The Empress was seriously ill and canceled New Year’s Eve, which attracted a lot of speculation.
Some even felt that the empress being seriously ill was a good thing.
As a result, His Majesty would definitely take in a concubine.
However, on the first day of the first month of the next day, Lady Qiao was greeted by all the wives of Chang ‘an.
This made the noble ladies who had their thoughts deeply disappointed.
After paying her respects, old madam Yue did not leave the palace and returned to the palace.
Lady Qiao looked at Old Madam Yue and asked, “Old Madam, is there anything?”
Old Madam Yue sighed and said, “Sigh, speaking of which, I did ask the Empress for help in Longxi.
“Yue Zhan is not young anymore and I, an old woman, have already stepped into the gates of Hell. I just want him to get married and have someone who knows everything.”
Lady Qiao said, “The hearts of parents are pitiful. Don’t worry, Old Madam Yue. When fate has arrived, envoy Yue Jiedu will naturally have a good marriage.”
Old madam Yue said, “His heart is filled with the eldest princess Jing Hua. When Jing Hua and Lin Mo failed, he was upset. Now that the two of them are about to get married, he is also upset.
“Sigh, I heard that the Empress and Qin Miaomiao used to have a good relationship in the boudoir. I would like to ask the empress to grant me a marriage.”
When Lady Qiao heard the cries of Ang’er, she hugged ang’er from the wet nurse’s hands and said,
“If the two of them hate each other, a marriage is not a good thing, but rather, it creates a pair of resentful spouses.”
“I can help set them up. As for the marriage, forgive me for not being able to do it.”
Old madam Yue said, “If the Empress is willing to help set them up, that would be the best.”
..
In the West Mountain Academy.
Qin Miaomiao received the questions from the previous imperial examinations and the essays written by the people before her. She discussed with Qiao ruoyi about the inadequacies in the essays.
“From the previous imperial examinations and the civil examinations, it seems that His Majesty cares about the actual strategy and not the splendid essays. These are the inadequacies of both of us.”
Compared to the pile of flowery words, the literary talent of the two of them might not lose to those men.
However, if they were to be honest, one of them was the daughter of the Duke. Although there were great ups and downs in life, they had never experienced the life of the common people.
The other was the daughter of the Duke’s manor, and she had never suffered much. Coming to the west mountain was the greatest suffering that Qiao Ruoyi had suffered.
Qiao ruoyi knew that it made sense. “That’s right, so you and I need to learn more about the new laws. Hong Qifeng guessed that Enke will definitely test the new laws this year.”
Qin miaomiao said, “I heard that you have quite a number of Xie family’s sole copies?”
Qiao ruoyi nodded and said, “That’s right.”
Qin miaomiao said, “Are there books about laws in there? Why don’t we start from the law history books in the previous court?”
Qiao Ruoi took out a law book from the previous court and said, “At that time, the aristocratic families ruled, so the laws were all based on the aristocratic families. You can take a look first.”
Qin Miaomiao flipped through it and revealed a small portrait. “This portrait looks like the Empress. How can you like your sister so much? Even the bookmark is a portrait of your sister?”
Qiao ruoyi said, “This is the portrait in Xie Yun’s book. I thought this was a portrait of Xie Yun when he was young.”
Qin miaomiao smiled and said, “This looks like a portrait of the Empress…”
Qiao ruoyi said curiously, “That’s strange. Why is there a portrait of my sister in Xie Yun’s book?”.
“However, Xie Yun has been dead for so long. I’ll have to burn an incense stick for him when it’s Qingming.”
Qin Miao said, “When the Qingming Festival comes, you won’t be able to go to Jiangnan to burn incense for Xie Yun’s grave.
“Otherwise, wouldn’t it be better to set up a memorial tablet for Xie Yun in the West Mountain Academy and receive the teachings of the students every day?”
Qiao ruoyi felt that it made sense and ordered someone to get a memorial tablet and place it in the backyard of the West Mountain Academy.
..
Qiao Jinniang agreed to old Madam Yue’s suggestion and ordered someone to go to the West Mountain to invite Qin Miao to the palace.
