The weather is warm, the flowers are blooming in the imperial garden, Xu Xun and Wu Jieyu are walking and laughing and talking about some things about flowers and grass - boring for a long time, the palace is not a New Year's festival and cannot gamble, so the concubines have developed their own hobbies, Xu Xun Palace, Cao Baolin is good at chess, but Wu Jieyu doesn't like these game games, and doesn't like to read, and loves to plant flowers every day. She opened a small glazed tile conservatory in front of her door, and many of the flowers in Xu Xun's house were sent by her throughout the year. Compared to the display ornaments cultivated by the Imperial Garden itself, it is not much worse.

Xu Xun has also tried to engage in flower cultivation before, but her interest is not in this aspect, even cats and dogs can not be brought in from time to time because of children, usually read books when they have nothing to do, go out to run horses, and do some sports. Talking about this with Wu Jieyu, an expert, of course, only has education. - Wu Jieyu really loves to grow flowers, speaking of this, her eyebrows fluttered, and she couldn't even look at Xu Xun's face.

After she used a pot of orchids she raised last year and how she used various means to make it bloom early, Xu Xun was a little bored when she listened, but it was not good to interrupt rudely, and saw someone coming from a distance, Ma Na smiled, "It's a coincidence today, there are still people coming for a walk, it seems that the weather is warm, everyone wants to come out and walk." ”

As he was talking, several people gradually got closer, and when they saw each other's faces clearly, they also avoided each other, Xu Xun had to take the initiative to greet and salute, "Queen Mother." ”

"Imperial Concubine." The queen nodded kindly to her, and then a large and a small one spun around. "I've seen the imperial concubine."

Xu Xun hurriedly smiled and exempted Concubine Luo and the prince from the ceremony, "It's rare for Niangniang to have a big garden." ”

"I've been bored in the palace for more than a month." The queen smiled, "Do you want to go out for a walk, it's very stuffy to stay in the house." ”

"Look at the mother's face is a little better," Xu Xundao, "It must be soon, Doctor Liu's medical skills are really like a god." ”

――Before, Imperial Physician Liu predicted that if the queen wanted to recover, she would have to rest wholeheartedly for at least a year.

After a year of recuperation, the queen did sweep away the previous haggardness, except for the fine lines at the corners of the eyes and eyebrows have not retreated, she has almost returned to the state when she was just named a concubine, and when the angle is right, she can praise the sentence 'youth is as young as twenty'. - In addition to the health on the **, the healthier should be her mental state, the current queen, contrary to the past few years, her demeanor is calm and calm, and she can even be said to be self-satisfied, and when she saw Xu Xun, the smile on her chin was not reluctant at all. Even Xu Xun can't help but remind himself all the time in order to maintain his bad feelings for her and not be softened by her friendly and cheerful smile.

"Doctor Liu's prescription is completely Taiping." The queen smiled and said, "I dare to say that seventy or eighty percent of the diseases in the world have been carefully nourished for a year, and there is nothing that is not getting better." The difference is just a few points better, if you hit it, your medical skills are like a god, and if you don't hit it, you can't completely let go of your worries, anyway, he always has something to say. ”

The so-called erotic decay and love relaxation is actually a very ideal expression, and in real life, there are many examples of unfading love and relaxation, and hate is often more durable than love. But the problem is that even hatred dissipates, let alone hatred. Although Xu Xun knows in his heart that Concubine Luo's situation in Kunning Palace may not be as colorful as it seems, the problem is that she doesn't have much contact with Concubine Luo, after all, it is impossible to continue to hate the queen for Concubine Luo, it is easier to hate her before, after all, the queen is either calculating her, or on the way to calculating her, for more than a year, the two palaces are really safe and sound, and the queen doesn't ask about foreign affairs at all except for recuperating and raising her son, in this case, even if she still has a little hate in her heart, But the attitude has inevitably softened a bit.

