Chapter 266 Meeting the Queen Mother

Escort Jia Mu and others into the palace wall, while Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and others only wait outside the inner palace.

Unexpectedly, Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of the Sixth Palace, came out and announced: "The Queen Mother has decreed that Jia Lian, the second-class Zhenyuan general, will come to Weiyang Palace to meet him."

After hearing the Queen Mother's summons, he said goodbye. Speaking of Jia Zhen and others, even Jia Lian himself was full of suspicion.

"I dare to ask Mr. Xia, why did the Queen Mother summon her?"

As the most noble woman in the world, the Queen Mother suddenly summoned her, and anyone would feel a little confused. Stunned.

Besides, Jia Lian has never even seen the queen’s golden face, let alone the queen mother.

As one of the most prestigious eunuchs in the palace, Xia Shouzhong naturally knew a lot of inside information, but he would not explain it to Jia Lian. He just smiled and said: "General Jia, there is no need to be nervous. General Jia The blessings are profound and the future is unlimited. When the time comes, don’t forget to take care of one or two slaves.

Let’s go, the old slave will lead the way for General Jia.”

In this way, Jia Lian could not ask any more questions. Under the shocked and suspicious eyes of Jia Zhen and others, he followed Xia Shouzhong into the inner palace.

The layout of the harem is really different from that of the previous dynasty.

The buildings are compact and the palace walls are deeply locked. Compared with the grand and open palace before, it looks much more deserted and secluded.

Following Xia Shouzhong and other chamberlains, they walked for an unknown amount of time. According to Jia Lian's estimation, they should have almost crossed the entire Sixth Palace and arrived at a relatively open area.

Xia Shouzhong saw Jia Lian staring blankly at the magnificent palace wall in front of him, and explained with a smile: "In front of you is the Chonghua Palace, where the old emperor and the queen mother live."

Jia Lian nodded, he knew this.

Who would have thought that the Forbidden City, which represents the central imperial power, would have the same fate as Rongguo Mansion!

The garden on Rongguofu East Road was once separated and became the east cross courtyard where Jia She lived alone. The palace, most of the section behind the East Road, was also separated and became the Chonghua Palace.

However, the people who lived in Chonghua Palace were the Emperor, the Queen Mother and the concubines. Their status was naturally different from that of the East Cross Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion.

Rumor has it that any deacon and eunuch from the Chonghua Palace, commonly known as the East Palace, dares to quarrel with the chief eunuch of the Sixth Palace, but the other party does not dare to express his feelings...

At this time, it can be seen that Xia Shouzhong looked pious and respectful when he talked about Chonghua Palace.

"Who is coming?"

The road outside Chonghua Palace, threeThere are one post, one post, five steps and one sentry, guarded by the Imperial Guards in dignified uniforms.

"By order of the Queen Mother, I am bringing General Zhenyuan into the palace for an audience."

In fact, as Xia Shouzhong, he does not need to be questioned when entering and leaving the Chonghua Palace, but this time At that time, he was accompanied by Jia Lian. The guard who had been taught strict rules still conducted an interrogation as usual before letting him go.

Chonghua Palace is a huge palace complex surrounded by a single high wall, which is also divided into the front dynasty and the harem.

However, Xia Shouzhong and Jia Lian did not go through the main entrance, but passed through the side entrance to Weiyang Palace, so they did not have to pass through the main hall of Chonghua Palace, which was the emperor's bedroom.

Finally, we arrived at Weiyang Palace. The architecture and courtyard layout here were completely new. Compared with those elsewhere, they were a little less depressing and solemn, and a little more fresh and elegant.

Xia Shouzhong asked Jia Lian to wait a moment. He would go in first to report, and then another group of servants would come out and lead Jia Lian to the main hall.

Jia Lian has been to the Yangxin Hall where Emperor Ning Kang rested, so he has some knowledge of the decorative style of the inner court. Compared with the Yangxin Hall, this place has a slightly more fragrant fragrance, and the eunuchs and maids serving there Contrary to the Yangxin Palace, there are mostly palace ladies and fewer eunuchs.

When he came to the main hall, he couldn’t see clearly the scene inside through the dense bead curtain. Jia Lian didn’t dare to look more. He looked at the upper part of the inner hall and paid homage: " Jia Lian, a humble minister, comes to visit the Queen Mother."

Jia Lian's voice was broad and clear. In the quiet main hall of Weiyang Palace, the sound spread slowly, so that no matter who could see Jia Lian, he could not see Jia Lian. The maids who had not seen Jia Lian all knew that the visitor was a young lord.

And by the sound of his voice, he is probably very handsome.

But those palace maids only dared to quietly raise their heads and take a glance, not daring to do anything else, let alone say anything.

So, after Jia Lian’s greetings, there was a brief silence.

After a while, Fang heard a plain and graceful voice saying: "Get down."

"Thank you, thank you Queen Mother..."

The moment he heard the Queen Mother's voice, Jia Lian frowned involuntarily.

First of all, the Queen Mother’s voice sounds too young... Besides, there are also older women with nice voices, but why does it sound so familiar?

Jia Lian, who was surprised, took advantage of the opportunity to stand up and looked forward from under the bead curtain.

A pair of red embroidered boots were exposed under the beautiful, golden and flowing palace skirt. Apart from this, no other scenery could be seen.

Going up the palace skirt, a figureThe woman with graceful undulations and wearing a simple yet noble phoenix crown was also sitting high up looking at him.

Perhaps catching a glimpse of his prying eyes, the woman's face darkened, and Jia Lian was suddenly shocked and stood up quickly.

But Jia Lian could not calm down after all.

Sure enough, his guess turned out to be true!

It turned out to be the woman I met in the Prince's Courtyard that day. That mysterious and beautiful woman was actually the legendary Queen Mother!

Jia Lian felt a little incredible, because from the beginning to the end, he had never told him from any channel or anyone that the Queen Mother was a young woman.

This dynasty has only had one queen mother for decades, and this queen mother is so young! !

Jia Lian found it a little hard to accept for a while. After all, Emperor Ningkang was fifty years old, and his aunt was still so beautiful?

This is a bit unscientific.

It seems that this woman should be twenty-five...thirty...forty?

Well, he couldn't guess.

I didn’t take a good look at her that day. Maybe I was just confused by her first sight and thought she was Princess Zhaoyang, so I didn’t take a closer look. Maybe, if she takes good care of herself, the wrinkles on her face might be covered up by her superb "evil magic - makeup".

Jia Lian, who was always used to looking at these ancient people from a superior perspective, rarely encountered things that he couldn't understand, and it was inevitable that he would think about something randomly in his mind.

He stood motionless and did not speak, but the Queen Mother inside could see his expression completely.

This boy must be slandering me in his heart...

The Queen Mother naturally remembered that Jia Lian recognized her as the eighteen-year-old Zhaoyang when they first met that day.

Even if he later found out that Zhaoyang had another person, he would only classify her as a member of the royal family.

Now that he found out that she was actually the Queen Mother, he definitely couldn’t calm down in his heart. He just didn’t know what he was thinking about...

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother deliberately tensed up. There was a little smile on her taut face, but she immediately stopped it and continued to say in her usual voice: "Jia Lian, do you know why I summoned you here?"

" I don’t know.”

Jia Lian is a straightforward person, and the Queen Mother is just the Queen Mother, just think that the Supreme Emperor is old and dishonest, and the old cow eats the young grass.

Anyway, he didn’t offend her that day. On the contrary, he sacrificed his life to save her. The Queen Mother only had to think psychologically.If he's not a pervert, it shouldn't be detrimental to him.

The best is to give some benefits!