Chapter 126 Breaking into Zhaohua
Outside Chengqian Hall, Su Wenyue, wearing court robes, walked with his head held high at the head of all officials.
Just now, His Majesty bestowed upon him the honorific title of Doctor Ronglu.
Although Doctor Ronglu is just an honorary title, it is the highest honor among civil servants.
The Su family has a duke, which seems extremely prominent to others, but compared to the title that was granted when Daye was founded and has been inherited for several generations, the children of the Su family obviously care more about their own personal achievements.
Now Su Wenyue has been awarded the title of Ronglu Doctor while he is still in office. When he retires in the future, it will be no problem for him to be awarded the title of the first rank.
Xue Shide lagged behind Su Wenyue by a few steps, and sneered in his heart at Su Wenyue's arrogant attitude.
The Su family has been becoming more and more arrogant recently.
Su Wenyue was awarded the title, and the Su family temporarily overshadowed the Xue family.
At night, the gift sent by the Xue family was quite ordinary. When Su Wenyue saw it, she felt quite unhappy.
Qin and Su Qingyue both advised him.
"The Su family and the Xue family have been friends for many years. It's just a gift. It will just gather dust in the warehouse anyway. Dad, please don't feel bad about it." Su Qingyue said.
After being comforted, Su Wenyue's dissatisfaction was barely alleviated.
"Hmph, I guess it's because I conferred the title of Ronglu Doctor from the first rank, and Xue Shide only received a third rank promotion, so he must be upset."
Su Wenyue drank some wine, so her voice was much louder than usual.
He paused, then continued, "Seeing that Rong'er has successfully removed the power of the Song family from the palace, if the emperor is not sensible and does not give the power of the palace to Rong'er, and is partial to his little concubine, then I will not be able to keep her. How dare you become a stumbling block to Rong'er's position as empress, humph!"
Qin knew that Su Wenyue was drunk, so she quickly pulled him back into the house.
"My lord is drunk. Go and prepare some sobering soup."
The Su family's banquet lasted until midnight.
On the second day, Su Qingrong also learned about Su Wenyue's honor. She was happy and proud, and her smile was full of arrogance.
"My Su family is a founding hero, so we deserve to enjoy all the glory."
"Your Majesty is right." Qinglian agreed with a smile.
"I'm in a good mood today, let's go out for a walk." Su Qingrong said.
Qinglian responded and went to prepare a hand warmer and cloak.
Su Qingrong added, "I want to ride in a sedan chair."
She was beaten with twenty boards yesterday. Although she had told the executioners that the beating was not severe, she still felt a little uncomfortable.
"I know."
The Imperial Garden was desolate in winter, with few flowers to be seen. Su Qingrong was not interested and said, "Let's go to the Anxiang Garden. The red plum blossoms there should be in bloom."
Qinglian ordered the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair to change the direction, but as soon as they turned around, Su Qingrong saw several figures appear on the palace road in the distance.
The red walls were covered with snow. Jiang Yingli, wearing an apricot-white palace skirt and a red fox fur coat, walked in the vast snow with a group of palace maids from Zhaohua Palace.
The red fox fur coat was bright in color. When she wore it, she seemed to be the only bright color in the desolate world.
Even through the warm curtain of the sedan chair, Su Qingrong felt that the red color was extremely dazzling.
She reached out, lifted the brocade curtain, and looked at Jiang Yingli in the distance.
Jiang Yingli obviously saw her as well, because Su Qingrong clearly saw that the smile on her face faded.
Su Qingrong looked at Jiang Yingli's face and was a little dazed for a moment.
Flying snow really sets off a beautiful woman, but since this beautiful woman is Jiang Yingli, she couldn't say anything to praise her.
She just felt blinded.
In particular, the red peony in full bloom on her head was more dazzling than the red fox fur.
"At this time of year, all flowers have died, so why can she wear a peony in her hair?" Su Qingrong asked coldly.
