Chapter 3 Tranquil Soup
When Mu Biwei and his entourage returned to the Chenglian Palace, they saw Ji Kai, who was wearing a red brocade robe and a red gold ring around his neck, standing in front of the hall and looking out, and when he saw the shadow of Bu Yuan, he was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "Mother concubine, mother concubine!" He pulled his legs and ran towards the chariot!
Frightened, the Fan family and Cheng Niangzi beside him were out of the sky, the Fan family was old, and they were empty, but Cheng Niangzi was young, and she grabbed him quickly, and hurriedly coaxed: "The third prince is careful at his feet - isn't Niangniang about to come back?" β
Mu Biwei had already seen Ji Kai rushing down the steps recklessly, and sat up straight in fright, and saw that Cheng Niangzi grabbed him before he was relieved, and Bu Yuan stopped, Ah Shan first hugged Mu Kite, who pouted all the way, Su Si helped her to get down, glared at Ji Kai, and said softly: "There are no rules!" β
"Mother!" Ji Kai was not afraid of her at all, so she happily came over, saluted casually, grabbed her sleeve and said, "Mother, let's go to the Imperial Garden now?" β
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Mu Bi frowned slightly and asked, "Have you finished your homework?" β
Ji Kai said indifferently: "It's just a few words, and Erchen has already finished writing it." β
"Back to Niangniang's words, the third prince has indeed finished writing." Cheng Niangzi saw Mu Biwei's gaze and hurriedly said.
Mu Bi said slightly: "In this case, then wait for the mother concubine to change her clothes and ask your cousin to drink saliva." β
Mu Kite's mother has been pouting unhappily since Mu Biwei covered her eyes in the Hualuo Hall just now, and said angrily at this moment: "My niece doesn't want to drink water!" β
"Then let's change our clothes." According to the rules of the palace, the princess will go to Fengyang Palace to live at the age of six, and at the same time to open the Lanhui Pavilion, formally teach the noble daughter of the clan, when Taining was nine years old, Mu Biwei because she was reluctant to knees Princess Xiping and Princess Xintai, she asked Ji Shen for grace, let the two princesses stay by her side for two more years, and then just caught up with the death of Queen Duanming, three years of filial piety was only ended last year, after keeping filial piety, Empress Dowager Gao felt that the two princesses were older, and they would not leave their adoptive mother to live separately, it was too childish, Mu Biwei was entangled with Ji Shen again, It only dragged on for another year, but a month ago, Princess Xiping and Princess Xintai had to move out of the Chenglian Palace and live in Fengyang Palace.
In addition, Ji Kai also felt that the two sisters were bored alone after leaving, not long ago, the female relatives of the Mu family came to visit the palace, and Mu Biwei told Ji Shen and took her into the palace to live.
Mu Yuan Niang is very favored at home, although she has a younger brother Mu Feng when she was eleven years old, but as the only girl in her great-grandchildren's generation, from Shen Lao Taijun to Mu Rong have always favored her, and she has always lived under the knees of her aunt when she entered the palace, and now Zuo Zhaoyi, who has the highest position in the palace and raised the fourth son of Queen Duanming, is still her aunt, so she has always been a little pampered, which will be dissatisfied with being blindfolded in the Hualuo Palace, and she said unhappily: "My niece doesn't want to go to the imperial garden." β
She is a child's temper, Mu Biwei didn't take it to heart, so she pinched her cheek and said with a smile: "Why don't you go?" It's good to take a break in the past! β
Ji Kai thought about going out to play, and also persuaded: "Cousin, now is the time for the peony to bloom, didn't you say that you haven't seen Yuyi Huang yesterday?" There are several Imperial Yellows in the Imperial Garden. β
ββ¦β¦ Is it? "Mu Kite, who is a child, her temper comes and goes quickly, I heard that I saw it in the book, but I haven't seen the real royal clothes yellow, I immediately moved my mind, Ji Kai mentioned a few peonies next to her that she hadn't seen, and the two of them talked and laughed again after a while, and followed Mu Biwei back to the palace to change clothes.
Mu Biwei asked the Fan family and the others to watch them outside, and he was served by Ah Shan to change his clothes inside, Ah Shan said with a low smile: "In the past, I didn't like to talk very much, and I thought she was a good-tempered person, so I didn't want to be slapped by the Zhang family last time, and I refused to go to Hualuo Hall after I came back......"
