"Mom, where are you going?" Zhuang'er rubbed his eyes, still a little confused. "Where's my sister?"

Mom, who is usually very kind, has a ...... expression today Zhuang'er couldn't speak, so he felt that Mumu didn't seem to be so happy, which made him a little nervous, and grabbed Mumu's collar and asked again, "What about my sister?" ”

Mom also seemed to sense his displeasure, she touched Zhuang'er's head, and said with a smile, "Sister is out to play, let's go out to play, okay?" ”

Zhuang'er has always liked his sister, he thinks his sister is powerful, although he can't say what is powerful, but he is closer to him than the other two sisters, as well as his brother. I heard that my sister went out to play, so he also wanted to go out, nodded obediently, leaned on Mom's arms, and was carried by her into the sedan chair, as if he realized that today it seems that he is not going to the garden to play, to the garden, he is walking over, and if he wants to take the sedan chair, then he should go to the big garden.

Every time he went back to the big garden, his sister sat with him, and Zhuang'er immediately asked Mom, "What about my sister?" ”

Mother replied, "If my sister doesn't go, let's go by ourselves." ”

Zhuang'er was a little unhappy, but he had a good temperament, not as stubborn as Diandian, although he was not happy, he didn't cry or make trouble, he just sat in Mumu's arms with his head down, and said in a low voice, "Sister......"

Mumu took out a small tambourine to coax him, Zhuang'er played for a while, he felt bored, he wanted to see his sister and mother now, although Mumu was by his side, but Mumu's smiling face was tense, making him so uncomfortable.

Although he couldn't say anything wrong, the child's mind was the most sensitive, and Zhuang'er's tears were already stuck in his eyes, and he muttered, "Sister." Sobbing and tossing around with a tambourine.

Waiting for Mom to carry him out of the sedan chair, Zhuang'er couldn't wait to pounce on the new Sister Han, he didn't want Mom to hug him now, and he didn't want other Mom or sister, anyway, he just didn't want to.

Sister Han picked him up, smiled and said a few words to Mumu, Zhuang'er didn't understand, he looked at the unfamiliar scenery left and right, and became more and more afraid, "Sister Han, I want my sister." ”

After thinking about it, he added, "And the mother." ”

"I'll see you in a moment." Sister Han said, "Let's go play with an aunt now, okay?" After playing for a while, we'll go find my sister. ”

Playing with this word somewhat soothed Zhuang'er's restless mind, he climbed on Sister Han's neck, "What are you playing?" ”

"Zhuang'er can play whatever he wants." Sister Han said, "Auntie wants to see Zhuang'er, does Zhuang'er want to see Auntie?" ”

"Who's Auntie?" Zhuang'er rubbed his eyes and asked.

"Auntie is aunt." Sister Han said that Zhuang'er got this answer, although he didn't understand, but he was also relieved, he looked at the small courtyard in front of him curiously, this courtyard is not like where he lives, there are no layers of walls, gardens and roads, and there are a few people standing at the door, although they smile at Zhuang'er, but Zhuang'er doesn't know them. He turned his head, unwilling to look at the living, and hid his face in Sister Han's arms, and after a while, Sister Han said, "Zhuang'er, look, it's Auntie." ”

When Zhuang'er opened his eyes, he found himself in front of a window, which was open, and an aunt sat in it—she was smiling at him.

She is very good-looking and smiles very happily, but Zhuang'er thinks ...... Zhuang'er felt that she was just very afraid of people, he couldn't say weishenme, maybe because her voice was a little trembling, maybe because her tone was a little eager, she called him, "Zhuang'er, Zhuang'er, do you remember your aunt?" ”

But Zhuang'er thought she was really terrible, besides, he didn't see anything funny, no small wooden balls, no bamboo horses, no rag dolls, nothing, just such an aunt looking at him from behind the window-

He burst into tears, not only because he was wronged, but also because he was afraid, he didn't want to stay here now, he wanted to go back, to someone who could protect him.

The child couldn't say so much reason, but he also instinctively understood that since it was Mom who brought him, it was definitely not Mom who could take him back.

