Chapter 175: Wild Grass and Idle Flowers
Qu Qing opened his umbrella and put it on Zhu Qiming's head. Zhou Xiaodie's voice sounded in his ears: "It's windy here, I hope Your Highness takes care of your body!" ”
Anger accumulates in his heart, and he has reached the critical point of a big explosion, so he wants to sweep his eyes to this unexpected flower butterfly and stage a rage.
However, living in the Forbidden City, how can he have the capital to indulge his emotions? You can ignore yourself, but you can't ignore the Lu family, in front of the incomparably prominent power of the Heavenly Family, the father and daughter of the Lu family are just two ants!
Anyway, Zhou seems to have interceded for Lu Xiyu, as for whether this plea is sincere or taking the opportunity to fan the flames, these can be ignored, why should he be angry with an uninvited guest because he can't help the initiator?
Zhu Qiming stood up slowly, and saw the queen mother coming out of the main hall, and was instructing Mama Cui: "The sky has turned cold, and the mourning family ordered someone to make a few shirts for King Yue, you put them away." Now that the weather is warm and cold, and capricious, you must be careful not to wait for King Yue to keep him from getting cold. ”
"Yes."
"King Yue is drenched in the rain, you hurry up and let him bathe and change clothes."
"The slave understands."
The Queen Mother walked up to Zhu Qiming and looked at him for a while, "Don't complain about the ruthlessness of the mourning family, the mourning family is for your own good, think about it yourself." Die'er, you go back to Xianxi Palace with the mourning family first. ”
"Yes."
A group of palace maids and chamberlains surrounded the queen mother, holding umbrellas and supporting her, hugging her down the corridor and stepping into the faint smoke screen outside the eaves.
Before leaving, Zhou Xiaodie stared at Zhu Qiming with starry eyes for a moment, with pity in his eyes, which made Zhu Qiming extremely uncomfortable, and he secretly gritted his teeth.
But seeing the figure flickering, Zhou Xiaodie walked a few steps and chased after the queen mother.
Blankly watched a bunch of people out of the courtyard, until he turned into the palace road covered by trees, Zhu Qiming suddenly turned around and ran into the side hall, and suddenly, in the elegant music, a piercing roar sounded.
"Get out! Get out! ”
Everyone was stunned, but when they heard the sound of "quack", there seemed to be a broken string, and then the figure swayed, and the female music in the hall escaped in a blink of an eye.
I don't know how long he stayed in the side hall, but he felt that time had frozen, until he suddenly felt the cold wind blowing on his face, and he faintly heard Mama Cui calling on the side.
"Your Highness, the water is hot, please move and go to bathe and change clothes."
Follow Mama Cui one foot deep and one shallow foot all the way to the bathroom. Mama Cui closed the curtain and left him alone in front of the steaming tub.
It's cold, and the whole person is cold from the inside out! So, he untied his half-wet clothes and stepped into the barrel and threw himself into the warm liquid, the warmth flowing into his body, and his mind slowly awoke from his numbness.
Thinking that I am still uncomfortable so far, I am afraid that Sister Xiyu has already been in pain! He suddenly felt pantothenic acid in his nose.
Mama Cui's whisper came through the curtain, "Your Highness has to endure it, once you make trouble by temperament, Miss Lu's situation may be even worse!" Alas, it's all to blame that the middle palace of the Forbidden City has been vacant for too long, the Zhou family in the capital and the Qian family in Haizhou are competing in secret, and the people behind the scenes are not idle. ”
After a brief sound, the sound of Sisuo's footsteps was followed by the sound of the wardrobe opening and closing, and Cui Mama's figure seemed to be approaching the curtain again.
