Chapter 21: Miss Chong's face is saintly
Chongyuan Yi was originally hopeless about this marriage, and before leaving, her uncle Chongsui and the protector Qiu Xi explained to her in every possible way that it was not as simple as being a concubine for the Son of Heaven. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Chongsui once said a passage:
"Since the beginning of my Chongjia army, there are no less than dozens of brothers who have died, your father died on the battlefield, I still think of blaming myself every time, and now I have exchanged the lives of my clansmen for this Qingzhou foothold, but how many pairs of eyes are eyeing each other, and the situation is complicated. You must do a good job of the things that your uncle handed over to you, and monitor the Empress of Heaven for Qingzhou. ”
Chong Yuanyi hated this passage very much, first, she heard that her father fought with her uncle Chongsui back then, and the war was unfavorable. It was his father who changed the war horse for Chongsui, and gave his life to replace his brother who was a general. Over the years, Chongsui led the troops outside, powerful, how could he remember that there was such a niece as her, wolf smoke everywhere, Chongsui at first married her to a henchman general, but unexpectedly married a year ago, this person died in battle. Since then, Chongsui has not asked her questions. So that the army was transferred, but no one informed her, and she finally fell into the red dust, and suffered all the hardships, until the attack on Jiaodong, the troops were insufficient, and Chongsui sent his general Guangbao to meet Chong Yuanyi when he caught the strong man locally, and he was out of the sea of suffering.
Now, Chongsui wants someone to spy on the Son of Heaven in the palace, so he thinks of using his beauty, Chong Yuanyi is reluctant, and has hatred in her heart, but the fate of a lonely and weak woman can only be in the hands of others. entered the palace alone, and heard that Queen Liu Huizhen was a powerful character, and the Son of Heaven also wanted to give her three points. If you don't rely on Chongsui, how can you settle down in the deep palace?
What is surprising is that the wedding is approaching, and after the court discussion, he was put aside by Chongsui and others. This unsympathetic uncle led the troops back to Qingzhou by himself, and he didn't even say hello. For a few days, Chong Yuanyi felt uneasy, and went to Qiu Ci's residence to inquire, but the reply she got was: "Lord Qiu is busy with the reform of the imperial court and the addition of hundreds of officials, and he can't see Miss right now."
Chong Yuanyi has experienced hardships for a long time, and has long experienced the warmth and coldness of people's hearts. It is expected that there must be a change in the court, and his uncle Chongsui must not be able to use himself now, and it is useless to marry the Son of Heaven. has already planned, if Qiu Xi returns to Qingzhou with him, he will go back with him. If you don't bring it and leave quietly, then you don't want to bend your eyebrows and bend your waist to slap your uncle, so you spend the rest of the year in Chu County with the fairly generous dowry given by Chongsui. She found a few villagers who fled to the desert in the northern suburbs of Chu County, bought an open land by herself, and gave money to these villagers, so that they could open up the wasteland for herself and arrange a back road for herself.
On that day, I was returning to my residence from the northern suburbs, and I was inexplicably happy in my heart, thinking that even if I didn't go back to Qingzhou and didn't become an imperial concubine, at least I had a piece of farmland and hired a few tenants, and my future life might not be worse than returning to Qingzhou. He sent his maids to go, and then exchanged the gold and jade dowry for some silver taels and then let people build a residence, and the porter reported:
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
Liu Huizhen was different from what Chong Yuanyi expected, she slowly walked in from the gatehouse, looked at Chong Yuanyi's residence, two or three maids supported her, her gait was soft, and when she got closer, she saw the curved willow eyebrows and a pair of autumn moon eyes. I couldn't help but tremble: "It's really a fairy going down to the mortal world, and hibiscus comes out of the blue water"
Liu Huizhen was very polite to her, and after looking at her, she said:
"Between you and my sisters, you don't have to kneel down to greet this set of rituals in the future, how old are you and me, I will call you Sister Chong, I have heard that Sister Chong is beautiful, I can see it today, and it really deserves its name"
"This can't be helped, the national ceremony does not dare to be slow, the queen deigns to come here, I am already panicked, the queen is like a goddess descending to earth, where can I compare"
From Liu Huizhen's mouth, Chong Yuanyi learned that the wedding would continue as usual. And the protector Qiu Ci really returned to Qingzhou without fighting, it can be seen that his chess piece has been abandoned by Chongsui, and he thinks that it is okay, he can easily enter the palace to be a woman, and he no longer has to worry about Qingzhou. Liu Huizhen said this time, now is the year of war and chaos, even Chu County is often in turmoil, living outside the palace is afraid of insecurity, in order to protect everything, I can only break the old etiquette, take myself to live in the palace, and by the way, I want to meet the Son of Heaven.
