Chapter 32: The Child, Waiting for the Imperial Mother
From the second day of Steward Zhang's arrival in Lingcheng, there were many strange faces in the city one after another, looking at all kinds of dresses, some selling vegetables, some selling small and odd things, some doing rough work and carrying rice and grinding noodles, some walking the streets and alleys to tell people fortunes and diseases, and even those who juggled on the streets. There are so many people suddenly appearing in the streets and alleys, which makes the mausoleum, which is not closed at night, a little more vigilance.
"Mom, you said that there are so many people in this city all of a sudden, is something going to happen?" After dinner, Quan Ye and Xu's mother drank tea and chatted in the house.
"Who knows, it seems that Xue Bowen must know what's going on, but if he doesn't say it, it's hard to say." Mother Xu took a sip of tea, lowered her voice and continued, "Looking at this situation, it may still be for the girl last time." ”
"Didn't that girl say that she would find it in Caifeng Tower and cut off her head with a knife?" Quan Ye looked at the door nervously, and his voice was lowered.
"Who knows, I see, eighty percent of them did not believe it, so they sent someone to visit the mausoleum again."
"Mom, I'm so clumsy, how do you always see it?" Quan Ye accompanied Xiao to help Xu's mother add tea.
"You weren't there when they came last time, you don't know, there are two people among the people who came this time, they are familiar faces who came last time, and they obviously led the way." Mother Xu smiled. A small flattery from Master Quan, Xu's mother was very useful.
"Or you have a bright heart, and if you change others, you will definitely not be able to find these two familiar faces who have changed their outfits." Seeing that Xu's mother was happy, Quan Ye flattered him a few more words.
"It's your sweet mouth, it's almost, let's go, let's go on a night patrol together, I'll also be active." Mother Xu stood up and straightened her clothes.
"Yes, please." Quan Ye led Xu's mother to the backyard with a joke.
"How's the Queen?" Even if Mu Jianyu no longer likes the queen, but because of his wife, and even more so because of the second prince Mu Lingxi, who had just passed away, Mu Jianyu still came to the queen's palace to visit the comatose queen.
"Wechen can cure the disease, but he can't cure the heart. The queen is worried about the second prince day and night exhausted and burned down, saintly, forgive the ministers for being disrespectful, and the queen's time is running out. The Imperial Physician shook his head. The pulse just now has shown that the queen's heart is weak, like a string that has been stretched for a long time, and it may collapse at the slightest movement.
"Heal well." Mu Jianyu got up and left.
Although Mu Lingyu was not sad at this time, he was also very troubled, although Mu Lingxi led the troops to repel the Qimu clan, but he lost a prince, and the queen was also dying. Mu Jianyu turned to the Imperial Garden, he wanted to walk around and relax.
"Come again!" A familiar voice came from not far away, attracting Mu Jianyu's footsteps, and he walked towards the sound. Next to a gazebo, Mu Jianyu saw Mu Lingyu with tears on his face brandishing a long sword, competing with General Tiger.
"What are you doing?" Mu Jianyu came out from behind the tree, put his hands behind his back, and looked at his son covered in dust.
"Father!" Mu Lingyu wiped away the tears on his cheeks.
"Holy." General Tiger closed his momentum and hugged his fists, "The five princes said that the country cannot be without generals for a day, he must practice martial arts, avenge His Royal Highness King Xiang in the future, and step on the lacquer family for the saint." ”
"Who taught you this?" Mu Jianyu took Mu Lingyu's hand and found that there were one or two abrasions on it, and the blood was profuse.
"Father, the second brother has always been kind to his sons, and often teaches his sons, this time the second brother was killed by the Qimu family, and he will avenge the second brother in the future, so as to relieve the pain of losing my brother in my heart!" Mu Lingyu clenched his teeth, exuding bursts of killing intent all over his body.
"Good! He is worthy of being the son of me and Concubine Yun! Have a backbone! Mu Jianyu couldn't help but wet his eyes.
"Father, the son has something to ask for." Mu Lingyu seemed to suddenly remember something.
"You say."
"I also hope that my father will not tell Concubine Rou about this, Concubine Rou will treat me like my own child, if he goes on an expedition in the future, the son is afraid that Concubine Rou will worry about her and hurt her body." Mu Lingyu knelt at Mu Jianyu's feet, his face full of sincerity.
"Good boy!" After saying this, Mu Jianyu was moved, and at this time, his mind was full of the tragic situation when Mu Lingxi died and the appearance of the queen's life hanging by a thread now.
"Begonia." I came to Xiyuan with the sisters early in the morning, and as soon as I entered the door, I was stopped by Boss Gu.
"Master." Begonias are blessed.
"I heard Yuchen say that you have made a lot of progress in learning recently, you can sing a few words and I'll listen to it." Boss Gu waved his hand and asked Yuluan to take the other girls to the backyard to practice, and he took Qiu Tang into the front hall.
"The master is in love, so the little girl will sing a few words of Sifan." Qiu Tang Wanfu Road.
Seeing Boss Gu sitting in the Taishi chair, closing his eyes slightly, and gently kneading the walnuts, Qiu Tang stabilized his mind and said: The little nun is twenty-eight years old, and her hair was cut off by the master in her youth. Every day in the Buddha hall......
"Whoosh!" Qiu Tang was singing, only to see an unknown object quickly flying towards his door, Qiu Tang copied his hand, "Bang!" With a sound, he caught it steadily, the words in his mouth were not broken, and his breath was not chaotic.
"Good!" Boss Gu stroked his hands and praised.
