"Are my second brother and second sister-in-law also working in the capital now?" Qiu Yinong scratched Zhao Zhiyi's nose lovingly and then asked.
Qiu Hanqing hummed and said, "I'll stay in the capital for the time being."
"Let's go. Since the carriage is waiting, let's go into the palace early." Qiu Yinong said with a smile as she looked at the carriage waiting outside.
The family walked towards the gate happily. As soon as they went out, Qiu Yinong was instantly shocked. In the middle of the street not far away stood a golden statue of a female deity.
It was her. Only then did she realize that she suddenly had a huge amount of faith power.
Looking at the statue again, it exuded divinity and was very similar to her.
Seeing her standing at the gate looking at the statue not far away, Qiu Hanyan said, "There are a total of nineteen such statues in the capital. They suddenly appeared one night a month and a half ago."
"No one knows where they came from. Everyone says they are gifts from the gods. Plus, the emperor has also ordered everyone to believe in you. So the people think these statues are gifts from the gods, so they all start to believe in you."
"I'll take you to see it later. The incense is very good." Qiu Hanli said with a smile.
Qiu Yinong glanced at the gray sky. It must be the will of heaven.
"Thank you." Qiu Yinong expressed his gratitude with his mind and soon received a response. The voice sounded familiar, yet a little different.
Qiu Yinong raised her eyebrows. This was quite interesting.
"Let's go to the palace." Qiu Yinong still rode in her own carriage, because the carriage had been arranged and the number of people was just right.
If she and Chu Hongyun went up, it would be a bit crowded.
Several carriages were heading towards the palace. It was snowing heavily and the road was difficult to travel on, but it was a palace banquet after all.
The palace gate was filled with horse-drawn carriages, mule-drawn carriages, donkey-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carriages.
Officials of the fifth rank and above are required to come to Beijing at the end of the year. Taking advantage of this opportunity, many officials would bring their daughters who are considered presentable.
If the emperor or the prince takes a fancy to them, the family will prosper and reach a higher level.
Qiu Yinong quickly sensed a familiar aura and glanced at the crowd waiting in front of the palace gate.
Sure enough, Ge Qingqing was standing in the cold wind wearing a fox fur coat, and there was a younger girl beside her, shivering with cold.
Ge Qingqing stood there calmly, not afraid of the cold wind at all.
It was just because she was wearing the Yaoguang stone pendant given by Qiu Yinong. In fact, it was a bit hot for her to wear these, but in order not to attract other people's attention, she still wore it.
"Why don't you look cold at all?" The shivering girl next to her questioned Ge Qingqing dissatisfiedly.
Ge Qingqing glanced at her and said, "You are the daughter of a prefectural governor, but you don't even know how to stand properly, yet you still want to be noticed by the royal family."
Ge Qingqing mocked softly, not giving her any face at all.
The girl was immediately furious: "You!"
"Auntie, look at her!" the girl said coquettishly to a woman next to her.
Magistrate Ge's second wife had already been dealt with, and this woman was just a concubine, so she naturally didn't dare to challenge the legitimate daughter.
"Miss Third and Miss Eldest were right about you. We are both daughters of the prefect, how can you be so unpresentable?"
"Aunt?" The girl obviously didn't expect her mother to say that.
Ge Qingqing scoffed out loud, and Ge Meimei stamped her feet in anger. She opened her mouth and said, "It's better than being married off to a peasant family. What are you so proud of?"
"If Daddy really liked you that much, why would he marry you to a peasant family? Even if your future husband works in the government, he's still a peasant."
"How come I didn't know that my fifth brother was a peasant?" Qiu Yinong's voice rang out, and Ge Qingqing hurriedly looked at her.
"Yier!" Ge Qingqing ran towards her happily and looked her up and down.
It was as if I didn't recognize her. It had only been a short while, but Yi'er had changed so much.
More like a fairy who is not affected by worldly affairs.
"It seems like you've been doing very well recently." Qiu Yinong also looked at her, and then glanced at Ge Meimei.
Ge Qingqing also took a look and said with a smile, "It's indeed not too boring."
"Who are you? I am the third daughter of the prefectural governor's family. You just mentioned your fifth brother. Are you my eldest sister's future sister-in-law?"
Ge Meimei looked at Qiu Yinong's appearance and felt extremely jealous.
Her aunt looked at Qiu Yinong carefully and saw that her clothes were very similar to those of the princess who had just entered the palace. She immediately thought of something.
She hurriedly tried to pull Ge Meimei away: "Stop talking, my Third Miss, please stop talking!"
Ge Meimei was puzzled, but a palace maid came trotting over and said, "This servant greets Princess Changping. What happened?"
Qiu Yinong looked at the palace maid and said, "This is my future fifth sister-in-law. I will take her to the palace first."
"Yes, Princess, please do as you wish." The palace maid bowed hurriedly.
Qiu Yinong nodded, turned around and walked towards the carriage with Ge Qingqing.
Ge Qingqing turned around and glanced at Ge Meimei, who was full of jealousy. She raised her eyebrows and said with a low laugh, "What can I do? The princess favored by the royal family is my sister-in-law."
Ge Meimei was completely defeated, and her aunt covered her mouth with her hand and refused to let go.
"Did you see how she jumped up and down? Hahaha..." After getting on the carriage, Ge Qingqing quickly took off his cloak and laughed while sitting in his seat.
Qiu Yinong shook her head, and the carriage went straight into the palace.
The same was true for the other carriages, and the women waiting outside all looked at them sideways.
Some even whispered, "What's going on with those carriages? The two royal princesses needed to get out of the carriages and change into sedan chairs."
"You've never heard of it?" A female member of a fourth-rank official's family asked in confusion as she looked at the lady who was speaking.
The lady quickly bowed and said, "Madam, please tell us that we are from Linyang and we really don't know much about it."
The wife of the fourth-rank official had a look of astonishment on her face, then smiled and returned a half-bow: "That's the Qiu family. You should have heard of the title of Princess Changping, right?"
"That princess from another family is deeply loved by the royal family. Rumor has it that she is also an immortal. The statue in the city was erected for her."
"Don't say that. The legend of the immortals might be true. I have been married for four years and still haven't gotten pregnant. If I can't get pregnant again, my husband will be unable to bear the urging of his mother-in-law and will take a concubine."
"Not long after I worshipped the princess's statue, I became pregnant. The doctor said yesterday that I might be carrying twins, a boy and a girl. My husband's family is very happy now."
As she spoke, a dignified old lady walked towards her.
"Come on, Rou'er, we mother and daughter can go in first, you go slowly." The old lady came over and spoke softly to the woman.
The wife of the fourth-rank official smiled at the wife of the foreign official, turned and walked towards her mother-in-law, and went into the palace with her maid.
Then an old palace servant came up and shouted to everyone, "We are now preparing to arrange for all the ladies to enter the palace. Those whose names are called can go in first to warm up."
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