Chapter 224: There are no wolves in the lotus pond, only fish

Seventh (angry): You can't hear it, am I angry?

Nineteen: Master said he knew.

The seventh day of the first month: There are no wolves in the lotus pond, only fish......

Nineteen: I know.

The seventh day of the first month: There are no wolves in the lotus pond, only fish......

Nineteen: Huh? Weird?

The seventh day of the first month: There are no wolves in the lotus pond, only fish......

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"There are no wolves in the lotus pond, only fish ......"

Xia Chuqi stretched out speechlessly, lifted the hem of his skirt, and walked down the stone steps step by step, he stretched out his hand to help her, but she didn't get on it, he stepped on the boat, and sighed without smiling in the ripples of the boat.

Is this man calling her, or is he confusing her?

The sound is still so good.

Ah Qi ......

"Ah Qi, come down." He whispered, his voice hoarse.

Xia Chuqi was silent for a long time and did not move, only obliquely looking at the flat boat under the stone steps, parked in the lotus bush, and the noble man on the flat boat, who was tall and cold but magnificent.

Several stone steps, connecting the back door and the lotus pond.

The lotus in summer, blooming delicately, rolling on the lotus leaves, as if there is a strong charm of high mountains and long distances, people are happy to see it, and they can't help but revel in it.

This lotus pond is quite large, stretches far away, and you can't see the end at a glance.

As soon as the door opened, there was a large lotus pond.

Zhao Ziyue's room has a back door near the water.

"Huh!" With a sound, Xia Chuqi made a grimace at her, glanced sideways at the smiling Qingteng, made a gesture at her, and was led by Qingteng to the backyard of the Autumn Lotus Courtyard.

"You, you're deliberately angry with me!" Zhao Ziyue pursed her lips.

"Don't worry!" Xia Chuqi patted her on the shoulder, "I didn't hear anything. Who knew he was waiting for me in the lotus bushes? ”

"Bad Chu Qi, I'm ...... I don't want to say it. ”

When he finished speaking, looking at the smile on her face, he was shocked to realize that she was surrounded by her, "Ah", with a bitter face, almost biting his tongue.

"I didn't tell you, my nineteenth brother was waiting for you in the lotus bush......" Zhao Ziyue followed her words and rushed out.

"Don't tell me anything?" At the beginning of the summer, the seven raised their eyebrows.

"Nonsense!" Zhao Ziyue was anxious, her neck was stiff, and she glared at her in shame, "Chu Qi, if you make fun of me again, I won't tell you......"

"Ugh!" With a sound, Xia Chuqi sighed at her thousand-year-old wrong words, and rolled her eyes helplessly, "Your heart, naturally, is not right away, but falls on the ghost brother......"

"Alas! I'm just not on the horse......"

Zhao Ziyue understood her ridicule, her face was slightly embarrassed, she glanced at her with low eyebrows, and muttered.

"What's wrong? Still worried about not being able to get married? ”

Xia Chuqi squinted suspiciously, tilting his head to look at her frowning eyebrows.

Isn't that like hers?

Zhao Ziyue's mood was also unstable, after listening to her, she gently patted Yaya's little body, only nodded casually, and did not answer.

Looking at her little appearance of sobbing while asleep, Xia Chuqi couldn't cry or laugh, "The little thing has been crying for so long, she should be tired of crying, let her sleep for a while." When you wake up, you can heat the medicine again. ”

Coaxed left and right, Xia Chuqi finally calmed her down, checked the pulse, checked the tongue coating, and hurriedly prescribed a prescription for Qingteng to pick up the medicine. But before the medicine could be boiled up, the little girl cried and fell asleep.

Yaya is small and has a quick temper. The twisted up character was exactly the same as her mother and grandmother. When the seventh day of the summer month entered, the little girl cried so much that her eyes, nose and face were red, and the little appearance of sobbing Sarai made people want to laugh and pity.

She took a sip, her heart resting.

Zhao Ziyue led the autumn lotus courtyard where Yaya lived and built it near the lake. At the beginning of summer, before the seven people arrived, they could smell the bursts of lotus fragrance sent by the summer lake breeze, which was very elegant and pleasant.

On this hot day, Xia Chuqi didn't have so many chilled watermelons for her to squander to "transfer the disease", and she didn't blame, just said that when she became a heroic mother and had a few more children, she naturally understood everything, and said that Meizi was a big red face.

