Today's weather is excellent, blue and cloudless, and the sun is as warm as bright gold. The door of Cining Palace was pushed open with a "squeak", and Emperor Zhu Xian was wearing an apricot-yellow narrow-sleeved dragon robe, with gold threads and auspicious clouds embroidered at the cuffs, a vermilion and white jade belt around his waist, and a white jade exquisite waist pendant hanging on it. The clear sunlight seemed to drape his shoulders with a transparent veil, which looked incomparably majestic and sacred.

Behind him was the smiling Zhao Quan, the eldest princess, Zhu Yi, Zhu Fei, Guo Chengsi and a dry aunt, and the palace maids all knelt down and saluted. The Empress Dowager glanced at him obliquely, with a smile on her face, but she was speechless.

"Get up!" Zhu Xian didn't care, and walked straight to the Queen Mother's side to meet the courtesy, and sat down beside her.

"It's almost lunch time, why did the emperor come over?" It wasn't until Zhu Xian sat down that the Queen Mother asked.

Zhu Xian said with a smile: "I know that the fifth brother is back, and he will definitely come to the Queen Mother to set up the dragon gate, so I will also come to listen, and I will have a long insight." Yixi said that the Queen Mother couldn't continue to put on a face, so she had to greet with a smile: "Jing'an, don't serve tea yet." ”

"Here we are." Aunt Jing'an led the palace maid to walk in with a smile on her face. Aunt Jing'an personally brought the tea cup and put it in his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is Mengding nectar." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Xian nodded, took a sip of the teacup, and praised: "The aroma is fragrant, fragrant and tender, mellow and sweet, it is really good tea." ”

The eldest princess smiled when she heard this: "The queen mother really feels sorry for the emperor, and if there are any good things, I will remember you first." Zhu Xian smiled. Slender fingers caressed the edge of the teacup, without words.

The Queen Mother asked with interest: "I heard Yi'er say that Xuanyuan Zhenren is now one hundred and eight years old, although his hair is completely white. But his face is ruddy, his spirit is strong, and his alchemy is even more superb. When he was at home, he had to climb the mountain to collect medicine every day, and he was agile, and some of the rare medicinal materials that grew on the cliffs were out of reach of the monkey, but he walked on the ground. The emperor met him personally. But is that really the case? ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Xian was obviously very interested, and he said with a smile: "That Xuanyuan real person is indeed famous. Otherwise, I would not have asked my fifth brother to go all the way to summon him back to Chang'an City. After a pause, he said to Zhu Yi with a smile: "It's just that since the fifth brother left, there has been more than a month in the middle to cut off contact with the outside world. During that time, the queen mother was worried all day long, and complained that I shouldn't have sent you so far. After returning to invite An's mother, she didn't even give a good face. Now you're back. But after accompanying his mother more in Cining Palace, he is not allowed to run around blindly. ”

"Yes, my brother obeys." Zhu Yi stood up and agreed with a smile.

The eldest princess laughed, she pointed to the tea cup in Zhu Xian's hand, and said: "The emperor's words are not right, you and Prince Rui are both meat that fell from the queen mother's body, and the mother definitely didn't remember this but blamed that." If she was really angry with you, she wouldn't always have this nectar waiting for you to drink. ”

The eldest princess's words seemed to touch Zhu Xian's mind. There was a hint of shame on his face, and he said, "Aunt taught me a lesson. It's because I'm thinking badly. The Queen Mother looked at the teacup, and then at the eldest princess, her face seemed thoughtful.

The next atmosphere was very harmonious, and the Queen Mother no longer paid attention to Zhu Yi alone. From time to time, she pulled Zhu Xian to talk about the gossip of the concubines in the palace, and then asked the prince about his homework, and Zhu Xian patiently replied one by one. For a time, the mother was kind and filial to the son, and the brothers and sisters were respectful, and the palace was extremely peaceful.

Later, Zhu Fei also mentioned vividly that on the dock, countless women welcomed Prince Rui back to the city. Especially when it came to the jade crown on Zhu Yi's head that was smashed crooked by the sachets dropped by those women, the Queen Mother laughed so much that tears came out.

She only pointed to Zhu Yi, who was embarrassed, and said: "The mourning family has asked you to settle the family affairs several times, but you don't listen, look at this trouble!" The Queen Mother asked Zhu Xian's face again: "You, as a brother, don't you say that you are in charge?" ”

Zhu Xian said helplessly: "I want to take care of it, but I have to be willing to listen to the fifth brother." "For the sake of the selection of Prince Rui's concubine, he has touched a lot of soft nails in front of Zhu Yi. However, Zhu Yi has always looked at Zhu Xian as the head of other things, so it is not easy for Zhu Xian to reluctantly deal with him in this concubine matter.

