Chapter 38: The Empress Dowager returns to the palace

"Boom-" The branch was pulled down by a small hand, and it shook in bursts.

Zi Su looked at Jiang Wei, who was trying hard to climb up the tree, and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Jiang Wei tried several times, but he couldn't climb the trunk that didn't look tall, and let go of the branch depressedly.

Seeing that Jiang Wei had given up struggling with the tree, Zi Su hurriedly stepped forward and hugged her, "Little lady, why did you think of climbing the tree?" ”

"Climbing trees is fun." Jiang said slightly sullenly, the eldest brother was strict in her previous life, and this kind of thing climbing a tree could not happen in her life at all, she thought that she had been standing on a static pile for several months in this life, and it should be easy to climb a tree, right? As a result, she was pulled by the branches several times, and she did not touch the edge of the trunk.

"What's so fun about climbing trees." Zi Su picked up Jiang Wei, "Shall we go back and ride the pony?" It's much more fun than climbing trees. ”

Jiang shook his head slightly, "Don't play, I want to read the book, I'm in a hurry to finish memorizing the chapter." ”

"The little lady must be a talented girl in the future." Zi Su washed Jiang Wei's hands, and spread out her braids to comb, Jiang Wei didn't like to comb her double buns, her hair would fall apart after a while if she was too loose, and she was uncomfortable if she was too tightly wound, so she was asked to comb her own double braids, and when she combed the braids, she wrapped all kinds of belts, and pinned all kinds of small flowers on her head, which was very cute, and even the five princesses refused to comb her double buns now.

"Ah Zi." Female Officer Yan hurriedly walked in, "Empress Dowager An and Concubine He want to meet Xiao Jiuniang." ”

When Zi Su heard this, she immediately scattered the small pigtails that had been braided, and chose a red ribbon to wrap in the braids, and the female official Yan also stepped forward to help, and the two of them dressed her up after a while, and Zi Su carried her to the Empress Dowager An's Ningle Palace.

Ningle Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager An after the death of the first emperor, even if the Empress Dowager An went to Daye Temple to repair, Ningle Palace still maintains the original furnishings, after the Empress Dowager An returned to the palace, she saw the furnishings that were exactly the same as before leaving, and nodded to Jiang Changhui with satisfaction, "A Ning has worked hard." ”

"Here's what I'm supposed to do." Jiang Changhui is not as casual as Zhao Min when he treats the Empress Dowager An, firstly, the Empress Dowager An is an elder, and secondly, the Empress Dowager An will never lose face because of An Qing.

"Mother, you have been gone for so many days, I miss you so much." Hengshan stepped forward and took Empress Dowager An's hand and said coquettishly, she is the only daughter of Concubine An, and she has always been very favored by Empress Dowager An and Zhao Min.

Empress Dowager An patted her hand lovingly, "Eldest mother misses you too." ”

The second princess, the fourth princess and the fifth princess stepped forward together to greet the Empress Dowager An and the Empress Dowager He, who was not close or cold to these granddaughters, and gave a small purse.

Concubine An said to Empress Dowager An with a smile, "A-Niang, you have to stay in the palace for a few more days this time, and the children are thinking about you." ”

Empress Dowager An nodded, "I haven't been back to the palace for a long time, and the children have grown so big in a blink of an eye." ”

Jiang Changhui lowered his head and sipped tea lightly, looking at An Qing's red and swollen face that had disappeared, secretly wondering in his heart that she didn't know what medicine she had applied this time, but her face recovered quickly.

Concubine He, who had been silent, opened her mouth and asked, "Ah Ning, I heard that your niece is also in the palace?" "Concubine He is nearly fifty years old, but like Mrs. Wang, she is only as good as thirty, if Mrs. Wang and Jiang Changhui's appearance is dignified, then Concubine He's appearance is delicate and soft, and her temperament is as gentle as water, the first emperor favored many concubines, and Empress Dowager An is not a jealous person, but she is only good friends with Concubine He in the harem.

