Chapter 40: Opportunity
It was the princess who stabilized the scene, and a room of women eavesdropped on the conversation of the men next door, which spread out, and it was too embarrassing for the princess to face. The princess decisively passed on the opera troupe raised in the house, playing and singing and dancing on the boat in the lake, which was lively and lively. Although the ladies tickled their hearts with curiosity, their eyes and ears finally returned to their places.
The women's seat drinks fruit juice and fruit wine, but fruit wine can only be drunk by adults, so a group of children can only drink some juice to enjoy themselves. The dishes of the banquet taste still good, the first time to participate in this kind of banquet song, eat everything I feel very relish, the music and dance on the lake, is also very eye-catching. The appetite of the ladies doesn't seem to be very good, and Li Ge looks at the dishes on the table that haven't touched the chopsticks much, and is very sorry, and there is really an urge to find a food box to come and put these dishes back. Looking around at a group of young and beautiful women with fine clothes and jade food, pearls and jade, Li Ge couldn't help but think of his biological mother, and he didn't know where he was at this time.
After three rounds of drinking, the princess saw that everyone was a little absent-minded, so she ordered to disperse and go to play. In fact, as the wife and concubine of the prince, it is unlikely that he will stay alone in the back garden when he knows that there is a foreign man next door. As for the children, they are a little dozed off when they are full. Soon, the women's seat was cleared. When she left the song, Mama Lu came to pick it up in person, Liu Ye was a little unsatisfied, she was just playful at her age, she was greedy for watching the performance in the lake, and she looked back three times in one step, which was really a bit spicy. Mama Lu had already glared at her very hard, and Lige felt that in the next few days, Liu Ye's life would not be very good.
Before going to bed, Mama Lu whispered to Lige for a while, they estimated that there would be news tomorrow, and now they are guessing whether the prince will only take his grandchildren out of Beijing, or will he bring all his children to Beijing. Mama Lu analyzed that the Queen Mother loves King Qi the most, and she must also want to see all the children of King Qi, regardless of their descendants. Today, he is nearly forty years old, and he has no biological sons, and this time the queen mother has a big birthday, and the princes will definitely bring their children when they enter Beijing. The old man loves grandchildren, and if he can please the queen mother, maybe the next emperor will be chosen from among the sons of these princes.
Mama Lu also said that although they are thin and lack strength, there may be others who are secretly trying to help in other places. Recently, they only need to be low-key and obedient, but they have to brush up their sense of existence from time to time, and the province has been forgotten in Xiaozhongyuan.
By the next day, Mama Lu hadn't disciplined Liu Ye much, and asked Liu Ye to accompany Lige to school. When I was resting at noon, Liu Ye went back to Xiaozhongyuan for lunch, and when I looked at her eager look, I knew that there was news coming out.
When the school was in the morning, the other three ladies were all uncertain and unsettled, and the gentlemen who taught seemed to know a little bit about the rumors, and did not say much about the collective distraction of the students. When school was out at noon, Yan Ning and the others all left in a hurry, in fact, it should be the two little sisters Yan Lan and Yan Rong who were really anxious. The eldest lady Yan Ning is already the county lord who has been sealed by the imperial court, she is a concubine, no matter what happens, the princess will make plans for her. In fact, her mother has quietly told her that she will definitely get a good title this time in Beijing.
Sure enough, when Lige was having lunch, Liu Ye sneakily observed the surroundings, and when she was sure that no one was eavesdropping, she whispered to Lige the news she had heard from various courtyards in the morning. The princess rested in the princess's courtyard last night, but the princess has always been strict, and the news did not come from the princess's courtyard or the prince's front yard. It turned out that last night, when the men's seat was talking, they mentioned the queen mother's birthday banquet in Beijing to celebrate her birthday. The prince personally said at the banquet that this time the whole family went to Beijing, and all the children followed. According to the prince's original words: take them all to their imperial grandmother.
For the prince of Qi, he is the emperor's brother and has no son, although his mother said that he wanted to be the emperor's brother, but this time there are so many brothers in Beijing, all of them are so capable of giving birth, listening to Lord Jin Shen, other princes will bring their children into Beijing. If you only bring your sister-in-law, your strength is too thin, and you must bring them all, and there is no problem in showing the fertility of your own branch.
When Lige heard the news, the other boot that had been hanging in her heart finally landed. She has always longed to get out of the palace and out of the smoke city. Only by going out can you have the opportunity to reunite with your biological mother.
Three days later, the news from Beijing made everyone feel at ease, and the Empress Dowager Yizhi said very clearly that she wanted to see all her grandchildren, so this time Prince Qi entered Beijing, even if he didn't bring all his wives, he must bring all his children.
Lige felt that the atmosphere of Xiaozhongyuan had changed. The years of Koshigenen have always been quiet and silent. Although the days are peaceful, there is also a hidden uneasiness. After all, his own strength is too small, and the feeling of being a mermaid is too strong.
In the past few days, everyone in Xiaozhongyuan is full of joy. The little master is going to enter Beijing, and among the people who serve with him, Mama Lu will definitely follow. The new willow leaves and Hong Lian will not fall. The only thing that is not so certain is Granny Mu and Lao Zhangtou. Lige is reluctant to leave them.
