Zhao Jingqi understood, coughed lightly and said: "Little Songzi, I have a fire in my heart this time, you go to the imperial dining room in person, and let people get some food to clear the heat and extinguish the fire." ”

Gonggong Song never saw the dumb riddle that the two of them played secretly, and when he saw the emperor's orders, he hurriedly responded to the call, and thought as he walked, the emperor is older, is it time to go back to the queen mother and arrange for the palace maids to sleep.

……

Cui Jinchen saw that there was no one around, and said with a low smile: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to ask." ”

"Ask!"

"The Emperor's ......"

Cui Jinchen raised his eyebrows, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Does the emperor have a favorite woman?" ”

Zhao Jingqi's face was slightly red, and he coughed lightly: "Bold! ”

Cui Jinchen didn't laugh angrily, with a deep smile: "Spring flowers bloom, feelings move slightly, the emperor, the minister is the one who has been married." ”

The implication is that Lao Tzu is a person who has come over, and your appearance falls in my eyes, Your Majesty, that is a proper Sichun.

Zhao Jingqi was told to tell her heart, so she simply let go and asked, "But the eldest lady of the Gao family, tell me quickly, how does she look, how is her character, and what is her figure?" ”

Cui Jinchen laughed at himself, laughing bitterly.

Zhao Jingqi raised his eyebrows and said, "In this way, this family business ......"

Cui Jinchen disguised and said: "The door is right, a match made in heaven, a talented woman and a good woman, it couldn't be better." ”

"Come on, don't blow it, I have eyes, I can see it. Tell me, what is Miss Gaofu like? ”

Cui Jinchen blushed and said: "The dignified king of a country actually takes care of the affairs of his children, the emperor, and he is not afraid of other people's jokes." ”

"Jokes?"

Zhao Jingqi said indifferently: "You don't say it." If I don't say it, who knows? ”

Cui Jinchen was forced to be helpless, so he had to say truthfully: "She looks delicate, has a lively temperament, and knows how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." It's a beauty. ”

"If you're a beauty, why don't you like it?"

"Your Majesty!" Cui Jinchen had nothing to hide, and raised his voice to call.

"Oh-I see, you have someone else you like."

"Nonsense, I ......" There seemed to be a shadow flashing in front of him, and Cui Jinchen was extremely angry.

Zhao Jingqi let out a long breath of turbidity. Haha laughed and said, "Cui Shi read, Ha Cui Shi Shu, I finally caught your sore spot."

Cui Jinchen originally wanted to take the opportunity to talk to the emperor about marrying a wife and having children, but how did he know that as soon as he said a few words, he fell behind, and he couldn't play the young master's temper like before. Angry, he sat on the steps, gritted his teeth and said: "I don't believe that your queen will be the person you like in the future!" ”

……

Empress Dowager Li was richly dressed, and slowly sat on the throne. Sit down, Xiaoyao Hou stepped forward to bow, and the prayer was finished. Bestow the seat.

Empress Dowager Li glanced at Chunyang. Chunyang waved his hand, and the palace maids standing in the hall came out.

After Chunyang personally served the hot tea, he slowly closed the door of the palace. Quit.

"When did Master Hou return to Beijing?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, the minister has just entered Beijing, returned to the house and changed his clothes, thinking about what the Queen Mother thought, I dare not delay."

Empress Dowager Li bowed her head with satisfaction: "It's hard work!" ”

Xiaoyaohou sat down for half a seat and picked up the tea. I moistened my lips and looked at the face of the person on top. said lightly: "The matter that the Queen Mother wants to investigate has already been divided into two eyebrows. ”

Empress Dowager Li's eyebrows jumped. Hurriedly said: "Oh, let's talk about it! ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, the minister first went to find the Ma Pozi who delivered the baby that year, but he didn't know that this person had passed away five years ago, and only one daughter, nicknamed Yingzi, married to Wei County, which was 400 miles away from the capital. The minister rushed to Wei County overnight and found the woman. ”

"What did the woman say?" Empress Dowager Li said urgently.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the woman recalled that there were countless women who had delivered babies before her mother's death, and only one child had come to the house."

Empress Dowager Li's body trembled, and she paused her hand to hold the Buddha beads, and hurriedly said, "Boys and girls? ”

Li Yingjie forced his heart, glanced at the Queen Mother, and said, "Back to the Queen Mother, it's a girl." ”

"Girl?"

Empress Dowager Li's face changed greatly, and she asked, "How many years does that woman remember?" ”

Li Yingjie took a deep breath and said cautiously: "Back to the Queen Mother, it is the thirty-second year of Wencheng...... The 10th day of August! ”

"Ahh

I only heard an exclamation, and the Empress Dowager Li leaned back, wanting to fall.

"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother?"

Li Yingjie hurriedly rushed over, stretched out his hand to help, his hand was about to stretch out, and he paused again, and hurriedly bowed to the ground and said: "Please take care of your noble body, Queen Mother!" ”

Mrs. Li was as pale as paper, holding her chest with one hand and supporting her body with the other, gasping for a few breaths and saying, "You...... Say it! ”

Li Yingjie raised his head, wiped his sweat, and said busily: "The minister asked, where is this child now?" The woman recalled that three days after the child was brought back, the woman found her next home, and on the third day, when it was dark, she sent the child away. ”

Empress Dowager Li only felt her heart beating, and gasped: "Send ...... Where was it delivered? ”

Li Yingshen shook his head and sighed: "Back to the Queen Mother, for such a private matter, the employer is afraid that the news will leak and is unwilling to do it, so naturally the fewer people know, the better." How could the Ma Po tell her daughter? ”

"This ...... This ......"

