Xie Yanhe finished drinking a cup of sherbet, looked at the copper kettle in the room, and frowned slightly: "Seeing that it's almost time for lunch, why hasn't Tao Tao come back yet?" ”

"The county lord was bored, so the slave maid asked Linglong and Basho to accompany the county lord to pick fruits in the mountains and forests halfway up the mountain." Mandarin Duck explained to Xie Yanhe, and there were also some doubts in his tone.

"It is said that Linglong and Basho are not without measure, even if the county lord forgets the time, they will remind one or two."

"Feng Ying." Xie Yanhe forcibly endured the impatience in his heart and shouted.

Feng Ying hurriedly came out: "What does the queen mother command?" ”

"Then send some men out and bring Tao Tao back." The niece is not under her nose, Xie Yanhe is uneasy in her heart, for fear that Tao Tao will have an accident, in that case, she will die of pain.

"Niangniang, don't worry, the slave will definitely bring the county lord back safe and sound." Feng Ying assured.

Xie Yan and his chin bowed.

"Niangniang, the slave maid ordered the palace people to set up a meal?" The mandarin duck asked cautiously.

"Hongu has no appetite."

Xie Yanhe rubbed his forehead, which felt a throbbing pain, and said a little drowsy: "That's it, let the small kitchen send a bowl of chicken soup first, so that Your Majesty will not be verbose again." ”

Xie Yanhe didn't know what illness Wei Jin had recently, and he had to stare at himself all the time, as if he was not even as good as a three-year-old child. If you let him know that he didn't eat lunch, or missed the hour, he will listen to his ramblings, and he will have to be punished by the palace people who serve!

Xie Yanhe didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he could only force himself to eat something.

"Slave maid see queen mother."

At this moment, the female official Dongyu walked into the hall. She bowed her head in the direction of the queen mother, and said in a deep voice: "Back to the mother, the county lord of Yunyang has been found, just outside the main hall." ”

The palace where Xie Yanhe lives is called Changle Palace, and it is the best place in the entire palace.

Hearing Dongyu's words, Xie Yanhe withdrew her gaze from the sparkling lake outside the Linghua window, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, and asked, "The sun outside is so poisonous, what is she doing standing outside the hall?" ”

When Dongyu heard this, he paused, and then said softly: "In addition to the county lord outside, there are five girls who have been tied up by the guards, and the biggest one looks like the golden hairpin...... The slave guessed that the girls might have had a relationship with the county lord. ”

"Why is this girl so nonsense. Miss Guanjia is also what she said can be tied? Xie Yanhe was angry and couldn't help but scold.

There was a hint of discoloration in the eyes of the mandarin duck, and she persuaded gently: "Niangniang, although the county lord is a little lively, he is very sensible. The slave maid felt that there was something else to do about it. ”

Xie Yanhe said meaninglessly: "You are talking to her wholeheartedly. I'm really going to spoil people, I'm afraid that my sister-in-law will come to this palace to settle accounts. ”

"Niangniang, what you said, the slave and maid are brave and want to refute it. Not to mention that the county lord is a crystal heart and liver, and she is extremely transparent; Just said that there is your aunt, that is, the county lord has pierced the sky, and there is also the queen mother who is carrying you. ”

Pearl said quickly.

"Well, just indulge her." Xie Yanhe reprimanded this sentence, and finally took the upper hand in his niece's distress.

She endured her headache and said, "Let her in." ”

"Auntie." Tao Tao walked into the main hall.

Looking at her aunt who was half leaning on the Luohan couch with a faintly tired look, after Tao Tao finished the salute, Peach Blossom had worry in her eyes, and she whispered: "Auntie, your face is not very good, did you not sleep well?" ”

"Come here." Xie Yanhe beckoned to Tao Tao, and when Tao Tao walked up, her white and tender index finger poked at Tao Tao's little head.

"My aunt asked you, why did you tie up those girls? Aren't you afraid of your father's copy? ”

People's hearts are biased.

In Xie Yan and here, the five girls together are not as good as a finger of their niece. Even if there are Wang Xiang's granddaughters, Pei Xiang's nieces and granddaughters, and Qinghe Cui and other scholars.

