Fortunately, Zhu Xu did not relent.

Coincidentally, at dinner the next day, the queen also brought the ten princes to visit him, on the grounds that the ten princes missed their father.

That night, Queen Wang also took the Ten Princes to stay in the other garden for one night, and left the next morning.

I don't know if the two have agreed, in short, after this day, the queen and the imperial concubine seem to have made an appointment, and they will come to Xiyuan every three or five days.

Queen Wang brought the ten princes by herself, and the imperial concubine either sent her son or ordered Concubine Yu's mother and son to come over because the pimples on her face had not healed.

It's okay once, twice, three times, after a long time, Zhu Xu is also tired, when the government and politics are over, he will go to other islands to go around, sometimes he simply stays there for dinner, if he learns that there are people here in the other garden, he will simply stay there for one night and come back.

Zeng Rong had never been with him, and Zhu Xu didn't want to involve her in hatred, so he specially took her out.

On this day, because the two major problems that plagued Zhu Xu before were solved, Zhu Xu was happy and on a whim, thinking about going to Nanyuan to go around, one was to respect filial piety, to visit his mother, and the other was to change places for a few days.

So he ordered the members of the cabinet to be summoned for a short meeting, and handed over to them the court meeting in the next few days.

After the meeting, Zhu Xu ordered someone to pack his luggage, and also ordered someone to call Zheng Jiao and Zeng Rong, and he wanted to take the two of them with him.

Originally, Zheng Jiao was not among the entourage, but because he wanted to take Zeng Rong with him, he was afraid that it would affect Zeng Rong's reputation, so he simply called Zheng Jiao, and he also needed a person to sleep there.

On this trip, there was not much formation, there were a total of three carriages, one for Zhu Xu and Zheng Jiao, one for female officials and palace maids, one for eunuchs, and several guards were accompanying them on horseback.

Since there was no royal logo on the carriage, and the guards did not set up a royal ceremonial array, this trip could be regarded as a micro-service trip.

Zeng Rong is the first time to come to Nanyuan, although they arrived at the twilight time, but after entering the enclosure, the scenery seen along the road still shocked her, there are many waters, but the jungle is dense, there are several swamps and a grassland, there are roe deer, elk, hares, etc. in the forest, there are galloping horses, cattle and sheep on the grassland, there are countless birds and birds gathered on the swamp, Zeng Rong recognized cranes, hooves, mandarin ducks and wild ducks, some spread their wings and fly, there are also those who rest by the lake, and there are those who lead their necks to each other or lean on each other.

Curious and strange, it is clear that the scenery you see in front of you is alive and smart, but under the glow of the sunset molten gold, it seems to be covered with a layer of golden veil, quiet and quiet.

No wonder the Queen Mother is willing to come here to live here for two months every year, it is indeed much more comfortable than the palace and the West Garden, there is a kind of tranquility and stability of retreating to the countryside.

After getting off the carriage, Zeng Rong and his entourage took a boat with about a stick of incense before going to the Ning Garden where the old man lived in the Queen Mother's house, Ning Garden was built on the island, the flowers and trees on the island were lush, it was very cool, the breeze passed through, and the fragrance of flowers hit people from time to time.

Zeng Rong took a deep breath, closed his eyes slightly, and sighed, "It's so good here, even the breath is sweet." ”

"Really? If you like it, you stay. Zhu Wu, who was in front, heard this, and turned his head and replied.

Although it was just a plain sentence, the sensitive Zeng Rong heard the other party's fear, and hurriedly smiled: "Don't, go back to the emperor, in fact, Xiyuan is not bad, each has its own good." ”

"Oh, so tell me, what's so good about each of them?" Zhu Xu obviously didn't want to let Zeng Rong go easily.

"This?" Zeng Rong pondered for a moment and replied: "Back to the emperor, Nanyuan is more like a pastoral life, just now we came all the way, there are farmers working in the rice fields, fishermen casting nets on the lake, and herdsmen grazing. Oh, and there's smoke billowing up. Perhaps because most of the peasants here served the royal family and did not need to work for their livelihoods, the lower officials saw in them the quiet years and the stability of the present world. Xiyuan is different, although Xiyuan is also composed of many small islands and waters, but after all, it is another small court of the emperor, and it is inseparable from the treacherous... ”

"I see that you are tired of life, and you even dare to point out the government?" Zhu Xu glared at her and didn't let her finish her words, even though he admitted that there was some truth in her words.

"Don't dare, go back to the emperor, the lower officials are just a whim, a few nonsense, don't take it seriously." Zeng Rong hurriedly admitted his mistake.

While talking, they entered the gate of Ningyuan, and a eunuch had already gone to report, and Zhu Heng led a few eunuchs and palace maids to greet them.

After greeting his father, Zhu Heng's eyes locked Zeng Rong, he missed her, he really wanted to.

If it weren't for the Queen Mother's strict watch, he would have gone to Xiyuan to find her a long time ago.

In fact, Zeng Rong also misses him a little bit, but she cares more about him, and wants to know if he has consulted a doctor or acupuncture in the past month, and whether he has improved.

Despite the twilight, the two still read each other's thoughts and the messages they wanted to send.

Although Zhu Xu didn't look back at Zeng Rong, through his son's concentration, he also understood the thoughts of these two people.

However, he didn't want to fulfill these two people so easily, and directly took Zhu Heng to see the Queen Mother, while Zeng Rong and the others followed the aunt in charge here to clean up the residence.

Ningyuan is a garden-style large courtyard, which is scattered with more than a dozen small courtyards of all sizes, and the emperor is arranged in the highest Lanyue Tower, and it is said that standing in front of the window can clearly see the moon in the lake.

Of course, when the weather is good, you can also sit in front of the window to enjoy the sunrise, and the starry sky is also very dazzling on a moonless night.

Zeng Rong and the other two female officials lived in two wings halfway up the mountain, and when they were packing up their things, a eunuch carrying a lantern came to pass the word, saying that the Queen Mother wanted to see Zeng Rong.

Zeng Rong followed the other party along a long corridor to touch about half a cup of tea, and arrived at a fork in the road, leading to two different courtyards, two lanterns were hung on the gates of the two courtyards, but unfortunately the words on the door plaque could not be seen clearly, Zeng Rong guessed that one was the Queen Mother and the other should be Zhu Heng's residence.

Sure enough, the eunuch led her to the courtyard in the north, Zeng Rong saw clearly that the plaque on the door said "Sixian Hall", as soon as he entered the door, Zeng Rong smelled the fragrance of hosta flowers, through the light refracted by the lantern under the corridor, Zeng Rong identified it, and the white hosta in the courtyard was blooming.

Thinking of the hosta flowers in the back garden of Cining Palace, and then thinking of the hosta flowers in the imperial garden, Zeng Rong read the Queen Mother's dedication to hosta flowers.

When he was carefully thinking about what medicinal value the hosta flower had, Zeng Rong was led into the upper room, and he didn't see the emperor and Zhu Heng, only the queen mother sat on the main seat, and Aunt Yuan stood aside.

After Zeng Rong knelt on the ground, Aunt Yuan entered the next room and pulled out a few palace maids and eunuchs, and then, Aunt Yuan personally guarded the door.