Chapter 318: Autumn Hunting
To Feng Shujia's surprise, Empress Yang was not in Kunning Palace at this time.
Mama Yang explained with a smile: "September Autumn Hunting, the Holy One means that this year will be carried out in a big way, and the lord of Fanbang will be invited to show the national prestige of my Daliang to those Fanbang who are about to move, so that they can rest their thoughts of competing with Daliang as soon as possible, so everything can't be done according to the old practice, and it has to be reorganized."
"Niangniang, as the master of the harem, wants to arrange the trivial matters of the life of the saint and the concubines and princesses who accompany her during the autumn hunt, so she went to the imperial study early in the morning and waited for the saint to dissipate the court and then discuss this matter with him.
"Before leaving, Niangniang specially instructed the slaves and maids to stay in the palace to greet the princess and Miss Feng."
Feng Shujia hurriedly bent her knees and said, "Thank you for the queen's love." ”
Empress Yang is the mother of the dynasty, so favored, how can she not let a little daughter of the Hou Mansion be flattered and grateful.
Mama Yang was not surprised by Feng Shujia's reaction, and smiled slightly.
However, Princess Shouyang looked as usual, as if she was in her own princess's mansion, she went to sit down on the beauty couch by the window, and beckoned Feng Shujia to sit down on the cushioned chair on the side, and smiled with Mama Yang: "Mama go and get busy, don't pay attention to us, just leave a boil of water to watch tea." ”
Mama Yang knew the casual temperament of Princess Shouyang, and she also knew that the two sisters-in-law had a deep relationship, and they did not pay attention to these false etiquettes every day.
"You don't have to be too restrained." Princess Shouyang saw that Feng Shujia was sitting in a precarious position, so she smiled and persuaded her, "The imperial sister-in-law has a gentle temperament, and the people in her palace are all harmonious, and she usually doesn't find small mistakes in etiquette. ”
What's more, what Feng Shujia brought in, Queen Yang would always look at her face and automatically ignore Feng Shujia's occasional small flaws in etiquette.
Feng Shujia smiled slightly, and thanked her euphemistically: "The queen mother is generous and gentle, generous and virtuous, and understands the cowardice and trembling of the courtiers in the center of the palace. ”
Princess Shouyang saw that Feng Shujia insisted, and no longer persuaded her, and said with a smile: "Whatever you want." ”
This kind of thing is how she can come as comfortable as she is, she can't do Feng Shujia's strict etiquette, and naturally she can't force Feng Shujia to be as casual as her in Kunning Palace.
The two of them sat idly and drank tea and gossiped, unconsciously time passing.
When half a pot of tea was over, Xiao Liu's father-in-law and Yan Mama came back to their lives.
"Although the princess and Miss Feng can rest assured, the Knitting Bureau has already accepted people, registered the roster, and arranged for them. It is said that after they are familiar with the environment and affairs of the knitting bureau, they will be assigned errands according to their strengths. Xiao Liu's father-in-law replied with a smile.
"Thank you for your hard work." Princess Shouyang smiled, and told Mama Yan to look at the reward.
Xiao Liu's father-in-law was ordered by Queen Yang to send those embroidery girls to report to the Knitting Bureau, and where did he dare to accept Princess Shouyang's thanks, seeing this, he hurriedly excused himself and said: "Princess, this is really a tortured slave, I really dare not be ashamed, I dare not be ashamed!" ”
Princess Shouyang said with a smile: "Those people were all recommended by this princess, and you have to ask Gonggong Liu to take care of them when you turn around, so you don't have to excuse yourself." ”
Father-in-law Liu is the godfather of Father-in-law Liu, who is now the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and has followed Emperor Longqing since he was in the palace, although he is not as proud as the current head of the palace, Su Zhigao, but he is also very proud in the palace, and is deeply trusted by the emperor, so he will hand over the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the palace to him to be responsible for cooking.
Xiao Liu's father-in-law accepted the reward at this time, and hurriedly bowed down to thank Princess Shouyang, and said with a smile on his face: "Princess, don't worry, the people of the Knitting Bureau will not treat those embroidery girls badly." ”
Even if you don't look at the face of his godfather Liu's father-in-law, the people of the Knitting Bureau will definitely not dare to embarrass those embroiderers, after all, he will come forward to place a few people on behalf of Queen Yang.
Xiao Liu's father-in-law accepted the reward, and then retreated with great eyes, but before leaving, he couldn't help but quietly glance at Feng Shujia, and said in his heart: I didn't see anything special about this Feng girl before, but for some reason she was so loved and valued by Princess Shouyang, but it was just a few little embroidery girls, but Princess Shouyang was willing to look at Feng Shujia's face, please ask him.
Seeing that the business was over, Feng Shujia felt relieved for a large part, and as for the other half, she had to wait for Empress Yang to come back and inquire about Emperor Longqing's intentions for this year's autumn hunt before she could completely let go.
Daliang has autumn hunting every year, and it has become more and more formalistic recently, but it is just a banquet and drink competition for the children of the clan and the powerful family, and it has long ceased to be the ancestral training of the strong soldiers and the danger in times of peace.
It is really surprising and unsettling that Emperor Longqing suddenly proposed to vigorously organize the autumn hunt, and even invited the heads and magnates of the surrounding countries to participate in the grand event.
This means that Emperor Longqing is going to change his strategy towards the surrounding countries, and it is not yet known what the future of Feng Yi, who is guarding the northwest border.
Thinking that there was still the King of Fenyang watching from the side and deliberately framing him, Feng Shujia was even more anxious and uneasy.
She originally had the intention to ask Princess Shouyang one or two first, but Princess Shouyang never had the patience to care about these court affairs, and the topic turned around as some daily trivialities, or talking about the past friendship with Queen Yang, or reminiscing about Ma Linxi, or resenting the aggressiveness of the county lord Zhenhui, even if it was a cup of tea or a piece of snack, in her eyes it was more interesting than any autumn hunting and court politics.
Seeing this, Feng Shujia had no choice but to stop thinking about inquiring about Princess Shouyang, and patiently waited for Queen Yang to come back and inquire.
However, this wait waited until lunchtime, and Empress Yang had not returned to Kunning Palace, nor had she sent anyone to inform Princess Shouyang.
Princess Shouyang, who had been at ease, suddenly couldn't sit still, and hurriedly invited Mama Yang to inquire: "Why hasn't the imperial sister-in-law come back yet?" Isn't it just an autumn hunt, it's still early, you can't be so busy that you don't go back to the palace to eat, right? ”
Besides, she greeted Empress Yang early in the morning, saying that she was going to take Feng Shujia into the palace today to ask for peace, and Empress Yang couldn't get out of the matter at this time, and as a rule, someone would come back and tell her.
Things are so abnormal, which makes Princess Shouyang's heart slightly uneasy.
She remembered that the relationship between Emperor Longqing and Empress Yang has always been very good, young couples, deep affection, that is, after Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, a large number of draft girls were recruited to expand the harem to balance the forces of all parties, and Empress Yang only complained about him twice, and the relationship between the emperor and queen was still harmonious.
The only time the emperor and queen lost peace and fought a cold war for a long time, so that Empress Yang didn't even have time to take care of her and Lin Xishang in the palace, was when the king of Jin was unwilling to lose the heir, colluded with the Xiliang rebellion, and came all the way from Jinyang to the capital.