Jiang Changhui smiled: "Yes, she is also in the palace, she is very naughty, my Jiaofang Palace is about to be turned upside down by her, so I didn't dare to bring it." ”

Concubine He smiled slightly, "How can a child not be naughty?" I heard that she is very similar to you when you were a child, and she must have been a little beauty, so bring it to us and show it. ”

Empress Dowager An also said with great interest: "Yes, Ah Ning, you let people bring the child." ”

Concubine He sighed a little, "There are too few children in the palace." "Taizu and the first emperor are both people with many sons, there are more than twenty princes alone, and they are not considered to have died young, on the other hand, Zhao Min's children are too few.

Jiang Changhui bowed slightly to Female Officer Yan, turned around and smiled at the two: "If A-Niang and Auntie think that there are few children, wouldn't it be okay to send a few flowers and birds out?" I also feel that there have been no newcomers in the palace for five or six years, and the palace concubines are tired of looking at them. ”

Empress Dowager An laughed, "What you kid said is even more lustful than Goro." ”

Concubine He pursed her lips and smiled.

"Everyone has a love for beauty." Jiang Changhui said with words.

"It's all mothers, and they're so naughty." Concubine He said lightly.

Jiang Changhui said, "Even if I become a grandmother, I am also the daughter-in-law of A-Niang and Auntie." ”

Concubine He snorted, "You kid! ”

The concubines below also joked: "Sanniang, don't you think we are old?" We don't. ”

Jiang Changhui treats the concubines in the palace equally, he will not be suppressed because they are favored, nor will he fall into the well because they fall out of favor, and he is fair, usually the concubines do not have any arrogance when they come to ask for peace, they are willing to please themselves, she is happy to enjoy it, and the relationship between the concubines and the queen is good. Jiang Changhui's identity is there, and he has a son-in-law by his side, and the concubine hopes to have a child to rely on in the future, and she will not want to fight for the queen mother.

"No matter how delicate the flowers are, I'm tired of looking at them for five or six years, and if you choose a few more beauties to come in, the palace can be more colorful." Jiang Changhui said that this is also what she thinks in her heart, she likes to appreciate beauties.

"With A-Niang, Auntie and Sanniang here, no matter how bright the delicate flowers are, they will lose their color." Xu Jieyu said with a smile.

Empress Dowager An said: "If you want to see the beauty, don't get involved with our two old people." ”

Xu Jieyu was surprised: "A-Niang is an old man, the concubine is standing beside you, and others think that the concubine is older than you." ”

Empress Dowager An was amused by Xu Jieyu and laughed again and again, people like to listen to good words, even if they know that it is flattery.

For a while, in the Ningle Palace, Concubine An Guifei sat down and smiled a little stiffly, she was the niece of the Empress Dowager An, although the Empress Dowager An did not support her openly after she became a concubine, she did not snub her so much, as for Concubine He's attitude, there was no change, and Concubine He was not close to anyone.

While everyone was talking, Lady Yan and Zi Su came in with Jiang Wei in their arms. Jiang Wei was wearing a rose-red skirt, with a pink face, black round eyes, and a ruddy mouth, she looked like a beauty embryo, and she didn't want to be hugged by Zisu after entering the main hall, but walked in front of the Empress Dowager An and Concubine He, and greeted the two of them clearly, and there was no mistake in speaking and behaving in a single place.

Empress Dowager An and Concubine He glanced at each other in surprise, and Empress Dowager An beckoned the little lady to come over, "Good boy, come here." ”

Jiang Wei walked up to Empress Dowager An and Concubine He without fear, and shouted sweetly: "Grandma An, Grandma He." ”

Concubine He happily hugged her in her arms, "Good boy, who called you these?" ”

Jiang Wei raised his head and said, "It was my aunt who asked me to teach me, and she said that this is what Ah Zhidu should know." ”

Empress Dowager An touched her tender little face rarely, "This kid is so smart." ”

Jiang Changhui said: "Auntie, don't praise her, this girl is very naughty, and she just harmed the elm money trees in my palace yesterday." ”

"What does Ah Zhi want Yu Qian to do?" Empress Dowager An asked strangely.

