Compared with the Spring Palace and the summer vacation, there is not much change, but the Empress Dowager Qu has changed a lot.

This Queen Mother was originally a slender beauty, but she lost weight in just a few months, and she looked a little bit like a bone.

Gu Zhen couldn't help but be taken aback, and when he saw the ceremony, he asked in a trembling voice: "Why did the queen mother sink so much?" But how many doctors do you want to change to see? ”

Didn't it mean that the two queen mothers just didn't want to leave the imperial capital and go to Fuyang County to pretend to be sick?

Why does Empress Dowager Qu look like she is really sick?

"It doesn't matter." Xu is body is bones are weak, and when Empress Dowager Qu spoke, her voice was also fluttering, and she said slowly, "The mourning family just hasn't had much appetite in the past two days. ”

Gu Zhen hurriedly persuaded her to take care of her phoenix body no matter what...... To tell the truth, among the three queen mothers who have existed in the palace, the queen mother is of course the most feared, after Ji Sheng went, the mother queen mother almost took over her status and power, and also took over the jealousy of the concubines.

is also the Queen Mother, because she doesn't care about anything, she has nothing to do with the concubines, but she is far away and smelly, and she is the elder who the concubines are the least disgusted.

Therefore, Gu Zhen really had some sincere feelings for the Empress Dowager Qu, and it took a lot of effort to persuade him.

Empress Dowager Qu listened with a smile and said that the queen was really pure and considerate.

This is just a scene, but Gu Zhen was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager before, and he didn't have any special decency in front of the Empress Dowager, so she was very flattered by what she said.

The Queen Mother asked about the situation of the imperial heirs again, so Yun Fenghuang also joined the topic, and told the Queen Mother some interesting stories about King Qin and Princess Zhaoqing, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were happy for a while.

At this time, Yun Fenghuang suddenly mentioned it: "The Queen Mother, the concubine went to the Queen Mother with the Queen Mother to ask for peace, and the Queen Mother said that it was very boring to stay in the palace all day. The queen wants to take advantage of the fact that everyone has returned to the imperial capital and set up a banquet in the palace, but I don't know what you think? ”

Empress Dowager Qu smiled and said: "The queen has a heart, but you have just returned from the Qishan Palace, so it is too hard to be like this." ”

"Serving the queen mother is the daughter-in-law's business, how can you say that it is hard?" Gu Zhen hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and serving the two queens well is what a daughter-in-law should do. It was also the daughter-in-law who was not good, so that the two queen mothers suffered a great grievance in the palace this year. Now it's just a feast, where is the hard work? But it was hard for the queen mother to survive the summer heat in the palace. ”

When the Queen Mother listened, her eyes were slightly red, and she sighed: "The mourning family never thought that at this age, they could meet such a compassionate person as the queen." ”

Don't turn your face, it seems that you can't control your emotions.

This is also understandable, after all, the former queen Ji Lingzi is not unfilial, but as the third generation of the Ji family's phoenix master, what kind of identity and status is that, even Chunjia does not dare to make a mistake for this wife, when Ji Lingzi was in power, in addition to being respectful to his aunt and serious mother-in-law Ji Sheng, he was not very affectionate to the Queen Mother, and when he arrived at the Queen Mother, although there was no disobedience and ridicule, he directly ignored the existence of the Queen Mother Qu.

Empress Dowager Qu is afraid that it is the first time to enjoy her daughter-in-law's sincere hush and warmth, and filial piety.

So the matter of feasting and drinking was finalized.

When he left Jiashan Palace, Gu Zhen also sighed with Yun Fenghuan, saying that it was not easy for the Empress Dowager Qu, but she was the queen mother who had been enshrined in the palace, but she was so cold and trembling in the palace, it was even more difficult than many concubines.

When she said this, she felt that it was inappropriate, and she was vigilant to test whether Yun Fenghuang would go to tell the Empress Dowager Cimu?

"Niangniang is so hearty, it's not unclear how much the concubine is in the Queen Mother's place to see you." Yun Fenghuang said to her, "Even if the concubine body is to say it, the Empress Dowager may not be able to treat the concubine with one sin of slandering the queen!" You say it's boring for a concubine to ask for this? ”

Gu Zhen thought about it, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

When she returned to Yanfu Palace, she sent someone to invite Chunjia to come over to discuss things.

This was something that the queen would not have done in the past, what did she say to let the palace people go to the emperor, unless it was necessary, she would not do this kind of act of not mentioning it and only letting the emperor come over.

But now it's different, in order for the two princes under her knees to show more faces in front of the emperor, she has to change her ways to invite people over.

So Chunjia was busy for a while, and when he arrived at Yanfu Palace, he saw the third prince holding some toys and teasing the king of Chu under the corridor.

After being reminded left and right that the holy car was coming, the third prince pinched the things in his hand, timidly stepped forward to salute, and shouted in a low voice: "Father." ”

"Is King Chu feeling better today?" Chunjia responded lightly, walked up to the corridor, and stretched out his hand to pick up the king of Chu who was squatting on the ground and looked at it.

