Chapter 2·

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei walked into Cining Palace.

The two looked up and saw the empress dowager sitting upright in the room. Madam Rong and Madam Gui were pounding her back behind her, and the eunuch and palace maid were serving around. Qianlong sat in a chair beside her, and the empress and concubine stood with her side. The people in the room were quiet and silent.

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei quickly knelt down at the Empress Dowager and Qianlong.

"Ziwei kowtows to the Lord of Buddha, it's good for you!" Ziwei kowtowed down, got up, and kowtowed again, "Ziwei kowtows to the Emperor! Empress! Empress Ling!"

Xiaoyanzi quickly followed and kowtowed according to the same gourd.

"Little Swallows bow to the Lord of Lafayette, and it's auspicious to Lord of Lafayette! There are also Emperor Ama, Empress, and Concubine Ling!"

"Raise your head! Let me see!" said the queen mother, with a momentum of not being angry but powerful in her voice. Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi raised their heads timidly.

The queen mother's eyes were majestic on the faces of the two girls.

"Get up!"

The two stood up and stood respectfully, not daring to show their anger.

The Queen Mother smiled:

"I just heard the story of you two, but I didn't expect that the palace was so lively in the past six months after I left! It seems that I have missed a lot of good shows."

Ziwei didn't dare to reply. When Xiaoyanzi saw the queen mother smiling, she put aside her alertness and said excitedly:

"Not! Grandma, why do you go to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name? I missed Ertai's wedding and also missed the Tibetan toast competition..."

Ziwei hurriedly pulled Xiaoyanzi's clothes. Xiaoyanzi suddenly woke up and quickly changed her words:

"I mean..." The voice became weaker, "Go back to Lafayette, you have indeed missed a lot of good shows!"

Qianlong stared at Xiaoyanzi, smiled helplessly and said:

"Mother Huang, this little swallow is like this. I haven't learned the rules yet. I think she is innocent and so I will go with her. You'd better not be skeptical about her!"

The queen mother frowned and looked at the little swallow and asked:

"I heard that you have no father or mother. How did you live before you entered the palace?"

"Me?" Xiaoyanzi turned to look at Ziwei and asked quietly, "Do you want to tell the truth?"

The Queen Mother frowned again.

"I'm asking, don't look around!"

Xiaoyanzi was shocked and hurriedly looked at the Queen Mother.

"Return... back to Lafayette, I have many ways! I sell my skills, climb poles, play big flags... Sometimes I also play tricks."

The Queen Mother couldn't understand:

"What are you? What are you selling? What are you crawling? What are you playing?"

Ziwei was very anxious and went to quietly pull Xiaoyanzi's clothes. Xiaoyanzi was asked by the Queen Mother and was a little nervous, but Ziwei pulled her even more nervous. She didn't know what she said wrong, so she went to see Concubine Ling, and Concubine Ling shook her head. Xiaoyanzi was in a daze, and the Queen Mother's voice sounded again:

"What are you? Say it again!"

The little swallow rushed out of her mouth in a hurry:

"I don't have anything, nothing!" Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered Erkang's warning, and could not say "what", so I quickly declared that I didn't say "what!"

The Queen Mother opened her eyes wide and heard that one head was two big.

"Ah? What?"

Xiaoyanzi became even more anxious and opened her eyes wide and asked:

“What ‘what’?”

The empress dowager and Xiaoyanzi made endless troubles, and everyone in the room was stunned. Qianlong and Concubine Ling exchanged a ridiculous gaze. The palace maids tried their best to hold back their anger and hold back their laughter.

Ziwei must not stop interface:

"When I go back to the Lord Lafayette, Xiaoyanzi's words are not meaningful. She means that she can have some skills in fist and foot. Before entering the palace, she relies on performing fist and foot skills to make a living. "Climbing poles and playing big banners" are the names of performances."

Xiaoyanzi hurriedly interface:

"Yes, yes! Wait for that day, Grandma, you... are not right, Lord Lafayette..." I felt it was not right, so I shook my head and said to myself, "No, I will add 'Good Lord Lafayette'... If you like Lord Lafayette... I will show you!"

The Queen Mother was confused by the little swallow and frowned and said:

"I'm probably old for your 'natural', but I can't stand it'!" The empress dowager frowned all the time, and Xiaoyanzi was so nervous that she was incoherent:

"How could it be? I climb poles and play big banners and perform all the same things. There is no need to be a right one. You... No, Lord Lady..." I hurriedly changed my words, "Reply to Lord Lady... It doesn't matter if you are old. As long as you see, I won't hit you. There is no need to answer. There is nothing to 'resist'! Grandma, you..." Thinking about it, I'm even more nervous, changed my words, "You are..." Thinking about it, I'm not right, "Reply to Lord Lady... Oh!" Xiaoyanzi always said it wrong, and in a hurry, he slapped herself, "I'm so nervous... Whatever you say is wrong..." She glared at the empress dowager and rushed out, "Can I call you grandma? The three words "Lord Lady" are really awkward, and I can't say it anyway!"

