Palace

In fact, it is far from the hottest time, but in the past few years in the capital, the weather has changed unpredictably, and it is already very hot at this time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A group of palace people didn't do anything, even if they were standing, they were sweating profusely, so they had to sneak out of the well to carry water out, rushing from head to toe, and once in a while.

They are all serving masters in the palace, and they must not let the masters smell the smell on their bodies, so they can only try their best to think about it.

On such a hot day, there was no ice basin in Yiqiu Palace.

At present, when the ice basin is not used, the emperor is still wearing thick clothes, and he has not even changed his shoes into a single one, but he has not lit a charcoal basin in the Qinzheng Palace.

Fortunately, they were originally serving people, and they all survived hard days, pitying His Royal Highness the Prince.

The prince is outside the palace, and he is also carefully cared for, taken care of seriously, and he is even more free, how to come happily, wearing thick clothes with the emperor in the summer, the windows on all sides are closed, and he doesn't even dare to have a gap, that day ...... He hated having to be this prince, so he slipped out of the palace by himself.

The little eunuch who was waiting for the prince poked at the door, and saw the prince sitting in front of the desk seriously, reading the folds for His Majesty, his voice was steady and unwavering, but he could vaguely see the sweat flowing in his neck.

Fortunately, the master doesn't like to sweat on his face, otherwise he would really lose his temper, and his clothes are thick enough, I'm afraid he won't be able to get soaked even if he sweats.

The little eunuch was anxious for a while, how could he get it like this, the master had to be sick, he didn't dare to complain about the emperor, he could only be secretly anxious, but this was the Qinzheng Palace, everything was decided by the emperor, and it was difficult to even send some chilled fruit cold tea to the master.

"Little plum."

Someone suddenly shouted from behind.

As soon as the little eunuch turned around, his face showed a little joy: "It's Brother Chen, but what does the mother command?" ”

"Niangniang misses the prince, and wants the prince to go over and have a look."

The little eunuch with red faces and white teeth in the back said with a smile.

Xiao Li Zi breathed a sigh of relief and quietly went in to report.

The emperor half-squinted, and when he heard that it was the queen who called, he shook his head with a smile: "At this time, well, your mother is afraid that it is right...... Hehe, hurry up, she'll make trouble again if she's late. ”

In these words, there is more or less intimacy.

The old eunuch next to him also said: "Niangniang feels sorry for her son, that's a matter of course." ”

The prince coughed lightly, the roots of his ears were a little red, and he got up embarrassedly: "Father, rest, don't look at the folds by yourself, work carefully." ”

The father and son were tired of a few more words, and the prince went out.

As soon as he came out of the Qinzheng Palace, although the wind was hot, he still let out a long breath, and he was very happy, and quickly went to Ganquan Palace.

As soon as he entered, he saw several girls standing in the garden, looking at the dress, it should not be a palace maid, let alone a concubine, he was stunned, and Su Niang came to welcome him in.

Seeing that those girls were all shy, but they were well-behaved, and they didn't look up at him, so they reacted.

Oh, this is to pick a daughter-in-law for him.

In the usual way, he may still have to be annoyed, he is not very old, he is actually not concerned about this aspect of things, and he is not willing to delay the business for this, but now he can be called out to relax and relax, no matter why, he is happy.

Entering the door, the queen was sitting and talking to Hongchen, and when she looked up at the prince, the queen just felt a little strange, and Hongchen smiled.

"Okay, don't be in a hurry to talk first, Niangniang still let him take a shower and change his clothes, otherwise he will have prickly heat at night."

This kid has been with Hongchen for a long time, and his fear of heat is not the first day.

The queen couldn't cry or laugh: "When have you been wearing such a thick one?" Wait a minute, change into a single clothes, let the rest of the palace change too, it's time. ”

Su Niang smiled: "Niang Niang is merciful, a few days ago, the slave maid also heard that the adults on duty in the Hanlin Courtyard were wearing thick clothes, and they were so hot that they couldn't do it, and a few of them were suffering from heat stroke." ”

It's just gossip, a few casual words.

When the prince had washed and changed his clothes, and sat down obediently, the queen took out a thick booklet and opened it for him to see.

The prince didn't mind, let him see it, but the queen asked him to tell him who he liked, so he became a stuffy gourd and didn't say a word.

The queen smiled: "Also, this kind of thing, it's not appropriate to force you to say it, Hongchen, guess what, which one will we choose in the end?" ”

She looks at each other here, but the emperor is the one who makes the final decision, after all, it is the prince's marriage, and no one else can be the master, even the queen.