Qinglian bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, you may not know that florists in the capital have cultivated a kind of peony that blooms in winter. It's called Burning Snow and it was very popular a few years ago."
Su Qingrong frowned: "Why didn't I see it in the Imperial Garden just now?"
Qinglian paused, "Your Majesty, this flower is extremely difficult to maintain. Even with careful care, it may not survive. That's probably why it's not planted in the Imperial Garden."
Su Qingrong felt even more disappointed and sneered, "It was extremely popular a few years ago, when she was in the palace. There weren't even any peonies like this in the imperial gardens, yet her Zhaohua Palace actually had them."
Jiang Yingli, I always have something for you that others don’t have.
Do you deserve it?
Qinglian heard Su Qingrong's dissatisfaction and quickly said, "Yao Huang and Wei Zi are the orthodox varieties. Yao Huang, in particular, has always been used only by the Empress for embroidery on palace skirts. The Zhuoxue variety is just a hybrid wildflower and is not worthy of being used on stage."
Su Qingrong smiled again after hearing this, feeling a little relieved. "It's not surprising for a merchant's daughter to like wildflowers. People, like flowers, are never presentable."
The two groups of people met each other from a distance and then walked away from each other on the intersecting palace roads.
In the afternoon, Jiang Yingli, who had spent the whole morning enjoying the snow scenery outside, sat in the hall to hone her painting skills.
The fire in the hall was very strong, and Jiang Yingli felt warm all over. Although her painting skills had not been improved much, she felt drowsy.
In a daze, Jiang Yingli heard a commotion outside.
"My queen didn't go anywhere today. She just met with the Xiuyi Queen. It wasn't about the flower. What else could have caused a rash on her face?"
Jiang Yingli became a little more sober and was about to go outside to see what was going on when Qiuxia hurried into the hall.
"What happened?"
"Your Majesty, the people at Qixiang Palace said that Concubine Zhaoyi has a rash on her face. It's because of the peony on her hair that we ran into in the Imperial Garden today. Concubine Zhaoyi brought a group of people to pluck the flower."
Jiang Yingli was incredulous after hearing this: "Were those twenty strokes of the cane meant for Su Qingrong's head?"
Qiuxia also felt that the people in Qixiang Palace were simply unreasonable. The encounter in the Imperial Garden today, separated by a long palace road, was definitely not enough to cause her to break out in a rash.
"The people in Qixiang Palace are just looking for an excuse to cause trouble. I told the palace guards to close the palace gates tightly and not let even a fly in."
Jiang Yingli swung her sleeves impatiently, "Kick them out! Kick them all out! Anyone who dares to break in and disturb my peace will be hacked to death by the palace guards!"
Qiuxia hurried out to tell them to drive them away. She stood behind the palace guards who were standing in a row with knives, looking at the group of people brought by Qinglian outside, and shouted:
"The Queen has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the gate of Zhaohua Palace today. Otherwise, the swords and knives will be sharp and may injure your arms or your necks."
"Hmph, such an arrogant tone! I came to see Ning Xiuyi in person, and it would have been fine if she came out to greet me, but she actually closed the door and refused to see me. She even dared to threaten my people!"
Su Qingrong, wearing a white veil, pushed aside the people blocking the entrance of Zhaohua Palace, walked to the front, her eyes cold.
"I want to see who has the guts to touch me!"
Qiuxia was stunned. She didn't expect that Su Zhaoyi would come in person.
While I was stunned, Lian Qiao came out from nowhere, without saying a word, and poured a basin of water directly at the palace gate.
Qinglian quickly stood in front of Su Qingrong. Su Qingrong didn't expect Lian Qiao to be so brave, and she retreated in horror.
But even so, Su Qingrong's skirt and embroidered shoes were still wet.
She was shaking with anger and pointed at Lian Qiao: "How dare you, a slut, be so rude! I'm going to peel off your skin! Come, catch her!"
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