"Qiu Tang is offended, please atone for your sins." Boss Gu's voice interrupted Qiu Tang's thoughts, and Qiu Tang realized that he had made an inappropriate subconscious action just now, and hurriedly knelt on the ground.
"There's nothing wrong with it, Qiu Tang, get up and speak." Boss Gu smiled slightly.
"Master." Qiu Tang got up, spread out his palm, and a walnut appeared in the palm of his hand.
"Qiu Tang, even if some things are not clear, people with a heart will always notice the clues. You are good at learning from Yuchen, what he teaches, you will learn. We won't hurt you. Boss Gu looked at Qiu Tang who was trying to hide his panic, and his heart was full of pity.
Boss Gu took Qiu Tang's hand, came to the pond, and summoned Yuchen.
"Master." Yuchen gave a deep salute.
"Teach some lighter ones besides whips." After Boss Gu finished speaking, he turned around and left.
"Concubine Rou Niangniang receives the holy order!" Before noon, You Dexing, who was beside Mu Jianyu, came to Zhangrou Palace with the holy decree in his hand.
"Da Yu Holy Order," with You Dexing's voice, Zhang Rou knelt on the ground with the palace, "Concubine Rou, clean and self-cultivated, Yonghe is pure, and the courtesy is not exceeded, and she will be given the title of Xian and the concubine." ”
"Concubine thanks!" Zhang Rou knelt down and bowed nine times to receive the holy order, and now she is a real person in the harem, "Gonggong You, please drink tea inside." ”
"No, the miscellaneous family still has to go back to serve the saint, the virtuous concubine Niangniang, the miscellaneous family retired first."
After sending You Dexing away, Zhang Rou ordered people to close the palace door, collect the holy order, and ordered everyone to go to the palace to guard, leaving only the personal maid Qingyu.
"It's good, why did you get promoted and given a title, you say...... There's nothing going to happen here, right? Zhang Rou rubbed a white jade Ruyi, her brows furrowed.
"Maybe is the queen's mother, is it okay, the saint belongs to you?" Qingyu is a maid brought by Zhang Rou from home, and she grew up together when she was young, and often gave Zhang Rou ideas to solve her worries.
"Shh Zhang Rou glanced at the door nervously, "Don't talk nonsense." That's it, it's sealed, no matter how you say that the palace also gave birth to a prince for the saint, it shouldn't be a bad thing. Zhang Rou agreed with Qing Yu's words, but she couldn't say it. Inside and outside the palace wall, it is not possible to ensure that there are ears on the wall.
"Mother Xu, it's early." Early in the morning, Shen Linfang, the shopkeeper of Mingyuexuan Teahouse, came to Linglong Pavilion.
"Hey, it's the shopkeeper Shen, a rare guest, please come in." Mother Xu falsely invited Shen Linfang to sit down, "Boss Shen has something to do with me?" ”
"Mother Xu, I heard that a few days ago, Lord Xue had a banquet in the mansion, and it was your Qiutang girl who sang during the banquet?" Shen Linfang took a sip of tea and thought for a while before speaking. Shen Linfang is a businessman, a man who does business cleanly and lives with his wife in a down-to-earth manner, suddenly came to the Linglong Pavilion where the air smelled of rouge, and Shen Linfang was a little at a loss.
"Yes, then Japan invited Miss Yuzhu from the Qin Pavilion, but unfortunately Yuzhu was unwell, so I changed my family Begonia. What does Shopkeeper Shen mean??" Mother Xu didn't quite understand Shen Linfang's words.
"Mother Xu, Miss Qiutang's singing voice made Lord Xue full of praise, and it also spread in this market, saying that Miss Qiutang sang a sentence, Dongyue was willing to wear thin clothes, and Qiutang sang another play, and the gold, silver and jewelry were taken." Shen Linfang stubbornly learned what he heard in the teahouse to Xu's mother, which made Xu's mother lean forward and lean back.
"Mother Xu, what I said is true, if you don't believe it, go to my teahouse and listen to it yourself." Seeing Mother Xu laughing, Shen Linfang was a little flustered, he almost forgot what he was here for.
"I know, I know." Mother Xu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "I have heard some of these words, but they are just the love of the villagers for that child." Mother Xu gradually stopped laughing, looked at Shen Lin Fang with an embarrassed face, and said, "Shopkeeper Shen didn't come today just to make me happy, right?" ”
"Hey! Mother Xu, let me tell you, the shopkeeper of our family is stupid. At the sound of the voice, a woman walked in with a slightly plump waist.
"Mother Xu, don't be surprised, this is my insider, Mi's." Shen Linfang got up and introduced to Mother Xu.
"It turned out to be Mrs. Shen, please take a seat. Pearls, on tea. Mother Xu got up and invited the woman to sit down, "I have long heard that the shopkeeper Shen has a beautiful lady who is as beautiful as a flower and has a clever tongue, and now I can be regarded as seeing it, more beautiful than the legend!" ”
"Mother Xu, you don't know, our shopkeeper is a stuffy gourd who bows his head and does things, and this teahouse is a business that ushers in the delivery, and he can't do it, so I have to do it." Mrs. Shen took a sip of tea, "This tea has a different taste." ”
"Mrs. Shen has won the award, this is just the tea made by the girls themselves, and it can't be elegant. Shopkeeper Shen is not good at words and just does accounts, you greet the front, isn't it just right! Xu's mother smiled.
"This is good, but Mother Xu, you know, this woman has a day of old age and decay, even if she takes good care of it, it can only end up with a charm, which is not as good as the love of the girls. I just wanted to come to you and ask a girl to help me. After Mrs. Shen finished speaking, she looked at Mother Xu with a smile.