In Zhu Yi's mind, there was a sudden image of riding on the wall that day, obviously looking ashamed, but he had been pretending to be calm, and he was serious and nonsense. If she were the princess, the future days would not be boring. Thinking of this, he suddenly had a trace of expectation in his heart, maybe having a princess is not a bad thing.

Zhu Yi picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip slowly, he rarely did not contradict it, so that the Queen Mother couldn't help but be happy, and hurriedly said while the iron was hot: "It just happened that tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the emperor invited many important ministers and their families. Then you should pay attention, and if there is something you like, you may wish to tell the queen mother. ”

"Yes." Zhu Yi stood up, bowed his hand generously, and actually agreed. caused Zhu Fei and Guo Chengsi to look at him with surprise on their faces.

After another conversation, Zhu Xian twitched his nose again and again, and then asked in surprise: "There seems to be a peculiar fragrance of flowers in this hall of the queen mother, and the smell makes people feel comfortable and bright." It's just that this taste is very unfamiliar, could it be that the queen mother has a new spice? ”

"Where is the spice?" The Queen Mother pointed at Zhu Fei and said with a smile: "It is the filial piety of the prince of Shu, who got a few very rare pots of ocean dew, and sent them to the filial piety and mourning family." ”

"The dew of the sea? What is it? Zhu Xian asked curiously.

Zhu Fei hurriedly stood up and returned: "It is a kind of strange flower that only has in Fanbang, I remember that when I was a child, Chen's mother planted a pot at home. My mother said that the fragrance of this flower is quiet and unique, and it can also clear the mind, enhance brain function, and improve headache symptoms. I remember that my father often had headaches at that time, but as long as he smelled the fragrance of the flowers, it would slowly ease. Unfortunately, this strange flower was difficult to feed, and despite my mother's efforts, the pot of ocean dew slowly withered after a year. This time, Chen's fleet occasionally got this strange flower in the barbarian land of the Western Regions. I brought it back. Thinking that the Empress Dowager had often had headaches recently, he sent a few pots to Cining Palace, hoping to relieve the Empress Dowager's pain. ”

Everyone here knows that Zhu Fei's biological mother is a lowly orchid. will raise his amazing appearance. Then it is not a strange thing that he knows one or two kinds of Fanbang strange flowers.

I heard the Queen Mother smile and continued: "Yes, because I got up twice last night." When I got up this morning, the mourning family felt dizzy, so they invited the envoy of Liu Yuan to ask for peace. It just so happened that the prince of Shu sent this strange flower from the Western Regions. Although the mourning family did not know each other, the envoy of the Liu hospital had seen it in medical books. He immediately did not give the mourning family medicine, but only let the mourning family smell the fragrance of the flowers. As a result, after a while, the mourning family no longer hurt, and the whole person was in good spirits. to accompany you here to chat. ”

"I've never heard of such a magical flower, the Queen Mother, you can't be stingy and hide it alone, why don't we go and see it together!" The eldest princess proposed with great interest.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but smile and said: "No matter how good it is, it's just a few pots of flowers, and the mourning family hasn't been stingy enough to do this." Walk. The mourning family will take you to take a look! "Talking. The Queen Mother stood up and really led everyone to her dormitory.

The dormitory is not far from this main hall, although there are also colorful flowers blooming along the way, competing in the courtyard. But the faint, mysterious floral fragrance could not be concealed at all, and it kept lingering on everyone's nose, which made everyone more and more curious.

Enter the main room of the dormitory, where the Queen Mother Su Ri and the Queen and the four concubines are also here. The place where the eldest princess chatted about family life, ordinary ladies or princesses were not allowed to enter.

In front of him is a long table of rosewood carved begonia flowers. There are incense burners, plum bottles, embroidered screens and other objects on the table. There are two dragon thrones below, and there is a high-backed chair below, and there are foot pedals under the chairs, and high tables are placed on both sides. Today, on each table is a basin of unbridled dew of the ocean. If you count it carefully, there are as many as eight pots. So the whole room is filled with this elegant and mysterious floral fragrance.

The Queen Mother and Zhu Xian naturally sat in the center on the two dragon thrones, and Zhu Yi, the eldest princess, Guo Chenghei, and Zhu Fei sat down in turn.

