Chapter 269: Qiu Mu (2)
Today is Rong Ying's birthday, and Xinyue didn't remember it until yesterday.
It was the women in the harem who pointed to him alive that reminded the new moon on their twitter.
Xinyue thought of his birthday last year, and it was just a hurry, and the birthday of the year before was a disaster. The two quarreled for a long time, and Rong Po was also born at that time.
There was no dinner held in the palace today, and Rong Ying was still busy with court politics.
In the previous dynasty, some major events have happened recently, for a while the Liang State continued to send additional troops to Yanzhou that they finally obtained, the original residents of Yanzhou, the drive away, the slaves were slaves, in short, the originally rich Yanzhou, for a time the people were not happy, and the original prosperity has also disappeared.
In the autumn, Liang sent an envoy to send a national gift, which was a piece of rice in a gorgeous box, and Xinyue laughed as soon as she saw the contents of this box.
Sure enough, when Rong Ying heard that this rice was the first rice to be harvested after the autumn in Yanzhou this year, he was furious, and felt that Liang Wei was humiliating himself, so he asked Jiang Yang to leave Beijing with his troops in September.
And Xinyue's brother, Xu Xintai, is also Jiang Yang's deputy general, as the culprit of the first prince Rong Zhao, Xu Xintai was stained with the blessing of his queen's sister, so he can have such a good opportunity Rumors, in the army and Jinling everywhere, but Xu Xintai, has always remembered his sister's words, but also changed his original irritable temper, and Jiang Yang is also the main general he has always been convinced, the two set out together, but in two months, there was constantly good news coming, those Yanzhou people who were bullied, first messed up inside, The soldiers of the Liang State in Yanzhou were attacked by the enemy on their backs, and if reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, Yanzhou would have been lost in a blink of an eye.
The war in Yanzhou, there is good news, but it makes Rong Ying's birthday more comfortable.
Xinyue asked the small kitchen to set up a table of dishes, and Lian'er also came back early, but the two waited and waited, and sent someone to ask, and the people around Rong Ying only said that he was busy, so Xinyue saw that Lian'er was sleepy and hungry, so he asked him to go back first after eating, and waited in the room alone.
This is not the first time that Xinyue has stayed in an empty room alone, and even today Rong Ying did not come because she was lucky with other women.
Although Xinyue envied her uncle and aunt's good story of a lifetime and a couple, she knew that her husband could not do this, fortunately, these women in the palace, because after their own selection, they could be regarded as keeping to themselves, and Xinyue couldn't find any suitable excuse to send them out for a while, so she could only leave them all.
But today, for the first time, Xinyue had a kind of anxiety, anxious about Rong Ying's late return, and even wanted to go to see her.
Shuyu had fallen asleep in Xinyue's arms, no matter how busy Rong Ying was in the past, he would always come to see her before Shuyu fell asleep, and at this time, Shuyu was crooked in Xinyue's arms and slept for almost half an hour.
Xinyue asked the nurse to take Shuyu away, and Xi'er put on a cloak for Xinyue and went to the study of the Qiangong where Rong Ying was.
"Is there something going on in the DPRK?"
"Back to Niangniang's words, it seems that the war with Liang Guo has been a little repeated."
"Repeatedly?"
Xinyue thought that she had heard good news this morning, why did it happen in the evening?
"The slave maid heard that it was because Liang Guo ostensibly poured all its troops into Yanzhou, but an elite army has already detoured to Yuguo and is about to enter Jinzhou."
"Golden State? Isn't that right under Jinling's nose? ”
"Yes, the slave maid heard from the prince beside His Majesty that the army of the Liang State is only thirty miles away from Jinzhou, and I am afraid that tonight, it will be under the city of Jinzhou."
"How is this possible, the army of Liang State is advancing like this, and the backup supply or something will definitely not be able to keep up, even if they take Jinzhou, the generals of the Quartet will also return to protect Jinling, at that time, even if the elite of Liang State comes, they will be completely swallowed by the head and tail." Xinyue thought about it, this is not the war that Liang Wei would think of at all, although Liang Wei has a hot temper, but in the handling of national affairs, he has never been sloppy, and now, he will definitely have the next move.
"Mother, the lamp in Your Majesty's study... Niangniang, isn't that Chai Guifei's maid Lan'er? ”
Xinyue looked in the direction that Xi'er pointed, and sure enough, it was Lan'er who was standing at the door, and Xinyue glanced in the direction of the study, and the candlelight inside was flickering, which should bear the voices of two people.