Qianlong frowned and shook his head. Concubine Ling bit her lips and was anxious. The queen was so proud. The eunuchs and palace maids were almost suffocating. The empress dowager was dizzy and was disturbed.

"What are you talking about...what do you mean?"

Ziwei had to bite the bullet and relieve Xiaoyanzi:

"Laofu! Before Xiaoyanzi entered the palace, she took care of many homeless elderly people. There were some old ladies there who called them "grandma". In her heart, the most affectionate name was "grandma". She looked at you with kind eyes and amiable eyes, and forgot that you were the noble "grandma."

"Yes, yes, yes! That's it!" Xiaoyanzi nodded again and swallowed her saliva, "I think this empress dowager is also a human being, and it is a bit different from the 'Tao Lord'. I think the 'Tao Lord' worshipped in the temple is carved from stone and made of mud... How could you be as flesh and blood as you, and you could talk and laugh?"

Qianlong quickly interrupted Xiaoyanzi:

"Little Swallow! Don't be 'ingenious and unique'! Everyone calls the Queen Mother the 'Laofu', just call it the right name!"

When Xiaoyanzi heard Qianlong speak idioms, she became old problems and asked in confusion:

"What new and old dishes, one or two?"

Qianlong sighed. Concubine Ling was anxious. This time, Ziwei couldn't help.

The Empress Dowager looked incredible and glared at Xiaoyanzi for a while.

"Okay, I know a little bit about this Condor Princess!" I stopped looking at Xiaoyanzi and looked at Ziwei, "Ziwei, are you ordered by your mother to come to Beijing to find the Emperor Ama?"

"Yes!" Ziwei replied carefully.

"Isn't it too strange for your mother to come to Beijing to find Emperor Ama? What are her confidence? Can you enter the palace? Why didn't she come by herself during her lifetime? She wanted to let you come to Beijing alone, a girl's house? I was confused. Can you explain it to me?" The empress dowager stared at Ziwei.

Ziwei didn't expect that the Empress Dowager would ask questions directly and aggressively when she met for the first time. She was shocked and answered a little terrified and timid:

"Go back to Lao Fu, Ziwei, don't you...I don't know. Ziwei guessed, my mother, she didn't dare to come. She had been waiting for too long, probably no longer had confidence in herself."

"Oh? I don't have confidence in myself, but I have confidence in you! This is strange." The Queen Mother said in contemplation.

Ziwei's face turned pale.

Qianlong was so anxious that he couldn't help but cough and said:

"Oh, my mom, there is no need to investigate those past things now!"

"Yes! I'm afraid I can't find out anything, so I came!" The empress dowager looked at Ziwei and saw her from the beginning, "It's pretty clean!" She turned to look at Qianlong, "I heard that she had already ordered her to marry Ekang?"

"Yes!" Qianlong responded.

"I finally recognized the princess, why did I point out the marriage so quickly?" asked the queen. After finally getting to know her, she took another chance and said:

"The Old Buddha didn't know that Prince Ziwei had followed the emperor on a tour and was 'in love' with Na Erkang along the way. Seeing that they were 'no guessed', the emperor helped them!"

When the empress dowager heard this, she felt angry.

"Hmph! Love and love? Two little kids are not guessing?" He looked at Ziwei and said seriously, "Since you have entered the palace and have been named Princess, you have to take care of yourself. Don't learn from your mother's problems!"

As soon as the empress dowager said this, Ziwei felt like she was hit by a blow, and her face changed immediately. She opened her eyes wide, breathing rapidly, and felt extremely humiliated.

When Xiaoyanzi heard the queen mother say this, she looked at Ziwei's face again, and felt indignant, so she took a breath and suppressed herself. Ziwei swallowed her anger and said in a trembling voice:

"Ziwei follows the lessons of Lafayette."

The Empress Dowager's face turned upright and said seriously:

"You two are from the people. Don't bring the things that are wrong among the people into this palace! You must behave properly in life and behavior, do you know?"

"Ziwei understands!" Ziwei said softly.

The little swallow stood upright, even more angry, breathing so rapidly, and looked uneven.

The Queen Mother did not ignore Xiaoyanzi's expression and raised her voice to ask:

"My Fair Princess seems a little dissatisfied, right?"

The little swallow bit her lip and lowered her head.

"If you have anything, just say it!" The Empress Dowager stared at Xiaoyanzi and shouted in an orderly manner.

Xiaoyanzi closed her mouth tightly and shook her head desperately.

"What does it mean to shake your head if you want you to speak?" The Queen Mother became even more dissatisfied.

At this moment, Xiaoyanzi could no longer control herself. She raised her head and said loudly:

"Just say it! It's what you want me to say, not what I want myself to say! I dare not disagree because you are the Queen Mother. I know that what the Queen Mother said is more imperial edict than imperial edicts, and the common people can only obey the edicts. You think that the people are all things that are 'not irrelevant', and I also think that there are many 'not irrelevant' in the palace!"

The Queen Mother had never encountered such a nail, and she was furious and slapped the table:

"Rareless! Kneel down!"

Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi were frightened and both knelt down. Xiaoyanzi felt her knees soft and couldn't help but feel proud in secret, and murmured to himself in the machine:
To be continued...