Chapter 13: The Deep Palace
Mrs. Ji was stunned when she saw Master Ji, knowing that he had listened to his words, and naturally refused to let go of this opportunity at the moment.
"If this blessing is willing to share one or two profits to the master, how can the master be just a four-grade Ministry waiter now? and uncle, he should also have a better future. The lord is the eldest son, and the county lord should also be in the lord's room, right? ”
If you don't want to say anything else, when it comes to today's official position, it is the sore spot in Master Ji's heart.
"It's in the second brother's room, and it's the same for me." Even so, Master Ji pondered for a long time and still said.
Mrs. Ji smiled secretly.
After many years of husband and wife, she knows Master Ji very well, and no matter what time it is, what Master Ji says is high-sounding. can know that Master Ji said this, but in fact, he didn't mean it.
"The old man is beautiful and beautiful, he thinks so, but I'm afraid that others may not be like this. The old man has been in the capital for many years and has never returned to Qingyuan, who knows what the second master has done? Isn't there anyone who once coveted the blessed land of the Ji family? If the second master moves the feng shui of the blessed land......"
Master Ji's face changed, and Mrs. Ji immediately stopped.
"Ma'am, you mean ......?"
"Sir, I didn't say anything. I am a woman in a deep house, and I can understand anything, but I have a heart for the lord and children. "Mrs. Ji Da takes retreat as advance.
Master Ji couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and paced up and down the room, frowning in thought. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Mrs. Ji was right.
Over the years, the blessing of the ancestors of the Ji family and the feng shui of the blessed land. In fact, it didn't do him much good. He has been an official in Beijing for many years, and he has relied on Yang Gelao. In the case of greedy ink for disaster relief, he was able to stay out of the matter because he got the letter from Master Ji. At the time, it was thought that it was the shadow of the ancestors, but now that I think about it, it is not the case.
If he had followed the Qincha team south at that time, he would never have been greedy for ink and silver. When the ink corruption case broke out, he was unique, and Yang Ge Lao protected him and plotted for him. He can take the opportunity to become an official and become a knight.
Later, because he had no merits, he was exposed to the fact that he had retired from his relatives in previous years and lost his father's affection. Impeached by the official for unfilial piety. Although Yang Ge Lao tried his best to protect him and explained everything clearly, the road to promotion was broken.
Could it be that it was really Master Ji Er for himself. Did you do your hands and feet in the blessed land feng shui?
This kind of possibility is not nothing.
Old lady Ji has passed away. Mrs. Ji ...... to him
"Those who have been in the examination like the third child have also been promoted to be officials, although they are idle, they are also fourth-grade officials......" Master Ji frowned and said slowly, with a flash of lust in his eyes.
At this point, Mrs. Ji knew that Master Ji had completely believed her words.
"The lord is forgiving. I've never been the second master's opponent......" Mrs. Ji sighed slowly.
"Second brother, he definitely won't be like this." Master Ji frowned. But he said.
Mrs. Ji was silent, and the more Master Ji said this, the more convinced he was that Second Master Ji must have done this.
"What should we do according to Madame?" Sure enough, then Master Ji asked Mrs. Ji for advice.
"I'm afraid I have to talk to my father and aunt about this matter." Mrs. Ji said immediately. If you really want to fight with the people in the house on the East Road, Yang Ge Lao's power and aunt's resourcefulness are indispensable.
"After all, it's a family ugly." Master Ji seemed unwilling.
"My father and aunt are not outsiders either."
"No matter what, I can't be unrighteous if I only allow others to be unkind."
"Everything is up to the master." Mrs. Ji is obedient.
"Old lady, you must not be wrong at all." Master Ji pondered for a long time, and already had an idea in his heart. He instructed Mrs. Ji. No matter what he plans to do in private, he must earn a filial name, and at least he must clear his charge of unfilial piety in the court. Because only in this way will he be able to continue his promotion.
"I know there's one more thing, and it's a priority." Mrs. Ji nodded in agreement, and then said.
"What's the matter?" Master Ji asked.
"The master forgot what his father said in private?" Mrs. Ji reminded Master Ji, "Although the will has not been made clear, I think there will be news before the end of the year." I think the second master and the second wife are here for this. …… In this matter, Xiaolian can't lose to Xiaotang. ”
"Yes, thanks to my wife's reminder." Master Ji suddenly realized and nodded immediately.
In any case, in that matter, Ji Xiaolian can't fall behind Ji Xiaotang. The weight of the national abbot and the weight of the national abbot's brother are different.
"The elders and young are in order, and this matter will be handed over to the wife." Master Ji solemnly instructed Mrs. Ji, and he also had to hurry up and arrange manpower to do another important thing.
