Chapter 26: Blessing and Wisdom
In the Yongshou Palace, after the Queen Mother finished lunch, the palace people standing behind her immediately handed over a cup of tea, the Queen Mother took a sip, took a sip, spit the water in the spittoon held by the palace people, took the handkerchief handed by the palace people to wipe her mouth, and put the handkerchief back in the tray.
As soon as the queen mother finished eating, she asked the female official to help herself to the screen window to tease a colorful bird sent in by the prince of Dingguo Mansion a few days ago, the queen mother came from Dingguo Mansion, and Li Hongmao, the son of Dingguo Mansion, is the nephew of the Queen Mother, and has been loved by the Queen Mother since childhood, and has a very good relationship with Qi Jinghuan, but Li Hongmao loves to dance knives and guns since he was a child, and does not like to read. It's just that he was too weak to be born, so he was ridiculed by his friends when he was young, and now his son wants to join the army, he naturally likes it, so he asked his friend General Fuguo to take care of Li Hongmao.
The Duchess of Dingguo was reluctant and couldn't help, she couldn't help her son, and her husband didn't help herself, so she had to cry and send her son to join the army, Li Hongmao was happy to go to the army with the general of the auxiliary country, just returned to Beijing a few days ago, Qi Jinghuan named him the general from the three products of Yunlu, and was on duty in Chengtianmen.
The Queen Mother grabbed the food prepared by the palace people and fed the mythical bird in Li Hongmao's mouth, the bird was really as Li Hongmao said, very clever, as soon as the Queen Mother grabbed the food, the bird looked at the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother put the food into the bird cage, the bird nodded at the Queen Mother, as if saluting the Queen Mother, making the Queen Mother laugh, and when she was having fun, the female official Lin Sishe next to the Queen Mother opened the bead curtain and walked in.
Lin Sishe walked to the Queen Mother's side and saluted, and said softly; "Niangniang, the eldest princess of Fuhui is here with Miss Ruoxuan."
The smile on the queen mother's face froze for a moment, this eldest princess Fuhui is the sister of the first emperor's mother, and the princess is naturally more noble than the ordinary princess status, the first emperor also doted on this sister when he was there, even the queen herself had to let her a few points in the palace, the eldest princess Fuhui has always relied on her noble birth, her eyes are above the top, and she wants her daughter to be the queen, two years ago, when the first emperor was there, she wanted Zhang Ruoxuan to marry Qi Jinghuan in front of the first emperor, but Zhang Ruoxuan was young at that time, and the first emperor did not give marriage, But she also expressed her willingness to let Zhang Ruoxuan marry Qi Jinghuan, and the queen mother also praised Zhang Ruoxuan because of the face of the first emperor, and the eldest princess Fuhui brought Zhang Ruoxuan over at this time, I was afraid that she wanted to mention Zhang Ruoxuan's marriage with Qi Jinghuan.
If it was in the past, it would be nothing to let Zhang Ruoxuan be the queen, after all, Zhang Ruoxuan is the daughter of the eldest princess of Fuhui and the Marquis of Ruyang, and her background is naturally not picky, but now she has a more satisfactory candidate in her heart, plus if Her Majesty marries the daughter of the eldest princess Fuhui, I am afraid that it will not be as easy to deal with other concubines, how can the eldest princess Fuhui's temperament let her daughter be wronged, and if Her Majesty snub Zhang Ruoxuan, it will not be turned upside down.
The Queen Mother frowned, put down the food in her hand, took the handkerchief handed by the palace man and wiped her hands; "Let them in."
The Queen Mother sat back on the couch and saw the eldest princess Fuhui and Zhang Ruoxuan walking in with the female official.
As soon as the eldest princess Fuhui came in, she smiled and greeted the queen mother; "Say hello to the imperial sister-in-law."
"The courtiers greet the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother smiled; "It's Fuhui here, get up quickly."
After the eldest princess Fuhui and Zhang Ruoxuan got up, the queen mother asked people to give them a seat, as if she had just seen Zhang Ruoxuan, and said in surprise; "This is Ruoxuan's girl, I haven't seen her for a few months and she looks beautiful again, come over and let the mourning family take a look."
Zhang Ruoxuan as the daughter of the eldest princess of Fuhui, since she was a child, she has often been in and out of the palace, because of the identity of the eldest princess of Fuhui, the sisters of the same generation in the Marquis of Ruyang have flattered her, and the eldest princess of Fuhui is a favorite daughter, everything depends on her, in the long run, Zhang Ruoxuan's temperament has been raised very arrogant, but in front of the queen mother, she still knows the measure, but she is not afraid of the queen mother like other girls.
"Oh, good boy, I don't know which family's son will be so blessed in the future to marry such a good girl."
The Queen Mother took Zhang Ruoxuan's hand and said with emotion, the eldest princess Fuhui heard her say this, her face changed, the Queen Mother clearly promised her to make her family Axuan the queen, would she say this, is she trying to change the hexagram?
