Chapter Twenty-Seven
Su Qingluan looked in the direction of the prince, and saw that the prince was talking happily with Yuan Junyao and Fu Mingkong, but Fu Mingyue went to mingle with Su Qingyuan and Mei Yihua, so when he and Gong Chuli were about to walk towards the prince and the others, they faintly felt that there was a gaze full of resentment swept over. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info turned around and looked at it casually, it seemed to be from the female family, Qu Zitian was laughing with Concubine Lin, and many girls didn't notice her, but Concubine Lin collided with her eyes and smiled at her kindly.
Su Qingluan smiled back, nodded slightly, and then turned to the prince and the others, but he didn't understand why that person was dissatisfied with him.
"King Yuan, Prince Fu," Su Qingluan smiled and nodded, as if he had said hello, "Today's greeting is not thoughtful, please take care of the two of you." ”
"Prince Su, Prince Fu, King Yuan. Gong Chuli also nodded slightly, and then stood aside without saying much.
"The eldest princess, the third princess. Yuan Junyao and Fu Mingkong also nodded and smiled back.
"Don't dare, the eldest princess is the master today, so naturally she has a lot of things to do. "Fu Mingkong has always been gentle and elegant.
Yuan Junyao also opened his mouth and said with a smile, "What Prince Fu said is that the eldest princess doesn't have to care. ”
Fu Mingkong didn't know if it was intentional, and asked Yuan Junyao, "Speaking of which, it seems that King Yuan came empty-handed today, didn't he prepare a gift?"
Yuan Junyao was not annoyed, turned his face to Su Qingluan and said, "After leaving the palace today, I met Prince Fu and others, and then came together, I really don't know that today is the princess's birthday, can I make up for it at the palace banquet in the evening?"
Listening to Yuan Junyao's words that seemed to explain coaxingly, Su Qingluan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, what is going on with this person, what to do with these things, so that others mistakenly think how familiar the two are.
"It's okay, having King Yuan personally present is to give me face, so why bother with those false courtesies!" Su Qingluan had a decent smile on her face, but she didn't think that Yuan Junyao didn't know that today was her birthday, after all, Beijing had been talking about it for the past few days, and the first banquet in the Eldest Princess's Mansion didn't make the person who got the post a little proud. But what Yuan Junyao is up to, she doesn't know.
But Fu Mingkong was thinking that Yuan Junyao came out of the palace this morning, and at this point, he had the upper hand over him, after all, he arrived at the boundary of other people's land, and did not take the initiative to visit the emperor, which was a mistake. Moreover, Yuan Junyao also seems to be interested in Su Qingluan, and men know men best, so he must not let him compare with him anymore.
Seeing that it was not too early, and he was about to enter the palace for a banquet in two hours, Fu Mingkong said goodbye to Su Qingluan, "It's not too early, I'll leave first, and we'll see you at the palace banquet tonight." ”
Gong Chuli was on the side, and when he heard the words, he also got up to say goodbye.
sent someone to invite Fu Mingyue over, and a few people walked out, and Yuan Junyao stayed where he was and said something to the prince. Seeing Fu Mingkong and others leaving, the guests attending the banquet also said goodbye.
sent Fu Mingkong and a few people away, and asked Su Qingyu to send Mei Yihua, who was a little drunk, to Su Qingyuan and place him in his mansion next door, and when he came back, he met the prince and Yuan Junyao. Su Qingluan looked at Yuan Junyao, "King Yuan." He turned to look at the prince again, "Yiwen, do you want to go back to the prince's mansion first or go directly to the palace?"
The crown prince and Yuan Junyao stopped, and the prince asked rhetorically, "Is there something wrong?"
Su Qingluan saw him with a serious look, and chuckled, "It's okay, I plan to go to the palace when I change my clothes, if you are fine, come with me, I have something to tell you." ”
The prince nodded, "Then the imperial sister, you go to change your clothes first, and I'll let Zitian and Xuan'er go back to the house first." ”
Su Qingluan thought that the prince was going to send Yuan Junyao, so he didn't say much, nodded to Yuan Junyao, and then strode away.
"Does King Yuan have a place to stay in Dajing this time?" The prince knew that Yuan Junyao had arrived in the capital early this morning, and he entered the palace as soon as he came, and it seemed that he had already made an agreement with the emperor.
"This time I came to Dongjing, Emperor Jing arranged for me to live in the palace last time, so we just entered the palace together. Yuan Junyao observed this young prince who was less than seventeen years old, young and old, and his mind was calm, much better than his state of mind ten years ago.
At this moment, Qu Zitian's maid Agarwood ran over with a anxious look, knelt down in front of the prince, and said urgently, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Concubine Lin almost fell and had a fetal gas, and the princess asked the slave maid to invite you over." ”
As soon as the prince heard Agarwood's words, he bowed his hand to Yuan Junyao and said, "I am tired of Yuan Wang explaining to the imperial sister on my behalf, I will not enter the palace with her, and I will personally apologize to her later." ”
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should go over quickly!" Yuan Junyao naturally understood the prince's feelings, this was his first child, and it was very likely that he was also the eldest grandson of Dongjing, so it was naturally in the eyes of many people.
