"Sick after the Shangyuan Festival?" The emperor repeated Xu Xun's words, and he paused before saying, "You're too choked on food, aren't you, don't say anything else, how bad is your intention?" ”

"On one side is the main mother, on the other side is the mother-in-law, according to filial piety, it is impossible to move, if it goes on like this, it is really impossible to have both," Xu Xun still has some confidence in persuading the emperor, she said truthfully, "I asked you to manage it last time, don't you think you can't manage it, even you can't manage it, you can't afford to provoke it...... Can't I hide? Busy with the New Year's Festival, I can stop for a few months, even if the old lady doesn't come forward, in fact, a few female histories, you can send a big mink, it's enough. ”

Asked her to take it before, she couldn't shirk it, but now she finally found a reason to ignore the palace, although the emperor felt that Xu Xun was about to jump out with an excuse, but it was not easy to say anything - this kind of thing, unless he went to the end with the queen mother and the queen, and gave it to the end, how to stop it? If it will be stopped, it is impossible to wait until now, and not stop it, as Xu Xun said, the old lady keeps using her to suppress the queen mother, and the hatred is only getting deeper and deeper, that is, according to the duty of being a concubine, this should not be. She took a step back, but maybe she could mediate the relationship with the queen and make the palace less right and wrong.

"But pretending to be sick is bad after all." Having said that, he still struggled for a while, "If you want to get it, let's wait until the end of the New Year, anyway, Imperial Doctor Liu, you just need to tell two sentences, he naturally knows how to say it." ”

The corners of Xu Xun's lips suddenly curled, and she said with a little interest, "I don't know if there is any disease, I can't make my heart, I have to exert a lot of strength." It's best not to care about anything you care about, and go to Xiyuan every day to run a horse to heal - it's good to have such a disease. ”

The emperor laughed and shouted, "You're too much, are you taking the old lady for a fool?" ”

Although she is sick after the first month, most of the Queen Mother's hearts are also bottomed, but after all, it is human nature to die of old age, sickness and death, if she happily walks to Xiyuan every day, where can the Queen Mother get off the stage? Xu Xun at least had to pay the price of not being able to get out of the palace affairs, otherwise, even the emperor would not be able to stand it.

Xu Xun was a little unhappy in his heart, and couldn't help pouting, "It's not that I sympathize with whoever I see is weak, the key is that everyone is still living a decent life, her old man has to intervene, must she be satisfied if she is weak and strong?" How old are you, and you can't enjoy some blessings......"

The emperor snorted and said lightly, "With Jingci Immortal Master by his side, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the old man to live in peace." ”

Xu Xun didn't expect that now his prejudices against Jingci Immortal Master were so deep, he opened his mouth to defend himself, but he was speechless, and only reluctantly said after a while, "Then do you want the old man to listen to her words...... Alas, it's all a bad book, so let's not talk about it. ”

Housework is like this, the public says that the public is reasonable, the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, let's take Xu Xun's gains and losses this time, the rules of the dynasty, the palace concubines, if there is no special merit, generally speaking, they are obscure for this life, not to mention the actual record, even in various classics, it is likely that even the existence of this person will not be reflected, Xu Xun is now the second son of the emperor's adoptive mother, and he should be able to leave his own footprints in the future, and people die greatly, and they can have three points of merit, they can be blown into ten, this time, if there is no accident, In the future, she will definitely be blown to the sky, leaving her with a virtuous and good name. Although the money saved is only a drop in the bucket for the huge expenses of the inner court, it is politically correct to not be able to stand this spirit, and there is a sedan chair carried by the Queen Mother - to be able to leave his own reputation in history, if he changes people, I don't know how much to thank the Queen Mother, as for the queen, she is not good friends in the first place, what is it to suppress her?

Xu Xun felt aggrieved, and she was also very convincing, even the emperor could empathize with her: with Xu Xun's temperament, she would definitely feel aggrieved.

