Emperor Yuanhe's head wind dragged on for many days and finally passed, and the Tong family finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The day after tomorrow is the day of Lingyun's wedding, although the wedding date is set early, but if it is a big wedding at this time, it is inevitable that some people will make a fuss about the word "filial piety".

Emperor Yuanhe can't lie down, this wind is an old problem, and he knows his body in his heart. I was able to get out of bed and sit at my desk, dealing with the twists and turns that had piled up over the past few days.

De'an tossed back and forth, for a while he asked people to close the window so that the emperor would not catch the wind, and for a while he ordered the imperial dining room to prepare soup for the emperor, and his busy feet did not touch the ground, for fear that Emperor Yuanhe would not see his loyalty.

Emperor Yuanhe was still weak, and he was dazzled by his coming and going, so he said: "The day after tomorrow is Lingyun's wedding, you go to the treasury to pick a suitable gift for me." ”

De'an was stunned for a moment, and then said with a half-truth: "This, how can this be made, where does the old slave dare to be this master, the emperor is torturing the old slave." ”

Emperor Yuan He held the fold in his hand, and his eyelids did not lift, but said lightly: "What is there to do, you have always known my mind best, and what you choose will definitely match my mind." ”

De'an suppressed his joy at this time, and felt that what the emperor said was right, and he was indeed the one who knew the emperor's thoughts best.

Look, the emperor was really unhappy because the queen made her own initiative not to let Concubine Lan serve the sick, and he didn't even care about King An's wedding, and even let himself pick the congratulatory gifts. Naturally, this also shows that he is really valued by the emperor.

De'an went to the treasury to pick up a congratulatory gift with satisfaction, and thought about going to Lan Guifei to get a thorough understanding of the way, and the concubine Niangniang was naturally indispensable for rewarding when she was happy, which was really a good errand.

Fu'an maintained a wooden look on his face, and saw De'an smiling out of the Deshang Palace, so he entered the room and stood silently beside Emperor Yuanhe to wait. Emperor Yuan He looked at the fold in his hand, picked up the pen and marked the word "read" on it, and then rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.

He asked, "What's going on with Concubine Lan?" ”

The honest look on Fu'an's face faded, and he was obviously still the same eyebrows and eyes, but at this moment, his temperament changed suddenly, and he could see the sharpness of a knife on that face.

"The concubine Niangniang came a few times and was blocked out of the door by the queen's orders, and the master tentatively sent a few words to the emperor after it was useless, and then he was honest, and he didn't go to Zichen Palace these days. Concubine Lan seemed to be a little panicked, and she had been losing her temper in Zichen Palace these days. ”

Emperor Yuanhe put down his hand when he heard this, but he didn't open his eyes, he just closed his eyes for a moment before saying: "In the past, I could still get used to her in some small fights, but this time I actually hit the idea at the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, and almost caused trouble, so she should have a long memory and know what not to do." ”

After a pause, he showed a light smile and said, "The prince did a good job this time, and he really has the style of a prince." ”

Emperor Yuanhe opened his eyes, pointed to the stacks of music on the desk and sighed: "After this incident, the prince has become more and more calm and cautious. Although I have been in charge of the country for the past few days, the twists and turns of these courtiers have been sent to me as they are, which is really too cautious. ”

Fu An had been pretending to be deaf and dumb to answer questions, but at this moment, he broke the frozen silence and replied: "Isn't this exactly what the emperor wants to see?" ”

Emperor Yuan He glanced at him with a smile, and before he could say anything, he saw Fu'an suddenly raise his head and look out the window.

Emperor Yuan He also looked over, although he couldn't notice anything, but he was silent again. After a while, the little eunuch at the door came in to report. said: "Your Majesty, the queen mother is here." ”

Emperor Yuanhe nodded and said lightly: "Let her in." ”

Tong came with the noon decoction, and after saluting according to the rules, he personally came over with the medicine bowl and said: "I heard that the emperor didn't use a few mouthfuls of breakfast in the morning, so he must have no appetite for drinking this bitter juice all day long." It's just that the good medicine is bitter and still has to be drunk, Concubine Shu specially boiled sweet soup and waited outside the door after hearing about it, and the emperor drank some sweet soup after a while, presumably he could use a few more sips for dinner. ”

Emperor Yuan He nodded dispensably, took the medicine bowl in Tong's hand and drank it all in one gulp, frowning slightly bitterly, and rinsing his mouth to feel better.

He asked lukewarmly: "The queen has always been busy with the trivial affairs of the harem, why is she free today?" ”

Tong Shi only couldn't hear the sarcasm in his words, and said calmly: "The concubine knows that the emperor must be entangled in government affairs, and I am afraid that she has forgotten that the day after tomorrow is the day of Lingyun's wedding, so she asks more, the emperor will go to King An's Mansion with the concubine the day after tomorrow?" ”

Emperor Yuanhe coughed twice when he heard this, and Fu'an hurriedly stroked his chest for him. Tong didn't even take a step forward, just nailed to the spot and looked as usual.

Sure enough, Emperor Yuanhe breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't feel well, so I won't go." I'll send someone a congratulatory gift, so you can drink two more drinks for me. ”

Tong nodded unchanged, as if he had expected it. also talked about a few trivial matters in the harem in the past few days, but did not mention the fact that Concubine Lan was not allowed to come to serve the sick. Seeing that Yuan He was not interested, she found an excuse to retire.