Lige let Liu Ye inquire, according to the convention, the master goes far away, and there is a nurturing grandmother by his side, and two personal girls are necessary. The other attendants included the coachman who was in charge of catching the car, the rough envoy who was in charge of escorting the luggage, the stewards who were in charge of arranging the journey, and the guards who escorted the way.
Lige pondered how to stuff Granny Mu and Lao Zhangtou into the entourage. The person in charge of the travel arrangements is the princess's henchmen and servants, as well as the prince's henchmen and stewards. The princess doesn't have to think about it, if she can continue to turn a blind eye to the people of Xiaozhongyuan, it will be a blessing. Lige didn't dare to jump out at this juncture to do something eye-catching. Then you can only start from the prince's side.
After Mama Lu knew Lige's worries, she smiled and comforted Lige, "You can rest assured, this little thing, let alone Mama, can be solved by Lao Zhangtou and Granny Mu themselves." ”
Lao Zhangtou and Granny Mu are both helping to do some rough work in Xiaozhongyuan, after all, Mama Lu is old, and Lige is a child. In the memory of Lige, Lao Zhangtou and Granny Mu have been in Xiaozhongyuan since they were children, of course, only Mama Lu, who has been with her, knows that they both entered Xiaozhongyuan later.
Lao Zhangtou was originally responsible for guarding the small heavy garden and several small cross-courtyards nearby, the purpose of the existence of these small cross-courtyards is only to place some distant relatives and students who defected to the palace, and specially arranged for them to live here, just to be quiet and convenient to study, although these courtyards are connected to the back garden, but if there is really a foreign man to move in, it will definitely close the side door connected to the back garden. It's just that these small cross-courtyards have always been empty, so Lao Zhangtou basically works in the small heavy garden. In fact, he is familiar with carpentry, medicine, medicine and chess, and he will also teach some songs since he was a child. Lao Zhangtou lives in the back street of the palace, there is no one else in the family, I heard that he also married a wife when he was young, but his wife has long passed away and has been widowed for many years.
Granny Mu lives in the house, and her family is in the countryside. Granny Mu's family is not a domestic slave, and now she is the only one working in the palace and signing a living deed. She and her husband both worked in the dart game in their early years, and when they got older, they bought land in the countryside, and now the family lives in the countryside. Granny Mu knew Mama Lu in her early years, and the reason why she entered the palace was also to help Mama Lu. She knows a little kung fu.
The preparations to be made by the masters of the palace for this large-scale trip are naturally complicated, and the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard have their own arrangements. The deployment of personnel in the inner courtyard is in the management of the princess, and the deployment of personnel in the outer courtyard is directly determined by the prince.
After a while, the arrangements for the travelers were gradually announced. Xiaozhongyuan has a small population, and this time there is a grandmother and two maids accompanying him, and the whole hospital is dispatched, and he can catch up with the treatment of other little masters of the palace. Lao Zhangtou and Granny Mu were among the accompanying rough envoys. Leaving the song is overjoyed, and for a while, everyone in Xiaozhongyuan was busy packing their luggage.
In the dead of night, Lige couldn't help but quietly ask Mama Lu how she did it. Mama Lu didn't hide it, and broke the matter into pieces and told Lige.
Lao Zhangtou and Granny Mu both knew Mama Lu before, at that time, Mama Lu followed Lige's biological mother, just came to Zhaozhao Kingdom, and saved a caravan on the road, and the caravan hired at that time had Granny Mu and his wife in the dart team. Lao Zhangtou has always been the subordinate of Zhao Wangfu, when Lige's biological mother was in the palace, he was very concerned about the people in the palace, after the death of Lao Zhangtou's wife, Lao Zhangtou, who was left alone in the family, was quite depressed, and he was almost driven out of the palace and resold away. Or Lige's biological mother stretched out her hand and arranged for him to stay in the most remote yard as an unpopular stay.
Later, Mama Lu followed King Zhao back to the palace to take care of Xiao Lige, firstly, the two bosses of the palace did not take the initiative to meet them, and secondly, Mama Lu did not dare to use people of unknown origin, so she brought Granny Mu back to help, and Lao Zhangtou happened to work in this yard, so he simply stayed in Xiaozhongyuan for a long time.
Granny Mu and Lao Zhangtou both asked Shi Wei steward in the outer courtyard to say, with Granny Mu's ability, she is simply an outstanding figure among a group of rough mothers-in-law; After all, the accompanying doctors in the house only care about the bodies of the masters. Although Granny Mu and Lao Zhangtou were not in the establishment of the outer courtyard, Shi Wei was also a person who did practical things, and after weighing it, he felt that these two people were of great use, so he recommended the list and let the prince decide. In the end, the prince agreed.
It's not easy to say this thing, it's not difficult to say it, it's just that Lige and Mama Lu are not suitable to talk about this matter, and it is the most suitable for the two of them to go to the camp by themselves. Everyone is self-motivated, and anyone can understand it.