Chapter 307

"Niangniang, the official said that he was coming to greet you, and the royal driver had already entered the courtyard......" The Queen Mother, who was admiring a spring flower branch that people picked back, suddenly heard a rush of footsteps and the sound of reporting.

"The official family is coming here at this time?" The Queen Mother Xiang glanced up at the sky, and stood up after being slightly stunned.

After a short time, Zhao Xu, a young man in a bright yellow dragon robe, appeared outside the palace gate, and saw the Queen Mother standing on the steps and looking at him with a smile, Zhao Xu hurriedly took two quick steps, and then stepped forward and saluted. "The son has seen the queen mother."

"The official family doesn't have to be polite, the mourning family hasn't seen the official family for almost ten days, well, it seems to be a little higher." Empress Dowager Xiang reached out to support Zhao Xu with a calm face, and said with a smile after looking at it a few times.

"Queen Mother, Erchen has been a little busy these days, and it is really ......a sin not to come over every day to say goodbye to the Queen Mother," Zhao Xu explained with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

"Okay, the mourning family just said casually, since you are the son of the Great Song Dynasty, of course you must put state affairs first......"

While talking, he stepped into the hall, looking at the big copper stove in front of the bed in the hall, Zhao Xu couldn't help but show a smile on his face. "The queen mother, how used to this stove?"

Pulling Zhao Xu to sit in front of the copper stove, Xiang Xiang nodded very happily and replied. "Well, speaking of which, this thing is really a hundred times stronger than that carbon basin, it doesn't smoke people's eyes at all, and there will be no dust, and the mourning family has no ...... in this throat disease all winter."

"That's good, I guess the queen mother doesn't know yet, this thing was made by a blacksmith under the guidance of Mr. Wushan's strange man."

The Empress Dowager's expression moved slightly, and she said with a smile. "Mr. Wushan, could it be that Wang Wushan, who presented the Yuanyou printing technique to Your Majesty at His Majesty's Qianqiu birthday banquet the day before yesterday? This Mr. Wushan, my mother is also known for his name......"

The Empress Dowager Xiang was chatting with Zhao Xu, but she kept speculating in her heart about the purpose of Zhao Xu's visit, after all, although she was the queen mother, she was not the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, and the important thing was that she was on the side of the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao whether it was her political tendency or position.

After Zhao Xu, the son of heaven, came to him, except for a few words of greetings, there were almost no extra words, which was like today, and he was talking about it.

After the two chatted without saying a word for a long time, the Queen Mother Xiang saw the figure of the eunuch leaning out of the door, and knew that the arrangements were already in place, so she smiled and pointed out the house. "Official, the sun is warm today, I don't know if the official family would like to go out for a walk with me, an old woman."

"This is the honor of the son, the queen mother, please ......" Zhao Xu laughed and got up to ask.

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As the wife of Emperor Shenzong, Emperor Xiang is also the second-highest status woman in the Great Song Dynasty Palace in addition to the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao.

Therefore, the courtyard where she lives is naturally not small, walking side by side with Zhao Xu while talking, it doesn't take much effort, and the two suddenly heard the sound of a young woman reading into their ears.

seemed to notice the expression on Zhao Xu's face, and explained to the Queen Mother with a smile. "Presumably, the official family also knows that many of our officials have been transferred to various places, because of the remote location and the hardships and hardships, so most of the dependents of the Er's family stay in Beijing ......."

"And I have accepted the children of those eunuchs into it, so that their parents can rest assured that their children will study......"

My son is studying in Guozijian Zhuxue, but there are still a lot of daughters, what should I do? Since the time of Taizong of the Song Dynasty, the queen began to place a women's school in the palace and let the daughters of those official eunuchs enroll.

Not only teach them to read and write, but also to teach calligraphy and painting, of course, female red, embroidery and so on. Moreover, through long-term observation, we can understand the temperament of the daughters of these eunuch families, and choose their beloved ones for the Son of Heaven to choose.

“…… The mourning family here is naturally not as good as the queen mother's mother, but there are also a few people who are quite clever and intelligent, dignified and graceful, I wonder if the official family is interested in going to see it? Speaking of this, Xiang Xiang's footsteps continued to move forward.

And Zhao Xu naturally nodded, and walked towards that side with the footsteps of the Queen Mother in front of him. After a short time, I came to the outside of a room, and through the bamboo curtain, I could see that there were at least seven or eight young women from the official family who were reading under the guidance of a female official, and it was the "Women's Training" that was reading.

"But the official wants to go in and have a look?" Seeing that Zhao Xu seemed to be quite interested, the Queen Mother Xiang couldn't help but feel happy, but on the surface, she didn't reveal anything, but her voice became more and more kind.

"Then, there is a queen of Lao's mother......" After Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed slightly, he showed a very moved expression and nodded and replied.

There were nine young girls between eleven and fifteen years of age in the room, four of whom were fourteen and a half years old or more than fourteen.

Every woman looks beautiful and dignified, but when she heard that the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother were coming, they couldn't help but be a little excited, but after a short commotion, they quickly suppressed the excitement in their hearts, and saluted the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven who walked into the room.

And the Queen Mother Xiang introduced the family history and age of these girls to Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu did not have the slightest displeasure on his face, and bowed his head slightly while listening.

And his eyes fell more on the two girls, one was the Wang girl in the picture of Zhao Ji, and the other fourteen and a half-year-old Xu girl not only had better skin than snow, bright eyes and bright teeth, but also an extremely sweet voice.

The Empress Dowager Xiang saw that Zhao Xu's gaze had been wandering between the Wang family and the Xu family's daughter, and her heart couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and she was secretly proud.

Although the Empress Dowager has more resources, who would have thought that the Son of Heaven would actually pick two belovers on his side.

Zhao Xu soon left the room with the Empress Dowager Xiang, and after a small commotion in the room, the girls finally regained their tranquility and continued to study under the guidance of the female official.

And the Queen Mother, who led the Son of Heaven back to the main hall again, asked the Queen Mother directly. "The official family is now older, it's time to get married, I don't know what the official family thinks of those girls, if you have a favorite, you might as well talk to the mourning family......"

"Thank you to the queen mother, that Xu daughter, Erchen thinks it's good......" Zhao Xu couldn't help but be happy, and directly said his goal.

"This is naturally no problem, but just now, I see that the official family seems to be paying attention to another person, that is the daughter of the Wang family, but I don't know ...... you of the official family" After nodding to the Queen Mother, he said with a little doubt.

Zhao Xu explained with a smile. "Queen Mother, Eleven Lang is just more than a year younger than me, and now, he is almost an adult, but unfortunately his father died early, and now, only the elder brother of Erchen ......"

"Erchen looked at the Wang girl's thirteen years old, but she looked dignified and responded quite decently, the important thing is that Erchen felt that this girl seemed to be a good match for Na Shilang......"

"The queen mother must also know that her son and Nashilang have a deep brotherly relationship, and now, I, who is my brother, have a crush, how can I not think about my brother? I also ask the queen mother to agree. In the end, Zhao Xu stood up and saluted the Queen Mother.