88. Eighty-eight, purse
The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, although they are not mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, have a relationship between the two aunts and nephews, and the relationship has always been very harmonious, even closer than the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the eldest princess of Jinyang, but now, it has fallen apart.
The Empress Dowager looked at the figure of the Empress Dowager leaving, her eyes were a little complicated, she took a deep breath, in fact, she didn't say it, she also knew that the Empress Dowager should hate her at this time.
On the other side, Fu Yuan and Concubine Ning, who left together, the atmosphere at this time was a little weird.
When Zhao Jinyuan was alive, when Fu Hui and Concubine Ning met, although they were happy on their faces, what they wanted to do in their hearts, what they said and did, there would always be some reflection, so that every time they met, they would break up a little unhappily.
But now that Zhao Jinyuan is gone, although it was a little embarrassing when he left together, it was much better than before.
Fu Hui wanted to let Concubine Ning go first, but when Concubine Ning entered the palace, she came on foot when she arrived at the palace gate and then to the palace of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, and Fu Hui came by sedan chair, that is, Concubine Ning went first, and it was definitely inappropriate for Fu Hui to sit in a sedan chair.
Concubine Ning looked at Fu Yuan's polite appearance, but instead said, "If the county lord doesn't mind, why don't we walk to the palace gate together!" ”
Hearing this, Fleur was stunned for a moment, but she also subconsciously nodded in agreement.
And Concubine Ning saw it, and a faint smile appeared on her face. She carefully wrapped the cloak wrapped around Prince Ning and carefully wrapped it around him, and did not hand it over to the nurse behind her, she personally hugged it and walked with Fleur.
Fu Hui subconsciously slowed down, lest Concubine Ning would not be able to keep up with her.
When Concubine Ning saw this, a faint smile appeared on her face.
After the two walked for a while, they didn't speak, but after going around for a while, Concubine Ning suddenly said with a smile: "That day, my appearance was very terrifying, did it scare you?" ”
Fu Rui was stunned for a moment, and only then did she react, the day that Concubine Ning said just now should be the day she just gave birth.
She shook her head subconsciously.
Concubine Ning saw it, but her tone became softer and softer: "That day, it was also my bad, I was too excited, the prince was gone, this child is my only support in this life, and when I wake up after giving birth, the child is gone, and the love is out of control...... Fleur, can you understand me? ”
Concubine Ning said, and suddenly raised her head to look at Fleur, Furao was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer, but it didn't seem to be good not to answer.
Furao thought about it, and finally only asked softly: "I saw that the concubine was not in good health that day, but now she is better?" ”
Fu Hui didn't answer, Concubine Ning was naturally a little disappointed, but she didn't react much, but smiled kindly and gratefully, and said softly to Fu Fu: "It's already good, the imperial doctor only said that it will be okay to take care of it in the future, after all, I will have to take care of the child in the future, just for the sake of the child should also take good care of his body." ”
"That'll be fine."
Listening to Concubine Ning's words, in fact, Fu Rui was a little puzzled in her heart, after all, compared to the past, Concubine Ning is really normal to look at now, just because it is too normal, it is not normal to look at it.
But if Concubine Ning really figured it out as she said, it would be a good thing for herself and for the children.
Fu Yuan only smiled at this, although she and Concubine Ning were not on good terms in the past, but for Zhao Jinyuan, she hoped that they would be good.
"Not long after, I heard that it was the county lord's birthday, and I was newly widowed, so I congratulated the county lord first! In previous years, Jin Yuan always remembered the birthday of the county lord, but now that he is gone, I don't want to make him sad, so I congratulate the county lord. ”
After being silent for a while, Concubine Ning suddenly said such a sentence again.
Listening to Fu Yuan, she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in her heart, she couldn't help but think of Zhao Jinyuan, Zhao Jinyuan has been gone for a long time, but ...... All of them can't forget her.
Fu Hui remembered that on her birthday last year, Zhao Jinyuan also came to the house to celebrate her birthday, and also ran around for her tiredness, and arranged for her troublesome family, and went to Dali Temple for her to pick up her brother.
Concubine Ning's words made Furao fall into deep thought, and walked a little unconsciously, until she reached the gate of the palace, Furao suddenly reflected, she looked at Concubine Ning, and said softly: "Thank you, Concubine...... In the future, if the Queen Mother has any difficulties, don't see Fleur, Fleur will definitely try her best to help. ”
When Fleur said this, her eyes looked at the child in Concubine Ning's arms.
When Concubine Ning heard this, her eyes lit up, a smile appeared on her face, and she looked at Fu Rui and thanked her for her success: "Thank you, Lord County." ”
Fleur just nodded and didn't speak again.
The carriage that Concubine Ning and Furao were riding in came over, but Furao did not get into the carriage first, but watched Concubine Ning's mother and son get into the carriage and leave, and then she was helped into the carriage by the maid.
