"After seven days of sailing, it's finally here!"

The boat had just docked and stopped, and there was no movement on the boat, Chukong had already jumped down from the small bamboo couch on the side of Song Mier's commonly used beauty couch, threw the unfinished embroidery in his hand onto the bamboo couch, stretched his waist greatly, and moved his muscles and bones, so he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted with a smile. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Be quiet! Unruly! I'm afraid that others won't know that you are the person next to the queen's mother, such a big move! Qinghe glared at Chu Kong, while busy rummaging through the clothes for Song Mier, "Why don't you hurry up and come over to help!" ”

Qinghe's glaring was completely deterrent, and Chu Kong grinned, rolled up his sleeves and rummaged down.

Before the boat arrived in Xiangzhou, Qinghe Chukong and a few people packed up Song Mier's cage, and found the clothes that Song Mier would wear when he went down to Xiangzhou, thinking that he would meet the families of local officials in Xiangzhou when he got off the boat, so he matched the silver neon red fine cloud brocade Guang Aya Begonia top, with a smoky Shu brocade horse face skirt, but who expected that the temperature difference between the north and the south was too big, but it happened to go to the southeast mouth, and before entering Xiangzhou, he felt that a warm wind was coming, but it was not hot. Compared with April and May when a thin spring shirt and a small cloak are added in Wangjing City in the morning and evening, the weather in Xiangzhou can be regarded as a summer day in Wangjing. The first few people had already lost a lot of clothes, but they were already too thick, and I was afraid that if they moved a little, they would have to sweat a lot.

So the cage was opened again, and the whole body had to be replaced.

It was also thanks to Chukong's ingenuity, and it was only a cup of tea, so Song Mier changed the clothes on his body, and made a scarlet gold thorn five phoenix xia shadow gauze gown, the first of which was a pomegranate skirt with intertwined beads, and a dark burgundy gold double-layer long tail robe with long tail Luan to prevent the wind, and Chukong replaced Song Mier's phoenix bun with a fallen cloud bun, and the jewelry on the whole body was changed from opal to jade-colored Dongzhu that contrasted with crimson red, and wiped the red lipstick, and replaced it with a moist peach pink suitable for the weather. But he picked a crimson rouge on the tail of his eyes, which was beautiful and luxurious. Chukong breathed a sigh of relief, then clapped his hands and smiled, "Now it's okay, keep it and let them see what the queen mother of our Great Dynasty is!" ”

"Zhu Lu, why did you bring this in?"

Song Mier was about to open his mouth to praise and praise the smiling Chukong, but saw Qinghe holding a round jade-white ball in both hands, frowning at Zhu Lu. There was some reproach in his tone.

Zhu Lu was about to speak, Yu Lan stretched out her hand behind her and pulled the spring shirt behind Zhu Lu, Zhu Lu swung it and broke free of Yu Lan's hand, but her breath was much calmer, and she replied with a smile, "Xu Shi hurriedly took it in when he left, and he didn't pay much attention to it." ”

"How can this be taken in in a hurry? You must know that these things of ours, if they are all booked according to the convention, and neither one should be more or less, how can we say that we will bring it? Qinghe spoke softly and slowly, but the content was something that taught people clearly, and when he spoke, Rao was innocent and lively, and Chukong, who was the best at adjusting the atmosphere, also smiled a little embarrassed.

"Okay, Qinghe," Song Mi'er opened his mouth, "That's the ghost ball of the main palace, and I threw it in the cage after playing with it before leaving, and since I brought it out so coincidentally, I took it with me to play with it." ”

Song Mier opened his mouth, and Qinghe stopped his mouth.