"The slave maid greets the queen."
"Well, get up"
After everyone greeted Xinyue, Xinyue asked Lan'er, "Your concubine is here?" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty summoned our mother an hour ago, and Niangniang went in to accompany the emperor." Lan'er told the truth, and Xinyue's eyes sank, and then, Xinyue asked, "What did Your Majesty call your mother for?" ”
"Naturally, naturally because His Majesty wants to see our mother." Lan'er was confused, not knowing why Xinyue would ask this.
Crescent nodded, "Yes, yes." ”
At this moment, Rong Ying's voice came from the door, and he said, "Yes, yes, you are really a clever method." ”
Rong Ying was praising a person, this was really unheard of, something that had never happened before, and Xinyue listened outside, and his face sank.
Lan'er couldn't see the strange appearance of the new moon, and asked, "Niangniang, are you okay?" ”
"It's okay, what about the princess, I'm going to let him pass it on, I'm going to see Your Majesty."
"Yes, the princess will go to the back on an errand, and I'll come back, Niangniang wait, the slave and maid will go in and pass on the word for Niangniang."
At the door of Rong Ying's study, in addition to the guards standing guard on duty, there will only be one princess, he doesn't like other people's disturbances, so it often happens that the princess goes to run errands, and Rong Ying's study door is not alone. Although Xinyue has mentioned it many times, Rong Ying still disagrees.
Xinyue said, "You just told Your Majesty that this palace has come here to say that you want to leave the palace tomorrow." ”
"Mother, you..."
"Tell Your Majesty, he knows what this palace is going to do." With that, Crescent turned around and left the study.
Her cloak was blown by the wind on one side, and the crescent moon strode forward, unwilling to stop a single step.
Just when she was sitting on the edge of her bed, she remembered that Rong Ying must be anxious about the war with Liang Guo, Chai Bijun may have said something good, so that she would be praised by Rong Ying, if she left in such a small way, she would be seen through by the smart Chai Bijun, and if she didn't tell jokes, it would distract Rong Ying.
Just as Xinyue was sitting on the edge of the bed with some annoyance, Xi'er came in from the small door and said, "Niangniang, Your Majesty has just entered the door of Kun Palace." ”
As soon as the words fell, she saw the new moon that was beating her chest just now, and immediately lay down on the bed and rolled herself up in the quilt.
Although Xi'er didn't understand what was wrong with Xinyue, she still sorted out the bedding for her, Rong Ying came in lightly, and saw Xinyue lying on the bed, with her back to the direction she came in, so she asked Xi'er softly, "Sleep?" ”
Xi'er didn't know how to answer, but shook her head and winked.
Rong Ying immediately understood what Xi'er meant, so she strode in, then sat on the edge of the bed, and said to Xi'er, "Xi'er, since you are all asleep, then you come, I have something to ask you." ”
"Your Majesty, please speak"
"Isn't that a hearty meal for dinner today?"
"Today, Niangniang ordered the kitchen to make a big table of dishes, including squirrel mandarin fish, salted duck, eight-treasure rice and other dishes, all of which Your Majesty loves to eat."
"Oh, I see. But I don't have a good mouth. Hey, when I was about to come back, I was stumped by something. ”
Xi'er looked at the crescent moon behind Rong Ying, nodded, and asked, "Your Majesty was tripped up by something?" ”
"Oh, the war on the front line, although it is very tight, but this woman, the affairs of the harem are very headaches, I deal with it, it is really annoying and inextricable"
"Oh? Is it? Xi'er looked at the shape of Xinyue's mouth and imitated it as much as she could.
Rong Ying felt that the new moon was up, and she was gesturing, asking Xi'er to speak for herself.
"yes. For example, early this morning, Concubine Shu and the second prince brought me a big bowl of longevity noodles, and the other concubines, either giving gifts or food, were carefully serving me. ”
"What an idea... You ask him, what's the idea..."Xinyue felt that her stomach hurt a little because she was so angry, but Rong Ying continued to follow her words and said, "It's nothing. It's just that I've been waiting for a whole day, and I haven't seen your mother's bowl of longevity noodles, a gift, I have to wait so much..."
"If you want clothes to reach out and eat to open your mouth, go to your concubines who serve and take care of you, and the chai concubine who gave you a great idea, what are you doing here? Don't sit on my bed, you've wrinkled the sheets I just changed. ”
Rong Ying felt that she had been kicked violently, and then blinked, and felt a pain in her buttocks, and she sat on the ground. He looked back a little sluggishly, and what he saw was a crescent moon with a red face with anger.