"It's not easy to do this errand in the Tai Hospital," she said, "Imperial Doctor Liu is quite conscientious, but if you are a doctor with no conscience, no matter how kind you treat him, you will make sure that he will boldly prescribe medicine, and if his condition is slightly difficult, they will be restrained, and they would rather prescribe some Tai Fang Zi, which is not good or bad, and there is no merit - I really don't know how many illnesses have been delayed." ”

"You mean the weeds." The queen's expression was also gloomy, and she sighed, "It's a pity for her." ”

Concubine Luo and the crown prince were walking with the two of them on the side, and when they heard the queen speak, Zhu'er interjected, "What's wrong with Sister Woe?" ”

Turning to Xu Xun again, he said with a smile, "Auntie, what about my sister and brother?" ”

"My sister goes to school, and my brother goes out to play." Xu Xun smiled and said, "Do you want to play with your brother?" ”

"Yes." Shu'er turned to the queen and said naturally, "Mother, I'll go play with my brother tomorrow, okay?" ”

"Okay, why don't you bring my brother over to play." The queen smiled and touched the bolt's head, and the bolt smiled heavily, broke away from Concubine Luo's hand, stretched out her hand to the queen, and her little face was full of innocent joy.

"Whether it's a grasshopper or a concubine Zhaoyi, it's all been delayed to some extent." Xu Xun sighed, "It's just that the weeds are small, and they look even more pitiful." ”

Before the emperor for the queen's dizziness, the edict in the south of the Yangtze River to solicit famous doctors, to supplement the Imperial Doctor's Department, these famous doctors have become medical professors in the inner library, however, they did not help much with the queen's condition, the queen still took Imperial Doctor Liu's medicine to eat haode, but one of the doctors gave the herb to the vein, the medicine was more bold, the Imperial Physician's Department did not pass at all, it was He Xianxian somehow, maybe through the words of the vein, he got the clue, and he asked for a prescription to eat, the result was also strange, after eating a few stickers, the child is better, and he didn't get sick during the change of seasons this year. Of course, foreign monks will chant scriptures, this local monk not only can't read, but also has to veto a good prescription, the owner may not have no ideas in his heart, what is the specific storm in the hospital, Xu Xun is not clear, talking about this matter today, he asked the queen casually, "Speaking of which, the eldest brother seems to have belittled several imperial doctors in the past few days, and Imperial Doctor Liu is not in it, right?" ”

"You came to give me a pulse yesterday." The queen said, "It must be fine, I also asked about the herb, and Imperial Physician Liu said that there is aconite in the prescription for the herb, and the medicinal properties are very domineering, in fact, the argument should not be prescribed." ”

They are all people with children, and they are very concerned about the quality of doctors, Xu Xun listened to it, and couldn't help sighing, "It's really fair to say that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law is reasonable." Xianxian believes that what Doctor Bai believes now, I still think, if Dian Dian and Zhuang'er are sick in the future, I will also invite him, and I don't know who to listen to when you say this. ”

"Isn't it?" The queen and Concubine Luo both said, "We also said that the plug sometimes has diarrhea when the seasons change, and the medicine prescribed by Imperial Doctor Liu is usually eaten, sometimes it is useful and sometimes it is useless, and the difference is five or five." Do you want to ask Dr. Bai? I'm afraid that I'm going to get better quickly now, but I am prescribing the medicine of the tiger and wolf, which is bad for the child's roots. ”

Xuan'er didn't understand what the elders were talking about, and a child of his age liked to attract people's attention, so he barely pressed it for a while, and then said happily, "Aunt Xu, I have a new puppy—it's so big." ”

He compared his hands, "It's very fun, you can ask your brother to come to me tomorrow, or I'll bring the puppy." ”

"That's going to let you have a dog?" Xu Xun said with a smile, "The two in our palace are also making trouble to raise, and I'm afraid that I will have nothing to scratch, no." ”

"Small." The queen was also interested, and gave Xu Xun a comparison, "It's like the pen monkey that Wuyi Mountain paid tribute to, and now it's a big handful, and it is said that the largest is the length of a pair of shoes, which can fit into the sleeve." It's also called a sleeve dog, you say that this thing is no matter how fierce it is, can it bite people? - However, if it weren't for the eldest brother tossing him and interceding for him, there would be such a rare thing, and I wouldn't have allowed him to raise it, after all, the autumn is about to be enlightened, and it is better to concentrate on studying. ”

The prince is five years old this year, and he has reached the age when he should be enlightened, and he can start formal knowledge education at the age of four or five years, which is commonly known as going out of the pavilion to study. At that point, it is customary to move to the East Palace, and the number of times you enter the harem is not much. However, Xu Xun didn't know if the queen had any other ideas - going out of the cabinet to study would definitely weaken the relationship between mother and son, but if she wanted to break this example, she would have to pass the queen mother's pass, she was now the one who was actually in charge of palace affairs, if she didn't use some means, the old man would definitely not agree.