"That's how it should be!" Mu Biwei asked her to take off her robe while serving, and said with a sneer, "Our children, eat a few snacks, when will it be the turn of a lowly slave to point fingers?!" Not to mention that it actually got its hands on it! This Zhang is clearly looking for death! β
Ah Shan said: "The slave maid has ulterior motives for looking at the Su family...... Anyway, the Su family has been a family for many years, and such a small family has also been done......"
"It's just trying to provoke." Mu Bi snorted coldly, "In the past few years, Rong Lang, Iris Niang and Yan Lang have often run to the He family, and the He family has hurt the three of them tightly, how can the Su family rest assured, but then again, the He family doesn't like children who have no blood with them, and raising the four princes is just for their own future...... It's just that the Su family still doesn't feel at ease with her, there are people stuffed in the open and secretly, Mrs. Wuyingjun and Princess Gaoyang have to come to the palace to visit in person every now and then, in the past, the four princes were still in infancy and had no memory, but now although they have not been officially enlightened, they have begun to learn to describe red people, but there is no one from the He family around them, how can the He family have feelings for the four princes? Of course, he loves his nephew and nephew very much, but the Su family looked at it but was suspicious......"
Speaking of this, she frowned and said, "Mrs. Wuyingjun is not like such a stupid person, although she is strong, she is not a person who will only blindly suppress others...... Well, I know, she is also pinching Chenguang and is about to give in. β
"Did the girl say that the Su family was going to let the He family gradually interfere with the four princes?" Ah Shan muttered, "Why is that? After all, Empress Duanming had high hopes for the He family, and she did not forget to pave the way for her before she died...... Now ......"
Mu Bi sneered slightly and said: "The Su family, this is the first soldier and then the salute - let the He family know that even if they want to put their hands in this palace, it is not difficult, and it is also for the He family to show the color, but when Queen Duanming chose the He family to raise the four princes, it was originally to take a fancy to the He family's scheming methods, if the Su family can keep the four princes, why do you need the He family's adoptive mother?" But I guess they were so aggressive before, I'm afraid the palace and the outside don't know...... There is also the meaning of reassuring the Yedu family, which is also a delaying tactic! Otherwise, what am I going to do today so that you don't have to scruple anything, and directly kill the Zhang family who dares to offend the kite? You wait and see, the Su family may want to borrow us to go downhill this time! β
ββAt the beginning, the eldest daughter of the Su family, Su Zijun, died in childbirth when she was crowned You'e Ying, and her sister Princess Gaoyang managed to make Taining Emperor Ji Shen excited for a while, and was posthumously crowned as Queen Duanming, because Ji Shen had never been established before, that is, the queen of the Yuan, but the four princes were born before the posthumous seal, and they could not be regarded as concubines, but even so, in the case of the eldest son Ji Hui injured his leg, the possibility of succession is not small, so the He family, who raised the four princes, was envied, jealous and hated by the harem, and the Yedu family was also very vigilant against the Su family - after all, a root is basically in Yingzhou, In Yedu, it belongs to a foreign family, and in less than two years after arriving in Ye, the Qu family, which was still above the queen mother's mother's family, was greatly demoralized, and it is difficult not to arouse the common hostility of the local family!
In this case, the Su family has repeatedly persecuted and suspected the adoptive mother of the four princes, the He family, and the Yedu family is naturally happy to watch the excitement, after all, after a businessman like the He family, in the harem of this dynasty that pays attention to the family, he is not the most beautiful and not known for his talent, singing and dancing, etc., he actually went all the way from a lover to Zuo Zhaoyi, it can be seen that he is not easy to provoke, where is such a Zuo Zhaoyi who is willing to listen to the mercy of others?
