In the palace of the capital, in the courtyard of the prince's east palace. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As soon as the ministers standing in the courtyard of the East Palace heard the shouts outside the courtyard, they immediately turned around to face the courtyard gate, knelt down in unison, and shouted: "Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Qin Siyang walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, stood in front of the ministers, greeted the queen's Fengyu entering the hospital, and knelt down to salute.

The queen mother, who was graceful and luxurious and had exquisite makeup, got off the Fengyu with the support of her personal grandmother, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a group of people kneeling in the courtyard, her eyebrows raised, and she said strangely: "What's the matter, what time is this, so many ministers have come to the East Palace." The main palace remembers that the Ministry of Rites only started the banquet after the East Palace, right? Could it be that the ministers and the main palace received different notices?"

Zhong Xuanchong, who was the oldest in the kneeling middle, first bowed, and then got up and replied: "The notice that Weichen received is the same as that of Niangniang. It's just that the ministers all rushed to the early court, and they didn't want His Majesty to be sick again today and couldn't go to the court, so the early court discussion could only be temporarily withdrawn. Because the East Palace then had the birthday of the prince, the ministers discussed that they would not go home, and came to the East Palace together to meet His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Queen Wang nodded slightly when she listened: "Also, Your Majesty has been ill and unstable recently, and he often can't go to court early temporarily, but he is tired of the ministers' hard work back and forth, it's really embarrassing for you." ”

Zhong Xuanchong replied: "Doing things for the country and serving the emperor is the duty of the subordinates. ”

Queen Wang nodded and said, "It is right to serve the country and serve the emperor, but you should also pay attention to your body." When you're tired, what can you do to serve your life, isn't it?"

"Yes, Niang Mingjian. ”

Queen Wang nodded again, stretched out her hand to help Qin Siyang, who was still kneeling on the ground, patted his body pityingly, and said, "Qi'er, get up, look at the mess that was made like this early in the morning, I didn't sleep." It's your birthday, so let's put everything aside and don't worry too much. ”

Qin Siyang got up and replied, "The child is fine, the mother is worried." ”

The queen said, "Have you gone to say hello to your father?"

Qin Siyang shook his head and replied, "Not yet." The child was thinking about going to greet his father and mother, but he didn't want the queen mother to come first. ”

Queen Wang smiled lightly: "The queen mother is also worried about you, so she came first." Okay, it's still early, so you don't have to worry about the affairs here, go and say hello to your father first. ”

Qin Siyang nodded, said goodbye to Queen Wang, got up and led his personal eunuch and palace maid, and went straight to Qianqing Palace.

When the queen saw Qin Siyang walking away, she retracted her loving appearance, and changed back to the solemn face she had when she first came, and ordered a group of ministers who were still kneeling on the ground to be flattened.

All the ministers hurriedly bowed their heads and stood up.

Queen Wang coldly swept the ministers waiting to be established in the courtyard again, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and while walking towards the east palace, she asked a little strangely: "Why is it that the cabinet is here, but the first assistant Hu is not seen?"

"Master Hu said that there are some trivial matters in the house, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come over later. Zhong Xuanchong replied.

Queen Wang raised her eyebrows lightly, and said with a smile: "He can have other things to do in his house, I'm afraid he will be entangled by his concubines again, right?"

"This, the old minister doesn't know. Zhong Xuanchong replied with a little embarrassment on his face.

"You won't know," Queen Wang chuckled, a pair of hanging single phoenix eyes glanced at the old minister who was half-bowing and following behind, "Lord Zhong, this palace has heard that there is only one bad wife on your side, and there are no half concubines." Even the maids who serve with them have families and promise other people's people, right?"

Zhong Xuanchong half-hung his head and replied, "Yes." ”

"Lord Zhong's position as the prime minister is also a big business, and it is not cold to have only one wife in the house. Queen Wang said slowly.

The old minister is also used to being quiet, and he doesn't feel lonely. Zhong Xuanchong replied.

Queen Wang listened and nodded with a smile in her eyes. At this time, she had slowly come to the door of the main hall of the East Palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids who were originally busy with the prince's birthday in the main hall of the East Palace had already rushed outside, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed to the queen to say goodbye.

Queen Wang stepped into the palace first, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that the banquets in the palace had been arranged, and the wine, food, fruits and vegetables, cups, chopsticks and chopsticks were all well. But the queen looked at it but was not at ease, walked slowly in the hall, while carefully looking at all kinds of furnishings, while carefully asking the eunuch and mother of the foreman about the situation, and counted all the matters to be paid attention to at the banquet one by one, and finally carefully instructed the eunuchs and palace maids present, only then did she relax a little, waved their hands and let them go to work.

When the queen told the eunuchs and palace maids to take precautions, the group of courtiers behind her could only follow silently.

After the queen had finished everything and dismissed the eunuchs and palace maids, she seemed to be startled, recalled the group of ministers who had been following behind, and said with an apologetic face: "I'm sorry, this is the prince's first birthday banquet after returning to the palace, and the palace is only thinking about what to do, and not sweeping the prince's interest." I only cared about telling the people, but I neglected the ministers for a while. Ministers, don't stand, but sit down. As she spoke, the queen went to the seat of the Lord and sat down.

Although the words and deeds of the queen were gentle, they shocked the courtiers present to look at each other.