Xie Yanhe was so afraid that the elder brother of the Imperial History Society in the court was guilty of "not being strict with his goddaughter", which made the elder brother's situation worse.

"Auntie, am I such a disproportionate person?" Tao Tao pursed his lips. Obviously, because my aunt was very unhappy about her distrust.

"Your measure is to string people together and get them to this palace? Is Hongu a tooth shop here? Xie Yanhe said with a smile.

"Auntie!" Tao Tao stomped his feet, leaned half of his body and complained to Linglong: "Sister Linglong, you should tell your aunt the cause and effect, otherwise, I will be unjustly killed by my aunt." ”

Xie Yanhe's gaze immediately skimmed towards Linglong, her eyes no longer looked at Tao Tao's softness and pampering, but were sharp and full of oppression.

Linglong lowered her head slightly, and told what had happened in an impartial manner, and at the end, she helped Tao Tao and said: "The slave maid thinks that the county lord is enough to restrain and endure. ”

"These little things without a tutor! Even the queen dares to criticize, is this a rebellion? ”

Pearl is a violent temper, she said indignantly, eager to roll up her sleeves and slap the group of little girls outside the hall a dozen times, and teach them to be human beings!

"By the way, aunt, when I asked the guards to tie people up, Cui Lanyi's brother came over and was tied up by me, and now he is outside the main hall."

Tao Tao thought of the young man with a clear voice, handsome and thin as a bamboo, but unfortunately there was a sister like Cui Lanyi, and he didn't have to think about his future future.

Tao Tao felt a sense of pity in her heart, but it was impossible for her to let go of the Cui family because of this.

"Tao Tao thinks, what should my aunt do with these girls?"

Three years ago, since the prince divorced, all kinds of rumors have been rampant, but they are much more difficult to hear than now, otherwise, Xie Yanhe would not even be able to stay in the capital.

Now the jealousy of several little girls, Xie Yanhe didn't take it to heart at all.

Compared with the anger of several henchmen and maidservants, Xie Yanhe was surprisingly calm, and even had the mood to take advantage of this to test his niece.

"Aunt, Tao Tao thought that my aunt locked these girls in the side hall separately, asked them to write out their guilt, and when the adults in the family came to find them, they fell directly on the faces of those people, and let them see how they raised their daughters!"

Xie Yanhe was still listening carefully to Tao Tao's words, what he said in front seemed to be like that, and what he said in the back was all the little girl's angry words.

Xie Yanhe touched Tao Tao's hair, and said softly: "As the queen of this palace, how can she be rash?" What's more, those little girls just talked a few words in private, could it be that they still have the courage to say it in front of the palace? ”

Xie Yanhe meant that this was the end of it, and there was no need to connect to the family behind these girls.

Hearing this, Tao Tao immediately wrinkled his nose, and even the mandarin ducks also frowned secretly.

In the end, Tao Tao had the courage to say: "Auntie, it's true that they are little girls, but my aunt is not a few years older than them, why do you bypass them so much!" ”

"Tao Tao. It's an eventful time now, and this palace doesn't want to have extraneous branches, you know? Xie Yanhe persuaded patiently.

The little girl's battle of will, it's enough to teach some lessons, and she blindly shouts and kills, isn't it proving to others that she is a queen with a small temperament? !

"Auntie, Tao Tao knows that aunt has her own considerations. You don't want to make enemies for my father, do you? Tao Tao blinked a pair of peach blossom eyes, and there was intelligence and maturity in his eyes that did not match his age.

"Auntie, my father and my mother have said more than once that in the future, they will let you never be wronged in the slightest." Tao Tao said solemnly.

"Living in the world is a practice, not only to cultivate the body, but also to cultivate the mind." Xie Yan and Xiao Xiao, who can really do what they want?!

Of course, there is no need to talk to Tao Tao about such a heavy topic.

Xie Yanhe stretched out two shallot-like fingers, pinched Tao Tao's face, and said softly: "Our little county lord should not be angry anymore. Aunties will let their mothers take care of them. ”

Tao Tao pouted dissatisfiedly, and he could hang an oil bottle on his mouth.