Song Mier spread out his hands, took the ghost ball in his hand, and flicked it with his fingertips, revealing the core of the ghost ball, "But I also forgot to put some incense powder in it, it's not interesting to play like this." ”

Yu Lan on the side said, "If the master likes it, he will get off the boat later, and the slave will go to choose some spices unique to Xiangzhou to make incense powder, and then mix it with what we are bringing now, and it will have a different flavor in the future." ”

Song Mier nodded, "That's good." ”

After a few words, it swept away the embarrassing and dull atmosphere of Fang Cai, and Qing He saw that he was unhappy with his master, and he didn't dare to say much, so he put away the things in his hand with a gloomy expression, and looked in the direction of Song Mier, with a lot of bitterness in his eyes, and then lowered his head and went to do his own thing silently.

Zhu Lu, who had the upper hand, didn't see any smugness, her heart was not on this competition for favor, and she didn't completely position the relationship between Song Mier and herself only on the master and servant, mostly half master and servant and half friend-like intercourse, but only felt that Qinghe's targeting was inexplicable, and there was no sense of crisis of falling out of favor and being favored.

Everyone was busy packing up the cage again, and covered all the utensils on the ship with a cotton cloth cover, and then Shi Shiran came out of the chamber.

Yuan Wanyou, Zhang Nanguang, Duan Miao and a servant guard had been waiting for a while, and when they saw Song Mier coming downstairs, they all hurriedly curts.

Zhang Nanguang himself is still a little arrogant because of his grandfather Zhang Suxing, but after the last flower banquet, he has also converged a lot, and he also knows that the relationship between the Zhou family and the Zhang family is now not the same as the same water and fire, but it is also indispensable to compete, Zhou Hengfang is now hugging Liu Shuxing's thigh, and his stupid behavior that day may not be in the eyes of the queen, and now he has a good opportunity to tour the south together, how can he live in front of His Majesty, and please the queen and the concubine.

Zhang Nanguang has planned it, His Majesty's southern tour only brought four of his own people, the southern tour has been more than a month, no matter what he does, he will have four or five days to sleep, at that time, he will never rush to compete for favor, His Majesty will call to go honestly, and his energy should be more focused on the queen's mother. Even the southern tour took the queen with him, how much His Majesty loves this little queen, this time with Concubine Yuan Shu, the queen has a great advantage, Duan Zhaoyi is a stuffy gourd, he can't be this bird, stealing the limelight of the queen, and he will feel good after returning to the palace! flattered the queen mother, and she herself has a backer in the harem!

Besides, since His Majesty chose his own southern tour, he must have some friendship for himself, even if it is in the face of his grandfather, he is a few points higher than Zhou Hengfang and Tang Yingying, besides, now that Xiangzhou is the territory of the Zhang family, are you still afraid that you will not behave in front of Your Majesty? You have to seize this opportunity, but you can't let yourself lose face again!

Zhang Nanguang thought like this in her heart, the smile on her face became sweeter and sweeter, she took two steps forward and reached Yuan Shufei's side, but she did not exceed the rules, and her eyes showed a stunning light: "The queen mother's body is really very good today, both solemn and luxurious, and natural and beautiful, the concubine looks, but she can't take her eyes off it!" ”

Song Mier was stunned, she didn't go out often on the boat these days, and she couldn't go up to the fifth floor without summoning Zhang Nanguang and a few people, but she didn't know how this concubine hadn't seen her for a few days, how she was so enthusiastic as if she had changed her tone. Song Mier smiled slightly, looked at Zhang Nanguang without a trace, and then said, "This palace looks at Zhang Concubine's Yaoguang Luo skirt with coral beads and hairpins is really beautiful, I want to go back and forth to my hometown, and my mood is naturally a little more relaxed. ”

When Zhang Nanguang heard this, his eyes smiled even more crookedly, "This is natural, don't say anything else, there are three treasures in this Xiangzhou, and Nanguang must take the queen mother, the lady concubine and Sister Zhaoyi to play together." ”

Song Mier said yes with a smile, turned his head to see that Yuan Wanyou's face was not very good, so he took two steps forward, helped Yuan Wanyou's waist, and asked in a low voice of concern, "Sister Yuan hasn't recovered yet?" ”

It's funny to say, the four palace concubines in this line, Song Mier and Zhang Nanguang are all people from the water town, not to mention that they are familiar with water since they were children, and it is no problem to take a boat, and Duan Miao seems to be from Shudi, but he has never been seasick, but he is pitiful Yuan Wanyou, a native of the north, who was originally the best among the four, but as soon as he got on the boat, he began to get seasick.