After getting into the carriage, Caixia, who had been staying by Fuyuan's side, couldn't help but speak softly: "Why did the county lord say this, Concubine Fangcai's heartfelt words to you were obviously deliberate, and she deliberately wanted to lure the county lord to make a promise with her." ”
Fleur didn't answer, she closed her eyes. She didn't see that Concubine Ning had something to say, and she was deliberately moved by her, but this was originally her plan at the beginning, as early as after Zhao Jinyuan left, she thought about taking care of his bloodline, that is, Concubine Ning calculated her, and she was willing, just to repay Zhao Jinyuan's good treatment of her over the years.
With the end of the Birthday Festival approaching, the palace is starting to get busy, and Fleur is also getting a little busy.
The Queen Mother's repeated instructions in the palace, Fu Hui naturally remembered it, and she really wanted to make a good purse for Zhao Jinyan.
Although the purse is just a small object, it looks simple, but when it comes to making it and wants to do it well, it is not as simple as the clothes that Fleur made for her family before. Not to mention anything else, it takes a lot of effort to embroider the small patterns on the purse.
Furao is glad that her skills have improved a lot in recent times, otherwise she wouldn't dare to take this matter lightly.
The embroidered pattern on Zhao Jinyan's purse naturally can't be too ordinary and simple, otherwise it won't match his usual clothes, but if it's too complex and gorgeous, Fu Yuan can't embroider it herself, and it doesn't match Zhao Jinyan's usual style.
After thinking about it again, Hibiscus picked out one from several embroidered patterns, the pine eagle picture, in addition to this pattern, Hibiscus also specially selected a poem by the more famous people today and planned to embroider it together.
After doing this, Fleur began to choose the materials and threads, and began to embroider.
Speaking of which, when Fu Hui embroidered Zhao Jinyan, there was a small episode.
When Fu Hui was embroidering in the courtyard that day, Zhao Jinyan came out of the palace to see her, and the maids below called and deliberately did not report to let Zhao Jinyan walk in, which happened to make Zhao Jinyan look right.
Fu Hui originally planned to take out the gift on Zhao Jinyan's birthday, but naturally she didn't want to expose it in advance, and when she saw Zhao Jinyan walk in, she subconsciously hid the embroidered purse behind her.
Zhao Jinyan was intrigued by Fleur's move, and he had to see what Fleur was hiding.
Such a serious person, it is rare to be coquettish like a child, and Fu Fei has to take things out.
Fu Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, but her will was very firm, saying that she wouldn't show Zhao Jinyan it, she just wouldn't show it, and finally pushed Zhao Jinyan outside the gate and locked people outside the gate.
This movement is not small, and the other people in the house thought that Fu Hui and Zhao Jinyan were in conflict, so they hurriedly went to tell the eldest princess of Jinyang, the eldest princess of Jinyang is such a short person, naturally she looked for Zhao Jinyan to settle the account, until Fu Hui hid something and came out to explain, I didn't know that it was a farce, it was just crying and laughing.
Fleur herself was also very helpless, so she decided that when she sewed the purse, she must be in the house, and the door must be locked tightly. Fortunately, it was getting hotter and hotter this day, and it was just cool to stay in the house.
Of course, what Fu Hui didn't know was that Zhao Jinyan had already known about the storage of this purse, and the Empress Dowager smiled and joked with Zhao Jinyan on the second day after Fu Hui entered the palace, naturally wanting Zhao Jinyan to understand her attitude at this time.
Zhao Jinyan is actually a very rational and calm person, and he is very patient when doing things, but for the first time, he was as impatient as a hairy boy, and he was also anxious to take a sneak peek at Fleur's purse first.
On that day, he stood at the gate, although the picture of Fleur was only half embroidered, but it also made him see it clearly, and his heart only looked forward to it more and more, looking forward to his birthday for the first time.
Time said to go slowly, but it also went fast, the day of the birthday is approaching, the palace has already been arranged, and even the people have begun to change into festive objects.
The palace used to hold the longevity banquet, the palace closest to the lotus pond has already been renovated, and it is extremely festive, and all the utensils and objects used to hold the banquet have already been put in place.
And when the Wanshou Festival was approaching, Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang also went to the palace together to ask the empress dowager for a greeting.
This time, it was not the Empress Dowager who took the initiative to invite them to go, but the eldest princess of Jinyang who took the initiative to go to the palace.
When the Empress Dowager saw the eldest princess of Jinyang, her attitude was very affectionate, but the long-term estrangement between mother and daughter was not so easy to resolve, this time, the empress dowager was close, but she didn't say too much else, just smiled at the eldest princess of Jinyang and talked about the banquet.
"On the day of Wanshou Day, you and Fleur entered the palace earlier, so as to accompany the mourning family."