Xie Yanhe couldn't see that Tao Tao was unhappy, so he had to continue to coax his niece softly: "In this way, my aunt asked them to kneel outside the hall, and after finishing lunch, let them get up." ”

"And what about their crimes?"

Although Tao Tao was secretly sulking, but looking at his aunt's efforts to make him happy, he instantly felt that he was too ignorant, so he had to reluctantly show a smiling face.

"The charges still have to be written." Xie Yanhe said with a smile, "How about letting Tao Tao check it in a while?" ”

"Auntie, then let's talk about it, so far. If anyone dares to offend my aunt next time, I will directly whip her face! ”

Since my aunt wants to be virtuous and generous, then I should be this wicked person! Tao Tao thought secretly.

"Okay, my aunt listens to us."

A bright smile appeared on the corner of Xie Yanhe's mouth, and she ordered, "Set the meal." ”

Today, Wei Zhao invited a few Zaifu to a banquet in the Water Pavilion, and Xie Yan and he did not wait for Wei Zhao to dine together.

The table was full of dishes, all of which were Xie Yan's favorite dishes on weekdays, but she only moved a few chopsticks, so she wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.

Tao Tao swallowed the anchovy in his mouth, frowned two thin eyebrows and said, "Auntie, you eat so little, after my uncle knows, Sister Mandarin Duck and they will be punished again." ”

"Okay, you girl don't have to persuade me." Xie Yanhe endured the feeling of being upset and nauseated, and chuckled: "If you continue to worry about it like this, beware of being a little old woman." ”

"Auntie, Tao Tao will serve you a bowl of vegetarian porridge, right?"

Tao Tao stood up from his seat.

"Sit down." Xie Yanhe hurriedly waved his hand and said softly: "This palace will let the small kitchen send a bowl of bird's nest over in a while." You eat yours. ”

When Tao Tao heard this, he could only return to his seat and finish the crab roe roe roe roasted wheat on the plate.

After drinking the hawthorn tea that dissipates food and relieves greasyness, Tao Tao came to Xie Yanhe's side and said mysteriously: "Auntie, Sister Mandarin Duck told me that I am going to have a younger brother." ”

"Listen to her full of nonsense!" Xie Yan glanced at the mandarin duck.

It's only a few days late for my little day, and it's not uncommon for me to have such a situation before.

No wonder these girls are always walking on thin ice these days, it turns out that the root is here! Xie Yan and Jue suddenly laughed dumbly.

"Auntie, shall we go boating in the afternoon?" Tao Tao had already aimed at the Crescent Moon Lake in the palace.

If she proposed to go to the lake by herself, her aunt would never worry that she was alone, even if there were many palace people following! But if he was with his aunt, Tao Tao was afraid that his aunt would have a fetal gas.

Therefore, Tao Tao can only temporarily press the idea of going to the lake.

Now that he knew that the mandarin duck was guessing, Tao Tao immediately became ready to move.

"The sun is too strong today, beware of sunburn on your skin. When the weather is cooler, my aunt will accompany you. ”

Xie Yanhe's tone was full of connivance.

Tao Tao knew that this was what her aunt had promised her, and she almost jumped up with joy.

Xie Yanhe patted the back of Tao Tao's hand soothingly, and instructed the mandarin duck: "If those girls finish writing their crimes and admonish them, send them home." ”

"Yes, sissy." The mandarin duck was ordered to retreat.

As a result, before she had even left the main hall, she heard a commotion outside the temple gate, mixed with a few desolate weeps.

Xie Yanhe only felt that his head was beginning to ache faintly again.

"Go see what's going on?"

Xie Yanhe's voice was cold.

After a while, the mandarin duck came back to his life.

"Back to the queen mother, there are several ladies outside the palace, I heard that the county lord has detained a few girls, and the mothers of these girls are here to ask you to call the shots."

The mandarin duck's face was a little ugly.

