Chapter 448: Imperial grandmother, imperial aunt, may you live in peace and happiness!
Eunuch Li nodded and said, "Your Majesty, in the past, the Minister of Rites would go to meet the envoys. Do you want to go in person?"
Chu Muran's eyes were full of confidence. "The Great Xia Kingdom's envoys came to congratulate me on my accession to the throne. Of course I have to welcome them. This will show that my Great Chu is a country of etiquette."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Eunuch Li went to prepare the carriage, Chu Muran's eyes instantly brightened.
"Mother, I will go change my clothes."
Mu Xinyue thought for a moment, "That moon-white dress inlaid with gold thread embroidery and gemstones makes your temperament as gentle as jade."
"Yes, mother." Chu Muran thought so too. He didn't need to wear a dragon robe when they met for the first time. This would make him appear easy-going.
Both mother and son were very excited. They dressed up and prepared to go out of the city to welcome Queen Nalan and Princess Yaohua.
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Princess Yaohua sat in the luxurious carriage, watching her mother lift the curtain and look out from time to time.
"Mother, are you so anxious?" Yao Hua joked, "You're like a bride who can't wait to get married."
Queen Nalan lowered the curtains and said, "You are such a rude girl. I can't wait to see my daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and you are teasing me."
Princess Yaohua smiled faintly, as if besides the emperor's sister-in-law and the children, she also wanted to see someone.
However, when she thought of the unshakable sadness in his eyes, she also became sad.
"What are you thinking about?"
Princess Yaohua smiled and said, "I was thinking, I will take my mother to the emperor's sister-in-law's house to meet the two little kids first."
"That's good. Mother brought so many novel gadgets. They will definitely like them."
"Then we'll let the delegation go in through the main gate, and we'll go in through the side door." Princess Yaohua took out the address her brother gave her and looked at it. It was very close to the Grand Tutor's Mansion.
"Okay, it's up to you."
Anyway, they will live in the temporary palace, and people from the Ministry of Rites will come to receive them. They won't be able to see Chu Li immediately, so it would be better for them to go directly to see the children.
As soon as Jun Yaohua and Queen Nalan got off the carriage with the Black and Gold Guards, they saw a woman in red riding a horse with her guards.
"Empress sister-in-law!" Jun Yaohua jumped off the carriage happily and helped Queen Nalan down.
When Chu Li saw the two people, he also felt very close to them.
"Her Majesty the Empress Dowager." Chu Li nodded slightly.
"Why don't you call me mother? Forget it, I'll change my name after you and Ling'er get married." Queen Nalan's eyes were smiling. The more she looked at her daughter-in-law, the more she liked her.
Chu Li raised the corners of her lips and took the two of them into her carriage.
Princess Yaohua asked one of the delegation's carriages to follow with a load of gifts.
Queen Nalan ordered the delegation not to rush and to enter the city two hours later.
After the three of them were seated in the carriage, Chu Li said, "Sorry, I'll let you two enter the city through the side door."
Jun Yaohua was a little surprised. "Sister-in-law, I came here and saw that the people seemed to be very resentful. Has anything happened in Da Chu recently?"
Chu Li said calmly: "My twin brother and mother are not dead. They are back. The two princes colluded with foreign tribes to besiege the people and forced me to abdicate. The current emperor is my brother Chu Muran."
"What!" Princess Yaohua and Queen Nalan said in unison.
"This is definitely a conspiracy!" Princess Yaohua pounded the cushion angrily. She had heard her brother talk about the emperor's sister-in-law, and her life experience was already pitiful enough.
"Your mother made you disguise yourself as a man and become the crown prince, helping your brother to overcome his misfortune. Now he comes back and takes your throne away with a clear conscience. How could there be such a person?"
Queen Nalan looked at Chu Li with eyes full of pity. She seemed not to feel a trace of sadness and even smiled with them.
Chu Li's hand was suddenly held by Queen Nalan, who looked at Chu Li with tears in her eyes.
"Child, I will be your mother from now on. If they dare to bully you like this, I will definitely not let them go!"
