There are a lot of events in November. Li Rui finally married the Zhao family into the door, which can be regarded as a complete farewell to his youth, and lived in the Ji Wang's mansion built by his father for him; Princess Yi'an married from Guangshun Gate, and when she left, she had tears in her eyes, but she had to swallow her tears and say some clichés of "family and country affairs, righteousness is not resigned"; when her father was about to set off for Feng Zen, he was guilty of wind and dizziness, and he recuperated for a few days, and his condition not only did not improve, but worsened, and he had no choice but to issue an edict to stop sealing Zen, but he was unwilling, and ordered to go to Xingdongdu in February next year.

My father was really sick this time, no matter how he was in previous years, he could still get up and walk a few steps, and he could sit on the couch and listen to the government, but this time he was almost completely unable to listen to things, his mother quickly took charge of the government, and half a day later, he pretended to be his father's will to make a will, so that the prince Yuguang Shunmen supervised the country and listened to things, and the prince decided the trivial matters.

The reason why I know that this edict is only in the name of my father is because when the edict was issued, I was serving in the Zichen Hall with my mother. As soon as my father fell ill, my mother waited for him as before, and I lived in the palace, and it was convenient for me to come and go, and I came every day, and I was by my side when my mother dealt with all her private affairs. The edict of the crown prince should have been discussed by many people, or the will was made only after the father's approval, but the mother made a decision alone, and did not use the Chinese book to give the people, and wrote the edict herself, imitating his father's tone, saying that he was "drafting the edict on behalf of him", but it was not an abnormal thing for the father to issue such an edict, and the subordinates did not object, and it was immediately issued.

These days, my mother seems to be like any little woman who worries about her husband, without lead powder, with no face to the sky, and all her words and deeds have a little unspeakable solemnity, as if her husband's illness has occupied all her mind, so that she has no time to take care of the methods of struggle for power and profit in the past, but her solemnity only lasts until Tuan'er comes, and when Tuan'er comes in silently, my mother shows some secret joy, leads me aside, and orders me and Wan'er to stand a few steps away: "Don't let anyone come close." ”

The palace has already been guarded by my mother's henchmen, but she still wants to ask me and Wan'er to guard again, I am curious in my heart, when I stand up, I listen to the ears, vaguely hear the word "King Wu", and dare not listen, and then look at Wan'er, only to see her head down, sleeves and hands, motionless, as if into the monk.

Mother and Tuan'er talked for about two moments, and after Tuan'er withdrew, her mother beckoned Wan'er to come over, and after saying a few words, Wan'er also withdrew, and the only thing in the hall was her father, who was sleeping on the bed, and the two of us who were outside.

My mother was very decisive when she spoke to Tuan'er and Wan'er, but when she came to me, she hesitated for a moment, and said, "Son, A-Niang wants to entrust you with one thing." ”

I saw her expression, a little nervous, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said, "What did A-Niang tell me to do?"

At this time, my mother hesitated again, looked at me again and again, and did not answer for a long time, but beckoned me to sit down next to her, and hugged me tightly with one hand, I secretly raised my eyes from the side to look at her, but saw that she closed her eyes, as if she was contemplating something, after a long time, she opened her eyes and turned to look at me: "You are leading people to play these days, how many people are in a team?"

I was stunned and said, "Dugu Shao, Cui Mingde and Wei Huan have recommended twelve people to come in, and these people have recommended a few more one after another, even their servants and slaves, as well as the people in my palace, sometimes five or six people are a team, and sometimes there are twenty or thirty. ”

Mother nodded, "In this way, the two teams add up, and there are dozens of people." ”

I said, "If you count the selection and worship, it will be about 100 people." ”

The mother asked, "Are these people good at ball?"

I pondered: "They're generally better than me, they can play polo, they don't have to ride donkeys, and they are considered powerful among women." ”

Mother said: "I will order, from the palace people to choose 200 people with physical strength, with you to play ball, you or called Dugu Shao, or Wei Huan to take them to practice, practice bowing, if Zhu Jing, Penglai Hall can not live, you can enter the Ayaqi Palace." ”

I hesitated, "But my father is sick, and I still lead people to play... Isn't it good?"

The mother smiled meaningfully: "Who said that you should be told to play ball? He glanced at me and said, "If you are worried, it is better to do this, and say that you want to perform a bow dance for Your Majesty, so choose someone to practice." If so, 200 is not enough, first choose 500 exercises, and choose 120 people to dance on the first day, and this matter must be properly handled within three days. ”

I couldn't help but look up at my mother, and then look inward, although my father was suffering from wind and dizziness and could not see things, he was far from the incurable phenomenon of the last time.

My mother was still waiting for my reply, and at this point, I could only grit my teeth and say, "Yes." "Think about it, after all, she is partial to Wei Huan, because she said: "Dugu Shao was born in the famous clan of the North and is accustomed to military affairs, so let's ask her to enter the palace to lead people to practice." She has dozens of attendants at home, and she often performs at home, and can also be brought into the palace as an auxiliary. When she said this, she was a little afraid that her mother would hear it, so she couldn't help but look at her, but she showed a little appreciation, smiled at me and nodded: "But." ”

I saluted her with a heavy heart, and when I was about to leave, she stopped me: "I thought about it, you are not very familiar with the personnel in the palace, and you should ask Ah Qing to do the matter of selecting people, you just have to talk to Dugu Shao." ”

I was just nervous, but my heart was a little cold at this moment, I opened my mouth, wanted to call "A-Niang", lowered my head again, and said, "Yes." As if she saw my displeasure, she hugged me again—this time tighter than Fang Cai—and patted me the back a few times before saying, "Idiot, it's not that you're young and careless, it's just... The less you have to do with this, the better. ”

I understood a little, and I didn't understand a little, and I looked up at her, trying to see something from her face—I didn't think she despised me, but I felt that she was even guarding against me, and I was a little upset, but I looked at her face, and I felt that she was not guarding against me, and she was now more like a loving mother than ever, and her eyes were full of love and pity, and I was even more confused, and I replied half-incomprehensibly, and said, "I have retired there." After saying a word, I didn't just leave, just looked at her, she really stopped me again after a while, still a little hesitant, and said: "Your sister-in-law has just given birth to a daughter, you should visit her more, Erlang is your brother after all, you can't be too alienated from him." ”

I really didn't understand what my mother was thinking, so I replied sullenly, and after I withdrew, I immediately sent a few people, one to ask Dugu Shao, and passed on the words that I wanted to practice the bow dance to her, and asked her to enter the palace quickly, one to ask Ah Qing and tell her what her mother meant, and the other person went to tell Wei Huan and Xiaolang, saying that I wanted to pray for my father and fast, and let them move the silk money out in case of emergency. 166 Reading Network