"Mother!" He cried and hid his body in his sister's arms, "I want a mother!" ”

The aunt seemed to be in a hurry, and she kept calling him, "Zhuang'er, Zhuang'er." But Zhuang'er didn't want to pay attention, the more she said that the more afraid he became, the more afraid she was, the more she wanted to go back, Sister Han didn't move - bad, he had to go by himself, he was already two years old, he could walk, and even run.

Fortunately, this torture did not last long, and when Zhuang'er came back to his senses, he had already returned to Mumu's arms, and Mumu was patiently wiping his tears, coaxing him and comforting him, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, if you don't see it, you won't see it, let's go back to find my mother, okay?" ”

Zhuang'er was finally satisfied, he was really not very happy today, so he actually put forward a second request. "And my sister."

"Okay, good, and my sister." Mu coaxed him and promised him a lot of good things, and when Zhuang'er heard it, he gradually settled down - now it was on the way back, and he was a little curious, "Who is Auntie?" ”

Mom didn't speak for a moment, and after a moment she sighed softly.

"Auntie is ...... It's your aunt. She said, "Why is Zhuang'er Weishenme so afraid of him?" ”

Zhuang'er couldn't tell clearly, he wondered, "What is Auntie?" ”

Mom sighed again.

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"I don't want to go." When Xu Xun mentioned it to the emperor, he also sighed with some emotion, "The first time I felt that it might be strange, I was scared, and then I brought it again in the month of his birthday, although I didn't cry, but I didn't care about Wu Yu'er, and I had to go back." I took it a few more times, but now he doesn't want to get on the sedan chair at all, and as soon as he gets on the sedan chair, he feels that he is going to Nannei, and he wants to cry. ”

Human nature is like this, at that time, Zhuang'er was given to Xu Xun, just because he was afraid that he would be taught badly by his biological mother, or because he was afraid that he would inherit his biological mother's temperament, of course, Zhuang'er's performance has defeated this worry, this child is kind and soft-hearted, and he doesn't know how much better than a little bit, he is a cotton character. It is said that this should have made the emperor overjoyed, but now the emperor does not remember his worries at the time, but picks on the fact that Zhuang'er is afraid of his biological mother. After all, even if the parents who have suffered from the body have committed the sin of great rebellion, there is no reason for the children to abandon or abandon their biological parents, which does not meet the requirements of filial piety.

He couldn't help but sigh before he said, "Since you are not close, it can be seen that there is no fate, don't let the child go if you don't want to, lest he be unhappy and depressed, but he will twist his temper." ”

Xu Xun also felt that Zhuang'er was too young, and he might be a little afraid of the living. Although Jihua was frustrated, she had tried her best, and her conscience was clear, so she nodded and said, "Let's talk about it in a few years, it's still too young now, after all, I don't understand personnel." ”

"It's also Wu Yu'er's own nature is wrong." The emperor quickly made an excuse for his son, "It's all ignorant, but I think Xuan'er is quite close to Concubine Luo now." ”

"Really?" Xu Xun couldn't help but sneer at the emperor a little, "It turns out that the eldest brother still remembers the person Luo Concubine?" ”

The emperor understood Xu Xun's meaning, he smiled, "It's true that I don't go to Kunning Palace less, and I may not see her when I go, but Zhu'er is not as strong as Zhuang'er, and he can't speak at the age of two. ”

As the crown prince, Zhu'er is naturally more loved by the emperor, in addition to meeting once every three days, from time to time he will live in the Qianqing Palace for a few days, and the relationship between father and son is also very strong. Just like Ah Huang, who often goes to live in Qingning Palace, there are also dots who are often picked up to play. In addition, he is three years old and is at the peak of learning to speak, and it is natural for him to love to talk, Xu Xun saw that the emperor was honored, and couldn't help laughing, "Yes, the eldest brother is really powerful, listening to a child, you can hear what is in his heart." ”

She made fun of the emperor, but the emperor didn't feel angry, he said, "Speaking of which, these children are still smart and strong, but the disease of the weeds is annoying." It's good for a while and it's not good, it's always going to hang there, and every time I go back to see Xianxian, I feel that she is getting older. ”

