Chapter 36: New Year's Greetings from the Palace (1)
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Yin Qingfeng sent Yin Liang to the Qin Palace to inform Li Shimin, saying that he would visit him on the third day. Who knows whether Li Shimin would be openly walking with some people during this festival and have no time to meet him?
On the afternoon of the eighth day of the lunar month, Yin Qingfeng asked Yuemei to put on the fiery red knight outfit, "Girl, go to Qin Wang Mansion with me in a while to pay New Year's greetings."
Yuemei looked at Yin Qingfeng with her big eyes and waited for him to give further explanation.
"The first time I went to the Qin Prince's Mansion, we don't have any gifts to take. Just wear this knight outfit. If the princesses are interested, they will treat it as a New Year's gift. By the way, they will sell you to the palace as a little palace maid. What do you think?"
"Ignore you, and I'll bully me as I'm talking." Yuemei pouted her mouth and said with a smile.
From Longxingfang to Qinwang Mansion, you have to walk around half of the imperial city and palace city, and the pedestrians on this section of the road are either rich or noble.
When passers-by saw Yin Qingfeng hugging Yuemei and riding the handsome white snow across the market, whether it was snow or double-travel, or new black and red clothing or hairstyle, everyone who saw it was paying attention.
"Whose little boy is this? He is very romantic."
"Look at the clothes, is it a new thing from the Western Regions?"
"Looking at that horse, you will know that these two must be of great origin."
"This hairstyle is also strange. When I go back, I ask my wife to comb one."
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Yuemei was watched and hid in her arms behind her.
"Girl, you are my little girl, and there will be many such things in the future. What you have to do now is to straighten your chest and smile. You can't lose face to me." Yin Qingfeng said behind her, as if encouraged and ordered.
When he heard about his husband's face, Yuemei immediately stood up.
In front of the gate of the palace, Yin Qingfeng unexpectedly saw the eunuch surnamed Huang. Before Yin Qingfeng got off the horse, he took two steps to greet him. "I pay homage to my husband and my wife. Your Highness ordered me to welcome him and my wife."
Yin Qingfeng said while dismounting the horse, "Then I'll trouble you. When you have free time, I'll treat you to wine."
Eunuch Huang hurriedly said, "I am afraid, and being able to serve my husband is a blessing for me."
After Yin Liang was led away by Huang Huang's eunuch, Yuemei stretched out her hand and waited for Yin Qingfeng to help her off the horse.
Yin Qingfeng said: "Sit down, I will lead you in. After a while, the princesses of Qin and those princesses will ask you to go in and discuss the knight costumes you are wearing with you. Remember, answer calmly and don't lose face to me."
Yuemei sat down again, "Yuemei won't disappoint your husband."
"That's right. Let's go in."
Yin Qingfeng walked in front, and Bai Xue followed consciously.
The crisp sound of horse hooves along the way attracted everyone's attention to see who dared to bring the horses here so boldly.
Some people had seen Yin Qingfeng before, so they quickly went to the roadside to give gifts. When others who had never seen him before, they also quickly did the same thing when they saw their companions around them.
Yin Qingfeng smiled and walked forward, Bai Xue stalked with her head up, and Yueyue's eyebrows sat upright on the horse.
When the two of them passed by, the palace maids and the eunuchs began to discuss.
"Whose husband and daughter are these two men, and they dare not get off the horse in the Qin Palace?"
"I don't know who it belongs, but you also saw Eunuch Huang, smiling beside him."
"Yes, although Eunuch Huang is not old, he is very favored by General Manager Li. He can send him to greet him, which shows that these two people have extraordinary identities!"
"Yes, I've never seen these two people dressed before, and they look so handsome and heroic."
"Remember, when you see these two again, you have to be careful to serve them, otherwise you will cause me to be implicated."
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Yin Qingfeng, who was listening to the Huang Eunuch explaining the structure of the royal palace, saw him suddenly stop and bow to salute, and then he noticed Li Jinan standing in front of the courtyard gate in front.
When Li Jinan saw that Yin Qingfeng had seen him, he came out of the courtyard gate and actually greeted Yin Qingfeng first. "Li Jinan, the manager of the mansion, has met Yin Langjun and his little wife."