"That's not it!" Yuan Wanyou made a bitter face, "I also prepared two pots of pear blossoms, thinking that the two of us should be empty for the moon and drink for the bow of the boat!" As a result, my indisputable body! Fortunately, the return trip was by land, and I would rather have the carriage jolt and hurt my butt than take a rickety boat ride again! ”

Yuan Wanyou is a family of generals, to her generation, there are only two brothers above, just a girl, she is used to following male dolls, and even went to the army to compete with those soldiers, although she invited a nurturing grandmother later, but it is inevitable that there will be one or two foul words between talking with people close to her, but Song Mier never felt so, which is also one of the reasons why Yuan Wanyou likes Song Mier.

Song Mier was comforting, and he heard a commotion behind him, and when he looked back, it was Shen Zhan who got off the boat.

In the past few days of sailing, the time for Song Mier and Shen Zhan to meet is actually pitiful, don't look at the two of them on the same floor, probably because Shen Zhan was busy with the spring after getting off the boat, he stayed in the study almost every day, and there were staff in the study, Song Mier was not easy to pass, so back and forth, Shen Zhan and Song Mier only kept warm for a night or two, and recently in the past few days, Song Mier has not even seen Shen Zhan's face.

I saw a young man surrounded by a group of staff guards, slowly descending the ladder, he was wearing a blue lotus-colored regular clothes, wearing a jade crown, and a dragon pendant fell from his waist, other than that, there was nothing else, but he was obviously not very brightly dressed, and he was surrounded by the crowd, but you could find him at a glance in the crowd, without any superfluous movements, without any loud words, and even without clothes, even if this regular clothes were changed into cloth clothes, you could also find him among a group of Luo silk people.

Song Mi'er was even a little stunned, only to feel that her heart was about to jump out of her throat, she stretched out her hand and pressed her heart, Shen Zhan had already walked in front of several of her people.

"Your Majesty!"

A boatload of people fell to their knees in unison.

Shen Zhan didn't rush to tell everyone to get up, but stretched out a hand, took Song Mi'er up, and brought him to his side, and then said casually, "Get up." ”

Song Mier looked at Shen Zhan hugging himself like this, the bridge of his nose was straight and straight, a pair of thick eyebrows flew obliquely into his sideburns, a pair of eyes under his eyebrows were slightly longer, and when his eyes were bigger, he was a little serious and cold when he didn't smile, and his smile was full of amorous feelings, when he didn't look at you, he was like a god, and when he looked at you, a pair of eyes seemed to be smiling, with affection, deep in the middle of the person, but the lips were a little thin, obviously not very resolute, and even too handsome outline, just looking at it, it made people's legs weak, and if they didn't have any experience, they might have to kneel down and tremble.

It seems that Brother Zhan's imperial power is even greater than before.

Song Mier thought vaguely.

The people who got up didn't dare to look up, they only looked at the shoes and skirts of each person under their feet, as if His Majesty and the Queen Mother were standing side by side?

With this thought, everyone immediately buried their heads lower, only bowed, and asked Shen Zhan and Song Mier to walk in the front.

Zhang Nanguang bent down slightly and bit his lip, and saw that Yuan Wanyou also got up, so he quickly followed.

Duan Miao walked unhurriedly, as if he didn't care much about everything around him, half a step faster than Zhang Nanguang, but he was far away from Shen Zhan and Song Mier.

The shore was already full of people.

At the beginning were Chang Ning, the governor of Xiangzhou, Jinzhou, and Liuzhou, and Zhang Zhihe, the governor of Xiangzhou, followed by the wife of the governor and the governor's wife, who made a special trip to greet Song Mier, and then a group of bureaucrats and their wives.

Officials below the fifth rank and the edict are not qualified to greet them, Rao is so, and the dock is still densely packed with people.