Indeed, Concubine Hui has rarely walked around in the past two years, and even Xu Xun has rarely come here, all because of the deterioration of the disease of the herb so that she can't get out of bed, and she can't leave anyone for a day. Concubine Hui now has free time, that is, she sent people out to pray everywhere and make wishes, and the emperor rewarded her with a few thousand taels of silver last time, so as not to run out of money in Xianyang Palace. But Rao is like this, Xu Xun has also heard some gossip, anyway, those palace concubines in Xianyang Palace are very difficult now, and the proportion is much thinner than before.

"I just hope that the Ji people have their own natural appearance." Although she understood He Xianxian's feelings, she really didn't think that praying to God and worshiping Buddha could be of any use to the herb's illness, so she could only say so, after all, she also hoped that the herb would get better.

The emperor shook his head and didn't speak, his face was a little heavy for a while, and after a while, he said, "Okay, don't talk about this, we naturally give everything here to the most haode, if she can be good, she will also haode." ”

In fact, the death rate of the emperor's children is quite low, although there are few births, but there are still many lives, among the children of Emperor Zhao, about half of the sons died young, and there are still a few who survive to the king, and they may die at any time. However, since Zhuang'er was born to the present, the emperor has not made efforts in the past two years, but there is still no news, he is more than thirty years old this year, and the golden age of having children has also come to an end.

"Although I got two, the queen mother still felt a little insufficient," in addition to not mentioning the funeral, the emperor didn't think much about his words here in Xu Xun, and said it when he thought of it, "She also has such a reason for wanting to promote women's studies, everyone has to work in the end, the body is stronger, and it is more convenient to have children, but in order to avoid repeating Wu Yu'er's mistakes, they must also be educated." In this way, there will be no scandal in the palace, and there is no need to make a draft again, this selection will be selected for a year and a half, which is too tossed. ”

The Queen Mother is really good at putting a burden on the queen, Xu Xun smiled, "This is true, but it's a pity that your elixir for giving birth to a child doesn't work." ”

"But no, I took it a few times, but it didn't work, so I simply stopped taking it." The emperor sighed, "Now my mind is also light, but I want to teach the bolt well, the responsibility of spreading the branches and leaves will be handed over to the bolt in the future." ”

The two then talked about the matter of women's learning again, and it was easy to solicit a group of teachers from all over the country who voluntarily entered the palace, but how to determine the teaching materials and how to assess the teaching effect still have to move forward in exploration. The queen has thought of countless ideas, but the queen mother is not satisfied, and this female student is now adjusting frequently, and so far there has been no success. However, the style of literacy and reading, which has become popular in the palace, is even more prevalent. There are many people in Xu Xun's palace, knowing that the master is kind, and they all begged to go to the grandmothers, begging them to arrange classes conveniently, and they can spare some time every day to go to the women's school to listen to classes and read and write.

Of course, behind this is naturally hidden the queen's countless efforts, the emperor felt that she had been a little haggard recently, and intended to send a eunuch to help with this matter, so he discussed the candidate with Xu Xun at this time, "It's better to transfer Wang Zhen, anyway, he originally entered the palace as a teacher, but later he changed his errand." ”

Xu Xun didn't have much impression of Wang Zhen, and when the emperor said so, he naturally nodded and said yes. "It's coming soon, how are you going to spend it? Is it a small office or a big one? ”

Bolt is the prince, and Zhuang'er is different, the Qianqiu Festival naturally has a set of rituals, but a few years ago it was still young, all of them were exempted, this year it is said that the virtual age is four years old, and the family with strict discipline can already be enlightened at the age of four, the emperor said, "I want to make it grander, but the queen is hard, and I didn't mention it." ”

Having said that, compared with the hard-working queen, the emperor naturally values his son more, and he still decided to give the bolt a slightly older birthday - although the affairs of this Qianqiu Festival are basically handled by the foreign ministers, but it is lively outside, and there is no reason for the inner court to follow the cold, and the queen mother also spoke, but she is not allowed to wronged the eldest grandson.