Of course, judging from the performance of Zhu'er, the relationship between him and the queen is very close, and when the queen is sick, she is relieved to hand over the child to Luo Concubine to take care of, and Luo Concubine did not take the opportunity to envelop the child or tell the truth, maybe now the queen's worry about this matter is not so heavy, so she actively promotes the prince's enlightenment and literacy, and does not worry about the queen mother's supervision and acceleration of his pace out of the cabinet.

"I don't want to study." When she heard this, she said aloud, let go of the queen's hand, and turned around and shouted, "Companion! Are you holding the ball? ”

The queen couldn't take the bolt, but just shook her head and ordered, "Let Wang Zhen watch it well, don't plant a tooth in one fell like last time." ”

She smiled apologetically at Xu Xun, and made a grimace again, even Luo Concubine was a little sneering, Xu Xun understood their mood very well: These children have been loved by thousands of people since they were young, and they are okay when they are not sensible, they may be according to their nature, and after they are sensible, which one has a bad temper? In addition, the bolt is the sharpest part of the emperor's heart, according to her guess, even the queen can't be too strict, she is ignorant when she is five or six years old, and it is normal to be rude in front of people.

"It's the same with Zhuang'er, how easy it was to take when he was a child, and now he will talk back." She also talked about her two bear children, "Not to mention a little bit, fortunately, she is biological, and she can be punished, otherwise she will develop a lawless temperament." Rao is like this, sometimes the eldest brother blames me for punishing her harshly. ”

"How is it punished?" The queen hurriedly asked, "We also punished the bolt, but he was not afraid at all, and if there was something, he would go to the Qianqing Palace to find his father, and Sister Luo and I were so angry that there was nothing to be done." ”

"I started playing when I was four years old." Xu Xun said without hesitation, "If you don't stand up, you can't afford the rules, you used to spank, but now that she is older, she will beat her palm." After the enlightenment, one day she was punished by her husband, and when she came back and told her the reason, I punished her again-"

Seeing that the queen and Concubine Luo were a little surprised, she explained, "If it wasn't cleaned up like this, she wouldn't listen to her husband at all!" ”

"Then the eldest brother did not—" said the Queen.

"I also protected her, I told him several times, and he also knew a little naughty, so he let go." Xu Xun smiled, "It's better for your family to be round, good, I don't think you need to do this." ”

The queen suddenly had a faint sense of loss on her face, she hesitated, did not pay attention to Xu Xun, but turned back to Luo Concubine and said, "Did you shout just now?" Don't fall again, right? ”

Concubine Luo had long been impatient to listen to others talk about her mother's scriptures, and her eyes kept looking forward to the direction of the bolt, and when she heard the queen, she hurriedly said, "Then I'll go and see it now!" ”

After she hurried away, the queen sighed, "Yuanyuan, that's all brought by Mama...... Alas, I also regret it a little now, and I only know when I bring the bolt that the child is the closest to me. ”

When Xu Xun was a little angry and went crazy, he always envied the queen for being able to send Yuanyuan to the princess's office, she couldn't help it, Diandian was most afraid of her, and she couldn't control it without her, so she had no choice but to be tied to her side, just for this educational thing, I don't know how much effort I have paid in the past few years, but Ah Huang and Yuanyuan were sent to Mama, and they grew into a little lady with several good manners in the princess's place. After listening to the queen's words, I realized that she was not without regrets in her heart.