"Hongchen, you have physiognomy, just see which of them has creation."

There were no outsiders around, Hongchen walked over and pointed to one of them and nodded: "Don't say anything else, this one is a blessing that is not enough, and you can't enter the palace gate." ”

refers to one of the popular candidates, the daughter of the Wang family.

The queen glanced at it, thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Really? Their family, but very positive. ”

The Wang family has been moving around the palace a lot recently, and even said that two princesses of the old county were moved to be matchmakers, and the emperor was also more satisfied with the current military department Shangshu Wang Kun Wang Qingzhi.

This daughter of the Wang family, Wang Jianniang, although not the daughter of Wang Kun, is also his niece, she is a family, and she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is even more dignified and generous.

Through the window, the queen looked intently, and saw the girls in the garden, all of them very cute.

Hongchen also looked at the past, these girls are actually good, maybe a little cautious, but there is no particularly vicious kind, of course they want to fight for the position of the crown princess and express themselves without a trace, but like what kind of framing, poisoning and drugged, there will definitely be none, they can't do it, let alone dare to do it.

Pointing to a little girl who looked very small sitting next to the rockery, Hongchen smiled and said, "How about that one?" ”

"That's inconspicuous."

The queen looked over and saw that it was Tong Ji's niece, the Tong family was the founder of the country, and her ancestors had been the princes of the country, but when it came to Tong Ji, there was only one rank of lieutenant of the light car, which was not conspicuous, and it was nothing in the capital.

As for this little girl, she is just Tong Ji's niece, her father is only a county order, and among many ladies, not to mention the bottom, it can only be regarded as average.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are generally two situations for the prince to choose the princess, one is for marriage, and the choice of the family is usually when the imperial power is not stable, and the other is like now, the selection only depends on the woman herself, her background, as long as it is not bad, and it is not too high.

The crown princess may be the future mother of the country, and in all dynasties, she must always be cautious and cautious in dealing with her relatives.

The queen thought for a while: "This Tong Ji is not bad, at least he is a smart person, and although he is no longer in the army, he can be regarded as a network in the army." ”

Hongchen sighed, glanced at the little prince of her family, and saw that he continued to eat the grapes on the table one by one, and he didn't care about such things at all.

Also, where is the choice of a daughter-in-law, it is obviously a choice of father-in-law.

Choose a father-in-law, choose a father-in-law, anyway, most people now choose a father-in-law, and he is not the only one.

The prince didn't put his mind on this, the queen asked a few words, and when she couldn't ask, she just said, "Okay, I'll choose a smart and well-behaved one for you." ”

Hongchen peeled an orange for the queen: "The prince has a good temperament, and it will not be wrong to marry that young lady." ”

After releasing people here, the prince returned to the Qinzheng Palace.

When the emperor looked at him, he immediately smiled: "Yes, it's time to change your clothes, I'll change too." ”

The old eunuch answered, and went to prepare.

Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, the prince sat down with a smile: "Niangniang also asked people to cook herbal tea to relieve the heat, and it will be sent to the Qinzheng Palace for a while, and said that the palace will prepare more, these days there are always old ministers entering the palace, I heard that they tremble slightly when they walk, no one can even get out of the palace gate without helping, in case they fall ill in the palace, it will be troublesome." ”

The emperor laughed: "It's still Zitong careful." ”

The emperor is sick, and those ministers are naturally old and unbearable, which one of them can survive to the emperor's side?

When the prince saw their actions, he felt fake, but he couldn't bear to be able to deceive the emperor, he sighed a few words with Hongchen, and Hongchen was not surprised at all - "The easiest person in the world to be deceived is actually the emperor." ”

An emperor who sits high on top has always been deceived by civil and military officials, not that the emperor is called the Son of Heaven, and all the subjects under the world really have to give him a red heart without complaint.

Everyone in the world is selfish, and the ministers work hard to be officials, no matter what it is for, no matter how many sage books they read, to the emperor, they still only want to seek more benefits.

Coincidentally, in the eyes of the emperor at the moment, the most important thing is his son's marriage, and he, like the queen, is very concerned about this matter.

"Today, your mother invited young ladies from all over the world to come to the palace, and you have seen it too, do you feel good?"

"It's all good."

The emperor suddenly smiled: "It's all good, I can't give it all to you, hmm." He thought for a while, "I remember that Wang Qingzhi said a few days ago that his niece likes your handwriting, and took your handwriting as a post to copy, and the writing seems to be similar, Wang Qingzhi is an old and serious person, and his niece should not be too much different." ”

The prince closed his mouth and pretended to be ashamed.