Just setting up a women's school, it is enough to annoy the queen, the sixth bureau and one division have their own functions can not be delayed, she faces a big problem is that there are not many talents who can be used, and to do practical things, after all, capable people are needed. Although the emperor sent Wang Zhen to help, he was also a clever woman who could not cook without rice, and the Empress Dowager was picky and picky, and often called her to ask questions. And then add the bolt's birthday...... The queen was already exhausted, and the weather was getting colder, and a few days before the bolt's birthday, she actually felt the weather, and the wind was cold and fever in bed.

It doesn't matter if this illness matters, the celebrations in the inner court of the Qianqiu Festival were immediately suspended, and everyone could only return to Qingning Palace with many things. She has followed the queen for many years, and it's just a matter of women's studies, how many things can there be on the birthday of the bolt? She came out to help take care of it at this time, that's it. ”

The Queen Mother spoke, and what she said was reasonable, and Concubine Luo was immediately driven to the shelves and put in the focus of everyone's attention......

Then, coincidentally, Luo Concubine also fell ill.

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"This one is also sick, that one is also sick, but it is on the eve of Zhu'er's birthday - I think, this birthday might as well not be done," the Queen Mother couldn't help but have a little temper, and complained to the emperor, "How old am I, do I still have to come forward to help you manage the palace?" With such a big palace, could it be that without her queen, there really can't be a master in charge? ”

The emperor was also a little depressed, if this concubine Luo pretended to be sick, she could still say that she was too careful, and she would just ask for a few words of comfort. On the eve of this birthday, the biological mother and adoptive mother were sick, and he was quite upset about the bolt, listening to the queen mother, he was busy saying, "How can there be any reason to work hard for the mother, it is better to put Aunt Meng next to the mother-"

"It's Aunt Qiao now." The Queen Mother corrected the emperor, but she didn't care, and continued, "The Qiao family has to manage so many mouths up and down in the Qingning Palace, where can I leave her?" It's really not good, just let the big mama next to the queen come forward, anyway, everything is almost complete, presumably she can handle it. ”

The Queen Mother said so, how could the emperor have any two words, just thought about it, and felt that the Queen Mother suddenly mentioned this matter, but I was afraid that she would have another mind to embarrass Kunning Palace: After all, the queen is a serious daughter-in-law, and the queen mother can't be too picky, but a servant woman, no matter how decent she is, who is not managed by whom, who is still more serious with the queen mother? It's not that she can send it as she likes, even the queen, and she can't beg the queen mother with great fanfare for a slave.

For more than a year, the queen has been conscientious, almost not idle for a few days, people are tired and lose a lot of weight, not only do not get interested, but also care for the emperor, this is the end of the year, the birthday of the bolt is just around the corner, the emperor does not want to see Kunning Palace and is embarrassed to be picky, so that the queen is worried about the New Year, he thought for a moment, and said, "After all, she is still a servant woman, there must always be a master in that town, since the queen and Luo Concubine are sick, and you don't want to care, let Xiao Xun come, anyway, it's those trivial things, She's sure she can handle it. ”

The Queen Mother's eyes flashed with a smile, and she nodded, "Yes, in this case, it is better to let the Sun family rest until the New Year, and now it is only two months for the New Year, and depending on her illness, she may not be able to get better before the lunar month." ”

Although the emperor felt that something was wrong, he couldn't find any words to refute it, and after thinking about it, it was nothing more than those mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fighting, which was harmless, so he nodded and agreed, and took a matter for Xu Xun.

Now in the palace, the concubine is her and He Huifei, He Huifei almost stayed at home this winter, only taking care of her daughter, Xu Xun just wanted to resign and no one could push, after listening to the words of Qingning Palace, she had to agree, fortunately, Mama Zhou was probably more afraid than her that she was really in power, everything was taken care of, so that people couldn't make mistakes, Xu Xun just opened the door on time, pretending to draw a circle, and didn't have to think too hard, so Mama Zhou and she were still happy to cooperate, bolt Er's birthday, It was also done smoothly, but it was not beautiful, that is, at his birthday banquet, not only the queen, Luo Concubine, but even the prince himself were absent - it was easy to raise him to the age of three, and the emperor couldn't wait to take him out to show off to the ministers, and by the way, he harvested the flattery of the literary and elegant sycophants, so that he could look at it happily in the future.

