Chapter 293: The Queen Mother Arrives

Chapter 293: The Queen Mother Arrives

From Chang'an to Luoyang, you can first take the waterway to Huayin, and then take the land route to Tongxin'an, until Luoyang, with a total length of several hundred miles. In the past, on the way to the fortunate, it was inevitable to walk around the place, but this time the military queen barely stopped a single step on the road, except for the carriage moving a little slower and the boat driving a little more steadily, the rest of the posture was like a rapid march.

Although Empress Wu brought more than a dozen palace people from Hanliang Hall with her, there was only one Ah Luo on the carriage. At this time, seeing that Empress Wu's face was pale, but she was still holding the swaddling clothes tightly in her hands, she thought for a moment and then stepped forward to persuade: "Niangniang, this is just the end of confinement, will you have a good rest in Xin'an tomorrow and enter Luoyang City with enough spirits?" Our trip is fast enough. ”

In the face of such persuasion, Empress Wu didn't say anything. Seeing that the lines at the corners of her mouth were still stiff and unchanged, Ah Luo suddenly died, and at the same time muttered in her heart-this mother and son are both temperaments that can't be recovered by eight horses if they want to do something, but if Li Xian is here, she can probably persuade successfully with a clever tongue, she can't expect it!

Empress Wu looked down at her sleeping daughter in swaddling clothes, with a hint of tenderness on her face. The women of the harem all want a son, and no one wants to work hard to conceive and give birth to a daughter in October, but only her, in her heart, is extremely eager to have a daughter, a smart and clever daughter. After so many years, she finally achieved this wish, and God still favored her after all.

The carriage stopped suddenly, and soon someone came and opened the curtain, but it was the nurse who stood down in fear. Ah Luo saw that Empress Wu was looking at the child there, squirmed her lips and was about to speak, but Empress Wu hugged the child over, and then ordered: "Let her stay with the nurse for the rest of the way, no need to send it over!" ”

When the carriage started again, Arlo breathed a sigh of relief. When the first head of the martial arts gave birth to Li Dan, although she used to be very fond of her, she was not like this little princess, and she was still worried that something was wrong. She was suspicious in her heart, but suddenly a voice came from her ear.

"Have you read the letter that Ah Qian brought back last time?"

At first glance, I hear that. Ah Luo only felt that his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and it took all his strength to calm down. However, this feeling of surprise and fear made her stutter when she spoke, and the words were out of order, so she simply took a deep breath, and then she barely slipped out a little.

"The slave didn't know what Ah Qian said in the letter, so I opened it and read it, and the slave ......"

"I didn't complain to you, why are you so flustered!" Empress Wu saw that fine beads of sweat had appeared on the tip of Ah Luo's nose. couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "You're good at everything, but you're too cautious." Look at Ah Qian, taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, she actually hooked up with Xian'er, where is it like you, there has been no movement for many years. I heard that Xian'er asked you several times, but you actually refused? ”

This is all boudoir gossip when he was with Li Xian on weekdays, Ah Luo never expected that it would be revealed by Empress Wu at this time, and his already pounding heart trembled violently twice. She really couldn't be sure whether Empress Wu's words were purely a joke or meant something. Although she was allocated to Li Xian very early, she naturally had a thorough understanding of the methods of the martial arts.

"Hong'er has Minghui by his side, so I didn't have to worry about it. It's just that the girl is too frivolous and not as steady as you, so I'm always not at ease, and I also have the idea of keeping Ah Qian for Hong'er on his day, who knows if Xian'er is more likable. ”

Empress Wu didn't seem to see Ah Luo's face. He smiled slightly. The smile hung on the pale face, but there was a bit of sunshine and warmth, diluting the slightly stiff atmosphere in the carriage, as if an ordinary mother was praising her capable son, and there was nothing else.

"It's good to be steady, but you still have to do it when it's time to make a move. Xian'er is my son, I know him very well, if I wasn't really emotional, I might not have taken the last step, if those two sisters hadn't been the incense I sent. I'm afraid he may not want it yet. Among the four sons, he seems to be the most open-minded and laid-back. In fact, the most stubborn and capricious, don't delay yourself! ”

After saying this, Empress Wu moved her body and leaned comfortably on the soft cushion, the softness on her face gradually retracted, and her voice also revealed a little coldness: "If you want to talk about the kung fu of doing things, Xian'er is indeed not bad, although Ah Qian has been with me for a long time, but those well-organized news must be Xian'er's helpers." I didn't expect it, but after a few months of leaving His Majesty, some people couldn't help it. ”

Ah Luo knew that Empress Wu mentioned that this was referring to Xu Yanran's matter, and her heart couldn't help but burst, and she wanted to open her mouth but felt that it was wrong, so she simply kept silent. And before she could use her brain to think about the problem from the perspective of Wu Houdi, the next sentence almost made her hit her head on the carriage.