The emperor just teased a few words.

The supreme family of three of the Great Zhou Dynasty picked it up left and right, and in Ganquan Palace, Hongchen was very interested in observing these ladies.

The little girl is lively and cute, and everyone likes it.

There is a clear pond in the garden, which is living water, the water is very clear, and there are lotus flowers planted in it, and there are a few swimming fish.

The fish are all red carp, very beautiful, these are all fish that have slipped through the net, all of them are very clever, swim fast, and the lines are also beautiful.

Wang Jianniang sat by the pool, borrowing the coolness of the pool water.

The surrounding ladies are also in groups, divided into groups of threes and fives, divided into groups and groups, Wang Jianniang, and a few young ladies, like the girls of the Xue family, the girls who became families, and the daughters of the Zhao family of Anyang Hou, but they are rarely quiet, they are all alone.

Sitting alone, there are a few chats about the pure low status, no one likes to play with them, these are definitely popular candidates, the family is cheering, as soon as the news of the election of the princess in the capital came, a few of them were targeted, all of them passed five levels and cut six generals, and survived to this day, which is thrilling, I am afraid it can be compared to a war.

"Mother, I'll go out and have a look."

Hongchen stayed in the house and it was hot, so he wanted to go out for a walk.

The queen responded casually, and did not let anyone follow, in Ganquan Palace, naturally there would be no danger.

As soon as Hongchen appeared in the garden, it immediately attracted the attention of that group of girls, in the summer, she was dressed simply, even if she entered the palace, she did not wear formal clothes, but it was an ordinary palace dress, and she only wore a silver hairpin on her head, but at a glance, she knew that she was not a palace person, and it was difficult for the ladies here to enter Beijing on weekdays, and the social circle did not have much intersection with Hongchen.

For a while, no one knew her, and there was inevitably some discussion.

"See, that one seems to have come out of it, I'm afraid it was Queen Gen who was with her just now."

"That young lady is pretty enough." The one who was talking here was a girl in green clothes, her appearance was not outstanding, she glanced back at Wang Jianniang, and chuckled, "That self-confident and proud of his good looks and arrogance, when he sees this now, he doesn't know what to think in his heart!" ”

"Be quiet, this is the palace."

A group of girls played for a while, and the mother inside sent someone to send them out, and it was not early.

Hongchen simply followed him out of the palace.

Su Niang saw it, opened her mouth, shook her head and didn't speak, it is rare for the county lord to have a childlike heart, what is the pain that spoils her interest, as soon as she leaves the palace gate, the daughters will have family members to pick them up, but they are not in a hurry to separate, but gather in one place to talk and laugh.

As he was talking, a very tall girl came over from the south, with a servant by her side, and a thirty-year-old girl with a signboard in her hand - one day count, one if you are destined.

"Sister, let me tell you, I saw a strange person, the hexagram is accurate, hurry up, let him calculate it for you, see ......"

"Sister."

The one who was caught was a round-faced girl, the one that Hongchen pointed out to the queen, Tong Ji's niece.

The round-faced girl looked depressed: "Outside, don't make trouble." ”

"What's the trouble, this is really a strange person."

A group of young ladies next to him were all giggling and snickering, and the round-faced girl was flushed.

Unexpectedly, the strange man looked around twice, but he didn't come to the side of the round-faced girl, jumped to Hongchen's side with an arrow step, saluted lightly, and said, "The girl has the appearance of a nobleman." ”

Everyone was silent, especially the girls.

At this time, those who can be named by the queen have the hope of becoming the crown princess, and the position of the princess is automatically with golden light, and everyone doesn't care about it, in fact, for the number of fate, they all believe it at this time, and those who can be the princess naturally have a good fate.

For a while, countless eyes fell on Hongchen, but Hongchen smiled: "Who can come out of the palace today, who doesn't have the appearance of a nobleman?" ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it, it is true, everyone has a good background, and the husband who will marry in the future will not be bad, but they all have to look like nobles.

The fortune teller looked like a fairy, looked around, and casually pointed to a slightly plump girl next to him: "Miss doesn't believe me?" So how about I comment? Let's just say this young lady, I don't think her life is very good, there are many villains around her, the family is restless, and I am afraid that there is a suspicion of discouragement, and her mother is prone to die early......"

Before the words fell, the face of the young lady over there turned white.

Everyone else was taken aback.

"Miss Chu's mother...... I have been sick for many years, and I heard that there are not many days left. (To be continued.) )