Hearing her explanation, Meizi first didn't believe it, and then her eyes turned red with guilt, and she swore that she would eat a few chilled watermelons when she went back, and transfer the diarrhea to herself.

Watermelon is cold and has been chilled, which is too easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort in children.

At the beginning of summer, he was stunned and sighed and looked straight at the sky.

On the way to the Autumn Lotus Courtyard, Xia Chuqi thought of the previous Jiayi's announcement, and couldn't help but ask about the plum, what kind of fruit did he give the girl to eat. Unexpectedly, this hoof said that it was the iced watermelon brought from the palace.

Because of its proximity to Zhao Mianze's residence, there were many guards in the courtyard of Meiyuan Pavilion, and they were wearing armor and holding halberds, densely surrounded like an iron bucket. But this little princess has a bad stomach, and her delicate cry spread far and wide, everyone knows that she is invited to see a doctor, except for Ah Ji and Lu Hui, who are still far behind, and no one else cares.

Without waiting for the green vine to finish, the people on the seventh day of the summer had already left the house.

"Okay, I'll go."

Without waiting for her to ask, Qingteng said eagerly: "Miss Seven, you hurry up and take a look at the little master, she is crying and making trouble, and no one can coax her." The slave asked her, and she only said that she had a stomachache, but the master couldn't believe the doctor next to her......"

Children are delicate, but don't have any stubble.

Isn't it that the girl has a bad stomach?

When she entered the house, Xia Chuqi had just sorted out her clothes and sat up on the bed. Looking at her hurried appearance, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart.

The person who came was the girl Qingteng next to Ziyue.

"Is Miss Seven here?"

Talking to a "robot" is not only strenuous, but also tends to lower IQ. Xia Chuqi grinded his teeth and waved away Jia Yi, and was stroking his belly on the bed and sulking, feeling that his pregnant woman's little temper had not been fully developed, so he heard someone shouting outside the window.

“……”

"I don't know."

She rolled her eyes, "Then why don't you ask?" ”

He shook his head again, "I don't know. ”

She was depressed, "Do you know that I want to know?" ”

"I don't know."

She couldn't help but ask, but Jia Yi shook his head.

Jia Yi said many things, but there is no Xia Chuqi who wants to hear - what about Zhao Nineteen? What the hell is this girl doing?

For example, the little princess has a stomach upset and cries so much in the house. The nurse vaguely said that since she ate the fruit that Mei gave to Yaya on the way to Dongyuan, she was not obedient when she pulled poop.

For example, the imperial chefs who came to Dongyuan with the emperor were preparing for the banquet of the hundred officials in the evening. Originally, this banquet was prepared to be held in the imperial dining hall of Dongyuan, but in order to take care of the homesickness of the Beidi mission, and to show the kindness and friendship of Dayan, the banquet of the hundred officials chose the Mongolian custom - "Wucha's Banquet". The banquet of Wucha is the highest hospitality etiquette of the Mongolian people, and the sheep banquet will be arranged in the evening.

For example, Dongfang Qingxuan went down from the school field and went straight to Dongfang Amur. I stayed in a good place for about half an hour. The brother and sister have been locked in the house, and no one knows what they said. But some people heard that there was a quarrel inside, and some people saw that when Dongfang Qingxuan went out, he didn't have the usual coquettish smile on his face, and Dongfang Amur's eyes were red, as if he had cried.

For example, when the Empress Dowager returned to her residence, her cough became even worse, and when Aunt Yu went to boil medicine on the stove, she came out around the corner to inquire, probably asking Miss Seven if she knew about the Empress Dowager's illness and why there was no movement? I didn't take the initiative to see the Queen Mother.

For example, Zhao Mianze brought his pet after lunch...... No, the favorite concubine Ulan Pearl cruises on the lake and enjoys the lotus and willows, so it is not enjoyable.

He told her something about Dongyuan.

After a while, A came in.

In the evening, the scorching sun dissipated, and the afterglow of the setting sun warmly shone on the Meiyuan Pavilion in the East Garden, like a big smiling face, with a touch of warmth, gently erasing countless helplessness, and fading countless haze.