"Since it's looking for someone, just spread the word. There was a disturbance outside the main hall, did you come to dismount the main palace? ”

Xie Yanhe's tone seemed to have fallen a thin layer of frost and snow, which was inconspicuous from a distance, but once it was touched, it was cold.

"Niangniang, the slave maid will let the guards send them out of the palace." The mandarin duck gritted his teeth and said.

Those girls are not very old, but they dare to talk about the queen behind their backs, which can be seen because of their family history and ears. The queen didn't settle accounts with these people, but they jumped out impatiently!

"If you do this, it seems that the palace is domineering." Xie Yanhe raised his eyebrows, one hand supporting his forehead.

Seeing this, Pearl hurriedly walked behind Xie Yanhe and rubbed her head carefully.

"Niangniang, you are not feeling well, so don't pay attention to these so-called evil women."

The strength on Pearl's hand was even and moderate, and she said softly: "Slave, let people go and invite Yin Yuanzheng to come over?" ”

"Hongu just didn't sleep well last night, so there's no need to make a fuss."

Xie Yanhe's voice fell, and a high cry suddenly broke out outside the palace gate, and a woman shouted hysterically: "The courtiers ask to see the queen!" The queen mother, the courtiers ask to see! ”

Xie Yanhe was startled by this scream, her lower abdomen throbbed, she couldn't help frowning, her face was pale, and even her fair forehead oozed a thin layer of cold sweat.

The palace people in the hall were shocked.

The mandarin duck even screamed: "Pass the imperial doctor, pass the imperial doctor quickly!" ”

"Let Hongu take a break."

Xie Yan said kindly.

The noise outside the temple still did not stop. The hall was even more hectic.

Tao Tao took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him, and rushed out with a whip.

Outside the hall knelt several richly dressed women, and from within these voices came from.

One of the women wearing the four-rank edict costume saw Tao Tao come out, she stood up, bowed to Tao Taofu, and pleaded: "Lord Yunyang, I am the second aunt of your Wang family. I don't know where your cousin offended you, I'm here to make amends to the county lord on behalf of the little girl. ”

Tao Tao ignored her second aunt at all, the red leather whip in her hand made a "crackling" sound on the steps, and glared angrily at the group of women: "Who is yelling and ruining the tranquility of the queen?!" ”

Several women lowered their heads for a while in the face of Tao Tao's questioning, and one of the women said: "The county lord, the courtiers are also worried about their daughters, and they ......are in a hurry."

"Shut up!" Tao Tao shouted loudly, "It's in vain that you are a three-grade edict, don't you know that the rules in the palace are strict and noise is prohibited?!" ”

"Courtier......" The woman knew that she was wrong, and she couldn't say why, so she could only show weakness to a nine-year-old child of the county lord of Yunyang.

"The county lord, the courtiers heard the report of the subordinates, and the unfortunate daughter was taken away by the county lord, and she only felt that the sky had fallen. As a mother, how could the courtiers sit idly by, so they begged the queen to come ......"

Xie Yanhe drank a cup of warm water under the service of the mandarin duck, and was rubbed by the pearl on a few acupuncture points, and then he felt that the depression in his chest dissipated a little.

She frowned and said, "What about Tao Tao, did you run out?" Don't let her cause trouble. ”

"Niangniang, you should let the county lord teach those people a lesson." The mandarin duck was frightened by Xie Yanhe in a cold sweat, and he still had palpitations until now.

"Doctor Lou said before leaving Beijing that you have been cured, how can you still ...... Will ......" Mandarin Duck choked up, she was the most stable among this group of palace people, but she was still frightened by Xie Yanhe.

Xie Yanhe motioned to Pearl to stop what she was doing, she sat upright against the pillow, and said calmly: "Let them in, don't let the courtiers follow the joke." ”

With a summons from the palace people, the eldest woman was the leader, and the other five women entered the main hall.

After seeing Xie Yanhe, no matter what these people thought in their hearts, there was nothing wrong with the etiquette.

"Courtiers, see the queen's mother." Several women said in unison.

"Flatten, give me a seat." Xie Yanhe raised his arm.

The mandarin duck attached to Xie Yanhe's ear, and pointed out the identities of several people for Xie Yanhe one by one.