"Yuqian is sweet." The little girl's words amused everyone present, but Jiang Wei was serious, who let this baby grow up reading "Yuqian Rice" since childhood, and has been yearning for the Yuqian rice in the book for a long time, I thought that I could taste the blessing in ancient times, but I didn't think that there would be no cornmeal.

Hengshan looked at Jiang Wei with disdain, and he didn't know how the Jiang family taught her, the little girl was so greedy.

Concubine He stretched out her hand and weighed the weight of the little girl in her arms, "What a good boy." "Concubine He herself was born soft and weak, but her favorite is a healthy girl.

Empress Dowager An sighed: "Isn't elm money sweet and delicious, when we followed Taizu's northern expedition, once the food in the city was almost eaten up, and there was a Turkic siege outside, everyone saved the food for the soldiers to eat, A-Niang took us to the city to stack elm money on the tree to eat, the taste was sweet, but it saved our lives." Recalling the past, Empress Dowager An was full of emotion.

An Guifei said: "It is A-Niang who has suffered so much before, so now is the time to enjoy happiness." ”

Empress Dowager An smiled faintly.

"Yu money, strengthen the spleen and calm the nerves, clear the heart and reduce fire, cough and phlegm." Jiang Wei recited it smoothly, and when he saw Empress Dowager An and Concubine He looking at him in surprise, he added: "Weng Weng said, it is good to eat elm money. ”

"Eating elm money is good for the body, is it good for us to eat elm money for lunch today?" Empress Dowager An teased the little doll and believed Shen Yi's words.

"Okay." Jiang nodded slightly.

Jiang Changhui said: "Now the Yu money of Ningle Palace can't be saved. ”

Xu Jieyu made a joke, "With Mrs. Shen's words, it's not just that the elm money in Ningle Palace can't be saved, I don't think the elm money in the palace can be saved." ”

The crowd laughed.

At noon, Zhao Heng also rushed to Ningle Palace after class, the eldest prince and others also came, Empress Dowager An and Concubine He saw the six grandsons, and they were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, especially Concubine He, who hugged Jiang Wei with one hand and her grandson with the other, and refused to let go, the two children are good-looking, especially Zhao Heng, who has risen a lot over the years, sits beside Concubine He obediently, and occasionally takes care of Jiang Wei, who is short and short-footed, like the eldest brother who loves Ah Mei.

Empress Dowager An said to Concubine He: "These two children look like golden boys and girls. ”

Concubine He asked Zhao Heng, "Does Wulang want to marry Xiao Jiu as a daughter-in-law in the future?" ”

Zhao Heng said as a matter of course: "Who else can she marry?" "Zhao Heng is not an ordinary child, he won't ask what that kind of daughter-in-law is and can she eat it? This kind of stupid question, he knew early on that his daughter-in-law was the crown princess, and the future queen was just like his current father and mother. In the mind of His Royal Highness the Prince, there is no one who can compare with him, but for the sake of this fat girl, it is okay to let her be the crown princess, anyway, she can't marry someone else.

Jiang Wei almost sprayed, even the Empress Dowager An and Concubine He were stunned, and after a while, Concubine He said: "This kid really likes Ah Mei." ”

Jiang Changhui also looked at his son with a strange face, he was sure that he would marry Ah Zhi in the future? Why did she think that this kid was deepening Ah Zhi's dislike for him every day?

Concubine An sneered, sure enough, Jiang Changhui was not pretending to be high on the throne, and he had not taught his son to marry a niece since he was a child.