"Everyone says how Xian'er loves beauty so romantically, and I don't think he's as good as his brother and brother! Hong'er, the prince, has favored at least a dozen palace people, and even those selected by Xian'er's side have also achieved good things, but Xian'er is picky, and he hasn't touched a few except Helan. Isn't that Xu Yanran a talented girl, if you take it

son, but it's also a good match. ”

Is there a mother who arranges her son like this?

If it is said that Empress Wu initially sighed that Ah Luo still had some knots in her heart, and she didn't dare to see it as an encouragement to herself, then now she completely understands - no wonder people say that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and now even this queen of the world has spoken with a bit of Li Xian's signature scoundrel style.

Empress Wu is naturally just talking, she has always been extremely gentle in front of Li Zhi, she is always gracious and powerful in front of the palace attendants, and only when facing a few close henchmen and Li Xian, she is an ordinary woman. The supreme queen, the unparalleled honor in the world, but, in the case of all the clans in the world, her surname is destined to have little back-up, and can only rely on the emperor's favor to maintain everything, how can others experience the feeling of walking a tightrope?

How easy is it to see an emperor like Li Zhi who likes to look around?

She wanted to sigh deeply, but it was Arlo in front of her, not her eccentric son, so she had to force it. On the next road, she has been reading letters in a fiefdom, except for those of Li Xian and A Qian, they are all written by some low-grade officials in the court, and the only real important minister is Xu Jingzong. And what Xu Jingzong wrote in his letter was something she absolutely didn't want to see.

"This cunning old fox!"

Although he has a deep understanding of Xu Jingzong's personality, when he saw such a letter, Empress Wu still had an urge to scold. Li Yifu has been demoted, and at present, the only person she can rely on is Xu Jingzong, a person who can speak, and at this juncture, the old guy actually said that he was not in good health and wanted to close the history of the country! At the end of the letter, he added something as if he was worried that others would not know that he had two granddaughters.

Sneeze –

Xu Jingzong, who was admiring chrysanthemums, wine, and beauties at home, sneezed coldly, and after taking out a handkerchief and wiping it vigorously, his old face suddenly showed a trace of doubt. I have to say that the older a person gets, the more intuitive he is, for example, this sneeze, someone is definitely saying bad things about him behind his back, but who is that?

Finally, two days later, Xu Jingzong knew the reason for the cold on his vest. As the candidate appointed by Li Zhi, he and Li Xian and Li Xian stood at Dingding Gate to welcome the arrival of the Tang Dynasty. And when Empress Wu got off the carriage, even if he had already taken the lead in bowing down, he could feel the blazing gaze that fell on his back.

Although he was a prince, out of respect for the old ministers, Li Xian was half a step behind Xu Jingzong, and behind him was his younger brother Li Xian, the king of Zhou. In his position, he could clearly see Xu Jingzong's back trembling twice, which couldn't help but make him feel a little strange, and he sneaked a glance out of the corner of his eye, but wasn't his mother staring at Xu Jingzong?

The car is a golden root car, and the horse is a western domain horse without a trace of variegation, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a white horse fragrant car. However, none of this is comparable to the grace and elegance of the martial queen. Outside the long skirt of the Luo gauze floor, there is a long coat of the same length as the dark blue skirt, and the same dark blue silk is set between the walls, but it does not look dull from a distance, but has a sense of grace.

There were not too many courtiers who came to greet him - according to Li Zhi's request, he didn't come by himself, and he should have been greeted by all the officials who accompanied Luoyang, but when Empress Wu insisted on being frugal, only the two princes Xu Jingzong and Li Xian and Li Xian were left to come, plus two or three puppies and kittens. And the biggest advantage of this is that there are many fewer scruples when Empress Wu mentions his life.

After Li Xian was reprimanded, he was looking forward to his mother painting a gourd to her brother like this, but she saw that Empress Wu said a few words to Li Xian without pain and then turned to Xu Jingzong, and was immediately very angry. I think he asked Li Xian to take care of him at the beginning, but it turned out to be good, after this brother arrived in Luoyang, he was busier than before, and he didn't see anyone all day. If it goes on like this, Lu Zhaolin, who has already been deceived by him, will be detained! Other than that......

Of course, Li Xian didn't know what kind of crooked idea Li Xian was playing over there, and at this moment, his whole mind was on the eye contact between his mother and Xu Jingzong. In broad daylight, of course, what the two of them could say was those few high-sounding words, nothing more than the queen's hard work and hard work and other unnutritious deeds, but the eyes were really rich and tight, and there was a bit of a fighting posture in a few back and forth, which made him shout wonderfully.

As if to avoid the sharp gaze of the Empress Wu, Xu Jingzong suddenly turned sideways, let Li Xian step forward, and immediately said with a smile: "The good queen learned that His Royal Highness King Pei made a big splash not long ago, and he actually hunted two tigers, and now the entire Luoyang City is singing His Royal Highness's brave name!" ”

Xu Jingzong, you remember it for me!

Although this matter will have to be explained to his mother sooner or later, but being brought out by Xu Jingzong at this time, Li Xian still felt a burst of resentment in his heart, and glared at the old fox fiercely, and immediately changed to a bright smile.

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