Although it doesn't have much to do with him, but the favorite concubine was wronged, and the emperor unexpectedly wanted to compensate her, he pinched Xu Xun's shoulder, massaged her a few times with the respect of the emperor, and pondered, "Oops, I can't go to Xiyuan, I really don't know how to coax you." ”

Gold and silver jewelry, Xu Xun has enough, she originally also liked these dress-up things, since she went to Nannei once, the aesthetic has returned to the basics, focusing on natural and true interest, those rare treasures are obtained, and they are put on the shelf when they are worn twice, but it is difficult to use some treasures simply to buy her happy smile as before.

As for fame and fortune, Xu Xun doesn't care, this kind of person is the most difficult to please because of his sentiments, the emperor thinks that once she can't go to Xiyuan, as if there is no fun in life, he is a little distressed, and he has a little headache, "What should I reward you?" ”

After many years of companionship, Xu Xun also knows his motives well, and a burst of complicated emotions surged in her heart - to say that it is not warm, it is a lie, how can she not feel the emperor's kindness to her?

But whenever he wants to immerse himself in this warmth, what he has done and what he has said is so vivid that Xu Xun can't even convince himself not to pay attention to it...... Okay, she can ignore other people's business, she can not care, but what about herself? The emperor knew that she was so opposed to burial, but he never even hinted at her, telling her that she could avoid such a fate in the future.

But his kindness to her was real, so good that he couldn't respond to such an expression, and even made her feel very guilty, after all, at this time, the past performance was still far away, and the emperor's goodness was in front of her.

"I really don't lack anything." She picked the most standard answer, "You can come and sit more when you have time, look at Zhuang'er, and dot-"

Seeing that the emperor's eyebrows were slightly raised, as if he was insufficient, she hurriedly added another person, "And me, I'm satisfied." ”

"What do you mean, I can do that?" The emperor was obviously a little happy, but he still had to suppress his joy and force a slightly dissatisfied look, "Or is it that I haven't done even the simplest thing well enough?" ”

Xu Xun suddenly thought of when she first entered the palace - at that time, she would be frightened by the emperor's deliberately stiff face, but now, she can very skillfully interpret the emotions represented behind his expression.

An indescribable tenderness took over at once, and she deliberately put on a straight face and snorted, but she couldn't help but laugh out loud, looking at the emperor's eyes, naturally, tenderness was revealed, "How can you think like this?" It's because you're so good to me that I can't think of anything missing. ”

"Then you say that you don't need me to accompany you?" The emperor was still guiding her to say that very obvious love sentence.

Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh for a while, before meeting his eyes, holding his smile, and half-truthfully, "It's because of your company that no amount of money is enough, so I can think of praying to you for this." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn't help laughing, and the emperor laughed along, he laughed at Xu Xun first, "I have to ask you three sentences to lead to this sentence, you are too stupid." ”

Later, he laughed at himself, "I asked three sentences in a row, just to get your sentence, I am really persistent enough." ”

Having said that, the joy and affection in his eyes are not jokes that can hide the past. Regardless of the fact that it was broad daylight, there were palace maids standing in the house, and the two children could wake up at any time, the emperor supported the kang table with one hand, and slowly leaned over and kissed Xu Xun's lips.

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As the footsteps of Chinese New Year's Eve gradually approached, the people who did the work were idle, and zuihou sent a wave of New Year's meat, and they were idle - this meat was for the palaces to deal with the offerings or to prepare for the New Year's festival to eat, all of which were listened to and respected. The imperial dining room has a heavy task every New Year's Day, working overtime, and there are often things that are not delivered right, so prepare some meat and vegetables first, and the palaces will not have to be interrupted if they can't supply for a while.