After having lunch together, Empress Dowager An and Concubine He were tired on their faces, everyone quit and let the two rest, Jiang Changhui took his niece who had gained a lot to go back for a nap, Zhao Min also went back to the East Palace to continue going to school, Jiang Wei looked at the education of the ancient princes, and secretly wondered in his heart Who said that modern children are heavy in their studies, and these princes' studies are really important.

Hengshan also returned to Guanju Palace with Concubine An, "A-Niang, what's so good about that little fat man, A-Niang has taken care of Qian Ya for so long, and I haven't seen the concubine thank A-Niang." Hengshan said angrily, she didn't look at the gifts given to Jiang Wei by Empress Dowager An and Concubine He, but in the past, the focus of the palace gathering was always herself, but now she has changed Jiang Wei.

Concubine An didn't answer her daughter's words, she always felt that Empress Dowager An was a little indifferent to herself today, could it be that she was too careful? Or did Nanping say something? Thinking of Wei Sanniang's actions, Concubine An Guifei felt a little irritable in her heart, this little lady is too self-loving!

"Auntie?" Hengshan didn't listen to A-Niang for a long time, and looked at Concubine An in confusion.

Concubine An Guifei shook her head, "Your eldest mother is seeing Jiang Jiuniang for the first time today, so you have to be partial to her, you are a princess, she is just Yunshuijun." ”

When Hengshan heard what his mother said, he couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Auntie, you're right." ”

Empress Dowager An and Concubine He returned to the palace to be light and simple, and did not put on a big guard of honor, neither of them was so lively, and they did not let Zhao Min take a break to pick him up, Zhao Min went to the Empress Dowager An first, Zhao Min had a good relationship with the Empress Dowager An when he was a prince, and the Empress Dowager An was not a person who talked about death, and after a few simple words with Zhao Min, he asked him to see Concubine He.

Zhao Min saw Concubine He, who he hadn't seen for a long time, her eyes were slightly red, and she knelt on the ground, "A-Niang." He shouted in a choked voice.

Concubine He gently stroked the hoarfrost on his sideburns, and muttered distressedly, "Why can't you take care of yourself so much?" ”

"The child is fine." Zhao Min smiled and comforted Concubine He, "But A-Niang has lost weight for a long time, so let's go back to the palace to live." "Zhao Min will mention it every time he sees Concubine He.

Concubine He shook her head, "There's nothing wrong with me in Daye Temple, it's quiet." ”

"But-" Zhao Min always felt that the temple was too bitter.

"Don't talk about me, Saburo tell me how you're doing these days?" Concubine He took Zhao Min's hand and sat down, and asked him softly about how he was doing these days.

Zhao Min's maid is filial, Concubine He has to answer questions, and even talked about Qian Ya's marriage, "A-Niang, what do you think of Jiang Wu?" Zhao Min didn't mention this matter, An Qing proposed.

Concubine He said: "I have lived in the temple for a long time, how is Xiao Langjun outside, how do I know?" If you talk to A-Qing about it, then it must be good. ”

"A-Niang, Aya is my niece, so we will naturally pick a good candidate for her." Zhao Min said.

The smile on Concubine He's face remained unchanged, and she was sure that this family matter was really mentioned by An Qing, "I just have you and Chengyang's two children, after Chengyang died, I pointed to Aya to live well, and Aqing took care of Aya for me, it's really troublesome." ”

"This is what A-Qing should do." Zhao Min said.

"Just by looking at Ah Ning, I know that Jiang Wu is a child, but I heard that he has passed on to Jiang Guo?"

"Yes, Jiang Guo has married a secret family, and Aya has married everyone who has no serious people in the past." Zhao Min said.

"But in this case, Jiang Wu will get married at most sixteen, right? Aya is only thirteen years old this year, I don't want her to marry so early, at least I want to wait until she is eighteen years old to marry, Chengyang is too early to get married, she was only thirteen years old when she gave birth to Aya, and she lost her physical ......" Concubine He mentioned her daughter who died early.