The eldest princess Fuhui's worries are obviously necessary, the queen mother really doesn't plan to let Zhang Ruoxuan be the queen, but she is still a little weak in the face of the eldest princess Fuhui, after all, this marriage was acquiesced by the first emperor, although there was no clear will, but at that time, the eldest princess Fuhui said that she was present when she wanted Zhang Ruoxuan to marry Qi Jinghuan, and she also said at the time that if Zhang Ruoxuan was her daughter-in-law, she would wake up with a smile when she slept. It's not good to make trouble to the royal family of the clan, the queen mother now pretends not to know the meaning of the eldest princess Fuhui, that is, the first emperor and her and the eldest princess Fuhui were present in that matter, and now the first emperor has passed away, and she did not clearly say that she wanted Qi Jinghuan to marry Zhang Ruoxuan, although this thing was a bit unkind, but it was just because Zhang Ruoxuan's identity was indeed very suitable, and because the first emperor was present, she couldn't refute the face of the eldest princess Fuhui.
"Good boy, your mother can give you a match, but do you have someone you like?"
No matter how spicy the girl is, she is a little shy when she mentions marriage, not to mention that Zhang Ruoxuan knows that the eldest princess Fuhui brought her to ask the queen mother to discuss her marriage with the emperor today, she heard the eldest princess Fuhui say that the queen mother agreed to let her marry His Majesty, and now she heard the queen mother mention the marriage and did not think deeply about the meaning, she only thought that the queen mother was very satisfied with herself, and she was praising herself, so she blushed even more, lowered her head, and was embarrassed to speak.
She didn't hear it, but the eldest princess Fuhui heard it, the queen mother's words were clearly not wanting Her Majesty to marry her daughter, and she wanted to give her daughter a marriage if she didn't get it, what kind of person was the queen mother when she was the eldest princess of Fuhui, how could she say that she would regret the marriage, she had not discussed this matter with the queen mother before, just because this matter was agreed by the first emperor, and the queen mother also acquiesced, just waiting for her daughter to enter the palace to discuss the marriage, who knew that now looking at the queen mother's meaning seems to be changing.
If other people heard this obvious refusal, they would not mention it again for the sake of the Queen Mother's face, but who is the eldest princess of Fuhui, she is the princess of Emperor Zhen and Empress Xiaozhao, and the sister of Emperor Jing, how could it be that the Queen Mother sent it away with a sentence or two.
The eldest princess Fuhui's face quickly remained as usual, and she spoke; "She naturally has a favorite person, two years ago, when the emperor and his sister agreed to marry Her Majesty, the sister told her that Her Majesty was her future husband, and she was naturally her heart."
The eldest princess of Fuhui said half-jokingly, Zhang Ruoxuan blushed instantly, and turned her face to the eldest princess of Fuhui and said shyly; "Mother."
The eldest princess of Fuhui covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, and said to the queen mother; "Imperial sister-in-law, look at this child, I'm still embarrassed, what's this, the Queen Mother is your aunt, and she will be your mother-in-law in the future, what's so embarrassing, my mother came today to discuss your marriage with Your Majesty."
"Hey, look at the memory of the mourning family, when did the first emperor say that he wanted Ruoxuan to marry His Majesty, the mourning family has a bad memory in the past two years, but I forgot it."
The corners of the eldest princess Fuhui's mouth stiffened, the first emperor really didn't say that Zhang Ruoxuan would marry His Majesty, but at that time, the eldest princess Fuhui mentioned this matter to the first emperor, and the first emperor's original words at that time were what Fuhui wanted, and I naturally had no reason not to agree, although I didn't say it explicitly, but I acquiesced.
"Imperial sister-in-law, two years ago, when my sister went to Yanqing Hall to ask the imperial brother for peace, I mentioned it to the imperial brother, and the imperial brother also agreed, and the imperial sister-in-law was also there that day."
The eldest princess Fuhui saw that the queen mother didn't want to admit it, and she only hated that she didn't ask the first emperor directly for marriage that day, and if the first emperor had given marriage directly, there would have been no such thing.
"Why does the mourning family have a headache?"
The Queen Mother held her head and shouted, and the female officials standing on the side were all frightened and hurriedly helped the Queen Mother, some rubbed their heads, and some shouted to call the Imperial Doctor, and for a while there was a mess, and the face of the eldest princess Fuhui turned white, and the Queen Mother was clearly a scoundrel.
Zhang Ruoxuan was also frightened by this sudden change, the Queen Mother was surrounded by palace people, she was naturally squeezed aside and stood aside, so she was not embarrassed.
The eldest princess Fuhui got up from her seat and walked to the queen mother; "What's wrong with the imperial sister-in-law, why do you suddenly have a headache?"
The Queen Mother glanced at the eldest princess Fuhui, snorted, and said weakly; "It's an old problem with the mourning family, and it's been a frequent mistake in the past two years, it's okay, just rest for a while."
This obvious meaning of sending off, the eldest princess of Fuhui is not inaudible, but this eldest princess is also a difficult one, if you don't drive me, I won't leave, I see if you dare to dare me to go directly, this eldest princess Fuhui sat there with her daughter and watched the queen mother have a headache, and the palace people were busy before and after, they sat there and didn't move, and others couldn't catch her.
After the queen mother took the palace people of Yongshou Palace to have a headache, the imperial doctor also came, and the prescription was also prescribed, and the eldest princess Fuhui sat there with her daughter, and she didn't even move her buttocks.