Chapter 160: Lantern Festival
On the second day, the emperor congratulated the Lantern Festival with hundreds of officials in the previous dynasty, and seemed to have been in high spirits, after dinner, he really asked the eunuch of the Yellow Gate to inform the queen, and asked her to take the harem concubines and a group of edicts to climb the city tower together, and everyone watched the lanterns together, stared at the stars and the moon, and enjoyed with the people.
Qin Daochuan paid attention to the large group of ladies who were swarming behind the queen, and found that there was only He Shiqing next to his grandmother, and there was no Ruoshu, his heart jumped, and his face changed a little.
Although Qin Daochuan has no real power, he has a very high rank and has always stood beside the emperor. After the queen led the ladies to salute the emperor, and the ministers then saluted the queen, Qin Daochuan stepped forward to support his grandmother and asked in a low voice, "Grandmother, what about Ruoshu?" ”
The old lady also whispered: "When I was about to go out, I broke my foot. ”
After Qin Daochuan breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately felt a little uncomfortable, no wonder he asked her like that last night, he had a careless attitude, and he had already prepared this trick. After thinking about it, I thought that if Ruoshu's actions were acted, he would inevitably break his foot, so that he would not be truthful, and it was really angry and distressing to think about it.
The emperor suddenly asked at this time, "Qin Ailiao, what about your other wife?" ”
Qin Daochuan hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, I injured my foot and couldn't walk, so I had to stay in the mansion." ”
The expression on the emperor's face seemed to be a little uncontrollable, and he said again, "It's really a frequent situation." ”
Qin Daochuan said: "There are many things in the New Year, I think I am tired. ”
The emperor continued: "I heard that she has never been a director, but now she is starting to be sensible?" ”
Qin Daochuan felt that his words didn't seem right, and he was a little speechless for a while.
The queen on the side also heard something else, and asked, "Your Majesty, has the emperor seen this lady of the general?" ”
A word woke up the person in the dream, and the emperor realized that he had lost his words, and said with a haha: "When I was still the prince, Daochuan was newly married, and I brought her to meet a few times. ”
Only then did the queen say clearly: "I have long heard that the emperor and the general are classmates and friends, and they are good friends. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. ”
Qin Daochuan hurriedly saluted and replied: "The minister is panicked. ”
The emperor raised his hand slightly and said, "What the queen said is true, I am calm, and Qin Ailiao doesn't have to care too much." ”
Qin Daochuan didn't want to make any more extraneous branches, so he replied, "Yes." ”
The faces of the old lady and He Shiqing have changed, the Lu family has already seen the emperor, the emperor was not powerful at that time, naturally he would not have the bearing he has now, he is approachable in front of people, and he is extremely humble in receiving people and things, listening to the words just now, it seems that the two are quite familiar, and I am afraid that the friendship is not shallow.
The old lady thought to herself, no wonder she was unhappy and even dared to disobey the will of the edict, and the emperor didn't care.
He Shiqing thought to herself, I wanted to see the merchant girl make a fool of herself today, but I didn't expect her to come up with that kind of trick to escape, but it was also a loss of face, and now she actually has a relationship with the emperor, and in the future...
Gesang Quzhen has been standing behind the emperor and looking at Qin Daochuan silently, he has not seen him for a few years, he is more mature and more restrained. Seeing that everyone had been talking about that Lu family, I thought that this Lu family was the beloved person in Qin Daochuan's mouth at the beginning. I thought that if I married the Seventh Prince, I could see him often like the Tubo royal family, but when I arrived in the capital, today was the first time I saw him.
The wife in his mouth is still not seen today, and she has also heard some comments over the years, all of which blindly praise this He family and belittle the Lu family, but she doesn't think so, so that Qin Daochuan can abandon the woman in front of him like a shoe, and she will not be as vulgar as rumored.
She stood behind everyone, taking in everyone's expressions, today's emperor is also unusual, what to do with the Lu family, as if she is very familiar with her, she clearly remembers that when she first married him, he also asked intentionally or unintentionally, and he clearly said that he had never seen it.
Qin Daochuan too, his expression was a little strange, Lu Shi and Gesang Quzhen were becoming more and more interested in her.
Du Ruoyuan, who was not far away, clenched the knife in his hand, and the owner was injured. Ever since he had the skill of Conglong, he has long been disgusted with all kinds of hypocritical smiling faces every day. During this time, there was nothing smooth for the owner, Qingzhou's business was not as good as in previous years, which was enough for her to worry about, Qin Daochuan blocked her again, this pig-like woman actually wanted to falsely accuse the people of Dongfu in exchange for his favor. But I didn't know that the Qin Mansion had been pushed to the edge of the cliff, and now all the wealth was in the emperor's thoughts.
It can be seen that the killing of the Guogong Mansion is too heavy, so this foolish woman will come out, and the glory that several generations of men have exchanged for the sea of corpses and blood will be pushed into a desperate situation.
I found an opportunity to walk away, summoned the secret guard, and ordered to send some healing plasters to the right courtyard. When he went back, he met Qingyun with his family, Du Ruoyuan stood still, arched his hand and asked, "Xiaguan has seen Master Zheng." ”
Qingyun immediately supported him and said, "As an official in the same dynasty, where can you be called a subordinate official, Lord Du?" ”
Du Ruoyuan snorted, Qingyun introduced to the lady beside him: "Madam, this is Lord Shi Du, the deputy commander of the forbidden army. ”
Qingyun's wife was quite delicate, Ying Ying bowed down, and saluted: "The concubine has seen Master Du." ”
Du Ruoyuan immediately turned sideways and said politely: "Madame is polite, the lower officials can't stand it." ”
Qingyun introduced his son to Du Ruoyuan again, and Du Ruoyuan saw a child about three years old pulling the corner of his mother's clothes, looking at him with a smile, and said, "Hello little boy." ”
The two exchanged a few words, and because Du Ruoyuan was still on an errand and couldn't stay for a long time, he said goodbye and left.
Qingyun's wife looked at Du Ruoyuan, who was far away, and said, "This adult is tall and jade, and he has a good bearing, I don't know if he is married?" ”
Qingyun said: "You want to be a matchmaker for your sister again?" ”
Qingyun's wife said, "Why not? ”
Qingyun said: "The emperor has also mentioned it a few times, but he said that he will not consider his marriage until he marries his sister." ”
Qingyun's wife said, "How old is his sister?" ”
Qingyun said: "This year should be said to be fifteen. ”
Qingyun's wife said: "Then you can get married this year." ”
Qingyun said: "I haven't heard of anyone engaged to. ”
Qingyun's wife said, "Then I can do it for him." ”
Qingyun said: "Although I look at others in front of me, it is really difficult to get along with, and my temper is strange. I advise you to dispel your thoughts sooner rather than later, and don't say that I didn't warn you in the future. ”
Qingyun's wife was a little disapproving, and said: "This time is different from the past, what kind of people can't be found?" ”
Qingyun stopped talking.
Ruo Shu in the right courtyard was very surprised when he received the plaster sent in by Xia Qiao, and said to Lan Zhi: "Everyone knows so soon, it seems that I am right to hide." ”
Lan Zhi stopped giving Ruoshu a hot compress and said, "It's okay to take it lightly, you want to come to the real thing, you see that it is so swollen now, how is it good." ”
Ruoshu said: "If you want to do it, you must be real, just like I never sell fakes in Qingzhou." ”
Lan Zhi shook her head, quite helpless.
When Qin Daochuan came back in the evening, he looked at Ruoshu who was lying on the bed with one foot on his feet, and he didn't speak for a long time.