"Ah Niang, then wait for Aya to get married at eighteen o'clock." Zhao Min said.

"But how many years will Jiang Wu have to wait? The heirs of the Jiang family are not prosperous, and I can't bear to let people wait. Concubine He said.

Zhao Min frowned slightly, and Concubine He continued: "And I have promised your uncle to let her Aya marry into the He family." San Lang, A-Niang doesn't understand the major affairs of the court and politics, your uncle is also a person who doesn't have a city government, and I don't expect him to carry forward the He family, so Mrs. Pingping lives a good life, Aya was raised by Aqing, A-Qing's ability I know, let Aya marry can also help your uncle and aunt. ”

Concubine He's words made Zhao Min unable to refuse, Concubine He had never asked him to bring his uncle's family for so many years, "Ah Niang, then you still let Aya marry at the age of eighteen?" ”

"Of course, your cousin is only ten years old this year, and he will be fifteen in five years." Concubine He smiled, "But she should also learn some housekeeping directors, and let her go back to the princess's mansion after a while." "Princess Chengyang has a princess mansion, but Qian Ya was young before and has been raised in the deep palace.

"The housekeeper director can let her learn from Ah Qing, why go back to the princess's mansion." Zhao Min said.

"Stupid, our He family is not a big family, can we compare with the palace?" Concubine He shook her head, "And it's more convenient outside the palace, I still want to make this pair of children more familiar." ”

Zhao Min nodded, "Then I'll tell Aqing to let her send a few more intimate people." ”

Concubine He nodded, touched her son's face again, and said, "Don't always think about Aya, you should also pay attention to your own body." ”

"Auntie, I'm in good health, you don't have to worry." Zhao Min has always taken care of his body.

Concubine He sighed, "I don't know how you are sensible, but sometimes I think that when the first emperor was your age, there were already more than ten princes in the palace, and you only had six, but fortunately you already have Wulang." ”

"A-Niang, the heirs are not much more expensive, you see how promising the eldest man is." Zhao Min said.

"Dalang is a young man, but I think Gorou is most like you when you were a child, a little person, like a jade doll." Concubine He smiled when she mentioned Zhao Heng.

Hearing his mother mention his son-in-law, Zhao Min's heart moved slightly, yes, Wulang is indeed the person who is most like himself.

"San Lang, A-Niang doesn't read much, and I don't know what the benefits are of being expensive or not, but I know that having more children is a blessing, think about how lively it was when so many children walked around in the palace of the emperor." Concubine He sighed with emotion, "It would be great if you could give A-Niang a few more grandchildren, and it would be even better if you could have a granddaughter." ”

Zhao Min smiled and said: "Ah Niang, the heir is fate, and it is not what I want." ”

"How can you have more children with just a few concubines?" Concubine He said, "Whose emperor only has a young concubine like you, I see that there are more concubines in other big families than you." ”

"Auntie, am I not?" Zhao Min said.

"Who said that there are many palace concubines are lustful." Concubine He had a straight face, "It's not an annual draft, after you ascended the throne, except for a few concubines that A Ning found, who have you taken a fancy to?" Whoever said you were, I was the first to not spare him! ”

"Okay, I'll try to give A-Niang as many children as possible." Zhao Min secretly thought in his heart, after Ah Qing gave birth to Shiro, he has been recuperating his body, and after all these years, it should be about the same, right? Or can they have another child?

"Then it's decided, I'll let Ah Ning give you a draft." Concubine He said with great interest.

"A-Niang-" Zhao Min was dumbfounded, he didn't agree to A-Niang's draft, but seeing that Concubine He was in high spirits, he couldn't bear to sweep away her interest, just a few more people anyway.

