Chapter 37: The Southern Tour
No matter how undercurrents are surging in the palace, there is harmony on the surface. Whether it is the experience of the concubine, no one dares to stretch out his hand to the six princes, or someone has already made a move towards the six princes, but they have already been quietly disposed of by Xu Guifei...... Zhou Ying didn't know about these, but one thing she knew was that in the following years, the sixth prince Zhou Jue grew up safely and peacefully, and he was never hurt by any turmoil.
is also because Xu Guifei has always protected the six princes, and she has never seen the six princes in the palace who are sinister, and she is pure and naΓ―ve, unlike other children in the palace, and she is only five or six years old.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ying couldn't help but glance at the eighth princess and the ninth princess who were surrounding Zhou Huan.
In the past few years, the eighth princess Zhou Long and the ninth princess Zhou Jue have also reached their age and entered the inner study. The biological mothers of these two are not high, one is talented and the other is beautiful. The two of them also have success, as soon as they came in, they first stood still, carefully observed, and saw that the first few princesses did not like to make trouble, so they tried to catch up with Zhou Huan, who had just appeared at that time, learned well, and treated people kindly.
At that time, Zhou Huan was thinking that he was weak, and two younger sisters voted for him, so he naturally welcomed it, and the two sides hit it off.
Zhou Huan didn't know what to say, which caused Zhou Long and Zhou Jue to scream with envy.
Among the two princesses, Zhou Long loves to smile and has a sweet mouth and is very good at flattering people, Zhou Jue is a stuffy jar and a coward, and Zhou Long has always taken the idea of the two. After a while, Zhou Long brought Zhou Jue over and sat next to Zhou Ying.
Zhou Long's tone could not hide his envy, "Congratulations to the seventh sister." β
Zhou Ying turned a page of the book, "What a joy?" β
Zhou Long said enviously: "The seventh sister is really calm, I have heard the sixth sister say, the father wants to tour the south, and the brothers and sisters in the palace who are twelve years old and above can accompany the car, and the seventh sister has just reached the line, isn't this a great joy?" β
That's true.
The last time the emperor went on a tour was ten years ago. Last time, the only few princes and princesses were still young, and the emperor in the harem only brought a few concubines.
Zhou Ying raised her head and glanced at Zhou Huan, who smiled back gently.
This one really didn't let go of any opportunity, and when he saw the vacancy, he wanted to make trouble for Zhou Ying. Sure enough, I heard Zhou Long sigh: "I shouldn't have bothered the seventh sister, but I have grown so big that I have never been out of the palace gate, and I have seen what the world outside looks like." This opportunity is really rare, if you miss this one, I really don't know when I will have this opportunity again. β
Zhou Ying said with a smile: "Eighth sister really don't have to worry about this, my father is in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, and now the four seas are leveling, my father is afraid that he will go out on patrol again in a few years, and when the time comes, my sister is old enough to withstand the fatigue of the journey, can't she just go with her?" β
These two reasons are so high-sounding, Zhou Long can't refute a word.
Zhou Long can't say that the emperor is not in good health, and he doesn't know the Year of the Ox and the month of the Ox when he goes out on patrol next time, and second, he can't say that the party competition between the DPRK and China is fierce, and maybe one day the emperor won't be able to press this mess. So she could only smile, "It's still the seventh sister who thinks long-term." β
This eighth sister is also knowledgeable about current affairs, and Zhou Ying means something, "It's just that you are two years old, so you have to be thoughtful." β
Zhou Long nodded thoughtfully, and said goodbye: "Don't disturb the seventh sister's hard work." She didn't seem to hear the meaning of Zhou Ying's words at all, she still smiled happily and took Zhou Jue back to Zhou Huan's side. After a while, the three of them smiled and laughed, and they didn't see a little estrangement.
Zhou Ying raised her eyebrows, lowered her head, and looked at the book slowly.
This eighth sister is not like a stupid person, Zhou Huan is now using Zhou Long as a gunman, Zhou Long may not know. But Zhou Long can look unconscious and be happy to be the vanguard because Zhou Long also has a plan.
Now Zhou Huan can still be appeased because Zhou Long is still young and has few plans. As Zhou Long gets older, there will only be more pictures. Today, Zhou Huan pushed it on Zhou Ying's head, but it was okay, if he still pushed it in the future, Zhou Huan would be bitten by the dog he raised sooner or later.
Zhou Ying chuckled, she was waiting for this day.
After school, Zhou Ying went to Mingxi Palace as usual to greet Xu Guifei.
As soon as I entered the Mingxi Palace, I heard the immature giggles of the sixth prince Zhou Jue. Zhou Ying looked for a voice and came to the backyard, where Zhou Jue was swinging high, behind him was Xu Hong patiently pushing, and Xu Guifei was sitting on the side with a smile.
Zhou Jue saw Zhou Ying at a glance, kicked his foot on the ground, stopped the swing, jumped up, rushed to Zhou Ying, took Zhou Ying's hand, shook it, and said excitedly: "Sister, let's go out together!" β
Did the emperor promise to take Zhou Jue with him on the southern tour? This little guy is only a small group, and the journey has been bumpy all the way, can he really stand it?
Facing Zhou Ying's puzzled eyes, Xu Hong let go of the swing rope and said helplessly: "My cousin has done a good job, and the emperor has just been entangled by him." β
Hearing this, Zhou Ying couldn't help laughing.
Zhou Jue was still blinking his big black eyes on the side of his legs, tilting his head and coquettishly saying, "Can I go out with my sister, is my sister unhappy?" "Dele, this one is coquettish, even she can't stop it, let alone the emperor who has no resistance to his youngest son?
Zhou Ying half-squatted down, took out a plain handkerchief from between her sleeves, gently wiped off the tiny beads of sweat on Zhou Jue's forehead, and replied with a smile: "With your little pistachio by your side, how can my sister be unhappy?" β
Xu Guifei beckoned the three of them over, and said angrily to Zhou Jue: "You kid, you know how to trouble your sister." β
Zhou Jue put his hands behind his back like a little adult, and snorted angrily, "My sister won't make trouble with me, my sister likes me the most." β
Zhou Ying couldn't help but be amused, rubbed Zhou Jue's head, and pretended to be surprised: "How did Xiao Jue know?" So smart! β
Zhou Jue blushed shyly, thinking that others didn't know, and he was calm and upright, and he was proud.
Not to mention how everyone teased Zhou Jue, when Xu Hong led Zhou Jue back to do his homework, Xu Guifei said: "This time on the southern tour, the emperor still wants me to go, you and I are gone, and there is no reason to leave Xiao Jue alone in the palace." β
No wonder.
Before, the emperor wanted Xu Guifei to tour the south together, but Xu Guifei was not worried about palace affairs, and secondly, he was worried that she was not there, and someone would accept it for Xiao Jue. Since the emperor loosened his mouth and wanted to take Zhou Jue with him, Xu Guifei naturally had no reason to refuse again.
As for the exhausting boats and horses, the emperor gathered the strength of a country to go on patrol, and if he could not even reach the minimum level of comfort, then the emperor should have failed enough.