Chapter 38: Choosing a Concubine
The turmoil in Weiyang Palace was naturally known to the emperor at night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Liu Che frowned, and his face was as cold as he came back, and he was going to call a nurse doctor while he was about to have a seizure. Several people in Haitang were so frightened that they couldn't kneel, but they didn't dare to beg for mercy.
The atmosphere in the hall was immediately cold, and Gillian stood up and pleaded: "I'm having a nightmare, what's the matter with them?" Seeing that the emperor's face softened slightly, he stepped forward and grabbed his hand and said softly: "Your Majesty still doesn't know about me?" Since childhood, he has been healthy and healthy, which is like being sick. ”
Liu Che still didn't speak, but his face eased up. Gillian saw that he was not so angry, so she hurriedly asked Haitang to go down. At this time, the uterine nurse came.
Milk doctor, the name of a medical official in the Han Dynasty. It refers to a doctor who specializes in the treatment of women's diseases, and most of the doctors in the uterus are women.
After the milk doctor passed the pulse, he smiled gently: "Niangniang's phoenix body is fine, but she will have a nightmare if she thinks too much." "I didn't need to take medicine, so I withdrew.
Overthinking?
Is it because of childlessness?
Liu Che's heart sank, and he turned his head to look at Gillian, still smiling like a flower as usual. Seeing him look at her, she leaned on his shoulder and said softly, "Yes, I said I'm fine." "It's just that there's always a feeling of being seen through. No matter how happy people pretend to be in front of them, they are so happy that they almost wake up. When it comes to Chinese medicine, it can't be concealed.
He always thought that she was not in a hurry, but what he didn't expect was that there was so much pressure in her heart. But no one said it, was it because he was afraid that he would be sad too?
Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao.
He sighed faintly in his heart, but said, "It's okay, and the begonias won't be punished." She pounced on him and kissed him, smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
The queen's personal maid, even if she should be punished, should be handed over to Gillian and let her punish herself. He just scared them and told the whole palace that the queen had a good temperament. However, that doesn't mean you can fool her.
Until May, the people who waited were cautious, for fear of falling into Liu Che's eyes.
Since the beginning of summer, there has been almost no rain, and the green bamboo leaves are becoming more and more lush under the sun, reflecting the unique luster of the leaves. Occasionally, you can hear a few cicadas chirping, and it feels more and more summery.
Gillian has a bit of a bitter summer this year, and the ice in the ice cellar has been used early. It's still too hot, so let's boil it into a drink with black plum, osmanthus, sand starch stone honey and licorice hawthorn, and then add ice cubes to chill it.
After drinking the Han Dynasty iced sour plum soup, Gillian felt much better. Although the taste is a little strange, it is mainly a matter of sugar. Where is fine sugar now? The best is nothing more than a liquid sugar, which is viscous and is processed to concentrate sugar cane juice until it is viscous. Gillian uses sand syrup that is close to sugar, although it is still large and large, but it melts after cooking.
Even after a few begonias tasted it, they smiled and said that Gillian was ingenious, sweet and sour, and braved the ice to relieve the heat. Now that everyone says it's okay, that's it.
Instructed people to call Changle Palace and Changxin Palace to send an urn, re-dress, change clothes, and take Begonia to the Xuanshu Palace. The Xuan Room and the Jiao Room both belong to the Weiyang Palace, and it takes two moments to ride the chariot.
When I arrived at the Xuanshu Hall, I heard Liu Che's hearty laughter in the room from a distance. It seems that the previous dynasty is very smooth, and the entrance of the hall is guarded by Chuntuo. He ran over from afar and saluted: "It's so hot, why is the mother here?" Let the slave and maid go and report to Your Majesty. "The Xuanshu talks, no matter what content is involved, there is always only one Chuntuo waiting at the door.
She raised her chin and motioned for Begonia to give it to Chuntuo: "It's summer, and if you're bored in the palace, you can figure out this, it's quite a relief." Chuntuo bowed down and took it, and she turned around and walked away with the people.
Chuntuo couldn't stay, so he could only bow down and wait for Gillian to go away before returning to the gate of the hall with the urn. His Majesty is really not an important person, but when he went to the stable to see the horses, he saw a man who was skilled in training horses. Although he is wearing Han costumes, he smells of grassland everywhere.
When I summoned him to ask, his eyebrows and eyes were different from those of the Han Chinese, and it turned out to be the Huns who had been captured on the former border. The Xiongnu were good at raising horses, and they were taken back to the stable of the Han Palace.
Probably because the Han Dynasty has lived for a long time, this Xiongnu Manu Han dialect has been spoken very well. The most obvious gap between the Han and the Xiongnu is in the horse and the cavalry. Encountering such a Huns, Liu Che was very willing to listen to the Huns. So he asked all aspects of the Huns from raising horses.
When he returned to the Jiaofang Hall in the evening, Liu Che was still in high spirits, and lay down on the couch after washing. He looked at Gillian's embroidered cat that could barely be called cute, and thought that Gillian had always been imaginative. It is neither Huang Lao's inaction nor Confucianism's rules and regulations.
I couldn't help but talk to her about the Xiongnu Manu during the day, and Gillian listened very seriously. When it comes to the defeat of the Xiongnu Dayue clan, Gillian always feels a little familiar. In the huge palace room, Liu Che's voice was a little colder: "Manu said that their old Shangshan defeated the Dayue Clan, killed the King of the Dayue Clan, and used his head for drinking. ”
"I think that the Dayue clan was forced to move west because of this, and they should be the same as the Han Dynasty to hate the Xiongnu and want to take revenge." His eyes were very bright, and he seemed extraordinarily focused because of seriousness: "If you can form an alliance with them, and then form an alliance with the countries of the Western Regions, and cut off the connection between the Xiongnu and the neighbors of the Western Regions." ”
He paused, and said with a resolute expression: "There will be a big war between Han and Hungary, and I must be ashamed." It is of great benefit to contact the countries of the Western Regions. ”
Wow! Isn't this Zhang Qian's departure from the Western Regions? Not the beginning of the Silk Road? Gillian seems to have seen alfalfa, grapes, walnuts, pomegranates, sesame seeds, as well as all kinds of wool fabrics, furs, good horses, camels, lions, and ostriches necessary for winter.