Since November, each palace has eaten spicy soup every morning, and the usual meals have also added barbecue and muddy wine, which can keep out the cold, and the children are especially provided with fresh milk to drink, and only in winter there is milk, and in summer they are afraid of eating bad stomach, so they are not served. Just a little bit of fresh cow and goat milk to have diarrhea, and love to eat milk, Xu Xun had to embarrass Zhao Lun and let him hold some milk snacks in the pantry to enjoy.

I'm going to be four years old in a blink of an eye, and I'm getting more and more sensible, and sometimes I mumble some words to the people around me, but I can't say that it's unreasonable. On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, when she came back from the sacrificial stove, she asked a lot of logical questions, such as Emperor Weishenme only sacrificed Yong'an Palace, and did not care about other palaces.

"It's noisy." Now she is very good at expressing her opinions when she encounters problems, "Why do you keep firing guns as long as your father is here?" Can you not put it away? ”

"This is the rule," Xu Xun said with a smile, "From now until the seventeenth day of the first lunar month next year, your father will have to enlarge the fireworks when he goes out and comes in. ”

The emperor actually felt that it was quite noisy, but this was a festive rule, and he was helpless, and it was inconvenient to lose the atmosphere for his quietness, so throughout the lunar month and the first month, there would be an explosion in the Yong'an Palace from time to time, and sometimes it was often accompanied by the cry of Zhuang'er.

This year, the empress was not in good health, so she did not attend the dinner at the Qianqing Palace, and everyone served one after another on Chinese New Year's Eve, expressed their hearts, and then went back to change into new clothes to go to the banquet. Although the Empress Dowager had the intention to promote Xu Xun, in the end there was still a bit of proportion, and did not let her serve and persuade the emperor to drink together, Xu Xun was also relieved, so that he could relax his heart and spend a Chinese New Year's Eve happily.

From the beginning of the year, while going to the banquet, Xu Xun and the grandmothers in the palace were also busy - after all, it was a celebration of thousands of people, there were always such and such things, Xu Xunzhen didn't know how the queen survived before, this year is a banquet is less, and there are fewer things, Rao is so, she also feels that she has to spend time every day, and she feels that every day is very tiring. After all, in addition to these work, she also has to deal with all kinds of people who are suddenly happy to talk to her this year, etc., according to the reminders of the grandmothers: the more times like this, the more careful you must be, otherwise, any black face can make people distort some very unpleasant things about her in the bottom of their hearts.

It's tiring! If it weren't for the fact that Diandian and Zhuang'er were having fun, looking at the smiling faces of the children, and feeling that hard work was rewarded, Xu Xunzhen didn't know what the meaning of the New Year was. Even her mother's family came to add trouble, this time during the New Year, Xu Xiaomei did not enter the palace, but Mrs. Xu cautiously and tactfully proposed that her brother-in-law felt that he had failed to succeed in repeated attempts, and he had given up on the idea of advancing in the imperial examination.

Xu Xun actually vaguely guessed Brother-in-law Zhao's thoughts, otherwise he would not live in his hometown if he was so dignified, and he would be coming. When Mrs. Xu proposed, she was not surprised, but said, "This is absolutely impossible, unless he is willing to change his surname to Xu and join our family, otherwise, a person with a foreign surname can get an official, and if others don't say anything about me, I myself will be ashamed and can't see people." ”

Now that she is getting older and more authoritative, even Mrs. Xu is a little weak in front of her, so she can only respond resignedly, Xu Xun told her again, "My little sister is in Beijing, and she only receives help from time to time, if my brother-in-law feels that his livelihood is difficult, it is not a big deal to live in our house, but he still has to rely on his own efforts in the future, and it is not good to do business outside in the name of our family——"

Mrs. Xu couldn't help it, plucked up her courage, and said through Xu Xun's words, "Hugh said that the queen's family is over, even He Niangniang and her family are robbing land and lending money outside, we don't want to do these immoral things, just do some business seriously, can't we?" ”

Xu Xun didn't expect He Xianxian's family to be like this, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words - listening to Mrs. Xu's meaning, it is estimated that the Sun family is not less engaged in gray business.

