charge of leading the way couldn't help but raise her head slightly and look over. She thought that the name of the witch of the Fourth Miss Ye was really well-deserved and she was really brave. But she didn't know whether the eldest princess would get angry, and how it would end after she got angry.
Ye Qingmei tugged at Ye Wenyan's skirt and advised her, "Yan'er, stop talking, kneel down, greet the princess, and then make way for her and it will pass."
"It's over?" The princess heard this and was furious. "How can it be over? Tell me, how can it be over?"
Once she got angry, she no longer cared about Ye Wenyan's previous words of retort and just looked at the three of them with endless hatred in her eyes, as if she had an irreconcilable hatred towards the three of them and she wished she could eat them alive.
Ye Wenyan was a little puzzled. She thought that the eldest princess must not be idle and suddenly lost her temper at them. Judging from her posture, it was most likely that there was a grudge between them.
She didn't know about the previous grudge, so she didn't want to talk about it. She just bowed and said, "Greetings to the Princess." Then she stood aside and made way.
Mu and Ye Qingmei also moved to the side, but did not stand up and remained kneeling.
In fact, their original intention was to keep things quiet. Today was New Year's Eve, and even Ye Wenyan was thinking that this was the first palace banquet after Quan Qingcheng became emperor. If it could go smoothly, it would go smoothly. Some things should be tolerated. Even if there would be a reckoning later, they should not cause trouble for the child on the night of the palace banquet.
But the eldest princess refused to do so. She refused to leave even after the way was given to her. She just sat in the sedan chair and stared at Madam Mu, her body trembling.
Ye Wenyan frowned and was about to speak, but suddenly the eldest princess laughed.
The change from anger to laughter was very abrupt. It was already dark, and her sudden laughter in white was really creepy.
The laughter was very loud and could be heard from far away. She laughed so hard that she swayed back and forth. Her movements were so violent that the palace servants who were carrying the sedan chair staggered and almost threw her off the chair.
The princess was completely unaware. She just pointed at Mu and said in a shrill voice, "Mu Qianqiu, this is called karma! Ten years ago, your husband destroyed my family, and now he died young in his prime. Do you think this is retribution? It must be. He has done too many bad things in his life, and God will not allow him to live any longer. Mu Qianqiu, you are now a widow just like me. How is it? Is it good to be a widow?"
The princess smiled as she spoke, "Do you miss your husband? Do you miss the time when he was alive, when you two drank and sang together under the moonlight? Do you still remember what he looked like? Do you remember how he smelled? "Yes, you remember now, because your husband has only been dead for two months, so you haven't completely forgotten him. But what about two years later? What about ten years later? When he's been dead for ten years, will you still remember him?"
The princess became more and more excited as she spoke, almost screaming, "Mu Qianqiu, God is fair, he killed so many people, so God will take his life, and use his life to pay for those people's lives! You deserve to be a widow! You deserve to have the same fate as me! But this is not the end, my child is dead, but your child is still alive and well, this is not fair! I curse your family, sooner or later you will all die, die out! Sooner or later you will become like me, losing your husband and children, and living in pain every day. Mu Qianqiu, you all will not die well! Not a good death!"