For a while, I thought of the arrow that flew from the school field when I shot the willow, and for a while I was worried about the injury in Zhao Yu's palm, and for a while I thought about the story of "killing the wolf and saving the beauty" between him and Amur, and for a while, I was afraid that my own method would not be able to help Brother Ghost and Ziyue...... Confused, irritated enough to perform a perfect sniping of her brain volume.

For most of the afternoon, she tossed and turned in bed. I wanted to rest for a while, but my mind felt like I was swinging, and I didn't close my eyes.

Only now, the future of the two ghosts and Ziyue is in her hands, and she blames a lot, no matter what, she has to think of a way to not only fool the queen mother's dazzling eyes, but also help the ghost brother to hold the beauty.

She didn't know why her temper had become so extreme, that is, she couldn't see the separation of flesh and blood.

Die and die! Love what's the matter.

However, although today's incident made the Empress Dowager unhappy and slapped the emperor in the face, Xia Chuqi had a feeling of letting go. Thinking of the family of three that she couldn't reunite, and thinking of Zhao Ziyue's family of three, her chivalrous heart was flooding all the way, as long as she could promote Brother Ghost and Ziyue, it didn't matter if she turned her cheekiness over and fried it again.

A willow shooting past, I don't know who is the winner.

Thinking that Zhao Mianze was so close to her, she didn't feel any good mood. After lunch, she was confined in the house, and Meizi pleaded her several times to enjoy the lotus view in the East Garden, but she refused, and slept on the bed alone.

life!

But she couldn't even afford to be the owner of a chicken feather, so she could only hug her bloated belly tightly, and sighed helplessly - you regard him as dung, and he treats you as a treasure. You think of him as a treasure, but he treats you like a weed.

Xia Chuqi was unhappy in his heart.

According to the rules, on days like this, the empress is to live with the emperor. But she and Zhao Mianze are not married, so naturally it is a different matter. However, in order to please the emperor, when he was responsible for arranging the residence, the great eunuch He Chengan still put Xia Chuqi's residence next to Zhao Mianze, and there was a small courtyard with a patio and flowers and trees between the two.

~

"Then you'll have to work hard."

Smiling kindly, she stroked the teacup on her hand.

The Empress Dowager was waiting for her words.

Squinting slightly, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Empress Dowager, after the topic is formulated, I will hand it over to the Empress Dowager for review." If the Empress Dowager refuses to allow it, I will never dare to do it. ”

How could Xia Chuqi not know what she was taboo about?

The word "decent", she aggravated a few points, and the meaning was quite profound.

She looked at Xia Chuqi with a smile and said, "The mourning family knows that you are a sensible child, and it is great to be able to do your part for Ziyue." It's just that the princess chooses the horse, and the matter is big, and the topic is decisive, and she can't lose her dignity. ”

However, although the Empress Dowager agreed with Xia Chuqi, how could she be such a foolish person?

On such an occasion, it is inconvenient for either person to dismantle the other's platform. She said everything, Zhao Mianze not only refused sharply, but also had to nod with a smile.

Before Zhao Mianze, the Empress Dowager made a decision.

"Okay, according to the queen's wishes."

But before the sound came out, the Queen Mother responded with a smile.

It is said that she set the title with the dignity of "queen", which is not arrogant, but she is too concerned about Zhao Ziyue's marriage, which makes Zhao Mianze very unhappy. Afraid that in order to maintain her virtuous name, the Empress Dowager would really fulfill Zhao Ziyue and Yan Ergui, and ruin his business, so he opened his mouth to stop it.

Xia Chuqi saw her asking, and said with a clever smile: "Can you adopt my thin opinion on the topic of this test?" ”

"Queen, you say."

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager's eyelids twitched slightly.

Generally speaking, when asking "whether to talk about it or not", it is because they want to use the method of agitation to "will" others, in order to "speak".

"The Empress Dowager has really taken great pains to get married to Princess Ziyue, and this move is very meaningful and feasible. But looking at this, I also have a reluctant request, I want to do my best for Ziyue. It's just that...... I don't know if to talk about it or not? ”

As soon as the Empress Dowager's voice fell, Xia Chuqi raised her handkerchief and covered her mouth, pretending to cough twice, and quickly took the conversation.