Without the protagonist's banquet, it was actually quite pleasant, Xu Xun sat in the chief of Jingci Immortal, the two served the Queen Mother together, talked and laughed with Jingci Immortal, and listened to a few plays sung by the team raised by themselves in the palace, and the liveliness and laughter in Nannei were not inferior to the drum music in the West Garden.

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In this lively and festive south interior, the only corner still maintains a stubborn quiet, and it seems that even the prince's birthday can't make the atmosphere in this courtyard a little warmer. - Although it has been a change of place, but how good the environment of the cold palace can be, now the gatekeeper has a small gatehouse, which can burn the stove for heating, although Wu Meiren's house is not cold, but it is by no means as warm as spring in the normal palace. The charcoal of the stove is not very good, and if there is some black ash floating in the house, even if you dress up decently, after a while, your face and body will inevitably fall a little dust. The face that was wiped with grease was a little sticky, and after sitting for a while, there was a little black ash on it, and Wu Meiren sat by the window, taking advantage of the skylight, picking up the dust on her face little by little.

Since the second son of the emperor came, Wu Meiren meditated by the window every day, and the rest of the time was not going anywhere, and on the kang table in front of her, there were always toys sent by the concubine: after the second son came over once, the concubine sent a lot of rattles, straw grasshoppers and other things, but unfortunately the second son of the emperor was afraid when he saw Wu Meiren, no matter how she coaxed, she was crying and asking for her mother, and she never said a word to Wu Meiren.

It's been almost two months, Wu Meiren was still walking around the house a few days ago, and today, she didn't pay attention to the faint sound of silk and bamboo, just sat at the table, looking at the toys in front of her persistently.

Although Wu Meiren has been crazy for a long time, after all, she has been guarding her for two years, and this person is familiar with people, and there is always a little affection. Qin Feng, who was guarding the door, took the opportunity to deliver the meal, accompanied the mother-in-law to walk in, and said, "Noble, you don't have to wait, today is the birthday of the crown prince, and the concubine Niangniang is leading everyone to serve the queen mother, and His Royal Highness the second son is in front of the concubine Niangniang, and he will definitely not come." ”

He sighed secretly in his heart: According to Aunt Hua next to the concubine, I am afraid that the second son of the emperor will not come in the past few years, and if he wants to come again, he will have to wait until he is older, and he will come again when he understands things.

"Not coming?" Wu Meiren moved, her eyes still glued in the mirror, "No, it will come." Okay, once a month, it's almost two months......"

"The second son of the emperor is still young, and he doesn't recognize you yet." Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh in the end, he gave the mother-in-law who delivered the meal a look, and said half-truths while pondering. "You also saw it, I was scared and cried a few times, and the emperor knew about it, saying that the child was young and incomplete, and he was afraid that he would be scared, so he didn't let him come, saying that he would come back after a few years."

He was a little afraid that Wu Meiren would get sick again after hearing this, so he looked at Wu Meiren's face as he spoke, and saw that she was normal, so he said cautiously, "You don't have to keep the window open, it's cold in winter, and it's cold carefully, how can I ask you for a doctor?" If it's gone, you won't really see His Royal Highness the second son in the future. ”

Speaking to a person who had been mentally disturbed and now seemed to be in disorder, he was a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but talk more, and added again, "It's not the identity of the queen mother and Luo Concubine Niangniang, as soon as you feel the cold, you can ask the imperial doctor." If you're sick, you don't know what to do......"

