Chapter 11: The Queen
In Yikun Palace, Queen Gao Xiyue sat on the couch, drinking tea with a teacup. The outstretched fingers of the pen www.biquge.info were slightly rich, and a red gold bracelet studded with various colored gems slipped down the back of the hand. She lifted her hand slightly, and the slippery cuffs were embroidered with intricate patterns with money. Dressed in a fiery red deep robe, the neckline is embroidered with a peony pattern with gold silk thread, and the skirt is also embroidered with auspicious clouds with gold thread of the same color, with precious stones. A pair of sharp phoenix eyes on the duck egg face can't see the emotion.
Empress Gao Xiyue, from the Gao family of the Shuzhou Wang family, was the crown princess designated by the first emperor. At that time, his grandfather, General Gao, was awarded the title of Duke of Anguo, and his eldest granddaughter Gao Xiyue was married to Zhu Gang, the crown prince of the dynasty. After the crown prince ascended the throne, he became the queen of the East Palace. The prince's original two side concubines were also named Concubine Shu and Concubine De respectively, ranking among the four concubines.
Gao Xiyue was sad at the moment. Since the third prince broke his leg, she has not really felt comfortable. In this huge harem, in addition to the three princes she produced, there are also the eldest princes from Concubine De, the second princes from Concubine Shu, and the four princes from good beauties.
In the paddock hunt at the beginning of last year, the eldest prince died, and the third prince broke a leg. Her heart is tormented all day long, rolling in boiling oil countless times, she boasts that she has never done anything angry and resentful in her life, why did such a catastrophe fall on her third prince? When the news came, her first thought was that someone was doing something. Who is it that wants to harm her? Trying to harm her royal son? She went back and forth countless times, but to no avail.
She suspected and investigated one by one, and during that time, she saw that everyone had problems. It wasn't until her father asked her mother to bring her a message that she stopped. When I saw Concubine De a month later, she really calmed down! Maybe compared to Concubine De, she should be happy? The bad guy is still there. Looking at Concubine De, who was shaped like a withered tree, she just talked about ***, but she broke a leg, and Sheng'er was still there. Although he was unwilling, he had to accept his fate!
Yes, the storage space is no longer available. If you were born in an ordinary family, it might be fine. But in the great country, how can a disabled prince inherit the great treasure.
Thinking of Concubine De, she sighed. When Concubine De gave birth to the eldest prince, she had a difficult birth and hemorrhage, and the imperial doctor rescued her for a day and a night, and her life was saved. But since then, they have not been able to have children again. The eldest prince fell, and Concubine De closed the palace door for seven days and seven nights, and when she appeared in front of her again, she was so fat that she had lost weight into a paper figure, and it seemed that she could fly away as soon as the wind blew.
Emperor Cheng took pity on her for losing her son, and for the past year, Yueyue ran to her palace. can be a harem woman who is destined to be infertile......
Retracting her thoughts, she sighed, raised her hand, and Aunt Gao, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly stepped forward and hugged her
She walked down the stairs. "Where's Sheng'er?" She walked slowly without squinting.
"Hui Niangniang, the third prince should be in the study." Aunt Gao replied respectfully. After a pause, he smiled and said, "Niangniang, do you want to go over and take a look?" Zhu Sheng broke his leg and didn't want to go anywhere, so he stayed in the study most of the time.
"Okay, let's take a look!" She commanded lightly. Outside, the little eunuch prepared a soft sedan chair and waited outside the door. The group went to the prince's residence.
Far away through the door and window, the third prince Zhu Sheng was reading hard by the window. Compared with the queen mother, after Zhu Sheng learned that his left leg was unable to return to the sky, he only said that he wanted to be quiet alone, locked himself in the room for a whole day, and let Queen Gao smash the door outside and did not come out. When the sun rose the next day, he opened the door, and came out with the same young man, but with something else in his eyes.
Gao Xiyue stood under the corridor and watched her son, with mixed feelings in her heart, she was originally the prince, and she was pinned on high hopes as soon as she was born, and she was only crowned the prince in the year of the weak crown, but now she is ......
She stood under the porch in a daze, suddenly did not want to go in, motioned to her attendants to silence, and quietly turned back. Behind him, Zhu Sheng, who was reading hard, slowly put down the book, and looked at the place where his mother left......
Back at the gate of Yikun Palace, the eunuch reported that Emperor Cheng was coming. hurriedly stepped up the steps in front of the palace, and Li Dehai, the former head of the palace, bent down and saluted: "Queen Mother!" Gao Xiyue stopped her steps and asked, "Father-in-law, how are you doing lately?" Li Dehai smiled all over his face and said: "Xie Niangniang is worried, the old slave is still good." ”
Gao Xiyue raised her feet and stepped into the door of the main hall, and at a glance she saw Emperor Cheng with his hands behind his back, looking at a peony picture on the wall, and when he heard the voice, he didn't turn his head and said, "Yue'er's painting has improved again!" ”
Gao Xiyue stepped back from the maid, stepped forward, gently leaned on Emperor Cheng's arm, and whispered, "I haven't painted for a long time, and my hand is raw." "Since Zhu Sheng's accident, she hasn't held a paintbrush for several months, and this was just two days ago, on a whim. Emperor Cheng was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Sheng'er is okay!" ”
Gao Xiyue secretly regretted it, and said with a smile: "Okay! The concubine just went to see him, and he was studying hard. ”
Emperor Cheng sighed, walked to the side of the case, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said, "This tea is good." ”
Gao Xiyue's eyes darkened for a moment, raised her hand and stroked her smooth sideburns, and said with a smile: "This was brought in by the former father's entrustment, saying that it was the newly picked head tea on the tea mountain this year, and I felt refreshing when I drank it!" ”
Emperor Cheng also smiled: "Really? Taifu is still like this. ”
Gao Xiyue's father was the teacher of Emperor Cheng when he was the crown prince, and after Emperor Cheng succeeded to the throne, he lived in a simple house and rarely cared about political affairs. Because he taught Emperor Cheng at an early age, Emperor Cheng respected him very much.
Xi Yue remembered her father's admonition, and gradually stopped mentioning it, and accompanied Emperor Cheng to gossip about homely things, Aunt Gao waited outside the door, and the two looked like an ordinary couple, chatting casually. A palace maid brought a snack, and Aunt Gao took it with her own hands, and sent it in while waiting for the emperor to speak.
Emperor Cheng glanced at the dim sum plate and said with a smile: "Yue'er's dim sum here is always very satisfying!" Xiyue glanced at Aunt Gao with a appreciative smile, and stretched out her hand to pick up a piece: "Your Majesty, try it." ”
Aunt Gao is the eldest maid married by Gao Xiyue, and she has been following her since the prince's mansion and making good snacks. Waiting for Xiyue to do her best, loyal, when she reached the age, she should have been released to marry, but she was unwilling to leave, Gao Xiyue left her by her side to be a housekeeper aunt, and gave her the surname Gao.
The emperor and queen talked happily with each other, and before they knew it, it was time for dinner. Aunt Gao went in and asked if she wanted to set up a meal. Gao Xiyue raised her eyes to look at Emperor Cheng.
Emperor Cheng got up and said softly: "No, I still have something to do, next time I will come to talk to Yue'er." Saying that, she raised her legs and walked out, Gao Xiyue hurriedly got up and sent it to the outside of the hall, Li Dehai was outside the door early, owed to her, and turned around and followed Emperor Cheng.
Gao Xiyue turned around and said to Aunt Gao: "Tell the kitchen to add two dishes that Sheng'er likes to eat." Send it to him. "Aunt Gao should go down and tell me not to mention it.