Qiao Jinniang saw Qin Miao dressed in linen clothes and asked, “Why are you dressed in linen clothes?”
Qin Shu deserved his death and it was inappropriate for Qin Miao to wear linen to show his filial piety.
Only then did Qin Miao realize that he was not dressed properly. He quickly explained,
“Today, Xie Yun’s memorial tablet entered the West Mountain Academy. Everyone in the Academy wore a mourning robe for Xie Yun for three days. The Empress summoned me so urgently that I forgot.”
Qiao jinniang said, “This is inappropriate. It’s better to remove Xie Yun’s memorial tablet.”
Qin miaomiao persuaded Qiao Jinniang, “Your Majesty, although Xie Yun was the crown princess consort that Retired Emperor took a fancy to back then, she treated you extremely well.
Now that she has passed away, if you can’t even accept Xie Yun’s memorial tablet, I’m afraid that people will talk about it.”
Qiao Jin:”…”
It wasn’t that she couldn’t accept Xie Yun’s memorial tablet, it was that Xie Yun was alive and well, what kind of ranking did she have..
However, this matter was extremely secretive. After all, it was related to the crime of deceiving the emperor, so the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
Qiao jinniang said, “Old Madam Yue came to look for me. Last time, I also asked you about your thoughts. Now that you and Lin Mo have separated, are you willing to marry Yue Zhan?”
Qin Miaomiao shook her head and said, “No.”
“I’m willing to marry Lin Mo. I know that he has eldest Princess Jing Hua in his heart, but he still has the Lin family and his mother in his heart.
“I only treat him as my husband in name. The two parties are only working together.
“But Yue Zhan is different. He only has the eldest princess in his heart. If I marry him, he won’t respect me like Lin Mo does. I’m afraid he’s just resentful of me.”
Qiao Jinniang saw that Qin Miaomiao was clear-headed, so she said, “I heard that you’re going to participate in the scientific examination with Ruo Yi. If you can pass the examination, you’ll be able to stand on your own feet. It’ll be much better than marrying someone and serving your mother-in-law.”
Qin miaomiao nodded and said, “That’s right. If I Can’t pass the examination, I can also stay in the western mountain.
After all, with Ruoyi’s talent, I’m afraid that she won’t be able to stay in the Western Mountain Academy for long.”
When Qin Miaomiao left the palace, he happened to bump into Yue Zhan, who had also come out from the palace.
Yue Zhan saw that Qin Miaomiao was dressed in hemp clothes and said, “You have guts too. You even dared to wear such clothes when you entered the palace. It’s a good thing that the Empress doesn’t mind.”
Qin miaomiao said, “This is for Miss Xie Yun to wear sackcloth to show her filial piety. Miss Xie Yun died at such a young age. When she was alive, she gave out so many ancient books and rare books. As the beneficiary, I should be the one to show her filial piety.”
Yue Zhan said, “You are really loyal.”
“Sister Miaomiao.”
Outside the palace, Yue Zhu’s little head popped out from the carriage waiting for Yue Zhan.
“Sister Miao Miao, where have you been? I’ve been trying to find you, but I couldn’t find you to play with.”
Qin Miao Miao looked at Yue Zhu, who had turned a lot whiter, and said, “Enke will be here in two months. I’m studying in the West Mountain Academy. I’ll play with you after the imperial examinations.”
Yue Zhu said, “Sister Qifeng also said that she wanted to play with Enke. Since you guys have already played with Enke, there’s no one left to play with.”
Yue Zhan said to yue zhu, “You only want to play all day long. At your age, you should be at ease in choosing a husband for marriage.”
“You’re already so old. Why Don’t you find me a sister-in-law? You’re drunk every day and call out the title of eldest princess, yet you don’t even try to snatch it back. And you still have the nerve to scold me!”
Yue Zhu retorted weakly, then turned her head to Qin Miaomiao and said,
“Sister Miaomiao, you haven’t been to my house, have you? I’ll bring you to my house to play. The lantern festival will be in a few days. There are very beautiful lanterns in my house!”