She couldn't help but feel unhappy for a while, and she couldn't say who it was for, and she didn't tell right from wrong with her mother, so she said, "I only know that there are factory guards in the city, and there are many eyes and ears, and I can't hide anything from anyone." Although I am a noble concubine in this palace, I am trembling, and I am always afraid that others will catch my handle. Since my family can't help me, don't hold me back. ”

Mrs. Xu wanted to speak several times, but finally nodded yes, Xu Xun saw it in her eyes, and she couldn't help sighing in her heart: Raising the body, living and moving the qi, in the early years, Mrs. Xu may still feel that the wealth in front of her is enough to enjoy, and now with Xu Xiaomei and Brother-in-law Zhao persuading her every day in her ears, I am afraid that she is finally a little moved, and she is not satisfied with the current background of the Xu family. Even if she is strong and cannot disobey, she can see that her mother is not without words in her heart.

Thanks to her current position, the time for Mrs. Xu's visit to the palace this year should be longer than in previous years, Xu Xun originally wanted to ask about the health of his father and younger siblings, etc., but seeing his mother like this, his thoughts were also scattered, so he smiled slightly and clapped his hands, "Take Diandian and Zhuang'er to see grandma." ”

When Mrs. Xu saw her granddaughter and the 'grandson' she valued more, they were also very happy, and the slightly cold and embarrassing atmosphere became hot again.

I ate a few meals in the New Year, watched a few more scenes, and then it was the Shangyuan Festival, this year's atmosphere is different than in previous years, it is the fourteenth day of the first month, and the atmosphere in the palace is significantly different, even the people around Xu Xun are said to have seen the world, and they are smiling and glancing at each other when they go in and out, and they are obviously more excited than usual.

Cao Baolin and others, who came to Xu Xun to invite him here, were even more emotional, and asked a lot about the Aoshan lantern, and they all sighed, "Don't talk about putting the lantern on, just look at it now, the lamp mountain is all good-looking." It just so happens that the weather is also warm this year, and many people this year have said that they will go all night with all kinds of diseases. ”

Xu Xun also smiled, "I'm happy to be like this when I put a lamp, and when the weather is warm, I can't swing out of the palace wall." ”

These people have been with Xu Xun for three or four years, and even Xu Xun's temperament, although he is still a little restrained about his boss, is no longer so much that he has to think about everything he says, and he has to analyze the meaning of every word. Cao Baolin said with a smile, "Niangniang herself laughed at us like this, but when the Aoshan lantern was put up, you didn't want to see it the same." ”

"That's nature." Xu Xun covered his mouth and smiled, "I haven't seen this yet, this cost is expensive, we are poor in Yuhuatai, but no big family can afford this." If you want to go to Nanjing City to see, you are afraid that there will be many people, and there are abductors holding children in front of the gate every year. ”

A few people talked and laughed, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they naturally went to the Lantern Festival dinner according to the big makeup. The Queen Mother praised Xu Xun by name at the banquet, and said with a smile, "I haven't been sick for many years, but you have a lamp, but you have hooked me out." ”

Xu Xun hurriedly made the due gesture, but he was a little funny in his heart: I don't know what the queen mother will feel when she says she is sick after the year.

But no matter what, now there is a fresh big scene to see, and even the queen mother has been tempted out of the mountain, there are no major mistakes in the dishes and songs and dances everywhere, this year's New Year's Lantern Festival, so far it can be regarded as a complete success, but Xu Xun has eaten, and called Zhao Mama to come, and also ordered Zhao Lun to pass the order, so that all parts of the palace pay attention to fire prevention, and also gave the palace maid eunuch tonight, all of them have two rewards - what should be saved, what should not be saved, she still has a number in her heart.

