Chapter 13: Mother and Son

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Cui Da quietly returned to Tokyo in a tightly guarded ox cart. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The Cui family has a very luxurious four-entry house in Tokyo, Cui Da's cousin Cui Fuli has been taking care of it here, when the ox cart passed by the Cui family's house but did not stop, the ordinary ox cart drove through the tall lintel of the Cui family, along the winding path to a very inconspicuous Li Fang of Shuntianmen, which is where Tokyo merchants store their goods.

The ox cart drove into a small courtyard, and then closed the gate, and when Cui Da, who wore a curtain on his head, entered the house, the old man who drove the cart brought in a pot of tea, and then retreated.

The terrain of Lifang is very high, and the small courtyard where Cui Da lives is precisely the highest courtyard, and you can see the Jinming Pond outside the city when you sit on your low couch.

The circumference of Jinming Pond is nine miles and thirty steps, the shape of the pond is square, there are walls all around, there are many doors, the northwest corner is the water inlet, outside the back door of the north of the pool, that is, the water gate of the west of the Bianhe River.

The south gate is the Lingxing Gate, the south is opposite to the Baojin Building of Qionglin Garden, and the color building in the door is confronted. In its gate, from the south bank to the center of the pool, there is a huge arch bridge, the fairy bridge, which is hundreds of steps long and has a wide bridge deck. The bridge has three arches "vermilion lacquer fence shield, lower row of goose pillars", the central uplift, such as the flying rainbow shape, called "camel rainbow".

In the early years, this was the location where His Majesty Taizong inspected the navy, and now, there is no trace of the navy here, but countless painting boats can be seen floating on it.

Every year during the May Festival, everyone in the Qinglou will come to Jinmingchi to play swings, the swings here are arranged on the boat, the higher the swing, the more popular it is, and it also leads to the spread of the word debauchery.

The prostitutes in these young buildings are no longer satisfied, but simply debauchery. Instead, they chose a more thrilling action, when the swing flew to the highest point, those prostitutes in tulle clothes would jump into the golden pool from high in the air like a mermaid......

Every year, prostitutes are thrown to their deaths, but the swinging activities every year are becoming more and more thrilling, during last year's May Festival. He Wuniang, the prostitute of Huichun Building, cooperated with Chun Jiu Niang, the prostitute of Baihua Pavilion, and when the two swings reached the highest point, Chun Jiu Niang actually hooked the swing with only her legs, and dragged He Wu Niang from her swing with a free hand, and the scene was said to be extremely thrilling.

In the end, the two of them actually fell off the swing together, and the colorful clothes were fluttering beautifully. After a performance, the value of these two women rose sharply, and I don't know where the high-rollers came from, they actually included these two beauties in the room that night, envying others!

There is a fairy bridge in the Jinming Bridge. The bridge deck is three rainbows, the vermilion lacquer is not in the hall, the lower row of wild goose pillars, the central Longxing, there are five halls connected to the Baojin floor at the bridgehead, it is located in the middle of the water, the heavy hall is jade, the male building is the pavilion. Exotic flowers and stones, rare birds and monsters, dock docks, warships, dragon boats. Everything is complete.

Every year in March, Jinmingchi is full of spring, peach like brocade, willow green like smoke, pink butterflies among the flowers, and yellow orioles on the trees. The residents of the capital poured out of the city and went to Jinmingchi for an outing. Even though it was already twilight at this moment, Cui Da could still see the people in the upper reaches of Jinming Pond.

Lotus roots are also planted all over the pond. Every rainy night, people love to come here to listen to the sound of rain hitting lotus leaves. After the rain, everything is fresh, and there is a new atmosphere, so it is called "Jinchi Night Rain".

At the end of the bridge, there is a group of halls, called the Five Palaces, which are the living quarters of the emperor during his amusement. On the north shore of the five halls, there is a "Ao House", also known as Long Ao, which is the place where the big dragon boat is parked.

Near the east bank in the north of the fairy bridge, there is a waterfront hall facing north, which is the place where the ministers are feasted. It is open from the first day of March to the eighth day of April every year, allowing the public to enter the tour.

Along the coast, "weeping poplars are dipped in water, tobacco paves embankments", and the east bank is temporarily built with colorful sheds, and the people watch the water play here. The environment on the west bank is quiet, and most tourists are fishing on the shore.

Cui Da couldn't be more familiar with this place, nine miles and thirty steps around Jin Ming Pond, he had walked countless times on foot, and now he could walk back and forth on Jin Ming Pond even if he closed his eyes.

The Cui family has their own unique thatched hut on the east side of Jinmingchi, although it can only stay there for two months, but it is still beautiful.

Cui Da does not plan to go to Jin Myeongchi this year, and if it is possible, he will never come to Kim Myeongchi again in the future, he only hopes that Kim Myeongchi is his last nightmare.

After five years of hard work in Xijing, Liaoguo, he did not hesitate to destroy his body for this, and he did not get a word of affirmation from Yun Zheng, whether it was the mind of the concubine or his own plea, Yun Zheng had no intention of responding, he was already determined to leave the Great Song Dynasty.