"His Royal Highness is about to become an adult, and the candidate for Princess Yue is not so easy to finalize, the slave can see that the Queen Mother wants the second Miss Zhou family to become the Princess of Yue, at this time, Miss Lu has naturally become a heart problem in Xianxi Palace. The title of the companion reading should not be underestimated, not to mention that Miss Lu is the companion selected by the Empress Dowager for Her Royal Highness, in case the Empress Dowager speaks in person, it is not impossible for Miss Lu to be canonized as the Princess of Yue, after all, she is the young lady of the official eunuch family, knowledgeable and courteous, beautiful as a flower, and in line with His Royal Highness's temperament. It's a pity, the slave guessed that the Empress Dowager would probably not come forward for Her Royal Highness's selection of concubines, Her Royal Highness still has a long way to go, and the Empress Dowager can't manage it that far. ”
Choosing a concubine? Zhu Qiming suddenly realized that his marriage was getting closer, and he had been put on the agenda!
Those hazy thoughts in the past, today, after Mama Cui said it, the hidden feelings came out. Pondering and asking yourself, it seems that you already have a place in your heart!
Sadly, everything for the prince has to be arranged by others, everything is not autonomous, if there is unwillingness, want to fight, I am afraid it will set off a monstrous storm!
Zhu Qiming took a bath, wiped his body, took a clean shirt and pants from the case and put them on himself, "Please go to Lu's house and say······ That's right, Mama is right, the most important thing at the moment is patience! ”
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The sunset was obliquely shining, Zhu Qiming went out of the study, came to the corridor and looked around by the railing, only to see that the courtyard was full of broken flowers and leaves.
In the past few days, he has always locked himself in his study, concentrating on studying the ancient war rules and historical books, and no longer deliberately avoiding people's eyes and ears. Anyway, there are no outsiders here, there is only one master, three servants and four people left in the courtyard, trapped in the courtyard all day long, never stepping out of the courtyard half a step, whether it is reading and practicing martial arts, playing and having fun, all the movement is locked in the deep courtyard.
Perhaps he, the name of the prince who played and played, had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the eyes and ears of the inner court in the previous dynasty, including the important ministers of the inner court like Wang Zhen himself, were no longer half interested in the other courts; Or maybe the emperor was so anxious about the major affairs of the court and politics that he had no time to care about his cousin's movements, so the female music seemed to have forgotten their mission after being ousted, and since then they have disappeared from the other courtyard. And the owner of Xianxi Palace and Zhou Xiaodie were quite interesting, and knew that the unhappiness that had just happened needed time to fade away, so they deliberately put the owner of the other courtyard aside, and only remembered to send someone to deliver meals three times a day.
Yin'er and Qu Qing were young and couldn't bear the loneliness, so they stayed in the deathly silent courtyard all day long, and they had a lot of boring time counting fallen leaves and listening to birdsong. At this moment, they were standing behind Zhu Qiming, their half-open eyes and drowsy.
A light footstep floated from far away from outside the courtyard gate, Yin'er suddenly froze, her eyes immediately released brilliance, and she said happily: "Someone is coming!" ”
Qu Qing on the side said with a smile: "Hey, I'm really here to the other courtyard!" It seems to be the happy father-in-law of the royal prison. ”
As soon as he saw Xining's calm demeanor, Zhu Qiming's heart immediately felt a strange feeling, and after groaning, he saw Xining go to the corridor.
"See His Royal Highness King Yue."
Zhu Qiming bowed his head and stared at Xining's slightly drooping eyes, trying to identify what kind of meaning was hidden in them, but after looking at it for a long time, he found nothing.
"The emperor has been busy with court affairs recently, and he has not been idle, and today the emperor suddenly remembered that the frost is coming, and His Royal Highness's crown robe and regular clothes should be replaced with new ones, and His Royal Highness also needs to add shirts, so the emperor ordered the sprinkler family to come and see."
For some reason, Zhu Qiming suddenly remembered the Queen Mother, and he seemed to have hatred for her in his heart, but at this moment, when he thought of the shirt she sent in person, he couldn't hate it, which made him very uncomfortable, and the uncomfortable taste was repeatedly entangled, and finally turned into a mockery of Xining.
"Yes, the emperor is busy with court affairs, and he has to worry about trivial matters such as dressing and eating for a group of people in the Forbidden City, and the inner chamberlain is really loyal!"