She knew that something was wrong, and she also understood that since the Queen Mother came out, she must go over to accompany her, so she let the children go out to have fun by themselves. ”

Mama Qian smiled, "I was going to go out, but I just came to the Qianqing Palace to spread the word, saying that I would wait for a while." ”

Xu Xunzheng felt strange - tonight's Lantern Festival feast, the emperor is going to invite hundreds of civil and military officials and the king of the Beijing domain to a banquet outside, and he has to come back after at least half an hour every year, is he a whim, to have fun with Yong'an Palace in the harem?

Thinking like this, Ma Shi entered the courtyard, and happened to meet Xu Xun, he immediately saluted, "The sedan chair is ready, please let Niangniang go." ”

Xu Xun was a little suspicious in his heart, asked Ma Shi, he didn't say, just smiled mysteriously, she had to take her son and daughter, sat on two sedan chairs, and the palace people rode horses to obey, Xu Xun only felt that he had been walking for a long time, and there was about a quarter of an hour more, this was the rest of the sedan chair.

When she came out to take a look, she saw a large gatehouse not far away, as well as the extremely vast square, and the magnificent and towering hall at the end of the square......

"This is the noon gate?" She asked Ma Ten in surprise.

Before Ma Shi could answer, there was a bang outside the gatehouse, and the cheers of thousands of people shook the night sky. Xu Xun no longer had any doubts, and hurriedly led the children up the stairs, followed the guidance of Ma Shi, and walked into the city wall.

Although the walls are tall, how tall can they be? Thousands of soldiers and civilians crowded in front of the noon gate, almost all of them staring. In the middle of them and Xu Xun, there was an extremely majestic Aoshan Lantern Tower, which was spraying a firework into the sky.

The jade tree silver flower aroused another burst of cheers, and Diandian had already run to the window, excitedly pointing out the crowd in the distance and the magnificent fireworks. Zhuang'er was frightened and cried by the sound of fireworks, and was hurriedly comforted by Ah Huang. Surrounded by his children, the emperor turned back to Xu Xun and smiled, and complained affectionately, "You are the slowest to arrive, and it will be difficult to change your clothes." ”

But where can Xu Xun still care about arguing with him? She looked out the window, then at the emperor, and with no more restraint, she burst out into a short cheer and rushed to the window.

"Be careful!" The emperor hurriedly pulled her so that Xu Xun would not be tripped by the children. "If you fall, you won't be able to enter the city gate!"

Xu Xun didn't care about him at all, she was already pointing out excitedly, "Look, look!" That's the Golden Dragon! It's huge! Oops, it's beautiful! Haha, you see, there's a guy there! ”

The emperor looked at the concubine who was as excited as a child, and made a pouting expression with Ma Shi at the door, as if he was very disgusted with her gaffe.

Ma Shi pursed his lips and smiled, and stepped forward with a tea tray, "Grandpa uses tea." ”

"Hmm." The emperor just picked up the teacup, but put it down again, he put his arm around Xu Xun's shoulder, "Biedong is moving around, and he really falls down carefully." ”

Xu Xun struggled and chattered in his arms, "Big brother, big brother, have you seen it!" ”

No one had the heart to pay attention to Xu Xun's gaffe, even the nurse and adoptive mother were attracted by the Aoshan lantern under the city tower, and in the whole room, only the emperor was not watching the fireworks.

He watched the ecstasy between Xu Xun's eyebrows with enjoyment, and the corners of his lips slowly hooked.

The author has something to say: I want to complain, I am a caffeine-sensitive person, so I generally don't drink any caffeine drinks, not even Coke, otherwise I won't be able to sleep at night.

I was chatting with a friend the night before yesterday, and I drank a cup of roselle tea with a greedy mouth, and I want to make flower tea! Tangerine peel and roselle bubbles, how can there be no caffeine, but I didn't expect not only that, but also quite strong, both of them haven't slept well at night, and they have been muddy for the past few days, and I don't know if I can sleep well tonight......