Yuan Junyao looked left and right, but he didn't see a single subordinate, so he had no choice but to go to Su Qingluan in person. Thinking back to the direction Su Qingluan had just left, he walked forward. Fortunately, there was no fork in the stone path, and a stone path led to a small three-story building.
Looking at the rosewood plaque of 'Ningyue Tower' on the book, Yuan Junyao couldn't help but guess what she was thinking when she took this name.
Looking left and right, there are still no half people around, and I can't, so I have to pass the time by watching the scenery.
Su Qingluan pushed open the door and saw such a picture, the man of Zhilan Yushu leaned back slightly, looking at Zizhu in front of the court lightly, the corners of his mouth hooked a smile that seemed to be nothing, with a faint alienation, the afterglow of the sunset sprinkled on him, as if it was not as ethereal as in the world.
Turning his head, he saw Su Qingluan leaning on the pillar under the corridor with his hands on his chest and looking at him appreciatively, the smile on the corner of Yuan Junyao's mouth became a little more real, "Can the princess see it satisfied?" After speaking, he was dressed neatly, looking satisfied and confident in himself.
Su Qingluan chuckled, "Why, would the dignified Yuan King actually be a drama-like character for others to watch? However, the Yuan King is dignified, Zhilan Yushu, and he is indeed a rare beautiful man!"
Yuan Junyao ignored the previous words, only listened to the praise from behind, and was just about to speak, but an indifferent voice interspersed in the back, "It's just a little old." ”
Turning his head, Su Qingyu walked over like a willow, and the handsome young man who was as beautiful as jade didn't look at Yuan Junyao, who had a stiff smile, walked straight to Su Qingluan's side, turned around, and looked at him coldly.
Su Qingluan smiled "poof", looked at Su Qingyu helplessly, speaking of which Yuan Junyao is already twenty-seven this year, which is not old, but compared with Su Qingyu, who is just sixteen, he is indeed an old man.
Yuan Junyao caught a glimpse of Su Qingluan's smile for a moment, and there was a lot of pampering in the depths of his eyes, but there was a look of self-deprecation on his face.
Su Qingluan tried hard to suppress his smile, and said, "Isn't King Yuan gone, how can he appear here again?"
Yuan Junyao glanced at Su Qingyu, who was on guard, and said, "The prince has something to do temporarily, ask me to tell the princess that he can't enter the palace with the princess today, and when the matter is dealt with, he will apologize to the princess in person." Because I didn't see the people of your house, I had to find them myself. ”
Su Qingluan looked at Su Qingyu, Su Qingyu said without any expression, "Concubine Lin almost fell, and the crown princess broke her foot to save Concubine Lin." ”
Su Qingluan nodded thoughtfully, and turned to Yuan Junyao and said, "There is King Lao Yuan who will go this way personally." ”
Yuan Junyao himself knew that in fact, he didn't have to run this trip himself, but he let his body follow the thoughts in his heart and came over by himself.
Su Qingluan saw that Su Qingyu had also changed his clothes, so he said to Yuan Junyao, "King Yuan, the two of us are going to enter the palace at this moment, so I won't keep you more." ”
With such an obvious eviction order, Yuan Junyao's face did not change, and said, "It just so happens that I am also going to enter the palace, let's go together." ”
Su Qingluan raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything, Su Qingyu's already cold face on the side was gloomy at the moment.
Yuan Junyao chose to ignore it, a hairy boy who had not dried up, and was not afraid of threats at all.
Su Qingluan was sitting in the carriage, Su Qingyu and Yuan Junyao were riding outside together, and Su Qingluan, who was sitting in the carriage, could feel the cold air released by Su Qingyu. Su Qingluan shook his head, unable to understand why Su Qingyu hated Yuan Junyao.
Thinking of Yuan Junyao, Su Qingluan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, what did this person mean, this time he came to Dajing, it seems that his father knew very well, or maybe his father invited him to come at all, but why did his father do this? Thinking of Yuan Junyao's performance today, he seems to be ...... What does this man want to do?
Just when Su Qingluan was thinking, the palace arrived, and after entering the palace, Su Qingluan, Su Qingyu, and Yuan Junyao went in two completely different directions, Yuan Junyao was going to meet the emperor, and Su Qingluan and Su Qingyu were going to visit the Queen Mother.
In the palace of the Queen Mother, when Su Qingluan and Su Qingyu arrived, the Queen Mother was drinking medicine.
"I've seen the Imperial Grandmother. Su Qingluan and Su Qingyu saluted.
"Good boy, get up quickly, and sit down quickly. The Queen Mother waved her hand, and Chunhui took down the empty medicine bowl. Watching Mama Chunhui take the medicine bowl down, Su Qingluan asked a little nervously, "Imperial grandmother, are you sick?"