Xining smiled indifferently, there was no embarrassment on her face, "It's difficult to be a person in the Sprinkle family, who taught the royal prison to bring the word 'royal' in front of it." Your Royal Highness, the Sprinkle family sewed shirts and regular clothes first, and they can be delivered tomorrow, and I am afraid that it will take a few days for the crown robe to be made. ”
Fake the power of heaven and secretly suppress the king? What a big breath! "The Queen Mother has sent someone to send a shirt, so you don't have to bother with the royal ······ Zhu Qiming deliberately accentuated his tone when he said the word "royal", and added a sentence at the end: "If it weren't for the prince's crown robe and regular clothes that must be uniformly made by the royal supervisor, the king's application would not have to bother the royal ······ It's over! ”
"Look at what His Highness said!" Xining still had a calm face, glanced at Yin'er and Quqing, and then slowly shook her head, "How can such trivial matters always alarm the emperor and the queen mother?" It's a pity that the palace maids in the other courtyard are old and small, even if they sew ordinary plain clothes, they are afraid that it is not easy, so for His Royal Highness, the royal prison is still somewhat useful. ”
Yin'er and Qu Qing seemed to realize something, and their happiness was immediately swept away, and they approached Zhu Qiming and surrounded him, looking straight at Xining, with a slight hostility in their eyes.
Wait a minute! Do you mean that the imperial eunuch always alarms the emperor and the queen mother, or is it an allusion to the king? Didn't this king go to the rivers and lakes back then, and he was naked? If this king lives in Yuefu······ Alas, that's it, don't you live in Yuefu now? How can you afford to say anything hard!
The taste of looking up to people was very uncomfortable, Zhu Qiming tried his best to suppress his emotions, and couldn't help but have a strong interest in the popular and purple prince of heaven in front of him.
Xining's style is extremely unusual!
Suddenly, a female voice came from the gate of the courtyard: "The slave Yanluo asks to see His Royal Highness King Yue." ”
Smoked dill? Zhu Qiming was taken aback and said hurriedly: "Come in." ”
Yanluo came in with a few clothes in her hand, walked through the corridor, and came to the corridor, looked at Zhu Qiming with some emotion, and knelt down to make a big salute, "See His Royal Highness King Yue, His Royal Highness Jin'an!" The slave maid was ordered to enter the Qingning Palace to serve the Empress Dowager, and specially made several shirts for Her Royal Highness. ”
Yanluo is out of the sea of suffering? In this way, it was wise to pull the banner of the Empress Dowager at the beginning? Zhu Qiming was relieved, stretched out his hand and said, "Hurry up, please get up, don't be polite." ”
Qu Qing stepped forward to take the clothes, Yanluo got up, glanced at Xining, was slightly stunned, but did not give courtesy, there was a slight coldness in his eyes, and when he turned to look at Zhu Qiming, Yanluo's face showed a gentle expression.
"If there is anything missing here in the other courtyard, Your Highness might as well tell the slave maid, and the slave and maid are willing to listen to His Highness's dispatch."
Zhu Qiming squinted at Xining and said with a smile: "No need, it is important for you to wait for the Empress Dowager, there is a royal supervisor to take care of it, and everything in the other courtyard is available." ”
Yanluo glanced at Xining coldly again, hesitated for a moment, and seemed to say goodbye. "His Royal Highness King Yue, the remote places in the palace are not very clean, please ask Your Highness to move around less. The autumn is cool and the dew is heavy, I hope His Royal Highness will cherish it, and the slave and maid will leave. ”
Looking at Yanluo's distant figure, Zhu Qiming's mind was full of her strange reaction when she saw Xining at first sight, as well as her inexplicable words, and she forgot to say a word to save for a while.
At this time, Mama Cui appeared from the main hall, holding a duster in her hand and wiping the wooden door vigorously, and said coldly: "Autumn is halfway over, so someone came to ask His Highness's clothes, hum, what do you do with so many idlers in the palace?" Just add a few more palace maids, and the use of each palace doesn't have to trouble people who shouldn't be troublesome! ”
Xi Ning was slightly shocked when he heard this, the calm attitude on his face could no longer be held, and a trace of embarrassment passed through his eyes.
A female voice sounded at the gate of the courtyard again: "The slave maid Juan'er asks to see His Royal Highness King Yue." ”