Chapter 377: The country and the people
"Yan'er, you have to help me." Xia Chengmu is colorful.
Gu Hanyan looked stunned, and only after half a meal did she slowly bow her head: "If you wish in your heart, then I wish you all the best." ”
The capital, in the palace.
Throne room.
The envoy of Qin Tianjian reported to Xia Jingnian: "Your Majesty, the eighth day of the first month of this month is an auspicious day, and the queen's mother is newly established, so she should go to Lingyin Temple to pray for the country and accept the abbot's teachings. ”
Xia Jingnian nodded when he heard this, "Well, then you can arrange it, the pomp and circumstance don't need to be too big, so as not to congest the people." ”
The envoy thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the queen has thousands of phoenixes, and it has long been spread among the people, and the people want to see the queen's beauty, even if it is to take a look at the queen's car from a distance." I'm afraid that even if the emperor wants not to cause a commotion, he can't. ”
"Then there is only a private interview with Weifu?" There is no other good way to do it.
"But praying for the blessing of the country and accepting the abbot's teachings is the tradition of our dynasty and the rule set by our ancestors, and we must not follow it." I am persuading.
Even so, Xia Jingnian could only reluctantly agree, "Then you can go and prepare." ”
Today is the second day of the new year, and there are still six days before leaving the palace, which is enough for them to prepare.
The news that the queen mother was about to leave the palace to pray for blessings spread throughout the palace, and Zhou Ling'er broke the dishes and bowls in the palace after knowing it.
"Why! and the emperor went up to pray for blessings, and only took her alone! Aren't we concubines human! Zhou Ling'er's angry face was crooked, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace knelt on the ground, and they didn't dare to breathe.
Only Zhou Ling'er's personal girl dared to open her mouth to persuade her, "Niangniang, don't be angry, this queen's blessing is a rule set by the ancestors, and only the emperor and queen can go together, and others are not allowed to follow." If Niangniang continues to make a fuss about this matter, if it is heard by people with ulterior motives, the emperor will definitely be even more dissatisfied with Niangniang. ”
Zhou Ling'er looked at the people who knelt on the ground, and snorted coldly: "If they dare to say half a word, I will throw them into the well and let them soak in the water until they rot and stink!" ”
The kneeling man trembled when he heard this, and lowered his body even more, not daring to breathe.
On the other side, in the Fengluan Palace, Zhang Jieyu was saying flattering words beside Ji Qiang.
"Niangniang went to Lingyin Temple to pray for blessings this time, I don't know how many people on the road will want to see Niangniang's face, will the queen mother satisfy the curiosity of those people?" Zhang Jieyu joked with a smile.
There are two ways to go out of the palace, one is to sit in the carriage, and the other is in the step, carried by the eunuchs, there is a gauze curtain inside, and there is a bead curtain outside, but there will be a gap in front of it, and the people can see the people in the step.
Ji Qiang smiled and said: "Forget it, then the people are afraid that the road will be crowded, and I don't want to see so many people." ”
In the past few days since the concubines began to ask for peace, Ji Qiang has always asked them to sit and leave, and never gave them too much opportunity to flatter, Zhang Jieyu didn't understand it before, but now I know that Ji Qiang doesn't like many people.
In addition, she only interacts with her more on weekdays, and she doesn't see how close she is to others, Zhang Jieyu hurriedly said: "The queen mother is so low-key, it really makes the concubines admire." ”12
You know, which woman is named the queen, she won't make a big show, I can't wait for everyone in the world to see her beauty and dignity, and only Ji Qiang doesn't want to be in the limelight.
The eighth day of the first month, a good day and an auspicious day.
The emperor and queen went to Lingyin Temple together, and the people who got the news early in the morning waited on both sides of the street, wanting to see the queen's face.
It's a pity that the queen traveled by car this time, and she didn't take a walk, which made these people a little disappointed.
Everywhere they went, however, the people would bow down until they were far away.
Lingyin Temple, the abbot waited outside the temple early in the morning, saw Xia Jingnian and Ji Qiang bowed with one hand, and said Amitabha Buddha, and then invited the two into Lingyin Temple.
The meditation room has already been set up, and after a short rest, the two went to the main hall to pray for blessings, and the monks were already ready in the hall to wait for the emperor and queen to pass.
The details of the blessing have already been explained to Ji Qiang by Mama, Ji Qiang is familiar with it, and she did it one by one according to the steps, and after this set of gifts is completed, it will be two hours later.
At this time, the sun sets, and the rest is left to tomorrow, and praying for blessings itself is not a one-day thing, so there is no such hurry.
Early the next morning, Ji Qiang got up and went to visit the abbot with Xia Jingnian and listen to the abbot's teachings.
The abbot's teachings were very simple, and with only a few words, Ji Qiang felt empowered, and he admired the abbot.
"Congratulations to the emperor, the queen is the life of the wangfu, the queen's mother is the world, and it will definitely make the country of Dachen peaceful and peaceful." During the chat, the abbot showed Ji Qiang a look at the fate, and after reading it, his expression was overjoyed, and he couldn't stop smiling on his face.
"Is this true, abbot?" When Xia Jingnian heard this, he held Ji Qiang's hand, his face was happy, and he hurriedly summoned someone in, "Quick, release the news of the queen's mother, I want to amnesty the world!" ”
Less than noon, the queen's mother Wangfu, is a great fortune star, in the future will make the country's peace and security news spread throughout the capital, the people have praised the queen's good name, as if eating a scale.
After eating at noon, she took a short rest, and in the afternoon, Ji Qiang continued to pray in the main hall.
This prayer was carried out for three days in a row, these three days are to live in the Lingyin Temple, this is the national temple, and other idlers can not come at will, so it is sparsely populated, but it is also very clean, it is a good place for self-cultivation.
She is self-cultivation, but Xia Jingnian is aggrieved. When the two of them didn't have a cave room before, Xia Jingnian didn't have any concubines to sleep in, and he didn't think it was anything.
Since he and Ji Qiang had the gift of Zhou Gong, Xia Jingnian had tasted the sweetness, like a child who had never tasted sugar and suddenly ate sugar, and he couldn't stop it.
After returning to the palace, Xia Jingnian rested with Ji Qiang in Fengluan Hall for three consecutive days, before Ji Qiang and Xia Jingnian went alone in Lingyin Temple, and after coming back, it was Ji Qiang who went to bed, so how could the concubines in the harem not be blushing?
But what's the use of red-eyed? Dachen's national conditions gradually stabilized after Ji Qiang's bullying, and even Bai Tang, the Jiangyang thief who was restless in the capital a few days ago, was arrested, and the people praised Ji Qiang's reputation.
"Now in the harem, no one can compete with the queen for favor." When I said hello in the morning, Zhou Jieyu sat in her seat and said sour words.
Zhou Ling'er also snorted coldly, "That's natural, when I prayed for blessings, only the queen went with me, and when I returned to the palace, I slept for three days in a row, who has such a grace in the harem?" ”