If Yun Zheng has help, the success rate of his plan and that of Concubine Shu will increase by at least thirty percent, reaching a perfect ninety percent grasp of the opportunity, and now, although it is only sixty percent, Cui Da still wants to fight, and Concubine Shu Niangniang thinks that the more the emperor reaches the last moment, the more dangerous it is.

Before Mayday, it is likely to be the last time......

Cui Da really wanted to meet Concubine Shu at the moment, and this thought had never been so strong as it was now.

Concubine Shu is still boiling porridge, even if the emperor can't eat food at all, she is still unwilling to give up, the emperor can only drink a little potion now, if it is not supported by a large number of precious tonics, he will not be able to support it until now.

"Queen Mother, my father can't eat anymore, why do you continue to boil porridge?"

Lan Lan looked at her eldest son and smiled: "Get used to it." ”

Zhao Xu smiled and held the porridge jar, and opened his mouth to eat the white fungus lotus seed soup in the porridge jar, but was slapped off by Lan Lan, and with a bang, the porridge jar was broken, and Zhao Xu couldn't help but be stunned.

Lan Lan said angrily: "Why are you so unruly, this is porridge for your father, how can you eat it?" ”

Zhao Xu said a little aggrieved: "Why can't my father's porridge and children eat it?" I want to eat, after speaking, I picked up the remnants of the porridge at the bottom of the jar from the ground, and rushed out of the door, Lan Lan chased after him, and Zhao Xu disappeared after turning two or three rockeries.

Lan Lan stomped her feet on the ground in hatred, and had to return to her residence.

Zhao Xu's face was extremely ugly, his whole body exuded infinite anger, and the palace people and eunuchs he met along the way all bowed their heads and knelt on the ground, and only after the violent Royal Highness the Crown Prince left, they would get up and leave quickly.

After returning to the East Palace, the half jar of residual porridge he was holding in his arms was already cold, and he carefully placed it on the table, his face was hideous for a while, and he was frightened for a while......

When he was the only one left in the hall, Zhao Xu was very patient to feed Da Bai the porridge in the jar, and when Da Bai was full, he ordered someone to pull his favorite hound over and continue to let these hounds eat up the rest of the porridge little by little......

This night, Zhao Xu didn't sleep, took a cat and a dog, and quietly stayed in the East Palace and didn't go anywhere.

At dawn, the tanuki was white, and the hound was still alive and well, and the frost on Zhao Xu's face seemed to have faded most of it.

"Come on, recruit the veterinarian in the palace to come over. Both the big white and the hound are a little unwell! Zhao Xu looked at the lively cats and dogs, and said uncertainly.

The veterinarian came, carefully examined the tanuki and the hound, and then knelt on the ground and reported: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the tanuki and the hound are fine, the tanuki is just a little uncomfortable because of castration, as for the hound, except for a little subcutaneous bugs, it is not a big problem."

As long as you give the tanuki more meat, it will be fine, and as for the hunting dog, Weichen will dispense medicine to kill the insects under the skin. ”

Zhao Xu let out a long breath, and after rewarding the veterinarian, he hurriedly washed up, and planned to go to his mother to make amends.

Lan Lan sat kneeling under the porch, and there was a small stove on the porch, and on the stove sat a clay pot, and a sweet smell came from it.

Concubine Shu, who was fanning the flames, saw her son coming, smiled slightly, pointed to the jar on the stove and said, "You like to eat lotus seed porridge, I boiled a lot today, you can eat as much as you like." ”

Zhao Xu said ashamedly: "Mother forgives sin, it's the child's fault, today I came to ask for sin, no matter how the mother punishes, the child has no complaints." ”

In the empty dormitory, only the mother and son were present at the moment, Lan Lan sighed and said: "I saw that you were going to eat your father's porridge yesterday, I just didn't want to pass your father's illness on you, how could it cause you to react so much, do you think that the mother concubine will poison your father?" ”

Zhao Xu's face was flushed, and he put his head on the ground and said, "Son, panic!" ”

Lan Lan helped Zhao Xu up, looked into her son's eyes and said, "There's nothing to be afraid of, the environment you are in is not right."

If our mother and son are just in an ordinary family, you are so unreasonably suspicious of your mother, even if you are beaten to death.

Alas! Who told us to be in the palace, no matter how careful we are here, we have to be suspicious like this at a young age, no wonder it is difficult for you! ”

Lan Lan spoke, while filling two bowls of white fungus lotus seed soup from the clay pot, one bowl was handed to Zhao Xu, and the other bowl was held by himself and eaten slowly.

This time, Zhao Xu ate extremely sweet, and without much effort, the mother and son ate the slowly jar of porridge cleanly......

The bell and drum of the bell and drum tower rang three times, Zhao Xu said goodbye to his mother, and prepared to go to the Daqing Hall to listen to the Taifu and the queen to deal with the government affairs, although he did not have the power to deal with state affairs, but he already had the power to listen to the government.

Seeing his son's figure disappear behind the wall, the smile on Lan Lan's face disappeared, and he said to himself: "It's okay, I'm afraid Xu Er is not the only one who is suspicious, it's good to show everyone well, and there will always be inexplicable loss of crockpots here." ”

Lan Lan walked into the deep palace with her hands behind her back, she decided to prepare well, in April, she should also go to Jinmingchi to take a walk, enjoy the beautiful scenery there, the palace is too deserted. (To be continued)

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