The Empress Dowager glanced at him and interrupted him, "In order to avoid your different ideas, the mourning family will come to be the master." Anyway, the emperor will stay in Dongyuan for two days, in addition to shooting willows to have fun, it is better to find some fun. The mourning family thought: With the results of today's willow shooting, to do the selection of the horse, but all the unmarried sons who have excellent results in willow shooting can participate in the horse test and competition......"

Zhao Mianze was taken aback, "Imperial grandmother ......"

After a silence, she sold a pass, glanced around at everyone, took a sip of hot tea, and continued: "According to the meaning of the mourning family, if you want to be Ziyue's concubine, one willow shooting is not enough, there should be a more severe test to be able to reach Ziyue's noble status." ”

The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "The mourning family thinks that the queen's words have some truth, Yan Aiqing has outstanding character, and she has turned the tide and won glory for the country, so she is worthy of the identity of a concubine." But the emperor's words are not wrong. Yan Aiqing is a step late, and it is reasonable that she must lose her dignity. Moreover, Ziyue's selection of horses is not a trivial matter, and it should be handled carefully. ”

Xia Chuqi didn't know what kind of moth she wanted to give birth to, so she just sat dignifiedly, holding her skirt with both hands, and smiled faintly.

At this time, there is no one else except the Queen Mother. Everyone looked at each other, revealing curious anticipation.

"The mourners have a good way to get the best of both worlds."

A fist was punched out, but no sound was heard, and it landed on the cotton, Zhao Mianze's heart sank, and there was a slight depression. can see the interaction of several of them, but the wrinkles on the queen mother's face smiled a little deeper.

But Zhao Bottle didn't look at him, as if he didn't realize it, he only lowered his head and drank tea.

"The Imperial Grandmother has taught me a lesson. However, it is common for my husband and wife to have a few words of disobedience, and the imperial grandmother must not worry about the two of me, she is tired. When he said this, his gaze swept over Zhao Zhu's indifferent face, this kind of provocation like a declaration of sovereignty was a little childish.

Zhao Mianze was stunned and hurriedly slid down the steps.

The Empress Dowager's slightly disgusted gaze swept over the faces of Zhao Mianze and Xia Chuqi, and smiled lightly, "Ziyue's family affairs are important, and the relationship between the two of you is also important." Now that the family affair has not been completed, the two of you will argue first, and you are not afraid of being laughed at. ”

A light cough broke the silence on the field.

"Emperor!"

She wanted to know what kind of attitude this girl had and whether she wanted to be with Brother Ghost. But who knows, she used to shout vigorously to cheer for the ghost brother, but now when it comes to family affairs, she has become an ostrich, her eyelids drooping, looking at the ground, and she doesn't move.

After a while, seeing that he was extremely angry, but did not say anything, she lowered her eyelids slightly "showing weakness". It looked like he was giving him face, but in fact, he peeked at Zhao Ziyue, who was not far from him.

Xia Chuqi stared at Zhao Mianze coldly, and didn't care what others said.

The two of them were so frozen, and there were soon whispers on the field.

Such a rebellious question, except for Xia Chuqi, no one dared to say it to his face. But it's her, he doesn't scold him, he doesn't hate it, except for sulking with himself, he actually has nothing to do with her.

Zhao Mianze's complexion changed, and his chest was like a ball of cotton.

With a sarcastic light "heh", Xia Chuqi squinted at him, "Yes, General Yan missed the willow shooting." So may I ask, what kind of 'important things' did His Majesty send to General Yan? So much so that he couldn't even get to the princess he admired to recruit a horse to participate? ”

"Has the queen looked carefully? The willow shooting has passed, Yan Aiqing and Prince Suhe are competing skills, and it has nothing to do with the selection of horses. If it is true that the willow shoots and chooses the horse, it is Su He Shizi who takes the lead. ”

His gloomy face was like a rainy weather, looking at Xia Chuqi's raised chin and unyielding face, he finally suppressed the evil fire in his heart and smiled lightly.

But can he strangle her? No. Even when I saw her frowning, I felt distressed. In this way, I can't embarrass her, I can only suffer myself.

Strangled to death, it would be easy to get trouble. Don't be so embarrassed anymore.

If he could, he would have strangled her.

She is the empress, he is the emperor, and the two of them are husband and wife. It stands to reason that she should put him first in everything. But this woman didn't love him, didn't respect him, didn't respect him, not only disobeyed him, but also helped others everywhere to keep him from coming down.