"Oh, that's the case, the queen is so insistent, then I..."
Xinyue didn't say a word, just looked at Rong Ying, Rong Ying walked to the screen, but stopped, reached out to untie his robe, and didn't take off his boots, he lay on his side beside Xinyue, and whispered to Xinyue, "Isn't this sheet used to be crumpled?" ”
"What?" When Xinyue heard this, her face turned even redder, and she reached out and pushed Rong Ying, keeping him away from her.
"Do you want to know what Chai Guifei told me?"
"Don't want to"
"She told me that if I want to dismiss my harem, I might as well put it first..."
"You're going to dismiss your harem?"
Rong Ying saw that Xinyue's eyes widened, and he asked a little reasonably, "Isn't this what we said from the beginning?" ”
"Who told you, when will I let you dismiss the harem, the women in this harem are all carefully selected, and, Chai Bijun, Chai Guifei, this person who gave you ideas, did you tell you what to do with her?"
"She said, let me stay, she and mercy, after all, one of them gave birth to a child for me, and the other is the daughter of an important minister, with a noble status, if you leave the palace, you can't remarry in the second half of your life."
"Yes, the other women, it's never difficult, it's difficult, Chai Bijun and Mercy, the two of them, what should I do?"
"I'm not saying that they can stay in the palace."
Crescent Moon didn't speak, she turned on her side and lay back on her pillow.
After the father left, it could be seen that the two children were a lot more relaxed, and An Jue, who had always been arrogant, simply crossed her legs and sat on the mat.
An Jin is also younger in the end, and seeing her grandfather and brother so casual, she wants to do the same.
But I thought that my father said yesterday that he would be a gentleman and encourage himself.
If you want to be a gentleman, you naturally have to sit upright and do things upright, regardless of the occasion.
An Xu looked at the two grandsons patiently, and the corners of his mouth always couldn't stop showing pride.
His two grandsons are really much stronger than the sons born to prostitutes.
An Xu's wife is the eldest princess Xigui, she is the daughter of the Empress Dowager and the sister of His Majesty.
After giving birth to An Wan, some thoughts were crazy, and they insisted on giving up a good future with a talent, and gave up the good future of An Xu and Li, so that the An family became the laughing stock of the whole world for a while.
It can be seen from the title of the princess that this is a very noble princess, and she is also a princess who is spoiled by her mother and brother.
As precious as the sun, Anxu is natural, and she can't keep her.
In the second year of Heli, the eldest princess married again, and gave birth to two more sons for the new concubine, and now she is an adult.
I don't know if it's because of a mother and brother, the eldest son of the concubine Xu Jin is very similar to An Wan.
The word laughing stock describes Anxu, so apt and so inappropriate.
An Xu, born in a wealthy family, does not need to mention his appearance and knowledge.
When he was only nineteen years old, he finished his studies at Baihu Academy in Bixi Mountain.
Debaihu Academy, at that time, the recommendation of Mr. Yuanzhen, a great Confucian, became a scholar of the near official school.
This position is one of the three close ministers of Xiangguo.
School Shulang, as the name suggests, is to organize and write documents for the prime minister. At that time, there was more than one school scholar, and at the beginning, because of the difficulties of his predecessors, he did not have much ambition.
But because of this, Yuan Xiang happened to see An Xu, and took himself to write the handwriting of An Fold, only to see his words, although according to the etiquette system, it was written in the official body of the Eight Classics, but the pen and ink were deep and the bones were excellent.
Yuan Xiang is a person who has seen the world, and this appreciative vision is still there.
Although I don't know how Yuan Yuan looked at the young Anxu at the time.
But it didn't take long for the name of the first close minister next to Yuan Xiang, known throughout the capital, as: An Xu.
A close minister of the Prime Minister. It's not something that flatterers can do, if they are taken by the prime minister and treated as close ministers, it means that the prime minister intends to cultivate him and be the next minister.
Just when the world is waiting for the sixth An family's prime minister, An Xu.
The first emperor died, and Yuan Xiang stood on the wrong team, and finally the first emperor's edict came out, and the first emperor set up the son of the successor, not the one that the Yuan Xiang was optimistic about, his nephew, the prince born to the first queen.
Soon after His Majesty ascended the throne, the building collapsed in an instant, and the hundred-year-old door plaque was cut off from the middle by a sharp axe.