"So this is the dew of the sea." The eldest princess was not too heavy, picked up a pot of flowers and looked at it carefully, then approached and sniffed, and said with a smile: "The color of the flower is not gorgeous, the flower type is not complicated and luxurious, even this leaf is slender and strip-shaped, it is really not atmospheric enough, and it is really ordinary to look at." How could such an inconspicuous little flower be so magical? ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't help but be happy, pointed at her and smiled at Aunt Jing'an: "Look at her, what is in her mouth can't be said to be good." I'm old, and I can't get rid of this stinky problem. ”

Jing'an happened to lead the palace maid to bring new tea, and said with a smile: "Although the eldest princess doesn't like what she says, she can serve flowers and plants in the master of the palace." Niangniang just said that she was afraid that she would not be able to raise this dew of the ocean, so we might as well ask the eldest princess for advice. ”

The eldest princess took a sip of the teacup and sighed, "Look, it's just that you drank your idea of tea, and you are so appealing." ”

"Look, it's me talking too much, don't be surprised by the eldest princess." Aunt Jing'an was busy curtsied. The eldest princess took her hand with a smile and said, "It's a shame that we've known each other for so long, you can't even hear the jokes." Seeing Aunt Jing'an standing up straight, she let go of her hand, looked at the pot of ocean dew again, and said, "Actually, this flower! As long as it is watered, fertilized, loosened the soil, caught insects, and reduced the crooked branches and leaves, it is generally not far away. It's just that I don't know if the flowers of this state have the same habits as our flowers! ”

"Don't be afraid." Zhu Fei said with a smile: "As long as the Queen Mother likes the dew of the ocean, even if they all wither, the minister can let the fleet go to Fanbang to find it again." ”

"Good boy, it's a shame that you have good things and always remember the mourning family, it's really in vain that the mourning family hurts you." When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile. Suddenly, she said to Zhu Xian again: "The mourning family remembers that a while ago, when the emperor approved the folds, he often said that he had a headache. It's better to carry two basins of ocean dew over and put them in the imperial study. It can not only refresh the mind, but also avoid the suffering of those smoke and fire, what do you think? ”

"In this way, thank you to the queen mother for cutting her love." Zhu Xian sat here for a while, smelling the fragrance of the flowers, and indeed felt a lot more energetic. So he readily accepted the Queen Mother's kindness.

A few people sat and chatted for a while, Queen Guo sent someone to say that today was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and invited Zhu Xian to go over to have dinner together according to the custom, and Zhu Xian got up and left. Next, Zhu Yi, Zhu Fei, and Guo Chengsi also got up to say goodbye, saying that Zhu Fei had already prepared a table of receiving wine, and the three of them had not seen each other for a long time and wanted to get together together.

The Queen Mother told them a few words, and told them not to miss the night banquet before letting them go. It wasn't until only the eldest princess was left by her side that the Queen Mother took her hand and said gratefully: "Fortunately, you sent this nectar today, otherwise this pimple in Xian'er's heart is not easy to solve." The mourning family is also old and confused, forgetting that he is not only my son, but also the lord of the world. If the mourning family still blindly treats him, I am afraid that it will indirectly harm Yi'er. Speaking of this, the Queen Mother was afraid for a while.

When the eldest princess heard this, she laughed and said: "The queen mother is a blessed person, so she will have two sons who are jealous. Speaking of this, her eyes were red, and she felt a little sorry for herself: "Unlike me, not only do I have no chance with my heirs in this life, but now I can't even see a person alive or a corpse when I don't even have a horse." ”

Seeing this, the Queen Mother hurriedly stood up and took her into her arms, and said, "In the final analysis, it was the mourning family that harmed you." If it weren't for the poisonous woman of Xu Guifei who brought a bowl of medicated blood swallows, she intended to kill Xian'er in my abdomen. But you were only seven years old at the time, and you tasted it by mistake, which will harm your life. Every time they think about this, the mourning family can't wait to dig up Xu's body from the mausoleum and scatter the ashes. ”

The eldest princess couldn't help it, and began to cry more and more, and she sobbed as she cried, and said, "What's the use of crushing her bones and scattering ashes? I still won't have children of my own in this life. ”

The Queen Mother didn't know how to comfort the eldest princess who was out of control for a while, so she had to hug her shoulders lightly and weep silently with her

Zhu Xian didn't know that the pair of sisters-in-law in Cining Palace had cried together, he went straight to Queen Guo's Kunning Palace, and saw that the crown prince Zhu Houde was running around happily in the courtyard with a marquee lantern that would roll by himself. ”

Zhu Xian has been either reviewing the snowflakes in the past two months, or resting at the newly promoted concubine, and the number of times he has seen Zhu Houde is only a handful. Now I saw him wearing a small robe embroidered with bat patterns on a red background, a pair of thick-soled cloth boots embroidered with wave patterns at his feet, and a jade belt wrapped around his waist. Maybe he was running too happily, but his round face was now red, like a cute and tempting red apple, which made people want to take a bite. Zhu Xian's heart couldn't help but feel a touch of guilt, so he squatted down, stretched out his arms to Zhu Houde, and coaxed: "Prince, come to your father's place quickly, let your father take a good look." (To be continued......)