Wu Meiren finally moved, she stopped the makeup action of no one on the side just now, slowly turned her neck, turned her head and glanced at Qin Feng, "Sick?" ”

"yes." Qin Feng was a little inexplicable, "You said that the weather is cold this year, don't keep the window open in the future, the second emperor is coming, naturally I said to you-"

"That'...... Today, is she in the upper seat? "Wu Meiren's language ability has recovered quite well now, and it is no longer the craziest time back then-it is also because the concubine has greeted the few people who guarded the door, and they are usually allowed to chat with Wu Meiren. said that it was Xu, but in fact it was a task, and the concubine said that if people have not spoken to someone for a long time, it is easier to have an accident. If it weren't for the nagging for a while every day, there would be no emotion

"yes, yes." Qin Feng was still confused, he said patiently, "Naturally, it is the noble concubine who serves the Queen Mother, but I heard that the Jingci Immortal Master is also here, so it should be the Jingci Immortal Master." ”

"Then ......" Wu Meiren didn't pay attention to Jingci Immortal Master at all, she asked again, "The queen is sick, and she is also in charge?" ”

"It's not," Qin Feng was also accustomed to Wu Meiren's leapfrog thinking, "Under the queen, isn't it the concubine Niangniang, this time it was the Empress Dowager and the emperor who both pointed out that the concubine Niangniang was in charge of the palace, so they invited her to move-"

He boasted that he was a little familiar with Aunt Hua, and at this time he couldn't help but copy her words, his chest was straight, and he was also a little honored. But before she could say anything more, Wu Meiren snapped and put down the window. Qin Feng was taken aback, looked at the figure inside in puzzlement, and saw that Wu Meiren didn't seem to have any intention of rioting, but sat on her own, and said that she finally felt cold, so she put her mind at ease and walked back to her room.

As soon as the window was opened, with the help of the stove, the room quickly warmed up, but Wu Meiren didn't care about it, she stared at herself in the brass mirror, whispering softly and repeatedly.

"No wonder Zhuang'er doesn't come."

No wonder he didn't come, no wonder he didn't come in the future!

Hugging her a few times is enough to show the magnanimity of the concubine, and it is enough for her to take advantage of the queen's illness and seize the power of managing the palace, she has gone further, so why bother to come again?

What do you say for the sake of the strong man? It's too naïve to believe this. Mother and son are by nature, blood is thicker than water, but Zhuang'er cried when he saw her...... Isn't there a reason behind this? There must be a reason behind this, if it's not her ghost, who will it be?

She clenched her fists tightly, using pain to keep herself awake, looking at herself in the mirror and whispering silently: not now, the opportunity will come.

The deep palace is secluded, the fighting room is round, and there is no end to the road of captivity...... In such a desperate situation, you always have to find someone to hate, so that life can be easier.

The author has something to say: It's updated, it's updated early tonight, because I'm going to watch the Spring Festival Gala to find material for complaining in a while

Xiaoxiang is here to greet everyone for the New Year, I hope everyone has a happy Chinese New Year's Eve, good luck, and the spirit of Ryoma in the new year! Last year, I remember that I launched a campaign to report the name of the dish, and this year I will continue to do so, and my Chinese New Year's Eve recipe this year is the fourteen dishes of braised shrimp, braised shrimp, stewed chicken soup, braised crab, Yanyuan soup, sweet and sour pork ribs, blood cockles, tofu skin rolls, fried rice cakes, more than every year, fungus meat slices, freshly fried squid, homemade spicy sausages, and stewed longan sweet soup, what Chinese New Year's Eve rice did everyone eat?

PS Although there are as many as 14 dishes, but Fujian customs, to eat rice cakes and Taiping Yan during the New Year, that is, duck eggs and a slice of rice cakes in Yanyuan soup for one person, it is estimated that these two will be full as soon as they eat them. After a lot of effort, we finally finished eating...... Two dishes |||hahaha, you may not have to cook anymore from the first day to the seventh day of the new year......

PS Today's content is actually not suitable for the New Year, but there is no way to get the plot here...... Tomorrow's first day of the new year,I'll think about it.,If the plot is not clear, I'll put a sweet extra.,It's more suitable for a festive atmosphere! If you don't like to look at it, pay attention to it.

Once again, I wish you all a Happy New Year! I hope we can spend next year's Chinese New Year's Eve together!