The king of Chu smiled and stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his neck, allowing the people who were waiting to make eye gestures behind the emperor's back, but he didn't shout, only babbling words that he couldn't understand, his eyes were ignorant and pure, and the spotlessness made people's hearts palpitate.

Chun Jia sighed in his heart, although since the child had a high fever for several days, the imperial doctor had privately prepared him psychologically, but he still felt very sorry to really watch the King of Chu change from the original clever and lively to the obsessive now.

He hugged the king of Chu and whispered softly for a while, but when he saw that he couldn't answer, but was about to land, he put the child down.

The king of Chu only stopped, and he hurriedly ran towards the three princes.

Apparently on good terms with this brother.

The third prince was hugged by his younger brother, but his eyes were full of envy.

Of course, Chunjia saw these expressions clearly, but he didn't pay attention to them, and only slowly ordered the two princes to take care of the left and right, and walked towards the main hall.

In fact, Queen Gu received the news early in the morning to welcome her, but when she saw that the Son of Heaven was going to make love to the princes, she deliberately did not step forward.

Seeing it in the window lattice at this moment, Fang just tidied up his dress and walked out, and said, "Your Majesty came here so early?" The concubine thought that you would be free after a while. ”

Chun Jia said gently: "There are still some government affairs that have not yet been disposed of, and I am afraid that the queen will be in a hurry, so I will come and take a look first." ”

These words sounded very considerate to Gu Zhen, but Gu Zhen understood in his heart that this was because the emperor did not plan to spend the night in Chongchang Hall today, so he took advantage of the high sun to come over and finish the matter, and it was logical to deal with the "unfinished government affairs", and he could go to the place he wanted to go at night.

Most of them are Ayuharu Palace.

Although this is something that she should have been used to for a long time, her expression was still gloomy for a moment, and Fang Caiqiang said with a smile: "Actually, it's not too important, the concubine also told the palace people who passed the word, so that they don't talk too much, so as not to miss Your Majesty's important matter." ”

After saying this, Gu Zhen told him about the empress dowager of his mother, and the second proposal of the empress dowager: "The concubine thinks that the two queen mothers have not left their respective palaces for a long time because of bedridden, and now it is the middle of summer, but I am afraid that the two queen mothers are also a little bored." It is better to take advantage of the crisp autumn weather and have a lively time in the palace, so that it can not only relieve the boredom of the queen mother, but also relax everyone. ”

Chunjia's reaction was the same as that of Empress Dowager Qu before, she immediately cared about the queen: "We just came back from the palace, and the queen has to take care of the palace affairs, take care of the prince, and then have a banquet, I'm afraid it's too hard?" ”

"What did Your Majesty say? These are all things that the middle palace should do. Gu Zhen knew that he was just used to being considerate, and he might not really feel sorry for himself in his heart, but this kind of thing is better than not saying it, it is still a little sweet, pursed his lips and smiled, Fang said, "Besides, before leaving, the Empress Dowager had specially summoned the concubine and the concubine to inquire about the marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui." The concubine thought that she would be able to take this opportunity to find something for Her Royal Highness the eldest princess...... Of course, this is just a little idea of the concubine, if His Majesty thinks it is inappropriate, then ......"

"I think it's good." Chun Jia was thinking about how to mention the matter of Yun Zi and Minghui, of course he would not object to this banquet that had been approved by the two queen mothers, holding the queen's hand, he was very encouraged, and said that Gu Zhen was willing to do something for him, and then Shi Shiran left.

After he left, Gu Zhen was melancholy for a moment, and was about to call the left and right to make arrangements for the banquet, when he saw the public outside the palace gate holding the door, looking in timidly.

"Emperor, come here." Gu Zhen hurriedly beckoned, asked the nurse to carry the person to him, touched his head, and asked softly, "But do you miss the queen mother?" ”

“…… Think. Although Gong Xiangbing is a few months older than the King of Chu, he is actually not good at speaking now, and after thinking for a while, he answered in a low voice.

Gu Zhen looked distressed, she knew what this child was doing like this, and she was hurt by Chunjia's deliberate snub just now, so she came to seek the comfort of the queen mother.

But she is not Yun Fenghuan, who can influence Chunjia's attitude.

Rashly mentioned it, Chun Jia, who didn't make it, was bored, and he simply didn't even get close to the king of Chu.

So at the moment, I can only pretend that I don't know anything, hugging Gong Xiangbing to divert the topic, simply the child is forgetful, and after a while, Gong Xiangbing forgot about Chunjia's differential treatment, and went out to play with the pompom given by the palace maid.