Out of the Deshang Palace, Concubine Shu really waited at the door with sweet soup eyes, and when she saw the Tong family coming out, she hurriedly bowed her head and said respectfully: "The queen doesn't have to take care of the concubine, she should talk to the emperor for a while, and the concubine should be waiting outside." ”

Tong didn't want to say much, his eyes swept over Concubine Shu's young and delicate and brightly dressed appearance, revealing a faint smile: "The emperor is suffering from illness, and although he has recovered now, it is inconvenient to enter the harem for a while." The emperor has always liked you, you spend more time these days, next time you will bring the six princes and the four princesses together, and the emperor will be happy to have them to accompany him to relieve his boredom. ”

Concubine Shu couldn't help but be overjoyed when she understood the meaning, and hurriedly smiled and responded: "The concubine obeys the queen's teachings. ”

After that, she felt that her performance was too explicit, and she hurriedly added: "The sixth prince and the fourth princess said a few days ago that they missed the queen's mother, but the concubine didn't dare to disturb it when she saw that the queen's mother was in charge of His Royal Highness King An's marriage these days. ”

Tong nodded with a smile, and said meaningfully: "Concubine Shu has a heart, this palace just likes good children like the six princes and the fourth princess who abide by their duties." ”

Concubine Shu put her mind at ease, and listened to Tong's words again: "This morning, some good fur materials were sent from the paddock, and you will go to the Internal Affairs Office later to pick out a few pieces for the sixth prince and the fourth princess to cut winter clothes." Children can't help but get cold, so they should prepare for the warmth they wore in winter. ”

Concubine Shu nodded again and again, and watched Tong walk out of the Deshang Hall before happily entering the inner hall.

Out of the Deshang Palace, Gonggong Xie sighed with emotion: "Concubine Shu has been loyal to the queen over the years, with her, she can always share some holy favors, so that Lan Guifei will not be the only favor, it is also a good move." ”

Aunt Gu Yue said: "Concubine Shu is a remote branch of the queen's mother's house, and her family background is not obvious, if it is not recommended by the queen's mother, where can she enter the palace." And her father and brother are all working under the Tong family, where does she dare to be disloyal.

I don't want to think about how she became a thorn in the side of Concubine Lan when she was pregnant with twin sons, if it weren't for the protection of the queen, where would she have given birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. If it weren't for the six princes and the fourth princess, the emperor wouldn't look at her differently, I'm afraid that she would become another nobleman. ”

Speaking of this, she sighed again: "If you are a noble person, you are also a poor person, and she was born as a palace maid. The queen helped her back then, and she was favored for a while, and she was pregnant, but it was a pity that she gave birth to King Ning who was not loved by the emperor, and the life of a noble person was naturally not easy. ”

Gonggong Xie looked at the Tong family, who was speechless, and suddenly asked: "Concubine Lan is forbidden to step into the Deshang Palace, and Niangniang has the heart to promote Concubine Shu to compete for favor, doesn't she want to take the opportunity to suppress Concubine Lan?" ”

The Tong family let them say a word left and right, always with a faint expression, and at this moment, he was not shocked when he heard the words: "If Concubine Lan can be suppressed so easily, why has this palace fought with her for so many years." It's just to add to her blockage and make her honest for a while. Lingyun's wedding is imminent, and the palace has no time to deal with her. ”

Sunset and sunrise, it's a new day.

King An's mansion is still lively today, tomorrow is the prince's wedding, everything else is almost ready, but the kitchen is officially busy today. It is foreseeable that until the end of the wedding tomorrow, the cook of King An's Mansion will not be able to take a breath.

Many dishes have to be prepared today, and Rao is still too busy to do so. In the afternoon, the cook asked Zhu Yong with a bitter face, saying that she also needed three or five girls who could help in the stove with neat hands and feet, otherwise she wouldn't be able to catch up tonight.

Zhu Yongyuan was the one who was the most anxious, and he was even more anxious when he heard it at the moment.

"It's been a while since you asked me for someone, where can I find someone for you?"

Aunt Shan in the kitchen is also a spicy person, crossed her waist and said: "I don't care about this, who let the things sent in the morning arrive in the afternoon, isn't this a delay in work?" Otherwise, I won't have time here, and if you can't find someone, there won't be enough food for tomorrow's table. ”

The dishes at the wedding banquet are all fixed, not to mention that the prince still attaches great importance to this matter, and he must not go wrong here. Zhu Yongyi gritted his teeth and said, "You wait, I'll borrow someone." ”

The best friend with His Royal Highness King An is naturally His Royal Highness the Prince, but Zhu Yong didn't have the courage to go back to Tong's house to borrow someone.

It's just that Tong's house is far away, and it will take an hour to go back and forth, and Zhu Yong really can't leave, so he asked Dasheng to drive a carriage and take his letter to Tong's house to borrow someone.

Dasheng got the order and drove the carriage away, but the carriage turned in front of a house halfway, asked the porter to deliver a message inside, and then rushed to Tong's house without delay.

The old housekeeper of the Tong family read Zhu Yong's letter and learned the ins and outs, and scolded Zhu Yong in his heart for being useless, so he hurriedly spent the three girls and a mother-in-law in the stove to let him take him back to the palace.

Dasheng picked up people, and when he went back, he drove the carriage to the house where he delivered the news, and this time he picked up a beautiful girl and got into the carriage, and brought it back to the palace with the descendants of the Tong family.