Chapter 34 Queen Mother, Your Hand Is Too Long
"This matter," Cixi said in a deep voice, "there is some truth in what you said, well, then...... Let's put it aside for a while and think about it in the long run. β
Guan Zhuofan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Empress Dowager Xie...... Compassionate. β
Cixi smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of the word 'compassion', I am sympathetic to you, and you should also be more sympathetic to the two princesses." β
"Uh, yes."
Sister, what tricks are you going to play?
"I mean, Liniuer and Dunniuer, you want a bowl of water."
"This ...... How dare the minister make a statement? Well, the minister is saying, the original intention of the minister is naturally ...... Equal treatment. β
After a pause, he added: "However, the minister is very careless, I am afraid that there is something inappropriate, and I ask the Queen Mother to admonish me." β
"If you do things loosely, no one will be fine."
"Empress Dowager Xie's Award ......"
"Don't be beautiful," Cixi interrupted Guan Zhuofan's words, with a sarcastic smile on her face, "This is not a compliment to you. β
"This, minister...... Panic. β
When the skin was on a blind date, when there was a lot of affection, Guan Zhuofan's heart finally faintly rose: This sister, are you finished? What exactly are you trying to say?
"Let me ask you, how many days have you been with Liniuer this month? How many more days did you stay at Dunniu'er? β
"Back to the Queen Mother, it's six days each......"
"I'm not talking about the 'agenda' -- what about the outside of the six days? Well, on the 'schedule', the two princesses have a total of 12 days, I mean, what about those 12 days? You don't spend your days in the north street of Chaone, do you? β
Guan Zhuofan immediately understood what Cixi meant.
"Twelve days". It is Guan Zhuofan's "minimum consumption" at the two princesses. In other words. Husband and wife are in the same house, and this number of days cannot be less. Outside of the "twelve days", it is Guan Zhuofan's "free time", and in the remaining eighteen days, Guan Zhuofan does not always stay in Prince Xuan's Mansion on the North Street of Chaonei, if he wants to go to which wife, he can naturally do it and do not quarrel. No wife will refuse her husband to come to the door without a cold war - of course, she must say hello in advance.
This month, outside of the "twelve days", Guan Zhuofan stayed in Princess Rong'an's mansion for more days than in Princess Dunrou's mansion.
Okay, it turns out that I was in and out of the back alley and the small Suzhou alley, and you were staring at it well.
Well, inside the curtain. Me and my two wives are something, do you also send someone to keep an eye on it?
That hesitation turned into a faint rage.
On the surface. Naturally, there was no unpleasantness. Guan Zhuofan raised his head slightly, making a serious reminiscence, and at the same time, he bent his fingers one by one.
"Ouch," he snorted softly, feigning surprise, "this month, at Dunrou's, it's really ...... Uh, less than Rong'an's...... Few days. β
His pretentiousness was extremely natural, and Cixi did not worry about him, and said: "I'll just say it! It's not good for you to do that! This kind of look, can it be called 'a bowl of water is flat'? Can it be called 'equal treatment'? Can it be called 'no distinction'? Dun Niu'er, this kid has always been generous, but the people below her may not all be convinced, right? 'Home and everything is prosperous', you do this for a long time, but it's not ...... Causing trouble for yourself? β
"Well, the Queen Mother's lesson is extremely good, and the minister is ashamed!"
Guan Zhuofan pretended to be "frightened" and nodded again and again.
After a pause, he said with a bitter face: "However, this month, the situation is more special, uh, this ......"
"Exceptional circumstances? What is it so special? β
"When the minister went to Dunrou, he happened to catch up with ...... Well, Tunrou's body is not cool. She said, these days, you should go to Sister Li's, so I'm just, uh, I'll ......."
It should be noted here that in order to show that the status of the two parties is completely equal, Princess Rong'an and Princess Dunrou do not talk about their years, but call each other "sister", which is a unique arrangement - no way, who called this marriage, itself is unique.
"Really?" Cixi was amused and angry, "You are a person! Alas, I don't know what to say about you! Although it is said that the newlywed Yan'er, as for ......**, it will be like this! β
"How dare the minister deceive the Queen Mother? The next time Dunrou entered the palace to ask for peace, the Queen Mother asked, and she knew...... Well, you're right. β
"Who cares about you...... False? Cixi said angrily, "Dun Niu'er's child is tender-faced, how can I ask her in person?" β
After a pause, he said, "You are a person! Dun Niu'er, isn't there still Xiaoxi! β
"The minister thinks, Dunrou's body is not happy, and the minister will pass Xiaoxi's house, this, Dunrou's face, must not look good......"
"You go to find Liniuer, Dunniuer's face is beautiful?"
"What the Queen Mother taught her was that her ministers were ashamed and thoughtless."
Cixi raised her fingers, poked Guan Zhuofan's chest hard, gritted her teeth and said, "You ...... Stuff, that's a nuisance! If not, huh, look at it...... It's still a little useful, just cut it out! It's a hundred! β
After speaking, he laughed out loud.
Guan Zhuofan was full of excitement: Damn, sister, are you so joking?
"Don't blame me for being too lenient," Cixi's voice became soft, "and this is for your own good!" Not to mention anything else, you become a parent, and Dunniuer marries you, and the sixth child will have to withdraw from the military aircraft department sooner or later. If Tun Niu is here with you...... Unsatisfactory, can he rest assured? If you're not sure, can you let go? β
Guan Zhuofan's heart moved, this statement made some sense.
Just thinking about how to reply, "Gurr", there was another soft sound in my stomach.
Cixi "fluttered" again, laughed, and said, "Okay, okay, hurry up and pass the meal!" Otherwise, after saying such a big article on an empty stomach, our Lord Xuan is really going to faint from hunger! β
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Coming out of the Summer Palace, send the Queen Mother back to the palace first.
Luan drove into the Forbidden City, and the palace gate was immediately unlocked.
TΓΊrin asked: Lord, where are we going back next?
Guan Zhuofan smiled to himself: It's all like this, where else can I go? Naturally...... Well, wicker alley.
Yes?
TΓΊrin thought that the prince was slippery, and he was wrong.
Guan Zhuofan repeated it again.
That's right, it's Wicker Alley.
Guan Zhuofan advised: Don't follow the roots of the imperial city, go around in a small circle.
Tu Lin was stunned for a moment, and then understood: the wicker alley is in the south of the city, if you follow the normal path, turn right out of the imperial city of Dong'an Gate and go south, you will pass through the alley behind the Li Fan Yuan, which will become the Rong'an princess's mansion without entering. Therefore, you have to go around in a circle and bypass the alley behind the Li Fan Yuan.
The car started.
Why do you want to go back to Wicker Alley today?
As mentioned earlier, the Bai family and the Ming family still live in Wicker Hutong, and it will take a few more days before they can clean up and move into the new palace in the north street of Chaonei.
Guan Zhuofan went back to Wicker Hutong, not to make the two sisters-in-law "tired", today during the day, the Queen Mother is enough for him to be "tired".
His thoughts were very confused, and he wanted to hear Bai's opinion on some things.
When he was in trouble, the first person he wanted to discuss with was the Bai family.
Alas.
Well, what's the trouble?
Cixi began to interfere in her own "family affairs" - and even reached out to her own private affairs.
If you think about it, this is not too unexpected.
However, this momentum is very, very, very bad.
*(To be continued......)