The old woman was the ancestor of the Qinghe Cui family, Mrs. Cui. It is Wang Jin's second daughter-in-law, and it is also the meaning of Mrs. Cui's horse head.

"As an ordained, what kind of system do you make of noisy shouting outside the main hall?" Xie Yanhe said lightly.

"The courtiers are guilty." No matter what a few people thought in their hearts, they were reprimanded by Xie Yanhe, and they all showed a look of extreme shame.

"You're here for the girls in the house?"

Xie Yanhe didn't mean to embarrass a few people, she endured the evil feeling in her throat, and tried her best to make her face as usual, so as not to be seen by these women.

"The queen is wise." Mrs. Cui said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Xie Yanhe picked up the teacup and took a shallow sip, she suddenly raised her eyes, and a pair of sparkling peach blossom eyes glanced around the hall, and said in surprise: "What about the county lord of Yunyang?" Where did you go? ”

……

Tao Tao, who disappeared from the Changle Palace, rushed all the way to Chongming Palace, and said to the little eunuch guarding outside the palace: "Please ask my father-in-law to help me get through, I ask to see Your Majesty." ”

Anyone who serves in the palace, as long as his eyes are not blind, there is no one who does not know the queen's baby bump, her maiden niece, the county lord of Yunyang, is His Majesty also loves the house and Wu.

Even the little eunuch, who didn't necessarily give face to ordinary third- and fourth-grade officials, smiled earnestly at Tao Tao, and said respectfully: "Wait a minute, the county lord, the slave will go and talk to Supervisor Kong." ”

"There is labor." Tao Tao handed over the purse he was holding in his hand, which contained a purse of golden beans.

Where did the little eunuch dare to ask for Tao Tao's things, and hurriedly waved his hand: "County master, if you let Supervisor Kong know that the slave has received your things, the slave will not be able to eat and walk away, you must not embarrass the slave." ”

Tao Tao saw that the little eunuch really didn't want his own things, so he had to take back his purse and said, "Then there is Father-in-law Lao." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." After the little eunuch finished speaking, he ran into the main hall in a puff of smoke, probably because he was afraid that the county lord of Yunyang would hand him the silver again.

After a while, Kong Siquan personally greeted him, and he said softly: "County Lord, Your Majesty is waiting for you inside, and the County Lord will come with me." ”

"Thank you, Supervisor Kong." Tao Tao hung his head slightly and followed Kong Siquan into the main hall.

After arriving in front of Wei Zhao, Tao Tao knelt down unequivocally, in her eyes, crystal tears were rolling, and the little girl who looked like usual just now was clearly looking like she wanted to cry.

"Uncle, Tao Tao made a big mistake."

Zhang Fuming and the others had already left the palace, and now accompanying Wei Zhao was a man of about forty, with a heroic appearance and a second-grade official uniform. Hearing what the county lord of Yunyang said, this person immediately focused his eyes on the chessboard in front of him, as if he had not heard anything.

"Why are you still crying?" Wei Zhao's attitude towards Tao Tao was very gentle. As for Tao Tao's sentence "made a big mistake", Wei Zhao would not take a little girl's words to heart at all.

In the palace, the crown prince and the crown princess did not follow, Tao Tao just messed around, and what trouble could he cause.

But Tao Tao's next words made Wei Zhao's face change.

“…… Uncle, Tao Tao was so angry that he tied those girls to the palace and wanted his aunt to punish them...... However, the aunt said that she would not bother with the children, and planned to reprimand them, so she sent them back...... As a result, the families of these girls made a big fuss outside the Changle Palace, and the aunt was so angry that her face turned white, and she didn't let the palace people declare the imperial doctor......"

Tao Tao just wanted to win the sympathy of the emperor's uncle at first, and there was an element of drama, but the more she talked, the more angry she became, and finally the tears of anger fell out.

"Uncle, before Tao Tao came to Chongming Palace, my aunt had already announced those women into the main hall. Tao Tao was afraid that his aunt would be angry, and in desperation, he would ask his uncle to come to him! ”