The Queen Mother looked slightly unnatural and said, "Where, it's the tonic I have to drink every day." ”
Su Qingluan didn't say anything, but he felt that the taste of the medicine was not the taste of the tonic, the Queen Mother was not in good health, and the Tai Hospital had prescribed a prescription for the Queen Mother to recuperate her body since a few years ago, and Su Qingluan, who often accompanied the Queen Mother's knees, naturally knew the smell of the medicine. But now the Queen Mother herself is reluctant to say, and she is not reluctant, will she go to the Tai Hospital to ask?
After sitting for about a cup of tea, Su Qingyu knew that Su Qingluan and the Queen Mother had something to say, so he made an excuse to go out. As soon as Su Qingyu left, the Queen Mother also asked Chunhui to take the palace maids down, and in the entire hall, there were only two masters, the Queen Mother and Su Qingluan.
For a while, neither of them spoke, the Queen Mother took a sip of the tea on the side, and it was not until the Queen Mother slowly drank the cup of tea that she slowly opened her mouth, "Luan girl, the gift I gave you today, you should understand my intentions, don't you?"
Su Qingluan shook his head lightly and said, "Luan'er is stupid, you only understand one or two," Su Qingluan stood up, walked to the Queen Mother's feet, and sat at the Queen Mother's feet like this, just like when she was a child, tilting her head slightly, "Imperial grandmother, you have always loved Luan'er the most, and you know what Luan'er thinks in her heart." However, this time, Luan'er didn't know whether it was right or wrong to form a women's army. The current Dajing and even the other three kingdoms all know that Dajing has an eldest princess, Su Qingluan, and has never heard anyone mention the crown prince Su Qingsong. Isn't Luan'er a little too flamboyant?"
The Queen Mother's hand brushed the top of Su Qingluan's head, smoothing her hair with a warm hand, and smoothing the panic in her heart. The Queen Mother smiled lovingly and asked, "To Yiwen, do you want to replace him?"
Su Qingluan frowned and said, "How come, Yiwen is my younger brother, and he will always be the crown prince of Dajing and the future emperor." ”
"Then what are you worried about?" the Queen Mother patted her on the shoulder, "Actually, you are also protecting him by doing this, Yiwen is very good, but he is young after all, and now in this situation, everyone's eyes are on you, so he can grow, will you be afraid of this?"
The Queen Mother looked at her granddaughter, who she loved since she was a child, and now there are many other talents from the Three Kingdoms. Yuan Junyao of Northern Qi and Fu Mingkong of Western Qin are all scheming, shrewd and cunning people, and even Gong Chuli of Southern Chen is shrewd and intelligent, comparable to men. Su Qingsong is also a smart person, but he takes his feelings too seriously. Such an emperor is only suitable to be a Ming monarch in a peaceful and prosperous era, but not suitable to be an overlord.
Now the relationship between the four countries is delicate, one moment they are still drinking and talking, and the next moment they may draw their swords against each other. If you use Su Qingluan's witty methods, it is not on par with them, but there has been no precedent for an empress since the founding of Dajing, and Su Qingsong was originally quite smart, but now when compared, it is a bit mediocre.
The Queen Mother took her hand away from the top of Su Qingluan's hair, and took out a pitch-black ink-like wrench from her sleeve cage, with a hollow and carved pattern of cranes swimming in the clouds on her small wrench, giving people a dignified and stable but carefree feeling.
Su Qingluan was inexplicably fond of this wrench at first sight, "Imperial grandmother, this wrench is really beautiful, why haven't I seen you bring it?"
The Queen Mother smiled, and looked at the unknown place with far-reaching eyes, "I brought it, when I was about the same age as you, when I saw it for the first time, I loved it as much as you did!"
Su Qingluan rolled his eyes and asked, "This wrench is so special, was it given by the emperor's grandfather?"
The Queen Mother turned her eyes back and looked at Su Qingluan, with a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, "Yes, once the emperor's grandfather was injured on your battlefield, I rode a horse and ran back to the camp with him, and he handed me this wrench when he woke up." In fact, they hadn't gotten married that time, she secretly went in disguise, and he couldn't get rid of her after he knew it, and finally let her save her once.
He was stabbed and fell unconscious, and she rode him back to the camp with him, but one horse could not move two men in armor, and finally she carried him back step by step.
Maybe everyone will involuntarily be gentle when they mention their beloved, and at this time, the queen mother's face is full of gentleness and tenderness. The gaze is far-reaching, as if recalling the bits and pieces of the past when the lover was around.
Su Qingluan didn't interrupt her, the imperial grandmother was happy, although her husband died early, leaving her a woman with her young son to face a group of wolf-like enemies, but she was happy for more than ten years before, how many women can keep the warmth of their husbands for more than ten years, so she is indeed happy.
The Queen Mother came back to her senses, covered the moisture in her eyes, put her wrench finger in Su Qingluan's hand, and said, "From today on, you are its owner, and it has a name, called 'Xiaoyao'." ”