"Yes, sister-in-law, don't recognize them. If my brother knew, he would definitely drive them out of Da Chu!"
Chu Li's heart warmed up, and he said with a smile: "I have already complained to your brother."
Princess Yaohua suddenly hugged her and said, "Sister-in-law, when you stay with us in the future, you don't need to work hard for anyone or suffer any grievances from anyone."
Queen Nalan patted Chu Li on the back and said, "Good boy, if anyone dares to bully you, your mother will be the first to disapprove. Just wait, your mother will vent her anger on you."
Chu Li felt like a three-year-old child who was bullied outside. Her family members were furious. Her nose felt sore and she suddenly burst into tears.
It feels good to have family.
Chu Li and others entered the city smoothly. When the guard of the city saw Chu Li, he let her and the people from the Great Xia Kingdom pass.
"Sir, if His Majesty knew that you..." The soldier guarding the city was a little nervous.
The defending general Zhang Yuancheng snorted coldly, "At worst, you can retire and return home. I won't serve you anymore!"
Anyway, the only emperor in his eyes is Chu Li.
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In the courtyard, Xiao Ming was wearing a wedding-colored winter coat, his jet-black hair was tied behind his head with a hollow golden crown, and he had a naturally noble temperament.
Xiao Yueyue was wearing a yellow and green jacket and skirt, with two small buns on her head and a red agate hair accessory under the buns.
Two little kids were playing with a fat, white, furry cat in the yard.
Each of them held a string of candied haws made by Bingxia in their hands, with bright smiles on their faces.
The white cat squatted beside the two of them, staring at the candied haws in the plate with its big round eyes, stretched out its claws and quickly grabbed it, and when it pulled it back, a candied hawthorn was stuck on its claws.
"Xiaobai, you are naughty. You have turned into a candied haws cat." Xiaoyueyue put down the candied haws and hugged the white cat, her eyes smiling into crescents.
Xiao Ming lovingly wiped the sugar residue from the corner of his sister's mouth.
Queen Nalan and Princess Yaohua saw this scene as soon as they arrived.
Jun Yaohua danced with excitement, "She's so lively and cute, and she's so pretty."
Queen Nalan was equally excited. Her granddaughter was beautiful and cute, and her grandson looked so much like Jun Ling when he was a child.
Jun Ling had not been with her since he was a child, and she missed Jun Ling's growth. After seeing the little "Jun Ling", she turned her back and wiped away her tears.
The two little kids raised their heads at the same time and looked at Chu Li, then ran over on their little feet, "Mom!"
Two little balls instantly stuck to Chu Li's body, "Xiao Yueyue, Xiao Ming, this is your imperial grandmother and imperial aunt."
Last night, she had told the children in advance that Daddy's mother and sister were coming.
Xiao Yueyue giggled, folded her hands and bowed, saying: "Grandmother, Aunt, may you live in peace and happiness!"
Xiao Ming bowed like a little adult and said, "Greetings to the Royal Grandmother and the Royal Aunt. I wish you all the best."
"Good boy!" Queen Nalan cried with joy and leaned over to hug the two children.
Who could have thought that she would become the Empress Dowager so soon, and have such a beautiful and intelligent child.
"Good boy!" Princess Yaohua handed over two thick red envelopes, "This is a meeting gift from the Royal Aunt."
"This is from the Royal Grandmother." Then, Queen Nalan took out two red envelopes that were even thicker than Princess Yaohua's and handed them over.
Princess Yaohua curled her lips and said, "Mother, you don't have martial ethics. Didn't we agree that it's all the same? This makes me look like a stingy person."
"The royal aunt is not a stingy person, she is a beautiful person." Xiao Yueyue looked at Princess Yaohua with bright eyes.
Princess Yaohua picked up Xiao Yueyue and kissed her soft cheek.
"How rare! The Imperial Aunt likes you."
Xiao Yueyue turned her head and kissed Princess Yaohua on the cheek with her soft little mouth.
Princess Yaohua looked at Queen Nalan proudly, "My niece kissed me, kissed me!"