Xiao Azhi has a poor background

The Emperor of Cifu Palace is stunning

Half an hour later, the feast continued.

The sixth wine is called River Qinghai Yan. A soothing rhythm is played by the sheng. After the wine, the left and right teams will play an exhibition match. Immediately the goal was erected in front of the hall, and the band played music to send the two teams in. There are 16 players on the left and right teams, and the captains are Zhang Jun and Li Zheng. The ball is made of rattan weaving, and the ball building sport was called Keju at that time. Due to time constraints, the rules have been changed, starting from the head of the ball, serving in turn, and attacking the opponent's goal. When the time comes, the team with the most goals wins. The emperor of the winning team rewarded him on the spot, gave silver bowls and silk, and the players knelt down and bowed, and the mountain shouted long live thanksgiving.

The seventh wine is said to be full of flowers. At the end of the wine and the host's speech, dozens of girls flocked to the stage, aged about twelve or thirteen, all of whom were young and gorgeous. Some wear flower crowns, some comb fairy buns, and some wrap curly flower feet; The costumes are bright and bright, the flowers are splendid, all of them are curling and graceful. Among them, four people are holding silver wrapped canes, with flowers on their heads, and wearing red and yellow wide-sleeved shirts, all of which are famous characters of Hangzhou Music Fang. The four people are called the head of the staff, and they are surrounded by four fairies who comb fairy girls and hold flowers in their hands. Under the guidance of the host, the four cane heads went to the front of the palace to give a eulogy to the emperor, and then the band played the "Lotus Picking Song", and the cane heads and the girls sang and danced. After the head of the cane left the stage, the girls sang another song.

The eighth wine is said to be congratulated from all directions. The male and female voices duet "Step on the Lyrics".

The ninth wine is said to be longevity without borders. Sumo wrestling. There are two teams of three wrestlers in each team, and the male wrestlers are topless and wrapped in a strip of cloth with only strips of cloth around their lower bodies, and they beat each other and push each other to the ground.

In the process, the emperor rewarded his ministers, princes, foreign envoys, and performers, most of which were various flowers.

The next day, the emperor's dictation came out of the palace: the prince born to the Yang family was named Zhao Yuan, named Qiao Guogong, and the wife of Changle County, Yang, was named Jieyu.

A few days later, news came from Cifu Palace that the Empress Dowager Wu was ill. The emperor took the queen Han and Jieyu Yang to visit the grandmother in the north.

The Empress Dowager, who is already eighty-three years old, is described as haggard and gray. After the salute, the emperor and the concubine hurriedly greeted the grandmother, and their anxiety and worry were overflowing.

The imperial physician in the palace reported to the emperor the empress dowager's condition. A few days ago, the Empress Dowager was in a good mood, accompanied by the palace maid, went to the back garden to watch the red leaves, and did not want to be infected with the wind and cold, so she ate a few pairs of recipes and was not good. At present, the main symptoms are wheezing, cough, inability to eat and drink, and weakness in the limbs.

The emperor strictly ordered the Imperial Medical Bureau: select a famous doctor, prescribe the right medicine, and try every means to cure the Empress Dowager's illness at any cost.

After speaking, he came to the queen mother's couch again, and saw Queen Han supporting the queen mother, and Yang Jieyu feeding medicine with a spoon, which was very gratifying.

After a while, after drinking the medicine, the Empress Dowager had some spirits, and the emperor supported the Empress Dowager and said affectionately: "Grandma, you have to take medicine well, eat more, get better early, the Great Song Dynasty can't do without you, and I can't do without you for my great-grandson." "After that, the circles under my eyes are red, and my nose is pantothenic.

The Empress Dowager looked at the emperor kindly, held his hand, and whispered: "Good official, good grandson, grandma knows your heart, don't worry, grandma will get better." Grandma still wants to hug Ah Zhisheng's little great-great-grandson. ”

Ah Zhi is the nickname given to Yang Jieyu by the Empress Dowager. Back then, when she entered the palace, she was only twelve years old, and she only knew her surname Yang, and the troupe called her a drama girl, and the queen mother felt that it was too vulgar, and she saw a bird on the branch calling happily, so she took this name.