Zhao Mianze was stunned, and there was a fishy sweet smell under his throat.

"Your Majesty, you said earlier that whoever wins the willow shooting will recruit her as Princess Ziyue's concubine. There is a blue sky above, there is a thick soil below, and there are civil and military officials and envoys from all over the world on the field, but you are a golden mouth, and you are not afraid of losing your teeth if you go back on your word? ”

She dispersed the fire first, endured her breath, and then smiled faintly.

The people looked at each other, but they did not dare to speak. The two princesses were also at the table, and when they heard the words of the royal brother, they immediately hung their heads shyly. But Xia Chuqi saw that he was messing around, but he refused to fulfill the ghost brother and Ziyue, and finally he couldn't hold it back.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

In addition to Zhao Runa, Prince Yide also has two daughters. They and Zhao Mianze are not the same mother. One is fourteen this year, and the other is only twelve, and neither of them has yet been married. For Zhao Mianze, marrying his sister to Yan Ergui is another in-law, and using his own people to tie him up is naturally more reliable than fulfilling him and Zhao Ziyue.

"Yan Aiqing, I know that you are lonely, in addition to gold and silver, I will give you a few more beautiful concubines...... Even if you want to marry my royal sister, you can't do it. ”

His always gentle eyes seemed to be soaked with a layer of broken ice, and his gaze was slightly cold, staring at Yan Ergui fixedly.

However, Yan Ergui's image of "daring to speak out" in her mind is "ignorant of current affairs" in Zhao Mianze's eyes.

Circling these questions repeatedly, her head was "buzzing", she couldn't hear what others were saying at all, and she didn't dare to look up at anyone's gaze, only knowing that she was about to drive herself crazy.

Can you marry, can't you marry?

Marry? Not married?

Marry? Not married?

That day, his jet-black hair hung down, and a snake was wrapped around her smooth neck, and some of the hair was tangled with hers, just like the two of them, sweaty, wet, soft, warm, female, male, completely different, but really entangled. This entanglement, entangled a girl, also entangled her heart, obviously wanted to forget, but every detail was like a soldering iron, deeply imprinted on her heart.

But people are growing up slowly, and time can also wear away the traces of time. Nearly three years have passed, but in the end, it has smoothed out her temperament, and it has also worn away the resentment that she couldn't let go of in the past. At this moment, in his insistence that he didn't want gold and silver, didn't want Ayaluo, didn't want a mansion, didn't want an official, and only wanted to marry her, she strangely remembered those pictures that she had deliberately wanted to ignore.

She was angry with him, hated him, resented him, annoyed him, even today, although she didn't want him to die for her, she didn't like him much.

He was so stubborn with the emperor, and the emotions of others were not expressed for the time being, only that Zhao Ziyue on the side seat had a red face and hot ears, and he was already in turmoil.

"Therefore, the minister only wants to marry Princess Ziyue."

But he added fuel to the fire, kowtowed again, and said loudly.

His words rang out loud, and Zhao Mianze's face became even more somber when he heard it.

"Your Majesty!" Yan Ergui kowtowed to the ground again, "Gold and silver treasures can buy everything, but they can't buy hearts, silk and satin are gorgeous and noble, but they are not as good as people, although the promotion and knighthood are the desire of men in the world to chase, but the minister wants to be down-to-earth." ”

After a pause, he slowly glanced at the crowd around him, and looked at him with a smile: "Yan Aiqing, except for asking to marry Princess Ziyue, gold and silver treasures, silk and satin, Liangtian mansion, or promotion and knighthood, I have no refusal." ”

"Princess Ziyue is gentle and quiet, Yan Aiqing is heroic, if she gets married, it will be a happy thing. But Princess Ziyue's family affairs, I have already spoken in advance, and I want to marry each other with Beidi, my Dayan people believe in the promise, if they are the monarch and break their promises, what kind of system will it become? ”

Zhao Mianze's face was not very good-looking, but because Yan Ergui had saved face for Da Yan just now, he was not good at throwing fire at him in front of the ministers, so he had to restrain himself, and his angry eyes swept his face slightly, and the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

When the emperor meets an ignorant courtier, it is probably also a headache. In front of the civil and military personnel and envoys of the Manchu Dynasty, Yan Ergui, a great hero who had just "won glory for the country", brushed the emperor's will, which was really unpleasant.