Song Mier looked at them one by one, and didn't know any of them, so he also held his face with a decent smile on his face, but no one looked at him.

"Greetings to Your Majesty"

"Welcome to the Queen"

"Your Majesty's Great An"

"Niang Niang Daan"

When Shen Zhan was still two steps away from the dock, everyone on the shore knelt down in unison, and the cry shook the sky.

There were still many young students and people around, and they also knelt down at this moment, but unlike the officials and their families, they didn't dare to come out, and there were some whispers in the crowd: "It's really Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty is very powerful!" "Is that the queen in front of you? It doesn't look much older than my little granddaughter! ”

"All the ministers are flat!"

Shen Zhan's voice was not high, but it was just such a short sentence, and the people kneeling and discussing immediately quieted down, and they also followed the officials, and they didn't dare to come out.

Chang Ning, the governor of the state, and Zhang Zhihe, the governor of the state, hurriedly got up to greet him, Chang Ning rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the royal palace is ready, will Your Majesty go to the other courtyard first, or will you have a fun in Xiangzhou City?" ”

"It's still early, let's go to the other courtyard first!" Shen Zhan said.

Chang Ning smiled and greeted Shen Zhan and his party onto the carriage that had been waiting behind the dock for a long time.

Zhang Nanguang followed behind with his head held high, and when he passed by Zhang Zhihe, he smiled and whispered, "Uncle! ”

Zhang Zhihe was startled, looked around carefully, and found that everyone's attention went to the front and back emperors, but few people noticed here, so he responded in a low voice, "Hey! After thinking about it again, he added, "Is my father in good health?" ”

"Grandpa is in good health, he is in good spirits all day long, and the third aunt gave grandpa two longevity turtles a few days ago, but grandpa is happy, and he uses half a bowl more for dinner!"

When Zhang Zhihe heard "The third aunt sent a longevity turtle", a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, but he disappeared in an instant, and still said with a smile, "My father is in good health, so we can be more down-to-earth as children and grandchildren!" After that, he took a small step back, bowed and said, "Niangniang, please!" ”

"Uncle, you torture me!" Zhang Nanguang bowed sideways, whispered back, but the smile on her face was deeper, she hid the smugness in her eyes, and then walked forward.

The conversation between the two was just between lightning and flint, everyone's attention went to the emperor and queen, Zhang Nanguang walked at the end, I didn't know, I just thought that the governor was paying tribute to the lady in the palace, where did I want to get anywhere else?

However, when Zhang Nanguang returned to Xiangzhou, he returned to his parents' home, and his relatives may be seen everywhere, but there is no need to be stubborn.

As the largest state on the southeast coast, Xiangzhou has a unique geographical advantage, but also created its prosperous commercial trade, it not only has a developed inland trade, but also a broad maritime trade, criss-crossed, the hustle and bustle of the main street is not much better than several lively streets in the capital. In particular, the development of fishery and overseas trade is a major feature of Xiangzhou.

The Royal Garden is located in the southeast of Xiangzhou City, and the east side is next to the river by HN, and it is surrounded by a whole hill from bottom to top along the cliff.

Shen Zhan took a boat down the river on this trip, and the wharf was only half an hour's distance from the farewell garden.

The dinner was held at the governor's residence.

Changning, as the governor of the state, naturally has a mansion in Xiangzhou, but because Xiangzhou was originally the territory of the Zhang family, it is intertwined, and Changning cannot take advantage of the prestige of the governor of the state from the second rank here, so the main mansion is also located in Jinzhou, which is separated from Xiangzhou by a river and has no coast.

Zhang Zhihe is the fifth son of the Zhang family, that is, the fifth son of Zhang Suxing, most of the people in the big house were brought to the capital by Zhang Suxing, as the son-in-law of the big house, Zhang Zhihe stayed in Xiangzhou, representing the face of the Zhang family.