It's been here for more than an hour, and the emperor is still reluctant to leave, so Yang Jieyu thought of a way:

The court is busy with political affairs, the official family has to go to the court every day, deal with national affairs, and also approve the folds, the queen's mother, there are many chores in the harem, and they can't do without it, the official family and the mother will go back, I will stay here with the grandmother, and the old man will be served well.

Queen Han thinks: My sister's child is too young, too grandma here, I will take care of it.

Yang Jieyu's reason is more sufficient: Yuan'er is taken care of by her grandmother and wet nurse, and it's nothing. Grandma here, I'm familiar.

When the Empress Dowager saw them arguing, she decided:

You are all filial children, and Grandma Tai is very happy. Just according to Ah Zhi. Xiao Yuan'er is there, the queen takes care of it more, and Ah Zhi is here to talk to me. After two days, whether my illness is better or not, Ah Zhi will go back, Xiao Yuan'er is more important than anything else.

After the emperor and queen left, Yang Jieyu washed the queen mother again, trimmed her nails, and saw the old man's tired face, so she said to her:

"Grandma, you're tired, get a good night's sleep, I'll ask the kitchen to boil you some millet and red date porridge."

The Empress Dowager slept happily. Seeing the old man's increasingly thin face, she couldn't help but feel sad. Empress Wu, who has been prominent for many years, is really old now, and her days are numbered.

For her Yang Azhi, the old queen mother is the most important noble person in her life.

Speaking of which, she, Yang Azhi, is also a hard-working person. For as long as she can remember, she has never met her biological parents, she has no idea who they are, where they are, and what other relatives are in the family. There is only one adoptive mother, who is an entertainer who sings opera. Her surname is Zhang, and she is known as Zhang Sangu.

When she was about six or seven years old, she learned opera singing from Zhang Sangu and slowly learned some words. Zhang Sangu's singing skills are good, the words are round, melodious and pleasant, and she is very famous in the music fang. At that time, Gaozong abdicated and became the emperor, specializing in the north, building a music workshop, Zhang Sangu and other famous actors, often going to singing, and the queen mother and the people in the palace knew their mother and daughter.

Later, Zhang Sangu married a rich man as a concubine, although she didn't have to run around and didn't have to worry about life, she was not as free as before, she couldn't sing, and she was also controlled by the eldest wife, and she used her adopted daughter as a maid. Within two years, he fell ill and died. When he was dying, he entrusted his adopted daughter to his sisters who were singing.

Many times, relatives and friends don't feel good together, and once they are separated, or when they are gone, they feel precious, but some are too late. Zhang Sangu is sometimes fierce to her, she can't learn well, she does something wrong, she scolds when she opens her mouth, and even stretches out her hand to slap her twice. After Zhang Sangu died, she felt that she was a real orphan, and when she was a teenager, she sang alone to survive, and she felt the sadness and helplessness of life prematurely. No matter when and where, good or bad, freezing and starving, headache and brain fever, no one cares, just like a lost bird in the sky, dead or alive, left to fend for itself, and has nothing to do with everything.

The change of fate came from the kindness of this old man.

Empress Dowager Wu asked the music fang to send someone to sing the song, and after listening to several of them, she was not satisfied. asked the teaching envoy: "Didn't there be a Zhang Sangu before, who looked good and had a bright voice, why didn't you ask her to sing?" ”

The envoy hurriedly reported: Zhang Sangu is dead, and the other sisters are no longer singing.

It's dead, it's no wonder it's pitiful, the Queen Mother asked again, then there is no apprentice or anything?

The teaching envoy knew that Zhang Sangu had an adopted daughter who was good-looking and sang well. According to the will of the Queen Mother, she sent someone to inquire, and a few days later, she brought the trick girl. The Queen Mother saw that this little girl looked like Zhou Zheng and was happy, and listened to her sing a paragraph, some of the taste of the year, very happy, and learned that she was an orphan, so she left her in Chonghua Palace.