It is said that the host of today's banquet is His Royal Highness the Prince, he is the king, and the ministers are ministers. But now the prince is young, and the emperor is sick, and the birthday is presided over by the queen's mother. The queens who are the hosts have all been given seats, how can they not sit?

Under the embarrassment of the two phases, the courtiers present were embarrassed and hesitating, when they saw Zhong Xuanchong, who had the highest position, thanked him and turned to the first place on the right to sit down.

Seeing this, most of the courtiers nodded their heads after looking at each other, and then thanked each other and sat down in turn.

The ministers were seated, but the prince had not yet arrived.

On the main seat in the middle, Queen Wang first chatted with her subordinates casually for a while, and after a while, seeing that the atmosphere was a little more lively, she glanced at Zhong Xuanchong meaningfully, and asked half-casually: "I heard that although Lord Zhong's mansion is only one wife on the side, he is a blessed person, and he has raised four sons and two daughters for the adult, I don't know if this is the case?"

"That's the case, although the old wife is from a low background, she is also a little blessed, and she has four sons and two daughters for the old minister. Zhong Xuanchong replied.

Queen Wang lowered her eyebrows and smiled when she heard this, and said: "This palace also heard that the two daughters under the knees of Lord Zhong are matched with good families, and the eldest daughter is matched with the second son of Lord Jingshi Garrison Jin, and the second daughter is even more good, and she is married to the eldest son of Duke An Guo. Among the four sons, the eldest three sons also married the young lady of the famous Hou Mansion as their wives, I don't know why?"

"Yes, what the mother said is true. ”

Queen Wang smiled again: "So there is only the youngest son left in Lord Zhong's mansion, I don't know what happens now, which lady in the mansion can I marry?"

Zhong Xuanchong hesitated for a while, he didn't know what Queen Wang's intention was when she suddenly said this, and after hesitating for a while, he still replied truthfully: "The child is still young, and there is no marriage contract yet. ”

Queen Wang smiled again and asked, "I don't know how old I am?"

"Nine times out of ten. ”

Queen Wang sighed lightly: "Nine out of ten, and the year of the weak crown is also about to be weakened, why is there no marriage contract?"

Zhong Xuanchong saw that Queen Wang had a smile in her eyes, as if implying his intentions, he couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't know that it was good, so he hurriedly got up and replied: "This lady doesn't know, because Lao Chen, this little child has been spoiled too much by his mother and brothers and sisters since he was a child, and he has developed a bad personality. Now that he is older, not only has he achieved nothing in his studies, but his extravagant and irreverent extravagance is like a year in a year, and the old minister can't discipline him. Because I am afraid of ruining the girl of a good family, I have not yet made a family affair. ”

Queen Wang nodded, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. This is something she knew in advance, and when she suddenly asked today, it was just a reason to start, in order to set the next things. Seeing that Zhong Xuanchong said it, he panicked and pushed his son to nothing, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, but it was not easy to say it directly in front of all the ministers.

After frowning slightly, Queen Wang coughed lightly again, and after a while, she adjusted her mood again, raised her smiling face, and her eyes went straight to Zhong Xuanchong, and she was about to continue to say the words, when she suddenly saw a figure on the door of the palace flickering, and a eunuch rushed into the hall, knelt down with a poof, and cried out in a wail: "Queen Mother, it's not good, Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has fallen into the water." ”

As soon as the eunuch's words came out, everyone in the hall was immediately surprised.

The queen's expression changed, and she forgot what she was going to say for a while, and hurriedly asked the eunuch, "What happened when the prince fell into the water?"

The eunuch who returned to the palace knelt on the ground, just kowtowing his head again and again, except for the place where the accident occurred, the other questions were not known.

Seeing that she couldn't ask anything else, Queen Wang was anxious and didn't say anything more. immediately got up and led a group of eunuchs and palace maids, as well as the ministers who entered the palace to congratulate their birthdays, and hurried to the place where the accident occurred.

As soon as I turned the arrow pavilion and went out of the Mingjing Gate, I saw the long road in the corner corridor of the palace gate in front of me, and a group of people turned out from the side gate and walked hurriedly to their side.

The people who transferred out were led by Fang Xinyi, the female official emcee, who met the queen and a team of people, and hurriedly knelt down to salute and greet him.

Queen Wang was in a hurry, and she had no intention of being polite, so she waved her hand and went straight to the prince who was held in the arms of the eunuch Su Fang.

"What's the matter, Qi'er is okay?" asked the queen eagerly, crouching down.

"Your Highness is fine, but you're wet. Su Fang replied.

Queen Wang took a closer look, and saw that Qin Siyang's eyes were tightly closed, and his expression was as usual, and he was nothing else. His wet clothes had been completely changed, and his whole body was tightly wrapped in a large coat, but his black hair had not dried and condensed, and it was still evident that he had just fallen into the water.

Qin Siyang, who had already fallen asleep, heard the sound, opened his eyes and looked, and saw that it was the queen Wang, struggling to come down and salute him.

Queen Wang hurriedly waved his hand to tell him not to move, and scolded: "Why did you fall into the water for no reason, this palace doesn't remember that there is a pool between the Qianqing Palace and the East Palace." ”

"It's the child who is greedy for fun, and after saying goodbye to his father, he thought that he still had time, so he ran to play in the imperial garden, and fell into the pool if he didn't want to. Qin Siyang lowered his eyes and replied. (To be continued.) )