"You go out and watch, don't call the emperor to make any more mistakes." Gu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and instructed the first two elders in the attendants, "Beat the people who serve them too, and don't chew the root of your tongue indiscriminately if you shouldn't say it!" ”

When the two attendants went out, a waiter came forward to remind: "Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Third Prince is still young now, we can still be perfunctory." But after two years, the heirs are all older, if His Majesty is not close to the three princes, I am afraid that the three princes will be more and more disappointed. ”

It's just that the three princes are disappointed, I'm afraid that the three princes will have a grudge against Chun Jia when the time comes, or they will be jealous of the king of Shangchu or the heir who will succeed Gu Zhen in the future.

In that case, it would be very embarrassing to be in Gu Zhen's position.

"......" Gu Zhen was silent for a while, and said, "That's a few years later, let's talk about it then." Now the children are still young, and they can be carefree for a while, and let them be carefree for a while. ”

"Niangniang is benevolent, which is the blessing of the three princes." The waiter didn't say anything more, because he knew that Gu Zhen was also very embarrassed.

Gu Zhen settled down and continued to discuss the matter of feasting with them.

Originally, the palace banquets had conventional locations, for example, the state banquet was in Wenyao Palace, and the homely ones were more casual, all of which were on several small islands in the Taiye Pool.

The most frequently used is Xiaoyingzhou.

Because the island is relatively large, and the terrain is flat and wide, it is convenient for feasting.

"However, after all, the Duchess of Ye Guo did not have it in Xiaoyingzhou, although His Majesty gave the Ji family a mourning honor, this is not an auspicious thing." The waiters thought, "Besides, now that the Empress Dowager is still there, Niangniang told Your Majesty again, and she also wants to find a candidate for Her Royal Highness Princess Minghui for this banquet." It's inevitable that there is something wrong with such a small Yingzhou. ”

Of the five small fairy mountains in the Taiye Pool, Xiao Penglai was the first to be eliminated, not other problems, but because Xiao Penglai was too small to hold a large-scale banquet.

is to let the harem masters in the past be afraid that they will be crowded with a few more attendants, let alone entertain outsiders.

After deducting Xiao Yingzhou, then there are only small square pots, Xiao Daiyu and Xiao Yuanqiao left.

Among them, the small square pot is not under Xiaoyingzhou, but the terrain is rugged, and the scenery is mainly "strange", "dangerous", "strange" and "secluded", except for the main hall in the southeast corner, there is no flat place.

The main hall has a limited number of people, and if there is a table here, I am afraid that many guests and hosts will not be able to see each other from beginning to end.

Xiao Daiyu and Xiao Yuanqiao discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the venue, between Xiao Yingzhou and Xiao Penglai.

Gu Zhen was a little undecided, she didn't know whether to choose Xiao Daiyu or Xiao Yuanqiao, and her attendants also said this, some said that.

The master and servant can't decide, so they can only let the concubines join in the discussion.

Gu Zhen then ordered someone to summon the concubine Shufei Defei to the Chongchang Hall to discuss, but the concubine said: "Why not choose a small square pot?" ”

"I'm afraid that the small square pot can't sit on that many people?" Gu Zhen frowned and reminded.

Yun Fenghuang smiled: "The main hall can let a few of us and the Holy Driver, the Queen Mother, the two Queen Mothers and some important ministers sit down, and the others will sit outside." What does it matter if you can't see the people in the temple of the Lord like this? Originally, this was not a serious state banquet, but it was just to make some excitement and make the two queen mothers relaxed. It's too restrictive, what's the point? Before, Niangniang also heard from the Queen Mother that she stayed in the Spring Palace all day long, isn't it very boring? So, this little Dai Yu Xiaoqiao, the concubine heard that the scenery is just like that, where is the ingenuity of the steep and strange small square pot? ”

"It's just because it's steep, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Gu Zhen said, "The palace has just summoned the palace people to ask, and the soft sedan chair is not easy to go up in many places on this island, so you can only go by yourself, and the two queen mothers and the queen mother are also old." ”

"There's no soft sedan car, haven't you held it left and right?" Yun Fenghuan disagreed, "Moreover, the two queen mothers may not want to climb up and down in person, they just want to feel the atmosphere that is very different from that in their palace." Niangniang, you say, the five islands in the Taiye Pond are more suitable than the small square pot? ”

Gu Zhen groaned, she didn't tell Yun Fenghuan that she planned to take this opportunity to find a horse for the eldest princess of Minghui, and she didn't know that Minghui's concubine Chunjia had decided early on, so she thought that if she considered this important purpose, then the small square pot was indeed very suitable, because there were many places to hide, which was very suitable for children to flatter and say something private in private.

…… Although with Minghui's current appearance, those young talents may not be able to look at her talent, but it doesn't matter, Minghui just likes others.

Thinking about it like this, the queen nodded: "The palace turned back and asked the two queens for instructions, if the two queens did not object, then it would be a small square pot." ”

After saying that, the third concubine saw that the queen had nothing to do, so she dispersed.

The next day, the concubines went to Yanfu Palace to ask the queen for peace, and the queen was going to go to the two palaces to inquire about the banquet venue, and the previous dynasty passed the news, saying that the people below had offered auspicious luck: a white deer.