Hearing this, the eldest princess of Jinyang nodded and took a sip of tea.
The Empress Dowager looked at the look on the face of the eldest princess of Jinyang, and said with a smile: "The seats for you and Furui at the longevity banquet will be arranged under the mourning family." Don't sit too far. ”
"You see how it fits!"
The eldest princess of Jinyang said with a smile, and her attitude looked very easy to fool, but the queen mother knew that her daughter, where was she so easy to fool, fortunately, today, the eldest princess of Jinyang was not to enter the palace to find her angry, but her attitude was still upright, after all, the queen mother was the first to take the loss, and she lowered her head first, but she was very gentle and continued to smile: "It's good if you agree, then the mourning family will let the people below arrange a position for you like this." ”
After saying this, she sighed with a smile again: "The mourning family is a hard life, but when the emperor marries the queen and enters the palace, the mourning family can put this mess aside and enjoy the blessings." ”
After the Empress Dowager said this, she looked at Fleur, who only bowed her head shyly.
On the contrary, the eldest princess of Jinyang listened to the words of the queen mother, but said with a smile: "If you want to enjoy Qingfu, you have to relax yourself after the queen mother, otherwise it is useless for the emperor to marry more queens, you always remember in your heart, how can you really enjoy Qingfu!" ”
The eldest princess of Jinyang said this with a happy smile, but the smile on the face of the empress dowager was a pause, she quickly adjusted her demeanor, and said with a smile: "You kid, clean nonsense, there is only one queen, where are there more queens!" The mourning family is so old, what is there to worry about. Children's affairs are children's affairs, we are elders, we can help, but we can't do everything at once! ”
Although the Empress Dowager lowered her head first this time, she really let her speak at all, of course, it was impossible, and she also said a word to the eldest princess of Jinyang.
And back to the Queen Mother, only the eldest princess of Jinyang nodded and smiled thoughtfully.
This time the mother-daughter meeting implied a sharp edge, but in the end, they were all reconciled, and in the end there was no ugly thing, but it ended peacefully, and when leaving, the Queen Mother rewarded Furao with many objects.
The eldest princess of Jinyang was unceremonious, did not shirk at all, and let Fu Hui take it all.
The Empress Dowager only shook her head in private about the actions of the eldest princess of Jinyang.
However, with this turnaround, when Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang entered the palace for the second time, the atmosphere was obviously much better.
And this time when they entered the palace, Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang came to attend the longevity banquet.
When Fu Rui and the eldest princess of Jinyang entered the palace, it was already a little late, and the palace of the Empress Dowager was already full of people, Prince Ning's mother and son, several ladies and ladies of the Wen family, and even Princess Linxi took Yang Qingyi to sit in the Empress Dowager's palace.
Only one queen mother is missing.
Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang both noticed, but neither of them spoke.
No matter why the Queen Mother did not show up, it is always unlucky to mention it on this happy day.
Although there were many people sitting in the palace of the Empress Dowager, when waiting for Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang to walk in, of course, the Empress Dowager was the closest in attitude, and it was Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang.
The vacant right position on the couch where the Empress Dowager was sitting was soon occupied by Fu Hui and the eldest princess of Jinyang.
The Empress Dowager also smiled at the eldest princess of Jinyang: "I told you a few days ago to let you come earlier, but you will be the latest, but you will be punished." ”
When the eldest princess of Jinyang heard this, she replied with a smile: "Look at what the queen mother said, it is clear that it has been a long time since she left the banquet, not that the palace and Fu Hui came early, but that others came too early." ”
The eldest princess of Jinyang's temper and mouth, with one mouth, will offend a room of people who come too early!
The Empress Dowager was a little helpless, but she also nodded at the eldest princess of Jinyang with amusement.
The other people in the room who were told were just smiling, as if they didn't mind, and of course they didn't know what they were thinking.
After the eldest princess of Jinyang finished saying those words, she didn't seem to feel that she had said anything shocking, and said with a smile: "Why didn't the emperor come over, there is a banquet today, is the emperor planning to go to the banquet alone?" ”
Yes, after biting the other people in the house, he began to provoke the emperor's stubble again.
The smiles of the other people in the room became more and more embarrassing, and the eyes that looked at the eldest princess of Jinyang became more and more profound, and they all said that the emperor was gone, and the mansion of the eldest princess of Jinyang was about to fall, but the mansion of the eldest princess of Jinyang did not fall at all, but looked at the eldest princess of Jinyang but became more and more arrogant.
The Empress Dowager looked at the faces and reactions of the other people in the room, and looked at her daughter a little helplessly, she sighed lightly and said: "The emperor will come over later, and he has to finish the official affairs in front first, don't you think that the emperor is the same as our family, and there is nothing to do in the future!" ”
When the eldest princess of Jinyang heard this, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, but did not speak. She didn't want to completely destroy today's atmosphere, so the Empress Dowager didn't refute anything, but just lowered her head and picked up the teacup that the palace people had just sent and began to drink tea.