Concubine He looked at her son with a helpless face, her eyes drooped slightly, she walked step by step from the daughter of the guilty minister to the position of the concubine, no one knows the thoughts of the emperor and the concubine better than her, her son is now full of An Qing, of course she will not disobey him, but the most worthless thing in the harem is love, An Qing has dominated the harem for many years, and now she is old and decrepit, Concubine He doesn't believe that after those stunning and tender beauties come in, her son will not be moved, and An Qing can still sit still. Concubine He originally didn't dislike An Qing, she was the person her son liked, so why bother to embarrass the person her son liked? But she shouldn't have used Aya as a raft! Who knew that Jiang Wu was a good candidate for any noble girl from a family, but she was definitely not a good candidate for Aya, but she asked Aya to marry Jiang Wu in order to deal with Jiang Changhui. My son was born to me, and who knows my son better than I do? Concubine He thought indifferently.

Jiang Changhui heard Empress Dowager An personally instruct her to go to Zhao Min's draft the next day, and smiled playfully, and the palace was even more lively.

Jiang Wei was a little angry, everyone said that Zhao Min didn't have many concubines, but she counted more than a dozen, and there were eleven children, this heir is still small, so what about those one-child families in the future? No wonder they all say that the emperor is a stallion!

However, Jiang Changhui didn't notice the situation of his niece, but presided over the draft with great interest, what she said in Ningle Palace was not to please Empress Dowager An and Concubine He, but she was really tired of looking at those palace concubines in the palace, and she entered a few newcomers who were as beautiful as flowers, and they were also eye-catching.

An Guifei echoed Jiang Changhui with a smile on her face, and after she went back, she fell ill and took half a month to recover.

Jiang Changhui originally wanted to teach his niece how to evaluate beautiful women, but Mrs. Wang entered the palace and took Jiang Wei home, because Jiang Ling and Shen Qin were coming back. The couple intended to surprise their daughter, so they secretly came back early, and when the Jiang family got the news, they were almost home! Mrs. Wang had no choice but to hurriedly enter the palace to take Jiang Wei home, can't they not see Ah Zhi when they go home?

Jiang Wei heard that Ye Ye and A-Niang had left Yangzhou and would be able to see people tomorrow, so she was so happy that she didn't even pack up the package, and went home with her grandmother, which made Jiang Changhui very surprised, she thought that her niece had forgotten her father, after all, she was only one year old when the two left Beijing. Jiang Wei left in a hurry with Mrs. Wang, and Jiang Changhui didn't stay much, and both of them forgot one thing.

In the evening, Zhao Heng came to Jiaofang Palace with a red-billed green parrot brother with great interest, but when he didn't see Jiang Wei, his face sank, "Auntie, where is the fat girl?" ”

"Ah Zhi is back, your uncle and aunt are coming back." Jiang Changhui looked at the parrot in his son's hand, "Is this what you gave to Ah Zhi?" ”

Say goodbye again! "It's not." Zhao Heng said with a cold face, the fat girl has been hiding from herself these days, Zhao Heng thought about it for a long time, and then thought about whether she still held a grudge against her last time, and specially found her a parrot.

Jiang Changhui saw his son's duplicity, and he didn't speak.

After Zhao Heng returned to the East Palace, the chamberlain saw him staring at the parrot and stepped forward to ask, "Wulang, I'll send this parrot to Xiao Jiuniang." ”

Zhao Heng snorted coldly, and suddenly stretched out his hand, and the parrot's head hung down softly, Zhao Heng put his hand into the copper basin, and carefully washed his hands with bath beans, "Burn it." ”

The chamberlain didn't dare to touch his moldy head, and went down with the parrot in his hand.

Jiang Wei sneezed a few times.

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Wang held her granddaughter in her arms.

"Grandma, I'm fine." Jiang Wei was very happy when she thought that she was going to see Ye Ye and Ah Niang soon.

"Ah Chi!" A familiar voice rang out.

Jiang Wei opened the curtain and saw two smiling faces, "yes! Auntie! Jiang Wei happily opened his arms, regardless of whether he was standing on the wheel, jumped hard, and threw himself into a wide embrace, and then another soft and fragrant embrace also hugged him.

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