She was immediately excited: "Is that to send an envoy to contact the Otsuki clan?" I really want to know what the Western Regions are like and what they have. ”
Liu Che had this idea in his heart since he heard about the Da Yue clan, but the Hexi Corridor was still under the control of the Xiongnu, and the future was unpredictable. He is still hesitant about it, Gillian is already thinking about the specialties of the Western Regions here.
She always trusted him so much and adored him, thinking that he could do everything well. She really believes, and she has been since she was a child. Many times, he wanted to tell Gillian that a little bit of cleverness in reading does not mean that he will be invincible, but he can't open his mouth. If he can, he still wants to be the invincible great husband in Gillian's eyes.
He hugged her and laughed: "I will send out a list of people tomorrow, the official of the Manchu Dynasty Shiqing Shilu, he is used to enjoying himself." It's a little harder to tell them to go. However, the world is so big, I believe that there are still many hot-blooded people. ”
He lowered his head and kissed her gently, from the forehead to the face and finally to the lips. Afraid of making Gillian catch a cold, the iceberg was placed in the hall, and there was a screen. But the coolness brought by the slow melting of the ice cubes still made Liu Che feel a lot more comfortable at night, he kissed Gillian tightly, and his hand gradually went down.
Begonia and Magnolia stood guard outside the hall, and the embarrassing voice in the room could not stop reaching their ears. Although they heard a lot and knew what was going on, in the end, Yunying was not married, and they were a little embarrassed to look at each other.
After another quarter of an hour, the movement inside gradually stopped. After a short while, I heard His Majesty calling for water.
After waiting for His Majesty and Niangniang, wash up again, and put on the brocade quilt again. The two of them blew out the palace lamps in the hall, leaving only a lotus flower and a palace lamp.
In the pale orange of the room, Gillian quickly fell asleep taking advantage of the slight coolness. Liu Che pondered for a while, and finally fell asleep under Gillian's gentle breathing.
After the hall was completely quiet, Begonia and Magnolia were relieved. I took the small quilt and hugged each other on the footrest, and the cool air in the house was even more pleasant at night. What's more, the two of them have to wait for orders at any time, so naturally they can't fall asleep.
Haitang remembered what Zijing said when she came back in the afternoon, and lowered her voice, almost asking Yulan to look at her mouth shape: "Are you really choosing someone?" "In the afternoon, Zijing went out to do things for Niangniang, and I heard that the Guanggong was really choosing people. Although Zhang Luo is secretive, he asked Sifu to inquire in the Huangmen circle and really chose people.
Magnolia was silent for a moment, and Begonia still had some hope. But they all know that most of it is true, and His Majesty is choosing a concubine.
They all know that this day will not be too far away, and the mother has no children for three years. Even ordinary people should take concubines, let alone the heavenly family. But the mother is so noble and spontaneous, she always makes them give birth to a little luck.
After a while, Yulan said faintly: "Who can she go beyond the love between Niangniang and His Majesty since childhood?" What's more, no matter how you say it, Niangniang is also a queen. "I only wish that my mother would always be so favored,
The two of them glanced at each other, no longer interested in talking. Haitang couldn't help but think of Empress Bo, why are Empress Bo and Emperor Xian not cousins? How can there be no affection? But in the end, I have to abdicate for the sake of the prince.
The next day, the news came definitely. Guangming Palace was selecting people at the beginning of March, and the young and beautiful maids were selected to teach them. This is not what is the choice of concubine? The four of them were silent for a while, and Begonia's eyes were even redder.
If the mother is married to an ordinary family, it is better to say, with the eldest princess and the queen mother, who dares to wronged the mother? However, this is the heavenly family, Your Majesty does not have a prince, is it like that after a long time?
But in the end, no one dared to tell the mother, it was a day to hide it. Niangniang is so favored now, she can't say that she will be pregnant one day, why make Niangniang unhappy first?
So Gillian was begonias for a few days in a row, throwing pots, and appreciating flowers, and Sifu was even more energetic to serve Gillian's bowl of lotus that she always loved. In the evening, Liu Che taught her calligraphy and painting. The Empress Dowager is not so afraid of heat when she is older, but Guan Tao and the Queen Mother like sour plum soup very much, and Gillian who has a handful of Sue is more and more full in the praise and being entangled.
There was gradually some turmoil in the palace, even the eldest princess had already heard about it, and she deliberately remembered to enter the palace and tell Begonia to persuade Gillian not to be jealous and not to lose her temper, and then take the upper hand. After all, Gillian is a jealous image in the eyes of everyone when she comes out for her long.
She can stand up for Long, but the princess of the heavenly family can't be wronged. But when it comes to Gillian, no one can speak for Gillian, not even the eldest princess. After all, Liu Che has nothing to say about Gillian now. Instead of being jealous, it is better to consolidate the current favor first.
If there is too much fighting, there should be no more.
Gillian didn't realize these fluctuations outside, but Liu Che, who had a little wind behind her and wanted her to be mentally prepared, was also surprised by her freedom. Turning his face and feeling a little sad, he told Chun Tuo to choose a good heart and an average appearance.
He can't forget the vow he made to himself before marrying Gillian, and he wants to grow old with Gillian.