She said casually, "I think Yuanyuan and Niangniang are also very close, the biological mother and daughter, how can there be a gap?" Don't think about it, mother. ”

"Who says no?" The queen sighed again, "Let me tell you, when the child is older, she has troubles - she didn't feel anything when she was young, how close is she to the bolt?" Now that I'm a few years older, I'm jealous, thinking that I'm eccentric, not my own and still raised by my side, but my own and raised outside, the same as the one I held...... The last time I came in, I saw Shu'er, her face was not good, so I said a few words to her, but she rushed at me, saying that she would not come in to see me in the future, so let me and Shu'er go over. ”

There was a little more bitterness in her words, "How does she know how much of my years have been for myself and how much for her!" ”

Xu Xun didn't take this complaint to heart at all, she was a little surprised by the queen's 'shallow words', but what was even more surprising was Yuanyuan's speech. - This child is also older this year, and it is normal for girls to be sensible earlier, so it is normal for them to feel that there is a gap between their treatment and that of their younger brother, after all, she went to the princess's house after she was three years old, and she must not have been very reluctant at that time.

But the question is, who told her that her brother was not her mother's biological son?

It can't be that this kid opened his eyes and knew it, right? At that time, the concubine had done the whole process enough, with her meticulousness, how could she tell her ignorant daughter about this?

She immediately thought of Ah Huang, but she reflexively shook her head - this kid, it shouldn't be enough, right......

I just think of the impressions over the years, but I am a little uncertain. Ah Huang is twelve years old this year, and Xu Xun was twelve years old when he was drafted, so he already knew a lot at that time. She's just a country girl, ignorant and raised, what about Ah Huang? Since childhood, my mother has taught the truth, read and read, and she has not fallen behind, and her mother has experienced several ups and downs......

She didn't know how to feel, and she couldn't pretend to be stupid, so she groaned for a while, and then said along the way, "It seems that the princess's mouth is a little miscellaneous." ”

The queen nodded solemnly, she didn't doubt Ah Huang, she just said in a low voice, "The child is small, and it is a lot of trouble, but it is easy to raise it, and it is another trouble." I thought, who did this trick? The mind is too vicious. ”

It is clear that Yuanyuan now has an opinion on his younger brother, in case he brings out that sentence when he talks, it will inevitably be another turmoil, unlike Wu Yu'er, the relationship between Luo Concubine and Zhu'er must also be very rich. For the sake of insurance, the most straightforward way is to limit the contact between Yuanyuan and his younger brother, and such an action will inevitably bring two consequences: first, Yuanyuan and Zhu'er have a cold relationship, and second, Yuanyuan's relationship with his mother is further estranged - Yuanyuan's time to ask for peace is fixed, according to Xu Xun's knowledge, it is after class, if Zhu'er is enlightened, he will come back at that time. Then it's more troublesome to get this, besides, the child is older, it's not easy to fool, blindly prevent Yuanyuan from letting her touch her brother, she can't feel it. And if the truth is to be revealed, then how to say it? How did the queen explain her thoughts to a nine-year-old child?

How can you say that they are all biological daughters, they are so estranged, how uncomfortable should it be to be a mother? But if she is not estranged, the queen's many years of planning are in danger - besides, the relationship with the future emperor is a little better or worse, and the benefits are much worse, just a few words of effort, which provokes Yuanyuan's jealousy of the bolt, and the queen suddenly has a thorny problem in her heart.

"If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!" Xu Xun didn't hold back in the end, but still said something.

"What's the use of talking about that now?" The queen didn't mean to quarrel with Xu Xun at all, she said calmly, "I mentioned this matter to you, not to let you talk about this kind of soup......

"Then you tell me, what else do you expect?" Xu Xun said confusedly, "Do you still expect me to help you come up with an idea?" ”

"Sympathy." The queen said softly, "In this palace, the only person who can understand my troubles best is you, tell you, I feel comfortable......

She glanced sideways at Xu Xun and twisted her lips, as if she was laughing at Xu Xunzhang's eight candlesticks for not being able to shine on herself, but the mockery quickly faded away, "No matter who came up with this trick to deal with me, after all, it is also very effective, if it is known to others, it is hard to guarantee that it will not be used on you...... Let me remind you, if you appreciate it or not, then it's up to you. ”

Xu Xun frowned, she wanted to say, 'What's the use of this?' I didn't plan to hide it from Zhuang'er. ’

But looking at the faint loneliness on the queen's face, she still held back the unspoken words, and couldn't help but sigh softly, and she didn't know who it was for.

When he came back from a walk, there was one more thing in his heart, Xu Xun asked as he entered the house, "What about Zhuang'er, are you back?" ”

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