Where did Chong Yuanyi dare to disobey, she immediately sent someone to pack up her things and enter the palace to face the saint. The Son of Heaven was also taken aback by Chong Yuanyi, he was taken into the palace, first listening to the announcement at the outer gate, and then listening to the Son of Heaven saying to the queen inside:
"Why are you like this, you don't say hello when you come to see me, you better let me know in advance, I'm so ready to prepare."
"Yo, Your Majesty, don't you have to dress up? When the concubine first saw her in the palace, Her Majesty didn't even wash her face, this time she knew that Sister Chong was beautiful, but she had to dress up carefully? ”
But the Son of Heaven said,
"I am a cattle herder, don't say that washing my face, even if I return to my mother's womb for reconstruction, it is difficult to enter the eyes of the queen's mother."
Hearing this, I feel that the Son of Heaven and the Queen have a very tacit understanding, but it's not that people don't look at each other when they say it. But from the hippie jokes spoken by the Son of Heaven, Chong Yuanyi also expected that the Son of Heaven was indeed a stubborn and faint layman as rumored in the streets.
When they met, Chong Yuanyi was taken aback again, she was not yet a shy woman, but the Son of Heaven was as beautiful as everyone else, and her face turned red when she just looked at the two of her, wrinkled and shrunk as if she was deliberately hiding behind the queen. Chong Yuanyi saw that the Son of Heaven looked immature, but she was not like the man who was talking through the door. kowtowed to say hello himself, and Liu Penzi only said shyly, "You don't have to be like this, be flat."
Liu Huizhen smiled and said: "Why does the Son of Heaven always stand behind his concubines, isn't he shy, you think every day if people don't come, but you are embarrassed to see you when you come."
Liu Penzi stood up helplessly, and said angrily to Liu Huizhen: "Where are the words! Since the restructuring, I have worked more hard than before, how can I have the leisure to look forward to women every day" Then he felt that his words were reckless, and he bowed to Chong Yuanyi like a small person in the market, and said:
"Miss Chong, don't take it to heart, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about her!" After that, he also tapped Liu Huizhen with his hand, and Liu Huizhen couldn't see it.
Later, the queen personally took Chong Yuanyi to the residence, although the palace was newly built, it was still much more spacious than the Qingzhou General's Mansion. Chong Yuanyi saw several rockeries all the way, each with its own style, strange forests and flowers, competing for beauty, sometimes the lake water is clear, and the tired birds fly back.
Empress Liu Huizhen mysteriously took out a bottle of pills from her arms, put it on the table, stroked Chong Yuanyi's shoulder and said:
"This is a gift I specially prepared for Chongniangniang, it is more valuable than gold, my sister has taken it"
This stroke made Chong Yuanyi's spine cold, and when she heard that it was more expensive than gold, she hurriedly asked:
"Queen, what is this so valuable?"
"This is flower curdle powder, there is a strange fragrance in the lower body, the nose of the Son of Heaven is spiritual, he likes this taste"
Chong Yuanyi immediately thought, could it be that the Son of Heaven avoided just now because he had just returned from the northern suburbs and had a peculiar smell? She was in the General's Mansion before, and saw Chongsui's concubines competing to take some pills, and she could delicate her skin and her face would last forever if she took it. Seeing this bottle of pills today, although the effects are different, it must also be from the hands of Danshi.
hurriedly saluted and thanked the queen, asked the maid to accept it, and reminded herself to take it every day.
After a few days, the queen visited every time, and she often visited back, the two of them got along and talked about some trivial life, rouge clothing, Chongyuanyi just thought, her uncle Chongsui had already ignored her, she was alone, in this deep palace, she had to take care of Liu Huizhen, and the queen was gentle and considerate to herself, but she was better than a sister.
The wedding day was approaching, and Chong Yuanyi got a jar of wine from Fang Niangniang that day, thinking that she had been favored by the queen in recent days, and she had no chance to repay it, so she sent someone to invite Liu Huizhen to drink and chat, but she didn't want to cause trouble.