All Hail Cousin Brother

Immediately there was a palace maid, who placed a jin tao next to the empress dowager.

Yu Youyao bowed and bowed, and replied obediently, "Yes!"

After the ceremony, she walked over with low eyebrows and narrowed eyes, and sat down beside the queen mother.

The queen mother saw that she was neither humble nor arrogant, well-behaved, and her smile deepened. She turned to look at Mrs. Yu who was still standing, and said warmly, "You sit too, don't stand and get tired."

Mrs. Yu bowed her head to thank her, and the little palace maid helped her to sit on a cushioned chair.

The queen mother liked Yu Youyao and took her hand: "good boy, what books have you read at home?"

With a gentle smile on his face, he held her hand cordially, like a loving elder, even if he asked questions, he was an ordinary elder. After seeing the younger generation, he would usually ask questions without any airs.

Before he knew it, he asked people to let go of their guard and forget that the person in front of them was the empress dowager who was aloof.

Yu Youyao smiled shyly and replied in a low voice: "I have a female gentleman at home. I have read the "Nv's Commandments", "Internal Training", "Nv's Language Theory", and also read the "Four Books", and the "Five Classics" also a little bit."

Reading the Nushu is for understanding virtue, reading the Four Books is for understanding reason, and reading the Five Classics is for knowing propriety.

All the ladies should learn.

The Empress Dowager smiled deeply: "It's good to read more books, women can read more books, and they can also know the etiquette and virtue, know goodness and do good deeds." When she said this, she changed the topic and said: "The lady who teaches you your homework is Ye Yingqiu is a person with both talent and virtue. In her early years, when she was not divorced, she followed her mother-in-law into the palace to visit Aijia. Aijia likes her to make pens, and has used it for many years, and she is used to it."

It seems that he is just chatting about family affairs, but every word is so virtuous and polite, that Yu Youyao dare not ignore his carelessness: "Grandmother also said that as a descendant of the Yu family, you need to read more books, in order to remember the virtues of the ancestors, honor the merits of the ancestors, and not humiliate them. Family style," she said, she pursed her lips and smiled slightly: "Mr. Ye Nv also often teaches that a woman's lack of talent is a virtue, and it can't be taken out of context. It doesn't mean that women don't need to read and be talented, but to persuade women to To take virtue as the master, you must be virtuous if you have no talent, and you must be virtuous if you have talent.”

What are the ancestral virtues and ancestral merits of the Yu clan?

It is nothing more than the word "loyalty" bestowed by Emperor Gaozu himself, and every word of the Empress Dowager is "virtue", so she naturally has to accept this.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her smile deepened, and she patted her hand: "Your family in Yufu is loyal and devoted, and the Emperor and Aijia also remember it."

She picked her eyes and looked at Yu Youyao.

The slender and weak girl sat beside her, but she did not show panic and cowardice. Her legs were together, her hands were folded on top of her legs, she was soft and slender, she sat upright, her back was thin and straight, However, it is not rigid or rigid, but has a noble and soft attitude that can never be forced.

This kind of attitude, although the etiquette is good, but in front of the nobles, it is inevitable that people will feel that she is disrespectful to the nobles.

However, she shaved her shoulders and slumped down naturally, and bent a section of her neck, showing a submissive and respectful attitude.

Anyone who sees it will sigh and say, "Good character!"

The Empress Dowager looked at the Duobao Pavilion, a beautiful bottle of white porcelain. The delicate porcelain was whiter and smoother than jade. The slender neck was very much like the jade neck of the Shaoyi county magistrate. Bright and beautiful.

Aside from her status and status, she really appreciates Yu Youyao: "No one is as good at teaching as your grandmother."

This is obviously to praise grandmother, but it is also to praise her in a different way. Yu Youyao smiled shyly, and it is not easy to mention the elders, so she subconsciously rubbed the palace belt around her waist.

The empress dowager noticed her actions and lowered her eyes to see that Yu Youyao had a clan robe tied around her waist, and a palace sash was hung on it.

This is about the palace silk that she let Aunt Shen personally choose and give to Yu Youyao.

The Empress Dowager smiled again: "You are clean and honest, you can look at yourself and laugh at the same time, Zi Muyu is good and graceful, you take the word Youqing when you are young, you are clean with a clean body, and you have a good heart with kindness." , She paused for a moment, and said again: "When I saw you today, it was exactly like what Aijia thought back then. It was to teach your grandmother how to behave."

This is what the Empress Dowager said to her back then. Yu Youyao was flattered: "Ashamed of the minister!"

The Empress Dowager clapped her hand and changed her words: "Good boy, the behavior of the Royal Rongjun Palace was too absurd earlier, which made you feel wronged."

Yu Youyao's eyes were red, and she quickly said: "The emperor and the empress dowager love their ministers and daughters very much, and they uphold justice for their ministers and daughters. The ministers and daughters are deeply gracious to the emperor, and they are deeply impressed by their feelings. There are no words to express." After saying this, she stood up abruptly and walked away. Going to the Queen Mother, I knelt down and bowed: "I heard that the Queen Mother was worried about the drought and felt sorry for the suffering of the people. She wanted to raise silver to help the disaster. The servants and daughters also have the heart. They are willing to share their worries and solve problems for the Emperor and the Queen Mother, and for thousands of people in this great Zhou Dynasty. Tens of thousands of the people of Limin have done their best."

Her voice fell, and the little palace maid who was waiting in front of her handed back the brocade box in her hand to Yu Youyao.

Yu Youyao reached out and took it, holding the brocade box high above his head: "Although the ministers and daughters do not have the virtue of the Queen Mother, they also have the heart of virtue."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Aunt Shen.

Aunt Shen hurried forward and took the brocade box.

The Empress Dowager then said warmly: "You have the heart, get up quickly, you are the head of Shaoyi County, given by the emperor, and you have the title of clan, so don't kneel down."

Yu Youyao lowered her head and wiped away her tears, and said hoarsely, "I would like to thank the emperor and the empress dowager for your grace."

After she finished speaking, she bowed again, and then the palace maid helped her up and sat on the brocade.

The empress dowager put the veil in her hand: "wipe away your tears, the emperor has sealed you the head of Shaoyi county, from now on, whether it is a clan or a foreign minister, no one will dare to bully you at will. here you go."

This is a promise.

It's just that the weight of this commitment depends on how much money she donates.

Yu Youyao lowered her eyes and carefully took the handkerchief of the Empress Dowager. After wiping her tears, she handed it to the maid who was waiting on the side.

The palace maid hurriedly handed over a cup of tea.

Yu Youyao used it for a while, and her emotions calmed down a little: "The minister and daughter have 60 grain and oil stores and 20 drugstores in the south of the Yangtze River, and they have already sent their old servants to Zhejiang with the token to bring these grain, oil and medicinal materials. He was transferred to Zhejiang to assist General Ye and the officials dispatched by the imperial court to help the people."

I donated silver for the drought just now, and now I donate food for the flood.

Sixty rice shops, twenty apothecary shops, grains, oils, and medicinal materials are all businesses that make steady profits without losing money, and they add up to a considerable sum.

The empress dowager shook her hand solemnly: "Shaoyi county magistrate, understands the righteousness, Aijia for the emperor, thank you for the thousands of Limin people in the great Zhou Dynasty."