Yin Qingfeng was a little panicked. Before, Huang's eunuch was greeted by the gate. Now Li Jinan was waiting halfway and formally introduced himself. He felt that this was not just because he was given a marriage, "I pay homage to General Manager Li."
Yuemei didn't wait for Yin Qingfeng to help her, and jumped off the horse, "Yuemei greeted General Manager Li."
Li Jinan looked at Yuemei, pointed at the Eunuch Huang and said with a smile: "My little lady, let me go with him to pay homage to several princesses. Your Highness wants to summon Yin Langjun alone."
Seeing Yuemei and the Eunuch Huang leave, Li Jinan said to Yin Qingfeng: "Mr. Please come inside."
Yin Qingfeng followed Li Jinan and was a little puzzled, because this road was not the road leading to the study he had been to twice. But Li Jinan didn't explain, and he couldn't ask.
When he arrived at a palace, Li Jinan turned around and said, "This is the Hongyi Palace, Your Highness's bedroom. Please come with our house."
"Door Palace?" Yin Qingfeng asked in his heart, "This is equivalent to receiving guests in the bedroom. The etiquette and rules of the Tang Dynasty are so open?"
Yin Qingfeng followed Li Jinan into the inside, and became more and more puzzled. When he saw Li Shimin walking on the bed, he realized the reason why he felt awkward along the way.
Li Shimin's originally rosy cheeks are now pale.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, and Your Highness Yin came to pay a visit."
Li Jinan's voice made Yin Qingfeng see that there was a woman in the palace dress sitting at Li Shimin's feet.
Yin Qingfeng stopped and bowed to the courtesy, "I'm going to meet my uncle and the princess."
The woman in the palace dress looked at Yin Qingfeng, got up and walked to the head of the bed to mix up Li Shimin, put a pillow behind him before sitting back to her original position. However, she turned her body to Yin Qingfeng's direction.
"It's all a family, so why are you called Your Highness the Princess? This is your aunt Changsun, you've seen it again."
Li Shimin's voice seemed extra weak in the empty bedroom.
Yin Qingfeng greeted the woman again as Li Shimin said. After he finished the ceremony, he realized, "Is she the legendary Empress Changsun?"
Just now, between the time when Princess Changsun stood and sat, Yin Qingfeng naturally looked at her.
She was about 1.6 meters tall, even a little lower. Her face looked a little plump, but under her wide robe, she should have a thin body. If it weren't for the gorgeous palace outfit and the slightly majestic look at him, Yin Qingfeng would not dare to associate her with a generation of virtuous queens.
Yin Qingfeng let go of his mind, turned around and asked respectfully to Li Shimin: "I haven't been farewell to my uncle for a while, I don't know why my uncle's body is..."
Li Shimin did not answer immediately, but sat there like Princess Changsun, looking at Yin Qingfeng for a long time.
Just as Yin Qingfeng's heart was getting more and more furious, Princess Changsun said to Li Shimin: "It's better to say it to me."
Seeing Li Shimin nodding, Princess Changsun turned her body and said to Yin Qingfeng: "I have heard of your name for a long time."
Her voice was soft and crisp. After listening, people would subconsciously concentrate on listening.
"It's not in vain to see you today that I will marry Yueli to your original intention."
Although there is no praise in her words, this sentence "is not in vain" applies the art of praise to the extreme.
Yin Qingfeng praised in his heart, bowed his body slightly to express his modesty. But he disagreed with the ancients' values of judging people by their appearance.
Princess Changsun continued, "Originally, I heard that you were coming to celebrate the New Year, and everyone in the palace was looking forward to it very much. But who knew..."
After once again praising Yin Qingfeng to the sky, a turning point from Princess Changsun made Yin Qingfeng feel anxious.
"...The evening before yesterday, your uncle went to the East Palace for a banquet..."
Speaking of this, Princess Changsun turned to look at Li Shimin. Li Shimin responded to her with a silent smile. She looked at Li Shimin for a while before turning around and said, "If it weren't for your uncle's alertness, I'm afraid you wouldn't have seen him now."
Yin Qingfeng's heart skipped a beat.
"Although your uncle is careful, he was still persuaded to drink half a sip of wine..."
Chapter completed!