Zhang Zhihe can also be regarded as competitive, with his own father on the cover, after five years of exile, he sat in the position of governor of Xiangzhou, or in his old home, to be honest, Zhang Zhihe didn't want to go back to the capital at all, even if the official was second-class, I am afraid that he was not comfortable as a local snake in Xiangzhou. What's more, his father has not yet retired, and no matter how outstanding his political achievements are, he can't go up to the ministry. Outside the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Zhihe most wants to go to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, but his own father wants the Zhang family to have another person who can enter the Ministry of Officials, if he goes back now, he will have to start from the head of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Zhihe just doesn't have that patience, so he thinks that if he really goes back to Beijing, at least he can be equivalent to his current official level, right? But if you don't go back, then it is estimated that there will be few opportunities for promotion from now on, so the third sister who stands on her eldest brother's side is so flattering to the old man, doesn't she just want to let the eldest brother gain a firm foothold in the ministry before she returns to Beijing?

His Majesty came to Xiangzhou today, but it is a great opportunity for his own performance, as long as it is reasonable, he can really return to Beijing and become a minister, then he will be a big deal.

Zhang Zhihe thought like this, and the smile on his face was even worse.

Naturally, the dinner party is also staggered.

The male and female guests sat on separate screens, compared to the noise on Shen Zhan's side, Song Mier's place was much cleaner.

However, it is said that it is pure, but there is no drinking order, and the ladies and ladies of the decree sat in a room, and they all looked at the four people seated with blazing eyes, and Song Mier had to sit upright and look at them. Speaking of which, there is still a little grievance, when did I become a bird and beast to be watched?

Song Mier picked up the teacup and blocked everyone's sight, but he took a shallow sip and put it down again, but the teacup rested on the camphor wood lightly, the teacup touched the tabletop, and the tea lid touched the body of the cup, making a crisp and dull sound.

The sound was not loud, but it was like thunder in the room, and everyone was stunned.

Mrs. Chang, the governor of the state, was busy and opened her mouth with a smile: "I never knew that the nobles in the sky were magnificent, and the courtiers were dumbfounded, and they still hoped that the lady would not be strange." ”

Mrs. Chang said this, with a smile on her face, but her body was still sitting firmly, her back was straight, and she couldn't see the meaning of reparation.

As soon as Mrs. Chang's words fell, the surrounding wives also nodded yes, smiling, but still not apologetic.

Their style is obviously the meaning of suppressing the dragon, but they can't find a mistake.

Song Mier suppressed the boredom in his heart, but thought about the meaning of Mrs. Chang and the others, was this contempt for himself, or for himself and Shen Zhan on this southern tour?

Song Mier didn't open his mouth to answer Mrs. Chang's words, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Zhang Nanguang felt that on his own family's territory, his surname was like this, but he swept her face, and saw that the queen and the concubine didn't speak, didn't he mean to consider himself?

Hurriedly cleared his throat and said to the second in line of his wife: "Mrs. Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

This Mrs. Zhang is Zhang Zhihe's wife, she knows that her justice is facing the choice of appointment, and now is the time when she needs the support of someone in the palace, seeing that Zhang Nanguang, who used to call her niece and now has to be honored as a nobleman, is asking herself, she immediately threw away the content of the "meeting" of the ladies two days ago, she bowed slightly on the seat, nodded and said: "Back to the mother's words, the courtiers and husbands are all good, thanks to Your Majesty's reputation, Xiangzhou has such a prosperous world, and now Your Majesty and the ladies are here, Our Xiangzhou is more like the New Year, and it is very lively, all thanks to the blessings of His Majesty and the mothers! ”

"No, most of the ingredients for the dishes at our banquet today are sent by the people, especially this fish, whether it is sea fish or river fish, it is extremely fresh, and it is made according to the taste of the ladies and girls, and I don't know if the queen and the ladies are satisfied?"

When Mrs. Zhang said this, with some humility, Zhang Nanguang was very satisfied, she raised her lips, but she was extremely clever and did not speak, but turned to Song Mier's side slightly, as if waiting for Song Mier to speak.