"It's just that I'm the head of those families in Yedu, seeing that the Su family sent a few people to the left and a few horses to the He family, and ran over to stay for a day and a half when there was nothing to do, I will also ponder and wait, and when the He family can't hold it back, it's best to fall out with the Su family, and when there is a cheap to take advantage of, I have to hesitate, not to mention that Yedu is not a family or two, who is willing to take the initiative to take this head until the moment of life and death? In the end, the Su family is not so dying that they can be bullied casually...... The fourth prince was personally handed over to the He family to raise by Empress Duanming, or with the consent of the Empress Dowager Gao and the initiative of the Su family at that time! Although the He family is not as good as before, he can still speak in front of His Majesty, and it is not easy to take the four princes away. Mu Biwei changed a hairpin to match her clothes in front of the bronze mirror, and said, "No matter what the He family says, it is Zuo Zhaoyi, it really makes her anxious, like today, it is I, the noble concubine, who kills a slave maid in her palace, even if the slave and maid are given by Mrs. Wuyingjun, but there is a difference between inside and outside, Mrs. Wuyingjun can only find He to reason or complain to the Queen Mother, can she still rush over directly to talk to me?" Once the He family and the Su family really turn their faces, the Yedu family can save a lot of effort, without the support of the Su family, what kind of climate can the four princes become? Your Majesty...... You're still young! β
Ah Shan listened quietly, handed over a pair of beaded flowers for Mu Biwei to put on her hairpin, and said, "Why is the Su family softened now?" β
"Who in the palace and outside the palace dares to think that the He family is stupid? The Su family blindly persecuted it, and made it clear that she would be a puppet to the end, is it possible? Mu Bi smiled indifferently, "The fourth prince was not born by the He family, his biological father is His Majesty, and the He family has no blood at all, there is no benefit, the He family cares if he lives or dies?" What's more, without He's support and calculation...... Whether the four princes can grow up safely is a question! How old is he now? Wouldn't a four-year-old child, the prince and grandson, die? β
After a pause, Mu Bi snorted coldly, "At the age of four, I have already begun to remember people, and the Su family has now chosen such an opportunity to bow their heads, so that the He family will officially take over the raising and teaching of the four princes, so that the previous persecution of the He family will not make any real gap between their mother and son, after all, what can the four princes remember and understand now?" The He family needs the support of the Su family to supplement the disadvantage of her mother's family who does not have a hand, but the Su family also needs a long-sleeved concubine who is good at dancing in the city and can keep the four princes clear the road to the crown prince...... In the past few years, the number of newcomers in the palace has increased, although they are all in the name of the county tribute, and the families are not without means, three years of relaxation, in addition to the filial piety of Queen Duanming, the Su family will not be suspicious of the Yedu family for a long time if they do something...... I heard that Kang Ronghua is getting closer and closer to Concubine Gao now? β
"Exactly, most of the dresses on the fourth daughter of the emperor are now made by Kang Ronghua himself." Ah Shan smiled, "It can be seen that Concubine Gao really trusts her." β
"Concubine Gao and the Gao family have never been very harmonious, but Mrs. Rongchang County, in the name of visiting the fourth daughter of the emperor, seems to have improved a lot after a few visits to the Chengchun Palace, and I also heard that her half-brother now has a good future...... Mu Biwei said, "This Kang family may be a member of the Gao family, it seems that these families are also quite jealous of the Su family, and the Su family's overhead to the He family was not wasted." β
Ah Shan smiled lightly and said: "Speaking of He's adoptive mother, but it is also recognized in vain, from the tenth year of Taining to those newcomers in the Fangcai Palace, there are fifty-nine people in this palace, and there are those that His Majesty likes, and there are those His Majesty doesn't like, but without exception, nothing comes out......"
"Isn't it?" Mu Bi sneered slightly, smoothed the folds on her skirt, and said lightly, "Just now you made a move in front of the newcomers in the palace, but you also did the He family a great favor!" If she was not mistaken, she should be appeasing the newlyweds to drink a bowl of soothing soup before leaving? Otherwise, how can he be considerate and generous Zuo Zhaoyi? β
Ah Shan smiled and said, "What a bowl of soothing soup." β
"It's rare that this year, because of Zhang's, I can have a new excuse." Mu Bi sneered and said, "Taining ten years is an excuse to enjoy the flowers, and a group of newcomers are called to blow the northwest wind around two plum trees in the bare imperial garden for a long time before sending down the ginger soup, and in the eleventh year of Taining, it is an excuse that there are not many people, so they simply gave a banquet...... If you don't make a move this year, it is estimated that these newcomers will also have the opportunity to appreciate the skills of the chef recommended by the Su family to enter the palace! β
Ah Shan said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the soothing soup was made by the chef himself, so it can be regarded as having tasted it." β
The two were talking, but Ji Kai outside couldn't wait, and patted the door and urged: "Mother concubine, are you okay?" Erchen promised Sister Xintai to pick a few of the best-looking Jianxian red ones for her, but what if she was picked by someone else? β
"I said what he was doing in such a hurry today, it turned out that he had promised someone something." Mu Biwei stopped Fang Cai's words, and said to Ah Shan with a smile, Ah Shan raised his voice to appease Ji Kai: "Don't worry, the third prince, Princess Xintai likes Jian Xian Hong, and it has always been known to the six palaces, who dares to take it all off?" Leave some for Her Royal Highness the Princess. β