Master Ji and Mrs. Ji discussed in a low voice for a long time, and did not turn off the lights until the drum sounded for the third watch.
On the twenty-ninth day of the winter month, Ji Xiaotang dressed up with a lot of makeup, and entered the palace in a court dress and a full frame.
The one who followed Ji Xiaotang into the palace was naturally Mama Cheng. Thanks to Mama Cheng's steady and neat handling of everything, because Ji Xiaotang was named the county lord, it is inevitable that she will have to interact with the characters in the palace in the future, and Mama Cheng also told Ji Xiaotang many things that she refused to say before.
One of the most important ones, although Emperor Longqing is now in power, the Empress Dowager Han has great power in the harem and the court, and many things are actually the final say of the Empress Dowager Han.
This time when he entered the palace, Ji Xiaotang also went to Cining Palace to meet the Empress Dowager Han first.
When he arrived at the gate of Cining Palace, Ji Xiaotang was waiting at the door, and a palace maid entered the palace to report. Although it was the first time to enter the palace, because he listened to Mama Cheng carefully explain the situation in the palace, Ji Xiaotang was a little less rusty and a little more secure.
Mama Cheng followed behind Ji Xiaotang, and after entering the palace, the expression on her face did not change, but Ji Xiaotang could see that Mama Cheng was a little excited.
Going around and around, she went out of the palace and is back now.
Mama Cheng didn't want to come back, but for Ji Xiaotang. She couldn't help but come.
Standing at the door of Cining Palace, Ji Xiaotang was planning the next step in his heart, but Mama Cheng felt fate.
Empress Dowager Han did not let Ji Xiaotang wait outside for a long time. Soon a palace maid came out and led Ji Xiaotang to the main hall of Cining Palace.
Ji Xiaotang behaved like a courtesy.
"Get up." Empress Dowager Han said above, and when Ji Xiaotang got up, she asked Ji Xiaotang to come to her again, "Let the mourning family take a good look at you." ”
Ji Xiaotang took a few steps forward and walked straight to the front of the Empress Dowager Han.
The hall was silent, and Empress Dowager Han carefully looked Ji Xiaotang Zhou up and down. He nodded.
"It is born from the heart, and it is really pleasing to the eye." Empress Dowager Han asked Ji Xiaotang to sit beside her, and asked about Ji Xiaotang's age and family background. Where have you been, what books have you read, and what do you do at home?
Ji Xiaotang answered them one by one, and slowly saw the appearance of the Empress Dowager Han.
Empress Dowager Han is over sixty years old this year. However, it looks like he is only in his forties. It is very young, and the makeup is very exquisite, and the clothes are quite bright.
When Empress Dowager Han was young, she must have been an impeccable beauty. Even now, there are not many traces of age on her face, except for three deep vertical lines on the tips of her eyebrows and two deep nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth.
These few deep lines made Empress Dowager Han's face look when she was not smiling. Seems a little mean.
Ji Xiaotang recalled in his heart what the Empress Dowager Han said, and he was born from his heart.
However. Empress Dowager Han treated her very gently, and her questions were as if she were gossiping about a close elder. Even so, Ji Xiaotang did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
"What you are doing in Qingyuan, I heard Changning say. There are many things I have never heard of......" Empress Dowager Han asked Ji Xiaotang to tell her about Qingyuan in detail.
Personal experience, Ji Xiaotang did not need to prepare, and immediately told the story.
Empress Dowager Han was also fascinated by what she heard, and asked a few questions during the process, and Ji Xiaotang answered them one by one.
"It's hard for you kid!" After listening to Ji Xiaotang's narration, the expression on Empress Dowager Han's face became more and more gentle, "With your age, it is very rare, the mourning family thinks, even if it is replaced by the mourning family in your situation, it will not do better than you." No wonder Zhen'er has repeatedly praised you in front of the mourning family. ”
Ji Xiaotang's heart moved. What is the identity of Empress Dowager Han, and it is the first time to meet her, how can she say such words as "Replace the mourning family in your situation".
This is not the Empress Dowager Han in Mama Cheng's narrative.
And the sentence "Zhen'er has repeatedly praised you in front of the mourning family", Ji Xiaotang believes that Han Zhen is not such a superficial person, and he will never do this.
"The Queen Mother has won the award, I really don't dare to be it. …… The Queen Mother is blessed with all the sky, if the Queen Mother is where she is, all this will not happen! ”
Empress Dowager Han kept looking at Ji Xiaotang, and when she heard Ji Xiaotang answer, she couldn't help but glance at Ji Xiaotang carefully.
Ji Xiaotang's expression was sincere, and his tone was steady.
Empress Dowager Han laughed.