"Don't worry, Queen Mother, although this Ma Po didn't leave a word, the minister still heard some clues."

"Don't come soon!" Empress Dowager Li said hatefully.

Li Yingjie swallowed his saliva and said, "According to this woman's recollection, Ma Pozi seems to be particularly interested in the affairs of Liujia Village, which is a hundred miles away from the capital, and when she chats with the people of Zhuang, she often inquires about the affairs of that village. Another time, the Ma Pozi drank some wine, talked about wine, and said that she regretted that she only got a few taels of silver, and she knew that the house was so rich, so she should have got more silver, and the one surnamed Liu was cheaper. As soon as the minister heard this, he went to Liujia Village overnight. ”

"Inquiry?"

"Queen Mother, don't worry, Rong Chen will say it carefully. The minister went to Liujia Village and inquired from house to house, and sure enough, among the 143 families in the village, there were three couples who could not have children when they were young, and they all had raised children from outside, and they were all girls. Two of them are still living in the village, and they are willing to tell the story of the year with a lot of money. It's a pity that neither of these families has ever bought a child from Ma Pozi. ”

"And what about the other one?"

"The Queen Mother, there is another family that has long moved out of Liujia Village and gone to a foreign country, but ...... Fortunately, the old woman next door to the house was still there, and the old woman clearly remembered that when she heard the child's cry, it was when the osmanthus flowers were full of fragrance. ”

"Osmanthus is full of fragrance...... The 10th ...... of August Yingjie, Yingjie......" Empress Dowager Li panicked and exclaimed.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, calm, calm." Li Yingjie crawled two steps, grabbed Empress Dowager Li's hand, and comforted softly.

"It's them, it must be them!" Empress Dowager Li, who has always been calm and composed, only felt that her two temples were jumping suddenly, and she held Li Yingjie's hand instead, her eyes anxious and eager.

"Where did they go? Where did they move to? ”

Li Yingjie shook his head: "This young couple said that they were going to join their relatives, and no one knows where they moved." ”

"Nobody knows, how can no one know? Give them silver, and give them more ......"

"Queen Mother, more than 30 years have passed since this matter, and very few people in Liujiacun can know about it."

Li Yingjie rushed before the Queen Mother spoke, and said hurriedly: "Queen Mother, don't worry. As long as the person is determined first, the minister will find the end of the earth, and he will definitely find the person back. When the minister came back this time, he also wanted to talk to the Queen Mother about these things he heard first, so as to save the Queen Mother from worrying about it. ”

Empress Dowager Li took a long breath, slowly eased her mind, looked down and saw that she was holding Li Yingjie's hand, hurriedly pushed it away, and coughed lightly.

Li Yingjie knew that he was rude, his old face turned red, and he bowed down deeply, and said: "The minister is rude, please forgive the queen mother!" ”

Empress Dowager Li took out the handkerchief in her arms, wiped the corners of her eyes, straightened her clothes again, and after a while, she said calmly: "Master Hou has worked hard, get up and speak." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Li Yingjie looked up, just as Empress Dowager Li looked down at him, their eyes were facing each other, and both of them saw the deep meaning in each other's eyes, and nodded slightly at the same time.

"Chunyang!"

"The Queen Mother?"

"Replace the hot tea!"

"Yes, Queen Mother!"

Empress Dowager Li looked at her, and said to the person under her with a smile: "Master Hou, can this girl Fengjin talk about others?" ”

Li Yingjie smiled a little stiffly.

"Back to the Queen Mother, this child was spoiled by her mother, picking and choosing, and she couldn't look down on this or that. Alas, they are all ministers and godsons. ”

"The girl's family should be pampered. The mourning family took a fancy to someone for her, but I don't know what Master Hou thinks? ”

Li Yingjie hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother is worried, and the ministers are afraid!" ”

"What's so fearful, she is the only niece of the mourning family, if the mourning family doesn't worry about her, who can they worry about?"

"I don't know which family the Queen Mother is talking about."

"What does Master Hou think of the eldest son of the Gao Xiang family?" Empress Dowager Li glanced at Hou Ye meaningfully.

"The eldest young master of the Gao family?"

Li Yingjie was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Queen Mother?" ”

Empress Dowager Li bowed her head slightly, and sneered: "Mrs. Qin Guo wants to marry her youngest granddaughter to the Gao Mansion, and the Hou Ye knows that this old woman has always been at odds with the mourning family. Gao Xiang is the minister of the Xin country, how can I let her agree. ”

Empress Dowager Li glanced at Li Yingjie lightly, her eyes flashed, and she said: "And I heard that the eldest young master of Gaofu is handsome and extraordinary, talented and beautiful, excellent in poetry and writing, and born in a high family, Hou Ye, this son is a good son-in-law!" ”

Li Yingjie thought in his heart, if his daughter really climbed to the Gao Mansion, it would be a great thing.

What do you say?

That Li Yingjie was originally a foreigner, a merchant background, in the Xin country, a farmer, a businessman, and a cheap businessman. Attached to the Empress Dowager Liu's step-by-step ascension, the Liu family stepped into the aristocratic circle of the capital step by step. However, although the Liu family is so wealthy, they still can't escape the lowliness of their origins.

The Gao family is different, a century-old family, a scholarly family, and a well-known Kyushu, which is a first-class rich family.

Li Yingjie pressed the joy in his heart, and pretended to be worried: "Queen Mother, the lintel of the Gaofu is quite high, but I am afraid that I can't look down on the little girl Fengjin." ”

"Master Hou, the so-called thing is man-made. If Master Hou doesn't give it a try, how will he know if it will work. What's more, the niece of the mourning family is not something that anyone can marry if they want to! (To be continued) R580