But I saw Song Mier sweep the dishes on the table with his eyes, Yu Lan, who was standing on the side, immediately stepped forward, and put a piece of fish meat in Song Mier's bowl with the silver chopsticks on the side, while Qinghe on the other side immediately picked up one of the pots of wine that Chukong had been silently holding behind him, and went to Song Mier's wine glass.

Song Mier picked up the chopsticks and Si Siran took a small sip of fish, and then took a glass of wine and drank half a sip of wine, Qinghe immediately handed over the Jinpa, Song Mier took it and wiped his mouth, threw it aside casually, and said: "It is said that the crab is tasted with ginger tea chrysanthemum wine, and it seems that eating fish is also a little particular, and I don't know if this palace is right to take this peach blossom stuffed with flower bone fish?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Song Mier chuckled again, "The wine is not bad." ”

Since Yu Lan beside Song Mier started to move, everyone's attention was focused on Song Mier's body.

Qinghe, Chukong, Zhu Lu, and Yulan are all separated from Song Mier's left and right, Qinghe is gentle, Chukong is lovely, and Zhu Lu is bright

, Yulan Qingya, whoever the four of them carry out alone, they can all be the appearance of being the housewife of the official eunuch, but they can only be a servant by Song Mier's side.

Just now, everyone looked at Song Mier, but they didn't pay attention, but now that they saw it, their faces changed slightly.

If it is said that Concubine Yuan Shu and Zhang Nanguang, who are next to Song Mier, are beautiful and fragrant, it is also common sense, after all, they are the concubines that His Majesty will take with him on his southern tour. But all the palace maids who served the queen were born like this・・・・・・

Mrs. Zhang's words before, which had already caused everyone who had confidence to wither, Song Mier's palace people lined up, and some people retreated.

Among these people, who doesn't have a few beautiful maids? And who hasn't enjoyed the service of a beautiful maid? It's not nice to say, even if it's a beauty. But these beautiful women in front of them, all of them have the same bearing as their own housewives, who is not trembling and stunned?

Besides, most of them have also invited the upbringing grandmothers in the palace, and some are even from the Shang Palace, but compared with the four people around the queen, they are still a little unable to do it?

Everyone hesitated, but Yuan Wanyou opened his mouth, "It's a shame that Niangniang also took her home-brewed wine from the palace, and the concubine is not afraid of panicking along the way. ”

"Look, I'm here to beg for wine again, all these wines brewed in this palace have been asked for by you, but you are not satisfied, you should fight!" Song Mi'er smiled and said with disgust, but nodded, and instructed Yu Lan to take the wine jug and pour it for Yuan Wanyou.

But seeing Yuan Wanyou couldn't wait to scoop it up and drink it, "It's really good wine!" "With his eyes closed, he seems to be drunk.

"Niangniang, you can't be partial to Concubine Niangniang, forget your sister and Zhaoyi Niangniang! We're still waiting here! Zhang Nanguang also opened his mouth with a look in his eyes, but Duan Miao on the side smiled calmly, picked up the wine glass and bowed to Song Mier Yingying, "I also hope that the mother will give wine." Seeing this, Zhang Nanguang also hurriedly got up and bowed, "Niangniang, the concubines are panicking." ”

Between the words of several people, they not only completely ignored the people under the seat, but also ignored the so-called Xiangzhou delicacies.

A table full of delicacies is no match for a pot of wine brewed by the queen mother.

This slap in the face was thorough enough.

And the relationship between these three concubines and the queen mother is obviously dominated by the queen mother? Could it be that the news you received before was fake? On the territory of the Zhang family, the concubines of the Zhang family are all low・・・・・・ do the things I said before, do you have to weigh them again?

Everyone looked at each other, and many ladies retreated a little, and the atmosphere was already somewhat relaxed.

Not to mention that as soon as these four people came out, not only did everyone not feel that they had stolen the limelight from Song Mier, but they felt that these four people lined Song Mier more like the king of flowers, and everyone was stunned in their hearts.

Then I looked at Song Mier's complicated dining process,