"Changning said that the mourning family will definitely like you when they see you. Sure enough, he is a lovely child, and there is nothing unpopular in it. This time, Changning is very discerning! ”
"What is the queen mother talking about me again, I have a vision from the beginning!" Empress Dowager Han's words landed, and Changning had already walked in from outside with a smile.
Ji Xiaotang immediately realized that Changning was really favored in front of Empress Dowager Han, and it was not an ordinary favor. Not only can she enter Cining Palace without going through the news, but she also dares to talk like this in front of the Empress Dowager Han, just like a mother and daughter of an ordinary family.
No matter from which point of view, Empress Dowager Han is not an ordinary mother.
Ji Xiaotang was thinking in her heart, Changning had already walked in front of her. Changning first blessed the Empress Dowager Han, and then shook Ji Xiaotang's hand affectionately.
"Xiaotang, you're here. If it weren't for something that stumbled, I would have come to see you a long time ago. Saying this, Changning still took Ji Xiaotang's hand and shook it, "Xiaotang, you don't blame me." That day, I said that I wanted to talk to you, but unfortunately I have been really busy these days. You're here today, so let's have a good talk. ”
"When I met a new friend, I ignored my mother." Without waiting for Ji Xiaotang to speak, Empress Dowager Han smiled.
Empress Dowager Han laughed at this moment, and laugh lines appeared in the corners of her eyes. This is something that Changning didn't have before he came. Ji Xiaotang secretly saw it and immediately remembered it in his heart.
"Queen Mother, how can I ignore the Queen Mother." Changning immediately let go of Ji Xiaotang's hand and walked quickly to the side of the Empress Dowager Han, almost leaning on the Empress Dowager Han's body.
The laugh lines in the corners of Empress Dowager Han's eyes became deeper and deeper.
"Queen Mother, Xiaotang entered the palace for the first time, and she was not familiar with the rules in the palace. Xiaotang is very good, the queen mother should not be embarrassed Xiaotang. Changning whispered a few words to the Empress Dowager Han, and then laughed again.
"This is still ordered by the queen mother, it wasn't that you had already ordered it, Xiaotang is your friend, and no one is allowed to treat her slowly!" Empress Dowager Han said angrily.
Changning giggled, and then sat next to the Empress Dowager Han and talked to Ji Xiaotang.
"I'll take you around the palace in a while."
"Why, all the scriptures that you copied have already been copied?" Empress Dowager Han asked.
Changning stuck out his tongue, obviously the answer was no.
"It's just that you are allowed to come to see Xiaotang, what else do you want, don't go and copy the scriptures quickly, otherwise you will not be allowed to leave the palace, and you will not be allowed to call a friend to meet in the palace!" Empress Dowager Han bluffed.
"Queen Mother......" Changning begged Queen Mother Han with a bitter face.
Empress Dowager Han was unmoved.
Changning hung his head.
"Xiaotang, when I finish copying the scriptures, I will send someone to call you, and then we will talk well." Changning was surrounded by the palace maid and grandmother before getting up and walking out, and told Ji Xiaotang again.
She repeatedly said that she had a good talk to Ji Xiaotang, and what she wanted to say was naturally Qi Younian.
Empress Dowager Han's gaze followed Changning's back, and it wasn't until Changning left that Empress Dowager Han slowly withdrew her gaze.
“…… Although he is a few years older than you, he is still a child's character. I see that you are a safe child, and I am very relieved that Changning is associating with you. Empress Dowager Han still had to tell Ji Xiaotang a few words, and someone came in to report, saying that "Lord Feng asks to see her." ”
Empress Dowager Han's eyes fluttered slightly, and she said a few words to Ji Xiaotang, and then called a female official, "Lead the county lord of Anle to meet the queen." ”
The female official received the order, and took Ji Xiaotang out of the apse of Cining Palace and went straight to Kunning Palace.
At the gate of Kunning Palace, Ji Xiaotang waited for about a cup of tea before being led into the main hall.
Queen Han half-leaned on the couch, only said a few words to Ji Xiaotang, and sent Ji Xiaotang out. There is a cup of tea waiting for him, and when he meets Queen Han, it is only half a cup of tea.
Coming out of the palace and sitting in the carriage, Ji Xiaotang was thoughtful.
"Mama, the queen's illness ......" Ji Xiaotang asked Mama Cheng in a low voice.
"The queen's body is not very good." Mama Cheng's eyes flashed, and she told Ji Xiaotang, "But when I left the palace, it wasn't like this." ”
When Mama Cheng left the palace, Queen Han was still frail, but the Queen Han that Ji Xiaotang saw today was obviously terminally ill and dying soon.
Recommend the weak face to finish this Tantian text "Rebirth of the Little Landlord" (to be continued......