The eldest princess of Jinyang finally stopped talking, and everyone was also relieved, and you and I began to talk one sentence at a time, and the atmosphere quickly returned to the atmosphere when the eldest princess of Jinyang entered the palace.
It's just that it's a little early to leave the banquet at this time, and the older elders who have become married get together and have something to say, but the juniors have nothing to say, and they don't dare to speak lightly, the empress dowager looked at these juniors, but she smiled very lovingly: "There are still some times when you leave the banquet, everyone goes out to walk in the garden, and we don't have to accompany our group of people to listen to boring words." ”
The juniors were named, so naturally they didn't dare to say it again and again.
But there are also some lively ones who can't hold back for a long time, and they look like they are about to move.
When the Empress Dowager saw it, she laughed again on her face, and said to Fuhui: "Fuyuan, you are familiar with this palace, so you will take the lead for them and lead everyone to the imperial garden." ”
Fu Hui was about to get up and respond, but the eldest princess of Jinyang was the first to speak: "Since your grandmother said so, Fu Rui, you can go, take the palace people and maids, this person is so messy, and it is such a happy day, don't do anything." ”
"You, what can happen?"
The Empress Dowager was a little embarrassed when she heard this, but she didn't object, and only asked the female officials Feng beside her to call some palace people to accompany her.
The emperor's birthday, in fact, is very good, the weather is not cold or very hot, and the imperial garden is also full of flowers, a thriving state.
Since Fleur was sent to lead the way, then she would not do anything more, and brought people to the Imperial Garden, so she didn't care anymore, anyway, the palace people were all accompanied, and they were not afraid of anything happening, and these young ladies were not unknowledgeable, but the beautiful scenery of the Imperial Garden was still rarely seen, and they were all a little dazzled.
Fu Hui walked to Wen Jingshu, who stayed in the pavilion and sat quietly as soon as she walked into the imperial garden.
Wen Jingshu has a string of small leaf red sandalwood Buddha beads hanging on her body, and she is slowly rubbing it in her hand at this time, when Fleur went over to look for her, her face was very calm, but she still smiled, looked at Fleur and said softly: "Why come to me, the scenery in this garden is very beautiful, you can look at the scenery." ”
"You can see it here."
Fleur spoke softly.
Wen Jingshu couldn't help laughing, her appearance was much more vivid and vivid, and she was not as dignified and well-behaved as Fang Cai.
"Why can't you understand me! The emperor should be coming at this time, the road to the palace of the Empress Dowager, you are more familiar than everyone else, this time do not go to the road to wait, if you miss this opportunity, the next longevity banquet, the emperor is the protagonist, but there is no time to be alone with you. ”
"Who said I wanted to be alone with him."
Fleur said something wrong, but her eyes couldn't help but look at the purse she had hidden on her body.
She originally planned to send the purse out earlier, but the eldest princess of Jinyang only said that she would wait for the day of Wanshou Day, and said that she would not send it out on that day, and it would not be too late to send it in the future.
"Look at you, as soon as you say this, you will be exposed, I don't believe it when I hear it, if you are embarrassed, then I will accompany you, and I will obediently leave the scene first." Wen Jingshu seems to be in a good mood today, at least not as dull as the one she saw earlier, and she still has the heart to make fun of Fleur.
She didn't wait for Fleur to object, so she smiled and took Fleur's hand and walked out of the pavilion with Fleur.
The movement of the two of them is actually not big, but Furui's current identity is very attention-grabbing, and if there is a slight change, others will notice.
There were also a few young ladies from the family who came up to talk, Fleur naturally couldn't leave people and leave, this coping with it came and went, but it took a lot of time, and when Fleur and Wen Jingshu walked to that road, the hour was actually a little late, Fleur thought she would miss it, but she didn't expect that someone had already stopped Zhao Jinyan for her.
As soon as Fu Hui and Wen Jingshu walked to the path, they saw Yang Qingyi standing in front of Zhao Jinyan, holding a purse in his hand, looking up at Zhao Jinyan with a look of anticipation with shy and timid eyes, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the courtiers made a purse at home, and the poems made by the courtiers were embroidered on it......
Yang Qingyi is obviously carefully dressed up today, although the style of the dress on her body is simple, but it implies scheming, which just sets off her graceful figure, her delicate face, a thin layer of makeup, very exquisite, with spring water in her eyes, and her eyes are tender like water, I am afraid that no man will not be moved when he sees this scene.
Looking from the direction of Fleur, Zhao Jinyan happened to be facing away from her, and Fleur couldn't see the look on Zhao Jinyan's face at all. Just looking at the two of them standing like that, as if they were extremely compatible, she subconsciously clutched the purse she was holding tightly in her hand.