Hu Shanhui received the blood-stained letter from Gu Cong from the inn, and immediately burst into tears, and without waiting to discuss with Gu Guangyi, he immediately boarded the car and rushed to the palace to find his sister to cry.

On this day, Zhu Zhanji went down to the court, and before he could change his crown clothes, he heard the report that the queen had arrived. Zhu Zhanji thought about it, nodded and said, "Let her in."

Hu Shanxiang was dressed in a homely dress with a mountain cherry color skirt, personally held a cup of rose jade dew to drink, and saw that the emperor was changing clothes, so he hurriedly put down the glass cup and personally came forward to serve the emperor to change clothes.

After the emperor changed his clothes, she brought the rose drink to the emperor and said, "The weather is hot, Your Majesty will use some jade dew to remove the fire." ”

The emperor took a sip of it, but because it was too sweet and greasy, he didn't like it, so he put it aside and asked, "It's so hot, why did the queen come out now?" What is good for heat stroke? Xinli, you wait for someone to prepare the sedan chair, and send the queen back. ”

Hu Shanxiang was a little embarrassed, this little intention was to take advantage of the love between husband and wife, Lala quietly asked Gu Cong for a favor, so that the emperor could relax and let him return to Beijing. Who knew that the emperor would immediately drive her away! Although the emperor said it very tactfully, the coldness in his words could still be heard. Hu Shanxiang's face felt hot, and he really wanted to turn his head and throw his sleeves away. She is dignified as a queen, and she has made the means used by the concubines to please the emperor, and she already feels too wronged in her heart, but she didn't expect the emperor to ignore her, which really makes her embarrassed!

Hu Shanxiang's face turned hot red, so he wanted to get up and brush his sleeves away, and only when he stood up did he remember the purpose of coming today. Where is my sister who has returned with such a feather, and how can she explain it?

She had no choice but to speak a little stiffly: "Why did Your Majesty ask Gu Cong to promote grain varieties? How could this hard work be done by a pampered son like him? ”

If it is according to the assumption when she came, the husband and wife talk about it unintentionally, and then bring some coquettishness unique to women's families, it is natural. However, at this time, the atmosphere was so stiff that she spoke abruptly, and the sentence became like a question.

"Oh?" The emperor was silent when he heard this, but a layer of gloom flashed in his eyes: "The queen is interceding for her brother-in-law?" ”

He turned around, walked to the bookcase and sat down, opened today's recital and began to review it, seeing the queen standing there stubbornly motionless, a gesture of not giving up without giving an answer today, he couldn't help but feel even worse, and his tone was a little cold: "Since the grain is offered by his family, he will promote it, so that this credit will not fall on other people." Why doesn't the queen even understand this truth? If you say it's hard, isn't it hard for hundreds of officials in the world? If you are afraid of hardship, and only think about enjoying honor and being promoted, I would like to ask the queen: Where should I find such an official position? What is the use of me asking for such a rice bucket?! ”

Hu Shanxiang's face turned red and turned pale, she didn't expect that the emperor would give her so much affection. Her tears couldn't help but flow out: "But Xiaoba, poor Xiaoba, has just gotten married, and her husband is far away." What is the difference between her and the widow from now on? ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "If she has a heart and a true relationship between husband and wife, she can accompany Gu Cong all the way, and I didn't say that Gu Cong was not allowed to bring her family." If she can't keep it, then it's easy to do, let her reconcile and remarry. And thou shalt give her another marriage. ”

Hu Shanxiang was dumbfounded, she looked at the emperor sitting behind the wide iron wood bookcase, her expression was indifferent, as if she said something that could no longer be ordinary. Hu Shanxiang understood in an instant: The Gu family didn't know how to provoke the emperor's disgust, and the emperor would definitely not let go of the Gu family. What happened to provoke the emperor's rebellion? Could it be Sun Zhanyi? But the emperor was not abnormal at that time!

Hu Shanxiang was puzzled, but he also knew that this matter would definitely not turn around. I had to bow silently and leave, and I wanted to appease my sister.

The last touch of the sunset is about to sink into the water, reflecting the red of the water. Wild fowl and sand birds, cruising between the water and mountains, the reeds are full of water, the elm willow is on the shore, the mountains are in the shade, everywhere Qingtai Purple Pavilion, Dan Threshold Bimu, Golden Algae Jade Well, luxurious and unspeakable, from time to time there is a burst of fairy music misty, the Forbidden City West Garden at this time, just like Penglai Wonderland.

Today is August 15, the palace is customary to set up a palace banquet in the Chongzhi Hall of the West Garden, the emperor and the queen and the concubines enjoy the moon and feast, take its reunion.

Before sunset, the queen's Luan drove to Diaoyutai early. She got off the sedan chair and ordered the three palm-print eunuchs of the inner official eunuch, the imperial eunuch and the imperial food supervisor who knelt down to greet her, as well as the eunuch of the governor of Shanglin Yuan, to calm down, and asked softly, "Are all things ready?" Che Nianfeng, the internal official supervisor, was the host of the palace banquet, and hurriedly replied: "The queen, please rest assured, everything is in order, just wait for the emperor and queen to arrive, and the banquet can be held." ”

As she was talking, Concubine Xi, who was in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, learned that the queen had arrived, and she also hurried over. Along the way, she shouted to the little chamberlain carrying the sedan chair to hurry up, while thinking about why the queen didn't come with the emperor and came alone. Just as I was thinking, it was already here. She helped the palace maid beside her to get off the sedan chair, and her eyes had already caught a glimpse of the queen standing on the side of the white marble platform, pointing to the lamp with finely polished wind copper inlaid with large glass in the corner of the table and the car eunuch of the inner palace eunuch.

Concubine Xi hurriedly stepped forward to greet the queen: "Niangniang is auspicious!" The concubine is late, please forgive the mother! ”

Hu Shanxiang picked up Concubine Xi and said softly: "Okay, it's not that you are late, but that the Queen Mother and her old man are unwell this year and do not attend today's palace banquet. ”

Concubine Xi held the queen's elbow and said earnestly: "Niangniang, you are so virtuous! You have to and down in this palace. Just leave these little things to the concubine, so sit down and rest for a while. While helping the queen to sit down in the palace, he personally served the queen a lamp of maple dew tea, and at the same time pointed out many novelties this year to the queen. The queen saw that inside and outside the palace, in addition to the usual seasonal placement of dozens of pots of begonias, hostas, golden cinnamon flowers, and more than a dozen pots of chrysanthemums. I can't help but be amazed. Concubine Xi smiled: "These chrysanthemums are new products specially cultivated by the Siyuan Bureau this year, and they can bloom two months earlier than in previous years. It's a pity that most of the cultivated varieties are some ordinary varieties, and there are only one or two famous varieties, and the concubines have already instructed them to cultivate them with their hearts, and there must be many famous products that can bloom as soon as possible next year. ”